Abstract: A light source device and a light source system using the same are provided. The light source device includes a lens and a light source disposed under the lens. The lens has a light-emitting top surface and a bottom surface having a hole that is surrounded by an inner wall surface and an inner top surface. The inner top surface and a projection area of thereof onto the light-emitting top surface are flat surfaces. The light source has an illumination area, wherein an opening of the hole covers a projection area of the illumination area onto the bottom surface. The light source system includes a plurality of the light source device disposed in a honeycomb arrangement, wherein the light source devices are spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: A solar cell with doping blocks is provided, which includes: a semiconductor substrate, an anti-reflection layer, a plurality of front electrodes, and a back electrode layer. The semiconductor substrate has a first surface, and a plurality of doping block layers is arranged under the first surface and spaced from each other. The anti-reflection layer is disposed on the doping block layer and the semiconductor substrate. The front electrodes penetrate the anti-reflection layer and are arranged on the doping block layers. The back electrode layer is disposed on a second surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a short-pulse laser using a temporally modulated sideband gain is provided. The apparatus includes a laser diode and an external reflector. By use of a time difference resulted by a nanosecond laser pulse signal at the external reflector, a sideband gain is obtained for generating a short-pulse picosecond laser output.

Abstract: A generator includes a substrate, a first electrode layer, a dense plurality of vertically-aligned piezoelectric elongated nanostructures, an insulating layer and a second electrode layer. The substrate has a top surface and the first electrode layer is disposed on the top surface of the substrate. The dense plurality of vertically-aligned piezoelectric elongated nanostructures extends from the first electrode layer. Each of the nanostructures has a top end. The insulating layer is disposed on the top ends of the nanostructures. The second electrode layer is disposed on the non-conductive layer and is spaced apart from the nanostructures.

Abstract: A generator includes a first member, a second member and a sliding mechanism. The first member includes a first electrode and a first dielectric layer affixed to the first electrode. The first dielectric layer includes a first material that has a first rating on a triboelectric series. The second member includes a second material that has a second rating on the triboelectric series that is different from the first rating. The second member includes a second electrode. The second member is disposed adjacent to the first dielectric layer so that the first dielectric layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The sliding mechanism is configured to cause relative lateral movement between the first member and the second member, thereby generating an electric potential imbalance between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A generator includes a disc shaped first unit, a disc shaped second unit and an axle. The first unit includes a substrate layer, a double complementary electrode layer and an electrification material layer. The electrode layer includes a first electrode member and a second electrode member. The first electrode member includes evenly spaced apart first electrode legs extending inwardly. The second electrode member is complementary in shape to the first electrode member. The legs of the first electrode member and the second electrode member are interleaved with each other and define a continuous gap therebetween. The electrification material includes a first material that is in a first position on the triboelectric series. The second unit defines elongated openings and corresponding elongated leg portions, and includes a second material that is at a second position on a triboelectric series, different than the first position.

Abstract: A system and method to select a modulation coding scheme of a mobile device including establishing a connection between the mobile device and a remote device through a wireless communication network, monitoring at least two measured properties of a radio frequency access link between the mobile device and the wireless communication network, selecting an updated derived C value based on the measured properties of the radio frequency access link, and inducing a change in a modulation coding scheme based on the updated derived C value.

Abstract: The invention relates to compound of the formula I (I) or a salt thereof, wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification; to its preparation and to medicaments comprising it for treating diseases connected to tehinhibition of H3 receptor.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a package-free and circuit board-free LED device and a method for fabricating the same. The LED device is exempted from the semiconductor package substrate and the printed circuit board and comprises at least one LED chip having two electrodes able to directly connect with external wires and at least one chip unit. A DC power or an AC power is directly electrically connected with the two electrodes through wires to drive the LED device to emit light. The present invention minimizes device components and fabrication steps, effectively reduces cost and promotes reliability and yield.

Abstract: The present invention provides an on-chip thin film phase plate for a releasing charging, comprising a chip substrate having one or more apertures; and a thin film layer attached to the top surface of the chip substrate. The present invention also provides a method for observing organic material by TEM, which uses the above-mentioned on-chip thin film phase plate in a TEM system.

Abstract: This invention provides a contact lens for myopia control comprising: an object-side surface comprising a central zone, a transition zone and a peripheral zone which are concentric and have different refractive power, at least one of the three zones being aspheric; and an image-side surface; wherein the central zone provides correction power to focus a foveal image on the retina, the peripheral zone provides a myopic defocus effect by generating a para-fovea image in front of the retina, and the transition zone with one or more focuses provides a refractive power in diopter (D) ranging from +0.25 D to +8.00 D.

Abstract: The present invention comprises TGR5 agonists of structural formula I, wherein X, R1, R2, and R5 are defined herein, as well as N-oxides of them and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention further comprises composition comprising the compounds, N-oxides, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also comprises use of the compounds and compositions for treating diseases in which TGR5 is a mediator or is implicated. The invention also comprises use of the compounds in and for the manufacture of medicaments, particularly for treating diseases in which TGR5 is a mediator or is implicated.

Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a data transmission method through multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS). Specifically, the present disclosure proposes using a cell broadcast service to perform data transmission, and the proposed functions would include receiving an information of a service data, allocating a data channel resource based on the information of the service data to generate an allocation information for the data channel, allocating a control channel resource based on the information of the service data to generate an allocation information for the control channel, and transmitting the allocation information for the control channel to a target device.

Abstract: Adaptive neighboring cell measurement scaling by a wireless user equipment (UE) device. The UE may operate alternately in active and inactive states in a periodic manner according to DRX cycle timing for each of a plurality of DRX cycles. Paging messages may be checked for while in the active state during each DRX cycle. If a paging message is received, it may be decoded using a joint detection technique. The UE may adaptively determine whether or not to perform neighboring cell measurements during at least a subset of the DRX cycles, and perform neighboring cell measurements according to the adaptive determination. The adaptive determination may be based on one or more of joint detection of paging messages, one or more previous cell measurements, or an amount of motion of the UE.

Abstract: A control circuit is applied into a projector and an operation method is provided for the projector. The projector includes a photo sensor provided for generating a sensing voltage according to light intensity sensed by the photo sensor. The control circuit includes a first voltage-comparing unit, a reference voltage generating unit and a second voltage-comparing unit. The first voltage-comparing unit is provided for comparing the sensing voltage and a first reference voltage, to generate a first comprising result. The reference-voltage generating unit is provided for generating a second reference voltage and determining whether adjusting the second reference voltage according to the first comparing result. The second reference voltage is relatively larger than the first reference voltage. The second voltage-comparing unit is provided for comparing the sensing voltage and the second reference voltage, to generate a second comparing result.

Abstract: A virtual image display apparatus configured to be in front of at least one eye of a user includes an image display unit, a first beam splitting unit, and a reflection-refraction unit. The image display unit provides an image beam. The first beam splitting unit disposed on transmission paths of the image beam and an object beam causes at least one portion of the object beam to propagate to the eye and causes at least one portion of the image beam to propagate to the reflection-refraction unit. The reflection-refraction unit includes a lens portion and a reflecting portion on a first curved surface of the lens portion. At least part of the image beam travels through the lens portion, is reflected by the reflecting portion, travels trough the lens portion again, and is propagated to the eye by the first beam splitting unit in sequence.

Abstract: A hybrid generator using a thermoelectric generation and a piezoelectric generation are provided. The hybrid generator includes first and second insulating layers spaced apart from each other; a thermoelectric structure disposed between the first and second insulating layers; a first electrode disposed on the second insulating layer; a piezoelectric structure disposed on the first electrode; a third insulating layer disposed on the piezoelectric structure; and a second electrode disposed on the third insulating layer.

Abstract: This invention provides 1,3-oxazolidin-2-one compounds of formula I and their salts, their preparation methods, and use in the preparation of linezolid racemate and its optical isomer, which are used as oxazolidinone antibacterial agents. In the formula, R is H, hydroxyl, halogen, C1-C12 alkyl, C1-C12 alkoxy, nitro and carboxyl; and R can be placed at any position on the benzene rings; and the compound is a racemate or an optical isomer.

Abstract: Provided are flexible piezoelectric generators and methods of manufacturing the same. The piezoelectric generator includes a first insulation layer disposed on a first electrode, a piezoelectric structure disposed on the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer disposed on the piezoelectric structure, and a second electrode disposed on the second insulation layer.

Abstract: An image retrieval method is provided. The method includes detecting an outline of an image and obtaining an outline feature of the image, generating an index list in an image database according to the outline feature, and obtaining a sketch input by a user and retrieving images containing the sketch from the index list. The various embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an image retrieval device and a real-time drawing prompting method and device. The various embodiments of the present disclosure can rapidly and precisely retrieve image information based on contents, and the user can rapidly retrieve desired images by inputting a sketch. The real-time drawing prompting method and device can provide the limner with real-time guidance based on the retrieval of a sketch map.