Abstract: Described is an isolated lignified plant cell wall including lignin, wherein the lignin includes a ferulate residue incorporated therein, such as from coniferyl ferulate and/or sinapyl ferulate. Also described is a method to make the isolated lignified plant cell wall, and the lignin produced by the method.

Abstract: C. difficile infection (CDI) is the most common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Unfortunately, antibiotic therapy remains as the standard treatment for this antibiotic-induced disease and relapses are common. Antibiotic treatment typically is given for 10 to 14 days for initial or second episode of CDI. For recurrent episodes, more prolonged courses are recommended. It is disclosed herein that lower dose or shorter course of the antimicrobial treatment is sufficient to treat the disease and prevent recurrent disease by enabling a good immunologic response to infection, and perhaps also by better preserving normal flora, thus protecting against relapses or reinfection.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel bimetallic and trimetallic catalysts, their manufacture and use in both steam reforming and oxidative steam reforming of liquid fuels such as jet fuels, diesel fuels and gasoline to produce synthesis gas and/or hydrogen for fuel cell applications. The invention further relates to manufacture of synthesis gas and/or hydrogen gas for chemicals synthesis and fuel processing. The catalysts have high sulfur tolerance and carbon resistance when used in steam reforming and/or oxidative steam reforming of heavy hydrocarbon fuels.

Abstract: A system, method and device for treating tumor cells utilizing a resorbable therapy seed made up of microspheres containing a beta- or alpha-particle-emitting radiation source and a resorbable polymer matrix. These seeds are implanted within the tumor and then rapidly dissolved so as to release the microspheres from the polymer matrix. These microspheres then spread within a preselected target area and provide radiation therapy in a predetermined amount and at a preselected rate according the specific needs and necessities of the users. The configuration of the microspheres, the types of radiation provided and the location and use of these microspheres provides desired localized treatment to target cells while preferentially avoiding or minimizing undesired damage to surrounding tissue. The present invention provides a method for making the seeds, as well as a method for utilizing the seeds as a part of the treatment method.

Abstract: The present invention concerns materials and methods relating to pancreatic cancer and personalized medicine as applied to pancreatic cancer. Particularly, the invention relates to materials and methods for the determination of significantly modulated protein phosphorylation and/or expression as well as the activity of signalling pathways collectively providing a tumour profile that can guide selection of the most appropriate treatment regime based on the likelihood of tumour recurrence or the identity of activated drug targets in pancreatic cancer.

Abstract: The daurinol compound according to the present invention exhibits excellent therapeutic effects on arthritis and inflammatory bowel diseases by having an excellent activity in inhibiting the generation of IL-17 and TNF-?, which are inflammatory cytokines causing inflammation, and can alleviate transplant rejection by inhibiting the proliferation of alloreactive T cells and increasing regulatory T cells; therefore, the daurinol compound according to the present invention can be used as a pharmaceutical composition capable of treating and preventing immune diseases. In addition, being a natural substance derived from the Mongolian medicinal plant Haplophyllum dauricum or Haplophyllum cappadocicum, the daurinol compound according to the present invention does not cause cytotoxicity and thus may be used as a composition for a functional health food capable of preventing and remedying immune diseases.

Abstract: A system for and method of stabilizing rail track structures using a load transfer apparatus is disclosed. The load transfer apparatus includes a vertical load transfer element and a top load transfer element, wherein the top load transfer element is used to transfer applied locomotive and rail car loads to the vertical load transfer element. In one embodiment, the top load transfer element includes helical flights. In another embodiment, the top load transfer element includes a flared top. In yet another embodiment, the top load transfer element includes a load transfer cap. In a further embodiment, the top load transfer element includes two or more support legs each with a top support attached thereto. The railroad stabilization system can comprise any one type or any combinations of types of the aforementioned load transfer apparatuses.

Abstract: To achieve the above, the present invention provides a forming and feeding device of a filler metal for TIG welding which presses a filler metal of plane shape to form as curved cross-section which includes a case; a guide member installed on a front part of the case to guide the filler metal; a rotation roller revolving by a motor to feed the filler metal with supporting a lower surface of the filler metal, the filler metal guided by the guide member; a press roller located over the rotation roller to press a upper surface of the filler metal which is in contact with the rotation roller; and a press member pressing the press roller.

Abstract: The method includes forming a graphite layer on a substrate, forming a supporting layer on the graphite layer to form a stack of the graphite layer and the supporting layer, removing the substrate to separate the stack from the substrate, transferring the stack of the graphite layer and the supporting layer onto a frame, and removing the supporting layer from the frame.

Abstract: A vision correction system comprising an intraocular lens having a lens body and one or more haptics is provided. The lens body may be configured to be positioned posteriorly to an iris of an eye and may have a convex anterior surface, a concave posterior surface, and a circumferential edge having a rounded anterior portion and a rounded posterior portion. Haptics may extend at an anterior angle from the lens body and be configured to contact the ciliary sulcus of an eye. The haptics and/or hydrophobic forces between this lens body and a second intraocular lens may secure the lens body in the eye in a relatively fixed position and prevent rotation of the lens over time.

Abstract: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients make antibodies to self-proteins that are potential biomarkers for early detection and risk prediction. We have identified seventeen antigens as biomarkers for early diagnosis and risk prediction of T1D, including the antigens MLH1, MTIF3, PPIL2, NUP50, TOX4, FIGN, C9orf142, ZNF280D, HES1, QRFPR, CTRC, SNX6, SYTL4, ELA2A, IGRP, PAX6, and HMGN3.

Abstract: Disclosed is an antipyretic drug comprising a Stauntonia Hexaphylla leaf extract as an active ingredient. The antipyretic drug is developed based on the finding that the Stauntonia Hexaphylla leaf extract has no cytotoxicity and exhibits superior antipyretic effects, as compared to conventional antipyretic drugs having antipyretic effects. An antipyretic composition comprising the Stauntonia Hexaphylla leaf extract as an active ingredient exhibits potent antipyretic effect.

Abstract: A system for and method of stabilizing slopes and embankments using one or more soil load transfer elements are disclosed. The present subject matter provides for an efficient method and apparatus for stabilizing shallow landslides and slope instabilities for failing and near-failing soil masses that are underlain by soil materials. The system may include a plurality of load transfer plates affixed to a pile or load transfer section in varying configurations. In one embodiment, one or more upper load transfer plates are preferably used to capture the downslope-moving soil mass and transfer the applied loads to the intermediary pile section. In another embodiment, a plurality of upper load transfer plates can be used to transfer applied loads to a lower pile section.

Abstract: An endovascular graft delivery system includes an endovascular prosthetic device and one or more trigger wires deployably engaging portions of the endovascular prosthetic device. An electrical element is positioned at a proximal end of a trigger wire. The electrical element is in signal communication with the trigger wire to communicate operational signals over the trigger wire. The operational signals may be power or control signals to assist with positioning the endovascular prosthetic device at a desired deployment location.

Abstract: A Cu(I)-catalyzed 1,3-halogen migration reaction effectively recycles an activating group by transferring a halogen from an sp2 to a benzylic carbon with good enantioselectivity and concomitant borylation of the Ar-halo bond. The resulting enantio-enriched benzyl halide can be reacted in the same vessel under a variety of conditions to form an additional carbon-heteroatom or carbon-carbon bond while maintaining high ee. The reaction can be used to efficiently prepare novel compounds and intermediates for the preparation of therapeutics and ligands for catalysis.

Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for a coded SAW tag and hydrogen gas sensor with substrate, detector and identical reference bank of reflectors fabricated the substrate to generate a surface acoustic wave in response to a interrogation signal, a transducer between the detector and reflectors, and a tin dioxide (SnO2) and palladium (Pd) film sensitive to hydrogen gas at ambient temperature deposited in a propagation delay path between the reflectors and the transducer to modulate the detector surface acoustic wave propagation parameters in response to sensing a hydrogen gas. The SnO2 and Pd film is deposited on the delay path by depositing the film through a mask. The deposited film is annealed to gain room-temperature hydrogen sensitivity and reversibility.

Abstract: A seismic imaging technology for imaging a subsurface structure is provided. The seismic imaging technology is applied to modeling parameters of a wave equation redefined in a new coordinate system resulting from converting space axes into a logarithmic scale. The redefined wave equation is applied to wave inversion or reverse-time migration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a switchable infrared ray-visible ray reflection electrochemical mirror having high electrochemical stability and bistability, in which a stripping phenomenon of a metal thin film can be prevented and bistability can be improved through a process of increasing electrochemical stability of a reflective film from an electrode composition and an ionic liquid electrolyte composition having various compositions. In the proposed electrochemical mirror apparatus, since the metal thin film formed by electric reduction is not stripped from a transparent electrode through a surface treatment process, a more stable apparatus can be provided, and even though a voltage is not applied to the metal thin film, the thin film is prevented from being oxidized by using an optimized ionic liquid electrolyte, thus providing the effective electrochemical mirror apparatus where the metal thin film is continuously maintained.

Abstract: A digital display device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The method of controlling a digital display device connected to at least one network and at least one memory includes receiving content (e.g., a TV program, etc.) over the at least one network, calculating memory capacity of an internal or external memory, storing the received content (e.g., a TV program, etc.) in the internal or external memory according to the calculated result, accessing the internal or external memory if a specific channel is selected, extracting the content (e.g., a TV program, etc.) stored in the accessed internal or external memory, and outputting video data and audio data corresponding to the extracted content (e.g., a TV program, etc.).

Abstract: This invention provides methods of making and using a fluorescent probe from the Sandercyanin protein as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of creating a fluorescent probe, comprising the steps of attaching a Sandercyanin moiety to a probe, wherein the probe is specific to a desired target.