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With the continuous advancement of IC packaging technology, 3D and 2.5D packaging systems have emerged as the prevailing trends. The advantages of large area and high I/O density have made fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP) been considered as one of the best package types for 3D and 2.5D packaging applications. The discussions about FOPLP have been popular recently. Warpage and reliability of FOPLP are the main concerns of packaging engineers. However, it was found that warpage and reliability of FOPLP are strongly related to the fabrication process but not many research works have been published. Thus, reliability analysis procedure considering the residual stress of fabrication process was proposed in this paper to observe warpage and stress distribution during fabrication process. Then, this research procedure facilitates subsequent fatigue life calculations and predicts reliability of the package.

(1) To compare the American College of Radiology (ACR) thyroid imaging reporting and data system (TIRADS) and American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines for thyroid nodules with regard to diagnostic performance and effectiveness at reducing the number of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies and to preliminarily discuss the reasons for the differences and (2) to compare the diagnostic performance of the two guidelines in the subgroup of nodules <1 cm in diameter. In the present study, 1000 thyroid nodules in 894 consecutive patients with final diagnoses were included; these thyroid nodules were investigated via FNA biopsies in our hospital. The ultrasound (US) features of the thyroid nodules were reviewed and stratified according to the categories defined by the ACR TIRADS and ATA guidelines. Compared with the ACR TIRADS guidelines, the ATA guidelines had a higher sensitivity (93.4% (P< 0.001)) and a larger negative predictive value (NPV) (85.3% (P=0.034)). Compared with the ATA guidelines, the ACR TIRADS guidelines had a higher specificity (66.0% (P< 0.001)), a greater PPV (73.6% (P=0.001)), and greater accuracy (75.5% (P=0.017)). Compared with the ATA guidelines, the ACR TIRADS guidelines resulted in significantly fewer unnecessary FNA biopsies (P=0.007). This study suggests that both the ACR TIRADS and ATA guidelines have unique strengths with regard to their diagnostic performance. In terms of reducing the number of FNA biopsies, the ACR TIRADS guidelines were superior to the ATA guidelines.

Co-Ni alloys in which Co, Ni, Cr and Mo are principal elements, exhibit an impressive combination of high strength, high toughness, and excellent corrosion resistance. In this study, the effects of cold-rolled combined with the heat-treatment ranged from 673 to 973 K from 1hour to 10 hours on the mechanical properties and microstructures of Co-Ni alloys were investigated systematically. The relations between the aging temperature and mechanical properties were concluded. The initial ultimate tensile strength of 790 MPa increased to 1808 MPa by cold rolled 80 pct. After aging the cold-rolled alloy (80 pct ) at temperature 773K for 4hours, the ultimate tensile strength and the hardness reached to 2220MPa and 759(HV), respectively. It is found that the material was hardened by the cold working and aging which provided the second hardening. However, TEM observations and X-ray diffractions suggested that no structural change could be found. The cold deformation introduced platelets of a few atomic layers in thickness less than 100 nm, which were identified as stacking faults. A high density of nanoplatelets and dislocations, piled up in the vicinity of twin plate strengthened materials. The aging treatment provided the second major source of strengthening after cold-working (and only after cold-working) by the formation of secondary twins. The ultimate strength resulted from that the intersection of deformation twins and secondary twins blocking the dislocation movement.

We proposed an approach for estimating the density of salt-pepper noise in images with correlation inspection. The correlation coefficients histogram was introduced in this paper to depict the correlation distributions of images. Based on the fact that the correlation distributions of natural images are nearly independent of individual images, we revealed how the correlation coefficients histogram of the noisy image deviates from that of natural image along with the noise density in qua- ntitative form, thus we took advantage of this relation to make estimation. Simulation results showed that the proposed approach outperforms those of existing methods.