Abstract: An information processing method and an information processing device acquire a path information on a path included in a road network set on a map data, acquire a reroute request indicating an instruction to regenerate a route when generating the route that a vehicle is scheduled to travel in correspondence with the road network based on the path information stored in the database, acquire a path type indicating whether a target path on which the vehicle is traveling at a timing when the reroute request is acquired is a first path or a second path bifurcating from the first path, included in the road network, and delete the path information stored in the database based on the path type.

Abstract: A microcurrent treatment device has one or more electrodes or emitters configured for electrical communication with the surface of a subject's skin. A voltage or current supply is adapted to generate an electrical waveform or other energetic waveform for application to the skin surface, via the one or more electrodes or emitters, and a controller is configured to modulate the waveform. The controller can modulate consecutive pulses of the waveform so that the pulse width, period, frequency, amplitude or integrated amplitude of the consecutive pulses varies in a predefined, random, pseudorandom, or other aperiodic manner, or so that the pulses exhibit a degree of statistical randomness, over a predefined period. The period can cover a set of consecutive pulses defining a treatment cycle, or a continuous subset of consecutive pulses defining one or more phases of a treatment cycle.

Abstract: Functionalized catalysts for use in a hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) contain nanoparticles containing a transition metal enveloped in layers of graphene, which renders the nanoparticles resistant to passivation while maintaining an optimal ratio of transition metal and transition metal oxide in the nanoparticles. The catalysts can be utilized with anionic exchange polymer membranes for hydrogen production by alkaline water electrolysis.

Abstract: Functionalized catalysts for use in a hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) contain nanoparticles containing a transition metal enveloped in layers of graphene, which renders the nanoparticles resistant to passivation while maintaining an optimal ratio of transition metal and transition metal oxide in the nanoparticles. The catalysts can be utilized with anionic exchange polymer membranes for hydrogen production by alkaline water electrolysis.

Abstract: A microcurrent treatment device has one or more electrodes or emitters configured for electrical communication with the surface of a subject's skin. A voltage or current supply is adapted to generate an electrical waveform or other energetic waveform for application to the skin surface, via the one or more electrodes or emitters, and a controller is configured to modulate the waveform. The controller can modulate consecutive pulses of the waveform so that the pulse width, period, frequency, amplitude or integrated amplitude of the consecutive pulses varies in a predefined, random, pseudorandom, or other aperiodic manner, or so that the pulses exhibit a degree of statistical randomness, over a predefined period. The period can cover a set of consecutive pulses defining a treatment cycle, or a continuous subset of consecutive pulses defining one or more phases of a treatment cycle.

Abstract: The invention provides a nitrogen-functionalized platinum-transition metal catalyst having the formula Pt-M-NX/C (where M is a transition element such as Fe, Co, Ni, Nb, Ta, Ir, Rh, or Ru) for use at the hydrogen electrode of a hydrogen/bromine redox flow battery. The new catalyst possesses excellent activity and durability in the HBr/Br2 environment, showing superior resistance to halide poisoning than conventional Pt/C or Pt-M/C catalysts.

Abstract: The invention provides a nitrogen-functionalized platinum-transition metal catalyst having the formula Pt-M-Nx/C (where M is a transition element such as Fe, Co, Ni, Nb, Ta, Ir, Rh, or Ru) for use at the hydrogen electrode of a hydrogen/bromine redox flow battery. The new catalyst possesses excellent activity and durability in the HBr/Br2 environment, showing superior resistance to halide poisoning than conventional Pt/C or Pt-M/C catalysts.

Abstract: This invention provides a solution to increase the yield strength and fatigue strength of miniaturized springs, which can be fabricated in arrays with ultra-small pitches. It also discloses a solution to minimize adhesion of the contact pad materials to the spring tips upon repeated contacts without affecting the reliability of the miniaturized springs. In addition, the invention also presents a method to fabricate the springs that allow passage of relatively higher current without significantly degrading their lifetime.

Abstract: This invention provides a solution to increase the yield strength and fatigue strength of miniaturized springs, which can be fabricated in arrays with ultra-small pitches. It also discloses a solution to minimize adhesion of the contact pad materials to the spring tips upon repeated contacts without affecting the reliability of the miniaturized springs. In addition, the invention also presents a method to fabricate the springs that allow passage of relatively higher current without significantly degrading their lifetime.

Abstract: The present invention relates to zebrafish models of thrombosis that allow screening of compounds for anti-thrombotic or thrombotic properties in vivo in a whole vertebrate organism. The present invention also relates to the identification and validation of platelet genes as targets for anti-thrombotic or thrombotic compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to zebrafish models for the screening of compounds and genes that target angiogenesis in an in vivo model system.

Abstract: This invention provides a solution to increase the yield strength and fatigue strength of miniaturized springs, which can be fabricated in arrays with ultra-small pitches. It also discloses a solution to minimize adhesion of the contact pad materials to the spring tips upon repeated contacts without affecting the reliability of the miniaturized springs. In addition, the invention also presents a method to fabricate the springs that allow passage of relatively higher current without significantly degrading their lifetime.

Abstract: This invention provides a solution to increase the yield strength and fatigue strength of miniaturized springs, which can be fabricated in arrays with ultra-small pitches. It also discloses a solution to minimize adhesion of the contact pad materials to the spring tips upon repeated contacts without affecting the reliability of the miniaturized springs. In addition, the invention also presents a method to fabricate the springs that allow passage of relatively higher current without significantly degrading their lifetime.

Abstract: The present invention allows for the simultaneous transmission of two digital signals from one integrated circuit to another. The two digital signals are encoded utilizing a voltage divider circuit and are then transmitted by one transmission line to the second integrated circuit chip. The second integrated circuit chip decodes the first digital signal and then utilizes this decoded digital signal to further decode the second digital signal.

Abstract: The present invention allows for the simultaneous transmission of two digital signals from one integrated circuit to another. The two digital signals are encoded utilizing a voltage divider circuit and are then transmitted by one transmission line to the second integrated circuit chip. The second integrated circuit chip decodes the first digital signal and then utilizes this decoded digital signal to further decode the second digital signal.

Abstract: A driver circuit including of one or more fingers, or parallel driver circuits, senses for an overshoot or an undershoot condition of the signal transmitted onto a transmission line coupled to the driver circuit and compensates for such an overshoot or an undershoot by temporarily turning off the offending transition portion of the driver circuit, or finger portion. This is accomplished by turning off the transistor applying one of the two supply voltages coupled to the output transmission line. Effectively, the compensation circuitry within the driver circuit more closely matches the output impedance of the driver circuit to the impedance on the driven transmission line.

Abstract: The present invention allows for the simultaneous transmission of three digital signals from one integrated circuit to another. The three digital signals are encoded utilizing series resistors of predetermined values and are then transmitted by one transmission line to the second integrated circuit chip. The second integrated circuit chip decodes the first digital signal and then utilizes this decoded first digital signal to further decode the second digital signal, and then utilizes the decoded first and second digital signals to decode the third digital signal.

Abstract: The present invention facilitates communication of signals from circuitry implemented with a first CMOS technology requiring a first voltage level supply for operation to circuitry implemented with a second CMOS technology requiring a second voltage level supply for operation, wherein the first and second voltage level supplies are not equal. The present invention receives from the circuitry implemented with a first CMOS technology a signal which has a first voltage level that is not acceptable for input into the circuitry implemented with a second CMOS technology. This signal is converted to a second voltage level that is acceptable for input into the circuitry implemented with a second CMOS technology, and then transmitted to the circuitry implemented with a second CMOS technology requiring a second voltage level supply for operation.