Abstract: A mouthwash composition comprises water and a modified polyglutamic acid composed of a plurality of segment A and a plurality of segment B randomly arranged, in which, the segment A has a formula I: The segment B has a formula II: wherein X=H, Na, K, NH4, ½Ca, or ½Mg, and Y=Cl, Br, or I. The modified polyglutamic acid in the mouthwash composition is 0.1-5 wt %. The mouthwash composition in the present invention can eliminate bad breath, and also has antibacterial properties, so it can suppress the formation of dental plaque and is effective in preventing periodontal disease.

Abstract: A mechanism is described for facilitating efficient computation for hybrid camera arrays at computing devices according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes selecting a camera to serve as a reference camera, where the camera is selected from a plurality of cameras in a hybrid camera array, performing matching across images obtained from multiple camera pairs of the plurality of cameras, and selecting one or more best camera pairs of the multiple camera pairs based on at least one of placement, type, and history associated with each camera of the multiple camera pairs.

Abstract: A subjective eye refractometer includes an imaging lens and a target, the front surface of the cornea of a testee is located at a focal point of the imaging lens, the target and an eye of the testee are respectively located on two sides of the imaging lens along an optical axis of the imaging lens, and the target can move forward and backward along the optical axis by means of setting, and the subjective eye refractometer is marked with a value D1 for identifying a spherical refractive-power along a movement path of the target, a movement position x is obtained by subtracting a focal distance f0 from an object distance of the target, when the testee sees the target clearly, the spherical refractive-power of glasses to be worn on the eyes is the corresponding spherical refractive-power D1 at the movement position x of the target. The invention further discloses a subjective refractometry method.

Abstract: A master device transmits beacon messages to a plurality of slave devices. The beacon messages specify upstream time slots, downstream time slots, and contention-based time slots. To register a respective slave device with the master device, the respective slave device transmits an association request to the master device during a contention-based time slot and receives an association response from the master device during a first downstream time slot. In response to receiving the association response, the respective slave device transmits an authentication request to the master device during an upstream time slot and receives an authentication response from the master device during a second downstream time slot.

Abstract: The present invention is a circuit arrangement for a wireless cellular network. The circuit arrangement includes a determiner configured to determine a priority value of each packet of a plurality of packets based on at least a position of a video frame in a group of pictures and a type of the video frame, the video frame or a part thereof being contained in the packet, wherein the type of video frame comprises I frame data or P frame data; and wherein the determiner is further configured to set the priority value of a packet including I frame data lower than the priority value of at least one other packet including P frame data; and a controller configured to control scheduling of the packet based on the determined priority value for a communication device in a wireless cellular network. A method of determining a priority of packet scheduling is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a two-stage locating device and the method thereof. In stage-one, the preliminary locating device finds the approximate area of the locking hole encircled with the magnetic material on the intramedullary nail. In stage-two, the pinpoint device has a plurality of targeting devices and includes a transparent plate with a plurality of alignment lines. According to the deviations between each pointing device and the alignment lines, the direction of the pinpoint device for further adjustment can be determined. The present invention can determine the position and the orientation of the locking hole on the intramedullary nail quickly and precisely to shorten the time spent to implant the intramedullary nail. Furthermore, the present invention can also have a conductive circuit to connect to an alarm device. Thus, the precise location can be determined through the different alarm signals based on the contact conditions between each directing devices and the conductive circuit.

Abstract: The present application provides an information pushing method and apparatus. The method comprises: collecting a pushing parameter of each piece of information pushed in a time segment T, the pushing parameter comprising information pushing time, an information pushing user, or the number of times of the information being accessed; determining, according to the collected pushing parameter, an information access parameter of each user in the time segment T, the information access parameter comprises at least: the number of times of the information being visited in the time segment T, an information access tendency, and time of a last access of the information in T, and the information access tendency being determined by the number of times of the information being accessed; and selecting, according to the information access parameter of each user in the time segment T, a target user meeting a requirement, and pushing information to the target user.

Abstract: A temperature control system for a test chamber includes a control circuit, a temperature increasing circuit, and a temperature decreasing circuit. The control circuit detects a temperature in the test chamber, compares the temperature with a predetermined temperature, and outputs a first control signal when the temperature is lower than the predetermined temperature. The temperature increasing circuit receives the first control signal, and heats the test chamber in accordance therewith. The control circuit outputs a second control signal to the temperature when the temperature in the test chamber is higher than the predetermined temperature, the temperature decreasing circuit receives the second control signal, and cool the test chamber according to the second control signal to decrease the temperature in the test chamber.

Abstract: Microporous membranes comprising a single integral layer having first and second microporous surfaces; and, a porous bulk between the microporous surfaces, wherein the bulk comprises at least a first region and a second region; the first region comprising a first set of pores having outer rims, prepared by removing introduced silica dissolvable nanoparticles, the first set of pores having a first controlled pore size, and a second set of pores connecting the outer rims, the second set of pores having a second controlled pore size, and a polymer matrix supporting the first set of pores, wherein the first controlled pore size is greater than the second controlled pore size; the second region comprising a third set of pores prepared by phase inversion, the third set of pores having a third controlled pore size, filters including the membranes, and methods of making and using the membranes, are disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for reporting connection setup request, includes a request transmitting unit configured to transmit a connection setup request for device-to-device communication to a network side when it is determined according to pre-obtained configuration information that the connection setup request for device-to-device communication can be transmitted to the network side.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composite substrate structure and a touch panel having composite substrate structure, for promoting abrasion resistance, visual transparency, and appearance. The composite substrate structure includes a transparent substrate and a diamond-like carbon layer. The diamond-like carbon layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and has a thickness less than or equal to about 15 nanometers.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a fin-like field-effect transistor (FinFET) device includes providing a substrate having a first region and a second region, and forming a plurality of mandrel features in the first region with a first spacing. The method further includes forming first spacers along sidewalls of the mandrel features with a targeted width A, and forming second spacers with a first width W1 along sidewalls of the first spacers, wherein two back-to-back adjacent second spacers are separated by a gap. The method further includes depositing a dielectric material in the gap and in the second region, and performing a first cut thereby removing a first subset of the first spacers. Coincident with the removing of the first subset, the method further includes partially removing the dielectric material in the second region thereby forming a mesa of the dielectric material in the second region.

Abstract: A method for sending a Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) data frame, comprising acquiring a user virtual local area network (VLAN) or a combination of a user VLAN and a user multicast medium access control (MAC) address in a first protocol packet, and a first port identifier; storing a correspondence there-between in a forwarding table; searching, according to the user VLAN or the combination of the user VLAN and the user multicast MAC address in a TRILL data frame received, the forwarding table for a second port identifier corresponding to the VLAN or the combination of the user VLAN and the user multicast MAC address in the TRILL data frame, and forwarding the TRILL data frame from a pseudo wire (PW) port corresponding to the second port identifier.

Abstract: In order to prepare highly conductive and highly dispersible graphene and obtain an electrode for a lithium ion battery with good output characteristics and cycle characteristics, there is provided a graphene composition containing thiourea, the element ratio of sulfur to carbon being 0.04 or more and 0.12 or less in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses method and apparatus for image compression. The method includes: acquiring a threshold of a similarity score of an image; acquiring a first quality factor of the image, a first similarity score corresponding to the first quality factor, a second quality factor of the image, and a second similarity score corresponding to the second quality factor; obtaining a functional relationship between quality factor and similarity score of the image by means of curve fitting using the first quality factor, the first similarity score, the second quality factor, and the second similarity score; determining an optimum quality factor of the image according to the functional relationship between the quality factor and the similarity score and the threshold of the similarity score; and compressing the image according to the determined optimum quality factor. With the present disclosure, iterations in image compression can be completed in a very short time.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a channel transmission method and apparatus, a base station and a terminal. The method includes: a base station transmits a downlink channel to a terminal according to transmission information of the downlink channel; the base station receives a feedback channel transmitted by the terminal according to transmission information of the feedback channel, and combines and decodes the feedback channel, wherein the feedback channel is used by the terminal to feed back ACK to the base station after correctly receiving the downlink channel. By means of the feature of small transmission data or signaling of the terminals in the M2M, when scheduling the terminal, the base station directly transmits one kind of downlink channel, thus the system overhead is reduced; correspondingly, electric energy of the terminals is saved.

Abstract: A linear stepping motor having anti-rotating screw is disclosed, comprising a stator, a rotor, a front-end cover, a rear-end cover and a screw, wherein the screw is an anti-rotating screw. The anti-rotating screw comprises a screw main body, one end of the screw main body is covered with a layer of plastic anti-rotating structure of injection molding. The front-end cover is provided with a segment of inner cavity, which is of shape matched with the anti-rotating structure, and the anti-rotating structure of the screw is in sleeved connection with the inner cavity of the front-end cover. The linear stepping motor in the present invention has the advantages in that the screw is free from limits in the processing length, has high strength, keeps high concentricity and other accuracy, and is of small error in use and less processing procedures, and saves working time.

Abstract: Provided in the present invention is a pharmaceutic osmotic pump preparation comprising a tablet core, wherein the tablet core contains drugs (or pharmaceutically active ingredients) and materials forming a chamber structure; and a coating film coating the tablet core where a drug release hole is set; wherein when the pharmaceutic osmotic pump preparation releases drugs in water or an aqueous medium, the materials forming the chamber structure lead to the formation of a superfine chamber structure in the coating film, and the total volume of the superfine chamber structure Vb gradually increases over the releasing time, but the releasing rate R (or release amount A) of the pharmaceutically active ingredients is proportional to Vb. The osmotic pump preparation of the present invention is suitable for water-soluble drugs and water-insoluble drugs, and especially is suitable for the controlled release of low solubility drugs or pH dependent drugs.

Abstract: A network connection sharing method is provided. A first electronic device is set as a hotspot by a first application program module of the first electronic device, so that a wireless network is shared by the first electronic device. After a service set identifier and a password of the wireless network are converted into a two-dimensional code image by the first application program module, the two-dimensional code image is outputted from an image output device of the first electronic device. After the two-dimensional code image is read by an image input device of a second electronic device and analyzed by a second application program module of the second electronic device, the service set identifier and the password are acquired. The second electronic device is connected to the wireless network according to the service set identifier and the password.

Abstract: A subsea riser support buoy is disclosed having a riser support member and a jumper support member that extend generally parallel to each other and that define a lengthwise direction extending between them across the buoy. Pontoons extend lengthwise beyond the riser support member and the jumper support member to provide attachment points for connecting tethers to the buoy. In this way, the attachment points are spaced more widely than lengthwise extremities of the riser support member and the jumper support member, beneficially altering the dynamic behaviour of the buoy and especially its pitch characteristics.