Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for setting breakpoints (BPs) that cannot be detected by code being debugged, e.g., to trap transparently at any instruction. The disclosed system and method permits execution tracing and instrumentation of binaries, including malware. The system and method can be used to analyze benign software also, e.g., software obfuscated for anti-reverse-engineering. An invisible breakpoint (IBP) is not detectable by the “guest,” the program being debugged. Hardware virtualization is used to split the code and data views of the program's text segment(s).

Abstract: A docking station support system for a portable electronic device is disclosed. The docking station includes a housing with apertures to receive a portable electronic device and provide access to the touch sensitive display of such device. In certain embodiments, the docking station is invertible, and is supported by a leg or clips on top of, or at the edge of a surface, such as a table. The docking station can also be connected to a surface with hook and loop fasteners. The invention includes a gutter and spout system for catching food, beverages and other substances, and directing them away from the portable electronic device.

Abstract: A method for culturing and maintaining a pluripotent stem cell in an undifferentiated state is provided. The method comprises culturing the pluripotent stem cell in a medium comprising an MEK inhibitor, a GSK3 inhibitor, a dual inhibitor of AMPK and/or BMP signaling and LIF. A cell produced by the method, cell culture medium and a kit for performing the method described is also provided.

Abstract: The production of exudate containing sugar from a plant at a high concentration is provided. It is provided by introducing a nucleic acid encoding an AtSWEET8 protein or a homologous nucleic acid of the nucleic acid and/or enhancing the expression of the protein encoded by the nucleic acid or the homologous nucleic acid.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an oral, extended release, abuse deterrent pill containing at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient susceptible to abuse which is homogenously spread throughout a matrix used to deter abuse. The pill can be prepared using a hot melt extrusion process and a forming unit. The formed pill meets regulatory guidelines for extended release formulations and is abuse deterrent to parenteral administration due at least to particle size, viscosity, or purity limitations.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for detecting an analyte concentration. The method includes providing a test strip, which includes a first electrode set including a first reaction area, a second electrode set including a second reaction area, and a reaction reagent layer disposed on the second reaction area. The method includes providing a blood sample and bringing the blood sample into contact with the first electrode set and the second electrode set, applying a first voltage to the first electrode set by voltammetry to obtain a first response value, calculating a hematocrit value according to the first response value, applying a second voltage to the second electrode set to obtain a second response value, and calculating the actual value of the analyte concentration by using the hematocrit value and the second response value.

Abstract: Undergarments that are configured to be worn by a patient during a medical procedure is described. For example, this document provides undergarments that covers the patient's genitalia while leaving the patient's hip area unobstructed to facilitate a medical procedure that requires hip access.

Abstract: The production of exudate containing sugar from a plant at a high concentration is provided. A nucleic acid encoding a transporter involved in sugar transportation having a certain consensus sequence derived from the amino acid sequences of the SWEET proteins classified in the clade III is introduced and/or expression of the protein is enhanced.

Abstract: A centrifugal pump is provided, which includes a rotor assembly, the rotor assembly includes an impeller including multiple blades and a blade fixing portion, the blades and the blade fixing portion are integrally formed by injection molding, and the blades are circumferentially distributed at equal intervals along the blade fixing portion. The blade includes a first side, a second side, a blade top portion and a blade root portion, and the blade root portion and the blade fixing portion are fixed by injection molding. The blade top portion is a cantilever end of the blade, and the first side and the second side are arranged between the blade root portion and the blade top portion. The rotor assembly arranged in such manner can improve the hydraulic efficiency and lift of the centrifugal pump.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising an active agent that causes reduction of the level of systemic immunosuppression in an individual for use in treating a disease, disorder, condition or injury of the CNS that does not include the autoimmune neuroinflammatory disease, relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), is provided. The pharmaceutical composition is for administration by a dosage regimen comprising at least two courses of therapy, each course of therapy comprising in sequence a treatment session followed by an interval session.

Abstract: A method for fastening an element to a wall of a tank, the wall including at least one pin made from plastic material. The method includes: (a1) mounting the element on the pin such that a traversing part of the pin passes through the element, (a2) melting at least a portion of the traversing part and pressing on the melted portion such that the melted portion wraps freely around the pin to form a pin head configured to hold the element on the pin.

Abstract: Provided is a precursor of an inorganic/organic hybrid perovskite compound, and the precursor of the precursor of the inorganic/organic hybrid perovskite compound according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an organic positive ion, a metal positive ion, a halogen negative ion, and a guest molecule (GM).

Abstract: An electronic pump is provided, which includes a rotor assembly. The rotor assembly includes an impeller and a rotor which are separately injection-molded respectively. The material for injection-molding the rotor includes a magnetic material, and the material for injection-molding the impeller does not include a magnetic material. The impeller includes a first fitting portion, the rotor includes a second fitting portion, the impeller and the rotor are cooperated by the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion, and the impeller and the rotor are fixed with respect to each other by a fixing device. In this way, the impeller and the rotor may be made respectively by different materials, and an ordinary plastic material may be employed for the impeller, which may reduce the cost of manufacturing material of the rotor assembly.

Abstract: Well-defined, xeno-free culture media which comprise a TGF-beta isoform or the chimera formed between IL6 and the soluble IL6 receptor (IL6RIL6), which are capable of maintaining stem cells, and particularly, human embryonic stem cells, in an undifferentiated state are provided. Also provided are cell cultures comprising the culture media and the stem cells and methods of expanding and deriving embryonic stem cells in such well-defined, xeno-free culture media. In addition, the present invention provides methods of differentiating ESCs or EBs formed therefrom for the generation of lineage specific cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides a passive residual heat removal system and an atomic power plant comprising the same, the passive heat removal system comprising: a plate-type heat exchanger for causing heat exchange between a primary system fluid or a secondary system fluid which, in order to remove sensible heat from an atomic reactor cooling material system and residual heat from a reactor core, has received the sensible heat and the residual heat, and a cooling fluid which has been introduced from outside of a containment unit; and circulation piping for connecting the atomic reactor cooling material system to the plate-type heat exchanger, thereby forming a circulation channel of the primary system fluid, or connecting a steam generator, which is arranged at the boundary between the primary and secondary systems, to the plate-type heat exchanger, thereby forming a circulation channel of the secondary system fluid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated polypeptide comprising at least one intein or at least one intein fragment of said intein, wherein said intein is a naturally split intein with a N-terminal intein fragment split after 14-60 amino acids from the intein's N-terminal end and methods of using the same.

Abstract: The present invention makes use of a unique methodology of double nano-encapsulation for protecting and controlling the release of active agents, either hydrophobic or hydrophilic, from stable nanoparticles of opposite characteristics. The protection of the active agent was achieved by loading the agent to be protected, into nanocarriers, which were subsequently encapsulated into sub-micron nanoparticles. The sub-micron nanoparticles formation has been successfully achieved by the use of novel nanospray techniques.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for removing binary components from machine-language programs or inserting binary components into such programs. The method may include modifying a code sequence of the program (inserting or removing instructions), analyzing the program to determine one or more adjustment(s) to address(es) (of code or data references, direct or indirect) in the program, and modifying operand(s) of one or more instruction(s) in the program to reflect corresponding one(s) of the adjustment(s) (e.g., change offsets or add displacements to register-indirect accesses).

Abstract: A photonic waveform generator and a method of generating an electrical waveform based on a photonic signal are disclosed. The generator includes an input port for receiving an optical signal, a pulse shaper coupled to the input port and configured to Fourier transform the optical signal and apply a pre-distort waveform onto optical spectrum of the optical signal, a dispersive pulse stretcher coupled to the pulse shaper, an optical-to-electrical converter coupled to the dispersive pulse stretcher, and an output port coupled to the optical-to-electrical converter, the pre-distortion removes distortion of the electrical signal that exists in the absence of the pre-distortion caused by violation of far field limitation between the optical signal and the electrical signal.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of producing a metal composite powder by wire explosion in a liquid and a metal composite powder that is coated with a multi carbon layer. The production method includes a process of forming a first carbon layer on a surface of a metal wire consisting of a first metal, a process of forming a metal layer consisting of a second metal, which is different from the first metal, on a surface of the first carbon layer, and a process of forming a metal composite powder coated with a multi carbon layer by wire exploding the metal wire containing the first carbon layer and the metal layer formed on a surface thereof in a solution.