Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating communication with autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system (e.g., of a vehicle) can generate a first communication associated with an autonomous vehicle. The computing system can provide the first communication to an application programming interface gateway that is remote from the autonomous vehicle. Another computing system can obtain, via an application programming interface gateway, the first communication associated with the autonomous vehicle. The other computing system can determine a first frontend interface of the application programming interface gateway based at least in part on the first communication associated with the autonomous vehicle. The computing system can provide, via the first frontend interface, the first communication associated with the autonomous vehicle to a first system client associated with the first frontend interface.

Abstract: A diacetylene-based lyotropic liquid crystal mixture according to an embodiment includes by mixing diacetylene-based compounds containing iodide and triiodide Chemical Formula 1 and Chemical Formula 2. The lyotropic liquid crystal mixture may be prepared by synthesizing an [X]—C—Rm-[D]-Rn compound, synthesizing an [A+X?]—C—Rm-D-Rn compound, and synthesizing an [A+B?]—C—Rm-D-Rn compound. A thin polarizing film may be prepared through simple coating of a lyotropic liquid crystal mixture prepared by mixing diacetylene-based compounds containing iodide and triiodide.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present specification provide a method and an apparatus for establishing a trusted channel between a user and a trusted computing cluster. According to the method, when a user wants to establish a trusted channel with a trusted computing cluster, the user only negotiates a session key with any first trusted computing unit in the cluster to establish the trusted channel. Then, the first trusted computing unit encrypts the session key using a cluster key common to the trusted computing cluster to which the first trusted computing unit belongs, and sends the encrypted session key to a cluster manager. The cluster manager transmits the encrypted session key in the trusted computing cluster, so that other trusted computing units in the cluster obtain the session key and join the trusted channel. Thus, the user establishes a trusted channel with the entire trusted computing cluster.

Abstract: An outer panel-mediated cooling system includes: an outer shell including an outer panel, an inner panel located inward of the outer panel, and a heat-insulating layer located between the outer and inner panels; a cooling chamber that is located between the outer and inner panels and in which a gas releases heat outside through the outer panel and is thus cooled; a circulation loop in which a heat medium circulates, the circulation loop including a heating section located inward of the inner panel to heat the heat medium and a cooling section located in the cooling chamber to cool the heat medium; a flow path-forming structure located in the cooling chamber to form a circulation path for the gas; and a fan located in the cooling chamber to exert a drive force on the gas to allow the gas to circulate in the circulation path.

Abstract: A memory control method, a memory storage device and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The method includes: determining a retry threshold value according to decoding history information which includes information related to at least one first decoding operation previously performed; and determining whether to enter a second decoding mode according to the retry threshold value after at least one second decoding operation performed based on a first decoding mode is failed. A decoding ability of the second decoding mode is higher than a decoding ability of the first decoding mode.

Abstract: Memory devices and methods of forming the memory devices are disclosed herein. The memory devices include a resistive memory array including a first resistive memory cell, a staircase contact structure adjacent the resistive memory array, and an inter-metal dielectric layer over the staircase contact structure. The memory devices further include a first diode and a second diode over the inter-metal dielectric layer. The memory devices further include a first conductive via electrically coupling the first diode to a first resistor of the first resistive memory cell and a second conductive via electrically coupling the second diode to a second resistor of the first resistive memory cell.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for allocating a flexible transmission slot in a wireless local area network (LAN) system are disclosed. A flexible transmission slot allocation method of an access point (AP) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system according to an exemplary embodiment includes transmitting a beacon including a traffic indication map (TIM) bit to a station, receiving a power save poll (PS-Poll) from the station in a slot implicitly allocated by the TIM bit, and transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK) including transmission slot allocation information on downlink data to the station.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods, kits, and devices related to genetic variations of neurological disorders. For example, methods, kits, and devices for using such genetic variations to assess susceptibility of developing Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first interposer; a second interposer laterally adjacent to the first interposer, where the second interposer is spaced apart from the first interposer; and a first die attached to a first side of the first interposer and attached to a first side of the second interposer, where the first side of the first interposer and the first side of the second interposer face the first die.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a base plate and a plurality of fins arranged on the base plate. Each fin includes a fin body including a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet coupled to each other, wherein the fin body is curved and includes a first portion and a second portion transverse to the first portion, an evaporation channel defined in the first portion, one or more connecting channels disposed in the first portion and in fluid communication with the evaporation channel, a condensation channel defined in the second portion, and one or more auxiliary channels disposed in the second portion and in fluid communication with the one or more connecting channels and the condensation channel.

Abstract: The present invention suppresses influence of control due to the delay time in voltage switching between a plurality of different voltages. A DC/DC converter comprises: a main circuit including a switching circuit; a control unit that performs discrete control by discrete control toward a command value; and a switching signal generation unit that generates a switching signal that drives the switching circuit. The control unit calculates the pulse width ?T(k) of the switching signal having the delay time Td as a parameter as an operation amount of discrete control performed every control period Ts. The switching signal generation unit generates a switching signal based on the pulse width ?T(k) obtained by the calculation in the control unit. The main circuit switches the voltage level by driving the switching circuit based on the switching signal of the switching signal generation unit.

Abstract: Examples of a multiple-mask multiple-exposure lithographic technique and suitable masks are provided herein. In some examples, a photomask includes a die area and a stitching region disposed adjacent to the die area and along a boundary of the photomask. The stitching region includes a mask feature for forming an integrated circuit feature and an alignment mark for in-chip overlay measurement.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for generating a random bit is provided. The method includes generating a first random bit by providing a random number generator (RNG) signal to a magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) cell. The RNG signal has a probability of about 0.5 to switch the resistive state of the MRAM cell from a first resistive state corresponding to a first data state to a second resistive state corresponding to a second data sate. The first random bit is then read from the MRAM cell.

Abstract: A bionic oral cavity structure for testing and application thereof are provided for solving a technical problem that actual test process of the conventional bionic oral cavity structure needs to be improved. The bionic oral cavity structure for testing includes: an upper jaw, a lower jaw, a drive unit, a sensor and a controller, wherein a gum is made of a soft elastic material, and a base of the gum has a through-hole; a cap is formed by extending upward from a top opening of the through-hole; the tooth comprises a molar made of a hard material, and an implant; a top end of the implant passes through the through-hole of the gum and then extends into the cap; the gum and the implant are detachably mounted on the mounting plate; the sensor is a flexible sensor which covers the cap.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for building a conversation understanding system based on artificial intelligence, a device and a computer-readable storage medium. In embodiments of the present disclosure, it is feasible to obtain the training feedback information provided by conversation service conducted by the user and the basic conversation understanding system, then according to the training feedback information, perform adjustment processing for a service state of the basic conversation understanding system, to obtain an adjustment state of the basic conversation understanding system. It is possible to perform data merging processing according to the training feedback information and the adjustment state of the basic conversation understanding system, to obtain model training data for building the model conversation understanding system.

Abstract: A method includes forming a first inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer over source and drain regions of a semiconductor structure; forming a first mask material over the first ILD layer; etching first openings in the first mask material; filling the first openings with a fill material; etching second openings in the fill material; filling the second openings with a second mask material; removing the fill material; and etching the first ILD layer using the first mask material and the second mask material as an etching mask to form openings in the first ILD layer that expose portions of the source and drain regions of the semiconductor structure.

Abstract: A measurement engine of a wearable electronic device may compensate for wavelength variations of light emitted as part of blood-oxygen saturation measurements. In some cases, determining an estimated blood-oxygen saturation value is based at least partially on temperature data that may be used to compensate for temperature-based wavelength variations of the emitted light, drive current data that may be used to compensate for drive-current-based wavelength variations of the emitted light, and/or calibration information that may be used to compensate for manufacturing variability across different light emitters. In various embodiments, the measurement engine may use temperature data, the drive current data, and/or calibration information in a variety of ways to determine estimated blood-oxygen saturation values, including using lookup tables or calibration curves, applying functions, and the like.

Abstract: The presently claimed invention relates to a chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) composition and chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) methods. The presently claimed invention particularly relates to a composition and process for chemical-mechanical polishing of substrates containing copper and ruthenium, specifically, semiconductor substrates containing copper and ruthenium.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method to fabricate a multifunctional collimator structure In one embodiment, an optical collimator, includes: a dielectric layer; a substrate; and a plurality of via holes, wherein the dielectric layer is formed over the substrate, wherein the plurality of via holes are configured as an array along a lateral direction of a first surface of the dielectric layer, wherein each of the plurality of via holes extends through the dielectric layer and the substrate from the first surface of the dielectric layer to a second surface of the substrate in a vertical direction, wherein the substrate has a bulk impurity doping concentration equal to or greater than 1×1019 per cubic centimeter (cm?3) and a first thickness, and wherein the bulk impurity doping concentration and the first thickness of the substrate are configured so as to allow the optical collimator to filter light in a range of wavelengths.