Abstract: A method to construct an in-vitro human blood brain barrier (BBB) model is disclosed, which comprises steps: attaching suspension liquids of human brain vascular pericytes (HBVPs) and human astrocytes (HAs) by a ratio of 1:1, 1:2, or 1:6 to a bottom surface of a filter membrane of a culture dish to plant HBVPs and HAs on the bottom surface; filling a suspension liquid of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMECs) into a top surface of the filter membrane to plant HBMECs on the top surface; placing the culture dish in a well plate containing a culture medium, and placing the well plate in a carbon-dioxide incubator; replacing the culture medium with a condition medium; and replacing the condition medium once daily for a plurality of days. Thereby is constructed an in-vitro human BBB model of high medical research availability.

Abstract: A low-complexity method of converting 2D images/videos into 3D ones includes the steps of identifying whether each pixel in one of the frames is an edge feature point; locating at least two vanishing lines in the frame according to the edge feature point; categorizing the frame into the one of close-up photographic feature, of landscape feature, and of vanishing-area feature; if the frame is identified to have the vanishing-area feature or the landscape feature to generate a GDM; and apply a modificatory procedure to the GDM to generate a final depth information map; if the frame is identified to have the close-up photographic feature, distinguish between a foreground object and a background information in the frame and define the depth of field to generate the final depth information map.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of microstructure comprises steps of: a motion determination step which determines the motion of a substrate relative to at least a photomask; a microlens determination step which determines the profile of a microlens unit on the substrate; an analysis step which calculates the feature of the photomask according to the motion of the substrate and the profile of the microlens unit by using a numerical analysis method; a production step which produces the photomask according to the feature of the photomask; driving the substrate to do the motion determined in the motion determination step, and meanwhile making a laser light illuminate the substrate through the photomask to manufacture the microlens unit on the substrate by the superposition effect of the laser light; and performing a photolithography process by using the microlens unit to produce a microstructure on a photoresist substrate.

Abstract: A session-based dynamic bandwidth allocation applied to PON includes the steps of A) duplicating, under PON system, packets transmitted to a splitter from every ONU and filtering the packets as per session classification via a snooping agent of the ONU to get specific packets; B) making every ONU transmit the specific packets to a bandwidth analyzer via a tunneling; C) analyzing information of the specific packets or the relativities between every specific packet and the previous and next packets via the bandwidth analyzer to further generate a session state information and save it into a database; and D) making an OLT access the session state information in the database and applying an SDBA to the dynamic bandwidth allocation.

Abstract: A phosphate-containing nanoparticle delivery vehicle includes nanoparticle, an active ingredient, and a phosphodiester moiety connecting the nanoparticle and the active ingredient and forms a prodrug. The nanoparticle delivery vehicle achieves the function of increasing hydrophilicity of the active ingredient and specificity against tumor cells. Advantages of the nanoparticle material include biocompatibility, magnetism and/or controllable drug release.

Abstract: An assembly fixture is disclosed. The assembly fixture is utilized for assembling a back combined pogo pin which comprises a barrel, a pin head, an elastic element, and a rear stopper. Said assembly fixture comprises a retaining member and a pressing member. The retaining member has an accommodating hole disposed thereon for accommodating the pogo pin that is not assembled yet. The pressing member is mounted on an upper fixing plate and disposed opposite to the retaining member. The pogo pin is assembled all together when the pressing member pushes the unassembled pogo pin. The assembly fixture is simple and can assemble the back combined pogo pin steadily and quickly.

Abstract: An impact driver includes a sleeve, a striking unit and a chuck. The sleeve includes a bore with an open end and a polygonal section near the open end. The striking unit can strike a bit partially inserted in the sleeve through the open end. The chuck includes a ring, a tube, a spring and a ball. The tube includes a polygonal section movably inserted in the polygonal section of the bore of the sleeve, a circular section extended through the ring, an annular rib formed thereon, a polygonal bore for receiving the bit, and at least one aperture in communication with the polygonal bore. The spring is compressed between the annular rib and the sleeve. The ball includes a portion placed in the aperture and another portion movable into the polygonal bore.

Abstract: A protective cover plate mainly comprises a substrate, a printing layer, an ultraviolet layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the printing layer is disposed at a side surface of the substrate. The printing layer is formed with at least a pattern. The pattern protrudes the substrate to form a segmental difference surface. The ultraviolet layer is disposed to another side surface of the printing layer relative to the substrate, and the ultraviolet layer is disposed with at least a filling portion. The filling portion can be relatively located near the pattern to fill the segmental difference surface of the pattern to flat the surface. A side of the ultraviolet layer is disposed with the adhesive layer. The plate can be adhered to the article by utilizing the adhesive layer. The protective cover plate does not only have flat appearance but also achieves dustproof and dirt prevention efficacies.

Abstract: A universal serial bus connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals, an insulating cover, a terminal module and a shielding shell surrounding the insulating housing, the insulating cover and the terminal module. The insulating housing includes a first base body which defines a first holding groove and a second base body which defines a second holding groove. The first terminals and the second terminals are disposed to the first base body. The insulating cover has a main body received in the first holding groove. The terminal module includes an insulating base and a plurality of third terminals integrally molded to the insulating base. The insulating base has a tongue portion received in the second holding groove, and a second supporting portion. A rear surface of the second supporting portion is flush with a rear surface of the first base body.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body having a base portion and a tongue board, a plurality of first terminals each having a first soldering portion, a plurality of second terminals each having a second soldering portion, and a shielding shell enclosing the insulating body. A rear of a top of the base portion is concaved downward to form a groove. A bottom wall of the groove defines a plurality of first terminal grooves. The first and the second terminals are integrated in the insulating body. The first and the second terminals are arranged in two rows in vertical direction and are arranged alternately at intervals in transverse direction. The first soldering portions of the first terminals are levelly located in the first terminal grooves of the insulating body respectively and the second soldering portions of the second terminals project downward beyond a bottom face of the insulating body.

Abstract: An analog controller is disclosed. The controller has a maximum power point tracking unit and a power factor adjusting unit. The maximum power point tracking unit generates a maximum power tracking voltage which is used to control the magnitude of the output current of the inverter so as to extract the most available power from the power generating device. The power factor adjusting unit, which generates a ramp control voltage that will further determine the duty ratio and switching frequency of PWM signal, gracefully tunes the magnitude and reduces the total harmonic distortion of the current injected from inverter into utility grid.

Abstract: A skull endosseous module for ultrasound penetration is provided and includes a fixation sleeve permanently inserted and positioned in a drilled hole of a skull, a movable sleeve movably inserted in the fixation sleeve for providing a hollow ultrasound guiding channel; and an outer cover mounted on an outer opening of the fixation sleeve and covered by a scalp tissue. Thus, an ultrasound device outside the scalp tissue can generate ultrasounds to pass through the outer cover and the ultrasound guiding channel for affecting a target region of a brain tissue in the skull.

Abstract: Computer-implemented method and system are provided to identify superior models relative to a benchmark model in a step-wise fashion while reducing data snooping bias and increasing the test power. The data snooping bias may be reduced or avoided by controlling, in a step-wise fashion, a measure of error such as generalized family-wise error rate (FWER) and/or false discovery proportion (FDP). The test power of the method may be increased by relaxing the generalized FWER to tolerate more falsely rejected models and applying re-centering techniques to account for the inclusion of potentially “poor” models in the evaluation.

Abstract: A semiconductor testing probe needle for connecting to a circuit board for inspection and to an inspection main board of a testing apparatus includes a conductive shaft having two ends of a connection end and an inspection end for contacting with the circuit board for inspection. A spring column includes one end electrically connected to the connection end of the conductive shaft and another end abuts the inspection main board. A conductive wire is arranged along the spring column and includes one end electrically connected to the conductive shaft and another end provided to be electrically connected to the inspection main board.

Abstract: A probe needle for connecting to a circuit board for inspection and to an inspection main board of a testing apparatus includes a conductive shaft having two ends of a connection end and an inspection end for contacting with the circuit board for inspection. An elastic conductive rod is axially connected to the conductive shaft and having two ends of a free end and a fixed end; wherein the free end is connected to the connection end of the conductive shaft and the fixed end abuts the inspection main board. The probe needle has a simplified structure facilitating the manufacturing of parts and assembly thereof.

Abstract: A tunable earphone includes a speaker for making sound, a shell receiving the speaker and defining a resonance cavity therein, and a tunable element rotatably and removably mounted on the shell. The shell has a top thereof recessed downward to form a receiving cavity. A supporting plate is formed at a bottom of the receiving cavity. A damping vent is opened in the supporting plate to connect the resonance cavity with the receiving cavity. The tunable element defines a through hole passing therethrough and aligned with the damping vent of the shell. A damping plate is integrally molded on a bottom of the tunable element. The damping plate is located in the receiving cavity and against the supporting plate to separate between the damping vent and the through hole for smoothening the frequency response of the sound pressure level in the resonance cavity while the speaker making sound.

Abstract: An LED driver circuit includes: a bridge rectifier, a first compensation capacitor, a second compensation capacitor, and an LED module. The bridge rectifier is connected to an AC input power for producing a rectification output power. The first compensation capacitor is connected to a first rectification output terminal and an AC input terminal of the bridge rectifier. The second compensation capacitor is connected to a second rectification terminal and the AC input terminal of the bridge rectifier. The LED module is connected to the first rectification output terminal and the second rectification output terminal of the bridge rectifier. The first and second compensation capacitors in the present invention can effectively improve the total current harmonic distortion of the LED module and its utilization.

Abstract: A transdermal drug delivery patch and a method of controlling the drug release of the transdermal drug delivery patch by near-IR are disclosed. The transdermal drug delivery patch comprises a substrate, carriers and drugs. The drugs are encapsulated in the carriers, and the carriers having the drugs are disposed on a surface of the substrate. The carriers are formed of biodegradable polymers, and nano-particles with a photothermal conversion effect are loaded in the carrier. When the carriers are punctured into the skin and the nano-particles in the carrier absorb the near-IR, the near-IR is converted into heat by the nano-particles to melt the carrier and thus releasing the drugs encapsulated in the carrier into the skin. Accordingly, the speed of releasing the drugs encapsulated in the carrier can be controlled accurately by the near-IR.

Abstract: An image analysis system for determining cancerous cells includes an acquisition module, an image capturing module and a multi-spectral image reproduction module. A method for determining cancerous cells includes a spectral database establishing procedure of cancerous cells and a cell determining procedure of multi-spectral image reproduction. The spectral database establishing procedure includes a penetration spectrum analysis step and a database establishing step. The cell determining procedure is based on the cancerous spectrum database and includes an image capturing step, a cell location contouring step, a penetration spectrum analyzing step, a classifying step, a color gaining step, an image reproduction step and a cell determining step.