Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an epitaxial substrate. The epitaxial substrate includes a substrate. A strain relaxed layer covers and contacts the substrate. A III-V compound stacked layer covers and contacts the strain relaxed layer. The III-V compound stacked layer is a multilayer epitaxial structure formed by aluminum nitride, aluminum gallium nitride or a combination of aluminum nitride and aluminum gallium nitride.

Abstract: A marking method on image combined with sound signal, a terminal apparatus, and a server are provided. In the method, a first image is displayed. A selection command is detected. A target sound signal is embedded into a speech signal so as to generate a combined sound signal. The combined sound signal is transmitted. The selection command corresponds to a target region in the first image, and the selection command is generated selecting the target region through an input operation. The target sound signal corresponds to the target region of the selection command, and the speech signal is obtained by receiving sound. Accordingly, all attendants in the video conference are able to make makings on a shared screen.

Abstract: A method of movement tracking includes: performing, when it is determined that a strength of an external signal is greater than a threshold, positioning based on the signal to generate a first record; performing, when it is determined that the strength is not greater than the threshold, measurement of a movement variation to generate a second record; performing, when it is determined that the strength increases from being not greater than the threshold to being greater than the threshold, positioning based on the signal to obtain coordinates of an exact position; and computing corrected data based on the second record and the coordinates, and generating a movement path record based on the first record and the corrected data.

Abstract: A method for cleaning membrane is provided. The method includes, providing a membrane, introducing a thermo-sensitive ionic liquid to contact the membrane and perform a cleaning procedure to collect a cleaning solution, and layering the cleaning solution to form an aqueous layer and an ionic liquid layer at a specific temperature.

Abstract: A biological desulfurization processing system is provided. The biological desulfurization processing system includes a desulfurization reaction tank and a culture tank of desulfurization bacteria. The culture tank of desulfurization bacteria is used for cultivating desulfurization bacteria and is connected to the desulfurization reaction tank. The desulfurization reaction tank includes a desulfurization reaction zone. The desulfurization reaction zone includes at least one desulfurization layer and at least one supporting layer, and the desulfurization layer and the supporting layer are stacked in a staggered manner. A biological desulfurization processing method is also provided.

Abstract: Provided are a system and a method of treating wastewater. The system includes a forward osmosis (FO) liquid concentration apparatus and an electrodialysis (ED) apparatus. The FO liquid concentration apparatus increases the concentration of the salt in the wastewater to between 7% and 14%. The ED apparatus is disposed downstream of the FO liquid concentration apparatus and coupled to the FO liquid concentration apparatus to receive the wastewater introduced by the FO liquid concentration apparatus, and make the salt in the wastewater into an acid solution and a basic solution.

Abstract: Systems with a contouring method are provided for contouring one or more targets that correspond to specific organs and/or tumors in a three-dimensional medical image of a patient using neural networks. The contouring system includes a storage unit, a processing unit, and a plurality of modules that are computer operable. The processing unit is used to obtain the image, and then to generate one or more contouring images using a contouring method. The contouring method includes enhancing image features and improving contouring accuracy using an image preprocessing module, and extracting a plurality of multi-scale image representations and expanding these representations to one or more contouring images using a neural network-based contouring module.

Abstract: An extracted material for forward osmosis is provided. The extracted material includes a first ionic compound, a second ionic compound and a third ionic compound, which are represented by formula {K[A+(R1)(R2)(R3)]p}(X?)c(Y?)d. X? is the same as Y? in the first ionic compound. X? is the same as Y? in the second ionic compound. X? in the first ionic compound is different from X? in the second ionic compound. X? differs from Y? in the third ionic compound. X? in the third ionic compound is the same as X? in the first ionic compound or X? in the second ionic compound. Y? in the third ionic compound is the same as Y? in the first ionic compound or Y? in the second ionic compound. A method for preparing an extracted material and a forward-osmosis water desalination system using the same are also provided.

Abstract: An ionic liquid and a forward osmosis process employing the same are provided. The ionic liquid has a structure represented by Formula (I) ABn??Formula (I), wherein A is n is 1 or 2; m is 0, or an integer from 1 to 7; R1 and R2 are independently methyl or ethyl; k is an integer from 3 to 8; B is i is independently 1, 2, or 3; and j is 5, 6, or 7. The forward osmosis process employing the ionic liquid is used to desalinate a brine via a forward osmosis (FO) model.

Abstract: A method for cleaning membrane is provided. The method includes, providing a membrane, introducing a thermo-sensitive ionic liquid to contact the membrane and perform a cleaning procedure to collect a cleaning solution, and layering the cleaning solution to form an aqueous layer and an ionic liquid layer at a specific temperature.

Abstract: An extracted material for forward osmosis is provided. The extracted material includes a first ionic compound, a second ionic compound and a third ionic compound, which are represented by formula {K[A+(R1)(R2)(R3)]p}(X?)c(Y?)d. X? is the same as Y? in the first ionic compound. X? is the same as Y? in the second ionic compound. X? in the first ionic compound is different from X? in the second ionic compound. X? differs from Y? in the third ionic compound. X? in the third ionic compound is the same as X? in the first ionic compound or X? in the second ionic compound. Y? in the third ionic compound is the same as Y? in the first ionic compound or Y? in the second ionic compound. A method for preparing an extracted material and a forward-osmosis water desalination system using the same are also provided.

Abstract: An ionic liquid and a forward osmosis process employing the same are provided. The ionic liquid has a structure represented by Formula (I) ABn ??Formula (I) , wherein A is n is 1 or 2; m is 0, or an integer from 1 to 7; R1 and R2 are independently methyl or ethyl; k is an integer from 3 to 8; B is i is independently 1, 2, or 3; and j is 5, 6, or 7. The forward osmosis process employing the ionic liquid is used to desalinate a brine via a forward osmosis (FO) model.

Abstract: A method of movement tracking includes: performing, when it is determined that a strength of an external signal is greater than a threshold, positioning based on the signal to generate a first record; performing, when it is determined that the strength is not greater than the threshold, measurement of a movement variation to generate a second record; performing, when it is determined that the strength increases from being not greater than the threshold to being greater than the threshold, positioning based on the signal to obtain coordinates of an exact position; and computing corrected data based on the second record and the coordinates, and generating a movement path record based on the first record and the corrected data.

Abstract: The present application provides a multi-frame quality enhancement method and device for a lossily compressed video. The method comprises: performing quality enhancement on the i-th frame of a decompressed video stream using m frames correlated with the i-th frame to play the i-th frame with enhanced quality. The m frames are frames in the video stream. The number of the same pixels or corresponding pixels of each of the m frames and the i-th frame is greater than a preset threshold. m is a natural number greater than 1. In an implementation, a non-peak-quality frame positioned between two peak quality frames may be enhanced using the peak quality frames. The method may mitigate the quality fluctuation across a plurality of frames for providing playback of the video stream and may improve the quality of all frames in the video after the lossy compression.

Abstract: The present application provides a multi-frame quality enhancement method and device for a lossily compressed video. The method comprises: performing quality enhancement on the i-th frame of a decompressed video stream using m frames correlated with the i-th frame to play the i-th frame with enhanced quality. The m frames are frames in the video stream. The number of the same pixels or corresponding pixels of each of the m frames and the i-th frame is greater than a preset threshold. m is a natural number greater than 1. In an implementation, a non-peak-quality frame positioned between two peak quality frames may be enhanced using the peak quality frames. The method may mitigate the quality fluctuation across a plurality of frames for providing playback of the video stream and may improve the quality of all frames in the video after the lossy compression.

Abstract: An electrodialysis module includes at least one base unit. The base unit includes a working tank, a first ion-exchange membrane, a second ion-exchange membrane, at least one first electrode, and at least two second electrodes. The first ion-exchange membrane and the second ion-exchange membrane are located in the working tank. The first ion-exchange membrane and the second ion-exchange membrane together divide the working tank into two electrode compartments and a desalination compartment therebetween. The at least one first electrode is disposed in the desalination compartment. The at least two second electrodes are disposed in each of the electrode compartments, respectively, in which the at least two second electrodes and the at least one first electrode have different polarities.

Abstract: A method of making a curved electrochromic film includes: disposing a UV curable adhesive layer between a first electrochromic member and a second electrochromic member to form an electrochromic film semi-product in flat form; arching the electrochromic film semi-product between the first and second bending members of a forming apparatus and by moving the first and second bending members toward each other; and curing the UV curable adhesive layer using a UV light source while the electrochromic film semi-product is arched. Forming apparatuses for forming a flat electrochromic film semi-product into a curved electrochromic film are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a valuable metal selectively adsorbing electrode, including: an electrode formed by a carbon-containing material; and a protein of a bacterium of genus Tepidimonas immobilized on the electrode formed by a carbon-containing material to form the valuable metal selectively adsorbing electrode, wherein the valuable metal includes gold, palladium, silver or indium.

Abstract: A method of making a curved electrochromic film includes: disposing a UV curable adhesive layer between a first electrochromic member and a second electrochromic member to form an electrochromic film semi-product in flat form; arching the electrochromic film semi-product between the first and second bending members of a forming apparatus and by moving the first and second bending members toward each other; and curing the UV curable adhesive layer using a UV light source while the electrochromic film semi-product is arched. Forming apparatuses for forming a flat electrochromic film semi-product into a curved electrochromic film are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for electrochemically selectively removing ions using a composite electrode is provided. The composite electrode includes a composite having a carbon support and an inorganic material immobilized on the carbon support.