Abstract: The application discloses an atom interferometer comprising an optical cavity and method of operation thereof. The atom interferometer includes a vacuum chamber, an optical cavity, a source for providing a cloud of atoms in the optical cavity in use, and one or more light sources. The one or more light sources are for generating, in the cavity, in use a first light beam having a first polarisation and at a first frequency for a two-photon interaction in the atoms; and a counterpropagating second light beam having a second polarisation orthogonal to the first polarisation and at a second frequency for the two-photon interaction in the atoms.

Abstract: Using nucleotide architectures to very closely and precisely placed chromophores that produce quantum coherent excitons, biexcitons, and triexcitons upon excitement to create excitonic quantum wires, switching, and gates that would then form the basis of quantum computation. Creating the various excitons and controlling the timing of the excitons would be performed using light of the corresponding wavelength and polarization to stimulate the corresponding chromophores.

Abstract: An electromagnetic leakage red and black signal identification method based on information entropy characteristics includes: acquiring electromagnetic information leakage signals of an information device in an idle state and an information processing state respectively, and calculating information entropy of the electromagnetic leakage signals in the idle state and the information processing state; and calculating an information entropy change of the electromagnetic leakage signals caused by information processing, and determining whether an electromagnetic leak contains red signals when the device processes information according to the information entropy change, so as to give an electromagnetic leakage red and black signal identification result.

Abstract: Systems and methods for soliton microcomb-based precision dimensional metrology via spectrally-resolved interferometry are described. In an embodiment, the system includes a dual-pumped soliton microcomb generator comprising a pump, a microresonator, and an auxiliary pump and that generates a single-soliton microcomb, an erbium-doped fiber amplifier that amplifies a C-band section of the soliton microcomb and a non-polarizing beam splitter that divides the soliton microcomb pulses into a reference arm pulse and a measurement arm pulse for an interferometer and recombines the reference arm pulse and the measurement arm pulse into a recombined beam upon their return.

Abstract: A device comprises a cannula having a first end, a second end, and a channel between the first end and the second end; an imaging probe couplable to the first end of the cannula, where the imaging probe includes: a transducer, and a reflective surface; and a biopsy device coupled to the cannula, where the biopsy device is configured to collect a tissue sample from an organ of a patient.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods of treating a steatosis- associated disorder by administering a therapeutic agent selected from a lysosomal enzyme, an autophagy-inducing agent, or a combination thereof. Steatosis-associated disorders discussed herein include GSD Ia, GSD Ib, GSD Ic, NAFLD, and NASH. Other embodiments are directed to methods of reversing steatosis, modulating autophagy, inducing autophagy, and reversing glycogen storage.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-angle image semantic segmentation method for cadmium zinc telluride chips, belonging to the field of image quality augmentation. Firstly, construction of an n+1 dataset is performed by using acquire CZT images, and then pixel-level and latent-level knowledge representation is performed through a Pixel Aggregation Network PAN and a Latent Aggregation Network LAN in a Progressive Complementary Knowledge Aggregation network PCKA, which ultimately improves the quality and speed of CZT image segmentation. The method is suitable for applications that require multi-angle image acquisition and semantic segmentation, such as semiconductor material segmentation.

Abstract: A tracking system is disclosed utilizing one or more dynamic vision sensors (e.g., an event camera) configured to generate luminance-transition events associated with a target object, a depth estimation unit configured to generate based on the luminance-transition events depth data/signals indicative of a distance of the target object from the event camera, a spatial tracking unit configured to generate based on the luminance-transition events spatial tracking signals/data indicative of transitions of the target object in a scene of the target object, and an error correction unit configured to process the depth and spatial tracking data/signals and generate error correcting data/signals for the tracking of the target object by the one or more dynamic vision sensors.

Abstract: A magnetic nanofluid that includes magnetic transition metal ferrite nanoparticles, ferroelectric nanoparticles, and a carrier fluid, and a method of changing the temperature of an object (e.g., heating or cooling) using the magnetic nanofluid. The magnetic transition metal ferrite nanoparticles and ferroelectric nanoparticles can be present as a composite comprising both types of nanoparticles. The use of the magnetic nanofluid is associated with an increase in the Nusselt number in the presence of a magnetic field.

Abstract: In one aspect the present invention is directed to mutant NGAL proteins that have the ability to bind to siderophores, such as enterochelin, and to chelate and transport iron, and that are excreted in the urine. Such NGAL mutants, and complexes thereof with siderophores, can be used to clear excess iron from the body, for example in the treatment of iron overload. The NGAL mutants of the invention also have antibacterial activity and can be used in the treatment of bacterial infections, such as those of the urinary tract.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a retrieval and push method based on a fine art image tag, including the following steps: establishing a tag model database: training different tag contents with training samples of different subjects and different categories, and categorizing the training samples in the database according to knowledge point tags to obtain the tag model database; retrieval and push: uploading fine art work image samples to the trained tag model database, then extracting knowledge point tags of the fine art work image samples, retrieving associated fine art works, and then pushing the associated fine art works; real-time updating: recording knowledge point tags of input fine art work image samples by the tag model database in real time, and establishing a common tag and a model, and subsequently increasingly pushing contents relevant to the common tag; and generating a user portrait.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an integrated rapid treatment system for nuclear medical radioactive wastewater and an application method thereof. This system includes a wastewater collection unit; a pretreatment unit; a deep purification unit; a solid decay unit; a buffer unit; an online monitoring unit; and a control unit, wherein the online monitoring unit includes a radioactivity level detection module for detecting total ? and total ? radioactivity concentrations of inlet and outlet water of a medium in each unit, and a real-time monitoring module for treatment process parameters. The present disclosure discloses an integrated rapid treatment system for nuclear medical radioactive wastewater and an application method thereof, which can efficiently and quickly purify multi-nuclide organic low-level wastewater produced by a nuclear medical process, and realize rapid online monitoring and automatic control at the same time.

Abstract: Articles of manufacture, including an apparatus for detecting a hemodynamic disorder, are provided. A method may include receiving a blood pressure, including an aortic pressure and a distal coronary pressure, over a plurality of heartbeats. The method also includes determining a complement of a ratio of the distal coronary pressure to the aortic pressure for each heartbeat of the plurality of heartbeats. The method also includes determining, based on the complement of the ratio, a maximum complement of the ratio and a minimum complement of the ratio. The method also includes determining, based on the maximum complement and the minimum complement, a pressure-derived coronary flow reserve. The pressure-derived coronary flow reserve includes a ratio of the maximum complement to the minimum complement. The method also includes detecting, based on the pressure-derived coronary flow reserve, a hemodynamic disorder.

Abstract: The invention relates to an on-chip optical waveguide comprising an input or output facet, the facet comprising an array of unit-cells; each unit cell is a recess that gradually narrows in the direction from the outer of the waveguide towards the interior of the waveguide.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image encoding method and an image decoding method. The image encoding method of the present invention comprises: a first dividing step of dividing a current image into a plurality of blocks; and a second dividing step of dividing, into a plurality of sub blocks, a block, which is to be divided and includes a boundary of the current image, among the plurality of blocks, wherein the second dividing step is recursively performed by setting a sub block including the boundary of the current images as the block to be divided, until the sub block including the boundary of the current image does not exist among the sub blocks.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for sequencing a heteropolymeric target nucleic acid sequence that involves stochastic sensing. The invention also relates to a method for improving a pore for sequencing a target nucleic acid sequence by modifying one or more sites in the pore.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image encoding and decoding technique, and more particularly, to an image encoder and decoder using unidirectional prediction. The image encoder includes a dividing unit to divide a macro block into a plurality of sub-blocks, a unidirectional application determining unit to determine whether an identical prediction mode is applied to each of the plurality of sub-blocks, and a prediction mode determining unit to determine a prediction mode with respect to each of the plurality of sub-blocks based on a determined result of the unidirectional application determining unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, computer programs, and methods employing oral cavity image capture for determining tooth displacement (e.g., for identifying patients with, or at risk for, periodontal disease). In certain embodiments, a medical imaging device or system (e.g., an intraoral scanner or other scanner) is employed to generate baseline and test scan images of at least one tooth, where the test scan is performed when the tooth in engaged with an opposing tooth in a chewing action, or is being pushed by an outside force, and the images are processed by a computer program to determine the amount of displacement of the tooth in at least one direction.

Abstract: Methods for detecting Multiple Sclerosis (MS) diagnostic autoantibodies in a subject and generating a subject-specific, MS diagnostic autoantibody profile are described. The methods include contacting an immunoglobulin-containing biological sample from the subject with a system comprising antigens that form immunocomplexes with MS diagnostic autoantibodies, the antigens including general transcription factor II-I, splicing factor 1, and inducible T-cell co-stimulator (ICOS), to form a reaction mixture, under conditions that allow for formation in the reaction mixture of an immunocomplex between each antigen and its corresponding MS diagnostic autoantibody, if its corresponding MS diagnostic autoantibody is present in the sample; and detecting presence or absence of immunocomplexes in the reaction mixture, wherein formation of immunocomplexes between the antigens and their corresponding MS diagnostic autoantibodies indicates presence of the MS diagnostic autoantibodies in the biological sample.

Abstract: A thermoelectric nanocomposite including porous carbonaceous particles, electrically conductive carbon nanotubes, and a binder. The porous carbonaceous particles contain 88.5 to 96.45 wt % carbon, 1.0 to 3.0 wt % oxygen, 2.5 to 7.5 wt % sulfur, and 0.05 to 1.0 wt % vanadium. The thermoelectric nanocomposite has a thermoelectric figure of merit ZT of 0.018 to 0.026 at 293 K and 0.016 to 0.024 at 393 K, a power factor of 10 to 14.0 ?w/mK2 at 233 K and greater than 14.0 to 18 ?W/mK2 at 393 K, and a Seebeck value of 24 to 27 ?V/K at 233 K and 30 to 34 ?V/K at 393 K. The thermoelectric nanocomposite may include milled, acid-treated oil fly ash. Also, a method of forming the thermoelectric nanocomposite. The thermoelectric nanocomposite may be used in a thermoelectric device.