Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a highly thermally conductive composite material including PAN-based carbon fiber and a patterned graphite sheet and stitched with pitch-based carbon fiber, and a method for manufacturing the same, and the highly thermally conductive composite material has excellent through-thickness thermal conductivity, in-plane thermal conductivity and compressive strength.

Abstract: A wheel action-based active suspension damping adjustment apparatus recognizes wheel actions through a steering apparatus, distance measuring apparatuses and force sensors and calculates an action damping magnitude according to damping parameters determined by different wheel actions, thereby achieving optimal adjustment under different actions. The changes in an inclination angle of a vehicle cabin floor and a vertical acceleration are monitored by using an inclination angle sensor and acceleration sensors, and meanwhile, an inclination angle damping and an acceleration damping are determined according to exceeding amplitudes, and a total damping of active suspensions is fed back and corrected, thereby further enhancing an adjustment and control effect of the active suspensions.

Abstract: A method of using the relaxation rate (R1 and/or R2) of solvent NMR signal to invasively or noninvasively assess whether vaccines and other aqueous-based pharmaceutical products have been frozen during transport and/or storage.

Abstract: The method comprises separating the outer green rind the room aloe vera leaf thereby cleaning and drying in sunlight for two days followed by oven drying at 80° C. for about 24 hours; pyrolyzing the dried outer green rind in an inert environment of N2 gas at 400° C. for about 1 hour to obtain a pre-carbonized carbon (AV-C); mixing the AV-C with K2CO3 in a 2:1 impregnation ratio to obtain a mixture;; pyrolyzing the mixture of the AV-C and K2CO3 at 900° C.; removing resulting black charred residue and cleaning the resulting charred residue with double-distilled water and isopropyl alcohol; homogenizing the cleaned black material of reduced graphene oxide using an ultrasonic homogenizer at 30% power for 1 hour with 10 pulse rates thereby drying and filtering the reduced graphene oxide to obtain 3D-HPN-rGO; h) preparing an electrode using the obtained 3D-HPN-rGO; and i) constructing a supercapacitor device using the electrodes.

Abstract: DNA is sequenced by (a) independently sequencing first and second strands of a dsDNA to obtain corresponding first and second sequences; and (b) combining the first and second sequences to generate a consensus sequence of the dsDNA. By independently sequencing first and second strands the error probability of the consensus sequence approximates a multiplication of those of the first and second sequences.

Abstract: Provided are a corrosion-resistant oxide dispersion strengthened steel and a method for preparing the corrosion-resistant oxide dispersion strengthened steel. The corrosion-resistant oxide dispersion strengthened steel includes in percentage by mass: Cr at 8.0 wt %-10.0 wt %, Al at 4.0 wt %-6.0 wt %, Ce at 0.2 wt %-0.8 wt %, Y at 0.2 wt %-0.4 wt %, O at 0.05 wt %-0.3 wt %, C less than or equal to 0.0016 wt %, and the balance of Fe.

Abstract: The method of manufacturing a copper foil with a high elongation rate includes: preparing a plating solution by mixing a copper ion, an additive for improving conductivity, a plating inhibitor, and a plating accelerator; and manufacturing the copper foil by immersing a substrate in the plating solution and applying an electric current to the plating solution to electroplate the copper foil on a surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Novel inhibitors of MetAp2 enzymatic activity and uses thereof are provided.

Abstract: An imaging element includes a photoelectric conversion part configured to convert light into charges, an accumulation part in which the charges from the photoelectric conversion part are accumulated, a transfer path part which is a transfer path for transferring charges from the photoelectric conversion part to the accumulation part and has a lower potential than a pixel separation region formed around the photoelectric conversion part, and a measurement part configured to measure the number of times a predetermined amount of charges is accumulated in the accumulation part and to measure the amount of charges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion part.

Abstract: An accommodating intraocular lens (IOL) is formed from an anterior or posterior half molded as a chambered, polymer sack with a mouth opening smaller than its largest width that is mated to another half molded as a pliable bowl having a rim larger than the rest of the half. The resulting shell has a seam that is parallel to and does not cross or touch the equator such that the IOL is asymmetric between its front and back. A circular depression around the optical axis can be made in the anterior and/or posterior half such that a surrounding capsular bag seals against the rim of the depression, and an interior of the depression(s) does not touch the capsular bag.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for micromachining a silicon structure especially for SLID bonding, comprising the steps of preparing a silicon wafer with a metal pattern on said silicon, said silicon being exposed outside said pattern, the metal pattern at least having an upper surface consisting of Sn. The method comprising a step of DRIE etching of the structure for etching cavities in said exposed silicon wafer essentially without etching said Sn top layer. The method also relates to the use of Sn as an etching mask in micromachining av silicon structures.

Abstract: A method for publicly verifiable symmetric cryptography is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining an initial encrypted key and a homomorphic public key; obtaining a first message and an initial signature; calculating an initial hashed value of the first message; setting a cryptographic function of the initial hashed value of the first message and an initial private key; generating an evaluated value based on the cryptographic function, the homomorphic public key, the initial encrypted key, and the initial hashed value of the first message; and transmitting, at the verifier, a verification result based on a hashed value of the initial signature and the evaluated value. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: An interconnect structure for insertion loss reduction in signal transmission and a method thereof are disclosed. In an embodiment, an interconnect is formed on a substrate by chemical etching process, and when the interconnect is protected by photoresist in chemical etching process, the etching direction of etching solution is not oriented, so undercut areas are respectively formed on both sides of a bottom of the interconnect at contact of the interconnect and the substrate because of etching solution residue after the etching process. An included angle formed in the undercut area between the interconnect and the substrate is defined as an etch angle, and a length of the portion, exposing in the undercut area, of the substrate is defined as an etch length. Controlling sizes of the etch angle and the etch length can reduce an insertion loss in signal transmission.

Abstract: A power conversion device comprises: power conversion circuitry for converting DC power into AC power and supplying it into a load according to a switching state quantity defined by combinations among switching parameters of switching devices; a voltage output calculation device for calculating a voltage output value on the power conversion circuitry, based on the switching state quantity; an integration value calculation device for acquiring a voltage reference integration value and a voltage output integration value by integrating a voltage reference value and the calculated voltage output value; a switching update-determination unit for outputting an update signal of the switching state quantity, based on the voltage reference integration value, its allowance value, and the voltage output integration value; and a switching determination table for determining a switching state quantity of the switching devices, based on the voltage reference integration value, the voltage output integration value and the up

Abstract: Decellularized plant tissues and the use of these plant tissues as scaffolds are disclosed herein. Particularly, decellularized plant tissues are functionalized such to allow for human cell adhesion, thereby allowing for their use as scaffolds for human cells. These scaffolds can then be used in a number of applications/markets, including as research tools for tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and basic cellular biology.

Abstract: An optimization method for bending rebound quantity of aluminum roll forming includes the following steps: S1, analyzing the process of aluminum roll forming, and determining decision variables of aluminum rebound quantity and thickness reduction; S2, constructing the optimization model of the bending rebound quantity of aluminum roll forming based on the multi-objective optimization algorithm and clarifying constraints in the process of aluminum roll forming; S3, based on characteristics of the model in S2, proposing the corresponding algorithm to optimize the aluminum rebound quantity and thickness reduction; S4, updating the decision variables that affect the aluminum rebound quantity and thickness reduction; S5, judging the iteration stop condition, and outputting the scheme that improves the bending rebound quantity of roll forming aluminum.

Abstract: Wellbore treatment fluids are provided that include an aqueous component and an amphiphilic hyperbranched copolymer comprising the polymerized reaction product of at least a first monomer and a second monomer, where the first monomer comprises at least one surface reactive end group chosen from the group consisting of carboxylates, phosphonates, sulfonates, and zwitterions. Also provided are methods of modifying subsurface energy of a carbonate formation using the wellbore treatment fluids.

Abstract: An image inpainting method includes: acquiring an image to be inpainted based on depth information and texture information of a reference image, the image to be inpainted including at least one region to be inpainted; determining at least one reference block matching the at least one region to be inpainted respectively in the reference image; and inpainting the at least one region to be inpainted by using the at least one reference block to obtain a composite image.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of maglev transportation, specifically revealing a method and apparatus for measuring magnetic field intensity in high-temperature superconducting maglev transportation systems.

Abstract: The invention provides a method comprising hydrogenating a ketone in the presence of (i) a base, (ii) hydrogen gas and (iii) a catalyst comprising a charged or neutral complex of formula (I): wherein: Mn is a manganese atom or a manganese ion in oxidation state (I) to (VII); R1 and R2 are each independently optionally substituted C4-8monocyclic aryl or C3-7monocyclic heteroaryl moieties; -Fc- denotes a ferrocene (bis(?5-cyclopentadienyl)iron) moiety covalently bonded via adjacent carbon atoms of one of the two cyclopentadienyl moieties, and which may be optionally further substituted, in either cyclopentadienyl ring; —Z— is an alkylene linker of the formula —(CH2)1-6— in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms of the alkylene may be independently substituted; —Nx is an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing heteroaryl moiety, with the proviso that at least one of R1, R2 and —Nx is substituted one or more times with an electron donating group; and L1-L3 constitute one, two or three ligands, wherein,