Abstract: A phase-shift unit includes: a first substrate and a second substrate provided opposite to each other; a medium layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; a microstrip line disposed at a side of the second substrate facing towards the first substrate; and a grounding layer provided at a side of the first substrate facing towards the second substrate and formed with a via hole; wherein a projection of the via hole onto the second substrate and a projection of the microstrip line onto the second substrate have an overlapped area therebetween; and wherein the via hole is configured to feed a phase-shifted microwave signal out of the phase-shift unit, or feed a microwave signal into the phase-shift unit such that the microwave signal is phase-shifted.

Abstract: A phase-shift unit includes: a first substrate and a second substrate provided opposite to each other; a medium layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; a microstrip line disposed at a side of the second substrate facing towards the first substrate; and a grounding layer provided at a side of the first substrate facing towards the second substrate and formed with a via hole; wherein a projection of the via hole onto the second substrate and a projection of the microstrip line onto the second substrate have an overlapped area therebetween; and wherein the via hole is configured to feed a phase-shifted microwave signal out of the phase-shift unit, or feed a microwave signal into the phase-shift unit such that the microwave signal is phase-shifted.

Abstract: A sample testing apparatus for characterizing at least one target molecule in a testing sample includes a substrate and at least one detection device over the substrate. Each detection device includes a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of data lines, and a probe. Each electrode is configured, upon reaction of the probe with one of the at least one target molecule, to sense an electrical signal, and then to transmit the electrical signal via the one data line. Each data line includes a first film layer and at least one other film layer disposed over the first film layer. The first film layer can be at a substantially same layer, and have a first composition substantially same, as the electrodes. One or more of the at least one other film layer can have a composition having a relatively lower electric resistance than the first composition.

Abstract: A fiber cement material formulation comprising a cementitious binder, a siliceous material, fiber, alumina trihydrate and a bifunctional low density additive wherein the bifunctional low density additive comprises any one or more of diatomaceous earth, recycled autoclave fiber cement dust or cellulose dust. The fiber cement material formulation optionally further comprises a secondary low density additive which may be perlite. In some embodiments, a fiber cement article manufactured from the fiber cement material formulation comprises a density of approximately 1.1 g/cm3 or below.

Abstract: A phase-shift unit includes: a first substrate and a second substrate provided opposite to each other; a medium layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; a microstrip line disposed at a side of the second substrate facing towards the first substrate; and a grounding layer provided at a side of the first substrate facing towards the second substrate and formed with a via hole; wherein a projection of the via hole onto the second substrate and a projection of the microstrip line onto the second substrate have an overlapped area therebetween; and wherein the via hole is configured to feed a phase-shifted microwave signal out of the phase-shift unit, or feed a microwave signal into the phase-shift unit such that the microwave signal is phase-shifted.

Abstract: A phase-shift unit includes: a first substrate and a second substrate provided opposite to each other; a medium layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; a microstrip line disposed at a side of the second substrate facing towards the first substrate; and a grounding layer provided at a side of the first substrate facing towards the second substrate and formed with a via hole; wherein a projection of the via hole onto the second substrate and a projection of the microstrip line onto the second substrate have an overlapped area therebetween; and wherein the via hole is configured to feed a phase-shifted microwave signal out of the phase-shift unit, or feed a microwave signal into the phase-shift unit such that the microwave signal is phase-shifted.

Abstract: A medical detection substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a medical detection chip and a medical detection system are provided. The medical detection substrate includes: a substrate, and a detection unit on the substrate; the detection unit includes two groups of test electrodes, the substrate includes a plurality of recessed portions, and the at least two groups of test electrodes are located in the plurality of recessed portions and spaced apart by insulation bank portions. The two groups of test electrodes are insulated and spaced apart by the insulation bank portions, so as to effectively avoid a transverse interference electric field to be generated between the two groups of test electrodes, thereby effectively improving the detection accuracy and sensitivity of the medical detection substrate, and providing a reliable basis for disease diagnosis.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ray detector array substrate is provided, comprising: forming a thin film transistor, a first data line and a receiving electrode on a base substrate; forming a first passivation layer on the base substrate; forming a first via hole and a second via hole in regions of the first passivation layer corresponding to the first data line and the receiving electrode, respectively; forming a photoelectric conversion layer covering the first passivation layer on the base substrate, the first via hole and the second via hole being filled with a material of the photoelectric conversion layer; etching the photoelectric conversion layer to retain a first portion of the photoelectric conversion layer inside the first via hole, and a second portion of the photoelectric conversion layer above and corresponding to the second via hole.

Abstract: A medical detection substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a medical detection chip and a medical detection system are provided. The medical detection substrate includes: a substrate, and a detection unit on the substrate; the detection unit includes two groups of test electrodes, the substrate includes a plurality of recessed portions, and the at least two groups of test electrodes are located in the plurality of recessed portions and spaced apart by insulation bank portions. The two groups of test electrodes are insulated and spaced apart by the insulation bank portions, so as to effectively avoid a transverse interference electric field to be generated between the two groups of test electrodes, thereby effectively improving the detection accuracy and sensitivity of the medical detection substrate, and providing a reliable basis for disease diagnosis.

Abstract: A fiber cement material formulation comprising a cementitious binder, a siliceous material, fiber, alumina trihydrate and a bifunctional low density additive wherein the bifunctional low density additive comprises any one or more of diatomaceous earth, recycled autoclave fiber cement dust or cellulose dust. The fiber cement material formulation optionally further comprises a secondary low density additive which may be perlite. In some embodiments, a fiber cement article manufactured from the fiber cement material formulation comprises a density of approximately 1.1 g/cm3 or below.

Abstract: A phase-shift unit includes: a first substrate and a second substrate provided opposite to each other; a medium layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; a microstrip line disposed at a side of the second substrate facing towards the first substrate; and a grounding layer provided at a side of the first substrate facing towards the second substrate and formed with a via hole; wherein a projection of the via hole onto the second substrate and a projection of the microstrip line onto the second substrate have an overlapped area therebetween; and wherein the via hole is configured to feed a phase-shifted microwave signal out of the phase-shift unit, or feed a microwave signal into the phase-shift unit such that the microwave signal is phase-shifted.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a phase-shift unit, an antenna array, a display panel and a display device. In one embodiment, the phase-shift unit includes a first substrate and a second substrate assembled to each other; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a microstrip line provided at a side of the second substrate facing towards the liquid crystal layer, and configured for receiving a voltage signal that controls deflection of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer and for receiving or transmitting an electromagnetic wave signal; and a grounding layer provided on the first substrate and including a via hole corresponding to the microstrip line.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ray detector array substrate is provided, comprising: forming a thin film transistor, a first data line and a receiving electrode on a base substrate; forming a first passivation layer on the base substrate; forming a first via hole and a second via hole in regions of the first passivation layer corresponding to the first data line and the receiving electrode, respectively; forming a photoelectric conversion layer covering the first passivation layer on the base substrate, the first via hole and the second via hole being filled with a material of the photoelectric conversion layer; etching the photoelectric conversion layer to retain a first portion of the photoelectric conversion layer inside the first via hole, and a second portion of the photoelectric conversion layer above and corresponding to the second via hole.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a phase-shift unit, an antenna array, a display panel and a display device. In one embodiment, the phase-shift unit includes a first substrate and a second substrate assembled to each other; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a microstrip line provided at a side of the second substrate facing towards the liquid crystal layer, and configured for receiving a voltage signal that controls deflection of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer and for receiving or transmitting an electromagnetic wave signal; and a grounding layer provided on the first substrate and including a via hole corresponding to the microstrip line.

Abstract: Systems and methods for treating spent process water containing sulfate and calcium ions. A treatment method includes adding sodium aluminate to a volume of the spent process water to form a solid precipitate containing aluminum, calcium, and sulfate compounds such as ettringite (Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12.26H2O). The solid precipitate is removed from the process water by clarifying and/or filtration, yielding a disposable solid waste material and a treated process water having concentrations of sulfate and calcium ions significantly lower relative to the initial concentrations in the spent process water.

Abstract: Described herein is a cementitious article and a method of making using a water-based manufacturing system that incorporates a closed-loop or partially closed loop water recycling system and an alkali removal process. The system, as such is environmentally friendly, saves resources, such as water and other raw materials, and reduces waste disposal. The system further provides for a cementitious article having a low alkali content. Articles prepared by one or more processes described herein have characteristics that include a low apparent density, high strength and high freeze-thaw performance as compared with an article of the same general formulation but made from a comparative manufacturing system that does not include an alkali removal process. Articles described herein are suitable for use as building products, such as siding, the underlayment panel, board, trim, fascia, roofing, decking, and fence.

Abstract: Described herein is a cementitious article and a method of making using a water-based manufacturing system that incorporates a closed-loop or partially closed loop water recycling system and an alkali removal process. The system, as such is environmentally friendly, saves resources, such as water and other raw materials, and reduces waste disposal. The system further provides for a cementitious article having a low alkali content. Articles prepared by one or more processes described herein have characteristics that include a low apparent density, high strength and high freeze-thaw performance as compared with an article of the same general formulation but made from a comparative manufacturing system that does not include an alkali removal process. Articles described herein are suitable for use as building products, such as siding, the underlayment panel, board, trim, fascia, roofing, decking, and fence.

Abstract: Controlled release urea-based feed supplements for ruminant animals and controlled release urea-based plant nutrients are comprised of particles or granules comprised in whole or in principal part of urea or having urea at or on the exterior surfaces thereof, and a moisture resistant interpenetrating polymer network coating on the particles comprised of the reaction products of urea and a polyisocyanate, and the reaction products of polyisocyanate, an alkyd resin having at least one double bond in each repeat unit and an oil having at least one double bond, the double bonds being reactive with one another and with themselves. The coated plant nutrients have a substantially linear rate of release of nutrients to the soil over a controlled period of time, e.g., 30 to 120 days. The coated ruminant feed supplements have a substantially linear rate of NPN release in the rumen over a controlled period of time, e.g., 12 to 24 hours.

Abstract: Fresh produce is preserved by coating the exterior surface of the produce with a coating composition comprising an aqueous solution of from about 0.5 to about 4 percent by weight of a cellulose derivative, preferably sodium carboxymethylcellulose, from about 0.05 to about 0.5 percent by weight of konjac, and from about 0.03 to about 0.1 percent by weight of surfactant, preferably dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate. Optional constituents include antimicrobials, plasticizers and antifoaming agents. The coating composition is effective to control respiratory exchange, i.e., the passage of gases, particularly oxygen, ethylene, carbon dioxide and water vapor, into and out of the produce, thereby to control maturation and ripening of the produce.

Abstract: Fresh produce is preserved by coating the exterior surface of the produce with a coating composition comprising an aqueous solution of from about 1 to about 20 percent by weight of substantially hydrolyzed cold water insoluble polyvinyl alcohol, about 0.1 to about 10 percent by weight of low molecular weight cold water soluble starch, and about 0.03 to about 5 percent by weight of surfactant. Optional constituents include antimicrobials and plasticizers. The coating composition is effective to control respiratory exchange, i.e., the passage of gases, particularly oxygen, ethylene and carbon dioxide, into and out of the produce, thereby to control maturation and ripening of the produce.