Abstract: The present disclosure provides, for instance, a method of treating oligodendroglial dysfunction including Angelman Syndrome and autism spectrum disorder, the method comprising administering to the subject a non-steroidal selective estrogen receptor beta agonist, thereby treating the oligodendroglial dysfunction in the subject.

Abstract: A resin composition and a filter element are provided. The resin composition includes a black coloring agent (A), an ethylenically-unsaturated monomer (B), a solvent (C), a resin (D), and a photoinitiator (E). The black coloring agent (A) includes a titanium black (A-1) and a carbon black (A-2). Based on a total usage amount of 100 parts by weight of the titanium black (A-1) and the carbon black (A-2), a usage amount of the titanium black (A-1) is 50 parts by weight to 75 parts by weight.

Abstract: A method for eliminating divot formation includes forming an isolation layer; forming a conduction layer which has an upper inclined boundary with the isolation layer such that the conduction layer has a portion located above a portion of the isolation layer at the upper inclined boundary; etching back the isolation layer; and etching back the conduction layer after etching back the isolation layer such that a top surface of the etched conduction layer is located at a level lower than a top surface of the etched isolation layer.

Abstract: A positioning method and a multi-radar positioning system are provided. In the positioning method, a first object and a second object are detected by a first radar to obtain a first coordinate and a second coordinate on a first coordinate system respectively. The first object and the second object are detected by a second radar to obtain a third coordinate and a fourth coordinate on a second coordinate system respectively. A first candidate coordinate and a second candidate coordinate of the second radar on the first coordinate system are estimated according to the third coordinate and the fourth coordinate. The first candidate coordinate is selected from the first candidate coordinate and the second candidate coordinate as a first radar coordinate of the second radar according to the first coordinate and the second coordinate. The first radar coordinate is output.

Abstract: Implementations described herein provide a method of forming a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a nanostructure having a first set of layers of a first material and a second set of layers, alternating with the first set of layers, having a second material. The method further includes depositing a hard mask on a top layer of the first set of layers, the hard mask including a first hard mask layer on the top layer of the first set of layers and a second hard mask layer on the first hard mask layer. The method also includes depositing elements of a cladding structure on sidewalls of the nanostructure and the hard mask. The method further includes removing a top portion of the cladding structure. The method further includes removing the second hard mask layer after removing the top portion of the cladding structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical device including a collimator array, a plug housing, and a detachable coupling means. The collimator array includes a fiber array and a collimator lens array. The fiber array includes fibers, a plate holder, and a groove. The plate holder carries the fibers. The groove is on a top face of the plate holder and parallel along a longitudinal direction of the fibers. The plug housing is fixated to the collimator array in part by engagement of a strip protrusion at a bottom face of the plug housing to the groove on the top face of the plate holder. The detachable coupling means is at a side surface of the plug housing and configured to mechanically couple the plug housing to a corresponding receptacle housing external to the optical device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for video coding system that uses intra prediction based on cross-colour linear model are disclosed. According to the method, model parameters for a first-colour predictor model are determined and the first-colour predictor model provides a predicted first-colour pixel value according to a combination of at least two corresponding reconstructed second-colour pixel values. According to another method, the first-colour predictor model provides a predicted first-colour pixel value based on a second degree model or higher of one or more corresponding reconstructed second-colour pixel values. First-colour predictors for the current first-colour block are determined according to the first-colour prediction model. The input data are then encoded at the encoder side or decoded at the decoder side using the first-colour predictors.

Abstract: An example apparatus includes bias control circuitry and sampling circuitry. The example sampling circuitry includes a first switch coupled to a first capacitor in series between an input voltage terminal and a common mode voltage terminal, the first switch including a first terminal coupled to the input voltage terminal. Additionally, the example sampling circuitry includes a second switch coupled to a second capacitor in series between the input voltage terminal and the common mode voltage terminal, the second switch including a first terminal coupled to the input voltage terminal. The example sampling circuitry also includes a third switch including a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal, the first terminal of the third switch coupled to a power supply terminal, the second terminal of the third switch coupled between the first switch and the first capacitor, the control terminal coupled to the bias control circuitry.

Abstract: A projection system and its color calibration method are provided. The projection system includes a projection device, a camera device, and a processing circuit. The projection device projects a calibration projection image including a plurality of calibration regions. The camera device captures the calibration projection image. The processing circuit performs a color calibration operation to calibrate color uniformity of the calibration projection image. The processing circuit drives the projection device to project the calibration projection image according to color gain values of the calibration regions. The processing circuit drives the camera device to capture the calibration projection image, calculates color values of the calibration regions, and updates the color gain values of the calibration regions to make the color values of the calibration regions approach at least one target value.

Abstract: A node unit includes a base plate, at least one function module, and a non-conductive coolant. The function module includes a heat-generating element, a heat-dissipating structure, and a pump. The heat-generating element is disposed on the base plate, the heat-dissipating structure is disposed on the heat-generating element, and the pump is disposed on the heat-dissipating structure. The base plate and the at least one function module are immersed in the non-conductive coolant. The pump is configured to drive the non-conductive coolant to flow into the heat-dissipating structure and discharge from the heat-dissipating structure. An electronic device and an immersion cooling type equipment are also mentioned.

Abstract: Various schemes pertaining to video coding parallelization techniques are described. An apparatus receives video data. The apparatus subsequently calculates a plurality of figures of merits (FOMs), each of the FOM representing how well a particular coding tool may perform in encoding the video data. The apparatus further determines a coding tool that may be suitable for encoding the video data by comparing the FOMs. In determining the coding tool, the apparatus utilizes time-interleaving techniques to parallelly process the video data. The video data may include an array of coding blocks, and the apparatus may receive the video data using a snake-like processing order scanning through the array of coding blocks.

Abstract: Methods for improving profiles of channel regions in semiconductor devices and semiconductor devices formed by the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes forming a semiconductor fin over a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor fin including germanium, a germanium concentration of a first portion of the semiconductor fin being greater than a germanium concentration of a second portion of the semiconductor fin, a first distance between the first portion and a major surface of the semiconductor substrate being less than a second distance between the second portion and the major surface of the semiconductor substrate; and trimming the semiconductor fin, the first portion of the semiconductor fin being trimmed at a greater rate than the second portion of the semiconductor fin.

Abstract: A video streaming server transmitting coded video for a current picture in a first set of network packets. The server generates a set of configuration data for the current picture. The server transmits the set of configuration data in a second set of network packets. The server transmits a particular network packet comprising a group identifier identifying a group that is applicable to the current picture, the identified group comprising the second set of network packets. A video streaming client receives the first set of network packets and reconstructs the current picture. The client receives the second set of network packets and the particular network packet. The client uses the group identifier in the particular network packet to identify the second set of network packets as being in the group that is applicable to the current picture. The client outputs the reconstructed current picture by applying the set configuration data.

Abstract: A video coding system that uses chroma prediction is provided. The system receives data for a block of pixels to be encoded or decoded as a current block of a current picture of a video. The system constructs a chroma prediction model based on luma and chroma samples neighboring the current block. The system signals a set of chroma prediction related syntax element and a refinement to the chroma prediction model. The system performs chroma prediction by applying the chroma prediction model to reconstructed luma samples of the current block to obtain predicted chroma samples of the current block. The system uses the predicted chroma samples to reconstruct 10 chroma samples of the current block or to encode the current block.

Abstract: A video encoder or a video decoder may perform operations to determine an initial motion vector (MV) such as a control point motion vector (CPMV) candidate according to an affine mode or an additional prediction signal representing an additional hypothesis motion vector, for a current sub-block in a current frame of a video stream; determine a current template associated with the current sub-block in the current frame; retrieve a reference template within a search area in a reference frame; and compute a difference between the reference template and the current template based on an optimization measurement. Additional operations performed may include iterating the retrieving and the computing the difference for a different reference template within the search area until a refinement MV, such as a refined CPMV or refined additional hypothesis motion vector, is found to minimize the difference according to the optimization measurement.

Abstract: Provided herein are cosmetic compositions for increasing the integrity of the skin or hair a subject or for reducing irritation of the skin of a subject and methods of using the cosmetic compositions. The cosmetic compositions contain a combination of a occlusive compound and an osmolyte compound. The occlusives of the combinations are squalane, hemisqualane, isosqualane, squalene, or isosqualene. The preferred osmolyte is ectoine. The cosmetics or pharmaceuticals may be used to increase the barrier of the skin or hair, increase the integrity of skin or hair, reduce inflammation of the skin, or prevent aging of the skin of a subject.

Abstract: A method includes forming isolation regions extending into a semiconductor substrate. A semiconductor strip is between the isolation regions. The method further includes recessing the isolation regions so that a top portion of the semiconductor strip protrudes higher than top surfaces of the isolation regions to form a semiconductor fin, measuring a fin width of the semiconductor fin, generating an etch recipe based on the fin width, and performing a thinning process on the semiconductor fin using the etching recipe.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and electronic apparatus for modifying pages of an electronic document. The method is performed by the electronic apparatus and includes: displaying a plurality of first pages of a first electronic document on a first preview region and determining a first page change position located in the plurality of first pages according to a first operation event; displaying a plurality of second pages of a second electronic document on a second page preview region and determining at least one second page of the plurality of second pages according to a second operation event; and adding the at least one second page to the first page change position according to a third operation event.

Abstract: A video coding system that uses local illumination compensation to code pixel blocks is provided. A video encoder receives samples for an original block of pixels to be encoded as a current block of a current picture of a video. The video encoder applies a linear model to a reference block to generate a prediction block for the current block. The linear model includes a scale parameter and an offset parameter. The video encoder may use the samples of the original block and samples from a reconstructed reference frame to derive the scale parameter and the offset parameter. The video encoder signals the scale parameter and the offset parameter in a bitstream. The video encoder encodes the current block by using the prediction block to reconstruct the current block.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of prediction for video coding are disclosed. According to one method, a luma Intra prediction mode is determined for a corresponding luma block collocated with the current chroma block, where a predefined mode is assigned to the luma Intra prediction mode when the corresponding luma block collocated with the current chroma block satisfies one or more conditions. A chroma Intra prediction mode is determined for the current chroma block according to the luma Intra prediction mode. The current chroma block is then encoded or decoded according to the chroma Intra prediction mode. According to another method, a predefined mode is assigned to Intra prediction mode for the current block when the current block satisfies one or more conditions. The current block is then encoded or decoded according to the Intra prediction mode.