Abstract: A method for selecting a radio resource management scheme is disclosed. A distance between two wireless access points of two wireless local area networks is received. A calculated signal strength corresponding to the distance is determined. One or more signal strengths associated with communication between the two wireless access points are received. A difference between a first value associated with the received one or more signal strengths and a second value associated with the calculated signal strength is determined. The difference is compared to a threshold difference value to determine an environment assessment result. Based on the environment assessment result, an option among a plurality of radio resource management scheme options is selected for at least the two wireless access points.

Abstract: Controlling methods of a wireless communication device and a network are provided. The controlling method of the wireless communication device includes the following steps: transmitting a Mobility Registration Update (MRU) request to a network; keeping a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) command received from the network; and processing the PDU command after a predetermined waiting timer counted from receiving an MRU accept from the network is expired.

Abstract: Provided is a photocurable conductive black composition including: (a) at least one (meth)acrylate-functionalized urethane oligomer; (b) at least one photopolymerizable compound; (c) a photoinitiator; (d) a visible-light blocking system; (e) conductive fillers; and optionally (f) a thermal initiator. Also provided are a method for forming a cured product composed of the photocurable conductive black compositions, and an article comprising the cured product.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first conductor structure extending along a lateral direction. The semiconductor device includes a first memory film that extends along a vertical direction and is in contact with the first conductor structure. The semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor film that extends along the vertical direction and is in contact with the first memory film. Ends of the first semiconductor film align with ends of the first memory film, respectively. The semiconductor device includes a second conductor structure extending along the vertical direction. The semiconductor device includes a third conductor structure extending along the vertical direction. The semiconductor device includes a fourth conductor structure extending along the vertical direction. The second and fourth conductor structures are coupled to the ends of the first semiconductor film, and the third conductor structure is coupled to a portion of the first semiconductor film between its ends.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a novel positive electrode active material for lithium-ion battery. The positive electrode active material is expressed by the following formula: Li1.2NixMn0.8-x-yZnyO2, wherein x and y satisfy 0<x?0.8 and 0<y?0.1. In addition, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing the positive electrode active material. The present invention further provides a lithium-ion battery which uses said positive electrode active material.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for improving gut microbiota, including: a bacterial species combination consisting of Limosilactobacillus fermentum TCI275 with an accession number of BCRC 910940, Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis TCI604 with an accession number of BCRC 910887, and Weizmannia coagulans TCI803 with an accession number of BCRC 910946. Provided is a method for improving gut microbiota of a subject in need thereof with the bacterial species combination.

Abstract: A controlling method for a wireless communication device is provided. The controlling method for the wireless communication device includes: attaching a first Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) to a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network; determining whether a second USIM is camped on the LTE network; detecting whether a paging collision is happened, if the second USIM is camped on the LTE network; generating a requested International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) offset for the second USIM, if the paging collision is happened, wherein the requested IMSI offset is 1 or min(T, nB)?1, T is a default paging period and nB is a number of paging occurrences within the default paging period; transmitting an attach request with the requested IMSI offset to the LTE network for the second USIM; receiving a negotiated IMSI offset from the LTE network; and attaching the second USIM to the LTE network with the negotiated IMSI offset.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present application are directed towards an integrated circuit (IC). The integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate including a logic region and a memory cell region. A logic device is arranged on the logic region. A memory device is arranged on the memory cell region. An isolation structure extends into a top surface of the semiconductor substrate, and laterally separates the logic region from the memory cell region. The isolation structure includes dielectric material and has an uppermost surface and a slanted upper surface extending from the uppermost surface to an edge of the isolation structure proximate to memory cell region.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates an integrated chip including a substrate. A conductive interconnect feature is arranged over the substrate. The conductive interconnect feature has a base feature portion with a base feature width and an upper feature portion with an upper feature width. The upper feature width is narrower than the base feature width such that the conductive interconnect feature has tapered outer feature sidewalls. An interconnect via is arranged over the conductive interconnect feature. The interconnect via has a base via portion with a base via width and an upper via portion with an upper via width. The upper via width is wider than the base via width such that the interconnect via has tapered outer via sidewalls.

Abstract: A method for a host computer to access a target device via a remote extender. The target device is connected to the remote extender, and a target device driver corresponding to the target device is installed on the host computer. The method includes setting up a logic transmission pipe between the host computer and the remote extender with a network connection as the underlying transmission path, and handling an I/O request from the target device driver to access the target device via the logic transmission pipe. The method is used to allow the target device to be treated by the host computer as a local resource. Additionally, the disclosure provides a system for accessing the remote target device and a remote extender thereof.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes the steps of providing a flexible substrate, forming an electric circuit layer on the flexible substrate at an elevated temperature, and enhancing a transmittance of the flexible substrate after forming the electric circuit layer.

Abstract: An operating method of an optical system in a vehicle is provided. The optical system includes a display device. The display device includes a display panel and a plurality of light emitting units. The light emitting units are configured to emit a light to the display panel. The operating method includes the following steps. An emphasized portion of an object is determined. An image corresponding to the emphasized portion is displayed by the display device by adjusting a light intensity of at least a portion of the light emitted from the light emitting units.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first die having a first surface, a first conductive bump over the first surface and having first height and a first width, a second conductive bump over the first surface and having a second height and a second width. The first width is greater than the second width and the first height is substantially identical to the second height. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor package is also provided.

Abstract: A frame device includes a back board, a buckle member and a casing. The back board has a groove. The buckle member is disposed on the back board, and has a first part member and the second part member disposed corresponding to the groove, and a distance between the first part member and the second part member varies along a direction. The casing is provided with a hook having a first engaging part and a second engaging part, and a distance between the first engaging part and the second engaging part varies along the direction. The first part member is engaged with the first engaging part, and the second part member is engaged with the second engaging part.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, at least one light emitting unit bound on the substrate, a transparency controllable unit disposed on the substrate, and an integrated circuit unit overlapped with the substrate. The integrated circuit unit includes a semiconducting structure and a conductive structure overlapped with the semiconducting structure. The integrated circuit unit is electrically connected to the at least one light emitting unit and the transparency controllable unit.

Abstract: A ferroelectric memory device and a memory array are provided. The ferroelectric memory device includes a word line; a pair of source/drain electrodes, a channel layer, a work function layer and a ferroelectric layer. The source/drain electrodes are disposed at opposite sides of the word line, and elevated from the word line. The channel layer has a bottom planar portion and wall portions. The bottom planar portion extends along a top surface of the word line, and opposite ends of the bottom planar portion are connected to sidewalls of the source/drain electrodes through opposite ones of the wall portions. The work function layer is electrically connected to the word line, and extends along the bottom planar portion and the wall portions of the channel layer. The ferroelectric layer separates the channel layer from the work function layer.

Abstract: Systems and methods for manhole localization along deployed fiber optic cables that employs cross-correlation methodologies and ambient road traffic operating proximate to the manholes including fiber optic telecommunications cables to detect the manhole locations using distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS). Advantageously the manhole locations are determined without employing labor intensive field surveys.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining a multi-utterance training sample that includes audio data characterizing utterances spoken by two or more different speakers and obtaining ground-truth speaker change intervals indicating time intervals in the audio data where speaker changes among the two or more different speakers occur. The method also includes processing the audio data to generate a sequence of predicted speaker change tokens using a sequence transduction model. For each corresponding predicted speaker change token, the method includes labeling the corresponding predicted speaker change token as correct when the predicted speaker change token overlaps with one of the ground-truth speaker change intervals. The method also includes determining a precision metric of the sequence transduction model based on a number of the predicted speaker change tokens labeled as correct and a total number of the predicted speaker change tokens in the sequence of predicted speaker change tokens.

Abstract: An example device for coding video data includes memory configured to store the video data and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to reduce a bit length of one or more input variables for a linear regression operation to generate one or more reduced bit length input variables, the input variables including at least one of a) one or more delta coordinates, b) one or more delta motion vectors, or c) a value representing a number of subblocks. The one or more processors are configured to perform the linear regression operation and derive an affine motion model based on the performing the linear regression on the one or more reduced bit length input variables. The one or more processors are configured to code a current block of the video data based on the affine motion model.