Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for testing the accuracy of digital images generated by a computer graphics program executed on a computer graphics system. A test program is utilized to compare test images with a set of reference images. Adaptive local image quantification verification aims at an image comparison that allows specified color value and spatial shifts. The color value for each pixel of a specified portion of the test image is compared to the average color value of an offset array of pixels in a reference image. A test image region may be unacceptably different from a reference image, if for any pixel of the test image region an offset reference image array is not found that has an array size, absolute color value difference, and spatial shift less than specified maximums.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for testing the accuracy of digital test images generated by a computer graphics program executed on a computer graphics system. A test program is utilized to compare the test image with a reference image. The user defines regions of interest and a maximum error for each region. This allows the user to focus on a particular object or group of objects. Global image quantification verification generates one measurement of error or image difference for each region of the test image. Each region is divided into sub-regions and an average color value is calculated for each sub-region and the corresponding sub-region in the reference image. The differences between the averages for corresponding sub-regions in the test and reference images are calculated. A test image region may be unacceptably different from a reference image if a normalized sum of the absolute differences exceeds the maximum error.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for testing the accuracy of digital test images by comparing the value of each test image pixel with the average value of a corresponding reference image pixel array. The local image quantification verification test program accepts absolute differences between corresponding pixel and array values that are less than a specified difference maximum. The user may specify a difference maximum and a maximum array size, and may restrict the test image comparison to specified regions of the test image with specific difference tolerances for each region. This allows the user to focus the comparison on certain regions as more important than others and to focus a region on a particular object or group of objects.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method may include forming first and second adjacent tubs in an epitaxial layer, and simultaneously forming a base region in the first tub and lightly doped drain (LDD) regions in the second tub adjacent a first gate located over the second tub. The method may also include simultaneously forming a base contact region and a source/drain contact region.

Abstract: A method for making a prototype mold includes step 1: to prepare thermoplastic liquid by mixing hollow particles and resin; step 2: to crush used prototype molds into 5 mm to 10 mm particles; step 3: to mix the crushed particles in step 2 with the thermoplastic liquid; step 4: to eliminate bubbles in the mixture of the thermoplastic liquid and the crushed particles; step 5: to pour the mixture of the thermoplastic liquid and the crushed particles in a mold to make a product; step 6: to heat the product in step 5 at 60 to 200 degrees Celsius for 0.5 to 120 hours; step 7: to heat the product in step 6 at 60 to 80 degrees Celsius for 8 to 12 hours to obtain a stable crystal structure; step 8: to take the product from the mold, and step 9: to trim the product.

Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor device, a method of manufacture therefor, and an integrated circuit including the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device may include a well doped with a P-type dopant located over a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device may further include a buried layer including the P-type dopant located between the well and the semiconductor substrate, and a gate located over the well.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting angiogenesis in a mammal by administering to the mammal a compound which inhibits binding of endothelial PAS domain protein-1 to cis-acting transcription regulatory sequence in the promoter region of a gene encoding an angiogenic factor.

Abstract: The present invention discloses improved heatsink designs and methods for cooling a heat source. One embodiment is a heatsink assembly for removing heat from an electronic component, the heatsink assembly comprising a copper-based core section having a first surface generally adapted to conform to an exposed mating surface of an electronic device and a second surface having a generally convex curvature having a greater surface area than the first surface. An aluminum-based outer section has a first surface comprising a concave curvature that is generally adapted to conform to the convex curvature of the core and a second surface. A plurality of fin elements protrude outwardly from the second surface of the outer section. At least one cooling fan can be positioned to direct airflow onto the fin elements. The core section can comprise a semi-spherical shape and can be joined by a finger-joint type connection to the outer section.

Abstract: Various implementations of the described subject associate a plurality of threads that are sorted based on thread priority with a run queue in a deterministic amount of time. The run queue includes a first plurality of threads, which are sorted based on thread priority. The second plurality of threads is associated with the run queue in a bounded, or deterministic amount of time that is independent of the number of threads in the associated second plurality. Thus, the various implementations of the described subject matter allow an operating system to schedule other threads for execution within deterministic/predetermined time parameters.

Abstract: Various implementations of the described subject matter provide for the management of a multi-dimensional sleep queue, such that a group of threads with a same wake-up time are removed from the multi-dimensional sleep queue in a deterministic amount of time that is independent of the number of threads in the removed group. This is significant because it allows an operating system to schedule other threads for execution within deterministic/predetermined time parameters. Moreover, the described subject matter also provides for inserting new threads into the multi-dimensional sleep queue in a manner that allows other processes to execute during the thread insertion process.

Abstract: Aortic-preferentially-expressed gene-1 (APEG-1) and striated muscle preferentially expressed (SPEG) polypeptide, DNA sequences encoding and controlling the transcription of the APEG-1/SPEG encoding gene, methods of diagnosing vascular injury, methods of conferring smooth muscle-cell specific expression, and methods of inhibiting vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by increasing the level of APEG-1 at the site of vascular injury.

Abstract: A vehicle tissue box placement assembly comprises attached fastening belt body, a frame bracket to be engaged to the object such as the sun visor inside the vehicle by means of the fastening belt body, and a case body for accommodating the tissue box; wherein the case body and the frame bracket can be engaged and cased to each other and also provide the case body with a easy dismounting method which makes the placement assembly not only provide a fixed location for using the tissue box inside the vehicle, but also further simplify the movement of replacing the tissue box.

Abstract: A vehicle tissue box placement assembly comprises attached fastening belt body, a frame bracket to be engaged to the object such as the sun visor inside the vehicle by means of the fastening belt body, and a case body for accommodating the tissue box; wherein the case body and the frame bracket can be engaged and cased to each other and also provide the case body with a easy dismounting method which makes the placement assembly not only provide a fixed location for using the tissue box inside the vehicle, but also further simplify the movement of replacing the tissue box.

Abstract: An energy-saving system including a primary heat recovery apparatus for recovering heat from the environment of a silencer box having a compressor and a power generator simultaneously coupled with an engine commonly built in the box for warming utility water, a refrigerant heat recovery apparatus for recovering the condensation heat of the refrigerant for warming utility water, a water heat recovery apparatus for recovering the water heat in the water jacket of the engine, and a flue gas heat recovery system having a first gas heat exchanger and a second gas heat exchanger for recovering the waste heat of the exhaust gas. A turbo-generator is driven by a steam turbine driven by the steam produced from the gas heat exchanger for generating electricity. Also at least an absorption-based air conditioner is driven by the waste heat as recovered from the energy-saving system.

Abstract: An energy-saving system includes a primary heat recovery apparatus recovering an environmental heat of a silencer box having a compressor and a power generator simultaneously coupled with an engine commonly built in the box for warming utility water, a refrigerant heat recovery apparatus recovering the condensation heat of the refrigerant for warming utility water, a water heat recovery apparatus recovering the water heat in the water jacket of the engine, a flue gas heat recovery system having a first gas heat exchanger and a second gas heat exchanger for recovering the waste heat of the exhaust gas, a turbo-generator driven by a steam turbine driven by the steam produced from the gas heat exchanger for generating electricity, and at least an absorption-type air conditioner as driven by the waste heat and recovered from the energy-saving system.

Abstract: A method for making a prototype mold includes step 1: to prepare thermoplastic liquid by mixing hollow particles and resin; step 2: to crush used prototype molds into 5 mm to 10 mm particles; step 3: to mix the crushed particles in step 2 with the thermoplastic liquid; step 4: to eliminate bubbles in the mixture of the thermoplastic liquid and the crushed particles; step 5: to pour the mixture of the thermoplastic liquid and the crushed particles in a mold to make a product; step 6: to heat the product in step 5 at 60 to 200 degrees Celsius for 0.5 to 120 hours; step 7: to heat the product in step 6 at 60 to 80 degrees Celsius for 8 to 12 hours to obtain a stable crystal structure; step 8: to take the product from the mold, and step 9: to trim the product.

Abstract: Aortic-preferentially-expressed gene-1 (APEG-1) and striated muscle preferentially expressed (SPEG) polypeptide, DNA sequences encoding and controlling the transcription of the APEG-1/SPEG encoding gene, methods of diagnosing vascular injury, methods of conferring smooth muscle-cell specific expression, and methods of inhibiting vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by increasing the level of APEG-1 at the site of vascular injury.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting angiogenesis in a mammal by administering to the mammal a compound which inhibits binding of endothelial PAS domain protein-1 to cis-acting transcription regulatory sequence in the promoter region of a gene encoding an angiogenic factor.

Abstract: Aortic-preferentially-expressed gene-1 (APEG-1) and striated muscle preferentially expressed (SPEG) polypeptide, DNA sequences encoding and controlling the transcription of the APEG-1/SPEG encoding gene, methods of diagnosing vascular injury, methods of conferring smooth muscle-cell specific expression, and methods of inhibiting vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by increasing the level of APEG-1 at the site of vascular injury.

Abstract: A method for dehydrating wooden material includes step 1 to cut wooden material into sections; step 2 to soak the wooden material in oil and to heat the oil; step 3 to soak the wooden material in step 2 in boiling water to resolve the gluey material in the wooden material; step 4 to cool the wooden material in step 3; step 5 to remove gluey particles on surface of the wooden material, and step 6 to dry the wooden material in step 5.