Abstract: Methods, structures, devices and systems are disclosed for fabricating and implementing electrochemical biosensors and chemical sensors. In one aspect, a method of producing an epidermal biosensor includes forming an electrode pattern onto a coated surface of a paper-based substrate to form an electrochemical sensor, the electrode pattern including an electrically conductive material and an electrically insulative material configured in a particular design layout, and attaching an adhesive sheet on a surface of the electrochemical sensor having the electrode pattern, the adhesive sheet capable of adhering to skin or a wearable item, in which the electrochemical sensor, when attached to the skin or the wearable item, is operable to detect chemical analytes within an external environment.

Abstract: A sidelink communication method performed by a first UE in a communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, a first message including a first indicator that indicates sidelink transmission (ST) resources used for sidelink transmission and sidelink reception (SR) resources used for sidelink reception and identifying the ST resources and the SR resources indicated by the first indicator included in the first message. Sidelink communication is then performed with a second UE using the ST resources and the SR resources.

Abstract: A method for controlling an exhaust after-treatment system based on NO2 medium adjustment includes the following steps: creating a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) reaction map, a diesel particulate filter (DPF) reaction map, and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) reaction map; obtaining an SCR reaction temperature, desired SCR reaction efficiency, and obtaining NO2 demand according to the SCR reaction map; obtaining a DPF reaction temperature and differential pressure, and obtaining NO2 consumption from the DPF reaction map; obtaining NO2 production, and calculating NO2 input for SCR; if the NO2 input is not equal to the NO2 demand, calculating target NO2 production, obtaining a target DOC reaction temperature corresponding to the target NO2 production from the DOC reaction map, and adjusting a fuel injection rate so that the DOC reaction temperature is equal to the target DOC reaction temperature.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments for obtaining video content from a video content server, determining a quality parameter for each of the plurality of adjusted video content, and adjusting the video content to generate the plurality of adjusted video content. Each of the plurality of adjusted video content comprises a different point cloud density according to the quality parameter. Further embodiments can include receiving a request for the video content from a video content application on a communication device, and determining a distance from a viewpoint to a point-cloud object on the video content application of the communication device. Additional embodiments can include selecting an adjusted video content based on the distance from the viewpoint to the point-cloud object and the quality parameter of the adjusted video content, and providing the adjusted video content to the communication device for presentation. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Compositions for chemical and/or genetic modification of chloroplasts of plants include a functionalized nanoparticle composition linked to a chloroplast-targeting peptide and a functionalized single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) composition complexed with a nucleic acid cassette encoding a plastid-specific ribosomal RNA operon (prrn). Methods for chemically and/or genetically modifying chloroplasts of plants include administering these chloroplast-targeted compositions to the leaves of live plants.

Abstract: A method for integrated optimization of a ternary FPRM circuit comprises: establishing an area estimation model, a power consumption estimation model and a delay estimation model of a ternary FPRM circuit under a p polarity; constructing a correlation between a multi-objective teaching-learning optimization algorithm and optimization of an area, power consumption and a delay of the ternary FPRM circuit; expressing positions of the individuals in the multi-objective teaching-learning optimization algorithm as polarities of the ternary FPRM circuit, and expressing a search space as a space for polarity selection of the ternary FPRM circuit; and finally, searching for a set of Pareto optimum polarity solution for the area, power consumption and delay of the ternary FPRM circuit by means of the multi-objective teaching-learning optimization algorithm to complete the optimization of the area, power consumption and delay for the ternary FPRM circuits.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a multi-primary color system for display. A multi-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. One embodiment of the multi-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.

Abstract: Disclosed are a structure of a quantum-dot light emitting device including a charge generation junction layer and a method of fabricating the quantum-dot light emitting device. A quantum-dot light emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a negative electrode, a first charge generation junction layer including a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer, a quantum-dot light emitting layer, a hole transport layer, a second charge generation junction layer including a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer, and a positive electrode. The first and second charge generation junction layers is formed using a solution process. Accordingly, charge generation and injection can be stabilized, a process time can be shorted, and problems in the work function a positive or a negative electrode of a quantum-dot light emitting device can be addressed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optimal medium for growing a cell line auxotrophic for tetrahydrofolate (THF) and producing a desired material in the cell with high efficiency. In particular, the present invention provides a method for enhancing cell growth by adding tetrahydrofolate (THF), or a precursor or derivative thereof into a chemical composition cell medium.

Abstract: Micro-architecture designs and methods are provided. A computer processing architecture may include an instruction cache for storing producer instructions, a half-instruction cache for storing half instructions, and eager shelves for storing a result of a first producer instruction. The computer processing architecture may fetch the first producer instruction and a first half instruction; send the first half instruction to the eager shelves; based on execution of the first producer instruction, send a second half instruction to the eager shelves; assemble the first producer instruction in the eager shelves based on the first half instruction and the second half instruction; and dispatch the first producer instruction for execution.

Abstract: A high-speed data-plane packet aggregation and disaggregation method is disclosed. The method includes following steps: receiving a plurality of packets by the P4 switch; parsing each of the plurality of packets by using a parse graph; determining the type of the packets by using a match-action table; conducting packet aggregation and disaggregation process at the pipeline of the P4 switch; and transmitting the aggregated packet or the original data packet to a deparser of the P4 switch and outputting the aggregated packet or the original data packet by the P4 switch.

Abstract: The invention provides a cloud computing task allocation method and device, an apparatus, and a storage medium. The method comprises: when a cloud task allocation request is received, constructing a cloud task allocation model according to a to-be-allocated cloud computing task in the cloud task allocation request; optimizing cloud computing task allocation for a first preset number of times through the cloud task allocation model and an ant colony algorithm to generate the first preset number of intermediate allocation paths; evolving the intermediate allocation paths for a second preset number of times through a genetic algorithm to generate an optimum allocation path of the cloud computing task; and allocating the cloud computing task to a virtual machine in a cloud environment according to the optimum allocation path, so that the performance of the cloud computing task allocation is effectively improved.

Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for palpation training. In one implementation, a system for medical procedure simulation includes an examination model, a sensor network, and a computing device. The examination model has a plurality of anatomical structure models, and the sensor network has a plurality of sensors. Each of the sensors is associated with one of the plurality of anatomical structure models and configured to capture examination data. The computing device is in communication with the sensor network and configured to generate feedback for an accuracy of a medical examination using the examination data.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a multi-primary color system for display. A multi-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. One embodiment of the multi-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rotary evaporator capable of accurately quantifying concentrated liquid and/or distillate. A distillation flask is improved into a structure having a liquid discharge opening formed at the bottom, and/or a spherical collecting flask is improved into a structure having a liquid release opening formed at the bottom. Concentrated liquid and/or distillate can be discharged without dismounting the distillation flask and/or the collecting flask. In addition, fine metering scale tubes and quantitative capacity increase units are disposed at the liquid discharge opening and/or the liquid release opening, there is a valve on the top and another valve on the bottom of each tube, so that the constant subtle changes of the amount of concentrated liquid and/or distillate can be observed, and an accurate amount of concentrated liquid and/or distillate can be discharged.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for estimating the road surface friction coefficient of a tire, which estimate the road surface friction coefficient of a tire mounted on a wheel of a vehicle in a state in which the vehicle is normally running at high speed. The method includes: acquiring the state information of a vehicle including at least one of engine state information, transmission state information, and chassis state information from sensors mounted on the vehicle and specifications set for the vehicle; estimating a longitudinal slip ratio, normal force, and longitudinal force for a tire mounted on each wheel of the vehicle by using the acquired state information of the vehicle; and estimating a road surface friction coefficient for the tire by using the estimated longitudinal slip ratio, normal force, and longitudinal force.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides affinity tagged heterodimeric polypeptides comprising a hepatitis C virus (HCV) E1 polypeptide and an HCV E2 polypeptide, where one or both of the E1 and E2 polypeptides comprises an affinity tag. The present disclosure provides a method of producing an affinity tagged E1/E2 heterodimer of the present disclosure. The present disclosure provides methods of producing untagged HCV E1/E2 heterodimers. The present disclosure provides HCV E1/E2 heterodimers, compositions comprising same, and methods of inducing an immune response to HCV.

Abstract: An acid spearhead formulation for mineral scale reduction that includes a sulfuric acid solution having an acidity that is substantially equivalent to a hydrochloric acid solution in an acid spearhead formulation, a sodium citrate compound, where an acid spearhead formulation for mineral scale reduction is formed, the acid spearhead formulation is disposed in a well bore to stabilize mineral scales, the acid spearhead formulation is disposed in the well bore to chelate solubilized calcium in a rock bed of the well bore, and the well bore includes a temporal thermodynamic subsurface barite cycling having a subsurface barite dissolution temporal phase, a subsurface barite transport to fractures temporal phase, a subsurface barite precipitation to fracture temporal phase and a subsurface barite dissolution to fracture space temporal phase, where the acid spearhead formulation for mineral scale reduction reacts with the well bore within the subsurface barite dissolution temporal phase.

Abstract: A retroreflective material having high retroreflective performance while being edible is provided with a reflector main body that has optical transparency. The reflector main body is formed from agar. One side of the reflector main body constitutes an incident surface where incident light enters into the reflector main body. The other side of the reflector main body is formed as a retroreflective surface that reflects incident light that has entered to an inner part of the reflector main body in a direction substantially parallel to an incident direction.

Abstract: A scientific instrument for measuring neutral atmospheric conditions at satellite altitudes is provided. In an illustrative embodiment, the scientific instrument includes an ion gauge configured to measure ion pressure. The scientific instrument also includes a lid covering the ion gauge. The lid includes a plurality of slits. The scientific instrument also includes an aperture plate that includes an aperture opening. The aperture plate is configured to rotate such that each of the slits are periodically exposed by the aperture opening to allow a neutral beam flux to enter the ion gauge.