Abstract: An electromagnetic-piezoelectric composite vibration control device based on a synchronized switch damping technology is provided. An upper guiding component is installed inside the upper rigid frame, a lower guiding component is installed inside a lower rigid component, a guide rod is nested inside the upper guiding component and the lower guiding component, an upper idler wheel mechanism and a lower idler wheel mechanism are fixedly sleeved on the guide rod and are positioned between the upper guiding component and the lower guiding component respectively, an electromagnetic mechanism is fixedly sleeved outside the guide rod, one end of each piezoelectric cantilever beam is fixed between the upper rigid frame and the lower rigid frame, the other end is arranged between the upper idler wheel mechanism and the lower idler wheel mechanism, and the piezoelectric cantilever beams and the electromagnetic mechanism are connected with a circuit system respectively.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for maintaining hygienic conditions in automatic teller machines by detecting whether or not a user is not in compliance with a hygienic standard. If a user is not in compliance, then the automatic teller machine may execute a hygienic action to cleanse the automatic teller machine. For example, the hygienic action may comprise automatically cleansing the automatic teller machine, disabling the automatic teller machine from service, transmitting a sanitation service request to an automatic teller machine provide, and/or initiating an alternative control scheme (e.g., voice controls, gesture-based controls, etc.) for the automatic teller machine.

Abstract: Provided is a DNT cell population with IL-17 secretory cells removed and a preparation method therefor and the use thereof. The DNT cell population has the effects of inhibiting T cell proliferation and inducing apoptosis, can inhibit the inflammation of adipose tissue, improve insulin resistance, alleviate diabetes, and relieve steatohepatitis, and can also be used for preventing and treating antigen-specific allergic asthma.

Abstract: The disclosure includes a flame proof analysis device comprising a first chamber. In some embodiments, the flame proof analysis device comprises a power supply unit coupled to the first chamber. According to some embodiments, the flame proof analysis device comprises a chromatograph circuit board coupled to the first chamber. The flame proof analysis device may comprise a communication board coupled to the first chamber. In some embodiments, the flame proof analysis device comprises a control panel coupled to the first chamber. According to some embodiments, the flame proof analysis device comprises a suction pump coupled to the first chamber.

Abstract: A training apparatus is disclosed, comprising: a top structure, a bottom structure, and a traction structure disposed between the top structure and the bottom structure, and wherein the traction structure is configured to be retractable along an axial direction of the top or bottom structure to achieve relative movement between the top structure and the bottom structure.

Abstract: A sterile drug dispensing system, comprising: an air source output device, a handle and a drug dissolving device; the drug dissolving device is detachably mounted on the handle, the handle being connected to the air source output device by means of a power line and an air pipe, being for use in filtering gas and controlling the gas source output device; the gas source output device is used for outputting and extracting gas. A sterile drug dispensing method, which corresponds to the operating steps of the sterile drug dispensing system.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for maintaining hygienic conditions in automatic teller machines by detecting whether or not a user is not in compliance with a hygienic standard. If a user is not in compliance, then the automatic teller machine may execute a hygienic action to cleanse the automatic teller machine. For example, the hygienic action may comprise automatically cleansing the automatic teller machine, disabling the automatic teller machine from service, transmitting a sanitation service request to an automatic teller machine provide, and/or initiating an alternative control scheme (e.g., voice controls, gesture-based controls, etc.) for the automatic teller machine.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward transparent films prepared from soluble aromatic copolyamides with glass transition temperatures greater than 300° C. The copolyamides, which contain pendant carboxylic groups are solution cast into films using N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP), or other polar solvents. The films are thermally cured at temperatures near the copolymer glass transition temperature. After curing, the polymer films display transmittances >80% from 400 to 750 nm, have coefficients of thermal expansion of less than 20 ppm, and are solvent resistant. The films are useful as flexible substrates for microelectronic devices.

Abstract: Filter devices are provided herein. In some embodiments, a filter device includes resonators and a cover that is attached by adhesive tape to a housing that includes the resonators. In some embodiments, the filter device includes a tuning cover that overlaps the resonators and has cleaning holes therein. Moreover, in some embodiments, the filter device includes a wall inside the housing between a first of the resonators and a second of the resonators, and an average thickness of the wall is 3.0 millimeters or thinner. Related methods of manufacturing filter devices are also provided.

Abstract: A processing method for perennially and deeply polluted sludge containing oils and water, waste residues, or oil sands in natural oil mines, and a processing system thereof. In the method, a solid substance containing oils and water is in full contact with an organic liquid solvent with a low boiling point and a weak polarity or no polarity at room temperature under pressurized condition to extract oil and water from the solid substance to the liquid, the organic solvent with low boiling point and low latent heat is easily separated from oil and water in the liquid after solid-liquid separation by decompression or heating evaporation, the gas solvent is compressed and condensed for recycling, the extracted oil and water are subjected to oil-water separation, and the extracted oil may be used as fuel or used for refining.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a piezoelectric self-powered combination beam vibration damper and a control method thereof. An upper guiding component is installed inside an upper rigid frame, a lower guiding component is installed inside a lower rigid component, a guide rod is nested inside the upper guiding component and the lower guiding component, an upper elastic component is sleeved outside the upper idler wheel mechanism, a lower elastic component is sleeved outside the lower idler wheel mechanism, one end of each piezoelectric cantilever beam is fixed between the upper rigid frame and the lower rigid frame, the other end of each piezoelectric cantilever beam is arranged between the upper idler wheel mechanism and the lower idler wheel mechanism, at least one piezoelectric cantilever beam is connected with the input end of a circuit system, and other piezoelectric cantilever beams are connected with the output end of the circuit system.

Abstract: A storage device that provides in-storage transparent compression and implements a process for processing write requests during an out-of-space state. The process includes: receiving a write request from a host involving a set of logical block addresses (LBAs); determining if each of the LBAs in the write request is an actively used LBAs; and in response to determining that each of the LBAs in the write request are actively used LBAs, allowing the write request to be served; and in response to determining that at least one of the LBAs in the write request is not an actively used LBAs, not allowing the write request to be served and returning an error to the host.

Abstract: Various embodiments of predicting human actions are disclosed. In one aspect, a human action prediction system first receives a sequence of video images including at least a first person. Next, for each image in the sequence of video image, the human action prediction system detects the first person in the video image; and subsequently extracts a skeleton figure of the detected first person from the detected image of the first person, wherein the skeleton figure is composed of a set of human keypoints of the detected first person. Next, human action prediction system combines a sequence of extracted skeleton figures of the detected first person from the sequence of video images to form a first skeleton sequence of the detected first person which depicts a continuous motion of the detected first person.

Abstract: The example embodiments disclose a system and method, a computer program product, and a computer system for improving solid-state drive performance. The example embodiments may include generating, by an affinity adapter located external to the solid-state drive, a plurality of affinities for each of a plurality of data to a respective plurality of subdivisions of data of a solid-state drive, wherein each of the plurality of data is associated with a logical block address (LBA) and each of the respective plurality of subdivisions has a physical block address (PBA).

Abstract: A projection device and a projection picture correction method thereof are provided. When the projection device performs projection toward a projection surface, a plurality of target coordinates of a plurality of target vertexes are obtained based on a plurality of planes of the projection surface. The plurality of planes are not coplanar with each other, and the plurality of target vertexes form a target polygon. A first direction scaling process is performed respectively on a plurality of first image portions of an original trapezoidal image and a trapezoidal image block is generated. A second direction scaling process is performed respectively on a plurality of second image portions of the trapezoidal image block and a target image block aligned with the target polygon is generated. An output image including the target image block is projected onto the projection surface.

Abstract: A projection device and a keystone correction method thereof are provided. The keystone correction method is adapted for the projection device and includes the following steps. A first image is obtained. A first line-taking position parameter is determined according to a ratio of a first target edge length to a second target edge length. At least one line of input pixels disposed in a first direction is retrieved from the first image according to the first line-taking position parameter. A first scaling process related to the first direction is performed according to at least one line of input pixels of the first image, such that a line of output pixels of a second image disposed in the first direction is generated. The projection device projects the second image onto a projection screen to display a rectangular projected image.

Abstract: A projection device and a projection image correction method are provided. Four target coordinates of four target vertices forming a target quadrilateral boundary are obtained. A first trapezoidal boundary is obtained according to a predetermined image boundary and a first coordinate component of each of the four target coordinates. At least one edge of the target quadrilateral boundary is extended until intersecting with at least one of two reference line segments to obtain a second trapezoidal boundary. Bases of the first trapezoidal boundary are perpendicular to bases of the second trapezoidal boundary. First direction scaling processing is performed according to the first trapezoidal boundary, and second direction scaling processing is performed according to the second trapezoidal boundary, to scale an original image into a target image block aligned with the target quadrilateral boundary in an output image. The projection device projects the output image to display a rectangular projection image.

Abstract: A method for forming contacts applied to a CMOS image sensor includes: forming a transmission gate structure; performing source and drain ion implantation processes to form source and drain; forming auxiliary sidewalls on the outer sides of the gate sidewalls, the material of the auxiliary sidewalls being the same as the material of the adjacent gate sidewalls; sequentially forming a silicide block layer, a contact etch stop layer and an interlayer dielectric layer; defining source and drain contact regions; performing etching processes to remove the interlayer dielectric layer and the contact etch stop layer corresponding to the source and drain contact regions sequentially; etching the silicide block layer by adopting a predetermined etching selection ratio to form source and drain contacts, wherein the etching rate of the silicide block layer is higher than the etching rate of the auxiliary sidewalls in the process of etching the silicide block layer.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for dynamic load balancing of user traffic across Internet circuits based on monitored loads of the circuits. The method includes one or more processors receiving a request to utilize an Internet-accessible resource from a first user. The method further includes one or more processors identifying a communications service provider (CSP) that is associated with the user. The method further includes one or more processors determining a real-time load on a first Internet uplink circuit that is provisioned to the first CSP. In response to determining that the real-time load on the first Internet uplink circuit does meet a threshold condition, the method further includes one or more processors distributing traffic corresponding to executing the received request to utilize the Internet-accessible resource to a second Internet uplink circuit that is provisioned to a second CSP.

Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of semiconductor integrated circuit manufacturing, and in particular to a chip and a method for self-aligned etching of contacts of the chip. The chip includes a substrate layer, a salicide block layer and a dielectric layer; the salicide block layer covers the device layer; the salicide block layer comprises a first block layer and a second block layer sequentially stacked from the device layer; an etching selection ratio of the second block layer to the first block layer is high; The method includes: defining a contact pattern; performing first etching to remove the dielectric layer and the second block layer located at the position of the contact pattern, making a stop surface of the first etching be located in the first block layer; performing second etching to remove the first block layer located at the position of the contact pattern.