Abstract: A lithium ion battery includes an anode electrode, an electrolyte, a separator, and a cathode electrode. The cathode electrode includes a cathode active material, a conducting agent, and a cathode binder. The cathode binder includes a polymer obtained by polymerizing a maleimide type monomer with an organic diamine type compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof having excellent tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase inhibitory activity. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like, R2 and R3 are the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like, R4 and R5 are the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group, or the like, R6 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, each R7 may be the same or different and may each represent an optionally substituted C1-6 alkoxy group or the like, X represents —CH?, —C(—R7)?, or —N?, and m represents 1 to 4, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides a clock delay adjusting circuit based on edge addition and an integrated chip thereof.

Abstract: Liquid sample imaging devices and processes are disclosed for high resolution TEM imaging and multimodal analyses of liquid sample materials in situ under high vacuum that are compatible with standard type TEM chip membranes and TEM sample holders allowing TEM liquid sample imaging to be performed wherever a TEM instrument is accessible and at a substantially reduced cost compared to prior art systems and approaches.

Abstract: A method of forming a micropattern, a substrate surface inspection apparatus, a cantilever set for an atomic force microscope, and a method of analyzing a surface of a semiconductor substrate, and a probe tip the method including forming pinning patterns on a semiconductor substrate; forming a neutral pattern layer in spaces between the pinning patterns; and inspecting a surface of a guide layer that includes the pinning patterns and the neutral pattern layer by using an atomic force microscope (AFM).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a water containing permanganate ions that exist stably over a long period of time and a method for producing the water. A water containing permanganate ions of the present invention as a means for resolution is produced by dissolving 0.1 ?M to 1 mM of a divalent manganese compound, 0.1 ?M to 1 mM of an organic iron compound, and 1 to 300 mM of an inorganic salt in a water with ozone-microbubbles generated using an ozone gas at a concentration of 1 to 300 g/Nm3. The half-life of permanganate ions of the water containing permanganate ions of the present invention is 3 months or longer, for example, when the water filled in an airtight container under atmospheric pressure is stored under a temperature condition of 40° C., and has significantly different properties from a water containing permanganate ions that is produced by dissolving a permanganate compound in water, although the two waters share a common point of containing permanganate ions.

Abstract: Provided herein is a PLC synchronization method including allocating a predetermined value with respect to a plurality of modulation symbols depending on whether sum of squared magnitude of in-phase component and orthogonal component is arranged in a predetermined range, calculating first moving sum and second moving sum of a value allocated to the plurality of modulation symbols, and performing PLC (physical layer link channel) synchronization based on the plurality of modulation symbols having maximum value of the first moving sum and the second moving sum.

Abstract: There is provided a semi-circular resonator using a whispering gallery mode (WGM) and an optical sensor using the same. Accordingly, an active region that is a waveguide of an active layer in which laser oscillation is caused by gains of advancing beams is deeply etched in a semi-circular or semi-ring shape.

Abstract: Linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) is produced from an ethylene-only feed over a tandem catalyst system consisting of a phenoxy-imine titanium trimerization catalyst and a silylene-linked cyclopentadienyl/amido titanium polymerization catalyst co-supported on the same methylaluminoxane/silica particles. The level of 1-hexene incorporation in the LLDPE can be controlled by varying the ethylene pressure. Tandem, co-silica-supported ethylene trimerization and ethylene/1-hexene copolymerization catalysts produce linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) from an ethylene-only feedstock. The percentage 1-hexene incorporation in the LLDPE may be varied by adjusting the amounts of the two catalysts on the silica support.

Abstract: A method to characterize shape variations in brain ventricles during embryonic growth in mammals, the method including extracting a brain ventricle skeleton from one or more images, calculating a volume profile for the skeleton using the extracted images, partitioning the brain ventricle based on the volume profile along the skeleton, the brain ventricle being partitioned into two lateral ventricles and a main ventricle, the main ventricle being further partitioned into three sub regions, determining volume vectors of the two lateral ventricles and the three sub regions, computing a means square error between the determined computed volume vectors and a pretrained mean volume vector of embryos during different gestational stages, and classifying the embryo to the gestational stage having the lowest mean square error.

Abstract: An anode binder includes a polymer obtained by polymerizing a maleimide type monomer with an organic diamine type compound. A lithium ion battery includes an anode electrode, an electrolyte, a separator, and an anode electrode. The anode electrode includes an anode active material, a conducting agent, and the anode binder.

Abstract: A method for carbon coating on an electrode active material of a lithium ion battery is disclosed. The method comprises mixing a plurality of electrode active material particles, a carbon source, and a first solvent to obtain a first mixture liquid; heating the first mixture liquid at a temperature from about 130° C. to about 240° C. under a pressure from about 0.2 MPa to about 30 MPa to obtain a plurality of carbon source coated electrode active material particles; separating the plurality of carbon source coated electrode active material particles from the first mixture liquid; and sintering the plurality of carbon source coated electrode active material particles to obtain a plurality of carbon coated electrode active material particles.

Abstract: A method for preparing sulfur-based cathode material is disclosed. First, polyacrylonitrile and sulfur according to a proportion are dissolved in a first solvent at a first temperature to obtain a first solution. Second, the first solution is transferred into a second solvent at a second temperature, to precipitate the polyacrylonitrile and sulfur to form a precipitated material. Third, the precipitated material is filtered and heated to produce a sulfurized polyacrylonitrile.

Abstract: Systems and methods capable of providing adaptive and responsive accompaniment to music with fixed chord progressions, such as jazz and pop, are provided. A system can include one or more sound-capturing devices, a signal analyzer to analyze captured sound signals, and an electronic sound-producing component that produces electronic sounds as an accompaniment.

Abstract: An apparatus for magnetic particle imaging, the apparatus comprising: a sensing unit configured to detect linear sample signals, which represent the mixed electromagnetic fields, generated from magnetic particles in a sample; a driving unit configured to move the sensing unit in a direction of X-axis, Y-axis, or Z-axis; and a data processing unit configured to rearrange in a matrix linear sample signals detected by the sensing unit that is moved by the driving unit.

Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor nanocrystal can include contacting an M-containing compound with an X donor having the formula X(Y(R)3)3, where X is a group V element and Y is a group IV element.

Abstract: An electric field sensor for underwater, including a sensing unit that senses a change in an electric field and transfers a sensing signal of the electric field to a signal line, a waterproof sealing unit that keeps a signal transferring portion of the sensing unit in a waterproof state, and a water-passing protection unit that shields and protects an exposed portion of the sensing unit. The sensing unit includes a nonconductive hollow pipe connected to the signal line, a sheet of carbon fiber that is wound around the outer surface of the hollow pipe and that senses an electric field, and a terminal ring that is electrically conductively installed at an end portion of the sheet of carbon fiber to provide a connection portion of the signal line and that is watertightly sealed by the waterproof sealing unit.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of reprogramming one or more somatic cells, e.g., partially differentiated or fully/terminally differentiated somatic cells, to a less differentiated state, e.g., a pluripotent or multipotent state. In further embodiments the invention also relates to reprogrammed somatic cells produced by methods of the invention, to uses of said cells, and to methods for identifying agents useful for reprogramming somatic cells.

Abstract: An endoscopic illumination system for illuminating a subject for stereoscopic image capture, includes a light source which outputs light; a first complementary multiband bandpass filter (CMBF) and a second CMBF, the first and second CMBFs being situated in first and second light paths, respectively, where the first CMBF and the second CMBF filter the light incident thereupon to output filtered light; and a camera which captures video images of the subject and generates corresponding video information, the camera receiving light reflected from the subject and passing through a pupil CMBF pair and a detection lens. The pupil CMBF includes a first pupil CMBF and a second pupil CMBF, the first pupil CMBF being identical to the first CMBF and the second pupil CMBF being identical to the second CMBF, and the detection lens includes one unpartitioned section that covers both the first pupil CMBF and the second pupil CMBF.

Abstract: This invention relates to a hydrotreating catalyst suitable for heavy distillate oil hydrodesulfurization, production and use thereof. The present hydrotreating catalyst exhibits significantly improved heavy distillate oil (deep) hydrodesulfurization activity.