Abstract: An electrical rotor and stator structure includes at least one stator, at least one rotor and multiple outward pillar structures. The at least one stator includes multiple first magnetic members. Each first magnetic member has a first surface. The at least one rotor is able to be rotated pivotally relative to the at least one stator. The at least one rotor includes multiple second magnetic members. Each second magnetic member has a second surface facing and opposite to the first surface. The multiple outward pillar structures are installed on the second surfaces and the first surfaces.

Abstract: Novel methods and systems for wireless sensors are described. The systems can comprise an energy-harvesting unit, a transducer, and electronic control circuit, and an antenna. All elements can be integrated monolithically in a single system.

Abstract: A clinometer apparatus includes a first measurement member, a second measurement member, and a coupling member. The first measurement member includes a first plate on which first angle indices are formed, and a first coupling unit that has a circumferential :surface on which second angle indices are carved. The second measurement member includes a second plate, a second coupling unit that is coupled to the first coupling unit due to the coupling member, and a compass that is coupled to the second plate. The coupling member couples the first coupling unit and the second coupling unit so that the second measurement member rotates relative to the first measurement member about a rotational axis of the first coupling unit.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting a large flow are provided. The method includes: storing flow information corresponding to the received flow in a cache entry; determining whether or not there is a possibility to be determined that the flow corresponding to the flow information stored in an entry to be deleted from a cache by storing the flow information in the cache entry is a large flow; restoring the entry to be deleted in the cache according to a result of the possibility determination; inspecting a packet count of the entry in which the flow information is stored; and determining that the flow corresponding to the flow information stored in the corresponding entry is the large flow, if the result of the packet count inspection is greater than or equal to a preset threshold value.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for modulating electric current. An electron source electrode 202 provides a flow of electrons in a partial vacuum environment 116. An ionizable gas 118 in the partial vacuum environment 116 forms positively charged ion particles in response to impact with the electrons from the electron source electrode 202. Application of a bias voltage differential between a first bias electrode 204 and a second bias electrode 206 in the partial vacuum environment 116 forms an electric field gradient in a path of the flow of electrons. A collector electrode 208 in the partial vacuum environment 116 collects more electrons than ion particles when a collector electrode input voltage 106 is above a threshold, and collects more ion particles than electrons when the collector electrode input voltage 106 is below the threshold.

Abstract: An anti-counterfeit device with dynamic barcodes is disclosed. An anti-counterfeit system with dynamic barcodes provides an anti-counterfeit mechanism when a user uses an electronic value barcode. The anti-counterfeit device includes a barcode generator module, an anti-counterfeit generator module and a combination module. The barcode generator module generates electronic barcodes that can be read directly by a barcode reader. The anti-counterfeit generator module generates dynamic anti-counterfeit labels with dynamic exchange information varying in time. The combination module generates anti-counterfeit barcodes by combining the electronic barcodes and the dynamic anti-counterfeit labels. The dynamic anti-counterfeit labels are visible, and are used for enhancing the anti-counterfeit capability of the electronic barcodes. Moreover, the electronic barcode with the dynamic anti-counterfeit labels can be read directly and correctly by the barcode reader without illuminant interference.

Abstract: A detection apparatus and method for FMCW LIDAR employ signals that are modified so that low-cost and low-speed photodetector arrays, such as CCD or CMOS cameras, can be employed for range detection. The LIDAR is designed to measure the range to one or more targets and includes a single mode swept frequency laser (SFL), whose optical frequency is varied with time, as a result of which, a target beam which is reflected back by the one or more targets is shifted in frequency from a reference beam by an amount that is proportional to the relative range to the one or more targets. The reflected target beam(s) is/are combined with the reference beam and detected by the photodetector array. In the case of a sparse number of targets to be detected, Compressive Sensing (CS) techniques can be employed by a processor to reduce the number of measurements necessary to determine the range of each target.

Abstract: A method for browsing Internet of things (IoT) and an apparatus using the same are provided. In the method for browsing IoT, when a mobile device executes a browser, the browser receives information on IoT devices and displays the IoT devices on a map in the form of an icon. Accordingly, the browser displays the IoT devices on the map in the form of an icon, and provides various IoT services, so that the user can easily search for many IoT devices, connect them and receive services.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mirror device with illumination comprising a transparent conductive substrate, an isolation layer, a mirror layer and a light emitting diode (LED) layer. The isolation layer, formed on a surface of the transparent conductive substrate, divides the surface of the transparent conductive substrate into at least one first region and at least one second region. The mirror layer formed on the transparent conductive substrate within the at least one first region, while the LED layer is formed on the transparent conductive substrate within the at least one second region, wherein the mirror layer and the LED layer are electrically isolated from each other. In another embodiment, the present disclosure further provides a mirror box having the mirror device with illumination disposed therein so that the mirror device can be easily carried and kept in the pocket, or purse of user.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for diagnosing cancer (such as ovarian, breast, or colon cancer) or a predisposition thereto in a subject, for monitoring the efficacy of treatment of a subject suffering from cancer, or for determining the likelihood of survival of a subject suffering from cancer, comprising detecting modified chromatin (such as DNA methylation) within a locus of the LOC134466 gene in a sample taken from the subject. The invention further provides kits for use in these methods, and methods of treating subjects based on a diagnosis performed using the methods of the invention.

Abstract: Methods to detect stoichiometries of protein complexes and/or interactions between proteins based on detection and quantification of FRET and related systems and compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to biomarkers for colon cancers, specifically adenomas and adenocarcinomas in the GI tract. The inventors have discovered that the expression and/or overexpression of biomarkers such as CLDN1, GPR56, GRM8, LY6G6D, TLR4 and SLCO1B3 are indicative of adenomas and adenocarcinomas. A method of detecting colon cancer using targeted molecular imaging agents is also presented.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods, compositions and software for enriching low abundance alleles in a sample. It is directed in particular to the use of an excess amount of reference blocking sequence in an amplification reaction mixture in order to improve the enrichment efficiency, and reduce cycle time, of full COLD-PCR.

Abstract: A device and method for three-dimensional (3-D) imaging using a defocusing technique is disclosed. The device comprises a lens, a central aperture located along an optical axis for projecting an entire image of a target object, at least one defocusing aperture located off of the optical axis, a sensor operable for capturing electromagnetic radiation transmitted from an object through the lens and the central aperture and the at least one defocusing aperture, and a processor communicatively connected with the sensor for processing the sensor information and producing a 3-D image of the object. Different optical filters can be used for the central aperture and the defocusing apertures respectively, whereby a background image produced by the central aperture can be easily distinguished from defocused images produced by the defocusing apertures.

Abstract: The inventive concept relates to a measuring device. The measuring device irradiates a first beam including a polarization component and a second beam which is a wavelength swept laser having a coherence length previously set and can measure a glucose concentration of an aqueous humor by measuring an optical path length and the rotation amount of a polarization plane respectively from a first output beam and a second output beam being output from an eye.

Abstract: A geothermal power generation system using heat exchange between working gas and molten salt includes a heat collecting unit. A plurality of molten salt containing units are disposed in a heat transferring unit at predetermined intervals from each other. A heat exchanging unit transfers a heat source of the heat collecting unit to the molten salt in the plurality of molten salt containing units. The heat transferring unit is disposed in the ground. Working gas which receives the heat source of the molten salt via heat exchange enters and exits the heat transferring unit. A turbine unit is connected to the heat transferring unit, and generates mechanical energy using energy of the working gas. A power generating unit is connected to the turbine unit, and generates electrical energy using the mechanical energy.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of converting glycerol into organic reaction products. The method may include mixing glycerol with a monohydric alcohol. The mixture of glycerol and monohydric alcohol is then reacted in the presence of a heterogeneous nano-structured catalyst, wherein the monohydric alcohol is present at subcritical/supercritical temperatures and pressures. This converts the glycerol into one or more reaction products, wherein the reaction products include an oxygenated organic reaction product. Ninety percent or greater of the glycerol is converted.

Abstract: An intrusion detection apparatus and method using a load balancer responsive to traffic conditions between a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU) are provided. The intrusion detection apparatus includes a packet acquisition unit, a character string check task allocation unit, a CPU character string check unit, and a GPU character string check unit. The packet acquisition unit receives packets, and stores the packets in a single task queue. The character string check task allocation unit determines the number of packets in the packet acquisition unit, and allocates character string check tasks to the CPU or the GPU. The CPU character string check unit compares the character strings of the packets with a character string defined in at least one detection rule inside the CPU. The GPU character string check unit compares the character strings of the packets with the character string inside the GPU.

Abstract: An educational institution (also referred as a university) is rich with multiple kinds of data: students, faculty members, departments, divisions, and at university level. Relating and correlating this data at and across various levels help in obtaining a perspective about the educational institution. A structural representation captures the essence of all of the relationships in a unified manner and an important aspect of the relationship is the so-called “influence factor.” This factor indicates influencing effect of an entity over another entity, wherein the entities are a part of the structural representation. Given such a structural representation, a system and method that propagates the influence factors of the entities to arrive at a stable representation from the point of view of influences is discussed.

Abstract: In exemplary implementations of this invention, a knowledge processing system performs decentralized knowledge acquisition from human experts. The system may store the acquired knowledge in a knowledge database. The system may include an AI expert system to apply computer reasoning to data stored in the knowledge database. The system may provide humanly perceptible outputs to human experts to increase the likelihood that the human experts will pay attention to requests for information or to other communications, contribute knowledge objects in response to a query, provide “high quality” information, tag knowledge objects in the database, or review knowledge objects.