Abstract: A security barrier is presented for preventing unauthorized persons or vehicles from easily crossing a border. In one preferred embodiment, the security barrier is suitable for installation in a waterway and comprises: (1) a plurality of piles, each pile having a bottom end embedded into the earth and a top end extending vertically upward; (2) an open security grid juxtaposed between and secured by the piles, wherein the grid preferably has a bottom end that extends downward below the surface between the piles toward the earth; (3) at least one rigid wall panel also juxtaposed between and secured by the piles on top of the open security grid, thereby forming a security barrier that allows water, air, aquatic life, and birds to pass through the barrier, but restricts the movement of humans and vehicles across the barrier.

Abstract: An ASG system for polygeneration with CC includes a devolatilizer that pyrolyzes solid fuel to produce char and gases. A burner adds exothermic heat by high-pressure sub-stoichiometric combustion, a mixing pot causes turbulent flow of the gases to heat received solid fuel, and a riser micronizes resulting friable char. A devolatilizer cyclone separates the micronized char by weight providing micronized char, steam and gases to a gasifier feed and oversized char to the mixing pot. An indirect fluid bed gasifier combustion loop includes a gasifier coupled to the gasifier feed, a steam input to provide oxygen for gasification and to facilitate sand-char separation, and an output for providing syngas. A burner provides POC to a mixing pot which provides hot sand with POC to a POC cyclone via a riser, where the POC cyclone separates sand and POC by weight and provides POC and sand for steam-carbon reaction.

Abstract: A lattice structure includes multiple identical unit cells formed from joined plates. In the lattice structure, some of the plates are rectangular plates, some of the plates are triangular plates, and some of the plates are trapezoidal plates. Further, any two of the joined rectangular plates have corresponding surface normals perpendicular to each other and at least two edges of each one of the triangular plates are joined to one of a surface or an edge of one of the plurality of joined plates. Further, at least three edges of each one of the trapezoidal plates are joined to one of a surface or an edge of one of the plurality of joined plates, and any one of a plurality of surface normals for the triangular plates and the trapezoidal plates are nonparallel to any one of a plurality of surface normals of rectangular plates.

Abstract: Compositions of chitosan and one or more polyalcohols, such as mannitol and polyethylene glycol, and methods of use thereof, are provided. The disclosed compositions can deliver high concentrations of localized antimicrobials and metabolites to make infections more susceptible to antimicrobials. The disclosed compositions may be used to deliver biologically active agents to an infection at a site of trauma or surrounding an indwelling medical device, to treat an infection caused by persister bacterial cells, and to treat and/or prevent the formation of biofilm bacteria on an indwelling medical device or surrounding tissue.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of detecting a target nucleic acid on the basis of rolling circle amplification (RCA), and more specifically, to a method of detecting a target nucleic acid, the method in which a target nucleic acid (a nucleic acid having a target nucleic acid sequence), when present, forms a circular template with a template for performing an amplification reaction, wherein during the amplification reaction, a restriction enzyme is added to further induce a new RCA reaction, thus increasing the reaction rate and sensitivity, and to an RCA composition for implementing the method.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to novel ?-opioid receptor agonists, and the method of making and using the novel ?-opioid receptor agonists. The novel ?-opioid receptor agonists are selective ?-opioid receptor agonists that have substantially no beta-arrestin 2 recruitment or low beta-arrestin 2 recruitment. The novel ?-opioid receptor agonists may be used for the treatment for alcohol use disorders and other co-occurring psychiatric disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anti-tumor composition which includes a GM-CSF gene; an Flt3L-TRAIL fusion gene; shRNA inhibiting TGF-? expression; and shRNA inhibiting HSP expression.

Abstract: A composition and method for a microtexture hydrophobic or superhydrophobic coating. The microtexture coating includes a coating layer disposed on a substrate with hydrophobic or superhydrophobic particles dispersed on top of or partially embedded in the coating layer to form an outer layer. The outer layer exhibits water repellant properties. Use of the microtexture coating permits large scale, durable hydrophobic or superhydrophobic coating applications. The microtexture coating is a useful for application on wind turbines, airplanes, solar panels, windows, or cooling systems.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for operating a virtual reality (VR) device which includes performing a VR training operation, acquiring information about an immersion level while performing the VR training operation, comparing the information about an immersion level with a predetermined threshold value, and performing a first operation for improving an immersion level of a user when the information about an immersion level is lower than the predetermined threshold value, and an apparatus for performing the same may be provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a 1-(4-benzyloxy-benzyl)-3-methyl-thiourea compound in crystalline forms A, B, C, or amorphous form, a method for preparing the compound in the crystalline or amorphous forms, and a use of the compound for preventing or treating a metabolic disease or inflammatory disease.

Abstract: A reliable data transmission method and system based on a predicted amount of data in a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) network is disclosed. A data transmission method of a base station includes determining a maximum amount of data to be transmitted from the base station disposed around a road to a vehicle traveling on the road, determining an encoding number for systematic network coding (SNC) based on the determined amount of data, performing the SNC on original data based on the encoding number and the amount of data, and transmitting encoded data obtained by performing the SNC to the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising chimeric polypeptides that bind to free ubiquitin proteins or free ubiquitin-like proteins with high affinity, as well as chimeric polypeptides that bind to both free and conjugated ubiquitin proteins or free and conjugated ubiquitin-like proteins, and methods of using the chimeric polypeptides to determine the amount of free or total ubiquitin or free or total ubiquitin-like proteins in various types of samples.

Abstract: A method for inducing an activity of a user's autonomic nervous system is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) on condition that each of the user's reference heart rate information corresponding to each of active states of the user's autonomic nervous system is obtained, an inducing device, if a specific active state of the autonomic nervous system is selected by the user, acquiring first reference heart rate information of the user corresponding to the specific active state of the autonomic nervous system; and (b) the inducing device supporting a first vibration stimulus with a first period corresponding to the first reference heart rate information to be applied to the user, to thereby allow the user's real-time average cardiac interval to be synchronized with the first vibration stimulus.

Abstract: Methods and systems for augmentative and alternative communication are disclosed. An example method can comprise receiving a candidate input, classifying the candidate input as an intentional input, and generating a signal in response to the intentional input.

Abstract: Systems and methods for epicardial electrophysiology and other procedures are provided in which the location of an access needle may be inferred according to the detection of different pressure frequencies in separate organs, or different locations, in the body of a subject. Methods may include inserting a needle including a first sensor into a body of a subject, and receiving pressure frequency information from the first sensor. A second sensor may be used to provide cardiac waveform information of the subject. A current location of the needle may be distinguished from another location based on an algorithm including the pressure frequency information and the cardiac waveform information.

Abstract: A reference imaging system including a planar reference piece. The reference imaging system further includes a three-axis gantry for positioning the planar reference piece at a plurality of points in a 3D coordinate system. Additionally, the reference imaging system includes a yaw actuator for adjusting the yaw angle of the object. Furthermore, the reference imaging system includes a pitch actuator for adjusting the pitch of the object. Moreover, the reference imaging system includes a computer processing unit for controlling the 3D position, pitch and yaw of the planar reference piece.

Abstract: Cancer is a disease for which there remains a great unmet medical need, and therefore the discovery and development of new antineoplastic agents is critically important. The present invention relates in part to new therapeutic compounds with antineoplastic activity. Provided herein are polyamine sulfonamides such as compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which may be used in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases such as cancer. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the inventive compounds. Furthermore, the present invention provides methods of treating and/or preventing diseases (e.g., cancer) using compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Other methods provided include methods for inducing apoptosis of a cell, as well as methods for inhibiting alpha-enolase enzymatic activity in vivo and in vitro.

Abstract: Provided is a method of application malware detection based on dynamic Application Programming Interface (API) extraction, and a readable medium and an apparatus for performing the same. The method of application malware detection based on dynamic API extraction includes generating an API classifier which classifies an input API as malicious or benign using API used in a sample application classified as malicious application apps or benign application apps, and inputting a pre-stored target API into the API classifier to classify the target API as malicious or benign.

Abstract: A rice cultivar designated M-211 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar M-211, to the plants of rice M-211 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar M-211 with itself or another rice variety. The invention further relates to methods for producing a rice plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic rice plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to rice cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from rice cultivar M-211, to methods for producing other rice cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from rice cultivar M-211 and to the rice plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar M-211 with another rice cultivar.

Abstract: Provided is a non-invasive method of detecting or screening for a cancer in a subject specimen originating in a tissue outside of the lung. The method includes detecting elevated levels of one or more carbonyl-containing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are biomarkers for the cancer in exhaled breath from the subject specimen. The method may further include obtaining exhaled breath from the subject specimen; forming adducts of the carbonyl-containing VOCs with a reactive chemical compound; quantifying the adducts of the carbonyl-containing VOCs to establish a subject value for each of the adducts; and comparing each subject value to a threshold healthy specimen value for each of the adducts of the carbonyl-containing VOCs. One or more subject values at quantities greater than threshold healthy specimen values are also useful for screening for the cancer in the subject specimen.