Abstract: A test apparatus including a cassette main body, a test strip and a pressurizing assembly is provided. The cassette main body has a sample entrance. The test strip is disposed in the cassette main body, and the sample entrance of the cassette main body exposes a sample collecting region of the test strip. The pressurizing assembly is detachably combined to the cassette main body, and is adapted to exert a pressure on a liquid sample located at the sample entrance, such that the liquid sample enters the sample collecting region, and reacts with the test strip to display a test result. The test apparatus is able to implement quick and convenience test, by which a complicated pre-processing of a test sample is omitted to save a time and test cost.

Abstract: An optical image capturing system, sequentially including a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element from an object side to an image side, is disclosed. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second through third lens elements have refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. At least one of the image side surface and the object side surface of each of the four lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens elements can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of innovations in the area of encoding pictures or portions of pictures (e.g., slices, coding tree units, or coding units) and determining whether and how certain filtering operation should be performed and flagged for performance by the decoder in the bitstream. In particular examples, various implementations for selectively performing and selectively skipping aspects of sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering as in the H.265/HEVC standard are disclosed. Although these examples concern the H.265/HEVC standard and its SAO filter, the disclosed technology is more widely applicable to other video codecs that involve filtering operations as part of their encoding and decoding processes.

Abstract: A memory system comprises a memory controller and a memory device having one or more memory ranks and multiple memory electrically connected to the one or more memory ranks. The memory controller includes at least one analysis module and at least one switching determination module. The analysis module analyzes states of multiple memory control commands corresponding to a particular memory rank to generate a control parameter. The switching determination module determines whether at least one switching command is sent according to the control parameter, a current operation mode of the particular memory rank, and an operation state of the particular memory rank. When the memory device receives a first switching command of the at least one command, the particular rank and at least one part of the memory internal circuits are switched from the normal voltage operation mode to the low voltage operation mode.

Abstract: A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a heat transfer rate module, a desired flow rate module, a flow rate adjustment module, and a pump control module. The heat transfer rate module determines a rate of heat transfer from an engine to coolant flowing through the engine based on a cylinder wall temperature and a measured coolant temperature. The desired flow rate module determines a desired rate of coolant flow through the engine based on the heat transfer rate. The flow rate adjustment module determines a coolant flow rate adjustment based on a desired coolant temperature and the measured coolant temperature. The pump control module controls a coolant pump to adjust an actual rate of coolant flow through the engine based on the desired coolant flow rate and the coolant flow rate adjustment.

Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a die that contains a substrate and a bond pad. A connective layer is disposed over the die. The connective layer includes a supporting pad and a conductive channel. A portion of the conductive channel passes at least partially through the supporting pad. At least one dielectric region is interposed between the supporting pad and the portion of the conductive channel.

Abstract: A door mount mechanism is to be mounted onto a door for rotating a thumb turn of a door lock. The door mount mechanism includes a casing, a rotatable component and an intermediate coupling. The casing is for abutting against the door, and defines a receiving space that is adapted for receiving the door lock. The rotatable component is coupled rotatably to the casing. The intermediate coupling includes a first coupling segment connected co-rotatably to the rotatable component, and a second coupling segment connected co-rotatably to and linearly movable relative to the first coupling segment and for driving rotation of the thumb turn of the door lock such that the thumb turn is co-rotatable with the rotatable component.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method and device for coding an image and a method and device for decoding an image. The coding includes that: a coding block is partitioned into L micro-blocks, wherein L is a preset number of micro-block partitions in the decoding block; Displacement Vectors (DVs) between the micro-blocks and reference micro-blocks in a preset reconstructed pixel sample set are determined, wherein the DVs are vectors between pixel positions of the reference micro-blocks and pixel positions of the micro-blocks in a preset pixel coordinate system; and the DVs are coded and written into a bitstream. By the methods and the devices, the problem of low image compression and decompression efficiency during image coding and decoding in the related technology is solved, and the effect of improving image coding and decoding efficiency is further achieved.

Abstract: Systems, methods, computer program products, and kits involving deformation mechanisms are provided for the removal of corneal tissue in optical vision treatments. According to exemplary embodiments, deformation mechanisms may be used in combination with the administration of femtosecond photoalteration lasers to create or define volumetric tissue portions for such removal.

Abstract: In a method in a common observation receiver of a transceiver, a Transmitter Radio Frequency, TXRF, signal spectrum is received, a Receiver Radio Frequency, RXRF, signal spectrum is further received. Furthermore, a switching scheme is determined based on whether the type of the transmitter and the receiver is Frequency Division Duplex, FDD, or Time Division Duplex, TDD. Based on the switching scheme, the TXRF signal spectrum and the RXRF signal spectrum are switched into a switched baseband signal spectrum. By arranging a common observation receiver in a radio transceiver, and observing radio frequency signal spectrums, the transceiver may acquire knowledge about nonlinearities and other irregularities of applied components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to toxoid preparations comprising a non-disrupted and/or a non-denatured toxin associated with a particulate vector that minimizes or precludes said toxin from inflicting damage at an action site of said toxin. The present invention also relates to immunogenic compositions or vaccines comprising the toxoid preparations, and the methods of using the toxoid preparations, immunogenic compositions or vaccines.

Abstract: A water purifying faucet not having pull-out function, comprising: a faucet main body, a dual output bend tube, a hot water input tube, a cold water input tube, a cold water output tube, a purified water input tube, a hydraulic converter, a two-input two-output valve seat, a two-input two-output valve core, a water channel tube, a connector, a central bolt, and a press plate. The two-input two-output valve seat is disposed on the faucet main body, with its two water input ports connected respectively to the hot water input tube and the cold water input tube. The water purifying faucet not having pull-out function is novel in design, easy to operate, and is capable of providing three types of water output, in meeting users' requirements effectively.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit (IC) includes: receiving a target layout of the IC, decomposing the target layout into a plurality of sub-layouts for a multiple patterning process, identifying re-locatable pattern edges in the sub-layouts, and relocating the edges to improve manufacturability of the IC. In an embodiment, relocating the edges includes: choosing an evaluation index based on a target manufacturing process, moving one or more of the edges, calculating a score of manufacturability based on the evaluation index, and repeating the moving and the calculating until the score meets a threshold.

Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) system includes an O3/DIW generator, a polishing unit, and a cleaning unit. The O3/DIW generator is configured to generate an O3/DIW solution including ozone gas (O3) dissolved in deionized water (DIW). The polishing unit includes components for buffing a surface of a semiconductor structure, and a pipeline coupled to the O3/DIW generator to receive the O3/DIW solution for the buffing. The cleaning unit is coupled to the O3/DIW generator and is configured to clean the surface of the semiconductor structure using the O3/DIW solution.

Abstract: An optical image capturing system, sequentially including a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element from an object side to an image side, is disclosed. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second through third lens elements have refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. At least one of the image side surface and the object side surface of each of the four lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens elements can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of filling a resin into a housing includes the steps of: providing a housing that has at least one recess, with the recess having first and second spaces, and the first space being disposed above the second space; inverting the housing; injecting a fluid into the recess to fill the first space, with the fluid having a viscosity coefficient and a surface tension less than those of water; and injecting a first resin into the recess, with the first resin having a specific gravity greater than that of the fluid, such that the first resin fills the first space and the fluid fills the second space.

Abstract: A method for designing a spline surface contour of a roller-type wave-motion includes of the steps of slicing radial movement track of a roller between a cam and a spline aperture and circumference rotation track at equal proportion at equal time intervals to sequentially obtain circle centers and points of tangency of the track circles during movement of the roller; connecting the points of tangency to form a unit cam circumference segment of a cam periphery in order to draw and form a single-sided tooth flank contour; and forming a correspondent side tooth flank contour by mirroring and projecting the single-sided tooth flank contour. A method of forming a spline wheel contour and a method of forming a cam periphery are obtained.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board with embedded electronic components fixed by a solder paste includes: providing a carrier board with a copper foil layer on the carrier board, an insulating layer on the copper foil layer, and an opening on the insulating layer by laser; putting a solder paste into the opening to form a solder paste layer; performing a high-temperature reflow process of the electronic components on the solder paste layer until the solder paste layer is molten; curing the solder paste layer after cooling to fix the components to the center position of the opening; placing the copper foil layer below the electronic components and removing the solder paste layer; and performing copper plating and electroplating processes in an electroplating space to form a plating copper. The cohesion of the molten solder paste pulls the electronic components towards the center to eliminate position offset produced when the electronic components are installed.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device is provided. The device includes: The second region has a greater curvature than the first region. The device includes: an N-type epitaxy layer; a P-well in the N-type epitaxy layer; a drain in the N-type epitaxy layer; a source in the P-well; and a bulk in the P-well and in contact with the source, wherein the bulk has a greater area in the second region than in the first region.

Abstract: Disclosed are a tramcar power system and a method for controlling the system, the system comprising: a fuel cell (11) coupled to an unidirectional direct-current converter (14); a super capacitor (12) coupled to a first bi-directional direct-current converter (15); and a power battery (13) coupled to a second bi-directional direct-current converter (16), wherein the unidirectional direct-current converter (14), the first bi-directional direct-current converter (15) and the second bi-directional direct-current converter (16) are coupled to an inverter (18) via a direct-current bus (17); the inverter (18) is coupled to a motor of the tramcar; the fuel cell (11), the super capacitor (12), the power battery (13), the first bi-directional direct-current converter (15), the second bi-directional direct-current converter (16) and the inverter (18) are coupled to a master control unit (19); and the master control unit (19) is coupled to a controlling device of the tramcar.