Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to the synthesis and use of fluorophores. It is more specifically directed to the synthesis and use of deuterated fluorophores. In one case, the present invention provides a compound of the structure shown in FIG. 44.

Abstract: A user equipment of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The user equipment includes a communication module, and a processor. The processor is configured to transmit a radio frame divided into a plurality of subframes through the communication module, and perform a UL transmission in a partial subframe having a duration shorter than one subframe duration to the base station based on at least one of an indication of a base station and a result of a channel access of the wireless communication system.

Abstract: An oxide sintered body has metal elements of In, Ga, Zn, and Sn and contains Ga2In6Sn2O16, ZnGa2O4, and InGaZnO4. The contents of In, Ga, Zn, and Sn in the oxide sintered body satisfy the relations [Ga]?37 atomic %, [Sn]?15 atomic %, and [Ga]/([In]+[Zn])?0.7, where [In], [Ga], [Zn], and [Sn] represent ratios (atomic %) of In, Ga, Zn, and Sn with respect to all metal elements contained in the oxide sintered body, respectively.

Abstract: Described herein are filtration membranes and related, compositions, methods and systems and in particular filtration membranes with embedded polymeric micro/nanoparticles and related compositions, methods, and systems.

Abstract: A method of generating a DC power from incident RF waves, includes, in part, measuring the amount of power being received by a device generating the DC power, and controlling the phases of the RF waves being transmitted by a multitude of RF transmitters in accordance with the measured power. A programmable test load is optionally used at the device to measure the received power. The device optionally includes, an antenna, an RF-to-DC converter to generate the DC power, an impedance matching/transformation circuit, and an RF load/matching circuit.

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: Disclosed is a method for preparing a carbon-supported platinum-transition metal alloy nanoparticle catalyst using a stabilizer. According to the method, the transition metal on the nanoparticle surface and the stabilizer are simultaneously removed by treatment with acetic acid. Therefore, the method enables the preparation of a carbon-supported platinum-transition metal alloy nanoparticle catalyst in a simple and environmentally friendly manner compared to conventional methods. The carbon-supported platinum-transition metal alloy nanoparticle catalyst can be applied as a high-performance, highly durable fuel cell catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing medium chain diol and, more particularly to recombinant microorganisms in which fatty alcohol dehydrogenase and/or fatty alcohol oxidase genes on a ?-oxidative metabolism pathway are deleted, the fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase genes are optionally deleted, and ?-oxidative metabolism pathway-related genes are deleted, and to a method for producing medium chain diol from fatty acid-derived alcohol or alkane by culturing the recombinant microorganisms. The recombinant microorganisms of the present invention can produce a high yield of medium chain diol by preventing further oxidation and ?-oxidative metabolism of fatty alcohols.

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: 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.

Abstract: Devices and methods described herein decode a sequence of coded symbols by guessing noise. In various embodiments, noise sequences are ordered, either during system initialization or on a periodic basis. Then, determining a codeword includes iteratively guessing a new noise sequence, removing its effect from received data symbols (e.g. by subtracting or using some other method of operational inversion), and checking whether the resulting data are a codeword using a codebook membership function. This process is deterministic, has bounded complexity, asymptotically achieves channel capacity as in convolutional codes, but has the decoding speed of a block code. In some embodiments, the decoder tests a bounded number of noise sequences, abandoning the search and declaring an erasure after these sequences are exhausted. Abandonment decoding nevertheless approximates maximum likelihood decoding within a tolerable bound and achieves channel capacity when the abandonment threshold is chosen appropriately.

Abstract: A framework is presented for designing a class of distributed, asynchronous optimization algorithms realized as signal processing architectures utilizing various conservation principles. The architectures are specifically based on stationary conditions pertaining to primal and dual variables in a class of generally nonconvex optimization problems. The stationary conditions, which are closely related to the principles of stationary content and co-content that naturally arise from Tellegen's theorem in electrical networks, are transformed via a linear change of coordinates to obtain a set of linear and nonlinear maps that form the basis for implementation. The resulting algorithms can operate by processing a linear superposition of primal and dual decision variables using the associated maps, coupled using synchronous or asynchronous delay elements to form a distributed system.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of treating affected external or surface tissue comprising the steps of providing a source of affected external or surface tissue; generating a source of microwave energy; transmitting said microwave energy into said affected external or surface tissues; exposing said affected external and surface tissues to said microwave energy to raise the local temperature to thereby ablate, remove, coagulate or otherwise alter said affected external and surface tissues.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for collecting lane data is disclosed. The method includes collecting lane data for a first lane of a plurality of lanes of a road from one or more sensors of a vehicle traveling in the first lane. The method includes receiving an identifier of a lane-of-interest from the plurality of lanes. The method includes determining a probability that the vehicle will receive a ride request while traveling in the first lane. The method includes determining that the probability satisfies a threshold. The method includes, in response to determining that the probability satisfies the threshold, causing the vehicle to travel in the lane-of-interest. The method includes collecting lane data for the lane-of-interest from the one or more sensors.

Abstract: Certain embodiments pertain to techniques for coded-aperture-based correction of sample-induced and system-induced aberration.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photovoltaic-photothermal reaction complementary full-spectrum solar utilization system, comprising: a waveband thermal reactor having a reactant flow channel and a reaction chamber therein, a photovoltaic cell attached to a surface of the waveband thermal reactor, and a full spectrum concentrator configured to concentrate full spectrum sunlight onto a surface of the photovoltaic cell, wherein the full spectrum concentrating device concentrates the full spectrum sunlight onto a upper surface of the opaque or transmissive photovoltaic cell, wherein a portion of the sunlight is converted into electric energy and another portion of the sunlight is converted into thermal energy, and wherein the thermal energy is utilized by the waveband thermal reactor to preheat reactant(s) in the reaction chamber and to make a portion of the reactant(s) to undergo an endothermic chemical reaction such that the thermal energy is stored as chemical energy.

Abstract: A quantum hybridization negative differential resistance device having negative differential resistance (NDR) under a low voltage condition using a nanowire based on an organic-inorganic hybrid halide perovskite, and a circuit thereof are provided. The quantum hybridization negative differential resistance device includes a channel formed of an organic-inorganic hybrid halide perovskite crystal and electrodes formed of its inorganic framework and is connected to opposite ends of the channel.

Abstract: Methods of vaccination of animals are provided. In an embodiment, a paired administration of a primer vaccine provides for non-oral administration of a vaccine and an oral administration of the vaccine and can be followed by a paired administration of a booster vaccine of a non-oral administration and an oral administration. Embodiments provide the non-oral and oral administration are within three days of each other. The methods provide for improved protective response in an animal compared to administration of a primer non-oral administered vaccine followed by three booster non-oral administered vaccines. An adjuvant is provided that is a microcrystalline polysaccharide-based adjuvant derived from delta inulin.

Abstract: Disclosed are an encoding device and a decoding device, which include a CNN-based in-loop filter. The encoding device according to one embodiment comprises: a filtering unit for generating filtering information by filtering a residual image corresponding to a difference between an original image and a prediction image; an inverse filtering unit for generating inverse filtering information by inversely filtering the filtering information; a prediction unit for generating the prediction image on the basis of the original image and reconstruction information; a CNN-based in-loop filter for receiving the inverse filtering information and the prediction image so as to output the reconstruction information; and an encoding unit for performing encoding on the basis of the filtering information and information of the prediction image.