Abstract: Disclosed is an inverter which includes a first P-MOS transistor connected between a node receiving a drain voltage and a first path node and operated based on an input voltage, a first N-MOS transistor connected between the first path node and an output terminal outputting an output voltage and operated based on the drain voltage, a second P-MOS transistor connected between the output terminal and a second path node and operated based on a ground voltage, a second N-MOS transistor connected between the second path node and a node receiving the ground voltage and operated based on the input voltage, a third P-MOS transistor connected between the first path node and the second path node and operated based on the input voltage, and a third N-MOS transistor connected between the first path node and the second path node and operated based on the input voltage.

Abstract: Disclosed are a tungsten hexafluoride preparation method and apparatus based on photoelectric synergy. A photocatalyst and metal tungsten are sequentially filled in a discharge area of a plasma reactor in a direction of gas entry, and the discharge area of the plasma reactor is irradiated with light at the same time; the background gas generates a large amount of plasma in the discharge area, SF6 undergoes decomposition under the synergistic effect of photocatalysis and plasma, SF6 is decomposed to generate fluorine atoms and low-fluorine sulfides such as SF5 and SF4. The generated fluorine ions, SF5, SF4 and low-fluorine sulfides further react with metal tungsten to generate WF6 specialty gas, which not only realizes the utilization of fluorine resources of SF6, but also replaces highly toxic fluorine gas with non-toxic SF6 exhaust gas in the plasma reactor for reaction, thereby ensuring safe operation and low energy consumption.

Abstract: An azimuth ambiguity suppression method for a spaceborne SAR in spatially non-uniform sampling relates to the technical field of radars. The method includes the following steps: step 1: compensating for a phase difference between the channels according to the locations of transmitting and receiving stations for channel echoes; step 2: calculating an equivalent azimuth sampling location of each channel at the moment of each pulse transmission; step 3: sorting the equivalent azimuth sampling locations of all channels and their corresponding echoes after the phase difference between the channels is compensated in ascending order; and step 4: calculating reconstructed echoes from the sorted equivalent azimuth sampling locations and corresponding echoes after the phase difference between the channels is compensated, by using an adaptive weight-conjugate gradient-Toeplitz matrix (ACT) algorithm.

Abstract: The present invention provides non-peptide compounds that mimic the streptococcal SspB Adherence Region (BAR) and function as inhibitors of P. gingivalis adherence to streptococci. The invention also provides methods of making and using the inhibitors.

Abstract: A method for multiplying a sparse matrix (SM) with a full matrix, includes receiving a SM, left aligning each row based on a maximum number of non-sparse cells in each said row, generating a left aligned matrix, displacing at least one cell from an original row into another row of the left aligned matrix to thereby generate at least one new sparse column in said SM to thus reduce sparsity by discarding said at least one new sparse column, thus generating a critical-path-reduced matrix, and wherein the at least one displaced cell includes a flag identifying said cell has been displaced from the original row in the SM, and multiplying the critical-path-reduced matrix with the full matrix using a multiplier, wherein the product from each cell having a displacement flag is moved and accumulated to an accumulator within the multiplier associated with remainder of data for said original row.

Abstract: An ultra-micro electrode that performs electrochemical analysis and a method of manufacturing the same is provided. The method includes preparing an insulating member having a capillary shape with a hollow region, preparing a conductive wire including a conductive material with an oxidation resistance greater than an oxidation resistance of copper, inserting the conductive wire into the hollow region of the insulating member, manufacturing half-finished products by applying heat and an external force to the insulating member having the conductive wire inserted therein to stretch the insulating member and the conductive wire so that a central portion of the insulating member is thin and the insulating member and the conductive wire are ruptured at central portions thereof, forming a groove by etching the conductive wire located on a ruptured surface of each half-finished product, and forming a filling layer by filling the groove with a conductive material by a plating process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for improving immune cell activity comprising a TET2 expression inhibitor, and a method for preparing immune cells with improved activity. In addition, the present invention relates to a recombinant vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding a TET2 inhibitor, immune cells with improved activity transduced with the recombinant vector, and a pharmaceutical composition for treating cancer comprising the immune cells.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polylactic acid composition and a method of preparing the same. The polylactic acid composition comprises a polymeric material and a reaction product obtained by reacting a compound represented by formula (A) with a compound represented by formula (B), the polymeric material comprising polylactic acid, the compound represented by formula (A) being a trimeric phosphazene-based substance, and the compound represented by formula (B) being diamine. The polylactic acid composition is favorable in both flame retardancy and toughness.

Abstract: A measuring apparatus for a concrete structure includes an eddy current sensor configured to contact the concrete structure; a ground penetrating radar (GPR) sensor configured to contact the concrete structure; at least one memory storing one or more instructions; and a controller operably connected to the eddy current sensor, the GPR sensor, and the at least one memory, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the apparatus to: provide a first input signal to the eddy current sensor and a second input signal to the GPR sensor, obtain a first moisture content of a portion of the concrete structure based on an output of the eddy current sensor, obtain a second moisture content of the portion of the concrete structure based on an output of the GPR sensor, and obtain a final moisture content of the portion of the concrete structure based on at least one of the first moisture content and the second moisture content.

Abstract: A method for a driver prediction system is described. The method includes training a neural network to a learn a set of polynomial basis functions. The method also includes selecting, using a trained neural network, a learned polynomial basis function to perform a prediction of an action of an autonomous dynamic object (ADO) agent. The method further includes computing projection coefficients of the learned polynomial basis function to weigh the learned polynomial basis function. The method also includes using the projection coefficients of the learned polynomial basis function to weigh the learned polynomial basis function to provide a distribution regarding a likelihood of the prediction of the action of the ADO agent.

Abstract: Described herein are methods of treating muscular dystrophy in a subject, comprising administration of a recombinant AAV vector AAVrh74.tMCK.SGCA using a systemic route of administration and at a dose of about 1.0×1012 vg/kg to about 5.0×1015 vg/kg. Further disclosed are methods of expressing alpha-sarcoglycan gene in a cell or in a subject in need thereof, decreasing a serum CK level, and increasing alpha-sarcoglycan positive fibers in muscle tissue of a subject.

Abstract: A microlens array for obtaining a multi-focus plenoptic image includes a first individual microlens array where first microlenses having one focus distance are arranged on a first substrate, a second individual microlens array where second microlenses having the same or different focus distances are arranged on a second substrate, the second individual microlens array being stacked on the first individual microlens array having the same or different focus distances, and a third individual microlens array where third microlenses having the same or different focus distances are arranged on a third substrate, the third individual microlens array being stacked on the second individual microlens array. As seen in a plane, an array form of the first to third microlenses are configured with two microlenses, which are spaced apart from each other by an interval corresponding to one microlens in a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, on one of the first to third substrates.

Abstract: A purification method and system for a lithium-extraction dissolving-solution of an aluminum electrolysis waste, the method includes: adding an alkaline mixture to the lithium-extraction dissolving-solution until a pH of the lithium-extraction dissolving-solution reaches a first target pH, and filtering the lithium-extraction dissolving-solution to obtain a first filtrate after performing a first reaction in the lithium-extraction dissolving-solution; the first target pH is 11.5˜12; and adding a decalcification agent and a catalyst to the first filtrate until a pH of the first filtrate reaches a second target pH, and filtering the first filtrate to obtain a purified dissolving-solution after performing a second reaction in the first filtrate, the second target pH being 11.5˜12.

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus for a package includes a pressure applying device configured to apply a pressure to the package, a sensor configured to measure the pressure applied to the package by the pressure applying device, and a signal transmitting apparatus electrically coupled to the package and configured to input an input signal to a chip of the package, receive an output signal from the package in real time, and monitor a damage of the chip of the package in real time while the pressure applying device applies the pressure to the package.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining intoxication in a driver. The system can receive data of a driver's face over a time interval and for each frame of the data, determine one or more parameters associated with eye movements and characteristics of the driver. Based on the one or more parameters for each frame, the frames can be featurized into one or more vectors, where each of the one or more vectors corresponds to a parameter of the one or more parameters. A weight can be applied to each of the one or more vectors and based on the weight of each of the one or more vectors, the system can predict whether the driver surpassed an intoxication threshold. If the driver surpassed the intoxication threshold, the system can alter an operating characteristic of a vehicle of the driver.

Abstract: The specification describes an antibody capture process comprising (i) obtaining a biological sample comprising antibodies, (ii) contacting the biological sample with recombinant pIgR or a dIgA-binding variant, wherein the pIgR or variant binds dIgA and forms a pIgR-dIgA complex. The process may further comprise (iii) directly or indirectly assessing the level of the pIgR-dIgA complex or the level of a complex between pIgR-dIgA and an antigen of interest. There is also an antibody capture process for determining gut wall integrity in a test subject, wherein the level or ratio of SIgA to dIgA is compared to a corresponding level or ratio from a control subject. The specification provides kits embodying the process and recombinant pIgR when used for, or for use, in capturing or detecting dIgA and/or IgM.

Abstract: A stretchable ion-gel sensor and a method of preparing the same are provided. The stretchable ion-gel sensor includes an ion-gel layer, an upper electrode layer disposed on a top surface of the ion-gel layer, and a lower electrode layer disposed on a bottom surface of the ion-gel layer, wherein each of the upper electrode layer and the lower electrode layer includes a first metal particle/polymer layer and a second metal particle/polymer layer.

Abstract: An electrode that includes an elongate lead body and a nerve cuff. The nerve cuff may include a biologically compatible, elastic, electrically insulative cuff body configured to be circumferentially disposed around a nerve, first and second relatively wide electrically conductive contacts carried by the cuff body that are spaced from one another in the length direction and that extend in the width direction to such an extent that they extend completely around the cuff body inner lumen when the cuff body is in the pre-set furled shape, and a plurality of relatively narrow electrically conductive contacts carried by the cuff body that are spaced from one another in the width direction and are located between the first and second relatively wide electrically conductive contacts.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a waste plastic gasification device including: a raw material input unit for inputting waste plastic raw materials; a first gasification unit that pyrolyzes the waste plastic raw materials at low temperatures using superheated steam to produce a mixed gas and preheats residual raw materials that have not been decomposed; a second gasification unit that further decomposes the preheated residual raw materials through plasma to produce the mixed gas; a residue discharge unit that stores and discharges waste plastic residual melt slag that has not been decomposed in the second gasification unit; and a heat exchange unit for cooling the mixed gas generated in the first gasification unit and the second gasification unit, wherein the second gasification unit is inclined in a direction of the residue discharge unit to discharge the waste plastic residual melt slag.

Abstract: A carbon dioxide capture and sequestration system is provided and includes a capture unit, a storage unit, a sequestration unit and a floating body unit. The capture unit is used for capturing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; the storage unit is connected with the capture unit and is used for storing the carbon dioxide captured by the capture unit; the sequestration unit is connected with the storage unit and is used for sequestrating the carbon dioxide discharged by the storage unit. The capture unit, the storage unit and the sequestration unit are all arranged on the floating body unit so as to float on the sea. The system can sequestrate the captured carbon dioxide in situ and reduce the transportation cost.