Abstract: A method for making ion-crystal semiconductor material based micro- and/or nanowires, MNWs, embedded into a semiconductor substrate, includes forming a structure into the semiconductor substrate, wherein the structure has each of a width and a depth less than 10 ?m; pumping an ion-crystal semiconductor material as an ion solution into the structure, wherein the pumping is achieved exclusively due to capillary forces; flowing the ion solution through the structure to fill the structure; crystallizing the ion-crystal semiconductor material inside the structure to form the MNWs; and adding electrodes to ends of the MNWs.

Abstract: A mask system to deliver a flow of air at a positive pressure with respect to ambient air pressure to an entrance to the patient's airways includes a frame and a cushion forming a plenum chamber. The mask system includes a mask vent including an exterior recess positioned outside the plenum chamber and including a bottom surface, a plurality of vent holes each including a vent inlet and a vent outlet, and a plurality of ribs extending from the bottom surface. The plurality of ribs includes at least a first rib and a second rib, the first rib having a free end spaced apart from a free end of the second rib, and the first rib or the second rib is positioned between the first vent outlet and the second vent outlet.

Abstract: A children's play toy includes an openable replica, a play compound within the replica, and one or more additional replicas nested within the openable replica. The additional replicas partially adhere to at least a portion of the play compound. For example, an oyster replica includes a play compound forming the mantle of the oyster and a second oyster which must be dug out of the mantle with a shovel or sword replica. The second oyster can have collectable pearl(s) contained therein. The pearls can then be assembled onto a customizable necklace and/or bracelet. The play compound which makes up the mantle can be independently played with. Children can use the toy to play with other children and to engage social media. The toy can be heat sealed to prevent the play compound from substantially moving or deteriorating before use.

Abstract: A microfluidic device for thermocycling of a reaction mixture is provided. The device comprises an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a flow channel connecting the inlet opening and the outlet opening and defining a flow direction from the inlet opening through the flow channel to the outlet opening, wherein the flow channel comprises a first flow channel surface and a second flow channel surface opposite to the first flow channel surface, and an array of wells provided in the first flow channel surface for fluidic communication with the inlet opening and the outlet opening. Further, the first flow channel surface provides a first hydrophilicity and at least a part of the second flow channel surface provides a second hydrophilicity, wherein the first hydrophilicity is greater than the second hydrophilicity.

Abstract: A base board includes a board and a controller mounted on the board. A controller is configured to receive signals outputted from a first sensor and a second sensor. A recording head, a case, the first sensor, a maintenance unit, a waste liquid container, the second sensor, and the base board are arranged in an internal space of a housing. The base board has a flat surface extending in a first horizontal direction and in a second horizontal direction. A range occupied by the base board in a vertical direction overlaps each of a range occupied by the first sensor in the vertical direction and a range occupied by the second sensor in the vertical direction. The second horizontal direction is perpendicular to the first horizontal direction. The vertical direction is perpendicular to both the first horizontal direction and the second horizontal direction.

Abstract: An insulation medium invention includes a plurality of microspheres. Each microsphere comprises a porous core comprising a porous core material and having an exterior surface, a gas within the porous core, and a coating layer coating all of the exterior surface of the porous core. The coating layer comprises a coating material which transitions from a first state to a second state. In the first state, the coating material is permeable to the gas. In the second state the material is impermeable to the gas. The coating material in the second state is configured to encapsulate and maintain partial vacuum of the gas inside the porous core. In one embodiment, in the second state the coating is impermeable to air. Insulated structures, a method of making an insulation medium, a fluid storage media, and a method of delivering a fluid are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fluidic systems and devices for processing, extracting, or purifying one or more analytes. These systems and devices can be used for processing samples and extracting nucleic acids, for example by isotachophoresis. In particular, the systems and related methods can allow for extraction of nucleic acids, including non-crosslinked nucleic acids, from samples such as tissue or cells. The systems and devices can also be used for multiplex parallel sample processing.

Abstract: A configurable workstation includes a support frame defining a workspace for performing a scientific procedure, multiple modules that are configured to be selectively installed to the support frame for customizing a functional profile of the configurable workstation, and a server computing device hosting an application that provides a user interface for controlling operations of the configurable workstation.

Abstract: Organosilicon quaternary ammonium compounds, their formulations, including powdered and solid formulations, and methods of use to treat infections in humans and animals.

Abstract: An object is to not lose an effect of suppressing the progression of myopia or hyperopia even in a peripheral area of a spectacle lens. A spectacle lens and a technology related thereto are provided, the spectacle lens including: a first area that causes light rays incident on an object-side face of the lens to exit from an eyeball-side face of the lens and to converge at a predetermined position A on a retina of a wearer; and a plurality of second areas configured to cause light rays to converge at a position B on the object side or a position C on the distal side relative to the position A, wherein, in the first area in a peripheral area of the spectacle lens that is a radius range from 4.

Abstract: The subject technology receives a query, the query including a set of statements, the set of statements including a first statement comprising a first data manipulation language operation. The subject technology determines that the set of statements includes at least one statement defining a first constraint, and a second statement indicating that the first constraint is statement deferrable for performing validation of the first constraint. The subject technology generates a key value constraint check operator as a node in a query plan. The subject technology generates a key value DML operator as a second node in the query plan, the key value DML operator corresponding to the first DML operation. The subject technology performs, using the key value constraint check operator, a validation process of the first constraint based at least in part on a set of violating keys of each DML operation from the set of statements.

Abstract: An invention relates to a device for measuring fluid flow in a pipe, in particular a device using ultrasound transducers for measuring fluid flow in a pipe, and a method for measuring fluid flow in a pipe using said device.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure is a simulated candle, including a simulated candle end, wherein the simulated candle end includes a flame simulating member, a light-emitting element, a simulating member for a cotton sewing thread on a candle wick, a circuit board, and a candle end bottom support. The flame simulating member includes a light transmissive profiled cover shell, and a bottom of the profiled cover shell is provided with an embedding groove. The candle end bottom support is positioned below the flame simulating member, and a bottom support receiving cavity for receiving the circuit board is formed in the candle end bottom support. The simulated candle of the present disclosure can effectively inhibit the offset of the light-emitting element, and improve its simulation effect.

Abstract: A method is for locating a ground fault in a DC system to which a plurality of load zones can be connected. The method includes specifying a time window and, after the ground fault is detected, assigning the ground fault to a load zone which was connected to the DC system within the time window before the detection of the ground fault.

Abstract: A fastening system for a metallic cellular shipping container floor includes a potted insert with a body disposed between a top flange at one end and a bottom flange at another end. The body defines a channel from the top flange leading towards the bottom flange and has a depth not exceeding a distance from the top flange to the bottom flange. The system also includes a hole formed in a panel of a metallic cellular shipping container floor with a depth identical to or greater than a distance from a top portion of the top flange to a bottom portion of the bottom flange. Finally, the system includes a self-tapping screw disposed within the channel of the potted insert, and including a threaded shaft with tip at a distal end of the shaft, and a screw head at a proximal end of the shaft.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a metasurface comprises coating a photoresist film onto a substrate and loading the coated substrate into a laser interference lithography setup, exposing the photoresist film via a laser with a first interference pattern, the first interference pattern having a first period and a first exposure energy, subsequently exposing the coated substrate with a second interference pattern, the second interference pattern having a second period and a second exposure energy, developing the exposed portions of the photoresist film to form a periodic pattern in the photoresist, and transferring the periodic pattern into the substrate, the substrate supporting an appropriate film system that embodies the final metasurface device.

Abstract: An optical subsystem of a near-eye display system provides for projecting light of a virtual image of image content to an eye location, and provides for collecting light of the virtual image onto an exit pupil on a surface proximate to an outer surface of an eye when at the eye location. A subpupil modulator within an aperture in cooperation with the optical subsystem provides for forming a plurality of subpupils within the exit pupil, provides for less than all of the light of the virtual image associated with one or more less than all of the plurality of subpupils to be projected to the eye location, and provides for individually and independently controlling an intensity of the light through each activated subpupil to a level less than a maximum level of intensity.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a liquid crystal display device includes: a first panel configured to display an image; a backlight configured to irradiate the first panel with light; and a second panel configured to limit an emission area of the light. The second panel includes a plurality of first electrodes whose potentials are individually controllable and a second electrode provided at a position opposite to the first electrodes with liquid crystal between the first and second electrodes. The first electrodes are arranged in a first direction along the second panel. The first electrodes are provided with such a potential that liquid crystal in a first state and liquid crystal in a second state alternately occur in the first direction. The first state is a state of blocking light. The second state is a state of transmitting light and changing refractive index distribution of light incident from the backlight side.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for the probabilistic assessment of fatigue of component parts in the presence of manufacturing defects comprises the following steps: importing predefined input data concerning at least one part of a component to be assessed; distinguishing a surface region of the part from an internal region; determining the volume and stress/deformation applied to the surface region and to the internal region; assigning the distribution of defects to a group of elements defined by the user; determining the maximum dimension of the defect in each surface or internal region considered; determining the critical dimension of the defect in each surface region or internal region by considering the fatigue strength of the material at the number of cycles under consideration, the stress/deformation applied and the position of each surface or internal region; calculating the reliability of at least one of the surface or internal regions considered.

Abstract: A detachable plug, including a main body, including a first section, and a second section detachably connected to at least a portion of the first section to detach from the first section in response to an application of force exceeding a predetermined level of separation force, a first connector disposed on at least a portion of the first section to removably connect to at least a portion of a motor vehicle, and a second connector disposed on at least a portion of the second section to removably connect to at least a portion of a trailer.