Abstract: There is provided a chromatography system comprising a first valve in fluid connection to a first chromatography column and/or a second valve; the second valve in fluid connection to a second chromatography column and the first valve; wherein the first valve and the second valve are operable to provide: a mode that selectively allows a fluid to flow from the first chromatography column to the second chromatography column; and one or more modes that selectively allows the fluid to bypass the first chromatography column and/or the second chromatography column. Also disclosed is a method of capturing and/or purifying a target from a sample thereof. In one embodiment, an acidic protein, alpha-1 anti-trypsin (A1AT), is purified by a tandem column configuration using anion exchange chromatography, whereby a first chromatography column is added in between the sample pump and an injection valve, or replaced the sample loop of AKTA system.

Abstract: A pellet stove includes: a furnace; a burner disposed in the furnace, a top of the burner being open; and a feed opening provided at a first sidewall of the burner. A through port for air intake and ash falling is provided at an underside of the burner. A grate supporting pellet fuel is provided above the through port. Auxiliary supports for sustaining bottom fire are disposed under the grate. The auxiliary supports are arranged higher than the through port, and the auxiliary supports are located at a side below the feed opening and cover an area not exceeding ½ of the area covered by the grate.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.

Abstract: A transporting apparatus for a packing machine has a mounting base, a weighing mechanism, a raising mechanism, a transmitting mechanism, and a lifting mechanism. The raising mechanism has a raising driver and a raising frame being drivable by the raising driver. The lifting mechanism has a lifting driver and a lifting frame being drivable by the lifting driver. The transmitting mechanism has a transmitting driver and a transmitting frame being drivable by the transmitting driver. The weighing mechanism, the raising mechanism, the transmitting mechanism, and the lifting mechanism are fixed apart on the mounting base, which reduces noises and vibrations during operation and improves convenience of mounting and detaching.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to mitigating a piezoelectric response of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display from static charge. One example provides an electronic device, comprising an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, the OLED display comprising an organic light emitting layer, a thin film transistor (TFT), a polyimide layer disposed on an opposite side of the TFT as the organic light emitting layer, a buffer layer between the TFT and the polyimide layer, and a conductor positioned to mitigate a piezoelectric response of the polyimide layer to static charge on the OLED display.

Abstract: DP-2 antagonists reversed PGD2-mediated human hair growth inhibition in a dose-dependent manner in vitro by reducing PGD2-triggered apoptosis and maintaining proliferation of keratinocytes. Hair follicles from approximately half of the alopecia patients exhibited little susceptibility to PGD2's effect in vitro. SNPs in the human DP-2 gene were identified that are associated with hair growth inhibition by PGD2. These findings underscore the role of DP-2 in regulating hair growth and indicate that DP-2 can be an effective approach in preventing and/or treating androgenetic alopecia in patients sensitive to PGD2. Furthermore, the SNPs identified here can be used to identify patients who will benefit from treatment.

Abstract: A remote control system includes a control device and at least one type of controlled devices, and a type of controlled devices includes a master device and slave device(s). The control device generates a touch event in response to a user's touch operation, and sends the touch event to the master device through a message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) protocol. The touch event is used to represent click data and a touch position generated when the user touches the control device. The master device receives the touch event from the control device, determines an operation instruction corresponding to the touch event, performs an operation corresponding to the operation instruction, and sends the touch event to a slave device through the MQTT protocol. The slave device receives the touch event from the master device, determines the operation instruction, and performs the operation corresponding to the operation instruction.

Abstract: A control method for remote controller, including: receiving to-be-recognized audios respectively transmitted by a plurality of infrared detection systems, and recognizing each to-be-recognized audio based on a preset audio recognizing model to obtain an audio recognizing result; determining a to-be-operated infrared detection system from the infrared detection systems according to an audio loudness of each to-be-recognized audio, in a case where the audio recognizing result is determined as a valid instruction associated with controlling the remote controller; generating a drive instruction corresponding to the to-be-operated infrared detection system, and transmitting the drive instruction to the to-be-operated infrared detection system, to cause the to-be-operated infrared detection system to be in operating state; and acquiring a control instruction determined according to gesture information detected by the to-be-operated infrared detection system in operating state, and controlling the remote controller

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.

Abstract: A digital display includes a plurality of pixel rows. For each pixel row, the digital display includes an EM gate driver configured to supply the pixel row with a luminance-controlling signal during each of a plurality of image frames. A luminance controller is configured to instruct the EM gate drivers to supply a pulse-width modulated signal to the plurality of pixel rows. Some pixel rows are supplied with a pulse-width modulated signal starting with an on pulse, and some pixel rows are supplied with a pulse-width modulated signal starting with an off pulse, on the same or different image frames.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The OLED display panel includes a substrate; an array functional layer; a light-emitting layer; a thin-film encapsulation layer; and a liquid crystal layer, which is disposed on the thin-film encapsulation layer, including a first liquid crystal region arranged on a non-pixel region and a second liquid crystal region arranged on a pixel region, wherein liquid crystal molecules positioned in the first liquid crystal region are aligned parallel to the substrate.

Abstract: A cushioning mechanism of a heat sealing device applied in a film wrapping machine has a leading cylinder, an elastic unit, a first cushioning plate, a second cushioning plate, and a cushioning component. The elastic unit, the first cushioning plate, and the second cushioning plate are sequentially disposed on the leading cylinder along an axial direction of the leading cylinder; the first cushioning plate and the leading cylinder rotate synchronously. The cushioning component has a cushioning groove and a cushioning protrusion respectively formed on the first cushioning plate and the second cushioning plate. When the second cushioning plate is rotated, the cushioning protrusion presses one of two groove walls of the cushioning groove such that the first cushioning plate can rotate synchronously with the second cushioning plate for transmission or move relative to the leading cylinder to compress the elastic unit for cushioning.

Abstract: A film wrapping machine has a film leading device having a fixed frame, a shaft, a film-leading component, a torsion spring, a positioning block, and a positioning pin. The shaft is rotatably disposed on the fixed frame; the film-leading component is fixed on the shaft and has a frame body, a film-holding board disposed on the frame body, and a limiting element. The positioning block has a pin groove, and the positioning block and the positioning pin are respectively disposed on the fixed frame and the frame body. When unlocking, the positioning pin is detached from the pin groove, and the torsion spring actuates the film-leading component and the shaft to rotate relative to the fixed frame. When repositioning, the film-leading component is pushed to allow the positioning pin to be reinserted into the pin groove.

Abstract: Examples are disclosed relating to foldable display devices and methods for folding a display device through a range of degrees at a folding portion. In one example, a display device comprises a rear cover and a cover glass layer extending from a left side of the display device through the folding portion to a right side. A light-emitting layer is between the rear cover and the cover glass layer. A backplate is between the rear cover and the light-emitting layer, with the backplate comprising backplate slots that extend from an upper surface through a lower surface to facilitate bending of the backplate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode includes, printing a metal precursor ink onto a contact pad on a substrate; drying the metal precursor ink; printing a nanoparticle ink on the metal precursor ink; and consolidating the metal precursor ink and the nanoparticle ink such that metal from the precursor ink and metal from the nanoparticle ink fuse together. An electrode includes a metal precursor ink electrically contacting a contact pad; and a nanoparticle ink electrically contacting the metal precursor ink on the contact pad. An array substrate can include the electrode.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display system comprises an OLED array and a power management system that includes at least one voltage generator for the OLED array. A timing microcontroller comprises a decoder/encoder configured to receive HDR pixel data and output display pixel data. A portion of the HDR pixel data is sampled and a luminance index value of the sampled portion is determined, where the luminance index value corresponds to a maximum luminance of the sampled portion. The luminance index value is used to control the at least one voltage generator to reduce power consumption of the OLED display system.