Abstract: This invention relates to a feedback predictive controller, systems comprising and methods employing the same. Preferably the feedback predictive controller and/or systems comprising the feedback predictive controller are part of an automatic insulin delivery system. The methods described herein can be used to control blood glucose concentration in a patient with diabetes. Preferably, the insulin delivery system is an artificial pancreas.

Abstract: Provided are a display screen, a display module, and a terminal. The display screen includes a display layer. The display layer has a fingerprint recognition area. The fingerprint recognition area is provided with an array of transparent thin film transistors and a transparent medium among the transparent thin film transistors. The terminal includes the display screen described above, and further includes an optical fingerprint module and a frame. The display screen and the optical fingerprint module are fixed on the frame. The optical fingerprint module is on one side of the display screen away from a user of the display screen for display and located in a position corresponding to the fingerprint recognition area, so as to allow lights transmitted and received to pass through the fingerprint recognition area.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an electronic device. A memory device having improved reliability according to an embodiment includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells, a peripheral circuit performing a program operation on selected memory cells, among the plurality of memory cells, and a control logic controlling the peripheral circuit to perform an additional program operation on memory cells corresponding to a deep erased state where the memory cells has a threshold voltage having a lower voltage level than a threshold voltage of an erase state, among the selected memory cells, after the program operation is completed.

Abstract: A data storage device includes a data storage medium and a controller. The controller performs a boot-up sequence that includes operations that transition the data storage device from a lower operational state to a higher operational state in which the data storage device is ready to service host commands. The controller also carries out metadata updating operations independently of the boot-up sequence operations. Carrying out the metadata updating operations independently of the boot up sequence operations prevents the metadata updating operations from substantially contributing to a boot-up time.

Abstract: A wireless communication system and method, the method being performed by a base station, and including receiving a system message on a downlink carrier, where the system message includes uplink carrier configuration information and preamble transmission configuration information, the uplink carrier configuration information indicates a plurality of uplink carriers, and the preamble transmission configuration information indicates a transmission configuration of a radio access preamble, sending, based on the transmission configuration of the radio access preamble, the radio access preamble on an uplink carrier of the plurality of the uplink carriers, and detecting, based on identification information of the uplink carrier, control information of a radio access response message on the downlink carrier.

Abstract: A filter medium according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first support having a plurality of pores; a nanofiber web comprising nanofibers disposed on upper and lower portions of the first support and forming a three-dimensional network structure, and a hydrophilic coating layer formed on at least a part of an outer surface of the nanofibers, wherein the hydrophilic coating layer is formed of a hydrophilic coating composition comprising a hydrophilic polymer compound having at least one functional group selected from a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group and a crosslinking agent comprising at least one sulfone group; and a second support having a plurality of pores interposed between the first support and the nanofiber web.

Abstract: A battery includes a housing, and a wireless energy extracting device installed in the housing. The wireless energy extracting device includes: an RF generator module for wirelessly receiving an RF charging signal to generate electrical energy; a capacitor module; and an energy management module coupled to the RF generator module and the capacitor module, adapted to be coupled further to an energy consuming device, and performing electrical energy transfer from at least the RF generator module to at least the energy consuming device. Therefore, the battery has relatively low electrical energy loss and thus relatively high energy usage efficiency, and can be charged even if the battery is installed in the energy consuming device.

Abstract: A semiconductor layer stack includes a first conductive layer, a dielectric layer including a high-k material, which is formed on the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer formed on the dielectric layer, and an interface control layer formed between the dielectric layer and the second conductive layer and including a leakage blocking material, a dopant material, a high bandgap material and a high work function material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for calibrating a channel delay skew of automatic test equipment (ATE), the method comprising: providing multiple calibration reference devices, wherein the calibration reference devices have a second plurality of delay paths each having a predetermined path delay value and coupling a pair of pins of one of the calibration reference devices together, wherein each pin is coupled to at most one delay path; coupling each of the calibration reference devices with the ATE, respectively, wherein the test probe of each of the first plurality of test channels is coupled with a pin of one of the calibration reference devices; testing the calibration reference devices to obtain multiple delay measurements from one or more transmitting channels of the first plurality of test channels to one or more receiving channels of the first plurality of test channels using the ATE; and calculating based on the delay measurements.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a downlink control information transmission method, including generating more than one downlink control information (DCI) according to scheduling information of a user equipment (UE); determining a detection order of the more than one DCI and positions of the more than one DCI in a searching space; adding a position indication field to a respective DCI according to the detection order of the more than one DCI and the positions of the more than one DCI in the searching space; wherein, the position indication field is used to indicate a position of a next DCI of the respective DCI in the detection order; in which, a position indication field in a last DCI in the detection order is used to indicate a position of a first DCI in the detection order; and transmitting the more than one DCI in the searching space according to the positions of the more than one DCI in the searching space. The present disclosure also provides a UE-side method, a corresponding base station and a UE.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a prioritized list of clinical trials that are relevant to a patient suffering from an illness or disease, such as cancer, are disclosed. Specifically, a method for conducting an automated, real time clinical trial search and a prioritization analysis is described. The method comprises the steps of conducting an automated full-text clinical trial search based on structuralization of clinical trial eligibility data and knowledge-based inference, initiating a query from the patient's side, and providing a prioritized list of all accessible clinical trials fulfilling a particular query. The system provides better sensitivity, precision and negative predictive value than the current most known clinical trial matching tool: clinicaltrials.gov.

Abstract: The present invention provides oxaborole ester compounds and compositions thereof which are useful to treat diseases associated with parasites, such as Chagas Disease and African Animal Trypanosomosis.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a signal is provided. The apparatus for measuring a signal may include a sensor configured to generate pixel data representing a fingerprint image of an object by detecting light scattered or reflected from the object and a processor configured to acquire the fingerprint image of the object based on the pixel data and acquire a pulse wave signal based on the fingerprint image and the pixel data.

Abstract: Authorize parking system has equipment such as main frame (A) in the form of an L-shape pillar where at the end of the frame allocated also the sensing/detector device (B) which is to detect the underneath vehicle. Warning light (C), which works by emitting a warning light and can also be sound the siren to attract attention and card reader (D) that acts as the heart of this system will detect smartcard shown to it and would send a signal to the indicator light (E) to open the parking space. Red light at indicator light as to notice close the parking space when not in use and will open (Green light) the parking space when received a signal from the card reader (D). If the indicator light is red in colour meant it is hit by an unauthorized driver without receiving instructions from the card reader (D), warning light (C) will work and this will attract attention authority to act.

Abstract: A clutching device of an automatic transmission includes: a clutch drum connected with a first rotation element, a clutch connected with the clutch drum and also a second rotation element, and a piston unit to operate the clutch. In particular, the piston unit includes: a first piston forming a first sealed space with the first rotation element and the clutch drum and moving toward the clutch to directly press the clutch by a hydraulic pressure supplied to the first space, a second piston forming a second sealed space with the first piston and the first rotation element, a spring retainer arranged on the first rotation element and forming a third sealed space with the first and second pistons and the first rotation element, a first return spring disposed between the first and second pistons, and a second return spring disposed between the spring retainer and the second piston.

Abstract: A data analytics device for application monitoring includes an application-monitor manager engine to receive configuration files from a cloud server and to generate monitoring rules for a number of monitors. A data-processing engine is coupled to the application-monitor manager engine and the monitors and coordinates activities of the plurality of monitors. The monitors are embedded in a user space and a kernel of a host operating system, and the monitoring rules for the monitors are generated based on the configuration files.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding/decoding method and device. The image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: decoding a prediction mode index; determining whether the prediction mode index indicates function-based intra prediction; inducing a parameter (s) for generating a function, when the prediction mode index indicates the function-based intra prediction; generating the function on the basis of the induced parameter (s); and performing intra prediction by using the generated function.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of dual-band multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antennas. In an exemplary embodiment, an antenna generally includes a circuit board, a first antenna radiating element positioned on the circuit board, a second antenna radiating element positioned on the circuit board, and at least two antenna feeding elements extending from the circuit board. Each of the at least two antenna feeding elements is electrically connected with a different one of the first and second antenna elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for improving skin condition comprising a fermented pearl product. More specifically, the present invention provides a composition for improving skin condition which uses a fermented pearl product having remarkably increased ingredients such as amino acids, polyphenol, and organic calcium content, and has a remarkably enhanced skin condition-improving effect such as activity of inhibiting melanin production, and promoting differentiation and exfoliation of keratinocytes, as compared with conventional pearl extracts.

Abstract: Disclosed is a coating material for a coating layer of an injection mold, the coating material including 100 parts by weight of a resin composition and about 30 to 40 parts by weight of a curing agent. The resin composition includes an amount of about 40 to 50 wt % of a first acrylic resin, an amount of about 5 to 15 wt % of a second acrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight less than a weight average molecular weight of the first acrylic resin, an amount of about 10 to 15 wt % of a carbon component, an amount of about 0.5 to 2 wt % of a matting agent, an amount of about 0.1 to 0.3 wt % of a catalyst and an amount of about 20 to 35 wt % of a solvent, all the wt % are based on the total weight of the resin composition.