Abstract: A semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The method includes: forming an active region on a substrate; forming at least one trench in the active region, the trench at least dividing the active region into a source region on one side of the trench and a drain region on the other side of the trench; and forming an elevated source region and an elevated drain region on the source region and the drain region respectively.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a buried gate and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device are disclosed. The method for manufacturing the buried gate includes that: a trench is provided on an active region of a substrate; a gate structure is filled in a bottom of the trench, and a trench sidewall above the gate structure is exposed; an epitaxial layer is grown on the exposed trench sidewall with an epitaxial growth process, in which the epitaxial layer does not close the trench; and an isolation layer is filled in the trench.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a stair climbing gait planning method and an apparatus and a robot using the same. The method includes: obtaining first visual measurement data through a visual sensor of the robot; converting the first visual measurement data to second visual measurement data; and performing a staged gait planning on a process of the robot to climb the staircase based on the second visual measurement data. Through the method, the visual measurement data is used as a reference to perform the staged gait planning on the process of the robot to climb the staircase, which greatly improves the adaptability of the robot in the complex scene of stair climbing.

Abstract: A method and system for modeling a fracture geometry. The method may comprise taking one or more pressure measurements from an offset wellbore, identifying a pressure trend of the offset wellbore, and comparing the one or more pressure measurements to the pressure trend to identify a poro-elastic trend. The method may further comprise creating a poro-elastic model of a target wellbore from the poro-elastic trend, identifying the fracture geometry of a fracture in the target wellbore from at least the poro-elastic trend, and comparing the fracture geometry to a target fracture geometry. The system may comprise a pressure measurement device disposed in an offset wellbore, one or more pieces of equipment configured for a fracture operation and connected to a target wellbore, and an information handling system.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for segmenting a sentence. The method may include identifying a first phrase in the sentence associated with a first segmentation path, determining a first group of derivative phrases semantically associated with the first phrase, determining a first evaluation score based on modified sentences generated by replacing the first phrase with the respective derivative phrase in the first group, and segmenting the sentence based on the first evaluation score.

Abstract: A method and system for modeling a fracture geometry. The method may comprise taking one or more pressure measurements from an offset wellbore, identifying a pressure trend of the offset wellbore, and comparing the one or more pressure measurements to the pressure trend to identify a poro-elastic trend. The method may further comprise creating a poro-elastic model of a target wellbore from the poro-elastic trend, identifying the fracture geometry of a fracture in the target wellbore from at least the poro-elastic trend, and comparing the fracture geometry to a target fracture geometry. The system may comprise a pressure measurement device disposed in an offset wellbore, one or more pieces of equipment configured for a fracture operation and connected to a target wellbore, and an information handling system.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of medical biotechnology. Specifically, the present invention relates to a fusion protein containing an anti-interleukin-17 antibody and a tumor necrosis factor receptor extracellular region, a polynucleotide encoding the fusion protein, a vector comprising the polynucleotide, a host cell comprising the polynucleotide or the vector, and the use of the fusion protein for the treatment, prevention, and/or diagnosis of a related disease in an individual.

Abstract: Thermosetting resin compositions useful for liquid compression molding encapsulation of a reconfigured wafer are provided. The so-encapsulated molded wafer offers improved resistance to warpage, compared to reconfigured wafers encapsulated with known encapsulation materials.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring mechanical properties of a rock formation. The apparatus includes force application fixtures configured to apply opposing compressive forces to a disc-shaped sample of a core plug specimen from the rock formation. Each of the force application fixtures include an applicant portion having an end cap. The end cap has a shaped surface that is configured to conform with a portion of a non-planar side of the disc-shaped sample such that substantially an entire volume of the disc-shaped sample experiences a compressive stress when the opposing compressive forces are applied to the portions of the non-planar side. A system and method for measuring mechanical properties of a rock formation are also disclosed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented gait planning method includes: determining a pitch angle between a foot of the robot and a support surface where the robot stands; determining a support point on a sole of the foot according to the pitch angle; calculating an ankle-foot position vector according to the support point, wherein the ankle-foot position vector is a position vector from an ankle of the robot to a support point on a sole of the foot; calculating a magnitude of change of an ankle position according to the pitch angle and the ankle-foot position vector; and obtaining a compensated ankle position by compensating the ankle position according to the magnitude of change of the ankle position.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a foot-waist coordinated gait planning method and an apparatus and a robot using the same. The method includes: obtaining an orientation of each foot of the legged robot, and calculating a positional compensation amount of each ankle of the legged robot based on the orientation of the foot; obtaining an orientation of a waist of the legged robot, and calculating a positional compensation amount of each hip of the legged robot based on the orientation of the waist; calculating a hip-ankle positional vector of the legged robot; compensating the hip-ankle positional vector based on the positional compensation amount of the ankle and the positional compensation amount of the hip to obtain the compensated hip-ankle positional vector; and performing an inverse kinematics analysis on the compensated hip-ankle positional vector to obtain joint angles of the legged robot.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a robot motion control method as well as an apparatus and a robot using the same. The method includes: obtaining geometric parameter(s) of a target step, where the geometric parameters comprise a step width and a step height of the target step; determining at least two time-displacement coordinates and a velocity vector corresponding to each time-displacement coordinate based on the geometric parameters; generating a motion trajectory by fitting the at least two time-displacement coordinates and the corresponding velocity vectors; and controlling feet of the robot to move based on the motion trajectory. In this manner, the feet of the robot can be prevented from colliding violently with the step during going up the step so as to improve the safety and stability.

Abstract: An illustrative hydraulic fracture mapping method includes: collecting microseismic signals during a multistage hydraulic fracturing operation; deriving microseismic event locations from the microseismic signals to create a microseismic event map for each stage of the operation; fitting a set of fracture planes to the microseismic event maps; determining a stimulated reservoir volume (“SRV”) region for each said stage; identifying where SRV regions overlap to form an overlap region; partitioning the overlap region to eliminate any overlap between the SRV regions; truncating the set of fracture planes for the SRV regions to discard any portion outside the revised SRV regions; and storing or displaying the truncated set of fracture planes for the first revised SRV region.

Abstract: The invention provides an electric grid state estimation system and method based on a boundary fusion. The system includes an electric grid data acquisition module, a communication module including a local data unit and a state estimation unit, and a data fusion module, wherein the state estimation unit includes a memory storing a state estimation program and a display displaying a program running and outputting a state variable; the state estimation program is performed to realize an electric grid state estimation; the estimation method includes the following steps of dividing a regional electric grid, then establishing a measurement equation for each region, solving an internal quantity and a boundary quantity, fusing the boundary quantities of two regions, correcting the boundary quantity, performing a non-linear transformation on the intermediate variable, solving the estimated values of the state variable by the least square method, and performing outputting.

Abstract: Provided herein are mixed resin systems and the use thereof for wafer-level underfill (WAUF) for three-dimensional TSV packages. In one aspect, there are provided compositions comprising (1) an epoxy resin, (2) a maleimide, nadimide or itaconamide, (3) a toughening agent and (4) a filler. In certain aspects, the invention relates to underfill films prepared from invention compositions. In certain aspects, the invention relates to articles comprising the underfill films described herein.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring mechanical properties of a downhole material, including first and second fixtures each of the fixtures containing a force application fixture to apply a stress to a specimen of the downhole material. A confining sleeve wraps around portions of the first and second fixtures to form a sealed specimen chamber defined by an inner surface of the confining sleeve and ends of the first and second fixtures nearest the specimen. Wall of a confining chamber contain the first and second fixtures, the confining sleeve and the specimen therein. The confining chamber holds a hydraulic fluid therein such that the hydraulic fluid can exert a confining pressure on the confining sleeve to maintain the seal of the specimen chamber and to maintain contact between the inner surface of the confining sleeve and the specimen when the stress is applied to the specimen.

Abstract: Provided herein are thermally conductive underfill compositions which have a combination of melt viscosity, glass transition temperature (Tg), coefficient of thermal expansion, and/or transparency that renders such materials useful for the preparation of a variety of electronic devices, such as flip chip packages, stacked dies, hybrid memory cubes, through-silica via (TSV) devices, and the like. In certain embodiments of the invention, there are provided assemblies comprising a first article permanently adhered to a second article by a cured aliquot of a formulation as described herein. In certain embodiments of the invention, there are provided methods for adhesively attaching a first article to a second article. In certain embodiments of the present invention, there are provided methods for improving heat dissipation by electronic devices assembled employing thermally conductive, but electrically non-conductive adhesive.

Abstract: A method and system for modeling a fracture in a hydraulic fracturing simulator. The method may comprise simulating a well system with an information handling system, defining a closure criteria for a hydraulic fracturing operation, assembling at least one variable in a linear system, assembling at least one variable of a contact force in the linear system, solving for the contact force, and determining at least one opening or at least one closing of the fracture with the contact force. The system may comprise a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may store a program configured to simulate a well system with an information handling system, define a closure criteria for a hydraulic fracturing operation, assemble at least one variable in a linear system, and determine at least one opening or at least one closing of the fracture with the contact force.

Abstract: An NDIS device configuration method includes: during installation of an application on an NDIS device, testing a computer environment and recording computer environment information; during installation of a driver on the NDIS device, selecting, according to the computer environment information, a corresponding NDIS driver version for pre-installation; and when the application of the NDIS device is running, initializing, according to the computer environment information, a corresponding application software development kit.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for segmenting a text. The method may include identifying, by a processor, a candidate phrase shared by a plurality of sample texts; determining, by the processor, an evaluation score for the candidate phrase; identifying, by the processor, the candidate phrase as an organization phrase when the evaluation score meets a predetermined criterion; and segmenting the text based on the organization phrase.