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According to embodiments of the present invention, a piezoelectric resonator is provided. The piezoelectric resonator includes a piezoelectric substrate, a first electrode comprising a first plurality of electrode fingers, a second electrode comprising a second plurality of electrode fingers, wherein the first plurality of electrode fingers and the second plurality of electrode fingers are interdigitated, and wherein electrode patches are arranged along the first plurality of electrode fingers and the second plurality of electrode fingers according to a 2-dimensional lattice.

A heated reaction gas comprising methane is contacted with first and second catalysts to catalyze production of an aromatic hydrocarbon. The first catalyst is more active than the second catalyst for catalyzing aromatization of methane, and the second catalyst is more active than the first catalyst for catalyzing aromatization of ethane. A reactor for producing aromatic hydrocarbons from the reaction gas may have a conduit defining a reaction zone for the reaction gas to react therein, and the first and second catalysts may be disposed in the reaction zone.

A sensor interface circuit is provided for resolving sensor signals from a plurality of sensors into a digital sensor signal. The sensor interface circuit includes a relaxation oscillator that receives and pre-processes the sensor signals to generate an analog sensor signal. The relaxation oscillator includes one or more dynamic circuits. The sensor interface circuit also includes a monitoring module for receiving the analog sensor signal and generating the digital sensor signal in response thereto. There is also provided a sensor system front-end and a relaxation oscillator.

According to various embodiments, a sensor is provided. The sensor includes an antenna configured to receive a partial discharge signal, and a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser coupled to the antenna, wherein the vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser is configured to convert the received partial discharge signal into an optical signal. Further embodiments provide a method of manufacturing a sensor, a system for detecting a partial discharge signal, a method of forming a system for detecting a partial discharge signal and a method of detecting a partial discharge signal.

The present disclosure relates to an antimicrobial composition comprising at least one polymer or oligomer, the polymer and oligomer being comprised of repeating units of hydrophilic heterocyclic amine monomers that are coupled by hydrophobic linkers selected to confer the antimicrobial activity to the composition, methods of producing the same and uses of the antimicrobial composition.

This invention uses mesoporous silica nanoparticles and other nanostructured materials to formulate polyacrylate-based bone cement for achieving an enhanced and controlled elution of active ingredients such as antibiotics. This invention overcomes the limitation of low antibiotic release from commercial polyacrylate-based bone cements using for example, PMMA. In certain aspects, the formulation enables a sustained release of antibiotics from the bone cement over a period of 80 days and achieves 70% of total drug release, whereas the commercial antibiotic bone cement (e.g., SmartSet GHV) only releases about 5% of the antibiotics on the first day and subsequently an almost negligible amount. In addition, the mechanical properties of our formulated bone cements are well retained. The inventive bone cement exhibits good antibacterial properties and has very low cytotoxicity to mouse fibroblast cells.

A sensor and a method of detecting a target analyte are provided. The sensor includes a substrate; a layer comprising a plurality of through holes, wherein the layer is disposed above the substrate; a first element configured to detect a target analyte; a second element that can produce a detectable signal; wherein the first element and the second element are configured to couple the target analyte between the first element and the second element.

The specification describes a substance comprising a plurality of microparticles. The microparticles comprise a core comprising a first polymer and a shell surrounding said core and comprising the first polymer and a second polymer, wherein the second polymer is less rapidly degradable than the first polymer. A process for making the microparticles and uses of the microparticles are also described.

A device and method for generating a representation of a subject's attention level. The device measures brain signals from the subject; extracts temporal features from the brain signals; classifies the extracted temporal features using a classifier to give a score X1; extracts spectral-spatial features from the brain signals; selects spectral-spatial features containing discriminative information between concentration and non-concentration states from the set of extracted spectral-spatial features; classifies the selected spectral-spatial features using a classifier to give a score X2; combines the scores X1 and X2 to give a single score; and presents the score to the subject.

A method is disclosed for culturing pluripotent or multipotent cells in vitro, the method comprising attaching pluripotent or multipotent cells to a plurality of microcarriers to form microcarrier-cell complexes, and culturing the microcarrier-cell complexes in suspension culture in the presence of a ROCK inhibitor.