Abstract: An excitonic device comprises an exciton transmission line comprised of a row of molecules. Propagation of excitons is mediated by an exciton exchange interaction. The gate consists of a molecule “a” that interacts with a proximal molecule via a two-body exciton interaction. If the gate molecule is not excited, it does not couple to the transmission line thereby allowing incoming signals to propagate unimpeded. If the gate molecule is excited, signals are back scattered as a result of the two-body interaction between the exciton residing on “a” and the excitons on the transmission line. The ballistic exciton transistor has industrial applications that extend to at least fast optical switching, optical communication, exciton devices, and exciton-based information processing.

Abstract: This invention relates to recombinant Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) arrays and recombinant nucleic acid constructs encoding Type I-E CASCADE complexes, plasmids, retroviruses and bacteriophage comprising the same, and methods of use thereof for screening for variant cells of an organism.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for extracting lignin from lignocellulosic biomass using volatile trialkylamines. A lignocellulosic biomass is combined with an aqueous extraction solution including the trialkylamine and water to provide a biomass extraction mixture that can at least partially extract lignin from the lignocellulosic biomass. The method further includes removing the trialkylamine from the biomass extraction mixture. The method further relates to the utilization of the resulting materials. For example, the lignin extract can be used to make carbon fibers, carbon-carbon materials, or polyamines. The delignified biomass can be used as feed for animals, fungi and/or bacteria. Also, the cellulosic or carbohydrate components of the delignified biomass can be hydrolyzed into pentoses and/or hexoses, which can be used as a feed or starting material for the subsequent conversion into other products.

Abstract: New types of particle feedstocks and heterogeneous grain structures are provided for rare earth permanent magnets (REPMs) and their production in a manner to significantly enhance toughness of the magnet with little or no sacrifice in the hard magnetic properties. The novel tough REPMs made from the feedstock have heterogeneous grain structures, such as bi-modal, tri-modal, multi-modal, laminated, gridded, gradient fine/coarse grain structures, or other microstructural heterogeneity and configurations, without changing the chemical compositions of magnets.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are boron-nitride nanoparticle membranes and methods of manufacturing boron-nitride nanoparticle membranes. In an embodiment, a boron-nitride nanoparticle membrane includes a matrix and a plurality of one-dimensional boron-nitride nanoparticles disposed within the matrix, where he plurality of boron-nitride nanoparticles are configured for selective molecular transport through each of the plurality of one-dimensional boron-nitride nanoparticles.

Abstract: A substrate subject to degradation at temperatures above 100° C. is coated with a nanostructured ceramic coating having a thickness in excess of 100 nm, formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein a process temperature for deposition of the nanostructured coating does not exceed 90° C. The coating may be photocatalytic, photovoltaic, or piezoelectric. The coating, when moistened and exposed to ultraviolet light or sunlight, advantageously generates free radicals, which may be biocidal, deodorizing, or assist in degradation of surface deposits on the substrate after use. The substrate may be biological or organic, and may have a metallic or conductive intermediate layer.

Abstract: An artificial and/or simulated environment is used to raise a domestic or commercially raised animal to promote a positive health feedback and to minimize stress on the animal. The simulated environment is used to create the façade of a free range or cage free environment, while also minimizing the exposure to inclement weather, potential predators, and other unknown or stress-inducing situations. The results include animals that have higher resistance to diseases and have a lower stress. The artificial environment can be created by projecting or otherwise showing images and/or videos depicting simulation of environments, climate, and/or other unknown situations to normalize the animals to the same.

Abstract: A method of treating contaminated water, such as wastewater, with carboxylated cellulose to remove ammonium and nitrogen-containing impurities is claimed. Carboxylated cellulose extracted by nitro-oxidation has negatively-charged functionality and forms an aggregate when exposed to positively-charged impurities in contaminated water. The aggregate, nitrogen-containing impurities, and by-products from the nitro-oxidation process can be isolated to provide a fertilizer or fertilizer component.

Abstract: Briefly, embodiments, such as estimating energy utilization based at least in part on estimated regenerative energy production to select one or more preferred routes for an electric vehicle out of a network of routes, for example, are described.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to improved processes for preparing modified lignite by reacting raw lignite with a source of magnesium (Mg2+) ions and a source of calcium (Ca2+) ions, washing the modified lignite (e.g., with water), drying, and pyrolyzing the treated lignite, and to the use of such products for phosphorous remediation.

Abstract: A fast-tracking phase-locked-loop (PLL) with an analog mixer for phase detection and correction is provided. A frequency lock loop architecture as described herein is used for a PLL that can lock the phase of a local oscillator to an input reference signal of arbitrarily high frequency, even if the local oscillator and the input reference signal frequencies are originally very far apart. To accommodate arbitrarily high frequency input reference signals, embodiments use an analog mixer for the phase detector, rather than a phase-frequency detector (PFD). The analog mixer can be designed to operate on input signals with frequencies of 10's of GHz, whereas the PFD is limited to input frequencies of less than 1 GHz. Embodiments use a new architecture utilizing the concept of Hartley Image Rejection receiver architecture in a frequency lock loop, which enables the PLL to adjust the local oscillator frequency to be brought within the frequency locking range of the analog mixer.

Abstract: Computer vision systems and methods for acceleration of high-resolution mobile deep vision with content-aware parallel offloading are provided. The system allows for acceleration of deep vision applications running on mobile devices via offloading of machine learning computations on edge cloud infrastructure, and speeds up computation via parallel processing on the edge cloud, employing one or more of the following processes: recurrent region proposal prediction, region proposal centric frame partitioning, and resource-aware offloading to multiple processors. Mobile deep vision applications can utilize the systems and methods disclosed herein to accelerate application processing. The system offloads computation to multiple servers to minimize the end-to-end latency, and includes a high-resolution mobile deep vision task acceleration system that offloads computation to multiple (edge located) servers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having the structure: wherein R1 is H or a protecting group; R2 and R3 are each independently H, halo, C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, C1-C6 alkyl-C(O)NHR6, C1-C6 alkyl-C(O)OR6, wherein R6 is H, C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl or C2-C6 alkynyl, or R2 and R3 combine to form a 3-7 membered cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl ring; and R4 and R5 are each independently halo.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of biocementation comprising contacting a granular, cohesionless soil with a solution, wherein the solution comprises urea, urease, a source of calcium ions, and a source of non-urease proteins, wherein the urea, urease, source of calcium ions, and source of non-urease proteins are provided in effective amounts suitable to cause crystallization of calcium carbonate.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating or preventing developmental disorders associated with mutations in the OCD1 gene.

Abstract: Compositions and methods relating to a panel of antigen biomarkers for the early detection of ovarian cancer. The compositions and methods encompass antigen biomarkers coupled to a substrate, with the biomarkers being selected from the group consisting of one or more of ICAM3, CTAG2, p53, STYXL1, PVR, POMC, NUDT11, TRIM39, UHMK1, KSR1, and NXF3.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and materials for detecting and/or treating subject (e.g. a human) having cancer. In some embodiments, methods and materials for identifying a subject as having cancer (e.g., a localized cancer) are provided in which the presence of member(s) of two or more classes of biomarkers are detected. In some embodiments, methods and materials for identifying a subject as having cancer (e.g. a localized cancer) are provided in which the presence of member(s) of at least one class of biomarkers and the presence of aneuploidy are detected. In some embodiments, methods described herein provide increased sensitivity and/or specificity in the detection of cancer in a subject (e.g. a human).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processes for preparing functionalized cyclooctenes and the synthetic intermediates prepared thereby.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to cubic boron nitride inserts for machining iron-based workpieces, as well as related methods and apparatuses. The insert includes a cutting element containing cubic boron nitride (cBN) in an amount in a range of 50 wt. % to 95 wt. % based on the cutting element, and a binder containing at least one of (i) alumina (Al2O3) and a manganese material (e.g., an oxide such as MnOx) and (ii) zirconia (ZrO2). The insert can be used for various machining processes, for example turning or boring. Suitable workpieces include iron-based materials or ferrous alloys, for example a cast iron such as compacted graphite iron (CGI).

Abstract: A new and distinct Styrax japonicus plant named ‘ORSTSTYx1’ is disclosed, characterized by its strict weeping habit, purple foliage, pink flowers, and vigorous growth.