Abstract: A system for controlling a tension of a tether between an object and a load tethered to the object comprises magnetorheological (MR) fluid actuator unit(s) including at least one torque source and at least one MR fluid clutch apparatus coupled to the at least one torque source to receive torque from the at least one torque source, the MR fluid clutch apparatus controllable to transmit a variable amount of torque via an output of the MR fluid actuator unit. A tensioning member is connected to the output so as to be pulled by the output member upon actuation of the magnetorheological fluid clutch apparatus, a free end of the tensioning member adapted to exert a pulling action when being pulled by the output member. Sensor(s) provide information indicative of a relation between the object and the load tethered to the object. A controller controls the at least one MR fluid clutch apparatus in exerting the pulling action based on said information.

Abstract: Disclosed is an environment-friendly and flame-retardant abradable seal coating material with an ultra-low density and a use method thereof. The seal coating material includes a component A and a component B packaged separately; the component A includes 20-30 wt % of a curing agent for bisphenol A epoxy resin, 20-30 wt % of a liquid phosphorus-containing curing agent, 20-40 wt % of a hollow glass microbead, 1-5 wt % of 2,4,6-tris(dimethylaminomethyl)phenol, 5-15 wt % of dimethyl methylphosphonate and 0.5-3 wt % of a silane coupling agent; the component B includes 30-40 wt % of a bisphenol A epoxy resin, 30-40 wt % of a liquid phosphorus-containing epoxy resin, 20-30 wt % of a hollow glass microbead, 0-10 wt % of a liquid acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber and 0.5-3 wt % of a silane coupling agent. The method includes: mixing the component A and the component B to obtain a coating, and applying the obtained coating to a surface of a part for curing.

Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato comprising transgenic event Del/Ros1-N and progeny thereof comprising this transgenic event and uses of such seeds and plants in the production of tomato fruit and food products made tomato fruit. The invention thus relates to non-hybrid and hybrid plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of tomato comprising transgenic event Del/Ros1-N, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

Abstract: An implant may include a first body member and a second body member, at least one bone contacting arched member, and a first external element extending from the first body member to the second body member, wherein the first external element has an undulating planar geometry in which the first external element undulates in a single plane.

Abstract: A process of producing a cathode electrocatalyst for metal-air batteries includes providing a carbon source suspension, a metal source solution, and a nitrogen source solution, subjecting the carbon source suspension and the metal source solution to a low-temperature hydrothermal reaction, subjecting a first precursor-containing product thus formed and the nitrogen source solution to a high-temperature hydrothermal reaction, and subjecting a second precursor thus formed to a heating treatment under a protective atmosphere. A cathode electrocatalyst produced by the process is also disclosed.

Abstract: A zinc aluminium silicate nanoparticles/granular red mud (ZAS/GRM) composite material of Zn2+-modified industrial waste red mud and a preparation method and application thereof are disclosed, belonging to the technical field of adsorbent preparation. The industrial waste red mud is used as a raw material to prepare Zn2+-modified red mud for ZAS/GRM adsorbent.

Abstract: A superconductor device includes a low-dimensional material with a critical temperature higher than a critical temperature corresponding to a bulk form of the low-dimensional material. The low-dimensional material can include shape and structural modifications of a low-dimensional material. The superconductor device can include various conformational arrangements of the low-dimensional material such as nanoribbons, nanotubes, or helices. The superconductor device can include functional groups, such as hydrogen, attached to the low-dimensional material. The superconductor device can include metallic clusters located in proximity to the low-dimensional material. The superconductor device can include a low-dimensional material which is a monolayer, bilayer or multilayer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for preparing exosomes from bovine placenta, lyophilized powder of the exosomes, as well as a composition containing exosomes from animal placenta and a preparation method and use thereof in anti-wrinkle on skin.

Abstract: The invention belongs to the technical field of waste cloth recovering and reusing, and particularly relates to waste-cloth-containing recovered fiber coating slurry and coating, and a preparation method thereof. 0.5-8 parts by weight of recovered fiber of waste cloth, 95-110 parts by weight of waterborne polyurethane, and 4-6 parts by weight of curing agent are prepared into recovered fiber coating slurry. The recovered fiber coating slurry is printed on a base cloth or a base plate, and dried to obtain a recovered fiber coating having a thickness of 0.1-1.0 mm. According to the technical solution provided by the invention, the field of physical method recycling of waste cloth is expanded to coating. Because the particle size of recovered fiber of the waste cloth is fine, the recovered fiber coating obtained by mixing waterborne polyurethane with a curing agent in a proper proportion has excellent abrasion resistance and mechanical properties.

Abstract: A rapid detection method for ricin toxin is provided. The rapid detection method for ricin toxin comprises reacting an adenine-containing oligonucleotide chain substrate labeled with a fluorescent group and a quenching group, a buffer solution, a BSA solution, a to-be-detected sample and sterile water, incubating at a constant temperature, detecting a fluorescence signal value, and determining whether the ricin toxin exists based on a difference between an average value of final fluorescence signal values and an average value of final fluorescence signal values of a negative control; wherein the sample is judged as a positive sample when the average value of the detected final fluorescence signal values is greater than the average value of the final fluorescence signal values of the negative control by +3 times standard deviation.

Abstract: Provided in the present application are a data processing method and apparatus based on data coding, and a device. The method comprises: performing N-channel error correction coding on data to be processed that is in information to be processed, so as to obtain N pieces of coded data to be processed; by using coded meta-channel data obtained by means of error correction coding, performing redundancy processing on the coded data to be processed, so as to obtain N pieces of response data; and then performing error correction decoding on the N pieces of response data, so as to obtain processing result information of the information to be processed.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method for training a classification model, a classification method, an apparatus and a device. A specific implementation is: acquiring behavior information of multiple users and personal basic information of the multiple users; where categories of at least part of users of the multiple users are known; inputting the personal basic information of the multiple users into a classification model to be trained to obtain feature information of the multiple users and predicted categories of users with known categories; and training the classification model to be trained according to the behavior information of the multiple users, the feature information of the multiple users, the predicted categories of the users with the known categories, and real categories of the users with the known categories, to obtain a trained classification model. The user categories determined by using the classification model are more accurate.

Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of wastewater treatment and rapid pollutant detection, in particular to a chitosan-polyacrylamide composite porous hydrogel, preparation and use thereof, and a metal ion-adsorbing and detecting reagent and method. The chitosan-polyacrylamide composite porous hydrogel of the present application is prepared by in situ polymerization of a chitosan sol, an acrylamide, a crosslinking agent and a surfactant into a mixed solution comprising liquid droplets, followed by steps of curing, washing, and freeze-drying. The present application further provides a metal ion-detecting reagent, which is obtained by adsorbing a color developing agent into the chitosan-polyacrylamide composite porous hydrogel as described above, wherein the color developing agent is a dye that changes color when encountering metal ions. The chitosan-polyacrylamide composite porous hydrogel of the present application has balanced mechanical properties and porosity.

Abstract: The present invention concerns new stable compositions of 1-Z-bromoalk-1-ene compounds of general formula (A). These compositions are characterized in that they also comprise either at least one cyclic ether compound comprising between 4 and 6 carbon atoms, or at least one ether of general formula (B) in which R1 and R2 are identical or different and selected from the group consisting of: a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A surgical simulator for simulating a surgical scenario comprises a display system, a user interface, and a controller. The controller includes one or more processors coupled to memory that stores instructions that when executed cause the system to perform operations. The operations include generating simulated surgical videos, each representative of the surgical scenario. The operations further include associating simulated ground truth data from the simulation with the simulated surgical videos. The ground truth data corresponds to context information of at least one of a simulated surgical instrument, a simulated anatomical region, a simulated surgical task, or a simulated action. The operations further include annotating features of the simulated surgical videos based, at least in part, on the simulated ground truth data for training a machine learning model.

Abstract: Provided is a monorail independent dual-slider synchronous belt sliding table module component with a compact structure, which includes a sliding table base module, a sliding table module, a first driving end module and a second driving end module. A first slide rail and a second slide rail are spaced from each other to form a transmission groove. A first slider is provided with a first transmission part corresponding to the transmission groove, a second slider is convexly provided with a second transmission part corresponding to the transmission groove, and the second transmission part is provided with an avoidance part which is in a same horizontal plane as the first transmission part. A first synchronous belt is arranged in an extension direction of the transmission groove, is in transmission connection with the first transmission part after passing through the avoidance part, and is sleeved outside the second synchronous belt.

Abstract: A method of training a text quality assessment model, a method of determining text quality, an electronic device, and a storage medium are provided. The method of training the text quality assessment model includes: determining a first text satisfying a condition of being a negative sample and a second text satisfying a condition of being a positive sample from a plurality of texts based on indicators for the texts; for any text of the first text and the second text, adding a label to the text based on the condition satisfied by the text, wherein the label indicates a category of the text, and the category includes a low-quality category for the negative sample and a non-low-quality category for the positive sample; and constituting a training set by the first text having a label and the second text having a label, to train the text quality assessment model.

Abstract: A method for lowering systolic blood pressure in a patient exhibiting resistance to a antihypertensive therapy with one or more drugs, the method comprising administering to the patient ANAVEX®2-73 at a dose and frequency effective to provide a reduction of at least about 3 mmHg in one or more blood pressure parameters selected from trough sitting systolic, 24-hour ambulatory systolic, and maximum diurnal systolic blood pressures.