Abstract: A system, disposed within a wearable hearing device, includes a sound producing device (SPD) driven by a driving voltage, a first sound sensing device, and a subtraction circuit. The first sound sensing device is configured to sense a combined sound pressure produced at least by the SPD and generate a sensed signal accordingly. The subtraction circuit has a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and a first output terminal. The first input terminal is coupled to the first sound sensing device, and the first output terminal is coupled to the SPD. A first phase delay between the driving voltage and the sensed signal is less than 60°.

Abstract: A container for heating an object. The container comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of side surfaces. The top surface, the bottom surface, and the plurality of side surfaces define an interior of the container in which the object is placed. The container further comprises a heating shell associated with at least one of the side surfaces, the top surface, or the bottom surface, the heating shell configured to radiate heat into the interior of the container, and a temperature control module configured to control the amount of heat radiated by the heating shell.

Abstract: A system for an electrophotographic image forming device includes a basket having a first side, a second side and a plurality of positioning slots extending between the first side and the second side, each positioning slot is configured to receive a corresponding toner cartridge. Each positioning slot includes a first latch at the first side of the basket and a second latch at the second side of the basket. Each of the first and second latches is independently pivotable between a latched position for applying a hold-down force on a respective end portion of a corresponding toner cartridge positioned in a corresponding positioning slot of the plurality of positioning slots to rigidly hold the corresponding toner cartridge against datums of the basket and an unlatched position to release the corresponding toner cartridge permitting removal of the corresponding toner cartridge from the basket.

Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid encoding an FX protein having a serine at position 79, a lysine at position 90, a leucine at position 136, an arginine at position 211, a serine at position 289, and a combination thereof is provided. Cells having a gene encoding a modified FX protein are provided, wherein the cells exhibit a reduced ability to fucosylate a glycoprotein at a first temperature, but exhibit the ability to fucosylate the glycoprotein at a second temperature. Methods and compositions for making glycoproteins with reduced fucosylation are provided.

Abstract: An illumination system includes a waveguide having a first end configured to receive a laser light, a luminescent portion configured to generate a luminescent light from the laser light, a second end opposite the first end; an input device configured to collect the laser light for propagation to the first end; an output device adjacent to the second end configured to reflect at least some of the laser light back into the luminescent portion and direct the luminescent light away from the second end through an output surface. In one embodiment, the input device includes a light homogenizer configured to receive the laser light and provide to the first end of the waveguide a spatially uniform intensity distribution of the laser light. In another embodiment, a heat dissipater is provided adjacent to the waveguide and configured to dissipate heat generated within the waveguide by the generation of the luminescent light.

Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail displaceable with respect to the first rail, a third rail displaceable with respect to the second rail, a working member movably mounted on the second rail and switchable between two states, and a contact feature on the third rail. The third rail can be displaced from a retracted position to an extended position in a first direction, and when the third rail is displaced from the extended position to the retracted position in a second direction, the contact feature is brought into contact with the working member in one of the two states so as to drive and thereby retract the second rail with respect to the first rail in the second direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to AAVs encoding a SOD1 targeting polynucleotide which may be used to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and delivery methods for the treatment of spinal cord related disorders including ALS.

Abstract: Disclosed is an online dynamic mutual-observation modeling method for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm collaborative navigation, which includes: first performing first-level screening for members according to the number of usable satellites received by a satellite navigation receiver of each member, to determine the role of each member in collaborative navigation at the current time, and then establishing a moving coordinate system with each object member to be assisted as the origin, and calculating coordinates of each candidate reference node; and on this basis, performing second-level screening for the candidate reference nodes according to whether mutual distance measurement can be performed with each object member, to obtain a usable reference member set, and preliminarily establishing a dynamic mutual-observation model; and finally, optimizing the model by means of iterative correction, and conducting a new round of dynamic mutual-observation modeling according to an observation relationship in the U

Abstract: A BRAS system-based packet encapsulation method includes obtaining user access information when receiving a user access protocol packet and performing VXLAN GPE encapsulation on the user access protocol packet based on the user access information. The encapsulation structure includes a user information header that is used to store the user access information, and a quantity of bytes occupied by the user information header is less than or equal to 12. In this application, the foregoing encapsulation structure is used to encapsulate a packet.

Abstract: Techniques for reconstructing three-dimensional face images are described herein. The disclosed techniques include acquiring a real two-dimensional face key point and a predicted two-dimensional face key point; solving a first loss function consisting of the real two-dimensional face key point, the predicted two-dimensional face key point and a preset additional regular constraint term to iteratively optimize an expression coefficient, where the additional regular constraint term is used for constraining the expression coefficient such that the expression coefficient represents a real state of a face; and reconstructing a three-dimensional face image based on the expression coefficient.

Abstract: A filter cartridge including a cartridge housing arranged about an axis and including first and second housing end caps and an apertured generally cylindrical housing body joined at opposite ends thereof to the first and second housing end caps, filter material arranged in an accordion-like filter medium disposed within the cartridge housing in a generally cylindrical configuration about a central bore, first and second filter medium end caps attached to opposite ends of the filter medium, a generally cylindrical internal structural member joined to the first filter medium end cap and extending through the central bore and an elongate air venting tube mounted onto the first and second filter medium end caps and extending axially interiorly of the cartridge housing but radially exteriorly of the filter material.

Abstract: The present invention is to continue the concept of a replaceable upper of offloading shoe, and further improve the processing capability. Thus this present invention is to reform the outsole separation structure of a replaceable upper of shoe.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method, device, apparatus for transmitting and receiving a request signal, comprising: a base station determines a channel occupancy request signal to be transmitted, the channel occupancy request signal being a request signal for requesting channel occupancy to a terminal after the base station executes a listen-before-talk operation on the direction corresponding to at least one beam; the base station schedules transmission of the channel occupancy request signal on a downlink control channel; the terminal detects the downlink control channel that schedules the transmission of the channel occupancy request signal; and the terminal receives the channel occupancy request signal according to a detection result. The use of the present invention overcomes a defect of the prior art that has no design for the channel occupancy request signal, and implements transmission of an eNB channel occupancy request signal.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of multistage polymer particles comprising a specific oligomer prepared from polymerization of monomers comprising an alkoxylated (meth)acrylate providing aqueous coating compositions with both good flow-and-leveling property and extended open time.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first integrated circuit component, a second integrated circuit component, a third integrated circuit component, and a dielectric encapsulation is provided. The second integrated circuit component is stacked on and electrically coupled to the first integrated circuit component, and the third integrated circuit component is stacked on and electrically coupled to the second integrated circuit component. The dielectric encapsulation is disposed on the second integrated circuit component and laterally encapsulating the third integrated circuit component, where outer sidewalls of the dielectric encapsulation are substantially aligned with sidewalls of the first and second integrated circuit components. A manufacturing method of the above-mentioned semiconductor device is also provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to a thin-film transistor including, a dielectric layer having a first side and an opposed second side; a source electrode, a drain electrode separated from the source electrode, and a semiconductor component disposed between and in contact with the source electrode and the drain electrode, the source electrode, the drain electrode and the semiconductor component being disposed adjacent the first side of the dielectric layer; and a gate electrode disposed adjacent the second side of the dielectric layer opposite the semiconductor component; wherein the semiconductor component comprises one or more n-type organic semiconductor materials based on arene-bis(dicarboximide)s, and wherein the thin-film transistor has a channel length, measured as the shortest path from the source electrode to the drain electrode, of no more than 20 ?m.

Abstract: Plural gate trenches are formed on an upper surface side of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type. Gate electrodes are embedded in the plural gate trenches. Plural dummy gate trenches are formed at equivalent intervals between the neighboring gate trenches on the upper surface side of the semiconductor substrate. Dummy gate electrodes are embedded in the plural dummy gate trenches and connected with an emitter electrode. An interval between the gate trench and the dummy gate trench that neighbor each other is shorter than an interval between the neighboring dummy gate trenches.

Abstract: A thin gas transportation device includes an inlet plate, a resonance sheet, an actuating element, a first insulation frame attached to the actuating element, a conductive frame, and a second insulation frame attached to the conductive frame. The conductive frame has a conductive outer frame attached to the first insulation frame, an elastic conductive pin, and a conductive piece connected to an outer edge portion of the conductive outer frame. One end of the elastic conductive pin is connected to an inner edge portion of the conductive outer frame, and the other end of the elastic conductive pin extends obliquely toward the actuating element and forms a bent portion. The bent portion presses against the actuating element and is electrically connected to the actuating element, and the bent portion is strip-shaped.

Abstract: This disclosure discusses a fluid property sensor, comprising an electrical circuit assembly (ECA) including an external interface coupled to a common interface bus; a fluid level sensor coupled to the common interface bus to indicate a fluid level and/or a pressure sensor coupled to the common interface bus to indicate a pressure event; and/or a driver circuit coupled to the common interface bus, configured to communicate characteristics of the fluid level sensor and the pressure sensor.

Abstract: A device for encouraging and guiding a spirometer user includes a housing, a main valve, a visual assembly, and a sound making assembly. The housing has a channel, a first outlet channel, a second outlet channel, and an inlet channel. The main valve is disposed in a housing communicating with the channel, the first outlet channel, the second outlet channel or the inlet channel and configured to regulate or control fluid flowing paths. The visual assembly includes a check valve in the second outlet channel, and at least one movable member. The sound making assembly includes a check valve and a sound making member. So, it can generate the visual and sound encouraging effects for learning how to use a spirometer correctly.