Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for searching the shortest path of must-pass node, which includes the following processing steps: S1, constructing a Thiessen polygon; S2, when start node of must-pass nodes and end node of must-pass node are not the same must-pass node, performing processing of S3; S3, starting from the Thiessen polygon where the start node of must-pass nodes is located, querying the adjacent Thiessen polygons and merging them into the first merged polygon; S4, based on the first merged polygon, querying the unprocessed adjacent Thiessen polygons to merge the second merged polygon; S5, merging the isolated Thiessen polygon into a certain adjacent merged polygon with common edge; S6, deleting the edge lines of two vertices in Denaulay triangle that are not in the same merged polygon; S7.

Abstract: A test circuit testing a storage circuit and including a controller, a pattern-generator circuit, a comparing circuit, and a first register is provided. The controller is configured to generate a plurality of internal test signals. The pattern-generator circuit writes test data into the storage block of the storage circuit according to the internal test signal and reads the storage block to generate read data. The comparing circuit compares the test data and the read data to generate a test result. The first register stores the test result. The controller determines whether the storage circuit is working normally according to the test result stored in the first register.

Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a driving circuit, a lighting element, and multiple switching circuits. The driving circuit is configured to provide a driving current to a first node. A first terminal of the lighting element is coupled with a second node. A second terminal of the lighting element is configured to receive a system low voltage. The multiple switching circuits are coupled between the first node and the second node in a parallel connection, and configured to correspondingly receive multiple emission control signals and at least one grayscale control signal. During each frame, the multiple emission control signals provide multiple pulses, and the multiple pulses do not mutually overlapping in time sequence, so that the multiple switching circuits selectively couple the first node to the second node according to the multiple pulses and the at least one grayscale control signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for improving tobacco-planting soil by using biochar, and belongs to the technical field of soil improvement. The method includes the following steps: (1) carbonizing agricultural and forestry waste to obtain biochar; (2) pulverizing the biochar to obtain a biochar particle; and (3) mixing the biochar particle with a plow layer of the tobacco-planting soil to obtain biochar-improved soil. Compared with tobacco-planting soil that is not added with the biochar (control), the method provided by the present invention greatly increases carbon and nitrogen contents of the tobacco-planting soil, and significantly increases moisture and available potassium contents of the tobacco-planting soil, which is beneficial to ensure the sorption of soil moisture and nutrients by the tobacco plant.

Abstract: An oscillator including two sequentially connected pulse generation circuits is disclosed. Each pulse generation circuit includes a charge/discharge circuit and a switch circuit and outputs a first or second signal depending on an input signal. The switch circuit controls the charge/discharge circuit so that the latter is charged when the input signal is at a first level and discharged when the input signal is at a second level higher than the first level. When the input signal is at the first level, the first signal is at the first level and the second signal is at the second level. When the input signal is at the second level, the first signal is at the second level and the second signal is at the first level. Upon completion of discharge of the charge/discharge circuit, the first signal changes to the first level and the second signal changes to the second level.

Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a driving circuit, a lighting element, and multiple switching circuits. The driving circuit is configured to provide a driving current to a first node. A first terminal of the lighting element is coupled with a second node. A second terminal of the lighting element is configured to receive a system low voltage. The multiple switching circuits are coupled between the first node and the second node in a parallel connection, and configured to correspondingly receive multiple emission control signals and at least one grayscale control signal. During each frame, the multiple emission control signals provide multiple pulses, and the multiple pulses do not mutually overlapping in time sequence, so that the multiple switching circuits selectively couple the first node to the second node according to the multiple pulses and the at least one grayscale control signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted N-heterocyclyl- and N-heteroaryltetrahydropyrimidinones of the general formula (I) or salts thereof, where the radicals in the general formula (I) correspond to the definitions given in the description, and to the use thereof as herbicides, in particular for controlling broad-leaved weeds and/or weed grasses in crops of useful plants and/or as plant growth regulators for influencing the growth of crops of useful plants.

Abstract: A charge pump drive circuit is disclosed. The charge pump drive circuit provides a switch signal to a charge pump which provides a memory with a read voltage and a read current. The charge pump drive circuit includes a read drive circuit and a standby drive circuit. The read drive circuit is powered by a first power supply and provides the charge pump with a switch signal when the memory is in an active reading state. The standby drive circuit is powered by a second power supply and provides the charge pump with a switch signal when the memory is in a read standby state. The first power supply provides a voltage level ranging from 1.6 V to 3.8 V, and the second power supply provides a voltage level of 1.5 V.

Abstract: A local X-decoder for a memory system including a decoding unit configured to generate a word line signal to a memory cell of a memory array of the memory system; and a voltage clamping transistor coupled to the decoding unit, and configured to reduce a voltage difference across a global word line signal and the word line signal by an amount of a threshold voltage of the voltage clamping transistor.

Abstract: A band-gap reference circuit including a low drop-out (LDO) regulator and a reference circuit is disclosed. The LDO regulator outputs a regulating voltage which is provided to the reference circuit, and wherein the regulating voltage is maintained constant and powers the reference circuit such that the reference circuit outputs a band-gap reference voltage. According to the reference circuitry, the LDO regulator can output a stable voltage such that the regulating voltage can be maintained constant, therefore, causing the band-gap reference voltage output from the reference circuit to be maintained constant, hence improving the reliability of the band-gap reference voltage.

Abstract: A band-gap reference circuit including a charge pump circuit and a reference circuit is disclosed. The charge pump circuit is powered by a supply voltage and thereby outputs a regulating voltage which is higher than the supply voltage and powers the reference circuit such that the reference circuit outputs a band-gap reference voltage. Powering the reference circuit with the regulating voltage that is made higher than the supply voltage by the charge pump circuit enables 1) normal operation of the band-gap reference circuit at the supply voltage that is lower than a lowest voltage required by the band-gap reference circuit; and 2) minimization (almost elimination) of fluctuations in the regulating voltage output from the charge pump circuit and hence a stable and more accurate band-gap reference voltage output from the band-gap reference circuit.

Abstract: A voltage detection circuit for a charge pump is disclosed. The voltage detection circuit includes a sampling circuit and a latch circuit. The sampling circuit is configured to sample a supply voltage and provide the latch circuit with a sampled voltage. The latch circuit is configured to detect the sampled voltage and latch a result of the detection. And the latch circuit is connected to a voltage regulation circuit which is configured to regulate a charge-pump cascade structure in the charge pump based on the result of the detection so as to maintain an output voltage of the charge pump stable.

Abstract: The present invention provides a medical torque hand tool, which comprises a holding part, a torque adjusting device, a torque damping device, and a surgery tool. The holding part is disposed in a hollow member. The torque damping device is disposed in said holding part. The torque adjusting device passes through said holding part. The torque adjusting device and the torque damping device control the elastic deformation of an elastic member for controlling the torque of screwing an object.

Abstract: A local X-decoder for a memory system including a decoding unit configured to generate a word line signal to a memory cell of a memory array of the memory system; and a voltage clamping transistor coupled to the decoding unit, and configured to reduce a voltage difference across a global word line signal and the word line signal by an amount of a threshold voltage of the voltage clamping transistor.

Abstract: A charge pump drive circuit is disclosed. The charge pump drive circuit includes a first pulse generating circuit and a second pulse generating circuit. Each of the first pulse generating circuit and the second pulse generating circuit is configured to connect to a charge pump. The first pulse generating circuit is configured to provide the charge pump with a series of first pulse signals. The second pulse generating circuit is configured to generate a second pulse signal in response to and based on an address translation detection signal and provide the second pulse signal to the charge pump or to the first pulse generating circuit. The first pulse generating circuit generates an additional first pulse signals based on the second pulse signal.

Abstract: A computing platform may obtain observed data vectors related to the operation of a topology of nodes that represents a software application running on an uncontrolled platform, wherein each observed data vector comprises data values captured for a given set of operating variables at a particular point in time. After obtaining the observed data vectors, the computing platform may apply an anomaly detection model to the observed data vectors and then based on the anomaly detection model, may identify an anomaly in at least one operating variable. In turn, the computing platform may determine whether each identified anomaly is indicative of a problem related to the application, and based on a determination that an identified anomaly is indicative of a problem related to the software application, cause a client station to present a notification.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for enhancing the radiation resistance of a cell by modulating PKC? and methods of preventing or treating radiation-mediated injury.

Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive power. The seventh lens has negative refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof can be aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.

Abstract: A circuit for regulating a leakage current in a charge pump is disclosed. The circuit includes a bias voltage generating circuit and a first transistor, wherein: the bias voltage generating circuit generates a bias voltage that is proportional to a supply voltage; a gate of the first transistor is coupled to the bias voltage; the first transistor has a drain that is coupled to an output of the charge pump and a source that is grounded; a voltage the drain of the first transistor is proportional to the supply voltage; and a current flowing through the source and drain of the first transistor is proportional to the supply voltage that powers the charge pump.

Abstract: An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.