Abstract: An oral composition in the form of a lozenge or lollipop is provided. The composition comprises crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidine (PVP), xylitol and Matcha green tea. A multi-layer lozenge or lollipop for neutralizing saliva and re-hardening tooth enamel is also provided. The lozenge or lollipop comprises an alkalinizing agent; a re-mineralizing agent comprising Matcha green tea; a base; a plasticizer; and a sugar alcohol, wherein the lozenge or lollipop upon oral administration raises the saliva pH from about 7 to about 10 in about 1 minute. Methods of making and treatment are also provided.

Abstract: A stripping lifting insert is provided for precast insulated panels having an insulating material layer between opposing wythes, the insulating material layer, wythes, and precast insulated panel having respective widths. The stripping lifting insert includes an elongated connecting shaft having a shaft axis. First and second spaced apart wythe engagement members are connected to the connecting shaft in spaced apart relation to each other. Each wythe engagement member includes a hub and a plurality of three or more protrusions connected to and emanating from hub. Each of the protrusions extending radially outward from the shaft axis. The wythe engagement members have a height less than the width of the wythes, whereby each wythe engagement member can be completely embedded in a respective wythe of the precast insulated panel. A precast insulated panel and a method of making a precast insulated panel are also disclosed.

Abstract: This invention is directed to selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating early prostate cancer, prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, triple negative breast cancer, other cancers expressing the androgen receptor, androgenic alopecia or other hyperandrogenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels of androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.

Abstract: Apparatus and systems disclosed herein are designed to be used to study various forces acting on an athletic field or an athletic surface caused by the interaction between a shoe and the turf or athletic surface during a simulated impact. Various surfaces can be tested and analyzed, including assessing deceleration, acceleration and cutting traction potential on the surfaces. The disclosed apparatuses and systems allow for the testing of a wide variety of footwear, at any desired impact angle, and at various simulated forces.

Abstract: The system can be for the management of access authorization using an immutable ledger comprising and can include a server having a computer readable medium in communications with an immutable ledger. A set of computer readable instructions can be included in the server and can be configured for: receiving a set of data, encrypting the set of data with a data-encryption-key and storing the encrypted data on the immutable ledger, creating a key tree having a node associated with a user, creating a key-encryption-key associated with the node and the user, and, distributing the key-encryption-key to the user wherein the key-encryption-key is configured to decrypt the data-encryption-key thereby providing access to the data for the user.

Abstract: Compositions comprising preceramic resins and fumed alumina are described. The compositions can also include fillers, such as silicon carbide whiskers or zirconium diboride particles. The compositions can be used as three-dimensional printable inks for preparing ceramic composites, e.g., composites having complex geometry. Inclusion of fumed alumina as a rheology modifier in the composition can provide improved printing properties for the inks compared to preceramic resin inks that do not include fumed alumina.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an Al—Ce—Mn alloy for use in additive manufacturing. The disclosed alloy embodiments provide fabricated objects, such as bulk components, comprising a heterogeneous microstructure and having good mechanical properties even when exposed to conditions used during the additive manufacturing process. Methods for making and using alloy embodiments also are disclosed herein.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to compositions and methods for predicting prognosis and classifying risk of subjects having certain cancers, for example acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In some embodiments, methods described by the disclosure comprise a step of assessing the mRNA expression of certain leukemic stem cell (LSC)-enriched genes in a subject to produce a predictive score for pediatric AML. In some embodiments, methods described by the disclosure comprise a step of assessing the mRNA expression of certain genes of pharmacological relevance for standard chemotherapy consisting of Cytarabine (also known as Ara-C), daunorubicin and etoposide in a subject to produce a predictive score for pediatric AML.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating bacterial infections and cancer in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I.

Abstract: Dimer and monomer molecules according to general formulas (I) or (II) are useful as lipid switch molecules when incorporated into a membrane of a liposome. wherein R1 is a hydrophobic tail having at least 6 carbons and wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of —NH2, wherein, for the dimer, the linker is a saturated carbon chain having 2 to 6 carbons or is a para-xylene linker; and when R2 is charged anions are present to render the charge neutral. These molecules can bind ATP or similar small phosphorylated molecules between R2 groups, which changes the shape of the molecule or the molecules orientation within the membrane thereby acting as a “switch” to release a therapeutic agent from the liposome.

Abstract: This invention provides novel 3-amino propanamide selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, androgenic alopecia or other 5 hyperandrogenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels of androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.

Abstract: Scintillating glass ceramics are disclosed. The scintillating glass ceramics may be used as an x-ray conversion layer (screen) for a flat panel imager (FPD) and as part of an imaging system. The FPD may have a single screen or a dual screen. The scintillating glass ceramics may be used for either a front screen or a back screen. The scintillating glass ceramics may be used for high energy x-ray applications including for energies of about 0.3 to about 20 MeV. A build-up layer may be attached to the scintillating glass ceramics for high energy applications. The scintillating glass ceramics may include a glass matrix hosting luminescent centers and light scattering centers. The materials used for the luminescent centers and light scattering centers may be the same or different. The scintillating glass ceramics may be coated onto a glass substrate.

Abstract: A method of tailoring the properties of garnet-type scintillators to meet the particular needs of different applications is described. More particularly, codoping scintillators, such as Gd3Ga3Al2O12, Gd3Ga2Al3O12, or other rare earth gallium aluminum garnets, with different ions can modify the scintillation light yield, decay time, rise time, energy resolution, proportionality, and/or sensitivity to light exposure. Also provided are the codoped garnet-type scintillators themselves, radiation detectors and related devices comprising the codoped garnet-type scintillators, and methods of using the radiation detectors to detect gamma rays, X-rays, cosmic rays, and particles having an energy of 1 keV or greater.

Abstract: A reactive matrix infiltration process is described herein, which includes contacting a surface of a preform comprising reinforcement material particles with a molten infiltrant comprising a matrix material, the matrix material comprising an Al—Ce alloy, whereby the infiltrant at least partially fills spaces between the reinforcement material particles by capillary action and reacts with the reinforcement material particles to form a composite material form, the composite material comprising the matrix material, at least one intermetallic phase, and, optionally, reinforcement material particles. A composite material form also is described, which includes a plurality of reinforcement material particles comprising a metal alloy or a ceramic, a matrix material at least partially filling spaces between the reinforcement material particles; and at least one intermetallic phase surrounding at least some of the reinforcement material particles.

Abstract: Provided are methods and apparatus for environment-adaptive robotic disinfecting. In an example, provided is a method that can include (i) creating, from digital images, a map of a structure; (ii) identifying a location of a robot in the structure; (iii) segmenting, using a machine learning-based classifying algorithm trained based on object affordance information, the digital images to identify potentially contaminated surfaces within the structure; (iv) creating a map of potentially contaminated surfaces within the structure; (v) calculating a trajectory of movement of the robot to move the robot to a location of a potentially contaminated surface in the potentially contaminated surfaces; and (vi) moving the robot along the trajectory of movement to position a directional decontaminant source adjacent to the potentially contaminated surface. Other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A concentric tube steerable device includes a plurality of tubes having a nested, concentric configuration. The tubes include an outer tube and an inner tube that extends coaxially within the outer tube. The inner tube terminates at a tip, and a pose of the tip is effectuated through individual or collective rotation or translation of the tubes about a tube axis. The concentric tube steerable device includes an actuator for rotating at least one tube about a respective tube axis, and a translator for translating at least one tube along a respective tube axis. Each tube includes a precurved portion and a corresponding axis of precurvature. For at least one tube, a flexural rigidity of the tube along its axis of precurvature is less than a flexural rigidity of the tube along a second axis that is perpendicular to the axis of precurvature, thereby improving stability of the tube.

Abstract: Codoped lutetium-based oxyorthosilicate scintillators (e.g., lutetium oxyorthosilicase (LSO) and lutetium-ytrrium oxyorthosilicate (LYSO) scintillators) codoped with transition metal ions (e.g., Cu2+) are described. The codoping can alter one or more optical and/or scintillation property of the scintillator material. For example, the codoping can increase scintillation light yield and/or decrease scintillation decay time. Radiation detectors comprising the scintillators, methods of detecting high energy radiation using the radiation detectors, and methods of altering one or more scintillation and/or optical properties of a lutetium-based oxyorthosilicate scintillator are also described.

Abstract: This disclosure pertains to a novel platform for genetic engineering of chloroplasts. The disclosure provides episomal DNA vectors containing a chloroplast origin of replication. These vectors remain extra-plastomic and sustainably and autonomously replicate in chloroplasts of the plant cells transformed with the vectors and in the plants regenerated from the transformed plant cells. The episomal DNA vectors do not contain any sequence that shares sequence homology with the plastome DNA and, thus, do not get integrated into the plastome DNA. The vectors can also comprise one or more genes of interest that confer desirable characteristics to the transformed plant cells. The disclosure also provides methods of transforming plant cells with the episomal DNA vectors and regenerating from the transformed plant cells plants having desirable characteristics.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums determining a system state of a power system using a convolutional neural network using a convolutional neural network are disclosed. One method includes converting power grid topology data corresponding to a power system into a power system matrix representation input and applying the power system matrix representation input to a plurality of convolutional layers of a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) structure in a sequential manner to generate one or more feature maps. The method further includes applying the one or more feature maps to a fully connected layer (FCL) operation for generating a respective one or more voltage vectors representing a system state of the power system.

Abstract: An adsorbent for a target compound can include porous carbon particles having pores with a predominant pore size less than 10 nm, and magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) nucleated on the carbon surface and within the pores of carbon particles to provide a carbon magnetic nanoparticle adsorbent (C-MNA). A method for removing target compounds with an adsorbent, a system for removing contaminants from a liquid, and a method for adsorbing target compounds from a fluid are also disclosed.