Abstract: A fiber-reinforced prestressed reinforced concrete sleeper is integrally cast and includes a sleeper body and two rail bearing regions. A rail clamping base is arranged on a surface of the each rail bearing region. The two rail bearing regions are located under rails on both sides of the sleeper and the two rail bearing regions are located above the sleeper body. A reinforcing fiber is mixed into the two rail bearing regions only, and a reinforcing rib is arranged in the sleeper body. The reinforcing fiber is concentrated in a main stress region under the surface of the rail bearing regions. The reinforcing fiber arranged in a region with a large stress is more than the reinforcing fiber arranged in a region with a small stress.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a reconstruction prosthesis including a plurality of prosthesis units connected in series. Each of the prosthesis units includes a main part and a cushion structure. The main part has an abutment insertion opening and an accommodation space. The cushion structure is located in the accommodation space and movably located at the abutment insertion opening and defining an abutment mounting hole connected to the abutment insertion opening. The cushion structure is deformable with respect to the main part.

Abstract: Systems and methods to systematically identify and collect operational vehicle data for selective transmission to a non-local storage location for further analysis and use in training autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles are provided. The systems and methods provided overcome limitations in storage and transmission of collected data by selectively archiving only that collected driving data warranting further analysis.

Abstract: A time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy including: a laser light source that outputs a pulse having less than or equal to a femtosecond level pulse width and variable repetition frequency; a pump light pulse generator configured to generate pump light pulse that excites photo-carriers of a sample by converting wavelength of light output from the laser light source; and a probe light pulse generator configured to generate probe light pulse that photo-emits photo-carriers excited by the pump light pulse from the sample by photoelectric effect by converting wavelength of light output from the laser light source. The energy of at least one of the pump light pulse and the probe light pulse is configured to continuously vary in a range not less than 0.1 eV and not more than 8 eV.

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling application of horizontal resistive force to a user walking on a treadmill to provide substantially constant force even if the user changes his or her relative position on the treadmill. The systems and methods can improve the user experience when force is applied while also improving user safety. The system has a cable, a motor, and a system controller. The cable can be coupled to a harness to apply a horizontal resistive force to a treadmill user, and the motor can be coupled to the cable and configured to apply a motor force to the cable. The cable can have an adjustable operative length. The system controller can have a processor communicatively coupled to the motor and configured to adjust the force applied by the motor in response to changes in cable length and a measurement of the actual force applied by the cable.

Abstract: A method of transmitting control information by an end node in a wireless communication system supporting multi-channel transmission includes: transmitting control information to a center node on a first channel among multiple channels within a control period of a wireless frame when the first channel is in an idle state; transmitting the control information to the center node on a second channel when the first channel is not in the idle state and the second channel is in the idle state, the second channel being selected from channels other than the first channel among the multiple channels; and transmitting the control information to the center node in a subsequent wireless frame when the second channel is not in the idle state.

Abstract: A wide magnetic field range measuring method includes the measurement step for a medium-and-large magnetic field and the measurement step for an extremely large magnetic field. In addition to that, the method further includes: Step 1: placing four orthogonally-configured magnetic resistance resistors into an external magnetic field and obtaining the resistance value of each magnetic resistance resistor; Step 2: substituting the resistance values of two mutually orthogonal magnetic resistance resistors into the measurement step for a medium-and-large magnetic field for calculation; if calculation process converges, then, determining that the external magnetic field as a medium-and-large magnetic field with the calculation result representing the magnetic field intensity and the direction of the medium-and-large magnetic field.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of preparing carbonate and/or formate from carbon dioxide.

Abstract: In an apparatus for manufacturing a micro-channel and a method for manufacturing a micro-channel, the apparatus includes a base member and a holding chamber. The base member includes a first base member having a concave portion and a convex portion, and a second base member covering the concave portion to form a channel. The holding chamber holds the base member thereinside, to form a space uniformly applying a pressure on a surface of the base member. Accordingly, the pressure is uniformly applied on an entire surface of the base member and thus the micro-channel may be manufactured.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system for site-specific modification of ALS gene by a CRISPR-Cas9 system to produce herbicide-resistant rice, and uses thereof. The system for site-specific modification in a plant genome of the present invention comprises a vector for site-specific modification in a plant genome and a donor DNA; wherein the vector for site-specific modification in a plant genome comprises a Cas9 protein expression cassette, gRNA expression cassettes and a donor DNA; the gRNA expression cassettes encode two gRNAs targeting two target sites of a target DNA of a plant of interest, respectively; the target DNA has a fragment to be site-specifically modified which is positioned between the two target site.

Abstract: A PCR reaction vessel includes: a substrate; a channel formed on the substrate; a pair of filters, a first filter and a second filter, provided at respective ends of the channel; a pair of air communication ports, a first air communication port and a second air communication port, that communicate with the channel through the first filter and the second filter; a thermal cycle region formed between the first filter and the second filter in the channel; a branch point formed between the first filter and the second filter in the channel; a branched channel whose one end is connected to the branch point; and a sample introduction port formed at the other end of the branched channel.

Abstract: A power and signal transmission device for a spindle of a machine tool is provided. The power and signal transmission device includes a spindle fixing portion, a shaft rotating portion, a power transmission component and a signal transmission component. The spindle fixing portion is provided with a power input end, a primary side power induction coil, a secondary side signal induction coil and at least one signal output end. The shaft rotating portion is provided with a joining end surface for bonding to a holder, a secondary side power induction coil and a primary side signal induction coil, and is rotatable with respect to the spindle fixing portion. The power transmission component transmits an electrical energy from the power input end. The signal transmission component transmits a holder signal to the signal output end. Each of the power and signal transmission components includes at least one elastic pogo pin.

Abstract: Provided herein are small molecule agonists of the apelin receptor for the treatment of disease. The compounds disclosed herein are useful for the treatment of a range of cardiovascular, renal and metabolic conditions. The present invention is based on the seminal discovery of a series of potent small molecule agonists of the apelin receptor, which are useful for the treatment of diseases including heart failure, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and metabolic disorders such as insulin resistance/diabetes and obesity. The compounds disclosed herein are highly specific for the apelin receptor versus the angiotensin II receptor (ATI).

Abstract: Disclosed are a ceramic membrane for water treatment using oxidation-treated SiC and a method for manufacturing the same. An object of the present invention is to manufacture a ceramic membrane for water treatment, which can be sintered at a low temperature of 1,050° C. or less, in which a SiO2 oxide layer formed during an oxidation process induces volume expansion so as to prevent defects due to the contraction of a coating layer during general sintering. The ceramic membrane for water treatment using the oxidation treated SiC includes a porous ceramic support layer; and a SiC layer formed on the porous ceramic support layer and including SiC particles on which a SiO2 oxide layer formed on a surface thereof.

Abstract: A flying object with a landing gear module serving as a floating weight that can be used simultaneously with an airship and an aerial mooring type aerostat, and more particularly, a flying object capable of simultaneously allowing a landing gear to serve as a floating weight, thereby stably simplifying a mooring process of the flying object and manufacturing the flying object at low cost.

Abstract: A system includes a device that is disposed within an environment and is adapted to communicate over a radio frequency communication link. The system also includes a wireless access point disposed within the environment, including a wireless transceiver in communication with the device over a radio frequency communication link using a plurality of channels, and recording a channel state information data set for the radio frequency communication link. The system also includes a monitoring device including a memory storing a plurality of activity profiles, each of which includes an activity and a channel state information profile corresponding to the activity, and a processor receiving, from the wireless access point, the channel state information data set and determining, based on a comparison of the channel state information data set to the channel state information profile of each of the plurality of activity profiles, the activity of the person in the environment.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor and storage to store instructions that cause the processor to identify at least one correlation between a diagnosis group and a medication class for each patient of a first set of patients to derive a set of models for each diagnosis group that correlates the diagnosis group to at least one medication class based on the at least one identified correlation; and for each patient of a second set of patients, employ each model of each set of models to make at least one prediction of at least one diagnosis group as indicated in the corresponding diagnosis group record based on at least one medication class indicated in the corresponding medication class record, and compare the at least one prediction to the corresponding diagnosis group record to derive a tally of at least one of true positives or false positives for each prediction.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an antitumor agent, which is further excellent as a treatment agent used in the prevention and/or therapy of tumor associated with a bromodomain, and also to provide a bromodomain inhibitor, which is useful as a treatment agent for diseases or states associated with a bromodomain. An antitumor agent and a bromodomain inhibitor, comprising a compound represented by the following formula, have an excellent bromodomain inhibitory activity and are useful as treatment agents in the prevention and/or therapy of tumor associated with a bromodomain, and the like: wherein R1 represents a C1-6 alkyl group, etc.; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; R3 represents a halogen atom, etc.; Z1, Z2 and Z3 each represent CH, etc.; X1 represents CONH, etc.; Ring A represents a phenyl group, etc.; R4 represents a halogen atom, etc.; and m represents an integer from 0 to 5.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to in vivo collection of circulating molecules, tumor cells and other biological markers using a collecting probe. The probe is configured for placement within a living organism for an extended period of time to provide sufficient yield of biological marker for analysis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a passive microwave sounder for a satellite, having a fixed reflection plate.