Abstract: Methods are disclosed for determining progression of a condition, onset of a condition, or efficacy of treatment of a condition characterized by an adipocyte imbalance in a patient. In addition, disclosed herein are methods of treating diabetes, abnormal adipocyte activity, and insulin resistance using monomeric, homodimeric, and heterodimeric forms of certain C-terminal fragments of adiponectin receptor. In addition, methods of treating abnormal adipocyte activity, treating metabolic syndrome, causing insulin secretion, increasing insulin levels, inhibiting insulin degradation enzyme, treating Alzheimer's disease, treating cardiovascular disease associated with adiponectin levels, inhibiting ADAM-17 enzyme, inhibiting a protease, treating a condition associated with TNF-alpha, and treating a condition associated with HER2-neu are disclosed. Compositions, dosage forms, and kits are also disclosed.

Abstract: A speckle-free imaging light source based on a random fiber laser (RFL) using a strong-coupling multi-core optical fiber, relating to a field of optical fiber laser illumination light source, is provided, mainly including a pumping source and an optical fiber loop mirror, and further including the strong-coupling multi-core optical fiber with/without a single-mode optical fiber. Through directly adopting the strong-coupling multi-core optical fiber or combining the single-mode optical fiber with the strong-coupling multi-core optical fiber to serve as a main device in the RFL-based illumination light source, the generated RFL has multiple transvers modes and low spatial coherence which prevent speckle formation during illumination, which provides an ideal illumination light source for high-speed full-field speckle-free imaging technology.

Abstract: Disclosed and described herein is a system and a method for thermal detection of static and moving objects.

Abstract: A digital transmitter includes baseband interfaces to generate digital baseband signals with baseband frequencies, digital-upconverting stages to upconvert the baseband frequencies to first radio frequencies having a predetermined frequency range, a M-Band ??M modulator to modulate the up-stage signals based on noise shaping and noise quantization processes, delay registers to align phases of the modulated up-stage signals, a noise canceler to generate noise canceling signals with a converted polarity, a Switch Mode Power Amplifier to amplify the phase aligned modulated up-stage signals up to a predetermined power level, a linear power amplifier to amplify the noise canceling signals up to the predetermined power level, a power combiner to combine to generate transmitting signals by combining the amplified phase aligned modulated up-stage signals and the amplified noise canceling signals, and an antenna to transmit the transmitting signals.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vapor deposition apparatus and a method for manufacturing films. The vapor deposition apparatus includes a platform, a heater and a controller. The controller is configured to control the heater to heat a film formation region of a substrate on the platform, thereby enabling a temperature of the film formation region to reach a film formation temperature of the vapor deposition.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for producing cognitive and/or sensory profiles. In one aspect, a method to provide a cognitive or sensory assessment of a subject includes selecting a profile category from among a cognitive performance profile, a sensory performance profile, and a cognitive and sensory performance profile, presenting a sequence of stimuli to a subject, the sequence of stimuli based on the selected profile category, acquiring physiological signals of the subject before, during, and after the presenting the sequence of stimuli to produce physiological data, and processing the physiological data to generate an information set including one or more quantitative values associated with the selected profile category.

Abstract: A radio frequency transmitter for wireless communication includes a plurality of input ports to receive a plurality of sequences of baseband symbols to be transmitted on a plurality of disjoint frequency bands, a power encoder to modulate and encode the plurality of sequences of baseband symbols to produce an encoded multi-band signal including the plurality of disjoint frequency bands carrying the plurality of sequences of baseband symbols, a first power amplifier for amplifying the encoded multi-band signal to produce an amplified encoded multi-band signal, a first noise canceller to generate a first noise mitigation signal from the encoded multi-band signal and the plurality of sequences of baseband symbols, a first power combiner to combine the amplified encoded multi-band signal and the first noise mitigation signal to produce an RF multi-band signal, and an antenna for transmitting the RF multi-band signal.

Abstract: A wideband power amplifier includes a set of amplifiers connected in parallel to amplify signals from input ports of the amplifiers, a matching network configured to match the signals amplified by the amplifiers with predetermined load values, the matching network having a first impedance frequency response as a monotonically decreasing function of frequency of the amplified signals in a target operation frequency range, a converter network configured to convert the signals matched by the matching network, and an impedance flattening network having a second impedance frequency response as a monotonically increasing function of frequency of the amplified signals in the target operation frequency range.

Abstract: A wideband power amplifier includes a set of amplifiers connected in parallel to amplify signals from input ports of the amplifiers, a matching network configured to match the signals amplified by the amplifiers with predetermined load values, the matching network having a first impedance frequency response as a monotonically decreasing function of frequency of the amplified signals in a target operation frequency range, a converter network configured to convert the signals matched by the matching network, and an impedance flattening network having a second impedance frequency response as a monotonically increasing function of frequency of the amplified signals in the target operation frequency range.

Abstract: Provided are a fungus-sourced high-temperature acid ?-glucosidase as well as a coding gene, and an application thereof. The provide ?-glucosidase has the optimal pH value of 4.5 and the optimal temperature of 75° C., and maintains over 90% enzyme activity in the optimal condition after being processed at 60° C. for 1 h. The re-engineering yeast strain GS115/bgl3A of the coding gene comprising the ?-glucosidase has high fermentation level.

Abstract: Provided are a shift register, a gate driver and a display device capable of eliminating voltage coupled noise at an output terminal. The shift register comprises a pulling-up unit, a clock control unit, a resetting unit, an inverting unit and a pulling-down unit; the pulling-up unit is connected with a shift trigging signal terminal, a high level signal terminal and the resetting unit; the clock control unit is connected with the pulling-up node, a clock signal terminal and the pulling-down unit; the resetting unit is connected with a reset signal terminal, a low level signal terminal, the pulling-up node and the output terminal; the inverting unit is connected with the high and low level signal terminals, the pulling-up node and the pulling-down unit; the pulling-down unit is connected with the pulling-up node, the pulling-down node, the low level signal terminal, the shift trigging signal terminal and the output terminal.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for producing cognitive and/or sensory profiles. In one aspect, a method to provide a cognitive or sensory assessment of a subject includes selecting a profile category from among a cognitive performance profile, a sensory performance profile, and a cognitive and sensory performance profile, presenting a sequence of stimuli to a subject, the sequence of stimuli based on the selected profile category, acquiring physiological signals of the subject before, during, and after the presenting the sequence of stimuli to produce physiological data, and processing the physiological data to generate an information set including one or more quantitative values associated with the selected profile category.

Abstract: Disclosed and described herein is a system and a method for thermal detection of static and moving objects.

Abstract: A process for the production of organic chemicals and fuels from lignin in the presence of a molybdenum or tungsten based catalyst, comprising mixing the lignin with the catalyst and a solvent in a sealed reactor, introducing an inert gas or hydrogen to the reactor to replace oxygen therein, and heating the sealed reactor to perform a depolymerization reaction at a reaction temperature of above 200° C. to obtain liquid products, which include aromatic compounds, esters, alcohols, monophenols and benzyl alcohols.

Abstract: A wideband self-envelope tracking power amplifier (PA) can use more than a 40-MHz channel bandwidth and improves the envelope bandwidth limit of a self-envelope tracking PAs by ten times. The PA uses an envelope load network, which is based on a general multi-stage low-pass filter. The envelope load network located between an RF choke inductor and main DC power supply provides a dynamically modulated PA supply voltage without using a dedicated envelope amplifier. An input terminal of the network connects a main PA via an RF choke inductor to an input of low-pass filter. An output terminal is connected to the low-pass filter via an envelope choke inductor and to a direct current (DC) power supply. A DC blocker is connected between the output of the low-pass filter and ground by a termination resistor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of genetic engineering, in particular, the present invention relates to a method for producing a phytase variant with an improved thermal stability, and a phytase variant and the use thereof. The phytase variant contains at least one proline modification, compared to the phytase from Escherichia coli and other mutants thereof. The phytase variants with the modification have preferably improved properties, such as the thermal stability, optimal reaction temperature, pH property, specific activity, protease resistance and performance in animal feeds.

Abstract: A power encoder includes a pulse width modulator for modulating a signal according to a set of thresholds to produce a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal and a switch mode power amplifier for amplifying the PWM signal by switching states of switching devices according to amplitudes of the PWM signal. At least one or combination of a distribution of values of the voltage thresholds in the set and a distribution of values of a current generated by different switching devices are non-uniform. The set of voltage thresholds includes at least two positive voltage thresholds.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed which provide for a “factory-calibrated” sensor. In doing so, the systems and methods include predictive prospective modeling of sensor behavior, and also include predictive modeling of physiology. With these two correction factors, a consistent determination of sensitivity can be achieved, thus achieving factory calibration.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed which provide for a “factory-calibrated” sensor. In doing so, the systems and methods include predictive prospective modeling of sensor behavior, and also include predictive modeling of physiology. With these two correction factors, a consistent determination of sensitivity can be achieved, thus achieving factory calibration.