Abstract: A production apparatus and method for electric arc furnace steelmaking with a fully continuous ultra-short process are provided. A continuous adding, melting, smelting and continuous casting of a metal material are integrated, and a metallurgy process is completed in a flowing of a molten steel, to realize a continuous production of ingot blanks. The production apparatus includes four operation sites of an electric arc furnace for melting and primary refining, a sealed tapping chute for molten steel flowing, a refinement storage bed for molten-steel desulfurization and alloying and a conticaster for continuous casting A material flow, an energy flow and a time stream in the four operation sites are in a dynamic equilibrium. The production apparatus and method realize a molten-steel casting is started within 120 minutes after the metal material is started to be continuously added, and an uninterrupted continuous production is maintained for above 80 hours.

Abstract: A method for forming a graphene-reinforced polymer matrix composite by distributing graphite microparticles into a molten thermoplastic polymer phase comprising one or more molten thermoplastic polymers; and applying a succession of shear strain events to the molten polymer phase so that the molten polymer phase exfoliates the graphene successively with each event, until tearing of exfoliated multilayer graphene sheets occurs and produces reactive edges on the multilayer sheets that react with and cross-link the one or more thermoplastic polymers; where the one or more thermoplastic polymers are selected from thermoplastic polymers subject to UV degradation.

Abstract: A three-dimensional electrospun nanofiber scaffold for use in repairing a defect in a tissue substrate is provided. The three-dimensional electrospun nanofiber scaffold includes a first layer formed by a first plurality of electrospun polymeric fibers and a second layer formed by a second plurality of electrospun polymeric fibers. The second layer is coupled to the first layer using a coupling process and includes a plurality of varying densities formed by the second plurality of electrospun polymeric fibers. The first and second layers are configured to degrade via hydrolysis after at least one of a predetermined time or an environmental condition. The three-dimensional electrospun nanofiber scaffold is configured to be applied to the tissue substrate containing the defect.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a polymeric material for use in an energy storage apparatus, a polymeric material, and an energy storage apparatus including the polymeric material, where the polymeric material includes a polymer arranged to combine with a plurality of chemical ions so as to form an ion-conducting material, wherein the ion-conducting material is in solid-state.

Abstract: In various aspects and embodiments the invention provides a method of preparing a cyclopentaoxasilinone, the method comprising contacting a siloxy-tethered 1,7-enyne with a thioether promoter. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of preparing a cyclopentaoxaborininone, the method comprising contacting a boronic ester-tethered 1,7-enyne with a thioether promoter.

Abstract: Sub-micrometer bioparticles are separated by size in a microfluidic channel utilizing a ratchet migration mechanism. A structure within the microfluidic channel includes an array of micro-posts arranged in laterally shifted rows. Reservoirs are disposed at each end of the microfluidic channel. A biased AC potential is applied across the channel via electrodes immersed into fluid in each of the reservoirs to induce a non-uniform electric field through the microfluidic channel. The applied potential comprises a first waveform with a first frequency that induces electro-kinetic flow of sub-micrometer bioparticles in the microfluidic channel, and an intermittent superimposed second waveform with a higher frequency. The second waveform selectively induces a dielectrophoretic trapping force to selectively impart ratchet migration based on particle size for separating the sub-micrometer bioparticles by size in the microfluidic channel.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are composite materials that comprise one or more nanophosphors capable of converting higher frequency, lower wavelength radiation into visible light. As used, the produced visible light enhances the amount of visible light already present from natural or artificial sources.

Abstract: Small molecules comprised of spiroindolinone analogues are provided. Some spiroindolinones are provided with a particular relative stereochemistry in which the indolone carbonyl and all three hydrogens are on the same face of the central pyrrolidine ring. A stereoselective method of synthesis is provided for making some of the spiroindolinones described above. Formulations and medicaments are also provided that are directed to the treatment of disease, such as, for example, fungal infections. Therapeutics are also provided containing a therapeutically effective dose of one or more small molecule compounds, present either as pharmaceutically effective salt or in pure form, including, but not limited to, formulations for oral, intravenous, or intramuscular administration.

Abstract: The present invention includes a control amount calculation unit which calculates two or more control amounts each indicating a driving condition of a rotary electric machine on the basis of output current from and a switching state in a power converter; a limitation range-provided command value generation unit which generates limitation range-provided command values relative to command values for the control amounts; and a switching state determination unit which determines a switching state such that each control amount falls within the limitation range of the corresponding limitation range-provided command value. For at least one of the limitation range-provided command values, the limitation range thereof is temporally changed on the basis of the driving condition of the rotary electric machine.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for performing high dynamic range low inter-pixel spatial and wavelength crosstalk optical image detection in a camera comprising an Optical Array Device (OAD), a point Photo Detector (PD) and a Photo Detector Array (PDA) sensor. The method comprises imaging incident light from an object onto an image plane of the Optical Array Device (OAD) to form an incident image map; selecting by the OAD and the Point Photo Detector and by the OAD and the Photo Detector Array a plurality of pixels on the incident image map for time-frequency coding; time-frequency coding the selected pixels by the OAD; detecting by the point PD the optical irradiance values of the time-frequency coded pixels output from the OAD; and performing signal processing on the detected optical irradiance values to determine the light intensity of each of the selected pixels.

Abstract: An antibacterial composite material comprising at least 10% of a hemp oil, said hemp oil comprising CBD at a concentration of at least 10 mg/ml and a polymer formed by a process wherein said hemp oil and said polymer are dissolved into a solvent and said solvent is expressed through a spinneret, wherein a voltage is applied at up to 100 kV, wherein the solvent is pressed through the spinneret and forming the antibacterial composite material on a collector.

Abstract: Some embodiments described herein relate to cells which have been genetically engineered to release a polypeptide when a population of the cells reaches a desired density. In some embodiments, the released polypeptide may be a therapeutic polypeptide. In some embodiments, the therapeutic polypeptide kills tumor cells or which inhibits the growth of tumor cells.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a built-in hybrid permanent magnet memory motor with local magnetic circuits in parallel, including a hybrid permanent magnet rotor, a stator, armature windings and a rotating shaft. The armature windings are disposed on the stator, and the stator is disposed outside the hybrid permanent magnet rotor. The hybrid permanent magnet rotor includes a rotor core, first permanent magnets, second permanent magnets and V-shaped magnetic barriers.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus is adapted to produce a solid object from a liquid resin and includes a vat, a lifting platform, an optical pickup head, and a planar scanning module mounted with the optical pickup head and operable to move the optical pickup head on a two-dimensional plane. The optical pickup head includes a focusing unit that has a first laser source for producing a laser beam, at least one first objective lens, and a first collimator lens disposed between the first laser source and the at least one first objective lens, such that the laser beam passes through the first collimator lens and the at least one first objective lens to strike and cure the liquid resin during movement of the lifting platform away from the vat.

Abstract: Nanoparticle based MKT formulation. MKT is encapsulated by poly(ethylene glycol)ylated (PEGylated) poly-(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) to form nanoparticles (NPs). To induce trans-BBB permeability, glutathione (GSH) is coated on the resulting NPs. Newly generated MKT-NPs showed BBB permeability and tau reduction in experimental models. Specifically, brain-targeting MKT NPs were developed with a glutathione coating, characterized, and shown to permeate BBB permeation insert models as a therapeutic for Alzheimer's disease and related tauopathies.

Abstract: A discrete wavelength tunable laser capable of switching between a plurality of lasing channels of different wavelengths, the tunable laser comprising: a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); a wavelength demultiplexer (Demux), having a Demux input which receives the output from the SOA, and a plurality of Demux outputs, each Demux output defining a different spatial path for a respective lasing channel; each of the respective lasing channels being within the bandwidth of the SOA; a reflector located within each spatial path for reflecting light of the respective lasing channel; and a lasing suppression mechanism located within each lasing channel; wherein one or more desired lasing channels are selected by application of the lasing suppression mechanism in each spatial path other than the one or more spatial paths corresponding to the one or more desired lasing channels.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inversion calculation method of coal-bed gas parameters of fast test while-drilling. The technical solution is that an inversion calculation method of coal-bed gas parameters of fast test while-drilling includes: during drilling in a coal bed, testing a gas flow and a gas concentration of an orifice in real time while-drilling, calculating drilling gas discharge amounts of the orifice, inversely calculating a coal-bed gas pressure at a drill bit based on borehole and coal-bed permeability parameters, and calculating a coal-bed gas content according to a gas content and gas pressure relational expression. The present invention has the beneficial effects that the present invention does not occupy the drilling and drill rod replacement time, is accurate, convenient, real-time and fast, and can test and calculate the coal-bed gas parameters of each section along the whole borehole length.

Abstract: There is provided a system, system architecture, and method for neural cross-frequency coupling analysis. In an embodiment, the method includes: receiving neural signals; extracting a phase frequency signal and an amplitude frequency envelope signal from each of the neural signals; determining a first measure of cross-frequency coupling comprising a mean vector length modulation index (MVL-MI), determining the MVL-MI comprises determining a magnitude of an averaged complex-valued time series from a plurality of samples of the neural signals to extract a phase-amplitude coupling measure, each sample associated with a respective one of the amplitude frequency envelope signals and the phase frequency signals; and outputting at least one measure of the cross-frequency coupling.

Abstract: A method for powering an internal combustion engine or other device powered by combustion includes a step of feeding a first stream of biogas to a catalytic reforming reactor in which the first stream contacts oxygen to form a first product stream comprising synthesis gas. The first product stream is combined with a second stream of biogas to form a second product stream. The second product stream is provided to a device powered by combustion. A system implementing the method is also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of determining treatment for cancer comprising identifying the absence of malic enzyme 1 (ME1) and treating with an inducer of ferroptosis.