Abstract: A composite structure forming apparatus adapted to ejecting and causing an aerosol generated by scattering brittle material fine particles in a gas to collide with a substrate at high speed to form a structure made of the brittle material. The apparatus includes an aerosol generator for generating the aerosol, a nozzle for ejecting the aerosol, a shredder for shredding the brittle particles cohering in the aerosol and preventing cohesion of the brittle material fine particles, and a classifier for classifying the brittle material fine particles in the aerosol. The apparatus also includes a pretreatment device for creating internal strain in the brittle material fine particles, and a position control device for controlling the position of the nozzle relative to the substrate. The apparatus further includes a container having a sieve and a vibration device, and one or more of these components may be associated with the aerosol generator.

Abstract: Compositions for inducing a population of T cells to proliferate in vitro by activating the population of T cells and stimulating an accessory molecule on the surface of the T cells with a ligand which binds the accessory molecule are described. T cell proliferation occurs in the absence of exogenous growth factors or accessory cells. T cell activation is accomplished by stimulating the T cell receptor (TCR)/CD3 complex or the CD2 surface protein. To induce proliferation of an activated population of T cells, an accessory molecule on the surface of the T cells, such as CD28, is stimulated with a ligand which binds the accessory molecule.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for the design of non-native (i.e. heterologous) polypeptides comprising a proportion of hydrophobic amino acids which have an increased probability of being efficiently expressed in an expression system such as a bacterial host (e.g. E. coli). The methods involve identifying one or more hydrophobic peptide sequences within a polypeptide of interest, and arranging or re-locating at least one of the hydrophobic peptide sequences within said polypeptide so as to generate a candidate polypeptide with reduced amplitude in hydrophobicity and/or length of any hydrophobic region(s). Such methods are particularly useful for designing polyepitope polypeptides, and specific examples of such are described for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Abstract: An actuator includes a bistable mechanism having a tension beam and a compression beam defined by a relief slit in a flexible substrate; and a first shape memory element that upon heating actuates the actuator from a first position to a second position. A heat source can be thermally coupled to actuate the first shape memory element, or the first shape memory element can be heated by passing current through the element. The actuators can be formed in an array. Such arrays can be useful for tactile displays, massagers, and the like. Also included are methods of operation and manufacturing.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for a rational concatenation of specific classes of proven microfluidic-based protocols to enable a systems approach to repetitive, synchronous analyte detection via a pristine detection array under programmed and/or automatic control.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improvement for H2O2-containing wastewater treatment, wherein activated carbon for reducing the hydrogen peroxide content in the wastewater has an enhanced efficiency and a longer useful lifetime. The method of the present invention monitors a pH value of the H2O2-containing wastewater, and adjusts the pH value to 4 or higher by adding a base, when the pH is lower than 4, prior to causing the wastewater to contact activated carbon.

Abstract: The present invention provides a printing head for nano patterning including a manifold for accommodating a liquid printing material, a cartridge with an injection chamber communicating with the manifold, and a sample holder for patterning installed outside the injection chamber of the cartridge.

Abstract: Functionalized pyridazine derivatives having a low molecular weight and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful as alpha-helix mimetics and for treating conditions and/or disorders mediated by alpha-helix-binding receptors and proteins.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method for managing quality of service (QoS) of a mobile terminal. A wireless quality management unit is able to read QoS parameters and data from a wireless communication protocol unit and reports the same to a man machine interface (MMI) unit or upper layer unit so as to provide QoS services subsequently. The invention enables a user or upper layer software to effectively, efficiently, and flexibly utilize wireless interface communication.

Abstract: Polynucleotides encoding novel proteases designated “FMH-1” are disclosed. Host cells transformed with such polynucleotides and methods for making FMH-1 proteases are also disclosed. The invention also provides FMH-1 proteases and antibodies that react with them, along with pharmaceutical compositions comprising FMH-1 proteases or polynucleotides encoding FMH-1 proteases. Methods for treating conditions associated with excessive or insufficient apoptosis by administering such pharmaceutical compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present application is directed to stabilized envelope glycoprotein trimers. The trimers are stabilized by introducing disulfide bonds at certain sites in the gp41 ectodomain. DNA molecules encoding such trimers can be used to generate an immunogenic reaction.

Abstract: Short-quasi-unique-identifiers (SQUIDs) are generated and assigned to the data objects stored in memory. Pointers to a particular data object contain the data object's assigned SQUID. If a data object is moved to a second allocated memory segment, a new pointer to the second allocated memory segment is placed at the original memory segment, so that any pointers to the original memory segment now point to the new pointer. The distribution of SQUIDs is uniform. SQUIDs can be generated by counting, generated randomly, generating through some hashing mechanism, or other means. In comparing two different pointers, it is determined that the two pointers do not reference the same data object if the SQUIDs are different. On the other hand, if the SQUIDs are identical and the address fields of the two pointers are identical, then the two pointers reference the same data object.

Abstract: A method for fabricating epitaxial cobalt disilicide layers uses a cobalt-nitride thin film. Epitaxial cobalt disilicide (CoSi2) layers are fabricated using a cobalt-nitride thin film in a salicide process, wherein a silicide is formed on source/drain regions and a polysilicon gate electrode of a nanoscale MOS transistor. Epitaxial CoSi2 layers can be fabricated on source/drain regions and a gate electrode of a silicon substrate using a cobalt-nitride thin film, without the formation of an interlayer between a cobalt layer and the silicon substrate.

Abstract: A positioning system for a geostationary satellite according to the present invention comprises a plurality of outer orbit satellites revolving around the earth in equatorial orbit and polar orbit having higher altitude than that of the geostationary satellite; and at least one control station performing orbit determination using tracking data for the outer orbit satellites, and then transmitting consequent orbit data to the outer orbit satellites. The outer orbit satellites transmit to the geostationary satellite their own navigation data, clock data and correction data generated using the orbit data received from the control station. The geostationary satellite calculates its own position using the navigation data, the clock data and the correction data, and performs position control and attitude control autonomously with onboard sensors and actuators.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the macroporous manganese oxide material having ferromagnetic property and a method of preparing the same, more particularly to the macroporous ferromagnetic manganese oxide having three-dimensionally ordered nanopores, which is prepared by aligning colloidal polymer particles with an average diameter of a few hundred nanometers in 3D, infiltrating a solution of the precursor compound capable of forming manganese oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 into interstices of the colloidal template and heating in an oxygen atmosphere to decompose and remove the polymer template, and a method for preparing the same: La1-xCax-ySryMnO3 ??(1) wherein 0.25<x<0.35 and 0<y?0.35.

Abstract: A low-noise optical frequency converter uses a predetermined microwave electric signal to modulate an input light wave and output a light wave that includes a first-order upper-sideband or lower-sideband and a third-order lower-sideband or upper-sideband. The frequency converter modulates a light wave identical to the input light wave with a signal having a frequency that is three times that of the microwave signal, to form a first light wave having a first-order lower-sideband or upper-sideband. The first light wave is mixed with a second light wave having a first-order upper-sideband or lower-sideband and a third-order lower-sideband or upper-sideband, with a phase of the third-order lower-sideband or upper-sideband reversed to a phase of the first light wave, thereby suppressing third-order sidebands.

Abstract: A structured material is disclosed with magneto-gyrotropic characteristics including at least one continuous structurally-chiral material. The structured material has an electric permittivity and a magnetic permeability at least one of which varies within the structured material along a first direction in a repetitious fashion wherein a repetition unit includes a chiral component and is at least 25 nm in length. The structured material exhibits non-reciprocal electromagnetic wave propagation velocity characteristics along a second direction that includes a non-zero component along the first direction.

Abstract: A method for generating a block-based image histogram from data compressed by JPEG, MPEG-1, and MPEG-2, or uncompressed image data employing block-based linear quantization to generate histograms that include color, brightness, and edge components. The edge histogram, in particular, includes the global edge features, semi-global edge features, and local edge features. The global edge histogram is based on image blocks of the entire image space. The local edge histogram is based on a group of edge blocks. The semi-global edge histogram is based on the horizontally and the vertically grouped image blocks. A method for generating block-based image histogram with color information and brightness information of image data in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention extracts feature information of an image in terms of the block and updates global histogram bins on the basis of the feature information.

Abstract: A system and method of determining 3D information about a 3D scene using shadows that are cast on the 3D object.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an example-based concept-orietned data extraction method. In an example labeling phase, the exemplary data string is converted into an exemplary token sequence, in which the target concepts and filler concepts are labeled to be tuples for use as an example, and thus an exemplary concept graph is constructed. In the data extraction phase, the untested data string is converted into an untested token sequence to be processed, and, based on the associated concept recognizers defined by the tuples in the example labeling phase, it is able to detect the concept candidates and establish the composite concepts and aggregate concepts, thereby constructing a hypothetical concept graph. After comparing the exemplary concept graph with the hypothetical concept graph, the optimal hypothetical concept sequence in the hypothetical graph is determined, so as to extract the targeted data from the matched target concepts.