Abstract: Provided are a cathode catalyst for water electrolysis devices and a method for preparing the same. More specifically, provided are a cathode catalyst for water electrolysis devices that exhibits both high activity and high electrical conductivity, compared to conventional transition metal phosphide catalysts, and a method for preparing the same.

Abstract: An endoxylanase mutant has improved thermal stability. The endoxylanase mutant having endoxylanase activity includes an amino acid sequence at least including substitution of an amino acid residue at one or more positions selected from positions corresponding to position 35, position 44, position 62, position 63, position 101, and position 102 of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 in an amino acid sequence of endoxylanase derived from a filamentous fungus.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide materials, devices and systems including a composite of halide perovskite single crystals and nanotubes, and the like. Embodiments of the composite can be used in devices such as detectors, solar panels, transistors, sensors, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to localization method and system for providing augmented reality in mobile devices and includes sub-sampling image data acquired from a camera in the mobile devices, and extracting image patch including line and point in low-resolution image data, matching feature pairs of point features between the image patch and previous image patch according to movement of the camera, and producing line of subpixel for the image patch, and estimating a location of the camera in the mobile devices based on difference between the produced line and estimated line by inertia.

Abstract: The present invention provides a high voltage ESD protection device including a P-type substrate; a first NWELL region located on the left of the upper part of the P-type substrate; an NP contact region located on the upper part of the first NWELL region; an N+ contact region located on the right of the upper part of the P-type substrate apart from the first NWELL region; a P+ contact region tangential to the right side of the N+ contact region; a NTOP layer arranged on the right of the NP contact region inside the first NWELL region. The NP contact region is connected to a metal piece to form a metal anode. The N+ contact region and the P+ contact region are connected by a metal piece to form a metal cathode.

Abstract: A chromatographic data system processing apparatus performs data processing based on plot data measured by a chromatograph. The chromatographic data system processing apparatus includes a virtual curve calculation portion which obtains a virtual curve based on the measured plot data, a tentative feature point acquisition portion which obtains a tentative feature point based on the obtained virtual curve, and an actual plot data feature point extraction portion which extracts an actual plot data feature point corresponding to the tentative feature point from the measured plot data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a localised surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) nanopillar assembly. The LSPR assembly is for use in sensing the presence of a biomarker when attached to a quantum dot. The LSPR assembly comprises a substrate and an array. The array comprises a LSPR nanopillar and a polymer spacer attached to the nanopillar. The LSPR assembly further comprises an antibody attached to the at least one polymer spacer. In the LSPR assembly, a combined height of the polymer spacer and antibody is selected by varying the number of monomer units of the polymer spacer, so that, when in use with the biomarker and the quantum dot, the quantum dot is at a predetermined distance from the nanopillar.

Abstract: A sensor cable support device is described. The sensor cable support device can be used to implemented in wearable monitoring device to support a proximal portion of a sensor cable and electrically connect the proximal portion with a sensing circuitry. A distal portion of the sensor cable is insertable into a person's skin. The sensor cable support device may include a rigid body defining a pair of openings, a set legs attached to the rigid body, and a pair of electrical traces extending between the pair of openings and distal ends of a pair of legs of the set of legs. The pair of openings may be sized and configured to receive a pair of pucks that mechanically retain a sensor cable to the body and electrically connect the sensor cable with the electrical traces.

Abstract: A nanoparticle that has a membrane including a polylactide-block-poly(ethylene glycol)-block-polylactide (PLA-PEG-PLA) and a polyvinyl alcohol, a bovine serum albumin contacting the membrane on the outside of the nanoparticle, a targeting group attached to the outside of the nanoparticle, and a breast cancer therapeutic agent that is encapsulated by the membrane. A nanoparticle that consists of a membrane including a polylactide-block-poly(ethylene glycol)-block-polylactide (PLA-PEG-PLA) and a polyvinyl alcohol, a bovine serum albumin contacting the membrane on the outside of the nanoparticle, breast cancer therapeutic agent that is encapsulated by the membrane, and an anti-Her2 antibody attached to the outer surface of the nanoparticle. A range of a number average molecular weight of the PEG block is 800 Da to 3 kDa and a range of a number average molecular weight of each of the PLA blocks is from 1 kDa to 5 kDa.

Abstract: A silicon carbide chip array containing a silicon carbide substrate; a silicon carbide layer on top of the silicon carbide substrate; a first metal contact connected to the silicon carbide substrate; and two second metal contacts connected to the first portion and the second portion respectively. The silicon carbide layer is thinner and having lower doping than the silicon carbide layer. The silicon carbide layer includes a first portion and a second portion which are separate from each other. Each one of the second metal contacts forms a semiconductor device with the first metal contact. At least one of the first and second portions contains a side face which is inclined with respect to the silicon carbide substrate. Such a configuration enhances the breakdown voltage and reduces leakage current of the resultant silicon carbide diode array.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a manufacturing system, method and control circuitry for quality assured manufacturing of at least two biopharmaceutical products. The manufacturing system comprises a warehouse facility, a hydration facility, and at least two biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, wherein the warehouse facility and hydration facility are comprised in the macro structure. Each biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility is comprised in a respective micro node, and a control facility in the macro structure is configured to control interoperability of the macro structure and the micro nodes by means of a network spine interconnecting the macro structure with each micro node.

Abstract: A triplex pneumatic architecture system is disclosed having first, second, and third pneumatic subsystems where triplex redundancy may be accomplished by measuring only one particular node in each system, such as a measured current of the servo valve. Each of the first, second, and third pneumatic subsystems are configured to control a separate redundant pneumatic actuation assembly. Each subsystem may comprise a current sensor to measure a control current from a servo driver to a servo valve that controls the pneumatic actuation assembly to output a measured current value, and a dump valve coupled to a relay. Each processor is configured to generate a termination signal to actuate the first relay to open the first dump valve. The triplex pneumatic architecture system further includes a communication bus to communicatively couple each of the first, second, and third pneumatic subsystems.

Abstract: An antibody that binds a glycosylated protein is disclosed, wherein the glycosylation comprises the glycan motif Fuc?1-2Gal?1-3GlcNAc1-3Gal?1 or Fuc?1-2Gal?1-3GlcNAc. Antibodies that are cytotoxic against undifferentiated pluripotent cells are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by the general formula (A), a base generator comprising the compound, a base-reactive composition which comprises the base generator and a base-reactive compound, as well as a method for generating a base, etc.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for acquiring and providing information about orthopedic features of a body using acoustic energy. In some aspects, an acoustic orthopedic tracking system includes portable acoustic transducers to obtain orthopedic position information for feeding the information to an orthopedic surgical system for surgical operations.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for automated analysis of spectrometry data corresponding to particles of a sample, such as large data sets obtained during single particle mode analysis of an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (SP-ICP-MS). Techniques are presented herein that provide appropriate smoothing for rapid data processing without an accompanying reduction (or with an acceptably negligible reduction) in accuracy and/or precision.

Abstract: Human cytomegalovirus vectors comprising heterologous antigens are disclosed. The vectors derived from the TR strain, are ganciclovir-sensitive, include active US2, US3, US6, US7 and UL131A genes, and have a deleterious or inactivating mutation in the UL82 gene preventing the expression of pp71.

Abstract: Systems and methods which provide low latency optimization configured to perform from the hardware layer across the operating system to an application. Low latency operation implemented in accordance with embodiments is optimized for a specific application, which interfaces with specific hardware, executing on a host processor-based system configured for low latency optimization according to the concepts herein. For example, a low latency optimization implementation may comprise various modules implemented in both the user space and Kernel space, wherein the modules cooperate to obtain information regarding the services and hardware utilized by an application and to provide such information for facilitating low latency operation with respect to the application.