Abstract: An isolated bacterial strain of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum subsp. plantarum MFM 30-3 deposited under the DSMZ Accession No. DSM 34213 is provided; a probiotic composition including an Lactiplantibacillus plantarum subsp. plantarum MFM 30-3 and optionally, one or more additional probiotic organisms that enhance the probiotic activity of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum subsp. plantarum MFM 30-3 is also provided; and a method for preventing or treating chronic kidney disease in a subject in need thereof including: administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of the probiotic composition including an isolated bacterial strain of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum subsp. plantarum MFM 30-3, and optionally, one or more additional probiotic organisms that enhance the probiotic activity of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum subsp. plantarum MFM 30-3 is further provided.

Abstract: A voltage controller of a display system includes a gate high voltage detector for detecting a gate high voltage, and a gate low voltage detector for detecting a gate low voltage. The gate high voltage and the gate low voltage are supplied to a gate driver, and the gate high voltage is greater than the gate low voltage.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for Adaptive Loop Filter (ALF) processing of reconstructed video are disclosed. According to one implementation, a method receives reconstructed pixels of a current block and determines one or more clipping values for the ALF processing, wherein a target clipping value is always signaled at an encoder side or parsed at a decoder side even if the target clipping value is zero. The method then derives a current ALF output for the current block, wherein the current ALF output has a weighted sum of clipped differences and each of the original differences is calculated between a first reconstructed pixel at a non-center filter location and a center reconstructed pixel at a center filter location, and each of the original differences is clipped according to a corresponding clipping value to form one clipped difference. The method then provides filtered-reconstructed pixels.

Abstract: Embodiments include a crack stopper structure surrounding an embedded integrated circuit die, and the formation thereof. The crack stopper structure may include multiple layers separated by a fill layer. The layers of the crack stopper may include multiple sublayers, some of the sublayers providing adhesion, hardness buffering, and material gradients for transitioning from one layer of the crack stopper structure to another layer of the crack stopper structure.

Abstract: A lens module includes: a lens barrel including a annular structure, an inner annular surface surrounding the central axis and an outer annular surface opposite to and surrounding the inner annular surface, wherein the inner annular surface forms an accommodating space; an optical lens assembly and an optical filter sequentially disposed in the accommodating space from the object side to the image side; wherein the annular structure is disposed on the inner annular surface and surrounds the central axis, the annular structure includes at least two step portions and at least two bevel portions, all the step portions and the bevel portions are close to the image side, and the optical filter is disposed on the step portions; and the step portions and the bevel portions are alternately disposed along a annular path of the inner annular surface.

Abstract: An electronic device which has a narrow viewing angle state and a wide viewing angle state includes a diffuser layer, a panel and a light source. The panel is disposed on the diffuser layer. The light source provides a light passing through the panel. In the narrow viewing angle state, the light has a first relative light intensity and a second relative light intensity. The first relative light intensity is the strongest light intensity, and the second relative light intensity is 50% of the strongest light intensity. The first relative light intensity corresponds to an angle of 0°, the second relative light intensity corresponds to a half-value angle, and the half-value angle is between ?15° and 15°.

Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a substrate. A first capacitor includes a first top plate and a first bottom plate above the substrate. The first top plate is coupled to a first metal electrode within an inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer to access the first capacitor. A second capacitor includes a second top plate and a second bottom plate, where the second top plate is coupled to a second metal electrode within the ILD layer to access the second capacitor. The second metal electrode is disjoint from the first metal electrode. The first capacitor is accessed through the first metal electrode without accessing the second capacitor through the second metal electrode. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices including one or more interfacing segments patterned within an outer protective layer and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. The one or more interfacing segments may provide attachment interfaces/surfaces for connection pads. The one or more interfacing segments or a portion thereof may remain uncovered or exposed and provide warpage control for the corresponding semiconductor device.

Abstract: Aspects relate to systems and methods for guided autonomous locomotion of a carriage, including a compartment configured to ensconce a child, a frame configured to support the compartment, a drive motor, a drivetrain operatively coupled to the drive motor; a drive wheel rotatably affixed to the frame, configured to contact a support surface and operatively coupled to the drivetrain, wherein operating the at least a drive motor causes the at least a drive wheel to rotate, an environmental sensor configured to sense an environmental characteristic related to an environment substantially surrounding the carriage; a battery configured to power the at drive motor and a controller configured to control the drive motor in response to the environmental characteristic.

Abstract: A method and system for mitigating a threat associated with network data packets are provided. The method commences with receiving, by an authentication server, a request for access to a server from a client. The method further includes authenticating the client by the authentication server. The authentication includes providing an authentication token to the client. The method continues with receiving, by a mitigation device, from the client, at least one network packet directed to the server. The at least one network packet embeds the authentication token. The method further includes validating, by the mitigation device, authenticity of the authentication token and selectively forwarding, based on the validation, the at least one network packet to the server. The authentication token is independently generated by the authentication server, the mitigation device, and the server using a shared token generation algorithm based on a hash salt value.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a concentrate and a ready to use herbicide safener including 1-10 mg/L of glutamic acid, 10-100 mg/L of proline, and 50-200 mg/L of ?-Aminobutyric acid (GABA). The disclosure also concerns a method for protecting plants from herbicides. The method includes a step of applying a ready to use herbicide safener disclosed in the disclosure to a plant.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method are provided. The semiconductor device includes gate structures extending on a substrate along a first direction and arranged in a second direction in parallel with one another, source and drain regions disposed in the substrate between the parallel gate structures, and dielectric structures disposed on the substrate and between the gate structures. The semiconductor device further includes an ILD layer disposed over the gate structures and the dielectric structures, contact structures disposed beside and between the parallel gate structures and separators embedded in the ILD layer. Each contact structure extends vertically through the ILD layer and the dielectric structures, and the separators are disposed above the gate structures and disposed beside the contact structures.

Abstract: A battery core connecting assembly and a battery are provided in this disclosure. The battery core connecting assembly is configured for connecting a core of a lithium-ion battery. The lithium-ion battery includes a top cover, and the battery core connecting assembly includes an adapting piece and a connecting piece which at least in part includes a single-layer structure. The adapting piece includes a first tongue and a second tongue which are connected with each other, the first tongue is configured to be welded with the core, the adapting piece is pliable at a pliable part of the first tongue and the second tongue, and the adapting piece has a multi-layer structure at least at the pliable part. The connecting piece is connected with the second tongue of the adapting piece, and the connecting piece is welded with the top cover at a position of the single-layer structure.

Abstract: According to a method for Adaptive Loop Filter (ALF) processing of reconstructed video, multiple indicators are signaled in slice at an encoder side or parsed at a decoder side, where the multiple indicators are Adaptive Parameter Set (APS) indices associated with temporal ALF filter sets for the ALF processing. A current indicator is determined from the multiple indicators, where the current indicator is used to select a current ALF filter set. Filtered-reconstructed pixels are derived for the current block by applying the current ALF filter to the current block. In another method, if the ALF processing applied at a target sample requires an outside sample on other side of a target virtual boundary from the target sample, the outside sample is replaced by a padded sample.

Abstract: A method for preparing low-background cement includes: uniformly mixing a seed crystal of cement, C4AF whiskers, and high-magnesium raw material to yield a first mixture, calcining the first mixture at 1400-1500° C., to yield a low-background clinker, the first mixture including 1.0-5.0 wt. % of the seed crystal of cement, 1.0-5.0 wt. % of the C4AF whiskers, and the balance is the high-magnesium raw material; and grinding a second mixture of the low-background clinker and gypsum, to yield low-background cement. The seed crystal of cement is a high-magnesium and low hydration heat clinker, has a specific activity of Ra-226 radioactive nuclides within 50 Bq/kg, and the MgO content of the clinker is between 4.0 wt. % and 5.0 wt. %, with 50 wt. % <C3S <55.0 wt. %; and the high-magnesium raw material has a MgO content between 2.5 wt. % and 3.0 wt. %.

Abstract: A capsule endoscope, an endoscope system, and an image correction method are provided. The capsule endoscope includes an image sensor and a posture sensor. The image sensor is coupled to a processor and obtains a sensed image. The posture sensor is coupled to the processor and obtains three-axis data. The processor calculates a screen rotation angle according to the three-axis data and corrects the sensed image according to the screen rotation angle. A first axis and a second axis of the corrected sensed image rotate toward an actual vertical axis and an actual horizontal axis.

Abstract: The present application discloses a light sensor circuit, which comprises a photodiode and a capacitor unit. The cathode of the photodiode is controlled by a capacitive unit to maintain the same or close voltage level as the anode of the photodiode, which significantly reduces the effect of the dark current of the photodiode. Thus, the light sensor circuit can effectively maintain the performance and accuracy of an analog-to-digital converter applying the light sensor circuit. The circuit design difficulty and manufacturing cost are also significantly reduced.

Abstract: Probe systems including imaging devices with objective lens isolators and related methods are disclosed herein. A probe system includes an enclosure with an enclosure volume for enclosing a substrate that includes one or more devices under test (DUTs), a testing assembly, and an imaging device. The imaging device includes an imaging device objective lens, an imaging device body, and an objective lens isolator. In examples, the probe system includes an electrical grounding assembly configured to restrict electromagnetic noise from entering the enclosure volume. In examples, methods of preparing the imaging device include assembling the imaging device such that the imaging device objective lens is at least partially electrically isolated from the imaging device body. In some examples, utilizing the probe system includes testing the one or more DUTs while restricting electrical noise from propagating from the imaging device to the substrate.

Abstract: A recognition method includes the following steps. A text is analyzed by a language recognition network to generate an entity feature, a relation feature and an overall feature. An input image is analyzed by an object detection network to generate candidate regions. Node features, aggregated edge features and compound features are generated by an enhanced cross-modal graph attention network according to the entity feature, the relation feature, the candidate regions and the overall feature. The entity feature and the relation feature are matched to the node features and the aggregated edge features to generate the first scores. The overall feature is matched to the compound features to generate second scores. Final scores corresponding to the candidate regions are generated according to the first scores and the second scores.

Abstract: A foldable torque tool is provided, including a handle, a driving member and a blocking structure. The driving member is rotatably disposed on the handle. The blocking structure has a first blocking unit and a second blocking unit. The first blocking unit is disposed on the handle. The second blocking unit is disposed on the driving member. When the driving member is in an unfolded position, the first blocking unit is blocked with the second blocking unit, and then the driving member is non-rotatable to a folded position.