Abstract: The present invention provides methods for using the level of caspase 3 activity for determining or prognosticating likelihood of cancer recurrence or relapse in a patient after the treatment for cancer. The present invention also provides methods for treating cancer in a patient using a caspase 3 inhibitor in conjunction with a conventional cancer treatment.

Abstract: A lighting device (1) comprising a driver (7) arranged at a base (2) of the lighting device (1), a heat sink (14) arranged at a portion (3) of the lighting device (1), separate from the driver (7), a light source (13) mounted to the heat sink (14), and a wire (10) arranged to electrically connect the light source (13) to the driver (7), wherein a portion of the wire (10) extending from the base (2) to the portion of the lighting device (1) is arranged to be exposed to light from the light source (13). The present embodiment is advantageous in that the thermal performance is improved and the lifetime of the lighting device (1) is increased. Further, the exposed wire (10) may be illuminated by the light source (13) and visible from outside the lighting device (1), thereby having the appearance of a filament.

Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter generally relates to methods and compositions for inhibiting the expression and/or activation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) genes in a hypoxic cell. More particularly, the methods disclosed herein relate to inhibition of HIF-1 activation in a cell, increasing sensitivity of a tumor cell to radiation and/or chemotherapy, delaying tumor growth, inhibiting tumor blood vessel growth, inhibiting inflammatory responses in a cell through the use of compositions that prevent the nitrosylation of HIF-1, and methods for screening for new inhibitors of HIF-1 activiation. Additionally, the compositions disclosed herein relate to compositions that can be employed in, and are identified by, the disclosed methods.

Abstract: A reset control device for an electronic device having a battery for providing operating power for a system circuit is provided. The reset control device includes a signal generating unit for generating a control signal, and a control module installed in the battery and coupled to the signal generating unit for disconnecting a power supply link between the battery and the system circuit for a predetermined duration and recovering the power supply link, when the control signal conforms to a predefined rule, so as to reset the system circuit.

Abstract: A LED light bulb (10, 110, 210) having at least one LED (30a-d, 230). Light output from the LED is directed toward an offset scattering optics structure (50, 150, 250) that intersects and scatters the light output. The LED may optionally be paired with a narrow beam optical piece (32a-d, 132a-d, 232) to focus and direct the light output of the LED toward the scattering optics structure. A mounting structure (40, 140, 240a, 240b) may support the scattering optics structure and offset the scattering optics structure from the LED.

Abstract: Communication methods and communication devices are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides an illumination apparatus (10) and a method of assembling the illumination apparatus. The illumination apparatus comprises a light source (101) having a plurality of LED arrays, wherein at least two of the plurality of LED arrays have different lumen degradations as a function of junction temperature of the respective LED arrays; and a heat dissipation unit (102) configured to be capable of dissipating heat generated by the light source, wherein the heat dissipation unit is mounted on a first surface of the light source in such a way that there is a gap between the first surface and the heat dissipation unit when the light source is not in operation, and the gap is narrowed or can be deemed to disappear when the light source reaches a preset temperature, so that the heat dissipation efficiency of the heat dissipation unit is improved.

Abstract: A transmitter and an identification pattern transmission method thereof and a receiver and an identification pattern detection method thereof are provided. The transmitter includes a random sequence generator, a mapper and a resource allocation unit. The identification pattern transmission method includes following steps. A random sequence is generated. The random sequence is mapped to an identification pattern. The identification pattern is partitioned into a plurality of identification segments. The identification segments are allocated to a plurality of communication resource blocks to generate a transmitted signal having information of the identification pattern, where each of the communication resource blocks is spaced from another adjacent communication resource block by a predetermined number of symbols and/or a predetermined number of subcarriers.

Abstract: A LED light bulb (10, 110, 210) having at least one LED (30a-d, 230). Light output from the LED is directed toward an offset scattering optics structure (50, 150, 250) that intersects and scatters the light output. The LED may optionally be paired with a narrow beam optical piece (32a-d, 132a-d, 232) to focus and direct the light output of the LED toward the scattering optics structure. A mounting structure (40, 140, 240a, 240b) may support the scattering optics structure and offset the scattering optics structure from the LED.

Abstract: The invention provides an illumination apparatus (10) and a method of assembling the illumination apparatus. The illumination apparatus comprises a light source (101) having a plurality of LED arrays, wherein at least two of the plurality of LED arrays have different lumen degradations as a function of junction temperature of the respective LED arrays; and a heat dissipation unit (102) configured to be capable of dissipating heat generated by the light source, wherein the heat dissipation unit is mounted on a first surface of the light source in such a way that there is a gap between the first surface and the heat dissipation unit when the light source is not in operation, and the gap is narrowed or can be deemed to disappear when the light source reaches a preset temperature, so that the heat dissipation efficiency of the heat dissipation unit is improved.

Abstract: A reset control device for an electronic device having a battery for providing operating power for a system circuit is provided. The reset control device includes a signal generating unit for generating a control signal, and a control module installed in the battery and coupled to the signal generating unit for disconnecting a power supply link between the battery and the system circuit for a predetermined duration and recovering the power supply link, when the control signal conforms to a predefined rule, so as to reset the system circuit.

Abstract: A signal receiving method of a receiver includes following steps. Multiple time-domain received signals are transformed into multiple frequency-domain received signals, and channel response matrices corresponding to the frequency-domain received signals are estimated. The frequency-domain received signals are STBC decoded and multiple original combination signals are obtained based on the corresponding channel response matrices. The frequency-domain received signals are rearranged, and the rearranged frequency-domain received signals are STBC decoded and multiple rearrangement combination signals are obtained based on the corresponding channel response matrices. The original combination signals and the rearrangement combination signals are randomly chosen and summed to obtain multiple complex signals. The complex signal with minimum interference power is selected and then the selected signal is used to cancel interference and compensate the channel effect to obtain the detected data.

Abstract: A signal receiving method of a receiver includes following steps. Multiple time-domain received signals are transformed into multiple frequency-domain received signals, and channel response matrices corresponding to the frequency-domain received signals are estimated. The frequency-domain received signals are STBC decoded and multiple original combination signals are obtained based on the corresponding channel response matrices. The frequency-domain received signals are rearranged, and the rearranged frequency-domain received signals are STBC decoded and multiple rearrangement combination signals are obtained based on the corresponding channel response matrices. The original combination signals and the rearrangement combination signals are randomly chosen and summed to obtain multiple complex signals. The complex signal with minimum interference power is selected and then the selected signal is used to cancel interference and compensate the channel effect to obtain the detected data.

Abstract: A method for reducing leakage of a delivery formulation from a target tissue via a damaged blood vessel during and after administration of the delivery formulation is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a delivery formulation comprising a blocking agent and one or more vectors encoding one or more polypeptides, wherein the delivery formulation is in a liquid form; and (b) administering the delivery formulation to a target tissue in a subject, wherein the administering results in the viscosity of the blocking agent increasing to at least about 100 cP, whereby leakage of the delivery formulation from the target tissue either during or after administration of the delivery formulation is reduced.

Abstract: The present invention provides caspase modulators in a wide variety of therapeutic applications. Some aspects of the present invention provide methods for using caspase modulators in treating tumor, promoting wound healing, and producing induced pluripotent stem cells.

Abstract: A magnetic device includes a circuit board, a magnetic induction element, an insulating structure and a plurality of conductive wire segments. The circuit board has at least one conductive layer. The magnetic induction element is disposed on the circuit board. The insulating structure covers the magnetic induction element. The insulating structure is wound by the conductive wire segments. Two ends of each conductive wire segments are electrically connected to the conductive layer to form a coil loop.

Abstract: The presently claimed subject matter provides conditionally replication competent adenoviral vectors that confer selective cytotoxicity on cells expressing HIF-1 by infecting cells that allow HIF-1 inducible promoters present within the vectors to function. Also provided are compositions and host cells based upon the vectors, as well as methods of propagating and using the vectors. The presently claimed subject matter further provides a method of inhibiting tumor growth by co-infecting cells in a tumor with a conditionally replication competent adenovirus vector in conjunction with a replication deficient adenovirus vector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable storage device with multiple data interfaces coupled to an electronic device for performing data access. The portable storage device has a casing, a circuit board, a first data interface and a second data interface. The casing contains a cavity, and a first opening and a second opening are located in both sides thereof. The circuit board is placed inside the cavity and contains a memory for performing data access. One terminals of the first data interface and the second data interface are electrically connected to both sides of the circuit board, respectively. The other terminals of the first data interface and the second data interface protrude out of the casing via the first opening and the second opening, respectively, to be coupled to an electronic device for performing data access.