Abstract: An anti-tipping oral hygiene instrument exchanging structure includes a handle member attachable to a base member that includes a weight element, a circular curved section formed on the weight element, a base engaging section formed on the weight element, and a plurality of placing sections formed on the base member. The circular curved section is used in combination with the weight element to prevent the handle member from tipping over. The handle member has a handle engaging portion combinable with one hygiene piece. The hygiene piece includes a mutual engaging section mountable to the handle engaging portion in order to achieve an advantage of fast replacement. The hygiene piece includes a first rod, a plurality of holed sections formed on the first rod, and a plurality of detaching sections formed on the holed sections to provide an effect of assisting the operation and use of floss.

Abstract: A method is provided. An actual fatigue curve limit is determined for actual stress of a drilling component based on an actual yield strength of a material of the drilling component. A plurality of drilling parameters is simulated for the drilling component to determine one or more estimated stresses enacted on the drilling component for one or more combinations of the plurality of drilling parameters. A component life cycle of the drilling component is determined based on the actual fatigue curve limit and the plurality of drilling parameters. A consumed component life of the drilling component is determined for an actual drilling step utilizing the drilling component, and a remaining life of the drilling component after the actual drilling step is determined.

Abstract: A method for remotely updating firmware of a field programmable gate array (FPGA) includes: by a controller, transmitting a storing instruction and relaying an entry of configuration data received from a remote device to a processor of the FPGA; by the processor, performing an updating subtask to store a file segment recorded in the entry of configuration data in an update-storage area indicated by location information recorded in the entry of configuration data; by the controller, determining whether the processor has successfully completed the updating subtask, and when affirmative, enabling the remote device to transmit another entry of configuration data; and repeating the aforementioned steps.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain compositions of a 5-HT2A serotonin receptor modulator and methods for their preparation. The compositions disclosed herein are useful for increasing slow wave sleep, improving sleep consolidation, improving sleep maintenance and improving sleep quality, and for treating insomnia and related sleep disorders, dyssomnias, parasomnias and nonrestorative sleep and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain compositions of a 5-HT2A serotonin receptor modulator and methods for their preparation. The compositions disclosed herein are useful for increasing slow wave sleep, improving sleep consolidation, improving sleep maintenance and improving sleep quality, and for treating insomnia and related sleep disorders, dyssomnias, parasomnias and nonrestorative sleep and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain compositions of a 5-HT2A serotonin receptor modulator and methods for their preparation. The compositions disclosed herein are useful for increasing slow wave sleep, improving sleep consolidation, improving sleep maintenance and improving sleep quality, and for treating insomnia and related sleep disorders, dyssomnias, parasomnias and nonrestorative sleep and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain compositions of a 5-HT2A serotonin receptor modulator and methods for their preparation. The compositions disclosed herein are useful for increasing slow wave sleep, improving sleep consolidation, improving sleep maintenance and improving sleep quality, and for treating insomnia and related sleep disorders, dyssomnias, parasomnias and nonrestorative sleep and the like.

Abstract: Disclosure is related to a cursor control apparatus and a method for controlling the cursor. The cursor control apparatus essentially includes a light-emitting unit for emitting lights, a housing having a light passage thereon, a light-sensing unit and a control unit. The lights are emitted to outside the apparatus via the light passage. The light-sensing unit then receives the reflected lights from a surface via the passage, especially the lights reach a plurality of sensing cells arranged in an array. The control unit is used to control the energy of the emitting lights, and control the light-sensing unit to receive the lights. After that, the energy received by every sensing cell in an interval can be computed and find the spatial interference difference of energy. The difference is made to determine a moving direction, for example the cursor's movement with the movement of user's finger around the light passage.

Abstract: Disclosure is related to an optical sensor array apparatus. According to one embodiment of the invention, multiple sensor pixels are arranged as an array and forming a sensor array. Every comparator circuit is connected to one sensor pixel so as to calculate its energy state. A light source such as laser is installed in the apparatus. A control circuit is provided to recognize the sensor pixels' energy states for determining the spatial interference difference made by the reflected ray. The sensor array apparatus may be adapted to various surfaces since the light intensity and exposure time is able to be modulated as a compensation mechanism.

Abstract: Disclosure is related to a light tracing method, and an apparatus thereof. According to one embodiment of the invention, the apparatus is such as an optical indexer. The method for determining a moving direction is performed based on an optical constructive or destructive interference pattern made by reflected lights received by a sensor chip. In particular, the coherent light may be preferably used in order to enhance the interference effect. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes firstly the sensor pixels in the sensor chip receiving the reflected light, and calculating the energy. Next, within a time slot, the energy state of each sensor pixel can be calculated. A moving vector may be determined from a difference between the binary energy states of the adjacent sensor pixels. The binary energy state is based on a comparison between every sensor pixel and a statistic average within the sampling time slot.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain compositions of a 5-HT2A serotonin receptor modulator and methods for their preparation. The compositions disclosed herein are useful for increasing slow wave sleep, improvise sleep consolidation, improving sleep maintenance and improving sleep quality, and for treating insomnia and related sleep disorders, dyssomnias, parasomnias and nonrestorative sleep and the like.

Abstract: A method for forming an inorganic passivation material is provided. The method includes mixing about 5 to 80 parts by weight of trialkoxysilane, about 10 to 80 parts by weight of tetraalkoxysilane, and about 1 to 30 parts by weight of catalyst to perform a reaction at pH of about 0.05 to 4 to form an inorganic resin material. The inorganic resin material is modified by phosphate ester to form an inorganic passivation material, wherein phosphate ester is about 0.1-10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the inorganic resin material. An inorganic passivation material and a passivation protective film produced therefrom are also provided.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hydrophobic antifouling coating material, including: (a) mixing a sol-gel precursor, water, an aqueous colloidal silica suspension, and a catalyst to perform a sol-gel reaction to form a solution having particles therein, wherein the sol-gel reaction is performed without addition of any organic solvent; (b) chemically modifying the particles with a hydrophobic agent to form surface-modified particles; and (c) adding a surfactant to the solution containing the surface-modified particles to form a hydrophobic antifouling coating material. The hydrophobic antifouling coating material can be dispersed in an aqueous solution, and has properties such as low VOC (Volatile organic compound) value, high solid content, and high stability.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hydrophobic material is provided, which includes: (a) mixing a sol-gel precursor, water, and catalyst to perform a sol-gel reaction for forming a solution having particles therein, (b) modifying the particles with a hydrophobic agent to form surface-modified particles, (c) adding a small-molecular surfactant to the solution containing the surface-modified particles to form a first dispersion, (d) mixing a resin, a water soluble polymer, and water to form a second dispersion, and (e) mixing the first dispersion and the second dispersion to obtain a hydrophobic material.

Abstract: Salts of the 5-HT2C-receptor agonist (R)-8-chloro-1-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine, and dosage forms comprising them that are useful for, inter alia, weight management.

Abstract: Salts of the 5-HT2C-receptor agonist (R)-8-chloro-1-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine, and dosage forms comprising them that are useful for, inter alia, weight management.

Abstract: Salts of 8-chloro-1-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine with optically active acids, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them that are useful for, inter alia, weight management.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain compositions of a 5-HT2A serotonin receptor modulator and methods for their preparation. The compositions disclosed herein are useful for increasing slow wave sleep, improvise sleep consolidation, improving sleep maintenance and improving sleep quality, and for treating insomnia and related sleep disorders, dyssomnias, parasomnias and nonrestorative sleep and the like.

Abstract: Salts of 8-chloro-1-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine with optically active acids, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them that are useful for, inter alia, weight management.