Abstract: A method and system for predicting water flooding recovery of fault block reservoirs considering a whole process optimization includes: determining influencing factors in water flooding recovery of fault block reservoirs; screening master parameters of the water flooding recovery of the fault block reservoirs; determining a single-factor correlation between the water flooding recovery of the fault block reservoirs and the master parameters; designing multi-factor orthogonal experimental schemes; performing a whole-process water flooding optimization for each of the experimental schemes including separate-layer injection and production, well-type conversion, and injection and production adjustment, to obtain the maximum water flooding recovery; and determining a prediction model of the water flooding recovery of the fault block reservoirs using least square method based on results of the whole process optimization of orthogonal experiments, further obtaining a prediction model of the water flooding recovery of

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a semiconductor package comprising optically coupled integrated circuit (IC) chips. A first IC chip and a second IC chip overlie a substrate at a center of the substrate. A photonic chip overlies the first and second IC chips and is electrically coupled to the second IC chip. A laser device chip overlies the substrate, adjacent to the photonic chip and the second IC chip, at a periphery of the substrate. The photonic chip is configured to modulate a laser beam from the laser device chip in accordance with an electrical signal from the second IC chip and to provide the modulated laser beam to the first IC chip. This facilitates optical communication between the first IC chip to the second IC chip. Various embodiments of the present disclosure are further directed towards simultaneously aligning and bonding constituents of the semiconductor package.

Abstract: A device for image capture comprises a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to: receive, during a preview mode or a recording, a first image, generate a first saliency map indicative of relative saliency of different regions within the first image, wherein the relative saliency of the different regions is indicative of a likelihood of attracting viewer gaze, generate one or more additional images based on manipulating pixels in the first image, generate one or more additional saliency maps indicative of relative saliency of different regions within the one or more additional images, and determine, during the preview mode or the recording, a camera setting based on the first saliency map and the one or more additional saliency maps.

Abstract: A bidirectional self-regulating chemical flooding method and system for enhancing oil recovery includes: determining the average particle size of dispersed phase droplets under stable seepage flow of an oil-in-water emulsion according to the average reservoir permeability; determining injection concentration of an emulsifier which matches a target reservoir according to reservoir seepage velocity; under a condition of keeping the injection concentration of the emulsifier constant, determining the optimal injection concentration of a polymer which matches the injection concentration of the emulsifier through core flooding experiments with the maximum equivalent ton oil accumulation as a target; determining total injection amount of the emulsifier and total injection amount of the polymer for implementing well group units; and optimizing injection amount of the emulsifier and the polymer in each single well by using a numerical simulator of a chemical flooding reservoir.

Abstract: Example implementations described herein include a laser source and associated methods of operation that can balance or reduce uneven beam profile problem and even improve plasma heating efficiency to enhance conversion efficiency and intensity for extreme ultraviolet radiation generation. The laser source described herein generates an auxiliary laser beam to augment a pre-pulse laser beam and/or a main-pulse laser beam, such that uneven beam profiles may be corrected and/or compensated. This may improve an intensity of the laser source and also improve an energy distribution from the laser source to a droplet of a target material, effective to increase an overall operating efficiency of the laser source.

Abstract: A system can receive data relating to a tubular of a well system. The system can execute a first module to determine first outputs. The system can execute a second module to determine second outputs based on the first outputs. The system can execute a third module to determine third outputs based on the first outputs. The second outputs can include a crack-initiation fracture pressure, and the third outputs can include a crack-propagation fracture pressure. The system can identify a brittle-burst strength of the tubular from among the second outputs, the third outputs, and a standard burst strength of the tubular. The system can provide the brittle-burst strength of the tubular to facilitate an adjustment to the tubular to optimize a wellbore operation associated with the well system.

Abstract: A transaxle of a rail vehicle includes: a power assembly; an axle body; a running wheel; a guiding frame; a horizontal wheel; and a connecting rod component, including a first transverse pull rod and a second transverse pull rod, where when the rail vehicle turns left, the horizontal wheel cooperates with a rail beam to drive the guiding frame to swing and drive the first transverse pull rod to move together, and the second transverse pull rod is driven by the first transverse pull rod to drive the running wheel to swing to the left, and when the rail vehicle turns right, the horizontal wheel cooperates with the rail beam to drive the guiding frame to swing and drive the first transverse pull rod to move together, and the second transverse pull rod is driven by the first transverse pull rod to drive the running wheel to swing to the right.

Abstract: Exemplary methods of forming a silicon-and-carbon-containing material may include flowing a silicon-oxygen-and-carbon-containing precursor into a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. A substrate may be housed within the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include forming a plasma within the processing region of the silicon-and-carbon-containing precursor. The plasma may be formed at a frequency less than 15 MHz (e.g., 13.56 MHz). The methods may include depositing a silicon-and-carbon-containing material on the substrate. The silicon-and-carbon-containing material as-deposited may be characterized by a dielectric constant below or about 3.5 and a hardness greater than about 3 Gpa.

Abstract: Modified silicone rubber and a preparation method thereof are provided in the present disclosure. A composition of raw materials for preparing the modified silicone rubber may include a raw material that can form silicone rubber and a raw material that can form a modified material. The raw material that can form the silicone rubber may include a first component and a second component. The raw material that can form the modified material may include a third component and a fourth component. The preparation method of the modified silicone rubber may include mixing the composition of the raw materials for preparing the modified silicone rubber and obtaining the modified silicone rubber by curing and molding the mixture.

Abstract: A radiation source apparatus includes a vessel, a laser source, a collector, a horizontal obscuration bar, and a reflective mirror. The vessel has an exit aperture. The laser source is configured to emit a laser beam to excite a target material to form a plasma. The collector is disposed in the vessel and configured to collect a radiation emitted by the plasma and to reflect the collected radiation to the exit aperture of the vessel. The horizontal obscuration bar extends from a sidewall of the vessel at least to a position between the laser source and the exit aperture of the vessel. The reflective mirror is in the vessel and connected to the horizontal obscuration bar.

Abstract: A method for controlling a game character, a storage medium and an electronic device are provided, the method for controlling a game character includes: executing, by a client, a preset game event in response to determining that a start instruction of the preset game event sent by a server is received, and locking a first type operation and a second type operation for the game character; unlocking, by the client, the first type operation, in response to determining that an unlocking moment of the first type operation in the preset game event is reached; unlocking, by the client, the second type operation, in response to determining that an unlocking instruction of the second type operation is received, wherein the unlocking instruction of the second type operation is sent by the server at an unlocking moment of the second type operation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system including a radiation source and an EUV control system integrated with the radiation source. The EUV control system includes a 3-dimensional diagnostic module (3DDM) designed to collect a laser beam profile of a laser beam from the radiation source in a 3-dimensional (3D) mode, an analysis module designed to analyze the laser beam profile, a database designed to store the laser beam profile, and an EUV control module designed to adjust the radiation source. The analysis module is coupled with the database and the EUV control module. The database is coupled with the 3DDM and the analysis module. The EUV control module is coupled with the analysis module and the radiation source.

Abstract: A method, device, system, and storage medium for tracking a moving target are provided. The method uses three-dimensional radar observation data to construct a state vector and a motion model of the moving target, thereby to construct a state equation and an observation equation for achieving filtering and tracking within a linear Gaussian framework. The disclosure is also suitable for a moving target in a two-dimensional scene with a distance and an azimuth, and the disclosure use a two-dimensional observation vector to construct a dynamic system to achieving tracking of the moving target. The disclosure can be used in radar systems containing Doppler measurements, and tracking of moving targets can be implemented by performing dimension-expansion processing on observation equations.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a leather coating composition comprising or consisting of a hydrosilylation curable silicone elastomer composition designed to be used as a topcoat for a synthetic leather material, particularly a silicone-based synthetic leather composite material. A silicone coating as a topcoat for a synthetic leather material which is the cured product of the composition, methods of making the topcoat, synthetic leather material utilizing same and uses of the synthetic leather material products are also disclosed. The topcoat is designed to provide a highly crosslinked silicone matrix containing silicon-free organic micro-particles to minimize or at least decrease change in gloss after abrasion.

Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting wafer carriers is disclosed. In one example, the apparatus includes: a housing; a load port; a robot arm inside the housing; and a processor. The load port is configured to load a wafer carrier into the housing. The robot arm is configured to move a first camera connected to the robot arm. The first camera is configured to capture a plurality of images of the wafer carrier. The processor is configured to process the plurality of images to inspect the wafer carrier.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a microfluidic substrate, a microfluidic chip, a method for preparing the microfluidic chip, and a method for using the microfluidic chip. The microfluidic substrate includes a substrate including a plurality of microcavity regions arranged m an array, each of the plurality of microcavity regions includes a first portion and a second portion that are stacked, and the depth of the first portion is x, and the first portion includes a top opening that is circular in shape and has a diameter D, the relationship between the diameter D of the top opening and the depth x is approximately D=2x+y, where the range of x is from 20 microns to 400 microns, and the range of y is from 5 microns to 30 microns.

Abstract: An encapsulated polymer flooding method and system for enhancing oil recovery includes: (1) determining reservoir parameters, a well deployment, and a development dynamic state of a target oil reservoir; (2) determining a near-wellbore targeted profile control area and a far-wellbore targeted viscosification area; (3) designing and synthesizing an encapsulated polymer according to conditions of the target oil reservoir; (4) evaluating and determining whether the anti-shearing performance, the sustained release and viscosification performance, the injection performance, and the profile control performance of the encapsulated polymer meet expected performance requirements based on laboratory tests; (5) formulating an injection scheme for an encapsulated polymer flooding field; and (6) monitoring the development dynamic state of the oil reservoir; according to the present disclosure, the polymer is wrapped with a shell layer, which greatly reduces the shear degradation during injection of the polymer and effecti

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a grating coupler structure over the substrate, a multi-layers film structure over the grating coupler structure. The multi-layers film structure include a first layer including a first refractive index, a second layer over the first layer and including a second refractive index and a third layer over the second layer and including a third refractive index. The second refractive index is greater than the first refractive index and is greater than the third refractive index of the third layer, and a thickness of each layer of the multi-layers film structure is within a range from ?/4 to ?2, ? is a wavelength of light.

Abstract: An optical waveguide structure of a semiconductor photonic device includes a first semiconductor waveguide, a second semiconductor waveguide, and an air seam between the first and second semiconductor waveguides. The semiconductor waveguides extend in a first direction, and a plurality of air seams extend in a second direction. Each of the air seams is disposed between two adjacent semiconductor waveguides. A distance between the two adjacent semiconductor waveguides is less than a width of each semiconductor waveguide.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a silicon substrate; forming a first doped region and a second doped region in the silicon substrate; forming a third doped region and fourth doped region on upper portions of the first doped region and the second doped region, respectively; and patterning the silicon substrate to form an optical modulator. The optical modulator includes: a first section; a second section and a third section at least formed from the first and second doped regions, respectively; a fourth section, including a first height less than that of the first section and the second section and arranged between the first section and the second section, the fourth section being an undoped region; and a fifth section immediately adjacent to the fourth section, the fifth section including a height less than that of the first section and the second section and different from the first height.