Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body having a main body and a mating portion. The main body includes a base and an insertion portion extending forward from the base. The mating portion protrudes forward out of the insertion portion. A metal latch member is mounted on the main body and provided with a latch portion to latch a mating connector. Multiple conductors are respectively received in the mating portion. Multiple cables are electrically connected to the conductors. An assisting member is fixed to the base and extending forward relative to the base. A first position limiting slot is formed between the assisting member and the mating portion. A second position limiting slot is formed between the assisting member and the insertion portion, and is in communication with the first position limiting slot. The latch portion is upward exposed out of the assisting member.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a mating connector that are mutually inserted. The mating connector includes a socket and a metal shell having an insertion end protruding from the socket formed with an opening. The electrical connector includes an insulating body and an assisting member. The insulating body includes a main body and a mating portion. An upper surface of the main body is higher than that of the mating portion. An interface is formed in the front end of the main body and is positioned behind the socket. The mating portion is smaller than the opening. The assisting member covers the insulating body. A front end of the assisting member guides the insertion of the insertion end. An accommodation space is formed between the assisting member and the main body to receive only the metal shell.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a mating connector that are mutually inserted. The mating connector includes a socket and a metal shell having an insertion end protruding from the socket formed with an opening. The electrical connector includes an insulating body and an assisting member. The insulating body includes a main body and a mating portion. An upper surface of the main body is higher than that of the mating portion. An interface is formed in the front end of the main body and is positioned behind the socket. The mating portion is smaller than the opening. The assisting member covers the insulating body. A front end of the assisting member guides the insertion of the insertion end. An accommodation space is formed between the assisting member and the main body to receive only the metal shell.

Abstract: A method is implemented by a computing device to provide traffic-aware virtual machine (VM) placement onto physical servers of a data center where the placement takes incremental VM job arrival and physical server heterogeneity into consideration. The method forms a graph including a new VM node, an existing VM node, and an edge between the nodes, where the edge is assigned a weight that represents a traffic demand. The method marks the existing VM node as belonging to one of the physical servers, adds dummy VM nodes to the graph, adds pseudo VM nodes to the graph, connects nodes belonging to a same physical server using an infinite weight pseudo edge, runs a balanced minimum k-cut problem algorithm on the graph to thereby divide the graph into sub-graphs, and maps the new VM to one of the physical servers based on the division of sub-graphs.

Abstract: A method is implemented by a computing device to provide traffic-aware virtual machine (VM) placement onto physical servers of a data center where the placement takes incremental VM job arrival and physical server heterogeneity into consideration. The method forms a graph including a new VM node, an existing VM node, and an edge between the nodes, where the edge is assigned a weight that represents a traffic demand. The method marks the existing VM node as belonging to one of the physical servers, adds dummy VM nodes to the graph, adds pseudo VM nodes to the graph, connects nodes belonging to a same physical server using an infinite weight pseudo edge, runs a balanced minimum k-cut problem algorithm on the graph to thereby divide the graph into sub-graphs, and maps the new VM to one of the physical servers based on the division of sub-graphs.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly for connecting a chip module, includes an insulation body, multiple conducting terminals and a separation plate. The insulation body has a conducting area. Two opposite side walls extend upward from two opposite sides of the conducting area. The side walls have a positioning block protruded upward. The multiple conducting terminals are located in the conducting area and used for contacting the chip module. The separation plate is located above the conducting area and positioned by the positioning block. When the chip module is mounted downward into the insulation body, the chip module is located on the separation plate.

Abstract: An electronic flash device which is protected from thermally damaging a lamp holder (30) supporting a flash tube (40) even when the flash tube is lighted in a consecutive manner for a prolonged period of time. The lamp holder is made of ceramic material. The flash tube is supported by the lamp holder via a tube mounting member (44) which includes a wavy central part (44A) extending laterally along a back side of the lamp holder and a pair of annular parts (44B) fitted on either axial end of the flash tube such that the flash tube is resiliently urged against a bottom part of a concave mirror (42) received in the lamp holder.

Abstract: An electronic flash device which is protected from thermally damaging a lamp holder (30) supporting a flash tube (40) even when the flash tube is lighted in a consecutive manner for a prolonged period of time. The lamp holder is made of ceramic material. The flash tube is supported by the lamp holder via a tube mounting member (44) which includes a wavy central part (44A) extending laterally along a back side of the lamp holder and a pair of annular parts (44B) fitted on either axial end of the flash tube such that the flash tube is resiliently urged against a bottom part of a concave mirror (42) received in the lamp holder.

Abstract: A strobe device configured to be connectable with an external power supply device to receive electric power for light emission from outside, includes: a main capacitor for storing electric charge for light emission; an internal power supply for supplying electric power to the main capacitor; and a power supply control unit configured to control supply of electric power to the main capacitor. The power supply control unit is configured to determine whether electric power is being supplied to the main capacitor from outside based on a change in a charge state of the main capacitor after a discharge of the main capacitor for light emission, and when it is determined that electric power is being supplied from outside, prevent the internal power supply from supplying electric power.

Abstract: Illustrative embodiments herein disclosed relate to protein arrays, methods for making the arrays and methods for using them, among others. In some embodiments known proteins representing at least 50% of the loci in the human genome are arrayed in known positions on a support. In some embodiments arrays are made of proteins purified from cell lysates by affinity binding to the support. In some embodiments protein arrays are used to decode the binding specificity of antibodies. In some embodiments protein arrays are used to diagnose auto-immune disorders. Many other embodiments and general features are disclosed.

Abstract: This invention describes compositions and methods using siRNA to target various genes expressed in cells of injured tissue during scar formation to promote scar-free wound healing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel member of the NK family of homeobox genes. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human NK-3 prostate specific gene 1 (NKX3.1) protein. NKX3.1 polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of NKX3.1 activity. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting prostate cancer and other cancers and therapeutic methods for prostate cancer and other cancers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to human PGF polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding such polypeptides. Also provided is a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques, and antibodies and antagonist/inhibitors against such polypeptides. Also provided are methods of using such polypeptides therapeutically for treating prostate cancer, to promote tissue regeneration and to facilitate wound healing. Also provided is a diagnostic assay to detect prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Abstract: Disclosed are human interleukin-1 ? converting enzyme like apoptosis proteases-3 and 4 and DNA (RNA) encoding such polypeptides. Also provided is a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques and antibodies and antagonists against such polypeptides. Also provided are methods of using the polypeptides, for example, as an antitumor agent, and antiviral agent, and antibodies and antagonists against such polypeptides for example, for treating Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, rheumatoid arthritis and head injury. Diagnostic assays for identifying mutations in nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide of the present invention and for detecting altered levels of the polypeptide of the present invention for detecting diseases are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel member of the NK family of homeobox genes. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human NK-3 prostate specific gene 1 (NKX3.1) protein. NKX3.1 polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of NKX3.1 activity. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting prostate cancer and other cancers and therapeutic methods for prostate cancer and other cancers.

Abstract: Disclosed are human interleukin-1 ? converting enzyme like apoptosis proteases-3 and 4 and DNA (RNA) encoding such polypeptides. Also provided is a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques and antibodies and antagonists against such polypeptides. Also provided are methods of using the polypeptides, for example, as an antitumor agent, and antiviral agent, and antibodies and antagonists against such polypeptides for example, for treating Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, rheumatoid arthritis and head injury. Diagnostic assays for identifying mutations in nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide of the present invention and for detecting altered levels of the polypeptide of the present invention for detecting diseases are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel member of the NK family of homeobox genes. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human NK-3 prostate specific gene 1 (NKX3.1) protein. NKX3.1 polypeptides are also provided as are vectors, host cells and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of NKX3.1 activity. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting prostate cancer and other cancers and therapeutic methods for prostate cancer and other cancers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to human PGF polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding such polypeptides. Also provided is a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques, and antibodies and antagonist/inhibitors against such polypeptides. Also provided are methods of using such polypeptides therapeutically for treating prostate cancer, to promote tissue regeneration and to facilitate wound healing. Also provided is a diagnostic assay to detect prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Abstract: Human ICE LAP-6 polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding such ICE LAP-6 and a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing such ICE LAP-6 for the treatment of a susceptibility to viral infection, tumorogenesis and to diseases and defects in the control embryogenesis and tissue homeostasis, and the nucleic acid sequences described above may be employed in an assay for ascertaining such susceptibility.

Abstract: Human choline acetyltransferase polypeptide and DNA (RNA) encoding such polypeptide and a procedure for producing such polypeptide by recombinant techniques is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing such polypeptide for the treatment of cognitive and neurological deficiencies or mental disturbances such as degenerative nervous system disorders, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, ALS and other cholinergic defects, and antagonists for treating Parkinson's Disease and other disorders relating to an over-expression of acetylcholine. Also disclosed are diagnostic methods for detecting a mutation in the human Choline Acetyltransferase nucleic acid sequence.