Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing intracellular non-specific staining caused by a metal complex, and a method for improving specific staining. When a cell is stained by the method of the present invention, intracellular non-specific staining, which inevitably occurs when a metal complex is used, can be minimized, and as a result, specific staining for a target organelle can be effectively induced.

Abstract: The present invention provides a percutaneous vascular surgical system for performing endovascular/neurovascular interventions, the system incorporating a sheath having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a main lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends, an auxiliary lumen also defined by the sheath, a reversibly inflatable balloon located about the sheath adjacent the distal end and in fluid communication with the auxiliary lumen, a syringe selectively connectable to the main lumen to create suction through the main lumen, and a vessel closure device for the closure of the arteriotomy, the surgical system and method of the invention having utility in a large number of percutaneous vascular procedures such as carotid artery stenosis or neurovascular interventions and enabling four procedures to be performed with one system, being percutaneous access, emboli removal, flow reversal and arteriotomy closure.

Abstract: An ion source head may include a reaction chamber and a coil. The reaction chamber may be configured to provide an ionization space. The reaction chamber may be divided into a lower region, a central region and an upper region. The coil may be configured to be wound on an outer surface of the reaction chamber. The coil may include a first coil, a second coil and a third coil. The first coil may be spirally wound on an outer surface of the lower region of the reaction chamber. The second coil may be wound on the central region of the reaction chamber. The third coil may be spirally wound on an outer surface of the upper region of the reaction chamber. The second coil may be connected between the first coil and the third coil. The second coil may have a winding direction obliquely to a winding direction of the first and third coils.

Abstract: A nanocrystal scintillator that contains a thin-film layer of perovskite-based quantum dots coated on a substrate layer. The quantum dots each have a formula of CsPbXaY3-a, CH3NH3PbX3, or NH2CH?NH2PbX3, in which each of X and Y, independently, is Cl, Br, or I, and a is 0-3. The substrate layer is an aluminum substrate, a fluoropolymer substrate, a fiber optic plate, a ceramic substrate, or a rubber substrate. Also disclosed are an ionizing radiation detector and an ionizing radiation imaging system containing such a nanocrystal scintillator.

Abstract: A laser diode (1) includes an AlN single crystal substrate (11), an n-type cladding layer (12) formed on the substrate and including a nitride semiconductor layer having n-type conductivity, a light-emitting layer (14) formed on the n-type cladding layer and including one or more quantum wells, a p-type cladding layer (20) formed on the light-emitting layer and including a nitride semiconductor layer having p-type conductivity, and a p-type contact layer (18) formed on the p-type cladding layer and including a nitride semiconductor that includes GaN. The p-type cladding layer includes a p-type longitudinal conduction layer (16) that includes AlsGa1?sN (0.3?s?1), has a composition gradient such that the Al composition s decreases with increased distance from the substrate, and has a film thickness of less than 0.5 ?m, and a p-type transverse conduction layer (17) that includes AltGa1?tN (0<t?1).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optoelectronic device based on a dual micro-cavity structure, and more particularly, to a technology that simultaneously realizes the high Q factors of the three primary colors in an optoelectronic device based on a dual micro-cavity structure. The optoelectronic device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a self-emissive device, and includes a first reflector layer, an active cavity layer formed on the first reflector layer, a second reflector layer formed on the active cavity layer, an external cavity layer formed on the second reflector layer, a third reflector layer formed on the external cavity layer, and a passivation layer formed on the third reflector layer, wherein a first micro-cavity corresponding to the first and second reflector layers and a second micro-cavity corresponding to the second and third reflector layers may be generated.

Abstract: A device can be coupled to a foley catheter inserted into the bladder of a patient, where the foley catheter includes a urine passage through which urine can be drained from the bladder. The device includes a pressure sensor that is connected to a urine outlet of the urine passage and configured to measure a pressure value of the urine being drained through the urine outlet, a processor connected to the pressure sensor and configured to determine whether the foley catheter can be removed by comparing the pressure value and a predetermined threshold value, and a display unit connected to the processor and displaying whether the foley catheter can be removed according to the control of the processor.

Abstract: A laminate which allows to obtain an organic thin-film solar cell having excellent output characteristics and transparency is provided. The laminate as above has a titanium oxide layer that is disposed on the member serving as a light-transmissive electrode layer and serves as an electron transport layer. The titanium oxide layer has a thickness of not less than 1.0 nm and not more than 200.0 nm. The titanium oxide layer contains indium oxide and metallic indium, InOx/Ti is not less than 0.50 and not more than 20.00 in atomic ratio, and InM/Ti is less than 0.100 in atomic ratio, where an elemental titanium content is represented by Ti, an indium oxide content is represented by InOx, and a metallic indium content is represented by InM.

Abstract: An organic hydride production apparatus includes: an electrolyte membrane having proton conductivity; a cathode, provided on one side of the electrolyte membrane, that contains a cathode catalyst used to hydrogenate a hydrogenation target substance using protons to produce an organic hydride; an anode, provided opposite to the one side of the electrolyte membrane, that contains an anode catalyst used to oxidize water to produce protons; and an anode support, provided opposite to the electrolyte membrane side of the anode, that supports the anode. The anode support is formed of an elastic porous body of which the Young's modulus is greater than 0.1 N/mm2 and less than 43 N/mm2.

Abstract: A nanoribbon includes a structure represented by a structural formula (8), where g, p, q, r, s, t, and u are mutually independent and are integers greater than or equal to 1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are mutually independent and are one of a hydrogen atom, a substituent, an alkyl moiety, a phenyl moiety, and a halogen atom, and A denotes a hydrogen atom or an aryl group.

Abstract: A material for inducing nerve regeneration in a transplantation site, or a material for recovering the function of nerve tissues in a transplantation site, the material comprising a cell structure having a thickness of at least 300 ?m that is constructed by stacking the spheroids of bone marrow-derived cells, adipose tissue-derived cells, dental pulp-derived cells, amnion-derived cells, placenta-derived cells, umbilical cord-derived cells, or umbilical cord blood-derived cells, on a needle-shaped body arranged on a substrate.

Abstract: A method for sharing a multilink in a next-generation wireless LAN is disclosed. An operation method of a first communication node comprises the steps of: setting a transmission interval; communicating with a second communication node by using a first link and a second link in the transmission interval; sharing the transmission interval with a third communication node; and communicating with the second communication node by using the first link in the transmission interval.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising glia-like cells differentiated from human mesenchymal stem cells as an active ingredient for treatment of stroke. Specifically, as a result of injecting the glia-like cells differentiated from human mesenchymal stem cells (ghMSCs) of the present invention to cerebral infarction-induced animal models, the infarct volume remarkably decreased by 50% or more and neural functions were remarkably improved, compared to a control group and a group treated with human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs), demonstrating that ischemic stroke (infarction) is treated by the Akt pathway of IGFBP-4 via IGF-1R. Thus, the differentiated glia-like cells of the present invention can be advantageously used as a cell therapy product for stroke.

Abstract: In order to provide an antibody having high therapeutic and prophylactic effects against cancer and the like, three types of mouse monoclonal antibodies were prepared which exhibit high affinities for a human-derived Eva1 protein. Moreover, constant regions of these antibodies were substituted with human-derived constant regions to also prepare chimeric antibodies. Further, these mouse antibodies and chimeric antibodies were found to have high ADCC and/or CDC activities. Furthermore, it was also revealed that administering these antibodies to mice having been subjected to melanoma cell administration suppresses the metastasis and the like of the cells to the lungs.

Abstract: A method is provided for fitting a curved surface model in a three-dimensional space to a plurality of object points in the three-dimensional space by causing a computer to perform free-form deformation (FFD). Embodiments include the steps of setting closest points corresponding to measurement points on a curved surface model, determining the movement amounts of control points by executing a least squares method to minimize the sum of squares of the distances between the closest points and the measurement points, and fitting the curved surface model to the measurement points by executing FFD based on the movement amounts.

Abstract: In one example embodiment, a method includes obtaining sets of input data and an objective, the sets of input data including values of wireless network communication parameters, generating sets of output data for the sets of input data in accordance with the objective, generating a mapping of the sets of input data to the sets of output data and training a network controller using the mapping.

Abstract: In a described embodiment, a sensor-based communication apparatus (100) is disclosed. The communication apparatus (100) comprises a plurality of sensor nodes (112) associated with respective unique pulse signatures (200) and adapted to communicate with respective sensors (113) with each sensor (113) configured to generate a sensory signal (113a) in response to a respective stimulus (113b). Each sensor node (112) is triggered, upon receipt of the corresponding sensory signal (113a), to transmit the associated unique pulse signature (200) independently and asynchronously through a transmission medium (110) shared by the sensor nodes (112), and the unique pulse signatures (200) transmitted by the sensor nodes (112) being a representation (300) of a stimulus event associated with the stimuli detected by the corresponding sensors (113). A method and a communication medium are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for screening protein-protein interaction inhibitors using a nanopore, a method for analyzing protein structures, a method for analyzing protein-protein interactions, and a kit therefor.

Abstract: Provided are a hydrogen purification device and a hydrogen purification method whereby hydrogen having a high purity can be purified at a high yield from a starting gas. The hydrogen purification device comprises: a starting gas source that supplies a starting gas, said starting gas containing hydrogen molecules and/or a hydride, to a discharge space; a plasma reactor that defines at least a part of the discharge space; a hydrogen flow channel that is connected to the discharge space; and leads out purified hydrogen from the starting gas source; a hydrogen separation membrane that partitions the discharge space from the hydrogen flow channel defines at least a part of the discharge space by one surface thereof and defines at least a part of the hydrogen flow channel by the other surface thereof; an electrode that is positioned outside the discharge space; and an adsorbent that is filled in the discharge space and adsorbs the starting gas.

Abstract: The injection needle removal device has: a cylindrical outer cylinder on an upper opening of an injection needle case; a helical track on an inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder in a helical shape from an upper locking point to a lower locking point; a syringe holding cylinder helically advances in the outer cylinder along the helical track; an injection needle tightening ring on a lower end portion of the syringe holding cylinder, the injection needle tightening ring holds an injection needle base portion of a syringe in the syringe holding cylinder to clamp the injection needle base portion; and a locking mechanism that stops the syringe holding cylinder where the injection needle tightening ring is exposed from a lower side of the outer cylinder at the lower locking point.