Abstract: A method of manufacturing a polymer coated single ferromagnetic particle is provided. The method includes hydrophobizing one single hydrophilic ferromagnetic particle by absorbing an aliphatic acid having a hydrophobic aliphatic group and a hydrophilic acid group onto the single ferromagnetic particle to obtain a single hydrophobic ferromagnetic particle; emulsifying the one single hydrophobic ferromagnetic particle with a monomer liquid comprising a nonionic surface activating agent which re-hydrophilizes the one single hydrophobic ferromagnetic particle, to obtain an emulsified liquid; adding a radical addition initiator to the emulsified liquid; and emulsion polymerizing the monomer by radical addition polymerization.

Abstract: A method of improving performance of a photovoltaic device can include modifying a surface energy level of a nanocrystal through ligand exchange. A photovoltaic device can include a layer that includes a nanocrystal with a surface energy modified through ligand exchange.

Abstract: A system and method for fabricating a perovskite film is provided, the system including a housing for use as a CVD furnace having first and second sections coupled with first and second temperature control units, respectively. The first and second sections correspond substantially to the upstream and downstream of gases, respectively. One or more substrates are loaded in the second section and controlled by the second temperature control unit, and an evaporation unit containing an organic halide material is loaded in the first section and controlled by the first temperature control unit. Each of the substrates is pre-deposited with a metal halide material. The inside of the housing is pumped down to a low pressure.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for performing routing for multi-hop communication. A mobile ad-hoc routing apparatus includes a control information manager configured to generate control information for managing a topology in a mobile ad-hoc network, a control information transceiver configured to transmit the control information or information for generating the control information to other nodes and receives control information of the other nodes or information for generating the control information from the other nodes, a data path manager configured to set a path for transmitting and receiving data using the generated control information and the received control information or the information for generating the control information, and a data transceiver configured to transmit and receive the data through the set path. The path for transmitting and receiving the data and a path for transmitting and receiving the control information use channels that are physically different from each other.

Abstract: The invention discloses a networking mass analysis method and device, and belongs to the field of mass spectrometer and ion mass analysis. The device comprises an ion source, an ion transporter, an ion deflector and multiple mass analyzers, wherein the ion transporter is connected with one of the multiple mass analyzers, the multiple mass analyzers are connected with the ion deflector respectively, the ion source produces the ions to be detected, the ions to be detected enter any of the mass analyzers connected with the ion deflector via the ion transporter for mass analysis, and the remaining ions to be detected are transported to the corresponding mass analyzers via the ion deflector for mass analysis. The invention can improve the mass analysis duty ratio of continuous ion sources and obtain more mass-to-charge ratio information of ion beams within each time slot.

Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter provides hydrogel precursor compositions (e.g., solutions) for forming three-dimensional hydrogels that support growth of physiologically relevant tissue when at least one cell is cultured in the three-dimensional hydrogel, kits comprising the hydrogel precursor composition, three-dimensional hydrogels, methods of forming the three-dimensional hydrogels, methods of growing the physiologically relevant tissue using the three-dimensional hydrogels, physiologically relevant tissue grown in the three-dimensional hydrogels, methods of producing hormone-responsive tissue (e.g., milk-producing mammary tissue and related methods of producing milk), methods of screening for candidate agents useful for modulating hormonal responses (e.g., modulating milk production), method of screening for candidate therapeutic agents using the physiologically relevant tissue grown in the three-dimensional hydrogels (e.g., personalized cancer treatments), and related methods of treatment (e.g.

Abstract: Provided is a remote screen transmitting method and a remote screen transmitting system. The remote screen transmitting method may include collecting, on a predetermined cycle, power data from a thin client terminal connected to a virtualization server through a network, determining a remote screen transmitting scheme based on the collected power data, and transmitting, to the thin client terminal, a first remote screen associated with an application executed on the virtualization server based on the remote screen transmitting scheme.

Abstract: Cell and terminal discovery methods are disclosed. A discovery method performed in a terminal may include transmitting a trigger signal; receiving a discovery signal from at least one cell which receives the trigger signal; measuring the discovery signal; and reporting a measurement result of the discovery signal to a serving cell. Therefore, cell and terminal discoveries may be performed efficiently in cellular mobile communication systems.

Abstract: A method of laser-depositing at least one type of organic material, characterized in that a duty ratio of a laser that evaporates the organic material is adjusted, which addresses the problem of providing an organic material deposition method and deposition apparatus that solve the issues in the conventional art, such as the organic material vaporizing and contaminating the other raw materials to be deposited, and the film formation rate running out of control, and whereby the film formation rate and the evaporation rate can be stably adjusted and controlled. Additionally, the invention is characterized in that the duty ratio is adjusted based on the evaporation rate of the organic substance or the vapor pressure inside the vacuum chamber used for deposition.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor and a storage storing instructions causing the processor to: maintain a federated area; receive a request to perform a job flow with a data set from a remote device; retrieve a job flow definition specifying the tasks of the job flow from the federated area; determine whether there is an instance log in the federated area generated by a previous performance of the job flow with the data set; in response to there being such an instance log, retrieve the version specified in the instance log of each task routine for each task from the federated area; in response to there being no such instance log, retrieve the most recent version of each task routine; perform the job flow with the retrieved versions of the task routines and the data set to generate a result report; and provide the result report to the remote device.

Abstract: Residence structures, systems, and related methods are generally provided. Certain embodiments comprise administering (e.g., orally) a residence structure to a subject (e.g., a patient) such that the residence structure is retained at a location internal to the subject for a particular amount of time (e.g., at least about 24 hours) before being released. The residence structure may be, in some cases, a gastric residence structure. In some embodiments, the structures and systems described herein comprise one or more materials configured for high levels of active substances (e.g., a therapeutic agent) loading, high active substance and/or structure stability in acidic environments, mechanical flexibility and strength in an internal orifice (e.g., gastric cavity), easy passage through the GI tract until delivery to at a desired internal orifice (e.g., gastric cavity), and/or rapid dissolution/degradation in a physiological environment (e.g., intestinal environment) and/or in response to a chemical stimulant (e.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for saving power consumption of a mobile station, and a mobile station, a base station, and an access point using the method. A method embodiment applicable to the mobile station of according to the present disclosure, including: in response to receiving a control instruction through a first radio access technology, waking up, according to the control instruction, a communications module applying a second radio access technology; and subsequently, in response to in response to receiving an indication frame through the second radio access technology, controlling the communications module to enter a sleep mode.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a germanium-on-insulator substrate is disclosed. The method comprises: providing (102) a first semiconductor substrate, and a second semiconductor substrate formed with a germanium layer; bonding (102) the first semiconductor substrate to the second semiconductor substrate using at least one dielectric material to form a combined substrate, the germanium layer being arranged intermediate the first and second semiconductor substrates; removing (104) the second semiconductor substrate from the combined substrate to expose at least a portion of the germanium layer with misfit dislocations; and annealing (106) the combined substrate to enable removal of the misfit dislocations from the portion of the germanium layer.

Abstract: A process for recovering chromium from hexavalent chromium-containing wastewater comprises the following steps: (1) extracting hexavalent chromium in wastewater to an organic phase by using an extracting agent, and separating hexavalent chromium from a water phase, so as to acquire a hexavalent chromium-loaded organic phase; (2) reducing the hexavalent chromium-loaded organic phase by using an aqueous solution of an organic reducing agent, reducing hexavalent chromium into trivalent chromium, reversely extracting trivalent chromium into the water phase, and separating the organic phase from the water phase to acquire a solution of the trivalent chromium and a renewable organic phase, wherein the organic reducing agent is one or a mixture of alcohols, aldehydes and carboxylic acids having the carbon atom number ranging 1 to 3; and (3) performing solvent evaporation on the solution of trivalent chromium, catalyzing, and recovering the trivalent chromium.

Abstract: Methods for diagnosing and prognosing autoimmune diseases and T cell lymphomas are provided, for example by measuring levels of intracellular osteopontin (OPN-i). Also provided are screening methods for identifying activators and inhibitors of the transcription factor Bcl6, which is involved in T cell activation/differentiation. Other aspects of the disclosure provide methods for enhancing adoptive T cell transfer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a large-scale single crystal monolayer of hBN including: preparing a single crystal copper substrate of (111) face in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus; removing impurities of the single crystal copper substrate of (111) face; forming a plurality of hBN crystal seeds by depositing a vaporized ammonia borane or a vaporized borazine on the surface of the single crystal copper substrate from which the impurities are removed; and forming a large-scale single crystal monolayer of hBN grown by mutual coherence between the hBN crystal seeds, an apparatus for manufacturing the same, and a substrate for a monolayer UV graphene growth using the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides genetic tags operably linked to transgenes. The expression of the genetic tag allows identification, detection, selection, and ablation of cells expressing the transgene and the genetic tag. In some alternatives the genetically modified host cell comprises a transgene comprising a polynucleotide coding for a chimeric antigen receptor comprising a ligand binding domain, a polynucleotide comprising a spacer region, a polynucleotide comprising a transmembrane domain, and a polynucleotide comprising an intracellular signaling domain and a polynucleotide coding for a genetic tag.

Abstract: In one aspect, a particle comprising a core containing at least one pharmaceutically active agent and a coating covering the surface of the particle that comprises a biocompatible adhesive polymer is provided. The core may comprise two or more components, such as two pharmaceutically active agents or a pharmaceutically active agent and a major constituent of the core, having at least one dissimilar chemical or physical property (e.g., molecular weight, solubility, c Log P). In some such embodiments, placement of the uncoated core in certain environments results in the rapid release of a component (e.g., a pharmaceutically active agent) from and/or destabilization and breakdown of the core. In some embodiments, the biocompatible adhesive polymer in the coating acts as a molecular glue to stabilize the core and/or alter the release kinetics of at least one pharmaceutically active agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing astrocytes comprising obtaining neural progenitor cells from stem cells so as to continuously produce astrocytes with high purity and same traits, followed by two steps of differentiating the neural progenitor cells into the astrocytes, and astrocytes produced therefrom. Since the method of preparing the astrocytes provided in the present invention enables not only production of the astrocytes with high purity and faster production of the astrocytes with same characteristics, but also rapid differentiation of the astrocytes using the neural progenitor cells when necessary, it can be widely used for effectively treating a patient with a disease which requires transplantation of the astrocytes.

Abstract: Disclosed are an optical input/output device and an opto-electronic system including the same. The device includes a bulk silicon substrate, at least one vertical-input light detection element monolithically integrated on a portion of the bulk silicon substrate, and at least one vertical-output light source element monolithically integrated on another portion of the bulk silicon substrate adjacent to the vertical-input light detection element. The vertical-output light source element includes a III-V compound semiconductor light source active layer combined with the bulk silicon substrate by a wafer bonding method.