Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program products provides the ability to dynamically define and generate inlet spacing along a road in a building information model (BIM) computer aided design (CAD) three dimensional (3D) model. A representation of a road is acquired in the BIM CAD 3D model, wherein the representation includes a geometry. An inlet spacing is defined for the road. Inlet locations for inlets are determined based on the inlet spacing. A determination is made regarding whether the inlet spacing and inlets satisfy design rules for the road. When the inlet spacing and/or inlets fail to satisfy the design rules, a different inlet spacing is selected from a group of preset integers, and the process repeats until the design rules are satisfied.

Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product provide the ability to design a drainage pipe solution. A profile of a surface segment (that includes a surface slope) is acquired. A first pipe size and a first pipe slope or calculated based on a proper velocity. A second pipe size and a second pipe slope are calculated based on the surface slope. A first pipe covering and a second pipe covering for the first pipe size and the second pipe size, for the surface segment is computed. A lower of the first pipe covering and the second pipe covering is selected as the drainage pipe solution.

Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device are provided. According to the pixel driving circuit, a data voltage is provided to a first electrode of a driving transistor; a storage sub-circuit is charged or discharged; a first voltage signal from a first voltage terminal is provided to a control electrode of the driving transistor, and a second voltage signal from a second voltage terminal or a third voltage signal from a third voltage terminal is provided to a first node; the data voltage and a threshold voltage of the driving transistor are written to the control electrode of the driving transistor, to turn on a second electrode of the driving transistor and the third voltage terminal, to control a light-emitting element to emit light.

Abstract: The present invention provides for methods of preventing and/or treating S. aureus-associated bacteremia and sepsis, and methods for preventing and/or treating S. aureus-associated pneumonia in immunocompromised patients using anti-S. aureus alpha-toxin (anti-AT) antibodies. Also provided are methods of reducing S. aureus bacterial load in the bloodstream or heart of a mammalian subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated anti-S. aureus alpha toxin (anti-AT) antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof. Methods of reducing S. aureus bacterial agglutination and/or thromboembolic lesion formation in a mammalian subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated anti-S. aureus alpha toxin (anti-AT) antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, are also provided. Also provided are methods of preventing or reducing the severity of S. aureus associated pneumonia in an immunocompromised mammalian subject.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a voltage input circuit node and a ground voltage node. A first transistor is coupled between the voltage input circuit node and the ground voltage node. A triggering circuit is coupled between the voltage input circuit node and the ground voltage node in parallel with the first transistor. The triggering circuit includes a trigger diode. An output of the triggering circuit is coupled to a control terminal of the first transistor. A load is powered by coupling the load between the voltage input circuit node and the ground voltage node.

Abstract: A touch determining device and a touch determining method for a touch panel are provided. The touch panel includes multiple touch areas arranged in a matrix. The method includes: detecting whether a touch electrode has a touch area with a capacitance variation value larger than or equal to a predetermined value; if such touch areas exist, acquiring a number of the touch areas with a capacitance variation value larger than or equal to a predetermined value; if the number of the touch areas is one, no electrical signal of a touch area is outputted; if the number of the touch areas is multiple, outputting electrical signals of the multiple touch areas; and determining on the output electrical signals to decide whether to generate a touch signal, or not.

Abstract: Antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof directed against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) surface determinant antigens and secreted toxins are disclosed. Methods of detecting, diagnosing and treating S. aureus using the antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides for methods of preventing and/or treating S. aureus-associated bacteremia and sepsis, and methods for preventing and/or treating S. aureus-associated pneumonia in immunocompromised patients using anti-S. aureus alpha-toxin (anti-AT) antibodies. Also provided are methods of reducing S. aureus bacterial load in the bloodstream or heart of a mammalian subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated anti-S. aureus alpha toxin (anti-AT) antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof. Methods of reducing S. aureus bacterial agglutination and/or thromboembolic lesion formation in a mammalian subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated anti-S. aureus alpha toxin (anti-AT) antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, are also provided. Also provided are methods of preventing or reducing the severity of S. aureus associated pneumonia in an immunocompromised mammalian subject.

Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program products provides the ability to dynamically define and generate inlet spacing along a road in a building information model (BIM) computer aided design (CAD) three dimensional (3D) model. A representation of a road is acquired in the BIM CAD 3D model, wherein the representation includes a geometry. An inlet spacing is defined for the road. Inlet locations for inlets are determined based on the inlet spacing. A determination is made regarding whether the inlet spacing and inlets satisfy design rules for the road. When the inlet spacing and/or inlets fail to satisfy the design rules, a different inlet spacing is selected from a group of preset integers, and the process repeats until the design rules are satisfied.

Abstract: A touch determining device and a touch determining method for a touch panel are provided. The touch panel includes multiple touch areas arranged in a matrix. The method includes: detecting whether a touch electrode has a touch area with a capacitance variation value larger than or equal to a predetermined value; if such touch areas exist, acquiring a number of the touch areas with a capacitance variation value larger than or equal to a predetermined value; if the number of the touch areas is one, no electrical signal of a touch area is outputted; if the number of the touch areas is multiple, outputting electrical signals of the multiple touch areas; and determining on the output electrical signals to decide whether to generate a touch signal, or not.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses an over-temperature protection circuitry and a driving method. The circuit includes a source circuit, a comparator circuit and an output circuit, wherein the comparator circuit includes a thermistor, a first resistor and a comparator, the source circuit is connected to a first input terminal of the comparator via the thermistor and is connected to a second input terminal of the comparator via the first resistor; and the comparator circuit is configured to compare a first signal from the first input terminal with a second signal from the second input terminal, and output a control signal according to a comparison result, the control signal is an over-temperature control signal in the case that the comparison result indicates that the temperature is greater than or equal to a protection threshold, and the output circuit is configured to output an disenabling signal.

Abstract: A touch determining device and a touch determining method for a touch panel are provided. The touch panel includes multiple touch areas arranged in a matrix. The method includes: detecting whether a touch electrode has a touch area with a capacitance variation value larger than or equal to a predetermined value; if such touch areas exist, acquiring a number of the touch areas with a capacitance variation value larger than or equal to a predetermined value; if the number of the touch areas is one, no electrical signal of a touch area is outputted; if the number of the touch areas is multiple, outputting electrical signals of the multiple touch areas; and determining on the output electrical signals to decide whether to generate a touch signal, or not.

Abstract: A touch substrate includes a substrate and a first touch electrode pattern and a second touch electrode pattern formed in a same layer on the substrate; each of the second touch electrodes includes body portions and a projecting portion, the projecting portion of each of the second touch electrodes is correspondingly fitted into a void in the first touch electrode pattern; and the first touch electrode pattern further includes a projecting portion which is disposed at an end portion and connected to one body portion of the first touch electrode at the end portion, a void corresponding to the projecting portion of the first touch electrode pattern is formed in the body portion of the second touch electrode at the end portion, and the projecting portion of the first touch electrode pattern is fitted into this void.

Abstract: A touch substrate includes a substrate and a first touch electrode pattern and a second touch electrode pattern formed in a same layer on the substrate; each of the second touch electrodes includes body portions and a projecting portion, the projecting portion of each of the second touch electrodes is correspondingly fitted into a void in the first touch electrode pattern; and the first touch electrode pattern further includes a projecting portion which is disposed at an end portion and connected to one body portion of the first touch electrode at the end portion, a void corresponding to the projecting portion of the first touch electrode pattern is formed in the body portion of the second touch electrode at the end portion, and the projecting portion of the first touch electrode pattern is fitted into this void.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and a system for setting working frequency band of a touch detection system. A method for setting working frequency band of a touch detection system includes the following steps of: collecting noise frequency spectrogram in a touch detection system of a touch apparatus in a normal operation mode; and, determining a frequency band which is within whole frequency band supported by the touch detection system and in which amplitude of the noise is less than a first threshold, according to the noise frequency spectrogram collected; and setting the frequency band in which amplitude of the noise is less than the first threshold to be effective working frequency band of the touch detection system. Meanwhile, the present disclosure also discloses a method and a system for suppressing noise in a touch detection system.

Abstract: A touch determining device and a touch determining method for a touch panel are provided. The touch panel includes multiple touch areas arranged in a matrix. The method includes: detecting whether a touch electrode has a touch area with a capacitance variation value larger than or equal to a predetermined value; if such touch areas exist, acquiring a number of the touch areas with a capacitance variation value larger than or equal to a predetermined value; if the number of the touch areas is one, no electrical signal of a touch area is outputted; if the number of the touch areas is multiple, outputting electrical signals of the multiple touch areas; and determining on the output electrical signals to decide whether to generate a touch signal, or not.

Abstract: Antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof directed against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) surface determinant antigens and secreted toxins are disclosed. Methods of detecting, diagnosing and treating S. aureus using the antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides for methods of preventing and/or treating S. aureus-associated bacteremia and sepsis, and methods for preventing and/or treating S. aureus-associated pneumonia in immunocompromised patients using anti-S. aureus alpha-toxin (anti-AT) antibodies. Also provided are methods of reducing S. aureus bacterial load in the bloodstream or heart of a mammalian subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated anti-S. aureus alpha toxin (anti-AT) antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof. Methods of reducing S. aureus bacterial agglutination and/or thromboembolic lesion formation in a mammalian subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated anti-S. aureus alpha toxin (anti-AT) antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, are also provided. Also provided are methods of preventing or reducing the severity of S. aureus associated pneumonia in an immunocompromised mammalian subject.

Abstract: A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product provide the ability to design a drainage pipe solution. A profile of a surface segment (that includes a surface slope) is acquired. A first pipe size and a first pipe slope or calculated based on a proper velocity. A second pipe size and a second pipe slope are calculated based on the surface slope. A first pipe covering and a second pipe covering for the first pipe size and the second pipe size, for the surface segment is computed. A lower of the first pipe covering and the second pipe covering is selected as the drainage pipe solution.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for determining touching action and a display device. The method comprises the following steps of: determining a first touching region where a variation value of capacitance is larger than or equal to a first preset value during each period of N consecutive periods, in which N?2; and outputting a touching signal according to the first touching region, wherein each period of the N consecutive periods is a scanning period of the touch pane. The embodiment of the present disclosure may scan all of the touching regions of the touch panel during N consecutive scanning periods, and then determine the first touching region has a variation value of capacitance larger than or equal to the first preset value during the N consecutive scanning periods to be a region touched by the user so as to output a touch signal based on the region.