Abstract: Compounds and compositions for modulating the activity of p38 kinases are provided, including p38?, and p38? kinase. Methods for treating, preventing or ameliorating one or more symptoms of a p38 kinase mediated disease or disorder are also provided.

Abstract: A screw has a convenient head, wherein an engaging concavity is defined. Said engaging concavity includes a central portion and a plurality of radial recesses disposed around and in communication with the central portion.

Abstract: A golf trolley includes a frame, and two propping members; the frame includes two tube parts; each of the propping members includes a sleeve portion, a connecting portion, a prop pad, and a stopping element; the sleeve portion is positioned around a corresponding one of the tube parts of the frame, and has a slot thereon, which extends in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the sleeve portion; the connecting portion is connected to the sleeve portion and the prop pad; the thickness of an upper end of the prop pad is greater than that of a lower end of the prop pad; the stopping element is secured on the corresponding tube part and held within the slot of the sleeve portion such that the propping member pivots about an axis of the tube part within a range depending on the length of the slot.

Abstract: A switching fabric sets a congestion indicator bit (EFCI bit) in an ATM cell if any queue through which the ATM cell passes is filled above a lower threshold. A Traffic Manager monitors the field of the EFCI bit as cells arrive at an output port of the switching fabric. The traffic manager periodically calculates the ratio of ATM cells having the EFCI congestion bit set to all ATM cells routed to a particular output port. The periodically calculated ratio is used as an input parameter to a Random Early Detection (RED) algorithm. The RED algorithm selects a cell for the switch fabric to drop, by use of a random selection method. The destination computer then does not receive the packet since cells forming part of the packet have been discarded.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for inspecting BGA components using a ball grid array model thereof in semiconductor surface mounted devices. The method comprises setting a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs) for all BGA balls to be modeled, building a first grid model that includes coordinates and a diameter of the BGA balls in the plurality of ROIs, setting a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs) containing a BGA body to be modeled, detecting four body boundaries to localize four corner coordinates, determining a body orientation from orientations of four boundaries, calculating an orientation of each boundary by the projection of the edge of boundary, and comparing the BGA components with an obtained BGA model to inspect the BGA components based on ball sizes and ball distributions.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for reliability simulations in aged circuits whose operation has been degraded through hot-carrier or other effects by allowing design rules on degradation to be included in the netlist. Once the hot-carrier circuit simulation is launched, the rules are checked and the reliability design rule violations are reported. The process can be performed on either the layout or schematic window. The design rule criteria can be any device parameter and can be expressed in absolute or relative terms. The criteria can be based on device type, model card name, instance geometry, or temperature. Additionally, values can be set prior to beginning the simulation.

Abstract: A supporting framework for a swivel chair or table includes a gas spring and a cylinder put on the gas spring. The cylinder includes two opposite holes and a plurality of equally circumferentially spaced longitudinal apertures. Spring loaded posts and lock bars are located in the apertures. A fastening ring rests upon the cylinder and includes a plurality of equally circumferentially spaced openings having a diameter less than a diameter of the posts but slightly larger than a diameter of the lock bars. A hollow cap with the gas spring projected therethrough includes two opposite channels of an inverted L-shape. Two, lock pins are inserted through the channels and the holes for fastening the cap and the cylinder together. Moving the lock pins from upper second positions to lower first positions in the channels will enable the gas spring to rotate or vice versa will lock the same.

Abstract: This invention proposes a feature based data structure for computer manikin that is constructed from the scanned data of common 3D body scanners. The scanned data is first segmented into six parts and then encoded into range images. Feature recognition algorithms are developed and coded into computer algorithms. The software system can automatically recognize the important human feature points and feature curves. The computer manikin is constructed based on the interpolation between the feature curves. The manikin has geodetic latitudinal and longitudinal curves that pass through the geometric feature points of human body. The geodetic coordination contains all the important features that can be extracted as needed for apparel or ergonomic design, medical researches, and movie amusement industry.

Abstract: A method for forming a polysilicon film in a plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system including a chamber in which a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode are provided comprises providing a substrate on the second electrode, the substrate including a surface exposed to the first electrode, applying a first power to the first electrode for generating a plasma in the chamber, applying a second power to the second electrode during a nucleation stage of the polysilicon film for ion bombarding the surface of the substrate, and flowing an erosive gas into the chamber.

Abstract: A junction structure of an organic semiconductor device including an organic semiconductor layer, a conductive layer and a modifying layer is provided. The modifying layer is formed between the organic semiconductor layer and the conductive layer, wherein the modifying layer includes an inorganic compound or an organic complex compound. An organic thin film transistor including a gate, a source/drain, a dielectric layer, an organic semiconductor layer and at least a modifying layer is also provided. The gate is electrically isolated from the source/drain. The dielectric layer is disposed between the gate and the source/drain. The organic semiconductor layer is disposed between the source and the drain. The modifying layer is disposed between the organic semiconductor layer and the source/drain, wherein the modifying layer includes an inorganic compound or an organic complex compound.

Abstract: A composition for treating cancer cells and a preparation method therefor are provided. The novel flavonoid compounds are obtained from natural plants, and more particularly the compounds have a cytotoxicity on cancer cells.

Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a body and a light emitting unit; the body being provided with a magnetic attraction device comprised a magnetic member with permanent permeability and a control member to control direction of magnetic filed lines from the magnetic member for it to provide attraction force or not; the lighting fixture being attached to a metallic surface when attraction force is provided or disengaged from the metallic surface by changing the direction of those magnetic force lines in the magnetic member.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus to encode a series of quantized coefficients of a transform of a block of image data. The method includes forming modes for each encountered non-zero amplitude and forming events for the modes in the mode-modified series formed by setting to zero all non-zero amplitudes other than the amplitude defining the mode. An event for modes for amplitudes greater than 1 is a run of none or more zero-valued coefficients followed a non-zero amplitude in the mode-modified series. A first mode is defined for amplitude 1 wherein an event is a run of none or more zero-valued coefficients followed the amplitude 1 coefficient in the mode-modified series. In another embodiment, a first mode is defined for amplitude 1 wherein an event is a run in the mode-modified series of none or more zero-valued coefficients followed by a run of one of a predefined set of sequences, each sequence in the set being a sequence of l's and 0's starting with a coefficient of amplitude 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making culture medium for Agaricus blazei Murill mushroom, which include the following steps: the sawdust is piled up to 5 to 15 meters high to undergo the first fermentation and decaying process which takes about 3 months; it is required to periodically turn over the sad dust pile every 15 to 30 days; then the dried and sterilized cattle excrements are added to the first-time fermented sawdust to undergo the second fermentation process, wherein the saw dust is piled up to 5 to 15 meters high and the internal fermentation temperature is 70 to 90 degrees centigrade; it is required to periodically turn over the sad dust pile every 15 to 30 days; finally, when the color of fermented sawdust turns dark brown, close to black, and the urine like Ammonia odor disappears, the culture medium can be used as the basic materials of bag-logs for cultivating Agaricus blazei Murill mushroom.

Abstract: The invention relates to cultivation method of Agaricus blazei Murill mushroom which includes the following steps: preparing the mushroom spawn; inoculating spawn onto the bag-logs and carrying out the bag-log warming process; transplanting bag-logs to soil; covering casing soil onto the mushroom bed; slightly watering the mushroom bed to maintain the moisture content after the hypha germinates; conducting the induction to primordium process when the bag-logs are filled with hypha; keeping the mushroom bed ventilated and moist when the carpophores (fruiting bodies) grow up to 2 to 3 millimeters; and finally harvesting.

Abstract: A method for providing a dual stress memory technique in a semiconductor device including an nFET and a PFET and a related structure are disclosed. One embodiment of the method includes forming a tensile stress layer over the nFET and a compressive stress layer over the pFET, annealing to memorize stress in the semiconductor device and removing the stress layers. The compressive stress layer may include a high stress silicon nitride deposited using a high density plasma (HDP) deposition method. The annealing step may include using a temperature of approximately 400-1200° C. The high stress compressive silicon nitride and/or the anneal temperatures ensure that the compressive stress memorization is retained in the pFET.

Abstract: A poppet valve operating system for an internal combustion engine features variable valve lift and camshaft phasing. A planetary phaser uses control inputs which are shared with a variable lift mechanism. The phaser adjustment and the variable lift mechanism are controlled by a single positioning motor.

Abstract: A light guide plate having micro-reflectors is to increase luminance of the light guide plate by changing light route. The light guide plate includes an incidence plane, an illuminating plane, and a bottom. Each of the micro-reflectors is disposed at the bottom and intersected with the light guide plate in a direction heading for a recess provided at the bottom of the light guide plate, and comprises a light reflection plane located between the incidence plane and the illuminating plane to define an angle ?. The light reflection plane is an arc quadrilateral or a sector when observed from top of the illuminating plane. The arc quadrilateral has two concentric arc sides parallel with each other.

Abstract: An internal auction application may allow a seller to create a multiple auction for a plurality of products and allow a buyer to see and bid on the multiple auction as appropriate. The internal auction application may receive parameters for the multiple auction from the seller and an associated plurality of auctions may be determined for the multiple auction as a function of the parameters. The internal auction application may create and publish the multiple auction and the associated plurality of auctions on a seller's e-commerce site visible to the buyer. The multiple auction may be a serial multiple auction, a recurring multiple auction or a varied sublot multiple auction.