Abstract: A power-generating system includes a heat source which is able to produce temporal temperature variation; a first device which is able to produce temporal temperature variation based on the temperature change of the heat source and in which polarization occurs; a second device for taking out a net generating power from the first device; a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the first device; a voltage application device that applies a voltage to the first device; and a control unit for activating the voltage application device on detecting an increase in temperature of the first device and for stopping the voltage application device on detecting a decrease in temperature of the first device by the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A skyline query is a query on a set of tuples which are not dominated by other tuples. The skyline query system includes a sky quad tree generator that generates a quad tree from data, and marks a leaf node, which cannot include a local skyline, as being dominated; a local skyline calculator that computes a local skyline of each leaf node, which is not marked as being dominated, in the sky quad tree; and a global skyline calculator that computes a global skyline by using the local skyline. A quad tree is a tree where each internal node has exactly four children. The skyline query is a query for calculating a skyline, a dynamic skyline, or a reverse skyline from the data, where a dynamic skyline includes dynamic attributes and a reverse skyline identifies queries corresponding to certain skyline results.

Abstract: A magnetic device for an electronic circuit includes a printed circuit board. A first and second magnetic component assembly can be electrically connected to the printed circuit. The second magnetic component assembly can be stacked on the first magnetic component assembly. The first magnetic component assembly can be positioned between the second magnetic component assembly and the printed circuit board. Each magnetic component assembly can include a bobbin, a winding disposed on the bobbin, and a core extending through the bobbin. A second bobbin on the second magnetic component can be positioned on either a first core or a first bobbin of the first magnetic component assembly. The stacked magnetic component configuration can help reduce the board space required to electrically connect both the first and second magnetic component assemblies to the printed circuit board, which can help increase the power density of the magnetic device.

Abstract: To enable a ladle-tilting automatic pouring device to take less time for identification of the parameters and the device to pour highly precisely by sequentially updating pouring model parameters according to the pouring situation, the present pouring control method is based on a mathematical model of a process from input of control parameters to pouring of molten metal, the method including: identifying, using an optimization technique, a flow rate coefficient, a liquid density, and a pouring start angle that is a tilting angle of the pouring ladle when the flowing of the molten metal starts, which are the control parameters in the mathematical model, based on weight of liquid that flows out of the pouring ladle and tilting angle of the ladle that are measured during pouring, and a command signal that controls the tilting of the pouring ladle; and updating the control parameters to the identified control parameters.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor is disclosed. The method includes: manufacturing a gate electrode, a gate insulation layer, an active layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode on a substrate. The active layer is formed from a zirconium indium oxide semiconductor material by a solution process. A thin film transistor, an array substrate, a method for manufacturing an array substrate, a display panel and a display device are also disclosed.

Abstract: A tectonic origami device (100) is disclosed, which includes a flexible supporting substrate (102); and a plurality of substantially rigid planar members (104) arranged on the supporting substrate, the planar members configured in a non-overlapping cooperative arrangement to permit assembly of the device to form an enclosure. The device is configured to be transformable between a collapsed form where the supporting substrate and planar members are collectively in a planar arrangement and an assembled form where the supporting substrate and planar members are collectively assembled as the enclosure.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, there is provided an optical device including: a waveguide configured to propagate an electromagnetic wave, the waveguide including a first grating and further including a second grating; a first further waveguide including a first further grating, the first further waveguide having a first width, wherein the first further grating is coupled to the first grating to form a first pair of coupled gratings, wherein a grating period of the first further grating is at least substantially equal to a grating period of the first grating; a second further waveguide including a second further grating, the second further waveguide having a second width, wherein the second further grating is coupled to the second grating to form a second pair of coupled gratings, wherein a grating period of the second further grating is at least substantially equal to a grating period of the second grating.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns compositions containing inactivated but therapeutically active biopharmaceuticals, and methods for formulation thereof. Biopharmaceuticals are encapsulated and immobilized in dry amorphous carbohydrate-glass and irradiated for inactivation while in the dry state. The resulting compositions provide ambient-temperature stable, therapeutically active but inactivated biopharmaceuticals for use in vaccines and other applications.

Abstract: An LED flip-chip structure is provided, wherein a silica gel, a fluorescent glue, a lens, an anti-reflection film and a packaging adhesive layer is sequentially arranged on the LED chip. The silica gel and fluorescent glue are sequentially filled within an insulating reflective cup, outside which a metal reflective cup and a light absorption layer is sequentially provided. The packaging adhesive layer is filled between the reflective cup and the lens. A sapphire substrate is pretreated to form an inverted T-shaped structure, on which a layer of epitaxial wafer of ceramic film is grown, and then a layer of high temperature resistant conductive film is grown on upper surfaces of grooves at both sides. A protrusion of the inverted T-shaped structure is uniformly coated with a thermally conductive adhesive with a certain thickness.

Abstract: Method and device for acquiring stream of the precisely time-stamped images, including the modulated light source, controlled by the absolute global real-time-base (e.g. provided by global navigation satellite system (GNSS) controller) and the image acquisition and processing unit, decoding the light modulation waveform and determining the time-stamp for every image frame. The GNSS time and position messages can be used to provide the full time- and location stamps for each frame. Multi-element light sources can be used to have more informative light modulation in the time domain. For time-stamping of several image streams (e.g. from several cameras) multiple light sources with the same modulation can be used.

Abstract: A force transmitting frame including a base, a first longitudinal member connected to the base, a second longitudinal member configured to slide with respect to the base, and a first fastener configured to fasten one end of the first longitudinal member and one end of the second longitudinal member is provided.

Abstract: A hypersphere-based multivariable public key signature/verification system includes signature and verification modules, wherein the signature module comprises a processor, an affine transformation inversion part I, a trap door part and an affine transformation inversion part II. Corresponding operations are sequentially executed on a message, one or more groups of solutions are produced after the processing of the trapdoor part, a group of solutions are randomly selected, then a signature is continuously produced by the various parts, and finally the signature, together with the message, is transmitted to the processor. The verification module comprises a processor and a public key transformation part, wherein the processor transmits a signature to the public key transformation part to execute an operation, and then judges whether the obtained data is equal to a message in a memory or not: if so, the signature is valid, otherwise the signature is invalid.

Abstract: A unidirectionally bendable transmission chain. At a first side thereof, an inner stop plate is fixed between a pair of inner chain plates at both ends of pin shafts, and an outer stop plate is fixed between a pair of outer chain plates at both ends of the pin shafts. Both ends of the inner stop plate are flush with axes of pin holes provided at both ends of the inner chain plates, and both ends of the outer stop plate are respectively provided with extensions beyond the outer chain plates; the extensions of the outer stop plate form a one-sided support for the inner stop plate to prevent the transmission chain from bending toward the first side, thus the transmission chain bends unidirectionally toward a second side opposite to the first side. A hoisting mechanism and a liftable roadblock having the above transmission chain.

Abstract: Disclosed is an indirect transmission type automatic frequency modulation filter including a microwave body, a moving plate, a fastener, and a motor unit. The microwave body has plural openings. The moving plate includes a board, plural lugs and a first moving member, and the lugs and the first moving member form the board. The fastener includes a support base and a second moving member. The motor unit includes a rod and a driver, and the driver determines a clockwise rotation or a counterclockwise rotation and drives the rod to move the moving plate towards or away from the microwave body so as to insert the lugs into cavities to a desired depth and adjust a center frequency.

Abstract: A dual-polarized filtering antenna comprising a driven patch, a parasitic stacked patch and a feeding network is disclosed. Two orthogonal H-shaped feeding lines are coupled to the driven patch for realizing dual polarization. The H-shaped feeding line provides a sharp roll-off rate at the lower band-edge, whereas the stacked patch offers a radiation null at the upper stopband. As a result, a quasi-elliptic bandpass response can be achieved for both polarizations.

Abstract: A segment for supporting electromagnetic coupling elements of a stator or rotor of an electrical machine comprises a plurality of elongate laminations which are stacked in a first direction to form a lamination stack with elongate edges of the laminations defining opposite first and second major faces of the lamination stack. The segment comprises a plurality of elongate compression devices passing internally through the lamination stack in the first direction and arranged to compress together the laminations in the lamination stack.

Abstract: We disclose novel asymmetric bis-acridines with antitumour activity. These compounds are useful for use in pharmaceuticals, particularly in the treatment or the prevention of neoplasms.

Abstract: A wireless BCI input system for mobile intelligent devices is described. The system may include an SSVEP keyboard for stimulating SSVEP signals and an EEG headband for acquiring EEG signals. The SSVEP keyboard may include sixteen virtual buttons and a mask that can be replaced to change functions of the virtual buttons. The EEG headband may include an EEG acquisition module, an EEG analysis module, and a Bluetooth communication module, which are used for acquiring EEG signals, determining the user's input intentions, and sending characters or controlling commands to a matched mobile intelligent device via Bluetooth connection.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for depositing a coating onto particles being pneumatically transported in a tube. The process comprising the steps of providing a tube having an inlet opening and an outlet opening; feeding a carrier gas entraining particles into the tube at or near the inlet opening of the tube to create a particle flow through the tube; and injecting a first self-terminating reactant into the tube via at least one injection point downstream from the inlet opening of the tube for reaction with the particles in the particle flow. The process is suitable for atomic layer deposition and molecular layer deposition. An apparatus for carrying out the process is also disclosed.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to measure pH of a sample with high accuracy in a pH sensor array, without the use of a glass reference electrode. Each time that a sample is measured, the potential Vrm of the sample is identified, and the identified potential Vrm is used to calculate the pH. The outputs Voi1 and Voi2 of a first element and a second element located near one another in a sensor array are represented as follows. Voi1=Si1×pHi1+Gi1×Vrm+Ci1, Voi2=Si2×pHi2+Gi2×Vrm+Ci2. Voi is the output of the element, Si and Gi are sensitivity coefficients, and Ci is a constant, these values having been derived in advance. Here, where the potential Vrm is constant, and the elements located near one another are presumed to be at equal pH (pHi1=pHi2), the potential Vrm is identified by solving a linear equation with two unknowns.