Abstract: The present relates to a heating device structure, which comprises a heat conducting member to mate with the heat dissipation fins of an electronic device. Thereby, during the packaging process of the electronic device, the effect of multi-point heating can be achieved by combining the heat conducting member and the fins. Accordingly, heating can be performed rapidly to reach the soldering temperature. Without the influence of the structure of heat dissipation fins, the heating process will not be performed at low efficiency.

Abstract: A system, method, and material that enables the pressure-activated reversible chemical capture of acid gasses such as CO2 from gas volumes such as streams, flows or any other volume. Once the acid gas is chemically captured, the resulting product typically a zwitterionic salt, can be subjected to a reduced pressure whereupon the resulting product will release the captures acid gas and the capture material will be regenerated. The invention includes this process as well as the materials and systems for carrying out and enabling this process.

Abstract: An enhanced disintegrin-like domain, and metalloprotease, with an isolated human thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13 (ADAMTS-13) that includes substitutions at one or more positions in the isolated human ADAMTS-13.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a successful synthesis regime to grow highly oriented plate-like In2Te3 nanostructures inside bulk thermoelectric Bi2Te3 using a thermodynamically driven nucleation and growth technique. As described herein, the inventive materials can further be doped with +2 and +4 rare earth elements, and others, in order to achieve the desired performance characteristics.

Abstract: Compounds represented by Formula I are provided that include synthetic transtaganolide and basiliolide products. Derivatives of these compounds and methods of synthesis are also provided.

Abstract: A memory device including at least one bit-line decoding circuit, at least one word-line decoding circuit, a plurality of memory blocks, and a plurality of switches is provided. The sizes of the plurality of memory blocks include at least one first size and a second size, and the first size is greater than the second size. The plurality of memory blocks with the first size are grouped as at least one first group, and the plurality of memory blocks with the second size are grouped as at least one second group. Compared to the first group, the second group is closer to the bit-line decoding circuit and/or the word-line decoding circuit. The switches are controlled by at least one control signal, so as to enable or disable the first group and/or the second group.

Abstract: Provided is a high-strength, bonded La(Fe, Si)13-based magnetocaloric material, as well as a preparation method and use thereof. The magnetocaloric material comprises magnetocaloric alloy particles and an adhesive agent, wherein the particle size of the magnetocaloric alloy particles is less than or equal to 800 ?m and are bonded into a massive material by the adhesive agent; the magnetocaloric alloy particle has a NaZn13-type structure and is represented by a chemical formula of La1-xRx(Fe1-p-qCopMnq)13-ySiyA?, wherein R is one or more selected from elements cerium (Ce), praseodymium (Pr) and neodymium (Nd), A is one or more selected from elements C, H and B, x is in the range of 0?x?0.5, y is in the range of 0.8?y?2, p is in the range of 0?p?0.2, q is in the range of 0?q?0.2, ? is in the range of 0???3.0. Using a bonding and thermosetting method, and by means of adjusting the forming pressure, thermosetting temperature, and thermosetting atmosphere, etc.

Abstract: An air dehumidification system includes a modified packed column air stripper for contacting humid air with a liquid desiccant. The dehumidification system also includes a solar distiller for regenerating the liquid desiccant through evaporation of water. The liquid desiccant may be a salt solution, more specifically, an aqueous solution of calcium chloride. The dehumidification system may also include an evaporative cooler for cooling dehumidified air exiting the air stripper. Condensate from the solar distiller may be directed to the evaporative cooler.

Abstract: The invention provides methods, and compositions for performing the methods, that reduce the diffusion or overall mobility of a virus on a surface, such as a biological surface using a purified mucin. The methods can reduce the infectivity of a virus for a cell on the surface. In particular embodiments, the mucin can be a non-human mucin, such as a procine gastric mucin.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus and corresponding method according to an embodiment of the present invention enables high-resolution, wide-field-of-view, high sensitivity imaging. An embodiment of the invention is a camera system that utilizes motion of an optical element, such as a spatial filtering mask or of the camera itself, to apply different spatial filtering functions to a scene to be imaged. Features of a spatial filtering mask implementing the different filtering functions are adjacent along an axis of the spatial mask, and a pitch of the features of the mask is smaller than a pitch of the sensor elements. An imaging reconstructor having knowledge of the filtering functions can produce a high-resolution image from corresponding low-resolution coded imaging data captured by the imaging system. This approach offers advantages over conventional high-resolution, wide-field imaging, including an ability to use large-pitch, lower cost sensor arrays, and transfer and store much less data.

Abstract: A bonding method is provided for gold nanoparticles (GNPs). GNPs are bonded with diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA). GNPs have high bio-compatibility and high surface area. Hence, the present invention uses GNPs as carriers for diagnosing and treating cancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant protein for siRNA delivery, which allows the efficient intracellular and in vivo delivery of siRNA. More particularly, the present invention relates to a recombinant protein that allows a siRNA binding protein to be located in the interior cavity of a capsid protein of HBV (Hepatitis B virus), in which siRNAs of interest bind to the siRNA binding protein to be encapsulated within the capsid shell, thereby providing stability against the external attack such as nucleases and achieving the efficient intracellular and in vivo delivery of siRNA by its release into the cytosolic space after cell uptake.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a photoanode for a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is provided. The method includes the following steps. A particle colloid is electrospun to form a first electrospun thin film layer on a substrate. The particle colloid includes titanium dioxide nanopartictes, a polymer material, a dispersing agent and a solvent. The first electrospun thin film layer is then sintered to form a main titanium dioxide layer. A photoanode manufactured by the method mentioned above is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite powder, preparation and use thereof. The composite powder according to the present invention is prepared by intimately mixing an irradiated or non-irradiated rubber latex with a slurry of inorganic particles in a ratio corresponding to that of rubber particles to inorganic particles in the composite powder according to the present invention, and then drying the resultant mixture. The composite powder according to the present invention comprises agglomerates composed of powdery rubber particles and inorganic particles, with inorganic particles being uniformly distributed either inside the agglomerats or both inside the agglomerates and on the surfaces thereof. The composite powder according to the present invention can be easily dispersed in plastic matrixes and thus can be compounded with plastics to produce toughened plastics and thermoplastic elastomers.

Abstract: A lesion phantom is disclosed, which is a spherical ball having a cavity formed therein for housing contrast agents or medicines, and is enabled for the quantitative evaluation of a medical image in drug development and evaluation. In an embodiment, the cavity of the lesion phantom is coupled to a tapering ring and is configured to be sealed by a silicon plug, in order to ensure that contrast agents or medicines can be fed into the cavity easily and conveniently without causing any problem, such as overflowing, a bubble residue problem, radioactive contamination, etc. Moreover, by the arrangement of a retractable fixing bar, the positioning of the lesion phantom can be adjusted flexibly at will, and additionally by the tapering of the tapering ring, the lesion phantom can be prevented from being damaged by any extreme, sudden, unjust, or improper force exerted, and thus the lifespan of the lesion phantom can be prolonged.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for processing an image by using image division capable of simultaneously minimizing deterioration of an image quality due to an error in a transmission line and further improving compression efficiency in performing compression and restoration of an image signal by using multiple processors. The method of processing an image by using image division according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes dividing an image frame into multiple subblocks having a predetermined pixel size; constituting multiple macroblocks by sampling respective pixels positioned at an identical position within a predetermined number of subblocks; and constituting multiple slices by dividing the multiple macroblocks based on the positions of the sampled pixels within the subblock.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an LED lighting control apparatus and method based on visible light communication. The LED lighting control apparatus includes lighting information collection means for collecting status information about lighting means and environmental information about surroundings of the lighting means, and transmitting the collected information to lighting control means.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an intelligent porous biodegradable polymer scaffold for in situ tissue regeneration in which two kinds of physiologically active substances having high differentiation potential and biocompatibility are introduced into the polymer scaffold and conjugated to the surface thereof, respectively, and a method for the preparation thereof. Since the intelligent porous biodegradable polymer scaffold exhibits improved biocompatibility and differentiation potential due to the introduction of physiologically active substances capable of efficiently inducing cell proliferation and differentiation into both the surface and the inside thereof, it can directly induce in situ tissue regeneration of the musculoskeletal system from stem cells in a living tissue after transplanting the polymer scaffold and stem cells into a human body without additional in vitro cultivation.

Abstract: Disclosed are nanocomposite-based biosensors. The biosensors include an electrode, a nanocomposite over the surface of the electrode, the nanocomposite comprising a population of carbon nanotubes and a population of magnetic nanoparticles dispersed in the population of carbon nanotubes, wherein the magnetic nanoparticles comprise a ferromagnetic metal or compound thereof, and one or more biomolecules over the surface of the electrode, wherein the biomolecules are capable of undergoing a redox reaction with a target molecule. Also disclosed are nanocomposites, modified electrodes, kits, and methods for using the biosensors.

Abstract: Provided is a method of generating a driving signal for driving a dual mode supply modulator for a power amplifier. The method includes obtaining an envelope of a complex baseband signal to be transmitted, comparing the envelope of the complex signal with a preset threshold value, when a current envelope of the complex signal is the preset threshold value or greater or when there is a result having the preset threshold value or greater in previous N comparisons, outputting a digital board output signal configured with a first logic level through a digital-to-analog converter; and when the current envelope of the complex signal is smaller than the preset threshold value and when there is no result having the preset threshold value or greater in the previous N comparisons, outputting a digital board output signal configured with a second logic level through the digital-to-analog converter.