Abstract: A drug conjugate includes a structure shown by the following formula: Z-(linker-[R]m)n. In the formula, Z is a drug compound, R is a sugar, and m and n are independently an integer from 1 to 6. The drug compound Z is a hepatitis virus targeting drug, a hepatitis B virus (HBV) drug, an inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) antagonist, a multidrug resistance (MDR) inhibitor, or analogues, precursors, prodrugs, derivatives thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a basalt fiber reinforced asphalt concrete, which includes: an asphalt material with a penetration grade between 40-300 at room temperature, selected from one of an asphalt mortar, an oil-soluble asphalt, an emulsified asphalt, and a modified asphalt; an aggregate having a first volume percentage between 50-80%; a basalt fiber reinforcement with a second volume percentage between 0.1-0.9%; and a chemical admixture for asphalt concrete used to adjust the properties of the basalt fiber reinforced asphalt concrete.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a recycled positive electrode active material, a method of producing the recycled positive electrode active material, and a secondary battery including the same. The recycled positive electrode active material, including: 60 mol % or more of Ni; and crystalline LiF, or 0.24% by weight or less of residual Li2CO3, where the recycled positive electrode active material is one or more selected from the group consisting of a lithium nickel oxide (LNO)-based positive electrode active material, a nickel·cobalt·manganese (NCM)-based positive electrode active material, a nickel·cobalt·aluminum (NCA)-based positive electrode active material, and a nickel·cobalt·manganese·aluminum (NCMA)-based positive electrode active material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a basalt fiber reinforced concrete, which includes: a cement slurry with a water-to-cement ratio between 0.3 and 0.5, and a slurry volume percentage between 15-25%; an aggregate with an aggregate volume percentage between 65% and 75%; a basalt fiber reinforcement with a fiber volume percentage between 0.2% and 1.00%; and a concrete admixture used to adjust the properties of the basalt fiber reinforced concrete.

Abstract: A semiconductor fabrication method includes: forming an epitaxial stack including at least one sacrificial epitaxial layer and at least one channel epitaxial layer; forming a plurality of fins in the epitaxial stack; performing tuning operations to prevent a width of the sacrificial epitaxial layer expanding beyond a width of the channel epitaxial layer during operations to form isolation features; forming the isolation features between the plurality of fins, wherein the width of the sacrificial epitaxial layer does not expand beyond the width of the channel epitaxial layer; forming a sacrificial gate stack; forming gate sidewall spacers on sidewalls of the sacrificial gate stack; forming inner spacers around the sacrificial epitaxial layer and the channel epitaxial layer; forming source/drain features; removing the sacrificial gate stack and sacrificial epitaxial layer; and forming a replacement metal gate, wherein the metal gate is shielded from the source/drain features.

Abstract: A magnetic tunnel junction device includes a pillar structure including, from bottom to top, a bottom electrode and a magnetic tunnel junction structure, a top electrode overlying the magnetic tunnel junction structure, and a dielectric metal oxide layer extending from a sidewall of the pillar structure to a sidewall of the top electrode. The magnetic tunnel junction structure contains a reference magnetization layer including a first ferromagnetic material, a tunnel barrier layer, and a free magnetization layer including a second ferromagnetic material. The top electrode includes a metallic material containing a nonmagnetic metal element. The dielectric metal oxide layer may be formed by performing an oxidation process that oxidizes a residual metal film after a focused ion beam etch process, and eliminates conductive paths from surfaces of the pillar structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a recycled cathode active material, a method of producing the same, and a secondary battery including the same. Specifically, the method of producing a recycled cathode active material according to the present disclosure includes: step (a) of separating a current collector from a cathode active material layer and recovering a cathode active material in the cathode active material layer by thermally decomposing a binder and a conductive material in the cathode active material layer by heat-treating a waste cathode including the current collector and the cathode active material layer formed on the current collector; and step (b) of adding a lithium precursor and a cobalt-containing coating agent to the recovered cathode active material and performing annealing.

Abstract: A method for forming a thin film resistor with improved thermal stability is disclosed. A substrate having thereon a first dielectric layer is provided. A resistive material layer is deposited on the first dielectric layer. A capping layer is deposited on the resistive material layer. The resistive material layer is then subjected to a thermal treatment at a pre-selected temperature higher than 350 degrees Celsius in a hydrogen or deuterium atmosphere. The capping layer and the resistive material layer are patterned to form a thin film resistor on the first dielectric layer.

Abstract: A column-type electronic shift control apparatus is mounted in a rotation type on a steering column of a vehicle and in which a shifter is positioned to extend upward in a standby mode and is positioned to extend laterally in a use mode by rotating from the standby mode ahead of the steering wheel in the visual field of a driver, and when necessary, it is possible to shift by operating the shifter even in the standby mode.

Abstract: This application provides an operational amplifier and a start-up circuit of the operational amplifier. The start-up circuit has the advantages of having a simple structure and consuming less. The operational amplifier includes a multi-stage amplifier and a start-up circuit, where the start-up circuit includes a first start-up transistor and a second start-up transistor. A source of the first start-up transistor and a source of the second start-up transistor are connected to a tail bias node of a first-stage amplifier in the multi-stage amplifier, a gate of the first start-up transistor and a gate of the second start-up transistor are configured to connect to a first bias voltage Vb, and a drain of the first start-up transistor and a drain of the second start-up transistor are connected to input terminals of a second-stage or higher-stage amplifier.

Abstract: An approach is provided in which a method, system, and program product analyze, while training a machine learning model, a set of first data transformation operators in a first data preparation pipeline that generates a plurality of constructed features from a set of training data. The method, system, and program product create a plurality of second data preparation pipelines from the first data preparation pipeline, wherein the set of first data transformation operators are converted to a set of second data transformation operators and each assigned to one of the plurality of second data preparation pipelines. The method, system, and program product deploy the plurality of second data preparation pipelines to a runtime system.

Abstract: A light-emitting diode driving backplane and a display apparatus are provided, and belong to the field of display technology. The light-emitting diode driving backplane includes: a base substrate divided into luminescent lamp regions and a first wiring region around the luminescent lamp regions; at least one pair of first connection pads, signal traces and an auxiliary functional component on the base substrate. The at least one pair of first connection pads and the auxiliary functional component are in the luminescent lamp regions, the signal traces are in the first wiring region, each pair of first connection pads includes a positive pad and a negative pad, and the signal traces are electrically connected to the corresponding positive negative pads for providing driving signals thereto, and the auxiliary functional component and at least some signal traces are in the same layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a recycled positive electrode active material, a method of producing the recycled positive electrode active material, and a secondary battery including the same. The recycled positive electrode active material, including: 60 mol % or more of Ni, 250 mg/kg or less of fluorine (F), and having a crystallite size of 122 nm or less, where the recycled positive electrode active material is one or more selected from the group consisting of a lithium nickel oxide (LNO)-based positive electrode active material, a nickel·cobalt·manganese (NCM)-based positive electrode active material, a nickel·cobalt·aluminum (NCA)-based positive electrode active material, and a nickel·cobalt·manganese·aluminum (NCMA)-based positive electrode active material.

Abstract: An in-vitro biosynthesis reaction apparatus and an in-vitro biosynthesis method. The in-vitro biosynthesis reaction apparatus comprises: a reaction body, which is used for containing a protein synthesis reaction liquid, so as to carry out an in-vitro biosynthesis reaction, wherein an opening part is arranged on the reaction body, and the opening part is provided with a feeding port used for enabling the synthesis reaction liquid to enter the reaction body and a discharging port allowing a reaction product to be discharged; and a partition part, which is used for incomplete separation of the internal space of the reaction body.

Abstract: A heat pump system having a common refrigerant flow path split coupled to heating mode first and second refrigerant streams. In the common refrigerant flow path, a compressor is coupled to receive refrigerant from the heating mode first refrigerant stream and the heating mode second refrigerant stream. A refrigerant-to-refrigerant heat exchanger couples heat between the heating mode first refrigerant stream and the heating mode second refrigerant stream. A first refrigerant-air heat exchanger and a second refrigerant-air heat exchanger in a second air flow conduit is coupled to receive a first air flow from a first refrigerant-air heat exchanger in a first air flow conduit.

Abstract: Methods of forming and a semiconductor devices where the channel region includes a germanium-comprising layer; and a crystalline silicon layer on the germanium-comprising layer. A gate structure over a first surface and a second surface, the second surface opposing the first surface. In some implementations, the crystalline silicon layer can mitigate damage during processing.

Abstract: An epoxy-based adhesive composition and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The adhesive composition provides excellent adhesive strength and impact strength uniformly over a wide temperature range. In addition, the adhesive composition of the present application may have a level of viscosity capable of ensuring excellent processability.

Abstract: An epoxy-based adhesive composition and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The adhesive composition provides excellent adhesive strength and impact strength uniformly over a wide temperature range.

Abstract: A system and method for audio processing using artificial intelligence during a voice interaction is configured to improve early identification of disease and case management of a diagnosed member in a healthcare system. Audio data is generated from a voice call between customer service representative (CSR) of the healthcare system and then processed by one or more of a speech-to-text recognition model, a topic detection model, a speaker recognition model, a tone model, an intent identifier, and a sentiment identifier. Then the output of the audio processing is used to detect a condition and automatically perform an action.

Abstract: The present application relates to an epoxy-based adhesive composition, which may include (a) one or more epoxy resins, (b) a urethane resin having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 30,000 or less, and having a polytetrahydrofuran unit, (c) a core-shell rubber in the form of secondary particles in which two or more core-shell rubbers in the form of primary particles are aggregated and (d) one or more epoxy curing agents. The adhesive composition of the present application can provide excellent adhesion strength, peel strength and impact-resistant strength uniformly over a wide temperature range.