Abstract: Provided herein are embodiments of an aversive cable. The cable includes a cable core comprising a longitudinal axis, a cable jacket surrounding the cable core along the longitudinal axis, and at least one sacrificial lobe. The cable jacket has an outer surface, and each of the at least one sacrificial lobe extends longitudinally along at least a portion of cable jacket and radially outward from the outer surface of the cable jacket. The cable jacket and the at least one sacrificial lobe include an aversive material. In embodiments, the sacrificial lobes are included on a cable sheath instead of the cable jacket, and the cable sheath surrounds the cable jacket without being bonded to the cable jacket.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory machine-readable mediums for ranking on an absolute scale include displaying, on an electronic display, a first handle, a second handle, and an interactor, determining a value of the first handle and a value of the second handle based on their respective positions on the interactor, in response to a user dragging the first and second handles on the interactor, and determining a rank of the first and second handles based on the values of the first and second handles, in response to the user dragging the first and second handles on the interactor.

Abstract: A microfabricated valve with no moving parts. In one embodiment, the valve includes a reservoir of a liquid that is in fluid communication with an outlet channel having a throat that is less than 100 microns wide. Preferably, the channel is an elongated slit. The configuration of channel is adapted and configured such that surface tension of the liquid prevents flow out of the channel. A heater increases the temperature of the meniscus of the fluid, until a portion of the fluid is ejected from the channel. The ejection of the fluid creates both a thrusting effect and a cooling effect.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bifunctional catalyst for manufacturing a hydrocarbon from carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The bifunctional catalyst includes a carbon composite including cobalt (Co) and nitrogen (N) atoms forming a coordinate bond with the cobalt, and metal particles which exhibit a catalytic activity for a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction and which are dispersed on the inner pore surface and/or the outer surface of the carbon composite support, thus simultaneously promoting a reverse water gas shift reaction and the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction.

Abstract: Liquid-crystal polymer is composed of the following repeating units: 10 mol % to 35 mol % of 10 mol % to 35 mol % of 10 mol % to 50 mol % of and 10 mol % to 40 mol % of 10 mol % to 40 mol % of or a combination thereof. Each of AR1, AR2, AR3, and AR4 is independently AR5 or AR5-Z-AR6, in which each of AR5 and AR6 is independently or a combination thereof, and Z is —O—, or C1-5 alkylene group. Each of X and Y is independently H, C1-5 alkyl group, CF3, or wherein R2 is H, CH3, CH(CH3)2, C(CH3)3, CF3, or n=1 to 4; and wherein R1 is C1-5 alkylene group.

Abstract: There is provided a method of additive manufacturing using at least one processor, the method includes: determining a first slicing layer of a three-dimensional (3D) model of a 3D object; determining a second slicing layer of the 3D model based on the first slicing layer, the second slicing layer being immediately subsequent to the first slicing layer; and determining a thickness of the second slicing layer and an orientation for a third slicing layer of the 3D model based on a difference between the second slicing layer and the first slicing layer, the third slicing layer being immediately subsequent to the second slicing layer. There is also provided a corresponding system and computer program product for additive manufacturing.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for knocking out an N-myristoyltransferase (NMT) gene from Eimeria tenella, and belongs to the technical field of microorganisms. The method includes: mixing sporozoites of Eimeria tenella with a pCRISPR::EtNMT plasmid and a pEtNMT::DHFR plasmid, and subjecting a resulting mixture to electrotransformation to obtain NMT gene-knockout Eimeria tenella. The method provided by the present disclosure can successfully knock out the NMT gene from Eimeria tenella, which lays a foundation for studying the function of the Eimeria tenella gene and developing a vaccine therefor.

Abstract: Provided herein are small molecule compounds, including non-anticoagulant heparan sulfate oligosaccharide molecules, having anti-inflammatory properties and capable of interacting with high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) proteins in a manner sufficient to affect an interaction between the HMGB1 protein and a receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE). Also provided herein are methods of treating Paracetamol (APAP) overdose in subjects.

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: A controller for vehicle air conditioner includes a base defining a mounting cavity; a knob assembly rotatably mounted to the base, wherein at least a portion of the knob assembly is located in the mounting cavity; and at least one bearing element arranged between the base and the knob assembly. Such a design reduces the friction between the base and the knob assembly and thus reduces the noise.

Abstract: This document provides methods and materials for using butyrylcholinesterases (BChE) to treat cancer (e.g., triple negative breast cancer or prostate cancer). For example, methods and materials for using nucleic acid vectors (e.g., viral vectors) to express BChE polypeptides under conditions that reduce the number of cancer cells (e.g., triple negative breast cancer cells or prostate cancer cells) within a mammal (e.g., a human) and/or reduce the growth rate of cancer cells (e.g., triple negative breast cancer cells or prostate cancer cells) within a mammal (e.g., a human) are provided.

Abstract: Devices and methods of a field effect transistor device that include a source, a gate and a drain. The transistor includes a semiconductor region position is under the source, the gate and the drain. Such that the semiconductor region can include a gallium nitride (GaN) layer and an III Nitride (III-N) layer. Wherein the GaN layer includes a band gap, and the III-N layer includes a band gap. Such that the III-N layer band gap is higher than the GaN layer band gap. A sub-region of the semiconductor region is located underneath the gate and is doped with Mg ions at selective locations in the sub-region.

Abstract: An image decoding method is disclosed in the present specification. An image decoding method according to the present invention may include: determining a position of a co-located block of a current block within a co-located picture (co-located picture); determining a representative motion vector of the current block by using motion information at the position of the co-located block; and deriving motion information on a sub-block included in the current block by using the representative motion vector.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a process of nanoparticle formulations and its composition matter for systemic treatment of sepsis. In particular, this invention discloses a method for preparing tannic acid-ferric nanoparticles, optionally incorporating a component of vitamin D3, coated with zwitterionic chitosan (ZWC) and polymyxin B (PMB). The invention described herein also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of sepsis.

Abstract: A thermoforming apparatus is provided having a frame, a pair of platens, and a platen drive assembly. The platens are carried by the frame on opposite sides of a sheet line each configured to carry a respective die. One platen has a proximal die surface adjacent the sheet line and a rear surface distal the sheet line. The platen drive assembly is interposed between the frame and the one platen and has at least one reciprocating kinematic linkage and a drive motor configured to reciprocate the one platen to and fro relative to another platen. The kinematic linkage has a plurality of links interconnected pivotally together with respective rotation joints and interposed between the frame and the one platen. An outboard-most rotation joint is provided proximate one end of the frame and an inboard-most rotation joint intermediate the rear surface and the proximal die surface. A method is also provided.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to the fields of applied meteorology, in particular to a visualization analysis method of the tropical cyclone forecast verification index data, which comprises the following steps: acquiring tropical cyclone data; obtaining a track forecast verification index and an intensity forecast verification index of the tropical cyclone with the tropical cyclone data; obtaining a visible view of the tropical cyclone track forecast error and a visible view of the tropical cyclone intensity forecast error according to the track forecast verification index and the intensity forecast verification index, and in combination with the geographic information of the tropical cyclone; obtaining a first error and a second error according to the track forecast verification index, and obtaining a joint distribution map of the first error and the second error by using the first error and the second error; obtaining a composite box-shaped histogram through the intensity forecast verification index.

Abstract: A method for reporting channel state information (CSI) by user equipment (UE) for beamforming based on an antenna array in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: receiving a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS); generating channel state information using the CSI-RS and a codebook generated in advance; and reporting the channel state information. The channel state information includes information related to a codevector determined in the codebook, the antenna array has a three-dimensional shape having omnidirectional symmetry, the codebook is generated based on a position of the UE having a center of the three-dimensional shape as an origin, and the position of the UE is represented based on a polar coordinate system.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for forming an anti-microbial layer on an apparatus. Also disclosed is a method for improving the anti-bacterial properties of a titanium device coated with titanium-nitride (TiN). Also disclosed is a medical apparatus comprising an anti-microbial layer prepared by the disclosed methods. 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 disclosure.

Abstract: A system and method which allows the basic checkpoint-reverse-mode AD strategy (of recursively decomposing the computation to reduce storage requirements of reverse-mode AD) to be applied to arbitrary programs: not just programs consisting of loops, but programs with arbitrarily complex control flow. The method comprises (a) transforming the program into a formalism that allows convenient manipulation by formal tools, and (b) introducing a set of operators to allow computations to be decomposed by running them for a given period of time then pausing them, while treating the paused program as a value subject to manipulation.

Abstract: A circuit includes a first full adder, a second full adder, a first half adder, a third full adder configured to receive a sum output signal of the first full adder, a sum output signal of the second full adder, and a sum output signal of the first half adder, a fourth full adder configured to receive a carry output signal of the first full adder, a carry output signal of the second full adder, and a carry output signal of the first half adder, a second half adder configured to receive a carry output signal of the third full adder and a sum output signal of the fourth full adder, and a third half adder configured to receive a carry output signal of the second half adder and a carry output signal of the fourth full adder.