Abstract: Improved methods of assessing status of a solid-tumor cancer in a subject involving detection of tumor-associated mutations in the subject's blood.

Abstract: A method of demodulating a signal packet includes steps of: determining whether a pulse width of each of pulses of one of bits of the signal packet is associated with bit 0 or bit 1; updating first counting data associated with a number of the pulses that define bit 0, and determining whether the first counting data is greater than a first threshold value; deciding that said one of the bits of the signal packet is a bit 0; updating second counting data associated with a number of the pulses that define bit 1, and determining whether the second counting data is greater than the second threshold value; deciding that said one of the bits of the signal packet is a bit 1.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a communication interface, a display, a memory configured to store one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein, when executed, the one or more instructions cause the processor to receive, based on a fingerprint extracted from content displayed on the display, information of a first broadcast channel corresponding to the content from a server and recognize the first broadcast channel corresponding to the content, in response to determining that a broadcast schedule of a replacement target existing advertisement is included in a broadcast schedule of the first broadcast channel, download a replacement advertisement from the server based on a start point of the replacement target existing advertisement, and reproduce the replacement advertisement at an advertisement time of the replacement target existing advertisement of the first broadcast channel.

Abstract: A lamp control system includes at least one first lamp network, at least one second lamp network and a lamp control gateway. The first lamp network is configured to emit light and to transmit a first message, and includes a first physical layer. The second lamp network is configured to emit light and to transmit a first message, and includes a second physical layer different from the first physical layer. The lamp control gateway includes a processing module that is configured to receive the first message and the second message and to convert the first message and the second message in such a way that a first converted message and a second converted message comply with a predefined protocol.

Abstract: Improved methods of assessing status of a solid tumor cancer in a subject involving detection of tumor-associated mutations in the subject's blood.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an housing including a base portion and a tongue portion; and an upper and lower rows of conductive terminals retained to the housing, each row of conductive terminals including a pair of grounding terminals at two outer ends thereof and a power terminal immediately inwardly of one of the pair of grounding terminals, each conductive terminal having a contacting section exposed to a surface of the tongue portion, a tail section extending out of the base portion, and a retaining section between the contacting section and the tail section; the power terminal has a widened section extending from the contacting section thereof toward an adjacent grounding terminal and embedded in the tongue portion; a thickness of the widened section is less than a thickness of the contacting section; a bottom surface of the widened section is lower than a bottom surface of associated contacting section.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a terminal module comprising an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion, an upper and a lower rows of conductive terminals, and a metallic shielding plate clamped between the two rows of conductive terminals; each row of conductive terminals including plural grounding terminals located on both sides of the tongue portion, and plural power terminals located on the inside of the grounding terminals; each conductive terminal having a contacting section, a tail section, and a retaining section; wherein an upper power terminal and a corresponding lower power terminal are an integral block structure and extending along a thickness direction of the tongue portion in the tongue portion, a thickness of the contacting section of each power terminal is at least twice the thickness of the contacting section of each grounding terminal.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing including a base portion and a tongue portion; and an upper and lower rows of conductive terminals retained to the insulative housing, each row of conductive terminals including a pair of grounding terminals at two ends thereof, each conductive terminal having a contacting section exposed to a surface of the tongue portion, a tail section extending out of the base portion, and a retaining section between the contacting section and the tail section; wherein each grounding terminal has a latch extending sidewardly to expose to a side of the tongue portion.

Abstract: Disclosed are alloys for anodized-quality aluminum sheets with improved surface quality, and methods for making these sheets. The alloys are designed to minimize the formation of cathodic intermetallic particles that result in surface streaks of anodized sheet products formed from the alloys. Further, the alloys allow the incorporation of recycled scrap aluminum in anodized-quality sheets.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a contact module comprising an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion, and a number of conductive terminals affixed to the insulative housing and each comprising a contacting portion exposed to a surface of the tongue portion, a soldering portion and a connecting portion connecting the contacting portion and the soldering portion; and a metal shell comprising a pair of locking grooves depressed forwardly from a rear surface thereof; wherein the insulative housing comprises a pair of mounting portions located at two lateral sides of a rear end thereof, the mounting portions are stuck in the locking grooves when the contact module is assembled to the metal shell along a rear-to-front direction, and a lower portion of each mounting portion is resisted against the rear surface of the metal shell.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an illuminating device, a control method thereof and a control system thereof, which can precisely adjust the color of irradiating light according to the color of an object. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, a next detection light is obtained according to reflected light of a previous detection light. When the color difference of reflected light of the previous detection light and the next detection light is less than a preset color difference range, the illuminating device is controlled to project the next detection light to an illuminated object.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a smart lighting system and a control method for the smart lighting system. The smart lighting system includes: an environment acquisition module being configured to acquire environment information and at least one lighting module, and where the environment acquisition module includes: a color detection unit configured to acquire color information in an environment; an auxiliary detection unit configured to acquire auxiliary information in the environment, wherein the environment information is determined by using the color information and/or the auxiliary information; an operational unit and a control unit configured to determine a control signal according to the environment information; and where the at least one lighting module includes: a driving unit configured to determine a driving signal according to the control signal; and at least one light source configured to receive the driving signal and emit light according to the driving signal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an illuminating device, a control method thereof and a control system thereof, which can acquire the color of an illuminated object and adjust irradiating light emitted by the illuminating device according to the color of the object. The control method includes switching on the illuminating device to project initial detection light to an illuminated object, acquiring initial reflected light of the illuminated object, obtaining an initial color of the illuminated object according to the initial reflected light, switching off the illuminating device projecting the initial detection light to the illuminated object, acquiring an environment color of an environment provided with the illuminating device, correcting the initial color according to the environment color to obtain a corrected color, acquiring target irradiating light according to the corrected color, and controlling the illuminating device to project the target irradiating light to the illuminated object.

Abstract: A removable battery fixing assembly of an electric vehicle includes a removable battery module and a fixing device installed in the electric vehicle. The removable battery module has a main body with first and second side surfaces. A guiding bar is disposed on the first side surface. The fixing device includes a base, a driving part, a main transmission part, a guiding part, a first stopping part, and a second stopping part. When installing the removable battery module, the guiding bar is aligned with and moved along the guiding part. When moving the removable battery module to a specified position, the driving part drives the main transmission part horizontally, so that the first stopping part is correspondingly rotated to urge against an end part of the guiding bar. Meanwhile, the plural connection elements correspondingly drive the second stopping part to lock the second side surface of the removable battery module.

Abstract: A lens, which is adapted to control distribution of light emitted by a light source, includes a curved light-projecting surface distal from the light source, and a light-incident surface opposite to the light-projecting surface. The light-incident surface includes a plurality of curved sections facing the light source, and a plurality of connecting sections. Each of the connecting sections interconnects two adjacent ones of the curved sections, and has opposite first and second connection sides that are respectively connected to the two adjacent ones of the curved sections. A distance between the first connection side and the light source is not equal to a distance between the second connection side and the light source.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aluminum alloy for aluminum bottle applications, including methods of producing highly shaped aluminum products, such as bottles or cans, formed of the aluminum alloy. In some cases, the aluminum alloy has improved high strain rate formability at elevated temperatures and improved earing, which results in reduced spoilage rates. In one non-limiting example, the disclosed alloys have ?stable values greater than or equal to 0.035, where ?stable=?F??S and ?S represents the strain at which work hardening stage IV starts and ?F represents the strain at which diffuse necking ends. In some cases, the disclosed alloys have an earing balance from about ?3.5% to about 2% and a mean earing of less than or equal to 5.5%.

Abstract: A ripple suppressor suppresses ripples of a channel current. The ripple suppressor comprises a voltage-controlled current source, a stabilizer, and an auto-calibration circuit. A control voltage at a control node controls the channel current flowing through a path connecting first and second channel nodes. The voltage-controlled current source receives a current-setting signal to generate the control voltage, so as to stabilize the channel current in response to the current-setting signal. The stabilizer at least provides low-pass filtering to generate and stabilize the current-setting signal in response to a first channel voltage at the first channel node. The auto-calibration circuit controls the stabilizer in response to the control voltage, so as to make the control voltage in compliance with a first predetermined condition.

Abstract: A gateway, system and method for multiple radio access technology service are provided. The gateway is between base stations and a core network, including a receiving module, determining module and processing module. The receiving module receives a packet from the base stations or the core network through a tunnel between the base stations and the core network. The determining module determines whether the packet has a virtual IP header. If the packet has a virtual IP header, the processing module deletes the virtual IP header and replaces it with a tunnel header to transmit the packet to the core network through the tunnel by the tunnel header. If the packet has no virtual IP header, the processing module forwards the packet to the core network through the tunnel. The disclosure enhances transmitting and processing performance of the packet when the packet is transmitted through only a single tunnel.

Abstract: Use of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. callus extract in the manufacture of a medicament or a skin care product, wherein the medicament or skin care product is for at least one of delaying skin cell aging, nursing skin, repairing skin, treating skin cancer, and preventing skin cancer.