Abstract: An electrochemical cell that includes a working electrode, which comprises of is made of gold, with gold-coated carbon nanotubes secured thereon via a conductive binder, wherein the electrochemical cell is utilized to detect the presence of bisphenol-A, or to determine a concentration of bisphenol-A in a solution. Various embodiments of the electrochemical cell, a method of producing the electrochemical cell, and a method of using the electrochemical cell for determining a concentration of bisphenol-A in a solution are also provided.

Abstract: Weighing and filling apparatus for controlling filling device based on a container weight. A linear actuator for driving a drive shaft coupled to container support unit is included, a weight measuring unit determines the container weight from a detected height of the drive shaft detected by a height detecting unit and a drive signal of the linear actuator at the detected height. A first acceleration signal is calculated from a specified height of the container support unit set in advance and the height detected by the height detecting unit, a second acceleration signal is calculated from the container weight and an expected weight expected to be applied to the container support unit. The container support unit is kept at the specified height by a drive signal calculated from the first and second acceleration signals.

Abstract: A non-destructive iterative interferometric tomographic technique for imaging and reconstruction of phase objects as well as objects with complex permittivity and, particularly, to iterative optical diffraction tomographic (iODT) imaging and reconstruction of phase objects with high refractive index (RI) contrast, complex structures, and/or large optical path differences (OPDs) against the background, which cause multiple scattering, and applications thereof.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a precise, accurate and economical method for the simultaneous quantification of amounts of a dissolved sartan and dissolved statin in a mixture containing at least one sartan and at least one statin.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to induce a dialogue to a topic that a dialogue system tries to present. A dialogue system 100 presents a first utterance which is a certain utterance and a target utterance related to the first utterance to a user 101. A humanoid robot 50-1 presents the first utterance. A microphone 11-1 receives a user utterance of the user 101 after the first utterance. A humanoid robot 50-2 presents at least one topic-inducing utterance for inducing the topic to the target utterance based on a recognition result of the user utterance and an utterance sentence of the target utterance after the user utterance. The humanoid robot 50-1 presents the target utterance after the topic-inducing utterance.

Abstract: A fever-causing disease outbreak detection system for an early warning of the outbreak of an infectious disease. The system uses an array of infrared detectors to measure the temperatures of individuals in a population. The measured temperatures are used to create a measured population temperature distribution. A central control unit generates a predicted population temperature distribution using environmental data such as local atmospheric conditions and compares the predicted population temperature distribution to the measured population temperature distribution. If an outbreak is detected, an alert is issued.

Abstract: The present invention provides a preparation method of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill microsclerotium and a formulation thereof, and an application of the formulation thereof, belonging to the technical field of microsclerotium formulation preparation; the Beauveria bassiana microsclerotium formulation is prepared by the following steps of: 1) mixing conidia of Beauveria bassiana with Tween® 20 aqueous solution to obtain spore suspension; 2) inoculating the prepared spore suspension into a liquid induction medium for induction culture to obtain microsclerotium; 3) mixing the prepared microsclerotium with a padding for drying to obtain dried microsclerotium; 4) mixing the prepared dried microsclerotium with an auxiliary to obtain a microsclerotium formulation.

Abstract: The present invention is a method, comprising: obtaining a sample of an esophageal tissue from a subject, wherein the sample of the esophageal tissue comprises or is suspected of comprising a break of chromosome 2 (chr2), a break of chromosome 10 (chr10), a break of chromosome 16 (chr16), or any combination thereof, and detecting in the sample of esophageal tissue whether the break of chr2 is present, whether the break of chr10 is present, whether the break of chr16 is present, or any combination thereof, by contacting the sample of esophageal tissue with a first detectably labeled probe, a second detectably labeled probe, a third detectably labeled probe, or any combination thereof, and detecting binding between: the first detectably labeled probe and the break of chr2, the second detectably labeled probe and the break of chr10, the third detectably labeled probe and the break of chr16, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing extracts of the fruit of Hovenia dulcis Thunb., gallocatechin, and methyl vanillate as active ingredients for preventing and treating bone disease. The extracts of the fruit of Hovenia dulcis Thunb., the gallocatechin, and the methyl vanillate according to the present invention are natural materials and thus cause no side effects, and may activate the Wnt/?-catenin pathway to promote bone formation rather than inhibiting bone decomposition, and therefore may be effective in treating osteoporosis and related diseases. In addition, the extracts of the fruit of Hovenia dulcis Thunb., the gallocatechin, and the methyl vanillate according to the present invention may have the effects regrowing hair and preventing and treating wounds and metabolic diseases related to the activation of Wnt/?-catenin pathway.

Abstract: A light projection system including a light source, a light controller optically and/or electrically coupled to the light source to generate a plurality of spatially-separated and independently-modulatable beams of light, and an angular light modulator (ALM) positioned to receive the beams of light and selectively direct the light from each beam into one of a plurality of directions. The light source can include a laser diode array. The light controller can be a spatial light modulator or a processor programmed to control an output of each of the lasers of the laser diode array. The angular light modulator may be a digital micromirror device (DMD). The ALM may be configured to project the images into corresponding diffraction orders of the ALM or the ALM may be configured to continuously scan the images.

Abstract: The specification relates to a composition for enhancing immunity, comprising a ginseng berry polysaccharide as an active ingredient. The composition can increase the expression of cytokines such as IL-6, IL-12, and TNF-? by using ingredients derived from natural products. In addition, the composition can exhibit excellent immunity enhancement effects because of the unique components and structure of a ginseng berry polysaccharide.

Abstract: A laser system may include a seed laser formed from a Ti:Sapphire laser providing pulsed light and an optical parametric amplifier to generate pulsed light within a Holmium emission spectrum as seed pulses in response to the pulsed light from the Ti:Sapphire laser. A laser system may further include an amplifier to generate amplified pulses of light in response to the seed pulses from the seed laser, where the amplified pulses include at least some of the seed pulses amplified by the one or more Holmium-doped gain media pumped by the one or more pump lasers. The amplifier may include one or more Holmium-doped gain media and one or more pump lasers providing continuous-wave pump light within an absorption spectrum of the one or more Holmium-doped gain media.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to Li-ion batteries. In one aspect an electrolyte structure for use in a battery comprises an electrolyte and an interconnected boron nitride structure disposed in the electrolyte.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition which is for preventing or treating caffeine abuse and includes evodiamine or Evodia officinalis extract. More specifically, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition which has an effect of preventing or alleviating somnipathy and central nervous system excitation caused by caffeine. In addition, the present invention relates to a caffeine abuse treatment method and a health functional food composition including Evodia officinalis extract or evodiamine.

Abstract: A deammonification system 100 and process for treating wastewater are disclosed herein. The system and process may involve an anaerobic reactor 204 operable to produce biogas 2 from organic carbon in the wastewater 1, and a deammonification unit including (i) one or more anoxic chambers 302 in fluid communication with the anaerobic reactor 204, wherein each of the one or more anoxic chambers 302 houses a plurality of biocarriers 306, wherein each of the plurality of biocarriers 306 includes a biofilm of anaerobic ammonium oxidation bacteria, and (ii) one or more oxic chambers 304 operable to produce nitrite from ammonia and/or ammonium, wherein the wastewater processed in an anoxic chamber 302 of the one or more anoxic chambers 302 is channeled to an oxic chamber 304 of the one or more oxic chambers 304 which is adjacent to and downstream of the anoxic chamber 302.

Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter has a first interface coupled to a second interface through one or more modulation circuits. The circuits include a first coupler connected to the first interface; a first waveguide with a first lead connected to the first coupler, a first end, and a first length running therebetween. The first lead and the first end are coupled by a first switch. The circuits also include: a second coupler connected to the first interface; a second waveguide having a second lead connected to the second coupler, a second end, and a second length running therebetween, the second lead and the second end coupled by a second switch along the second length; and an optical combiner connected to the ends of the waveguides. The second interface is connected to the optical combiner of the modulation circuits. Output from the second interface is an optical signal capable of carrying binary information.

Abstract: A method for automatically detecting the free vibration response segment of the high-speed railway bridges after trains passing. First, pre-select the test response sequence to be decomposed based on the maximum of the time instants corresponding to the absolute maximums of the response vectors at various measuring point. Then, Extract the single-frequency modal response from the test response by the iterative variational mode decomposition and fit the envelope amplitude of the modal response by Hilbert transform. Finally, the vibration features at each time instants are marked as decay vibration or non-decay vibration. The longest structural response segment that meets the decay vibration features is determined as the detected free vibration response segment for modal identification. This invention can effectively detect the free vibration data segment without human participation, which is of great significance for the real-time accurate modal analysis of high-speed railway bridges.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for producing a radio frequency (RF) pulse for use in magnetic resonance. The steps of the method include providing a computer system and a set of RF input parameters. The computer system then generates an optimal phase surface by iteratively updating an initial RF pulse profile based at least in part on the set of RF input parameters. The optimal phase surface contains a set of iteratively generated RF pulse profiles with various characteristics, such as bandwidths or selectivity. The steps of the method further include selecting an RF pulse profile with the computer system based on a search on the optimal phase surface, which can be implemented with the help of an index file. The search can be performed using an artificial intelligence algorithm, and can retrieve the shortest pulse profile that satisfies user input parameters or requirements.

Abstract: A wastewater evaporation system includes a plurality of tube sections configured to direct compressed air into the wastewater. A portion of the manifold defines an injection head configured to be at least partially submerged below a surface of the wastewater. The wastewater evaporation system also includes an air compressor configured to direct the compressed air to the manifold. The wastewater evaporation system also includes a buoy system coupled to the manifold. The buoy system includes a buoy configured to maintain a portion of the manifold above the surface of the wastewater.

Abstract: Techniques for modifying the Josephson potential of a transmon qubit by shunting the transmon with an inductance are described. The inclusion of this inductance may increase the confined potential of the qubit system compared with the conventional transmon, which may lead to a transmon qubit that is stable at much higher drive energies. The inductive shunt may serve the purpose of blocking some or all phase-slips between the electrodes of the qubit. As a result, the inductively shunted transmon may offer an advantage over conventional devices when used for applications involving high energy drives, whilst offering few to no drawbacks in comparison to conventional devices when used at lower drive energies.