Abstract: In an embodiment. the present disclosure pertains to environmental biospecimen recovery after in-droplet gel encapsulation (eBRIDGE) platforms for co-culturing multiple microorganisms in gel microspheres and then transferring single-cell-derived clonal populations from within the gel microspheres into separate water-in-oil emulsion droplets for further processing and analysis. In some embodiments. the gel-encapsulated bacteria are released by lysing the gel matrix using an enzyme. The methods of the present disclosure provide a single workflow that goes from environmental microbial harvesting and amplification to functional interrogation of their characteristics.

Abstract: A culturing device includes a culturing container, a transparent plate, a cover and a light emitting assembly. The culturing container includes a body portion and an opening portion. The body portion is connected to the opening portion. The opening portion has an opening. The transparent plate is disposed on the opening portion, and covers the opening. The cover is disposed on a side of the transparent plate located farthest away from the culturing container. The cover and the transparent plate together form an airflow channel therebetween. The light emitting assembly is disposed on the cover, and is located in the airflow channel.

Abstract: Technical Problem The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method which enables sex selection in a non-human animal, and enables a coming individual to have no recombination gene, and a transgenic non-human animal giving birth to individuals of only one sex, which is used in the method. Solution to Problem The present disclosure relates to a male transgenic non-human animal in which one of an X chromosome and a Y chromosome comprises an exogenous embryonic death induction gene operatively connected to a drug-responsive promoter. The present disclosure also includes a method for producing a male transgenic non-human animal for sex selection.

Abstract: The present invention can provide an epoxy resin composition that can have flexibility, toughness, adhesiveness, and high disassemblability by heating, and can provide a cured product and a laminate thereof. An epoxy resin composition according to the present invention contains an epoxy resin (A) with an epoxy equivalent in the range of 500 to 10,000 g/eq, an epoxy resin (B) with an epoxy equivalent in the range of 100 to 300 g/eq, and a compound (C) with an anthracene dimer skeleton. The epoxy resin (A) is represented by the following general formula (1), and the compound (C) has two or more groups containing an epoxy group or two or more groups containing a curable group.

Abstract: A memory includes a memory device, a reading device and a feedback device. The memory device stores a plurality of bits. The reading device includes first and second reading circuits coupled to the memory device. The second reading circuit is coupled to the first reading circuit at a first node. The first and second reading circuits cooperates with each other to generate a first voltage signal at the first node based on at least one first bit of the plurality of bits. The feedback device adjusts at least one of the first reading circuit or the second reading circuit based on the first voltage signal. The first and second reading circuits generate a second voltage signal, different from the first voltage signal, corresponding to the bits, after the at least one of the first reading circuit or the second reading circuit is adjusted by the feedback device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a sulfide-containing solid electrolyte material with an organic coating, as well as densified pellets containing this solid electrolyte material, a solid electrolyte thereof, and a solid state battery containing the solid electrolyte. According to aspects of the disclosure, the coating comprising a compound of Chemical Formula (1) or Chemical Formula (2) is formed on the surface of a sulfide-containing solid electrolyte material, e.g., the organic coating may comprise a compound having a thiol with a long hydrophobic tail, such as 1-undecanethiol. The coating provides densification of sulfide-containing solid electrolyte materials, and facilitates the ionic and lithium atomic diffusion coefficient at sulfide grain boundaries during pressing, thus achieving the densification of sulfide solid state electrolyte.

Abstract: A liquid crystal alignment member for spatial light phase modulation includes: a silicon substrate; a base portion including pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix with a period of 3 ?m or less; a lattice-shaped wall structure configured by a dielectric material; a base layer connected to the lattice-shaped wall structure; and a plurality of liquid crystal-filling microspace separated from each other by the lattice-shaped wall structure, wherein the lattice-shaped wall structure is arranged at least between adjacent pixel regions; the liquid crystal-filling microspace includes a shape anisotropy in a first axial direction and a second axial direction in a plane parallel to the base portion; when WA is a space width of the first axial direction and WB is a space width of the second axial direction, WA is smaller than WB; and a base groove extending to the second axial direction is formed in the base layer.

Abstract: Six-membered high-entropy foam for hydrogen production by water splitting and preparation method are provided. The foam consists of Ni, Fe, Cu, Co, Mo, and Pt, comprising 10 at %-25 at % of Ni, 10 at %-25 at % of Fe, 10 at %-25 at % of Cu, 10 at %-25 at % of Co, 10 at %-25 at % of Mo, and 10 at %-25 at % of Pt. Catalyst loading of the foam can reach a range of 0.8 mg/cm2-3.2 mg/cm2, which is much higher than the effective catalyst loading of most nano-catalysts. When used as catalyst for hydrogen production by water splitting, the hydrogen evolution overpotential of the surface of the six-membered high-entropy foam is within a range of 36 mV-60 mV, and the foam operates stably at industrial-level current density (500 mA/cm2). The preparation method does not require harsh environment such as high temperature or high vacuum, making the method simple and easy to implement, with low-cost raw materials.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, a humanized immunodeficient mouse model of human fibrosis. A humanized immunodeficient mouse model provided herein may be used, for example, for modeling human fibrosis, predicting human fibrosis, and testing putative fibrosis treatments.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are new metallated MOF catalysts, preferably, Rh-PCM-101 or Rh-AsCM-102, as well of methods using such catalysts in hydroformylation reactions and in tandem hydroformylation/enolization reactions. In a specific embodiment, a metallated phosphine MOF catalyst according to the disclosure, preferably Rh-PCM-101, is used in a single-step hydroformylation process to transform propene into 2-ethyl-2-hexenal.

Abstract: A jitter measurement circuit for measuring a jitter of an input signal, the jitter measurement circuit including: a multiplexer configured to output a first comparison signal or a second comparison signal in response to an output signal; a detecting circuit configured to output a detection signal corresponding to a phase difference between an output of the multiplexer and the input signal; a first adder configured to sum the detection signal and a feedback signal; an integrating circuit configured to integrate and output an output of the first adder; a feedback circuit configured to trim an output of the integrating circuit to generate the feedback signal; and a comparator configured to generate an output signal by comparing the output of the integrating circuit with a reference potential.

Abstract: Disclosed is a unit cell circuit of a memory cell array, the unit cell circuit having a sub-cell array including a plurality of memory cells each connected to a supply line, and an assist circuit connected to the sub-cell array through the supply line that pre-charges the supply line with a supply voltage during a stand-by mode based on a control signal and blocks the supply line upon initiation of a write operation.

Abstract: Methods for the synthesis of graphene, and more particularly the method of synthesizing graphene by flash Joule heating (FJH). Such methods can be used to synthesize turbostratic graphene (including low-defect turbostratic graphene) in bulk quantities. Such methods can further be used to synthesize composite materials and 2D materials.

Abstract: A dynamic compression implant may be insertable into a bone, and may have a distal member with distal bone-engaging threads, a proximal member that slidably engages the distal member, and a tension member with a proximal end coupled to the proximal member, and a distal end coupled to the distal member such that, in response to motion of the distal member distally away from the proximal member, the tension member elongates and urges the distal member to move proximally toward the proximal member. The bone screw may further have an interpositional member, formed separately from the proximal member and the distal member, that cooperates with the proximal member and the distal member to form a torque transmission feature that transmits torque between the proximal member and the distal member. The dynamic compression implant may be a bone screw, intramedullary implant, or other implant that applies compression across two bone portions.

Abstract: Provided is a method and system for determining a final result using federated learning. The method includes, based on performance of artificial intelligence (AI) models of each of federated learning devices, determining weights of each of the AI models, inputting input data to each of the AI models by each of the federated learning devices, and determining a final result for the input data by a final result determination server based on outputs and the weights of the AI models.

Abstract: Provided herein are isolated nucleic acids that encode a stable form of Rrm2 for the use of increasing the intracellular Rrm2 protein levels and cytosolic 2-deoxy-ATP (dATP) levels. Further provided herein are methods for treating a cardiac disease or disorder, e.g., myocardial infarction or myocardial ischemia, by administering the isolated nucleic acids, a polypeptide encoded by the isolated nucleic acids, or composition comprising the isolated nucleic acids to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: Briefly, embodiments of an apparatus including at least one computing device that includes at least one processor and at least one non-transitory storage medium, for example, are described. The at least one non-transitory storage medium, in an embodiment, includes executable instructions stored thereon in which executing the instructions by the at least one processor are to result in processing sensor measurements, including images, from at least one optical sensor array, of at least one object. In an embodiment, for example, sensor measurements are processed with a three-dimensional pose estimation model to produce at least one substantially view-invariant morphometric measurement estimate of the at least one object.

Abstract: Provided herein are AAV inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) comprising modifications that are useful for improved expression of a transgene to muscle cells/tissue. ITRs as described herein comprise a myoblast determination protein (MyoD) binding site and/or myocyte enhancer factor (MEF) binding site. to improve transgene expression in muscle cells/tissue. Provided herein are also AAV particles comprising modified ITRs. and method of making and using them.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fast automatic calibration of a phased array based on a residual neural network. A phase setting matrix is set and an amplitude and a phase of a array far-field complex signal are measured with a network analyzer to obtain an amplitude and phase vector of the array far-field complex signal. A real part, an imaginary part, and a magnitude of the far-field measured complex signal value are separated and normalized, and mapped to RGB three-channel image data. Datasets are automatically generated according to a preset amplitude-phase error range by a simulation software, the datasets are proportionally divided into a training set and a test set to be input into the residual neural network for training to obtain a calibration model. Measured data is input into the calibration model for automatic estimation of the amplitude-phase error of the phased array.

Abstract: Disclosed is a support structure for an offshore wind power generator which is applicable to various seafloor terrains by increasing the number of seafloor penetration cylinders that are installed to be penetrated into and fixed to a seafloor ground and in which a vibration generation part and a seawater injection part assist the penetration of the seafloor penetration cylinders into the seafloor ground. The support structure for an offshore wind power generator includes: five seafloor penetration cylinders; covers provided above the five seafloor penetration cylinders, respectively; a drain part provided inside each of the covers; a seawater injection part provided in each of the five seafloor penetration cylinders to inject high-pressure seawater and align horizontal levels of the five seafloor penetration cylinders; and a supporting stand connected to the covers via connection parts.