Abstract: The present disclosure provides ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin compositions, and multilayer structure comprising the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin compositions with uniform thickness.

Abstract: A high performance, lead free, Ag paste thermal interface material (TIM) for die attachment and substrate bonding in electronic packaging includes: (i) multiscale silver particles, (ii) metal-coated carbon nanotubes (CNTs), (iii) a polymer, and (iv) a liquid carrier. The multiscale silver particles and metal-coated carbon nanotubes, which function as hybrid filler components, are uniformly dispersed within the TIM composition. The sintered TIM exhibits high density, high mechanical strength, and high thermal conductivity. The components of the liquid carrier including the solvent, binder, surfactants, and thinner are completely evaporated or burned off during sintering. Sintering of the TIM can be conducted at a relatively low temperature, without or with very low (<0.1 MPa) pressure, in open air and without vacuum or inert gas protection. The TIM can be utilized in substrate bonding not only on conventional metal-plated surfaces but also bare Cu substrate surfaces.

Abstract: A shower apparatus includes a pivotable member and a main body having a receiving space, an inlet communicating with the receiving space, and a first outlet. A first communicating hole is located at a connection site between the receiving space and the inlet in the main body. The pivotable member is pivotally connected to the main body and is manipulated to pivot relative to the main body and includes a pivotal axle disposed in the receiving space and a second outlet. When the pivotable member is pivoted relative to the main body, the pivotal axle is simultaneously pivoted in the same direction in the receiving space. The pivotal axle has a tube body, an isolating member, a second communicating hole, and a third communicating hole. The isolating member is fixed in the tube body to divide an inner space of the tube body separately into a first flow channel and a second flow channel.

Abstract: An electrochemical plating apparatus for depositing a conductive material on a wafer includes a cell chamber. The plating solution is provided from a bottom of the cell chamber into the cell chamber. A plurality of openings passes through a sidewall of the cell chamber. A flow regulator is arranged with each of the plurality of openings configured to regulate an overflow amount of the plating solution flowing out through the each of the plurality of openings. The electrochemical plating apparatus further comprises a controller to control the flow regulator such that overflow amounts of the plating solution flowing out through the plurality of openings are substantially equal to each other.

Abstract: In an example, an accessory holder may include an expandable loop movable between a stowed position within a housing of a device chassis and a deployed position. When in the deployed position, the expandable loop may extend out of the housing to receive and hold a device accessory. The example accessory holder may further include a bias member to urge the expandable loop towards the stowed position.

Abstract: A method for removing an undesired coating from a front face of a crystalline silicon solar cell includes: S1: depositing an Al2O3 film, an SiO2 film, and an SiNx film on a back face of a silicon wafer to form a backside passivation film, and forming an undesired coating on an edge of the front face of the silicon wafer; S2: preparing an aqueous film on a surface of the backside passivation film of the product obtained in S1; S3: passing the product obtained in S2 through an acid tank to remove the undesired coating; S4: passing the product obtained in S3 through a water tank to remove a residual treatment solution; and S5: drying the product obtained in S4.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor. The MIM capacitor comprises a bottom electrode disposed over a semiconductor substrate. A top electrode is disposed over and overlies the bottom electrode. A capacitor insulator structure is disposed between the bottom electrode and the top electrode. The capacitor insulator structure comprises at least three dielectric structures vertically stacked upon each other. A bottom half of the capacitor insulator structure is a mirror image of a top half of the capacitor insulator structure in terms of dielectric materials of the dielectric structures.

Abstract: A composite connector for optical power meter is provided, which includes a fixation base and an active connection base. The fixation base is installed on an optical power meter; the fixation base includes a left hole, a right hole and a central hole. The active connection base includes a bottom plate, an active pin, a first fiber socket and a second fiber socket. The first fiber socket and the second fiber socket are disposed on the bottom plate. The active pin penetrates through the bottom plate and is inserted into the left hole, whereby a first circle, whose center is at the active pin and circumference passes through the first fiber socket as well as the second fiber socket, overlaps a second circle, whose center is at the left hole and circumference passes through the central hole, in the normal direction of the active connection base.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for file backup, an electronic device and a computer program product. The method comprises: dividing a set of files to be backed up into a plurality of subsets of files, files in each of the plurality of subsets of files being of a same file type. The method also comprises: generating a plurality of backup files based on the plurality of subsets of files respectively, the plurality of backup files corresponding to a plurality of file types of files in the plurality of subsets of files respectively. The method further comprises: generating an overall backup file corresponding to the set of files based on the plurality of backup files.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques that include generating, based on a description of a scene, a movie or animation that represents at least one possible version of a story corresponding to the description of the scene. This disclosure also describes techniques for training a machine learning model to generate predefined data structures from textual information, visual information, and/or other information about a story, an event, a scene, or a sequence of events or scenes within a story. This disclosure also describes techniques for using GANs to generate, from input, an animation of motion (e.g., an animation or a video clip). This disclosure also describes techniques for implementing an explainable artificial intelligence system that may provide end users with information (e.g., through a user interface) that enables an understanding of at least some of the decisions made by the AI system.

Abstract: Systems and methods for authenticating access to multiple data stores substantially in real-time are disclosed. The system may include a server coupled to a network, a client device in communication with the server via the network and a plurality of data stores. The server may authenticate access to the data stores and forward information from those stores to the client device. An exemplary authentication method may include receipt of a request for access to data. Information concerning access to that data is stored and associated with an identifier assigned to a client device. If the identifier is found to correspond to the stored information during a future request for access to the store, access to that store is granted.

Abstract: A bionic visual navigation control system for autonomous aerial refueling docking includes: a tanker/receiver bottom layer control module, a multi-wind disturbances hose-drogue stable control module, an enable and select module, a close-range bionic vision relative navigation module, and a receiver relative position precise control module. A bionic visual navigation control method for autonomous aerial refueling docking is also provided. The present invention aims at improving the reliability, anti-interference and accuracy of the close-range relative navigation in the autonomous air refueling docking stage, and designs a matching relative position accurate control method with control switch, thereby improving the accuracy of close-range navigation and control, thereby promoting the successful realization of probe-and-drogue autonomous aerial refueling and improving the autonomy of UAVs.

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for resolving discrepancies that occur to interrelated computing resources from computing resource drift. Users may describe computing resources in an infrastructure template. However, computing resource drift occurs when “out-of-band” modifications are made to the computing resources and are not reflected in the infrastructure template. To resolve discrepancies between the infrastructure template and the out-of-band modifications to the computing resources, a notification may be output to a user account associated with the computing resources detailing the differences. An updated infrastructure template may be received that resolves the differences, such as by including configuration settings that reflect a current state of the computing resources. The computing resources may then execute a workflow using the updated template, such that the workflow is executed on all of the computing resources in a current state.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present teachings provide a system for performing cytometry that can be operated in three operational modes. In one operational mode, a fluorescence image of a sample is obtained by exciting one or more fluorophore(s) present in the sample by an excitation beam formed as a superposition of a top-hat-shaped beam with a plurality of beams that are radiofrequency shifted relative to one another. In another operational mode, a sample can be illuminated successively over a time interval by a laser beam at a plurality of excitation frequencies in a scanning fashion. The fluorescence emission from the sample can be detected and analyzed, e.g., to generate a fluorescence image of the sample. In yet another operational mode, the system can be operated to illuminate a plurality of locations of a sample concurrently by a single excitation frequency, which can be generated, e.g., by shifting the central frequency of a laser beam by a radiofrequency.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a networking device in a network receives traffic from the network. The networking device duplicates the traffic into a duplicate traffic copy. The networking device encapsulates the duplicate traffic copy into a multicast frame. The networking device sends, via a multicast address, the multicast frame to a network sensor in the network for analysis, wherein the multicast address is reserved in the network for traffic analysis.

Abstract: A projection screen with a design in which the apexes of multiple triangular pyramidal units of the projection screen in an array arrangement change gradually according to a predetermined relation, an image light shone from a projector is reflected by a microstructure layer having the triangular pyramidal units and then converged in a range centered around the human eyes, so as to reduce the degree of difference in brightness at different viewing positions, thus ensuring that the projection screen is provided with excellent uniformity and high gain.

Abstract: An anti-disassemble watch buckle includes a bottom housing and a top housing with an in-between space for accommodating a first strap, wherein the anti-disassemble watch buckle has a first end and a second end being opposite to the first end; and a cantilever snap with a back end fastened to the bottom housing at the first end, and a front end hung in the space.