Abstract: The invention contemplates compositions for the treatment of malaria comprising an anti-malaria drug and an adjuvant which promotes vasodilation and methods of using same.

Abstract: Graphene-carbon nanotube multi-stack three-dimensional architectures (graphene-CNT stacks) are formed by a “popcorn-like” growth method, in which carbon nanotubes are grown throughout the architecture in a continuous step. Alternating layers of graphene and a transition metal are grown by a vapor deposition process. The metal is fragmented and etched to form an array of catalytic sites. Carbon nanotubes grow from the catalytic sites in a vapor-solid-liquid process. The graphene-CNT stacks have applications in electrical energy storage devices, such as supercapacitors and batteries. The directly grown carbon nanotube array between graphene layers provides ease of ion diffusion and electron transfer, in addition to being an active material, spacer and electron pathway.

Abstract: A method is provided to transform biomass. Non-food biomass is preprocessed. Then, fermentation is processed to generate ethanol. Ethanol is dehydrated through a catalyst to generate ethylene. After the dehydration, oligomerization is processed with a catalyst to transform ethylene into olefins having 6˜20 carbon atoms (C6˜C20). The olefins are hydrotreated into alkanes. Thus, C6˜C20 hydrocarbons having long carbon chains are formed. The hydrocarbons having 6˜10 carbon atoms can be used as gasoline; those having 8˜16 carbon atoms, jet fuel; and those having 16˜20 carbon atoms, diesel. On generating ethanol, byproducts of lignin may be generated. The byproducts can be processed through depolymerization/deoxygenation to generate aromatic hydrocarbons or can be gasified to generate methanol or dimethyl ether. By further processing dehydration, aromatic hydrocarbons are generated to be mixed into gasoline, jet fuel or diesel. Or, the lignin byproducts are gasified to generate syngas.

Abstract: Provided herein a method for allocating storage space using a buddy allocator, the method including receiving, by a buddy allocator, a block allocation request from a space allocation requestor, selecting, by the buddy allocator, a first buddy in response to the block allocation request, wherein the first buddy is one of a plurality of buddies, checking, by the buddy allocator, whether blocks of the first buddy include a first spare storage space to which storage space corresponding to the block allocation request is allocated, allocating, by the buddy allocator, the storage space to the blocks of the first buddy when it is checked that the blocks of the first buddy include the first spare storage space, and deallocating, by the buddy allocator, excess storage space of allocated storage space when a size of the allocated storage space is greater than the storage corresponding to the block allocation request, wherein the excess storage space is not corresponding to the block allocation request.

Abstract: A nano-scale superconducting quantum interference device and a manufacturing method thereof, comprising the following steps of: S1: providing a substrate and growing a first superconducting material layer thereon; S2: forming a photo-resist layer and performing patterning; S3: etching the first superconducting material layer in a predetermined region; S4: covering a layer of insulation material on a top and a side of a structure obtained in step S3; S5: growing a second superconducting material layer; S6: removing the structure above the plane where the upper surface of the first superconducting material layer locates, to obtain a plane superconducting structure, in the middle of which at least one insulating interlayer is inserted; S7: forming at least one nanowire vertical to the insulating interlayer, to obtain the nano-scale superconducting quantum interference device. The width of the superconducting ring and the length of the nano junction are determined by the insulating interlayer.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) apparatus includes at least one OLED illumination module, a driving unit, an optical sensing module, a control unit, and a storage unit. The driving unit is configured to adjust voltage applied to the OLED illumination module, so as to change a CCT of the OLED illumination module. The optical sensing module is configured to sense the light emitted by the OLED illumination module. The control unit is configured to receive a feedback signal from the optical sensing module so as to adjust a light intensity and the CCT of the OLED illumination module. The storage unit is configured to store photoelectric parameter data of the OLED illumination module. The control unit is configured to adjust the CCT and the light intensity of the OLED illumination module to target values according to the photoelectric parameter data.

Abstract: Use of hexahydro-dibenzo[a,g]quinolizine compounds as shown in formula(I) in preparing a medicine for treating and/or preventing benign prostate hyperplasia diseases.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes an electrode layer, a first metal layer, an organic material layer and a second metal layer stacked sequentially. The first metal layer includes a first metal portion and a second metal portion separated from the first metal portion at a first lateral distance, and the first metal portion and the second metal portion have a first period. The organic material layer includes a first emitting region separating the first metal portion and the second metal portion. The first lateral distance and the first period enable a lateral plasma coupling generated between the first metal portion and the second metal portion, such that light generated by the organic material layer at the first emitting region has a gain in a first waveband, or a peak wavelength of the light generated by the first emitting region shifts to the first waveband.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds (e.g., compounds of Formula (I)), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, co-crystals, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, prodrugs, and compositions thereof. Also provided are methods and kits comprising the inventive compounds, or compositions thereof, for treating and/or preventing a fungal or protozoan infection, inhibiting the activity of a fungal or protozoan enzyme, killing a fungus or protozoon, or inhibiting the growth of a fungus or protozoon. The fungus may be a Candida species, Aspergillus species, or other pathogenic fungal species. The compounds of the invention may inhibit the activity of fungal or protozoan cytochrome b and/or fungal or protozoan Hsp90. The present invention also provides synthetic methods of the inventive compounds.

Abstract: A phantom for measuring thickness of a thin layer and a method of using thereof. The phantom may include a non-scattering muscle mimicking material having a flat top surface; a plurality of soft tissue mimicking thin layers placed in a first area, which is at least a part of a top surface of the non-scattering muscle mimicking material, and having thicknesses different from each other; and an anechoic blood mimicking liquid material placed in an area other than the first area among an entire area of the top surface of the non-scattering muscle mimicking material and on a top surface of the plurality of soft tissue mimicking thin layers.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described for a scheme for computing a counting number of a keyword. In some examples, a method performed under control of a computing device may include obtaining a result of a j-th set of hash functions with regard to a key; marking a head marker into a bit array of a bloom filter based at least in part on the result of the j-th set of hash functions, if the j is zero; and marking a tail marker into the bit array of the bloom filter based at least in part on the result of the j-th set of hash functions, if the j is the same as or larger than 1.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus, a method, and a system for compressing and transmitting video. The video processing apparatus comprises an overlap area extraction part being provided with at least one input video which is acquired by at least one video acquisition device and real space video data stored in a data base, and extracting overlap areas by matching the input video with the real space video data; and a video compression part compressing, based on the overlap areas, the at least one input video by using at least one reference frame based on information included in the real space video data.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described to manage bandwidth efficiency and fairness in cloud computing. According to some examples, bottleneck links may be determined in a network connecting communication device pairs. A first bandwidth allocation may be determined of a first subset of the communication device pairs communicating through the bottleneck links. A second bandwidth allocation may be determined of a second subset of the communication device pairs unable to communicate through the bottleneck links. Then, the first bandwidth may be adjusted based on an analysis of the first bandwidth, the second bandwidth, a first weight attribute associated with the first subset and a second weight attribute associated with the second subset.

Abstract: Geopolymers are one type of aluminosilicate materials formed through the polymerization of silicate and aluminate tetrahedrons. Geopolymer is used as a non-calcium-based stabilizer to mix with sulfate-rich soils. The stabilized soils were exposed to deionized water for 7 days until the volume of soil samples reached constant. Volumetric expansion of the sulfate-rich soil samples stabilized with metakaolin based geopolymer was 7 times lower than those stabilized with lime while the mechanical strength of stabilized soil samples were significantly improved.

Abstract: A method of analyzing protein-protein interactions at a single molecular level is disclosed.

Abstract: A bidirectional IGBT device, including a cellular structure including: two MOS structures, a substrate drift layer, two highly doped buried layers operating for carrier storage or field stop, two metal electrodes, and isolating dielectrics. Each MOS structure includes: a body region, a heavily doped source region, a body contact region, and a gate structure. Each gate structure includes: a gate dielectric and a gate conductive material. The two MOS structures are symmetrically disposed on the top surface and the back surface of the substrate drift layer. The heavily doped source region and the body contact region are disposed in the body region and independent from each other, and both surfaces of the heavily doped source region and the body contact region are connected to each of the two metal electrodes. The gate dielectric separates the gate conductive material from a channel region of each of the MOS structures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.

Abstract: The invention, in some aspects relates to compositions comprising synthetic minimal cells (SMCs) and use of SMCs, pluralities of SMCs in relation to engineering genetic circuit interactions.

Abstract: An apparatus for sorting cells from a mixed population of cells using surface acoustic waves is described. Methods for separating cancer cells from a mixed population of cells are provided. Methods for separating cells or particles having different size, density and/or compressibility properties are also provided.

Abstract: An illumination system that includes a light source device and an algorithm unit is provided. The algorithm unit is coupled to the light source device and outputs a control signal to the light source device according to a reflection spectrum of an object, a visual color matching function, a visual preference correction function, or a combination of the above. The light source device outputs an illumination beam according to the control signal, so as to develop target visual perception of the object while the object is being irradiated by the illumination beam. A method for developing target visual perception of an object is also provided.