Abstract: Synthetic amino acid-modified polymers and methods of making the same and using the same are disclosed. The synthetic amino acid-modified polymers possess distinct thermosensitive, improved water-erosion resistant, and enhanced mechanical properties, and are suitable of reducing or preventing formation of postoperative tissue adhesions. Additionally, the amino acid-modified polymers can also be used as a vector to deliver pharmaceutically active agents.

Abstract: An autonomous driving robot includes a storage unit including a housing, which provides a space for storing an article, and a shelf which is provided inside the housing and on which the article is loaded, a manipulator including a linear actuator, and a selective compliance articulated robot arm, which is coupled to the linear actuator, and a transport unit coupled to the storage unit, wherein a plurality of shelves are provided, some of the shelves are provided adjacent to one inner wall of the housing and spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction, and the other shelves are provided adjacent to another inner wall which faces the one inner wall and spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction, and the plurality of shelves extend toward a central portion of the housing, but extend to a point before reaching the central portion of the housing.

Abstract: The semiconductor structure includes a die, a dielectric layer surrounding the die, a photoelectric device disposed adjacent to the die and surrounded by the dielectric layer, a first opening extending through the redistribution layer and configured to receive a light-conducting member, and a metallic shield extending at least partially through the redistribution layer and surrounding the first opening. A method for forming a semiconductor structure includes receiving a die; forming a dielectric layer to surround the die; and disposing a photoelectric device surrounded by the dielectric layer; forming a redistribution layer over the die, the dielectric layer and the photoelectric device; and removing a portion of the redistribution layer to form a first opening over the photoelectric device. A metallic shield extending at least partially through the redistribution layer and surrounding the first opening is formed during the formation of the redistribution layer.

Abstract: An embodiment rear structure for a vehicle body includes a rear floor panel and a rear floor side member mounted on both sides of an upper portion of the rear floor panel along a length direction of the vehicle body and defining a side closed section together with the rear floor panel.

Abstract: A ceiling fan including a fan device and a remote control is provided. The fan device includes a motor and a control unit. The remote control includes a gesture sensing unit and a processing unit. The gesture sensing unit includes a sensing module that is configured to obtain a sense image of an object, and includes a storage medium that stores a plurality of data sets and different reference tracks that respectively correspond to the data sets. The processing unit is configured to: obtain a movement track of the object; obtain a corresponding one of the data sets when the movement track conforms with one of the reference tracks; and output a command that is related to said corresponding one of the data sets to the control unit. In response to receipt of the command, the control unit adjusts rotational speed of the motor according to the command.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosed technology include techniques, a mechanism, and an apparatus for diagnosing a battery. One or more processors may measure voltages of a plurality of batteries and, based on the measured voltages, determine a voltage deviation of the plurality of batteries. The one or more processors may determine a voltage deviation variation of each battery of the plurality of batteries at predetermined times periods and may compare a pattern of the voltage deviation variations of each battery of the plurality of batteries with a preset diagnosis pattern to diagnose a state of each of the plurality of batteries.

Abstract: Proposed is a method of controlling a portable air-flow guiding apparatus including adjusting at least one of an angle in a horizontal direction of a head unit including a sucking unit by a horizontal angle adjustment unit of the portable air-flow guiding apparatus and a height of the head unit by a height adjustment unit of the portable air-flow guiding apparatus according to a position of a heating source and a height of a cooking utensil.

Abstract: In one example, a semiconductor device comprises a main substrate having a top side and a bottom side, a first electronic component on the top side of the main substrate, a second electronic component on the bottom side of the main substrate, a substrate structure on the bottom side of the main substrate adjacent to the second electronic component, and an encapsulant structure comprising an encapsulant top portion on the top side of the main substrate and contacting a side of the first electronic component, and an encapsulant bottom portion on the bottom side of the main substrate and contacting a side of the second electronic component and a side of the substrate structure. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial intelligence apparatus for detecting a target gas, which includes a mixed gas measurement unit that measures a mixed gas collected in a plurality of domains through a sensor array to generate sensing data including heterogeneous domain measurement data measured from the mixed gas collected in a domain different from the target gas and target domain measurement data measured from the mixed gas collected from the same domain as the target gas, a heterogeneous intelligence model deep learning unit that receives the heterogeneous domain measurement data to train a heterogeneous intelligence model, a target intelligence model deep learning unit that receives the heterogeneous intelligence model and the target domain measurement data to train a target intelligence model, and a target gas detection unit that determines whether an environmental gas includes the target gas using the target intelligence model.

Abstract: A machine learning system and method for optical critical dimension measurement. From a training set of spectra and references, features are extracted and subjected to regression analysis to generate predictor variables. Using feature functions, inverse feature functions, a machine-learning predictor component and masks, a machine-learning optical critical dimension explainer is generated. A wafer is analyzed by metrology tools and the machine-learning predictor component calculates a critical dimension inference from measured spectra. Theoretical spectra are then generated by the predictor component based upon a modification of the critical dimension inference. The measured spectra are compared to the theoretical spectra and the fit of the measured spectra to the theoretical spectra is evaluated for acceptance. The results of the comparison and analysis is output in human readable form.

Abstract: Techniques for a machine learning-based two-step impedance inversion method using seismic data are disclosed. In some embodiments of the disclosed technology, an impedance inversion method includes generating a domain adaptation model configured to predict, based on source data associated with a source area that includes a well, a P-impedance value of a target area that does not include a well, and generating, using the P-impedance value generated by the domain adaptation model, a P-impedance low frequency model configured to predict a final P-impedance value of the target area by performing an inversion. In this way, it is possible to accurately predict P-impedance value of an area where a well does not exist.

Abstract: A reticle enclosure includes a base including a first surface, a cover including a second surface and coupled to the base with the first surface facing the second surface. The base and the cover form an internal space that includes a reticle. The reticle enclosure includes restraining mechanisms arranged in the internal space and for securing the reticle, and structures disposed adjacent the reticle in the internal space. The structures enclose the reticle at least partially, and limit passage of contaminants between the internal space and an external environment of the reticle enclosure. The structures include barriers disposed on the first and second surfaces. In other examples, a padding is installed in gaps between the barriers and the first and second surfaces. In other examples, the structures include wall structures disposed on the first and second surfaces and between the restraining mechanisms.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a circuit includes: an error amplifier; a temperature sensor, wherein the temperature sensor is coupled to the error amplifier; a discrete time controller coupled to the error amplifier, wherein the discrete time controller comprises digital circuitry; a multiple bits quantizer coupled to the discrete time controller, wherein the multiple bits quantizer produces a digital code output; and a heating array coupled to the multiple bits quantizer, wherein the heating array is configured to generate heat based on the digital code output.

Abstract: A patterning stack is provided. The patterning stack includes a bottom anti-reflective coating (BARC) layer over a substrate, a photoresist layer having a first etching resistance over the BARC layer, and a top coating layer having a second etching resistance greater than the first etching resistance over the photoresist layer. The top coating layer includes a polymer having a polymer backbone including at least one functional unit of high etching resistance and one or more acid labile groups attacked to the polymer backbone or a silicon cage compound.

Abstract: A display apparatus having a privacy mode and a sharing mode is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel, a privacy liquid crystal module, and a touch sensing module. The touch sensing module is disposed on a side of the privacy liquid crystal module and is configured to generate a touch signal. When the display apparatus is in the privacy mode, the privacy liquid crystal module is applied with a first voltage. When the display apparatus is in the sharing mode and the touch sensing module generates the touch signal, the privacy liquid crystal module is applied with a second voltage for a predetermined time. After maintaining for the predetermined time, a third voltage is applied to the privacy liquid crystal module. The display apparatus can effectively reduce a smear phenomenon caused by the display apparatus being touched in a sharing mode.

Abstract: A computing entity obtains item information corresponding to an item; and processes the item information using a sustainability impact matrix defining a plurality of sustainability consideration categories and respective sub-categories. The item information is processed to determine, for each category/sub-category, whether the item satisfies one or more qualification criteria associated with the respective category/sub-category. For at least one satisfied qualification criteria, the computing entity identifies a respective graphical element from a plurality of graphical elements. A graphical element provides a summarized representation of part of the item information.

Abstract: A camera module suited for assembled in a casing is provided. The camera module includes a camera and a switch cover. The camera is disposed in the casing and aligned with a camera hole of the casing. The switch cover is slidably disposed in the casing, wherein the switch cover includes a sliding member and a shielding member secured to the sliding member, and a thickness of the shielding member is less than a thickness of the sliding member. The camera hole is seated on a sliding path of the shielding member. The shielding member is suited for blocking between the camera and the camera hole or moving out between the camera and the camera hole. An electronic device is also provided.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light-transmitting structural plate, some optical microscopic structures, an optical film, a base plate and some light emitting elements. The light-transmitting structural plate has a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The optical microscopic structures are regularly arrayed and formed on the first side or the second side. The optical microscopic structure has an inclined surface connecting at a connecting line and forming an angle ranging between 30 degrees and 150 degrees with a corresponding inclined surface of an adjacent one of the optical microscopic structures. The optical film is located on the first side. The base plate is separated from the second side by a space. The light emitting elements are located inside the space and disposed on the base plate. The light emitting elements respectively emit a light ray to the light-transmitting structural plate.

Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet mask including a substrate, a reflective multilayer stack on the substrate and a patterned absorber layer on the reflective multilayer stack is provided. The patterned absorber layer includes an alloy comprising tantalum and at least one alloying element. The at least one alloying element includes at least one transition metal element or at least one Group 14 element.

Abstract: Example approaches for customization of thermal and power policies in computers, are described. In an example, a microcontroller of a computing system, also referred to as system, validates thermal policy custom data stored in a firmware storage medium of the system, in response to a supply of power to the system. On a successful validation of the thermal policy custom data, thermal control settings is updated with a customized thermal policy included in the thermal policy custom data. In response to initiation of a boot operation of the system, a processor of the system validates power policy custom data stored in the firmware storage medium. In response to a successful validation of the power policy custom data during the boot operation, the processor updates power control settings of the system with a customized power policy included in the power policy custom data.