Abstract: A fuse structure includes a fusing line including a first portion, a second portion, and a central portion between the first portion and the second portion; and a dummy fuse neighboring the fusing line, the dummy fuse may include: a first air dummy fuse including a plurality of first air gaps extending in a first direction parallel to the fusing line; and a second air dummy fuse including a second air gap extending in a second direction crossing the fusing line.

Abstract: A composite electronic component includes a body including a capacitor unit and an inductor unit and having a plurality of insulating layers stacked in a first direction perpendicular to a mounting surface of the body. A plurality of external electrodes are on external surfaces of the body. The capacitor unit includes first and second internal electrodes alternately stacked with insulating layers interposed therebetween. The inductor unit includes a coil including coil patterns having a spiral shape, on respective insulating layers, and connected together.

Abstract: A system and method combine ablation of a surface of a part with inspection of the internal integrity of the part. A laser may direct an ablative laser pulse at the surface of the part sufficient to remove a portion of material from the part surface and to cause the part to produce an ultrasound waveform. A positioning system may provide relative movement of the ablative laser pulse and the part for application of a series of ablative laser pulses at a series of locations over an area of the surface of the part. An ultrasonic detection device may couple to the part to receive the ultrasound waveform and transmit it to a part inspection system that has stored a set of reference waveforms in a control computer. The system compares the ultrasound waveform to one or more of the reference waveforms to detect and characterize anomalies in the part.

Abstract: Methods of treating fibroproliferative disorders mediated by ?-catenin in mammals, including aggressive fibromatoses, also called desmoid tumour.

Abstract: An information bearing device comprising a data bearing pattern, the data bearing pattern comprising M×N pattern defining elements which are arranged to define a set of characteristic spatial distribution properties (Îu,vM,N(x,y)), wherein the set of data comprises a plurality of discrete data and each said discrete data (ui,vi) has an associated data bearing pattern which is characteristic of said discrete data, and the set of characteristic spatial distribution properties is due to the associated data bearing patterns of said plurality of discrete data, wherein said discrete data and the associated data bearing pattern of said discrete data is related by a characteristic relation function (?k1,k2ui,vi(x,y), the characteristic relation function defining spatial distribution properties of said associated data bearing pattern according to said discrete data (ui,vi) and a characteristic parameter (k) that is independent of said discrete data.

Abstract: A dual rail power supply system and a method for providing a first voltage and a second voltage to a load are presented. The power supply system draws a load current from the dual rail power supply system. The system has a first voltage rail for coupling to a first terminal of the load, a second voltage rail for coupling to a second terminal of the load, a first power converter to provide the first voltage at the first voltage rail, a second power converter to provide the second voltage at the second voltage rail, a third power converter comprising a first output coupled to the first voltage rail and a second output coupled to the second voltage rail. The third power converter generates a slave current and provides the slave current to the load such that the load current comprises the slave current, during a first mode.

Abstract: A method for identifying a boot stage of a BIOS of a computer device is provided. A control terminal receives screen information data indicative of a current BIOS screen image of the computer device, acquires current screen information based on the screen information data, acquires feature vector based on the current screen information, uses an image classification model to classify the current information into a screen category, and generates boot stage information indicative of a boot stage corresponding to the screen category.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitter includes a converter, a resonator, and a controller. The converter includes switching elements forming a bridge circuit, and is configured to output an alternating current (AC) voltage in response to control signals. The resonator includes a resonant capacitor and a resonant coil, and is configured to receive the AC voltage to wirelessly transmit power. The controller is configured to perform a first mode operation in which a duty of the control signals is fixed, a frequency of one of the control signals is varied and the control signals are output, and a second mode operation in which a frequency of the control signals is fixed, a duty of one of the control signals is reduced and the control signals are output.

Abstract: A LED bulb includes a circuit board, a lighting module, an electrical connector, and a lamp shade. The circuit board includes a slot. The lighting module includes a transmissive substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The lighting module includes a circuit layer arranged on the first surface, an electrode component arranged on the first surface and electrically connected to the circuit layer, a plurality of LED dies arranged on the first surface and electrically connected to the circuit layer and the electrode component, and the phosphor layer covering the first surface and the second surface. The electrical connector is electrically connected to the circuit board. The lamp shade is associated with the electrical connector.

Abstract: Color separation devices, and image sensors including the color separation devices and color filters, include at least two transparent bars that face each other with a gap therebetween. Mutually-facing surfaces of the at least two transparent bars are separated from each other by the gap such that the at least two transparent bars allow diffraction of visible light passing therebetween. The at least two transparent bars have a refractive index greater than a refractive index of a surrounding medium.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods of charging secondary lithium metal batteries that include selectively and intentionally overcharging the battery to activate redox shuttling additives in order to reactivate dead lithium. Aspects of the present disclosure also include control systems for determining when to initiate a lithium reactivation charging process and for determining one or more parameters of a lithium reactivation charging protocol.

Abstract: A method and system for detecting at least one of a heart rate and a respiratory rate of a subject are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes transmitting a signal towards the subject and receiving a reflected signal from the subject being Doppler-shifted due to at least one of the heart rate and the respiratory rate. The method also includes providing the reflected signal to a first input of a phase comparator, providing an adjustible reference signal to a second input of the phase comparator, and generating an output signal by the phase comparator based on the reflected signal and the reference signal. The method includes varying, by the reference signal generator, at least one of a phase and a frequency of the adjustable reference signal based on the output signal of the phase comparator to track a phase of the reflected signal.

Abstract: A light apparatus for generating a mixed light output. The light apparatus includes multiple LED modules. Each LED module includes multiple LED regions. The multiple LED regions have separate electrodes. The multiple LED regions share multiple stacked semiconductor layers but at least two LED regions have different etched trench patterns for emitting lights with different optical characteristics.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a storeroom, an inner casing including a first plate to define the storeroom, a partition coupled to the first plate to divide the storeroom into multiple storerooms, and a bracket arranged on the first plate to couple the partition to the first plate, wherein the first plate includes a plurality of holes formed at a location corresponding to a location where the bracket is coupled to the first plate.

Abstract: A light apparatus for generating a mixed light output. The light apparatus includes multiple LED modules. Each LED module includes multiple LED regions. The multiple LED regions have separate electrodes. The multiple LED regions share the same package housing but at least two LED regions are covered with different fluorescent layers for emitting lights with different optical characteristics.

Abstract: A method for fabricating the three dimensional (3D), non-volatile memory (NVM) device includes: forming a stacked structure including a plurality of interlayer insulating layers and a plurality of first material layers which are alternately stacked; forming at least one channel hole penetrating through the stack structure; forming a second material layer along the at least one channel hole; trimming a surface of the second material layer; oxidizing a whole of the trimmed second material layer to form at least a portion of a charge blocking layer; and forming a charge storage layer and a tunnel insulating layer over the charge blocking layer.

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling delivery of a therapeutic compound to a brain of a subject using FUS-BBBD are disclosed. The method includes treating the brain of the subject with focused ultrasound in combination with microbubbles for blood-brain barrier disruption (FUS-BBBD), administering the therapeutic agent to the subject; and obtaining a map of a concentration of the therapeutic agent delivered to the brain of the subject using passive cavitation imaging (PCI). The delivery of focused sound may be modulated to match the map of the concentration of the therapeutic agent delivered to the brain of the subject to a desired spatial distribution of the therapeutic agent.

Abstract: A camshaft assembly includes an actuator and an axially moveable structure mounted to a base shaft wherein the axially moveable structure includes a plurality of lobe packs and a cam barrel. The axially movable structure moves along the base shaft in the axial direction along a longitudinal axis of the base shaft, but is rotationally fixed to the base shaft. The barrel cam includes an inner wall and an outer wall which defines a control groove therebetween. The control groove further defines first and second regions wherein the first region includes a fixed narrow control groove width and the second region includes a progressively decreasing control groove width. The actuator shifts the axially moveable structure relative to the base shaft between a first position and a second position. A recess is defined in the outer wall such that the recess is disposed adjacent to the first region.

Abstract: A portable information handling system selectively attaches and detaches housing portions that each include a display for presenting information as visual images. The housing portions align in an attached state to present visual images at each display aligned with each other. Upon detachment, housing portion alignment is compared with each other to present each user interface aligned in a coordinated fashion at the displays by compensating for misalignment of the housing portions.

Abstract: An electronic device and a controlling method of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device acquires text to respond on a received user's speech, acquires a plurality of pieces of parameter information for determining a style of an output speech corresponding to the text based on information on a type of a plurality of text-to-speech (TTS) databases and the received user's speech, identifies a TTS database corresponding to the plurality of pieces of parameter information among the plurality of TTS databases, identifies a weight set corresponding to the plurality of pieces of parameter information among a plurality of weight sets acquired through a trained artificial intelligence model, adjusts information on the output speech stored in the TTS database based on the weight set, synthesizes the output speech based on the adjusted information on the output speech, and outputs the output speech corresponding to the text.