United Microelectronics Corp.

Tsinghua University

Food Industry Research and Development Institute

United Silicon Incorporated

Yu-Shan Lin

Yen-Lin Chen

Gwo-Fang Yuan

Ta-Wei Liu

Kai-Ping Chen

Hui-Ping Chen

Ming-Jen Cheng

Ming-Der Wu

Shan-Hung Wu

Wen-Jung Wu

Meng-Kai Liao

Shao-Kan Pi

Kun-Feng Lin

Ming-Te Chuang

Qing-Yong Chen

Methods for database management in a distributed system are provided, wherein the distributed system at least includes a plurality of servers. The method includes the steps of: collecting transactions to be executed, wherein each transaction corresponds to a plurality of requests and each request is associated with at least one data; generating a transaction dependency graph corresponding to the requests according to data dependency among the data associated with the requests of all the transactions; partitioning the transaction dependency graph to generate a plurality of partitions corresponding to the servers; generating execution plans corresponding to the partitions; distributing the transactions to the servers for execution based on the generated execution plans.

Distributed systems and methods for database management and management systems thereof

The present invention concerns the uses of an azaphilone compound of formula (I): formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof as described in the specification for modulation of the activity of a nuclear hormone receptor and for prevention and/or treatment of a disease or disorder related to nuclear hormone receptor activity.

Use of azaphilone compounds for the modulation of the activity of a nuclear hormone receptor

A position detector is provided for use on a spin-drying machine employed in integrated circuit (IC) fabrication to detect whether the spin-drying machine has shifted in position during operation. If the spin-drying machine is positioned incorrectly, the position detector is capable of stopping the operation of robot arms used to grab and position wafers on the spin-drying machine so that the robot arms will not be damaged or crash into the wafers on the spin-drying machine due to the incorrect positioning of the spin-drying machine. The position detector is designed for use on a spin-drying machine having a spinning unit, a fixed platform surrounding the spinning unit, and at least one robot arm mounted on the fixed unit. The position detector comprises a pair of emitters mounted on the spinning unit and a pair of oppositely arranged receivers on the fixed platform. In the event that the spinning unit has shifted in position, one or both of the paired emitter/receiver units generates an OFF signal indicative of such a condition. In response, a control unit stops the operation of the robot arm, so that the robot arm will not be damaged or crash into the wafers on the spin-drying machine.

Position detector for a spin-drying machine used in integrated circuit

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Yu-Shan Lin