Abstract: The present invention provides a device for collecting photos of a field surface feature and an information measurement and calculation method. The photo collection device includes a motion camera, a pan-tilt, and a movable carrier. The motion camera is fixed to the movable carrier by using the pan-tilt, and when the movable carrier is in a driving process, the motion camera regularly takes a clear and measurable surface feature photo, to obtain a set of continuous surface feature photos with geographical coordinates. The device for collecting photos in the present invention is portable, is easily assembled, and can stably and continuously take clear and measurable photos, to resolve a problem that a photo taken in a high-speed motion state is fuzzy. The device can be applied to remote sensing of large-scale field research.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for targeted treatment of CD33-expressing cancers. In particular, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptides are disclosed that can be used with adoptive cell transfer to target and kill CD33-expressing cancers. Also disclosed are immune effector cells, such as T cells or Natural Killer (NK) cells, that are engineered to express these CARs. Therefore, also disclosed are methods of providing an anti-tumor immunity in a subject with a CD33-expressing cancer that involves adoptive transfer of the disclosed immune effector cells engineered to express the disclosed CARs. Also disclosed are multivalent antibodies are disclosed that are able to engage T-cells to destroy CD33-expressing malignant cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides a large-scale high-speed rotary equipment measuring and intelligent learning assembly method and device based on vector minimization geometry center, mass center, the center of gravity and the center of inertia, belonging to the technical field of mechanical assembly. The method includes the steps of establishing a four-parameter circular profile measuring model for a single stage of rotor, simplifying the established four-parameter circular profile measuring model for the single stage of rotor, and establishing a four-target optimization model of the geometry center, mass center, the center of gravity and the center of inertia of multiple stages of rotors based on the angular orientation mounting position of each stage of rotor.

Abstract: An okra polygalacturonic acid having a uric acid-lowering effect, a method for preparing the same, and use of the same are disclosed. The method includes: smashing an okra, lixiviating the okra in ethanol, and filtering to obtain a filtrate and a residue; removing the filtrate, and lixiviating the residue in heated water to obtain an extraction solution; adding the ethanol into the extraction solution to precipitate okra crude polysaccharides; purifying the okra crude polysaccharides over an anion exchange column by eluting with water or a NaCl solution, a Tris-HCl solution or a NaCl-containing Tris-HCl solution, or a phosphate solution or a NaCl-containing phosphate solution, and collecting a fraction eluted by the NaCl solution, the NaCl-containing Tris-HCl solution, or the NaCl-containing phosphate solution; and concentrating, dialyzing and drying the fraction to obtain the okra polygalacturonic acid.

Abstract: Brain function measurement device including: first light-irradiation probe to irradiate a brain of a subject with light; first light-detection probe to detect light reflected by the brain among the light from the first light-irradiation probe; second light-irradiation probe to irradiate the brain with light; second light-detection probe to detect light reflected by the brain among the light from the second light-irradiation probe; and control unit configured to adjust a light amount irradiated by the second light-irradiation probe so that the light amount measured with respect to a channel between the first light-detection and the second light-irradiation probes becomes an observation value with respect to a channel between the first light-irradiation and the first light-detection probes, and to adjust a light amount detected by the second light-detection probe so that the light amount measured with respect to a channel between the second light-irradiation and the second light-detection probes becomes the obs

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing an ultrasound image in various sensor conditions are provided. The method includes receiving a data cube via sensors, transforming the received data cube into focus data through beam focusing, and outputting inphase data and quadrature phase data for the focus data using a neural network corresponding to signal adder and Hilbert transform functions. The method further includes detecting an envelope of the inphase data and the quadrature phase data and reconstructing an ultrasound image for the data cube using log compression.

Abstract: An EHz ultrafast modulated pulse scanning laser and a distributed fiber sensing system. A plurality of phase-shift gratings are engraved on a doped fiber, the phase-shift gratings having different central window wavelengths and a wavelength interval between the adjacent central window wavelengths being a preset fixed value. When a pump light emitted by a pump laser source is coupled by a wavelength division multiplexer and enters the doped fiber, a single-mode narrow-linewidth laser light having multiple wavelengths with a wavelength interval being a preset fixed value can be generated, by using the phase-shift gratings graved on the doped fiber. The ultrafast modulation is completed by using a time-domain control method based on an EOM. An internally frequency converted pulse light formed by splicing pulse lights whose frequencies linearly increase is obtained, thus forming the EHz ultrafast modulation of a distributed feedback fiber laser.

Abstract: Apparatus comprise an electrode arrangement comprising a plurality of electrodes defining a volume, an ion entrance, and an ion exit, and a voltage source coupled to the plurality of electrodes and configured to apply a nonlinear DC voltage sequence to the electrodes between the ion entrance and the ion exit that directs ions through the volume with the volume at a pressure of at least 1 Torr. Ions can be focused using nonlinear DC voltage sequences, including at atmospheric pressure. Related methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A cylinder head is disclosed herein to allow for temperature control of exhaust gases exiting from an associated exhaust manifold. The cylinder head includes a combustion section that defines a plurality of combustion chambers and an exhaust manifold coupled to the combustion section. The combustion section fluidly couples to exhaust inlets defined by the exhaust manifold. The exhaust manifold includes at least one exhaust passageway in fluid communication with the exhaust inlets and in fluid communication with an exhaust outlet to receive combustion gases from the combustion section and output the same via the exhaust outlet. The exhaust manifold further includes at least one coolant passageway that at least partially surrounds the at least one exhaust passageway to pass coolant therethrough in order to draw and reject heat from exhaust gases.

Abstract: An embodiment of the inventive concept provides a method of manufacturing a polymer film, the method including: preparing a first copolymer containing a first functional group; preparing a second copolymer containing a second functional group; preparing a first compound containing a third functional group; and performing a cross-linking reaction by mixing the first copolymer, the second copolymer, and the first compound, wherein the cross-linking reaction includes a reaction of the first functional group and the second functional group and a reaction of the second functional group and the third functional group, the first compound includes a polar group and any one group selected from among a vinyl group, an aryl group, and an acrylate group, and the third functional group has reactivity with respect to the second functional group, but does not have reactivity with respect to the first functional group.

Abstract: Systems and methods for processing measurement data in an electric power system include acquiring the measurement data by a phasor measurement unit (PMU) coupled to a line of the electric power system, and inputting a plurality of the measurement data within a predetermined time window into a K-nearest neighbor (KNN) for identifying bad data among the plurality of the measurement data, wherein when one of the plurality of measurement data contains a bad datum, the machine learning module sends the bad datum to a denoising autoencoder module for correcting the bad datum, wherein the denoising autoencoder module outputs a corrected part corresponding to the bad datum, and when one of the plurality of measurement data contains no bad datum, the machine learning module bypasses the denoising autoencoder module and outputs the one of the plurality of measurement data as an untouched part.

Abstract: This present invention relates to a system for processing distributed intelligent information, and discloses a method that when there are no actions beyond the threshold value among the analyzed actions, a virtual global workspace (GW) is formed, the global workspace including one or more thinking devices, and the thinking device operates as a first type device or a second type device, in which an action alternative is requested for the global workspace in the case of operating as the first type device, and an action solution is proposed for the global workspace in the case of operating as the second type device.

Abstract: An electrode and a lithium-ion battery employing the electrode are provided. The electrode includes an active layer, a conductive layer, and a non-conductive layer. The conductive layer is disposed on the top surface of the active layer. The conductive layer includes a first porous film and a conductive lithiophilic material, and the conductive lithiophilic material is within the first porous film and covers the inner surface of the first porous film. The non-conductive layer includes a second porous film and a non-conductive lithiophilic material, and the non-conductive lithiophilic material is within the second porous film and covers the inner surface of the second porous film. The conductive layer is disposed between the active layer and the non-conductive layer. The binding energy (?G) of the lithiophilic material with lithium is less than or equal to ?2.6 eV.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a heaterless hollow cathode for use in electric propulsion devices is presented. According to one aspect the cathode includes a thermionic emitter having a constricted upstream inlet compared to a downstream outlet of the emitter. The emitter is arranged downstream a hollow cathode tube. Constriction of the upstream inlet is provided by an inner cylindrical hollow space at an upstream region of the emitter having a diameter that is smaller compared to a diameter of an inner cylindrical hollow space at a downstream region of the emitter. A hollow transition region having a varying diameter connects the upstream region to the downstream region. According to another aspect, a ratio of the diameters of the two cylindrical hollow spaces reduces penetration of electric field, and therefore of electric discharge, into the upstream region of the emitter during operation.

Abstract: Provided is a system for recognizing a user hand gesture and providing virtual reality content based on deep learning using transfer learning. The system includes a head mounted display (HMD) configured to display, to a user, virtual reality content based on a hand gesture, a hand gesture sensor configured to acquire hand data of the user, and a controller device configured to receive the hand data and convert the received hand data into hand gesture data, manage a hand gesture recognizer on the basis of deep learning, and perform content execution management.

Abstract: A device includes an encoder configured to generate a plurality of feature data by encoding an image; a bottleneck circuit configured to generate enhanced feature data from first bottleneck data among the plurality of feature data; and a decoder configured to generate a depth map corresponding to the image by decoding the enhanced feature data and the plurality of feature data except the first bottleneck data.

Abstract: An immobilized selenium body, made from carbon and selenium and optionally sulfur, makes selenium more stable, requiring a higher temperature or an increase in kinetic energy for selenium to escape from the immobilized selenium body and enter a gas system, as compared to selenium alone. Immobilized selenium localized in a carbon skeleton can be utilized in a rechargeable battery. Immobilization of the selenium can impart compression stress on both the carbon skeleton and the selenium. Such compression stress enhances the electrical conductivity in the carbon skeleton and among the selenium particles and creates an interface for electrons to be delivered and or harvested in use of the battery. A rechargeable battery made from immobilized selenium can be charged or discharged at a faster rate over conventional batteries and can demonstrate excellent cycling stability.

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to stabilizing a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method for stabilizing a vehicle with a drivetrain having a clutch includes obtaining data indicating one or more aspects of a turning condition of the vehicle, detecting that a hazard state exists based on a comparison of one or more parameters of the turning condition against one or more predetermined thresholds, and executing a clutch kick in response to detecting the hazard state. The clutch kick includes disengaging the clutch and rapidly reengaging the clutch.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating a topological map for navigation of a robot. The method for generating a topological map for navigation of a robot, performed by the apparatus for building the topological map for the navigation of the robot, includes calculating the physical size of a single pixel on a metric map of a space in which a mobile robot is to navigate, extracting the physical coordinates of the pixel on the metric map, building node data and edge data for the navigation of the mobile robot using the physical coordinates, and generating a topological map for the navigation of the mobile robot based on the built node data and the built edge data.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a metal nanostructure having a diameter of 2 nm to 2.5 nm; and a manufacturing method therefor. The formed metal nanostructure is provided as approximately spherical single-crystalline nanoparticles or amorphous alloy nanoparticles. Besides, a nanostructure fabricated in the form of an oxide has a nanoneedle shape. For formation of the metal nanostructure, an amorphous nanostructure is used. A second metal element having a higher standard reduction potential than a central metal constituting the amorphous nanostructure is used in the synthesis of the metal nanostructure.