Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a carrier box including: a floor panel; a pair of left and right side panels; and a rear gate supported by the floor panel in such a manner as to be capable of being opened and closed, the side panels being provided with an engagement section to which a height extension is detachably attachable, the rear gate including: a first panel connected with the floor panel in such a manner as to be movable rotationally; and a second panel connected with the first panel in such a manner as to be movable rotationally, wherein attaching the height extension to the engagement section and positioning the second panel over the first panel provides an additional height for both of the side panels and the rear gate.

Abstract: Described is an apparatus for measuring rheological and electrical properties of a sample. The apparatus includes a first geometry comprising a first and a second stationary element each being electrically conductive and having a surface disposed to face the surface of the other stationary element across a gap. The first and second stationary elements are electrically isolated from each other. The apparatus further includes a second geometry comprising a rotatable element disposed in the gap and configured to rotate between the first and second stationary elements. The rotatable element is electrically conductive such that a first electric field is generated between the first stationary element and the rotatable element and a second electric field is generated between the rotatable element and the second stationary element in response to application of a voltage difference applied across the first and second stationary elements.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a particle comprising a magnetic material and a carbon layer on the outer surface of the magnetic material. The carbon layer may comprise graphite, such as Graphite from the University of Idaho Thermolyzed Asphalt Reaction (GUITAR). The particle may further comprise a single stranded nucleic acid moiety, such as single stranded DNA or single stranded RNA, conjugated to the carbon layer. The disclosed particles are useful as nucleic acid sensors, PCR reagents, and in nucleic acid synthesis applications.

Abstract: Methods, electrodes, and electrochemical devices using nitrogen-doped pseudo-graphite are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, a method may include doping a pseudo-graphite material with nitrogen to form a doped pseudo-graphite material. The method may also include applying the doped pseudo-graphite material to a surface of a substrate of an electrode.

Abstract: Methods, electrodes, and electrochemical devices using pseudo-graphite composites are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, a method may include forming a composite material comprising pseudo-graphite. The method may further include depositing the composite material onto a surface of an electrode substrate to produce an electrode having a composite pseudo-graphite surface.

Abstract: Biomimetic reagents capable of selectively forming non-covalent complexes and initiating intermolecular reactions with peptides in the gas phase are described. The reagents are particularly useful in gas phase peptides chemistry.