Abstract: A joint with a protrusion rod has a male buckle and a female buckle engaged with each other. The male buckled has a hollow insertion stub with multiple expansion slots and has a receiving hole to movably receive a protrusion rod. A distal end of the protrusion rod is movably engaged with the insertion stub. The protrusion rod has a locking plate and multiple fins correspondingly engaged with the expansion slots when the protrusion rod is wedged into the insertion stub. By having the above structure, difficulty of disengagement of the protrusion rod from the insertion stub is significantly increased to prevent the disengagement of the male buckle and the female buckle. Thus, the joint has increased combination strength and is excellent in utility.

Abstract: A fan holder adapted for fixing a fan onto a heat sink includes a frame, a fastener pivotedly connected with the frame, and a first resilient member disposed between the frame and the fastener. When the fastener is located at a first position, the first resilient member exerts a resilient force on and keeps the fastener at the first position, and the fan is sandwiched between the fastener and the frame. When an external force is applied on the fastener, the fastener rotates from the first position to a second position in which the fan can no longer be sandwiched between the fastener and the frame, and when the external force is removed, the first resilient member drives the fastener from the second position back to the first position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a signal modulation method which includes the following steps: a input signal is channel encoded, and the channel encoded signal is processed by the following one or several ways: channel scrambling, interleaving, duplicating and puncturing; the signal being processed is divided into two components I and Q, wherein the two components I and Q compose a signal pair; the signal pair is divided into more than one path, and respective path of signal is quadrature phase shift keying spectrum spreading modulated using different spectrum spreading sequence and is orthogonally modulated in order that the peak-to-average power ratio of the respective paths of signal being orthogonally modulated are obtained; and a path of signal having the smallest peak-to-average power ratio is selected to be outputted as an output signal.

Abstract: A fastening device includes a fixing bracket and a fastener. The fixing bracket includes a fixed arm and two adjusting arms respectively connecting at two ends of the fixed arm. Each of the two ends of the fixed arm defines a plurality of spaced retaining slots. The retaining slots are located at different positions along the fixed arm. Each of the two adjusting arms has a sliding end retained selectively in one of the retaining slots and an opposite fixing end. The fastener extends through the fixing end of each of the two adjusting arms.

Abstract: A projection display device includes a light source, a reflector, and a fixing portion. The device further includes a first air supply portion and a second air supply portion; a first air drawing portion which separates the cooling air from the first air supply portion into streams of the cooling air to guide one of the streams into an interior of the reflector in a first direction and to guide the other of the streams to the fixing portion in a second direction; and a second air drawing portion which separates the cooling air from the second air supply portion into streams of the cooling air to guide one of the streams into the interior of the reflector in a third direction and to guide the other of the streams to the fixing portion in a fourth direction.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing targeted advertisements for linear television is provided herein. During operation a list of N channels are maintained. Advertisements for the N channels are downloaded and stored locally. The list of N channels will be dynamically updated with advertisements being added to, and removed from local storage.

Abstract: An exemplary heat dissipation device includes a heat sink defining air passages therein, a fan holder fixedly mounted on the heat sink, a fan mounted on the fan holder, and an adjustable wind-guiding module located in and pivoted to the fan holder. The fan is positioned for generating an airflow flowing through the adjustable wind-guiding module generally toward the air passages of the heat sink. The adjustable wind-guiding module is selectably pivotable with respect to the fan holder such that a direction of the airflow generally toward the air passages of the heat sink is changed accordingly.

Abstract: A fastener includes an upper mounting portion, a lower mounting portion, a connecting portion extending through the upper mounting portion and connecting the lower mounting portion, a resilient portion set on the connecting portion and pressing the upper mounting portion, at least a supporting portion with a first end thereof connecting the upper mounting portion, and an operating portion pivotally connecting a second end of the at least a supporting portion. The operating portion includes a cam abutting against the connecting portion. The cam is rotatable relative to the at least a supporting portion, to bring the upper mounting portion to move up and down, and make the fastener shift between a locked state in which a fan is securely sandwiched between the upper and lower mounting portions and a released state in which the upper mounting portion is disengaged from the fan.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a convertor for X-ray radiography and its manufacturing method and an X-ray detector, wherein the surface of the scintillator facing the X-ray is covered with photonic crystals of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional spatial structure capable of reflecting the visible light facing the photonic crystals generated by the scintillator to increase the intensity of the output light of the scintillator by more than 100%, thus enhancing the image brightness and improving the image resolution, in addition to reducing to a certain extent the interference between pixels due to the ability of the photonic crystals to control the direction of the light being reflected, for example, by controlling the reflecting direction so as to be vertical to the surface of the scintillator, and the manufacturing method and material for the photonic crystals are low in cost without toxicity, enabling it to be used more widely.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing targeted advertisements for linear television is provided herein. During operation a client device will determine whether or not an advertisement opportunity duration is known, unknown, or variable. Based on this determination, advertisements that best match the advertisement opportunity duration will be chosen via separate algorithms. More particularly, a first algorithm will be used to choose advertisements when the advertisement opportunity duration is known, a second algorithm will be used to choose advertisements when the advertisement opportunity duration is unknown, and a third algorithm will be used to choose advertisements when the advertisement opportunity duration is variable.

Abstract: A direct oxidation fuel cell (DOFC) and a method of fabricating the DOFC such that the DOFC reduces overpotential. The DOFC includes a cathode electrode; an anode electrode; and a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) sandwiched between the cathode and the anode. Each of the cathode electrode and anode electrode include a catalyst layer and a gas diffusion layer (GDL) and the anode electrode catalyst layer includes platinum (Pt), ruthenium (Ru) and a small amount of SnO2 supported on carbon powder.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device adapted for removing heat from heat-generating components includes a plurality of first fins spaced from each other and connected to the heat-generating components in thermal relationship and a plurality of second fins alternately arranged with the first fins. Each second fin is wave-shaped and has a plurality of flat first engaging portions formed at wave crests thereof and a plurality of flat second engaging portions formed at wave troughs thereof. The first engaging portions are attached to a rear side of one of two first fins neighboring to each second fin. The second engaging portions are attached to a front side of another one of the two neighboring first fins.

Abstract: A storage-type water heater includes a tank enclosing a volume of water, the tank having an upper portion and a lower portion, a chamber adjacent the lower portion of the tank and adapted to at least partially enclose a source of a heated fluid, and a helical tube heat exchanger at least partially enclosed within the tank and fluidly connected to the chamber. The helical tube directs the heated fluid from the lower portion to the upper portion of the tank and promotes heat exchange between the water in the tank and the heated fluid flowing therethrough.

Abstract: A power riser assembly riser assembly includes a rear leg pivotally coupled between a seat assembly and a vehicle floor defining upper and lower axes. A drive linkage is operatively coupled between the seat assembly and floor. A drive mechanism coupled to the drive linkage actuates in a first direction causing the drive linkage to pivot the seat assembly about the lower axis from a seating position to an intermediate position whereat the drive linkage transfers pivotal movement of the seat assembly to the upper axis, thereby moving the seat assembly to the stowed position. The drive mechanism actuates in a second direction causing the drive linkage to pivot the seat assembly about the upper axis from the stowed position to the intermediate position whereat the drive linkage transfers pivotal movement of the seat assembly to the lower axis, thereby moving the seat assembly to the seating position.

Abstract: Source nodes in an International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT)-advanced 4G network transmit data on uplink channels to a relay node and a BS using a channel code. The relay node decodes independently the data received from each source node, and applies network coding to data correctly decoded, and transmits the encoded data to the BS. The BS decodes the encoded data transmitted by the sources nodes and the relay nodes cooperatively via a turbo decoding process. The data from each source node are decoded by soft-input soft-output single user decoders and are decoded, together with the data from the relay node, by a soft-input soft-output multi-user decoder.

Abstract: Described herein is a system which uses a gene therapy particle that includes at least one gene, cDNA, fragment or analogue of at least one neurotropin that binds to the trkB receptor or the trkB receptor itself. The gene therapy particle is capable of being delivered to a subject in need thereof for therapy of a metabolic disorder. In a particular aspect, this invention is directed to an inventive method that demonstrates a remarkable efficacy on lowering body weight.

Abstract: Methods for treating tumor associated diseases by administering a nucleic acid sequence encoding brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) where the expression reduces the symptoms of the disease and compositions for mediation of enrichment-induced tumor resistance having brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are disclosed.

Abstract: A heat dissipation assembly comprises a heat sink for being disposed on an electronic component mounted on a printed circuit board, and a pair of fasteners for securing the heat sink on the printed circuit board. Each fastener comprises a sleeve extending through the printed circuit board, a latch received in the sleeve, a stretchable pole inserted through the sleeve and a handle pivotably fixed to the pole. The pole is raised by rotation of the handle to a locked position. At the locked position, the handle downwardly acts on the heat sink, and the pole pushes the latch out of the sleeve. The latch presses against the printed circuit board upwardly to realize an intimate contact between the heat sink and the electronic component.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a process for manufacturing scyllo-Inositol. Specifically, the current invention pertains to a process for converting myo-Inositol to scyllo-Inositol using a bioconversion process.

Abstract: A fastener comprises a fastener post, a clasping element and an elastic element. The fastener post comprises a head, a post body and a threaded portion. The post body has a first extension section connecting with the head, a second extension section connecting with the threaded portion and a recess section connected between the first and second extension sections. The clasping element comprises an annular clasping body, a first clasping portion axially extending from the clasping body and a second clasping portion extending outwardly and then downwardly from the clasping body. The clasping body encloses the post body, the first clasping portion engages with the recess section of the post body, and the second clasping portion engages with the heat sink. The elastic element is set around the post body and located between the head and the clasping body.