Abstract: A method for preparing a modular planar interconnect plate for a solid oxide fuel cell includes the steps of: (a) providing a metal blank sheet that includes a main region and a circumferential region; (b) stamping the metal blank sheet to simultaneously form columns of upper protrusions on an upper surface of the main region, columns of lower depressions on a lower surface of the main region, and a front upper retaining protrusion unit and a rear upper retaining protrusion unit on a right side area and a left side area of the circumferential region; (c) stamping the main region to form rows of lower protrusions on the lower surface of the main region and rows of upper depressions on the upper surface of the main region; and (d) forming a pair of upper elongation plates respectively and detachably retained between the front and rear upper retaining protrusion units.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer includes: a scribe line between a first row of dies and a second row of dies, and a benchmark circuit disposed on the scribe line. The benchmark circuit includes a first switching circuit, a first process control monitoring (PCM) device and a second PCM device coupled to the first switching circuit, and a second switching circuit. The first switching circuit is configured to selectively couple the first PCM device and the second PCM device to receive a test signal, wherein the first PCM device and the second PCM device are configured to output a first output signal and a second output signal in response to the test signal, respectively. The second switching circuit is configured to selectively couple the first PCM device and the second PCM device to output the first output signal or the second output signal.

Abstract: An optical system affixed to an electronic apparatus is provided, including a first optical module, a second optical module, and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to adjust the moving direction of a first light from a first moving direction to a second moving direction, wherein the first moving direction is not parallel to the second moving direction. The second optical module is configured to receive the first light moving in the second moving direction. The first light reaches the third optical module via the first optical module and the second optical module in sequence. The third optical module includes a first photoelectric converter configured to transform the first light into a first image signal.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a saRNAs useful in upregulating the expression of a target gene and therapeutic compositions comprising the saRNA, wherein the target gene is TMEM173. Methods of using the saRNA and the therapeutic compositions are also provided.

Abstract: A communication system includes a distributed unit (DU). The DU estimates distance information, converts the distance information into a transit time difference, and adjusts a transmission window according to the transit time difference, in which start and end points of the transmission window move according to the transit time difference.

Abstract: An optical lens assembly includes: a first element group including: a first lens group with positive refractive power, including one or two lenses; a second element group including: a second lens group with positive refractive power, including two or three lenses; an optical element including, in order from a visual side to an image source side: an absorptive polarizer, a reflective polarizer and a first phase retarder; and a partial-reflective-partial-transmissive element; and a third element group including an image source plane. The first element group, the second element group and the third element group are arranged in order from the visual side to the image source side. When the optical lens assembly satisfies a specific condition, the weight of the device can be reduced, the zoom function can be provided, and the image quality can be ensured.

Abstract: Embodiments of a hybrid-bonded semiconductor structure are disclosed. The semiconductor structure comprises a first conductive structure and a second conductive structure in a base dielectric layer. The base dielectric layer has a non-flat top surface. A first top surface of the first conductive structure is non-coplanar with a second top surface of the second conductive structure. The semiconductor structure further comprises an alternating dielectric layer stack comprising a plurality of dielectric layers sequentially disposed on the base dielectric layer, wherein at least two of the plurality of dielectric layers have non-uniform thickness. The semiconductor structure further comprises a first lead wire and a second lead wire formed in the alternating dielectric layer stack and electrically connected to the first conductive structure and the second conductive structure, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention provides a voltage control method for controlling a power supply. The voltage control method comprises the following steps: obtaining a present output voltage value associated with a present gain value; obtaining a predetermined output voltage value associated with a predetermined duty ratio; calculating a target gain value, corresponding to the predetermined duty ratio, according to a gain value formula; performing a weight calculation on the present gain value and the target gain value for generating a buffer gain value; and setting an output voltage command according to the buffer gain value. Wherein the buffer gain value is between the present gain value and the target gain value.

Abstract: Protection of a kernel from a sniff and code reuse attack. A kernel mode page table in initialized in a kernel. The kernel page entries in the kernel mode page table are set from s-pages to u-pages. Supervisor mode access prevention is enabled in the u-pages. Code contained in the kernel page entries in the u-pages is executed, the kernel page entries in the u-pages are capable of execution but are not capable of being accessed and read directly.

Abstract: A first fluidic solution having a first ionic concentration is provided in a first fluidic reservoir in direct fluidic connection with a nanopore. A second fluidic solution, having a second ionic concentration, is provided in a second fluidic reservoir disposed in fluidic connection with the nanopore through a fluidic passage having at least one fluidic section in which the section length is greater than the section width. The electrical potential local to the fluidic passage is measured, and the resistance of both the fluidic passage the nanopore are determined based on the fluidic passage electrical potential. The fluidic passage resistance is compared with the nanopore resistance and at least one of the first and second ionic concentrations is adjusted based on the comparison. The measuring, determining, comparing, and adjusting steps are conducted until the fluidic passage resistance is between about 0.1 times and about 10 times the nanopore resistance.

Abstract: Provided are a display panel, a preparation method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a display substrate and a touch panel. The touch panel includes multiple touch electrodes. At least one of the touch electrodes includes multiple grid patterns enclosed by metal wires. At least one of the grid patterns includes a first edge, second edge, third edge and fourth edge that form a ring. The first edge and the third edge extend in a second direction. The second edge and the fourth edge extend in a first direction. A shape of the grid pattern includes a first curved ring, a second curved ring, a third curved ring, or a fourth curved ring. A first edge and third edge of the first curved ring are curves curved towards a direction opposite to the first direction.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed concerning applied magnetic field synthesis and processing of iron nitride magnetic materials. Some methods concern casting a material including iron in the presence of an applied magnetic field to form a workpiece including at least one iron-based phase domain including uniaxial magnetic anisotropy, wherein the applied magnetic field has a strength of at least about 0.01 Tesla (T). Also disclosed are workpieces made by such methods, apparatus for making such workpieces and bulk materials made by such methods.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for sweat volume detection based on sweat print imaging, comprising: obtaining a raw data set, the raw data set including at least one sweat print image formed by dropping different volumes of sweat on a test paper under different environmental parameters; obtaining a color value extreme of the sweat print image and dividing the sweat print image into at least one region; calculating a sweat error based on a total sweat collection volume and a real sweat volume; obtaining a trained error prediction model; obtaining a to-be-tested sweat print image and current environmental parameters; inputting the current environmental parameters and a count of regions of the to-be tested sweat print image into the trained error prediction model to determine a sweat error of the to-be-tested sweat print image; calculating a sweat volume and a sweat rate based on the sweat error.

Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a substrate and a shielding layer. The substrate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a first lateral surface extending between the first surface and the second surface. The substrate has an antenna pattern disposed closer to the second surface than the first surface. The shielding layer extends from the first surface toward the second surface of the substrate. The shielding layer covers a first portion of the first lateral surface adjacent to the first surface of the substrate. The shielding layer exposes a second portion of the first lateral surface adjacent to the second surface of the substrate.

Abstract: An antenna device includes an insulating carrier and a first primary antenna having a first feeding-in section, a first auxiliary antenna having a second feeding-in section and a second grounding section, a second primary antenna having a third feeding-in section, a second auxiliary antenna having a fourth feeding-in section and a grounding face which are provided on a face of the carrier. The first primary and auxiliary antennas and the second primary and auxiliary antennas are positioned at two side edges of the carrier which are away from each other. The grounding face is positioned between both the first primary and auxiliary antennas and the second primary and auxiliary antennas. The grounding face is provided with a first grounding section adjacent to the first feeding-in section, a third grounding section adjacent to third feeding-in section and a fourth grounding section adjacent to the fourth feeding-in section.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a capacitor including the operations of etching a plurality of primary trenches into a first region of a substrate, the primary trenches extending in a first direction, etching a plurality of secondary trenches into the first region of the substrate, the secondary trenches extending in a second direction other than the first direction, with the adjacent secondary trenches and adjacent primary trenches jointly defining an island structure having an upper surface that is recessed relative to an upper surface a surrounding substrate, and depositing a series of film pairs including a dielectric layer and a conductive layer.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include techniques for intimacy-based masking of three dimensional (3D) face landmarks within a metaverse. A non-limiting example method includes determining a degree of intimacy R between a first user and a second user responsive to a first avatar of the first user being observed by a second avatar of the second user in a virtual environment. An initial set of M landmarks of a feature of the first avatar is determined and N landmarks are randomly selected from M for masking. The N landmarks are replaced with random noise sampled with a unit normal distribution to define a set of noised landmarks X that are then iteratively denoised to define a set of denoised landmarks D. A masked version of the first avatar is presented to the second user by modifying the feature of the first avatar with the set of denoised landmarks D.

Abstract: A back side illumination (BSI) image sensor includes an epitaxial substrate, a deep trench isolation (DTI) structure from one surface to the other surface of the epitaxial substrate, a buried oxide layer on the epitaxial substrate, an epitaxial layer, a well region, a floating diffusion (FD) region, a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure, and vertical transfer gates (VTGs). The buried oxide layer has openings exposing the epitaxial substrate, and the epitaxial layer is formed on the epitaxial substrate and covers the buried oxide layer. The well region is in the epitaxial layer and the epitaxial substrate. The FD region is in the well region above the buried oxide layer, and a width of the buried oxide layer is larger than that of the FD region. The STI structure is in the epitaxial layer. The VTGs are in the epitaxial layer and through the openings of the buried oxide layer.

Abstract: The technology provides an interior camera sensing system for self-driving vehicles. The sensor system includes image sensors and infrared illuminators to see the vehicle's cabin and storage areas in all ambient lighting conditions. The system can monitor the vehicle for safety purposes, to detect the cleanliness of the cabin and storage areas, as well as to detect whether packages or other objects have been inadvertently left in the vehicle. The cameras are arranged to focus on selected regions in the vehicle cabin and the system carries out certain actions in response to information evaluated for those regions. The interior space is divided into multiple zones assigned different coverage priorities. Regardless of vehicle size or configuration, certain actions are performed according to various ride checklists and the imagery detected by the interior cameras. The checklists include pre-ride, mid-ride, and post-ride checklists.