Abstract: The present invention relates to host cells comprising genes of the mevalonate, lycopene and ?-ionone pathways and the hydroperoxide reductase or catalase genes. The present invention also relates to methods of producing apocarotenoids as well as kits for producing apocarotenoids comprising the host cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of enhancing transfection in cell culture media supplemented with a plant-produced recombinant mammalian transferrin supplement, as well as kits, and methods of using the supplemented cell culture media to improve growth characteristics of cultured cells for transfection.

Abstract: An inspection system and an inspection method for at least one supporting beam include the steps of setting a lateral surface of one supporting beam as a reference point for detecting an offset amount; applying a predetermined force respectively to the supporting beams in sequence in a moving direction; detecting the offset amount of the supporting beam as applied by the predetermined force; and, acquiring an inspection result by a calculation based on the reference point and the offset amount. The inspection system includes a pushing member, a driving module, and an offset sensor. The pushing member is used for applying a predetermined force to the supporting beam. The driving module connects to the pushing member for driving the pushing member to move toward the supporting beam. The offset sensor is used for detecting an offset amount of the supporting beam as applied by the predetermined force.

Abstract: A door locking mechanism and semiconductor container using the same include door panel, cover, and locking module. The door panel has a first stop structure. The cover and the door panel define an accommodating space for receiving the locking module. The locking module includes rotating member, holding member, and elastic member. The elastic member is disposed on the holding member and has a second stop structure near the first stop structure. The elastic member is disposed between the holding and the rotating member. The elastic member is compressed when a force is applied to the holding member, and the second stop structure detaches from a limitation state with the first stop structure for allowing a rotating operation of the rotating member. The elastic member elastically restores when the force is removed, and the second stop structure returns to the limitation state for limiting the rotating operation.

Abstract: A holding device for a top-opening substrate container includes a holding assembly for pushing a substrate actuator disposed at a substrate to operate. The holding assembly includes a holding body and a pushing actuator. The pushing actuator includes a first guiding sloped surface for pressing against a second guiding sloped surface of an inner surface of a container door structure. The first guiding sloped surface causing corresponding pushing and displacement between the first guiding sloped surface and the second guiding sloped surface according to a supporting force of the container door structure. A pushing section is connected to the first guiding sloped surface, and capable of correspondingly pushing the substrate actuator to operate according to a level of the pushing and displacement of the first guiding sloped surface, such that the substrate actuator displaces substrates and stacks the substrates with another in layers.

Abstract: A supporting structure and an inspection equipment thereof and a calibrating tool for the inspection equipment include backbone and parallel blocks in the supporting structure. The receiving trench is defined between two adjacent supporting portions on the backbone for receiving supporter. Each supporting portion has a first limiting portion and the supporter has a second limiting portion. The parallel block is disposed between the first and the second limiting portion to restrain relative movement of the supporter. The inspection equipment is used for inspecting the supporting structure and includes plural inspection regions for inspecting the deviation amount of the supporter based on how much the moving door travels towards the substrate carrier. The calibrating tool is used for calibrating the inspection equipment. Whether the inspection surface conforms with a calibration condition is inspected through the inspection regions based on how much the moving door travels toward the calibrating tool.

Abstract: A device and a method for monitoring railway health in a windy desert area are provided, belonging to the field of equipment for monitoring sand accumulation of railway ballast bed. A spring vibration assembly is fixedly connected to a bracket, and the bracket and a housing are fixedly connected through fastening screws. A light-emitting diode (LED) emitter and a receiving processing assembly are fixedly connected to the housing by adhesive bonding; and the receiving processing assembly, the LED emitter and a mass ball at an equilibrium position are installed on a same straight line. The device is a novel structure, using mechanical spring vibrator as a vibration characteristic sensing unit, adapting to harsh climatic conditions in desert, greatly reducing maintenance cost, and using photoelectric sensing as a signal receiving unit, which greatly improves response speed. The device can be widely applied to railway health monitoring in large windy desert environment.

Abstract: A defect characterization method includes: a first scanning image and target defect coordinates in the first scanning image are obtained; a first defect image is obtained according to the target defect coordinates in the first scanning image, the first defect image containing a defect area where a target defect is located and a noise area not containing the target defect; the noise area is marked, Automatic Defect Review (ADR) calculation is performed on the defect area, and a pixel level value of a defect in the defect area is obtained; coordinates of the defect with a maximum pixel level value are obtained, and a second defect image is obtained according to the coordinates of the defect with the maximum pixel level value; and the defect with the maximum pixel level value is classified according to the second defect image.

Abstract: A financial institution computing system includes an account database with a plurality of transaction parameters with respect to a financial account of a customer, a receptiveness metrics circuit structured to extract the plurality of transaction parameters from the account database, the transaction parameters including at least one financial transaction record, and indicative of a mode of the customer, and determine one or more receptiveness metrics attributed to the customer based on the mode of the customer, the one or more receptiveness metrics indicating likelihoods of the customer converting an interaction from the financial institution, wherein the interaction includes an avatar that is an aged version of the customer, and an interaction generation circuit structured to transmit the interaction to the customer at an optimal time based on the one or more receptiveness metrics.

Abstract: A system for monitoring financial threats includes: at least one central processing unit and system memory that causes the system to: receive information about a threat associated with a financial services device; identify a type of the threat; identify a location associated with the threat; and notify one or more customers associated with the financial services device based upon the type or the location of the threat.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a neural network model deployment method, a prediction method and a device. The described features can implement deployment of a neural network model to improve the universality of the deployment of the neural network model to the terminal device by obtaining a layer definition and an operation parameter of each network layer of an initial neural network model, executing a target network layer corresponding to the network layers, applying relational connections amongst the target network layers using a net class, converting the operation parameters into a preset format, obtaining a target operation parameter based on the preset format, loading a corresponding target operation parameter in the target network layer, and obtaining a target neural network model based on the target operation parameter.