Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of an optical wavelength division demultiplexer or multiplexer sub-assembly configured to receive or transmit optical signals conveyed thereto or therefrom by a fiber optic cable. Selected portions of external surfaces of the sub-assembly are coated with an electrically conductive paint, polymer or adhesive to provide an EMI, EMP or ESD shield. Typically, the sub-assembly comprises an integrally molded plastic optical block and a separate integrally molded coupling module with a ferrule and fiber optic cable receptacle. In one embodiment, selected external surfaces of the optical block and coupling module are coated with a coating having a predetermined electrical conductivity to provide a desired degree of EMI, EMP or ESD shielding.

Abstract: The power input stabilizing circuit provides a first resistor at the input terminals to suppress impulse current. Then, the power passes through a power input limiting circuit including a non-polarity capacitor, a rectifier circuit formed by diodes, and a polarity capacitor so as to provide a current within a specific range to a load. A constant current circuit including a third resistor, a diode, a fourth resistor, and a transistor is then employed to stabilize the load current. The performance and durability of the electrical or electronic appliance using the power input stabilizing circuit are therefore enhanced significantly.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a three-component gene expression reporting system for mammalian cells, the system including a first expression cassette, a second expression cassette, and a methylated polynucleotide. The three-component gene expression reporting system can be used to establish recombinant mammalian cells for use in the screening of a demethylating agent.

Abstract: An insulation covering structure for a semiconductor element with a single die dimension includes: a semiconductor element with a single die dimension and an insulation covering layer. The semiconductor element has a front side surface, a rear side surface, a left side surface, a right side surface, a bottom surface, and a top surface. The top surface of the semiconductor element has two metal pads. The insulation covering layer covers the front side surface, the rear side surface, the left side surface, the right side surface, and the bottom surface of the semiconductor element. A manufacturing process for covering the semiconductor element with a single die dimension is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of hybridization, differential methylation hybridization (DMH) for high throughput methylation analysis of multiple CpG island loci. DMH utilizes nucleic acid probes prepared from a cell sample to screen numerous CpG dinucleotide rich fragments affixed on a screening array. Positive hybridization signals indicate the presence of methylated sites. Methods of preparing the hybridization probes and screening array are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of hybridization, differential methylation hybridization (DMH) for high throughput methylation analysis of multiple CpG island loci. DMH utilizes nucleic acid probes prepared from a cell sample to screen numerous CpG dinucleotide rich fragments affixed on a screening array. Positive hybridization signals indicate the presence of methylated sites. Methods of preparing the hybridization probes and screening array are also provided.

Abstract: An over-current protection device comprises a PTC material layer, a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, a first side electrode and a second side electrode. The PTC material layer is sandwiched between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The first side electrode and the second side electrode are respectively disposed on two opposite side surfaces of the PTC material layer, and are respectively connected to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. Furthermore, the first side electrode and the second side electrode are respectively extended to four surfaces adjacent and perpendicular to the two side surfaces.

Abstract: A dual-warehouse management system for a supply chain and a method for calculating a minimum of a joint cost thereof are provided. A manufacturer function module and a distributor function module are used to estimate a manufacturer's total cost and a distributor's total cost respectively. Afterwards, a joint cost optimization module is used to calculate a minimum joint cost. Accordingly, a product lot and a delivery time of a deteriorating item delivered from the manufacturer to the distributor are obtained in a planning horizon.

Abstract: A laminated variable resistor comprises a main body, internal electrodes extending along two side edges of the main body into the main body, terminal electrodes disposed on the two ends of the main body. The mole percentage of the oxide in overlapping active regions between opposite internal electrodes is reduced and the reduced portion is replaced by a metal selected from gold (Au), silver (Ag), palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), rhodium (Rh), or the alloy of any two of such metals.

Abstract: A safety control switch comprises a slide base movably mounted on the housing of a gas-fired ignition device, a push button positioned in a through hole of the slide base, a brake block fixed to the push button for inserting into a space between the slide base and the housing, and a locking piece movably mounted on the slide base and engaged with the through hole of the slide base, the locking piece being moved relative to the slide base between a first position to prevent the push button and the slide base from being operated by blocking the through hole and a second position to allow the push button and the slide base to be operated by removing the blockage of the through hole.

Abstract: An insulation covering structure for a semiconductor element with a single die dimension includes: a semiconductor element with a single die dimension and an insulation covering layer. The semiconductor element has a front side surface, a rear side surface, a left side surface, a right side surface, a bottom surface, and a top surface. The top surface of the semiconductor element has two metal pads. The insulation covering layer covers the front side surface, the rear side surface, the left side surface, the right side surface, and the bottom surface of the semiconductor element. A manufacturing process for covering the semiconductor element with a single die dimension is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus having a modified Reed-Solomon decoder is used for finding a specific code group used by a base station and the frame timing synchronization with the base station. The modified Reed-Solomon decoder uses a standard Reed-Solomon decoder and some reliability measurements computed from the received code word symbols. If the reliability of a received symbol is too low, this symbol is considered as erasure. By selecting code word symbols with higher reliabilities and erasing code word symbols with lower reliabilities, the symbol error probability is reduced and the performance is improved. Several modified Reed-Solomon decoders and a few decoding strategies are introduced in order to decode the received code word sequences with a power- and memory-effective method.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for treating a subject having or suspected of having a disease or condition associated with aberrant hypomethylation of one or more genes in the subject, the method involving a tailored epigenomic modification of the subject using methylated polynucleotides directed to hypomethylated genes in the subject. Also disclosed herein is a medicinal composition for treating a subject having or suspected of having a disease or condition associated with aberrant hypomethylation of one or more genes in the subject, the composition including methylated polynucleotides directed to hypomethylated genes in the subject, so as to result in a tailored epigenomic modification of the subject upon administration.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method to determine the biological function(s) of a target gene in a cell, the steps of which involve separately culturing a first population and a second population of the cell under same culturing conditions, the first population of the cell differing from the second population of the cell in that the first population of the cell has accepted the introduction of a methylated polynucleotide; comparing the first population and the second population of the cell to determine which biological difference(s) is/are present therebetween; and determining which biological function(s) the target gene is associated with based on the determined biological difference(s) between the first population and the second population of the cell.

Abstract: A nonlinear conversion system using precision mapping and the method thereof are described. The system includes a source value converter, a mapping table unit, a recovering parameter computing unit, and an output computing unit. The method includes the steps of: receiving an input value; converting the input value into a source value; mapping the source value to a destination value in a limited domain for restricting the calculation within a destination domain; establishing a mapping table by directly selecting a precision according to the destination domain and inverse-mapping back to a source domain; and outputting the destination value according to the mapping table, combining the destination value with a recovering parameter for recovering an output value produced by the nonlinear conversion of the input value.

Abstract: An apparatus provided with programmable scan chains includes a scan chain having a scan input port and a scan output port, a plurality of first I/O ports, an input port selector for selecting one of the plurality of first I/O ports to be coupled to the scan input port, a plurality of second I/O ports, an output port selector for selecting one of the plurality of second I/O ports to be coupled to said scan output port. Further, an apparatus provided with programmable scan chains includes N scan chains, each scan chain having a scan input port and scan output port, M first I/O ports, an input port selector for selecting N of the first I/O ports to be coupled to the N scan input ports, K second I/O ports, and an output port selector for selecting N of the second I/O ports to be coupled to the N scan output ports.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a RC filtering device, consists of: a lower substrate, a first intermediate substrate, a second intermediate substrate and an upper substrate. On top surface of the lower substrate is a cross form electrode layer. At both ends of the electrode layer in one direction forms a pair of air gaps to function as over voltage protection. The first intermediate substrate is formed above the lower substrate also has a pair of grooves corresponding to said air gaps, and on the top surface of the second intermediate layer, there is a transmission wire. The said transmission wire is formed with metallic layer at its both ends and the metallic oxide layer made with electrical resistance, this transmission wire and the electrode layer on the lower substrate form an RC filtering device.

Abstract: Enclosed is a multilayer zinc oxide (ZnO) varistor having a body portion, internal electrodes extending from both sides to the interior of the body portion respectively, and terminal electrodes disposed at both sides of the body portion. The multilayer zinc oxide is characterized in that: the components of said body portion include at least 90 mole % ZnO, 0.1 to 5.0 mole % antimony oxide functional additives, 0.01 to 1.0 mole % praseodymium oxide functional additives, and 0.01 to 10.0 wt. % glass; the sum amount of these metal oxides is less than 99.95 mole %.

Abstract: A method of path detection in a multi-path communications system that includes selecting an object for configuring a search window, setting at least one sub-window, wherein the sub-window is smaller in size than the search window, providing a first counter for the object, setting a threshold, selecting a decision period for a duration of the object, and detecting a path in a selected region with the at least one sub-window in a plurality of modes corresponding to the threshold.

Abstract: Novel methods are herein provided for high-throughput, dual analysis of DNA methylation and gene expression, and triple analysis of DNA methylation, gene expression and gene-associated histone acetylation in cancer cells using arrayed expressed CpG island sequence tags (ECISTs). ECISTs correspond to genomic DNA fragments comprising GC-rich segments along with promoter and/or exon (e.g., first exon) portions of genes. The GC-rich segments are useful for screening hypermethylated CpG sites in cancer cells, while the corresponding promoter and exon-containing portions are useful for determining corresponding transcript levels and assessing histone acetylation. Also provided are high-throughput methods for either confirming methylation-dependent gene silencing, or identifying therapeutically effective demethylating agents, using the ECIST array panels to identify hypermethylated loci, and measure expression levels thereof after cellular exposure to demethylating agents.