Abstract: A nanowire may be isolated from a bacterium, wherein the nanowire includes c-type heme subunits or pili proteins and is capable of establishing an electrical connection with an insoluble electron acceptor. The c-type heme subunits may comprise OmcS or OmcZ cytochrome subunits or any combination thereof. The pili proteins may have an amino acid sequence with at least one residue modified, from a wild-type strain of the microorganism, to include an aromatic amino acid. The nanowire may have metallic or semiconducting conductive properties, and may be integrated into an electronic device.

Abstract: An energy storage device is disclosed that includes an axial structure with two or more rigid energy storage units and conductive flexible components separating adjacent rigid energy storage units. The rigid energy storage units include a plurality of folded layers, including an anode layer, a cathode layer, a first current collector layer, a second current collector layer, one or more separator layers, and one or more tape layers. The adjacent rigid energy storage units are produced by folding the plurality of layers one or more times onto themselves at a plurality of locations along the axial structure. The axial structure is then sealed in an aluminized casing along with an electrolyte material. The energy storage device exhibits high energy density, high foldability, and excellent electrochemical performances by virtue of the folded rigid energy storage segments connected by the flexible components.

Abstract: Provided is ITO particles satisfying a relationship expressed in Expression (1) given below. 16×S/P2?0.330 . . . (1) (In the expression, S indicates a particle area in a TEM photographed image, and P indicates a perimeter of the particle.

Abstract: Provided are methods for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD), which in some embodiments can include administering to a subject in need thereof a composition that includes an inhibitor of an A? oligomer (A?O) biological activity. Also provided are methods for inhibiting development and/or progression of at least one symptom associated with AD, methods for inhibiting neuronal cell cycle re-entry (CRR), methods for inhibiting A? oligomer (A?O) biological activity, methods for inhibiting A? oligomer (A?O)-stimulated activation of calcium-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) biological activity, and methods for inhibiting calcium influx-induced excitotoxic neuronal death. In some embodiments, the inhibitor of the A?O biological activity or the inhibitor of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) signaling includes a small molecule inhibitor, an inhibitory nucleic acid, a calcium chelator, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new gene mutation assessment system which makes it possible, even when a gene mutation has considered to be apparently not associated with a trait from mutation information at a single position, to pick the gene mutation as a gene mutation candidate showing an association with the trait.

Abstract: A highly safe and inexpensive bone repair material that stably exhibits high antibacterial activity for a long time in a living body by supporting a large amount of an iodine ion and is excellent in apatite forming ability and preservability. The material includes a substrate made of titanium or titanium alloy and a titanate film on a surface of the substrate, the film composed of a large number of crystalline masses having a crystal structure and containing a calcium ion and an iodine ion, wherein the mass contains layers having a Ti—O skeleton and the calcium and the iodine ions adsorbed between the layers.

Abstract: An electrochemical measurement apparatus includes: a tank containing electrolytic solution and a sample that generates or consumes measurement target substances in the electrolytic solution; a plurality of uniformly mixed working electrodes; and a counter electrode; the apparatus adapted to simultaneously apply a voltage between each of the working electrodes and the counter electrode; and the apparatus configured to measure a current that flows between each of the working electrodes and the counter electrode; wherein any two working electrode groups are mutually different in at least any of the determined voltage, presence/absence of a molecular modification of an electrode surface, and a species of the molecular modification; and whereby a distribution in measurement area of the currents that flow through the working electrodes is acquired.

Abstract: An antenna system can include a dielectric substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface that is covered by a ground plane. Four identical antenna elements can be disposed on the bottom surface. Each antenna element can be formed by a pentagonal slot that is etched out of the ground plane. The four antenna elements are positioned symmetrically such that a layout of the four antenna elements has left-right symmetry and top-bottom symmetry. The dielectric substrate can be rectangular, and each pentagonal slot can have a side that is parallel with a longer edge of the dielectric substrate without a center of the pentagonal slots positioned between the side and the longer edge. The antenna system can further include a varactor diode for each of the four antenna elements. A capacitance of the varactor diode is loaded across the respective pentagonal slot.

Abstract: A liquid composite molding method includes the steps of providing a part mold that has an inlet gate and an exit gate, placing a fabric preform over the part mold, placing a membrane over the fabric preform and securing a pressure cap to the part mold. The pressure cap and part mold together form a pressure chamber with a headspace between the membrane and the pressure cap. The method further includes the step of filling the fabric preform with liquid resin under the membrane while applying pressure within the headspace over the membrane. The method may be practiced with an apparatus that has a pressure chamber, a fabric preform inside the pressure chamber, a membrane over the fabric preform, a resin injection assembly, and a resin extraction assembly. The pressure chamber includes a part mold and a pressure cap. A headspace is formed above the membrane within the pressure chamber.

Abstract: A method, system, and device for controlling energy storage devices are provided, the method including receiving a trained machine learning model from a centralized machine learning system, recording temporal data for a respective energy storage device, periodically transmitting the temporal data to the machine learning system, performing a mode prediction for controlling the energy storage device using the trained machine learning model and the temporal data, and sending a control signal to the energy storage device to operate in the predicted mode. The machine learning system aggregates the temporal data transmitted by each agent and uses the aggregated temporal data to update the machine learning model. By using aggregated temporal data, less data is needed from an individual energy storage device so that when a new energy storage device joins the machine learning system, the new energy storage device can benefit from increased performance with less computation.

Abstract: DNA is sequenced by: (a) combining dsDNA fragments with Y-adapters and hairpin adapters comprising an affinity-label under conditions wherein the adapters ligate to fragments forming a mixture of fragment inserts flanked by two Y-adapters, a Y-adapter and a hairpin adapter, and two hairpin adapters; and (b) sequencing the selected fragment inserts with sequencing primers selecting for the Y-adapters.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for calibrating a first sensor in a changing operating environment by a calibration process. Sensor data are received from the first sensor and sensor values are received from a known calibrating sensor. A sensor specific model is maintained for the first sensor. Calibration needs are detected by estimating a drift and an error, taking into account a difference of sensor values to the known calibrating sensor and further taking into account a sensor profile of the first sensor. A correction factor or a correction model is estimated to the sensor data using said difference and used for calibrating the sensor. The correction factor or the correction model is derived from the sensor specific model.

Abstract: A method for preparing a label-free aptamer electrochemical sensor of ?-interferon based on a dendrimer/gold nanoparticle/molybdenum disulfide nanocomposite is provided. The nanocomposite is drip-coated on a surface of an electrode to prepare a modified electrode, and a terminal sulfhydryl group of a ?-interferon aptamer chain is connected to the gold nanoparticle via Au—S bond to obtain a nanocomposite-aptamer modified electrode. When ?-interferon is present, the ?-interferon specifically binds to the aptamer chain on the sensor, resulting in the aptamer's hairpin structure being opened and stretched, which can effectively adsorb methylene blue MB in the electrolyte, causing significant enhancement of MB redox signal. A linear relationship between a current intensity of MB oxidation peak and a concentration of the ?-interferon is fitted to construct the label-free aptamer electrochemical sensor of ?-interferon.

Abstract: A tunable CMOS circuit comprising a CMOS element and a tunable load. The CMOS element is configured to receive in an analogue input signal. The tunable load is connected to the CMOS element and configured to set a switch point of the CMOS element. The CMOS element is configured to output an output current that is largest when the analogue input signal is equal to the switch point. The combination of a CMOS element with a tunable load may also provide a hardware implementation of fuzzy logic. A fuzzy logic gate comprises an input node, a CMOS logic gate including a tunable load, and an output node. The input node is configured to receive an analogue input signal. The CMOS logic gate is connected to the input node. The tunable load is provided on a current path connected to the output node. The output node is configured to output an analogue output signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment may include a board, an insulation layer disposed on the board, a threshold voltage control layer disposed on the insulation layer, a first semiconductor layer disposed on the threshold voltage control layer, and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the threshold voltage control layer to cover a portion of the first semiconductor layer. A negative differential resistance device according to an embodiment has an advantageous effect in that the gate voltage enables a peak voltage to be freely controlled within an operation range of the device by forming the threshold voltage control layer.

Abstract: A storage memory device includes a field effect transistor including a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating layer that is disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a source and a drain that are formed on the semiconductor substrate and spaced apart from each other, a stacked structure, and a gate. The stacked structure includes a charge trapping layer and a composite element that has a ferroelectric layer and an antiferroelectric layer. The ferroelectric layer is made of a doped hafnium oxide-based material having a predominantly orthorhombic phase and exhibiting a negative capacitance. The antiferroelectric layer is made of a zirconium oxide-based material having a predominantly tetragonal phase.

Abstract: An antenna apparatus may include: a feed via; a patch antenna pattern electrically connected to the feed via; and coupling patterns spaced apart from the patch antenna pattern and spaced apart from each other. At least one of the coupling patterns may protrude in a direction in which the at least one of the coupling patterns is spaced apart from the patch antenna pattern.

Abstract: A self-priming water turbine-driven reel sprinkler irrigation machine includes a framework, a plug board, a reel, a PE pipe, a water turbine driving device, a sprinkler wagon, and a self-priming device. The framework comprises an underframe, a reel support frame, a plug board support frame, and a wheel assembly. A bottom portion of the underframe is provided with an underframe rotary device, and the underframe rotary device comprises a rotary bearing and a chassis support member. An inner ring of the rotary bearing is fixedly mounted to the underframe, and an outer ring of the rotary bearing is fixedly mounted and connected to the chassis support member. A telescopic front support is disposed at a front part of the underframe. The wheel assembly comprises a wheel support beam, a wheel, and a wheel lifting hydraulic cylinder. The self-priming device comprises a water pump, a pumping hose, and a filtering mechanism.

Abstract: A super-resolution method according to the inventive concept may include receiving an input image of low resolution, separating the input image into low resolution (LR) unit patches, classifying a texture type of each of pixels included in the input image using a local binary pattern for the LR unit patches, generating high resolution (HR) unit patches corresponding to each of the pixels based on a mapping kernel corresponding to the texture type, and combining the HR unit patches based on a predetermined setting to generate an output image of high resolution.

Abstract: When bending a superconducting cable of a stack conductor structure in which a plurality of layers of tape wires are stacked, a twisting process is performed for the superconducting cable immediately before a bending portion of the superconducting cable.