Abstract: A Lentinula edodes-derived saltiness enhancing peptide, a method for preparing the same and use thereof are provided herein, belonging to the technical field of active peptides. The Lentinula edodes-derived saltiness enhancing peptide is derived from an enzymolysis extract of a Lentinula edodes fruiting body by flavourzyme and shows a strong ability to enhance saltiness. Compared with the saltiness value of a 4.0 g/L NaCl solution, the Lentinula edodes-derived saltiness enhancing peptide could replace about 50% of NaCl, thus reducing salt without reducing saltiness. Moreover, the Lentinula edodes-derived saltiness enhancing peptide also has a high umami value and can be used in preparation of low-salt foods including low-salt and flavor-enhancing foods.

Abstract: A disclosed electronic device may include a battery and a battery enclosure member securing the battery. The battery enclosure member may have a polymer base layer and a metal coating covering at least a portion of a surface of the polymer base layer. A method for manufacturing a battery enclosure member may include 1) providing a polymer base layer dimensioned to abut a battery in an electronic device, 2) etching a surface of a polymer base layer, and 3) depositing a metal coating over at least a portion of the surface of the polymer base layer. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: A resection apparatus includes a handle body, a catheter communicating with the handle body, and a cutter head assembly disposed at a distal end of the catheter. A steering assembly is disposed on the catheter and includes a first steering point and a second steering point which are disposed on the catheter, and a steering connector for connecting the first steering point and the second steering point. A control assembly for controlling the steering assembly is disposed on the handle body. The bending radius of the catheter at the distal end is adjusted by means of the steering assembly, so that the catheter is shifted towards a predetermined direction; the orientation of the cutter head assembly is controlled, so as to reduce a risk of scraping and perforating a blood vessel, and the ideal blood vessel diameter can be obtained by means of multiple resections.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a preparation method and application of decellularized extracellular matrix tissue paper, and belongs to the technical field of regenerative medicine. The preparation method includes the following steps: (1) preparing decellularized extracellular matrix materials; (2) preparing tissue paper: homogenizing and stirring the prepared decellularized extracellular matrix materials, then, placing the obtained homogenates on a flat-bottom filter screen to filter out water, standing and air-drying the filtered homogenates, and freeze-drying the homogenates to obtain the tissue paper; (3) cross-linking the tissue paper: cross-linking the tissue paper in a cross-linking solution; and (4) freeze-drying or stacking and compacting the cross-linked tissue paper. According to the present disclosure, the decellularized extracellular matrix tissue paper with tissue specificity is prepared by a traditional paper-making technology combined with a freeze-drying technology.

Abstract: A dual-battery fuel cell system is provided, including two supplemental batteries, each battery supporting/supplementing operation of a fuel cell stack in the system. Driving conditions associated with a fuel cell vehicle can be obtained. Based on the driving conditions, power sources of the fuel cell vehicle to provide power to fuel cell vehicle system can be determined, the power sources comprising the fuel cell stack and the two supplemental batteries. Operating conditions of each of the power sources can be assessed, and one or more of the power sources can be controlled to deliver power to the fuel cell vehicle system based on the operating conditions of each of the power sources.

Abstract: A negative electrode plate, a lithium-ion battery and an apparatus are disclosed. The negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material and disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector, and a lithium-replenishing layer disposed on a surface of the negative electrode active material layer away from the negative current collector. The negative electrode plate can effectively ameliorate the problem of plate heating, and channels formed by the lithium-replenishing region and the gap region can enable the lithium-ion battery to be effectively impregnated with the electrolyte after electrolyte injection is performed to the lithium-ion battery, thereby improving the energy density of the battery while also improving the service life and kinetic performance of the battery.

Abstract: An electrode is provided. The electrode includes a contact pad composed of boron-doped polycrystalline diamond (BDD); a fiber core composed of BDD extending longitudinally from the contact pad from a first end that is in direct contact with the contact pad to an opposing second end; and a polycrystalline diamond (PCD) cladding that coats and hermetically seals the contact pad and the fiber core. A first portion of the contact pad and a second portion at or near the second end of the fiber core are not coated and hermetically scaled by the PCD cladding. A method of fabricating the electrode is also provided.

Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes providing a substrate having a base and a fin over the base. The method includes forming a first gate stack wrapped around the fin. The method includes forming a first gate spacer over a first sidewall of the first gate stack. The method includes partially removing the fin, which is not covered by the first gate stack and the first gate spacer. The method includes removing a first upper portion of the first gate stack to expose a second upper portion of the first gate spacer. The method includes removing the second upper portion of the first gate spacer. The method includes removing a first lower portion of the first gate stack and the fin originally wrapped by the first gate stack. The method includes forming a dielectric channel-cut structure in the trench.

Abstract: Provided is the use of oxidoreductase and a mutant thereof in the biosynthesis of nootkatone. The oxidoreductase is derived from Wickerhamomyces anomalus M15 and has a high ability to convert nootkatol, and an oxidoreductase mutant having a higher ability is obtained by means of site-directed mutation. Compared with the existing oxidoreductase that is capable of catalyzing nootkatol, the oxidoreductase and the mutant thereof have a good substrate tolerance, a high conversion rate and a high salt tolerance, provide conditions for the synthesis of nootkatone using an enzyme catalytic method in vitro, and achieve the synthesis of nootkatone by means of catalyzing nootkatol in an environmentally-friendly and efficient manner.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to quantitatively tracking food intake using smart glasses and/or other wearable devices. In some implementations, the smart glasses can include an image capture device, such as a camera, that can seamlessly capture images of food being eaten by the user. A computing device in communication with the smart glasses (or the smart glasses themselves) can identify the type and volume of food being eaten by applying object recognition and volume estimation techniques to the images. Additionally or alternatively, the smart glasses and/or other wearable devices can track a user's eating patterns through the number of bites taken throughout the day by capturing and analyzing hand-to-mouth motions and chewing. The computing device can log the type of food, volume of food, and/or number of bites taken and compute statistics that can be displayed to the user on the smart glasses.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an integrated multiphase hydrogel, and a preparation method and application thereof in flexible and stretchable supercapacitors. The integrated multiphase hydrogel of the present invention is formed by implanting semigel electrode into semigel electrolyte by injection or printing, wherein the electrolyte hydrogel is prepared by polyvinyl alcohol, phytic acid and sulfuric acid. The electrode hydrogel is prepared from heteropoly acid, polyvinyl alcohol, phytic acid, ammonium persulfate and aniline by heating and then freeze thawing. The hydrogel of the present invention can be directly used as anode and cathode of stretchable electrode of flexible and stretchable supercapacitor without any post-processing. The electrolyte hydrogel can be used as both stretchable electrolyte and elastic substrate.

Abstract: A method of setting a parameter of a charged particle beam device, for shortening the time required to adjust an ABCC parameter. An inverse conversion processing unit generates a simulator input signal corresponding to an electron emitted from a sample. A simulation detector uses an arithmetic model that simulates a detector and executes arithmetic processing on the simulator input signal in a state in which characteristic information is reflected in an arithmetic parameter. A simulated image conversion unit executes arithmetic processing corresponding to an image conversion unit and converts a signal from the simulation detector into a simulated image. An ABCC search unit searches for an ABCC parameter with respect to the simulation detector so that an evaluation value obtained from the simulated image becomes a specified reference value, and outputs the ABCC parameter as a search result to an ABCC control unit of the actual machine.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to an X-ray reflectometry apparatus and a method for measuring a three-dimensional nanostructure on a flat substrate. The X-ray reflectometry apparatus comprises an X-ray source, an X-ray reflector, a 2-dimensional X-ray detector, and a two-axis moving device. The X-ray source is for emitting X-ray. The X-ray reflector is configured for reflecting the X-ray onto a sample surface. The 2-dimensional X-ray detector is configured to collect a reflecting X-ray signal from the sample surface. The two-axis moving device is configured to control two-axis directions of the 2-dimensional X-ray detector to move on at least one of x-axis and z-axis with a formula concerning an incident angle of the X-ray with respect to the sample surface for collecting the reflecting X-ray signal.

Abstract: Microporous structures in face films are described for improving printability of the films. Also described are laminates and pressure sensitive adhesive laminates including the microporous structured face films. Various related methods are additionally described.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polyethylene blends, films thereof, and methods thereof. In at least one embodiment, a polymer blend includes a first polyethylene having a density of about 0.94 g/cm3 to about 0.97 g/cm3 and a melt index of about 0.1 g/10 min to about 10 g/10 min. The blend includes a second polyethylene comprising at least 80 wt % ethylene derived-units. The second polyethylene has a density of about 0.918 g/cm3 to about 0.945 g/cm3, a number average molecular weight (Mn) of about 10,000 g/mol to about 20,000 g/mol, a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of about 75,000 g/mol to about 300,000 g/mol, a melt index (2.16 kg) of about 0.1 g/10 min to about 5 g/10 min, a high load melt index (21.6 kg) of about 25 g/10 min to about 80 g/10 min, and a melt index ratio of about 10 to about 50.

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide coloring methods that sort and pre-color nodes of G0-linked networks in a multiple-patterning technology (MPT)-compliant layout design by coordinate. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying target networks in a circuit layout, each target network having two or more linked nodes representing circuit patterns, and each target network being presented in an imaginary X-Y coordinate plane, assigning a first feature to a first node in each target network, the first node is determined using a coordinate-based method, and assigning the first feature and a second feature to remaining nodes in each target network in an alternating manner so that any two immediately adjacent linked nodes in each target network have different features.

Abstract: A chip package structure and a method for producing the same are provided. The method at least includes: providing a substrate; placing a chip upside-down on the substrate; forming bonding wires coupled with the chip and the substrate; providing at least one reflecting member on an upper surface of the substrate, forming a support body on the substrate to cover the at least one reflecting member; providing a package cover adhered to the support body by a glass adhesive; performing a solidifying process in which a solidifying light beam is emitted to the reflecting member and the reflecting member reflects the solidifying light beam to the glass adhesive to solidify the glass adhesive; performing a packaging process in which a package body is formed to cover an edge surface of the package cover and a top part of the support body.

Abstract: The present application relates to a modified Prp43 helicase and use thereof. The Prp43 helicase has enhanced ATP hydrolytic or unwinding activity due to introduction of mutations and/or introduction of an auxiliary protein, and can remain binding to the target polynucleotide for a long period of time, thereby allowing the enzyme to control the rate of movement of the polynucleotide continuously and stably at a suitable rate required for sequencing. Thus, the modified or engineered Prp43 helicase mutant of the present application allows for the control of movement of a target polynucleotide in a more advantageous manner, which can be used for nanopore sequencing.

Abstract: The invention provides a power supply module and a charged particle beam device that are capable of reducing ripple noise. A high-voltage generation circuit 101 includes booster circuits CPa and CPb of two systems that are configured to be symmetrical to each other, and performs a boosting operation by using a capacitive element and a diode in the booster circuits CPa and CPb of the two systems. The high-voltage generation circuit is housed in a housing and a reference power supply voltage is applied thereto. A left electrode 102a is fixedly provided in the vicinity of one of the booster circuits CPa and CPb of the two systems in the housing, and a right electrode 102b is fixedly provided in the vicinity of the other of the booster circuits CPa and CPb of the two systems in the housing.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for pipelining memory operations with error correction coding are disclosed. A method for pipelining consecutive write mask operations is disclosed wherein a second read operation of a second write mask operation occurs during error correction code calculation of a first write mask operation. The method may further including writing data from the first write mask operation during the error correction code calculation of the second write mask operation. A method for pipelining consecutive operations is disclosed where a first read operation may be cancelled if the first operation is not a write mask operation. An apparatus including a memory having separate global read and write input-output lines is disclosed.