Abstract: The present disclosure provides a load-bearing composite platform. The platform includes a core layer, first and second reinforcement layers, and a frame. The core layer includes a structural sublayer, a force distribution sublayer, and an abrasion prevention sublayer. The first reinforcement layer is adhered to the force distribution sublayer, and the second reinforcement layer is adhered to the structural sublayer. The second reinforcement layer is an inverse of the first reinforcement layer. The frame surrounds the first reinforcement layer, the second reinforcement layer, and the core layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for securing wireless data communication. The system includes a launcher and a projectile. The launcher has a random number generator, a launcher memory, a launcher encryption/decryption module, and a launcher transceiver. The projectile has a projectile memory, a projectile encryption/decryption module, and a projectile transceiver. Both the launcher encryption/decryption module and the projectile encryption/decryption module are configured to use the one-time pad to encrypt and to decrypt data. The system is configured to establish a temporary datalink at a point in time in which the projectile and the launcher are substantially collocated so that the one-time pad can be transmitted from random number generator located in the launcher to the projectile memory using the temporary datalink.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a microelectronic isolation system comprising a base, vibration isolator, primary sensor, and microprocessor. The base supports the vibration isolator, the primary sensor, and the microprocessor. The vibration isolator has a platform, isolation material, and at least one isolation sensor. The isolation material dampens an overall vibrational frequency experienced by the microelectronic isolation system. The isolation sensor measures a displacement. The displacement is a measurement of a displacement of the platform with respect to the base. The primary sensor measures a primary sensor response, which is received by the microprocessor to calculate a plurality of responses. The plurality of responses of the microprocessor being one or a combination of a measured compensation response, an inertial response, and a restored primary sensor response.

Abstract: A resonant mechanical structure, such as one for use in a torsional oscillator MEMS accelerometer that includes a mounting substrate and a reference mass configured to move within a reference mass plane, the resonant mechanical structure being connected to the mounting structure and the reference mass, and the resonant mechanical structure including a body, a center of mass, and an aperture, wherein the aperture is surrounded and defined by the body, and wherein the body includes a first mass portion and a second mass portion that are configured to oscillate about an oscillation axis located within the reference mass plane, wherein the center of mass is located on the oscillation axis, and wherein a movement of the reference mass within the reference mass plane varies a moment of inertia of the body while the center of mass of the body remains located on the oscillation axis.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are artificial Invaplexes comprising deacylated lipopolysaccharides and methods of making and using thereof.

Abstract: Compositions and methods of inhibiting Nur77 in a subject for treatment of perinatal neuroinflammation, preterm labor, or preterm birth are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a textile composite for the adsorption and breakdown of harmful chemical materials. A support layer and a sorptive and reactive material mounted on the support layer form a protective layer, which is mounted on an inner liner. The protective layer adsorbs and breaks down harmful chemical materials. An outer shell is formed of fabric having an outer surface that is hydrophobic for resisting the passage of harmful chemicals, which may be in the form of vapor, liquid or aerosols. Preferably, the sorptive and reactive material includes zirconium hydroxide, and the support layer includes a fabric material. The zirconium hydroxide is distributed on the fabric material in the amount of at least 20 grams of zirconium hydroxide per square meter. Alternatively, the zirconium hydroxide is distributed in the amount of at least 150 or 200 grams of zirconium hydroxide per square meter.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for molecularly characterizing cervical cell samples as being negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy (NILM), low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL), or high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL).

Abstract: A graft containing a scaffold that includes a matrix in which are positioned mesenchymal progenitor cells (MPCs) has the capacity to substantially improve wound healing, including wounds resulting from injury to nerve, bone and vascular tissue. MPCs can be harvested from debrided muscle tissue following orthopaedic trauma. The traumatized muscle-derived progenitor cells are a readily available autologous cell source that can be utilized to effect or improve wound healing in a variety of therapeutic settings and vehicles.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method to measure fluid within a body cavity where data is received with an interface (210), the data being received from an ultrasound transducer. A three-dimensional sonographic image is generated with an image generator (220) connected to the interface (210), the three-dimensional sonographic image being generated from the data from the ultrasound transducer. The body cavity is identified in the three-dimensional sonographic image with an image processor (230) connected to the image generator (220); and, an area of fluid in the body cavity in the three-dimensional sonographic image is identified with the image processor (230). The volume of the area of fluid is calculated using the three-dimensional sonographic image and a stacked crescents process, a spherical fill process, a convex hull process, and/or a triangulation process.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods to provide a patient care recommendation. The systems and methods receive patient information and a plurality of patient physiological signals that are related to a patient. The systems and methods are then operable to produce at least one derived patient signal from at least one of the plurality of patient physiological signals. The systems and methods use the patient information, at least one of the plurality of patient physiological signals, and the at least one derived patient signal to provide at least one patient care recommendation.

Abstract: Anhydrosugar-based monomers prepared from isosorbide, isomannide, and isoidide and resin systems containing these anhydrosugar-based monomers that are partially to fully bio-based, which may produce materials having properties that meet or exceed the properties of similar petroleum derived vinyl ester resins.

Abstract: Nonaqueous electrolyte solvents or additives include components synthesized for advanced rechargeable batteries using diversified chemistries to achieve high energy densities. The electrolyte components are generated to create the formation of protective interphases on both cathode and anode surfaces simultaneously. The electrolyte components integrate the key structural elements into a single molecule, thus rendering the stabilization of electrode/electrolyte interfaces more efficiently and with parasitic reactions minimized. The electrolyte components have several applications in diversified battery chemistries such as Li-ion of high voltage and high capacity as well as beyond Li-ion (e.g., Li/sulfur, Na and Mg ion as well as conversion-reaction).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a porous silicon (PSi) includes providing a semiconductor wafer; depositing a mask layer on a first side of the semiconductor wafer; patterning the mask layer to expose portions of semiconductor material of the semiconductor wafer; depositing a metal layer onto the patterned mask layer on a second side of the semiconductor wafer; and etching the semiconductor wafer where exposed by patterned portions of any of the mask layer and the metal layer thereby creating PSi regions at a surface of the semiconductor wafer. The method may further include patterning the metal layer prior to etching to form at least one electrode. The etching may include etching the semiconductor wafer with HF, a solvent, and hydrogen peroxide. The metal layer may form a plurality of electrodes segmented from each other.

Abstract: Anhydrosugar-based monomers prepared from isosorbide, isomannide, and isoidide and resin systems containing these anhydrosugar-based monomers that are partially to fully bio-based, which may produce materials having properties that meet or exceed the properties of similar petroleum derived vinyl ester resins.

Abstract: A method for determining the energy factor for similar buildings, the method being implemented on a computer device comprising one or more processors programmed with one or more computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, program the computer device to perform the method, the method comprising selecting a group of buildings with a similar floor plan; performing an energy audit of at least one building in the selected group of buildings. The energy audit comprises determining the thermodynamic efficiency of the structure of each building in the group of buildings, and determining the energy efficiency of at least one control system consuming energy in each building.

Abstract: Anhydrosugar-based monomers prepared from isosorbide, isomannide, and isoidide and resin systems containing these anhydrosugar-based monomers that are partially to fully bio-based, which may produce materials having properties that meet or exceed the properties of similar petroleum derived vinyl ester resins.

Abstract: Grafted triglycerides comprising a triglyceride grafted with a fatty acid residue containing 4 to 30 carbon atoms are reacted with an epoxide resin and an amine curing agent to yield an epoxy thermoset. The grafted triglyceride is prepared by reaction of an epoxidized triglyceride with a fatty acid. By varying the length of the fatty residue, the number of fatty residues per triglyceride, the identity of the epoxy resin and the amine curing agent, it is possible to prepare epoxy thermosets that exhibit superior physical properties compared to the properties of epoxy thermosets prepared without the grafted triglyceride, or as compared to epoxy thermosets wherein the epoxidized triglyceride is used in place of the grafted triglyceride.

Abstract: Modified fluoropolymers, and methods for manufacturing modified fluoropolymers are provided. According to at least one embodiment, chemically modified fluoropolymers, via radical generation and subsequent reaction, produce fluoropolymers having fluorinated moieties and/or non-fluorinated moieties, disrupting highly coherent polar domains, wherein the non-fluorinated moieties include, for example, at least one of carbonyl, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, and/or aromatic chemical groups.