Abstract: A pick-and-place device for picking a work-piece from a first location to a second location and having force measurement is disclosed. The pick-and-place device comprises: (a) a positive pressure chamber formed among a pick-and-place holder, a force measuring membrane and a cover, wherein a positive pressure is supplied to the positive pressure chamber via a pressure supply inlet provided on the pick-and-place holder, and thus the force measuring membrane is being preloaded; (b) a vacuum chamber formed among the pick-and-place holder, the force measuring membrane and a pick-up membrane, wherein a negative pressure is provided via a vacuum supply inlet provided on the pick-and-place holder, wherein the pick-and-place device provides a pressure difference between the work-piece and the pick-and-place device, enabling a pick-and-place capability.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery load drive system, and more particularly, to a battery load drive system for preparing for a surge current generated by a capacitor when a battery is coupled to a battery using a path for reducing current additionally provided in an existing path.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, via a processor, data from a plurality of imaging buttons disposed on a downhole tool within a borehole, generating, via the processor, a resistivity image, a permittivity image, a standoff curve, a rugosity index curve, a high-resolution image of a relationship between resistivity and permittivity of a section of a geological formation measured by the downhole tool, or some combination thereof based on the data, characterizing, via the processor, one or more vugs, one or more fractures, or some combination thereof based at least on the resistivity image, the permittivity image, the standoff curve, the rugosity index curve, the high-resolution image of the relationship between resistivity and permittivity, or some combination thereof, and identifying, via the processor, one or more rock types based at least on the high-resolution image of the relationship between resistivity and permittivity.

Abstract: A key enrollment method of a physically unclonable function (PUF) circuit including a plurality of PUF cells includes receiving a first level key from PUF cells, performing bit encoding on the first level key using a bit coding table based on Hamming weights of a plurality of bits in the first level key to generate a second level key, storing first helper data associated with the second level key in a non-volatile memory, performing block encoding on the second level key using an error correction code to generate a third level key, and storing second helper data associated with the third level key in the non-volatile memory.

Abstract: Disclosed are a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a back plate; at least one positioning mechanism is disposed inside the bottom plate of the back plate, each positioning mechanism includes at least one positioning stud, each positioning stud includes a main body and a flexible sleeve wrapping the main body. The backlight module further includes a light guide plate; a groove matched with at least one positioning mechanism is provided on the light guide plate, an inner wall of the groove is in contact with the flexible sleeve of the main body.

Abstract: A coil component includes a body, including a coil and a support member supporting the coil, and an external electrode disposed on an external surface of the body. The coil component includes a machined surface formed on a boundary surface between a portion of the support member, removed in the vicinity of a junction portion between the external electrode and the coil, and the remainder of the support member. A cavity, from which the portion of the support member has been removed, is filled with a magnetic material, or an insulating layer is disposed in the cavity.

Abstract: A delivery sheath includes an outer tubular layer and an initially folded inner tubular layer. When an implant passes therethrough, the outer tubular layer expands and the inner tubular layer unfolds into an expanded lumen diameter. The sheath may also include selectively placed longitudinal support rods that mediate friction between the inner and outer tubular layers to facilitate easy expansion, thereby reducing the push force needed to advance the implant through the sheath's lumen.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a microorganism producing O-acetylhomoserine with high efficiency and a method for producing O-acetylhomoserine and L-methionine using the microorganism. The present disclosure provides a microorganism producing O-acetylhomoserine having an enhanced activity of a protein which is predicted to export O-acetylhomoserine, and a method for producing O-acetylhomoserine and L-methionine using the microorganism.

Abstract: Provided are a composition for cooling skin comprising a Phellodendron bark extract, a method of preparing the composition, a skin-improving product comprising the composition and a method of cooling skin by applying the composition to a skin of a subject, wherein the skin needs cooling. The composition prevents a burning sensation in the skin and under the skin and reduces heat generated under the skin and on the skin. The composition includes a Phellodendron bark extract as a main ingredient and further includes an extract of one or more selected from the group consisting of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Scutellaria baicalensis, Paeonia lactiflora, Dictamnus dasycarpus, Alumen, Dryobalanops aromatic and Mentha arvensis.

Abstract: A method for displaying images is provided, including displaying, by an electronic device, a first image obtained from an image sensor; displaying, by the electronic device, a plurality of second images together with the first image, wherein each second image is generated based on the first image and a respective image filter; and responsive to a selection of at least one second image, generating a third image based on the first image and the selected second image's respective image filter and displaying the third image in place of the first image.

Abstract: A method includes receiving information defining multiple functional configurations associated with an industrial process control and automation system. The functional configurations identify operations to be performed by the control and automation system. The method also includes receiving, at a test system integrated in the control and automation system, information defining multiple tests to be performed on the control and automation system. The method further includes executing the tests using the test system, where the test system accesses data from both the test system and the control and automation system.

Abstract: Thienopyridinone compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described. In these compounds, one of X1; X2, and X3 is S and the other two are each independently CR, wherein R and all other variables are as defined herein. The compounds are shown to inhibit HPK1 kinase activity and to have in vivo antitumor activity. The compounds can be effectively combined with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and also with other immunomodulatory approaches, such as checkpoint inhibition or inhibitors of tryptophan oxidation. Formula (I).

Abstract: A remote radio unit, which includes a housing, a ventilation air channel, and a circuit component, where the housing is a sealed hollow cavity; the ventilation air channel passes through the housing, a top end of the ventilation air channel is connected to a top end surface of the housing in a sealed manner, and a bottom end of the ventilation air channel is connected to a bottom end surface of the housing in a sealed manner; and the circuit component is disposed inside the cavity, and is in contact with an external surface of a side wall of the ventilation air channel, so that heat generated by the circuit component is dissipated through the ventilation air channel.

Abstract: A photodetector selection apparatus and method and a scattering coefficient measurement apparatus and method are provided. The photodetector selection apparatus for measuring a scattering coefficient may include: a light source configured to emit light to a subject; a photodetector array configured to detect the light that is reflected or scattered from the subject and measure a light intensity of the detected light; and a processor configured to select at least one photodetector from a plurality of photodetectors of the photodetector array, based on a change in the measured light intensity of each of the plurality of photodetectors according to a change in a scattering coefficient of the subject, and determine the scattering coefficient of the subject based on the light intensity that is measured by the selected at least one photodetector.

Abstract: An antenna for wireless power transmission. A first coil portion includes a first outer coil portion and a first inner coil portion. A second coil portion includes a second outer coil portion and a second inner coil portion. The first coil portion and the second coil portion are disposed to overlap and intersect each other at one or more points. In a state in which the first coil portion and the second coil portion are overlapped, bends of the first coil portion and the second coil portion overlap and intersect each other. All of the bends of the first outer coil portion are located above the bends of the second outer coil portion or all of the bends of the second outer coil portion are located above the bends of the first outer coil portion. Uniform charging efficiency is obtained across entire areas.

Abstract: Chemical entities that are kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using these chemical entities, e.g., for treatment of cancer are described.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed in numerical order along an optical axis of the optical imaging system from an object side of the optical imaging system toward an imaging plane of the optical imaging system, wherein the first to seventh lenses are spaced apart from each other along the optical axis, and the optical imaging system satisfies 0.4<L1TR/L7TR<1.9, where L1TR is an overall outer diameter of the first lens, L7TR is an overall outer diameter of the seventh lens, and L1TR and L7TR are expressed in a same unit of measurement.

Abstract: Processing methods comprise forming a gap fill layer comprising tungsten or molybdenum by exposing a substrate surface having at least one feature thereon sequentially to a metal precursor and a reducing agent comprising hydrogen to form the gap fill layer in the feature, wherein there is not a nucleation layer between the substrate surface and the gap fill layer.