Abstract: Provided are a neural network method and an apparatus, the method including obtaining a set of floating point data processed in a layer included in a neural network, determining a weighted entropy based on data values included in the set of floating point data, adjusting quantization levels assigned to the data values based on the weighted entropy, and quantizing the data values included in the set of floating point data in accordance with the adjusted quantization levels.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are permanent magnetic AC machine direct-drive resonant flapper system for flapping wing micro air vehicles and flapping fin autonomous underwater vehicles.

Abstract: A thermoelectric material includes a stretchable polymer, and a thermoelectric structure and an electrically conductive material that are mixed together with the stretchable polymer. The thermoelectric material may be applied to self-power generating wearable electronic apparatuses.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the field of fusion proteins. In some aspects, the invention relates to artificial fusion proteins comprising cytochrome P450 enzymes linked to reductase enzymes and uses thereof. In some aspects, the disclosure relates to compounds produced by artificial cytochrome P450 enzymes.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an aspherical mirror for focusing a laser beam in a linear pattern, the aspherical mirror including: a convex surface diffusely reflecting an irradiated laser beam; and a concave surface reflecting the laser beam such that the laser beam is focused at one point, wherein the laser beam reflected from the convex surface forms a long line beam as an angle of reflection with respect to a curvature of the convex surface changes, and the laser beam reflected from the concave surface is focused at one point on the line beam as an angle of reflection with respect to a curvature of the concave surface changes.

Abstract: Magnetic vascular grafts and methods for their use are provided herein.

Abstract: A tunnel field effect transistor (TFET) includes a substrate, heavily doped source and drain regions disposed at opposite ends of a channel region forming a PiN or NiP structure, the channel region including a first substantially parallelogram portion having a first length defined along a longitudinal axis extending from the source region to the drain region and a second substantially parallelogram portion having a second length defined along the longitudinal axis larger than the first length, the TFET device having an effective channel length that is an average of the first and second lengths. The channel region includes a channel material with a first effective mass along a longitudinal axis extending from the source region to the drain region and a second effective mass along a lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the first effective mass being greater than the second effective mass.

Abstract: Several miRNAs are described that are useful in diagnosing and treating prostate cancer, or pancreatic cancer. The miRNAs bind with targets that are associated with prostate cancer or pancreatic cancer. This permits the identification of those targets as well as a treatment methodology for prostate cancer.

Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic generation system of a rebar shop drawing using a three-dimensional model capable of rapidly creating a 2D rebar shop drawing including member reinforcement information and boundary region reinforcement information from the 2D structure drawing or 3D building information modeling data.

Abstract: A chair including structural members having hinge joints at ends thereof pivotally coupling each of the members to one or more adjoining members. The chair is configured to be arranged in a collapsed configuration wherein all of the members are in the same plane and define a substantially planar shape, and configured to be arranged in an expanded configuration to define a seat, armrests, support legs, and leg braces of the chair. A stool assembly includes at least first and second stools configured to be stackable such that the seats of the stools abut face to face and in combination define a composite base. A system for constructing furniture includes multiple joints each having slots configured to receive and retain structural members and configured to be assembled with the structural members to form a piece of furniture with the multiple joints defining corners of the piece of furniture.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a non-volatile memory having a boot region, a file allocation table region and a data region; a memory configured to store a program for managing a file recording; and a processor configured to execute the program. Wherein the processor allocates metadata corresponding to a file to be stored in the non-volatile memory to the FAT region as the program is executed, the processor allocates a plurality of clusters to the data region based on information upon a size of the file included in the metadata, the processor writes the file in the plurality of clusters allocated to the data region, if a size of the written file is different from a size of the plurality of allocated clusters, the processor updates the metadata based on the size of the file.

Abstract: A method of identifying an object of interest can comprise obtaining first samples of an intensity distribution of one or more object of interest, obtaining second samples of an intensity distribution of confounder objects, transforming the first and second samples into an appropriate first space, performing dimension reduction on the transformed first and second samples, whereby the dimension reduction of the transformed first and second samples generates an object detector, transforming one or more of the digital images into the first space, performing dimension reduction on the transformed digital images, whereby the dimension reduction of the transformed digital images generates one or more reduced images, classifying one or more pixels of the one or more reduced images based on a comparison with the object detector, and identifying one ore more objects of interest from the classified pixels.

Abstract: This document relates to materials and methods for circulatory bypass of a ventricle in the heart of a mammal. For example, materials and methods for bypassing a permanently or temporarily impaired left ventricle in the heart of a mammal (e.g., a human) are provided.

Abstract: Described here is a system and method for image reconstruction that can automatically and iteratively produce multiple images from one set of acquired data, in which each of these multiple images corresponds to a subset of the acquired data that is self-consistent, but inconsistent with other subsets of the acquired data. The image reconstruction includes iteratively minimizing the rank of an image matrix whose columns each correspond to a different image, and in which one column corresponds to a user-provided prior image of the subject. The rank minimization is constrained subject to a consistency condition that enforces consistency between the forward projection of each column in the image matrix and a respective subset of the acquired data that contains data that is consistent with data in the subset, but inconsistent with data not in the subset.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a complex for cancer cell chemotherapy comprises an aptamer preparation step of preparing a nucleic acid aptamer having an aptamer base sequence specifically binding to HER2, and a complex formation step of forming an aptamer-anticancer drug complex by reacting the aptamer prepared in the aptamer preparation step with an anticancer drug.

Abstract: Devices for performing medical procedures such as laparoscopic surgery are provided herein. For example, this document provides laparoscopic retractor devices. In some embodiments, the laparoscopic retractor devices provided herein include two retractor blades that can be expanded or contracted. Further, in some embodiments an elastic covering is included, and the retractor blades are disposed within the elastic covering.

Abstract: Methods and systems for bridge damage detection using, for example, one or more strain range methods are provided. One exemplary embodiment provides a computer-implemented methods and systems for determining bridge damage from strain sensor data, for example, by collecting a batch of strain data from one or more sensor pairs. From the batch of strain data one or more sets of strain data may be extracted comprising a quasi-static response of the bridge under ambient traffic loads. A relationship may be established between the one or more sets of strain data extracted from the one or more sensor pairs by orthogonal regression. Bridge damage may be detected by generally isolating a damage indicator between the one or more sensor pairs by monitoring changes in a statistical Fshm value over time.

Abstract: This document relates to methods and materials involved in modulating deubiquitinases (e.g., USP10 polypeptides) and/or ubiquitinated polypeptides (e.g., tumor suppressor polypeptides or mutant versions of tumor suppressor polypeptides). For example, methods and materials for increasing deubiquitinase (e.g., a USP10 polypeptide) expression or activity, methods and materials for decreasing deubiquitinase (e.g., a USP10 polypeptide) expression or activity, methods and materials for stabilizing tumor suppressor polypeptides (e.g., wild-type p53 polypeptides), methods and materials for de-stabilizing mutant versions of tumor suppressor polypeptides (e.g., mutant p53 polypeptides), and methods and materials for reducing cancer cell proliferation, increasing cancer cell apoptosis, and/or treating cancer (e.g., cancers having reduced levels of wild-type p53 polypeptides or cancers having increased levels of mutant p53 polypeptides) are provided.

Abstract: A method for determining a device-to-device (D2D) symbol having orthogonality maintained (hereinafter, a position of the D2D symbol having orthogonality maintained) between single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) sub-carriers among physical uplink control channel (PUCCH)/D2D signals, a method for determining the power of the symbol having orthogonality maintained, and a method for transmitting additional information in accordance with selective power control is provided.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus pertaining to positive displacement pumps, and further to hydraulic actuation systems. In some embodiments the pumps are gear pumps with bi-directional operation. In some embodiments the actuation system includes a motor-driven, reversible operation gear pump providing fluid under pressure to a rod and cylinder.