Abstract: A LED light source assembly for an automotive forward lighting apparatus may include a LED lighting unit assembly provided with a LED lighting unit, a housing, and a heat transfer body which is assembled to the housing and to which the LED lighting unit assembly is assembled, wherein a mounting protuberance is provided at an outer circumference of the housing, and wherein the mounting protuberance is used to cooperate with a corresponding mounting groove in a holding bracket of the automotive forward lighting apparatus so as to install the LED light source assembly to the holding bracket by way of quarter turn installation.

Abstract: An atomizing device includes an atomizing sleeve; a mouthpiece assembly and an atomizing assembly received in the atomizing sleeve. The atomizing assembly includes an oil obstructing ring, a supporting sleeve, a porous body being fixed between the oil obstructing ring and the supporting sleeve, a heating wire wrapping around the porous body, a screw sleeve located at an end of the atomizing sleeve, an insulated ring and an tubular electrode received between the screw sleeve and the insulated ring. An oil valve is formed between the supporting sleeve and the tubular electrode, or between the tubular electrode and the insulated ring; the oil valve is opened or closed by a movement of the tubular electrode, and the oil valve is configured as an air passage in communication with the air pipe when the oil valve is opened. An electronic cigarette using the atomizing device is also provided.

Abstract: A light position controlling apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same. The light position controlling apparatus includes a substrate; first and second electrodes that are arranged on the substrate and configured to generate an electric field; and a piezoelectric nano wire configured to operate as optical waveguide. The piezoelectric nano wire includes a first portion disposed on the substrate, and a second portion that extends from the first portion and bends according to the electric field generated by the first and second electrodes to change a travel direction of light transmitted by the piezoelectric nano wire.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of Formula I, or an isomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and solvate thereof; to a composition comprising a compound of Formula I, or an isomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient or diluent; and also to use of a compound of Formula I, or an isomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and solvate thereof for combating apoptosis, or preventing or treating a disease or disorder associated with apoptosis; and especially use for protecting cardiomyocyte, or preventing or treating a disease or disorder associated with cardiomyocyte apoptosis.

Abstract: A power tool, comprising: a housing; a motor being disposed in the housing for outputting rotary power; an output shaft having an accommodating hole in the axial direction for holding a tool bit; a transmission mechanism, being disposed between the motor and the output shaft for transmitting rotary power from the motor to the output shaft; a tool bit supporting being disposed in the housing and including several chambers disposed in parallel for holding the tool bit; a connecting member being disposed in the housing and capable of moving axially between a working position where the connecting member passes through one of the chambers and to accommodate the tool bit in the chamber connect the output shaft, and a release position where the connecting member exits and separates from one of the several chambers; and an operating member is arranged on the housing for controlling the axial movement of the connecting member; the power tool further includes an automatic shifting means for adjusting the position of th

Abstract: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to content sharing for mobile devices. In aspects, images that are created using mobile devices may be automatically uploaded to one or more targets. In addition, images created on the one or more targets may be automatically downloaded to the mobile device based on one or more criteria. A service facilitates transfer of images in both directions and includes a pluggable architecture in which forwarders for new targets may be added.

Abstract: Antagonists of human proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 (“PCSK9”) are disclosed. The disclosed antagonists are effective in the inhibition of PCSK9 function and, accordingly, present desirable antagonists for use in the treatment of conditions associated with PCSK9 activity. The present invention also discloses nucleic acid encoding said antagonists, vectors, host cells, and compositions comprising the antagonists. Methods of making PCSK9-specific antagonists as well as methods of using the antagonists for inhibiting or antagonizing PCSK9 function are also disclosed and form important additional aspects of the present disclosure.

Abstract: Dominant color names may be extracted from an image by analyzing spatial-context of pixels contained in the image. A dominant color region may be defined by taking a double-threshold approach that addresses ambiguous color regions and a degree of confidence that each pixel belongs in the dominant color region. Affiliation maps and binary maps may be used to generate the dominant color region. Images may be converted to a saliency map, from which a region of interest may be assigned a dominant color name. Image search results may be filtered by the dominant color name associated with the image.

Abstract: A polymer grouting method for constructing an ultra-thin anti-seepage wall meeting requirements of anti-seepage designs of dams, includes the following steps of: forming continuous slots on a body of the dam and the foundation which need seepage-proofing and reinforcing; and injecting two-component expansive polymer grouting materials to the slots through grouting pipes, a volume rapidly expands after the polymer grouting materials reacts and the slots are filled to form a polymer ultra-thin body, the polymer ultra-thin bodies which are adjacent are cemented together to form a continuous, uniform, and regular cementing ultra-thin polymer anti-seepage wall; this invention is different from the conventional anti-seepage wall technology whatever through the material, the mechanism or the construction methods, which has the advantages such as speediness, ultra-thinness, minimally invasive, lightness, high toughness, economy, and durability, applied in reinforcement projects of a number of the dams and dikes.

Abstract: A polymer grouting method for constructing gravel pile for reinforcing the soft and special soil foundation includes steps of: (1) pile-position-pore-forming; (2) installing a grouting pipe; (3) putting graded stones; (4) polymer lifting grouting; and (5) pile-forming. By pile-position-pore-forming, putting graded stones, polymer lifting grouting in the reinforcement site and other steps, the injected two-component expansive polymer material expands rapidly after a chemical reaction, and then is solidified with the graded stones for filling in the pile hole from below to above, the blast hole wall rock-soil is expansive compacted and fully integrating with the surrounding rock-soil, thus forming the polymer gravel pile. The present invention can rapidly reinforce the soft and special soil foundation, thereby providing an advanced, highly efficient, safe and practical method for reinforcing the soft and special soil foundation. It has great economic and social benefits and broad development prospects.

Abstract: A polymer grouting method for uplifting a ballastless track of a high-speed rail includes following steps of: (1) drilling grouting holes; (2) manufacturing geo-textile bags and binding the grouting pipes up with the geo-textile bags; (3) tying up the geo-textile bags; (4) displacing the geo-textile bags; (5) grouting two-component expansive polymer materials into the geo-textile bags; (6) uplifting the track; (7) grouting two-component expansive polymer materials for filling; and (8) monitoring amount of the uplifting, wherein a vertically uplifting height is monitored in real time by a laser level, and the grouting is quit if the vertically uplifting height meets uplifting requirements.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing improved de-noising image content by using directional noise filters to accurately estimate a blur kernel from a noisy blurry image. In one embodiment, an image manipulation application applies multiple directional noise filters to an input image to generate multiple filtered images. Each of the directional noise filters has a different orientation with respect to the input image. The image manipulation application determines multiple two-dimensional blur kernels from the respective filtered images. The image manipulation application generates a two-two-dimensional blur kernel for the input image from the two-dimensional blur kernels for the filtered images. The image manipulation application generates a de-blurred version of the input image by executing a de-blurring algorithm based on the two-dimensional blur kernel for the input image.

Abstract: Disclosed are a high-density fiber connector and an assembly method thereof. The connector, adapted for use with a fiber adapter, comprises a connector casing, a ferrule, a spring and a boot, wherein the connector casing has a cross width of 2.5 mm to 4.5 mm. The connector casing comprises a front casing and a rear casing, which lock up one another to form a cavity. The tail of the connector casing is connected with a boot. On the connector casing are sequentially arranged a guide block and an elastic arm from the front toward the back. A fixed end of the elastic arm is oriented toward the tail of the connector, while a free end faces an insert end of the connector and includes a retaining bump. The ferrule 2 is fastened with the ferrule tailstock 3 and penetrates through a through hole at the front of the connector casing. The spring is compressed between the ferrule tailstock and a thrust block formed by inner walls of the connector casing.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of Btk, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.

Abstract: Described herein is a technology for facilitating analysis of performance indicators. In accordance with one aspect, a hierarchical structure with a node representing a performance indicator is configured. Such configuration may include mapping one or more lowest level nodes to one or more data models for retrieving transactional data. In addition, one or more internal nodes of the hierarchical structure may be configured, including mapping the one or more internal nodes to one or more corresponding child nodes. The configuration data generated by such configuration may then be stored in a database for subsequent retrieval to generate a report.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylamide compound of Formula I, or an isomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and solvate thereof, to a composition comprising the compound or an isomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient or diluent, and to a use of the compound or the composition for prophylaxis and/or treatment of a disease or disorder associated with cardiomyocyte apoptosis.

Abstract: A triboelectric generator includes a first contact charging member, a second contact charging member and an electrical load. The first contact charging member has a contact side and an opposite back side. The first contact charging member includes a material that has a first rating on a triboelectric series and also has a conductive aspect. The second contact charging member has a second rating on the triboelectric series, different from the first rating, and is configured to come into contact with the first contact layer and go out of contact with the first contact layer. The electrical load electrically is coupled to the first contact charging member and to a common voltage so that current will flow through the load after the second contact charging member comes into contact with the first contact charging member and then goes out of contact with the first contact charging member.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in example embodiments for performing binary translation. A binary translation system converts, by a translator module, source instructions to target instructions. The binary translation system identifies a condition code block in the source instructions, where the condition code block includes a plurality of condition bits. In response to identifying the condition code block, the binary translation system provides an optimizer module to convert the condition code block. Then, the binary translation system performs a pre-execution on the condition code block to resolve the plurality of condition bits in the condition code block.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to dynamic focus adjustment for an image system. With the assistance of a height detection sub-system, present invention provides an apparatus and methods for micro adjusting an image focusing according the specimen surface height variation by altering the field strength of an electrostatic lens between objective lens and sample stage/or a bias voltage applied to the sample surface. Merely by way of example, the invention has been applied to a scanning electron inspection system. But it would be recognized that the invention could apply to other system using charged particle beam as observation tool with a height detection apparatus.

Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device and a device made using the method are provided. In one example, the method includes forming a hard mask layer on a semiconductor substrate and patterning the hard mask layer to form multiple openings. The substrate is etched through the openings to form forming a plurality of trenches separating multiple semiconductor mesas. The trenches are partially filled with a dielectric material. The hard mask layer is removed and multiple-gate features are formed, with each multiple-gate feature being in contact with a top surface and sidewalls of at least one of the semiconductor mesas.