Abstract: A composite material having a grainy appearance, this composite material including a metal matrix which represents, in terms of volume fraction, between 50 and 95% of the grainy composite material, the ceramic particles having a diameter that lies in the range 0.1 to 2 mm and which represent, in terms of volume fraction, between 50 and 5% of the composite material are dispersed in the metal matrix and form the remainder of this grainy composite material. A method for manufacturing a grainy synthetic material.

Abstract: Systems and methods for under-floor storage include a robotic retrieval system. The robotic retrieval system includes a robot disposed under an upper floor. The robot may retrieve and deposit objects in a space under the upper floor. A portal provides access to the space from above the upper floor. Objects are stored in locations within the space. The robot selectively locates and retrieves the objects.

Abstract: A method of determining macrotexture of an object is disclosed which includes obtaining a plurality of stereo images from an object by an imaging device, generating a coordinate system for each image of the plurality of stereo images, detecting one or more keypoints each having a coordinate in each image of the plurality of stereo images, wherein the coordinate system is based on a plurality of ground control points (GCPs) with apriori position knowledge of each of the plurality of GCPs, generating a sparse point cloud based on the one or more keypoints, reconstructing a 3D dense point cloud of the object based on the generated sparse point cloud and based on neighboring pixels of each of the one or more keypoints and calculating the coordinates of each pixel of the 3D dense point cloud, and obtaining the macrotexture based on the reconstructed 3D dense point cloud of the object.

Abstract: A method of providing a texture motion effect in a multisensory media system includes generating a texture signal by using linear predictive coding (LPC) filters obtained by applying LPC to each of a column and a row forming a texture image selected from an input image and generating a texture motion by using a visual roughness of the texture signal and a depth speed of a camera.

Abstract: Winding device (1000) including motorisation means (2) driving a watch holder (1) carrying at least one automatic watch (100) with a movable oscillating mass, and measuring means (3) measuring the amplitude of the resonator of each watch (100), and watch (100) identification means (300), providing the identification of a particular watch (100) to control means (200) including an internal database (400) with the history of the amplitude measurements of the resonator of this particular watch (100) and/or the value of its nominal amplitude, and/or communication means (500) communicating with an external database (600) for extracting these values.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by one or more processors for calculating base swirl in a gas turbine; and calculating relative swirl in the gas turbine. Also, a method for gas turbine maintenance, comprising identifying a combustor in need of repair or replacement within a gas turbine; and repairing or replacing the combustor; wherein said identifying comprises calculating base swirl of the gas turbine and calculating relative swirl of the gas turbine in order to associate a gas path from a thermocouple to the combustor in need of repair or replacement.

Abstract: An implant assembly for a long bone is adapted to support an exo-prosthesis. The assembly includes a stem, a subdermal component and a percutaneous post. The stem has a proximal end that is adapted to be received in a surgically prepared medullary canal of the long bone, and a distal end having a surface that is adapted to promote bone ingrowth. The subdermal component includes a proximal portion that is adapted for attachment to the distal end of the stem, and a fixation surface that is adapted to promote soft tissue fixation. The percutaneous post has a proximal end that is adapted to be attached to the subdermal component.

Abstract: To reduce cost for the method for separating semiconducting carbon nanotube from a mixture of metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes. The separation method includes preparing a dispersion by mixing a first substance, a second substance, SDS, SC, and a mixture of metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes with a solvent, wherein the dispersion into two layers, which are a first layer mainly containing the first substance and a second layer mainly containing the second substance, whereby the semiconducting carbon nanotube is transferred into the first layer, and the metallic carbon nanotube is transferred into the second layer, wherein the first substance is an ?-glucan which is composed of glucose linked via ?-glucosidic linkage and which has a weight average molecular weight Mw of 4,000 to 7,000 and has a ratio in amount of ?-1, 6 linked glucose residues to the entire glucose residues of 40 to 70%.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are nuclear male sterile sorghum mutants, three-component genetic constructs, and methods of using said mutants and genetic constructs, such as in a two-line male sterility system for hybrid breeding.

Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for use in binding opioids, such as 6-MAM, morphine, heroin, hydrocodone, oxycodone, meperidine, and fentanyl, while avoiding binding to OUD treatment agents, such as naloxone and naltrexone. Methods are also provided for use in a systematic structure-based virtual screening and design approach for identification of such antibodies. Methods are also provided for use in treating OUD. Methods are also provided for use in detecting an opioid in a sample.

Abstract: A farmland reference crop evapotranspiration prediction method based on uncertainty of meteorological factors, includes: S1. acquiring a set number of groups of weather forecast data of a prediction region within a preset time period; S2. inputting each group of weather forecast data into a Bayesian probability forecast system to obtain corrected weather forecast data; and S3. inputting each group of the corrected weather forecast data into a trained RBF neural network, and predicting to obtain a farmland reference crop evapotranspiration. In the present invention, the Bayesian probability forecast system is configured to correct the weather forecast data and eliminate uncertainty of weather forecast data to obtain the accurate reference crop evapotranspiration forecasted by the RBF neural network using these data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for effectively forming uplink control information transmitted through a downlink from a base station to a terminal in a mobile communication system for providing a packet service and transmitting the uplink control information with minimum radio resources occupied. The method includes generating uplink control information; allocating the uplink control information to a downlink-shared radio resource for packet data transmission based on downlink scheduling information; and transmitting the radio resource to a terminal. The present invention is applied to a mobile communication system.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving downlink control channel in communication system. An operation method of a terminal in a communication system includes receiving configuration information of a resource set for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring operation from a base station; performing the PDCCH monitoring operation in the resource set; receiving at least one downlink control information (DCI) including scheduling information of a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) by the PDCCH monitoring operation; and receiving the first PDSCH based on the scheduling information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a video decoding method including determining one or more adaptation parameter sets including a quantization matrix set including a plurality of quantization matrices, determining an adaptation parameter set including a quantization matrix set applied to a current picture or a current slice from among the one or more adaptation parameter sets, dequantizing transform coefficients of a current block of a current picture or a current slice based on the quantization matrix set of the determined adaptation parameter set, and reconstructing the current block based on the dequantized transform coefficients, wherein the adaptation parameter set includes coding information applied to one or more pictures or slices.

Abstract: A method for redacting a private blockchain comprises applying a hash function to a prefix and new content to compute a hash for a block of the blockchain; performing a modulo operation to convert the hash to an integer modulo; determining an inverse of the integer modulo; computing a redactable suffix from the prefix and the inverse of the integer modulo; replacing current content of the blockchain with the new content; and applying the redactable suffix to the block having the new content.

Abstract: A multi-party privacy computing method and device based on semi-trusted hardware, wherein the method applied to semi-trusted hardware comprises the following steps: acquiring random number masks and random seeds of all user terminals; generating a garbled circuit seed according to the random seeds; generating a garbled circuit according to a predetermined circuit description and the garbled circuit seed, wherein the garbled circuit comprises garbled tables, wire labels and decoding information; sending the wire labels corresponding to the inputs of all user terminals to a user terminal corresponding to the semi-trusted hardware by using an oblivious transfer protocol; and sending the garbled table and the decoding information to the user terminal corresponding to the semi-trusted hardware, so that the user terminal can compute an output value according to the garbled tables, the decoding information and the wire label corresponding to the inputs of all user terminals.

Abstract: According to a conventional method for treatment of Sandhoff disease and Tay-Sachs disease comprising administering a modified ?-subunit to a patient in the form of a protein, it is necessary that administration be performed frequently. This invention relates to a recombinant adeno-associated virus virion comprising: capsomere comprising a protein capable of forming a virus virion; and a polynucleotide packaged in the capsomere comprising a promoter sequence and nucleotide sequences operably linked to the promoter sequence encoding a first amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence of the ?-subunit of wild-type human ?-hexosaminidase composed of amino acids 55 to 556 in the sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 28 by substitution of amino acids 312 to 318 with glycine, serine, glutamic acid, proline, serine, glycine, and threonine in that order and a second amino acid sequence, which is an amino acid sequence of a signal peptide linked to the N terminus of the first amino acid.

Abstract: A method implemented by a first time of flight (ToF) sensor includes generating, by the first ToF sensor, a first depth map in accordance with measurements of reflections of an optical signal emitted by the first ToF sensor; communicating, by the first sensor with a second ToF sensor, the first depth map and a second depth map, the second depth map generated by the second ToF sensor; and determining, by the first ToF sensor, a relative location of the first ToF sensor relative to the second ToF sensor in accordance with the first depth map and the second depth map.

Abstract: A method of recycling gaseous hydrocarbons includes flowing a hydrocarbon gas composition from a secondary separator into a compressor unit to form a compressed mixture. The secondary separator includes a crude liquid hydrocarbon input stream from a primary separator. The method includes flowing the compressed mixture into a cooling unit to cool the compressed mixture, to form a cooled composition comprising liquid hydrocarbons. The method includes flowing the liquid hydrocarbons from the cooled composition into the primary separator.

Abstract: A new and distinct peach (Prunus persica) cultivar denominated ‘CaroRes Wonder’ can be distinguished by its melting yellow flesh, early ripening season, large size, attractive appearance, high red skin color, excellent fruit quality, good flavor, fruitlet tolerance to late spring frost, and resistance to bacterial spot disease.