Abstract: A method for physical vapor deposition of an aluminum nitride film, comprising: positioning a substrate and an aluminum target in a chamber; vacuuming the chamber so that a chamber pressure is at a base pressure between 7.1×10?7-5×10?6 torr; conducting a working gas composed of argon gas and nitrogen gas into the chamber so that the chamber pressure is at a working pressure between 3-7 mtorr; and depositing the aluminum nitride film on the substrate by applying a high power impulse power supply to the aluminum target and applying a direct current bias power supply to the substrate under the working pressure and a substrate temperature between room temperature (25° C.) to 200° C.; wherein a power of the high power impulse power supply is between 500-600 W and a frequency thereof is between 750-1250 Hz, and a bias of the direct current bias power supply is between ?50-0 V.

Abstract: Provided is a device adapted for detecting chemical and physical phenomena and suitable for high integration, and a method for controlling the detection device. When a plurality of pH-detecting devices are used, a variation in sensitivity occurs in each of the sensing units. The variation in sensitivity can be calibrated using a simple method. The amount of charge (output signal) delivered by each of the sensing units to a standard solution is determined, and the difference between the delivered charge amount and a standard charge amount (standard output signal) delivered by a standard sensing unit is determined. The capacity of the potential well of the sensing unit is changed, or the potential of a TG unit when a charge is delivered is changed, so as to cancel out the difference.

Abstract: Implementations herein relate to a bistable piezoelectric cantilever vibration energy generator based on spherical composite structure with partial separation of different layers that includes a beam bracket and a shell. The shell is spherical, the bottom of the shell has a circular opening. The beam bracket and the shell are fixed to the base respectively. Vibration of the beam bracket can cause deformation of the piezoelectric cantilever beam, the piezoelectric cantilever beam generates electrical energy using the piezoelectric effect during deformation. The bistable piezoelectric cantilever vibration energy generator further includes twenty-five piezoelectric oscillator structures, and the lengths of the cantilever beam in the same layer are different such as to form a wide resonance frequency domain and to substantially increase power generation.

Abstract: The invention discloses an image restoration method and an imager processing apparatus using the same. The method includes the following steps: receiving a haze image comprising a plurality of pixels; detecting whether a color cast phenomenon occurs on the haze image; if yes, calculating a plurality of Laplacian distribution values respectively corresponding to the color channels; determining a maximum distribution value and a minimum distribution value among the Laplacian distribution values, and generating a self-adaptive parameter by comparing the maximum distribution value and the minimum distribution value; adjusting the transmission map by the self-adaptive parameter so as to generate a adjusted transmission map; calculating a plurality of color parameters respectively corresponding to the color channels according to the Laplacian distribution values; and restoring the haze image by using the color parameters and the adjusted transmission map so as to obtain a restored image.

Abstract: A ballast configured for multiple parallel lamp operation includes a system for detecting unbalanced loads or absent lamps in a parallel multiple lamp ballast. The ballast includes one or more starting transformers having windings, each winding connected in series with a lamp connected to the ballast. A winding of one or more of the starting transformers that is not connected in series with one of the lamps is monitored for a voltage in excess of a threshold. A voltage in excess of the threshold across the winding is indicative of an unbalanced load (e.g., an absent or broken lamp). If a voltage above the threshold is detected across the monitored load, the ballast ceases powering the lamps.

Abstract: A method for physical vapor deposition of an aluminum nitride film, comprising: positioning a substrate and an aluminum target in a chamber; vacuuming the chamber so that a chamber pressure is at a base pressure between 7.1×10?7-5×10?6 torr; conducting a working gas composed of argon gas and nitrogen gas into the chamber so that the chamber pressure is at a working pressure between 3-7 mtorr; and depositing the aluminum nitride film on the substrate by applying a high power impulse power supply to the aluminum target and applying a direct current bias power supply to the substrate under the working pressure and a substrate temperature between room temperature (25° C.) to 200° C.; wherein a power of the high power impulse power supply is between 500-600 W and a frequency thereof is between 750-1250 Hz, and a bias of the direct current bias power supply is between ?50-0 V.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of treating a subject with autism spectrum disorder by administering an acetylaminopropane sulfonate.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for growing GZO (ZnO:Ga) single crystals and relates to the technical field of crystal growth. The method may include the following steps: firstly, preparing compact, uniform and single-phase polycrystalline rods; secondly, optimizing the components and the proportions of flux; finally, optimizing the process parameters of travelling solvent floating zone crystal growth method for GZO, such as growth power, growth rate and rotation speed, etc. GZO crystals grown by this disclosure are high in crystalline quality, consistent in growth direction and excellent in electrical properties.

Abstract: An edge-lit lighting apparatus includes a light source and a light guide body. The light guide body includes an input edge, the light source positioned to project light through the input edge in a primary emission direction, the light guide extending from the input edge. The light guide body includes a mean elongation plane which is angularly offset from the primary emission direction. The light guide body includes a reflective side adjacent the input edge and configured to redirect light from the light source. The light guide includes an output side configured to disperse redirected light from the reflected side. The light guide body can extend curvilinearly from the input edge. The lighting apparatus can be configured as an indirect lighting system, and can help increase efficiency for edge-lit lighting systems.

Abstract: A grid structure formed from a plurality of building blocks, the grid structure comprising: a plurality of flat panels, wherein two of the plurality of flat panels are paired in parallel to have one of the two parallel flat panels provide an inner surface to one building block from the plurality of building blocks and the other of the two parallel flat panels provide an inner surface to another building block from the plurality of building blocks, wherein within each of the plurality of building blocks, the inner surfaces of any two adjacent panels lie on planes intersecting along a straight line that passes through an inner corner of the building block.

Abstract: This present invention provides a novel photoconductive semiconductor switch (PCSS) comprising: a semi-insulating substrate, an anode formed on the upper surface of said semi-insulating substrate, a first n-type doped layer formed on the lower surface of said semi-insulating substrate, a p-type doped layer formed on said first n-type doped layer, a second n-type doped layer formed on said p-type doped layer, a cathode formed on said second n-type doped layer, several recesses facing towards said first n-type doped layer and vertically extending into a part of said first n-type doped layer, an insulating layer formed on said second n-type doped layer and on the walls and the bottoms of said recesses, a gate electrode consisting of two parts, one part of the which formed on said insulating layer on the walls and the bottoms of recesses, and the other part of the which formed on a part of the insulating layer on the second n-type doped layer for electrically connecting the part of the gate electrode on the reces

Abstract: An OLED display capable of visible light communication and a visible light communication system having same are disclosed. The OLED display comprises an OLED display unit, a data memory unit, and an OLED control unit. The OLED display unit emits an image which is outwardly displayed and additional information which is included in the image. The data memory unit is storing image data corresponding to the image and additional data corresponding to the additional information. The OLED control unit controls the OLED display unit to display the image by using the image data provided by the data memory unit and controls the flicker of the image within a range which cannot be perceived by human eyes so that the additional information is included in the image by using the additional data provided by the data memory unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of sugar cane (Saccharum spp.) comprising introducing a nucleotide sequence of interest into a sugar cane callus tissue or cell thereof via Agrobacterium mediated delivery, wherein the sugar cane callus tissue is less than 28 days post-initiation. The invention further provides methods for transforming a sugar cane callus tissue or cell thereof comprising inoculating the sugar cane callus tissue that is less than 28 days post-initiation with an Agrobacterium comprising a nucleotide sequence of interest to produce an Agrobacterium-inoculated sugar cane tissue or cell thereof; and co-cultivating the Agrobacterium and the sugar cane callus tissue to produce a transformed sugar cane callus tissue or cell thereof.

Abstract: Inauhzin (INZ) was identified as a novel p53 activator, which selectively and efficiently suppressing tumor growth without displaying genotoxicity and with little toxicity to normal cells. A panel of INZ analogs were synthesized and evaluated their ability to induce cellular p53 and to inhibit cell growth in cell-based assays. As described, this leads to the discovery of INZ analog 37, a molecule that exhibits much better potency than INZ in both of p53 activation and cell growth inhibition in several human cancer cell lines including H460 and HCT116+/+ cells. This INZ analog exhibited a much lower effect on p53-null H1299 cells and importantly no toxicity towards normal human p53-containing WI-38 cells. Those results also reveal key chemical features for INZ activity, and identify the newly synthesized INZ analog 37 as a better small molecule for further development of anti-cancer therapies.

Abstract: A method for embedding and extracting a multi-scale space based watermark, comprises: constructing a pyramid structure of an original image by dividing each carrier image layer into M square carrier image blocks of the same size; constructing a multi-scale structure of a watermark image; embedding a watermark by embedding each watermark image into a corresponding carrier image block to obtain the original image containing the watermark; locating in the pyramid structure of the original image a target image from which a watermark will be extracted; extracting the watermark by obtaining an estimated watermark by means of the target image block and the reference image block; comparing watermarks by evaluating similarity between the estimated watermark and a watermark image to which the reference image block corresponds. Due to the multi-resolution block pyramid data structure in the present invention, a large scale attack is decomposed into a multi-level small scale attack.

Abstract: A method of forming a coating on a substrate is provided comprising forming a lignin solution by at least partially dissolving lignin in a solvent, coating the lignin solution onto the substrate and exposing the lignin coated substrate to a treatment selected from the group consisting of a heat treatment and an acid treatment. The coating provides for improved waterproofing and/or strengthening of the substrate.

Abstract: A tunable narrow-linewidth single-frequency linear-polarization laser device comprising a heat sink, a pumping source packaged on the heat sink, a first and second collimating lenses, a laser back cavity mirror, a thermal optical tunable filter, a rare-earth-ion heavily-doped multicomponent glass optical fiber, a super-structure polarization-maintaining fiber grating, a polarization-maintaining optical isolator, a polarization-maintaining optical fiber, and a thermoelectric refrigerating machine.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for the deployment of a ureter between a kidney and a bladder. A stent includes a flexible internal drainage portion, a retention portion, and an external drainage portion. The external drainage portion includes a sharpened tip configured to be passed from through a renal pelvis and out the side of a patient's body from inside the ureter. The stent is arranged to be removable by pulling the external drainage portion and thereby removing the stent out the side of the body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensor device. More particularly, the invention relates to a CMOS-based micro-optical-electromechanical-sensor (MOEMS) device with silicon light emitting devices, silicon waveguides and silicon detectors being fabricated using current Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology or Silicon on Insulator (SOI) technology. According to the invention there is provided a sensor comprising: a Silicon-based light emitting structure; an integrated electro-optical mechanical interface structure that is capable to sense mechanical deflections; an integrated electronic driving and processing circuitry so as to detect physical parameters such as vibration, motion, rotation, acceleration.

Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a substrate, a light emitter mounted on the substrate, and a lens at least partially covering the light emitter, the lens defining a space about the light emitter. A heat sink is attached to the substrate. The heat sink is configured to dissipate heat from the light emitter via the substrate. The substrate includes an opening communicated with the space. A vent passage is at least partially defined between the heat sink and the substrate, the vent passage communicating the opening in the substrate with an exterior of the heat sink.