Abstract: An apparatus includes a programming circuit configured to supply a program pulse to increase a threshold voltage of a memory cell. The apparatus also includes a sensing circuit configured to determine that the threshold voltage of the memory cell satisfies a trigger threshold voltage in response to the program pulse. The apparatus further includes a damping circuit configured to increase a voltage of a bit line connected to the memory cell after initiation of and during a second program pulse in response to the threshold voltage of the memory cell satisfying the trigger threshold voltage, the second program pulse being sent by the programming circuit.

Abstract: A moulding material contains to an extent of at least 50 wt % of the combination of the following constituents: a) 80 to 95 parts by mass of a polyamide component comprising a1) 70 to 100 parts by wt of PA PACMX and a2) 30 to 0 parts by wt of a linear aliphatic polyamide, b) 4 to 19 parts by mass of a core-shell impact modifier, and c) 1 to 5 parts by mass of a functionalized styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene block copolymer as an impact modifier, wherein the parts by mass of a), b) and c) sum to 100. The moulding material has a high transparency and a very good notched impact strength.

Abstract: A broadcast signal reception apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a broadcast processor comprising a tuner, and a real-time object delivery over unidirectional transport (ROUTE) cache, wherein the tuner receives a broadcast signal including an ROUTE file, and the ROUTE cache stores the ROUTE file; and user agent for executing a broadcaster application; and an interface for connecting the broadcaster application to the broadcast processor, wherein the broadcaster application transmits a first request to the interface, and the broadcast processor transmits, to the interface, a first response corresponding to the first request.

Abstract: Methods and materials for modulating heat and/or drought tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding heat and/or drought-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased heat and/or drought tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased heat and/or drought tolerance.

Abstract: An RF energy transmitting apparatus with positioning and polarization tracing function is used for an RF energy harvesting apparatus. The RF energy transmitting apparatus includes a power radar transmitter and a radar controller. The power radar transmitter receives a power source signal and emits an electromagnetic source wave. The radar controller is electrically connected to power radar transmitter and receives a reflected harmonic wave. The power radar transmitter emits the electromagnetic source wave to scan a space. The RF energy harvesting apparatus generates and emits the reflected harmonic wave. The radar controller determines a position and a polarization angle of the RF energy harvesting apparatus after receiving the reflected harmonic wave and to adjust a polarization angle of the power radar transmitter to be within a predetermined angle range with respect to the polarization angle of the reflected harmonic wave sent from the RF energy harvesting apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a display brightness compensation method including: setting an aging grayscale of a monochrome pixel of each of n test display panels; setting m test grayscales of the monochrome pixel; during a time period, illuminating the aging grayscale of the monochrome pixel, periodically illuminating each test grayscale of the monochrome pixel, and periodically obtaining a test display brightness of the monochrome pixel at the test grayscale at the aging grayscale; calculating a brightness-time characteristic of the monochrome pixel at each of the m test grayscales at the aging grayscale; and compensating an actual display brightness of a monochrome pixel of a target display panel at a current display moment based on the brightness-time characteristic. Both m and n are positive integers greater than or equal to 2. The monochrome pixels of any two test display panels have different aging grayscales.

Abstract: Methods for the production of heterophasic polymers in gas and slurry phase polymerization processes, and polymer compositions made therefrom, are disclosed herein.

Abstract: A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device includes two magnetic tunnel junction elements and a magnetic shielding layer. The two magnetic tunnel junction elements are arranged side by side. The magnetic shielding layer is disposed between the magnetic tunnel junction elements. A method of forming said magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device includes the following steps. An interlayer including a magnetic shielding layer is formed. The interlayer is etched to form recesses in the interlayer. The magnetic tunnel junction elements fill in the recesses. Or, a method of forming said magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device includes the following steps. A magnetic tunnel junction layer is formed. The magnetic tunnel junction layer is patterned to form magnetic tunnel junction elements. An interlayer including a magnetic shielding layer is formed between the magnetic tunnel junction elements.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula is an excellent light-emitting material. R1 to R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and one of R1 to R5 is a cyano group, one to three of R1 to R5 each are an aryl group Ar optionally substituted with an alkyl group or an aryl group, and one to three of R1 to R5 each are a donor group D (but excepting one that corresponds to Ar).

Abstract: A computer system processes documents in a content repository. Each document of a plurality of documents is classified into one of a functional category and a clinical category. Each document is annotated using one or more corpora to generate document annotations. Documents satisfying one or more query terms are identified by comparing each query term to the document annotations. The identified documents are ranked based on a determined relevance. Guidelines are produced based on the ranking of the identified documents. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for processing documents in a content repository in substantially the same manner described above.

Abstract: A driver blade, for use with a powered fastener driver, includes an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis. The body includes a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. A first edge extends between the top surface and the bottom surface. The driver blade further includes a plurality of teeth formed along the first edge and extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis. The driver blade is manufactured using a metal injection molding process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound for treating or preventing osteoarthritis. The compound relieves the joint pain, inhibits and attenuates the development of post-traumatic osteoarthritis in mouse model. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound for treating or preventing osteoarthritis. The present invention further provides a method for treating or preventing osteoarthritis by administrating to the patient in need thereof with the pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: A steering knuckle, including a rod part, a disc part, a first ear, a second ear. The rod part and the disc part are disposed on two sides of the disc part, respectively. The first ear is longer than the second ear. The first ear and the second ear each include a pin hole; the connection line of two pin holes of the first ear and the second ear is perpendicular to the axis of the rod part. The first ear extends parallel to the axis of the rod part in the direction away from the disc part to form a pulling arm configured to connect to a steering drag link. The second ear extends perpendicularly to the axis of the rod part and perpendicularly to the connection line of the two pin holes to form a steering arm configured to connect to a steering tie rod.

Abstract: A method may include obtaining original source code including entities. The entities each correspond to a location in the original source code. The method may further include generating, from the original source code, a dependency graph including nodes corresponding to the entities, extracting a location index that maps each location in the original source code to one of the nodes, identifying modified locations in the original source code by comparing modified source code to the original source code, obtaining, for each of the modified locations and by searching the location index, matching nodes, determining, for each of the matching nodes, impacted nodes reachable from the matching node, and identifying, using the location index, impacted entities corresponding to the impacted nodes.

Abstract: A method for loading a payload carrier of a machine includes receiving, from a camera on the machine, a two-dimensional image of an interior of the payload carrier as material is loaded into the payload carrier. The method further includes filtering the image to identify a contour of the loaded material and determining an area of the contour. The method further includes controlling a display device indicate the determined area.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a packet processing method, an electronic device and a readable storage medium. The method is applied to an electronic device installed with a Virtual Private Network VPN application, and includes: a non-VPN application in the electronic device sending a packet that is to be sent by the non-VPN application to the VPN application through a hardware network module and a virtual network module in the electronic device; the VPN application receiving and analyzing the packet; if the analysis indicates that the packet contains a Domain Name System (DNS) resolution request, the VPN application redirecting the DNS resolution request packet to a preset secure DNS server through the virtual network module and the hardware network module. With embodiments of the present application, the security of software, hardware, and data of an electronic device can be effectively ensured with a reduced cost.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communication. The UE first receives K downlink signalings, the K downlink signalings indicating K time-frequency resources respectively; then the UE determines K1 time-frequency resource(s) from the K time-frequency resources, only the K1 time-frequency resource(s) among the K time-frequency resources needing no listening before wireless transmission therein; and finally the UE transmits target information in a target time-frequency resource; wherein the target time-frequency resource is one of the K1 time-frequency resource(s) determined according to a predefined criterion, and the K time-frequency resources are all deployed on unlicensed spectrum.

Abstract: A method of creating a scalable dynamic jointed skeleton (DJS) model for enhancing psychomotor leaning using augmented cognition methods realized by an artificial intelligence (AI) engine or image processor. The method involves extracting a DJS model from either live motion images of video files of an athlete, teacher, or expert to create a scalable reference model for using in training, whereby the AI engine extracts physical attributes of the subject including arm length, length, torso length as well as capturing successive movements of a motor skill such as swinging a gold club including position, stance, club position, swing velocity and acceleration, twisting, and more.

Abstract: A highly sensitive method of detecting GASP-1 or a fragment thereof in a sample is provided. The method comprises (a) exposing a surface to a sample comprising GASP-1 or a fragment thereof; (b) immobilizing an anti-GASP-1 detection antibody to the surface; (c) measuring the amount of the anti-GASP-1 detection antibody immobilized to the surface; and (d) determining the presence of the GASP-1 or a fragment thereof in the sample based on the amount of the anti-GASP-1 detection antibody immobilized to the surface. A coating agent may be immobilized to the surface in step (a), and the anti-GASP-1 detection antibody may be immobilized to the surface via the coating agent, directly or indirectly. The coating agent may be selected from the group consisting of a first GASP-1 fragment, a conjugate of a protein (e.g., bovine serum albumin (BSA)) and a GASP-1 peptide, a capture antibody against a microvesicle or exosomal surface biomarker, a capture antibody against a second GASP-1 fragment, and a combination thereof.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an electronic package includes providing a metal member including a supporting plate and a plurality of conductive pillars disposed on the supporting plate. A circuit structure is coupled to the conductive pillars. An electronic component is disposed on the metal member and electrically connected to the circuit structure. An encapsulant encapsulates the conductive pillars and the electronic component. Subsequently, the supporting plate is removed. Any mold can be used for fabricating the electronic package, no matter what the size of the electronic package is. Therefore, the fabricating cost of the electronic package is reduced.