Abstract: Means and methods for determining whether an individual that does not have rheumatoid arthritis, AAV or Sjögren syndrome at the moment of sampling is at risk of developing the disease, the method comprising determining whether an antibody-containing sample of the individual comprises an autoantibody associated with the disease that comprises an N-linked glycosylation at one or more positions in a Fab-portion of the antibody, the method further comprising determining the risk of the individual for developing the disease. The disease is preferably rheumatoid arthritis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an algae collection device and, in particular, to an algae collection device using an escalator-type lift equipped with a screen having a level state. The present invention may collect algae using an escalator-type lift equipped with a screen having a level state while the algae do not move down. The present invention may effectively collect, into a collection box, the algae transported on the escalator-type lift by means of compressed air generated by a compressor.

Abstract: A method includes accessing a first dataset including aerial imagery data and infrared data, accessing a second dataset including property boundary data, and identifying property boundaries associated with a geographic area. A plurality of models is applied to the datasets to identify and compute information of interest. Based on the first dataset and constrained by the property boundaries, a building detection model can be applied to identify a building, and a vegetation detection model can be applied to identify one or more areas of vegetation. An estimated distance can be determined between each of the areas of vegetation and the building as separation data, which can be compared to a defensible space guideline to determine a defensible space adherence score. A wildfire risk map can be generated, including the defensible space adherence score associated with the geographic area.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes: a broadband light source; a wafer with a first side facing the broadband light source; a first light sensor configured to detect reflected light from the broadband light source emanating from the first side; a second light sensor configured to detect emergent light emanating from a second side of the wafer opposite the first side, wherein the emergent light originates from the broadband light source; and a detector module configured to analyze the reflected light and the emergent light to identify wafer defects.

Abstract: A display device, including a display panel, and an optical structure, is provided. The optical structure overlaps with the display panel. The optical structure includes at least two adjacent light shielding patterns, and the two adjacent light shielding patterns extend in a direction in a top view. In a cross section view, a pitch of the two adjacent light shielding patterns is less than a thickness of one of the two adjacent light shielding patterns.

Abstract: A semiconductor package may include a semiconductor chip having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and having a plurality of circuit patterns provided in the second surface, a redistribution wiring layer on the second surface of the semiconductor chip and having a plurality of redistribution wirings and a plurality of bonding pads, the redistribution wirings being electrically connected to the circuit patterns, the bonding pads electrically connected to the redistribution wirings and exposed from a lower surface, a plurality of conductive bumps on the plurality of bonding pads, respectively, and a plurality of spacers on the lower surface of the redistribution wiring layer and configured to align the plurality of conductive bumps through respective through holes of a test socket and to space the redistribution wiring layer from the test socket.

Abstract: Provided is a method of forming patterns which includes coating a metal-containing resist composition on a substrate; drying and heating to form a metal-containing resist film on the substrate; exposing the metal-containing resist film using a patterned mask; and coating a developer composition to remove unexposed regions to form a resist pattern A thickness of the resist film after development is increased by about 5 to about 100% compared to the thickness of the resist film before development, and a surface of the resist film after the development may include about 5 to about 20 at % of at least one selected from a phosphorus element and a sulfur element, based on the total number of atoms.

Abstract: An image processing method is applied to an electronic device with a display screen. The method includes obtaining a plurality of frame rates in at least one first time period, the electronic device being configured with a first preset frame rate in the first time period; determining a second preset frame rate of the electronic device in a second time period after the first time period based on the plurality of frame rates in the at least one first time period; and rendering an image in the second time period based on the second preset frame rate to display the rendered image through the display screen.

Abstract: A simplified method for welding a 5G position filler layer of a marine riser and a product thereof are provided, and the disclosure belongs to the technical field of welding. The method specifically includes the following. performing filler welding on the marine riser using an oscillation scanning laser-GMAW hybrid welding process; performing welding on each layer using same process parameters, then reducing gravity of a molten pool and increasing an arc force through interaction between laser and an arc, meanwhile expanding a range of a welding molten pool through an oscillation scanning behavior of the laser beam. A lack-of-fusion defect is prevented from being generated. A 5G position filler layer welding process of the marine riser is effectively simplified in the disclosure. Further, laser beam scanning also expands the range of the welding molten pool and prevents generation of the lack-of-fusion defect on a side wall.

Abstract: In a virtual object generation method, an object generation operation is received from a user account to generate a virtual object group including a specified quantity of virtual objects to be controlled by the user account. When second virtual objects are determined to be generated as part of the virtual object group, a generation result of first virtual objects is displayed in the virtual object group based on the object generation operation, and a generation result of second virtual objects is displayed. A total quantity of the first virtual objects and the second virtual objects is the specified quantity of the virtual objects, whether the second virtual objects are to be generated in the virtual object group is determined independently of the object generation operation. A first object attribute information corresponding to the first virtual objects is different from a second object attribute information corresponding to the second virtual objects.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs, for region-ambiguous joint detection. The method can include actions of obtaining a plurality of haplotypes, generating a plurality of joint diplotype candidates, wherein at least two of the plurality of haplotypes are associated with a first region of a reference genome and at least two of the other haplotypes are associated with a second region of the reference genome, the plurality of joint diplotype candidates comprising multiple different copy number configurations, determining a posterior probability for each of the plurality of joint diplotype candidates, determining a preferred copy number configuration of the multiple different copy number configurations, determining a region-ambiguous quality score for the plurality of joint diplotype candidates in a given position, and determining whether a variant exists in at least one of the first or second region of the reference genome based on the determined region-ambiguous quality score.

Abstract: A light diffusion plate is configured to be assembled with a blue light source module having blue Mini LEDs to form a white light backlight module. The light diffusion plate is added with organic dyes with light-emission wavelength of 490-650 nm in order to convert the blue light into white light. The light diffusion plate is made by a foaming extrusion process and contains a plurality of micro-bubbles with a size of 60-400 ?m and a weight-reduction ratio of 15-25% for improving the uniformity of white light and resolving the MURA problem. The size of micro-bubbles is controlled by reducing the temperature of at the exit end of the T-die head, such that the wavelength of the white light emitted from the light diffusion plate can be narrower to achieve the effect of wider color gamut display.

Abstract: A three-dimensional data encoding method includes: transforming pieces of attribute information of three-dimensional points included in point cloud data into coefficient values; and encoding the coefficient values to generate a bitstream. In the transforming, weighting calculation is performed hierarchically to generate the coefficient values belonging to one of layers, the weighting calculation separating each of the pieces of attribute information into a high-frequency component and a low-frequency component. In the weighting calculation, the weighting calculation is performed using weights fixed or not fixed in the layers. The bitstream includes first information indicating whether to fix the weights in the layers.

Abstract: A spin Hall magnetic sensor includes a plurality of magnetic thin film units including a magnetic layer stacked on a non-magnetic layer, and a plurality of non-magnetic substances disposed between the plurality of magnetic thin film units, The magnetic includes a Wheatstone bridge structure to observe a magnetic Hall resistance generated by a spin orbit torque (SOT).

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a memory device, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program operation, including a plurality of program loops, and a control logic configured to, in some of the plurality of loops of the program operation, control the peripheral circuit to apply a program voltage to a selected word line, apply a first pass voltage to adjacent word lines that are adjacent to the selected word line, and then apply a second pass voltage to adjacent word lines at a predetermined time point, wherein the second pass voltage has a different magnitude compared to the first pass voltage, and in the rest of the plurality of loops of the program operation, control the peripheral circuit to apply the second pass voltage to the adjacent word lines at a time point that is different from the predetermined time point from a selected loop.

Abstract: A magnetoresistive stack, including an electrically conductive material, and a seed region disposed above the electrically conductive material and including chromium (Cr). A chromium content of the seed region is large enough to render the seed region substantially non-magnetic. The magnetoresistive stack includes a fixed magnetic region disposed above the seed region. The fixed magnetic region includes a synthetic antiferromagnetic structure including a first ferromagnetic region disposed above the seed region, a coupling layer disposed on and in contact with the first ferromagnetic region, and a second ferromagnetic region disposed on and in contact with the coupling layer. The magnetoresistive stack includes one or more dielectric layers disposed above the second ferromagnetic region, and a free magnetic region disposed above the one or more dielectric layers.

Abstract: An anode layer for all-solid secondary batteries, an all-solid secondary battery, and a method of manufacturing an all-solid secondary battery, the anode layer including an anode current collector; and a first anode active material layer on the anode current collector, wherein the first anode active material layer includes a metal-carbon composite including a metal, carbon, and a polyol.

Abstract: A spin on composition includes a carbon backbone polymer; a first crosslinker; and a second crosslinker. The first crosslinker partially crosslinks the carbon backbone polymer at a temperature ranging from 100° C. to 170° C., and the second crosslinker crosslinks the carbon backbone polymer at a temperature ranging from 180° C. to 300° C. The second crosslinker is selected from the group consisting of A-(OH)x, A-(OR?)x, A-(C?C)x, and A-(C?C)x, where A is a monomer, oligomer, or a second polymer having a molecular weight ranging from 100 to 20,000, R? is an alkyloxy group, an alkenyl group, or an alkynyl group, and x ranges from 2 to 1000. The second crosslinker is different from the first crosslinker, and when either of the first crosslinker or the second crosslinker is a polymer, the polymer is a different polymer than the carbon backbone polymer.

Abstract: The specification discloses a film for a cell pouch and a storage method of the film. According to this disclosure, the efficiency of a slip agent may be improved by controlling the storage temperature after manufacturing the film for a cell pouch. The phenomenon of excessive leakage of the slip agent on the surface is minimized while comprising a small amount of the slip agent. Therefore, the film according to the present disclosure may exhibit excellent formability and at the same time prevents excessive leakage of the slip agent, thereby preventing a decrease in process efficiency due to the slip agent.

Abstract: A method for determining rock microscopic physical parameters and an apparatus may determine, based on the acquired macroscopic physical parameters and capillary pressure curve experimental data of a rock, a volume and a saturation of a nonwetting phase fluid injected into different pore throat distribution intervals, and calculate microscopic physical parameters of the rock, through which the properties of the rock, such as a pore structure, storage, seepage and the like can be depicted, thereby facilitating evaluation of hydrocarbon occurrences of a reservoir and formulation of a reasonable hydrocarbon field development strategy.