Abstract: An infrared light emitter includes a substrate, a first light-emitting layer, a blocking layer, and a second light-emitting layer. The second light-emitting layer is disposed on the substrate, the blocking layer is disposed on the second light-emitting layer, and the first light-emitting layer is disposed on the blocking layer. The first light-emitting layer, the blocking, and the second light-emitting layer form a P-N-P junction or an N-P-N junction. The first light-emitting layer and the blocking layer form a first electroluminescent unit, and the blocking layer and the second light-emitting layer form a second electroluminescent unit. The first electroluminescent unit and the second electroluminescent unit build two back-to-back bipolar junctions.

Abstract: A high chromium and silicon-rich corrosion resistant steel is disclosed, which comprises, in weight percent: 22-30% Cr, 2-10% Si, and the balance Fe and incidental impurities, of which a content amount of Cr and Si is less than 37%. Experimental data reveal that, samples of the high chromium and silicon-rich corrosion resistant steel all have a pitting potential greater than 0.8 V and a hardness in a range between HV170 and HV500 in the as-homogenized condition. As a result, experimental data have proved that the high chromium and silicon-rich corrosion resistant steel of the present invention can replace conventional stainless steels having poor pitting resistance like type 304 and type 316 L, and then be adopted for the applications of components and/or structural parts requiring high corrosion resistance.

Abstract: A data poisoning method and a data poisoning apparatus are provided. In the method, a training dataset and a validation dataset are retrieved. A perturbation is randomly initiated and added to data in the training dataset to generate poisoned training data. Values of multiple kernel functions of the poisoned training data and the validation dataset are computed by using kernel functions in a Gaussian process, and used to compute a mean of the Gaussian process on the validation dataset. A loss between the mean and the data in the validation dataset is computed by using a loss function of the Gaussian process, and used to generate an objective function that maximizes the loss. The objective function is solved to compute the perturbation that can maximize the loss.

Abstract: A two-dimensional semiconductor device and an electrode used therein are provided. The material of the contact electrode is a semi-metal alloy, and the semi-metal alloy is composed of several semi-metal elements or at least one semi-metal element and an alloy material thereof. The two-dimensional semiconductor device includes a substrate, a two-dimensional semiconductor material layer formed on the substrate, and electrodes formed on the two-dimensional semiconductor material layer. The electrodes include the contact electrode and the metal electrode, and the contact electrode is between the metal electrode and the two-dimensional semiconductor material layer, so that the semi-metal alloy forms a space gap slightly smaller than a Van der Waals distance on top of the two-dimensional semiconductor to ensure the stability of the structure while preventing/minimizing the coupling of outer orbital electrons between the two-dimensional semiconductor and the electrode.

Abstract: A vapor chamber system, includes a heat source and a vapor chamber device. The vapor chamber device includes a first casing, a second casing, a second capillary structure and a third capillary structure. The first casing includes a first plate, and a first capillary structure. The second casing is stacked on the first casing. The second capillary structure is disposed between the first capillary structure and the supporting posts of the second casing. The third capillary structure is disposed at a zone of the inner surface of the first plate, the zone is within a projection of the heat source projected onto the inner surface, and an area of the zone is smaller than an area of the projection of the heat source.

Abstract: A method of sparse edge encoding for an image is to be implemented by a computer. The computer stores an original image, and the original image has a plurality of pixels. The method includes a step of cross-correlating the pixels of the original image with a mask matrix to obtain a plurality of Laplacian charges (L-charges) respectively corresponding to the pixels. Those of the L-charges that correspond to those of the pixels which represent an edge of an object in the original image have greater absolute values than other L-charges of the L-charges. The mask matrix is a square matrix, and a sum of all elements of the mask matrix is zero.

Abstract: This invention relates to processes and systems of rapid prototyping and production. Its features includes flexible material deposition along tangential directions of surfaces of a part to be made, thereby eliminating stair-shape surface due to uniform horizontal layer deposition, increasing width of material deposition to increase build up rate, applying the principles of traditional forming/joining processes, such as casting, fusion welding, plastic extrusion and injection molding in the fabrication process so that various industrial materials can be processed, applying comparatively low cost heating sources, such as induction heating and arc-heating. Additional features include varying width and size of material deposition in accordance with geometry to be formed and applying a differential molding means for improved shape formation and surface finishing.

Abstract: Transfer learning in machine learning can include receiving a machine learning model. Target domain training data for reprogramming the machine learning model using transfer learning can be received. The target domain training data can be transformed by performing a transformation function on the target domain training data. Output labels of the machine learning model can be mapped to target labels associated with the target domain training data. The transformation function can be trained by optimizing a parameter of the transformation function. The machine learning model can be reprogrammed based on input data transformed by the transformation function and a mapping of the output labels to target labels.

Abstract: A green coffee bean identification method includes obtaining an image of a green coffee bean by an image capture device, wherein the image includes pixels; reading an average value weight, a standard deviation weight, and a threshold value corresponding to the origin or the variety of green coffee beans from a memory; extracting three primary color grayscale values for each pixel from the image; calculating the average values and the standard deviations corresponding to the green coffee bean according to the approximate normal distributions of the three primary color grayscale value distributions; and respectively multiplying the average value and the standard deviation by the average value weight and the standard deviation weight to be then added together to calculate the total scoring value, wherein when the total scoring value is less than (respectively larger than) the threshold value, the green coffee bean is identified as a qualified (respectively defective) bean.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an integrated microfluidic chip for detecting cancerous cells, particularly, cholangio-cancerous cells, from a biological sample. Also disclosed herein is a method of detecting cholangio-cancerous cells from a biological sample.

Abstract: A radio frequency integrated circuit comprising: at least one transistor; a matching circuit coupled to said transistor; and at least one bump is used to form a passive element in said matching circuit, and said bump is used for radio frequency matching, the bumps can be used as passive components for amplifier harmonic impedance matching or the bumps can be the amplifier's passive components of the harmonic impedance matching, both of them can enhance the power, bandwidth and efficiency of amplifiers and integrated circuits.

Abstract: A feed-forward equalizer (FFE) and a voltage-mode signal transmitter using the same are provided. The FFE includes an output, a plurality of tap drivers, and a control circuit. Each tap driver includes a cell driver. The control circuit includes a FFE control loop and an impedance control loop. The FFE control loop includes a first replica circuit corresponding to a part of the cell drivers. The FFE control loop generates at least one first reference voltage according to the first replica circuit. The impedance control loop includes a second replica circuit corresponding to the cell drivers in the tap drivers. The impedance control loop generates at least one second reference voltage according to the first reference voltage and the second replica circuit. The tap drivers are controlled by the first and second reference voltages to adjust respective output impedance thereof.

Abstract: An edge detector applied to a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser is provided. The edge detector includes an alignment circuit, a rising-edge detecting circuit and a falling-edge detecting circuit. The alignment circuit is configured to receive and align multiple sets of differential input data and output multiple sets of differential output data corresponding to the multiple sets of differential input data. The multiple sets of differential output data include a set of delayed differential output data. The rising-edge detecting circuit is coupled to the alignment circuit. The rising-edge detecting circuit is configured to detect rising edges of the multiple sets of differential output data and output multiple sets of corresponding differential rising data. The falling-edge detecting circuit is coupled to the alignment circuit.

Abstract: A feed-forward equalizer (FFE) and a voltage-mode signal transmitter using the same are provided. The FFE includes an output, a plurality of tap drivers, and a control circuit. Each tap driver includes a cell driver. The control circuit includes a FFE control loop and an impedance control loop. The FFE control loop includes a first replica circuit corresponding to a part of the cell drivers. The FFE control loop generates at least one first reference voltage according to the first replica circuit. The impedance control loop includes a second replica circuit corresponding to the cell drivers in the tap drivers. The impedance control loop generates at least one second reference voltage according to the first reference voltage and the second replica circuit. The tap drivers are controlled by the first and second reference voltages to adjust respective output impedance thereof.

Abstract: A balloon catheter system assisted by ultrasound and microbubbles and a method for vasodilation are provided. The system includes: a controller; a sensor catheter; a highly focused ultrasound probe, and the highly focused ultrasound probe and the sensor catheter is connected to the controller; and a balloon catheter. The method of vasodilation includes: providing a sensor catheter into a blood vessel, and controlling a highly focused ultrasound probe to focus at a hardened portion of the blood vessel; removing the sensor catheter from the blood vessel and inserting a balloon catheter into the blood vessel; infusing microbubbles into the balloon catheter and controlling the highly focused ultrasound probe to start working to destroy a calcification point of the hardened portion of the blood vessel, and smoothly inflating the balloon catheter at the hardened portion of the blood vessel.

Abstract: A method of screening for a drug combination for treating colorectal carcinoma, the screened drug combination and its related application are provided. The drug combination includes at least three selected from Regorafenib, Gemcitabine, Cetuximab and 5-Fluorouracil. With the method of the disclosure, the best and novel drug combination can be selected from the existing clinical drugs, the technical effect of rapidly screening for a drug combination can be achieved, and the screened combination drug has an excellent therapeutic effect.

Abstract: Protein cyclization is a method for making proteins more stable. The method requires a properly designed linker to connect the original N-terminus and C-terminus of a protein sequence. A new strategy is used for creating flexibility in the linker design. The new strategy includes an activatable polypeptide arrangement to produce cyclized proteins, characterized in that the strategy can be used to produce cyclized interleukins. The strategy cyclizes the interleukins via introducing a linker into the interleukin and using an intein-mediated protein splicing. The linker sequence is not related to the protein splicing reaction, thus providing flexibility in the introduction of linker. The prepared cyclized interleukins contain high structural stability, native interleukin structure and long-lasting activity. The cyclized interleukins have the potential to replace native interleukins in bio-industrial applications or to modulate the functions of interleukins.

Abstract: A dielectric-grating waveguide free-electron laser device generating coherent or laser-like radiation is provided. An electron beam propagates next to a dielectric waveguide with a built-in grating structure to generate highly confined coherent or laser-like radiation in the waveguide through the Bragg resonance, the backward-wave resonance, or the Fabry-Perot resonance provided by the grating-waveguide structure. The dielectric-grating waveguide can be made of linear optical materials or nonlinear optical materials or combination of linear and nonlinear optical materials to enable versatile functionalities, such as laser generation, laser-wavelength conversion, and laser signal processing. Owing to the build-up of the laser modes inside the dielectric waveguide, coherent or laser-like Smith-Purcell radiation is also generated above the grating via coupling and bunching of the electrons with the surface mode fields.

Abstract: A non-fullerene acceptor polymer includes a structure represented by formula (I). Formula (I) is defined as in the specification. The non-fullerene acceptor polymer has an electron donating unit and an electron attracting end group. The non-fullerene acceptor polymer uses phenyl or its derivatives as the linker to form the polymer.

Abstract: A photoresist composition includes a mixture. The mixture includes a first photosensitive material and a second photosensitive material. The first photosensitive material is a 6-Sn oxide cluster, a 12-Sn oxide cluster or a combination thereof. The second photosensitive material has a composition being different from a composition of the first photosensitive material.