Abstract: PolydG is added to the terminal overhangs of an siRNA. Next, a primer containing a polydC sequence added with a tag sequence is annealed and cDNA is synthesized by a reverse transcription reaction. Quantitative PCR is performed between a primer carrying the same sequence as the tag sequence, and a primer containing the same sequence as the siRNA sequence to be detected. The amount of siRNA of interest can be determined from a calibration curve produced using known amounts of short-chain dsDNA.

Abstract: A mail acceptance system selects a mail center that is near a client by using mail acceptance information input by the client, calculates transport cost of the selected mail center, selects a mail center that is appropriate for making loads of mail centers equal and minimizing the transport cost as a suitable mail center from among the selected mail centers, and sets a visit and acceptance schedule for visiting and accepting the client's mail.

Abstract: A method for positioning a mobile device includes following steps. Based on a prior location point of the mobile device, many sample particles are generated according to a prior probability distribution associated with the prior location point. A current moving track or a current behavior mode of the mobile device is obtained, and the sample particles are moved according to at least one of the current moving track and the current behavior mode. A current supposed status is obtained based on a radio frequency signal received by the mobile device. A current probability distribution of the sample particles corresponding to the radio frequency signal or the current supposed status is generated to obtain corresponding weights of the moved sample particles. A current location point of the mobile device is obtained according to the weights and distribution of the sample particles.

Abstract: An organic inverter and a method of manufacturing the same are provided, which regulates threshold voltages depending on positions when an inverter circuit is manufactured on a substrate using an organic semiconductor. To form a depletion load transistor and an enhancement driver transistor at adjacent positions of the same substrate, the surface of the substrate is selectively treated by positions or selectively applied by self-assembly monolayer treatment. Thus, a D-inverter having a combination of a depletion mode and an enhancement mode is more easily realized than a conventional method using a transistor size effect. Also, the D-inverter can be realized even with the same W/L ratio, thereby increasing integration density. That is, the W/L ratio does not need to be increased to manufacture a depletion load transistor, thereby improving integration density.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the purification and collection of a nucleic acid comprising a specific nucleotide sequence, which can be carried out within an extremely short period and can achieve both high sequence-specificity and a high collection rate. Specifically disclosed is a method for the purification of a target nucleic acid comprising a specific nucleotide sequence and contained in a nucleic acid mixture. The method comprises the steps of: hybridizing a photo-ligating nucleic acid having a group represented by formula (I) as abase moiety with the target nucleic acid to form a hybrid; irradiating the hybrid of the photo-ligating nucleic acid and the target nucleic acid with light to cause the photo-ligation of the hybrid; removing any un-photo-ligated nucleic acid by washing; and irradiating the hybrid of the photo-ligating nucleic acid and the target nucleic acid with light to cause the photo-cleavage of the hybrid.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical preparation for use in a patient who has a neutralizing antibody to a botulinum toxin from type A1 Clostridium botulinum (type A1 botulinum toxin), said preparation comprising as an active ingredient 150 kDa type A neurotoxin from type A2 Clostridium botulinum (A2 NTX); a medicament for treating a disease with muscle overactivity for use in a patient who has a neutralizing antibody to a type A1 botulinum toxin, said medicament comprising as an active ingredient said A2 NTX; a method for treating a patient who has a neutralizing antibody to a type A1 botulinum toxin, said method comprising administering said A2 NTX to the patient; and a method for use of A2 NTX in a patient who has said neutralizing antibody. In accordance with the present invention, a problem can be solved of decrease in clinical response caused by a neutralizing antibody to a type A1 botulinum toxin produced when a patient is treated with a pharmaceutical preparation comprising a type A1 botulinum toxin.

Abstract: Provided are a light, thin, short and small, and multi-functional anisotropic particle-arranged structure including two electrodes having fine pitches that are repeatedly compressed to be connected to external elements, and a method of manufacturing the anisotropic particle-arranged structure. The anisotropic particle-arranged structure includes an elastic polymer layer, and elastic conductors or elastic thermal conductors formed in the elastic polymer layer so that upper and lower portions of the elastic conductors or elastic thermal conductors are exposed.

Abstract: An optical fiber with filtering thin film includes a first ferrule having a first through hole and a first contact surface. A first fiber is disposed into the first through hole, extending to the first contact surface. A first interface coupling material is between the first ferrule and the first fiber. A second ferrule has a second through hole and a second contact surface. A second fiber is disposed into the second through hole, extending to the second contact surface. A second interface coupling material is between the second ferrule and the second fiber. The first contact surface and the second contact surface are parallel and have an included tilt angle from a perpendicular transverse plane of first fiber. An optical filtering film is disposed between the first contact surface and the second contact surface. The first fiber and the second fiber are aligned.

Abstract: In an open-type PET scanner, detector rings arranged in a multilayered manner in an axial direction are at least partially opened and the thus opened part of the detector rings is at least partially included in a main focus region. Then, at least some of the detecting elements constituting the detector ring are disposed obliquely in the axial direction so that the main sensitivity direction thereof is turned closer to the main focus region, increasing the resolution in the main focus region. Thereby, it is possible to retain resolution in the body axis direction without using a high-resolution DOI detector and to reduce the price of the open-type PET scanner.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wound dressing. The wound dressing includes a first fiber layer and a second fiber layer stacked on and bound to the first fiber layer. The first fiber layer consists of a plurality of a first fiber that are made of an alginate wherein the first fibers are respectively bound with one another, and are substantially extended in parallel along a first direction. The second fiber layer consists of a plurality of a second fiber that are made of an alginate, wherein the second fibers are respectively bound with one another, and extend in parallel along a second direction that is not parallel to the first direction. The second layer is stacked on the first layer with the second fibers being bound with the first fibers. The first fibers and the second fibers respectively have a length such that the wound dressing has a breaking strength for at least 1.5 kg.

Abstract: A substrate structure applied in flexible electrical devices is provided. The substrate structure includes a carrier, a flexible substrate opposed to the carrier, a release layer formed on a surface of the flexible substrate opposed to the carrier, and an adhesive layer formed between the carrier, the release layer and the flexible substrate, wherein the area of the adhesive layer is larger than that of the release layer, and the adhesive layer has a greater adhesion force than that of the release layer to the flexible substrate. The invention also provides a method for fabricating the substrate structure.

Abstract: A cathode electrophoretic deposition (EPD) suspension is provided by mixing an ionomer solution with an electrolyte. An anode EPD suspension is provided via mixing carbon nanomaterial (CNM)-supported catalyst with a solution of the same composition as that of the cathode EPD suspension. Ultrasonication and high-speed stirring are executed on the cathode and anode EPD suspensions, thus turning them into homogenous suspensions. There is provided a low-voltage EPD apparatus incorporated with a porous material to separate it into anode and cathode compartments. The anode and cathode EPD suspensions are filled in the anode and cathode compartments, respectively. An inert gas is introduced into the anode compartment for stirring the anode EPD suspension. An electrode base substrate is used as the anode of the EPD apparatus. A low-voltage direct current (DC) power supply is used to supply DC low voltage to the EPD apparatus, thus evenly coating a catalyst layer on the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a fabrication method for a functional surface that has self-cleaning ability and superhydrophilic anti-reflective property, which includes a) arranging a plurality of beads having a sphere shape on a surface of a transparent substrate; b) forming a predetermined inter-bead gap by etching the plurality of beads; c) forming a surface unevenness on the surface of the substrate by etching the substrate using the plurality of the beads having the predetermined gap as an etching mask; d) removing the plurality of the beads from the surface of the substrate; and e) forming a photocatalytic layer or a compound layer having a surface tension of 18 to 28 N/m on the surface of the substrate formed with the surface unevenness.

Abstract: A DC steam plasma torch includes front, middle and rear sections. The front section includes a first amount and a first electrode attached to the first amount, thus defining co-axial first internal and external coolant channels. The middle section includes a second mount and a second electrode co-axially connected to the second mount, thus defining co-axial second internal and external coolant channels. The rear section includes an insulating transient element connected to the second electrode, a window frame connected to the insulating transient element and a window provided in the window frame. A first swirl generator is provided between the first and second sections to receive primary working gas and generating a swirl in the same. A second swirl generator is provided between the middle and rear sections to receive auxiliary working gas and generating a swirl in the same.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and circuits with use of transparent oxide film are provided. The semiconductor device having a P-type region and an N-type region, wherein amorphous oxides with electron carrier concentration less than 1018/cm3 is used for the N-type region.

Abstract: An OFDM optical transmitter and optical transmission method is provided. The OFDM optical transmitter includes a signal converter controlling amplitude of each of data signals according to a position of each of the data signals and converting the controlled data signal into a time-domain signal. Accordingly, it is possible to generate optical OFDM carriers which are uniform in size.

Abstract: An ATR-FTIR device and system are described that defect live-cell responses to stimuli and perturbations in real-time. The system and device can monitor perturbations resulting from exposures to various physical, chemical, and biological materials in real-time, as well as those sustained over a long period of time, including those associated with stimuli having unknown modes-of-action (e.g. nanoparticles). The device and system can also be used to identify specific chemical species or substances that profile cellular responses to these perturbations.

Abstract: A novel pump design for energy and volatile substances exhibits a high level of reliability and durability with minimal amount of wear on parts constituting the novel pump design. In one embodiment of the invention, a volatile substance is transformed from a solid state or a liquid state to a gaseous (i.e. vaporized) state using a thermal transfer method at a vaporizer, and transformed back to the solid state or the liquid state at a condenser after traveling through an energy conduit (e.g. a continuous cavity). Physical properties of matter such as pressure differences, diffusion, forward, and reverse thermal transfer methods are utilized for operation of a pump according to an embodiment of the invention. A heating mechanism which maintains the interior of the energy conduit above a threshold temperature of the volatile substance can be utilized for a greater pump efficiency.

Abstract: An SRAM cell comprising a first to fourth semiconductor thin plates standing on a single substrate and sequentially arranged parallel to each other, on the first semiconductor thin plate a first four-terminal double gate FET with a first conduction type and a second four-terminal double gate FET with a second conduction type being formed and connected in series to each other, on the second semiconductor thin plate a third four-terminal double gate FET with the second conduction type being formed, on the third semiconductor thin plate a fourth four-terminal double gate FET with the second conduction type is formed, on the fourth semiconductor thin plate a fifth four-terminal double gate FET with the first conduction type and a sixth four-terminal double gate FET with the second conduction type being formed and connected in series to each other. The second and sixth four-terminal double gate FETs constitute select transistors with logic signal input gates thereof being connected to a word line.

Abstract: A visible light activatable mesoporous titanium dioxide photocatalyst having a surface area of from 100 m2/g to 400 m2/g. The photocatalyst may have a rate of decomposition greater than 0.005 min?1. The photocatalyst may have a band gap width less than 2.95 eV. The photocatalyst may comprise undoped titanium dioxide or doped titanium dioxide. A hydrothermal process for synthesising a photocatalyst is also described.