Abstract: An optical device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a optical device includes a liquid crystal element having a top surface, a bottom surface, and sides separating the top surface and the bottom surface, and an outer layer surrounding the sides of the liquid crystal element, wherein the liquid crystal element comprises a first base layer, a second base layer, a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first base layer and the second base layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer positioned between the first base layer and the liquid crystal layer, and a spacer to maintain a gap between the first base layer and the second base layer, wherein the optical device satisfies Equation 1: ?T2×0.4?T1?T2?T2×0.4??[Equation 1] wherein, T1 is a thickness of the outer layer, and T2 is a thickness of the liquid crystal element.

Abstract: A lane keep assist system for an automotive vehicle includes an electric power steering assembly that is responsive to an output of the control system, the motor applying a torque to a part of a steering gear to steer the vehicle along a highway. The lane keep assist system assists a driver in keeping the vehicle in a lane of a highway, in which the control circuit comprises A PID Controller which receives at an input a target lane position for the closed-loop control system and provides as an output a control signal for a motor of the electric power steering assembly. The controller is arranged in a closed loop with the motor configured to minimise an error value indicative of the difference between the target lane position and the actual lane position of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present application relates to a novel benzoazepine compound, comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present application also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present application relates to use of the compound and the composition in the prevention or treatment of diseases related to arginine vasopressin V1a receptor, arginine vasopressin V1b receptor, arginine vasopressin V2 receptor, sympathetic nervous system or renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. The present application also provides a method for preventing and/or treating arginine vasopressin-related diseases.

Abstract: Provided are a protecting trolley and a construction method of rock burst prewarning protection system in non-contact tunnel construction. The protecting trolley includes a framework, a walking assembly, a rockfall buffering assembly, a spraying assembly and a rock burst prewarning system. The rockfall buffering assembly includes an arch frame in a fixed connection with the framework and a protecting net fixed on the arch frame. The spraying assembly includes a track car in connection with the rockfall buffering assembly and a spraying hose fixed on the track car, and the spraying hose sprays towards the surrounding rock. The rock burst prewarning assembly includes a thermosensitive infrared sensor used for detecting the temperature of the surrounding rock and a highly sensitive laser sensor used for detecting the deformation of the surrounding rock.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating or ameliorating metabolic diseases, cholestatic liver diseases, or organ fibrosis, which comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isoxazole derivative, a racemate, an enantiomer, or a diastereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the derivative, the racemate, the enantiomer, or the diastereoisomer.

Abstract: A steer by wire system for a vehicle includes a hand wheel, a steering gear that is attached to at least one steered road wheel, and at least one actuator that is connected to the hand wheel or the steering gear for the vehicle to apply to torque to the hand wheel or steering gear. The steer by wire system can include a control circuit comprising a first PID Controller which receives at an input a set point signal and provides as an output a control signal that is used to control the motor, the controller being arranged in a closed loop with the motor and configured to minimise an error value indicative of the difference between the demanded behaviour of the motor as indicated by the set point signal and the actual behaviour of the motor.

Abstract: An electric power assisted steering system for a vehicle is disclosed. The electric power assisted steering system can include an electric motor configured to apply an assistance torque to a part of a steering assembly so as to assist a driver of a vehicle in turning the steering wheel, a drive circuit for the motor which selectively connects the motor phases to an electrical supply to cause current to flow in the motor phases. The amount of assistance torque applied by the motor can be a function of the current flowing in the phases of the motor. The electric power assisted steering system can include a control circuit which generates a control signal that is applied to the motor drive stage.

Abstract: A memory cell includes: a substrate; an active layer spaced apart from a surface of the substrate and extending in a direction which is parallel to the surface of the substrate; a bit line coupled to one side of the active layer and extending in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate; a capacitor coupled to another side of the active layer and spaced apart from the surface of the substrate; and a word line vertically spaced apart from the active layer and extending in a direction intersecting with the active layer, wherein the word line includes a first notch-shaped sidewall and a second notch-shaped sidewall that face each other.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle control circuit can include a PID Controller that receives at an input a set point signal for the closed-loop control system and provides as an output a control signal that is fed to the motion control system. The PID controller is arranged in a closed-loop configuration with the motion control system to minimise an error value indicative of the difference between the demanded behaviour of the motion control system as indicated by the demand signal and the actual behaviour of the motion control system. The control circuit can include a neural network which has an input layer of neurons, at least one hidden layer of neurons, and an output layer comprising at least one output neuron, in which the neural network comprises a feedforward neural network that receives at the input layer of input neurons the demand signal, the drive signal output from the controller and the error value.

Abstract: A display device includes: scan, control, and emission control signal lines, signals transmitted thereby being different from one another; data and driving voltage lines; a first transistor including a first gate electrode and first source and drain; a second transistor including a second gate electrode connected to a first scan line, a second source connected to a first data line, and a second drain connected to the first source; a light-emitting element; a control transistor including a control gate electrode connected to a first control line and between the driving voltage line and the first source or the light-emitting element and the first drain; and an emission control transistor in series between the light-emitting element and the control transistor, the control transistor and the first transistor, or the driving voltage line and the control transistor, and an emission control gate electrode connected to the emission control signal line.

Abstract: Disclosed is a bilayer bionic drug-loaded hydrogel, and preparation and application thereof. The hydrogel includes: an outer-layer hydrogel and an inner-layer hydrogel. The outer-layer hydrogel is prepared by: forming a polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel by directionally freezing a polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution, soaking the polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution in a sodium sulfate solution, and removing salt ions after soaking; and the inner-layer hydrogel is prepared by components of: a loaded drug, polyvinyl alcohol, chitosan, genipin, water, and a pH adjuster. The hydrogel of the present disclosure can be applied to deeply infected areas of wounds in open war wounds, and has protective, anti-inflammatory, haemostatic, reparative, anti-drug resistant bacterial effects, and other properties.

Abstract: A memory device includes a substrate, an active layer spaced apart from a surface of the substrate and laterally oriented in a first direction and including an opened first side, a closed second side, and a channel layer between the first side and the second side, and a word line laterally oriented in a second direction crossing the first direction while surrounding the channel layer.

Abstract: The present application describes the use of a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) fluorinating precursor and/or an SEI fluorinating compound to coat an electrode material and create an artificial SEI layer. These modifications may increase surface passivation of the electrodes, SEI robustness, and structural stability of the silicon-containing electrodes.

Abstract: A system for quantitative control of mitochondrial transfer based on droplet microfluidics includes a droplet generation module configured to generate droplets containing isolated mitochondria and a single cell; a droplet observation module configured for observation of the generated droplets under a microscope; and a droplet collection module configured to collect the generated droplets. The number of mitochondria needed to be transferred into recipient cells is an import issue in precise medicine. The development of the presented invention, which can achieve a precise quantity-control on mitochondrial transfer at the single cell level, can help us to determine the mitochondria number needed to make a significant function improvement on the recipient cells before conducting the cell therapy for mtDNA-related diseases.

Abstract: A gas leak detecting method includes a test article preparation operation of preparing a test article that includes a first coupling region, in which a second component is coupled to one side of a first component, and a second coupling region, in which a third component is coupled to one side of the second component, a test article arrangement operation of arranging the test article in an inner space of a body unit, and a sealing inspection operation of examining a gas discharged from the inner space and inspecting whether or not the first coupling region or the second coupling region is sealed. In the test article arrangement operation, each of the first coupling region and the second coupling region is located inside the inner space.

Abstract: A circuit board according to an embodiment includes a first insulating layer including a first region and a second region; and a first circuit pattern layer disposed on the first insulating layer; wherein the first circuit pattern layer includes a first electrode disposed on the first region of the first insulating layer and including a first opening, and wherein the first opening pass through upper and lower surfaces of the first electrode.

Abstract: A circuit stage including a first transistor including a first electrode and a gate electrode, the first electrode being coupled to a first input terminal and the gate electrode being coupled to a second input terminal configured to receive a first clock signal, an output circuit coupled to the second input terminal and a second power input terminal, an input circuit coupled to a second electrode of the first transistor and to a third input terminal, the third input terminal being configured to receive a first control clock signal, the input circuit being configured to control voltages of the second node and a third node, a first driving circuit coupled to a first power input terminal and to a fourth input terminal configured to receive a second control clock signal, and a second driving circuit coupled to the fourth input terminal and the third node.

Abstract: A memory cell includes: a substrate; an active layer spaced apart from a surface of the substrate and extending in a direction which is parallel to the surface of the substrate; a bit line coupled to one side of the active layer and extending in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate; a capacitor coupled to another side of the active layer and spaced apart from the surface of the substrate; and a word line vertically spaced apart from the active layer and extending in a direction intersecting with the active layer, wherein the word line includes a first notch-shaped sidewall and a second notch-shaped sidewall that face each other.

Abstract: A method of making a magnetically-drivable microrobot that is suitable for carrying and delivering cells includes photo-curing a photo-curable material composition to form a body of the magnetically-drivable microrobot. The photo-curable material composition includes a degradable component, a structural component, a magnetic component, and a photo-curing facilitation composition including a photoinitiator component and a photosensitizer component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a preparation method of a BOPP film stiffening agent, including: taking cyclopentadiene or a derivative thereof and a norbornene monomer or C8 cycloolefin as a polymerization raw material, obtaining a polymerization resin liquid by continuous high-temperature polymerization, then preparing high-softening-point aliphatic hydrogenation petroleum resin through two-stage catalytic hydrogenation reaction and removing low-boiling-point light components and solvents; and then obtaining the BOPP film stiffening agent by mixing and extruding with homo-polypropylene. The stiffening agent prepared by the present invention has a very good anti-dissolution performance and environmental protection performance which is suitable for modification of a BOPP cigarette film, and has good market application prospects.