Efficient conversion of waterborne acoustic waves into electrical energy by using the phase-reversal Fresnel zone plate.

Acoustic energy harvesting assisted by metamaterial devices, deemed as a promising way of utilizing green energy, has been extensively investigated in the science and engineering communities during the past years, considering the ubiquitous sound waves in nature. To date, one of the biggest challenges in the acoustic energy harvesting lies in the improvement of efficiency and output power. In this work, we propose to use the phase reversal Fresnel zone plate (PR-FZP) for efficient acoustic energy harvesting in aquatic environment instead of using the traditional FZP.

Observations on Copy Number Variations in a Kidney-yang Deficiency Syndrome Family.

We have performed an analysis of a family with kidney-yang deficiency syndrome (KDS) in order to determine the structural genomic variations through a novel approach designated as "copy number variants" (CNVs). Twelve KDS subjects and three healthy spouses from this family were included in this study. Genomic DNA samples were genotyped utilizing an Affymetrix 100 K single nucleotide polymorphism array, and CNVs were identified by Copy Number Algorithm (CNAT4.

Identification of Linkage Disequilibrium SNPs from a Kidney-Yang Deficiency Syndrome Pedigree.

In order to probe the genetic traits of Kidney-yang Deficiency Syndrome (KDS), we employed a national standard of KDS diagnosis for the collection of KDS subjects. Each candidate KDS subject from a typical family was diagnosed by 5 independent physicians of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and repeated for 3 years, all on the first Saturday of December. Fifteen samples of genomic DNA were isolated and genotyped by Affymetrix 100 K arrays of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP).

Insufficient activity of MAPK pathway is a key monitor of Kidney-Yang Deficiency Syndrome.

Objective: To explore the genetic characteristics and molecular regulator of Kidney-Yang Deficiency Syndrome (KDS).

Design: A typical KDS family was collected using a questionnaire of cold feeling and a 40-item scoring table of KDS based on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), by single-blind method repeated annually over three years. Their transcriptomes were assayed by microarray and validated by RT-PCR and ELISA.