Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of manufacturing a metal column using 3D printing technology. The method of manufacturing a metal column includes steps of: creasing a 3D-CAD design for printing the metal column; printing the metal column; pretreating the inner surface of a channel inside the metal column at low temperature; and coating the inner surface of the channel with a stationary phase so that the metal column is capable of separating a gas mixture into components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to rice grain with thickened aleurone. Also provided is a rice plant comprising at least one genetic variation which reduces the activity of at least one ROS1a gene in the plant. Grain of the invention, or aleurone therefrom, has improved nutritional properties, and hence is particularly useful for human and animal feed products.

Abstract: A samarium-iron-nitrogen alloy powder according to one embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that a value obtained by dividing the hydrogen content of the samarium-iron-nitrogen alloy powder by the BET specific surface area of the samarium-iron-nitrogen alloy powder is less than or equal to 400 ppm/(m2/g), and a value obtained by dividing the oxygen content of the samarium-iron-nitrogen alloy powder by the BET specific surface area of the samarium-iron-nitrogen alloy powder is less than or equal to 11,000 ppm/(m2/g).

Abstract: A synergized pulsing-imaging network is described. A method of optimizing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes optimizing, by a synergized pulsing-imaging network (SPIN) circuitry a pulse sequence based, at least in part, on a loss function associated with a reconstruction network. The method further includes optimizing, by the SPIN circuitry, the reconstruction network based, at least in part, on intermediate raw MRI data and based, at least in part, on a ground truth MRI image data. The intermediate raw MRI data is determined based, at least in part on the pulse sequence.

Abstract: The disclosure herein provides methods, systems, and devices for improving optical coherence tomography machine outputs through multiple enface optical coherence tomography angiography averaging techniques. The embodiments disclosed herein can be utilized in ophthalmology for employing optical coherence tomography (OCT) for in vivo visualization of blood vessels and the flow of blood in an eye of a patient, which is also known generally as optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA).

Abstract: The disclosure provides a normally-off gallium oxide field-effect transistor structure and a preparation method therefor, and relates to the technical field of semiconductor device. The normally-off gallium oxide field-effect transistor structure comprises a substrate layer and an n-type doped gallium oxide channel layer from bottom to top. The n-type doped gallium oxide channel layer is provided with a source, a drain, and a gate. The gate is located between the source and the drain. A no-electron channel region is provided in the n-type doped gallium oxide channel layer located below the gate.

Abstract: A robot system includes a holding compartment configured to transport one or more items and an electronic control unit having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable memory including a machine-readable instruction set. The robot system further includes a camera for capturing image data of an environment of the holding compartment and a robotic arm each communicatively coupled to the electronic control unit. The machine-readable instruction set causes the processor to receive image data of the environment of the holding compartment from the camera, determine a set of handling instructions for an item collected by the robotic arm, determine a location within the holding compartment for placing the item collected by the robotic arm based on the image data of the environment of the holding compartment and the set of handling instructions, and manipulate the robotic arm to place the item within the holding compartment at the determined location.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor to: within a performance container, execute a performance routine to derive an order of performance of tasks of a job flow based on dependencies, begin performing the tasks, and store, within a job queue, a job performance status indication including task performance statuses; identify a set of sub flows within the job flow based on branches in the job flow; correlate each of the task performance statuses to a corresponding sub flow performance status; reduce the job performance status indication size by, for each sub flow in which all tasks have been completed, replace the corresponding task performance statuses with the corresponding sub flow performance status of completed, and for each sub flow with no task performed, replace the corresponding task performance statuses with the corresponding sub flow performance status of not executed; and transmit the job performance status indication to the requesting device.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of encoding a high band of an audio, a method of decoding a high band of an audio, and an encoder and a decoder for performing the methods. The method of decoding a high band of an audio, the method performed by a decoder, includes identifying a parameter extracted through a first neural network, identifying side information extracted through a second neural network, and restoring a high band of an audio by applying the parameter and the side information to a third neural network.

Abstract: An optical device according to the embodiment of the inventive concept includes a waveguide path including a light generation region, a wavelength variable region, and a light modulation region, a first light waveguide layer provided in the light generation region to generate light, a second light waveguide layer provided in the wavelength variable region and connected to the first light waveguide layer, a ring-shaped third light waveguide layer provided in the light modulation region and connected to the second light waveguide layer, and first and second light modulation electrodes spaced apart from each other with the light modulation region therebetween. Here, the first light modulation electrode, the third light waveguide layer, and the second light modulation electrode vertically overlap each other.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal; a power normalizer configured to reduce power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing time-interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a preamble for signaling start position information and size information for each of Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs). In this case, the Physical Layer Pipes include a core layer physical layer pipe corresponding to the core layer signal and an enhanced layer physical layer pipe corresponding to the enhanced layer signal.

Abstract: The present subject matter provides, inter alia compositions, formulations, and methods for inhibiting, treating, and preventing small vessel diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel scaffolded HIV-1 vaccine immunogens. Some of the scaffolded immunogens contain a soluble gp140 trimer linked to the N-terminus of the nanoparticle subunit and a T-helper epitope that is fused via a short peptide spacer to the C-terminus of the nanoparticle subunit. Some other immunogens of the invention contain a soluble gp140 trimer protein that is linked to a stable nanoparticle via a short peptide spacer that is a T-helper epitope. Some of the scaffolded immunogens contain a gp140 trimer immunogen presented on a nanoparticle platform formed with I3-01 protein, E2p, or variants of protein 1VLW. Also provided in the invention are nucleic acids that encode the various vaccine immunogens described herein, and expression vectors and host cells harboring the nucleic acids. The invention further provides methods of using the scaffolded HIV-1 vaccine immunogens for preventing or treating HIV infections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to neoplasia vaccine or immunogenic composition administered in combination with other agents, such as checkpoint blockade inhibitors for the treatment or prevention of neoplasia in a subject.

Abstract: A micro-grid system with a power supply is disclosed according to one embodiment of the present invention. The micro-grid system with a power supply, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a first node having AC power applied thereto from a bus system; a first generator for applying DC power to a second node; a first load for receiving the AC power by being connected to a third node; a second load for receiving the DC power by being connected to the second node; a third load for receiving the AC power by being connected to a fourth node; a first converter for converting the DC power of the second node to AC power, and outputting same; a second converter for converting the DC power of the second node to AC power, and outputting same; and a switch unit for, according to the statuses of the first converter and the second converter, regulating the connection relations between the first node, the third node, the fourth node, the first converter and the second converter.

Abstract: A system for early detection of onset of oscillatory instabilities in practical devices is described. The system consists of a measuring device (102), an instability detection unit (104) and a control unit (106). The measuring device (102) is configured to generate signals corresponding to the dynamics happening inside the practical device. The instability detection unit (104) along with an amplitude estimation unit (130) is configured to diagnose the stability of the practical device from the signals that are generated by the measuring device (102). Further, the control unit (106) is configured to control various operating parameters in the practical device based on the information obtained from the instability detection unit (104).

Abstract: Described is a method of processing data packets in a communications network. The method comprises receiving a first data packet of a data packet flow from a network device and determining an instruction set for processing said first data packet. A flow key for said first data packet is determined. The first data packet is processed according to the determined instruction set. The method includes receiving a subsequent data packet and determining if a flow key of said subsequent data packet matches said flow key of said first data packet. If yes, the subsequent data packet is processed using the instruction set determined for said first data packet.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a data forwarding unit based on a Handle identifier, comprising a dynamic configuration module, a Handle identifier data identification module and a matching-forwarding module. The system of the present invention is applied to network devices such as switches and routers, and supports dynamic configuration of data packet analysis, matching and forwarding rules through data interaction with network systems such as SDN managers, so that the network devices can identify data packets based on the Handle identifier and perform the specified operation on the designated data packets with the Handle identifier according to the rules of dynamic configuration.

Abstract: Articles and methods related to passivation layers on alkali metals are generally described.

Abstract: An implant may include a body having a first portion and a second portion and a structural member having a central member curve. In addition, the structural member may be exposed on an outer surface of the implant. Further, the central member curve may include a winding segment, and the winding segment of the central member curve may wind around a fixed path extending from the first portion of the body to the second portion of the body. Also, the central member curve may make one or more full turns around the fixed path. And, the structural member may have a member diameter at the winding segment, wherein the winding segment has a winding diameter corresponding with the full turn around the fixed path and the member diameter is greater than the winding diameter.