Abstract: The present invention relates to a preheating process and a start-up process for the ammoxidation reaction. The preheating process or the start-up process at least includes the step of heating the catalyst bed in the ammoxidation reactor while controlling the reactor operation linear speed to 0.03-0.15 m/s. The start-up process of the present invention has the advantages such as the significantly reduced launch time compared with the prior art and the operation safety.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polymer binder for a secondary battery electrode, which serves as a binder for a carbon-coated lithium iron phosphate (c-LiFePO4) electrode and is a copolymer containing a hard segment capable of hydrogen bonding in the electrode and a soft segment having a polyol structure. Also, the present disclosure provides a secondary battery electrode and a lithium secondary battery containing the same, wherein a nonaqueous electrolyte solution is applied to an electrode mixture containing the binder for an electrode.

Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure provides methods of modulating the level of proteasome inhibitor resistance of a cell, the methods comprising manipulating the level of expression or activity of a subunit of the 19S proteasome in the cell. In some aspects, cells in which the level of a 19S subunit is modulated, e.g., reduced, are provided. In some aspects, methods of identifying agents that reduce proteasome inhibitor resistance are provided. In some aspects, methods of classifying cancers according to predicted proteasome inhibitor resistance are provided. In some aspects, methods of killing or inhibiting proliferation of cancer cells, e.g., proteasome inhibitor resistant cancer cells, are provided. In some aspects, methods of treating cancer, e.g., proteasome inhibitor resistant cancer, are provided.

Abstract: A leg-arm-paddle underwater robot is provided in the present invention, which includes: a frame, an operating mechanism, a traveling mechanism, and a propulsion mechanism. The traveling mechanism is adapted to enable the leg-arm-paddle composite underwater robot to travel. The propulsion mechanism is adapted to enable the leg-arm-paddle composite underwater robot to float in water. The operating mechanism includes a first robot arm, a second robot arm, and a first mounting base, wherein the first mounting base is detachably connected to the frame. Both the first robot arm and the second robot arm are rotatably connected to the first mounting base, and rotation centers of the first robot arm and the second robot arm are the same. The operating mechanism of the leg-arm-paddle composite underwater robot has a compact structure and a large working range. The leg-arm-paddle composite underwater robot has reduced volume, enhanced operation capability, wide applicability, and strong practicability.

Abstract: Nucleic acid molecules and compositions comprising one or more nucleic acid sequences that encode a consensus Ebolavirus glycoproteinimmunogens are disclosed. The coding sequences optionally include operable linked coding sequence that encode a signal peptide. Immunomodulatory methods and methods of inducing an immune response against Ebolavirus are disclosed. Method of preventing Ebolavirus and methods of treating individuals infected with Ebolavirus are disclosed. Consensus Ebolavirus proteins are disclosed.

Abstract: A high-frequency characteristic inspection apparatus includes a pair of high-frequency probes that inspect an electrical characteristic of a plane circuit including a signal region and a ground region formed apart from each other by an S parameter obtained by pushing a tip against a surface of the plane circuit and discharging a high frequency and a measurement apparatus. The high-frequency probe includes a ground terminal that is in contact with the ground region at its tip and a signal terminal that is in contact with the signal region simultaneously with the ground terminal at its tip. The pair of high-frequency probes are configured to contact with a surface of the plane circuit at the same time while facing each other at a certain interval.

Abstract: A heart pacemaker according to the present invention includes a generator configured to generate nonlinear electrical energy using a friction element and an energy harvester configured to sequentially store the generated nonlinear electrical energy in multi-stage multiple energy storages and supply the electrical energy stored in the multiple energy storages.

Abstract: A resource assignment method, and a recording medium and a distributed processing device applying the same are provided. The resource assignment method includes: when information regarding a plurality of tasks is received from a plurality of first nodes, calculating a size of a resource necessary for each of the received plurality of tasks; and when information regarding an available resource is received from a second node, assigning one of the plurality of tasks to the available resource of the second node, based on the calculated size of the resource necessary for each task.

Abstract: Devices and methods for non-invasive capillary blood pressure measurement are provided. An device can comprise a front end in contact with the body to compress and decompress the capillaries in the tissue, a pressure control module for regulating the contact pressure between the front end and the tissue, a pressure transducer coupled to the front end for measuring the contact pressure, a capillary sensing module for detecting the capillaries pulsations under the contact pressure modulation, and an algorithm for determining the capillaries pressures from the traces of capillary pulsation signals and the contact pressure signal. The methods include an oscillometric method for intermittent arterial and capillary blood pressure measurement and a volume-clamp method for continuous capillary blood pressure measurement.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a current sensor which measures alternating electromagnetic wave and a current breaker using the same, and the current sensor for alternating current is characterized in that it includes a sensor part arranged at a separation distance from the power wire through which alternating current is flowing; and a means of detecting alternating current by measuring the electromagnetic wave generated across the above sensor part by the electromotive force induced by the alternating current flowing through the above power wire, and in that the above means of detecting alternating current includes an amplifier.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for trusted booting of PLC based on a measurement mechanism, comprising the following steps: a step of initializing self firmware verification; a step of reading and computing firmware information about a PLC; a step of checking and storing one by one; and a step of verifying at the operation start stage. In the method of the present invention, a chip with a trusted function is used as a core of hardware computation. The PLC extends a Flash bus for loading by hardware of the method of the present invention. The hardware of the method of the present invention recognizes necessary boot information, verifies the integrity of the boot loader necessary for the PLC system through the integrity check method and ensures that the booted PLC system is in a trusted state. On the basis of ensuring validity and feasibility for the safety of a terminal device, the present invention can build a safe and trusted industrial control system operating environment.

Abstract: Covalently modified alginate polymers, possessing enhanced biocompatibility and tailored physiochemical properties, as well as methods of making and use thereof, are disclosed herein. The covalently modified alginates are useful as a matrix for coating of any material where reduced fibrosis is desired, such as encapsulated cells for transplantation and medical devices implanted or used in the body.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a URAT1 inhibitor, 2-((5-bromo-4-((4-bromonaphthalen-1-yl)methyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)thio) acetic acid represented by the following formula ZXS-BR, the reaction equation of which being shown as follows. Compared with the prior art, the preparation method provided by the present application is of low cost, ease of handling, ease of quality control, and applicable to industrialization.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method of preparing a luminescent nano-sheet. The method includes preparing a precursor emulsion solution containing a metal halide and RNH3X, and having a molar ratio of metal halide to RNH3X in a range of approximately 0.6 to approximately 0.8; demulsifying the precursor emulsion solution to obtain a perovskite quantum dots material and a demulsified solution; and forming the luminescent nano-sheet by allowing the perovskite quantum dots material self-assemble into the luminescent nano-sheet. X is a halide, R is selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, and heterocyclyl.

Abstract: At least some example embodiments disclose a device and a method for generating a synthetic image and a different-angled image and eliminating noise. The method may include receiving input images, extracting feature values corresponding to the input images using an image learning model, the image learning model permitting an input and an output to be identical and generating a synthetic image based on the feature values corresponding to the input images using the image learning model.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultraviolet reflecting agent composition or a water repellent agent composition, which contains at least one compound selected from among 2-pentacosanone, 2-heptacosanone, 2-nonacosanone, tetracosanal, hexacosanal, octacosanal and triacontanal.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention were a fluorosulfonyl-containing compound, an intermediate thereof, a preparation method therefor and use thereof. The fluorosulfonyl-containing compound disclosed in the present invention comprises a cation and an anion, the cation being as shown in Formula (1). The fluorosulfonyl-containing compound of the present invention can react with a substrate to efficiently synthesize a fluorosulfonylation product, has low toxicity, was simple to prepare, was convenient to use, and was in a solid stable state at normal temperature. Furthermore, the compound has a wide range of adaptable substrates, including phenolic compounds and amine compounds, and was the only solid form agent that can achieve such a chemical conversion, and therefore has important academic and application value.

Abstract: A first electronic device according to various embodiments may select one of a plurality of representation matrices and one of a plurality of measurement matrices on the basis of a pattern and/or feature of data received from a sensor. The selection of the representation matrix and the measurement matrix may be performed on the basis of machine learning. Based on the selected representation matrix and measurement matrix, the first electronic device may adaptively compress at least a portion of the data. A second electronic device according to various embodiments may restore compressed data on the basis of the result of selecting the representation matrix and the measurement matrix. By dynamically selecting the representation matrix and the measurement matrix on the basis of machine learning, it is possible to reduce an error in the data restored by the second electronic device (e.g., a restoration error).

Abstract: The invention provides methods of treating male reproductive senescence comprising administering to a male in need thereof a necroptosis inhibitor, including inhibitors of RIP1, RIP3 or MLKL. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a necroptosis inhibitor and a second different drug for treating male senescence.

Abstract: A good-orientation, low-drift micro-movement subassembly for angle adjustment as a precise driving screw for angle adjustment, comprising a slotted knurling handle, a turnbuckle and a central cylindrical shaft. The invention is precise for linear displacement, good orientation, low-drift, stable and reliable adjustment, which can be used for a variety of precision-oriented, small drift, precision micro-angle adjustment of the drive screw.