Abstract: A method and associated access point for processing data for transmission to communication devices, the method comprising determining or receiving channel state information, CSI, relating to a plurality of the communication devices; for each of one or more sub-carriers, determining which communication devices can communicate using the respective subcarrier according to, or based on, the channel state information or data derived therefrom; allocating communication devices to sub-carriers upon which each communication device can communicate; and providing data for at least one or more or each communication device on the sub-carriers to which the respective communication device has been allocated. Preferably, the method uses an adaptive bit loading algorithm to allocate communication devices to sub-carriers.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an anode material for a secondary battery includes following steps. A carbon-containing biomass material is provided. The carbon-containing biomass material is mixed with a solid-state nitrogen-containing precursor via a solid-phase mixing method to form a mixture. A sintering process is performed on the mixture to form a nitrogen-doped biomass carbon.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for producing Fabs and IgG bi-specific antibodies comprising expressing nucleic acids encoding designed residues in CH1/CL interface, Fabs and IgG bi-specific antibodies produced according to said processes as well as nucleic acids, vectors and host cells encoding the same.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the application discloses a method for the treatment of cancer in a patient, the method comprises a vaccination of the patient with a vaccine, wherein the vaccine comprises an effective amount of mammalian pluripotent stem cells obtained from an embryonic source or obtained by reprogramming of somatic cells from the patient, wherein the vaccination comprising the step of administering a mammalian pluripotent stem cells to the patient in need thereof; and vaccine formulations for use in the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: A home medication management system and method are provided comprise a home medication management device, a computing device associated with a user of medication management system, and a server in communication with the home medication management device and the computing device. The server comprises memory storing an application program interface (API) that is configured to manage the home medication of a patient including the registration of prescriptions, transmission of the registered prescriptions to the home medication management device, association of medications of the registered prescriptions with recesses of the home medication management device, presentation of alerts to the patient at scheduled times to take the medications based on the prescriptions, monitoring the patient for compliance with the alerts, determining whether the patient has taken the medication as scheduled, and presenting the determination to the user via the computing device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of analysis by an optical marker, including: irradiating a broadband light source onto a spherical dielectric material; measuring an interference spectrum of reflected light from the spherical dielectric material; and analyzing the reflected light using thin-film interference theory.

Abstract: A physiological information detection system may include an add-on device in electronic communication with a computing device. The add-on device includes a body and a first light filter retained in the body. The first light filter filters light emitted by the light source of the computing device. A lens is also retained in the body proximate the first light filter. The lens directs light exiting the first light filter out a surface of the first lens. The body retains a second lens that receives into a surface of the second lens light exiting the first lens. The surface of the first lens and the surface of the second lens are substantially coplanar. A second light filter is also retained in the body proximate the second lens. The sensor detects the light exiting the second light filter.

Abstract: An integrated controller of a powertrain of a vehicle and a control method thereof, to determine an optimum shifting stage of the vehicle, may include a cost function having a driving distance per fuel consumption amount obtained through the simulation of a vehicle model by use of the demand power of the engine as an input value, wherein an optimum shifting stage is determined using the cost function to control an engine throttle in addition to controlling a transmission based on the optimum shifting stage.

Abstract: A ultrasound probe according to this invention is provided with: a first dry film resist having a plurality of first apertures formed in an array shape, and respectively supporting the piezoelectric elements in close contact with a rim part of each of the first apertures in a state of partly exposing the function elements; a second dry film resist laminated on the first dry film resist, and also having second apertures respectively enclosing each of the function elements, the second dry film resist being of a thickness equivalent to that of each of the function elements; and a third dry film resist laminated on the second dry film resist, and also having third apertures, and respectively sandwiching each of the piezoelectric elements with the first dry film resist in a state of partly exposing the piezoelectric elements in close contact with a rim part of each of the third apertures.

Abstract: A dynamic metal-anode flow battery energy-storage system includes a discharge module, a charging module, and a delivery device. The discharge module includes a plurality of discharge reactants to be oxidized to discharge electric energy. The charging module is electrically connected to the discharge module and includes at least one electrolysis device and at least one removal device. The electrolysis device includes a conductive member which is to be energized with electricity, such that a plurality of electrolysis products having the same material with the discharge reactants are adhered to a surface thereof. The removal device includes a scraper adapted to remove the adhered electrolysis products from the surface of the conductive member. The delivery device is adapted to deliver the electrolysis products into the first electrolyte as the discharge reactants, and deliver the discharged products into the second electrolyte as the electrolysis reactants.

Abstract: A CDMR memory cell, includes a first bitcell which is used to store a current data level and a second bitcell which is used to store the complementary data level. When a read operation is performed, a comparator compares the data levels read from the two bitcells. If these two levels are not complementary, the comparator outputs an indicator. This indicator serves as an alert that a storage error has, or may have, occurred.

Abstract: Strains of human-derived bacteria have been obtained from complex fecal samples and shown to induce accumulation of Th17 cells in the intestine and promote immune functions. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these bacteria can be used as anti-infectives and as adjuvants in mucosal vaccines.

Abstract: The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for selecting specific cells by introducing precise mutations utilizing the CRISPR/Cas system.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for improving photosynthesis by eliminating a sustained photoprotective mechanism by mutating or silencing the Chloroplastic Lipocalin (CHL) gene whereby photosynthesis of the plants increases. The sustained photoprotective mechanism negatively regulated by the Suppressor of Quenching 1 protein involves the chloroplastic lipocalin and occurs in the peripheral antenna of photosystem II.

Abstract: Provided is a method, a device and a kit for detecting childhood cancer, predicting the risk of childhood cancer, determining the stage of the childhood cancer, determining the prognosis of the childhood cancer, and/or monitoring the effect of a treatment for the childhood cancer in a subject by measuring ae urinary metabolite of the subject.

Abstract: According to the present invention, various diseases, such as viral diseases, cancer, and multiple sclerosis, can be prevented and improved by using an immunostimulatory factor production-promoting composition comprising genomic double-stranded RNA of a plant-derived endornavirus.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a high temperature superconducting (HTS) synchronous machine having a rotating armature and methods for fabricating the same. The HTS synchronous machines described herein solve the rotating seal system complications which plague conventional HTS synchronous machines by eliminating entirely the need for any such system. Instead, it is proposed here to rotate the AC armature windings, which are stationary (i.e., normally the “stator”) in conventional HTS synchronous machines, while allowing the superconducting field windings to remain stationary.

Abstract: Systems and methods for computational analysis of chemical data to predict binding targets of a chemical are provided. A plurality of chemical pairs is established, each including a first chemical for which binding targets are to be predicted and a respective one of the second chemicals. For each chemical pair, values of at least two datatypes of the first chemical can be compared to values of the at least two datatypes of the respective one of the plurality of second chemicals in the chemical pair to generate a similarity score. The similarity scores can be converted to a likelihood value. For each chemical pair, a total likelihood value can be determined based on respective likelihood values for each of the at least two datatypes of the chemical pair. A candidate binding target is predicted to bind to the first chemical, based on the total likelihood value of each chemical pair.

Abstract: In vitro and in vivo methods of removing carbon monoxide from hemoglobin in blood or animal tissue are described. Methods of treating carboxyhemoglobinemia (carbon monoxide poisoning) in a subject are also described. The methods include administering natural or artificial oxygen carriers that are in their reduced form. Methods of producing a reduced oxygen carrier are further described. Methods of treating cyanide poisoning or hydrogen sulfide poisoning with oxygen carriers are also described.

Abstract: In one aspect, a neuromodulation device is described herein. In some embodiments, a neuromodulation device comprises a chamber operable to receive a nerve, at least one electrode disposed in the chamber, and a channel defined by two walls. In some embodiments, the channel of the device is in fluid communication with an interior of the chamber and an external surface of the device. In another aspect, methods of neuromodulation are described herein. In some embodiments, methods described herein can use one or more neuromodulation devices described herein.