Abstract: An independent steering control system includes independent steering systems steer wheels and a controller configured for determining a level of fault of each of the independent steering systems. When at least one independent steering system among the independent steering systems is determined to be completely unsteerable, the controller is configured to perform fault tolerant steering by changing steering angles of remaining independent steering systems among the independent steering systems determined to be normal.

Abstract: A method includes forming a first conductive feature over a first semiconductor structure; forming a first dielectric layer over the first conductive feature and the first semiconductor structure; removing a portion of the first dielectric layer to expose a top surface of the first conductive feature; forming a second conductive feature over a second semiconductor structure, wherein the first and second conductive features comprise nanotwinned copper; forming a second dielectric layer over the second conductive feature and the second semiconductor structure, wherein the second dielectric layer comprises a same material as the first dielectric layer; removing a portion of the second dielectric layer to expose a top surface of the second conductive feature; and performing a hybrid bonding process to bond the first dielectric layer to the second dielectric layer and bond the first conductive feature to the second conductive feature.

Abstract: Ultra-wideband (UWB) arrays that are fully planar are provided. Fully-planar inverted-L element (FILE) arrays that are tightly coupled arrays (TCAs) can realize UWB tightly coupled apertures in the W and higher millimeter wave (mmWave) bands. The unit cell architecture of the FILE array, (which can have any desired size, can be comprised of an inverted-L shaped antenna and a capacitively coupled via-fence.

Abstract: In some aspects, the present disclosure pertains to methods of treating a tissue volume comprising (a) administering an implantable composition comprising a releasable membrane-active agent to a target site such that the membrane-active agent is locally released to the tissue volume and (b) performing irreversible, reversible and/or thermal treatment by application of a pulsed electric field to the tissue volume. In other aspects, the present disclosure pertains to embolic compositions that comprise releasable membrane-active agents.

Abstract: A split type precisely-anchorable transcatheter mitral valve system comprises a split transcatheter mitral valve anchoring stent (10) and a transcatheter artificial biological mitral valve (20), wherein the shape and structure of the transcatheter mitral valve anchoring stent (10) are matched with the mitral valve real structure after the patient image data is subjected to three-dimensional reconstruction, the transcatheter mitral valve anchoring stent (10) is firstly delivered to the mitral valve position of the patient to be released and deformed, and the transcatheter artificial biological mitral valve (20) is in personalized precise alignment and coaptation with tissues on the mitral valve position of the patient and under the petals; the transcatheter artificial biological mitral valve (20) is delivered into the transcatheter mitral valve anchoring stent (10) to be released, the transcatheter artificial biological mitral valve (20) is released and deformed and expanded to a functional state, the transcat

Abstract: Exemplary system, method and computer-accessible medium, according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, can be used to couple, connect, associate, combine, link, or integrate inter-process communication tools (e.g., underlying inter-process communication (IPC) tools), and provide applications with a coupled IPC API (“application programming interface”), potentially different from that of the underlying IPC tools it relies upon. The exemplary procedures, system and/or methods can differentiate between the IPC API provided to an application by the present disclosure, and the IPC API(s) of the underlying tool(s) that is (are) being coupled to. The exemplary procedures, system and/or methods can integrate IPC tools when, e.g.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for prognosing the risk of progression of a disease or disorder associated with inflammation, e.g., asthma, in a subject. Such methods include detecting levels of a fungal species comprising Malassezia globosa in the subject.

Abstract: A method of performing a chelating reaction comprising contacting a divalent metal with a compound of Formula (I): or a salt thereof wherein: each of R1-R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of CH2COORa and CH2C(?O)NHRa; each of R5-R12 is independently selected from the group consisting of II and -L-X; each Ra is independently selected from the group consisting of H and -L-X; each L is independently selected from the group consisting of absent and a linking group; and each X is a biological agent; and wherein the contacting occurs at a temperature below about 40° C. to form a chelated composition.

Abstract: The present specification provides an antisense oligonucleotide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof targeting a particular region in genomic RNA of SARS-CoV-2, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antisense oligonucleotide or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, etc.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of landslide hazard model tests, and in particular to a landslide model test method and device for realizing multi-variable synchronous monitoring. In the test device, a soil slope simulation unit is configured to pile up a soil slope and simulate different inclinations of the slope. A rainfall simulation unit is configured to simulate rainfall of different intensities and induce a landslide. A runoff-seepage separation unit is configured to realize separation of runoff from seepage of the slope under the effect of rainfall. A monitoring module is configured to monitor runoff and seepage flow rates of the slope, changes in water content and pore water pressure within the slope, and a morphological change of the slope under the effect of rainfall, to obtain a mechanism of rainfall-induced landslide deformation and damage based on changes in the flow rate.

Abstract: A wide-field bond-selective optical coherence tomography (OCT) system and method for imaging a sample includes generating infrared light and directing the infrared light onto the sample to selectively heat the sample. Probe light is also directed onto the sample. A first actuator provides sample depth scanning with respect to a first objective in a reference arm of the system, and a second actuator provides sample depth scanning with respect to a second objective in a sample arm of the system. A detection system receives scattered probe light reflected from the sample. A change in the received probe light from the sample that is indicative of absorption of infrared light.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for selectively treating a cancer or tumor utilizing an effective amount of a vegetable oil-derived polyol or hydrogel particles comprising a vegetable oil-derived polyol. In some embodiments, the cancer is a gynecologic cancer, specifically an ovarian cancer. In other aspects, the present invention provides a method of targeting and imaging various tumors and/or tumor associated macrophages (TAMs).

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel primers and sloppy molecular beacon and molecular beacon probes for amplifying segments from different genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis for identifying the presence of M.tb DNA and/or resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for generating a small molecule based on a pharmacophore model, a device, and a medium. The method includes: using a fully connected graph to represent a pharmacophore model; using a feature extraction model based on a graph neural network to extract a feature vector of the pharmacophore model from the fully connected graph of the pharmacophore model; performing random sampling on a specified latent variable distribution to obtain a latent variable; and inputting the latent variable and the feature vector of the pharmacophore model to a pre-trained decoder to generate a molecule matching the pharmacophore model, where the pre-trained decoder is a decoder obtained by training a variational autoencoder with training samples.

Abstract: A method for deformation measurement is provided. When the mobile platform moves to a first monitoring position in an area to-be-measured, a first image is obtained by photographing J1 monitoring points in a first area to-be-measured in the area to-be-measured, and a second image is obtained by J2 monitoring points in a second area to-be-measured in the area to-be-measured. When the mobile platform moves to a second monitoring position, a third image is obtained by photographing the J1 monitoring points, and a fourth image is obtained by photographing the J2 monitoring points. J1 first monitoring points are determined according to the first image and the third image, and J2 second monitoring points are determined according to the second image and the fourth image. A horizontal displacement amount and a vertical subsidence amount of each of the J1 first monitoring points and the J2 second monitoring points are obtained.

Abstract: A composition of an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)-taxoid conjugate encapsulated in an oil-in-water nanoemulsion (NE) drug delivery system. A method of treating cancer by administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition including a PUFA-taxoid conjugate encapsulated in an oil-in-water NE drug delivery system to a subject in need of treatment, and treating cancer. A method of overcoming multidrug resistance by exposing a multidrug resistant cell to an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition including an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)-taxoid conjugate encapsulated in an oil-in-water NE drug delivery system, and inducing the death of the multidrug resistant cell. A method of eliminating a cancer stem cell. Methods of reducing stemness of a cancer stem cell, retaining drug in the body, and providing a slower release profile.

Abstract: A compound represented by formula (I) and a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a metabolic precursor thereof, a metabolite thereof, an isomer thereof or a prodrug thereof; experiments show that the indole alkaloid not only promotes axon growth of peripheral sensory neurons, improves the nerve conduction velocity and anesthesia symptom of diabetic rats, but also promotes healing of foot ulcer wounds of diabetic rats, thus having good therapeutic effects on diabetic complication peripheral neuropathy and diabetic feet; they als show that the indole alkaloid also obviously reduces a degree of pulmonary fibrosis induced by bleomycin in mice, and plays a role in protecting lung tissues.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an infrared thermal imaging defect detection method and apparatus for a substation insulator. An infrared module is bidirectionally connected to a core computing module, and an infrared module is unidirectionally connected to a high-rate battery. The core computing module is unidirectionally connected to a touch screen. The infrared module is configured to obtain infrared radiation information through a lens, and calculate and generate a temperature distribution video. The method includes infrared video acquisition, thermal region segmentation, device type determination, key temperature information extraction, defect diagnoses, result display and result saving.

Abstract: A hybrid motor includes an induction motor and a synchronous motor combined. The hybrid motor includes a hollow rotor that includes conductor bars configured to form an annular shape at a position spaced apart from a rotation axis by a predetermined first distance and a synchronous motor equivalent that is disposed in an annular shape at a position spaced apart from the rotation axis by a predetermined second distance, an induction stator that includes induction stator windings positioned on a first radial side of the hollow rotor, and a synchronous stator that includes synchronous stator windings positioned on a second radial side of the hollow rotor.

Abstract: Method and device for treating coking wastewater through denitrification and anammox are provided. The device includes an anaerobic reactor, an anoxic reactor, a sedimentation tank, and an aerobic reactor sequentially communicated, and a coking wastewater tank communicated with the anaerobic reactor through an influent pump. The present disclosure promotes the formation of microgranular sludge in the device through a composite powder carrier, and promotes sulfur-based autotrophic denitrification in anaerobic and anoxic zones through pyrite in the composite powder carrier and an additional sulfur source, and promotes anammox in the anaerobic zone through NO2?—N produced by sulfur-based autotrophic denitrification in the anoxic zone.