Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a system for prostate multi-modal MR image classification based on a foveated residual network, the method comprising: replacing convolution kernels of a residual network using blur kernels in a foveation operator, thereby constructing a foveated residual network; training the foveated residual network using prostate multi-modal MR images having category labels, to obtain a trained foveated residual network; and classifying, using the foveated residual network, a prostate multi-modal MR image to be classified, so as to obtain a classification result. In the present invention, a foveation operator is designed based on human visual characteristics, blur kernels of the operator are extracted and used to replace convolution kernels in a residual network, thereby constructing a foveated deep learning network which can extract features that conform to the human visual characteristics, thereby improving the classification accuracy of prostate multi-modal MR images.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first die having a first bonding layer; a second die having a second bonding layer disposed over and bonded to the first bonding layer; a plurality of bonding members, wherein each of the plurality of bonding members extends within the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer, wherein the plurality of bonding members includes a connecting member electrically connected to a first conductive pattern in the first die and a second conductive pattern in the second die, and a dummy member electrically isolated from the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern; and an inductor disposed within the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes bonding a first inductive coil of a first die to a second inductive coil of a second die to form an inductor.

Abstract: A method of handling a hardware request in a computing device including one or more processors, comprises receiving a request for a hardware-related function from an application service module, determining if the hardware-related function can be provided by an OEM-specific SDK; based on a determination that the hardware-related function can be provided by an OEM-specific SDK, providing commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function to the OEM-specific SDK; based on a determination that the hardware-related function cannot be provided by an OEM-specific SDK, providing commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function to an operating system hardware abstraction layer.

Abstract: A strain sensor is disclosed. The strain sensor includes: a base (10) provided with a mounting recess (11); a mounting structure (20) disposed on the base (10) and located in the mounting recess (11), a preset gap (21) being formed between the mounting structure (20) and an inner surface of the mounting recess (11); a bearing structure (30) mounted in the mounting recess (11) and located outside the preset gap (21); and a wire set (40), a side of the wire set (40) being disposed on the bearing structure (30), and another side of the wire set (40) being arranged on the mounting structure (20). A robot including the strain sensor is also disclosed.

Abstract: Described are active materials for storing metal cations, such as lithium ions, in a cathode of an electrochemical cell. The active materials comprise an ordered mixture of sulfurized carbon (SC) particles, smaller ionically conductive particles, and still smaller electrically conductive particles. In comparison with a random mixture, where SC particles are mixed with particles of another material, the ordered mixture creates discrete, solid composition of more than one type of guest particles on the perimeter of SC host particles for ionic and electronic conduction to and from the SC host particles.

Abstract: Various features of a high performance hardware scaler are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a hardware scaler comprises a first processing unit configured to perform preparation and scaling operations and a second processing unit configured to perform preparation and scaling operations. The first processing unit and the second processing unit alternatively switch between performing preparation and scaling operations when processing a current input pixel block such that the first processing unit performs scaling operations while the second processing unit performs preparation operations and the second processing unit performs scaling operations while the first processing unit performs preparation operations.

Abstract: An anodeless cell with an anode-side current collector and a cathode active surface that supports a layer of anode material. The cathode active material includes a conductive framework of tangled nanofibers with lumps of amorphous carbon-sulfur and the anode material distributed within them. During cell formation, the anode material of the layer and within the cathode material is electrodeposited on the anode current collector to form the anode. The combined anode material within and on the cathode material is more than is required for anode formation. The excess anode material can be removed, and some can be left in the cell to offset losses due to side reactions.

Abstract: Described is a lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell in which the anode and the cathode are each equipped with a respective solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer that inhibits lithium side reactions. On the cathode side, the SEI layer inhibits the shuttle effect by retaining soluble polysulfides within a cathode active layer while releasing and admitting lithium ions to and from the electrolyte. The cathode SEI is deposited, during cell formation, by depositing a layer of an anode reductant (e.g., metallic lithium) on the surface of the cathode. The resultant electrically conductive layer allows electrons to reduce adjacent electrolyte and form the cathode SEI from electrolyte decomposition products.

Abstract: An anode for an electrochemical cell includes a base layer, predominantly of copper, and an interfacial layer from which extends a carpet of carbon nanotubes. The interfacial layer includes an alloy of the copper and a nanotube catalyst from which the nanotubes nucleate and grow. Lithium metal stored within and between the carbon nanotubes forms an active anode layer.

Abstract: Nodes of a weighted tree each have their own weight. A normalized weight of a node, relative to other nodes in the tree, is determined based on a proportional weight of the node and a lesser unique sum of the node, as well as those of the node's parents and grandparents, up to a root of the tree. The proportional weight and lesser unique sum of a given node depend only on the unique weights of the sibling group including the given node. Thus, if a weight is modified, the normalized weight can be updated without necessarily recalculating the entire tree.

Abstract: Described are sulfurized-carbon particles, and methods of making them, for use in cathodes of energy-storage devices. In the material that makes up the particles, those carbon atoms with the adjacent sulfur atoms are bonded to the adjacent sulfur atoms via carbon-sulfur bonds. The methods rely on readily available biological materials and sulfur. Biological materials, products of living cells, are made largely of organic macromolecules; namely, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. In a cathode, most of the carbon and nitrogen atoms in the carbon-sulfur is incorporated into heterocyclic aromatic rings that strongly bind the sulfur and promote electrical conductivity.

Abstract: A cathode active surface includes a conductive framework of tangled nanofibers with lumps of amorphous carbon-sulfur distributed within them. The amorphous carbon-sulfur lumps are of carbon bonded to sulfur via carbon-sulfur chemical bonds and to the nanofibers via chemical bonds. The strength of the chemical bonds secures sulfur atoms within electrode to suppress the formation of undesirable polysulfides when in contact with an electrolyte. The tangled nanofibers bind the amorphous carbon-sulfur lumps and enhance thermal and electrical conductivities.

Abstract: A method of handling a hardware request in a computing device including one or more processors, comprises receiving a request for a hardware-related function from an application service module, determining if the hardware-related function can be provided by an OEM-specific SDK; based on a determination that the hardware-related function can be provided by an OEM-specific SDK, providing commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function to the OEM-specific SDK; based on a determination that the hardware-related function cannot be provided by an OEM-specific SDK, providing commands and parameters related to the hardware-related function to an operating system hardware abstraction layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method for identifying problematic input fields in a webform. The method comprises obtaining a set of user interaction data for a plurality of user interactions with input fields of a webform. The user interaction data for each input field includes data corresponding to at least one aspect. The method comprises assigning an aspect value to each aspect of each user interaction with each input field. The method comprises aggregating aspect values into an aggregated aspect value for each input field, generating a score for each input field based at least in part on the aggregated aspect field, ranking the input fields by their respective scores to identify at least one particular input field in the webform as problematic, and indicating that the at least one particular input field in the webform is problematic.

Abstract: The disclosed may include various systems and methods for improving the efficiency and scalability of large-scale systems. For example, the disclosed may include systems and methods for automatic privacy enforcement using privacy-aware infrastructure, scalable general-purpose low cost integer motion search, efficient scaler filter coefficients layout for flexible scaling quality control with limited hardware resources, hardware optimization for power saving with both different codecs enabled, optimizing storage overhead and performance for large distributed data warehouse, mass and volume efficient integration of intersatellite link terminals to a satellite bus, and overcoming retention limit for memory-based distributed database systems.

Abstract: Disclosed is a plastic semiconductor material and a preparation method thereof. The semiconductor material comprises an argentite-based compound represented by the following formula (I): Ag2-?X?S1-?Y?(I), in which 0??<0.5, 0??<0.5, X is at least one of Cu, Au, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Ti, or V, and Y is at least one of N, P, As, Sb, Se, Te, O, Br, Cl, I, or F. The material can withstand certain deformations, similar to organic materials, and has excellent semiconductor properties with adjustable electrical properties, thereby enabling the preparation of high-performance flexible semiconductor devices.

Abstract: A method for networking between devices, including: connecting to, by a user mobile phone C, a primary router A, and detecting a nearby device B that can be networked; tapping, by a user on the user mobile phone C, a button for adding the device B, to send information about the to-be-added device B to the primary router A; after receiving a message sent by the mobile phone C, obtaining, by the primary router A, the SSID of the to-be-added device B, and sending a notification message to the SSID (the message needs to include an SSID and a password of the router A that need to be encrypted) to instruct B to connect to the primary router A; and after receiving the SSID and the password of the primary router A, connecting to, by the device B, the primary router A, so that the device is added.

Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize a separator coated by particles for Li dendrite detection in an ordinary two-electrode battery system. The particles can be red phosphorus (RP) particles and/or other particles that are poor electronic conductors, are able to react with Li, and will form an insoluble product with Li, such as silicon, germanium, arsenic, metal oxides, metal halides, metal chalcogenides, chalcogenides, and LiMxEyOz (M=metal, E=nonmetal, O=oxygen, x?0, y?0, z?0). These other particles can be used by themselves or in combination with one another. No additional electrode is needed, and the presence of Li dendrites can be detected simply based on the voltage profile during the charging step.

Abstract: Nodes of a weighted tree each have their own weight. A normalized weight of a node, relative to other nodes in the tree, is determined based on a proportional weight of the node and a lesser unique sum of the node, as well as those of the node's parents and grandparents, up to a root of the tree. The proportional weight and lesser unique sum of a given node depend only on the unique weights of the sibling group including the given node. Thus, if a weight is modified, the normalized weight can be updated without necessarily recalculating the entire tree.

Abstract: Provided is a method for identifying problematic input fields in a webform. The method comprises obtaining a set of user interaction data for a plurality of user interactions with input fields of a webform. The user interaction data for each input field includes data corresponding to at least one aspect. The method comprises assigning an aspect value to each aspect of each user interaction with each input field. The method comprises aggregating aspect values into an aggregated aspect value for each input field, generating a score for each input field based at least in part on the aggregated aspect field, ranking the input fields by their respective scores to identify at least one particular input field in the webform as problematic, and indicating that the at least one particular input field in the webform is problematic.