Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is directed to a composition comprising a luminescent noble metal nanoparticle, wherein the surface of the noble metal nanoparticle is coated with a ligand, and wherein the noble metal nanoparticle is about 2 nm to 5 nm in diameter and further wherein a portion of the noble metal is present as its radioactive isotope. In an embodiment of the invention, the radioactive isotope is present at a concentration of up to 2% w/w of the noble metal.

Abstract: A method of measuring a location of a user equipment (UE) located indoors in a wireless network includes receiving signals from a plurality of access points (APs), performing training for machine learning using the received signals or information acquired from the received signals, setting a weight vector to be applied to a relevance vector machine (RVM) method using data subjected to the training for machine learning, and applying RVM regression to the set weight vector and measured strengths of the received signals and determining whether the signals received from the plurality of APs are line of sight (LOS) signals or non line of sight (NLOS) signals.

Abstract: An apparatus that connects an imaging treatment guidance system (ITGS) to a fixed location in a patient. One example of an ITGS is the Medtronic StealthStation® Treatment Guidance System used in the O-arm™ Surgical Imaging System. The apparatus is fixed relative to a patient at a proximal end, and supports the ITGS at a distal end. The apparatus has a plurality of adjustably-joined arms. In one embodiment, the proximal end of the apparatus is attached to a pin distractor fixed to the anterior spine of a patient. The apparatus provides multiplanar adjustability of the array in space. The apparatus can be designed such that it is compatible with many navigation systems by making the connection at a distal end a universal type clamp. In another embodiment a fixed arm is provided in which the joints or hinges are eliminated.

Abstract: A method for making field emission electron source comprises following steps. An insulating layer is coated on outer surface of a linear carbon nanotube structure. A field emission electron source preform is formed by locating a plurality of conductive ring on outer surface of the insulating layer, wherein the plurality of conductive ring is space from each other, and each conductive ring comprises a first ring face and a second ring face opposite to the first ring face. A plurality of field emission electron source is formed by cutting off the plurality of conductive ring, the insulating layer, and the linear carbon nanotube structure, wherein each field emission electron source comprises at least one conductive ring, and a ring face of the conductive ring, end surface of the insulating layer, and end surface of the linear carbon nanotube structure are coplanar.

Abstract: Apparatus and method that includes amplifiers for transceiver antenna elements, and more specifically to power amplifying an RF (radio frequency) signal using a distributed power amplifier having electronic devices (such as field-effect transistors) that are thermally and/or mechanically connected to each one of a plurality of antenna elements (also called coil elements) to form a hybrid coil-amplifier (e.g., for use in a magnetic-resonance (MR) imaging or spectroscopy machine), and that is optionally adjusted from a remote location, optionally including remotely adjusting its gains, electrical resistances, inductances, and/or capacitances (which controls the magnitude, phase, frequency, spatial profile, and temporal profile of the RF signal)—and, in some embodiments, the components are compatible with, and function in, high fields (such as a magnetic field of up to and exceeding one tesla or even ten tesla or more and/or an electric field of many thousands of volts per meter).

Abstract: A polymer-carbon sorbent for removing at least one of carbon dioxide, heavy metals or toxic materials from a flue gas from a combustion process, such as coal-fired power plants, is described. The sorbent comprises a carbonaceous sorbent material and a cured amine-containing polymer, and sulfur. The polymer-carbon sorbents are formed by curing a curable amine-containing polymer in the presence of the carbonaceous sorbent material, sulfur, a cure accelerator and, optionally, a cure activator. A convenient carbonaceous sorbent material is an activated carbon, and a convenient curable amine-containing polymer is an allyl-containing poly(ethyleneimine), having a number average molecular weight between about 1,000 and about 10,000. The polymer-carbon sorbents may contain sulfur in molar excess of an amount needed to cure the curable amine-containing polymer. Such polymer-carbon sorbents are shown to capture more mercury, in both elemental an ionic forms, compared to activated carbon and adsorb carbon dioxide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding adult plant pathogen resistance proteins. Also provided are transgenic plants expressing these polynucleotides to enhance the resistance of the plants to pathogens.

Abstract: A method for estimating capacitance weight errors of a digital-to-analog converter and a successive approximation (SA) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) using the same are disclosed, and the SA ADC includes a comparator, a capacitor set, a switch set and a controller. The capacitor set includes a primary capacitor array including a plurality of binary-weighted capacitors, and a secondary capacitor array including a plurality of binary-weighted capacitors with known capacitance weights. The controller controls the switch set and repeats the steps of pre-charging the primary capacitor array, redistributing electric charges to the primary capacitor array and the secondary capacitor array, and performing a successive approximation binary searching on the primary capacitor array and the secondary capacitor array to calculate the capacitance weight error of each capacitor in the primary capacitor array. The calculated capacitance weight errors are used for calibrating the output of the successive approximation ADC.

Abstract: A method and device are disclosed for inducing mechanical stress in a cellular sample to evaluate mechanotransduction in the cellular sample. In one embodiment, the mechanical stress is induced by generating a microcavitation bubble in the cellular sample using a pulsed energy. The microcavitation bubble creates a microtsunami, which provides a transient, impulsive mechanical stress on the cellular sample, forming a gradient of effects at distances away from the microcavitation bubble.

Abstract: A multi-cloud communication system includes a plurality of clouds, each of which has a cloud server and a plurality of servers connected with the cloud server. The cloud server has a service information of the servers. When a first cloud server of a first cloud transmits a request information to a second cloud server of a second cloud, the second cloud server determines a level relationship between the first and second clouds, and acquires a target data from at least a second server of the second cloud according to the request information and the service information. The target data is encoded according to the level relationship, and then transmitted to at least a first server of the first cloud through the second cloud server and the first cloud server. The first server, according to the level relationship, decodes the encoded target data to obtain the target data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to formula (I) for medical use. The compounds are particularly suitable for the treatment and/or prevention of a medical condition involving hypoxic, anoxic and/or inflamed mammalian tissue. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of said compounds for preparing a medicament and to pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds. The invention also relates to methods of treating or protecting patients having or being prone to develop a medical condition involving hypoxic, anoxic and/or inflamed mammalian tissue, the methods comprising administration of a therapeutically effective amount of such compounds.

Abstract: An aspect of the invention relates to a golf swing analyzing apparatus, comprising: an arithmetic section operating to use the output of an inertial sensor to calculate bending moment acting on the golf club, the inertial sensor being attached to the golf club.

Abstract: Compositions that include Very Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (VLC-PUFAs) are disclosed, along with methods of production and use thereof.

Abstract: A plasma-generating device includes an anode plate and a cathode plate spaced apart from the anode plate. The cathode plate includes a substrate and a hybrid diamond layer formed on the substrate. The hybrid diamond layer includes ultra-nanocrystalline diamond grains, an amorphous carbon disposed among and bonded to the ultra-nanocrystalline diamond grains, micro-crystalline diamond grains disposed among the ultra-nanocrystalline diamond grains, and a graphite phase disposed among the ultra-nanocrystalline diamond grains. Each of the micro-crystalline diamond grains is surrounded by the graphite phase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising esterified lignin and poly(lactic acid). In various embodiments, the present invention provides fibers comprising the esterified lignin and poly(lactic acid) blend, carbon fibers made therefrom, and methods of making the fiber and the carbon fibers.

Abstract: A system includes a first sensor, a field source, and a processor. The first sensor includes a surface and has an electrical resistance determined by a magnetic field at the surface. The field source is configured to provide a biasing magnetic field to the surface. The biasing magnetic field is aligned parallel to the surface and aligned perpendicular relative to the surface. The magnetic field has a frequency. The processor is coupled to the sensor and is configured to determine a parameter based on a measure of a change in the resistance. The change in the resistance corresponds to the resistance at a time before onset of a magnetic field perturbance at the surface and a time after the onset of the magnetic field perturbance at the surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rapid-acting, blood arginine level-increasing oral preparation containing citrulline or a salt thereof and arginine or a salt thereof as active ingredients. The rapid-acting, blood arginine level-increasing oral preparation of the present invention can rapidly and effectively increase blood arginine level after ingestion, and can rapidly provide an arginine ingestion effect.

Abstract: Provided herein is an endothelial scaffold comprising, consisting of, or consisting essentially of decellularized corneal stroma. In some embodiments, the scaffold has cultured endothelial cells seeded thereon. Methods of treating a patient in need of corneal endothelial transplant are also provided, including implanting the scaffold as described herein onto a cornea of the patient (e.g., by deep keratectomy).

Abstract: A synthetic platelet includes a biocompatible flexible nanoparticle that includes an outer surface and a plurality of peptides conjugated to the surface, the peptides including a plurality of von Willebrand factor-binding peptides (VBPs), collagen-binding peptides (CBPs) and an active platelet GPIIb-IIIa-binding peptides (GBPs).

Abstract: The application describes methods for accurately evaluating whether thyroid test samples, especially indeterminate thyroid samples, are benign or malignant.