Abstract: A ventilator-weaning timing prediction system, a program product therefor, and methods for building and using the same are disclosed to help a physician to determine a timing for a ventilator-using patient to try to weaning or completely wean from mechanical ventilation using AI-based prediction.

Abstract: A battery charging and swapping system includes a plurality of charging seats, a first charging station, a first charging rail and a first conveying unit. The charging seats are operable to enter a first conveying space defined by the first charging station so as to be stored. The first charging rail is disposed at the first charging station, and supplies electrical energy to the charging seats. Via the first conveying unit, when one of the charging seats entering the first conveying space is carried and moved by the first conveying unit, at least one of the rest of the charging seats in the first conveying space is pushed by the one of the charging seats to move along the first conveying space.

Abstract: An electronic device for sending electronic data includes an electricity-using target, a storage unit and a processing unit. The storage unit stores a first communication target identifier used to identify a first communication target under a first specific application communication protocol, and a second communication target identifier used to identify a second communication target under a second specific application communication protocol being different from the first specific application communication protocol. The processing unit accesses the first and the second communication target identifiers by means of the electricity-using target, sends the electronic data toward the first communication target based on the accessed first communication target identifier and the first specific application communication protocol, and sends the electronic data toward the second communication target based on the accessed second communication target identifier and the second specific application communication protocol.

Abstract: A multipurpose holder includes a base seat having opposite first and second end portions, a support rod including a pivot end portion connected pivotally to the first end portion, and a detent member including a pivot connecting portion proximate to the second end portion, and a pressed portion and a connecting end portion located on two opposite sides of the pivot connecting portion. The support rod is movable between stored and propped-up positions, in which it abuts against the base seat and a free end portion thereof is distal to the base seat, respectively. The connecting end portion is movable between first and second positions, in which it is proximate and distal to the base seat, respectively.

Abstract: A fin structure is on a substrate. The fin structure includes an epitaxial region having an upper surface and an under-surface. A contact structure on the epitaxial region includes an upper contact portion and a lower contact portion. The upper contact portion includes a metal layer over the upper surface and a barrier layer over the metal layer. The lower contact portion includes a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) contact along the under-surface. The MIS contact includes a dielectric layer on the under-surface and the barrier layer on the dielectric layer.

Abstract: An antenna and antenna module with a structure increasing radio wave coverage but reducing cross interference between modules includes a circuit board in the shape of an octagon and four antenna modules. The circuit board thus includes eight side surfaces, and the four antenna modules are respectively disposed on four non-adjacent side surfaces of the octagon. Each antenna module is electrically connected to the side surface by a feed portion. A wireless communication device using the antenna structure is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are a system and the like for effectively treating ED by enabling not only administration of a PDE5 inhibitor but also execution of psychotherapy and other therapies through an information network and an information processing terminal while minimizing a treatment directly undergone face-to-face with a doctor or a medical worker.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises semiconductive pillars; digit lines laterally between the semiconductive pillars; nitride caps vertically overlying the digit lines; nitride structures overlying surfaces of the nitride caps; redistribution material structures comprising upper portions overlying upper surfaces of the nitride caps and the nitride structures, and lower portions overlying upper surfaces of the semiconductive pillars; a low-K dielectric material laterally between the digit lines and the semiconductive pillars; air gaps laterally between the low-K dielectric material and the semiconductive pillars, and having upper boundaries below the upper surfaces of the nitride caps; and a nitride dielectric material laterally between the air gaps and the semiconductive pillars. Memory devices, electronic systems, and method of forming a semiconductor device are also described.

Abstract: A system and method for displaying a 3D image with depths, which utilize at least one light signal generator to sequentially generate multiple light signals(S100) and at least one optical assembly to receive the multiple light signals from the at least one light signal generator, and project and scan the multiple light signals within a predetermined time period to display the 3D image in space(S200). Each pixel of the 3D image is displayed at a position by at least two of the multiple light signals to a viewer's eye, paths or extensions of the paths of the at least two light signals intersects at the position and at an angle associated with a depth of the pixel, and the predetermined time period is one eighteenth of a second. Accordingly, the advantages of simplified structure, a miniatured size, and a less costly building cost can be ensured.

Abstract: A method includes providing medical images of a subject for selecting a target image from thereamong, building a 3D image model based on the medical images and the target image with a surgical target site assigned, performing image registration to superimpose the 3D image model on a real-time image of the subject so as to result in a combined image, determining a virtual entry site located on the combined image, connecting the surgical target site and the virtual entry site with a straight line, generating a guiding path extending from the virtual entry site, in a direction away from the surgical target site and along the straight line, and displaying the guiding path for guiding a surgical instrument.

Abstract: A dental implant instrument set for vertically displacing sinus mucosa to form a space for bone augmentation comprises a bone drill and a sinus curette. The bone drill includes a drill bit for drilling upwardly a hole at a site of the alveolar bone where a tooth is lost, so as to expose sinus mucosa. The sinus curette includes a holding portion and a curette head portion. The curette head portion has one end provided with a turning part for separating from the alveolar bone and displacing the exposed sinus mucosa inward through the hole drilled by the drill bit, so as to form a space for bone augmentation above the site of the alveolar bone where the tooth is lost. The turning part is arranged to be at a first angle between 45 to 135 degrees with the curette head portion.

Abstract: A CMP slurry composition which provides for a high Ge- or SiGe-to-dielectric material selectivity a low rate of Ge or SiGe recess formation includes an oxidant and a germanium removal rate enhancer including at least one of a methylpyridine compound and a methylpyridine derivative compound. In some examples, the slurry composition also includes an etching inhibitor. In some cases, the slurry composition may include an abrasive, a surfactant, an organic complexant, a chelating agent, an organic or inorganic acid, an organic or inorganic base, a corrosion inhibitor, or a buffer. The slurry composition may be distributed onto a surface of a polishing pad disposed on a platen that is configured to rotate. Additionally, a workpiece carrier configured to house a substrate may bring the substrate into contact with the rotating polishing pad and thereby polish the substrate utilizing the slurry composition.

Abstract: A computer-aided recognition system for treatment response of rectal cancer is provided to predict the probability of a pathological complete response (pCR) of a rectal cancer patient after preoperative neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. The system includes a random forest model having several decision trees. Each decision tree has at least a feature node. Each feature node generates two branches according to a feature threshold, wherein each branch connects to another feature node or corresponds to an elementary pCR predicting probability. The random forest model integrates the elementary pCR probability of each decision tree, so as to generate a final pCR probability.

Abstract: A multipurpose holder includes a base seat having opposite first and second end portions, a support rod including a pivot end portion connected pivotally to the first end portion, and a detent member including a pivot connecting portion proximate to the second end portion, and a pressed portion and a connecting end portion located on two opposite sides of the pivot connecting portion. The support rod is movable between stored and propped-up positions, in which it abuts against the base seat and a free end portion thereof is distal to the base seat, respectively. The connecting end portion is movable between first and second positions, in which it is proximate and distal to the base seat, respectively.

Abstract: An image processing circuit performs super-resolution (SR) operations. The image processing circuit includes memory to store multiple parameter sets of multiple artificial intelligent (AI) models. The image processing circuit further includes an image guidance module, a parameter decision module, and an SR engine. The image guidance module operates to detect a representative feature in an image sequence including a current frame and past frames within a time window. The parameter decision module operates to adjust parameters of one or more AI models based on a measurement of the representative feature. The SR engine operates to process the current frame using the one or more AI models with the adjusted parameters to thereby generate a high-resolution image for display.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a super-resolution (SR) circuit and a resizer circuit. The SR circuit performs an SR operation upon a first image to generate a second image, wherein a resolution of the second image is not lower than a resolution of the first image, and the SR operation is based, at least in part, on one or more artificial intelligence (AI) models. The resizer circuit performs a resize operation upon the second image to generate a third image, wherein a resolution of the third image is not lower than the resolution of the second image, and no AI model is involved in the resize operation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a server and a method for service matching and resource matching. The server stores a first resource available information and a second resource available information. The server receives a user request from a user device and determines a resource matching information according to the first resource available information and the second resource available information in response to the user request. The server transmits the resource matching information to the user device.

Abstract: A fin structure is on a substrate. The fin structure includes an epitaxial region having an upper surface and an under-surface. A contact structure on the epitaxial region includes an upper contact portion and a lower contact portion. The upper contact portion includes a metal layer over the upper surface and a barrier layer over the metal layer. The lower contact portion includes a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) contact along the under-surface. The MIS contact includes a dielectric layer on the under-surface and the barrier layer on the dielectric layer.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a semiconductor device structure. An example semiconductor device structure includes a first device layer, a second device layer and an inter-level connection structure. The first device layer includes a first conductive layer and a first dielectric layer formed on the first conductive layer, the first device layer being formed on a substrate. The second device layer includes a second conductive layer, the second device layer being formed on the first device layer. The inter-level connection structure includes one or more conductive materials and configured to electrically connect to the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, the inter-level connection structure penetrating at least part of the first dielectric layer. The first conductive layer is configured to electrically connect to a first electrode structure of a first semiconductor device within the first device layer.

Abstract: An electronic device comprises a dielectric structure, interconnect structures extending into the dielectric structure and having uppermost vertical boundaries above uppermost vertical boundaries of the dielectric structure, an additional barrier material covering surfaces of the interconnect structures above the uppermost vertical boundaries of the dielectric structure, an isolation material overlying the additional barrier material, and at least one air gap laterally intervening between at least two of the interconnect structures laterally-neighboring one another. Each of the interconnect structures comprises a conductive material, and a barrier material intervening between the conductive material and the dielectric structure. The at least one air gap vertically extends from a lower portion of the isolation material, through the additional barrier material, and into the dielectric structure. Electronic systems and method of forming an electronic device are also described.