Abstract: A first communication device generates and transmits a frame that is configured to cause one or more second communication devices in a wireless local area network (WLAN) to refrain from transmitting during a set of repeating time segments, and the frame is generated to include an indication of a time period of the time segments in the set of repeating time segments, the time period being less than a duration of a beacon interval of the WLAN such that multiple ones of the time segments occur within one beacon interval. Alternatively, the frame is configured to cause one or more second communication devices in the WLAN to refrain from transmitting during a time segment that begins in conjunction with an end of transmission of i) the frame or ii) a packet that includes the frame, and the frame is generated to include an indication of a time duration of the time segment.

Abstract: A controlling method for a wireless communication device is provided. The controlling method for the wireless communication device includes: attaching a first Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) to a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network; determining whether a second USIM is camped on the LTE network; detecting whether a paging collision is happened, if the second USIM is camped on the LTE network; generating a requested International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) offset for the second USIM, if the paging collision is happened, wherein the requested IMSI offset is 1 or min(T, nB)?1, T is a default paging period and nB is a number of paging occurrences within the default paging period; transmitting an attach request with the requested IMSI offset to the LTE network for the second USIM; receiving a negotiated IMSI offset from the LTE network; and attaching the second USIM to the LTE network with the negotiated IMSI offset.

Abstract: Methods, systems, computer program products for determining the source of activity during interaction with a user interface are provided. The method comprises selecting one or more input devices from a plurality of available input devices coupled to the user interface and receiving respective measurements for the selected one or more input devices. Based on the received respective measurements, respective feature vectors for the one or more input devices are generated and then inputted to a pre-defined regression model. Then, the source of activity is determined based on a result received from the regression model.

Abstract: A projection device, including a light source module and a color wheel, is provided. The light source module includes a plurality of solid-state lighting sources driven by a DC drive power to sequentially provide a first light generated by a first number of light sources, a second light generated by a second number of light sources and a third light generated by a third number of light sources within a response cycle, wherein the number of light sources to be turn on is less than or equivalent to a total number of solid-state lighting sources. The color wheel has a first block, a second block and a third block, respectively corresponding to the first to third lights, so that the projection device sequentially outputs a first color light with a first brightness, a second color light with a second brightness and a third color light with a third brightness.

Abstract: A flash memory device and method of making the same are disclosed. The flash memory device is located on a substrate and includes a floating gate electrode, a tunnel dielectric layer located between the substrate and the floating gate electrode, a smaller length control gate electrode and a control gate dielectric layer located between the floating gate electrode and the smaller length control gate electrode. The length of a major axis of the smaller length control gate electrode is less than a length of a major axis of the floating gate electrode.

Abstract: An interaction method and apparatus and an electronic device. The method comprises: displaying a first application interface, wherein the first application interface comprises an interface of a first application; and creating a second application account in the first application interface, wherein the second application account is used for logging in a second application. Therefore, a new interaction mode is provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for treating liver cirrhosis by using a composition including mesenchymal stem cells, extracellular vesicles produced by the mesenchymal stem cells, and growth factors. The composition of the present disclosure achieves the effect of treating liver cirrhosis through various efficacy experiments.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus of restriction on linked ePDCCH candidates for ePDCCH soft combining are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, by a receiver, a plurality of Control Resource Set (CORESET) configurations, a plurality of search space set configurations, and a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmitted with a plurality of repetitions; wherein the plurality of repetitions of the PDCCH are transmitted from a plurality of transmitting-receiving identities, and one CORESET is associated with one search space set; and determining, by a processor, linked monitoring occasions and/or linked candidates for blind detection of the PDCCH with soft combining.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for MAC CE based common beam indication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a higher layer parameter to enable MAC CE based common beam indication; receiving a common beam indication MAC CE; and determining a common beam according to the common beam indication MAC CE.

Abstract: A method for predicting clinical severity of a neurological disorder includes steps of: a) identifying, according to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image of a brain, brain image regions each of which contains a respective portion of diffusion index values of a diffusion index, which results from image processing performed on the MRI image; b) for one of the brain image regions, calculating a characteristic parameter based on the respective portion of the diffusion index values; and c) calculating a severity score that represents the clinical severity of the neurological disorder of the brain based on the characteristic parameter of the one of the brain image regions via a prediction model associated with the neurological disorder.

Abstract: An optical imaging lens includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth lens elements sequentially along an optical axis from an object side to an image side. Each of the first to the sixth lens elements includes an object-side surface facing the object side and allowing imaging rays to pass through and an image-side surface facing the image side and allowing the imaging rays to pass through. The optical imaging lens satisfies conditions of Gallmax/Fno?3.600 millimeters, EFL/ImgH?3.200, and Gallmax/Tavg?3.300; here, Gallmax represents a largest air gap along the optical axis between the first lens element and an image plane, Fno, EFL, and ImgH respectively represent an F-number, an effective focal length, and an image height of the optical imaging lens, and Tavg represents an average lens element thickness of all of the lens elements along the optical axis from the object side to the image plane.

Abstract: A memory array and an operation method of the memory array are provided. The memory array includes first and second ferroelectric memory devices formed along a gate electrode, a channel layer and a ferroelectric layer between the gate electrode and the channel layer. The ferroelectric memory devices include: a common source/drain electrode and two respective source/drain electrodes, separately in contact with a side of the channel layer opposite to the ferroelectric layer, wherein the common source/drain electrode is disposed between the respective source/drain electrodes; and first and second auxiliary gates, capacitively coupled to the channel layer, wherein the first auxiliary gate is located between the common source/drain electrode and one of the respective source/drain electrodes, and the second auxiliary gate is located between the common source/drain electrode and the other respective source/drain electrode.

Abstract: A light source module includes a first light source and a second light source. The first light source is configured for emitting a first light having a first wavelength, and the first light includes a first part and a second part. The second light source is configured for emitting a second light having a second wavelength. The second light source includes a first wavelength conversion layer, and the first wavelength conversion layer is configured for converting the first light into the second light. One of the first part and the second part is incident to the first wavelength conversion layer, and the other of the first part and the second part is not incident to the first wavelength conversion layer.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for downlink control information having a transmission configuration indicator bitmap. One method (400) includes transmitting (402) downlink control information with a transmission configuration indicator, spatial information, or a combination thereof and a transmission configuration indicator bitmap field. Each bit in the transmission configuration indicator bitmap field indicates whether the transmission configuration indicator, the spatial information, or the combination thereof applies to a channel or resource group.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a combinational therapy for enhancing efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade for tumors with immune suppressive microenvironment. More specifically, this combination therapy involves the treatment of cancer through immune checkpoint inhibitors and CpG-oligodeoxynucleotides.

Abstract: A decision support system of the industrial copper procurement is disclosed. The decision support system includes storage device, processing device and output device. The storage device stores a plurality of copper data and a plurality of algorithms. The processing device connects to the storage device. The processing device conduct a plurality of control commands to access the storage device and to implement copper price forecasting module, copper demand forecasting module, broken copper price forecasting module and purchasing decision reasoning module. The output device connected to the storage device and the processing device. The decision recommendation is output to the decision maker by the output device for deciding the copper procurement.

Abstract: An electronic package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, where the manufacturing method is to dispose an electronic structure with a plurality of conductive bumps and a thermal conductor on its upper surface on a carrier structure via external bumps on its lower surface, so that when reflowing the external bumps, the heat of the heat source joint is conducted from the upper surface of the electronic structure to the external bumps on the lower surface via the thermal conductor, so as to facilitate the heating and reflowing of the external bumps to avoid the problem of non-wetting of the solder.

Abstract: An adaptive learning algorithm based on a single hidden layer neural network is disclosed. The algorithm includes the following steps: generating the initial single layer neural network with the first m+1 data by the initializing module; selecting the training data for the current round and determining whether the single layer neural network of the current round can achieve the learning goal. If so, checking all the hidden nodes by the reorganizing module and performing the deleting action to the hidden nodes to avoid the overfitting problems. If not, adjusting the weight parameters by the matching module and determining whether the adjusted neural network is acceptable, adding three new hidden nodes by the cramming module to obtain the acceptable neural network. The hidden nodes of the updated network are checked by the reorganization module to avoid the overfitting. The training process continues adding new data until all training data is trained.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) chip for generating multiple SERS profiles simultaneously from one or more analytes suspected to be in a sample.

Abstract: A mold for manufacturing an artificial shuttlecock from a semi-finished shuttlecock includes a male mold and a female mold. The male mold includes a cone frustum and a plurality of first annular grooves. The semi-finished shuttlecock is placed on an outside of the cone frustum. The first annular grooves are disposed apart on the outside of the cone frustum. The female mold includes a tapered slot, a plurality of second annular grooves and an injection channel. The second annular grooves are disposed apart on an inner surface of the tapered slot. When the semi-finished shuttlecock and the male mold are placed into the female mold, each of the first annular grooves corresponds to each of the second annular grooves to form a plurality of molded grooves. The injection channel communicates with the second annular grooves, and the molded grooves communicate with the injection channel through the second annular grooves.