Abstract: A method for writing data into a persistent storage device includes grouping a plurality of data entries stored in a temporary storage device to form a data unit, such that the data unit has a size equal to an integer multiple of a size of an access unit of the persistent storage device. The method further includes writing the data unit into the persistent storage device.

Abstract: A memory device includes a memory controller and a non-volatile memory communicatively coupled to the memory controller and storing a mapping table and a journal table. The memory controller is configured to write data and a logical address of the data into the non-volatile memory, load mapping information related to the logical address of the data from the mapping table of the non-volatile memory into a mapping cache of the memory controller, update the mapping cache with an updated mapping relationship between the logical address of the data and a physical address of the data, and perform a journaling operation to write the updated mapping relationship into the journal table.

Abstract: A surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) system for detecting a biomolecule. The system includes a substrate, an array of nanoparticles disposed on the substrate, each being partially embedded in the substrate and having a non-embedded surface, and a linking agent disposed on the non-embedded surface of each of the nanoparticles. The array of nanoparticles has a uniform interparticle gap of 1-50 nm and the linking agent is capable of binding to the biomolecule.

Abstract: A method for measuring a physiological parameter is disclosed. The method includes providing an electronic device having a radio reader transmitting and receiving a radio signal; providing a physiological parameter measurement device configured with an energy storage module, a transmission module and a strip port for receiving a strip; energy storage in the physiological parameter measurement device in response to a radio energy storage signal transmitted from the electronic device until it reaches a sufficient energy status; and applying a sensing voltage to the strip via the strip port, receiving a sensing signal from the strip, and converting the sensing signal into a physiological parameter measurement signal by the physiological parameter measurement device under the sufficient energy status.

Abstract: A surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) system for detecting a biomolecule. The system includes a substrate, an array of nanoparticles disposed on the substrate, each being partially embedded in the substrate and having a non-embedded surface, and a linking agent disposed on the non-embedded surface of each of the nanoparticles. The array of nanoparticles has a uniform interparticle gap of 1-50 nm and the linking agent is capable of binding to the biomolecule.

Abstract: A stent for coronary vessels, having a surface of multilayer immobilized structures, includes a stent body and a number of polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) layers stacking and being immobilized on the surface of the stent body, in which the PEC layer is formed of a polymer layer and an anticoagulant layer. The coronary stent is capable of effectively improving the hemocompatibility longevity over conventional stent using surface encapsulation of an anticoagulant layer for hemocompatibility improvement. Furthermore, the coronary stent can be use as a drug-eluting coronary stent, thus allowing for the time-releasing of drugs, and further preventing the thickening of vascular smooth muscle cells for causing vascular thrombosis.