Abstract: A digital printing ink including a moisture absorption agent, a surfactant, an antifreeze agent, and a balance of a solvent is provided. The moisture absorption agent includes a block copolyester-ether. The surfactant includes a acrylic block copolymer. The antifreeze agent includes glycol. The digital printing ink has a viscosity of 2 cps to 12 cps, a surface tension of 28 dyne/cm to 40 dyne/cm, and a pH value of 6 to 8. A content of the moisture absorption agent is 5 wt. % to 11 wt. %, a content of the surfactant is 3 wt. % to 10 wt. %, and a content of the antifreeze agent is 3 wt. % to 5 wt. %, based on the total weight of the digital printing ink.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for ligating single stranded nucleic acids wherein the ligation is based on fast, efficient, and low-sequence bias hybridization of an acceptor molecule with a donor molecule. In one embodiment, the structure of the donor molecule comprises a stem-loop intramolecular nucleotide base pairing (i.e., hairpin) and a 3?-overhang region such that the overhang is able to hybridize to nucleotides present in the 3? end of the acceptor molecule.

Abstract: A tilt-prop aircraft is configured to operate in a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) mode or a forward flight mode by adjusting a tilt angle of a rotor connected to a wing. The tilt-prop aircraft includes: a blade included in the rotor and configured to rotate to produce lift and thrust; and a tilt center shaft configured to connect the rotor and the wing to each other and adjust the tilt angle of the rotor with respect to a flight plane of the tilt-prop aircraft, wherein when the tilt angle of the rotor is adjusted, a pitch angle of the blade is varied by a power transmission unit mechanically interlocked with the tilt center shaft.

Abstract: A multi-core processor having a first operation mode in which processors perform the same task and a second operation mode in which the processors perform different tasks includes first and second processors configured to write an operation mode value to a first register or second register when a function called in executed software requests the first or second operation mode, a manager configured to assign core IDs of the first and second processors according to the operation mode value stored in the first register or second register, and a reset controller configured to reset the first and second processors in response to the function, wherein the manager assigns the same core ID to the first and second processors when the operation mode value indicates the first operation mode, and allocates different core IDs to the first and second processors when the operation mode value indicates the second operation mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing 3,6-anhydro-L-galactose, and use thereof. More specifically, 3,6-anhydro-L-galactose, which is a monosaccharide constituting agar, is produced in a high yield through chemical and enzymatic methods, and the physiological activities thereof such as whitening, moisturizing, antioxidant, antiinflammatory activities and the like are displayed, thereby enabling industrial use thereof.

Abstract: Provided are a new tubulin inhibitor and applications thereof, the tubulin inhibitor being a series of compounds based on substituted heterocyclic skeletons, targeting the colchicine binding sites of tubulin. The structure is: Formula (I), wherein: formula (A), n independently expresses an integer between 0 and 5, the condition being that n?5, A represents mono- or poly-substituted groups, the groups being selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C20 amide group, C1-C20 acyloxy group, C1-C20 alkanoyl group, C1-C20 alkoxycarbonyl group, C1-C20 alkoxy group, C1-C20 alkylamino group, C1-C20 alkylcarboxyamino group, aroyl group, aralkanoyl group, carboxyl group, cyano group, halogen group, hydroxyl group, nitro group and methylthienyl group.

Abstract: The present invention concerns methods of isolating milk proteins. Methods of the invention include charged ultrafiltration processes that use variations in pH to further separate protein species.

Abstract: A volume reduction treatment method able to reduce the volume of the final disposal waste of a spent uranium catalyst. As a result, the disposal cost of the spent uranium catalyst is able to be reduced and the utilization of waste repositories are able to be improved.

Abstract: A tree search-based scheduling method and an electronic apparatus are provided. In the method, multiple order lists are received and a schedule is initialized, wherein each order list includes multiple production operations. In each order list, a first production operation which has not been joined into the schedule yet is selected, such that multiple prior operations are selected. An execution priority of the prior operations is calculated according to multiple dispatching rules, and multiple candidate operations are selected from the prior operations according to the execution priority. Afterwards, the candidate operations are listed as a next operation of the schedule respectively, and a scheduling simulation is performed according to the dispatching rules to obtain multiple scheduling indicators of the candidate operations. Scheduling is performed according to the scheduling indicators.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a single photon avalanche diode pixel that includes a single photon avalanche diode and an output transistor configured to provide an analog output current from the single photon avalanche diode. The single photon avalanche diode pixel is configured to operate in a first mode to output a digital single photon detection event. The single photon avalanche diode pixel is further configured to operate in a second mode to output the analog output current indicating a level of illumination of the pixel.

Abstract: Scanning Laser Epitaxy (SLE) is a layer-by-layer additive manufacturing process that allows for the fabrication of three-dimensional objects with specified microstructure through the controlled melting and re-solidification of a metal powders placed atop a base substrate. SLE can be used to repair single crystal (SX) turbine airfoils, for example, as well as the manufacture functionally graded turbine components. The SLE process is capable of creating equiaxed, directionally solidified, and SX structures. Real-time feedback control schemes based upon an offline model can be used both to create specified defect free microstructures and to improve the repeatability of the process. Control schemes can be used based upon temperature data feedback provided at high frame rate by a thermal imaging camera as well as a melt-pool viewing video microscope. A real-time control scheme can deliver the capability of creating engine ready net shape turbine components from raw powder material.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for providing an ad-hoc broadcast service based on channel sharing and an apparatus for the same. The method is configured such that a master broadcast transmitter for providing an ad-hoc broadcast service receives a request to share a channel from a new broadcast transmitter, allocates one of multiple subframes, into which the transmission frame of any one broadcast channel corresponding to the ad-hoc broadcast service is divided, to the new broadcast transmitter, and controls the new broadcast transmitter in real time by performing synchronization with the new broadcast transmitter based on reference time information included in a control Physical Layer Pipe (PLP).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerogel-containing composition including an aerogel, a water-soluble binder, a foaming agent, and a mixture of water and a polar organic solvent as a solvent, and an insulation blanket prepared using the same. In the aerogel-containing composition, the aerogel is uniformly dispersed in the composition, and when preparing a blanket, an insulation blanket having low thermal conductivity and flexibility of low density is prepared without concern of shrinkage of the substrate for a blanket and detachment of the aerogel during a drying process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the recovery of rare earths, scandium, niobium, tantalum, zirconium, hafnium, titanium, and the like from ores or concentrates containing fluorine. More specifically, the ores or concentrates are pretreated by carbochlorination to convert the rare earths and other metals into their chlorides and then subjected to dilute hydrochloric acid leaching to recover the valuable rare earths and other metals from the leachate. Niobium, tantalum, zirconium, hafnium, and titanium can be recovered as their chlorides or oxychlorides from the gaseous products of carbochlorination, or converted into their oxides while simultaneously regenerating chlorine.

Abstract: The inventive concept includes an oscillating circuit, a phase inverting circuit, and a phase detecting circuit. The oscillating circuit generates a first clock to be used to sample an input signal. The phase inverting circuit outputs a second clock based on the first clock. The phase detecting circuit generates a control signal having a first logic value when a phase difference between a phase of the input signal and a phase of the second clock is less than a reference value for a reference time or more. The phase detecting circuit generates the control signal having a second logic value when the phase difference is equal to or greater than the reference value or when the phase difference is less than the reference value for a time shorter than the reference time.

Abstract: A method to fabricate a non-planar memory device including forming a multi-layer silicon nitride structure substantially perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate. There may be multiple non-stoichiometric silicon nitride layers, each including a different or same silicon richness value from one another.

Abstract: A method for operating a linear compressor includes substituting a first observed velocity, a bounded integral of the first observed velocity, an estimated clearance, an estimated discharge pressure, and an estimated suction pressure into the mechanical dynamic model for the motor, calculating an observed acceleration for the piston with the mechanical dynamic model for the motor, calculating a second observed velocity for the piston by integrating the observed acceleration for the piston, calculating an observed position of the piston by integrating the second observed velocity for the piston, and updating an estimated clearance, an estimated discharge pressure, and an estimated suction pressure based upon an error between the first and second observed velocities and an error between the bounded integral of the first observed velocity and the observed position.

Abstract: A substrate composition and a substrate prepared from the substrate composition are provided. The substrate composition includes 25-80 parts by weight of a polymer, 20-75 parts by weight of an inorganic filler, and 0.015-0.7 parts by weight of a compound. The total weight of the polymer and the inorganic filler are 100 parts by weight. The polymer is selected from a group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and perfluoroalkoxy alkane (PFA). The compound has at least three terminal vinyl groups.

Abstract: A monitoring method and system include an antenna disposed spaced from a structural member (SM), which itself can be the target object or attachable to a target object, without using any in-dwelling strain sensor. The antenna is arranged to not touch the SM in at least the no load condition. As the target object undergoes displacement and/or deformation, the SM undergoes displacement and/or deformation. The SM is juxtaposed, partially contained with, or fully contained within a magnetic or electromagnetic field and electromagnetically coupled to the emitting antenna. Characteristics of the electromagnetic field coupling between the antenna and the SM shift over time due to the displacement and/or deformation applied to the SM. The shift in the characteristics of the electromagnetic field coupling between the antenna and the SM over time can be used to determine the temporal change in deformation and/or displacement of the SM over time to enable diagnosis of the target structural object being monitored.