Abstract: A lens assembly with a high uniform rectangular focused halo comprises: a first lens and an adjacent second lens. The first lens includes a first incident surface, a first non-spherical surface, and a first convex array emitting surface. The first incident surface contains a light source focus, and the first convex array emitting surface consists of multiple non-spherical convex arrays having rectangular openings. The second lens includes a second concave array incident surface and a second non-spherical surface emitting surface. The second concave array incident surface consists of multiple non-spherical concave arrays having rectangular openings corresponding to the first convex array emitting surface. The lens assembly provided by the present invention allows light to pass through only one total internal reflection lens and one flat convex lens so that the energy can be focused, while maintains an ultra-high optical efficiency.

Abstract: A sidewall protection layer is formed on sidewall spacers of a dummy gate structure of a semiconductor device prior to etching an underlying fin structure to form a source/drain recess. The sidewall protection layer enables the profile of the source/drain recess to be precisely controlled so that etching into residual dummy gate material near the source/drain recess is minimized or prevented. The sidewall protection layer may be removed or retained in the semiconductor device after formation of the source/drain recess. The sidewall protection layer reduces the likelihood of the source/drain regions of the semiconductor device contacting the metal gate structures of the semiconductor device after the dummy gate structures are replaced with the metal gate structures. Thus, the sidewall protection layer reduces the likelihood of electrical shorting between the source/drain regions and the metal gate structures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sizing agent composition, a sizing agent, a carbon fiber covered with the sizing agent, and a composite material. The sizing agent composition includes a polyamic acid and an alkali agent. The alkali agent has a specific molecular weight, and there is a specific molar ratio between the polyamic acid and the alkali agent, such that emulsification stability of the polyamic acid and thermal stability of a sizing layer consisting of the sizing agent are enhanced, thereby increasing interlayer bonding strength in the composite material that is made by the carbon fiber covered with the sizing agent.

Abstract: An optical system affixed to an electronic apparatus is provided, including a first optical module, a second optical module, and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to adjust the moving direction of a first light from a first moving direction to a second moving direction, wherein the first moving direction is not parallel to the second moving direction. The second optical module is configured to receive the first light moving in the second moving direction. The first light reaches the third optical module via the first optical module and the second optical module in sequence. The third optical module includes a first photoelectric converter configured to transform the first light into a first image signal.

Abstract: A gene related to a susceptibility of infection and asthma—the Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptor-type Delta (PTPRD) gene—a method of detecting the asthma-associated gene, a method of predicting the occurrence of asthma, a method of identifying asthma-associated alleles in PTPRD gene, a method of screening PTPRD for drugs useful in the treatment of asthma, and antibodies specific for PTPRD variants and their use in diagnostic assays.

Abstract: A gene related to a susceptibility of infection and asthma—the Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptor-type Delta (PTPRD) gene—a method of detecting the asthma-associated gene, a method of predicting the occurrence of asthma, a method of identifying asthma-associated alleles in PTPRD gene, a method of screening PTPRD for drugs useful in the treatment of asthma, and antibodies specific for PTPRD variants and their use in diagnostic assays.

Abstract: By genotyping analysis in combination with Monte-Carlo estimation, a model for predicting an hepatitis B patient to response to interferon treatment is constructed. With this model, by selecting STR markers combination, the hepatitis B patients are divided into three groups comprising high response rate, ambiguous, and low response rate, respectively, and hence, predictions of treatment response for HBV patients, especially for interferon therapy, are obtained.