Abstract: A checking method for checking whether a signal in a chip is interference-free, and the checking method includes the following operations: analyzing, by a processor, a netlist file to acquire a first node for outputting the signal in the chip, in which the netlist file is configured to describe a circuit architecture of the chip; searching, by the processor, candidate nodes associated with the signal according to the netlist file and the first node; and determining, by the processor, whether a first candidate node of the candidate nodes is connected to an anti-interference circuit, in order to check whether the signal is interference-free.

Abstract: The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides for modulating the activity of glycine decarboxylase (GLDC). In particular, the present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides capable of inducing exon skipping of RNA. Also claimed are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and methods of treating cancer and inducing exon-skipping using said antisense oligonucleotides. In addition, a method for aiding the categorising or determining prognosis of a cancer or in selecting a therapeutic strategy for a patient with cancer, based on assessing the level of GLDC nucleic acid, protein or activity in a sample derived from the patient is provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a fabrication method are provided. The method includes providing a substrate; forming a gate structure film on the substrate; forming a patterned mask structure on the gate structure film, where the patterned mask structure includes a first mask layer at least including a first material layer and a second mask layer on the first mask layer; forming a gate structure on the substrate by etching the gate structure film using the patterned mask structure as an etch mask, where the first material layer has an etching rate smaller than the second mask layer; and forming a spacer at least on a sidewall of the gate structure.

Abstract: A single data record is identified from a first set of data. The first set of data comprises a first plurality of data records, each of the data records including multiple items of data describing an entity. Using pattern recognition, the single data record is processed to identify a group of records from within the first set that have corresponding characteristics equivalent to the single data record. A score for each of the records in the first set is determined. The score describes how similar each of the records in the first set is to the single data record.

Abstract: An example method including: with respect to a local session contained in a local session list, determining a remote user account corresponding to the local session; and when it is determined that the remote user account is not included in a set particular account list, concealing the local session in the local session list. Through the above method, it is feasible to only add an account of a particular object to the particular account list. In this way, local sessions corresponding to other remote user accounts other than the account of the particular object will be concealed in the local session list, and thus it is convenient for a local user to look for a particular session.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining, by one or more processor, data from a virtual network of a tenant and an identifier of the tenant, where the virtual network of the tenant is one of at least two virtual networks in a shared computing environment where the at least two virtual networks overlay a physical network. Based on obtaining the identifier of the tenant, the method includes setting, by one or more processor, the identifier in metadata of the data and based on the identifier in the metadata, identifying, by the one or more processor, a network connection associated with the tenant. The method also includes identifying, by the one or more processor, a policy of the network connection and processing the data with the policy to create processed data and transmitting, by the one or more processor, the processed data through the network connection.

Abstract: An example method including: with respect to a local session contained in a local session list, determining a remote user account corresponding to the local session; and when it is determined that the remote user account is not included in a set particular account list, concealing the local session in the local session list. Through the above method, it is feasible to only add an account of a particular object to the particular account list. In this way, local sessions corresponding to other remote user accounts other than the account of the particular object will be concealed in the local session list, and thus it is convenient for a local user to look for a particular session.

Abstract: A system for developing a simulation of a process. In one aspect, a system creates a first model within the simulation. The first model represents a part of the process and comprises a first port to which other models may be connected. The system also creates a second model within the simulation. The second model represents another part of the process and comprises a second port to which other models may be connected. The system then connects the first port and the second port together. Upon connection, the system allocates a memory location as a connection variable that represents a type of information transfer between the first and second ports. A first port variable, which represents a value transferable through the first port, is set to reference the value at the allocated memory location. Similarly, a second port variable, which represents a value transferable through the second port, is also set to reference the value at the allocated memory location.

Abstract: A method of encoding a first bit and a second bit for transmission on a transmission band is provided. The method includes receiving a bit stream that includes the first and second bits, mapping the first bit into a first symbol, mapping the second bit into a second symbol, differentially encoding at least the first symbol and the second symbol, and causing the first and second symbols to be transmitted on a transmission band as part of a symbol stream.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device including a first electrode set and a second electrode set with an optical sensor. The first electrode set is arranged to contact a first position of a human body, and the second electrode set with the optical sensor is arranged contact a second position of the human body, to receive a plurality of physiological signals to determine at least two physiological features simultaneously.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a gate stack disposed over a substrate. A first L-shaped spacer is disposed along a first sidewall of the gate stack and a second L-shaped spacer is disposed along a second sidewall of the gate stack. The first L-shaped spacer and the second L-shaped spacer include silicon and carbon. A first source/drain epitaxy region and a second source/drain epitaxy region are disposed over the substrate. The gate stack is disposed between the first source/drain epitaxy region and the second source/drain epitaxy region. An interlevel dielectric (ILD) layer disposed over the substrate. The ILD layer is disposed between the first source/drain epitaxy region and a portion of the first L-shaped spacer disposed along the first sidewall of the gate stack and between the second source/drain epitaxy region and a portion of the second L-shaped spacer disposed along the second sidewall of the gate stack.

Abstract: Various aspects related to control channel (e.g., PSCCH) scheduling/prioritizing techniques in wireless communications are described. When a UE may not be able to decode various PSCCH transmissions detected in a subframe, a subset of the PSCCHs may be selected for decoding based on the described methods. In accordance with one aspect, a UE may determine that a total number of PSCCH transmissions in a subframe is greater than a number of PSCCH transmissions that can be decoded within the subframe. Upon such a determination, the UE may select at least one PSCCH transmission in the subframe for decoding based on at least one of: retransmission information, information regarding a transmitting UE associated with the at least one PSCCH transmission, or scheduling priority history associated with a sub-channel carrying the at least one PSCCH transmission. The UE may then decode the at least one PSCCH transmission selected for decoding.

Abstract: A method of encoding a first bit and a second bit for transmission on a transmission band is provided. The method includes: mapping, via a mapping component, the first bit and the second bit into a first symbol; mapping, via the mapping component, the first bit and the second bit into a second symbol; dividing, via a dividing component, the transmission band into subcarriers; allocating, via an allocating component, the first symbol to a first subcarrier of the subcarriers; allocating, via the allocating component, the second symbol to a second subcarrier of the subcarriers; and differentially encoding, via a differential encoder, the first symbol and the second symbol.

Abstract: A lighting device includes a primary lighting module with one or more light sources and one or more secondary lighting modules each with one or more light sources. Each secondary lighting module is mechanically and electrically connected to the primary lighting module. At least one of the secondary lighting modules is movable with respect to the primary lighting module. The shape of the lighting device can be varied between a collapsed state requiring less space and an expanded state for the reduction of shadows.

Abstract: An inspection system for inspecting a semiconductor wafer. The inspection system comprises an illumination setup for supplying broadband illumination. The broadband illumination can be of different contrasts, for example brightfield and darkfield broadband illumination. The inspection system further comprises a first image capture device and a second image capture device, each configured for receiving broadband illumination to capture images of the semiconductor wafer while the semiconductor wafer is in motion. The system comprises a number of tube lenses for enabling collimation of the broadband illumination. The system also comprises a stabilizing mechanism and an objective lens assembly. The system further comprises a thin line illumination emitter and a third image capture device for receiving thin line illumination to thereby capture three-dimensional images of the semiconductor wafer.

Abstract: An electrochemical test sensor is adapted to measure glucose and correct for the oxygen effect in a fluid sample. The test sensor comprises a base, first and second working electrodes, and a counter electrode. The first working electrode includes glucose oxidase, a mediator and peroxidase. The second working electrode includes glucose oxidase and the mediator. The first working electrode, the second working electrode and the counter electrode are located on the base. In other embodiments, an electrochemical test sensor is adapted to measure cholesterol, lactate, pyruvate or xanthine and correct for the oxygen effect in a fluid sample.

Abstract: An exemplary method includes forming a dummy gate structure over a substrate and forming a set of spacers adjacent to the dummy gate structure. The set of spacers includes spacer liners disposed on sidewalls of the dummy gate structure and main spacers disposed on the spacer liners. The spacer liners include silicon and carbon. The method further includes forming source/drain epitaxy regions over the substrate. The source/drain epitaxy regions are disposed adjacent to the set of spacers, such that the dummy gate structure is disposed between the source/drain epitaxy regions. The method further includes removing the main spacers after forming the source/drain epitaxy regions. The method further includes replacing the dummy gate structure with a gate structure, where the replacing includes removing the dummy gate structure to form a trench defined by the spacers liners, such that the gate structure is formed in the trench.

Abstract: An integrated apparatus for chemical precipitation and rapid filtration of water samples. The invention relates to an apparatus for chemical precipitation and filtration of water samples. The integrated apparatus includes a reaction vessel, a lid of reaction vessel, a opening for reagent addition and gas leakage, an aerating tube, a support, a liquid phase remover, a solid phase collector, a control cover of the liquid phase remover, and a control cover of the solid phase collector.

Abstract: Stable nanoparticle compositions comprising buprenorphine and at least one biodegradable polymer. The disclosure also provides methods of controlling pain in an animal and methods of treating addiction in a human utilizing the stable nanoparticle compositions, as well as pharmaceutical formulations comprising the stable nanoparticle compositions. The stable nanoparticle compositions are capable of releasing buprenorphine over several days, weeks, or months following administration. The stable nanoparticle compositions of buprenorphine utilize biodegradable polymers capable of degrading into non-toxic components in the body of an animal and may be excreted in the urine of the animal following their metabolism in the body. The stable nanoparticle compositions can advantageously provide sustained release of buprenorphine in the body after a single administration without the need for surgical removal of implanted matrices subsequent to depletion of the drug.

Abstract: An approach is provided in which an information handling system receives, at a network virtualization edge (NVE), a set of Diffserv parameters comprising at least one classifier parameter, at least one meter parameter, at least one marker parameter, and at least one shaper/dropper parameter. The NVE performs a deep inspection on a plurality of data packets to classify the plurality of data packets at one or more classification levels. In turn, the NVE passes the set of Diffserv parameters and the one or more classification levels to underlay switch hardware.