Abstract: Embodiments of the present technology include semiconductor processing methods to make boron-and-silicon-containing layers that have a changing atomic ratio of boron-to-silicon. The methods may include flowing a silicon-containing precursor into a substrate processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber, and also flowing a boron-containing precursor and molecular hydrogen (H2) into the substrate processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The boron-containing precursor and the H2 may be flowed at a boron-to-hydrogen flow rate ratio. The flow rate of the boron-containing precursor and the H2 may be increased while the boron-to-hydrogen flow rate ratio remains constant during the flow rate increase. The boron-and-silicon-containing layer may be deposited on a substrate, and may be characterized by a continuously increasing ratio of boron-to-silicon from a first surface in contact with the substrate to a second surface of the boron-and-silicon-containing layer furthest from the substrate.

Abstract: A radio frequency high-speed switching control circuit comprises: a control module, outputting a control signal according to a preset algorithm; and a switching module, connected with the control module, and switching an input radio frequency signal to different radio frequency signal output ports for outputting according to the control signal output by the control module; wherein a plurality of toggle switch chips are provided in the switching module, and the toggle switch chips are electrically connected in a cascading manner. The advantages of the present disclosure lie in that through the design of a byte logic control circuit, toggle switches are cascaded to achieve that one input signal is switched to sixteen signal outputs (SPT16) and radio frequency signals within a frequency band range of 5 MHz to 6 GHz can be covered.

Abstract: A control device, a control signal generation method and a voltage conversion device are provided. A delay circuit generates a delay signal based on a power signal. An output end of a logic circuit outputs a third level voltage in response to that the power signal or the battery signal is at a second level voltage. The output end outputs a fourth level voltage in response to that the power signal and the battery signal both are at a first level voltage. In response to that an output signal of the output end is the third level voltage, an output circuit outputs a level voltage of the received power signal when the delay signal is changed from the first level voltage to the second level voltage. The output circuit outputs a stopping voltage in response to that the output signal of the logic circuit is the fourth level voltage.

Abstract: One or more examples relate, generally, to a method that includes: recording a value representing a time duration for a frame moving toward a cable or MAC to travel between a predetermined reference plane of a PHY-MAC interface to a predetermined reference plane of a PHY-able interface; and asserting an indication that the recorded value is available to be read from a PHY.

Abstract: Disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention is a substrate heating apparatus, comprising a holding unit, a rotating unit, a heating unit, and a control unit. The heating unit comprises multiple fluid supply pipes and multiple groups of fluid cartridges, a substrate region heated by the fluid cartridges in the same group is a circular ring or a circle, and substrate regions heated by the fluid cartridges in different groups are not overlapped with each other and are concentric. The control unit can measure and adjust the temperatures of the substrate regions in real time. Because the structure of the heating unit is optimally designed and the control unit is added, the substrate heating apparatus of the present invention can adjust the temperatures of the regions on the substrate in real time, so that the temperatures of the regions on the substrate tend to be consistent, and high substrate heating efficiency and high temperature adjustment response speed are achieved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to identification and utilization of a novel structural feature governing efficient peptide ligation of OaAEP1 and a method of forming a peptide of Formula (I) by ligating a first peptide of Formula (II) to a second peptide of Formula (III) by enzymatically cleaving the bond between “Asx” and “Xaa3” in the first peptide of Formula (II) and ligating the fragment P1-Asx of the first peptide via its C-terminus to the N-terminus of the second peptide of Formula (III) to form a ligated peptide of Formula (I), wherein the enzymatic cleavage and ligation reaction is catalyzed by a peptide ligase having the activity of OaAEP1 Cys247Ala (SEQ ID NO:1) under conditions suitable for said cleavage and ligation reaction.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules arranged in a front and rear direction, and each of the plurality of battery modules includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells; a module housing having a plurality of hollows in which the plurality of cylindrical battery cells are accommodated; and a connection plate having a body portion at the upper portion or the lower portion of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells and provided with a plurality of connection terminals respectively in electrical contact and connection with the electrode terminal at one of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells, and a connection portion to protrusively extend in a left direction or a right direction from the body portion so that the protrusively extending portion is bent upward or downward from the body portion and the bent end is in contact and connection with a portion of another connection plate.

Abstract: One or more data loaders in a distributed computer system access input data from a storage component. A trainer in the distributed computer system transmits a training data request. The trainer and the one or more data loaders are executed on separate processors. In response to receiving, by a data loader of the one or more data loaders, the training data request, the data loader executes a data loading task to generate a training batch. The data loader transmits the training batch to the trainer. The trainer executes a training task which includes using the training batch to execute a machine learning algorithm.

Abstract: A method is provided for monitoring a motor within a seat assembly in an automotive vehicle. The method comprises the steps of measuring raw current values drawn by the motor to reposition the seat assembly, temporally dividing the raw current values into sections based on size and variations in the raw current values, filtering the raw current values in each section to obtain filtered current values, detecting local peaks within the filtered current values, and determining a rotational position or a speed of the motor based on the detected local peaks.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a body portion that defines a reservoir and a set of substantially flexible capillaries. The set of substantially flexible capillaries are fixedly coupled to the body portion and in fluid communication with the reservoir. A connector is configured to be coupled to the body portion to be in fluid communication with the reservoir and the set of substantially flexible capillaries. The connector is further configured to be coupled to a vacuum source. The apparatus is arranged such that at least a part of the body portion is electrically conductive. Methods for separating and detecting an analyte from a biological sample with the apparatus are also provided. For example, methods for separating and detecting one or more proteins from a cellular lysate or a purified protein are also provided.

Abstract: A tunable lens includes a soft transparent polymer layer whose shape (optical profile) is dynamically modified by actuation of one or more piezoelectric actuators or shaping/reshaping of a transparent piezoelectric layer with a plurality of actuation zones on it. Through control of the actuation voltage a particular shape corresponding to a desired focal distance is obtained. Thus, spherical or aspherical reshaping of the tunable lens may be accomplished through the transparent piezoelectric layer.

Abstract: Aspects of inventive concepts are generally directed to a liner, methods of use, methods of design, and related systems. In various embodiments, the liner is configured to serve as an interface between an external surface of a biological body segment of a subject and a prosthetic socket, the biological body segment being amputated below a joint. In various embodiments, a pressure applied by the liner to the biological body segment varies over the length of the liner with a maximum pressure applied at the joint and a lesser pressure applied below the joint.

Abstract: Provided is a waste toner container including a housing having a first reservoir and a second reservoir, a light sensor including a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion, and a light guide member to connect the light emitting portion with the light receiving portion. The light guide member includes a first detection portion and a second detection portion each including a pair of optical surfaces that are apart from each other, and the first and second detection portions are provided in the first and second reservoirs, respectively.

Abstract: A mechanism that flags and detects inaccurate or bad data, and annotates the flagged data with automatically generated metadata that may then be provided to end users (e.g., resource managers, service owners, finance analysts, data scientists, executives, etc.) via an application stack. The automatic annotations comprise quality annotations that may include data freshness, correctness, and/or completeness.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a solution for reading order detection in a document. In the solution, a computer-implemented method includes: determining a text sequence and layout information presented in a document, the text sequence comprising a plurality of text elements, the layout information indicating a spatial layout of the plurality of text elements in the document; generating a plurality of semantic feature representations corresponding to the plurality of text elements based at least on the text sequence and the layout information; and determining a reading order of the plurality of text elements in the document based on the plurality of semantic feature representations. According to the solution, the introduction of the layout information can better characterize a spatial layout manner of the text elements in a specific document, thereby determining the reading order more effectively and accurately.

Abstract: Embodiments of present invention provide a method of forming backside source/drain contact. The method includes forming a dummy contact structure in a substrate, the dummy contact structure having a central portion and a side portion, the central portion being higher than the side portion to have a height above the substrate; forming a source/drain region of a first transistor and a second transistor above the dummy contact structure, the first and second transistors being above the substrate; removing the dummy contact structure from a backside of the substrate to create a backside contact opening; and forming a backside source/drain contact by filling the backside contact opening with a conductive material. Structure of the backside source/drain contact formed thereby is also provided.

Abstract: An antenna, a control method for an antenna, an antenna array and an electronic device are provided, and belong to the field of communication technology. The antenna includes a first tunable dielectric layer between the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate opposite to each other; a radiation component and at least one first tuning electrode on the first dielectric substrate; at least one second tuning electrode and a reference electrode layer on the second dielectric substrate; orthographic projections of the radiation component, the first tuning electrode and the second tuning electrode on the first dielectric substrate overlap with an orthographic projection of the reference electrode layer on the first dielectric substrate. Orthographic projections of each first tuning electrode and a corresponding second tuning electrode on the first dielectric substrate at least partially overlap with each other, to form a tunable capacitor electrically connected to the radiation component.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, device, or method to output different iterations of data entities. The method may include establishing a first data entity; establishing a first state for the first data entity. The method may include establishing a second state for the first data entity. The method may include storing the first data entity, the first state, and the second state at a storage device. The method may include retrieving a first iteration of the first data entity exhibiting at least a portion of the first state. The method may include retrieving a second iteration of the first data entity exhibiting at least a portion of the second state. The method may include outputting the first iteration and the second iteration at an output time.

Abstract: Techniques for sharing content via prompts are disclosed. In some techniques, prompts are provided via user devices. Users can respond to the prompts with an indication of at least one media content item. The responses to prompts can be shared among various users so that users can see and optionally play back the media content indicated in the responses to the prompts. In this way, users can add, see and sample content shared by multiple users and from multiple content sources.

Abstract: The present invention provides Wnt surrogate molecule with a Fc region of IgG, wherein said Fc region bears modification resulting in reduced affinity to the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) and related compositions, which may be used in any of a variety of therapeutic methods for the treatment of diseases.