Abstract: A modified Y-type molecular sieve has a modifying metal content of about 0.5-6.3 wt % calculated on the basis of an oxide of the modifying metal and a sodium content of no more than about 0.5 wt % calculated on the basis of sodium oxide. The modifying metal is magnesium and/or calcium. The modified Y-type molecular sieve has a proportion of non-framework aluminum content to the total aluminum content of no more than about 20%, a total pore volume of about 0.33-0.39 ml/g, a proportion of the pore volume of secondary pores having a pore size of 2-100 nm to the total pore volume of about 10-25%, a lattice constant of about 2.440-2.455 nm, a lattice collapse temperature of not lower than about 1040° C., and a ratio of B acid to L acid in the total acid content of no less than about 2.30.

Abstract: A three-dimensional cell growth containment article is described, which includes a molded body channelized by removal of sacrificial channelizing element(s) therefrom, so that the molded body contains one or more channel(s) therein, with a matrix material in at least one of such channel(s) that is supportive of three-dimensional cell growth in the matrix material. A method for making such articles is also described, in which a molded body is formed with one or more sacrificial channelizing element(s) therein, following which the sacrificial channelizing element(s) are removed. The three-dimensional cell growth containment articles of the present disclosure may be utilized in any applications in which there exists a need to reproducibly generate three-dimensional cellular structures, e.g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for conducting high-throughput and directed mutagenesis for sugarcane resistance to glyphosate by plasma. The method is as follows: sugarcane embryonic calli are irradiated by a plasma instrument under a sterile condition for mutagenesis, wherein the mutagenesis power is 140˜200 W, the discharging distance is 35˜45 mm, the mutagenesis time is 110˜140 s and the protective gas is nitrogen; buffering culture, moderate/high concentration of glyphosate stress screening, differentiation into seedlings, glyphosate stress screening of bottle seedlings and stress screening via spraying glyphosate on the leave surfaces of potted plants are conducted for the treated calli. The present invention has the advantages of safe operation, simplicity, practicability, high handling capacity, low contamination, and due to implementation of directed stress screening, high screening efficiency, decreased subsequent screening workload and visual identification of resistant mutant strains.

Abstract: A modified Y-type molecular sieve has a rare earth content of about 4% to about 11% by weight on the basis of the oxide, a phosphorus content of about 0.05% to about 10% by weight on the basis of P2O5, a sodium content of no more than about 0.5% by weight on the basis of sodium oxide, and an active element content of about 0.1% to about 5% by weight on the basis of the oxide, with the active element being gallium and/or boron. The modified Y-type molecular sieve has a total pore volume of about 0.36 mL/g to about 0.48 mL/g, a percentage of the pore volume of secondary pores having a pore size of 2-100 nm of about 20% to about 40%; a lattice constant of about 2.440 nm to about 2.455 nm, and a lattice collapse temperature of not lower than about 1060° C.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides: a magnetoresistive element having a large magnetoresistance change ratio (MR ratio); and a magnetic sensor, a reproducing head and a magnetic recording and reproducing device. The magnetoresistive element comprises a magnetoresistive film including a pair of body centered cubic (bcc) crystal structure CoFe ferromagnetic layers with a (001) crystal orientation, the pair of layers separated by a non-magnetic layer of Cu with bcc crystal structure.

Abstract: There is provided a paper-based colorimetric sensor kit for quickly and simply diagnosing mercury in situ with a naked eye. The paper-based colorimetric sensor kit includes: a circular template for rolling circle amplification (RCA); a primer that does not hybridize to the circular template when a mercury ion is bonded to a primer that hybridizes to the circular template; a DNA polymerase; a sensing material kit including a nanoparticle probe labeled to a DNA coil formed in the circular template for RCA; and a radial chromatography paper.

Abstract: A beam management method, performed by a terminal in a communication system, includes receiving a control message including at least one parameter used for beam management from a first base station, performing a monitoring operation on a first beam configured between the first base station and the terminal based on the at least one parameter, detecting a beam problem in the first beam based on the monitoring operation, and in response to determination that the beam problem is detected in the first beam, performing a recovery operation on the first beam.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anode active material, a nonaqueous lithium secondary battery comprising the same, and a preparation method therefor, and the purpose of the present invention is to improve high-rate charging characteristics without deterioration of charging and discharging efficiency and lifetime characteristics when applying an amorphous carbon coating layer as the anode active material of the nonaqueous lithium secondary battery, wherein the amorphous carbon coating layer comprising MoPx particles composed of MoP and MoP2 is formed on the surface of a carbon-based material, thereby reducing resistance when intercalating lithium ions into the surface of the carbon-based material, and improving reactivity and structural stability of the surface. The anode active material according to the present invention comprises a carbon-based material, and an amorphous carbon coating layer comprising MoPx particles composed of MoP and MoP2 formed on the surface of the carbon-based material.

Abstract: A driver monitor system and method for predicting impairment of a user of a vehicle. The system includes video cameras, an input device for inputting a list of medications being taken by the driver. Processing circuitry predicts side effects of the medications based on the half-life of the medication, detecting eye gaze movement, eye lid position, and facial expression of the user using images from the video camera, predicting whether the user is transitioning into an impaired physical state that is a side effect of the medications, verifying the side effect of the medications, determining whether the user is fit to drive using the verified side effects of the medications, and outputting to the vehicle an instruction to operate the vehicle in a level of automation that makes up for the at least one side effect or to perform a safe pull over operation of the vehicle.

Abstract: A demagnetization method for a multilayer shielding apparatus is provided. In the demagnetization method, the demagnetization is realized on the basis of a demagnetization coil system. The demagnetization coil system includes a plurality of turns of demagnetization coils (2), a plurality of connection wires and a power supply module. The multilayer shielding apparatus includes at least two layers of shielding bodies (1); all the layers of shielding bodies (1) are sleeved layer by layer from inside to outside; a plurality of turns of demagnetization coils (2) are wound on each layer of shielding bodies (1) at intervals; and one half of each turn of demagnetization coils (2) is located inside the wound shielding bodies (1), and the other half is located outside the wound shielding bodies (1). Each demagnetization coil (2) is connected to the power supply module through the corresponding connection wire.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a benzamide compound and a preparation method, use and pharmaceutical composition thereof. The benzamide compound represented by formula (I) is a STAT3 inhibitor, and can be used to prevent and/or treat a disease related to STAT3 activity, such as a tumor, autoimmune disease, renal disease, cardiovascular disease, inflammation, metabolic/endocrine dysfunction, and neurological disease.

Abstract: Provided is a wireless communication terminal that communicates wirelessly. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver and a processor for processing a radio signal received through the transceiver or a radio signal to be transmitted through the transceiver. The processor accesses a channel according to according to a priority of data to be transmitted to the base communication terminal by the wireless communication terminal.

Abstract: This invention relates to a plant E3 ubiquitin ligase (termed DA2) which acts synergistically with DA1 to control seed and organ size. Methods of increasing plant yield are provided that comprise reducing the expression or activity of DA2 in a plant that is deficient in DA1 expression or activity. Plants with increased yield and methods of producing such plants are also provided.

Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a method and system for managing Grant-free data transmission in a radio communication network. The proposed method includes composing, by a Base Station (BS), a Select Signal (SS) for a transceiver device, where the SS is configured to control a grant-free data transmission from the transceiver device. Further, the proposed method includes transmitting, by the BS, the SS to the transceiver device. Further, the proposed method includes receiving, by a transceiver device, the SS from the BS. Further, the proposed method includes decoding, by the transceiver device, the SS and furthermore, the proposed method includes controlling, by the transceiver device, a data transmission by one of activating the grant-free data transmission from the transceiver device in response to successful decoding of the SS, and deactivating the grant-free data transmission from the transceiver device in response to unsuccessful decoding of the SS.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for maize cultivation in the black soil area of northeast China, including the following steps that can be conducted in any order: A. conservation tillage with straw returning: after a crop is harvested in autumn, raking and concentrating straws in rows; B. when sowing, disposing a front-loaded returning device on a sowing machine for a second concentration; C. when sowing, increasing the number of plants through a wide- and narrow-row effect; D. additional application of an organic bacterial fertilizer: where, the organic bacterial fertilizer includes a base fertilizer and a seed fertilizer; the base fertilizer refers to 500 kg of a 40% organic-inorganic mixed slow-release fertilizer; the seed fertilizer refers to 80 kg of an organic bacterial fertilizer; E. weeding with a herbicide treated by a secondary dilution method; and F. subsoiling to break a plow pan in summer: subsoiling flat land parcels to 40 cm.

Abstract: A multifunctional experimental system for in-situ simulation of a gas hydrate includes a computed tomography (CT) scanning device, a reactor, and a pipeline system. The reactor includes: a reactor upper end cover, a reactor lower end cover, a reactor housing and a clamp holder. A first pipeline channel is formed at a top, an upper groove is formed at a bottom, and a first upper joint is arranged in the upper groove. A second pipeline channel is formed at a side, a lower groove is formed at a top, and a first lower joint is arranged in the lower groove; where two ends of the reactor housing are respectively fixed to the reactor upper end cover and the reactor lower end cover. A top end of the clamp holder is provided with a second upper joint, a bottom end of the clamp holder is provided with a second lower joint.

Abstract: A stack including at least a semiconductor drift layer stacked on a single-crystal diamond substrate having a coalescence boundary, wherein the coalescence boundary of the single-crystal diamond substrate is a region that exhibits, in a Raman spectrum at a laser excitation wavelength of 785 nm, a full width at half maximum of a peak near 1332 cm?1 due to diamond that is observed to be broader than a full width at half maximum of the peak exhibited by a region different from the coalescence boundary, the coalescence boundary has a width of 200 ?m or more, and the semiconductor drift layer is stacked on at least the coalescence boundary.

Abstract: Disclosed are a quantum information transmitter, a quantum communication system including the same, and an operating method of the quantum information transmitter. The quantum information transmitter includes a light source driver, a light source, and a light modulator. The light source driver generates a first light source driving signal having a first level and a second light source driving signal having a second level. The light source generates a first light signal having a first average number of photons in response to the first light source driving signal, and generates a second light signal having a second average number of photons in response to the second light source driving signal. The optical modulator modulates the first light signal to generate a target signal, and modulates the second light signal to generate a decoy signal.

Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include systems and methods that use meta-learning to learn how to optimally find a new neural network architecture for a task using past architectures that were optimized for other tasks, including for example tasks associated with autonomous, semi-autonomous, assisted, or other driving applications. A computer implemented method of the disclosure includes configuring a search space lattice comprising nodes representing operator choices, edges, and a maximum depth. The method includes defining an objective function. The method further includes configuring a graph network over the search space lattice to predict edge weights over the search space lattice.

Abstract: Network materials which exhibit both shear thinning and self-healing properties are disclosed. The networks contain particles and gel-forming compounds. The networks are useful for a variety of biomedical uses, including drug delivery.