Abstract: A method and system are provided for calibrating a magnetometer on a mobile device. The method includes obtaining one or more pairs of magnetometer readings. Each pair includes a first reading and a second reading. For each pair of magnetometer readings, the method also includes determining a rotation axis direction and a rotation angle corresponding to a change in orientation of the mobile device between obtaining the first reading and the second reading and determining a rotation axis for the pair of magnetometer readings using the rotation axis direction and rotation angle. The method also includes determining a calibration parameter based on at least one property of one or more of the rotation axes.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating a subject with a mycobacterial infection. The methods comprise administering to the subject a Cu+/++ boosting therapeutic. Also provided are compositions comprising a Cu+/++ boosting therapeutic. Further provided are methods of screening for a Cu+/++ boosting therapeutic.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to creatine analogs, compositions comprising same, and methods of using same, alone or in combination with other agents, to treat depression disorders and associated maladies. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides low cost and highly effective method for the removal of arsenic and Cr(III&VI) from contaminated water using zinc peroxide nanoparticles (20±5 nm) capped with glycerol/PVP/TEA up to the permissible range of drinking water. As Arsenic and chromium occurs naturally in the earth's crust. When rocks, minerals, and soil erode, they release arsenic and chromium into groundwater. Arsenic and chromium occurs naturally in varying amounts in groundwater in various parts of country from ppb level to ppm level. The average concentration of arsenic and chromium as per USEPA standard in drinking water it is 10 parts per billion and 0.05 ppm (50 ppb) respectively. In drinking water the level of chromium is usually low as well, but contaminated water may contain the dangerous Cr(III&VI). Although Cr(III) is an essential nutrient for humans and shortages may cause heart problems, disruptions of metabolisms and diabetes.

Abstract: A phosphor is provided, which has a chemical structure represented by General Formula I: wherein n is an integer; R1 and R2 are respectively selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an aryl group and a heterocyclic group, or R1 and R2 are linked to each other, together with a carbon atom to which R1 and R2 are bonded, to form a ring structure; R3 and R4 are respectively selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl group, a C1-C4 alkoxyl group, a carboxyl group, a C1-C4 alkyl ester group, a arylester group, an adamantyl carbonyl group and an adamantyl group, or R3 and R4 are linked to each other, together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are bonded, to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group.

Abstract: A system and method for content-based message distribution are provided. An incoming message with a recipient address and a tag address including at least one content tag associated with one or more users is received. The content tag within the tag address and a recipient associated with the recipient address are identified. The recipient is added to the content tag as one of the users. The incoming message is displayed to at least one of the users associated with the content tag.

Abstract: A resistance random access memory including a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a stacked structure is provided. The stacked structure includes a HfZrON layer and a ZrON layer and is located between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. In addition, the disclosure further provides a method of fabricating a resistance random access memory.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving wireless energy in an energy transmission system. The apparatus includes: a transmitting controller configured to generate a wireless energy signal; a transmitting resonance body port configured to transmit the wireless energy signal; and a transmitting resonance body configured to transmit the wireless energy signal transmitted through the transmitting resonance body port to receiving apparatuses, wherein the transmitting controller transmits impedance control signals for controlling impedance of each of the receiving resonance body ports of the plurality of receiving apparatuses.

Abstract: Provided are a meta-material and a method of fabricating the same. the metal-material may include a substrate, a metal layer on the substrate, and an active gain medium layer on the metal layer. The active gain medium layer and the metal layer may be configured to define hole patterns that may be periodically arranged to have a space smaller than a wavelength of an ultraviolet light, such that the active gain medium layer and the metal layer exhibit a negative refractive index in a wavelength region of the ultraviolet light.

Abstract: A heart pump and a catheter assembly therefor are provided that include a flexible catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end, the catheter body having a plurality of lumens therethrough. The catheter body can be sufficiently flexible to extend from a peripheral access to a patient's heart. The catheter assembly can also include an impeller assembly having an impeller and a housing. The impeller assembly can be coupled with the flexible catheter body such that a tensile force applied to opposite ends of the catheter assembly enhances the security of the connection between the catheter body and the impeller assembly.

Abstract: A linear actuator comprised of an actuator body having a first portion and a second portion, each arranged along a longitudinal axis of the actuator body. A vacuum bellows is concentrically located in the first portion and is configured to seal a vacuum environment from the second portion. A linear motion shaft is concentrically located substantially within the actuator body and is configured to move in a linear direction along the longitudinal axis. An electrically conductive portion of the shaft is concentrically located substantially within the vacuum bellows and electrically insulated therefrom and is configured to receive and conduct a signal. A lift force generating portion of the shaft is concentrically located substantially within the second portion. An electrical contact pad is electrically coupled to the conductive portion of the shaft and is configured to couple the signal to another surface upon activation of the shaft.

Abstract: Disclosed is a piezoelectric micro energy harvester and manufacturing method thereof, the method including: forming an insulation film on a substrate; patterning the insulation film and forming an electrode pad pattern, a center electrode pattern, and a side electrode pattern; forming an open cavity at an inside of the substrate for suspension of the center electrode pattern and the side electrode pattern; disposing a conductive film on the electrode pad pattern, the center electrode pattern, and the side electrode pattern and forming electrode pads, a center electrode, and a side electrode; and forming a piezoelectric film so as to cover a space between the center electrode and the side electrode and upper surfaces of the center electrode and the side electrode.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are described for producing a volume transmission hologram and/or a volume reflection hologram from a film (10) having a backing foil (12) and a holographic layer (14). In said method, the film (10) is guided over a drum (18), on which the film (10) is brought in contact with the master hologram (22). The master hologram (22) and the film (10) are simultaneously moved through an exposure zone (20). In the exposure zone (20), the film (10) and the master hologram (22) are irradiated with a linearly expanding exposure laser beam (32) in order to reproduce the master hologram (22) in the photopolymer layer (14). Both volume reflection and volume transmission holograms can be produced in the polymer layer (14) of the film (10) that is guided over the drum by means of only one drum (18).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligation detection reaction mixture, amplifying the ligation product to form an amplified ligation product in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) mixture, detecting the amplified ligation product, and identifying the target nucleotide sequence. Such coupling of the ligase detection reaction and the polymerase chain reaction permits multiplex detection of nucleic acid sequence difference.

Abstract: An active air cleaning controller is connected to a forced air heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The active air cleaning controller uses call signals from a thermostat to the HVAC system and/or sensor signals to determine when, and for how long, the blower of the HVAC system has been active and whether to independently activate the blower. The active air cleaning controller uses at least the collected information regarding the blower run time to determine when to activate the blower, in addition to its use within the HVAC system, to cycle and thus clean the air in a living environment independently of call signals used to activate heating and/or cooling functions of the HVAC system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a cyclic compound that has high selectivity, high yield, and stability over a long period of time depending on a metal content ratio of a catalyst, specifically a lactone compound or a heterocyclic compound including oxygen, which includes hydrogenating an organic acid, organic acid ester, or a mixture of the organic acid and organic acid ester, which are having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, by using a selective hydrogenated catalyst.

Abstract: A tunable super-lens (TSL) for nanoscale optical sensing and imaging of bio-molecules and nano-manufacturing utilizes negative-index materials (NIMs) that operate in the visible or near infrared light. The NIMs can create a lens that will perform sub-wavelength imaging, enhanced resolution imaging, or flat lens imaging. This new TSL covers two different operation scales. For short distances between the object and its image, a near-field super-lens (NFSL) can create or enhance images of objects located at distances much less than the wavelength of light. For the far-zone, negative values are necessary for both the permittivity ? a permeability ?. While well-structured periodic meta-materials, which require delicate design and precise fabrication, can be used, metal-dielectric composites are also candidates for NIMs in the optical range. The negative-refraction in the composite films can be made by using frequency-selective photomodification.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method monitoring the health of structural joints by monitoring the strain developed near the joint due to perturbation applied away from that joint and comparing the monitored ratio between near field and far field strain to strain ratio which develops in a healthy joint due to comparable perturbation. The system for monitoring joints comprises: at least one near field strain measuring device installed near a monitored joint for monitoring the induced strain; at least one far field strain measuring device installed away from monitored joint indicating, measuring or producing the perturbation; and a data processor connected to said near field strain measuring device and to said near field strain measuring device for analyzing the response of the structure to the perturbation and determining the integrity of said joint.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods of identifying a subject as having an increased risk of developing fragile X-associated tremor and ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) or identifying a subject having an increased risk of developing fragile X syndrome (FXS), comprising analyzing messenger RNA (mRNA) transcripts and/or translation products of the antisense gene ASFMR1.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel cell-based and animal-based assays for determining antagonists of PKC? and uses of the isolated antagonist compounds for modulating insulin clearance and secretion. The invention also provides novel animals and cells such as animals and cells suitable for use in the assays.