Abstract: The present invention relates to an inorganic/organic hybrid perovskite compound film. An inorganic/organic hybrid perovskite compound film according to the present invention is polycrystalline, and has a discontinuous (100) plane scattering intensity on a grazing incidence wide angle x-ray scattering (GIWAXS) spectrum obtained using an x-ray wavelength of 1.0688 ?.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a surgical device and method of using the same. The surgical device includes a proximal ring, a distal ring, wherein the distal ring is operably connected to the proximal ring with a sleeve, the sleeve extending about a circumference of the proximal ring and a circumference of the distal ring, a film, a distal end of the film attached to a portion of the distal ring, wherein the film is configured to extend past the sleeve and past the distal ring, and wherein a proximal portion of the film comprises an opening and a channel and a draw string extending through the channel and exposed to an exterior of the device through the opening.

Abstract: An optical receiver includes a transimpedance amplifier that converts a current signal corresponding to an optical signal into a voltage signal. The transimpedance amplifier includes an input terminal receiving the current signal, an output terminal outputting the voltage signal, an inverting circuit including a pull-up device that pull-up drives the voltage signal of the output terminal according to the current signal, and a pull-down device that pull-down drives the voltage signal of the output terminal according to the current signal, a feedback resistor electrically connected between the input and output terminals, a first resistor electrically connected between the input terminal and the pull-up device, and a second resistor electrically connected between the input terminal and the pull-down device.

Abstract: An electromechanical transducer, including: one or more first mechanical resonator structures having respective first fundamental oscillation resonance frequencies; and a second mechanical resonator structure including one or more electromechanical transducer components, and having a second fundamental oscillation resonance frequency that is substantially greater than the first fundamental resonance frequencies of the first mechanical resonator structures; wherein oscillations of the first mechanical resonator structures driven by external mechanical vibrations cause the first mechanical resonator structures to intermittently couple with the second resonating structure to drive oscillations of the second resonating structure such that the electromechanical transducer components of the second mechanical resonator structure convert the oscillations of the second resonating structure to electrical energy or signals.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to assembling an RFID tag through wire bonding techniques. In some examples, the RFID tag may be assembled by wire bonding of an RFID integrated circuit (IC) to an antenna through a hole in a substrate. In other examples, methods for assembling RFID tags from a singulated IC or diced ICs still on a dicing frame may be disclosed. The disclosed methods may use a single metal layer for producing RFID tags with multi-turn loop antenna.

Abstract: Lidar is an acronym for Light Detection And Ranging. The technology may be used to measure distance by illuminating a target with a laser beam and performing analysis on the reflected laser beam light. In the atmospheric sciences, Lidar may be used to study the optical depth of clouds, the impact of aerosols on clouds, and the interactions between aerosols and clouds on the climate. The present application proposes a lidar-based technology using a diode laser (101) beam sent through a tapered semiconductor optical amplifier (106) and an axicon pair expander (108) wherein the laser light may be transmitted through a telescope (110) at an object to be studied. Upon striking the object to be studied, the laser (101) is reflected and recovered by the telescope (110). The reflected laser is then sent through a heated rubidium vapor cell (115) and a total detection channel (116) for analysis.

Abstract: The methods disclosed herein are directed towards improving ablation efficiency associated with applying nanosecond electric pulses (nsEP) to tissue. In particular, applying nsEP to tissue can open pores in the cellular membranes of the tissue. These pores can be kept open longer by cooling the tissue. The combined application of nsEP and the cooling of tissue may have synergistic effects on triggering apoptosis of cells in the tissue. This allows for numerous practical benefits associated with nsEP-based tissue ablation to be realized. For instance, nsEP of lower pulse strength or lower numbers of pulses to be used, which can be provided by smaller pulse generators operating on less power.

Abstract: A heat chamber apparatus comprises a base assembly, a lid assembly operably installed on the base assembly, and a rack assembly and heater assembly incorporated in the base and/or lid assemblies, the base and lid assemblies being optionally telescopically engaged for selectively adjusting the interior space of the heat chamber, and the rack assembly separating the interior space into first and second sub-chambers and being optionally pivotable for selectively accessing the sub-chambers.

Abstract: An organic material production system includes: a pretreatment device (12) that pulverizes a biomass material (11); a hydrothermal decomposition apparatus (14) that hydrothermally decomposes a pulverized biomass (13) by causing it to countercurrently contact with hot compressed water (15), elutes lignin components and hemicellulose components into the hot compressed water (15), and separates the lignin components and the hemicellulose components from a biomass solid residue; a first enzymatic hydrolysis device (19-1) that treats cellulose in a biomass solid residue (17), discharged from the hydrothermal decomposition apparatus, with an enzyme (18) to enzymatically hydrolyze it to a sugar solution containing hexose; a fermenter (21) that produces ethanol by fermentation using a sugar solution (20) obtained by the first enzymatic hydrolysis device (19-1); and a refiner 25 that refines an alcohol fermentation liquid (22), so as to separate it into ethanol (23) and a residue (24).

Abstract: This invention relates to a composite material comprising a core comprising an organosilica such as a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) and a functionalized elastomeric polymer such as poly(n-butyl acrylate) bonded onto said core. The elastomer is preferably functionalised with an amine moiety. The present invention also relates to a polymer comprising a resin such as Bisphenol A diglycidylether (DGEBA) and the aforementioned composite material, and a method for making the composite material. The composite material can improve both the material strength and material toughness of the polymer into which it is mixed.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle based on a panoptic map includes receiving an input from at least one sensor of the vehicle. The method also includes generating an instance map and a semantic map from the input. The method further includes generating the panoptic map from the instance map and the semantic map based on a binary mask. The method still further includes controlling the vehicle based on the panoptic map.

Abstract: An ultra-small multi-channel optical module according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a base board, a glass substrate, a heat sink, optical elements, parallel light lenses, a first rectangular reflector, a glass cover, a second rectangular reflector, horizontal reflectors, and a light collecting lens.

Abstract: Semiconductor structures and fabrication methods are provided. An exemplary fabrication method includes providing a semiconductor substrate having a fin material layer on the semiconductor substrate; forming an isolation material layer having a bandgap greater than a bandgap of the fin material layer on the fin material layer; and forming a stacked channel material layer on the isolation material layer. The stacked channel material layer includes a sacrificial material layer and a channel material layer on the sacrificial material layer. The method also includes etching the stacked channel material layer, the isolation material layer and the fin material layer to form fins protruding from the semiconductor substrate, an isolation layer on the fins and a stacked channel layer on the isolation layer. The stacked channel layer includes a sacrificial layer and a channel layer on the sacrificial material layer.

Abstract: Peptide-based neurokinin antagonists of fish reproduction are disclosed. Compositions comprising antagonists of fish neurokinin and methods of inhibiting or delaying puberty, fish maturation or reproduction processes using these compounds are also provided.

Abstract: A motion-aware keypoint selection system adaptable to iterative closest point (ICP) includes a pruning unit that receives an image and selects at least one region of interest (ROI) composed of a selected subset of points on the image; a point quality estimation unit that receives the ROI and generates point quality; and a suppression unit that receives the point quality and generates keypoints. In one embodiment, a near edge region (NER) is selected as the ROI. In another embodiment, the point quality estimation unit generates point quality according to point motion and point depth.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and methods for an integrated dielectrophoretic (DEP) and surface plasmonic platform to quantify as little as 1 femptomolar to 1 picomolar of fluorescent molecules in low conductivity buffers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and health functional food for preventing or treating neurodegenerative diseases which include a flower extract of Daphne genkwa or fractions thereof as an active ingredient. The pharmaceutical composition and health functional food for preventing or treating neurodegenerative diseases are, not like extracts from stems and/or roots of Daphne genkwa, free from genotoxicity and have superior prophylactic or treatment effects against neurodegenerative diseases.

Abstract: A method for establishing a plurality of protocol data unit (PDU) sessions between a user equipment (UE) and a data network (DN) by the UE may comprise transmitting a message to establish the plurality of PDU sessions to at least one network function (NF) of a plurality of NFs, exchanging a signal to establish the plurality of PDU sessions among the UE, a radio access network (RAN), and the plurality of NFs based on the message, and establishing the plurality of PDU sessions between the UE and the DN according to predetermined priority and based on the signal, wherein each of the plurality of PDU sessions corresponds to a network slice (NS) for a particular service, wherein the message includes information about the particular service corresponding to the plurality of PDU sessions, and wherein the priority is determined based on the information about the particular service.

Abstract: A hydraulic propulsion system is disclosed which includes an input interface configured to receive mechanical power from a power source, a pressure source comprising one or more fixed or variable displacement pumps coupled to the input interface and adaptable to convert mechanical power to hydraulic power and controlling outlet pressure of the pressure source (system pressure), one or more variable displacement motors coupled to the pressure source via a corresponding high-pressure line configured to be mechanically coupled to one or more aerodynamic rotors of an aircraft and comprising a closed loop speed control arrangement in response to a commanded rotor speed, and a controller configured to control the speed of one or more variable displacement motors by providing a control signal for controlling the system pressure.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for estimating and correcting a human body posture in an image are disclosed. According to the method, persons from an input image, and an individual person area corresponding to each person is obtained, human body parts constituting a person for each individual person area are detected, how much a motion of the person matches with a presented motion as a reference by comparing the human body parts with the presented motion is determined, and correction information to match with the presented motion is generated based on a result of the determining.