Abstract: An IC structure includes a transistor, a source/drain contact, a metal oxide layer, a non-metal oxide layer, a barrier structure, and a via. The transistor includes a gate structure and source/drain regions on opposite sides of the gate structure. The source/drain contact is over one of the source/drain regions. The metal oxide layer is over the source/drain contact. The non-metal oxide layer is over the metal oxide layer. The barrier structure is over the source/drain contact. The barrier structure forms a first interface with the metal oxide layer and a second interface with the non-metal oxide layer, and the second interface is laterally offset from the first interface. The via extends through the non-metal oxide layer to the barrier structure.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to doped thermoelectric oxide ceramic compositions comprising stable cerium oxide nanoinclusions. In a further aspect, the thermoelectric oxide ceramic compositions comprise calcium cobaltite ceramic with a dopant, such as bismuth. The disclosed doped thermoelectric ceramic oxide compositions comprising ceramic oxide nanoinclusions have reduced thermal conductivity and an increased energy conversion efficiency as compared to a conventional doped thermoelectric oxide ceramic material without cerium oxide nanoninclusions. Also disclosed herein are methods for making the doped thermoelectric ceramic oxide compositions.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for cargo sorting, configured to control an end effector with a package placement platform to sort the cargo, and the method includes: moving the package placement platform to a package obtaining position and obtaining the cargo to be sorted that enters into the package placement platform; moving the package placement platform to a package storage location; and exerting a first force to push the cargo into a package storage unit. With the help of the package placement platform, the method of the invention can receive the packages of different types or different sizes or different material so as to sort and transport all kinds of packages.

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor devices includes forming channel regions over a substrate. The channel regions, in parallel with one another, extend along a first lateral direction. Each channel region includes at least a respective pair of epitaxial structures. The method includes forming a gate structure over the channel regions, wherein the gate structure extends along a second lateral direction. The method includes removing, through a first etching process, a portion of the gate structure that was disposed over a first one of the channel regions. The method includes removing, through a second etching process, a portion of the first channel region. The second etching process includes one silicon etching process and one silicon oxide deposition process. The method includes removing, through a third etching process controlled based on a pulse signal, a portion of the substrate that was disposed below the removed portion of the first channel region.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method of forming low thermal budget dielectrics in semiconductor devices. The method includes forming, on a substrate, first and second fin structures with an opening in between, filling the opening with a flowable isolation material, treating the flowable isolation material with a plasma, and removing a portion of the plasma-treated flowable isolation material between the first and second fin structures.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to computer-implemented methods of analyzing a web-based software application. A non-limiting example of the computer implemented method includes generating, using a processor system, a set of to-be-tested element-event pairs of the web-based software application. A set of compatibility tests is received at the processor system, where the set of compatibility tests is operable to perform compatibility testing of a corresponding set of element-event pairs. A comparison is performed between the set of to-be-tested element-event pairs and the corresponding set of element-event pairs. A compatibility testing recommendation is generated based at least in part on a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A cooling structure for a drive system, includes a motor assembly. The motor assembly includes a rotary shaft and a cooling tube having an inner hole. The rotary shaft includes a mounting hole for receiving the cooling tube. An annular water channel is formed between an outer wall of the cooling tube and an inner wall of the mounting hole. The inner hole and the annular water channel form a rotor cooling water channel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for achieving optimal separable convolutions, the method is applied to image analyzing and processing and comprises steps of: inputting an image to be analyzed and processed; calculating three sets of parameters of a separable convolution: an internal number of groups, a channel size and a kernel size of each separated convolution, and achieving optimal separable convolution process; and performing deep neural network image process. The method and system in the present disclosure adopts implementation of separable convolution which efficiently reduces a computational complexity of deep neural network process. Comparing to the FFT and low rank approximation approaches, the method and system disclosed in the present disclosure is efficient for both small and large kernel sizes and shall not require a pre-trained model to operate on and can be deployed to applications where resources are highly constrained.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method for early warning brandish of a transmission wire based on an improved Bayes-Adaboost algorithm, including: forming a classifier by training a historical brandish fault training set, and by using an Adaboost ensemble learning method, and obtaining an early warning result of the brandish of the transmission wire via the classifier according to real-time forecast meteorological information and information of different parameters of the transmission wire. The present invention can realize calculation and processing of forecast information of meteorological characteristic factors of the brandish of the transmission wire, structural parameters of the transmission wire and other related data, and obtain an early warning analysis result of a brandish disaster of the transmission wire in a region.

Abstract: The invention provides anti-CaENO1 antibodies and humanized antibodies as effective diagnostic agent or therapeutic treatment against infections caused by Candida spp. (preferably Candida. albicans, Candida tropicalis), fluconazole resistance Candida spp., Streptococcus, or Staphylococcus.

Abstract: A method for migrating a virtual machine (VM) includes establishing a first connection to a first cloud computing system executing a first VM, and establishing a second connection to a second cloud computing system managed by a second cloud provider, which is different form the first cloud provider. The method further includes instantiating a second VM designated as a destination VM in the second cloud computing system, and installing a migration agent on each of the first VM and the second VM. The migration agents execute a migration process of the first VM to the second VM by (1) iteratively copying guest data from the first VM to the second VM until a switchover criteria of the migration operation is met, and (2) copying a remainder of guest data from the first VM to the second VM when the switchover criteria is met.

Abstract: A convolution acceleration and computing processing method includes: reading data to be processed of a preset size in a task to be processed from an off-chip memory of an accelerator sequentially through a FIFO port, and storing the data to be processed into at least one input buffer of a first buffer in an on-chip memory of the accelerator; responsive to data to be processed being stored into an input buffer, reading input window data to be processed from the at least one input buffer sequentially, performing convolution on the input window data to be processed by using the convolution kernel data to obtain output window data and storing the output window data in the third buffer; and storing the output window data in the third buffer into the off-chip memory sequentially through the FIFO port.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a hybrid magnet structure which includes two dipole magnets assemblies arranged oppositely, and each dipole magnet assembly includes a permanent magnet, two iron cores, and a moveable magnetic field shunt element. The hybrid magnet structure is adapted to focus particle beams of different positions by applying an adjustable gradient magnetic field in the horizontal or vertical direction of the particle beam. By passing the charged particle beams through the gradient magnetic field established between the two dipole magnets, the aspect of focusing the charged particle beam is achieved. In addition, the intensity of the gradient magnetic field can be altered by adjusting the gap between the movable magnetic field shunt element and the permanent magnet, thereby controlling the particle beam size on a specific axis for different energies or masses of the charge particles.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a hybrid magnet structure which includes two dipole magnets assemblies arranged oppositely, and each dipole magnet assembly includes a permanent magnet, two iron cores, and a moveable magnetic field shunt element. The hybrid magnet structure is adapted to focus particle beams of different positions by applying an adjustable gradient magnetic field in the horizontal or vertical direction of the particle beam. By passing the charged particle beams through the gradient magnetic field established between the two dipole magnets, the aspect of focusing the charged particle beam is achieved. In addition, the intensity of the gradient magnetic field can be altered by adjusting the gap between the movable magnetic field shunt element and the permanent magnet, thereby controlling the particle beam size on a specific axis for different energies or masses of the charge particles.

Abstract: A reinforcement learning method for frame-level bit allocation is disclosed. The reinforcement learning method includes steps of: (a) at a testing time, computing a state according to a plurality of features; (b) determining an action according to a policy; (c) determining a number of bits allocated to an i-th frame in a group of pictures (GOP) according to the action, a GOP-level bit budget and the state, wherein i is a positive integer; (d) encoding the i-th frame according to the number of bits allocated to the i-th frame in the GOP; and (e) repeating the steps (a)˜(d) until an end of the GOP.

Abstract: The invention provides anti-CaENO1 antibodies and humanized antibodies as effective diagnostic agent or therapeutic treatment against infections caused by Candida spp. (preferably Candida. albicans, Candida tropicalis), fluconazole resistance Candida spp., Streptococcus, or Staphylococcus.

Abstract: A reinforcement learning method for frame-level bit allocation is disclosed. The reinforcement learning method includes steps of: (a) at a testing time, computing a state according to a plurality of features; (b) determining an action according to a policy; (c) determining a number of bits allocated to an i-th frame in a group of pictures (GOP) according to the action, a GOP-level bit budget and the state, wherein i is a positive integer; (d) encoding the i-th frame according to the number of bits allocated to the i-th frame in the GOP; and (e) repeating the steps (a)˜(d) until an end of the GOP.

Abstract: A method of migrating a virtual machine (VM) having a virtual disk from a source data center to a destination data center includes generating a snapshot of the VM to create a base disk and a delta disk in which writes to the virtual disk subsequent to the snapshot are recorded, and copying the base disk to a destination data store. The method further includes, in response to a request to migrate the VM, preparing a migration specification at the source and transmitting the migration specification to the destination, the migration specification including a VM identifier and a current content ID of the base disk, and determining that a content ID of the copied base disk matches the current content ID of the base disk included in the migration specification and updating the migration specification to indicate that the base disk does not need to be migrated.

Abstract: Anti-CaENO1 antibodies and humanized antibodies are provided as an effective diagnostic agent or a therapeutic treatment against infections caused by Candida spp., preferably Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, fluconazole resistance Candida spp., Streptococcus, Staphylococcus.