Abstract: A chain link unit includes a lining sleeve extending fittingly through holes in two inner link plates. Two parallel outer link plates abut respectively against outer surfaces of the inner link plates. Each outer link plate has two mounting holes. Each mounting hole in each outer link plate has an enlarged first hole portion disposed adjacent to an inner surface of a corresponding outer link plate and permitting extension of a corresponding end portion of the lining sleeve thereinto. A connecting pin extends through the lining sleeve and two corresponding mounting holes in the outer link plates, and is connected to the outer link plates.

Abstract: A non-intrusive laser irradiation device has a shell body, a circuit board, at least two laser components, a switch and a light guiding pipe. The circuit is disposed in the shell body. The laser components are arranged in the shell body. One end of each laser component protrudes out of the shell body, and the other end is electrically connected to the circuit board. One end of the switch is disposed on the shell body, and the other end is electrically connected to the circuit board. The light guiding pipe is sleeved onto the front end of the laser components. Infrared pulse lights with a wavelength of 800-900 nm generated by the laser components are used to cure ache and stimulate the proliferation of marrow cells. The light guiding pipe collects the laser light energy to irradiate directly acupuncture points to achieve the effect of acupuncture and moxibustion.

Abstract: Provided are compositions relating to novel MDR1 polymorphisms, including nucleic acids, polypeptides, and recombinant cells, as well as methods for detection of MDR1 polymorphisms in biological samples and elucidation of the influence of MDR1 polymorphisms on MDR1 protein function. Also provided are a rat MRP1 cDNA and protein, stable cell lines expressing the rat MRP1 protein, and methods of assessing drug penetration or disposition in a cell line expressing a recombinant mammalian MRP1 or MDR1 protein, or a homolog thereof.

Abstract: A lightweight drive chain includes a plurality of parallel pairs of outer chain plates and a plurality of parallel pairs of inner chain plates. Each of the outer chain plates further has a pair of first weight-reducing slots, each of which extends radially from a first hole periphery of a respective one of first pin holes in each of the outer chain plates. The first weight-reducing slots are not in spatial communication with each other. Each of the inner chain plates further has a second weight-reducing slot disposed between second pin holes in each of the inner chain plates.

Abstract: A high power semiconductor laser lighting device has a housing, a fan module arranged in an exhaust hole in the housing, a base connected to the bottom wall of the housing and disposed on a side of the fan module, and a semiconductor laser constant-temperature module. The base has a driving unit with at least one high power electronic component connected to fins of the fan module. The semiconductor laser constant-temperature module has a metallic partition to enclose a vacuum formed in a front portion of the housing, and a heat insulation layer arranged in the vacuum. The metallic partition has a side connecting the heat dissipation plate and an opposite side connecting a heating portion of a thermoelectric cooling chip, which includes a cooling portion connecting to a semiconductor laser lighting module. The high power semiconductor laser lighting device to keep an output power thereof constant within various environments.

Abstract: A system and corresponding method for capturing, verifying, transforming and managing data from documents contained on a physical or electronic media.

Abstract: A suspension structure for a wheelchair generally includes movable arm that serve to connect driving wheels with frame of a wheelchair, sliding unit is further provided for enabling the movable arm to movably connect with a front cantilever of the wheelchair. By such arrangements, in case that the wheelchair of the present invention encounters a raised ground, or similar barriers of the like, the front cantilever will work with the movable arm to raise front jockey wheels, whereas the driving wheels firmly catches the ground, such that enables the wheelchair to the pass the barrier smoothly without difficulties.

Abstract: Memory segment overwrites are detected by providing a redundant header at the end of a segment and comparing a redundant header to an initial header. In specific embodiments, overwrites may be detected both after segment writes and prior to buffer reads. In further embodiments, some header overwrite errors may be corrected to increase the mean time between failure of a logic system.

Abstract: A plurality of chain components of a drive chain include a plurality of pairs of outer chain plates, a plurality of pairs of inner chain plates, a plurality of tubular rollers, and a plurality of pins. At least one of the outer chain plates, the inner chain plates and the tubular rollers has a hardened layer formed by infiltrating with at least one element selected from boron, chromium and aluminum.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method and apparatus for reducing the width of a mark written in optical media. When forming a long mark, the prior art recording methods typically cause blooming at the edges of the mark, resulting in a wide mark pattern which may be sensed by the read focused spot reading an adjacent track causing increased adjacent track crosstalk (ATC). However, by removing every other pulse from the write pulse waveform, the cooling sequence of the writing process is sufficiently increased to allow for additional cooling between pulses. When forming marks with less pulses, the effects of blooming are substantially reduced. Thus, because of the reduction in the effect of blooming, the problems associated with ATC, whereby adjacent track information is recorded, is substantially reduced.

Abstract: A modular jack comprises a dielectric frame, a daughter board having a RJ45 connector and a transformer mounted thereon, a stacked USB connector, and first and second shields enclosing the frame and the daughter board. The daughter board provides a grounding pad on a surface thereof on which the RJ45 connector is mounted. The stacked USB connector has a grounding shell mounted on a rear portion thereof. The stacked USB connector and the RJ45 connector together with the daughter board and the transformer are secured in the frame with the grounding pad of the daughter board electrically connected with the grounding shell of the stacked USB connector.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method and apparatus for reducing the width of a mark written in optical media. When forming a long mark, the prior art recording methods typically cause blooming at the edges of the mark, resulting in a wide mark pattern which may be sensed by the read focused spot reading an adjacent track causing increased adjacent track crosstalk (ATC). However, by removing every other pulse from the write pulse waveform, the cooling sequence of the writing process is sufficiently increased to allow for additional cooling between pulses. When forming marks with less pulses, the effects of blooming are substantially reduced. Thus, because of the reduction in the effect of blooming, the problems associated with ATC, whereby adjacent track information is recorded, is substantially reduced.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method and apparatus for reducing the signal amplitude in long marks which are written into optical disks. When forming a long mark, an increased signal amplitude is typically caused by the blooming toward the end of the mark, and is often sensed by the focused spot in the adjacent track causing increased adjacent track crosstalk (ATC). However, when forming short marks, the effect of blooming is minimized. Therefore, by splitting a long mark into a sequence of short period marks, with short period spaces (1T) between each short period mark, the effect of blooming is substantially reduced.

Abstract: A clock combining circuit includes a FIFO circuit, a signal combining circuit and a signal selecting circuit. The FIFO circuit accepts, for example, a positive-edge playback signal RDATA0 that has as data the positive edge of a playback signal obtained from recording domains formed in a recording medium, RDATA0 being synchronized with a positive-edge clock signal RCLK0. The FIFO circuit also accepts a negative-edge playback signal RDATA1 that has as data the negative edge of the playback signal, RDATA1 being synchronized with a negative-edge clock signal RCLK1. The FIFO circuit causes RDATA0 and RDATA1 to be synchronized with RCLK0 so as to output a delayed positive-edge playback signal RDATA0D and a delayed negative-edge playback signal RDATA1D. The delayed negative-edge playback signal is delayed by -KT to +LT, where K and L are integers and T is the clock period. The signal combining circuit combines the delayed positive-edge and negative-edge playback signals, and outputs (K+L+1) combined signals.

Abstract: An information playback apparatus includes a clock combining circuit having a FIFO circuit, a signal combining circuit and a signal selecting circuit. The FIFO circuit accepts, for example, a positive-edge playback signal RDATA0 that has as data the positive edge of a playback signal obtained from recording domains formed in a recording medium, RDATA0 being synchronized with a positive-edge clock signal RCLK0. The FIFO circuit also accepts a negative-edge playback signal RDATA1 that has as data the negative edge of the playback signal, RDATA1 being synchronized with a negative-edge clock signal RCLK1. The FIFO circuit causes RDATA0 and RDATA1 to be synchronized with RCLK0 so as to output a delayed positive-edge playback signal RDATA0D and a delayed negative-edge playback signal RDATA1D. The delayed negative-edge playback signal is delayed by -KT to +LT, where K and L are integers and T is the clock period.