Abstract: Provided is a method of inducing cardiac progenitor cells or cardiomyocytes from fibroblasts. The present invention provides a method for producing cardiac progenitor cells, comprising introducing one cardiac reprogramming factor into fibroblasts, or a method for producing cardiomyocytes, comprising introducing three cardiac reprogramming factors into fibroblasts.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods of growing halide films (e.g., single crystal halide perovskites or multi-crystal halide perovskites) on a structure, dual-mode photodetectors, methods of use, and the like.

Abstract: Provided are a coating solution for a non-light-emitting organic semiconductor device having high carrier mobility that contains a compound represented by Formula (2) and a solvent having a boiling point of equal to or higher than 100° C., an organic transistor, a compound, an organic semiconductor material for a non-light-emitting organic semiconductor device, a material for an organic transistor, a method for manufacturing an organic transistor, and a method for manufacturing an organic semiconductor film. (In Formula (2), R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, or an alkoxy group and may have a substituent, and an aromatic portion in Formula (2) may be substituted with a halogen atom.

Abstract: A four-wave mixing transmission line (3) including: an input (15, 17, 19) arranged to receive: a first pump signal (7a) having a first pump frequency; a second pump signal (7b), having a second pump frequency, different to the first pump frequency; and an input signal to be amplified (5); a non-linear medium (3a) having an intrinsic dispersion relationship, the medium (3a) arranged to allow interaction between the input signal (5), the first pump signal (7a) and the second pump signal (7b), such that the input signal (5) is amplified and an idler signal (9) is generated and amplified; and a plurality of dispersion control elements (31, 33, 49), the dispersion control elements (31, 33, 49) arranged to alter the dispersion relationship of the medium (3a) to diverge from the intrinsic dispersion relationship at one or more frequencies, such that the total phase difference between the input signal, (5) the first pump signal (7a), the second pump signal (7b) and the idler signal (9) is kept at zero or substantiall

Abstract: Methods, computing devices, and computer-readable medium are described herein related to producing detection signals configured to induce an excited state of an object. A computing device may receive reflection signals, where the reflection signals correspond to at least one detection signals reflected from the object. Based on the received reflection signals, a presence of the object in the excited state may be determined. Further, an output device may provide an indication of the presence of the object in the excited state.

Abstract: A motion assistance apparatus including a proximal frame configured to support a proximal part of a user, a distal frame configured to support a distal part of the user, and a force transmitting member slidably connected to the proximal frame, and rotatably connected to the distal frame is provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition comprising isolated T cells, wherein the T cells have specificity against a range of clinical fungal pathogens.

Abstract: A thermal energy storage (TES) component includes a shell having first and second ports, and at least a first set of thermally conductive sealed containers that contain a TES media for storing thermal energy. A first set of sealed tubes containing a first TES media are in a first section of the shell, and a second set of sealed tubes containing a different TES media are in a second section of the shell. Electric heating elements are immersed in at least some of the tubes, and may extend only from one end of the tube. In some embodiments more than one heating element is immersed in the TES media and positioned to enhance convective flow. In some embodiments electric heating elements are disposed externally on the sealed tubes. Some tubes are tapered or frustoconical, with heating elements provided in a larger-diameter portion of the tubes.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of generating a control signal to control a motion of a robot arm device by a brain-computer interface (BCI) apparatus and the BCI apparatus.

Abstract: Methods of and systems for adaptive cruise control (ACC) of a vehicle include a controller for the vehicle that is configured to execute a computer-implemented model predictive control and a safe spacing policy that reduces collision risk between the vehicle and both a leading vehicle and a following vehicle. The methods include sensing a speed of a leader vehicle in front of the ego vehicle and a distance of the leader vehicle from the ego vehicle, sensing a speed of a follower vehicle behind the ego vehicle and a distance of the follower vehicle from the ego vehicle, and controlling the speed of the ego vehicle to avoid collision with the leader vehicle while reducing risk of the ego vehicle being hit by the follower vehicle.

Abstract: An image generating apparatus for generating an output image based on an input panorama image, includes a parameter input unit inputting an output range parameter and a correction parameter, the output range parameter designating an output range in the panorama image, the correction parameter designating a correction part to be corrected in the output image; and an image correction unit correcting the correction part designated by the correction parameter in the output image. Further, the image correction unit calculates a similarity between the correction part and peripheral pixels and corrects the correction part based on the similarity and the peripheral pixels, and the output image is generated from the output range of the panorama image and is the panorama image corrected by the correction.

Abstract: A composition and a method for the treatment of a neurodegenerative disorder is provided. The composition includes an inhibitor of RANTES and/or an inhibitor of eotaxin. The method includes administering a composition comprising an inhibitor of RANTES and/or an inhibitor of eotaxin to the subject in need thereof to treat the neurodegenerative disorder.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a scheduling method and apparatus of a wireless network and a scheduling method of a wireless network is a scheduling method of a wireless network including a plurality of nodes, the method including: generating a broadcast tree to transmit data from a source node to a sink node, dividing nodes included in the broadcast tree into a primary node which does not allow collision and a secondary node which allows collision at the time of receiving data, in accordance with predetermined criteria; and allocating a time slot in which nodes included in the broadcast tree operate, based on the divided result.

Abstract: A fiber laser system includes a fiber laser, a laser light detecting apparatus, and a control apparatus. The fiber laser outputs a laser light, including a noise-like pulse laser light, a mode-locked pulse laser light, or a continuous-wave laser light. The laser light detecting apparatus consists of a lens and a photodiode. The photodiode absorbs the laser light outputted from the fiber laser and generates an output signal in terms of a two-photon absorption effect. The control apparatus reads the output signal of the photodiode and automatically adjusts the fiber laser, according to a preset value, to obtain the noise-like pulse laser light or the mode-locked pulse laser light.

Abstract: A hybrid growth method for III-nitride tunnel junction devices uses metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) to grow one or more light-emitting or light-absorbing structures and ammonia-assisted or plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) to grow one or more tunnel junctions. Unlike p-type gallium nitride (p-GaN) grown by MOCVD, p-GaN grown by MBE is conductive as grown, which allows for its use in a tunnel junction. Moreover, the doping limits of MBE materials are higher than MOCVD materials. The tunnel junctions can be used to incorporate multiple active regions into a single device. In addition, n-type GaN (n-GaN) can be used as a current spreading layer on both sides of the device, eliminating the need for a transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer or a silver (Au) mirror.

Abstract: Tubular prostheses are provided for use in airways, upper digestive, and urinary tracts. Each of these uses has its own specific sets of biological specifications, based on what it must contain and exclude and the physical and chemical pressures and stresses to which it is subjected. The prostheses may be made from allogeneic cells. Thus they can be manufactured and stored prior to an individual's personal need arising.

Abstract: A method of regulating body temperature that involves (i) determining, via processing circuitry, if sensor data from a plurality of sensors is in a predetermined normal range, (ii) converting the sensor data to fuzzy values when the sensor data is not in the predetermined normal range, (iii) combining one or more related consequents of the predetermined fuzzy rules, (iv) evaluating the combined consequents to determine a centroid value using a centroid method; and (v) transmitting the centroid value to a thermal management system to activate the thermal management system to a predetermined activation level based on the centroid value, wherein the plurality of sensors include a core temperature sensor, a skin temperature sensor, a skin blood flow sensor, a cardiac output sensor, a neuromuscular activity output sensor, an electromyography sensor, a vibration sensor, and an imaging device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and devices for the inactivation of pathogens (e.g., bacteria, viruses, etc.) in ex vivo stored blood products, such as plasma and/or platelets, by means of directing visible light radiation from an illuminating device into blood product storage containers in order to achieve effective pathogen inactivation without the presence of an added photosensitising agent in the blood product. An exemplary apparatus includes a control unit that operates a light source that emits light in the wavelength region of about 380-500 nm which is directed onto blood product storage bags at sufficient intensity to penetrate the bag material and the opaque blood product therein in order to inactivate pathogens in the blood product but at dose levels that cause no significant detrimental effects on the blood product.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and compositions for treating pediatric embryonal tumors. The methods and compositions utilize or include an inhibitor of polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4) for treating pediatric embryonal tumors.

Abstract: The present invention relates in part to a method of fabricating graphene structures from graphene oxide by reducing the graphene oxide on a patterned substrate. The invention also relates in part to graphene structures produced using said method and electrodes and capacitors comprising said graphene structures.