Sensory Tricks and Dystonia

Dystonia is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary, sustained, or repetitive muscle contractions that cause twisting or abnormal postures of body parts. These conditions are marked by co-contraction of agonist and antagonist muscles, and overflow phenomena, typically categorized into focal, segmental, multifocal, generalized, and hemidystonia. Sensory tricks (sensory trick / geste antagoniste) refer to voluntary … Read more

Understanding Meige Syndrome: Clinical Treatments and Differences from Facial Spasms

Image Source | Internet 『Meige Syndrome (MS)』 is a focal/segmental cranial dystonia that involves eyelid spasms and/or involuntary contractions of the submandibular muscles, leading to segmental dystonia. As the disease progresses, it gradually affects the entire facial and even neck muscles. Currently, MS is classified into 4 types based on the affected areas of dystonia: … Read more

What Does an Embedded BSP Engineer Do?

Today we will learn what a BSP engineer is. 1. Embedded Systems To understand what an embedded software engineer is, we must first discuss embedded systems (embedded devices). The definition of embedded systems on Wikipedia is as follows: An embedded system (<span>Embedded System</span>) is a computer system that is embedded within mechanical or electrical systems, … Read more

Preparation and Characterization of ROS-Responsive Bletilla Striata Polysaccharide Drug-Loaded Micelles

Bletilla striata polysaccharide (BSP) is a polysaccharide extracted from the medicinal material Bletilla striata, composed of mannose and glucose (2.4:1) linked by β-glycosidic bonds. It exhibits biological activities such as anti-inflammation, antioxidant, and anti-fibrosis [1], and is non-toxic, biodegradable, and highly compatible, making it widely used in drug formulation [2-6]. Additionally, literature reports that BSP … Read more

Extraction, Purification, and Gastroprotective Activity of Glucomannan from Bletilla Striata

Extraction, Purification, and Gastroprotective Activity of Glucomannan from Bletilla Striata Presenter: First Year Graduate Student Di Zhenning This study extracted and purified a water-soluble polysaccharide (BSP) from the pseudobulb of Bletilla striata and analyzed its preliminary structure and gastroprotective activity. The results showed that BSP is a glucomannan with a molar ratio of 7.45:2.55 (Man:Glc) … Read more

Overview of Research Progress on Blepharospasm

 Blepharospasm (BSP) is a focal dystonia characterized by involuntary closure of the eyelids and difficulty in opening them, usually caused by spasms of the orbicularis oculi muscle. Its prevalence varies significantly by region, approximately (20-133)/million, and it is more common in women aged 50-70, with a male-to-female ratio of about 1:2.3. Risk factors include … Read more

Virtual Serial Port Driver in Linux (Part 1)

Introduction Recently, I prepared to implement a virtual serial port driver in Linux; however, since graduation, I have been engaged in bare-metal driver development, and thus I have gradually forgotten about device drivers in Linux. To achieve this functionality, I have searched for a lot of information online, but most of it only explains the … Read more

Installing PnP Device Drivers: A Step-by-Step Guide

This article is an excellent contribution from the Kanxue forum. Author ID on Kanxue Forum: Suifengxing Environment Preparation VMware Workstation 14 Pro Windows 10 Pro x64 Virtual Machine VS2019 Installation in the virtual machine: VS Remote Debugger msvsmon x64dbg Windows Driver Sample /devcon (Source Code) https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-driver-samples/tree/master/setup/devcon After downloading, open it in VS. If you encounter … Read more

How to Update Drivers in Device Manager

How to Update Drivers in Device Manager Computer Knowledge (Issue 282) First, let’s talk about how to use the system’s built-in driver update feature to update drivers. First, open the Start menu, then right-click on Computer, and then select Properties at the bottom. On the properties page, there is an option for Device Manager on … Read more

Virtual Serial Port Driver in Linux (Part 2)

Introduction In the previous article, we briefly introduced the difference between bare-metal drivers and device drivers, as well as the driver architecture of character devices in the Linux kernel. Without an operating system, upper-layer applications directly access the driver interface, and application engineers need to know the driver interface for each device. When accessing Flash, … Read more