Abstract: The present disclosure provides a customized module-wise bra with both aesthetic, comfort, and functions assisting a post-mastectomy subject to wear the bra and correct any postural distortion arising from imbalance due to loss of weight from the mastectomized breast. Also provided herein is a method for fabricating the customized module-wise bra according to the anatomical/physical characteristics of the subject based on various 3D printing, 3D body scanning and ultrasonography techniques.

Abstract: Modified cells suitable for the production of ergot alkaloids include engineered recombinant cells having one or more genes that code for one or more enzymes in the biosynthetic pathway from tryptophan to D-lysergic acid (DLA). Methods of culturing the engineered recombinant cells can be used for the production of DLA and other ergot alkaloids.

Abstract: A spatial light modulation unit includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a super-aligned carbon nanotube-paraffin composite structure. The first electrode is spaced apart and insulated from the first electrode. The super-aligned carbon nanotube-paraffin composite structure is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode. The super-aligned carbon nanotube-paraffin composite structure includes a super-aligned carbon nanotube structure and a paraffin layer overlapped with each other.

Abstract: The speaker module includes a housing and a speaker. The housing has mounting space, the speaker divides the mounting space into first space and second space, and when the speaker works, a first sound wave is formed in the first space, and a second sound wave is formed in the second space, where the second sound wave and the first sound wave have equal amplitudes and opposite phases. The housing further has a third sound emitting hole and an inverter cavity, one end of the inverter cavity communicates with the second space, the other end of the inverter cavity communicates with the third sound emitting hole, the inverter cavity is configured to form a third sound wave at the third sound emitting hole when the speaker works, a phase of the third sound wave is the same as a phase of the first sound wave.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the maintenance and/or culture of tissue slices in vitro or ex vivo. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for the maintenance and/or culture of tissue slices using hydrogels. In one embodiment, the hydrogel is a semi-synthetic hydrogel comprising thiolated hyaluronan with acrylated peptides comprising KGGGPQGIWGQGK (SEQ ID NO: 1) that are degradable by matrix metalloproteinases. In particular, the present invention provides a platform suitable for downstream analysis such as real-time imaging, other real-time study of the tissue in culture and testing of a therapeutic agent or a potential therapeutic agent.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for thermal management of an electronic device includes a liquid delivery layer thermally coupled to the electronic device and configured to receive a liquid from a source. The heat exchanger also includes an evaporation layer comprising hollow pillars configured to receive a continuous flow of the liquid from the liquid delivery layer and evaporate the continuous flow of the liquid from droplets maintained on the hollow pillars. Each hollow pillar has an evaporation surface and a pore configured to channel the continuous flow of the liquid through the hollow pillar to the evaporation surface. The evaporation surface being configured to maintain a droplet on the respective hollow pillar within a contact line. The evaporation surface has a wetting efficiency of at least about 95% and the contact line has a length of less than about 0.0314 mm.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for thermal management of an electronic device includes a liquid delivery layer thermally coupled to the electronic device and configured to receive a liquid from a source. The heat exchanger also includes an evaporation layer comprising hollow pillars configured to receive a continuous flow of the liquid from the liquid delivery layer and evaporate the continuous flow of the liquid from droplets maintained on the hollow pillars. Each hollow pillar has an evaporation surface and a pore configured to channel the continuous flow of the liquid through the hollow pillar to the evaporation surface. The evaporation surface being configured to maintain a droplet on the respective hollow pillar within a contact line. The evaporation surface has a wetting efficiency of at least about 95% and the contact line has a length of less than about 0.0314 mm.

Abstract: A light source assembly comprises a base body and at least one light source module. The base body comprises a first and a second bearing base connected to each other. The first bearing base is configured for an image capture module to be disposed thereon. The second bearing base is located on the periphery of the first bearing base. The at least one light source module is slidably disposed on the second bearing base, and movable toward and away from the first bearing base. The at least one light source module forms an adjustable space. The adjustable space is configured for receiving the image capture module. The first bearing base has a first bearing surface configured for the image capture module to be disposed thereon. A sliding direction of the at least one light source module is not parallel to a normal direction of the first bearing surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drug sustained-release composition, particularly a sustained-release composition comprising metoprolol and preparation method thereof. The invention also relates to a combination product comprising a sustained-release composition comprising metoprolol and a pharmaceutical composition comprising hydrochlorothiazide. The sustained-release composition comprising metoprolol according to the invention eliminates the phenomena of delayed release of such sustained-release compositions in the prior art, has a better drug release curve, and also have the advantages such as simple formula, easy operation, stable quality, strong controllability, and good reproducibility, and therefore have good application prospects.

Abstract: A composite is disclosed. The composite comprises a first conjugate of a polymer and a first phenol-containing moiety, and a second conjugate of a gelatin or collagen and a second phenol-containing moiety, wherein the polymer is selected so that the first conjugate is less cell-adhesive than the second conjugate, at least one of the first and second conjugates is crosslinked to form a matrix, and the composite comprises discrete regions that are rich in one of said first and second conjugates. A method of forming such composite is also disclosed. The method comprises mixing precursors for the first and second conjugates in a solution for forming said composite, and dispersing a catalyst in the solution to catalyze crosslinking of at least one of the first and second conjugates to form the matrix. The composite may be used to grow cells.

Abstract: A photographic apparatus includes an image sensor, a processing unit, a light emitting unit, and a control unit. The image sensor is configured to capture a continuous image, and generate an exposure signal according to an exposure sequence corresponding to the continuous image. The processing unit is electrically connected to the image sensor and is configured to calculate an exposure value according to the continuous image. The control unit is electrically connected to the image sensor, the processing unit, and the light emitting unit. According to the exposure value, the control unit may select a continuous mode to drive the light emitting unit to emit light continuously, or a pulse mode to cooperate with the exposure signal to drive the light emitting unit to pulse light, in order to fill light while capturing the continuous image.

Abstract: An image capturing method with supplemental lighting modulation is applied to a monitoring apparatus having a lighting unit and an image detecting unit. The image capturing method includes dividing a working period of the lighting unit into at least one first sub-period and at least one second sub-period, driving the lighting unit to respectively output supplemental light with different intensity during the first sub-period and the second sub-period, driving the image detecting unit to respectively capture a set of monitoring images with a predetermined amount during the first sub-period and the second sub-period, comparing the monitoring image captured in the first sub-period with ones captured in the second sub-period, analyzing definition of the set of monitoring images, and selecting a corresponding monitoring image having the definition greater than a threshold to execute image recognition.

Abstract: A light emitting module includes a lens and first and second light sources aligning with the lens. The lens includes a first biconcave section having a first light-entrance concave surface and a first light-exit concave surface, a second biconcave section having a second light-entrance concave surface and a second light-exit concave surface, and a shared section having a light-exit shared surface. A tangent slope of the shared section where the light-exit shared surface is connected to the first light-exit concave surface is less than a tangent slope of the first biconcave section where the first light-exit concave surface is connected to the light-exit shared surface. A tangent slope of the shared section where the light-exit shared surface is connected to the second light-exit concave surface is larger than a tangent slope of the second biconcave section where the second light-exit concave surface is connected to the light-exit shared surface.

Abstract: An illumination apparatus is applied for providing illumination to a photographic device having a photographic field-of-view. The illumination apparatus includes an illumination device and a calibration photographic device. The illumination device is pivoted to a side of the photographic device and has an illumination field-of-view. The calibration photographic device has a calibration photographic field-of-view and is connected to the illumination device to make the calibration photographic field-of-view substantially overlap with the illumination field-of-view and make the calibration photographic device move together with the illumination device. The calibration photographic field-of-view at least partially overlaps with the photographic field-of-view. Accordingly, the present invention could improve convenience of the photographic device in mounting the illumination device.

Abstract: A network camera system includes a network camera and an illumination device. The illumination device is connected to the network camera. The illumination device includes an illumination unit and a processing unit. The illumination unit is used for providing illumination light to the network camera. The processing unit is connected to the illumination unit for detecting a practical operation power of the network camera, calculating a maximum illumination power according to an electrical power received by the illumination device and the practical operation power, and transmitting the practical operation power and the maximum illumination power to the network camera and the illumination unit respectively.

Abstract: An image capturing method with supplemental lighting modulation is applied to a monitoring apparatus having a lighting unit and an image detecting unit. The image capturing method includes dividing a working period of the lighting unit into at least one first sub-period and at least one second sub-period, driving the lighting unit to respectively output supplemental light with different intensity during the first sub-period and the second sub-period, driving the image detecting unit to respectively capture a set of monitoring images with a predetermined amount during the first sub-period and the second sub-period, comparing the monitoring image captured in the first sub-period with ones captured in the second sub-period, analyzing definition of the set of monitoring images, and selecting a corresponding monitoring image having the definition greater than a threshold to execute image recognition.

Abstract: An automatic light adjusting method applied to a camera having at least one image capturing unit and a plurality of lighting units includes driving the plurality of lighting units to output maximal illumination, driving the at least one image capturing unit to acquire a first image by a first exposure duration, calculating a plurality of first light intensity of a plurality of regions on the first image, comparing the plurality of first light intensity with a predetermined range, and determining whether to set a first ratio about the plurality of first light intensity as a lighting limitation ratio of the plurality of lighting units according to a comparison result.

Abstract: A light source assembly comprises a base body and at least one light source module. The base body comprises a first and a second bearing base connected to each other. The first bearing base is configured for an image capture module to be disposed thereon. The second bearing base is located on the periphery of the first bearing base. The at least one light source module is slidably disposed on the second bearing base, and movable toward and away from the first bearing base. The at least one light source module forms an adjustable space. The adjustable space is configured for receiving the image capture module. The first bearing base has a first bearing surface configured for the image capture module to be disposed thereon. A sliding direction of the at least one light source module is not parallel to a normal direction of the first bearing surface.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a RNA interference (RNAi) agent and the use of that RNAi agent to treat hepatitis B infection in individuals, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the RNAi agents of the invention. The RNAi agents, or constructs for expressing them are utilized to inhibit expression of at least one Hepatitis B virus (HBV) gene, where the agent comprises an effector sequence complementary to or substantially complementary to a predicted sequence transcribed from a target region. In some forms of the invention, the agent has more than one effector sequence. Multiple effectors may target the same region of an HBV gene, different (possibly overlapping) regions of the same gene and/or different HBV genes.