Abstract: Provided is an electro-mechanoluminescent (EML) film. The EML film includes an upper supporting layer including an upper PDMS layer, including PDMS to which a stress is applied, and an upper electrode layer that is formed on a bottom of the upper PDMS layer and includes the PDMS and AgNW which are mixed with each other, a lower supporting layer including a lower PDMS layer and a lower electrode layer that is formed on a top of the lower PDMS layer and includes the PDMS and the AgNW mixed with each other, and an emitting layer formed between the upper electrode layer and the lower electrode layer, the emitting layer including a mixture, where a luminescent material with metal ions doped thereon is mixed with the PDMS, and simultaneously causing ML of a first color based on the stress and EL of a second color based on the electric field.

Abstract: In a multilevel power conversion circuit, output harmonic waves and electromagnetic noise can be reduced as the number of output levels is increased. This, however, increases the number of elements constituting the circuit, causing the degree of difficulty in mounting to increase, cost to increase, and reliability to decrease. It is necessary to provide a circuit configuration, a design method, and a mounting method for obtaining, at low cost, a multilevel power conversion circuit using a large number of elements. A power conversion circuit is used as a unit module and is equipped with input and output terminals each mounted on the main circuit in an open state, wherein the input and output terminals have a mechanism by which the input and output terminals can be flexibly interconnected with the input and output terminals of another same module.

Abstract: Provided is a converter system including: a plurality of converter modules connected to one power source in parallel; and a controller for storing mapping information of first parameters corresponding to processing power of the converter modules and second parameters corresponding to the number of converter modules that optimally process the processing power among the converter modules, configuring a value of the first parameter according to a measurement value of power input into the converter modules or power output from the converter modules, calculating a value of the second parameter by substituting the value of the first parameter into the mapping information, selecting the number of converter modules corresponding to the value of the second parameters as active converter modules from the converter modules and processing the processing power by using the active converter modules, and controlling output power of the active converter module to gradually increase or decrease in a transient state where the

Abstract: The present invention relates to new macrolide derivatives, in particular new tylosin derivatives of the formula (IIa), a pharmaceutical or veterinary composition comprising the derivatives; a method for preparation thereof; a method for treating and/or preventing bacterial infections in an animal, wherein the method comprises administering the derivatives or the composition; and a use of the derivatives for the manufacture of medicaments for treating and/or preventing bacterial infections in an animal.

Abstract: System for scatter-based differentiation of cells. The system includes a planar substrate having cells disposed thereon for imaging and a microscope employing relatively low magnification detection optics providing a wide field of view focused on the cells on the substrate and defining a microscope optical axis. An illuminator delivers light to the ceils on the substrate focused to a spot larger than the field of view of the microscope, the illuminator having an illumination optical axis highly oblique to the microscope optical axis wherein scattered light is collected by the microscope. A defection system receives the scattered light from the microscope to provide a measure of signal intensity and a measure of size for each cell for discrimination of cell type.

Abstract: A user device, a cloud server and a share link identification method thereof are provided. The cloud server executes a resource management program to generate a share link associated with a shared resource and a piece of identity information of the share link. When a communication message in a communication program running in the user device includes the share link, a plugin program running in the user device crawls the identity information of the share link from the cloud server according to the share link, and presents the identity information in a graphical user interface of the communication program.

Abstract: The disclosure features, inter alia, immunogenic XBP1-, CD138-, and CS1-derived peptides (and pharmaceutical compositions thereof). The peptides can be used in a variety of methods such as methods for inducing an immune response, methods for producing an antibody, and methods for treating a cancer (e.g., breast cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, a blood cancer, e.g., leukemia or a plasma cell disorder such as multiple myeloma or Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia). The peptides (and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptides) can be used, e.g., in a method of treating a precancerous condition such as smoldering multiple myeloma. The peptides can also be included in MHC molecule multimer compositions and used in, e.g., methods for detecting a T cell in a population of cells.

Abstract: A portable spectrometer, including a smart phone case storing a portable spectrometer, wherein the portable spectrometer includes a cavity; a source for emitting electromagnetic radiation that is directed on a sample in the cavity, wherein the electromagnetic radiation is reflected within the cavity to form multiple passes of the electromagnetic radiation through the sample; a detector for detecting the electromagnetic radiation after the electromagnetic radiation has made the multiple passes through the sample in the cavity, the detector outputting a signal in response to the detecting; and a device for communicating the signal to a smart phone, wherein the smart phone executes an application that performs a spectral analysis of the signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for processing an acid gas, comprising: using a processor 1 for receiving and processing the acid gas to obtain a gas phase stream 1 and a liquid phase stream 2, wherein the stream 2 is partially or completely recycled to the processor 1; using a processor 2 for processing the stream 1 from the processor 1 to obtain a gas phase stream 3 and a liquid phase stream 4; using a processor 3 for processing the stream 3 from the processor 2 to obtain a gas phase stream 5 and a liquid phase stream 6; and using a processor 4 for receiving the stream 43 from the processor 2 and using the stream 43 as a processing solution for processing the stream 5 from the processor 3 to obtain a gas phase stream 7 and a liquid phase stream 8, which can be divided into two sub-streams including a stream 81 and a stream 82. The present disclosure further provides an apparatus for processing an acid gas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel monascuspurpurone compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof as described in the specification, the process for preparation of the same, and the composition comprising the same. The uses to of a monascuspurpurone compound for promoting adipocyte differentiation, for increasing the activity of PPAR? and/or C/EBP?, for lowering blood glucose, for preventing and/or treating a disease or disorder related to insulin resistance, and for preventing and/or treating metabolic syndrome or its complications are also provided.

Abstract: Images are searched to locate faces that are the same as a query face. Images that include a face that is the same as the query face may be presented to a user as search result images. Images also may be sorted by the faces included in the images and presented to the user as sorted search result images. The user may provide explicit or implicit feedback regarding the search result images. Additional feedback may be inferred regarding the search result images based on the user-provided feedback, and the results may be updated based on the user-provided and inferred feedback.

Abstract: A picking-up and placing process for electronic devices includes: forming a plurality of electronic devices arranged in an array on a carrier, wherein a first conductive layer having a conductive pattern is disposed between each of the electronic devices and the carrier, and a width of the electronic device is greater than that of the corresponding conductive pattern; selectively picking-up parts of the electronic devices and corresponding first conductive layers from the carrier via a picking-up and placing module; and placing the parts of the electronic devices and the corresponding first conductive layers on a target substrate by the picking-up and placing module. An electronic module is further provided.

Abstract: There is provided a system for providing information. The system includes a data classifying device configured to receive original data and classify the original data as real time data or general data; a real time data analyzing device configured to receive the real time data from the data classifying device and generate condensed information including only a part that satisfies predefined conditions among attribute information of the real time data; and a distributed parallel processing device configured to receive the general data from the data classifying device, perform a predetermined distributed parallel computation process on the general data, and generate analysis information.

Abstract: Described herein is a method of mitigating, in a subject (individual), tissue injury resulting from exposure to radiation (accidental/unintentional or intentional, such as therapeutic), chemoradiotherapy, disease, toxin, or drug or biologic mediated therapy.

Abstract: The present invention provides a circulating fluidized bed boiler, comprising: furnace side walls; a ceiling; an air distribution plate provided at a bottom of a furnace; and at least one air distribution cone provided on the air distribution plate, wherein each air distribution cone extends upwards from the air distribution plate into an interior of the furnace and has a shape gradually tapered in an extending direction, cone side walls which form the air distribution cone are provided with secondary air ports, the cone side walls are separated from the furnace side walls, and a furnace combustion space is formed and surrounded by the ceiling, the furnace side walls, the air distribution plate, and the cone side walls.

Abstract: An environmentally friendly cement comprises (1) an active filler comprising waste materials composed of a thermal insulation wool and a waste thereof; (2) an inert filler comprising metakaolin and an aggregate optionally selected from cement, fine sand, gravel, waste to be solidified, and organic resin; and (3) an aqueous solution of sodium metasilicate as an alkaline compound. A method for producing the environmentally friendly cement comprises mixing ingredients (1) and (3) and ingredients (2) and (3) respectively to obtain a slurry A and a slurry B respectively; mixing the slurry A and B; and hardening the final slurry, whereby elements silicon and aluminum in the ingredient (1) are dissolved out in the basic solution of the ingredient (3), and a closed framework structure is formed by bonding silica and alumina as tetrahedrons. The environmentally friendly cement has excellent fire tolerance, heat insulation, acid and alkaline resistance, and mechanical properties.

Abstract: Provided is a phosphor-functionalized nanoparticle that includes an inorganic nanoparticle core; surface polymer brushes that include a plurality of long-chain polymers bonded to the surface of the inorganic nanoparticle core, said long-chain polymers each having molecular weight greater than 500, and a plurality of short-chain polymers bonded to the surface of the inorganic nanoparticle core, said short-chain polymers each having molecular weight less than 0.5 times the average molecular weight of the long-chain polymers; and one or more organic phosphors bonded to at least one of the inorganic nanoparticle core and one or more of the plurality of short-chain polymers. Graft density of the short-chain polymers on the surface of the inorganic nanoparticle core (?SC) is greater than graft density of the long-chain polymers on the surface of the inorganic nanoparticle core (?LC). Also provided are polymer matrices, LED's, optical systems, lighting devices, and fixtures that include the inventive nanoparticle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a micropackaged device comprising: a substrate for securing a device with a corrosion barrier affixed to the substrate, wherein the corrosion barrier comprises a first thin-film layer, a metal film coating the thin-film layer and a second thin-film layer to provide a sandwich layer; and optionally at least one feedthrough disposed in the substrate to permit at least one input and or at least one output line into the micropackaged device, wherein the micropackaged device is encapsulated by the corrosion barrier. Methods of producing the micropackaged device are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention describes the development of more potent peptide vaccines to prevent or treat infections or cancer. Small synthetic peptides from the known sequences of viral, bacterial, parasitic or tumor antigens are modified so they can spontaneously form complexes with a synthetic nucleic acid, such as Poly IC, that functions as an immunological adjuvant. The peptide-nucleic acid complexes are dramatically more immunogenic as compared to the separate components. The procedure for developing the vaccine involves the conjugation of a synthetic peptide containing a C residue to poly-K using a bi-functional cross-linking reagent (SMCC). The peptide/poly-K complex was then formulated with CMC and poly-IC to produce a self-adjuvant vaccine that was 36-fold more effective as compared to the same peptide administered mixed with the same adjuvant (but not complexed to it).

Abstract: Provided are a human-derived insect-resistant gene having a nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO.1, and an anti-Cry1B toxin idiotype single-chain antibody encoded by said human-derived insect-resistant gene and having an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO.2. The idiotype single-chain antibody is a ?-type and has insecticidal activity, and after expression by the prokaryotic system, the primary culture thereof has binding activity to Cnaphalocrocis medinalis midgut peritrophic membrane specific receptor BBMV.