Abstract: The present invention provides a method for testing performance of thin-film encapsulation. Through different combination designs of film layers, lateral water vapor intrusion paths of various thin films or encapsulation structures are formed, thereby obtaining a means to inspect a lateral water vapor and oxygen barrier capacity of thin films and provide a highly effective inspection means for encapsulation of display panels.

Abstract: This invention relates to magnetocaloric materials comprising alloys useful for magnetic refrigeration applications. In some embodiments, the disclosed alloys may be Cerium, Neodymium, and/or Gadolinium based compositions that are fairly inexpensive, and in some cases exhibit only 2nd order magnetic phase transitions near their curie temperature, thus there are limited thermal and structural hysteresis losses. This makes these compositions attractive candidates for use in magnetic refrigeration applications. Surprisingly, the performance of the disclosed materials is similar or better to many of the known expensive rare-earth based magnetocaloric materials.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a channel structure that extends from a side of a substrate. The channel structure has sidewalls and a bottom region. The channel structure includes a bottom channel contact that is positioned at the bottom region, and a channel layer that is formed along the sidewalls and over the bottom channel contact. The channel structure further includes a high-k layer that is formed over the channel layer along the sidewalls of the channel structure and over the bottom channel contact.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device that includes an emissive material or region including a host that is doped with a first material as an emitter that is an acceptor and a phosphorescent-capable second material as a sensitizer. The first material and the second material each has a first singlet state and a first triplet state. The first triplet state of the second material is not lower than the first triplet state of the first material. The second material transfers excitons to the first material and the excitons that transition to the first triplet state of the first material can be activated to the first singlet state of the first material through a thermal activation process.

Abstract: Embodiments of a three-dimensional (3D) memory device are provided. A method for forming a 3D memory device is disclosed. A dielectric stack including interleaved sacrificial layers and dielectric layers is formed over a substrate. Channel holes and contact holes are formed through the dielectric stack. The contact holes extend vertically into the substrate and are each surrounded by channel holes of nominally equal lateral distances to the respective contact hole in a plan view. A channel structure is formed in each of the channel holes. A memory stack having interleaved conductive layers and dielectric layers is formed by replacing, through the contact holes, the sacrificial layers in the dielectric stack with the conductive layers. A spacer is formed along a sidewall of each of the contact holes to cover the conductive layers of the memory stack. A contact is formed over the spacer in each of the contact holes. The contact is electrically connected to a common source of the channel structures.

Abstract: A flexible display device is provided. The flexible display device includes a display module, a heat plate, a heat collecting component, and a heat conducting tube connecting the heat plate to the heat collecting component. The heat plate transmits heat to a bending portion of the display module when the display module is in an expanded state. By collecting the heat during the operation, the collected heat is applied to the warped bending portion when the flexible display device is flattened, so that the warped bending portion is restored to be flat, thereby improving the product appearance and product stability.

Abstract: An NPR steel material for rock bolt and a production method thereof are disclosed. The NPR steel material for rock bolt has a composition, in weight percent, consisting of: C: 0.4-0.7%, Mn: 15-20%, Si: ?0.1%, Cu: ?0.03%, Cr: ?0.01%, Ni: ?0.02%, S: ?0.001%, P: ?0.001%, and the rest being Fe and unavoidable impurity elements. The NPR steel material for rock bolt and the production method thereof effectively solve the problem that rock bolts in the prior art have low tensile strength and low effective elongation. The NPR steel material for rock bolt has a yield strength adjustable in the range of 500-1100 MPa, and an elongation adjustable in the range of 10-80%.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods for forming a staircase structure of a three-dimensional (3D) memory device are disclosed. In an example, a first plurality of stairs of the staircase structure are formed based on a first photoresist mask. Each of the first plurality of stairs includes a number of divisions at different depths. After forming the first plurality of stairs, a second plurality of stairs of the staircase structure are formed based on a second photoresist mask. Each of the second plurality of stairs includes the number of divisions. The staircase structure tilts downward and away from a memory array structure of the 3D memory device from the first plurality of stairs to the second plurality of stairs.

Abstract: For managing multicast transmissions in a cellular network, a control plane module (162) of a gateway node (160) of the cellular network establishes one or more control plane sessions associated with the multicast transmissions. Further, a user plane module (164) of the gateway node (160) establishes one or more user plane sessions associated with the multicast transmissions. The control plane module (162) of the gateway node (160) indicates context information of the control plane session(s) to an external storage (175). During a failure of the control plane module (162) of the gateway node (160), the user plane module (164) of the gateway node (160) maintains the user plane session(s). After recovery from the failure of the control plane module (162) of the gateway node (160), the control plane module (162) of the gateway node receives the context information from the external storage (175) and re-establishes at least one of the more control plane session(s) on the basis of the received context information.

Abstract: A back plate, a backlight module, and a display device are provided. The back plate includes a first sub-back plate and a second sub-back plate connected to each other, wherein a thickness of the first sub-back plate is less than a thickness of the second sub-back plate, at least a part of a first main surface of the first sub-back plate is flush with a first main surface of the second sub-back plate, a gap space is formed on a second main surface of the first sub-back plate, and the first main surface of the first sub-back plate is arranged opposite to the second main surface of the first sub-back plate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body. A guide block is provided on the door, a rotation shaft is provided on the hinge body, and rotation shaft grooves are provided on the guide block. With the structure of the hinge body, the gravity of the door and the friction force may be shared onto the first and second plate bodies of the hinge body, thereby reducing abrasion and prolonging the service life of the door of the refrigerator.

Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body, wherein a positioning shaft and a guiding shaft are provided on the hinge body, and a positioning groove and a guiding groove are provided on the door; the door of the refrigerator according to the present invention may be moved by a distance in a direction away from a pivoting side when being opened, thereby avoiding inconvenience of opening the door due to the protrusion of the side wall of the door.

Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body. A guide block is provided on the door, a rotation shaft is provided on the hinge body, and rotation shaft grooves are provided on the guide block. With the structure of the hinge body, the gravity of the door and the friction force may be shared onto the first and second plate bodies of the hinge body, thereby reducing abrasion and prolonging the service life of the door of the refrigerator.

Abstract: A method for structured text detection includes: receiving, by a convolutional neural network, a to-be-detected image and at least one character region template, the to-be-detected image includes structured text, the at least one character region template includes locations of N first character regions with N being an integer equal to or greater than 1, and the location of each first character region is obtained based on locations of second character regions corresponding to the each first character region in M sample images that are of the same type as the to-be-detected image, where M is an integer equal to or greater than 1; and obtaining, by the convolutional neural network, an actual location of the structured text in the to-be-detected image according to the at least one character region template. A system for structured detection and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are also provided.

Abstract: An online system predicts, using a first targeting model, a first group of users as candidates to be in a targeting cluster, and predicts, using a second targeting model, a second group of users as candidates to be in the targeting cluster. The online system determines a first set of users that are not part of the first group of users, and a second set of users that are not part of the second group of users, and provides surveys to the first and second set of users. The online system determines a first subgroup of the first group of users and a second subgroup of the second group of users, and provides an ad preferences tool to the first subgroup and the second subgroup. The online system scores the first and second targeting models based in part on responses to the surveys and/or the ad preferences tools.

Abstract: An autonomous cleaning device is provided. The autonomous cleaning device includes: a device body; and a drive module, a cleaning module and a sensing module, wherein the drive module, the cleaning module and the sensing module are detachably assembled to the device body, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body, wherein a positioning shaft and a guiding shaft are provided on the hinge body, and a positioning groove and a guiding groove are provided on the door; the door of the refrigerator according to the present invention may be moved by a distance in a direction away from a pivoting side when being opened, thereby avoiding inconvenience of opening the door due to the protrusion of the side wall of the door.

Abstract: A self-powered module for gesture recognition is presented that utilizes small, low-cost photodiodes for both energy harvesting and gesture sensing. Operating in the photovoltaic mode, photodiodes harvest energy from ambient light. In the meantime, the instantaneously harvested power from individual photodiodes is monitored and exploited as a clue for sensing finger gestures in proximity. Harvested power from all photodiodes is aggregated to drive the whole gesture-recognition module including a micro-controller running the recognition algorithm. A robust, lightweight algorithm is provided to recognize finger gestures in the presence of ambient light fluctuations. Two prototypes are fabricated to facilitate user's interaction with smart glasses and smart watches.

Abstract: The invention discloses a preparation method of pH/reduction responsive polyamino acid zwitterionic nanoparticles, which belongs to the technical field of polymer synthesis and biomedical materials. In the invention aliphatic amines are used to initiate ring-opening polymerization of ?-benzyl-L-glutamate-N-carboxylic anhydride, and the obtained poly(?-benzyl-L-glutamate) reacts with L-lysine to form azwitterionic polymer. The zwitterionic polymer is crosslinked by cysteamine, producing pH/reduction responsive polyamino acid zwitterionic nanoparticles after purification. The nanoparticles are pH responsive and resistant to non-specific protein adsorption. Because cysteamine contains disulfide bonds, the nanoparticles have sensitive reductive responsiveness and can load anticancer drugs for controlled release at the target site of cancer.