Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a processed fortified human milk product from raw human milk, and processed fortified human milk product compositions obtained thereby, are provided. The processed fortified human milk product composition possesses high nutritional content such as high concentrations of protein and human milk oligosaccharides. The processed fortified human milk product composition exhibits low overall bioburden and is non-allogenic and non-immunogenic. When ingested by an individual, the processed fortified human milk product composition achieves high bioavailability and reduces inflammatory processes.

Abstract: According to a link mechanism type variable wheel deflector applied to a vehicle, a deflector coupled to a cover plate using a hinge boss as a rotation center can be operated using traveling resistant wind as a driving source, a piston receiving the linear movement of a link shaft by a moment arm rotated with the deflector can unfold the deflector while compressing an elastic member, and an elastic restoring force of the elastic member can be applied to the piston to return the link shaft and the moment arm to fold the deflector, thereby strengthening the repeated durability of the elastic member compared to the rotating motion of the spring, and in particular, the rotating motion and the linear motion can be implemented by the link motion mechanism apparatus connected to the deflector, thereby implementing the high durability performance with the low-cost mechanical structure.

Abstract: A laser projector steers a pulsed laser beam to form a pattern of stationary dots on an object, the pulsed laser beam having a periodicity determined based at least in part on a maximum allowable spacing of the dots and on a maximum angular velocity at which the beam can be steered, wherein a pulse width of the laser beam and a pulse peak power of the laser beam are based at least in part on the determined periodicity and on laser safety requirements.

Abstract: A semiconductor package using a coreless signal distribution structure (CSDS) is disclosed and may include a CSDS comprising at least one dielectric layer, at least one conductive layer, a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The semiconductor package may also include a first semiconductor die having a first bond pad on a first die surface, where the first semiconductor die is bonded to the first surface of the CSDS via the first bond pad, and a second semiconductor die having a second bond pad on a second die surface, where the second semiconductor die is bonded to the second surface of the CSDS via the second bond pad. The semiconductor package may further include a metal post electrically coupled to the first surface of the CSDS, and a first encapsulant material encapsulating side surfaces and a surface opposite the first die surface of the first semiconductor die, the metal post, and a portion of the first surface of the CSDS.

Abstract: A release bearing arrangement is provided for a piston of a clutch cylinder of a multi-plate clutch, which piston is axially movable along a shaft of a motor vehicle. The release bearing arrangement includes a release bearing for axial force transmission of an actuating force introduced by the piston to a transmission device of the multi-plate clutch. The release bearing has a first bearing plate, a second bearing plate and a plurality of rolling elements, the rolling elements being arranged so as to roll between the first bearing plate and the second bearing plate. The release bearing arrangement has a self-centering device for radial self-centering of the release bearing relative to the shaft and/or relative to the piston that is axially movable along the shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating coronavirus-induced neuropathic pain comprising the topical application of a pharmaceutical composition containing amitriptyline or one of the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: A method for producing green olefins and green gasoline from renewable sources, the method including: providing CO2 and hydrogen as feed to produce methanol in a methanol reactor, to produce an MTO reaction effluent, reacting the MTO reaction effluent in a plurality of separation columns to separate hydrocarbons, wherein the plurality of separation columns includes a Deethanizer column, a Depropanizer column, and a Debutanizer column, hydrogenating a fraction of separated hydrocarbons in the Debutanizer column with the hydrogen in a hydrogenation reactor, wherein the fraction of separated hydrocarbons from the Debutanizer column includes C5+ hydrocarbons; producing the green gasoline and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) by stabilizing the hydrogenated hydrocarbons in a gasoline stabilizer column; and producing the olefins by separating ethylene from C2 hydrocarbons using a C2 splitter column and by separating propylene from C3 hydrocarbons using a C3 splitter column.

Abstract: Provided is a method for evaluating the viral clearance capability of a virus removal medium, comprising the steps of: (a) adding a viral capsid-containing liquid to a solution to be purified; (b) contacting the virus removal medium with the solution to be purified that has been supplemented with the viral capsid-containing liquid to harvest a purified solution; and (c) quantifying a total viral capsid in the solution to be purified before the purification and a total viral capsid in the purified solution.

Abstract: An electronic device having a flexible display is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably coupled to a side of the first housing, a flexible display including a first area mounted on the first housing and a second area extending from the first area, a gear structure disposed within the first housing, and a mounting member rotatably coupled to the first housing and mounted on or separated from at least a portion of the human body, wherein the flexible display may be rotated and rolled according to rotation of the gear structure in a state in which the first area is exposed to the outside, thereby exposing at least a portion of the second area to the outside.

Abstract: A high voltage edge termination structure for a power semiconductor device is provided. The high voltage edge termination structure comprises a semiconductor body of a first conductive type, a JTE region of a second conductive type, a heavily doped channel stop region of the first conductive type, and a plurality of field plates. The JTE region is formed in the semiconductor body, wherein the JTE region is adjacent to an active region of the power semiconductor device. The heavily doped channel stop region is formed in the semiconductor body, wherein the heavily doped channel stop region is spaced apart from the JTE region. The plurality of field plates is formed on the JTE region.

Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, non-transitory computer readable storage media, and systems that utilize weakly supervised graph matching to align an ungrounded label graph and a visual graph corresponding to a digital image. Specifically, the disclosed system utilizes a label embedding model to generate label graph embeddings from the ungrounded label graph and a visual embedding network to generate visual graph embeddings from the visual graph. Additionally, the disclosed system determines similarity metrics indicating the similarity of pairs of label graph embeddings and visual graph embeddings. The disclosed system then generates a semantic scene graph by utilizing a graph matching algorithm to align the ungrounded label graph and the visual graph based on the similarity metrics. In some embodiments, the disclosed system utilizes contrastive learning to modify the embedding models.

Abstract: A method includes forming a first transistor including forming a first gate stack, epitaxially growing a first source/drain region on a side of the first gate stack, and performing a first implantation to implant the first source/drain region. The method further includes forming a second transistor including forming a second gate stack, forming a second gate spacer on a sidewall of the second gate stack, epitaxially growing a second source/drain region on a side of the second gate stack, and performing a second implantation to implant the second source/drain region. An inter-layer dielectric is formed to cover the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region. The first implantation is performed before the inter-layer dielectric is formed, and the second implantation is performed after the inter-layer dielectric is formed.

Abstract: Non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising: obtaining asphalt shingle waste (ASW) and performing grinding, screening, and separating steps on the ASW. In some embodiments, granules are removed from the ASW. In some embodiments, the method transforms ASW into ASW powder. In some embodiments, the ASW powder is formed into a plurality of briquettes. In some embodiments, at least one of: the ASW powder, the plurality of briquettes, or any combination thereof is fed into a mixing process that results in an ASW powder filled coating.

Abstract: A method of performing, by a user equipment (UE), a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure in a wireless communication system comprises performing a detection of a beam failure, transmitting a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ), and receiving a response to the BFRQ. The detection of the beam failure is related to at least one specific RS, and the at least one specific RS is related to a specific control resource set (CORESET) group of a plurality of CORESET groups.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a conductive structure over a semiconductor substrate. A first dielectric layer is over the conductive structure. A second dielectric layer is over the first dielectric layer. An interconnect structure is over the conductive structure and disposed in the first and second dielectric layers. The interconnect structure has a protrusion in direct contact with a sidewall of the conductive structure. The interconnect structure comprises an interconnect liner surrounding a conductive interconnect body.

Abstract: Method of coating a substrate comprising the steps of: i) applying to the substrate a radiation curable aqueous composition comprising a dispersed polymeric binder, ii) thermally drying the aqueous coating composition and iii) electron beam curing the coating composition, the method being characterized by the fact that the aqueous coating composition is a physically drying, film-forming aqueous composition and that the curing is performed in air atmosphere.

Abstract: Example systems and methods provide input suggestions to a user to improve user experience on user devices. The input suggestions can be fill information from another app on device to the present app being used by user, information for performing a search (without the user having to copy-paste data or entering the data manually), responses to a message/notification received by the user, information/content/data to be shared between apps (without switching between apps), and emojis/GIFs that can be used by the user. The method includes analyzing one or more content of one or more screen displayed on device, generating at least one of a logical tree structure and a data mashup model of the one or more analyzed content for each screen, and providing a recommendation to a user. The recommendation can be a connected action or an input suggestion.

Abstract: A processor, computer based method and apparatus for performing matrix multiplication are provided. The processor obtains a first bitslice vector comprising m elements, obtains a second bitslice vector comprising n elements, provides at least one element of the first bitslice vector as a first input to a single bit dot product unit, provides at least one element of the second bit-slice vector as a second input to the single-bit dot product unit, and obtains, from the single-bit dot product unit, an output comprising at least a partial dot product of the first and second bitslice vectors.

Abstract: A user assistance system for handling software is provided with an excellent usability. A user assistance system includes acquisition means, selection means, and presentation means. The acquisition means acquires text data input from a user. The selection means refers to a selection model indicating a relation between a preliminarily acquired word group including one or more words and function information regarding a function of software, and selects the function information relative to a word group including one or more words included in the text data acquired by the acquisition means. The presentation means presents the function information selected by the selection means to the user.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having a support, an image-recording layer, and an outermost layer in this order, in which the outermost layer contains a hydrophobic polymer, and a contact angle of a water droplet on a surface of the outermost layer that is measured 2 seconds after the water droplet is landed by an airborne water droplet method is less than 36°. The present disclosure also provides applications of the on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor.

Abstract: A blender system is provided that includes a first jar, and second jar, and a blender base. The blender system is operable in a first mode wherein the first jar is coupled to the blender base and the objects within the first jar are blended or processed. The blender system is also operable in a second mode wherein the first jar and the second jar are coupled to the blender base. In this configuration, the objects to be processed are contained within the second jar. Advantageously, in the second mode, the first jar acts as a sound shield by which the sound generated by the blending process is dampened, resulting in a quieter experience for the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting activity include a first domestic appliance and a second domestic appliance. Such methods may include detecting a first interaction with one of the first domestic appliance and the second domestic appliance and increasing an activity counter by a first amount based on the first interaction. The methods also include detecting a second interaction with one of the first domestic appliance and the second domestic appliance and increasing the activity counter by a second amount based on the second interaction. The methods further include providing a user notification when the activity counter crosses a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: In one example, a watercraft includes a hull that defines a well extending through a bottom of the hull, a pedal-drive mechanism connected to the hull, and the pedal-drive mechanism is movable, while connected to the hull, out of the well from a deployed position to a stowed position, and a mechanism that is configured to cover a portion of the well when the pedal-drive mechanism is in the deployed position.

Abstract: A transaction card can be manufactured from rigid materials, such as glass, stone, or ceramics. The transaction card can have a first rigid layer having a first external surface and a first internal surface, with a pocket within the first external surface of the first rigid layer. The transaction card can have a second rigid layer having a second external surface and a second internal surface. A binding layer can be located between the first rigid layer and the second rigid layer can affix the first rigid layer to the second internal layer. An integrated circuit chip can be affixed within the pocket of the first rigid layer. A rim can extend from the first external surface of first rigid layer around a first edge of the first rigid layer and a second edge of the second rigid layer and onto the second external surface of the second rigid layer.

Abstract: Systems, methods and a non-transitory computer readable medium for ischemic cerebrovascular event risk assessment from a vascular image of a patient are described. The vascular image of the patient includes at least a vessel and atherosclerotic plaque in the vessel and the method includes extracting hemodynamic information of the patient from the vascular image and extracting plaque information of the patient from the vascular image. The method also includes outputting a result indicating a risk of the ischemic cerebrovascular event using an artificial intelligence model based on one or both of the hemodynamic information and the plaque information. The system includes a medical imaging device, at least one processor and at least one memory.

Abstract: A hydraulic brake system includes: a plurality of hydraulic brakes respectively provided for a plurality of wheels of a vehicle, each of which is configured to reduce rotation of a corresponding one of the wheels by a hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic-pressure chamber of a wheel cylinder; and a plurality of electric cylinder devices each of which is provided for one or more of the plurality of hydraulic brakes. Each electric cylinder device includes: a housing; a piston fluid-tightly and slidably disposed in the housing; an electric motor as a drive source; a rotation-linear motion converting mechanism configured to convert a rotational motion of the electric motor to a linear motion of the piston; and a volume change chamber disposed forward of the piston and connected to the hydraulic-pressure chamber of the wheel cylinder of each of the one or more of the plurality of hydraulic brakes.

Abstract: A main beam for a formwork grid construction component system is disclosed. Typical main beams work with secondary joists (sometimes referred to as secondary beams to support a decking surface for pouring of concrete or cement. By strengthening the main beam using an altered profile while maintaining interoperable external dimensions, the span distance of each joist may be increased. By forming the main beam with the disclosed profile, joists can be made longer (e.g., have an eight foot connected span to increase grid size) and maintain appropriate strength (or increased weight tolerance). Formwork grid systems are used in construction of buildings and other structures. Interoperability with existing components is maintained by the disclosed main beam adhering to the same external functional form factor. The external form factor being the same allows main beams constructed in accordance with this disclosure to properly function with existing formwork grid construction components.

Abstract: An end cap for a carriage of a linear guide. The end cap has a closed lubrication port which is openable by operatively connecting a lubrication fitting to the lubrication port. The is formed by injection molding and the closed lubrication port of the end cap is formed by rotary demolding.

Abstract: A parking support apparatus is provided with: a vehicle controller configured to park a vehicle by controlling behavior of the vehicle in accordance with the signal associated with the remote operation if a distance between a transmitter located outside of the vehicle and the vehicle is greater than or equal to a first distance and is less than or equal to a second distance. The vehicle controller performs a predetermined informing operation for an operator of the transmitter, instead of or in addition to controlling the behavior of the vehicle in accordance with the signal associated with the remote operation, if the distance is greater than or equal to the first distance and is less than or equal to a third distance or if the distance is greater than or equal to a fourth distance and is less than or equal to the second distance.

Abstract: A floating, unmanned wellhead or production facility includes a topside configured to process a hydrocarbon fluid, and a spar hull supporting the topside. The spar hull is designed to minimize maintenance and thus does not include many of the systems commonly found in the hull of a floating offshore facility. Systems that are not present within the spar hull include an active ballast system, a bilge system, a drainage system, an active zone isolation system, a fire detection and suppression system, and an internal lighting system.

Abstract: In a method for indicate simultaneous transmit and receive (STR) capability in a Wi-Fi system, a first multi-link device (MLD) generates and sends STR capability information that indicates interference parameter information between a first link using a first bandwidth and a second link using a second bandwidth. A second device receives the STR capability information and obtains an interference parameter threshold. The second device then determines, based on the interference parameter threshold and the interference parameter information, whether the first MLD supports an STR operation on the first link and the second link.

Abstract: A method for forming a guide structure in an elevator shaft provides a guide structure configured to guide an elevator car during vertical travel in the elevator shaft. The method includes the following steps: moving a tool, such as a milling tool, vertically along the elevator shaft, wherein the tool is precisely positioned with respect to the horizontal position thereof within the elevator shaft, and forming the guide structure by removing material on a shaft wall of the elevator shaft using the tool.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for stimulating a universal immune receptor-mediated response in a mammal using cells engineered to express a universal immune receptor that comprises an adaptor molecule, such as a SpyCatcher or a SpyTag moiety, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain for T cell activation.

Abstract: Techniques and solutions are described for compressing data and facilitating access to compressed data. Compression can be applied to proper data subsets of a data set, such as to columns of a table. Using various methods, the proper data subsets can be evaluated to be included in a group of proper data subsets to be compressed using a first compression technique, where unselected proper data subsets are not compressed using the first compression technique. Data in the data set can be reordered based on a reordering sequence for the proper data subsets. Reordering data in the data set can improve compression when at least a portion of the proper data subsets are compressed. A data structure is provided that facilitates accessing specified data stored in a compressed format.

Abstract: Methods and devices herein are provided for managing atrial (A) pacing in connection with premature atrial contracts (PAC). The methods and devices obtain an atrial pace-on-PAC (APAC) interval and cardiac activity (CA) signals. The methods and devices are configured to: i) during a first cardiac beat; following a ventricular paced (VP) or ventricular sensed (VS) event, activate a timer for a post ventricular-atrial refractory period (PVARP) interval; and determine whether a first atrial refractory (AR) event occurs during the PVARP interval; ii) during a second cardiac beat; in response to the detecting that the first AR event occurred, initiate an APAC interval; during the APAC interval for the second cardiac beat, determine whether a second AR event occurs; and update a count of APAC events when the second AR event occurs; and iii) repeat i) and ii) for multiple cardiac beats, to track the count of APAC events.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides biomarkers and methods of use thereof for diagnosing and prognosing pancreatic cancer and other cancers in a subject. The biomarkers comprise protein kinase C (PKC), PH domain and leucine rich repeat protein phosphatase 1 (PHLPP1), and the ratio of PKC/PHLPP1 and can be detected using anti-PKC and/or anti-PHLPP1 antibodies and quantified using immunochemistry techniques. Methods of treating pancreatic cancer with PHLPP1 inhibitors are also provided.

Abstract: This application relates to methods and systems that utilize catalytic methods to produce jet fuel such as hydrocarbons with carbons numbers from C9 to C16. Disclosed herein is an example method of producing renewable jet fuel. Examples embodiments of the method include hydrocracking a biofeedstock by reaction with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrocracking catalyst to form a hydrocracked biofeedstock. Examples embodiments of the method further include isomerizing at least a portion of the hydrocracked biofeedstock in the presence of a dewaxing catalyst to form a dewaxed effluent. Examples embodiments of the method further include separating the dewaxed effluent to form a renewable jet fuel product.

Abstract: In order to prevent distortion of slide rails caused by an urging force generated by an urging member in a vehicle tumble seat, a vehicle seat is capable of taking a stowed position in which a seat back is folded onto a seat cushion and the seat cushion together with the folded seat back is rotatably lifted away from a floor, and the vehicle seat is configured to include a support member coupled to the floor; a rotating member rotatably supported by the support member via a support shaft extending in a right-left direction; a lower rail extending in a front-rear direction and coupled at an end to the rotating member so as to be extend literally offset relative to the support shaft; an upper rail slidably supported by the lower rail and coupled to the seat cushion; a coupling device provided at a second end of the lower rail on a side toward the support shaft and capable of selectably connecting to the floor; and an urging device extending the front-rear direction and having one end coupled to the support memb

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, there is provided an electrically conductive solvent cement for coupling thermoplastic components, the cement comprising a thermoplastic resin, a solvent for dissolving the thermoplastic resin, and an electrically conductive material.

Abstract: One example discloses a differential-signal-detection circuit, comprising: an input stage configured to receive a differential input signal and to output a first differential output signal and a second differential output signal; a first comparator coupled to receive the first differential output signal and generate a first comparator output signal; a second comparator coupled to receive the second differential output signal and generate a second comparator output signal; and an output stage configured to receive the first and second comparator output signals and generate a differential-signal-detection signal.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, among other things, as described herein may provide for hyperlocal edge cache. A method includes intercepting a request for a resource/entity associated with an application; determining that the request can be served from the cache, wherein the cache is connected with a base station and only serves devices directly connected with the base station; and responding to fulfill the request for the resource associated with the application.

Abstract: A light source module including a ceramic substrate, copper traces, light emitting units, and heat conductive columns is provided. The first heat conductive column and the second heat conductive column correspond to the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit respectively. The negative electrode of the first light emitting unit is connected to the first copper trace, the positive electrode of the second light emitting unit is connected to the second copper trace, and the positive electrode of the first light emitting unit and the negative electrode of the second light emitting unit are connected to the third copper trace. An end of the first heat conductive column is connected to the positive electrode of the first light emitting unit, and an end of the second heat conductive column is connected to the negative electrode of the second light emitting unit.

Abstract: A medicine for improving the state of pregnancy, which contains a compound of general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient; and a use of the medicine:

Abstract: A vehicle including powered door locks, a motor for positioning the powered door locks between a locked position and an unlocked position, one or more sensors for detecting an unauthorized event around the vehicle, and a controller configured to operate the motor to repeatedly move the powered door locks in a predetermined pattern based on speed in response to the one or more sensors detecting an unauthorized event around the vehicle.

Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes a stacking structure, memory pillars, and conductive pillars. The stacking structure includes stacking layers stacked along a vertical direction, each stacking layer including a gate layer, a gate dielectric layer, and a channel layer. The gate layer, the gate dielectric layer, and the channel layer extend along a horizontal direction, and the gate dielectric layer is disposed between the gate layer and the channel layer. The memory pillars extend along the vertical direction and are laterally separated and in contact with the channel layer of each stacking layer. Each memory pillar comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a switching layer between the first and second electrodes. The conductive pillars extend along the vertical direction and are laterally separated and in contact with the channel layer of each stacking layer. The memory pillars and the conductive pillars are alternately arranged along the horizontal direction.

Abstract: An information generating method is performed by a computer device. The method includes: obtaining a target image; extracting a semantic feature set and a visual feature set of the target image; performing attention fusion on semantic features and visual features of the target image at n time steps to obtain caption words of the target image at the n time steps by processing the semantic feature set and the visual feature set of the target image through an attention fusion network in an information generating model; and generating image caption information of the target image based on the caption words of the target image at the n time steps. Through the foregoing method, an advantage of the visual feature in generating visual vocabulary and an advantage of the semantic feature in generating a non-visual feature are combined, thereby improving the image caption's accuracy.

Abstract: An optical module in which a space between a light emitting portion (or a light receiving portion) (11a) of an optical element (11) and an insulating layer (1) of an electric circuit board (E) is filled with a cured product of a light-transmissive resin composition containing a curing agent component including only a non-antimony-containing curing agent (i.e., an optical element bonding/reinforcing resin cured product (X)) and a junction between the optical element (11) and the electric circuit board (E) is reinforced with the cured product.

Abstract: A curing agent for epoxy resins, including 1-amino-3-aminomethyl-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexane and N-benzyl-1,2-ethandiamine in an amount for the ratio of the number of its amine hydrogens to be in the range of 90/10 to 20/80. The curing agent permits suitable epoxy resin compositions that have excellent workability and that cure particularly rapidly in cold and damp conditions, without blushing-induced surface defects, thus achieving coatings of in particular high hardness, high glass transition temperature and surprisingly little tendency to yellowing.

Abstract: A communication methods, including: receiving first information by a first control panel of a plurality of control panels; determining one or more target control panels from the plurality of control panels (S101), where the plurality of control panels are disposed in different rooms, or at least partially at different locations in a same room; for each of the one or more target control panels, detecting whether a room where the target control panel is located is occupied (S102); in response to determining that there is an occupant, sending the first information to the target control panel by the first control panel (S103), and outputting the first information from the target control panel (S104); and in response to determining that there is no occupant, generating first prompt information by the first control panel (S105).

Abstract: An X-ray imaging method of taking an X-ray image of a subject includes irradiating the subject with an X-ray at a first dose and taking a first X-ray image of the subject, irradiating the subject with an X-ray at a second dose lower than the first dose and taking a second X-ray image of the subject, and inputting the second X-ray image into a trained model trained by machine learning to modify the second X-ray image.