Abstract: Provided is a system and method for prediction of obstructive coronary artery diseases, where a pre-processing module is configured to generate a left ventricular myocardium image from 3D images of a subject that is space-invariant, a flattening module is configured to resample the left ventricular myocardium image into flattened image in 3D spherical coordinate and preserve neighborhood relationship between myocardium of the subject, and a deep learning module is configured to predict probabilities of obstructive coronary artery disease in left anterior descending, left circumflex and right coronary artery and probability of patent coronary artery for calculation of compound probability of obstructive coronary artery disease for the subject.

Abstract: The present invention develops a vaccine composition against and treatment or prevention on inflammation and lung injury (particularly hyperoxia-induced lung injury) and progression of periodontitis. Tn immunization increases serum anti-Tn antibody titers, while it decreases lavaged protein and cytokines, and also decreases mean linear intercept and lung injury score. Furthermore, the improvement in lung injury is accompanied by a decrease in NF-?B activity.

Abstract: The present invention develops a vaccine composition against and treatment or prevention on inflammation and lung injury (particularly hyperoxia-induced lung injury) and progression of periodontitis. Tn immunization increases serum anti-Tn antibody titers, while it decreases lavaged protein and cytokines, and also decreases mean linear intercept and lung injury score. Furthermore, the improvement in lung injury is accompanied by a decrease in NF-?B activity.

Abstract: This algorithm provides a marker-free approach to establishing the pixel correspondence among the IR images taken at different times, which is the basis for quantitatively characterizing the variation of the heat energy and patterns pixel-wise on a breast surface. The idea is to use the corner points of the heat pattern and the branch points of the skeletons of the heat pattern on the body surface as the initial fiducial points for the longitudinal IR image registration. The Thin-Plate Spline technique is used to model the nonlinear deformation between two IR images taken at two different times. Mutual information between the TPS-transformed image and the target image is employed as the metric quantifying the quality of the longitudinal IR image registration. To optimize the registration, Nelder-Mead simplex method is used to locally modify the pairings of the fiducial points in the source and target IR images to maximize the mutual information.

Abstract: It is developed a Dual-Spectrum Heat Pattern Separation (DS-HPS) algorithm to quantify the energy from the area of the high temperature tissues, called qH map, and decompose the body surface into the high and normal temperature areas based on a pair of middle-wave Infra-red images and long-wave Infra-red images. Further, with longitudinal registration, we can detect the cancerous tissues and assess the chemotherapy treatment response on a pixel by pixel basis according to the change of the qH map derived by the DS-HPS algorithm. The preliminary result shows the area and the qH values in the high temperature area are decreased as the patients receive more chemotherapy. These suggest the proposed algorithm could capture the incremental or decremental of the energies emitted by the cancerous tissues, which has the potentials for chemotherapy assessment and early detection.

Abstract: Infra-red images of tumors carry the information of normal and cancerous tissues in every pixel. We developed a Dual-Spectrum Heat Pattern Separation (DS-HPS) algorithm to quantify the energy from the area of the high temperature tissues, called qH map, and decompose the body surface into the high and normal temperature areas based on a pair of middle-wave Infra-red images and long-wave Infra-red images. Further, with longitudinal registration, we can detect the cancerous tissues and assess the chemotherapy treatment response on a pixel by pixel basis according to the change of the qH map derived by the DS-HPS algorithm. The preliminary result shows the area and the qH values in the high temperature area are decreased as the patients receive more chemotherapy. These suggest the proposed algorithm could capture the incremental or decremental of the energies emitted by the cancerous tissues, which has the potentials for chemotherapy assessment and early detection.

Abstract: A method of thinning a glass substrate includes following steps. A glass substrate is provided. A first etching process is performed on the glass substrate, so as to reduce a thickness of the glass substrate. A polishing process is performed on the thinned glass substrate, so that the thickness of the glass substrate is reduced again. A first treated surface is formed on the glass substrate. The center-line average roughness of the first treated surface ranges from about 100 angstroms (?) to about 300 angstroms (?). A second etching process is performed on the first treated surface of the glass substrate, so as to form a second treated surface. The center-line average roughness of the second treated surface ranges from about 10 angstroms (?) to about 50 angstroms (?).

Abstract: The method prevents an optical disk from being scraped by an optical apparatus of a pickup head of an optical disc drive is disclosed, it mainly includes: moving the optical apparatus of the pickup head to a detection position in which the laser-light emitted from the pickup head focuses on the optical disk; detecting the first-detection position and setting a movement boundary according to the first-detection position, wherein the movement boundary has a upper boundary and a bottom boundary; preventing the optical apparatus from moving out of the movement boundary. The present method can be implemented without installing any additional apparatus in the original video disc player, and can prevent the optical disk and the inner apparatus of the optical disc drive from being scraped or damaged by the pickup head during a read/write process to increase the service life of the optical disk and the optical disc drive.

Abstract: The method prevents an optical disk from being scraped by an optical apparatus of a pickup head of an optical disc drive is disclosed, it mainly includes: moving the optical apparatus of the pickup head to a detection position in which the laser-light emitted from the pickup head focuses on the optical disk; detecting the first-detection position and setting a movement boundary according to the first-detection position, wherein the movement boundary has a upper boundary and a bottom boundary; preventing the optical apparatus from moving out of the movement boundary. The present method can be implemented without installing any additional apparatus in the original video disc player, and can prevent the optical disk and the inner apparatus of the optical disc drive from being scraped or damaged by the pickup head during a read/write process to increase the service life of the optical disk and the optical disc drive.

Abstract: The method prevents an optical disk from being scraped by an optical apparatus of a pickup head of an optical disc drive is disclosed, it mainly includes: moving the optical apparatus of the pickup head to a detection position in which the laser-light emitted from the pickup head focuses on the optical disk; detecting the first-detection position and setting a movement boundary according to the first-detection position, wherein the movement boundary has a upper boundary and a bottom boundary; preventing the optical apparatus from moving out of the movement boundary. The present method can be implemented without installing any additional apparatus in the original video disc player, and can prevent the optical disk and the inner apparatus of the optical disc drive from being scraped or damaged by the pickup head during a read/write process to increase the service life of the optical disk and the optical disc drive.

Abstract: A steam cleaner with multiple protections includes a machine body, in which first and second protections are provided. The first protection includes a pressure controller and a relief valve, and the second protection includes a temperature controller and a fuse unit. When a boiler provided in the machine body has an internal pressure or an internal temperature exceeded a value preset for the pressure controller or the temperature controller, respectively, a power control unit automatically power off the steam cleaner. When the boiler has an internal pressure exceeded a value preset for the relief valve, steam is immediately discharged from the boiler, and when the boiler has an internal temperature exceeded a value preset for the fuse unit, heating of the boiler is immediately stopped to avoid any danger.

Abstract: A method for compensating frequency response of an actuator in an optical disc drive is provided. The present invention utilizes the temperature sensor within the optical pick-up head to sense work temperature. When the work temperature rises to a presetting threshold value, the servo system will induce the appropriated equalizer to compensate the frequency response of the actuator according to this work temperature, such that the servo controlling of the optical disc drive can operate accurately both in the high temperature condition and in the low temperature condition.

Abstract: A steam-type electric broom mainly includes upper and lower hoods, a brooming mechanism, a suction mechanism, a steam supply mechanism, and a wiping mechanism. The brooming, suction, steam supply, and wiping mechanisms are electrically connected to a power supply having an operating section, so as to be driven by the power supply via the operating section to clean dirt and dust.

Abstract: The method prevents an optical disk from being scraped by an optical apparatus of a pickup head of an optical disc drive is disclosed, it mainly includes: moving the optical apparatus of the pickup head to a detection position in which the laser-light emitted from the pickup head focuses on the optical disk; detecting the first-detection position and setting a movement boundary according to the first-detection position, wherein the movement boundary has a upper boundary and a bottom boundary; preventing the optical apparatus from moving out of the movement boundary. The present method can be implemented without installing any additional apparatus in the original video disc player, and can prevent the optical disk and the inner apparatus of the optical disc drive from being scraped or damaged by the pickup head during a read/write process to increase the service life of the optical disk and the optical disc drive.

Abstract: A microbe-specific medium for detection of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in a test sample within 24 hours and preferably within 18 hours. The testing medium provides a selective growth medium for vancomycin-resistant Enterococci and includes specific nutrient indicators which only the target microbe can significantly metabolize and use for growth. The nutrient indicator contain a nutrient moiety and a detectable moiety linked together by a covalent bond. The nutrient indicators produce detectable signals only if the nutrient indicators are hydrolyzed by the Enterococci specific enzymes including ?-glucosidase and pyrrolidonyl arylamidase.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a top cover and a seat that together form a main body of the apparatus, and a wheel adjusting mechanism mounted between the top cover and the seat. The wheel adjusting mechanism includes a lifting gear, a braking gear, and a pair of wheels connected to two ends of an axle. When the lifting gear is downward pushed to press against the axle and a catch provided on the lifting gear is engaged with a hooking portion on the braking gear, the cleaning apparatus is lifted by a predetermined distance. When the braking gear is forward pushed and the hooking portion is disengaged from the catch on the lifting gear, the cleaning apparatus is lowered to an initial position thereof.