Abstract: A system that includes: (a) a liquid natural gas storage tank fluidly coupled to a first compressor, (b) a fuel cell having an inlet fluidly coupled to the first compressor and an H2 gas outlet fluidly coupled to a heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger receives compressed liquid natural gas from the first compressor; (c) an active magnetic regenerative refrigerator H2 liquefier that comprises at least one layer of a magnetic refrigerant material, wherein the active magnetic regenerative refrigerator H2 liquefier receives cooled H2 gas from the heat exchanger.

Abstract: The present application provides a method for preparing a probiotic-loaded microcapsule including: (1) dissolving sodium alginate in a solvent to obtain a sodium alginate solution; (2) evenly mixing a probiotic with the sodium alginate solution obtained in step (1) to obtain a probiotic suspension; and (3) spraying the probiotic suspension obtained in step (2) into a salt solution, stirring and curing, to obtain the probiotic-loaded microcapsule. The microcapsule is prepared by a spraying method in conjunction with an ion curing method by using sodium alginate as the wall material of the microcapsule, so that the prepared microcapsule has a good spherical shape, a small particle size, good dispersibility and high pH sensitivity, forms a denser surface under an acidic condition to effectively protect probiotics, and can meet requirements for subsequent in vivo animal evaluations.

Abstract: A phosphor having a favorable emission peak wavelength, narrow full width at half maximum, and/or high emission intensity is provided. Additionally, a light-emitting device, an illumination device, an image display device, and/or an indicator lamp for a vehicle having favorable color rendering, color reproducibility and/or favorable conversion efficiency are provided. The present invention relates to a phosphor including a crystal phase having a composition represented by a specific formula, and when, in a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum of the phosphor, the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=38-39° is designated as Ix and the intensity of a peak that appears in a region where 2?=37-38° is designated as Iy, the relative intensity Ix/Iy of Ix to Iy is 0.140 or less, and a light-emitting device comprising the phosphor.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of inhibiting amyloid synthesis in a subject using cyclodextrin and analogs thereof. Small molecules (cyclodextrin) reverse APOE4-associated cholesterol phenotypes and lead to significantly improved myelination both human in vitro cultures and APOE4 targeted replacement mice. This demonstrates that APOE4 alters cholesterol synthesis and transport in oligodendrocytes which impairs myelination. Collectively, this work uncovers a pathogenic role of APOE4 in oligodendrocytes and myelination and enables therapeutic opportunities for Alzheimer's Disease.

Abstract: A heterodyne laser interferometer and a measurement method based on an integrated dual polarization beam-splitting assembly is provided. Technical points: The first polarization beam splitter and the second polarization beam splitter of the integrated dual polarization beam-splitting assembly are arranged in parallel. The first polarization beam splitter is attached with a first polarizer, a third polarizer, and a first quarter-wave plate; The second polarization beam splitter is attached with a second polarizer, a fourth polarizer, and a second quarter-wave plate; The output optical path of the first quarter-wave plate and the second quarter-wave plate is equipped with target mirrors, while the output optical path of the third quarter-wave plate and the fourth quarter-wave plate is equipped with photodetectors. The assembly and adjustment of the present invention is more flexible and reduce the processing difficulty and processing error.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of geological exploration deep Earth. The system of the present invention is configured to: collect seismic data, and preprocess original seismic data to obtain standardized gamma ray logging parameters; extract features from the standardized gamma ray logging parameters to obtain a variance attribute curve while drilling; obtaining a formation thickness prediction model of each set based on the variance attribute curve while drilling; acquire frequency-division seismic data based on the standardized seismic data by means of a frequency-division processing method based on wavelet transform; acquire optimal seismic frequency band information based on a predicted formation thickness value of each set; establish a geological prediction model of the current formation based on the frequency-division seismic data, the optimal seismic frequency band information, historical gamma ray logging parameters and the standardized gamma ray logging parameters.

Abstract: Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions that are useful for the treatment of hypertension comprising an angiotensin II receptor blocker, a diuretic, and a calcium channel blocker.

Abstract: Disclosed are a power transmission line monitoring system and a power transmission line monitoring method. The monitoring method comprises: acquiring, by means of a functional node, monitoring data related to a power transmission line, and transmitting the monitoring data to an edge node; and receiving the monitoring data by means of the edge node, transmitting the monitoring data to a collection node by means of an edge node chain type communication network, and sending, by the collection node, the data to a master station server. In the application, a self-organized edge node chain type network is formed by means of edge nodes, and data transmission is performed by means of the edge node chain type network, so that problem of poor data transmission caused by impossible coverage of a cellular network can be solved.

Abstract: Some aspects are directed to an all-on-chip, optoelectronic device for sampling arbitrary, low-energy, near-infrared waveforms under ambient conditions. This solid-state integrated detector uses optical-field-driven electron emission from resonant nanoantennas to achieve petahertz-level switching speeds by generating on-chip attosecond electron burst. Also disclosed is a cross-correlation technique based on perturbation of local electron field emission rates that allows for the full characterization of arbitrary electric fields down to 1 femtojoule, and/or on the order of 500 kV/m, using plasmonic nanoantennas.

Abstract: Disclosed is a marine fuel cell-based integrated heat, electricity, and cooling supply system comprising a power supply system and a waste heat recovery system; the power supply system comprises wind turbine generator sets, solar generator sets, and a fuel cell power module; the waste heat recovery system encompasses a turbine power generation module and a lithium bromide refrigeration module; the fuel cell power module is connected to both the turbine power generation module and the lithium bromide refrigeration module; the turbine power generation module is used to generate electricity using waste heat. This approach fully exploits the waste heat from the exhaust gas generated by the fuel cell power module, resulting in a high overall energy utilization rate. The self-consumption electricity and pure hydrogen fuel for the integrated energy supply system can be obtained from solar and wind energy, ensuring low carbon emissions for the entire system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for encoding and decoding a video image based on transform. The method for decoding a video includes: determining a transform mode of a current block; inverse-transforming residual data of the current block according to the transform mode of the current block; and rearranging the inverse-transformed residual data of the current block according to the transform mode of the current block, wherein the transform mode includes at least one of SDST (Shuffling Discrete Sine Transform), SDCT (Shuffling Discrete cosine Transform), DST (Discrete Sine Transform) or DCT (Discrete Cosine Transform).

Abstract: A broadband RF imaging device includes a broadband RF aperture array, at least one RF receiver, and a computer. The at least one RF receiver has short RF connections with the broadband RF aperture array, e.g. length 10 meters or less. The computer has a digital data connection to the at least one RF receiver. Each RF receiver is configured to receive broadband RF signal data over a sampling time interval from the broadband RF aperture array, and to digitize the broadband RF signal data to generate digitized broadband RF signal data, and to store the digitized broadband RF signal data locally at the RF receiver. The computer receives the digitized broadband RF signal data stored locally at the at least one RF receiver, and is programmed to reconstruct an RF image from the digitized broadband RF signal data received from the at least one RF receiver.

Abstract: This disclosure describes the use of solanesol as an adjuvant in vaccine compositions, as well as related prophylactic and therapeutic methods. Solanesol may be used to replace squalene in vaccine compositions with similar or superior immunostimulatory effects. Solanesol, which is solid at room temperature, may be formulated for use in vaccine compositions by heating above its melting temperature in an aqueous solution to form a dispersion.

Abstract: Provided are a context-aware model generating method, an important event determining method, and an in-game context management server for performing the same methods. The context-aware model generating method includes generating a context-aware model which determines whether an important event of a video game occurs by using in-game data, utterance data, and chat data collected from the video game capable of being broadcasted as a sports game video. The important event determining method includes combining candidate events predictable from each of the in-game data, the utterance data, and the chat data based on the context-aware model, and determining, as an important event, a candidate event including a duplicate game content among candidate events.

Abstract: A photonic parallel network can be used to sample combinatorially hard distributions of Ising problems. The photonic parallel network, also called a photonic processor, finds the ground state of a general Ising problem and can probe critical behaviors of universality classes and their critical exponents. In addition to the attractive features of photonic networks—passivity, parallelization, high-speed and low-power—the photonic processor exploits dynamic noise that occurs during the detection process to find ground states more efficiently.

Abstract: Embodiments of the microwave amplification system are described. In an embodiment, a microwave amplification system includes a microwave amplifier that contains a paramagnetic material with an impurity. The impurity has a plurality of nuclear spin and electron spin-based energy levels. The system includes an input to receive a pumping signal which is transmitted to the microwave amplifier to cause a population inversion in the impurity and excite it to one of the nuclear spin and electron spin-based energy levels. The system further includes another input to receive an input signal to be amplified by the microwave amplifier, the input signal having a lower power than the pumping signal. Once transmitted to the microwave amplifier, the input signal is amplified by the excited state of the impurity in the microwave amplifier thereby generating an amplified signal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reconfigurable phased array and a method for determining the current configuration of a phased array. Certain disclosed embodiments include a reconfigurable phased array including a constellation of antennas configured to receive and transmit radiation towards a far field target. Each of the antennas senses incidental power from the retransmitted radiation from the other antennas of the constellation of antennas. This incidental power may be referred to as mutual coupling. The reconfigurable phased array further includes a computer system configured to: measure the incidental power sensed by the each of the antennas; perform a physical constraint mapping of the constellation of antennas; perform an array shape construction to determine a current position of all the elements based on the physical constraint mapping of the constellation of antennas and the incidental power sensed by each of the antennas.

Abstract: A nonlinear optical crystal of guanidinium tetrafluoroborate has a chemical formula of [C(NH2)3]BF4 and a molecular weight of 146.89, belongs to the trigonal crystal system, has a space group of R3m; has lattice parameters of a=7.4634(10)?, b=7.4634(10)?, c=9.1216(19) (6)?, and Z=3; has an ultraviolet cutoff edge of 200 nm; and has a frequency-multiplication response that is 4-5 times that of the commercialized nonlinear optical crystal KDP. A hydrothermal method, a room-temperature solution method, an evaporation method or a solvothermal method is used to grow the crystal in a centimeter-scaled size. The crystal can produce frequency-doubling, frequency-tripling, frequency-quadrupling, frequency-quintupling or frequency-sextupling harmonic light output from the fundamental frequency light of 1064 nm generated by a Nd:YAG laser, and/or can produce ultraviolet and deep-ultraviolet frequency-multiplication light output below 200 nm.

Abstract: A supported catalyst has a support and a metal active component disposed on the support. The metal active component is at least one selected from the group consisting of a Group VIB metal element and a Group VIII metal element. The support contains at least one of heat-resistant inorganic oxides and molecular sieves and includes an internal channel penetrating the support. The ratio of the cross-section area of the channel to the cross-section area of the support is 0.05-3:100. The difference R between the water absorption rate and the BET pore volume of the support is not less than 0.2 mL/g. The supported catalyst can be used as a hydrogenation catalyst. When used in the hydrocracking of hydrocarbon oils, it can achieve high catalytic activity and high yield of jet fuels at the same time. The supported catalyst can also be used as a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst.

Abstract: In an approach to comparing simulated environments for unmanned ground vehicle development and testing, a system includes stored program instructions, the stored program instructions configured to: receive a first simulation scene and a second simulation scene; calculate a first costmap for the first simulation scene and a second costmap for the second simulation scene; calculate a traversability ratio metric comparing the first costmap and the second costmap; calculate a blob size metric comparing the first costmap and the second costmap; calculate an L2 distance between a first plurality of histograms from the first costmap and a second plurality of histograms from the second costmap; and determine whether a first environment of the first simulation scene and a second environment of the second simulation scene are similar based on the traversability ratio metric, the blob size metric, and the L2 distance.