Abstract: A communication device includes a transceiver and a control circuit. The control circuit determines whether to transmit a second MKPDU in advance according to a member identifier of a peer device carried by a received first MKPDU and one or more lists maintained by the communication device. When the member identifier of the peer device is not recorded in the one or more lists, the control circuit determines to transmit the second MKPDU in advance. When the control circuit determines to transmit the second MKPDU in advance, the control circuit generates the second MKPDU, encodes the second MKPDU to generate a frame, and transmits a signal carrying the frame through the transceiver, wherein a time interval between the transmission of the signal and a previous transmission performed by the transceiver is less than a predetermined transmission period.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical method for predicting treatment response, survival and recurrence of esophageal cancer patients, comprising analyzing the spectral signatures of patient's tumor tissue spectra. By the features of the present invention, the prediction result achieves the sensitivity of 75% and specificity of 73.3% in concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) response; the survival prediction rate achieves the sensitivity of 100%; the recurrence prediction rate achieves the sensitivity of 85.7%.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical method for predicting treatment response, survival and recurrence of esophageal cancer patients, comprising analyzing the spectral signatures of patient's tumor tissue spectra. By the features of the present invention, the prediction result achieves the sensitivity of 75% and specificity of 73.3% in concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) response; the survival prediction rate achieves the sensitivity of 100%; the recurrence prediction rate achieves the sensitivity of 85.7%.

Abstract: A signal transmission system of electronic display devices includes a plurality of electronic display devices and a wireless signal transmission device. The wireless signal transmission device broadcasts a first packet data to the electronic display device. The first packet data comprises an access control address list, and the access control address list comprises the MAC address of a first group of electronic display device. When the wireless signal transmission device receives an acknowledgement (ACK) message from at least a first electronic display device of the first group of electronic display devices, the wireless signal transmission device changes the method of transmission from broadcast to unicast in order to transmit second packet data to the first electronic display device, wherein the second packet data comprises video packet data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel genetic markers associated with response of a patient with esophageal cancer (ECa) to chemoradiation therapy, and particularly to methods and kits for predicting an ECa patient's response to chemoradiation therapy by genotyping of the markers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel genetic markers associated with response of a patient with esophageal cancer (ECa) to chemoradiation therapy, and particularly to methods and kits for predicting an ECa patient's response to chemoradiation therapy by genotyping of the markers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel genetic markers associated with response of a patient with esophageal cancer (ECa) to chemoradiation therapy, and particularly to methods and kits for predicting an ECa patient's response to chemoradiation therapy by genotyping of the markers.

Abstract: A method of reducing oxide thickness variations in a STI pattern that includes both a dense trench array and a wide trench is described. A first HDP CVD step with a deposition/sputter (D/S) ratio of 9.5 is used to deposit a dielectric layer with a thickness that is 120 to 130% of the shallow trench depth. An etch back is performed in the same CVD chamber with NF3, SiF4 or NF3 and SiF4 to remove about 40 to 50% of the initial dielectric layer. A second HDP CVD step with a D/S ratio of 16 deposits an additional thickness of dielectric layer to a level that is slightly higher than after the first deposition. The etch back and second deposition form a smoother dielectric layer surface which enables a subsequent planarization step to provide filled STI features with a minimal amount of dishing in wide trenches.

Abstract: The invention provides a transgenic swine having a transgene encoding a human HLA-DQ or HLA-DR protein, and the swine cells thereof. The invention also provides a graft derived from the transgenic swine, in particular a graft-organ or a graft-tissue, which is useful for grafting into a human recipient.