Abstract: A button assembly for pressing a switch in a computer bezel includes a button connected to an arm. A cutout is defined in the computer bezel. The button is inserted in the cutout, and the arm is pivotably mounted on the computer bezel. A pressing portion extends outward from a side of the arm. A slanted pressing plane is formed on the pressing portion. Pressing the button moves the arm so that one end of the slanted pressing plane away from the arm contacts the switch. The switch resists the pressing portion, causing the arm to rotate so that the other end of the slanted pressing plane moves forward, thereby the slanted pressing plane entirely contacts and activates the switch.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.

Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus includes a heat sink configured to contact a heat source, and a fan mounted on the heat sink configured to generate airflow through the heat dissipation apparatus. The fan includes a plurality of fan blades, and a motor configured for rotating the fan. The motor is located a distance from the fan blades.

Abstract: A heat sink assembly includes a printed circuit board, a socket attached on a top surface of the board for receiving a chip, and a heat sink attached onto the chip of the board. The socket includes a plurality of legs integrally extending down from a bottom surface of the socket. The legs contact the top surface of the board to support the socket on the board. The heat sink includes a base, a plurality of fins extending up from the base, and a plurality of legs extending down from the base.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for repairing a defective storage device in a physical storage-device array having a plurality of storage devices. The method comprises the steps of identifying a disk error associated with the defective storage device; effecting an error recovery pause based on the disk error; processing one or more outstanding data storage or retrieval requests; and generating a new data storage request instructing the physical disk device array having the defective storage device to store valid data associated with the data storage or retrieval request corresponding to the disk device error, whereby the defective storage device is repaired.

Abstract: A button assembly for pressing a switch in a computer bezel includes a button connected to an arm. A cutout is defined in the computer bezel. The button is inserted in the cutout, and the arm is pivotably mounted on the computer bezel. A pressing portion extends outward from a side of the arm. A slanted pressing plane is formed on the pressing portion. Pressing the button moves the arm so that one end of the slanted pressing plane away from the arm contacts the switch. The switch resists the pressing portion, causing the arm to rotate so that the other end of the slanted pressing plane moves forward, thereby the slanted pressing plane entirely contacts and activates the switch.

Abstract: A printed circuit board assembly includes a printed circuit board, a carrier, a semiconductor chip mounted on the carrier, a plurality of tin balls soldered between the printed circuit board and the carrier for transmitting signals, and a heat sink glued to the semiconductor chip to dissipate heat. A pressing portion is formed on the bottom of the heat sink and does not make contact with the semiconductor chip. The pressing portion contacts with the periphery of the carrier to reinforce the tin balls located between the printed circuit board and the carrier.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for receiving coded signals with the aid of CSI are provided. The method comprises: performing channel estimation to obtain a CFR estimation vector; computing a squared magnitude of the CFR estimation vector, and obtaining a normalization factor ? by averaging the squared magnitudes of CFR estimations on all N subcarriers; finding a norm-shift operand m satisfying the condition that ?0=2m is a power of 2 number closest to the normalization factor ?; performing a CSI-aided one-tap channel equalization on an output signal vector from a DFT processor by using the norm-shift operand m; performing constellation demapping; and performing channel decoding. The method further comprises obtaining a weighting factor vector by right shifting m bits of the squared magnitude of the CFR estimation vector so that the constellation demapping can use the weighted decision boundary values in case that its input signal is sensitive to both amplitude and phase.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for accessing a physical storage-device array comprising a plurality of storage devices. The method includes (1) obtaining at least one parameter from a profile selected from two or more profiles concurrently defining two or more virtual arrays, each profile defining (i) a different virtual array associated with a corresponding set of storage devices and (ii) a parameter set of one or more parameters used for accessing the virtual array; and (2) generating an instruction, based on the at least one parameter, for accessing, or disallowing access to, information in the virtual array defined by the selected profile, wherein a parameter in each the parameter set defined by each profile indicates whether two or more storage devices in the corresponding virtual array are degraded.

Abstract: A method for identifying real-time traffic hop by hop in an Internet network including a sender, a receiver, and routers in the network is provided. The method comprises steps of registering source port number and/or destination port number of the UDP respectively for RTP, RTCP and RTSP with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) under the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) arrangement, then in one aspect, adding in the UDP header a Session ID field for identifying the session. The method can be used to identify the frames of the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) hop by hop during the packet's transmission, and to provide priority for real-time traffic transport so as to provide a QoS guarantee for real-time traffic even in the case of dramatically increasing network traffic.

Abstract: A bracket assembly for receiving at least one disk drive (40) includes an enclosure (10), a retaining bracket (30), and a connecting structure (312). The retaining bracket includes a pair of sidewalls (31, 32). The retaining bracket is attached to the enclosure at an edge of each sidewall. The connecting structure is defined in a first sidewall (31) of the sidewalls for attaching the first sidewall to the enclosure for altering a fixing relationship between the retaining bracket and the enclosure. The connecting structure is positioned near the disk drive, and away from the edge of the first sidewall. The method of assembling the bracket (30) to the enclosure (10) is also provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.

Abstract: A bracket assembly for receiving at least one disk drive (40) includes an enclosure (10), a retaining bracket (30), and a connecting structure (312). The retaining bracket includes a pair of sidewalls (31, 32). The retaining bracket is attached to the enclosure at an edge of each sidewall. The connecting structure is defined in a first sidewall (31) of the sidewalls for attaching the first sidewall to the enclosure for altering a fixing relationship between the retaining bracket and the enclosure. The connecting structure is positioned near the disk drive, and away from the edge of the first sidewall. The method of assembling the bracket (30) to the enclosure (10) is also provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.

Abstract: An in-circuit testing and repairing system for printed circuit boards includes an in-circuit testing device for testing printed circuit boards, a shop floor control system connected to the in-circuit testing device via a network for collecting and processing the test data produced by the testing device, and a repair station including an electronic device for displaying information of a faulty printed circuit board. The electronic device connected to the shop floor control system. The test data from the in-circuit testing device is automatically transferred to the shop floor via the network for processing, and the processed test data is sent back to the in-circuit testing device, the test data of the faulty printed circuit board is sent from the shop floor controlling system to the repair station.

Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) is disclosed. The LED includes a substrate, a patterned semiconductor layer, two contact pads, a dielectric layer and a fluorescence thin film. Wherein, the patterned semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate and suitable for emitting a first light, while the contact pads are disposed on the patterned semiconductor layer. The dielectric layer covers the patterned semiconductor layer and exposes a portion of the contact pads. In addition, the fluorescence thin film is disposed on the dielectric layer and emits a second light with a wavelength different from the first light after irradiated by the first light. Moreover, a LED package with the above-described LED is provided as well.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new polypeptide and the gene encoding therefore, said gene being regulated in cardiac tissue by the transcription factor MEF2C. This polypeptide, CHAMP (cardiac helicase activated by MEF2 protein), bears striking resemblance to a number of other helicase proteins and appears to play a role in RNA processing and transcriptional control in heart muscle. For example, CHAMP has been demonstrated to inhibit both hypertrophy of primary cardiomyocytes and proliferation of non-cardiac cells. Also disclosed are methods of using the gene and protein in drug screening and therapy, including, for example, use of the gene in gene therapy to treat cardiovascular disease.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to labeled compounds, and methods of making labeled compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.