Design and fabrication of microfluidic devices on polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) substrates for analytical chemistry and biomedical-related applications using novel microfabrication methods are described. The image of microstructures is transferred from quartz master templates possessing the inverse image of the devices to plastic plates by using hot embossing methods. The micro channels on quartz …

Rare-earth permanent-magnet (PM) brushless motors possess the advantages of high efficiency, high torque/power density and low maintenance. They are usually assembled with the magnets pre-magnetized. However, as the motor size and output power increase, the handling of the pre-magnetized components can be difficult. These increase the manufacturing cost ^[1-2]. Hence, the “post-assembly magnetization” …

In a business age emphasizing organizational capabilities, companies need to constantly absorb and utilize knowledge resources from internal and external environments. Companies need both independent and collaborative learning (i.e. inter-organizational learning). Taiwan is an economy where there are intensive entrepreneurial and innovative activities. The learning and capability development of …

Research on automatic resizing of media is becoming ever more important with the proliferation of display units, such as television, notebooks, PDAs and cell phones, which all come in different aspect ratios and resolutions. In this paper, we introduce a content aware technique (see figure 1) which considers the interior contents while resizing the videos. Specifically, we represent an  image/frame …