Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 24340118 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 24340118, to the plants of soybean cultivar 24340118, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 24340118, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 24340118. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 24340118. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 24340118, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 24340118 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: An excrement collection apparatus for collecting excrement from an animal before the excrement reaches the ground and without touching the excrement directly includes a ring which defines an aperture therein. The ring has a size and is configured to support a bag in the aperture via a rim of the bag folded over the ring. A receiver is coupled to and extends away from the ring, and an elongated pole is removably couplable to the receiver.

Abstract: The invention relates to gene drives, and in particular to genetic sequences and constructs for use in a gene drive. The invention is especially concerned with ultra-conserved and ultra-constrained sequences for use as a gene drive target with the aim of overcoming the development of resistance to the drive. The invention is also concerned with methods of suppressing wild type arthropod populations by use of the gene drive construct described herein.

Abstract: The invention relates to fast-acting viricidal compositions and methods of using the same, wherein the compositions are capable of removing soil and effectively inactivating a wide variety of viral pathogens, particularly small, non-enveloped viruses such as poliovirus and norovirus. The compositions are especially useful on hard surfaces, and can easily be applied to a service to provide rapid viricidal efficacy.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a penetration promoter and an agricultural composition, which are capable of promoting penetration of an organic substance into a plant tissue. A penetration promoter for an organic substance for plants, containing at least one compound selected from an oxo fatty acid, or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof, and a hydroxy fatty acid, or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof. An agricultural composition containing: (a) at least one compound selected from an oxo fatty acid, or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof, and a hydroxy fatty acid, or a derivative thereof or a salt thereof; and (b) at least one organic substance for plants.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of improving heat stress tolerance in plants comprising applying an effective amount of 1-amino-1-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid to the plant.

Abstract: This invention refers to a method to prepare a formulation having as active ingredients straight chain oligogalacturonide compounds of galacturonic [1?4]-?-D-acid residues with Polymerization Degree between 3-8 units. This formulation is intended for the foliar treatment of a plant by inducing the acquired systemic resistance (ASR), decreasing its susceptibility to pathogen Phakopsora pachyrhiz, which causes the disease, commonly known as Asian rust.

Abstract: A fatigue-resistant load-bearing steel for a wind turbine main shaft, and a manufacturing method and a use thereof are provided. The manufacturing method includes: step S1, smelting: smelting a raw steel into a molten iron, followed by impurity removal and deoxidation, and adjusting contents of respective components to obtain a casting molten steel; step S2, continuous casting: crystallizing the casting molten steel with an electric pulse, followed by solidification to obtain a continuous casting billet; step S3, rolling: subjecting the continuous casting billet to rough rolling and finish rolling sequentially to obtain a finish-rolled billet; and step S4, post-rolling treatment: slowly cooling and then air-cooling the finish-rolled billet to obtain the fatigue-resistant load-bearing steel.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a differential heat treatment method for a forming roller including an outer circumferential surface heat treatment step for heating the outer circumferential surfaces of roller units. The method may additionally include a first natural cooling step for naturally cooling until the surface temperature reaches 100-150° C., an inner circumferential surface heat treatment step for heating the inner circumferential surfaces of the roller units. The method may additionally include a second cooling step for naturally cooling until the roller units reach a room temperature state after the inner circumferential heat treatment. Further, the method may include an inspection and release step for inspecting the hardness of the outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface after the second cooling and releasing when the hardness is within an error range.

Abstract: Provided are a material for hot stamping, wherein the material includes: a steel sheet including carbon (C) in an amount of 0.19 wt % to 0.25 wt %, silicon (Si) in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 0.6 wt %, manganese (Mn) in an amount of 0.8 wt % to 1.6 wt %, phosphorus (P) in an amount less than or equal to 0.03 wt %, sulfur (S) in an amount less than or equal to 0.015 wt %, chromium (Cr) in an amount of 0.1 wt % to 0.6 wt %, boron (B) in an amount of 0.001 wt % to 0.005 wt %, an additive in an amount less than or equal to 0.1 wt %, balance iron (Fe), and other inevitable impurities; and fine precipitates distributed within the steel sheet. The additive includes at least one of titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), and vanadium (V), and the fine precipitates include nitride or carbide of at least one of titanium (Ti), niobium (Nb), and vanadium (V) and trap hydrogen.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to carbonation and selective ammonia leaching for the recovery of minor metals.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet for a can lid, the sheet including: 0.27 mass % or more and 0.39 mass % or less of Si; 0.35 mass % or more and 0.55 mass % or less of Fe; 0.17 mass % or more and 0.25 mass % or less of Cu; 0.75 mass % or more and 0.95 mass % or less of Mn, and 2.2 mass % or more and 2.8 mass % or less of Mg, wherein, in each of 0°, 45°, and 90° directions to a rolling direction, a minimum evaluation value Smin among evaluation values S calculated by a following formula (1) using a 0.2% yield strength ?0.2, a tensile strength OB, and an average value ?fm of the 0.2% yield strength and the tensile strength is 330 MPa or more and 390 MPa or less. S = ? fm / ( ? 0.

Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure provides an aluminum alloy sheet for a tab including 0.20 mass % or more and 0.60 mass % or less of Si, 0.30 mass % or more and 0.70 mass % or less of Fe, 0.11 mass % or more and 0.40 mass % or less of Cu, 0.7 mass % or more and 1.2 mass % or less of Mn, and 1.1 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less of Mg. A sheet thickness t (mm) and a tensile strength ?B_0° (MPa) in a 0-degree direction with respect to a rolling direction satisfy the following formula (1). In an L-ST cross-section, a percentage of a total area of Mg2Si particles having an area of 0.3 ?m2 or more is 0.2% or less. ( 2.7 × t - 0.

Abstract: Refractory-reinforced multiphase high entropy alloys (RHEA's) advantageously providing high strength and fracture toughness in an as AM-deposited solidified condition and other conditions are described.

Abstract: A hot-stamped coated steel part includes a steel substrate and an aluminum alloy coating comprising, proceeding from steel substrate outwards, an interdiffusion layer and an outer layer. The total thickness of the coating ecoating and the thickness of the interdiffusion layer eIDL satisfy the following condition: 4 ? 0 ? E pc ? 80 ? with ? E pc = ( 3 ? 3 . 3 - e IDL 0 . 9 + e IDL - e coating ) 2 - 1 ? 4 ? 8 ? ( e IDL - e coating ) - ( 3 ? 3 . 3 - e IDL 0 . 9 + e IDL - e coating ) The hot-stamped coated steel part comprises an undeformed portion having a thickness ePflat from 0.6 mm to 3.5 mm, and at least one deformed portion. A lineic density of cracks dC in the coating in the undeformed portion is higher than or equal to a minimum lineic density of cracks dCmin(ePflat) defined as: dC m ? i ? n ( e pflat ) = 1 ? 5 . 5 + 9 ? 1 * e - 7.44 - 2 . 8 ? 8 * arctan ? ( 5.49 * ( e pflat - 1.

Abstract: A method for atomic-scale fabrication is provided. The method includes: positioning a growth substrate in a vacuum environment to minimize contamination and to enable precise deposition; heating the growth substrate to an elevated temperature; employing a focused electron beam to induce atomic-scale modifications of the growth substrate while at the elevated temperature; and supplying a source material for deposition through an in situ delivery system, wherein the in situ delivery system includes thermal evaporation of the source material. The focused electron beam induces localized defects or nucleation sites in the growth substrate, such that incoming atoms from the source material form chemical bonds with the localized defects.

Abstract: A Co—Cr—Pt-oxide-based sputtering target containing 50 at % or more of Co, more than 0 at % and 20 at % or less of Cr, and more than 0 at % and 25 at % or less of Pt, with the balance being one or more oxides and incidental impurities, wherein the sputtering target contains (A) a composite phase in which Co, Pt, and one or more oxides are mutually dispersed and (B) a metal Cr phase; and wherein the sputtering target comprises 10 or more metal Cr phases having an equivalent circle diameter of greater than 10 ?m and 100 ?m or less in a 1 mm×1 mm field of view under a SEM at a magnification of 50×.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to the fabrication of integrated circuits. More particularly, the implementations described herein provide techniques for deposition of amorphous carbon films on a substrate with improved etch selectivity. In certain embodiments, a method of forming an amorphous carbon film with film density close to the theoretical density of pure sp2 graphite and reduced hydrogen content is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of depositing thin films, the method comprising supplying a metal precursor to the inside of a chamber where a substrate is placed to adsorb the metal precursor onto the substrate; purging the inside of the chamber; supplying a reactant to the inside of the chamber to react with the adsorbed metal precursor and form a thin film, wherein the metal precursor includes one or more halogen groups and one or more organic ligands.

Abstract: A semiconductor processing apparatus includes an outer tube, an inner tube in the outer tube and providing a process space, and a nozzle between the outer tube and the inner tube. The nozzle provides an internal passage. The inner tube provides a slit. The nozzle provides a plurality of holes. The plurality of holes are vertically spaced apart from each other. The slit vertically extends to expose at least two of the plurality of holes. The internal passage is connected to the process space through the slit and the plurality of holes.