Abstract: A first memory location stores circulant contents of portions A, C, E, and B of a parity check matrix H. A second memory location stores circulant column counts of the portions A, C, E, and B. A third memory location stores a dense matrix equal to (ET?1B+D)?1, where T is an identity matrix and D and T are also portions of the parity check matrix H. First and second parity information is generated in response to receiving information data. Generating the first and second parity information includes accessing the circular content of the portions A, C, E, and B of a parity check matrix H and accessing the circulant column counts of the portions A, C, E, and B.

Abstract: A multi-layer circuit structure including a core layer, a first circuit structure, a second circuit structure, and a build-up circuit structure is provided. The first circuit structure and the second circuit structure are respectively disposed on two opposite surfaces of the core layer. The build-up circuit structure includes a first dielectric layer disposed on the first circuit structure, first conductive blind holes, a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, second conductive blind holes, and a patterned circuit layer disposed on the second dielectric layer. The first conductive blind holes penetrate through the first dielectric layer and electrically contact the first circuit structure. The second conductive blind holes penetrate through the second dielectric layer and electrically contact the first conductive blind holes respectively. The patterned circuit layer electrically contacts the second conductive blind holes.

Abstract: A projection apparatus including an illumination system, a light valve, and an image-forming system is provided. The illumination system includes a first dichroic unit, a second dichroic unit, a third dichroic unit, two wavelength conversion modules, two light sources respectively emitting a first beam and a second beam, and an excitation light source module emitting an excitation beam. The first dichroic unit and the second dichroic unit are disposed on a transmission path of the excitation beam. The two wavelength conversion modules respectively convert the corresponding partial excitation beam coming from the first dichroic unit and the second dichroic unit into two converted beams. The light valve converts the first beam, the two converted beams, and the second beam coming from the third dichroic unit into an image beam. The image-forming system is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam.

Abstract: A dual-band antenna includes a first conducting path, a filter and a second conducting path. A first end of the first conducting path is connected with an antenna feed port. A first end of the filter is connected with a second end of the first conducting path. A first end of the second conducting path is connected with a second end of the filter.

Abstract: Two small proteins with anti-bacterial activity are generated and called optimized thionin and optimized pro-thionin. Optimized pro-thionin contains a signal sequence for intracellular trafficking of the protein and is cleaved off to yield optimized thionin. Genetically altered plants and their progeny expressing a polynucleotide encoding optimized pro-thionin or optimized thionin resist diseases caused by bacteria.

Abstract: Nanocomposite sensing materials are formulated with low aspect ratio conductive fillers with close to or higher than percolation threshold in a low Poisson's Ratio matrix binder with a high gauge factor, low temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR), low temperature coefficient of gauge factor (TCGF), and low hysteresis.

Abstract: In an aspect, a clutched device is provided, including a hub, a pulley and a hub drive clutch. The hub defines an axis and is connectable to a rotatable shaft of a rotary device. The pulley is rotatable relative to the hub and is engageable with an endless drive member. The hub drive clutch is a wrap spring clutch and is controllable to operatively connect the pulley to the hub for driving the hub in a first rotational direction. An isolation spring is provided and operatively connects the hub to the pulley when the hub drives the pulley in the first rotational direction. Optionally, a pulley overrun clutch is provided and permits the pulley to overrun the hub in the first rotational direction.

Abstract: A memory module comprises a volatile memory subsystem configured to coupled to a memory channel in computer system and capable of serving as main memory for the computer system, a non-volatile memory subsystem providing storage for the computer system, and a module controller coupled to the volatile memory subsystem, the non-volatile memory subsystem, and the C/A bus. The module controller is configured to control intra-module data transfers between the volatile memory subsystem and the non-volatile memory subsystem. The module controller is further configured to monitor C/A signals on the C/A bus and schedule the intra-module data transfers in accordance with the C/A signals so that the intra-module data transfers do not conflict with accesses to the volatile memory subsystem by the memory controller.

Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a insulating medium layer and at least one Schottky diode unit. The at least one Schottky diode unit is located on a surface of the insulating medium layer. The at least one Schottky diode unit includes a first electrode, a semiconductor structure and a second electrode. The semiconductor structure comprising a first end and a second end. The first end is laid on the first electrode, the second end is located on the surface of the insulating medium layer. The semiconducting structure includes a carbon nanotube structure. The second electrode is located on the second end.

Abstract: A miniature pneumatic device includes a miniature fluid control device and a miniature valve device. The miniature fluid control device includes a gas inlet plate, a resonance plate, a piezoelectric actuator and a gas collecting plate. A first chamber is formed between the resonance plate and the piezoelectric actuator. After a gas is fed into the gas inlet plate, the gas is transferred to the first chamber through the resonance plate and then transferred downwardly. Consequently, a pressure gradient is generated to continuously push the gas. The miniature valve device includes a valve plate and a gas outlet plate. After the gas is transferred from the miniature fluid control device to the miniature valve device, the valve opening of the valve plate is correspondingly opened or closed and the gas is transferred in one direction. Consequently, a pressure-collecting operation or a pressure-releasing operation is selectively performed.

Abstract: Method and systems for tagging code include organizing code units in a hierarchical structure that associates the code units with respective description units. The hierarchical structure is filtered to remove un-meaningful description units from the hierarchical structure. Feature tags are generated based on a weighted sum of term frequencies in the description units of the hierarchical structure to associate features with respective code units.

Abstract: The present application discloses and claims a three-dimensional sheet material and an absorbent article which utilizes the sheet material within the article. The three-dimensional sheet material is designed to minimize the contact area on one side of the material thereby making it useful for various applications including a body contacting top sheet or liner material.

Abstract: A high voltage level shifting circuit and related semiconductor devices are presented. The circuit comprises: a level conversion circuit that converts an input signal with a first high voltage to an output signal with a second high voltage; a first switch having a first node connected to a first power source and a second node connected to a control node of a first transistor; a second switch having a first node connected to the control node of the first transistor and a second node connected to a first connection node; and a switch control circuit connected to the first switch and the second switch and controls them not to be close at the same time. By adding these two switches to the level conversion circuit, this inventive concept substantially lowers the static current generated during a high voltage level conversion process.

Abstract: A gas extraction method in which high energy gas fracturing technology is used to form a fracture network in a thermal injection borehole. Then high-pressure, cyclically temperature-changing steam is injected into the borehole using a spinning oscillating-pulse jet nozzle to form oscillating superheated steam, alternatingly impacting and heating the coal body. The high energy gas forms a fracture network that provides channels for passage of the superheated steam, while oscillating changes in steam temperature and pressure also promote crack propagation and perforation of the coal body; the combined effect of alternation of the two enhances gas desorption and extraction efficiency.

Abstract: A counter-flow fin plate heat exchanger for gas-to-gas heat exchange includes several outer channel fins, an outer channel bending plate, an inner channel fin and an inner channel bending plate. The outer channel bending plate is a flat plate with two sides bending upward vertically. The inner channel bending plate is a cuboid box without a cap on the top, and the top of the inner channel bending plate is hermetically fixed with the bottom of the outer channel bending plate. The several outer channel fins are arranged in parallel inside the outer channel bending plate. The inner channel fins are arranged inside the inner channel bending plate. Ends of a side surface corresponding to two long sides of the inner channel bending plate are respectively provided with an opening, and the two openings are respectively disposed at different ends of the two side surfaces.

Abstract: An operation method of an optical touch device includes: emitting, by a light emitting unit, a light beam to illuminate an object; capturing, by an image sensing device, an image of the object reflecting the light beam; selecting all pixels in the image having a brightness greater than or equal to a brightness threshold; sorting the selected pixels along a first coordinate axis of the image, a second coordinate axis of the image or based a pixel brightness; selecting the top first predetermined ratio of pixels from the sorted pixels as an object image of the object; and calculating a gravity center of the object image according to positions of the top first predetermined ratio of pixels or according to the positions of the top first predetermined ratio of pixels with a weight of pixel brightness. An optical touch device is also provided.

Abstract: A method for assembling a force sensitive capacitor is provided. The method comprises: assembling an insulating member to a rear end of a rear-end moving part; inserting a front-end moving part and the rear-end moving part into a case from a front end and a rear end of the case, respectively, and assembling connecting portions of the front-end moving part and the rear-end moving part; assembling a compressible conductor to a front end of a conductor base; and inserting the conductor base into the case from the rear end of the case and assembling the conductor base to the case.

Abstract: An electric machine assembly having a main machine stator core having at least one stator post, a set of stator windings wound about the at least one stator post and having a first end and an opposing second end, a coolant inlet housing defining an inlet passage, a coolant outlet housing defining an outlet passage, proximate to the coolant inlet housing, and wherein the coolant inlet passage and the coolant outlet passage define a coolant circuit configured to receive a supply of coolant to remove heat generated in the set of stator windings.

Abstract: An electronic device may include an antenna having a resonating element, an antenna ground, and a feed. First and second tunable components may be coupled to the resonating element. Adjustable matching circuitry may be coupled to the feed. Control circuitry may use the first tunable component to tune a midband antenna resonance when sensor circuitry identifies that the device is being held in a right hand and may use the second tunable component to tune the midband resonance when the sensor circuitry identifies that the device is being held in a left hand. For tuning a low band resonance, the control circuitry may place the antenna in different tuning states by sequentially adjusting a selected one of the matching circuitry and the tunable components, potentially reverting to a previous tuning state at each step in the sequence. This may ensure that antenna efficiency is satisfactory regardless of antenna loading conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a primer set and a kit containing same for analyzing a sequence of an MLH1 DNA, an MLH1 mRNA, and/or a cDNA sequence derived from said MLH1 mRNA of a subject to identify a V384 alteration of an MLH1 gene encoded protein.