Abstract: Methods of treating a disease caused by a positive strand RNA virus. The methods include administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of Formula I or Formula II.

Abstract: A power supply is provided. The power supply includes a power supply circuit and a control circuit. The power supply circuit includes a voltage converter and multiple point-of-load circuits. The voltage converter generates a third voltage according to a first voltage. The load point-of-load circuits generate at least one second voltage and at least one state signal according to the third voltage. The at least one second voltage is suitable for supplying power to a load. The control circuit is coupled to the power supply circuit. The control circuit determines whether a single event latch-up occurs in the power supply circuit according to the at least one state signal. When the single event latch-up occurs in the power supply circuit, the control circuit switches off the power supply circuit to stop generating the at least one second voltage and the at least one state signal.

Abstract: Methods of treating a disease caused by a positive strand RNA virus. The methods include administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.

Abstract: A power supply is provided. The power supply includes a power supply circuit and a control circuit. The power supply circuit includes a voltage converter and multiple point-of-load circuits. The voltage converter generates a third voltage according to a first voltage. The load point-of-load circuits generate at least one second voltage and at least one state signal according to the third voltage. The at least one second voltage is suitable for supplying power to a load. The control circuit is coupled to the power supply circuit. The control circuit determines whether a single event latch-up occurs in the power supply circuit according to the at least one state signal. When the single event latch-up occurs in the power supply circuit, the control circuit switches off the power supply circuit to stop generating the at least one second voltage and the at least one state signal.

Abstract: Methods of treating a disease caused by a positive strand RNA virus. The methods include administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of Formula I or Formula II.

Abstract: An infrared thermal emitter includes a substrate, a light-emitting unit and an infrared-emitting unit. The light-emitting unit is disposed on the substrate in a laminating direction and has a light-exiting surface away from the substrate. The infrared-emitting unit is disposed on the substrate in the laminating direction to cover the light-emitting unit and includes a layered structure having a light-absorbing layer that is aligned with the light-emitting unit in the laminating direction. The light-absorbing layer absorbs light emitted from the light-emitting unit so as to be heated up and to generate infrared radiation.

Abstract: A physiological information collecting system and a transceiver device thereof are configured to collect physiological information from animal bodies. The transceiver device includes a front-end circuit, a follower circuit, a quadrature delay line and an output circuit. The front-end circuit separates a discontinuous signal into an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal. The follower circuit outputs a control voltage and rotates the in-phase signal by a predetermined phase angle to output a follower signal. The quadrature delay line rotates the quadrature signal by a corresponding phase angle according to the control voltage. The output circuit synthesizes the follower signal and the quadrature signal and outputs a data signal by demodulating the discontinuous signal.

Abstract: A sample processing kit including a centrifugal microfluidic component and a collection component detachably fitted into the microfluidic component is provided. Upon the application of the sample processing kit, target molecules or cells may be separated and collected by the collection component for further experimentation.

Abstract: An infrared thermal emitter includes a substrate, a light-emitting unit and an infrared-emitting unit. The light-emitting unit is disposed on the substrate in a laminating direction and has a light-exiting surface away from the substrate. The infrared-emitting unit is disposed on the substrate in the laminating direction to cover the light-emitting unit and includes a layered structure having a light-absorbing layer that is aligned with the light-emitting unit in the laminating direction. The light-absorbing layer absorbs light emitted from the light-emitting unit so as to be heated up and to generate infrared radiation.

Abstract: A multi-protocol determining method based on a CAN bus is provided, which includes a mode setting step and two or more modes are set in a controller of the CAN bus. The multi-protocol determining method based on the CAN bus includes a listening step, and the modes are taken turns to read a packet from the communicated node. The multi-protocol determining method based on the CAN bus further includes a confirming step. In the confirming step, if the packet is received successfully by one of the modes, the CAN bus is set to work in the corresponding mode. The controller sends one or more requesting packets, each having a communicating request based on a predetermined protocol, to the communicated node, and if the controller receives a feedback packet from the communicated node successfully, the protocol of the communicated node is identified to be the predetermined protocol.

Abstract: A smart diaper sensor, which may be disposed inside a diaper, and may include a sensing element and a wireless RF circuit. The wireless RF circuit may include a transmitter and a wake-up receiver. The wake-up receiver may receive a wake-up signal transmitted from a backend platform to wake up the transmitter. The sensing element may sense the environmental status inside the diaper to generate a sensing signal. The transmitter may receive the sensing signal, and then transmit the sensing signal to the backend platform.

Abstract: A physiological information collecting system and a transceiver device thereof are configured to collect physiological information from animal bodies. The transceiver device includes a front-end circuit, a follower circuit, a quadrature delay line and an output circuit. The front-end circuit separates a discontinuous signal into an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal. The follower circuit outputs a control voltage and rotates the in-phase signal by a predetermined phase angle to output a follower signal. The quadrature delay line rotates the quadrature signal by a corresponding phase angle according to the control voltage. The output circuit synthesizes the follower signal and the quadrature signal and outputs a data signal by demodulating the discontinuous signal.

Abstract: Disclosures of the present invention describe a non-contact physical etching system, which consists of a main body, a separation member, a hollow chamber, a working gas supplying device, a plasma generating device, a first mask, and a target holder. Particularly, this non-contact physical etching system can be used for executing a direct physical etching process to a target put on the target holder, without treating the target with any photolithography processes in advance. Therefore, since this non-contact physical etching system is able to complete target etching by purely-physical way, it is extrapolated that the non-contact physical etching system can also be used for applying etching process to biomartials, medical substrates (for example, blood glucose test strip), and organic materials.

Abstract: A sample processing kit including a centrifugal microfluidic component and a collection component detachably fitted into the microfluidic component is provided. Upon the application of the sample processing kit, target molecules or cells may be separated and collected by the collection component for further experimentation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical structure, which comprises a lens module, a reflective housing, and a light-emitting device. The lens module includes a lens body, which includes a first curved surface and a second curved surface connected symmetrically. The first curved surface extends from the top of the lens body to the front and left sides and reaches the bottom part; the second curved surface extends from the top of the lens body to the front and right sides and reaches the bottom part. The reflective housing includes a housing, which includes a reflective concave surface facing the lens module. In addition, one end of the housing is higher than the lens module. The light-emitting device is disposed between the lens module and the reflective housing and inside the lens module. By using the design of optical structure, light-emitting devices are enabled to project light with high uniformity.

Abstract: This invention provides a centrifugal microfluidic disk and methods for separating targets or cells and collecting the targets or cells in the centrifugal microfluidic disk by using the density gradient.

Abstract: The present invention provides a non-contact physical etching system mainly consisting of a main body, a hollow chamber, a plasma generating device, a first mask, and a target carrying platform. Particularly, this non-contact physical etching system can be used for executing a non-contact etching process to a target put on the target carrying platform, without using any lithography processes. Moreover, when the non-contact etching process is operated, the plasma in the hollow chamber would produce a spontaneous electric field near the surface of the first mask for maintaining the electrical neutrality thereof; therefore, by the action of the spontaneous electric field perpendicular to the surface of the first mask, the charged ions in the plasma would be accelerated and then pass through at least one first pattern formed on the first mask, such that the charged ions would etch or cut the target by way of bombarding the target.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a connection device capable of increasing data reading and writing speeds, wherein the connection device includes a first connection module connected to a computer, a second connection module connected to at least one regular storage unit, a high-speed storage unit having higher data reading and writing speeds than each regular storage unit, and a control module respectively connected to the connection modules and the high-speed storage unit for identifying product information of each regular storage unit and the high-speed storage unit and generating a forward mapping table for each regular storage unit and a backward mapping table for the high-speed storage unit. Thus, when the computer performs a reading or writing operation on the regular storage unit, the control module can execute the operation through the high-speed storage unit according to the mapping tables, so as to shorten the time required for data processing.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a system for increasing read and write speeds of a hybrid storage unit, which includes a cache controller connected to the hybrid storage unit and a computer respectively, and stores forward and backward mapping tables each including a plurality of fields. The hybrid storage unit is composed of at least one regular storage unit (e.g., an HDD) having a plurality of regular sections corresponding to forward fields respectively, and at least one high-speed storage unit (e.g., an SSD) having a plurality of high-speed storage sections corresponding to backward fields respectively with higher read and write speeds than the regular storage unit. The cache controller can make the high-speed storage section corresponding to each backward field correspond to the regular section corresponding to the forward field, thus allowing the computer to rapidly read and write data from and into the hybrid storage unit.

Abstract: A fluid sample collection device for a disk-based fluid separation system is disclosed. The disk-based separation system includes a compact microfluidic disk with at least one flow channel pattern formed on a side surface of the disk. At least one orifice is formed on an outflow boundary of the disk and is designed in fluid communication with the flow channel pattern through a communication channel. The fluid sample collection device includes at least one collection tube having an open end serving as a fluid receiving end and corresponding to the orifice of the disk with a distance. When the disk is rotated, at least a portion of fluid sample in a sample processing reservoir formed on the disk is delivered by centripetal force through the communication channel and the orifice, and finally the expelling fluid sample is collected in the collection tube.