Abstract: The present invention discloses a culture medium device, which comprises a plate containing a solid-state or gel-state culture medium layer; a shield layer covering the culture medium layer; and a lid covering the plate. The shield layer is in a solid, gel or liquid state and contains sugar at a concentration of greater than 0% (w/w) and less than or equal to 0.1% (w/w). Via the shield layer containing a select composition, the present invention can reduce the affection of microbiological contamination and promote the yield and productivity of biomass in the process of inoculating and cultivating Polyporales.

Abstract: A method of a test strip detecting concentration of an analyte of a sample includes placing the sample in a reaction region of the test strip, wherein the analyte reacts with an enzyme to generate a plurality of electrons, and the plurality of electrons are transferred to a working electrode of the reaction region through a mediator; applying an electrical signal to the working electrode; measuring a first current through the working electrode during a first period; the mediator generating an intermediate according to the electrical signal during a second period; measuring a second current through the working electrode during a third period; calculating initial concentration of the analyte according to the first current; calculating a diffusion factor of the intermediate in the sample according to the second current; and correcting the initial concentration to generate new concentration of the analyte according to the diffusion factor.

Abstract: An infrared light detecting device and the infrared detecting method thereof. The device comprises a shield, a first photo detector and a second photo detector. The shield for blocking light is located above the first photo detector and the second photo detector. An opening is disposed on the shield above the first photo detector. In addition, there is a gap arranged between the first photo detector and the second photo detector. The first photo detector can detect the light passing through the opening to generate a photo sensing signal and couple an infrared light signal in the photo sensing signal to the second photo detector in order to output the infrared light signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for deblocking of reconstructed video in a video coding system are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention determine boundary strength between two blocks without checking whether the block boundary is a coding unit (CU) boundary. In one embodiment according to the present invention, the method comprises determining whether any of the two blocks is Intra coded. If any of the two blocks is Intra coded, the boundary strength is assigned a first value. Otherwise, additional decision processing is performed to determine the boundary strength. In another embodiment, said determining the boundary strength for the block boundary comprises determining whether the block boundary is a TU boundary and whether any of the two blocks contains coefficients. In yet another embodiment, said determining the boundary strength for the block boundary comprises determining whether the two blocks have different reference pictures or different motion vectors.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for forming a semiconductor device package on an interposer using a micro-bump layer are disclosed. The micro-bump layer may comprise micro-bumps and micro-bump lines, where a micro-bump is used as a vertical connection between a die and the interposer, and a micro-bump line is used as a horizontal connection for signal transmission between different dies above the interposer. The micro-bump lines may be formed at the same time as the formation of the micro-bumps with little or no additional cost.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for deriving a motion vector predictor are disclosed. In video coding systems, the spatial and temporal redundancy is exploited using spatial and temporal prediction to reduce the information to be transmitted or stored. Motion vector prediction has been used to further conserve the bitrate associated with motion vector coding. In a conventional coding system, a motion vector predictor (MVP) is selected from the spatial MVPs and temporal MVP. The spatial MVP according to a conventional approach is based on motion vectors (MVs) of neighboring blocking pointing to a target reference picture in a given reference list. Embodiments according to the present invention perform the MVP search among an extended search set including MVs pointing to other reference pictures in the given reference list or the other reference list and MVs pointing to the target reference picture in the given reference list or the other reference list.

Abstract: A single nucleotide polymorphic site at position 10793 of the bovine POU1F1 gene is associated with improved longevity and milk product traits. Disclosed are nucleic acid molecules, kits, methods of genotyping and marker assisted bovine breeding methods.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a casing that is formed with a battery slot, positive and negative power output terminals that are disposed in a wall of the battery slot, first and second batteries that are disposed in the battery slot, and a conductive plate that is clamped removably by electrode ends of the first and second batteries. The conductive plate includes a conductive body that has at least one contact for contact with one of the first and second batteries.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a vertical light-emitting diode (VLED) structure includes the steps of providing a carrier substrate, and forming a semiconductor structure on the carrier substrate having a p-type confinement layer, a multiple quantum well (MQW) layer in electrical contact with the p-type confinement layer configured to emit electromagnetic radiation, and an n-type confinement layer in electrical contact with the multiple quantum well (MQW) layer. The method also includes the steps of removing the carrier substrate using a laser pulse to expose an inverted surface of the n-type confinement layer, and forming a metal contact on the surface of the n-type confinement layer.

Abstract: Techniques for fabricating metal devices, such as vertical light-emitting diode (VLED) devices, power devices, laser diodes, and vertical cavity surface emitting laser devices, are provided. Devices produced accordingly may benefit from greater yields and enhanced performance over conventional metal devices, such as higher brightness of the light-emitting diode and increased thermal conductivity. Moreover, the invention discloses techniques in the fabrication arts that are applicable to GaN-based electronic devices in cases where there is a high heat dissipation rate of the metal devices that have an original non-(or low) thermally conductive and/or non-(or low) electrically conductive carrier substrate that has been removed.

Abstract: A system and a method for summary collection and playing of scenes and a recording medium thereof are provided. The system includes media supply equipment, a scene description server, a scene server, and an end device. The media supply equipment supplies media data. The scene description server supplies scene description information of a scene segment corresponding to the media data, where each piece of scene description information records a playing content of the scene segment corresponding thereto. The scene server obtains the media data and a summary collect command supplied by the end device, and retrieves a plurality of partial scene segments from the media data according to an analysis result of the summary collect command and the playing content recorded by each piece of scene description information, so as to form media summary data and output the media summary data to the end device.

Abstract: Described embodiments are directed to line drivers, such as those for providing reduced gate induced drain leakage in a memory array. Corresponding methods of operation of line drivers are also disclosed.

Abstract: A dynamic tag generating apparatus and a dynamic tag generating method thereof are provided. The dynamic tag generating apparatus is disposed in a display apparatus, and the display apparatus is connected to a server. The dynamic tag generating apparatus receives tag update information from the server through the display apparatus, and updates a tag content of the display apparatus according to the tag update information. The dynamic tag generating apparatus provides the tag content to a tag analyzing apparatus so that the tag analyzing apparatus analyzes the tag content.

Abstract: A scene fragment transmitting system, a scene fragment transmitting method and a non-transitory recording medium thereof are provided. This system includes a serving module and a terminal module. The terminal module is used for inputting a scene instruction. The serving module, according to comparison between the scene instruction and the scene description data, captures one or more than one required scene fragment medium from a piece of media data. The terminal module obtains this scene fragment medium or these scene fragment media, and presents a playable scene fragment medium on a play interface.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for scalable video coding are disclosed, wherein the video data is configured into a Base Layer (BL) and an Enhancement Layer (EL) and wherein the EL has higher spatial resolution or better video quality than the BL. According to embodiments of the present invention, information from the base layer is exploited for coding the enhancement layer. The information coding for the enhancement layer includes CU structure, motion information, motion information, MVP/merge candidates, intra prediction mode, residual quadtree information, texture information, residual information, context adaptive entropy coding, Adaptive Lop Filter (ALF), Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO), and deblocking filter.

Abstract: An electric pencil sharpener includes a body with an end cap connected to the front end thereof and an insertion hole is defined through the end cap. A blade assembly is located in the body and adjacent to the end cap. The blade assembly has a blade frame, a blade unit and two guide members. The blade frame has one end rotatably connected to the end cap and communicates with the insertion hole. The two guide members are connected to the front end and the rear end of the blade frame. The guide member on the rear end of the blade frame has a groove which guides pencil shavings to the collection portion. The driving unit is connected to the body to drive the blade assembly. The blade assembly is located adjacent to the insertion hole so as to reduce the length that the pencil is inserted into the sharpener.

Abstract: A method for encoding macroblock units of a video image, and a related system are disclosed. The method includes: receiving the video image; generating a plurality of information types of a first macroblock unit; and storing the information types of the first macroblock unit in a continuous address space in the buffer. The system includes: an encoder, for receiving the video image, and generating a plurality of information types of a first macroblock unit; and a buffer, coupled to the encoder, for storing the information types of the first macroblock unit in a continuous address space in the buffer.