Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure provide reinforced applicators. In some examples, a reinforced applicator includes an adhesion portion, a supporting portion, and an adhesive layer. The adhesion portion has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other. The young's modulus of the supporting portion is greater than the young's modulus of the adhesion portion and supports the adhesion portion. The supporting portion has a first supporting member provided on the adhesion portion, and a second supporting member formed by extending from the first supporting member along the direction away from the upper surface, the adhesive layer is provided on the lower surface. Some examples of the present disclosure provide reinforced applicators which may be conveniently picked up and may accurately reinforce an applicator in the case of one-handed operation.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a supported polymetallic oxide tandem catalyst, preparation method and application thereof, a surface of the support is supported with an oxide of metal A and then with metal vanadate nano-particles; and the oxide of metal A serves as a direct dehydrogenation catalytic site, and the metal vanadate nano-particles serve as a selective hydrogen combustion site. In the application of the tandem catalyst, dehydrogenation site and selective hydrogen combustion site are coupled at the nano-scale, and this coupling mechanism shifts the reaction equilibrium to the alkenes through the selective combustion of byproduct hydrogen, which effectively surpasses the thermodynamic limit; and meanwhile, the combustion of hydrogen releases chemical energy, and provides heat energy through direct heating, enabling the self-heating operation of the reaction.

Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of propane production technologies and CO2 capture and utilization, and relates to a process for coupling propane dehydrogenation and CO2 capture-in situ conversion, including: packing a propane dehydrogenation catalyst and a CO2 capture agent into a reactor; capturing CO2 in a CO2-containing atmosphere by the CO2 capture agent; and performing a propane dehydrogenation reaction by the propane dehydrogenation catalyst and performing a CO2 in situ conversion reaction by the CO2 capture agent in a propane-containing atmosphere; wherein propane and hydrogen are produced by the propane dehydrogenation reaction, the hydrogen is consumed in situ by a reverse water gas reaction, and meanwhile the captured CO2 is converted into CO in situ.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling an optical fiber amplifier, a system, a transmission node and a storage medium. WDM transmission systems are deployed between a first communication end and a second communication end. At least one target WDM transmission system includes a first transmission node and a second transmission node. The first transmission node receives a first control signal including an identifier of the second transmission node, and switches on a transmit-end optical fiber amplifier of the first transmission node if determining that the first control signal is a normal control signal and the second transmission node identifier matches a pre-stored first reference node identifier. The second transmission node receives a second control signal including an identifier of the first transmission node, and performs a similar judgment to switch on a transmit-end optical fiber amplifier of the second transmission node.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure provide an application apparatus for applying a medical instrument to a host. In some examples, the application apparatus includes a housing, an auxiliary mechanism, and a first driving mechanism. The housing includes a first holding portion, a proximate end which is close to the host during operation and a distal end which is far away from the host. The auxiliary mechanism includes a moving main body releasably held on the first holding portion and configured to move relative to the housing when released, an accommodating portion provided on the moving main body and configured to be coupled with the medical instrument, and a piercing member provided on the moving main body. The first driving mechanism is configured to apply a force to the moving main body in a mode of facing the proximate end.

Abstract: An optical transmission system is provided. The optical transmission system includes a first board card including a multiplexer/demultiplexer, and an optical amplifier. The multiplexer/demultiplexer is configured to receive a plurality of first split optical signals and combine the received plurality of first split optical signals into a first combined optical signal, and the optical amplifier is configured to amplify power of the first combined optical signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a supported TiOx core-shell catalyst and a preparation method and application thereof. An Al2O3 support is loaded with a Ni@TiOx core-shell structure, and the core-shell structure includes a metal Ni core and a TiOx shell. The preparation method includes the steps of firstly, adding aluminum alkoxide, an organotitanium compound, and a surfactant to isopropanol solvent and stirring them to be mixed well, and then dropwise adding dilute nitric acid to be hydrolyzed completely; aging obtained sol at room temperature, and completely drying it under vacuum; then calcining the obtained solid step by step; impregnating the solid in a Ni(NO3)3·6H2O solution to be completely dried after being ultrasonically dispersed well; and finally calcining and then reducing the obtained solid, to obtain the Al2O3 supported Ni@TiOx core-shell catalyst.

Abstract: In implementations described herein, methylation information is determined with respect to classification regions of a reference genome that are related to the presence of a tumor in a subject. The methylation information can be analyzed using a number of computational techniques to provide metrics related to the presence or absence of a tumor in a given subject.

Abstract: A stay cable lever mass damper is provided. The stay cable lever mass damper includes a support, a connecting piece, a main lever, a first damping device and a second damping device. The connecting piece is configured to connect with a stay cable; one end of the main lever is fixedly connected to the connecting piece, and the other end is rotatably connected to the support; the first damping device is connected to an upper end of the main lever and configured to mitigate in-plane vibration on the main lever; and the second damping device is connected to a lower end of the main lever and configured to mitigate out-of-plane vibration on the main lever. The vibration of the stay cable is transferred to the connecting piece through connecting the stay cable to the connecting piece.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions related to differentiating cancer and non-cancer signals, including from cell free nucleic acids. Further described herein are methods and compositions to discriminate the origin of a tumor, including use of methylation detection in a test sample obtained from a test subject at least partially using a computer. Other aspects related methods of treating disease in subjects. Yet other aspects include related systems and computer readable media used to implement the aforementioned methods.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a fiber shuffle box, a data processing method and a computer storage medium. The fiber shuffle box includes: a shuffle box main body and a splitter, where the splitter is built in the shuffle box main body, the shuffle box main body is provided with a first fiber connection splice for connecting with a line direction unit and a second fiber connection splice for connecting with a local add-drop unit, the splitter is connected between the first fiber connection splice and the second fiber connection splice, and the number of wire cores of the second fiber connection splice is smaller than the number of wire cores of the first fiber connection splice. The fiber shuffle box has higher compatibility.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of automobile connector terminals, in particular to a vibration-resistant socket terminal and a vibration-resistant plug terminal. An interior of the socket terminal includes a first vibration damping body, and on an exterior of the socket terminal is a vibration damping arm. The plug terminal and the socket terminal are mutually plugged together. The plug terminal includes first and second contact pins arranged opposite to each other, and a second damping body is arranged between the first and second contact pins.

Abstract: Described herein are methods such as diagnoses to select therapies for personalized cancer treatment by simultaneously detecting genomic and epigenomic attributes from a single patient sample, including quantifying promoter methylation and applications for ascertaining methylation patterns associated with epigenetic allelic status.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of automobile connector terminals, in particular to a vibration-resistant socket terminal and a vibration-resistant plug terminal. An interior of the socket terminal includes a first vibration damping body, and on an exterior of the socket terminal is a vibration damping arm. The plug terminal and the socket terminal are mutually plugged together. The plug terminal includes first and second contact pins arranged opposite to each other, and a second damping body is arranged between the first and second contact pins.

Abstract: In implementations described herein, methylation information is determined with respect to classification regions of a reference genome that are related to the presence of a tumor in a subject. The methylation information can be analyzed using a number of computational techniques to provide metrics related to the presence or absence of a tumor in a given subject, including a determination of tumor fraction.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of supported catalysts, and discloses a supported core-shell structured ZnO catalyst, and a preparation method and use thereof. With Al2O3 as a support and ZnO as active sites, the catalyst is characteristic of a NiZn@ZnO core-shell structure, which consists of a NiZn alloy core and a ZnO shell The preparation method comprises firstly dissolving Ni(NO3)3·6H2O and Zn(NO3)2·6H2O in deionized water; then impregnating Al2O3 with the solution described above, followed by uniform ultrasonic dispersion and complete drying; and finally the obtained solid is calcinated and reduced to obtain the target catalyst, which exhibits high activity, selectivity and stability. The catalyst can be used for the dehydrogenation of light alkanes to alkenes, especially in dehydrogenation of propane to propylene.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling an optical fiber amplifier, a system, a transmission node and a storage medium. WDM transmission systems are deployed between a first communication end and a second communication end. At least one target WDM transmission system includes a first transmission node and a second transmission node. The first transmission node receives a first control signal including an identifier of the second transmission node, and switches on a transmit-end optical fiber amplifier of the first transmission node if determining that the first control signal is a normal control signal and the second transmission node identifier matches a pre-stored first reference node identifier. The second transmission node receives a second control signal including an identifier of the first transmission node, and performs a similar judgment to switch on a transmit-end optical fiber amplifier of the second transmission node.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a supported polymetallic oxide tandem catalyst, preparation method and application thereof, a surface of the support is supported with an oxide of metal A and then with metal vanadate nano-particles; and the oxide of metal A serves as a direct dehydrogenation catalytic site, and the metal vanadate nano-particles serve as a selective hydrogen combustion site. In the application of the tandem catalyst, dehydrogenation site and selective hydrogen combustion site are coupled at the nano-scale, and this coupling mechanism shifts the reaction equilibrium to the alkenes through the selective combustion of byproduct hydrogen, which effectively surpasses the thermodynamic limit; and meanwhile, the combustion of hydrogen releases chemical energy, and provides heat energy through direct heating, enabling the self-heating operation of the reaction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein include systems, devices, and methods for determining repeat expansion status (e.g., pathogenic, carrier, and benign) of a locus of a gene of interest (e.g., at, or at about, chr4:39348424 of hg38 for RFC1). After aligning sequence reads to a sequence graph, the number of occurrences of repeat sequences satisfying predetermined criteria and the frequency of a pathogenic repeat sequence can be determined, which are in turn used to determine a repeat expansion status.