Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a fin-shaped structure protruding from the substrate and orienting lengthwise along a first direction, an isolation feature disposed over the substrate and along a sidewall of a bottom portion of the fin-shaped structure, and a metal gate structure disposed over the fin-shaped structure and the isolation feature and orienting lengthwise along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The metal gate structure includes a bottom portion sandwiched between the isolation feature and the bottom portion of the fin-shaped structure along the second direction.

Abstract: The present application relates to a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), comprising a GPC3 binding domain, a transmembrane domain, a costimulatory domain and an intracellular signaling domain, the GPC3 binding domain comprises an antibody or a fragment thereof which specifically binding to GPC3, the antibody comprises a light chain complementary determining region 1 (LCDR1), a light chain complementary determining region 2 (LCDR2) and a light chain complementary determining region 3 (LCDR3), the amino acid sequence of the LCDR1 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 16, the amino acid sequence of the LCDR2 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 17 and the amino acid sequence of the LCDR3 is as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 18. The present application also relates to an isolated nucleic acid encoding the CAR, a vector comprising the nucleic acid, an immune effector cell comprising the nucleic acid or the vector and a preparation method thereof as well as a use of the CAR.

Abstract: A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a memory cell array having a plurality of memory cells arranged in a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Each of the plurality of columns include a first plurality of memory cells connected to a first bit line and a second bit line. A pre-charge circuit is connected to the memory cell array. The pre-charge circuit pre-charges each of the first bit line and the second bit line from a first end. A pre-charge assist circuit is connected to the memory cell array. The pre-charge assist circuit pre-charges each of the first bit line and the second bit line from a second end, the second end being opposite the first end.

Abstract: A composition comprising a boron nitride hexagonal lattice structure in which boron atoms and nitrogen atoms are present in a B:N molar ratio of 1:4-1:8 or 4:1-8:1, wherein the molar ratio corresponds to vacant site defects within the boron nitride hexagonal lattice structure. Also described are methods for producing the boron nitride composition as well as methods for using the boron nitride composition as a catalyst in a hydrogenation process.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for predicting a specified geographic area of a user. An example system includes a processor configured to determine a verified geographic area associated with each user, and determine a feature vector associated with an account of each user. The processor is also configured to receive transaction data and determine a value of each parameter of the feature vector for each user based on the transaction data to produce a training matrix. The processor is further configured to train and validate a geographic area prediction model based on the training matrix. The processor is further configured to repeatedly generate a prediction that a user will conduct a transaction in a geographic area, communicate an offer to the user based on the prediction, receive new training data, and update the geographic area prediction model based on the new training data.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For instance, a user equipment (UE) may identify, in a radio frequency spectrum band a first resource for a sidelink synchronization signal block (S-SSB) and may perform a channel access procedure for the radio frequency spectrum band for the first resource. In a first example, a second resource for a sidelink message may overlap in time with the first resource and the UE may perform the channel access procedure based on the S-SSB being prioritized over the sidelink message. In a second example, the UE may perform the channel access procedure in accordance with a first value of a parameter for the channel access procedure associated with a first synchronization priority based on the UE being associated with the first synchronization priority. The UE may transmit an S-SSB over the first resource based on the channel access procedure indicating availability.

Abstract: A communications method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: A first terminal side device determines a frequency domain resource of a scheduled first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), where the first PDSCH corresponds to a first demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) on a first antenna port; and when the frequency domain resource includes N consecutive frequency domain units, and there is a second DM-RS on a second antenna port in each of L consecutive frequency domain units in the N frequency domain units, determines that precoding of each second DM-RS is the same. The second DM-RS and the first DM-RS are in a same code division multiplexing (CDM) group, the second DM-RS corresponds to a second PDSCH scheduled for a second terminal side device, each N and L is an integer greater than 1, and L is less than or equal to N.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ultrafast Doppler ultrasound method for estimating a blood flow velocity through repetitive compounding of multi-angle plane waves. The method includes: controlling an ultrasonic transducer to cyclically transmit plane waves (101) according to a sequence of deflection angles of {0, ??, ?, ??}; receiving echo signals (102) of the plane waves reflected by an area to be scanned; searching for three consecutive frames of signals with deflection angles in a sequence of {0, ??, ?} and {?, ??, 0} in the echo signals to obtain multiple frame groups (103); compounding the three consecutive frames of signals of each frame group to obtain a compounded radio frequency (RF) signal (105); calculating a blood flow velocity (106) according to the compounded RF signal; and performing color coding on the blood flow velocity to generate a two-dimensional (2D) blood flow velocity image (107).

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes: forming an interconnect structure over a substrate; forming a first passivation layer over the interconnect structure; forming a first conductive feature over the first passivation layer and electrically coupled to the interconnect structure; conformally forming a second passivation layer over the first conductive feature and the first passivation layer; forming a dielectric layer over the second passivation layer; and forming a first bump via and a first conductive bump over and electrically coupled to the first conductive feature, where the first bump via is between the first conductive bump and the first conductive feature, where the first bump via extends into the dielectric layer, through the second passivation layer, and contacts the first conductive feature, where the first conductive bump is over the dielectric layer and electrically coupled to the first bump via.

Abstract: A three dimension memory device, such as an AND-type memory, includes a memory cell tile, multiple source line switches, multiple first bit line switches to fourth bit line switches. The memory cell tile is divided into a first and a second memory cell sub-tiles. The first bit line switches are respectively coupled to multiple first bit lines of a first part of the first memory cell sub-tile. The second bit line switches are respectively coupled to multiple second bit lines of a second part of the first memory cell sub-tile. The third bit line switches are respectively coupled to multiple third bit lines of a first part of the second memory cell sub-tile. The fourth bit line switches are respectively coupled to multiple fourth bit lines of a second part of the second memory cell sub-tile.

Abstract: A method used for object tracking includes: using a specific object model to generate a first vector of a first ratio object and a second vector of a second ratio object of an image in an object detection bounding box of a specific frame; generating an identity label of an object within the bounding box according to the first vector, the second vector, and M first ratio reference vectors and M second ratio reference vectors stored in an object vector database.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel antimicrobial peptides and compositions comprising the same. The present invention also provides a method for for treating microbial infections, including bacterial infections and fungal infections.

Abstract: Provided is a continuous synthesis method for 1,1?-bicyclic[1.1.1]pentane-1,3-diethyl ketone compounds. The continuous synthesis method comprises: under the irradiation of a light source, continuously conveying raw material A and raw material B to a continuous reaction device for a continuous photochemical reaction to obtain 1,1?-bicyclic[1.1.1]pentane-1,3-diethyl ketone compounds, and controlling the reaction temperature in the continuous reaction device by a temperature control device during the continuous photochemical reaction. A propellane with substituents, as a reaction raw material, is subjected to the above photochemical reaction in the continuous reaction device to reduce the probability of its slow decomposition and deterioration under the irradiation, and greatly improve the conversion rate of the reaction material and product yield.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides an apparatus and method for gas diffuser support structure for a vacuum chamber. The gas diffuser support structure comprises a backing plate having a central bore, and a gas deflector having a length and a width unequal to the length coupled to the backing plate by a plurality of outward fasteners coupled to a plurality of outward threaded holes formed in the backing plate, in which a spacer is disposed between the backing plate and the gas deflector, and in which a length to width ratio of the gas deflector is about 0.1:1 to about 10:1.

Abstract: A CMOS image sensor includes a unit pixel array including a photodiode array, a color filter array, a micro-lens array, and a grid isolation structure laterally separating adjacent color filters. The grid isolation structure includes a first low-n grid, a second low-n grid underlying the first low-n grid, and a metal grid within the second low-n grid, the first low-n grid being narrower than the second low-n grid. The color filter array includes color filter matrixes, all color filter matrixes have the same arrangement pattern. Sizes of color filters in each color filter matrix vary depending on locations of the color filters in the color filter matrix. In an edge portion, a distance between a center of a color filter matrix and a center of a corresponding unit pixel matrix in plan view varies depending on a location of the unit pixel matrix in the CMOS image sensor.

Abstract: Provided are computer-implemented methods for generating embeddings for objects which may include receiving heterogeneous network data associated with a plurality of objects in a heterogeneous network; selecting at least one pattern of objects; determining instances of each pattern of objects based on the heterogeneous network data; generating a pattern matrix for each pattern of objects based on the instances of the pattern of objects; generating pattern sequence data associated with a portion of each pattern matrix; generating network sequence data associated with a portion of the heterogeneous network data; and combining the pattern sequence data and the network sequence data into combined sequence data. In some non-limiting embodiments or aspects, methods may include generating a vector for each object of the plurality of objects based on the combined sequence data. Systems and computer program products are also provided.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a second UE, a first channel occupancy time (COT) sharing request. The UE may transmit, to a third UE, after a time window has elapsed, a second COT sharing request, wherein the second COT sharing request is transmitted based at least in part on the first UE having received no response to the first COT sharing request within the time window or the first UE having received a negative response to the first COT sharing request within the time window. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A method for digital twin virtual-reality synchronization mapping of a mechanical arm comprises acquiring a virtual mechanical arm model built based on an actual mechanical arm in a virtual environment, where the virtual mechanical arm model is configured to map the actual mechanical arm; acquiring real motion information collected when the actual mechanical arm moves; constructing a training set and a test set based on the real motion information; training a target multilayer perceptron model based on the training set, and testing the target multilayer perceptron model based on the test set, where the target multilayer perceptron model is configured to predict a motion of the virtual mechanical arm model in the virtual environment; and deploying the target multilayer perceptron model on the actual mechanical arm when the target multilayer perceptron model meets a preset condition. According to this method, operation accuracy and efficiency of the mechanical arm are improved.

Abstract: A composition, formulation, preparation method and use for a glutathione precursor. The composition comprises, in parts by weight: a selenium-containing compound; a glutathione precursor; a zinc-containing compound. A powder obtained by mixing the present composition has good mixing uniformity and good fluidity, and facilitates filling in a filling capsule; and a capsule containing the composition has the effects of liver protection, oxidation resistance, and immunity enhancement.