Abstract: A method of generating multipotent stem cells from adult human peripheral blood cells by isolating the peripheral blood insulin-producing cells and exposing them to adult peripheral blood-derived mitochondria. Adult peripheral blood insulin-producing cells (PB-IPC) are isolated from adult peripheral blood by adherence to a hydrophobic surface with a positive charge, such as a Petri dish. Once the PB-IPC are isolated, mitochondria derived from adult peripheral blood are applied to the isolated PB-IPC. The mitochondria are then taken in by the PB-IPC and enter the nuclei of the PB-IPC, allowing the cells to be reprogrammed, transforming PB-IPC into multipotent stem cells and giving rise to three germ layer-derived cells. Additionally, PB-IPC give rise to functional CD34+ hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)-like cells after treatment with adult peripheral blood-derived mitochondria.

Abstract: A method of treating coronavirus infection, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a composition, wherein the composition comprises one or more compounds of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A process for forming an article for improved light extraction includes: providing abase substrate; disposing a precursor on the base substrate, the precursor having: particles having an average diameter in a range of 10 nm to 1 ?m and including an inorganic oxide and an organic binder; exposing the precursor to a first radiation having a peak emission wavelength in a range of 500 nm to 2000 nm for a time in a range of 1 second to 300 seconds to form a porous light extraction layer having an average pore diameter in a range of 10 nm to 1000 nm, such that the porous light extraction layer improves light output of the article by a factor of 1.7× or greater.

Abstract: A dust collection box and a robot vacuum cleaner are disclosed. The dust collection box is used in the robot vacuum cleaner. The dust collection box includes a box body, a filter holder arranged in the box body, a dust separation structure configured to block dust, and a filter. The box body defines an air inlet and an air outlet. The filter holder defines an opening in a side surface thereof. The dust separation structure is arranged in the box body and located at an air inlet side of the opening. The filter is arranged to the filter holder and located at an air outlet side of the opening.

Abstract: In a method for deleting a cascaded snapshot, a storage device includes a logical volume corresponding to a plurality of cascaded snapshots. The plurality of cascaded snapshots comprises at least a first snapshot, a second snapshot, and a third snapshot. The second snapshot is a parent snapshot of the first snapshot, the third snapshot being a child snapshot of the first snapshot. The storage device receives an instruction for deleting the first snapshot. The first snapshot comprises target data. The storage device migrates information of the target data to the second snapshot. Further, the storage device sets a parent snapshot identifier corresponding to the third snapshot to an identifier of the second snapshot, and deletes the first snapshot.

Abstract: An example apparatus for generating synthesized images includes a receiver to receive a frame, a mask and external images. The apparatus also includes a foreground augmenter to generate augmented foregrounds in the frame based on the mask. The apparatus includes a background augmenter to generate augmented backgrounds based on the frame, the mask, and the external images. The apparatus also further includes an image synthesizer to generate a synthesized image based on the generated augmented foregrounds and the augmented backgrounds.

Abstract: A memory device comprises a stack of patterned conductor layers, at least a plurality of the layers comprising conductive strips including strips continuous with a pad and other strips isolated from the pad. An array of vertical pillars extends through the stack of patterned conductor layers, wherein memory cells are disposed at cross-points between the vertical pillars and patterned conductor layers. The array has an array boundary proximal to the pad. A first set of isolation blocks extends through the plurality of patterned conductor layers separating the strips continuous with the pad from the other strips isolated from the pad. A second set of isolation blocks inside the array boundary extends through the plurality of patterned conductor layers isolating the other strips from the pad.

Abstract: An example apparatus for tracking objects includes a controller to receive a depth map, a focus distance, and an image frame of an object to be tracked. The controller is to detect the object to be tracked in the image frame and generate an object position for the object in the image frame. The controller is to calculate a deflection angle for the object based on the depth map, the focus distance, and the object position. The controller is to further rotate an imaging sensor based on the deflection angle.

Abstract: Provided are an antenna of a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal. The antenna includes a dielectric substrate, a ground plate located on one side of the dielectric substrate, and a near-feed unit, a near-ground unit and a coupling unit that are arranged on the other side of the dielectric substrate; the near-ground unit has one end connected to the coupling unit and the other end connected to the ground plate; the coupling unit and the near-ground unit are equivalent to a Left-Handed (LH) inductor; the near-feed unit is equivalent to a Right-Handed (RH) inductor; the coupling unit is coupled to the near-feed unit and is equivalent to an LH capacitor; the coupling unit is coupled to the ground plate and is equivalent to an RH capacitor; and the near-feed unit, the near-ground unit, the coupling unit and the ground plate form a Composite Right-Left-Handed Transmission Line (CRLH-TL) structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a conductive component, an electronic component and a passive component. The conductive component is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are separated from each other by an interval. The electronic component and the passive component are disposed within the interval.

Abstract: A memory device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A memory device includes a drain pillar structure, a source pillar structure, a charge trapping structure, a vertical channel structure and a gate structure. The drain pillar structure is formed in a first opening. The source pillar structure is formed in a second opening. The vertical channel structure and the vertical channel structure are formed in a hole partially overlapping the first opening and the second opening. The vertical channel structure is divided into two arc channel parts by the drain pillar structure and the source pillar structure. The gate structure surrounds the drain pillar structure, the source pillar structure and the vertical channel structure.

Abstract: A staple gun is provided, including: a main body, including a bottom side, and an abutting portion, a staple outlet and a notch which are disposed on the bottom side; a staple magazine, being withdrawably received within the main body; a lock mechanism, including a pressed member disposed on the staple magazine and having a restricting portion movable between a restricting position and a releasing position; wherein when the restricting portion is in the restricting position, the pressed member is located within the notch, the restricting portion is blocked with the abutting portion and the staple magazine is non-withdrawable from the main body; when the pressed member is pressed and moved toward an interior of the main body and the restricting portion is in the releasing position, the restricting portion is unlocked from the abutting portion and the staple magazine is withdrawable from the main body.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for reinforcement learning based energy bidding, adapted for an energy aggregator to determine the energy supply configuration between multiple energy suppliers and multiple energy demanders, are provided. In the method, a supply amount of each energy supplier and a demand amount of each energy demander are acquired. A total demand amount of the energy demanders is calculated and replied to each energy supplier, and a total supply amount of the energy suppliers is calculated and replied to each energy demander. An electricity purchase quotation determined by each energy demander according to respective demand amount and the total supply amount, and an electricity sale quotation determined by each energy supplier according to respective supply amount and the total demand amount are received. A linear programming method is adopted to determine the energy supply configuration between the energy suppliers and the energy demanders according to information.

Abstract: An assembly system is provided for automotive lamps and an operation method thereof. The assembly system includes two kinds of functional robots and many functional stations, and it uses the functional robots to transfer workpieces between the various functional stations to realize automatic gluing, fastening and whole lamp performance testing, etc., thereby reducing the amount of manual intervention and improving process integration. Further, the assembly system may provide an assembly system with a two-sided assembly line operating simultaneously, which greatly improves the working efficiency of thereof.

Abstract: A thermal compression flip chip (TCFC) bump may be used for high performance products that benefit from a fine pitch. In one example, a new TCFC bump structure adds a metal pad underneath the TCFC copper pillar bump to cover the exposed aluminum bump pad. This new structure prevents the pad from corroding and reduces mechanical stress to the pad and underlying silicon dielectric layers enabling better quality and reliability and further bump size reduction. For example, a flip chip connection may include a substrate; a metal pad on a contact side of the substrate and a first passivation layer on the contact side of the substrate to protect the metal pad from corrosion.

Abstract: A device for simulating intermittent arc grounding faults in a power distribution network includes a sliding rail, a first and a second support frames, an insulated electrode disk, and an electrode disk motor. The first support frame is fixed on the left side of the slide rail, and the position of the second support frame relative to the first support frame can be adjusted through the sliding rail. The second support frame is provided with an electrode disk motor for driving the insulated electrode disk to rotate. An upper and a lower conductive bars are installed on the first support frame, their adjacent ends provided with an upper and a lower arc-shaped conductor sheets, and the insulated electrode disk having two circles of conductive pillars is located between the conductor sheets. The conductor sheets are respectively installed on the side of the conductive bars close to the conductive pillar.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a method, and a computer-readable recording medium for electronic transactions. The electronic device displays a first graphical user interface (GUI) on a touch screen, the first GUI including a currency amount, displays a second GUI corresponding to transmission of the currency amount according to a currency transmission signal input to the touch screen, determines an amount of an electronic transaction according to the currency transmission signal, and transmits a generated signal containing information on the amount of the electronic transaction to an information processing system.

Abstract: An assembly system is provided for automotive lamps and an operation method thereof. In the invention, three kinds of function robots are responsible for the transmission work of the workpieces among various functional stations, which realizes automatic coating, fastening, and whole lamp performance testing, etc., and reduces the amount of manual intervention and improves the process integration. By setting a reasonable turnover area, the waiting time caused by the difference of transmission rate among processes is shortened. Meanwhile, the invention provides an assembly system with a bilateral assembly line operating simultaneously, which greatly improves the efficiency of the assembly system.

Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a processing resource operatively coupled to a memory resource and a frame determination component operatively coupled to the processing resource and the memory resource. The frame determination component may cause a counter corresponding to a particular station associated to the apparatus to be stored in the memory resource, the counter to be incremented in response to receipt of a transmission frame containing an invalid starting sequence number (SEN) and a deauthentication frame to be transmitted in response to receipt of a threshold number of transmission frames containing the invalid.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure for a memory device includes a first gate structure and a second gate structure adjacent to the first gate structure. The second gate structure includes a first layer and a second layer, and the first layer is between the second layer and the first gate structure. The first layer and the second layer include a same semiconductor material and same dopants. The first layer has a first dopant concentration, and the second layer has a second dopant concentration different from the firs dopant concentration.