Abstract: Related is use of fumaric acid esters or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in preparing a pharmaceutical for treating ferroptosis-related diseases. The fumaric acid esters includes dimethyl fumarate and/or monomethyl fumarate. The present application reveals, for the first time, the effect of fumaric acid ester and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt on a protein level of a ferroptosis key regulatory gene GPX4, provides a theoretical basis for the research of treatment strategies for the ferroptosis-related diseases, and provides a new outlet for preparing pharmaceuticals used for the ferroptosis-related diseases.

Abstract: A semiconductor package structure includes a semiconductor device with an active surface, a conductive pillar on the conductive pad, an adhesion strengthening layer, and an encapsulant in contact with the adhesion strengthening layer. The conductive pillar has a side surface and a top surface. The adhesion strengthening layer is conformally disposed on the side surface of the conductive pillar and the active surface of the semiconductor device.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device with a display device and one or more input devices. The method includes displaying, via the display device, a user interface that includes a new-password field. The method includes detecting, via the one or more input devices, a user input that corresponds to selection of the new-password field. In response to detecting the user input that corresponds to selection of the new-password field, the method includes displaying, on the display device, a representation of a new automatically-generated password in the new-password field and displaying, on the display device, an affordance to accept the new automatically-generated password and an affordance to decline to use the new automatically-generated password.

Abstract: A transparent polyimide film manufacturing method includes following steps: producing a polyimide film having a tensile modulus of elasticity greater than 5.4 GPa ((N/m2)×109), a light transmittance greater than 85%, and a chromaticity b* less than 2; providing an ether-free dianhydride and a diamine to form an ether-free polyamic acid; reacting the ether-free polyamic acid with an aromatic cyclic dianhydride to form a copolymerized polyamic acid; and chemically cyclizing the copolymerized polyamic acid to form a transparent polyimide film.

Abstract: A communication processing method is provided. A communication connection to at least one second terminal is established. A virtual image of a first user corresponding to the first terminal and a virtual image of a second user corresponding to the at least one second terminal are obtained. A real-scene image of an environment in which the first terminal is located is captured. First communication background information is generated based on the real-scene image of the environment in which the first terminal is located. The virtual image of the first user and the virtual image of the second user are to the first communication background information, to obtain a communication image to be used in communication between the first terminal and the at least one second terminal.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of a semiconductor device and a method of forming a semiconductor device comprise forming a high-k gate dielectric layer over a short channel semiconductor fin. A work function metal layer is formed over the high-k gate dielectric layer. A seamless metal fill layer is conformally formed over the work function metal layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device with a profiled work-function metal gate electrode. The semiconductor structure includes a metal gate structure formed in an opening of an insulating layer. The metal gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer, a barrier layer, a work-function metal layer between the gate dielectric layer and the barrier layer and a work-function adjustment layer over the barrier layer, wherein the work-function metal has an ordered grain orientation. The present disclosure also provides a method of making a semiconductor device with a profiled work-function metal gate electrode.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to sweetener compositions including at least Rebaudoside N and the uses of such sweetener compositions to prepare sweetened compositions including food, beverages, dental products, pharmaceuticals, nutriceuticals, and the like. The present invention also relates to methods of preparing sweetener compositions and sweetened compositions including Rebaudoside N. The present invention also relates to providing improved sweetener flavors, including but not limited to providing a sugar-like flavor and temporal profile to sweetener and sweetened compositions utilizing Reb N.

Abstract: The invention features an electrochemical cell having an anode and a cathode; wherein at least one of the anode and cathode includes a solid ionically conducting polymer material that can ionically conduct hydroxyl ions.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating semiconductor devices having a dilute nitride active layer and at least one semiconductor material overlying the dilute nitride active layer are disclosed. Hybrid epitaxial growth and the use of hydrogen diffusion barrier layers to minimize hydrogen diffusion into the dilute nitride active layer are used to fabricate high-efficiency multijunction solar cells and photonic devices. Hydrogen diffusion barriers can be formed through the use of layer thickness, composition, doping and/or strain.

Abstract: Novel steviol glycoside compounds characterized by a first group of four glucopyranose residues attached via the number 13 carbon (C13) of the steviol moiety and a second group of two or three glucopyranose residues attached via the number 19 carbon (C19) of the steviol moiety are described, and exemplified by compounds 1-4. These compounds can be present in a composition with other steviol glycosides (e.g., Reb D and Reb M) to enhance their solubilities. Accordingly, the novel compounds can facilitate the preparation of Compound name (C-13) aqueous compositions having a higher concentration of steviol glycosides. A steviol glycoside composition including one or more of compounds 1-4 can be used as a sweetener composition to sweeten other compositions (sweetenable compositions) such as foods, beverages, medicines, oral hygiene compositions, nutraceuticals, and the like.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and a method for measuring a thickness of an ultrathin film on a solid substrate. The thickness of the target ultrathin film is measured from the intensity of the fluorescence converted by the substrate and leaking and tunneling through the target ultrathin film at low detection angle. The fluorescence generated from the substrate has sufficient and stable high intensity, and therefore can provide fluorescence signal strong enough to make the measurement performed rapidly and precisely. The detection angle is small, and therefore the noise ratio is low, and efficiency of thickness measurement according to the method disclosed herein is high. The thickness measurement method can be applied into In-line product measurement without using standard sample, and therefore the thickness of the product can be measured rapidly and efficiently.

Abstract: A vapor chamber heatsink assembly, under vacuum, having a working fluid therein, comprising a plurality of heatsink fins and a vapor chamber is provided. The vapor chamber comprises an upper and lower casing having an upper and lower chamber surface, respectively. The upper and lower chamber surfaces define a plurality of obstructers farming a plurality of braided channels therearound. When heat from a greater temperature heat source and a lower temperature heat source is applied to respective contact surfaces of the lower casing, via the plurality of obstructers and braided channels, respectively, the working fluid and liquid vapor slugs/bubbles travel therethrough, providing an effective phase change mechanism to the greater temperature heat source, while concurrently, hindering agglomeration of working fluid thereto. An effective phase change mechanism is also concurrently provided to the lower temperature heat source due to the non-agglomeration of working fluid to the greater temperature heat source.

Abstract: A signal isolation system includes an external device; and a signal isolation circuit, coupled to the external device, including a control circuit, configured to operate the signal isolation circuit in an input mode or an output mode according to a status of the external device; a digital input/output circuit, configured to input/output signal based on the input mode or the output mode determined by the control circuit; and an input/output port, coupled to the digital input/output circuit, configured to be an input port or an output port according to the input mode or the output mode determined by the control circuit.

Abstract: A system for visualizing power signal sequence is disclosed, and comprises: a microprocessor and a control module. The microprocessor comprises a first conversion unit and a second conversion unit. The first conversion unit is used for converting a power-on signal received from a power management chip to a first digital signal, and the second conversion unit is adopted for converting a power-off signal received form the power management chip to a second digital signal. After receiving the first digital signal and the second digital signal from the microprocessor, and the control module outputs a plurality of power monitoring data to an electronic device, such that a user easily knows the power signal state of the host computer by the system of the present invention.

Abstract: The invention features an electrochemical cell having an anode and a cathode; wherein at least one of the anode and cathode includes a solid ionically conducting polymer material that can ionically conduct hydroxyl ions.

Abstract: Disclosed arc methods of releasing or enriching for steviol glycosides produced by yeast. The disclosed methods enhance or improve the release or enrichment of the steviol glycosides.

Abstract: A light source assembly includes a light source unit, a light collecting unit, a light separating unit and a light converting unit. The light source unit generates a first light beam having a first color and a first optical path. The light collecting unit has a light entering side and a light exiting side and is configured to collimate and condense the light beam incident on the light entering side. The light separating unit is disposed on an area between the light entering side and the light exiting side of the light collecting unit for reflecting the first light beam entering from the light entering side of the light collecting unit. The light converting unit absorbs the first light beam reflected from a light separating unit and generates a converted light beam having a second color.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an object, comprising the step of producing the object from a construction material by means of an additive manufacturing process, wherein the construction material comprises a plurality of thermoplastic polyurethane materials. The materials differ by at least one mechanical property such as the shore hardness or the elongation at break. The invention also relates to an object obtained according to said method.

Abstract: A magnetoresistance structure includes a base that includes a conductive layer and a first active element on and in direct contact with the conductive layer. The magnetoresistance structure also includes a pillar structure connected to the base. The pillar structure includes a first hard mask, a capping material, a second active element and a tunnel layer. The magnetoresistance structure also further includes an etching barrier deposited on the pillar and the base; a second hard mask deposited on the etching barrier; and a capping barrier deposited on the second hard mask and covering side walls of the base.