Abstract: A device-verification system is configured to verify the authenticity of an electronic device using a digital signature of the electronic device verified by a certificate authority. In some examples, the electronic device includes a NFC tag storing device hardware information, device public and private keys, and a device digital signature ciphertext. A user may utilize a personal device to read the information from the NFC tag and the personal device may include a software application configured to communicate the information to a cloud-based certificate authority. The certificate authority may include a distributed system (e.g., a blockchain ledger) utilized to verify, store, and subsequently retrieve data corresponding to the electronic device. The certificate authority is configured to utilize the device digital signature to verify the authenticity of the device.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to identifying objects of interest and detecting motion to automatically detect a security threat as a function of video frame delta information received from a video encoder. In an illustrative example, the video encoder may be an H.264 encoder onboard a video camera. A cloud server may receive the video frame delta information in a compressed video stream from the camera. Threats may be detected by the cloud server processing the video frame delta information in the compressed video stream, without decompression, to identify objects and detect motion. The cloud server may employ artificial intelligence techniques to enhance threat detection by the cloud server. Various examples may advantageously provide increased capacity of a computer tasked with detecting security breaches, due to the significant reduction in the amount of data to be processed, relative to threat detection based on processing uncompressed video streams.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to identifying objects of interest and detecting motion to automatically detect a security threat as a function of video frame delta information received from a video encoder. In an illustrative example, the video encoder may be an H.264 encoder onboard a video camera. A cloud server may receive the video frame delta information in a compressed video stream from the camera. Threats may be detected by the cloud server processing the video frame delta information in the compressed video stream, without decompression, to identify objects and detect motion. The cloud server may employ artificial intelligence techniques to enhance threat detection by the cloud server. Various examples may advantageously provide increased capacity of a computer tasked with detecting security breaches, due to the significant reduction in the amount of data to be processed, relative to threat detection based on processing uncompressed video streams.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling or combating microbial organism by applying an antimicrobial peptide to the microbial organisms, wherein said antimicrobial peptide derived from Lilium ‘Stargazer’ glycine-rich protein 1. In addition, the present invention provides an antimicrobial composition comprising an antimicrobial peptide of the invention, an additional biocidal agent and pharmaceutically acceptable vehicles, excipients, diluents, and adjuvants.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling or combating microbial organism by applying an antimicrobial peptide to the microbial organisms, wherein said antimicrobial peptide derived from Lilium ‘Stargazer’ glycine-rich protein 1. In addition, the present invention provides an antimicrobial composition comprising an antimicrobial peptide of the invention, an additional biocidal agent and pharmaceutically acceptable vehicles, excipients, diluents, and adjuvants.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling or combating microbial organism by applying an antimicrobial peptide to the microbial organisms, wherein said antimicrobial peptide derived from Lilium ‘Stargazer’ glycine-rich protein 1. In addition, the present invention provides an antimicrobial composition comprising an antimicrobial peptide of the invention, an additional biocidal agent and pharmaceutically acceptable vehicles, excipients, diluents, and adjuvants.

Abstract: A bicycle wheel rim adapted for mounting with a pair of tire rim portions of a tire includes a base portion and a pair of annular flanges. The base portion has an inner ring wall, and an outer ring wall surrounding the inner ring wall. Each annular flange has an inclined inner surface adapted for abutting against a corresponding one of the tire rim portions. The outer ring wall is disposed between the annular flanges, and includes a pair of connection sections, each of which is connected to a corresponding one of the annular flanges and has a retaining surface that cooperates with the inclined inner surface of the corresponding annular flange to form an included angle smaller than 90 degrees.

Abstract: A vacuum coating apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a cathode target, a plurality of anodes, a transiting device, a pulsed arc discharge device, and a pulsed laser device. The plurality of anodes is placed on the transiting device and successively passes though a working position by the transiting device. The pulsed arc discharge device is electrically connected to the cathode target and the anode at the operable position to form plasma in a vacuum chamber for film coating. The pulsed laser device is located outside of the vacuum chamber and provides a pulsed laser beam onto the surface of the cathode surface to serve as a plasma trigger. A coating method for the vacuum coating apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: A wheel rim includes an annular rim body having a horizontally disposed rim axis. The rim body includes an annular base wall and opposite annular side walls extending from the annular base wall. Each annular side wall includes a reinforcing segment connected to the annular base wall, and a tire coupling segment extending from the reinforcing segment. The tire coupling segments of the annular side walls cooperatively define a tire retaining space. Each reinforcing segment has an inner wall portion, an outer wall portion disposed at a radially outer side of the inner wall portion and cooperating with the inner wall portion to define an annular chamber, and at least one connecting wall portion disposed in the annular chamber, and cooperating with the inner and outer wall portions to form at least one H-shaped wall structure and to configure the annular chamber into at least two annular holes.

Abstract: A vacuum coating apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a cathode target, a plurality of anodes, a transiting device, a pulsed arc discharge device, and a pulsed laser device. The plurality of anodes is placed on the transiting device and successively passes though a working position by the transiting device. The pulsed arc discharge device is electrically connected to the cathode target and the anode at the operable position to form plasma in a vacuum chamber for film coating. The pulsed laser device is located outside of the vacuum chamber and provides a pulsed laser beam onto the surface of the cathode surface to serve as a plasma trigger. A coating method for the vacuum coating apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: A wheel rim includes an annular rim body that has an annular base wall, a pair of annular side walls, and a stop unit. The annular side walls extend respectively from lateral edges of the annular base wall. Each annular side wall includes a hollow segment and a connecting segment that interconnects the hollow segment and the annular base wall. Each hollow segment has an inner wall portion, an outer wall portion, and a tire bead retaining part projecting from the inner wall portion toward the other one of the annular side walls. Each inner wall portion is adapted for contacting a respective one of tire beads of a tire and cooperates with the stop unit and the respective tire bead retaining part to retain the respective tire bead.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel nucleic acid encoding a ?-1,3-glucanase polypeptide of lily, and an expression vector, host cell and transgenic plant comprising the nucleic acid of the invention. The expression of the nucleic acid of the invention in the plant will enhance resistance against a wide variety of stresses, in particular fungal attack.

Abstract: A wheel rim includes an annular rim body having a horizontally disposed rim axis. The rim body includes an annular base wall, and a pair of opposite annular side walls. The annular base wall is formed with a plurality of spoke fastening holes spaced apart from each other, and has two opposite lateral edges. The annular side walls extend radially, outwardly and respectively from the lateral edges of the annular base wall. Each of the annular side walls includes a hollow segment that defines an annular hole. The hollow segment has an inner wall portion disposed at an inner side of the annular hole and facing the other one of the annular side walls, and an outer wall portion connected to the inner wall portion and disposed at an outer side of the annular hole opposite to the inner side of the annular hole.

Abstract: A bicycle wheel rim includes an annular rim body having a rim axis and including left and right annular side walls, two annular first oblique walls, two annular second oblique walls, an annular base wall that interconnects the second oblique walls, and left and right annular connecting walls. Each first oblique wall extends from a respective side wall and has an edge opposite to the respective side wall. The edges of the first oblique walls are disposed on an imaginary cylindrical plane. Each second oblique wall extends from a respective first oblique wall. Each connecting wall extends from the base wall to a respective side wall. Each first oblique wall has a radial inner side forming an angle with the imaginary cylindrical plane that ranges from 15 to 65 degrees.

Abstract: A wheel rim includes an annular rim body having a horizontally disposed rim axis and an imaginary central plane that is perpendicular to the rim axis. The rim body includes a pair of annular side walls, an annular base wall, a pair of annular strengthening walls, and an annular reinforcing wall. The annular side walls are disposed respectively on opposite sides of the imaginary central plane. The annular base wall interconnects the annular side walls. Each of the annular strengthening walls extends from a respective one of the annular side walls toward the imaginary central plane and is disposed radially outward relative to the annular base wall. The reinforcing wall includes a pair of connecting segments, each of which interconnects the annular base wall and a respective one of the annular strengthening walls, and a reinforcing protruding segment that protrudes radially and outwardly relative to the rim axis.

Abstract: A wheel rim includes an annular rim body having a horizontally disposed rim axis and an imaginary central plane that is perpendicular to the rim axis. The rim body includes a pair of annular side walls, an annular base wall, a pair of annular strengthening walls, and an annular reinforcing wall. The annular side walls are disposed respectively on opposite sides of the imaginary central plane. The annular base wall interconnects the annular side walls. Each of the annular strengthening walls extends from a respective one of the annular side walls toward the imaginary central plane and is disposed radially outward relative to the annular base wall. The reinforcing wall includes a pair of connecting segments, each of which interconnects the annular base wall and a respective one of the annular strengthening walls, and a reinforcing protruding segment that protrudes radially and outwardly relative to the rim axis.

Abstract: A bicycle wheel rim includes an annular rim body having a rim axis, and including left and right annular side walls, a pair of annular oblique walls, an annular base wall, left and right annular connecting walls, and a pair of annular tire-retaining ribs. Each of the left and right annular side walls has a radial outer edge. Each of the oblique walls extends obliquely from a respective one of the side walls toward the other one of the side walls. The base wall interconnects the oblique walls and has a radial outer side. Each of the left and right annular connecting walls extends from the base wall to connect to a respective one of the side walls. A radial distance between the radial outer side of the base wall and the radial outer edges,of the side walls ranges from 8.5 millimeters to 12.5 millimeters.

Abstract: A wheel rim includes an annular base wall, annular left and right tire-retaining walls, and an annular reinforcing wall. The annular base wall includes an annular array of first through holes spaced apart from each other. The annular left and right tire-retaining walls are spaced apart from each other, and extend radially and outwardly from the annular base wall. The annular reinforcing wall includes an annular wall portion extending between the left and right tire-retaining walls and spaced apart from the annular base wall, and a plurality of hollow projections aligned radially and respectively with the first through holes. Each of the hollow projections defines a second through hole. Each of the hollow projections is formed as one piece with and projects from the annular wall portion of the annular reinforcing wall.