Abstract: A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes creating, at a block storage system separate from a host system, a structural representation of image layer data utilized at the host system, mapping the structural representation created at the block storage system to the image layer data utilized at the host system, and performing one or more operations on the image layer data, utilizing the structural representation created at the block storage system.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleat with an adjustable pad. The cleat includes a cleat body, an anti-slip buffer and a support base. The cleat body has three fixing holes and a central hole among the three fixing holes. A top side of the central hole is formed with a recess. The recess has a front portion and a rear portion. The central is located in the front portion. The anti-slip buffer is of a hat shape corresponding to the central hole and capable of selectively being placed in the central hole in different directions to form two protrudent heights. The support base is of a shape corresponding to the recess and capable of selectively being placed in the recess in different directions to adjustably support the anti-slip buffer.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a control gate layout to improve an etch process window for word lines. In some embodiments, an integrated chip comprises a memory array, an erase gate, a word line, and a control gate. The memory array comprises a plurality of cells in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. The erase gate and the word line are elongated in parallel along a row of the memory array. The control gate is elongated along the row and is between and borders the erase gate and the word line. Further, the control gate has a pad region protruding towards the erase gate and the word line. Because the pad region protrudes towards the erase gate and the word line, a width of the pad region is spread between word-line and erase-gate sides of the control gate.

Abstract: Wireless stations may operate to configure direct communication with neighboring wireless stations (direct communication between wireless stations without an intermediate access point). Mechanisms for near-field device-to-device communications are disclosed. A wireless station may be configured to determine a minimum power level for a near-field device-to-device datapath. The wireless device may determine an average channel interference for a first discovery channel and compare the average channel interference to a first threshold. If the average channel interference is less than the first threshold, the wireless device may select a first transmission mode associated with a first power level and determine a maximum data rate for the first transmission mode.

Abstract: This application configures a quantity and size of subbands in a channel state information (CSI) reporting band for flexibility and reduced complexity of terminal addressing by determining a channel state information subband size based on a bandwidth part (BWP), determining a quantity of channel state information subbands included in a channel state information reporting band based on (i) a carrier bandwidth (CC bandwidth), (ii) the BWP bandwidth or (iii) a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) bandwidth and the channel state information subband size. The method further includes determining an actual quantity of resource blocks included in a starting subband and an actual quantity of resource blocks in an ending subband in the channel state information subband.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibacterial dressing and a method for preparing the same. According to the present invention, there are provided an antibacterial dressing containing a rapid cell membrane-penetrating component that exhibits excellent bactericidal and antibacterial activities by disrupting the structure and synthesis of protein and nucleic acid, and a method for preparing the same.

Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus including: a material accommodating unit including an accommodating portion for accommodating at least one printing material, and an extruding portion for externally sending the at least one printing material accommodated in the accommodating portion; a printing unit including a nozzle portion for spraying the at least one printing material received from the material accommodating unit toward a printing area according to a preset program, and a first temperature adjusting portion for adjusting a first temperature within the printing area; and a transfer unit including a transfer pipe that guides the at least one printing material sent from the material accommodating unit to the nozzle portion of the printing unit, and a second temperature adjusting portion for adjusting a second temperature of the transfer pipe.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, there is provided a method for displaying a string of text, the method including: dividing the string of text into a plurality of substrings; and for each substring of the plurality of substrings: determining a complexity index of the substring; determining a display duration of the substring based on the determined complexity index; and displaying the substring for the determined display duration.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) wherein one or more active agents are conjugated to an anti-CD19 antibody through a linker. The linker may comprise a unit that covalently links active agents to the antibody. The disclosure further relates to monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments, variants, multimeric versions, or bispecifics thereof that specifically bind CD19, as well as methods of making and using these anti-CD19 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.

Abstract: A data privilege control method includes configuring user metadata, dynamically configuring user classification according to the user metadata, dynamically configuring data read and write privilege according to the user classification, receiving a user access request, obtaining the user attributes and determining the user classification according to the user attributes, determining whether the user has a data read and write privilege according to the user classification, and authorizing the user's data read and write operations when it is determined that the user has data read and write privilege. The user metadata includes a number of user attributes.

Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display panel configured to display an image forward. The display device includes a top chassis arranged on the front of the display panel; a bottom chassis arranged on the back of the display panel; a rear cover covering the back of the bottom chassis; and a stand unit including a stand provided to support the display device, a locking device provided to lock the stand to be pulled in between the bottom chassis and the rear cover, and a rotation guide provided to rotate at least a portion of the stand, wherein the rear cover includes a through hole formed for the stand to move vertically, and the stand is locked in the locking device and pulled in between the bottom chassis and the rear cover, or the stand is pulled out of the display device through the through hole.

Abstract: A voltage providing circuit includes a first voltage output end, a temperature-sensitive element, a power supply circuit and an output circuit. The power supply circuit is configured to apply a control voltage signal to a control end of the temperature-sensitive element. The temperature-sensitive element is configured to, under the control of the control voltage signal, generate a temperature-related voltage, and output the temperature-related voltage via a first end of the temperature-sensitive element, and a value of the temperature-related voltage changes along with an ambient temperature of the temperature-sensitive element. The output circuit is configured to output a temperature-adaptive voltage via the first voltage output end. A difference between a value of the temperature-adaptive voltage and the value of the temperature-related voltage is within a predetermined range.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a pixel array including a first shared pixel and a second shared pixel that are adjacent to each other in a row direction. The first shared pixel includes two or more photo diodes in a first row and two or more photo diodes in a second row, and the first shared pixel includes a first floating diffusion region shared by the photo diodes of the first shared pixel. The second shared pixel includes two or more photo diodes in the first row and two or more photo diodes in the second row, and the second shared pixel includes a second floating diffusion region shared by the photo diodes of the second shared pixel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coolant heater comprising: a heating element for heating coolant; a first housing for accommodating the heating element; a cover plate for sealing the first housing in which the heating element is accommodated; a temperature fuse provided in an external space formed by coupling the first housing and the cover plate, and disposed to be adjacent to the cover plate; and a second housing for pressing the temperature fuse so as to pressurize the same toward the cover plate, wherein overheat sensing responsiveness of the heating element is improved such that the overheat of the heating element can be prevented, and failure factors in a part in which the temperature fuse is coupled are reduced such that a durability is improved.

Abstract: An integrated circuit memory device includes an array of resistive memory cells and a programming circuit, which is electrically coupled by a plurality of word lines and a plurality bit lines to corresponding rows and columns of resistive memory cells in the array. The programming circuit includes a control circuit and word line driver that are collectively configured to generate word line program voltages having magnitudes that vary as a function of the row and/or column addresses of the resistive memory cells in the array, during operations to program the array with write data. According to the function, the magnitude of a word line program voltage associated with a first resistive memory cell having a first parasitic resistance associated therewith is less than a magnitude of a word line program voltage associated with a second resistive memory cell having a second parasitic resistance associated therewith, which is greater than the first parasitic resistance.

Abstract: A lens module includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, a third lens having negative refractive power, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, a fifth lens having positive or negative refractive power, and a sixth lens having negative refractive power. One or more inflection points may be formed on an image-side surface of the sixth lens.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to reducing insertion loss associated with a bypass path. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a first switch having at least two throws, a second switch having at least two throws, a bypass path between the first switch and the second switch, and at least one inductor. The at least one inductor is configured to compensate for capacitance associated with the bypass path to cause insertion loss of the bypass path to be reduced.

Abstract: A method for determining a precoding matrix indicator, user equipment, and a base station are disclosed in embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: receiving a first reference signal set sent by a base station, where the first reference signal set is associated with a user equipment-specific matrix or matrix set; selecting a precoding matrix based on the first reference signal set, where the precoding matrix is a function of the user equipment-specific matrix or matrix set; and sending a precoding matrix indicator to the base station, where the precoding matrix indicator corresponds to the selected precoding matrix. In the embodiments of the present invention, CSI feedback precision can be improved without excessively increasing feedback overhead, thereby improving system performance.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for a mobile device to decode video based on available power and/or energy. For example, the mobile device may receive a media description file (MDF) from for a video stream from a video server. The MDF may include complexity information associated with a plurality of video segments. The complexity information may be related to the amount of processing power to be utilized for decoding the segment at the mobile device. The mobile device may determine at least one power metric for the mobile device. The mobile device may determine a first complexity level to be requested for a first video segment based on the complexity information from the MDF and the power metric. The mobile device may dynamically alter the decoding process to save energy based on the detected power/energy level.

Abstract: A direct current (DC)-DC converter is for a vehicle for converting a first voltage output of a first battery to a second voltage output of a second battery. The DC-DC converter includes a transformer, at least one switch, at least one rectifying diode, and a snubber circuit. The transformer is configured to transform the first voltage to the second voltage. The at least one switch is configured to control a first current input to the transformer from the first battery. The at least one rectifying diode is configured to rectify an alternate current (AC) output from the transformer. The snubber circuit is configured to prevent overvoltage from being applied to the at least one rectifying diode.