Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance network traffic management for virtual machines. In one implementation, a network policy controller may maintain firewall rules at one or more hosts of a computing environment, wherein the firewall rules define network packet forwarding policies for application groups available to virtual machines in the environment. The network policy controller further identifies an application group for attachment to one or more virtual machines, and in response to the identification, adds the one or more virtual machines to a security group for a firewall wall rule corresponding to the application group.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a substrate. A plurality of shallow trench isolation (STI) lines are disposed on the substrate and extend along a first direction. A memory gate structure is disposed on the substrate between adjacent two of the plurality of STI lines. A trench line is disposed in the substrate and extends along a second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein the trench line also crosses top portions of the plurality of STI lines. A conductive line is disposed in the trench line and used as a selection line to be coupled to the memory gate structure.

Abstract: A method of establishing a secure communication channel from a first edge device that is in a first network zone across a secure overlay network to a second edge device that is in a second network zone, so that access to a computing device that is in the second network zone can be authenticated by an authentication service that is in the first network zone, includes the steps of establishing a first secure communication channel from the first edge device to the secure overlay network, receiving a request to join the secure overlay network along with administrator credential information and, responsive to the request, transmitting the administrator credential information to the authentication service for authentication through the first secure communication channel and the first edge device, and establishing a second secure communication channel from the second edge device to the secure overlay network if the authentication is received from the authentication service.

Abstract: A glass aroma diffuser is provided, including a base, a water tank and a top cover. The bottom of the water tank is fixed on the base, the opening of the water tank is upward, and the bottom of the water tank is provided with an atomizer, and the water tank is configured to carry the liquid to be atomized; the top cover is provided with an exhaust nozzle for discharging mist. The top cover and the water tank of the aroma diffuser of the present disclosure are made of glass material, the atomizer is arranged under the water tank, and the exhaust nozzle is arranged on the top cover, which greatly reduces the use of plastic materials, thus reducing the plastic taste carried in the mist, reducing the probability of mist affecting human health, greatly improving the use experience, and making users feel more comfortable to use.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises conductive segments comprising an uneven topography comprising upper surfaces of the conductive segments protruding above an upper surface of underlying materials, a first passivation material substantially conformally overlying the conductive segments, and a second passivation material overlying the first passivation material. The second passivation material is relatively thicker than the first passivation material. The apparatus also comprises structural elements overlying the second passivation material. The second passivation material has a thickness sufficient to provide a substantially flat surface above the uneven topography of the underlying conductive segments at least in regions supporting the structural elements. Microelectronic devices, memory devices, and related methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A structured light projector and a method for structured light projection are disclosed. The structured light projector includes a projection module, a processor. The projection module is configured to project an optical pattern onto a region of space, and includes a light source, a diffractive optical element and a liquid crystal lens. The light source is configured to generate a light beam. The diffractive optical element is configured to convert the light beam into the optical pattern. The liquid crystal lens is interposed between the light source and the diffractive optical element, and is configured to collimate the light beam. The processor is configured to generate a control signal depending on an environment temperature of the projection module for controlling the liquid crystal lens.

Abstract: Embodiments of bonded semiconductor structures and fabrication methods thereof are disclosed. In an example, a semiconductor device includes a first and a second semiconductor structures. The first semiconductor structure includes a first interconnect layer including first interconnects. The first semiconductor structure further includes a first bonding layer including first bonding contacts. Each first interconnect is in contact with a respective first bonding contact. The second semiconductor structure includes a second interconnect layer including second interconnects. The second semiconductor structure further includes a second bonding layer including second bonding contacts. At least one second bonding contact is in contact with a respective second interconnect. At least another second bonding contact is separated from the second interconnects. The semiconductor device further includes a bonding interface between the first and second bonding layers.

Abstract: An analytical method of determining the solution of an object with a plurality of planar surfaces under applied load includes the steps of assigning the load applied on each of the plurality of planar surfaces in the three dimensional directions respectively, determining the equivalent load applied on each of the plurality of planar surfaces in the three dimensional directions from the applied loads with the stress boundary conditions, and determining the stress and strain fields from the equivalent load applied on each of the plurality of planar surfaces.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a depth of a 3D camera includes selecting a calibration plane and obtaining a first depth image of the calibration plane using a 3D camera when a distance between the 3D camera and a calibration plane is a standard distance. A first depth image, represented by a first phase values of pixel points, is obtained. Then obtaining a second depth image of the calibration plane using the 3D camera when a distance is a testing distance, and intercepting the phase values of the pixel points of the two-dimensional image region and deleting the phase values of the pixel points of the non two-dimensional image region in the second depth image. Calculating and outputting predicted phase values of pixel points in the non two-dimensional image region of the second depth image and calibrating the second depth image.

Abstract: In various aspects, the present disclosure is directed to methods and compositions for the simultaneous production of carbon nanotubes and hydrogen gas from lower hydrocarbon comprises methane, ethane, propane, butane, or a combination thereof utilizing the disclosed catalysts. In various aspects, the disclosure relates to methods for COx-free production of hydrogen with concomitant production of carbon nanotubes. Also disclosed are methods and compostions for selective base grown carbon nanotubes over a disclosed catalyst composition. In a further aspect, the disclosure relates to mono, bimetallic, and trimetallic catalysts comprising a 3d transition metal (e.g., Ni, Fe, Co, Mn, Cr, Mo, and combinations thereof) over a support material selected from a silica, an alumina, a zeolite, titatnium dioxide, and combinations thereof. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

Abstract: An information processing device includes processing circuitry to acquire a signal representing voices corresponding to utterances made by one or more users; recognize the voices from the signal, convert the recognized voices into character strings to identify the utterances, and identify times corresponding to the utterances; identify users who have made the utterances, as speakers from among the users; store information including records indicating the utterances, the times corresponding to the utterances, and the speakers corresponding to the utterances; estimate meanings of the utterances; refer to the information and when a last utterance of the utterances and one or more of the utterances immediately preceding the last utterance are not a conversation, determine that the last utterance is a voice command for controlling a target; and when it is determined that the last utterance is the voice command, control the target in accordance with the meaning of the last utterance.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for computerized technical support. A knowledge graph for a computer application is established. An input query from a user is processed to extract entities used as action identifiers. One or more nodes within the knowledge graph are identified, along with corresponding relationship edges leading to the nodes. When multiple candidate nodes are found that contain information relevant to the input query, a custom clarification statement is created based on the one or more identified relationship edges. The user provides answers to the clarification statement to narrow down which nodes contain the most relevant information. This process may continue, eliminating nodes based on user responses, until a single node remains, corresponding to an action identifier. The action identifier includes action description information that provides technical assistance to a user.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for obtaining multileaflet Medicago sativa materials by means of MsPALM1 artificial site-directed mutants. The method comprises: selecting a target site from an exon region of a compound leaf developmental regulatory gene MsPALM1 of Medicago sativa and constructing a plant CRISPR/Cas9 editing recombinant vector MsCRISPR/Cas9::PALM1 and introducing the vector into Medicago sativa cells and regenerating into plants, cutting and repairing to cause a loss-of-function mutation in the MsPALM1 gene of Medicago sativa cells, and then screening the mutant plants by restriction endonuclease digestion and/or targeted deep sequencing of the target sites of the regenerated plants to obtain lines carrying four MsPALM1 allelic genes with simultaneous loss of function mutation. After phenotypic identification, it was confirmed that the compound leaves of the regenerated plants changed from three leaflets to five leaflets.

Abstract: A system includes an inspection device and an image processing unit. The inspection device is configured to scan a wafer to generate an inspected image. The image processing unit is configured to receive the inspected image, and is configured to analyze the inspected image by using at least one deep learning algorithm in order to determine whether there is any defect image shown in a region of interest in the inspected image. When there is at least one defect image shown in the region of interest in the inspected image, the inspection device is further configured to magnify the region of interest in the inspected image to generate a magnified inspected image for identification of defects.

Abstract: A plurality of documents is received. From one or more documents within the plurality, a set of image features is extracted. A document feature repository is generated by storing one or more sets of image features, by document. A document search query is received. The document search query is pre-processed to generate a set of variable document search queries. The document feature repository is searched using the set of variable document search queries. The search results are presented to a user.

Abstract: A method for site-specific mutagenesis of Medicago sativa genes by using a CRISPR/Cas9 system. The method comprises: first constructing a binary expression vector MsCRISPR/Cas9 that can be used for transforming Medicago sativa by Agrobacterium tumefaciens; then designing a target site for a target gene, and ligating the DNA fragment containing the guide sequence of the target site into MsCRISPR/Cas9 to construct a vector MsCRISPR/Cas9::target; and then transforming the Medicago sativa by Agrobacterium tumefaciens, and generating, by screening, a mutant transformed plant with the target gene mutated. According to the method, an MtU6 promoter is used for driving sgRNA transcription in the Medicago sativa.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method for expanding a bandwidth of a B41 frequency band in LTE are disclosed. The mobile includes a multimode multiband power amplifier, a duplexer, a first surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter, a selection module, and a radio frequency transmission module. When the multimode multiband power amplifier identifies that the initial signal is a signal in the B41 frequency band, the multimode multiband power amplifier determines a frequency band range of the signal in the B41 frequency band and outputs a transmitting signal in the B41 frequency band.