Abstract: A non-invasive method to monitor and control of lyophilization of a frozen product solution to remove solvents is disclosed which includes installing one or more wireless pressure sensors configured to fit into a lyophilization vial tray disposed in a lyophilization chamber having a plurality of product vials, wherein the wireless pressure are distributed among the product vials being lyophilized thereby providing spatial pressure variations, collecting the spatial pressure information from said wireless pressure sensors, calculating sublimation rate of the solution, and adjusting pressure and/or temperature within the lyophilization chamber such that the calculated sublimation rate stays within a predetermined envelope.

Abstract: Described herein are additive manufacturing methods and products made using such methods. The alloy compositions described herein are specifically selected for the additive manufacturing methods and provide products that exhibit superior mechanical properties as compared to their cast counterparts. Using the compositions and methods described herein, products that do not exhibit substantial coarsening, such as at elevated temperatures, can be obtained. The products further exhibit uniform microstructures along the print axis, thus contributing to improved strength and performance. Additives also can be used in the alloys described herein.

Abstract: Unnatural, mutated thioesterases having an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to SEQ. ID. NO: 1 and having substitutions at one or more of amino acid positions I107, R108, L109, S122, M141, E142, Y145, and L146, gene constructs encoding and configured to express the mutated thioesterases in a transformed host cell and host cells transformed to contain the gene constructs.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for fabricating a stretchable electrical circuit, including: a stretching device configured to stretch a mounted stretchable substrate in two different directions; a marking device configured to mark a mark on the stretchable substrate; an image device configured to obtain an image of the stretchable substrate on which a plurality of alignment marks are marked by the marking device; and a control device configured to control the stretching device, the image device, and the marking device. The control device forms a first axis and a second axis using the plurality of alignment marks marked on the image obtained by the image device and marks one point of a surface of the stretchable substrate with coordinates made by the first axis and the second axis using the first axis and the second axis.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling a magnetic resonance imaging system to perform a gradient echo pulse sequence that includes varying a phase of an RF pulse of the gradient echo pulse sequence between repetitions and acquire complex MR data. The method includes processing the complex MR data to determine signal contributions from transverse relaxation (T2) in the subject, generating a quantitative T2 map of the subject using the signal contributions from T2 in the subject, and displaying the quantitative T2 map.

Abstract: A neuron device is described. The neuron device is based on spontaneous polarization switching which includes a plurality of gate electrodes, a plurality of drain electrodes, a plurality of source lines, a dielectric layer, and a semiconductor layer. The gate electrodes are arranged parallel to each other. The drain electrodes are arranged parallel to each other. The source lines are arranged between the gate electrodes and the drain electrodes and parallel to each other. The dielectric layer is formed at intersections between the gate electrodes and the source lines. The semiconductor layer is formed at intersections between the drain electrodes and the source electrodes. The drain electrodes function as synapse-after-neuron linking terminals. The gate electrodes adjust an arrangement direction of electrical dipoles of the dielectric layer to control a firing time point and a firing height of the neuron device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a preparation method for various novel fucosyl oligosaccharides and a use thereof. More specifically, the present invention allows a preparation of various novel fucosyl oligosaccharides through an enzymatic reaction with ?-1,2-fucosyltransferase using a GDP-L-fucose donor and various glucose acceptors and an establishment of probiotic characteristics thereof, and thus has an effect of providing uses as materials for medicines, food, cosmetic products, and the like.

Abstract: Medical drain lines tend to become clogged with blood or pus and thereafter lose their efficacy. Devices can be used for stripping blockages from medical drainage lines. For example, this document describes various devices that can be manually operated to progressively compress (along the length of the drain line) a surgical drain line to forcibly strip out blockages from within the drain line.

Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of compositions and methods relating to three-dimensional (3D) printing. Some embodiments are directed to a composition comprising a polymer with one or more dormant functional groups. According to some embodiments, the polymer may be formed through a controlled radical polymerization method. Some embodiments are directed to a composition comprising a polymer with one or more pendent crosslinkable groups. In some cases, the composition may be used as an “ink” for 3D printing. For example, the composition may be injected into a medium. The composition and/or medium may, in some embodiments, further comprise an initiator and/or a crosslinker. After injection of the composition into the medium, the one or more dormant functional groups and/or one or more pendent crosslinkable groups may be activated, and the polymer may be crosslinked. In certain cases, the crosslinked polymer may be removed from the medium to produce a freestanding three-dimensional structure.

Abstract: There is set forth herein a method including depositing a layer formed of barrier material over a conductive material formation of a photonics structure; and removing material of the layer in a light signal transmitting region of the photonics structure. In one embodiment the barrier material can include silicon carbon nitride. In one embodiment the barrier material can include silicon nitride.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, systems, methods and media for encoding structured light imaging patterns and estimating depths in a scene are provided. In some embodiments, a system for estimating depths in a scene is provided, the system comprising: a light source; an image sensor; a hardware processor programmed to: cause the light source to emit K light patterns toward the scene, each of the K light patterns is different and includes a trapezoid-shaped wave, and at least one of the K light patterns includes at least two trapezoid-shaped waves; cause the image sensor to generate an intensity value during emission of each of the K light patterns such that the pixel is associated with at least K intensity values; determine a depth estimate for a portion of the scene imaged by the pixel based on the K intensity values associated with the pixel.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes an inputter configured to receive a binocular image which is a captured image of both eyes of a user and a stereo image which is an image of a direction corresponding to a gaze of the user captured at locations spaced apart from each other, and a processor configured to detect a watch point of a user in the stereo image by using the binocular image, obtain a disparity map in the input stereo image, and compensate the detected watch point using the obtained disparity map.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods of treating cell proliferative disorders. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions for treating cell proliferative disorders, especially cancer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a scheduling method and apparatus of a wireless network and a scheduling method of a wireless network is a scheduling method of a wireless network including a plurality of nodes, the method including: generating a broadcast tree to transmit data from a source node to a sink node, dividing nodes included in the broadcast tree into a primary node which does not allow collision and a secondary node which allows collision at the time of receiving data, in accordance with predetermined criteria; and allocating a time slot in which nodes included in the broadcast tree operate, based on the divided result.

Abstract: A method for detecting a foreign object between a transmission pad and a reception pad for wireless power transfer (WPT) may comprise steps of performing a zero phase angle (ZPA) control for a power transfer converter included in or connected to the transmission pad; detecting a characteristic parameter with respect to at least one of an input current and a switching frequency of the power transfer converter; and determining whether or not a foreign object exists between the transmission pad and the reception pad according to whether the characteristic parameter with respect to at least one of the input current and the switching frequency deviates from an allowable range.

Abstract: An integrated controller of a powertrain of a vehicle and a control method thereof, to determine an optimum shifting stage of the vehicle, may include a cost function having a driving distance per fuel consumption amount obtained through the simulation of a vehicle model by use of the demand power of the engine as an input value, wherein an optimum shifting stage is determined using the cost function to control an engine throttle in addition to controlling a transmission based on the optimum shifting stage.

Abstract: Disclosed are capsid-modified rAAV expression vectors, as well as infectious virions, compositions, and pharmaceutical formulations containing them. Also provided are methods of preparing and using the disclosed capsid-protein-mutated rAAV constructs in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, including, inter alia, as mammalian cell-targeting delivery agents, and as human gene therapy vectors. Also disclosed are large-scale production methods for capsid-modified rAAV expression vectors, viral particles, and infectious virions having improved transduction efficiencies over those of the corresponding, un-modified, rAAV vectors, as well as use of the disclosed compositions in the manufacture of medicaments for a variety of in vitro and/or in vivo applications.

Abstract: A close cut-in vehicle identification apparatus includes an information generator configured to generate sensor fusion information, estimated vehicle state information, and risk determination information based on surrounding vehicle information upon receiving the surrounding vehicle information, a feature combination generator configured to extract a plurality of features based on the sensor fusion information, the estimated vehicle state information, and the risk determination information and to combine the extracted features to generate a plurality of feature combinations, a classification learner configured to classify and learn the plurality of feature combinations depending on a weight factor, and a vehicle intention determination device configured to determine intention of a surrounding vehicle based on a classification learning result value to select an optimum feature combination corresponding to identification of the close cut-in vehicle and configured to determine a situation of the close cut-in veh

Abstract: A method of obtaining analytical expressions for an optimized diffusion encoding gradient (DEG) waveform is disclosed. The method uses a constrained numerical optimization to obtain an optimal configuration of a DEG waveform. The optimization adjusts parameters for a waveform modeled as a finite set of square pulses to maximize an exact b-value equation, while maintaining a waveform shape that also compensates for motion. The optimal configuration is then verified using a waveform model of a set of trapezoidal pulses to obtain an optimal DEG waveform. Generally, the parameters describing the reduced set of trapezoidal pulses are reduced, thereby allowing the optimal DEG waveform to be expressed as closed-form analytical expressions. The analytical expressions simplify the derivation of optimal DEG waveforms for a range of diffusion imaging scanning parameters, thereby improving the quality and versatility of diffusion weighted MRI.

Abstract: The present application provides a wireless power transfer system including a transmitter and at least one receiver, and also provides transmitters and receivers for such systems. The transmitter includes a driver coil and a transmitter coil magnetically coupled to each other and arranged along a plane, the driver coil and the transmitter coil being tuned to resonate at differing frequencies. The receiver includes a load coil and a receiver coil magnetically coupled to each other and arranged along a plane, the load coil and the receiver coil being tuned to resonate at differing frequencies. The driver coil and the transmitter coil of the transmitter, and the load and the transmitter coil of the receiver are strongly magnetically coupled to each other. The transmitter and the receiver are magnetically coupled to each to effectuate wireless power transfer from the transmitter to the receiver.