Abstract: A signal transmitting element is used to solve the problem that an additional surgery is required to remove the conventional vascular monitoring element after completing the detecting task. The signal transmitting element comprises a body made of a specific biodegradable material. The body includes a signal sensing portion including a structure configured to sense a blood flow information of a blood vessel surrounded and contacted by the body, thereby generating a blood vessel signal; and a signal transmitting portion coupled with the signal sensing portion for receiving the blood vessel signal and including a specific structure configured to convert the blood vessel signal into a transmission signal.

Abstract: A wafer pod transfer assembly includes a wafer pod port to receive a wafer pod, a transfer axle coupled to the wafer pod port, a shaft receiver, a shaft coupled to the transfer axle and to the shaft receiver, a pin through the shaft receiver and through the shaft, wherein the pin comprises a first end and a second end, opposite the first end, and a pin buckle including a first loop and a second loop. The pin buckle is coupled to the pin, the first loop encircles the first end of the pin, and the second loop encircles the second end of the pin.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) match assembly for a chemical vapor deposition processing chamber. The assembly includes a top electrically insulating column and a bottom electrically insulating column. The assembly further includes a one-piece RF match strap that has a head, a main body and a body extension. The main body of the one-piece RF match strap is configured to extend through the top electrically insulating column and the bottom electrically insulating column. A flexible chamber lid strap connects the processing chamber to the top of the one piece RF match strap.

Abstract: A bonding tool includes a gas supply line that may extend directly between valves associated with one or more gas supply tanks and a processing chamber such that gas supply line is uninterrupted without any intervening valves or other types of structures that might otherwise cause a pressure buildup in the gas supply line between the processing chamber and the valves associated with the one or more gas supply tanks. The pressure in the gas supply line may be maintained at or near the pressure in the processing chamber so that gas provided to the processing chamber through the gas supply line does not cause a pressure imbalance in the processing chamber, which might otherwise cause early or premature contact between semiconductor substrates that are to be bonded in the processing chamber.

Abstract: A leak check is performed on a semiconductor wafer processing tool that includes a process chamber and process gas lines, and a semiconductor wafer is processed using the semiconductor wafer processing tool if the leak check passes. Each gas line includes a mass flow controller (MFC) and normally closed valves including an upstream and downstream valves upstream and downstream of the MFC. Leak checking includes: leak checking up to the downstream valves of the gas lines with the upstream valves closed and the downstream valves of the gas lines closed; and leak checking up to the upstream valve of each the process gas line with the upstream valves of the of the process gas lines closed and with the downstream valve of the of the process gas line being leak checked open and the downstream valve of every other process gas line closed.

Abstract: A preparation method conducive to enhancing enzymatic activity of cellulase includes the steps of preparing a first inducer, preparing preculture hyphae, producing enzymes by a single strain, feeding a second inducer, and producing enzymes by co-culture strains. Main ingredients of the first inducer and the second inducer are cellulose and lactose, respectively. The enzymatic activity of the cellulase produced is enhanced by induction of cellulose and lactose and co-culture of Trichoderma and Aspergillus.

Abstract: A preparation method conducive to enhancing enzymatic activity of cellulase includes the steps of preparing a first inducer, preparing preculture hyphae, producing enzymes by a single strain, feeding a second inducer, and producing enzymes by co-culture strains. Main ingredients of the first inducer and the second inducer are cellulose and lactose, respectively. The enzymatic activity of the cellulase produced is enhanced by induction of cellulose and lactose and co-culture of Trichoderma and Aspergillus.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a strain of Bacillus subtilis and applications using the strain to raise the efficiency and/or yield of generation of glucose produced by the hydrolysis of cellulose.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a strain of Bacillus subtilis and applications using the strain to raise the efficiency and/or yield of generation of glucose produced by the hydrolysis of cellulose.

Abstract: Microalgae are potential energy resources for production of biofuels, such as biodiesel, ethanol, and butanol. A method for enhancing cell growth of microalgae enhances transgenic expression of a bicarbonate transporter (HCO3? transporter) in microalgae and thereby obtains a genetically modified microalgae capable of enhanced inorganic carbon fixation, efficient photosynthesis, and expeditious cell growth. The genetically modified microalgae are fit for use in biofuel production.

Abstract: A hydrolysate-adapted yeast, Pichia stipitis INER 1128, is cultivated according to the present invention. The adapted yeast can effectively convert xylose into ethanol in lignocellulosic hydrolysate, which is not even detoxified. Well ethanol yield is obtained while xylose is not wasted and thus cost is reduced.