Abstract: An optical waveguide system and an augmented reality device are disclosed and have advantages of reducing the light leakage rate and improving the light energy efficiency. The optical waveguide system comprises an optical waveguide, the optical waveguide comprises a first side face and a second side face opposite each other; the first side face is provided with a grating; the second side face is provided with a light-leakage prevention element configured to reduce light emitted from the second side face. The light-leakage prevention element may reflect, diffract or absorb light incident to the light-leakage prevention element. Therefore, light emitted from the second side face of the optical waveguide (1) can be reduced, that is, a light leakage phenomenon is reduced; and the light can also be reflected to the grating by reflection or diffraction, thereby improving the utilization rate of light energy, that is, improving the light efficiency.

Abstract: The invention relates to a display device including a substrate, a plurality of pixels, a first insulating layer, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The plurality of pixels are disposed on the substrate and comprise an active layer. The first insulating layer is disposed on the substrate and comprises a plurality of first recesses. The first conductive layer is disposed on the first insulating layer. The second conductive layer is electrically connected to the first conductive layer through one of the plurality of first recess. The active layer is disposed on the first insulating layer.

Abstract: A method of optimizing resource allocation based on adaptive multi-faceted cutting of a power dispatching model is provided. The method includes constructing and analyzing a two-stage distributed robust model by using acquired operation state information of a power system and identifying therefrom a second-stage infinite-dimensional decision variable. A model is reconstructed by dimensionality reduction and a dispatching model is solved to obtain a dispatching strategy scheme for realizing optimal resource allocation. The two-stage distributed robust dispatching model is transformed into a finite-dimensional problem, so that rapid solution is realized. By improving the solving efficiency and the accuracy of the power dispatching model, the working efficiency of the power system is obviously improved.

Abstract: A thermally conductive and breathable membrane that oligo-layer graphene with a solid weight ratio of 1˜30 wt % and a polyrotaxane with a solid weight content of 0.05 to 10 wt % relative to the thermal conductive and breathable membrane to a polyurethane resin, in addition to the moisture permeability and waterproofness of polyurethane resin, the oligo-layer graphene also increase the thermal conductivity, and the dispersibility of oligo-layer graphene is improved by adding polyrotaxane and the extensibility of polyurethane resin is improved, making the formed thermal conductive and breathable membrane enable to maintain extensibility without increasing the membrane thickness.

Abstract: Techniques and systems disclosed herein may relate to a server processing work requests of a work requester. For example, the work requester may generate a plurality of work requests comprising functions of an application to be executed by a dependency-aware (DA) server, determine processing dependencies associated with the work requests, communicate, to the DA server, the processing dependencies, and enqueue the work requests on a dependent queue and a conditioned dependent queue based on processing dependencies associated with the DA server. The DA server may then select one of the work requests from the dependent queue or the conditioned dependent queue for processing and processing the selected work request.

Abstract: An electrical detection method provides a wiring structure including a base material body and a plurality of contact portions bonded to the base material body. Each of the contact portions includes an electrical detection pad exposed from a surface of the base material body, an electrical auxiliary pad exposed from the surface of the base material body, and a conductor that electrically connects the electrical detection pad and the electrical auxiliary pad. When probes of a detection device are connected to the contact portions, each of the probes exerts a force on the electrical detection pad and the electrical auxiliary pad of each of the contact portions at the same time, so that the contact force between the probes and the contact portions is enhanced to facilitate the electrical testing.

Abstract: Disclosed are a plant grain size regulation gene and use thereof, which belong to the technical field of biology. PCFS gene mutants in different crops are obtained by gene editing, and by means of experiments and statistical analysis, it is found that the mutants have a phenotype of enlarged plant grain and part of the mutants have a phenotype of improved stress resistance. The provided gene, mutants, and method for use same are beneficial to increase the crop yield and improve the quality and enhance the resistance of plants to an adverse environment, provide gene resources and technical support for cultivating new plant varieties with large grain weight and high stress resistance, and thereby have important significance and application value for improvement of agronomic traits of crops and breeding of high-yield and high stress-resistant molecules.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are antibodies and compositions used for binding to Gal3. Some embodiments allow for disrupting interactions between Galectin-3 (Gal3) and cell surface markers and/or proteins associated with neurological diseases and/or proteopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease. Additionally, disclosed herein are methods of treatment and uses of the antibodies or binding fragments thereof for the treatment of fibrosis, liver fibrosis, kidney fibrosis, cardiac fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, sepsis, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, kidney cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, bladder cancer, stomach cancer, hematological malignancy, neurological diseases and/or proteopathies. Furthermore, some embodiments provided herein can cross the blood-brain barrier and can be conjugated or otherwise associated with one or more payloads for the treatment of a neurological disease.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device that includes channel layers vertically stacked over a substrate, a gate structure engaging the channel layers, a source/drain (S/D) formation assistance region partially embedded in the substrate and under a bottommost one of the channel layers, and an S/D epitaxial feature interfacing both the S/D formation assistance region and lateral ends of the channel layers. The S/D formation assistance region includes a semiconductor seed layer embedded in an isolation layer. The isolation layer separates the semiconductor seed layer from physically contacting the substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a blockchain-based payment control method, a payment control apparatus, a device and a medium. The method includes: verifying a payment request for a securities account initiated by a requester, where the payment request includes a payment amount and a payee; in response to the payment request passing the verification, performing fund deduction on the securities account based on the payment amount, deducting a quota corresponding to the payment amount from a payment quota corresponding to the requester, and instructing an auxiliary payment platform to transfer the payment amount to the payee; transferring funds corresponding to the payment quota to the auxiliary payment platform to generate a transaction result; and verifying the transaction result through a smart contract and uploading data generated during the payment to a blockchain in response to the transaction result passing the verification.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes: a connector body having a card slot and plural terminals arranged on opposite sides of the card slot; a latch mounted at an end of connector body; and a releasing member including a pair of levers disposed at opposite sides of the connector body and a mover, wherein first ends of the levers are connected with the latch, second ends are connected with the mover, and when the card is inserted into the card slot the mover is pushed to move downwards companied with a downward movement of the second ends and an upward movement of the first ends of the levers, the upward movement of the first ends drive the latch to lock with the card and when the card is pulled out the mover is released from a pressure of the card and reset to unlock the latch from the electronic card.

Abstract: A Lentinula edodes-derived saltiness enhancing peptide, a method for preparing the same and use thereof are provided herein, belonging to the technical field of active peptides. The Lentinula edodes-derived saltiness enhancing peptide is derived from an enzymolysis extract of a Lentinula edodes fruiting body by flavourzyme and shows a strong ability to enhance saltiness. Compared with the saltiness value of a 4.0 g/L NaCl solution, the Lentinula edodes-derived saltiness enhancing peptide could replace about 50% of NaCl, thus reducing salt without reducing saltiness. Moreover, the Lentinula edodes-derived saltiness enhancing peptide also has a high umami value and can be used in preparation of low-salt foods including low-salt and flavor-enhancing foods.

Abstract: Techniques, described herein, include solutions for managing hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes and communications for non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) (e.g., a wireless communication network that includes a satellite network component). A user equipment (UE) may receive a request for capability information of the UE and in response, transmit a message indicating the capability information of the UE, wherein the capability information includes HARQ disablement information indicating whether the UE supports disabled HARQ feedback.

Abstract: A double-sided display device includes a transparent self-luminous display panel, a switching panel and a projection device. The transparent self-luminous display panel has a light-emitting side and a backside opposite to the light-emitting side. The switching panel is disposed on the backside of the transparent self-luminous display panel. The switching panel includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to control liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer so that the switching panel includes a scattering state and a transparent state. The projection device is configured to project toward the light-emitting side of the transparent self-luminous display panel.

Abstract: A cylinder scanner includes a base, a contact image sensor module, a first roller unit, a second roller unit and an adjusting mechanism. The contact image sensor module is mounted on a middle of an upper surface of the base for scanning a cylinder. The first roller unit is slidably disposed above the middle of the upper surface of the base. The second roller unit is slidably disposed above the middle of the upper surface of the base. The adjusting mechanism is connected between the first roller unit and the second roller unit. When the cylinder is scanned, the first roller unit and the second roller unit rotate in the same direction, the cylinder is positioned on the first roller unit and the second roller unit, so the cylinder is driven by the first roller unit and the second roller unit to rotate.

Abstract: An anti-twist structure of a voice coil motor includes a base, a lens housing, a first elastic sheet, a second elastic sheet, a magnet, and a yoke member. The lens housing has first margin wall and a second margin wall, and a first protrusion extends from the first margin wall. The height of the second protrusion is lower than the height of the first protrusion. The yoke member has a first wall, a connection wall, a second wall, and a side wall. The first wall is disposed above the first protrusion, and the second wall is disposed above the second protrusion. The lens housing has a deflectable angle relative to a horizontal reference line. When the lens housing deflects to a maximum value of the deflectable angle, the first margin wall abuts against the second wall and/or the first protrusion abuts against the first wall.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive system information that indicates a total number of high priority carrier frequencies. The UE may receive an extended discontinuous reception (eDRX) configuration that indicates an eDRX cycle length. The UE may perform, during a high priority cell search with eDRX, measurements for high priority frequency layers in accordance with a time period, wherein the time period is based at least in part on the total number of high priority carrier frequencies and the eDRX cycle length. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, an underlying structure is formed over a substrate. A film is formed over the underlying structure. Surface topography of the film is measured and the surface topography is stored as topography data. A local etching is performed by using directional etching and scanning the substrate so that an entire surface of the film is subjected to the directional etching. A plasma beam intensity of the directional etching is adjusted according to the topography data.

Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide a thin film transistor device and a manufacturing method thereof, a composite etching solution, and an array substrate, the method includes: forming an active structure material layer including an active material layer and an ohmic contact material layer, and a source/drain material layer on a base substrate; performing a wet etching process on the source/drain material layer and the active structure material layer using a composite etching solution including a first etching solution and a second etching solution, so as to form a source/drain electrode layer and an active structure including an active layer and an ohmic contact layer, wherein the wet etching process includes: etching the source/drain material layer and oxidizing a portion of the active structure material layer, and etching an oxidized portion of the active structure material layer.

Abstract: A control method includes obtaining, in real time during operation of a movable platform, data of a plurality of sensors located at one or more arm assemblies of the movable platform, performing real-time calibration using the data to obtain a calibration result that characterizes a relative pose between the plurality of sensors, and performing movement control on the movable platform according to the calibration result.