Abstract: An extract of Cynanchum sp. in use of arthritis treatment is provided. The extract of Cynanchum sp. and an active ingredient contained therein, antofine, are applicable to a method, pharmaceutical composition and dietary supplement for treatment of arthritis. A mass production of antofine from plant extracts is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dynamic resolution regulating system for uses in a server that is connected to a client device via a network. The dynamic resolution regulating system includes a network monitoring unit and an image-processing unit. The network-monitoring unit is operable to monitor and analyze network transmission quality for the server and client device, and the image-processing unit is operable to adjust the resolutions of a region-of-interest (ROI) and a region-of-non-interest (non-ROI) in an image based on the network transmission quality, such that the client device can receive the image via the network. Also disclosed herein is a method for dynamic solution regulating method.

Abstract: Provided are method and apparatus to nanoposition ink, the apparatus including: a substrate; a pattern index; an atomic force microscope (AMF) tip configured to form a pattern on the pattern index; a first ink reservoir including a first ink; a second ink reservoir including a second ink; a first cleaning portion configured to remove the first ink from the AMF tip; a second washing portion configured to remove the second ink from the AMF tip; a position determining portion configured to interact with the AMF tip; an electrode connection portion configured to apply a voltage to the position determining portion, in order to determine a position of the AMF tip when the AMF tip interacts with the position determining portion. The AMF tip is configured to configured to interact with the position determining portion, prior to forming the pattern using the first and second inks.

Abstract: An ultrasound transmission circuit comprises a pulse generating circuit, a feedback circuit and a processing circuit. The feedback circuit outputs a trigger signal according to a first pulse signal arriving at an ultrasound transducer. The processing circuit records a first time point at which the first pulse signal is generated, and records a second time point at which the first pulse signal arrives the ultrasound transducer according to the trigger signal. The processing circuit adjusts a first delay value according to a variance between the first time point and the second time point to generate a second delay value, and drives the pulse generating circuit according to the second delay value to generate a second pulse signal.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises projecting, from a projector, a diffused on an object. The method further includes capturing, with a first camera in a particular location, a reference image of the object while the diffused is projected on the object. The method further includes capturing, with a second camera positioned in the particular location, a test image of the object while the diffused is projected on the object. The method further includes comparing speckles in the reference image to the test image. The projector, first camera and second camera are removably provided to and positioned in a site of the object.

Abstract: A plasma deposition apparatus including a plasma generation unit and a droplet separation unit is provided. The plasma generation unit includes an inlet end and an outlet end. The droplet separation unit is located at the inlet end. Besides, the droplet separation unit includes a first chamber, an import port, and a connection port. The import port and the connection port are connected to the first chamber. The connection port is connected to the inlet end, and the import port serves to receive an atomized precursor. The atomized precursor is separated into a first portion and a second portion after entering the first chamber, and droplets of the first portion are smaller than droplets of the second portion. The first portion of the atomized precursor is suitable for entering the inlet end through the connection port.

Abstract: An end device transmits a request command for requesting a slot management to a coordinator, and receives a reply command including a result of the slot management request from the coordinator. Each of the request command and the reply command includes an allocation order for indicating a slot allocation interval request.

Abstract: Phosphorylation of histones was observed at certain tyrosine residues which have not been associated with epigenetic modification. These sites include H2B Tyr37, H4 Tyr88 and Tyr51 and H3 Tyr99. Kinases responsible for the phosphorylation as well as downstream genes regulated by such phosphorylation were also identified. Antibodies that are specific to such phosphorylated histones have been generated, which are useful for detecting the phosphorylation and related events. With such findings, the present disclosure provides compositions and methods for disease diagnosis, prognosis and therapy selection, in particular for cancer, obesity and diabetes.

Abstract: Composite separators having a porous structure and including acid-stable, hydrophilic, inorganic particles enmeshed in a substantially fully fluorinated polyolefin matrix can be utilized in a number of applications. The inorganic particles can provide hydrophilic characteristics. The pores of the separator result in good selectivity and electrical conductivity. The fluorinated polymeric backbone can result in high chemical stability. Accordingly, one application of the composite separators is in redox flow batteries as low cost membranes. In such applications, the composite separator can also enable additional property-enhancing features compared to ion-exchange membranes. For example, simple capacity control can be achieved through hydraulic pressure by balancing the volumes of electrolyte on each side of the separator.

Abstract: A magnetic field-modulated transverse flux multiphase permanent magnet motor consisting of a stator and a rotor. A number m of phase armature units are arranged in a row along the axial direction within a motor housing (1); each successive phase armature unit is offset in the circumferential direction by an electrical angle of 360°/m; the armature coil (2) is embedded within an annular cavity between the first to the third stator iron core tooth segments (3, 4, 5); the external circumferential surfaces of the first and the third rotor iron core tooth segments (6, 8) are respectively grooved in the axial direction with k/2 permanent magnet slots; the rotor permanent magnet slot on the first rotor iron core tooth segment (6) is axially offset from the rotor permanent magnet slot on the third rotor iron core tooth segment (8) by one-half the rotor tooth pitch; the direction of magnetization of the rotor permanent magnets (9) is identical.

Abstract: A method for quasi-synchronous tuning of wavelength or frequency of grating external-cavity semiconductor laser and a corresponding semiconductor laser are provided. A grating or mirror is rotated around a quasi-synchronous tuning point (Pq) as rotation center, so as to achieve the frequency selections by grating and resonance cavity in quasi-synchronous tuning, wherein the angle of the line between the quasi-synchronous tuning point (Pq) and a conventional synchronous tuning point (P0) with respect to the direction of light incident on the grating is determined according to the angle difference between the incidence angle and diffraction angle of light on the grating. According to present invention, approximately synchronous tuning of laser is achieved with a simple and flexible design.

Abstract: A method for analyzing a shape of a 3D model based on perceptive information comprises: decomposing the shape of the 3D model to generate decomposition results; and extracting a skeleton from the decomposition results. This invention can be applied to shape decomposition of objects having different shapes. The 3D models can be regular or with noise, containing either multiple annular structures or no annular structure. The decomposition method of this invention is not sensitive to noise, and the segmentation speed is high and accurate. The segmentation result of the invention can be widely applied to different branches of computer graphics and computer vision, such as computer animation, modeling, shape analysis, shape classification, object identification, etc. The skeleton extracted from the decomposition result and the following shape semantic description diagram can he applied to 3D model retrieval, model semantic analysis and so on.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for developing and using diagnoses of lymphosarcoma in feline subjects using Thymidine kinase (TK) and haptoglobin (HP) as biomarkers. The invention provides a method for obtaining the level of each biomarker and computing an index for a feline subject. The invention provides predefined index ranges to which the index value may be matched in order to determine whether the subject has a high probability of being affected by lymphosarcoma, even when the subject shows apparent symptoms that may be common with inflammatory bowel disease.

Abstract: A visualizing apparatus of social network elements collects social network relationship information, community information, and content information of a user, generates relationship data between the user, the contents, and the community using the collected information, and visualizes an association relationship between the user, the contents, and the community using the relationship data between the user, the contents, and the community.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for obtaining the ion source of a mass spectrometer using an ultraviolet diode and a CEM module, having the purpose of inducing initial electron emission using a CEM module and by radiating ultraviolet photons emitted from the ultraviolet diode to the entrance of the CEM module to obtain a large amount of amplified electron beams from the exit and to produce electron beams the emission times of which are accurately controlled at low temperature and at low power.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods and systems for resource allocation for terminals.

Abstract: A method and kit for determining a nucleic acid is provided, including: providing magnetic nanoparticles and detectable nanoparticles to the sample, wherein the magnetic nanoparticles and detectable nanoparticles respectively contain oligonucleotides attached thereto, and the detectable nanoparticles contain at least one kind of nanoparticles with detectable signals distinct from the others, and the oligonucleotides attached on each kind of the detectable nanoparticles are complementary to a region of one of the nucleic acids in the sample; reacting the magnetic and detectable nanoparticles with the sample; and detecting signals from each kind of the detectable nanoparticles for determining the nucleic acid for each in the sample.

Abstract: Disclosed is a poly-phase reluctance electric motor with transverse magnetic flux, which electric motor is composed of a stator and a rotor. The stator is composed of a housing (1) and a number m of phase armature units which are arranged within the housing (1) along the axial direction successively, with each of the phase armature units being staggered at an electrical angle of 360°/m along the circumferential direction. Each phase armature unit is composed of a unit armature iron core, an armature coil (2) and permanent magnets (3), with the unit armature iron core being composed of a first annular iron core segment (6), a second annular iron core segment (7) and a third annular iron core segment (8). The armature coil (2) is embedded within an annular space formed among the first to the third annular iron core segments (6, 7, 8).

Abstract: The invention relates to a gel, a temperature-resistant candy comprising the same, and a method for preparing the gel gummy candy.

Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and method for generating a cognitive avatar, and according to one or more of the above embodiments of the present invention, the process of allowing the user to select images, which are recognized as similar, from face images of various impressions which are classified as a plurality of impression groups and are stored, is repeatedly performed, and an avatar, which corresponds to the target face which the user intends to generate as the avatar, by a cognitive approach based on the repeatedly performed user's selection, so that a natural avatar, which is similar to the target face, may be expressed without a separate analysis or re-analysis process for the target face.