Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate, a spacer adjacent to the MTJ, a liner adjacent to the spacer, and a first metal interconnection on the MTJ. Preferably, the first metal interconnection includes protrusions adjacent to two sides of the MTJ and a bottom surface of the protrusions contact the liner directly.

Abstract: A memory device includes a substrate, a first transistor and a second transistor, a first word line, a second word line, and a bit line. The first transistor and the second transistor are over the substrate and are electrically connected to each other, in which each of the first and second transistors includes first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers, a gate structure, and source/drain structures, in which the first semiconductor layers are in contact with the second semiconductor layers, and a width of the first semiconductor layers is narrower than a width of the second semiconductor layers. The first word line is electrically connected to the gate structure of the first transistor. The second word line is electrically connected to the gate structure of the second transistor. The bit line is electrically connected to a first one of the source/drain structures of the first transistor.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for data fetching in a networked computing environment. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a request from an analytical node for a set of data for a defined job, and identifying in networked storage a subset of the data for the job. The subset of data is loaded to the analytical node based on the sequence in which the data are projected to be accessed in the job. In an embodiment, the request includes a specification for the job, and the specification is analyzed to identify the subset of data. In one embodiment, the subset of data is identified by identifying another job having a relationship to the defined job, and identifying the data used for that other job. In an embodiment, the networked computing environment is a cloud computing environment, and the defined job is an analytics job.

Abstract: The present application discloses an insulation sampling circuit. The insulation sampling circuit includes: a first sampling circuit composed of a first sampling module, a first resistor, and a first switch module; a second sampling circuit composed of a second sampling module, a second resistor, and a second switch module; and a voltage withstand module. The first resistor is connected in parallel to the first sampling module; the first switch module is configured to control the first sampling module and/or the first resistor to be connected between a positive bus and a ground wire; the second resistor is connected in parallel to the second sampling module; the second switch module is configured to control the second sampling module and/or the second resistor to be connected between a negative bus and the ground wire; and the voltage withstand module is disposed on the ground wire to disconnect the ground wire.

Abstract: A method for preparing-3,3?-diaminobenzidine, the method comprising the following steps: subjecting 4,4?-biphenol and N,N-dimethylsulfamoyl chloride to an esterification reaction in a specified solvent at 40-70° C. to obtain 4,4?-biphenyl bis(N,N-dimethylaminosulfonate) as a first intermediate; subjecting the 4,4?-biphenyl bis(N,N-dimethylaminosulfonate) to a chlorination reaction with a chlorinating reagent under acidic conditions to obtain 3,3?-dichloro-4,4?-biphenyl bis(N,N-dimethylaminosulfonate) as a second intermediate; subjecting the second intermediate 3,3?-dichloro-4,4?-biphenyl bis(N,N-dimethylaminosulfonate) to an ammonolysis reaction with anammoniation reagent in the presence of a combined catalyst to obtain a crude product of 3,3?,4,4?-tetraaminobiphenyl, wherein the combined catalyst is a mixture of proline, a cuprous salt and a phase transfer catalyst; and subjecting the crude product of 3,3?,4,4?-tetraaminobiphenyl to a post-treatment to obtain a purified 3,3?,4,4?-tetraaminobiphenyl product.

Abstract: A content delivery network (CDN) edge node scheduling method includes receiving, by a scheduling proxy server, a first request message from a terminal device, determining, based on a first Internet Protocol (IP) address and configuration information, a target CDN scheduling center corresponding to the first IP address, sending a second request message to the target CDN scheduling center when the target CDN scheduling center supports proxy scheduling setting, receiving the second IP address from the target CDN scheduling center, and sending a request response message to the terminal device to obtain delivery content from the target CDN edge node based on the second IP address.

Abstract: Semiconductor structures and methods for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a plurality of first nanostructures formed over a substrate, and a dielectric wall adjacent to the first nanostructures. The semiconductor structure also includes a first liner layer between the first nanostructures and the dielectric wall, and the first liner layer is in direct contact with the dielectric wall. The semiconductor structure also includes a gate structure surrounding the first nanostructures, and the first liner layer is in direct contact with a portion of the gate structure.

Abstract: An encoder determines, based on a width and a height of a block, whether or not to disable a prediction mode in which the block is split along a partitioning line defined by a distance and an angle and then prediction is performed; and encodes the block with the prediction mode disabled or not disabled according to a result of the determination on whether or not to disable the prediction mode. Here, the distance is the shortest distance between the center of the block and the partitioning line, and the angle is an angle representing a direction from the center of the block toward the partitioning line in the shortest distance. The encoder determines to disable the prediction mode when (i) a width-to-height ratio is at least 8 or (ii) a height-to-width ratio is at least 8.

Abstract: A computer-implemented process is disclosed. An application is loaded into a local address space. A request by the application to load a target shared library is intercepted by an interceptor. Using the interceptor and based upon the request being intercepted, a shared library correlation table is searched for a loading count and a loading policy associated with the target shared library. Based upon the loading count and the loading policy, a selection is made between loading the target shared library as a shared library container, and loading the target shared library into the local address space. The target shared library is loaded based upon the selecting. The loading count represents a number of times the target shared library was loaded, and the loading policy indicates how the target shared library is to be loaded.

Abstract: A method and a device for forecasting an electric load, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring historical load data prior to a forecast date; generating a load sequence based on the historical load data; performing variational mode decomposition on the load sequence, to obtain multiple intrinsic mode components and a residual that are corresponding to the load sequence; and inputting the multiple intrinsic mode components and the residual into respective forecasting models, and determining a load value on the forecast date based on forecasting results of all the forecasting models. With the method and the device, the electronic device, and the computer-readable storage medium, the load sequence is decomposed based on the variational mode decomposition, so that more dimensional feature information in the load sequence can be mined. Moreover, the residual is also used as valid data.

Abstract: An encoder includes circuitry and memory coupled to the circuitry. The circuitry, in operation: determines whether a size of a current block, which is a unit for which a vector candidate list including vector candidates is generated, is less than or equal to a threshold; when the size of the current block is less than or equal to the threshold, generates the vector candidate list by registering a history-based motion vector predictor (HMVP) vector candidate in the vector candidate list from an HMVP table without performing a first pruning process; when the size of the current block is greater than the threshold, generates the vector candidate list by performing the first pruning process and registering the HMVP vector candidate in the vector candidate list from the HMVP table; and encodes the current block using the vector candidate list.

Abstract: A method and system for the generation of a medium-Btu, clean and renewable fuel gas to replace fossil fuels in existing lime kilns with minimal retrofitting without significantly compromising the kiln capacity. A steam-blown dual fluidized bed gasifier produces renewable fuel gas from a carbonaceous feedstock such as woody biomass. A gas cleanup process purifies the raw fuel gas, resulting in a clean fuel gas for mitigation of lime contamination and environmental issues. The adiabatic flame temperature and flue gas volume/GJ for the combustion of the renewable fuel gas are similar to values for natural gas, making retrofitting of fossil fuel-fired lime kilns relatively straightforward.

Abstract: An electrolyte composition comprising a solution comprising an active salt; and a solvent portion that comprises a first solvent and a second solvent, wherein the first solvent is a hydrofluorocarbon compound having a structure of CxHyFz, wherein x is from 4 to 10, y is from 1 to 10, z is from 5 to 20, and the z:y ratio is from 2:1 to 10:1.

Abstract: A method for preparing protein nanoparticle microspheres includes: dispersing a protein powder in water, adjusting a pH of a solution of the protein powder to between 10.0 and 12.0, stirring, centrifuging, and collecting a first upper dispersion; adjusting the first upper dispersion to be neutral using a cation exchange resin, centrifuging, to yield a protein nanoparticle dispersion; adding eugenol to the protein nanoparticle dispersion, stirring, centrifuging, and removing a precipitant, to yield a core-shell nanoprotein dispersion comprising a eugenol core and a protein shell; and adding the core-shell nanoprotein dispersion to ultrapure water, dialyzing, centrifuging, collecting a second upper dispersion, freeze-drying the second upper dispersion, to yield protein nanoparticle microspheres.

Abstract: A method for shale gas exploitation includes performing horizontal drilling operation on an area to be constructed, forming a crack around a horizontal drill hole wall by shaped charge perforation; expanding the crack around a horizontal hole hydraulic fracturing, and extracting methane gas after a fracturing fluid is discharged; after methane gas is reduced, performing in-situ combustion explosion fracturing on the methane involved in horizontal drilling; thereafter continuing to expand the crack in the horizontal drill hole such that methane continues to seep out, and continuing extracting methane; repeating combustion explosion fracturing and extraction operations, so as to increase combustion explosion cracking permeability, and greatly enhance the exploitation effect of shale gas. The method is suitable for fracturing reconstruction of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs such as shale gas reservoirs, coal seam gas reservoirs and tight sandstone gas reservoirs.

Abstract: A distributed display method provides different parts of an application interface that are collaboratively displayed on a plurality of terminals, so that manners for collaborative display between the plurality of terminals are more flexible and richer. A first terminal displays a first interface including a first part and a second part. When the first terminal detects that a preset condition is met, the first terminal displays a second interface, where the second interface includes the first part and does not include the second part; and the first terminal notifies a second terminal to display a third interface, where the third interface includes the second part and does not include the first part.

Abstract: Provided are an organic electroluminescent material and a device comprising the same. The organic electroluminescent material is a metal complex comprising a ligand La having a structure of Formula 1, where the ligand La has a (6-5-6)-multi-membered fused cyclic structural unit and comprises particular substituents R1 and Rn. These new compounds are applied to electroluminescent devices so that very excellent device performance can be obtained, full widths at half maximum of emission spectra can be further reduced while high performance of the devices can be maintained, the luminescence saturation of the devices can be improved and the devices can have high efficiency under a condition of being closer to a BT.2020 commercial luminescence requirement. Further provided are an organic electroluminescent device comprising the metal complex and a composition comprising the metal complex.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for neural network based cross component prediction with low-bit precision during encoding or decoding of an image frame or a video sequence, which may include reconstructing a chroma component based on a received luma component using a pre-trained deep neural network (DNN) cross component prediction (CCP) model for chroma prediction, and updating a set of parameters of the pre-trained DNN CCP model with low-bit precision. The method may also include generating an updated DNN CCP model for chroma prediction with low-bit precision based on at least one video sequence, and using the updated DNN CCP model for cross component prediction of the at least one video sequence at reduced processing time.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a source feature and a drain feature, a plurality of semiconductor nanostructures extending between the source feature and the drain feature, a gate structure wrapping around each of the plurality of semiconductor nanostructures, a bottom dielectric layer over the gate structure and the drain feature, a backside power rail disposed over the bottom dielectric layer, and a backside source contact disposed between the source feature and the backside power rail. The backside source contact extends through the bottom dielectric layer.

Abstract: In the present disclosure, a method for compressing a feature map is provided, where the feature map is generated by passing a first input through a deep neural network (DNN). A respective optimal index order and a respective optimal unifying method are determined for each of super-blocks that are partitioned from the feature map. A selective structured unification (SSU) layer is subsequently determined based on the respective optimal index order and the respective optimal unifying method for each of the super-blocks. The SSU layer is added to the DNN to form an updated DNN, and is configured to perform unification operations on the feature map. Further, a first estimated output is determined, where the first estimated output is generated by passing the first input through the updated DNN.