Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a receiving body and a blower. The receiving body includes a recessed body. The recessed body includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, and a bottom connecting the first sidewall to the second sidewall. The blower is arranged on the bottom. The blower includes a casing, an air supply pipeline communicating with the casing, and an air blocking plate between the casing and the air supply pipeline. Two opposite ends of the air blocking plate respectively contact with the first sidewall and the second sidewall, such that the recessed body is separated into a first recessed area and a second recessed area. The first recessed area receives the casing, and the second recessed area receives the air supply pipeline.

Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) lamp and a street lamp using the same are provided. The LED lamp includes substrates for mounting an LED, reflectors, radiators, a mounting frame, a power source, and a top cover. The substrates and the reflectors are mounted on the radiators. Each of the substrates has a condenser cup mounted around a light-emitting surface of the LED, and the condenser cup has a curved wall for condensing light rays emitted by the LED to a certain angle range; each of the reflectors has a curved surface for performing a second time reflection condensing on the light rays that are processed through the reflection condensing by the curved wall. The LED lamp realizes uniform lighting in the whole lighting range through performing reflection twice, thereby achieving excellent directivity of illumination, uniform brightness, eliminating the glare phenomenon, and achieving desirable heat dissipation performance.

Abstract: Disclosed is a differential microphone unit which can improve the characteristics of a microphone unit and widen the directional range thereof. The disclosed differential microphone unit (100) is provided with: a microphone housing (20) which is provided with a pair of first sound holes (22a, 22b) on the same major surface (20a); a vibrating portion (11) which is disposed in the microphone housing and which vibrates according to differences in sound pressure transmitted via each of the pair of first sound holes; and sealing members (30, 130), which are disposed on the major surface of the microphone housing and which each contain a pair of second sound holes (31a, 31b, 131a, 131b) disposed so as to be in respective contact with the pair of first sound holes.

Abstract: A microfluidic device has a body, multiple channels, multiple reservoirs and multiple capillary valves. The reservoirs are formed on the body. Each channel is formed on the body and connects to a corresponding reservoir. The channels include a main channel and at least one branch channel. The main channel is formed on the top of the body and extends in a direction from the center to a circumference of the body. Each capillary valve is mounted on a corresponding channel and at a distance substantially close to the center of the body so differences between the burst frequencies of the capillary valves are increased. The microfluidic device has an excellent flow control on sequentially releasing fluid through distinct burst frequencies of microcapillary valves.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transformant in which all of the foreign genes (1)-(3) described below are transfected into a microbial cell in order to obtain collagen that can be a high-performance versatile material which is commercially more valuable as a pharmaceutical product, industrial product, cosmetic product, food and the like. (1) A foreign gene comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of lysyl hydroxylase (2) A foreign gene comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of prolyl hydroxylase (3) A foreign gene comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of collagen.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor light emitting element, includes forming sacrifice portions within the width of street portions in a semiconductor laminated body, and performing wet etching to remove the sacrifice portions together with their neighboring portions, thereby removing etching residuals in the streets.

Abstract: A clamping mechanism includes a positioning member, a support plate, a frame, a fastening assembly, and an operating assembly. The support plate defines a through hole. The fastening assembly is fixed to the frame. The fastening assembly includes a fastening member and an elastic member. The positioning member extends through the through hole of the support plate, and is fastened by the fastening member under an elastic force of the elastic member. The operating assembly resists the fastening member, thereby driving the fastening member away from the positioning member.

Abstract: To provide a lithium-ion secondary battery having higher discharge capacity and higher energy density and a manufacturing method thereof. The lithium-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer provided over the positive electrode current collector. In the positive electrode active material layer, graphenes and lithium-containing composite oxides are alternately provided. The lithium-containing composite oxide is a flat single crystal particle in which the length in the b-axis direction is shorter than each of the lengths in the a-axis direction and the c-axis direction.

Abstract: The electronic clutch pedal assembly includes a housing bracket for mounting the pedal assembly to the vehicle, a pedal arm, and a biasing device. The pedal arm includes an upper end and a pedal pad at a lower end. The upper end of the pedal arm is pivotally supported within the housing bracket for movement along a pedal path between an undepressed position and a depressed position. The biasing device includes a first end cap pivotally attached to the housing bracket and a second end cap pivotally attached to the pedal arm. The biasing device includes a compressible member disposed between the first end cap and the second end cap. The compressible member biases the pedal arm towards the undepressed position. Upon depression of the pedal arm towards the depressed position, the compressible member compresses as the biasing device rotates to provide a variable pedal resistance over the pedal path.

Abstract: A display format adjustment system includes a receiving module, a visual condition determination module, a display format determination module, and a display control module. The receiving module receives content for display in a first display format. The visual condition determination module determines a visual condition of a viewer in front of a display. The display format determination module determines a second display format based on the first display format and the visual condition of the viewer. The display control module displays the content in the second display format on the display.

Abstract: A selective crystallization method includes placing a first substrate including first crystallization regions on a second substrate including second crystallization regions such that the first crystallization regions and the second crystallization regions are arranged alternately, and crystallizing the alternately-arranged first crystallization regions and the second crystallization regions with a laser beam. A laser crystallization apparatus can be used in the selective crystallization method.

Abstract: An Osteospermum variety named ‘KLEOE10178’ particularly distinguished by soft pink flowers with creamy white eyes, and a medium compact, slim and upright growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A test apparatus includes a circuit board and an expansion slot. A number of golden fingers are arranged on a first side of the circuit board. A second side of the circuit board is connected to a bottom of the expansion slot. The golden fingers are electrically connected to the expansion slot. A number of first test pads and second test pads are arranged on the circuit board between the first side and the second side. The first and second test pads have different shapes, sizes, and/or colors. The first and second test pads are electrically connected to pins in the expansion slot.

Abstract: The switching regulator includes a voltage-to-current converter to convert a noise voltage into a noise current and output the noise current; and a sawtooth generator to output a sawtooth voltage signal having a frequency that varies in response to the noise current output from the voltage-to-current converter.

Abstract: A magnetic disk is provided wherein a non-magnetic substrate, a magnetic layer, a protection layer, and a lubrication layer are sequentially stacked. The surface of the lubrication layer has irregular structure patterns along a circumferential direction of the magnetic disk that have circumferential lengths that each correspond to a central angle. The irregular structure patterns may be formed by an adsorption between the lubrication layer and the surface of the protection layer. When a natural frequency of a magnetic head slider used to record to the magnetic disk is f and the magnetic disk rotation speed is R0, the central angle is set so as not to coincide with an angle ?0 expressed by ?0=360×(R0/60)/(f×1000).

Abstract: A terminal device (100) is provided with a C-PLANE processing unit (131) which sets an RRC connection between the terminal device and a radio station (200), and sets an RAB and a PDP context between the terminal device and a network (300), and a U-PLANE processing unit (132) which performs processing for transmitting user data using the PDP context set by the C-PLANE processing unit (131). The C-PLANE processing unit (131) performs local release for releasing the PDP context in the terminal device when the transmission of the user data has failed in a preservation state.

Abstract: A wearable battery set is provided. The wearable battery set comprises a buckle and a flexible battery unit. The buckle has a control circuit. The flexible battery is disposed on the side of the buckle and connects to the control circuit electrically. The flexible battery unit is adapted to be bent into a ring, and the buckle is configured to keep the flexible battery unit in the ring form so that the wearable battery set can be worn by a user. The control circuit of the buckle is configured to control the output power of the flexible battery unit so that the wearable battery set is able to provide the output power to an electronic device via the control circuit of the buckle.

Abstract: An embedded device includes a first central processing unit (CPU), a second CPU, a first operating system (OS) and a second OS. A server of a network configuration file system (NFS) storing configuration files is associated with the first OS. A client of the NFS sharing the configuration files stored in the server is associated with the second OS. The second OS sends a monitoring instruction to the first OS to monitor whether the configuration files shared by the second OS are modified. The first OS monitors whether the configuration files shared by the second OS are modified on the first OS according to the monitoring instruction, and generates an update notification to the second OS when the configuration files shared by the second OS are modified. The second OS further acquires update content according to the update notification to update the shared configuration files on the second OS.

Abstract: A coated article includes a substrate including a porous surface and an anodic oxidation film. The porous surface defines a plurality of nanopores. The anodic oxidation film is formed on the substrate covering the porous surface by anodic oxidation process. The anodic oxidation film has a plurality of bonding protrusions, and each bonding protrusion is retained in one of the nanopores to improve a binding force between the substrate and the anodic oxidation film.

Abstract: An electrical drive unit for a motor vehicle, with the drive unit including a wheel hub drive that drives a vehicle wheel. The wheel hub drive has a sealing element which is affected by friction and by means of which the interior of the wheel hub drive is sealed off from the surroundings in an airtight manner. A ventilation device is provided by which a pressure difference between the prevailing air pressure in the interior of the wheel hub drive and the prevailing air pressure of the surrounding air can be compensated by displacing volumes of air.