Abstract: An apparatus for winding a separator, including a first moving portion provided to move on a guide member; a frame provided on the first moving portion; a second moving portion provided on the frame; and a separator winding portion winding the separator, of which at least a portion is fixed to the second moving portion, around an electrode-assembly intermediate, wherein the separator winding portion holds the electrode-assembly intermediate, and lifts or lowers the electrode-assembly intermediate while rotating the electrode-assembly intermediate, is disclosed.

Abstract: The present application relates to a power supply circuit of a vehicle, which power supply circuit comprises a first side (A) comprising a power source (14), a first battery pack (12) and first power consumers (16), a second side (B) connected in series with the first side (A), the second side (B) comprising a second battery pack (18) and second power consumers (20), an overload current breaker (22) provided between the first and the second side, said overload current breaker (22) having a pre-determined threshold breaking current (IThreshold) value, at which value the circuit is broken; a controller (24) connected to said power source for regulating voltage from said power source (14), the controller (24) being provided with said threshold breaking current (IThreshold) value, the controller further being operatively connected to devices (26, 28) providing information related to a current (Ich) through said overload current breaker (22).

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods directed to a frequency analysis approach to transformer status monitoring using distributed fiber optic sensing to monitor a phase delay of a 120 Hz vibrational signal and determining an angular difference between a designated point and a reference point. Operationally, systems and methods according to aspects of the present disclosure identify phase delay patterns of a single transformer from its vibrational humming and combined vibrational signals of multiple transformers.

Abstract: A contactless power feeding apparatus includes a plurality of primary coils mounted on a road and a power feed controller which uses a portion of the primary coils as a power transmitting coil to achieve delivery of electrical power from the power transmitting coil to a secondary coil mounted in a vehicle. The power feed controller uses a selected primary coil that is one of the primary coils other than the power transmitting coil to decrease a leakage of magnetic flux arising from excitation of the power transmitting coil. Instead of the selected primary coil, the secondary coil may be used to reduce the leakage of magnetic flux.

Abstract: A motor may include a shaft, a stator and a rotor. The rotor may include a plurality of magnets, a casing and a rotor core. The rotor core may include a plurality of first core layers and a plurality of second core layers. The first core layer may include a base part through which the shaft passes, a plurality of core parts spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction of the base part, and a plurality of bridge parts configured so that each of the plurality of bridge parts extends from a corresponding core part of the plurality of core parts toward the base part, and is bent toward the corresponding core part.

Abstract: An adjustable, cleavage-enhancing undergarment system is described. In one embodiment, a compression paddle includes a first surface contoured to engage with at least a portion of a user's breast. The compression paddle may include a mechanical coupling configured to engage with an end of a force generating member. The compression paddle may include a locking mechanism configured to engage a rotational state wherein the compression paddle is configured to rotate about an axis that is substantially coaxial to the end of the force generating member, and engage a locked state wherein the compression paddle is mechanically locked at an angular position selectable by the user.

Abstract: A device (10) for locking a clasp (20), including: a push-piece (100) which can move translatably in a support structure (110) between a rest position in which it is intended to prevent the clasp (20) from opening and an active position in which it is intended to no longer prevent the opening of the clasp (20); and a blocking member (120) for blocking the push-piece (100), which member is configured to occupy a locking state in which it immobilises the push-piece (100) in the rest position, and an unlocking state in which it releases the push-piece (100) translatably.

Abstract: A bleeding control device for mitigating bleeding includes a housing, inflation means, an inflatable balloon and a gas supply line. The bleeding control device may be used to deliver variable contents to a wound at the site of injury to control the bleeding of a victim as temporary solution for mitigating the bleeding until more advanced medical care can be provided. A bleeding control device includes a canister housing, a compressed gas canister arranged within the canister housing, a tube connected to the canister housing, an inflatable balloon disposed on the tube, the inflatable balloon being fluidly connected to the compressed gas canister, and a control element configured to activate the compressed gas canister to inflate the inflatable balloon.

Abstract: This invention relates to the treatment of a psychiatric or neurological disorder in a patient in need thereof who has anhedonia (lack of pleasure or motivation to pursue rewarding activities) by administering irdabisant or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, either as a monotherapy, or in combination with an antipsychotic agent. Examples of such psychiatric or neurological disorder include major depressive disorder, bipolar depression (such as bipolar I or bipolar II disorders), post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorder, anhedonia-related aspects of schizophrenia (e.g., negative symptoms) and schizoaffective disorder (e.g., with mood and/or negative symptoms).

Abstract: The application discloses an engineered phosphatidylserine decarboxylase (PSD protein) and use thereof, a fusion protein comprising the engineered PSD protein and use thereof, a nucleic acid molecule for encoding the engineered PSD protein or the fusion protein, an expression vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule, an engineered cell comprising the nucleic acid molecule or the expression vector, a method for preparing an engineered extracellular vesicle, an engineered extracellular vesicle and use thereof. In this application, an engineered phosphatidylserine decarboxylase is used for catalyzing phosphatidylserine on the surface of an extracellular vesicle, so that phagocytosis of macrophages is reduced, in-vivo clearance is reduced, and the circulation time of the extracellular vesicle is prolonged.

Abstract: Compositions, methods, and processes for making and using polypeptides, peptides and antibodies for treating a subject in need of therapy for pathogen-induced infection and non-pathogen-induced (organ fibrosis, COPD and asthma), symptom, disease, disorder, injury, or condition, containing a) multiple EGF-like-domains-9 (MEGF9) or a biologically active fragment thereof; b) uncoordinated receptor 5A (UNC5A) or a biologically active fragment thereof; c) dolichyl-phosphate beta-glucosyltransferase (ALG5) or a biologically active fragment thereof; d) a combination of two or three of a)-c); e) an antibody specific for a); f) an antibody specific for b); g) an antibody specific for c); h) a combination of two or three of e)-g); or i) a combination of at least one of a)-c) and at least one of e)-g).

Abstract: The disclosure relates to compositions and methods for improving pulmonary delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids, e.g., DNA, mRNA, by enhancing transfection efficiency and thus efficacy of the therapeutic nucleic acids, using inhaled, Intranasal, Intratracheal, bronchial instillation and/or topical administration Intratracheal, bronchial instillation and/or topical administration transfection efficiency enhancing agents, including but not limited to 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate or cysteamine.

Abstract: A system and apparatus for sanitizing person use items. The system is comprised essentially of a mechanism for emitting sanitizing electromagnetic radiation within an enclosed compartment. The apparatus may be light-tight such that the radiation is contained within the apparatus. It may be configured to emit a plurality of sanitizing wavelengths. The apparatus may include a series of reflective and/or refractive items or apparatuses, including a reflective grid for supporting a device to be sanitized, to alter the reflection path of the emitted electromagnetic radiation, allowing the electromagnetic radiation to reflect in a plurality of directions. The enclosure may include a support member or personal item support that may be transparent to, or reflective of, the electromagnetic radiation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biocompatible three-dimensional scaffold and a composition for reconstructing lost tissue comprising the same. The scaffold of the present invention provides a mechanical support for a tissue cavity due to its strong physical strength and, at the same time, efficiently induces quantitative restoration of irreversibly lost tissue because the internal space thereof may be filled with active ingredients for tissue regeneration. In addition, when the spherical scaffold of the present invention is used, it may be efficiently inserted into a tissue cavity having any shape, and may also be degraded at an appropriate time after the completion of regeneration, indicating that it is useful as a scaffold for human transplantation for restoring various adipose tissues, including breast tissue.

Abstract: An implantable device for automatic drug administration includes a housing; a drug release unit configured to eject a drug; and a driving unit configured to drive the drug release unit at preset intervals, wherein the drug release unit comprises a drug storage, a drug chamber receiving a drug from the drug storage, and a drug release controller configured to fill the drug chamber with a drug received and release the drug filled in the drug chamber. The drug release controller comprises a plunger configured to form one of positive pressure and negative pressure in the drug chamber as the plunger moves, a plunger spring configured to apply a restoring force to a position where the plunger applies presses the drug chamber, and a gear portion connected to the driving unit and configured to rotate at a preset time to drive the drug release unit.

Abstract: A system includes a platform configured to receive a video recording of a flight path of an object and initiate back-end processing of the video recording. The back-end processing may include data modeling, object detection operations, normalizing operations, adjusting normalize data based on meta_camera specifications to compensate for limitations of the user device used to create the video recording, and applying mathematical techniques to the adjusted data to derive metrics relating to the flight path of the object and to generate an enhanced video clip of the flight path. In an embodiment, the back-end processing may further include generating a trace line of the flight path of the object, adding the trace line to the enhanced video clip, transmitting the enhanced video clip and the metrics to the user device, and storing the enhanced video clip and the metrics in back-end storage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a golf article cleaner which can conveniently and cleanly wash a golf article during a golf game process and which is easy to store and thus can prevent the spread of contamination after washing the golf article. The golf article cleaner includes an inner surface portion that functions as an inner shell and washes the golf article, and an outer surface portion that functions as an outer shell and is sewn around the inner surface portion, wherein the inner surface portion is composed of a first inner surface part and a second inner surface part, which are separate in an overlapping state, the second inner surface part being provided to be continuous from the first inner surface part, and, in order to enlarge a washing area, the upper portion of the first inner surface part and the upper portion of the second inner surface part are configured to be detachably deployed, so that foreign substances attached to the surface and grooves of the golf article can be easily washed.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for a basketball shooting system. An apparatus includes a frame, at least one rail coupled to the frame, a sled movably connected to the at least one rail and configured to move along a first axis in a z-direction, a shaft connected to the sled in a perpendicular orientation relative to the at least one rail and configured to rotate at least 180 degrees about a rotational axis in a vertical plane defined by a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, a backboard connected to the sled and configured move along the shaft in the vertical plane in a y-direction, and a basketball hoop connected to the backboard.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a coated wall-flow filter. The wall-flow filter is coated with a powder aerosol.

Abstract: A NOx removal device includes: an ammonia injection part configured to inject ammonia to the flue gas flowing through a duct; a mixer configured to mix the flue gas and ammonia; and a NOx removal catalyst configured to provide a resistance against a flow of a mixture fluid in which the flue gas and the reducing agent are mixed. The ammonia injection part has an ammonia pipe and injecting nozzles provided in the ammonia pipe and configured to inject ammonia into the duct. The distance A from the ammonia injection part to the mixer is 10 times or greater and 30 times or less the outer diameter d of the ammonia pipe. The distance B from the mixer to the NOx removal catalyst is longer than the distance A from the ammonia injection part to the mixer.