Abstract: This disclosure relates to a cover and a water or liquid container using the cover. An example cover includes a base; an opening in the base; a lid hinged to the base, the lid including a retention feature; a pressing ring hinged to the base, the pressing ring releasably couplable with the retention feature and a button pivotally coupled to the base, the button releasably couplable with the retention feature, wherein rotation of the pressing ring releases the pressing ring from the retention feature, causes rotation of the button, and releases the button from the retention feature, wherein release of the pressing ring and the button from the retention feature enables the lid to move from a first position in which the lid covers the opening to a second position in which the opening is exposed.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for fabricating a semiconductor device having an first stack of alternating insulating layers and sacrificial word line layers arranged over a substrate, the first stack including a core region and a staircase region. The method can include forming a first dielectric trench in the core region of the first stack, forming a second dielectric trench that is adjacent to and connected with the first dielectric trench in the staircase region of the first stack, and forming dummy channel structures extending through the first stack where the dummy channel structures are spaced apart from the second dielectric trench.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus (10) for moderating a skin lesion detection model (30). The apparatus (10) comprising a processor (12) and a memory (11). The processor (12) is configured to: receive user data (13) associated with a user; receive an output of the skin lesion detection model (14); modify the output of the skin lesion detection model (14) in accordance with the user data (13) to provide a modified output (15) indicative of skin lesion detection for the user; and output the modified output (15).

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing an image are disclosed. The method includes: segmenting both a first image and a second image and generating segmentation mask pairs, each segmentation mask pair having a segmentation mask of the first image and a segmentation mask of the second image; generating local homography matrices of the first image with respect to the second image, based on the segmentation mask pairs, the first image, and the second image; and generating a synthetic image obtained by aligning the first image with the second image, wherein the aligning is performed based on the local homography matrices, the segmentation mask pairs, the first image, and the second image.

Abstract: A display panel, a method for manufacturing the same, a display device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The display panel includes a display region and a peripheral region arranged on a substrate, and further includes multiple active driving circuits and multiple redundant driving circuits. At least one active driving circuit is electrically connected to at least one of multiple pixel units, and each redundant driving circuit includes at least one electrode layer arranged on the substrate. The peripheral region includes a flat region and a curved region, at least part of the redundant driving circuits are located in a flat redundant driving circuit region included in the flat region. The flat redundant driving circuit region includes at least two alignment mark regions. In the alignment mark regions, at least one electrode layer is hollowed out, and/or at least one electrode layer is filled up.

Abstract: A method includes providing a semiconductor structure having metal gate structures (MGs), gate spacers disposed on sidewalls of the MGs, and source/drain (S/D) features disposed adjacent to the gate spacers; forming a first dielectric layer over the MGs and forming S/D contacts (MDs) over the S/D features; forming a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer, where portions of the second dielectric layer contact the MDs and the second dielectric layer is different from the first dielectric layer in composition; removing the portions of the second dielectric layer that contact the MDs; forming a conductive layer over the MDs and over the first dielectric layer; and removing portions of the conductive layer to form conductive features over the MDs.

Abstract: A clock generation apparatus has a delay circuit, a phase selection circuit, and a phase measurement circuit. The delay circuit outputs a first signal that is a delayed version of an input signal. The phase selection circuit receives the input signal and one or more phase-shifted versions of the input signal and outputs a second signal that is a phase-shifted version of the input signal. The phase measurement circuit compares the phases of the first signal and the second signal and provides a first output that controls phase of the second signal relative to the input signal. The phase measurement circuit also provides a second output that controls a delay applied by the delay circuit to the input signal to generate the first signal.

Abstract: Provided are an amorphous alloy-reinforced and toughened aluminum matrix composite (AMC) and a preparation method thereof. The amorphous alloy-reinforced and toughened AMC includes 55 vol. % to 95 vol. % of an aluminum-based alloy and 5 vol. % to 45 vol. % of an amorphous alloy, wherein the amorphous alloy is Fe52Cr26Mo18B2C12.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a splice display system are disclosed. The display apparatus includes: a lamp panel, which includes a circuit board and a plurality of light-emitting elements on the circuit board; and a mask on side of the plurality of light-emitting elements away from the circuit board, where the mask includes a plurality of light-transmitting parts corresponding to the plurality of light-emitting elements, an orthographic projection of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements on the circuit board is within an orthographic projection of a corresponding light-transmitting part on the circuit board, each of the plurality of light-transmitting parts includes a concave lens, and a surface of the concave lens close to the light-emitting element is a concave arc surface.

Abstract: Described herein are crystalline composition, methods of making such crystalline composition, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such crystalline composition, and methods of using such crystalline composition in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 (CRF1).

Abstract: A clock generation apparatus has a delay circuit, a phase selection circuit, and a phase measurement circuit. The delay circuit outputs a first signal that is a delayed version of an input signal. The phase selection circuit receives the input signal and one or more phase-shifted versions of the input signal and outputs a second signal that is a phase-shifted version of the input signal. The phase measurement circuit compares the phases of the first signal and the second signal and provides a first output that controls phase of the second signal relative to the input signal. The phase measurement circuit also provides a second output that controls a delay applied by the delay circuit to the input signal to generate the first signal.

Abstract: A method and device for planning spraying operations, a control terminal and storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining and displaying a flight route of a UAV, and controlling the UAV to execute a spraying operation along the flight route, where the flight route includes a plurality of segments including spraying segments and non-spraying segments; obtaining an interruption position of an interruption segment; based on a position of the UAV, determining whether there exists a projection position within the first preset number of spraying segments that have not been executed after the interruption segment without determining whether there exists a projection position of the UAV within the non-spraying segments; and displaying indicator(s) to indicate the position of the return position(s) on the flight route. The present disclosure can meet the user's expectations and conserves electrical energy consumption, thereby improving the efficiency of executing spraying operations.

Abstract: A dual-frequency antenna and an electronic device are provided, and belong to the field of communication technology. The dual-frequency antenna includes a first antenna unit and a second antenna unit opposite to each other, and a filtering unit therebetween. An operating frequency band of the first antenna unit is a first frequency band; an operating frequency band of the second antenna unit is a second frequency band; the filtering unit is configured to reflect an electromagnetic wave of the first frequency band and to transmit an electromagnetic wave of the second frequency band; the first antenna unit is configured to receive the electromagnetic wave of the first frequency band and to reflect the received electromagnetic wave of the first frequency band by the filtering unit; and the second antenna unit is configured to receive and reflect the electromagnetic wave of the second frequency band transmitted by the filtering unit.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method for controlling an apparatus wirelessly connected to one or more external devices, the method comprises acquiring data associated with a current location of each of one or more users and data associated with an activity being performed by each of the one or more users; determining at least one of a delivery scheme for delivering a notification at one or more destinations and an access scheme for providing control access of the apparatus, based on the data associated with the current location of each of the one or more users, the data associated with the activity being performed by each of the one or more users, and a context of the notification.

Abstract: A method of forming an integrated circuit structure includes forming a first source/drain contact plug over and electrically coupling to a source/drain region of a transistor, forming a first dielectric hard mask overlapping a gate stack, recessing the first source/drain contact plug to form a first recess, forming a second dielectric hard mask in the first recess, recessing an inter-layer dielectric layer to form a second recess, and forming a third dielectric hard mask in the second recess. The third dielectric hard mask contacts both the first dielectric hard mask and the second dielectric hard mask.

Abstract: Provided are an adaptive adjustment method and apparatus for downlink control channel resources, and a storage medium. The adaptive adjustment method includes: determining a number and positions of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) resource blocks in a PDCCH resource pool; in response to determining that PDCCH resources are allocated to a user equipment (UE), determining a target PDCCH resource block from the PDCCH resource pool based on the number and positions of the PDCCH resource blocks and a size of a resource demand load; allocating the target PDCCH resource block to the UE; and notifying the UE of a time-domain symbol corresponding to the target PDCCH resource block through a search space.

Abstract: A scanning assembly, including: a housing, wherein a lower portion of the housing comprises an opening, and the opening can be closed by tissue to be scanned; a pressure difference generating device, disposed on the housing and used to generate an air pressure difference between the interior and the exterior of the housing, the air pressure difference providing a first pressure for the tissue to be scanned, the weight of the scanning assembly providing a second pressure for the tissue to be scanned, the tissue to be scanned being compressed under the action of a compressive force, and the compressive force comprising the first pressure and the second pressure; and an ultrasonic transducer, disposed in the housing and used to perform ultrasound scanning on the compressed tissue to be scanned.

Abstract: A thrust reversal emergency jettison device for an underwater vehicle includes a thrust reversal mechanism. The thrust reversal mechanism includes a casing and a gas reaction compartment provided in the casing; the gas reaction compartment communicates with a gas passage in a shell of the casing through a gas pipe; and a bottom end cover is provided at a bottom of the gas reaction compartment, and the bottom end cover is hermetically connected with the gas reaction compartment through a cylinder mechanism, and falls off automatically when a gas pressure in the gas reaction compartment increases. Compared with the prior art, the present invention can provide a reverse thrust for an underwater vehicle in an emergency, help the underwater vehicle to ascend, and improve safety.

Abstract: A cooking control method of a cooking apparatus includes steps of heating a cooking chamber of the cooking apparatus to an ambient temperature by a heating unit of the cooking apparatus, detecting the ambient temperature of the cooking chamber, maintaining the ambient temperature of the cooking chamber, maintaining the ambient temperature of the cooking chamber at a predetermined set temperature by controlling the heating unit when the ambient temperature of the cooking chamber reaches the predetermined set temperature, detecting an inner temperature of an inner portion of the cooking object, and controlling the heating unit to heat the cooking chamber to maintain at an appropriate cooking temperature when the inner temperature of the cooking object reaches the appropriate cooking temperature so as to cook the cooking object at the appropriate cooking temperature in the cooking chamber.

Abstract: An adaptive current generation circuit includes an inverter drive chain, a frequency divider, a frequency detector, a low-pass filter, a static comparator group, and a controllable current mirror. An input analog signal of the input buffer is converted into a frequency discrimination voltage in a direct current form sequentially through conversion of the inverter drive chain, frequency division of the frequency divider, frequency detection of the frequency detector, and conversion of the low-pass filter. Then the static comparator group performs a plurality of times of comparison to obtain N bits of digital codes. Finally, the controllable current mirror is controlled by using the N bits of digital codes. The controllable current mirror provides a magnitude-adjustable input current for the input buffer under control of the N bits of digital codes. A magnitude of the input current is positively correlated with a frequency of the input analog signal.