Abstract: Disclosed are an antimicrobial high-entropy alloy FeCoNiCrCe and a preparation method thereof, falling within the technical field of high-entropy alloys. The high-entropy alloy in the present disclosure has an expression: FeCoNiCrCex, 0.1?x?0.5, and a proportion of each element is a molar ratio. In the present disclosure, the microstructure and mechanical and antimicrobial performances of high-entropy alloy FeCoNiCrCex are improved by adjusting a content of Ce.

Abstract: A suction enabled dental instrument apparatus is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus provides an elongate handpiece having a working end and an opposing interface end. A terminal face of the working end of the handpiece provides an instrument opening sized and configured for allowing an instrument end of an instrument portion positioned within the handpiece to extend a distance therethrough. A main lumen is positioned within the handpiece in fluid communication with the instrument opening and a fluid source for selectively delivering a volume of fluid from the fluid source during use of the apparatus. At least one suction lumen is also positioned within the handpiece in fluid communication with the instrument opening and a suction source for capturing fluids and dental spray generated proximal to the instrument opening during use of the apparatus for the suction source to subsequently remove.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a power module including a plurality of cooling modules provided to be in contact with each of both surfaces of the power module, in which the cooling module includes a manifold cover provided with a plurality of guide walls extending in a first direction in a state of being spaced apart from each other and a pin plate having one surface being in contact with the power module and having a plurality of pins extending in a second direction crossing the first direction formed on the other surface thereof.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes a first pad configured to provide a first voltage, a second pad configured to provide a second voltage, an equalizing circuit including a first inductor, a second inductor, and a third inductor, an input/output pad connected to the equalizing circuit, and a diode circuit including a first diode and a second diode. An end of the first diode is connected to the first pad and another end of the first diode is connected the equalizing circuit. An end of the second diode is connected to the equalizing circuit and the first diode and another end of the second diode is connected to the second pad.

Abstract: A method for treating or preventing nociceptive pain by administering an ethanol extract of Brazilian green propolis and compositions comprising this extract.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are aspects of a method for producing hydrogen peroxide. The method may comprise exposing a substrate to light in the presence of an organic photocatalyst and oxygen, and optionally a photosensitizer to produce an oxidation product of the substrate and hydrogen peroxide. The reaction may be performed in water and in some aspects, the reaction oxidizes water to produce hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor system for analyzing a spectrum of an electromagnetic, EM, signal. The system includes a vapor cell containing at least one species of atoms in a gaseous form, wherein the atoms in the vapor cell are exposed to the EM signal; at least one excitation source excites a number of atoms in the vapor cell to a Rydberg state, wherein at least a fraction of the excited atoms are ionized; a number of electrode pairs which are arranged along the vapor cell, and which generate a spatially and/or temporally varying electric field in the vapor cell; a current sense circuit detects a current between at least one of the number of electrode pairs, wherein the current is caused by ionized atoms in the vapor cell; and a processor determines spectral information of the EM signal based on the detected current.

Abstract: A smart friction pendulum system including an upper spherical plate and a lower spherical plate each having a sliding surface, a slider positioned between the upper spherical plate and the lower spherical plate, and a plurality of shape memory alloy (SMA) wires each having a first end attached to the upper spherical plate and a second end of attached to the lower spherical plate. The smart friction pendulum system is configured to be attached between the foundation and base mass of a building to preserve the superstructures under the lateral loads. While the lateral loads move the plates side to side, the system dissipates energy by providing friction between sliding material and sliding surface. The SMA wires also absorb the energy when in inelastic reversible phase. The embedded diagonal SMA wires make the whole system recover the initial position fully.

Abstract: A device for magnetic resonance artifact correction includes an array of shim coils sequentially arranged to receive a current, such that a first force arising from an interaction of a magnetic field with the current in one shim coil is balanced by a second force on the array arising from interactions of the magnetic field with the current in other shim coils when the array is operated within an imaging volume of a magnetic resonance system. The device includes a frame of non-ferromagnetic material, to provide selectable positioning of the array, and a signal processor to use a measurement of a magnetic field inhomogeneity within a region of the imaging volume, to determine a current for the shim coils and coordinates for positioning the array within the imaging volume, such that applying the current to the array at the coordinates generates a correction field to reduce the magnetic field inhomogeneity.

Abstract: The invention provides a lung replica to approximate spatial deposition in the human airway during breath. The lung replica comprises an upper airway compartment comprising an upper airway space: one or more lobe compartments, comprising two or more generation regions, a compressible terminal unit, and lattices in the two or more generation regions, and each comprising a lobar airway space connected with the upper airway space; and one or more modular components. The one or more modular components actuate the one or more lobe compartments to compress or expand. An exhaled airflow is generated when the one or more lobe compartments are compressed while an inhaled airflow is generated when the one or more lobe compartments are expanded. Also provided is a method for exchanging airflow in the lung replica. Further provided is a method for preparing a lobe compartment or a lung replica.

Abstract: Modular IOL systems including a base and a lens, wherein the lens includes tabs for connection to the base. The modular IOL allows for the lens to be adjusted or exchanged while leaving the base in place, either intra-operatively or post-operatively.

Abstract: In several embodiments, the present disclosure relates to nucleic acids, compositions, and methods for the delivery of a therapeutic gene to a subject. In several embodiments, the therapeutic gene is through the use of a viral vector. In several embodiments, the viral vector is an adeno-associated virus. In several embodiments, the therapeutic gene is delivered to treat a cardiac disease, injury or other disorder.

Abstract: An automatic dosage-controlled atomizer includes a medication atomizer and a respiration sensor. The respiration sensor includes a capacitive electrode assembly that has a varying capacitance correlated to a respiratory airflow from a user, a resonant circuit that generates a resonant signal based on the varying capacitance, a signal analyzing circuit that obtains a detected vital capacity value and a period time data piece related to a breathing cycle of the user based on a frequency variation of the resonant signal, and an atomization adjustment module that generates a cumulative effective inhaled dose value based on the detected vital capacity value and the period time data piece. The atomization adjustment module causes the medication atomizer to stop generation of an aerosol airflow when the cumulative effective inhaled dose value exceeds a predetermined dose threshold value.

Abstract: Examples of syringe assemblies and sets of components are disclosed for transferring a fluid sample for testing. In some examples, the syringe assembly comprises a housing, a barrel, a plunger reciprocally moveable in the barrel, a narrow tube connected to the barrel, and a metering actuator configured to control movement of the plunger at least in a proximal direction relative to the barrel. The metering actuator is configured to draw a precise microvolume of the fluid sample into a fluid chamber within the syringe assembly. In some examples, while the fluid chamber holds the fluid sample, the distal tip of the narrow tube remains covered, for example inside the housing or a reaction container. The syringe assembly is configured to expel the fluid sample from the fluid chamber into the reaction container.

Abstract: A wear state online monitoring method and system based on transfer learning and multi-source information fusion are provided. The method includes: separately collecting data of a friction pair to be monitored in a friction and wear testing state and in an on-ship state; performing feature extraction on the data of the friction pair to be monitored; based on the extracted features, performing feature transferring through transfer learning to obtain successfully transferred features; training a random forest model by using the successfully transferred features, and performing wear state monitoring by using the trained random forest model. The application achieves online monitoring of the wear states of the shafting, gearbox, and wear-prone components in marine and aerospace power plants.

Abstract: A method of using ZnO particles for the treatment of colon cancer and a method of using the particles for reducing the concentration of an organic contaminant in an aqueous solution is described. The ZnO particles are substantially spherical and may have nanopetals that provide a nanoflower morphology. The synthesis and characterization of the ZnO particles is also discussed.

Abstract: The method for detecting a deepfake video according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises receiving a target video, which is a video containing a person speaking; analyzing the direction of the person's face in time series for each of an image and voice constituting the target video; and determining whether the target video is a deepfake video by comparing analysis results of the image and the voice.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to recombinant transcriptional repressor polypeptides that are capable of being targeted to specific loci, as well as methods of using these recombinant polypeptides for reducing expression of a target nucleic acid in plants.

Abstract: A superconducting material includes YBa2Cu3O7-? and a nano-structured, preferably nanowires, WO3 dopant in a range of from 0.01 to 3.0 wt. %, preferably 0.075 to 0.2 wt. %, based on total material weight. Methods of making the superconductor may preferably avoid solvents and pursue solid-state synthesis employing Y, Ba, and/or Cu oxides and/or carbonates.

Abstract: A method of preparing iron oxide nanoparticles using an herbal mixture comprising Capparis spinosa, Cichorium intybus, Solanum nigrum, Cassia occidentalis, Terminalia arjuna, Achillea millefolium, and Tamarix gallica. The method produces crystalline y-FezO3 nanoparticles which are superparamagnetic. The iron oxide nanoparticles are used in a method of killing or inhibiting the growth of a bacteria and/or fungus, particularly in the form of a biofilm. The nanoparticles are also used in a method of treating colon cancer.