Abstract: A data management system comprises: a storage appliance configured to store a snapshot of a virtual machine; and one or more processors in communication with the storage appliance. The one or more processors are configured to perform operations including: identifying a plurality of shards of the virtual machine; requesting a snapshot of each of the plurality of shards; receiving the shards asynchronously; ordering the received snapshot shards sequentially into a results queue; and storing a single snapshot of the virtual machine based on the ordered snapshot shards. Operations may further include maintaining a flow control queue that limits the number of snapshot shards requested.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a susceptor for thermal processing is provided. The susceptor includes an outer rim surrounding and coupled to an inner dish, the outer rim having an inner edge and an outer edge. The susceptor further includes one or more structures for reducing a contacting surface area between a substrate and the susceptor when the substrate is supported by the susceptor. At least one of the one or more structures is coupled to the inner dish proximate the inner edge of the outer rim.

Abstract: An alkaline electrolyte membrane (AEM) electrolytic device is designed, assembled and evaluated for water electrolysis, composed of an anode for oxygen generation, a cathode for hydrogen generation, an AEM for anion conductive, and two internal water gas separators (IWGSs) for water supplying to the anode and the cathode, respectively, as well as for automatically separation of water and gas produced from the anode or from the cathode. There is no need of pumps for water and gas circulations and no external water gas separators (EWGSs) that are used by conventional water electrolyzers. The corrosive electrolyte is confined in the water containers and will not damage other parts in the electrolytic device. Furthermore, novel multi gas diffusion layers are used to replace the conventional single gas diffusion layer. The pore size is configurable to improve the mass transfer of electrochemical reactions and promote electrochemical reactions.

Abstract: The structure of a semiconductor device with dual silicide contact structures and a method of fabricating the semiconductor device are disclosed. A method of fabricating the semiconductor device includes forming first and second fin structures on a substrate, forming first and second epitaxial regions on the first and second fin structures, respectively, forming first and second contact openings on the first and second epitaxial regions, respectively, selectively forming an oxide capping layer on exposed surfaces of the second epitaxial region, selectively forming a first metal silicide layer on exposed surfaces of the first epitaxial region, removing the oxide capping layer, and forming first and second conductive regions on the metal silicide layer and on the exposed surfaces of the second epitaxial region, respectively. The first metal silicide layer includes a first metal. The first and second conductive regions includes a second metal different from the first metal.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first field-effect transistor having a first back side source/drain contact, a second back side source/drain contact, and a first power line and a first signal line each connected to the first back side source/drain contact and the second back side source/drain contact, respectively. The semiconductor structure further includes a second field-effect transistor vertically stacked above the first field-effect transistor. The second field-effect transistor having a first front side source/drain contact, a second front side source/drain contact, and a first power line and a first signal line each connected to the first front side source/drain contact and the second front side source/drain contact, respectively.

Abstract: A fiber optic adapter includes an outer housing, a receiving seat, and a blocking mechanism. The outer housing defines two connection slots. The receiving seat is connected detachably to the outer housing, and defines two through grooves respectively in spatial communication with the connection slots. The blocking mechanism includes a pivot shaft, a torsion spring sleeved on the pivot shaft, and two cover plates connected pivotally to the pivot shaft and respectively connected to two opposite ends of the torsion spring. When each cover plate is in a blocking position, the cover plate blocks a respective connection slot, and is inclined relative to a central axis of the respective connection slot with a free end thereof being more towards the rear than the pivot shaft, and with an angle that is defines between the cover plate and the central axis being not a right angle.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system for identifying cells on a microscopic image. According to some embodiments, the system comprises a non-transitory processor-readable medium, and a processor communicably configured to receive the microscopic image, and process the received microscopic image with a convolutional neural network (CNN) model having a modified U-Net architecture. Also disclosed herein are methods for identifying a spatial pattern of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) by using the present system.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic package is provided and includes disposing a circuit member and a plurality of electronic elements on opposite sides of a carrier structure having circuit layers respectively, so that any two of the plurality of electronic elements can be electrically connected to each other via the circuit layers and the circuit member, where a vertical projected area of the carrier structure is larger than a vertical projected area of the circuit member, such that the circuit member is free from being protruded from side surfaces of the carrier structure. Therefore, the circuit member replaces a part of circuit layers of the carrier structure to reduce the difficulty of fabricating the circuit layers in the carrier structure.

Abstract: A cleaning system of a vehicle oil circuit is provided, including a filter unit, an oil storage unit and a flushing unit. The filter unit includes a filter chamber, a first oil inlet tube and an oil outlet tube. The first oil inlet tube is communicated with a first opening of the vehicle oil circuit. The oil outlet tube is communicated with a second opening of the vehicle oil circuit. The oil storage unit includes a waste oil chamber and a second oil inlet tube communicated with a third opening of the vehicle oil circuit. The flushing unit includes a flushing chamber and a flushing tube. The flushing chamber receives a washing oil. The flushing tube is communicated respectively with the flushing chamber and a fourth opening of the vehicle oil circuit. The flushing tube guides the washing oil to enter the vehicle oil circuit.

Abstract: A cleaning system for a vehicle oil circuit is provided, including a heat exchange unit. The heat exchange unit includes an oil inlet channel, a first container, a second container and an oil outlet channel. The first container is located within the second container. The first container defines a first space communicated with the oil inlet channel and the oil outlet channel, and the first container and the second container define a second space therebetween and non-communicated with the first space. The oil inlet channel guides an oil from the vehicle oil circuit to the first space, and the oil outlet channel discharges the oil from the first space. The first space receives the oil, and the second space receives a detergent. When the oil is in the first space, a heat of the oil is transferred to the detergent through the first container.

Abstract: System and methods for training and using a machine-learning similarity framework are provided. During training, the similarity framework generates an ensemble of tress. The trees have different properties at each node. The similarity framework uses the ensemble of trees to determine similarity between objects. The objects are propagated through nodes of each tree in the ensemble of trees until the objects reach leaf nodes. The objects are propagated by comparing the properties at each node of the tree to the features of the objects until the objects reach the leaf nodes. The similarity framework determines a similarity score for every two objects in each tree and adjusts the similarity score by tree importance. The object similarity score is determined by combining the similarity scores from the trees in the ensemble of trees. The similarity framework generates a similarity matrix with the object similarity scores of the every two objects.

Abstract: A system and method for training and using a machine-learning similarity framework are provided. During training, the similarity framework generates an ensemble of tress. The trees have different properties at each node. The similarity framework uses the ensemble of trees to determine similarity between objects. The objects are propagated through nodes of each tree in the ensemble of trees until the objects reach leaf nodes. The objects are propagated by comparing the properties at each node of the tree to the features of the objects until the objects reach the leaf nodes. The similarity framework determines a similarity score for a pair of objects in each tree and adjusts the similarity score by tree importance. The object similarity score is determined by combining the similarity scores from multiple trees in the ensemble of trees. The similarity framework generates a similarity matrix that stores object similarity scores for multiple pairs of objects.

Abstract: A decidual placental mesenchymal stem cell and its culturing method are provided, which includes adding an induction step to the conventional mesenchymal stem cell culture method to make the said decidual placental mesenchymal stem cell highly express the decoy receptor 3; DcR3. A use of decidual placental mesenchymal stem cells for preparing pharmaceutical compositions for promoting angiogenesis.

Abstract: A clutch mechanism of electric tools has a driving shaft, a clutch mechanism, and a torque adjusting unit. An end of the driving shaft is connectable to an internal motor and another end of the driving shaft has a sliding sleeve, and a first spring is disposed between the driving shaft and the sliding sleeve. The clutch mechanism has a toothed ring secured onto the tool, the toothed ring having a clutching plate connected to the driving shaft, the toothed ring further having a sun gearing set and a planetary gearing set internally. The torque adjusting unit has a fixed sleeve secured onto the toothed ring and engaging an adjusting sleeve at a front end, a cap, a second spring and a bearing ring sequentially sleeved onto the driving shaft, a plurality of plugs passing through the fixed sleeve being sandwiched between the adjusting sleeve and the cap.

Abstract: A self-calibrated system on a chip includes a semiconductor substrate, at least one silicon intellectual property (SIP) circuit including dynamic random access memories (DRAMs), a calibration circuit, and a function circuit, a cyclic oscillator, and a control circuit. Each DRAM has a coarsely-tuned capacitance value and a coarsely-tuned resistance value. The calibration circuit has a finely-tuned capacitance value and a finely-tuned resistance value. The cyclic oscillator transmits an oscillating clock signal to the control circuit to choose and provide the coarsely-tuned capacitance value, the coarsely-tuned resistance value, the finely-tuned capacitance value and the finely-tuned resistance value for the function circuit, thereby adjusting a function parameter.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for predicting the reprogramming process of cells from a microscopic image of one or more cells. According to some embodiments, the method includes capturing an image of region of interest (ROI) of every pixel of the microscopic image, followed by processing the ROI image with a trained convolutional neural network (CNN) model and a trained long short-term memory (LSTM) network so as to obtain predicted probability maps. Also disclosed herein are a storage medium and a system for executing the present methods.

Abstract: An epi-cone shell light-sheet super-resolution system and an epi-fluorescence microscope are provided. The epi-cone shell light-sheet super-resolution system includes a light-emitting element, a lens set, and an objective lens. After passing through the lens set, the excitation light emitted by the light-emitting element is refracted into ring-shaped light and focused on the objective-lens back-focal plane. The objective lens focuses the ring-shaped light to form a ring-shaped light cone which is then focused on the sample position. The ring-shaped light cone has a fixed thickness. In addition, the same objective lens is used for both excitation and imaging, thus achieving an epi-fluorescence microscope.

Abstract: A self-calibrated system on a chip includes a semiconductor substrate, at least one silicon intellectual property (SIP) circuit including dynamic random access memories (DRAMs), a calibration circuit, and a function circuit, a cyclic oscillator, and a control circuit. Each DRAM has a coarsely-tuned capacitance value and a coarsely-tuned resistance value. The calibration circuit has a finely-tuned capacitance value and a finely-tuned resistance value. The cyclic oscillator transmits an oscillating clock signal to the control circuit to choose and provide the coarsely-tuned capacitance value, the coarsely-tuned resistance value, the finely-tuned capacitance value and the finely-tuned resistance value for the function circuit, thereby adjusting a function parameter.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a Nanowire Field Effect Transistor Detection Device and the Detection Method thereof. The Nanowire Field Effect Transistor Detection Device of the present invention comprises: gate oxide, SiNW chip, surface oxide, and surface molecule layer. The circuit structure of the Nanowire Field Effect Transistor Detection Device comprises a first resistor, a second resistor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a fourth capacitor, an AC voltage source, and an ammeter. In addition, the present invention provides a method for attaching the probe Ni-NTA to the Nanowire Field Effect Transistor Detection Device. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for attaching the isooctyl trimethoxysilane molecule to the Nanowire Field Effect Transistor Detection Device.

Abstract: An epi-cone shell light-sheet super-resolution system and an epi-fluorescence microscope are provided. The epi-cone shell light-sheet super-resolution system includes a light-emitting element, a lens set, and an objective lens. After passing through the lens set, the excitation light emitted by the light-emitting element is refracted into ring-shaped light and focused on the objective-lens back-focal plane. The objective lens focuses the ring-shaped light to form a ring-shaped light cone which is then focused on the sample position. The ring-shaped light cone has a fixed thickness. In addition, the same objective lens is used for both excitation and imaging, thus achieving an epi-fluorescence microscope.