Abstract: Disclosed is a method of wireless power transfer to at least one wireless station connected to a network from an energy signal transfer apparatus operating in the same frequency band as a wireless local area network (WLAN). The method includes: receiving an energy transfer request from a first wireless station connected to the network; calculating the direction of energy signal transfer in response to the energy transfer request; and sending an energy signal to the first wireless station in the calculated direction of energy signal transfer for the duration of energy transfer. The energy signal transfer apparatus allows for power transfer without causing interference with data transmission on a channel where data transmission occurs, by transferring energy only in the direction of stations requesting energy transfer by beamforming technology.

Abstract: A method for producing hydrocarbons and hydrogen from methane. The method includes packing a catalyst comprising platinum, bismuth and a support material into a reactor; introducing a reactant mixture containing methane into the reactor such that the reactant mixture containing methane is in close contact with the reactant mixture; and heating the reactant mixture containing methane to a temperature for a period of time.

Abstract: A method of forming a probe, wherein the method includes converting cholenic acid into a compound with a terminal alkyne group, wherein the converting the cholenic acid comprises using a sequence, wherein the sequence comprises synthesizing a THP-protection group, LiAlH4 reduction, Dess-Martin oxidation, and Seyferth-Gilbert-Bestmann homologation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for fusing a panchromatic image and an infrared image. The apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a panchromatic image and an infrared image having the same coordinate system; a filtering unit configured to generate a low-frequency panchromatic image by performing low-frequency filtering on the panchromatic image, and to generate a high-frequency panchromatic image by subtracting the low-frequency panchromatic image from the panchromatic image; an image correction unit configured to generate a corrected high-frequency panchromatic image, to construct a linear regression equation, and to generate a corrected infrared image by using the constructed linear regression equation; a scaling factor determination unit configured to determine the ratio at which the panchromatic image and the infrared image are fused together; and a fused image generation unit configured to generate a fused image through multiplication and addition.

Abstract: This document provides methods and materials related to treating renal cell carcinoma. For example, methods and materials for assessing a cancer patient (e.g., a renal cell carcinoma patient) for tumor or peritumoral tissue containing CD14+ cells and proceeding with a cancer treatment option (e.g., a renal cell carcinoma treatment option) based on the presence, absence, or level of CD14+ cells present within the tumor or peritumoral tissue are provided.

Abstract: A mutant Bacillus subtilis, which does not express a functional KASIIIA and/or KASIIIB, and method of making; a mutant Rhodospirillum rubrum, which does not express a functional PhaC1, PhaC2, and/or PhaC3, and method of making; method of characterizing substrate specificity of KASIII; method of making mutant KASIII with altered substrate specificity and/or altered level of activity and nucleic acid, vector, host cell/organism, and mutant KASIII; an in vitro, high-throughput spectrophotometric method of assaying KASIII activity; and materials and methods for using KASIII for production of bi-functional fatty acids and the materials so produced.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to stem cells derived from the basal portion of the chorionic trophoblast layer (bCT), which is a part of the issues of the placenta, and cell therapy comprising same. Stem cells derived from the basal portion of the chorionic trophoblast layer according to the present invention exhibit uniform growth characteristic, and superb proliferation and differentiation characteristic as compared with the conventional stem cells derived from the full placenta or other tissues, and exhibit excellent tissue regeneration effect in an animal model, thus can be effectively used in cell therapy.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula I: wherein: R1 and R2 are hydrogen or C1 to C12 linear or branched alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, C1 to C12 linear or branched alkyl, or nitrogen protecting groups; X is oxygen or nitrogen; and when X is oxygen, R4 is absent; and when X is nitrogen, R4 is C1 to C12 linear or branched alkyl or nitrogen protecting groups. The compounds are useful as reagents in 1,3-cycloaddition reactions.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for diagnosing an increased risk of NPSLE are provided.

Abstract: A bone repair system, kit and method for percutaneous repair of a bone segment containing a first bone segment and a second bone segment in a patient, each bone segment having a drill hole. The system comprises a longitudinal member configured to contact the first bone segment and the second bone segment and having at least one opening and cleats on the side adapted to contact the first bone segment and the second bone segment; a first fastener assembly configured to be disposed through the opening of the longitudinal member to hold the longitudinal member in place through the opening and the hole in the first bone segment; and a second fastener assembly configured to be disposed through the opening of the longitudinal member to hold the longitudinal member in place through the opening and the hole in the second bone segment.

Abstract: Methods of inhibiting plant parasitic nematodes, methods of obtaining transgenic plants useful for inhibiting such nematodes, and transgenic plants that are resistant to plant parasitic nematodes through inhibition of plant nematode CLAVATA3/ESR (CLE) peptide receptor genes are provided. Methods for expressing genes at plant parasitic nematode feeding sites with plant nematode CLE peptide receptor gene promoters are also provided, along with nematode CLE peptide receptor gene promoters that are useful for expressing genes in nematode feeding sites as well as transgenic plants and nematode resistant transgenic plants comprising the promoters.

Abstract: Provided are a system for transferring data using an image code, a method of outputting an image code on a display device, and a method of decoding an image code. The system includes a code generation device configured to generate an image code including a series of brightness values corresponding to a binary code representing source data or a part of the binary code, a display device configured to output at least one color having the series of brightness values in a code area on a display panel in order of the series of brightness values, and a code decoding device configured to acquire the series of brightness values of the at least one color output in the code area through a sensor and to decode the image code.

Abstract: Provided is a channel communication quality estimating method of a wireless communication technology. A method for estimating a channel communication quality of a second wireless communication technology whose frequency band entirely or partially overlaps a frequency band of a first wireless communication technology includes: transmitting predetermined data to an external device through each of a plurality of first channels which forms a frequency band of the first wireless communication technology; generating a channel map which represents a communication quality for each of the plurality of first channels based on a data transmission result through each of the plurality of first channels; and calculating a communication quality index for each of a plurality of second channels which forms a frequency band of the second wireless communication technology, based on the channel map.

Abstract: Implementations of the present invention relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for blocking, attenuating, or filtering neuroactive wavelengths of the visible light spectrum and reducing or preventing the symptoms affiliated with exposure to those wavelengths. Nanoparticles of a predetermined composition, size, and structure are dispersed in a host medium to create an optical notch filter, thereby attenuating only a narrow range of the visible spectrum.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a charging system using a wound rotor synchronous motor (WRSM), capable of reducing volume, weight, and cost of a vehicle increased due to an on-board charging circuit and increasing a battery charge capacity. The charging system using a wound rotor synchronous motor (WRSM) includes an inverter converting power of a battery into alternating current (AC) powers having a plurality of different phases, a WRSM having a plurality of stator coils each receiving AC power of a different phase and a field coil forming mutual inductance with the plurality of stator coils and installed in a rotor to form a magnetic flux using power of the battery, and a controller controlling the battery side and the field coil side are insulated from each other in a charge mode in which grid power is applied to the field coil side of the WRSM.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a high-performance computing framework for cloud computing environments. A parallel computing application executable by at least one computing device of the cloud computing environment can call a message passing interface (MPI) to cause a first one of a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) of a cloud computing environment to store a message in a queue storage of the cloud computing environment, wherein a second one of the plurality of virtual machines (VMs) is configured to poll the queue storage of the cloud computing environment to access the message and perform a processing of data associated with the message. The parallel computing application can call the message passing interface (MPI) to access a result of the processing of the data from the queue storage, the result of the processing being placed in the queue storage by the second one of the plurality of virtual machines (VMs).

Abstract: Provided are an organic light-emitting display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a first substrate; an organic light-emitting device provided on the first substrate and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode; a second substrate covering the organic light-emitting device and disposed to face the first substrate; and a sealant bonding the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein at least a portion of the sealant is a intermixing region which is formed as an inorganic material permeates an organic material.

Abstract: Disclosed are inhibitors of the farnesoid X receptor, for example of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R4, X, Y, Z, m, and n are as defined herein, which are useful in treating or preventing obesity, type 2 diabetes/insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a mammal in need thereof. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a pharmaceutically suitable carrier and at least one compound of the invention, a method of method of inhibiting a farnesoid X receptor in a mammal, and a method of treating or preventing obesity in a mammal.

Abstract: Photovoltaic cells, methods of fabricating photovoltaic cells, and methods of using photovoltaic cells to capture light energy are provided. A photovoltaic cell can include an electron transporting layer, a photoactive layer, and a hole transporting layer. The electron transporting layer can be ultraviolet ozone treated. The photovoltaic cell can have an inverted configuration.

Abstract: A pH-dependent antibody that binds an antigen with high affinity at a first pH and rapidly dissociates at a second pH, wherein the antigen is a transferrin receptor (TfR), wherein the association at the second pH/the first pH is less than 20%, and wherein the pH-dependent antibody comprises at least two consecutive histidine residues at a single complementarity determining region (CDR) is disclosed.