Abstract: Provided herein is a method of preparing a ceramic material, the method including: providing a ceramic gel including a plurality of metal salts and compressing the ceramic gel thereby inducing stress-induced mineralization of the ceramic gel and formation of the ceramic material, wherein the ceramic gel exists in isolated form.

Abstract: A cache memory device is provided in the disclosure. The cache memory device includes a first AGC, a compression circuit, a second AGC, a virtual tag array, and a comparator circuit. The first AGC generates a virtual address based on a load instruction. The compression circuit obtains the higher part of the virtual address and generates a target hash value based on the higher part of the virtual address. The second AGC generates the lower part of the virtual address based on the load instruction. The virtual tag array obtains the lower part and selects a set of memory units. The comparator circuit compares the target hash value to a hash value stored in each memory unit of the set of memory units. When the comparator circuit generates the virtual tag miss signal, the comparator circuit transmits the virtual tag miss signal to the reservation station.

Abstract: An apparatus may include at least one memory, and at least one processor configured to determine an accessibility of a first version of a page, wherein the first version of the page may be stored in the at least one memory, and perform, based on the accessibility of the first version of the page, an access of at least a portion of a second version of the page, wherein the second version of the page is stored in the at least one memory. The accessibility of the first version of the page may be based on an erase operation of the first version of the page. The access of the at least a portion of the second version of the page may include an access of a cache line of the second version of the page.

Abstract: A multi-stream solid-state device (SSD) includes a normal-access memory associated with a first stream ID, a high-access memory having a higher endurance than the normal-access memory and being associated with a second stream ID, a controller processor, and a processor memory coupled to the controller processor, wherein the processor memory has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the controller processor, cause the controller processor to perform identifying a data stream ID of an input data stream as one of the first and second stream IDs, in response to identifying the data stream ID as the first stream ID, storing the input data stream in the normal-access memory, and in response to identifying the data stream ID as the second stream ID, storing the input data stream in the high-access memory.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an array substrate and a related display panel and a related display device. An array substrate includes a plurality of pairs of scan signal lines. A first scan signal line of the m-th pair of scan signal lines is configured to provide a first scan signal to a sub-pixel in a (2n?1)-th column from sub-pixels in the m-th. And a plurality of pairs of driving reset control signal lines. A second driving reset control signal line of the m-th pair of driving reset control signal lines is configured to provide a second driving reset control signal to the sub-pixel in the 2n-th column from the sub-pixels in the m-th row. The m and n are integers greater than or equal to 1. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the first scan signal line of the m-th pair of scan signal lines and the second driving reset control signal line of the m-th pair of driving reset control signal lines are the same signal line.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating, ameliorating or preventing a retinal disease or condition; improving a photopic (day light) vision; for improving correcting visual acuity, improving macular function, improving a visual field, or improving scotopic (night) vision by administration of retinal progenitor cells. The subject matter described herein also provides cell populations comprising retinal progenitor cells and methods of isolation thereof.

Abstract: A water-based electronic cigarette liquid is disclosed. The water-based electronic cigarette liquid includes the following ingredients in parts by mass: 5-60 parts of water, 5-50 parts of smoke ingredient which is solid at normal temperature and is soluble in water, and 0-30 parts of glycerol. The electronic cigarette liquid in this invention has environmental protection, high safety, comfortable smoking taste, high smoke producing effect, and low viscosity.

Abstract: An image sensor array and circuit design and method employing a voltage and current detection circuit capable of quantifying a power signal, grounding signal, internal reference voltage and internal reference current. An image sensor comprising the invented circuit design may be incorporated within a digital camera.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an image sensor, an image readout method, and an electronic device. The image sensor comprises: a pixel array and a plurality of readout conversion circuits, the readout conversion circuit comprises: a comparison circuit for comparing an output signal of the column pixel with a ramp signal to obtain a first output signal and a second output signal; a selection module for selecting the first output signal during a first sampling count, and selecting the second output signal during a second sampling count; a counter for counting according to the first output signal and the second output signal to obtain total quantization value of the first sampling count and the second sampling count, so as to obtain actual signal quantization result according to the total quantization value. The image readout speed of the image sensor is improved.

Abstract: A structure and method for the formation of a reflector structure having three-dimensional surface curvature is disclosed. Beam narrowing upon reflection from the three-dimensionally curved surface in embodiments can provide improved coupling efficiency in addition to the directional change provided by the reflector.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor process apparatus and a power control method. The apparatus includes an upper electrode assembly, a process chamber, and a power adjustment assembly. A chuck configured to carry a wafer is arranged in the process chamber. The upper electrode assembly is configured to excite the process gas in the process chamber to form the plasma. The power adjustment component is configured to detect the bias voltage value on the upper surface of the chuck in real-time, calculate the difference between the bias voltage value and the target bias voltage value, and when the difference is greater than the preset threshold, adjust the output power value of the upper electrode assembly according to the difference until the difference is less than or equal to the preset threshold.

Abstract: A structure and method for the formation of a reflector structure having three-dimensional surface curvature is disclosed. Beam narrowing upon reflection from the three-dimensionally curved surface in embodiments can provide improved coupling efficiency in addition to the directional change provided by the reflector.

Abstract: A method and device for determining a suction height of a variable speed unit is provided. The method includes: acquiring a reference cavitation coefficient and a reference specific rotation speed parameter corresponding to a target water head section in a preset number of power stations; conducting calculations on the reference cavitation coefficient and the reference specific rotation speed parameter by utilizing a target scheme to obtain a target formula; acquiring a maximum lift, a minimum lift, a speed variation range and a synchronous rotation speed value of a current target variable speed unit and input force values of the target variable speed unit at a plurality of key working condition points; and determining a target suction height of the target variable speed unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an identification method of two parents of a Nymphaea hybrid based on sequences of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and matK, and belongs to the technical field of plant molecular identification. In the present disclosure, the identification method includes: based on Sanger sequencing, obtaining an ITS sequence of a nuclear genome fragment inherited from the two parents and a matK sequence of a chloroplast genome fragment inherited from a maternal line in the Nymphaea hybrid; subjecting ITS and matK sequences downloaded from a GenBank to strict screening, and establishing a database of the ITS and matK sequence of the Nymphaea; aligning ITS and matK sequences of the Nymphaea of the parents to be determined with respective database, and constructing a neighbor-joining tree based on a genetic distance; and checking specific loci to obtain information on male and female parents of the Nymphaea to be determined.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor process apparatus and a plasma ignition method. The semiconductor process apparatus includes a reaction chamber, an air inlet assembly configured to introduce the reaction gas into the reaction chamber, an upper electrode assembly configured to excite the reaction gas into the plasma, a monitor configured to monitor the electromagnetic radiation intensity of the plasma in the reaction chamber when the plasma is ignited, a controller configured to determine whether the electromagnetic radiation intensity monitored by the monitor reaches the preset intensity, if yes, determine that the plasma ignition is successful, and after the plasma ignition is successful, control the upper electrode assembly to perform the impedance matching of the first preset duration. In the present disclosure, the consistency of the process results may be improved to improve the uniformity of the products.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a rechargeable electrical heating device (1), comprising a flexible heat generator (1a) and a power source (1b) connected to the flexible heat generator (1a), wherein the flexible heat generator (1a) comprises: a first flexible substrate layer (11), a conductive line (12) comprising a positive line (121) and a negative line (122), a first heat generating line (13), a second flexible substrate layer (14), and a first connector (15), wherein the positive line (121) and the negative line (122) are not directly connected to each other, and wherein the positive line (121) is electrically connected to the negative line (122) by means of the first heat generating line (13).

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a flexible heat generator (1), comprising: a first flexible substrate layer (11), a first conductive line (12) comprising a first positive line (121) and a first negative line (122), a first heat generating line (13), a second flexible substrate layer (14), and a first connector (15), wherein the first positive line (121) and the first negative line (122) are not directly connected to each other, and wherein the first positive line (121) is electrically connected to the first negative line (122) by means of the first heat generating line (13). The present disclosure further discloses a method of manufacturing such flexible heat generator (1).

Abstract: The disclosed techniques include: obtaining traveling state information of the autonomous vehicle; obtaining, in response to confirming that there is a traffic object within a preset range for the autonomous vehicle, true motion state information of the traffic object; determining a first control decision for indicating whether the autonomous vehicle is to avoid the traffic object based on the traveling state information of the autonomous vehicle and the true motion state information of the traffic object; predicting first predictive motion state information of the traffic object within a first preset duration based on the true motion state information of the traffic object and the first control decision; and determining a second control decision for the autonomous vehicle based on the traveling state information of the autonomous vehicle and the first predictive motion state information of the traffic object.