Abstract: Biorenewable polyesters and polyester copolymers derived from camphoric acid, aromatic dicarboxylic acid and aliphatic diols and methods of making those copolyesters and articles comprising copolyesters are disclosed. The disclosed biorenewable copolyesters may can have a Mn of from about 5,000 Da to about 500,000 Da. Also disclosed are preparation methods of various monomers e.g., cis-1,4-anhydroerythritol and bis(2-hydroxyethyl) camphorate. The disclosed biorenewable polyesters and polyester copolymers can be used for production of various articles utilizing a conventional polyesters or polyester copolymers, to replace, in part or in whole, a conventional non-biorenewable polyesters or polyester copolymers.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, systems, methods, and media for improving signal-to-noise ratio in single-photon data are provided. In some embodiments, a system comprises: a processor programmed to: generate, for each of a plurality of pixel locations, initial photon flux estimates based on a first set of photon transients including photon transients associated with the pixel location and neighboring pixel locations, each of the photon transients comprises a histogram of photon counts; identify, for a scene patch associated with each of the plurality of pixel locations, one or more similar scene patches using intensity information for each of the plurality of pixel locations; and generate, for each of the plurality of pixel locations, final photon flux estimates based on a second set of photon transients including photon transients associated with the scene patch and each of the one or more similar scene patches.

Abstract: A hydrokinetic turbine system for harvesting energy from riverine and tidal sources, including a first floating dock, a marine hydrokinetic turbine mounted on the first floating dock, and a second floating dock. The system further includes a winch assembly mounted on the second floating dock and operationally connected to the first floating dock and a linkage assembly operationally connected to the first floating dock and to the second floating dock. The linkage assembly may be actuated to pull the first floating dock into contact with the second floating dock. The linkage assembly may be actuated to distance the first floating dock from the second floating dock, and the winch assembly may be energized to orient the first floating dock into a position wherein the marine hydrokinetic turbine is above the first floating dock and wherein the winch assembly may be energized to orient the first floating dock into a position wherein the marine hydrokinetic turbine is below the first floating dock.

Abstract: Provided herein are organic-inorganic hybrid-perovskites, including metal halide perovskites having a 1D crystal structure. The metal halide perovskites may be luminescent. The metal halide perovskites may include a dopant, including an emitter dopant. Methods of forming metal halide perovskites, and devices including the metal halide perovskites also are provided.

Abstract: Allografts for soft tissue repair, including breast reconstruction and other plastic surgery procedures, are disclosed. One allograft is made from decellularized dermal tissue and constitutes a collagen matrix having substantially uniform density and porosity. Another allograft is a hybrid bilayer tissue form that is made from decellularized dermal and adipose tissues. Methods for making both allografts are also disclosed.

Abstract: A display device comprises a substrate; a driving transistor including a first active layer and a switching transistor including a second active layer, the first active layer and the second active layer being disposed on the substrate; a first gate insulating layer disposed on the first active layer of the driving transistor and the second active layer of the switching transistor; first and second gate electrodes disposed on the first gate insulating layer to overlap the first active layer of the driving transistor and the second active layer of the switching transistor, respectively; a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode; and a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer to overlap the first active layer without overlapping the second active layer in a plan view.

Abstract: A method for treating chronic pancreatitis and diabetes type II in a patient in need thereof comprises administering botulinum toxin to the patient. The botulinum toxin may be administered by subcutaneous or intradermal injection. The subcutaneous or intradermal injection may be administered to and/or around the vicinity of a trigeminal nerve, a cervical nerve, a thoracic nerve, a lumbar nerve, a sacral nerve, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a quantum computing method and device. The method comprises generating a pair of communication qubits having a quantum entanglement; transporting each of the pair of communication qubits to two different cores, respectively; executing an operation between a data qubit positioned at each of the two different cores and each of the pair of the communication qubits transported to each of the two different cores; measuring a quantum state of the pair of communication qubits; and executing an operation on the data qubit positioned at each of the two different cores based on a measurement result of the quantum state of the pair of communication qubits.

Abstract: Carbon quantum dots having selected adsorption of carbon dioxide over nitrogen and oxygen can be prepared by amine modification or nitrogen doping of hydrocarbon-based carbon quantum dots. The carbon quantum dots can be used in various applications for the adsorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and for treating industrial processes that generate carbon dioxide. The carbon quantum dots can be synthesized from lignin and can be paired with a porous activated carbon surface to create a renewable composite material with increased selective adsorption of carbon dioxide.

Abstract: Disclosed is a LED device in which a plane of a substrate is patterned in a C2 symmetrical manner such that upper, lower, left, and right areas thereof are distinguished from each other. Further, in positioning the electrodes, one conductivity-type electrode is positioned on a center of the substrate, and electrodes of a conductivity-type different from that of the center electrode are positioned in an opposite manner to each other around the center electrode and are spaced from the center electrode by the same distance. Thus, even when the LED device is rotated by 180 degrees, the electrodes may match with each other. Further, disclosed are a method arranging C2 symmetrical LED devices using wave energy, and a method for fabricating a display module using the arranged C2 symmetrical LED devices. The C2 symmetrical LED device has the 180 degrees rotation symmetry. Thus, upper, lower, left, and right areas thereof are distinguished from each other, and thus, the devices may be oriented very accurately.

Abstract: Provided is a method for detecting a synthetic voice based on a biological sound, the method comprises receiving an audio stream; extracting a biological feature vector corresponding to a meaningless voice from the audio stream; extracting a synthetic voice feature vector from the audio stream; combining the biological feature vector and the synthetic voice feature vector to generate a combined feature vector; and determining whether the audio stream is a synthetic voice based on the combined feature vector. Accordingly, it is possible to detect a synthetic voice at a lower computational cost than a conventional neural network that detects a synthetic voice by learning the correlation between frames.

Abstract: The method of detecting a soft error includes copying, in a program loaded into a memory, an original branch command to a copied branch command, executing, by a processor, a first command set comprising the copied branch command, executing, by a processor, a second command set comprising the original branch command, and determining, by a soft error detection circuit, whether an error exists in the execution of the original branch command based on the execution result of the first command set and the second command set.

Abstract: This document provides materials and methods for treating a damaged optic nerve in a mammal to restore visual function comprising administering a population of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived oligodendrocyte precursor cells. This document also provides materials and methods for determining a remyelination potential quotient of a population of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived oligodendrocyte precursor cells. This document also provides materials and methods for screening factors that enhance maturation or myelination efficiency of an induced pluripotent stem cell-derived oligodendrocyte precursor cell or cells.

Abstract: In a method and device for transmitting and receiving a response frame in a wireless system supporting multiple links, a method of a first device includes the steps of: performing a first backoff operation for a first AC in a first link; performing a second backoff operation for a second AC in a second link; “when the first backoff operation is completed and one or more conditions are met”, transmitting, in the first link, a first data frame including one or more data units corresponding to the first AC and information indicating the transmission of an ML BA frame; when the second backoff operation is completed, transmitting, in the second link, a second data frame including one or more data units corresponding to the second AC; and receiving the ML BA frame after transmitting the second data frame in the second link.

Abstract: A method of predicting characteristics of concrete includes inputting data on a cement mixture including cement and an admixture, calculating reactivity of the admixture based on the data, and predicting products of the cement mixture based on the reactivity, and an embodiment further includes predicting characteristics of concrete based on the predicting of the products of the cement mixture based on the reactivity.

Abstract: Proposed is an all-solid-state battery including a self-standing sheet layer positioned on a negative electrode current collector. The all-solid-state battery may include the negative electrode current collector, the self-standing sheet layer positioned on the negative electrode current collector, a solid electrolyte layer positioned on the sheet layer, a positive electrode active material layer positioned on the solid electrolyte layer, and a positive electrode current collector positioned on the positive electrode active material layer. The sheet layer contains carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a switching antenna for automotive Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB) communication. The switching antenna includes a substrate section, a radiating section having a plurality of radiators formed on the substrate section so as to be spaced apart from each other to provide a pattern signal, and a selective signaling section formed on the substrate section to selectively connect the radiating section to cause a radiation pattern of the radiating section to be one of directional and omnidirectional.

Abstract: Polymeric ion conductors composed of a polymeric or co-polymeric backbone which comprises a plurality of backbone units, a metal ligand attached to at least a portion of the backbone units, and a metal ion attached to the metal ligand are provided. The metal ligand can be an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand and the metal can feature low oxophilicity. lonomeric materials, including, for example, ion exchange membranes such as anion exchange membranes, made of the polymeric ion conductor, and electrochemical systems and articles-of-manufacturing containing the polymeric ion conductor or the ion exchange membrane are also provided.

Abstract: A system and a method including a receiving module configured to receive medical data from a medical institution server, a data extraction module configured to extract text data for a body region from the medical data, an image calling module configured to call or generate image data modeling from a position and a shape of the body region by using extracted text data, an object calling module configured to call the image data as an object, and a code editing module configured to write or edit a programming code for the body region corresponding to a called object according to a received input.