Abstract: Provided in embodiments of the disclosure are methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for data processing. Location information and personalized information of a user are obtained in real-time; then a target spatial region corresponding to the location information is determined, the target spatial region including at least one physical object matching the personalized information; and then shopping guide data is generated for the user based on the at least one physical object matching the personalized information. By obtaining the real-time location of the user in combination with the personalized information of the user such as a purchase preference of historical purchase behavior, a shopping place and a branded shop near the user are provided to guide the user to perform in-store shopping, thereby improving purchase efficiency for the user, effectively providing personalized shopping recommended content to the user, and greatly improving purchase experience of the user.

Abstract: An artificial dressing, use of artificial dressing for promoting wound healing and method of manufacturing artificial dressing are disclosed. The artificial dressing comprises a gelatin, a polysorbate 20 and a glutaraldehyde for promoting wound healing. The manufacturing method of the artificial dressing comprises the steps of enabling the composition of the gelatin, the polysorbate 20 and the glutaraldehyde to perform a foaming step, a molding step and a freeing step in sequence. The artificial dressing has obvious pores and is capable of absorbing a liquid weight about 25-35 times of its body weight. After thermal disintegration experiments and adhesion tests, disintegration of the artificial dressing is not observed, and in animal experiments, compared with commercially available dressings, the artificial dressing of the invention is capable of accelerating wound healing when applied dryly; and capable of proliferating functional tissues of the wound when applied wetly.

Abstract: A method of operating the physically unclonable function (PUF)-based key management system includes upon receiving a key generation request including a parameter, a load balancer dispatching a key generation request including a parameter from an external device according to workloads of a plurality of key management components (KMCs). A KMC having minimum workload among the plurality of KMCs is designated as the key-generation KMC and the key generation request is dispatched thereto, and remaining KMCs of the plurality of KMCs are designated as backup KMCs. The method further includes the key-generation KMC generating a key according to the parameter and a first PUF sequence, transmitting the key and an identifier associated therewith to the backup KMC via a backup channel, and the backup KMC generating a wrapped key according to the key and a second PUF sequence.

Abstract: The present invention provides an artificial dressing and a use of the artificial dressing for promoting wound healing. The artificial dressing includes a gelatin and a fungal extract.

Abstract: An entropy source circuit, comprising: a first adjustable ring oscillator for operating under a first setting or a second setting according to a first control signal, for respectively generating a first oscillation clock signal and a second oscillation clock signal which have different frequencies under the first setting and the second setting; a first sampling circuit, for sampling the first oscillating clock signal according to the sampling frequency to generate first sampling values, or sampling the second oscillating clock signal according to the sampling frequency to generate second sampling values; a first detection circuit detecting a first distribution of the first sampling values; and a control circuit generating the first control signal to switch the first setting to the second setting when the first distribution does not meet a predetermined distribution. The entropy source circuit outputs entropy values according to the first sample value or the second sample value.

Abstract: The present invention provides an artificial dressing and a use of the artificial dressing for promoting wound healing. The artificial dressing includes a gelatin and a fungal extract.

Abstract: A random number generator includes a static random number generator, a dynamic entropy source, a counter and a combining circuit. The static random number generator includes an initial random number pool and a static random number pool to output a static random number sequence from one thereof the initial random number pool and the static random number pool. The dynamic entropy source is used to generate a dynamic entropy bit. The counter is used to generate a dynamic random number sequence according to the dynamic entropy bit. The combining circuit is used to output a true random number sequence to a lively random number pool according to the static random number sequence and the dynamic random number sequence. The static random number pool is updated when the lively random number pool is fully updated.

Abstract: Disclosures of the present invention describe a double-layer dressing containing silk fibroin and a method for making the same, wherein the double-layer dressing mainly comprises a silk fibroin layer and a calcium-degradation silk fibroin layer connected to the silk fibroin layer, and it is worth emphasizing that, results of animal experiment have proved that this novel double-layer dressing is an outstanding hemostatic wound dressing; Moreover, additional adhesion, resulted from the solidification of tissue fluid, can be effectively prevented from forming between skin wound and wound dressing under the use of this double-layer dressing.

Abstract: An entropy generator includes a physically unclonable function, a dynamic entropy source and an entropy enhancement engine. The physically unclonable function is used to provide a truly random static entropy. The dynamic entropy source is used to generate a dynamic entropy. The entropy enhancement engine is coupled to the physically unclonable function and the dynamic entropy source, and is used to generate an enhanced entropy according to the truly random static entropy and the dynamic entropy. The expected hamming distance is an expected value of a hamming distance between a truly random static entropy and another truly random static entropy provided by a physically unclonable function (PUF).

Abstract: A built-in self-test (BIST) circuit and a BIST method for Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) quality check are provided. The BIST circuit may include a PUF array, a readout circuit coupled to the PUF array, and a first comparing circuit coupled to the readout circuit. The PUF array may include a plurality of PUF units, wherein each of the PUF units includes a first cell and a second cell. The readout circuit may be configured to output an output bit from the first cell and output a parity bit from the second cell. The first comparing circuit may be configured to compare an output string with a parity string to generate a parity check result, wherein the output string includes output bits respectively read from selected PUF units of the PUF units, and the parity string includes parity bits read from the selected PUF units.

Abstract: A method and a secure boot control circuit for controlling a secure boot of an electronic device. The method is applicable to the secure boot control circuit, and the electronic device includes the secure boot control circuit. The method includes: checking randomness of an output of an entropy source of the secure boot control circuit to generate a check result; utilizing the entropy source to provide a random number sequence; generating a reference code according to the random number sequence; comparing the reference code with an activation code stored in the secure boot control circuit to generate a comparison result; and determining whether to enable at least one function of the electronic device according to at least one of the check result and the comparison result.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for performing permission management of a storage device are provided. The storage device includes multiple storage blocks. The electronic device includes a controller and multiple dedicated interfaces, wherein the multiple dedicated interfaces are coupled to multiple ports of the controller. The controller is configured to perform access control of the storage device. The multiple dedicated interfaces correspond to the multiple storage blocks, and each dedicated interface of the multiple dedicated interfaces is configured to provide a dedicated channel for accessing one of the multiple storage blocks corresponding to said each dedicated interface via the controller.

Abstract: A method for presenting data of blood-pressure measurement includes: calculating blood-pressure index values based on entries of data of blood-pressure measurement; and presenting a blood-pressure trend interface that includes index level regions, and for each of the blood-pressure index values, an index level markers disposed in one of the index level regions. The blood-pressure trend interface is presented in a manner that the index level markers corresponding respectively to the blood-pressure index values cooperatively indicate a trend in the blood pressure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a friction-reducing and anti-wear composite material for a wading kinematic pair and a method of preparing the same. The friction-reducing and anti-wear composite material is prepared from carbon fiber (CF) among inorganic fillers, polyimide (PI) and polyether ether ketone (PEEK). These three materials are wet-mixed, dried and placed in a mold followed by curing by a heat press. The cured product is cooled and demolded to obtain the CF/PI/PEEK friction-reducing and anti-wear composite material for a wading kinematic pair. Tribological properties of the PEEK material are enhanced due to synergistic effect arising from hybrid organic-inorganic filling. The friction-reducing and anti-wear composite material provided in the invention has significantly reduced friction coefficient and wear volume loss under the seawater environment.

Abstract: A random number generator and a random number generating method are provided. The random number generator includes a first stage generator and a second stage generator. The first stage generator outputs a first random number and a second random number at a first time point and a second time point, respectively. The second stage generator generates a final output at least according to the first random number. More particularly, the second stage generator includes a reseed circuit for generating a reseed signal, to control whether to generate the final output according to the second random number. In addition, when the second stage generator generates the final output at a current data cycle without using the second random number, the first stage generator holds the second random number for generating the final output at a next data cycle.

Abstract: Provided in embodiments of the disclosure are methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for data processing. Location information and personalized information of a user are obtained in real-time; then a target spatial region corresponding to the location information is determined, the target spatial region including at least one physical object matching the personalized information; and then shopping guide data is generated for the user based on the at least one physical object matching the personalized information. By obtaining the real-time location of the user in combination with the personalized information of the user such as a purchase preference of historical purchase behavior, a shopping place and a branded shop near the user are provided to guide the user to perform in-store shopping, thereby improving purchase efficiency for the user, effectively providing personalized shopping recommended content to the user, and greatly improving purchase experience of the user.

Abstract: An encryption key generating engine includes a random number pool, an entangling string generator, and a control circuit. The random number pool stores a plurality of random bits, and values of the plurality of random bits are generated randomly. The entangling string generator provides an entangling string according to an input key. The control circuit is coupled to the random number pool and the entangling string generator. The control circuit retrieves a sequence of random bits from the plurality of random bits stored in the random number pool according to the input key, receive the entangling string from the entangling string generator, and entangle the entangling string with the sequence of random bits to generate a secret key.

Abstract: A method and a secure boot control circuit for controlling a secure boot of an electronic device. The method is applicable to the secure boot control circuit, and the electronic device includes the secure boot control circuit. The method includes: checking randomness of an output of an entropy source of the secure boot control circuit to generate a check result; utilizing the entropy source to provide a random number sequence; generating a reference code according to the random number sequence; comparing the reference code with an activation code stored in the secure boot control circuit to generate a comparison result; and determining whether to enable at least one function of the electronic device according to at least one of the check result and the comparison result.

Abstract: A built-in self-test (BIST) circuit and a BIST method for Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) quality check are provided. The BIST circuit may include a PUF array, a readout circuit coupled to the PUF array, and a first comparing circuit coupled to the readout circuit. The PUF array may include a plurality of PUF units, wherein each of the PUF units includes a first cell and a second cell. The readout circuit may be configured to output an output bit from the first cell and output a parity bit from the second cell. The first comparing circuit may be configured to compare an output string with a parity string to generate a parity check result, wherein the output string includes output bits respectively read from selected PUF units of the PUF units, and the parity string includes parity bits read from the selected PUF units.

Abstract: A method of operating the physically unclonable function (PUF)-based key management system includes upon receiving a key generation request including a parameter, a load balancer dispatching a key generation request including a parameter from an external device according to workloads of a plurality of key management components (KMCs). A KMC having minimum workload among the plurality of KMCs is designated as the key-generation KMC and the key generation request is dispatched thereto, and remaining KMCs of the plurality of KMCs are designated as backup KMCs. The method further includes the key-generation KMC generating a key according to the parameter and a first PUF sequence, transmitting the key and an identifier associated therewith to the backup KMC via a backup channel, and the backup KMC generating a wrapped key according to the key and a second PUF sequence.