Abstract: Various processes, methods and systems are provided herein for assisting patients, medical providers and other personnel in predicting cancer stage and cancer survival. The systems and methods include determining an indication of a preliminary cancer diagnosis of a given type of cancer for a patient, receiving results of transcriptional sequencing analysis, extracting a set of isoform expression information from transcriptomic data, processing a cancer stemness isoform dataset for a patient, and outputting an indication of the cancer stage prediction or the survival prediction.

Abstract: Methods and systems for predicting recipient survival after an organ transplant are disclosed.

Abstract: A cylindrical body of a Newton reflective telescope includes a first cylindrical body and a second cylindrical body combined together. The first cylindrical body has an eyepiece fixed on an outer surface, and a reflective mirror fixed in its interior. A joint member is connected between the first and the second cylindrical body to enable the first cylindrical body to rotate relative to the second cylindrical body as a pivot in such a way that the first and the second cylindrical body have coincident center axes. Therefore, a person other than a first user can also look in the eyepieces by rotating the first cylindrical body without need for the first user to leave the location of the eyepiece.

Abstract: A focal device for a telescope includes an eyepiece tube, a main body, a fixing washer, a direction restricting member, a focus adjusting ring, a focus adjusting tube, an eyepiece, an eyepiece clamping member and a tightening ring. The eyepiece-clamping member is fixed with the eyepiece and with the focus adjusting tube, having male threads at the other end. The focus adjusting tube and the eyepiece have the same axial line and are able to shift axially only for restricted by the direction-restricting member. The focus adjusting ring engages with the focus adjusting tube, having the same axial line as the focus adjusting tube does, limited to rotate at its site for activating the focus adjusting tube to shift axially. All the axial lines of the eyepiece and the telescope overlap with each other, enabling focusing absolutely precise.

Abstract: An image-inverting prism device with double use for a telescope includes a prism contained in a housing formed of two semi-housings. The housing has a first end for connecting a lens, the first end being provided with three different diameter threaded stepped surfaces. The housing has a second end provided with a male threaded surface. The prism device further has a small lens tube, a changeover tube, a large lens tube, so when the image-inverting prism device is to be combined with a telescope with a large lens or a small lens, the changeover tube is used for connecting a large cylinder or a small cylinder of a telescope, and a large lens or a small lens respectively engaging with different diameter threaded stepped surfaces so that the image-inverting prism device may be use with both a telescope of a large lens and a small lens.

Abstract: A checking and focusing device for an telescope eyepiece includes an eyepiece barrel formed of an inner tube and an outer tube. The outer tube has at one end a clamping portion formed with multiple resilient segments in a radial shape. A locking ring is threaded onto the clamping portion so that rotating the locking ring can gradually constrict the resilient segments to clamp the eyepiece tightly without biasing its axis. A production process for the chucking and focusing device for an telescope eyepiece includes two steps. One step is to machine multiple lengthwise grooves in an inner surface of a metal tube, the thickness of the grooves being the same as the depth of the resilient segments. The tube is then machined until the grooves are exposed, forming a single elastic strip between every two grooves, forming the clamping portion of the tube.

Abstract: A focal device for a telescope includes an eyepiece tube, a main body, a fixing washer, a direction restricting member, a focus adjusting ring, a focus adjusting tube, an eyepiece, an eyepiece clamping member and a tightening ring. The eyepiece-clamping member is fixed with the eyepiece and with the focus adjusting tube, having male threads at the other end. The focus adjusting tube and the eyepiece have the same axial line and are able to shift axially only for restricted by the direction-restricting member. The focus adjusting ring engages with the focus adjusting tube, having the same axial line as the focus adjusting tube does, limited to rotate at its site for activating the focus adjusting tube to shift axially. All the axial lines of the eyepiece and the telescope overlap with each other, enabling focusing absolutely precise.

Abstract: An image-inverting prism device with double use for a telescope includes a prism contained in two semi-housings—an upper and a lower one. The lower semi-housing has the end for connecting a lens, and the end provided with three different diameter threaded stepped surfaces and the upper semi-housing has the end provided with a male threaded surface. The prism device further has a small lens tube, a changeover tube, a large lens tube, so when the image-inverting prism device is to be combined with a telescope with a large lens or a small lens, the changeover tube is used for connecting a large cylinder of a small cylinder of a telescope, and a large lens or a small lens respectively engaging with different diameter threaded stepped surfaces so that the image-inverting prism device may be used with both a telescope of a large lens and a small lens.

Abstract: A chucking and focusing device for an telescope eyepiece includes an eyepiece barrel consisting of an inner tube and an outer tube and damper formed with multiple elastic strips in a radial shape, and a constrict ring with female threads engaging the male threads of the outer tube and clamper. The inner tube, the outer tube and damper and the constrict ring are threadably combined with one another, so that rotating the constrict ring can gradually clamp the elastic strip and then the eyepiece tightly with its axis not biasing. A production process for the chucking and focusing device for an telescope eyepiece includes two steps. One step is to machine multiple lengthwise grooves in an inner surface of a metal constrict tube with its thickness being the same as the depth of the elastic strip. Another step is to machine the metal constrict tube to form elastic strips until the grooves are exposed, forming a single elastic strip between every two grooves, finishing forming of the clamper.

Abstract: A supporting device for a telescope during observation includes a cylindrical housing of a reflexive telescope and an eye-viewing unit fixed on a side surface of the front end section of the cylindrical housing, a grip fixed on a lower surface of the front end section of the housing, and a shoulder stand fixed on a lower surface of a rear end section of the cylindrical housing. The height of the shoulder stand is adjustable. In using, the shoulder stand is placed on a shoulder, and a user holds the grip with one hand, with the height of the shoulder stand adjusted to permit the eye-viewing unit aligned to the level of an eye of the user. Thus the telescope can be stabilized for observing in spite of turning together with the body for tracing a moving object.

Abstract: A cylindrical body of a Newton reflective telescope includes a first cylindrical body and a second cylindrical body combined together. The first cylindrical body has an eyepiece fixed on an outer surface, and a reflective mirror fixed in its interior to be related to the eyepiece. A joint member is connected between the first and the second cylindrical body to enable the first cylindrical body rotate relative to the second cylindrical body as a pivot in such a way that the first and the second cylindrical body both have the center axis coherent, not biasing from each other. Therefore, in using, other person except a user can also look in the eyepieces by rotating the first cylindrical body without necessity of the user to leave the location of the eyepiece.