Abstract: A safety injection device includes, a cooling water storage section accommodating cooling water injected into the reactor coolant system, a power producing section producing power with steam discharged from the reactor coolant system in case of an accident, a steam supply pipe transmitting steam discharged from the reactor coolant system to the power producing section, a steam discharge pipe discharging steam used to drive the power producing section and a safety injection line supplying cooling water accommodated in the cooling water storage section to the inside of the reactor coolant system. In addition, cooling water accommodated in the cooling water storage section is supplied to the inside of the reactor coolant system, based on the power produced by the power producing section, through a cooling water inlet pipe connecting the cooling water storage section and the power producing section.

Abstract: A modular microfluidic system includes a first microfluidic module and a second microfluidic module. The first microfluidic module has a first module body including a microfluidic channel and a first connector extending outward from the module body. The first connector is provided with a protrusion. The second microfluidic module has a second module body including a microfluidic channel, a second connector including a guider configured to guide the protrusion upon insertion of the first connector into the second module body, and a locker configured to fix the protrusion. Upon fluidly coupling the first microfluidic module and the second microfluidic module, an O-ring is disposed between the first connector and the second connector.

Abstract: Systems and methods for ground penetrating radar for determining thickness, density and moisture are therefore provided. According to an embodiment, a ground penetrating radar (GPR) system comprises a system controller configured to produce an electromagnetic signal for signal penetration of a pavement material. Further, the GPR system comprises a frequency modulated continuous wave controller. Further, the GPR system comprises an ultra wide band (UWB) antenna coupled to the system controller, wherein the UWB antenna is configured to transmit the produced electromagnetic signal to the pavement material and receive the electromagnetic signal as a reflection from the pavement material. Further, the system controller is further configured to receive the electromagnetic signal from the UWB antenna.

Abstract: An elbow joint rehabilitation system and an elbow joint rehabilitation method are provided. The elbow joint rehabilitation system includes a support member, a motor, a torque sensing unit, a first electromyography sensor, a second electromyography sensor and a motor control device. In the elbow joint rehabilitation method, the support member is configured to support an arm of a patient. Thereafter, the torque sensing unit is configured to sense the torque applied on the support member to obtain a sensed arm torque signal. Then, the first electromyography sensor and the second electromyography sensor are configured to sense the muscle activities of biceps and triceps of the patient to obtain electromyography signals. Thereafter, the motor is controlled to drive the support member to perform rehabilitation in accordance with the sensed arm torque signal, the electromyography signals and a current support member position provided by the motor.

Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds and methods that are useful in promoting reactions that proceed through an oxidative quenching pathway. In certain embodiments, the reactions comprise atom transfer radical polymerization.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for treating a patient suffering from, or at risk for, a condition mediated by the inflammatory cytokine cascade, by electrically stimulating vagus nerve activity in an amount sufficient to inhibit the inflammatory cytokine cascade.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a digital PCR system. The system includes a droplet formation assembly and a droplet orifice assembly. The droplet formation assembly includes a heat conducting plate and a cover plate, at least one inverted U-shaped step is placed on a side surface of the cover plate, the heat conducting plate, the cover plate and the inverted U-shaped step together form a droplet formation chamber having an opening at a bottom. The droplet orifice assembly is connected below the droplet formation assembly, and includes a plurality of droplet orifices, the droplet orifice is connected with the droplet formation chamber, and a vaporization component is placed in the droplet orifice, the vaporization component vaporizes a digital PCR solution in the droplet orifice and rapidly pushes the digital PCR solution into a droplet forming oil in the droplet formation chamber, to form a digital PCR droplet.

Abstract: The disclosure is related to the technical field of semiconductors, and provides a method for manufacturing a tilted mesa and a method for manufacturing a detector. The method for manufacturing a tilted mesa comprises: coating a photoresist layer on a mesa region of a chip; heating the chip on which the photoresist layer is coated from a first preset temperature to a second preset temperature; performing etching processing on the heated chip, so as to manufacture a mesa having a preset tilting angle; and removing the photoresist layer on the mesa region of the chip after the mesa is manufactured.

Abstract: A thermal barrier coated component, such as a turbine blade formed from a superalloy substrate, includes a thermal barrier coating applied onto the substrate. A metallic bond coat layer is on the substrate and includes rare-earth luminescent dopants. A ceramic top coat layer is on the bond coat layer. A temperature sensing thermally grown oxide (TGO) layer is formed at the interface of the bond coat layer and ceramic top coat layer. The temperature sensing TGO layer includes grown rare-earth luminescent ions migrated from the metallic bond coat layer in an amount sufficient to enable luminescence sensing of the TGO layer for real-time phosphor thermometry temperature measurements at the TGO layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to method of detecting and characterizing one or more Borrelia species causing Lyme Disease or tick-borne relapsing fever within a sample from a subject, the method comprising: a) subjecting DNA and/or RNA from the sample to a PCR amplification reaction using primer pairs targeting at least one region of Borrelia 16S rRNA and at least one region of flaB, ospA, ospB, ospC, glpQ, 16S-23S intergenic spacer (IGS1), 5S-23S intergenic spacer (IGS2), bbk32, dbpA, dbpB, and/or p66; and b) analyzing amplification products resulting from the PCR amplification reaction to detect the one or more Borrelia species.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of creating a population of hemogenic endothelial cells with arterial specification and enhanced T cell potential. In one embodiment, the method uses ETS transgene induction at the mesodermal stage of differentiation. In another embodiment, the method activates ERK and NOTCH signaling at the mesodermal stage of differentiation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a micro-interface strengthening reaction system and method for heavy oil hydrogenation preparation of ship fuel, including a liquid phase feed unit, a gas phase feed unit, a micro-interface generator, a fixed-bed reactor and a separation tank. The present invention may reduce the pressure during the reaction by 10-80% while ensuring the efficiency of the reaction by breaking the gas to form micro-sized micro-bubbles and making the micro-bubbles mix with heavy oil to form an emulsion to increase the area between the gas and the liquid phase and to achieve the effect of enhancing mass transfer in a lower preset range. And, the present invention greatly enhances the mass transfer, so that the gas-liquid ratio can be greatly reduced. Also, the method of the present invention has low process severity, high production safety, low product cost per ton, and strong market competitiveness.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a system including a first active control device, comprising: a flow control element; one or more sensors; a network interface configured to connect to a mesh network; a memory comprising computer-executable instructions; and a processor configured to: execute the computer-executable instructions; receive local sensor data from the one or more sensors; receive remote sensor data from a remote sensing device; control a position of the flow control element based on one or more of the local sensor data or the remote sensor data; store the local sensor data and remote sensor data in the memory; and transmit the local sensor data and the remote sensor data to a second active control device via the mesh network.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light includes a raw material supply unit supplying a plasma source for generating EUV light. An EUV light source unit uses a laser to generate plasma from the plasma source. A filter is configured to extract EUV light from the light. A first protective layer is disposed on a front surface of the filter. A frame having a first region exposing at least a portion of the filter or the first protective layer is disposed on the first protective layer. A width of the first region is smaller than a width of the first protective layer and smaller than or equal to a width of the filter.

Abstract: A surgical instrument inventory system, including a memory and a processor, is provided. The memory is configured to store a global identification module and a local identification module. The processor is coupled to the memory and is configured to input a surgical instrument image to the global identification module and the local identification module. The global identification module is configured to output multiple global image features corresponding to the surgical instrument image. The local identification module is configured to output multiple local image features corresponding to an instrument end image of the surgical instrument image. The processor determines a surgical instrument type of the surgical instrument image according to the multiple global image features and the multiple local image features.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technology of preferentially forming an ohmic contact layer and a conductor layer before separating a nanorod light emitting diode (LED) from a substrate, thereby being capable of omitting a heat treatment process performed at high temperature after aligning the nanorod LED, and, accordingly, preventing electrical short while maximizing the quantum efficiency of the nanorod LED and increasing a selection range of a material constituting a light emitting diode (LED) display. More particularly, the nanorod LED includes a first semiconductor layer; a multi-quantum well structure layer; a second semiconductor layer; and a conductor layer formed on at least one semiconductor layer of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein a length and shape of the conductor layer are controlled such that the multi-quantum well structure layer is disposed between two electrodes of the electrode pattern on which the conductor layer is to be aligned.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel methods and kits for determining whether a subject is suffering from endometriosis or an associated disorder. It also provides methods and kits for determining whether a subject suffering from endometriosis or an associated disorder is more or less likely to be responsive to a therapy to treat endometriosis or an associated disorder.

Abstract: In an embodiment, metal-organic nanowires or nanofibers comprising polymer chains with around 100 or more repeat units are synthesized. The metal-organic nanowires or nanofibers are exposed to a reactive gas at a temperature in excess of around 100° C. and at a pressure in the range from around 0.001 to around 100 atmospheres.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a method for producing immunocytes, specifically induced natural killer T (iNKT) cells that are induced by direct reprogramming of isolated somatic cells, and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-iNKT cells into which a CAR gene encoding a CAR is introduced; iNKT cells produced by the method; and a cell therapy composition and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer, comprising the iNKT cells. The method according to the present invention can produce, through direct reprogramming, iNKT cells or iNKT cells into which a CAR gene is introduced, from isolated cells so as to simplify the production process and shorten production time, thereby reducing costs, to have excellent NKT cell production efficiency, and to ensure safety according to the production without passing through induced pluripotent stem cells, thereby having an excellent NKT cell production effect distinguished from that of a conventional reprogramming technique.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods to treat relapsed multiple myeloma with pharmacological ascorbic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and one or more anti-cancer therapies.