Abstract: The invention provides a power conversion device, including: a voltage conversion stage, including a primary side for receiving a rectified voltage and a secondary side for generating a rectified voltage according to the rectified voltage, wherein the primary side includes a primary side switch; a switch control circuit having a startup status and a normal operation status, the switch control circuit being configured to operably provide a control signal to a control terminal of the primary side switch; a startup circuit, providing a current to the control terminal when the switch control circuit is in the startup status, to at least partially conduct the primary side switch; and a slow soft-startup circuit, wherein when the switch control circuit is in the startup status and the output voltage does not reach a predetermined voltage in a first predetermined time period, the slow soft-startup circuit reduces a total current quantity supplied to the control terminal in a second predetermined time period which is

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a processing method and device for obtaining synchronization, where the method includes: selecting, by a UE, a preamble on a first Scell, and reporting information of the preamble to a base station by using a current PCell or a second SCell of the UE; receiving scheduling information of a random access response message or scheduling information of a conflict indication message delivered by the base station from a physical downlink control channel of the PCell, the second SCell or the first SCell by using a C-RNTI of the UE; and receiving the random access response message or the conflict indication message from a physical downlink shared channel according to the scheduling information of the random access response message or the scheduling information of the conflict indication message.

Abstract: This application is related to a data recovery system. The data recovery system includes processing circuitry which receives a restore request. The restore request includes a restore target time. When backup data corresponding to the restore target time is determined to be available, the processing circuitry creates a temporary database service instance and determines information of the temporary database service instance. The processing circuitry further obtains the backup data corresponding to the restore target time and writes the backup data into the temporary database service instance according to the information of the temporary database service instance. The processing circuitry executes a formal restoration operation on the temporary database service instance, in which the backup data is written, according to a received processing request.

Abstract: A catalyst composition comprising—a support comprising TiO2,—a composite oxide containing vanadium and antimony, which has a rutile-type structure different from VSbO 4 and V0.92Sb0.92O4 as determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis with CuK? radiation, and—optionally, one or more selected from the group consisting of oxides of silicon, oxides of vanadium and oxides of antimony, for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides; to a process for preparing the catalyst composition, to the catalyst composition obtained/obtainable by the process and to use of the same for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drying device which includes desiccant wheels or desiccant wheels combined with adsorbent, and a drying apparatus using thereof. The desiccant wheel drying device includes a plurality of desiccant wheels made of direct heating desorption substrates. The drying apparatus using the drying device includes: two pressure tanks capable of performing adsorption dehumidification and regeneration desorption of moisture in compressed air. The two pressure tanks exchange functions in batches to achieve the moisture adsorption of the compressed air and the regeneration desorption of the adsorbent.

Abstract: Instantiating containers with a unified data volume is disclosed. For example, a host includes a first memory, and an orchestrator requests a persistent storage to be provisioned in a second memory located across a network from the host based an image file and/or metadata associated with the image file. The persistent storage is mounted to the host. The image file is copied to the first memory as a lower system layer of an isolated guest based on the image file, where the lower system layer is write protected. An upper system layer is constructed in the first persistent storage based on the image file. A baseline snapshot of the persistent storage is captured, including the upper system layer after the upper system layer is constructed. The isolated guest is launched while attached to the lower system layer and the upper system layer.

Abstract: One embodiment provides for a graphics processing unit (GPU) to accelerate machine learning operations, the GPU comprising an instruction cache to store a first instruction and a second instruction, the first instruction to cause the GPU to perform a floating-point operation, including a multi-dimensional floating-point operation, and the second instruction to cause the GPU to perform an integer operation; and a general-purpose graphics compute unit having a single instruction, multiple thread (SIMT) architecture, the general-purpose graphics compute unit to simultaneously execute the first instruction and the second instruction, wherein the integer operation corresponds to a memory address calculation.

Abstract: An interface device includes: at least one configuration channel terminal for communicating configuration information, wherein whether the interface device itself is in connection and whether the interface device itself is at a high voltage side or a low voltage side are determined according to a voltage or current status at the configuration channel terminal; a multi-functional transmission line, which includes a thermistor; and a temperature monitor circuit, coupled to the multi-functional transmission line, for sensing a temperature status to generate a temperature sensing signal. When two interface devices are connected with each other, the thermistor and the temperature monitor circuit can be located together in one of the interface devices or separately located in different interface devices.

Abstract: A method includes supporting a wafer on a heating element, wherein the heating element is located in a baking chamber. The method further includes heating the wafer for a first duration using the heating element. The method further includes measuring a temperature of the heating element and a temperature of the wafer during the first duration to obtain temperature information. The method further includes adjusting an amount of heat provided by the heating element during the first duration, wherein the adjusting of the amount of heat includes decreasing the amount of heat provided by the heating element as a rate of change of the temperature information versus time increases.

Abstract: Multilayer barrier coatings or films and methods of making the same are provided. The coatings or films include a hardcoat layer (122) including nanoparticles hosted by a binder, and a barrier layer (124) directly disposed on a major surface (122s) of the hardcoat layer (122). The binder includes one or more silicone (meth)acrylate additives.

Abstract: A method for preparing a doped optical fibre preform includes formulating, a rare earth material or a functional metal material and a co-doping agent into a doping solution, mixing a high-purity quartz powder with the doping solution, drying same at a temperature of 100°C.-150°C. for 12-48 hours, crushing and screening the same to obtain a doped quartz powder; depositing the doped quartz powder onto the surface of a target rod to form a doped core layer; replacing the doped quartz powder with the high-purity quartz powder, and depositing the high-purity quartz powder onto the surface of the doped core layer to form a quartz outer cladding; and removing the target rod, and gradually collapsing the entirety formed from the doped core layer and the quartz outer cladding at a high temperature to obtain the doped optical fibre preform.

Abstract: An image stitching method applied to an image stitching device having at least two image capturing units and an operation processing unit includes acquiring at least two images adjacent by each other, detecting an overlapped region of the two adjacent images, compiling statistics of image information about the overlapped region of the two adjacent images, utilizing the image information to compute a compensation function, and adjusting at least one of the two adjacent images according to the image information to make the image information of the two adjacent images into harmony.

Abstract: A fluid sensing device is provided, including a main body and a light sensing unit. The main body includes a casing and a rotary member. A containing chamber is formed in the casing. The rotary member is rotatably disposed in the casing, and the rotary member has at least one transparent portion. A fluid flows into the containing chamber to drive the rotary member rotating around a central axis. The light sensing unit includes a first light transceiver module and a second light transceiver module disposed near the main body in an asymmetrical manner with respect to the central axis to transmit and receive the light passing through the translucent portion.

Abstract: A carrier head for a chemical mechanical polisher includes a base, a substrate mounting surface, an annular inner ring and an outer ring. The inner ring has a lower surface configured to contact an upper surface of a substrate positioned on the substrate mounting surface, an outer surface, and an inwardly facing surface extending downwardly from the lower surface and is configured to circumferentially surround the edge of the substrate, the inner ring vertically movable relative to the substrate mounting surface. The outer ring has an inner surface circumferentially surrounding the inner ring, an outer surface, and a lower surface to contact the polishing pad, and the outer ring is vertically movable relative to and independently of the substrate mounting surface and the inner ring.

Abstract: An optical image capturing system and an electronic using the same are disclosed. The optical image capturing system includes at least two lenses, an image plane, and a first position element. In certain condition, the design of the optical image capturing system may simantaneously inhibit the deviation of effect focal length and improve the imagining quality in response to temperature fluctuation.

Abstract: A non-antibiotic feed includes the following components by weight: 330-700 parts of corn, 140-230 parts of soybean meal, 80-210 parts of corn gluten meal, 35-150 parts of oil bran, 15-43 parts of rapeseed meal, 80-130 parts of wheat middling, and a feed additive. The feed additive can include various ingredients, including selenium and superoxide dismutase (SOD). The feed provides improved survival rate for poultry without using antibiotics.

Abstract: A method includes etching a first semiconductor fin and a second semiconductor fin to form first recesses. The first and the second semiconductor fins have a first distance. A third semiconductor fin and a fourth semiconductor fin are etched to form second recesses. The third and the fourth semiconductor fins have a second distance equal to or smaller than the first distance. An epitaxy is performed to simultaneously grow first epitaxy semiconductor regions from the first recesses and second epitaxy semiconductor regions from the second recesses. The first epitaxy semiconductor regions are merged with each other, and the second epitaxy semiconductor regions are separated from each other.

Abstract: An input method editor (IME) described herein couples scenarios of the input of the user with specific network services to offer more relevant and richer candidates for higher input productivity. Data relating to a computer application in which the input candidates are to be input and/or context relating to a user-submitted query is collected and analyzed to determine a scenario. The input candidates may include text candidates and rich candidates. The IME may select a scenario-tuned and type specific engine to identify the text candidates and/or rich candidates. The scenario-tuned text candidate engines leverage scenario-tuned language models and lexicons, and the scenario-tuned rich candidate engines leverage scenario-relevant web services, such as image, mapping, and video search, when available and appropriate.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a device and a method for carrying out experiments of chemical, biochemical, biological and physical analysis, reaction and assay employing a reaction unit, in a preferred embodiment comprising: a capillarity reaction chamber, non-capillarity zone and bottom structure, which can use capillary action to quantitatively take up by itself and hold liquid in the reaction chamber. A multi-unit plate, which contains a number of reaction units on a plate frame, can be used for parallel experiments in conjunction with reservoir plate, waster pad, and liquid transfer guider.