Abstract: A multicomponent FeCoSiM soft magnetic alloy is provided. M of the alloy is one or more of V, Cr and Ni. A sum of atomic percentages of alloy elements in the alloy is 100%. The atomic percents of the alloy elements meet the following conditions: Fe, 68˜78 at %; Co, 4˜12 at %; Si, 14˜18 at %; V, 0˜4 at %; Cr, 0˜4 at %; and Ni, 0˜4 at %. The preparation method of the alloy includes weighing raw materials according to the atomic percentages of the alloy elements and then performing melting and annealing heat treatment each in vacuum or a protective atmosphere. The alloy is obtained by a reasonable design of compositions and contents. A magnetocrystalline anisotropy constant of the alloy is low, a magnetostrictive coefficient of the alloy approaches zero and the alloy has characteristics of high saturation flux density and low coercivity.

Abstract: A silicon carbide-based micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) combined temperature-pressure sensor chip and a preparation thereof. The chip includes a peripheric pressure-measuring unit and a center temperature-measuring unit. The pressure-measuring unit includes a silicon carbide substrate with a raised island and a pressure sensitive diaphragm formed by etching the back of the substrate. The raised island and the pressure-sensitive diaphragm constitute a membrane-island structure. Four piezoresistive strips are arranged symmetrically along a circumferential direction of a root of the pressure-sensitive diaphragm and between the raised island and the pressure-sensitive diaphragm. The temperature-measuring unit includes the raised island and a thin-film thermocouple arranged thereon.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an electrostatic end effector, and methods of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, an electrostatic end effector comprises a ceramic base, a first electrode layer coupled to the ceramic base, and a second electrode layer coupled to the ceramic base. The electrostatic end effector is configured to generate an electrostatic force upon a substrate responsive to a voltage applied to the first electrode. The electrostatic force upon the substrate may increase the friction force upon the substrate which may allow the end effector to accelerate at faster rates than current technologies allow without the substrate slipping on the end effector.

Abstract: A radiation exposure dose management apparatus according to an embodiment is a radiation exposure dose management apparatus that manages a radiation dose received by a subject and includes processing circuitry configured: to obtain image data of the subject; to segment the image data in accordance with organs of the subject; to generate a voxel radiation dose distribution map indicating a radiation exposure dose of each of the voxels on the basis of a specific radiation exposure dose model and the image data; and to calculate a radiation exposure dose of each of the organs on the basis of the segmented image data and the radiation exposure dose of each of the voxels within the generated voxel radiation dose distribution map.

Abstract: A computer implemented method includes accessing performance trace data for executed code of multiple services. Symbols corresponding to functions of the executed code are identified. First sequences of functions from the identified symbols are identified and a first performance threshold for each identified first sequence of functions is computed. The method includes receiving an incoming performance trace, detecting second sequences of functions from the incoming performance trace, identifying second sequences equivalent to the first sequences, and comparing performance of the identified second sequences to the first performance threshold for each of the equivalent first sequences to identify second sequences as comprising a performance bottleneck.

Abstract: A freeform surface off-axial three-mirror imaging system is provided. The freeform surface off-axial three-mirror imaging system comprises a primary mirror, a secondary mirror, and a compensating mirror. The primary mirror, the secondary mirror, and the compensating mirror are located adjacent and spaced away from each other. A surface shape of each of the primary mirror and the secondary mirror is a quadric surface. The primary mirror is used as an aperture stop. A surface shape of the compensating mirror is a freeform surface. A light emitted from a light source is reflected by the primary mirror, the secondary mirror, and the compensating mirror to form an image on an image plane.

Abstract: A series of vancomycin C-terminus guanidine modifications are disclosed that improve antimicrobial activity, enhance the durability of antimicrobial action against selection or induction of resistance, and provide two synergistic mechanisms of action independent of D-Ala-D-Ala binding that cause inhibition of cell wall biosynthesis, while inducing bacterial cell permeability. A contemplated compound contains two combined peripheral modifications, a (4-chlorobiphenyl)methyl (CBP) and C-terminus guanidine modification, that provide new treatments against not only vancomycin-sensitive, but especially vancomycin-resistant bacteria. The data demonstrate that the synergistic behavior of the peripheral modifications requires the presence of both the CBP and guanidine modifications in a single molecule versus their combined use as an equimolar mixture of singly modified compounds.

Abstract: A freeform surface optical telescope imaging system is provided. The freeform surface optical telescope imaging system comprises a primary mirror, a secondary mirror, a compensating mirror, and a spherical mirror. The primary mirror, the secondary mirror, the compensating mirror, and the spherical mirror are spaced from each other. A surface shape of each of the primary mirror and the secondary mirror is a quadric surface. The primary mirror is used as an aperture stop. A surface shape of the compensating mirror is a freeform surface. A surface shape of the spherical mirror is a spherical surface. A light emitted from a light source would be reflected by the primary mirror, the secondary mirror, the compensating mirror, and the spherical mirror to form an image on an image plane.

Abstract: The prevent disclosure provides a reflective mask. In some embodiments, the reflective mask includes a substrate, a sp2-hybrid carbon layer, a reflective multilayer, and an absorption pattern. The sp2-hybrid carbon layer is over the substrate. The reflective multilayer is over the sp2-hybrid carbon layer. The absorption pattern is over the reflective multilayer.

Abstract: A method for pre-processing geometric model data of a 3D modeling software for deep learning includes steps of: determining a size of a virtual grid that is visualized as a cube based on a smallest value of dimension among values of dimension of objects; generating an empty tensor that is visualized as a cuboid consisting of the virtual grids; assigning an initial value to each of the virtual grids of the empty tensor; replacing the initial value of each of those of the virtual grids with a pre-determined identification attribute value that corresponds uniquely to the property of the corresponding one of the at least one geometric object, so as to generate a 3D geometric model tensor to be used as an input for deep learning; and saving the 3D geometric model tensor in a database in a predefined format.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method of protecting a subject for exercise that prevents an exercise-related harmful effect and reducing exercise fatigue in the subject to thereby enhance physical performance and promote anti-fatigue and anti-inflammatory effects in the subject.

Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling delivery of a video stream of a live-stream room, and corresponding server and mobile terminal. The method includes steps of: receiving a connection request initiated by an anchor user of the live-stream room from a first terminal and including pre-protocol information outputted by a second terminal; sending, in response to the connection request, a first live video stream uploaded by the first terminal down to the second terminal; and receiving a third live video stream uploaded by the second terminal and formed by combining at least one of a second live video stream and the first live video stream, and delivering the third live video stream to a member user in the live-stream room.

Abstract: Embodiments herein describe a self-biased divider for a clock in an integrated circuit. In one embodiment, the clock includes a VCO that generates a clock signal that is output to the self-biased divider. However, because the VCO may generate an analog clocking signal (e.g., a low amplitude sine wave of unknown common mode) to reduce jitter, the amplitude can vary which means it may not sufficiently track CMOS parameters. The clocking signals generated by the self-biased divider are used as feedback signals for DC biasing (or DC leveling). In this manner, the divider is referred to a self-biased divider since signals generated by the divider are used to perform DC biasing/leveling.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for automatically generating labels for sensor data. For instance, first sensor data, for a vehicle may be identified. This first sensor data may have been captured by a first sensor of the vehicle at a first location during a first point in time and may be associated with a first label for an object. Second sensor data for the vehicle may be identified. The second sensor data may have been captured by a second sensor of the vehicle at a second location at a second point in time outside of the first point in time. The second location is different from the first location. A determination may be made as to whether the object is a static object. Based on the determination that the object is a static object, the first label may be used to automatically generate a second label for the second sensor data.

Abstract: An image processing method for identifying text on production line components obtains an image to be recognized and a standard image for reference and extracts a first text area of the image to be recognized. A second text area of the standard image is obtained, and a text window is extracted based on the second text area. The method further obtains a target text area of the image to be recognized based on the first text area and the text window, and obtains a first set of first text sub-areas, and obtains a second set of second text sub-areas, by dividing the second text area into sub-windows of the text window. The method further marks the image to be recognized as a qualifying image when each first text sub-area of the first set is the same as a corresponding second text sub-area of the second set.

Abstract: A distillation system extracts knowledge from a large pre-trained sequence-to-sequence neural transformer model into a smaller bi-encoder. The pre-trained sequence-to-sequence neural transformer model is trained to translate data from a first domain into a second domain on a large corpus. A teacher model is generated from the pre-trained model by fine-tuning the pre-trained neural transformer model on a smaller translation task with true translation pairs. The fine-tuned model is then used to generate augmented data values which are used with the true translation pairs to train the bi-encoder. The bi-encoder is used for perform cross-domain searches.

Abstract: A noise cancellation circuit includes: a first filter circuit for filtering a first input signal according to a first filter coefficient to generate a first filtered signal; a signal processing circuit for generating a feedback signal according to a second input signal and an audio signal; a second filter circuit for filtering the feedback signal according to a second filter coefficient to generate a second filtered signal; a first multiplication circuit for multiplying the first filtered signal by a first scale to generate a first intermediate signal; a second multiplication circuit for multiplying the second filtered signal by a second scale to generate a second intermediate signal; a first adder circuit for adding the first intermediate signal to the second intermediate signal to generate a noise cancellation signal; and a second adder circuit for adding the noise cancellation signal to the audio signal to generate an output signal.

Abstract: Improved gate structures, methods for forming the same, and semiconductor devices including the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a gate structure over a semiconductor substrate, the gate structure including a high-k dielectric layer; a gate electrode over the high-k dielectric layer; a conductive cap over and in contact with the high-k dielectric layer and the gate electrode, a top surface of the conductive cap being convex; and first gate spacers on opposite sides of the gate structure, the high-k dielectric layer and the conductive cap extending between opposite sidewalls of the first gate spacers.