Abstract: A nano scale robotic system for single cell DNA sequencing of a strand of DNA positioned on a slide utilizes an atomic force microscope (AFM) having an end effector in the form of a cantilever with a tip. The AFM causes its cantilever tip to scan over the base pairs of the DNA strand. A pair of spaced-apart electrodes at the tip makes contact with opposite sides of the DNA strand and the current between bases of the DNA strand is measured by a current measurement system connected to the electrodes. An artificial intelligence-based data analytic system determines the DNA sequence based on the current from the current measuring system. The AFM tip is guided over the DNA strand by comparing compressed desired intensity local scan images and compressed actual intensity local scan images and using the difference to control the location of the tip.

Abstract: A composite material for floating on a contaminated water source, including: A) a polymeric structure having a network of interconnected porous channels; and B) a carbonous material dispersed within the polymeric structure, the carbonous material has a functionalized surface. The composite material has a density of less than 1 g/cm3, and the contaminated water source contains a low-boiling-point contaminant. The polymeric structure draws contaminated water from the contaminated water source into the polymeric structure via capillary action, and the functionalized surface removes the low-boiling point contaminant from the contaminated water. A method of purifying water using the composite material as mentioned herein and a kit for harvesting purified water including the composite material as mentioned herein.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a method of direct synthesis of co-products of at a first co-product and a second co-product. The first co-product is superhydrophilic carbon nitride thin film and the second co-product is superhydrophilic carbon nitride powder. The method has a step of using a guanidine carbonate salt as a precursor material. The present invention is also concerned with carbon nitride co-products. The carbon nitride co-products has a first co-product of superhydrophilic carbon nitride thin film and a second co-product of superhydrophilic carbon nitride powder. The superhydrophilic carbon nitride thin film has chemical formula of CNx, wherein x is 0.86-1.04, and the superhydrophilic carbon nitride powder has a chemical formula of g-C3N4.

Abstract: Provided is a method for synthesizing 2H/1T? transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) heterophase junctions. Synthesis of vertical 2H/1T? MoS2 heterophase junction is achieved by growing 2H MoS2 monolayers on a mica substrate under pure Ar carrier gas, and then growing 1T? MoS2 nanoribbons on top of the 2H MoS2 monolayers by changing the carrier gas from pure Ar to a mixture of Ar and H2 gases. The integrated devices based on 2H/1T? MoS2 heterophase structures display typical rectifying behavior with a current rectifying ratio of over 102 and achieve a responsivity of 1.07 A/W at 532 nm with an ultra-low dark current of lower than 10-11 A. These superior features make 2H/1T? MoS2 heterophase structure a promising candidate for future rectifiers as well as photodetectors. More importantly, the provided synthesis method can pave the way toward tailoring the phase in MoS2 to promote the performance of electronic devices.

Abstract: A radiative cooling apparatus including a layer of a material. The layer defines an exterior face. The material has a composition such that the layer is configured to reflect, at the exterior face, at least partly of the incoming electromagnetic radiation of at least some wavelengths in the solar spectrum. The layer is further configured to emit thermally-generated electromagnetic emission of at least some mid-infrared wavelengths out from the exterior face. Ceramics provided by embodiments of the invention could produce extra cooling effect without any electricity consumption, creating a prominent benefit to the energy saving of air conditioning systems of buildings.

Abstract: A method for performing a crop yield estimation using a semi-supervised deep convolution neural network is provided. The method includes receiving monitoring data from a drone, wherein the monitoring data comprises a video of the crops captured by the drone; sampling the video by a predefined frame rate to obtain one or more images; inputting the images to a crop yield estimation model to obtain one or more result data, wherein the crop yield estimation model comprises a generator and a discriminator each comprising one or more DCNNs, and wherein the crop yield estimation model is trained by a semi-supervised learning method; and performing a quantity estimation and a quality estimation corresponding to the crops as shown in the images according to the one or more result data, so as to determine a total number and maturities of the crops respectively.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a method of generating a lubrication interface. The method has the steps of a) providing a target substrate and a growth substrate adjacent the target substrate with a confinement space defined therebetween, b) allowing a predetermined amount of water onto a surface of the target substrate in the confinement space thus forming a water layer, c) adding a predetermined amount of a sample of a molybdenum disulfides (MoS2) layer on the water layer thus allowing the water in the water layer to bind with the surface of the molybdenum disulfides (MoS2) layer, d) cooling down the target substrate to cryogenic temperature so as to freeze the water layer thus forming a molybdenum disulfides (MoS2) ice layer on the target substrate, and e) detaching the growth substrate from the molybdenum disulfides (MoS2) ice layer thus leaving the molybdenum disulfides (MoS2) ice layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound for use in detecting “reader” and “eraser” proteins of lysine lipoylation. The present invention provides an affinity-based probe, referred to herein as “KPlip”, capable of interrogating the lipoylated peptide/protein interactions under native cellular environments. The chemical probe allows for the identification of potential regulators of lysine lipoylation, thus uncovering new biology related to lipoylation. There is also provided a method of using the compound to identifying proteins that interact with lipoylated proteins.

Abstract: The present invention provides a virtual taste generator comprising: a virtual taste interface including: a housing having taste generation channels orthogonally extending through the housing from a top surface to a bottom surface; conductive tastable gels accommodated in the plurality taste generation channels respectively; each having a top end exposed on the top surface of the housing and a bottom end exposed on the bottom surface of the housing; a control system including: switches respectively connected to conductive tastable gels and configured for conducting or blocking electrical currents flowing through the conductive tastable gels respectively; and a controller connected to the switches and configured to generate electrical signals for turning on or off the switches respectively; and wherein each conductive tastable gel is embedded with one or more tastable ion electrophoresis tastable chemical agent and controllably to produce a specific taste through ion electrophoresis.

Abstract: A method for performing data recovering operation is provided. The method includes: identifying a plurality of first values and a plurality of first indexes of a plurality of first entries of an incomplete matrix in a received object data, and one or more second values and one or more second indexes of one or more second entries of the incomplete matrix; inputting the first values, the first indexes, a preset first parameter, a preset second parameter and a preset third parameter into an analysis model using Adaptive Rank-One Matrix Completion (AROMC) algorithm; and obtaining a recovered complete matrix corresponding to the incomplete matrix from the analysis model, so as to obtain optimized one or more second values of the second entries, wherein the optimized one or more second values are determined as original values of the second entries, such that the incomplete matrix is recovered to the recovered complete matrix.

Abstract: An antenna includes a radiator arrangement and a feed mechanism operably coupled with the radiator arrangement for affecting operation of the radiator arrangement. The feed mechanism is configured to selectively operate in at least three different states. When the feed mechanism operates in a first state, the antenna operates in a first mode to provide a broadside radiation pattern. When the feed mechanism operates in a second state, the antenna operates in a second mode to provide an omnidirectional radiation pattern. When the feed mechanism operates in a third state, the antenna operates in a third mode to provide a unilateral radiation pattern.

Abstract: An electrical circuit for reducing electromagnetic noise or interference in a power converter. The circuit includes at least one shunt capacitor arranged to connect with a grounded component of the power converter, wherein the at least one shunt capacitor is further arranged to be driven by an active control signal so as to sink a noise current originating from a noise source to the grounded component of the power converter, wherein the noise source is connected to the grounded component via a capacitive path formed by at least one stray capacitors.

Abstract: A suspension system with vibration isolation is described. The system can incorporate a kinematic structure comprising pairs of X-shaped supporting structures connected in parallel. The kinematic structure limits motion in the vertical direction to a single degree of freedom. Tensioning/damping of the kinematic structure orthogonally to the vertical motion limits horizontal motion of the kinematic structure with a corresponding constraint of motion of in the vertical direction. The tensioning/damping imparts passive nonlinear stiffness and nonlinear damping of the vibrational energies across the suspension system. A tuning mechanism can be incorporated enabling tension/damping adjustment to accommodate different heights and payloads. The system can provide vibration isolation at low frequencies and over a wide range of operational frequencies. The suspension system has tunable ultra-low resonant frequencies with anti-resonance characteristics.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a ceramic structure, a method of manufacturing a ceramic structure with multiple layers of ceramic material, and a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric ceramic structure. The method of manufacturing a ceramic structure includes the steps of: placing a sheet of ceramic material on a supporting platform, wherein the supporting platform is arranged to elevate the sheet of ceramic material from a base of the supporting platform by supporting only a first portion of the sheet of ceramic material; sintering the sheet of ceramic material; and during the step of sintering of the sheet of ceramic material, facilitating forming a curvature on the sheet of ceramic material at a second portion of the sheet of ceramic material which is not supported by the supporting platform.

Abstract: A lead trapping layer includes an acidic cation-exchange resin comprising a formula selected from the group consisting of Formulae (I) to (V) below, in which each M+is independently selected from the group consisting of Sr2+, Ca2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Co2+, Zn2+, Mg2+, Ba2+, K+, NH4+, Na+, H+, and Li+; and each R is independently selected from the group consisting of SO3H, CH2SO3H, PO3H2, and COOH; and an encapsulation resin selected from the group consisting of epoxy resin, silicone resin, arcrylate resin, and a combination thereof. A solar cell device includes at least one lead trapping layer and a method may prepare the lead trapping layer.

Abstract: Vibration suppression handle structures for high-vibration handheld machines (e.g., jackhammers, hydraulic breakers, hammer drills, soil compactors, etc.) are provided that offer improved vibration suppression. The provided handle structures include a handle that is connected to vibration suppression systems that include an arrangement of support members and resilient members for improved vibration suppression over typical high-vibration handled machines while remaining a compact design. A portion of the support members are arranged as X-shaped support structures. In at least some embodiments, the handle structures include a system by which to adjust a stiffness, and therefore vibration suppression, of the vibration suppression systems. Jackhammers are further provided that include the provided vibration suppression handle structures.

Abstract: The present application provides methods, devices and computer readable media for intrinsic popularity evaluation and content compression based thereon. In an embodiment, there is provided a method of intrinsic popularity evaluation. The method comprises: receiving an image from a social network; and determining an intrinsic popularity score for the image using a deep neural network (DNN) based intrinsic popularity assessment model.

Abstract: A method of preventing or treating a subject suffering from a flavivirus infection caused by Japanese encephalitis virus, Zika virus, or Dengue virus by administering an effective amount of berbamine of Formula (I) or its analogue to the subject. A method of inhibiting the entry of such a flavivirus, an enterovirus and/or a lentivirus into host cells includes contacting the host cells with an effective amount of berbamine of Formula (I) or its analogue. The invention also provides a method of preventing or treating a subject suffering from a coronavirus, particularly SARS-CoV-2 or MERS-CoV, a method of inhibiting the entry of a coronavirus into host cells, as well as uses of berbamine or its analogue in the preparation of a medicament for preventing or treating a flavivirus infection, enterovirus infection, lentivirus infection or coronavirus infection.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a 3D geological model of a subsurface volume of a geographic site. The method includes processing, based on a machine-learning-based model, borehole data of a plurality of boreholes at the geographic site and trusted geological data associated with the geographic site, so as to generate a plurality of geological cross-sections of the subsurface volume of the geographic site. The borehole data includes data related to subsurface soil and/or rock information along at least part of each of the plurality of boreholes. The trusted geological data includes data related to prior stratigraphic information associated with the geographic site. Each of the geological cross-sections contains respective stratigraphic information. The method also includes forming the 3D geological model based on the generated geological cross-sections for display.

Abstract: A platinum complex having a structure of Formula (I) particularly of Formula (A) such as Formula (III) or Formula (IIIa). A pharmaceutical composition includes the platinum complex of the present invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. A method of treating a target tissue includes administering to a patient in need thereof a platinum complex of the present invention and administering to the target tissue radiation in an amount and of a frequency effective to activate the compound. The platinum complex of the present invention can be used in preparation of a medicament for treating the target tissue by sonodynamic therapy, photodynamic therapy, chemotherapy and/or a combination thereof.