Abstract: Provided are electrochemical cells and methods for generating hydrogen gas and oxygen gas.

Abstract: A gas sensing device, that may include a suspended gas sensing element, a frame that supports the suspended gas sensing element, and one or more traps for trapping at least one out of Siloxane and silicon dioxide. The suspended gas sensing element may include a gas reactive element that has a gas dependent temperature parameter, and a semiconductor temperature sensing element that is thermally coupled to the gas reactive element, and is configured to generate detection signals that are responsive to a temperature of the gas reactive element. The gas reactive element and the semiconductor temperature sensing element are of microscopic scale.

Abstract: A device having a nano-wire array and a method for manufacturing an array of nano-wires. The method includes spraying on a substrate droplets of a suspension that comprises nano-wires and at least a partially volatile solvent; and evaporating the at least partially volatile solvent of the droplets to form the array of nano-wires. At least one of the spraying and the evaporating comprises executing at least one aggregation reduction measure for limiting a formation of three dimensional aggregations of nano-wires on the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a formulation including an agriculturally acceptable carrier and liposomes including a lipid membrane and an intraliposomal aqueous core. The liposome has a diameter in the range of between 100 nm to 300 nm and the lipid membrane includes at least one liposome forming phospholipid. The lipid membrane may include two or more phospholipids. At least one of the two or more phospholipids may be a liposome forming lipid. Further, at least one of the two or more phospholipids may be characterized by one or more of the following features: (a) it has an unsaturated lipid tail; (b) it includes a polar head group; (c) it includes an acidic head group. Further provided are methods of using the formulation for agricultural treatment and kits for preparing and using such formulations.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode including conductive particles, which sediment under gravitational force and a liquid fluidizing medium flowing through the electrode, in which the conductive particles are suspended and optionally further including conductive particles, which do not sediment under gravitational force when the fluidizing medium flows in the electrode. Further provided are electrochemical devices and energy storage systems including the electrode.

Abstract: A sensing device that may include a substrate; a single-ended SPAD; first electrical components; second electrical components; and capacitors. The SPAD, the first electrical components and the second electrical components are formed on the substrate. The SPAD and the first electrical components belong to a high voltage domain of the sensing device. The high voltage domain is configured to receive a high supply voltage that exceeds a breakdown voltage of the SPAD. The second electrical components belong to a low voltage domain of the sensing device. The capacitors are coupled between the low voltage domain and the high voltage domain. The first electrical components and the second electrical components belong to an electrical circuit that is configured to perform quenching of the SPAD.

Abstract: A gas sensing device that includes a (a) gas reactive element that has a gas dependent temperature parameter; and (b) a semiconductor temperature sensing element that is spaced apart from the gas reactive element and is configured to sense radiation emitted from the gas reactive element and generate detection signals that are responsive to a temperature of the gas reactive element; wherein the gas reactive element and the semiconductor temperature sensing element are of microscopic scale.

Abstract: A scanning micro-fluid device for an exchange of species with a surface and with an intermediate immersion liquid is disclosed. The device comprises a first and a second micro-channel comprising a fluid. The first micro-channel comprises a first aperture and the second micro-channel comprises a second aperture. They have a distance to each other in an apex area in proximity of the surface of a substrate. The surface, the apex area is immersed with the intermediate immersion liquid. The device also comprises a first electrode reaching into the fluid on the first micro-channel and a second electrode reaching into the fluid on the second micro-channel, and an apex electrode. Different voltage levels are applicable to the first, the second and the apex electrode such that species are interacting at surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Highly efficient digital domain sub-band based receivers and transmitters.

Abstract: A system and method for ensuring safe and tolerable insertion of a needle into a subject's body according to a preplanned or continuously monitored sequence of insertion steps. The system comprises a gripping device for gripping the needle in order to perform robotic insertion steps, yet for releasing the grip between such insertion steps, until the next insertion step is initiated. Thereby, the robot has full control of the needle during insertion steps, but does not constrain the needle between insertions, such that movement of the subject can cause neither damage nor discomfort. The gripping and insertion steps may be coordinated to keep in synchronization with the subject's breathing cycles, such that the insertion steps may be performed in the same segment of each cycle of motion of the subject's chest. The gripper can either fully disconnect from the needle, or can partially disconnect but constrain motion within limits.

Abstract: The present invention relates, according to some embodiments, method of treating eye diseases, such as AMD by administering Semaphorin 3C (Sema3C) or a variant thereof having amino acid modifications at furin-like pro-protein convertase cleavage sites, rendering these sites resistant to cleavage.

Abstract: A system comprising a protein and a channel. The channel has a domain that binds a membranal component. The channel is configured to carry a liquid sample to an isotachophoresis (ITP) apparatus. The liquid sample comprising or suspected of comprising a cell, a cell membrane or a fraction of a cell membrane. The ITP apparatus comprises a first zone and a second zone. The first zone is configured to contain a solution of high effective mobility leading electrolyte (LE) ion. The second zone is configured to contain a solution of low effective mobility trailing electrolyte (TE) ion. The first zone and the second zone are configured to be operably connected to at least one anode and at least one cathode.

Abstract: A method and a device that includes a set of multiple pipeline stages, wherein the set of multiple pipeline stages is arranged to execute a first thread of instructions; multiple memristor based registers that are arranged to store a state of another thread of instructions that differs from the first thread of instructions; and a control circuit that is arranged to control a thread switch between the first thread of instructions and the other thread of instructions by controlling a storage of a state of the first thread of instructions at the multiple memristor based registers and by controlling a provision of the state of the other thread of instructions by the set of multiple pipeline stages; wherein the set of multiple pipeline stages is arranged to execute the other thread of instructions upon a reception of the state of the other thread of instructions.

Abstract: A method for writing data to a memory module, the method may include determining to write a representation of a data unit to a retired group of memory cells; searching for a selected retired group of memory cells that can store a representation of the data unit without being erased; and writing the representation of the data unit to the selected retired group of memory cells.

Abstract: A method for controlling a controlled system by a control device, the method may include transmitting multiple actuation signals to multiple degree of freedom (DOF) points of the controlled system; wherein the multiple actuation signals comprise multiple alternating current (AC) components that are mutually orthogonal; measuring at least one feedback signal from at least one probe point of the controlled system; wherein a number of DOF points exceeds a number of the at least one probe point; determining, based upon the at least one feedback signal, values of line search pulses to be sent to the multiple DOF points during at least one line search iteration; and performing the at least one line search iteration.

Abstract: A method and a sensing device are provided. The sensing device may include a readout circuit, a bulk, a holding element and a heterojunction bipolar transistor; wherein heterojunction bipolar transistor is configured to generate detection signals responsive to a temperature of at least a portion of the heterojunction bipolar transistor; wherein the holding element is configured to support the heterojunction bipolar transistor; wherein the heterojunction bipolar transistor is thermally isolated from the bulk; wherein the readout circuit is electrically coupled to the heterojunction bipolar transistor; and wherein the readout circuit is configured to receive the detection signals and to process the detection signals to provide information about electromagnetic radiation that affected the temperature of the at least portion of the heterojunction bipolar transistor.

Abstract: The invention provides isolated peptides from the protein EMMPRIN (CD147/Basigin) and antibodies directed against antigenic determinants within said peptides. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptides and antibodies are also disclosed as well as methods of their production and use in vaccination, immunotherapy and diagnosis of proliferative, hyperpermeability, inflammatory, and angiogenesis-related diseases and disorders.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition and a method of treating, reducing or preventing vascular, cardiovascular arterial or valve calcification in a subject in need comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an agent that prevents or reduces the expression of HDAC4, an agent that modulates the location of HDAC4, an agent that binds to HDAC4 or an inhibitor of HDAC4 or any combination thereof is provided. In some embodiments, there is provided a pharmaceutical composition comprising: an agent that prevents or reduces the expression of HDAC4, an agent that modulates the location of HDAC4, an agent that binds to HDAC4 or an inhibitor of HDAC4 or any combination thereof; an agent that prevents or reduces the expression of SIK or is an inhibitor of SIK; and/or an agent that prevents or reduces the expression of ENIGMA (Pdlim7) or is an inhibitor of ENIGMA.

Abstract: A single-exposure ptychography system is presented. The system comprises an optical unit defining an light input plane, an imaging plane, and an object plane between the light input and output planes. The optical unit comprises at least a first focusing assembly, whose front focal plane defines a location of the light input plane; and a diffraction arrangement at a predetermined position with respect to the light input plane. The diffraction arrangement is configured to create from input plane wave light structured light in the form of an array of illuminating beams forming a predetermined illumination pattern in the object plane; thereby providing that each of the illuminating beams creates a different intensity pattern in a known region at the light output plane.

Abstract: Data access in a storage device managed by a storage controller is carried out by receiving in the storage controller offsets in objects directly from a plurality of requesting entities of a computer system. The computer controls a mapping mechanism operated by the storage controller, wherein the mapping mechanism relates the offsets in the objects into physical addresses of the data on the storage device, and wherein the data is accessed at the physical addresses.