Abstract: A plasma source includes a ring plasma chamber, a primary winding around an exterior of the ring plasma chamber, multiple ferrites, wherein the ring plasma chamber passes through each of the ferrites and multiple plasma chamber outlets coupling the plasma chamber to a process chamber. Each one of the plasma chamber outlets having a respective plasma restriction. A system and method for generating a plasma are also described.

Abstract: An assisted steering system with vibrational function for vehicles is applied to a steering system of a vehicle. The steering system has a first steering column and a second steering column, and the assisted steering system includes a speed-adjustable steering device and an electronic control unit. The speed-adjustable steering device is connected between the first steering column and the second steering column and has a motor. The electronic control unit is electrically connected to the motor, generates a vibration driving current when receiving a warning command, combines a steering driving current with the vibration driving current to generate a motor control current, and outputs the motor control current to the motor of the speed-adjustable steering device to excite windings of the motor with the vibration driving current in generation of a vibrational effect.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile communication network system and a network configuring method. The communication network system includes: a common control access network; at least one access network slice added according to a service type requested by a device; a common control core network; and at least one core network slice added according to a service type requested by the device. The access network slice and the core network slice are determined by the service type requested by the device.

Abstract: Systems and methods controlling ion energy within a plasma chamber are described. One of the systems includes an upper electrode coupled to a sinusoidal RF generator for receiving a sinusoidal signal and a nonsinusoidal RF generator for generating a nonsinusoidal signal. The system further includes a power amplifier coupled to the nonsinusoidal RF generator. The power amplifier is used for amplifying the nonsinusoidal signal to generate an amplified signal. The system includes a filter coupled to the power amplifier. The filter is used for filtering the amplified signal using a filtering signal to generate a filtered signal. The system includes a chuck coupled to the filter. The chuck faces at least a portion of the upper electrode and includes a lower electrode. The lower electrode is used for receiving the filtered signal to facilitate achieving ion energy at the chuck to be between a lower threshold and an upper threshold.

Abstract: Methods and systems for masking certain cryptographic operations in a manner designed to defeat side-channel attacks are disclosed herein. Squaring operations can be masked to make squaring operations indistinguishable or less distinguishable from multiplication operations. In general, squaring operations are converted into multiplication operations by masking them asymmetrically. Additional methods and systems are disclosed for defeating DPA, cross-correlation, and high-order DPA attacks against modular exponentiation.

Abstract: A low density parity check (LDPC) encoder, an LDPC decoder, and an LDPC encoding method are disclosed. The LDPC encoder includes first memory, second memory, and a processor. The first memory stores an LDPC codeword having a length of 64800 and a code rate of 2/15. The second memory is initialized to 0. The processor generates the LDPC codeword corresponding to information bits by performing accumulation with respect to the second memory using a sequence corresponding to a parity check matrix (PCM).

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for sampling and/or controlling the productivity of a bioreactor.

Abstract: Provided is an interferometer for inspecting a test sample. The interferometer includes: a light source for providing a light beam; a beam splitting element, splitting the light beam into first and second incident light, wherein the first incident light is reflected by the test sample into first reflection light; a reflecting element, reflecting the second incident light into second reflection light; an optical detection element, receiving the first and the second reflection light into an interference signal; and a signal processing module, coupled to the optical detection element, for performing spatial differential calculation on the interference signal to generate a demodulation image of the test sample.

Abstract: Described are stable nanoparticle complexes comprising paclitaxel, albumin and alemtuzumab. The nanoparticle complexes are suitable for the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: A millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication system for determining a location of a first device based on a known location of a second device includes a transceiver connected to a set of antennas to communicate beams of mmWaves and to perform an estimation of a channel connecting the first device and the second device and a memory to store results of the channels estimation including pairs of beam values, wherein each pair of beam values includes a beamforming angle and an energy of the beam communicated with the beamforming angle.

Abstract: Sperm mobility and impregnation of an oocyte is enhanced by placing sperm in an aqueous solution of phospholipids prior to in vitro fertilization or artificial insemination. The aqueous phospholipid solution can also be used during storage or cryopreservation of the sperm. Also, the motility of sperm produced or ejaculated and the environment into which it is placed is enhanced my ingestion of the phospholipid composition by the male or female, or a vaginal placement of compositions containing the phospholipids.

Abstract: The present invention provides a humidity tolerant CO2 generator that operates in combination with an arthropod trap. The CO2 generator comprises a means for controllably adding solid pellets to an aqueous acid solution, and optionally includes a sound-based counting system for counting the number of pellets dispensed from a feeder reservoir and into a reaction chamber. The invention also provides a method of using the same.

Abstract: A triboelectric generator includes a first triboelectric member, which includes a first conductive layer and an insulating triboelectric material layer disposed on the first conductive layer. The triboelectric material layer includes a first material having a first position on a triboelectric series. An elastic member, disposed against the triboelectric material layer of the triboelectric member and includes a second conductive material, has an elasticity that results in the elastic member being deformed when compressed and returning to an original non-deformed shape after being compressed. The second conductive material has a second position on the triboelectric series. A first load is coupled to the first conductive layer and with the second conductive material so that when a force compresses the elastic member charges will flow between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer through the load.

Abstract: An optical transmission method includes outputting a first light based on a first electronic signal, outputting a second light based on a second electronic signal, and polarizing and combining the first light and the second light, and outputting the polarized and combined first and second lights to an optical fiber.

Abstract: A method for receiving and transmitting synchronization signal is provided. The method is applicable to a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device has a local timing. The method includes the following steps. Receive at least one synchronization signal. If a signal power of at least one of the at least one synchronization signal is greater than or equal to a signal power threshold, select one of the at least one synchronization signal as a reference synchronization signal according to a priority rule, and synchronize the local timing to the reference synchronization signal. If the signal power of each the synchronization signal is less than the signal power threshold, send a local synchronization signal according to the local timing. If the reference synchronization signal meets a forwarding criterion, forward the reference synchronization signal, wherein the forwarding criterion includes a power constraint and a hop count constraint.

Abstract: Unnatural, mutated thioesterases having an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to SEQ. ID. NO: 1 and having substitutions at one or more of amino acid positions I107, R108, L109, S122, M141, E142, Y145, and L146, gene constructs encoding and configured to express the mutated thioesterases in a transformed host cell and host cells transformed to contain the gene constructs.

Abstract: An energy efficient window includes a plate of glass having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A polymer aerogel thermal barrier having a first side and a second side is further provided. One of the first side and the second side of the polymer aerogel thermal barrier is located on one of the first side and the second side of the plate glass.

Abstract: Provided herein are cyclodecynes, including chiral cyclodecynes, and methods of making cyclodecynes. The methods may include providing a 1,1?-biaryl compound substituted independently at the 2-position and the 2?-position with a hydroxyl or an amino group; and contacting the 1,1?-biaryl compound with a protected but-2-yne-1,4-diol to form the cyclodecyne.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for inhibits the binding of GTP to oncogenic mutant KRas are disclosed. These compositions may be used in method to treat a subject with cancer. In particular, the compositions may be used to treat cancers involving overactive Ras signaling.