Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-rate bidirectional transmission system. A sending device and a receiving device transmit data in a bidirectional way through a cable. The multi-rate bidirectional transmission system communicates with a reverse configuration packet by sending a forward configuration packet at a preset rate in a time-division manner, selects a serial rate jointly supported by the sending device and the receiving device, and selects a training sequence length. Then, the sending device and the receiving device perform equalization training at the selected serial rate with the selected training sequence length, thus avoiding searching the serial rate and presetting the training sequence length in the worst case, thus simplifying the design and improving the link training speed.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a dual-mode USB device, which includes a USB2.0 controller, a dual-mode USB2.0 interface module and a USB interface. The dual-mode USB device alternatively works in a USB2.0 standard mode or a USB2.0 extended mode. In the USB2.0 standard mode, DP and DM signals of the USB2.0 interface are connected to a remote USB interface by DC coupling, and is compatible with remote devices using USB2.0 standard signals and protocols; in the USB2.0 extended mode, DP and DM signals of the USB2.0 interface are connected to the remote USB interface by AC coupling, which is compatible with remote devices supporting the USB2.0 extended mode.

Abstract: An intelligent mobile power supply and a method for USB data communication therewith. The intelligent mobile power supply includes a battery, a charging control module, a discharging control module, a first USB interface and a second USB interface. In the single charging mode, a charged device receives a discharge of the intelligent mobile power supply through the discharging control module, but the intelligent mobile power supply does not perform USB data communication with the charged device. While in the charging and communication mode, the charged device receives the discharge of the intelligent mobile power supply through the discharging control module and can perform USB data communication with the intelligent mobile power supply through the first USB interface simultaneously. The second USB interface is connected with the charging control module, and the second USB interface can be connected with a power adapter or a PC host to charge the battery.

Abstract: A charging detection and control apparatus for an Apple device, including: a charging input interface, a detection apparatus, a control apparatus and a charging output interface. An input terminal of the detection apparatus is connected to a charging source terminal via the charging input interface, an output terminal of the detection apparatus is connected to an input terminal of the control apparatus, an output terminal of the control apparatus is connected to the Apple device via the charging output interface, the detection apparatus detects a capacity for charging current of the charging source terminal inserted into the charging input interface, and outputs a detection result to the control apparatus, the control apparatus converts the received detection result into a charging parameter complying with Apple standards, and sends the charging parameter to the Apple device via the charging output interface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the combination of organic acid salts with at least one active ingredient of plant origin, preferably essential oils, partially protected with vegetable fats and/or oils, which prevent these active ingredients from being digested by stomach enzymes during the digestive process. The sodium salts of short-chain acids, preferably salts of butyric, acid are preferred. The preferred essential oils are ginger, piperine, oregano, garlic, thymol, carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde and/or any combinations thereof. The combination of organic acid salts and the essential oils protected with vegetable fats and/or oils, are used as powerful promoters or stimulants for animal growth, as organic bactericides against pathogenic bacteria present in said animals and as modulators of immune response thereof.

Abstract: A control apparatus with multiple flash memory card channels includes a host side port unit, an instruction data processing unit, and flash memory card port units. The host side port unit exchanges a host side instruction and host side read/write data with a high-speed serial communication protocol host side. The flash memory card port units respectively exchange flash memory card instructions and flash memory card read/write data with a plurality of flash memory cards. An instruction from the high-speed serial communication protocol host side is divided into multiple sub-instructions to be respectively transmitted to the flash memory card port units and exchange of instruction and data with a plurality of flash memory cards is carried out in a coincident period of time so as to achieve the purposes of expanding access capacity and increasing access speed, reducing the operation cost of products, and enhancing flexibility of use of flash memory cards.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the combination of organic acid salts with at least one active ingredient of plant origin, preferably essential oils, partially protected with vegetable fats and/or oils, which prevent these active ingredients from being digested by stomach enzymes during the digestive process. The sodium salts of short-chain acids, preferably salts of butyric, acid are preferred. The preferred essential oils are ginger, piperine, oregano, garlic, thymol, carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde and/or any combinations thereof. The combination of organic acid salts and the essential oils protected with vegetable fats and/or oils, are used as powerful promoters or stimulants for animal growth, as organic bactericides against pathogenic bacteria present in said animals and as modulators of immune response thereof.

Abstract: A process for preparing a feed supplement that promotes growth in animals by (i) preparing a dry metal carboxylate of formula M(RCOOH)2; (ii) preparing a metal aminoate; and (iii) mixing the dry metal carboxylate and the metal aminoate under conditions that form a complex including the metal carboxylate and the metal aminoate and water, then removing the water to form a dry metal complex of the metal carboxylate and the metal aminoate. When administered to an animal in its feed, a bioavailability of the divalent metal in the dry metal complex is different than the bioavailability of the divalent metal in either the dry metal carboxylate or the metal aminoate alone.

Abstract: Methods for reducing the likelihood of embryonic death in a female ruminant by feeding the ruminant for at least 30 days after conception an effective amount of free-flowing fatty acid calcium salt product comprising from about 1 to 10% by weight of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and from about 1 to about 10% by weight of decosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

Abstract: Free-flowing unsaturated fatty acid calcium salts containing from about 0.1 to about 1.

Abstract: Free-flowing unsaturated fatty acid calcium salts with a fatty acid content consisting essentially of (a) about 40 to about 95 wt % unsaturated C16-C22 fatty acids; (b) about 5 to about 60 wt % saturated C14-C22 fatty acids; and (c) no more than about 6 wt % moisture, insolubles and unsaponifiables; with no more than about 20 wt % in the form of glycerides; wherein about 40 to about 65 wt % of total product weight is of trans fatty acids and one or more fatty acids selected from C18:2 and C18:3 fatty acids and C20-C22 omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Products with about 10 to about 65 wt % of total product weight of CLA's and one or more fatty acids selected from non-conjugated C18:2 and C18:3 fatty acids and C20-C22 omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of fatty acid calcium salts, which includes the steps of: (a) providing a fatty acid feedstock having a glyceride content between about 30 and about 60% by weight; (b) adding to the feedstock from about 2 to about 3 equivalents of calcium oxide relative to the feedstock, so that a reactive admixture is formed; and (c) adding to the reactive admixture from about 2 to about 5 equivalents of water relative to the calcium oxide so that the calcium oxide hydrates and neutralizes the fatty acids to form calcium salts. Fatty acid calcium salts containing eicosapentaenoic acid and decosahexaenoic acid are also disclosed, as well as methods for enhancing ruminant fertility.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of fatty acid calcium salts, which includes the steps of: (a) providing a fatty acid feedstock having a glyceride content between about 30 and about 60% by weight; (b) adding to the feedstock from about 2 to about 3 equivalents of calcium oxide relative to the feedstock, so that a reactive admixture is formed; and (c) adding to the reactive admixture from about 2 to about 5 equivalents of water relative to the calcium oxide so that the calcium oxide hydrates and neutralizes the fatty acids to form calcium salts. Fatty acid calcium salts containing eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid are also disclosed, as well as methods for enhancing ruminant fertility.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of free-flowing calcium salts of highly unsaturated fatty acids, which includes the steps of: (a) providing a fatty acid feedstock consisting essentially of: (i) from about 50 to about 95% by weight of unsaturated C:16-C:22 fatty acids; (ii) from about 5 to about 40% by weight of saturated C:14-C:22 fatty acids; and (iii) no more than about 6% by weight of moisture, insolubles and unsaponifiables, with no more than about 20% by weight of the unsaturated feedstock being in the form of glycerides; (b) adding to the unsaturated feedstock from about 1.0 to about 2.5 equivalents of calcium oxide relative to the unsaturated feedstock, so that a reactive admixture is formed; and (c) adding to the reactive admixture from about 2 to about 5 equivalents of water relative to the calcium oxide, so that the calcium oxide hydrates and neutralizes the fatty acids to form the calcium salts; provided that when less than 1.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of free-flowing calcium salts of highly unsaturated fatty acids, which includes the steps of: (a) providing a fatty acid feedstock consisting essentially of: (i) from about 50 to about 95% by weight of unsaturated C:16-C:22 fatty acids; (ii) from about 5 to about 40% by weight of saturated C:14-C:22 fatty acids; and (iii) no more than about 6% by weight of moisture, insolubles and unsaponifiables, with no more than about 20% by weight of the unsaturated feedstock being in the form of glycerides; (b) adding to the unsaturated feedstock from about 1.0 to about 2.5 equivalents of calcium oxide relative to the unsaturated feedstock, so that a reactive admixture is formed; and (c) adding to the reactive admixture from about 2 to about 5 equivalents of water relative to the calcium oxide, so that the calcium oxide hydrates and neutralizes the fatty acids to form the calcium salts; provided that when less than 1.

Abstract: A method for the preparation of fatty acid calcium salt products in which an admixture is formed of reactive ingredients consisting of (a) a C10-C22 fatty acid mixture having greater than about 45 weight% of the C10-C22 fatty acid content in the form of fatty acid glycerides, and (b) from about 10 to about 30% of the total admixture weight of calcium oxide. Water is then added to the admixture in an amount between about 10% and about 100% by weight relative to the amount of calcium oxide; and the admixture is then heated to a temperature at which the fatty acid glycerides saponify to form fatty acid calcium salts. Rumen bypass feed supplements are also disclosed, as well as ruminant feeds containing the feed supplements and processes for supplying the feed supplements to ruminant animals.

Abstract: The disclosure is of a method and apparatus for packaging articles, and cushioning the packages with biodegradable, starch based materials. The materials, packed as loose nuggets within the package, are converted to a single, unitary cushion in-situ to protect the article.

Abstract: The disclosure is of portable apparatus for packaging articles, and cushioning the packages with biodegradable, starch based materials. The materials, packed as loose nuggets within the package, are converted to a single, unitary cushion in-situ to protect the article.

Abstract: The disclosure is of a method and apparatus for packaging articles, and cushioning the packages with biodegradable, starch based materials. The materials, packed as loose nuggets within the package, are converted to a single, unitary cushion in-situ to protect the article.