Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition includes about 80 parts by weight of an ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) including 5-ethylidene-2-norbornene (ENB) and polyethylene, about 30 parts by weight to about 70 parts by weight of polypropylene, about 20 parts by weight to about 40 parts by weight of a filler, and about 60 parts by weight to about 90 parts by weight of a plasticizer.

Abstract: An electrode for a battery includes an iron-containing substrate and a cobalt ferrite layer disposed over the iron-containing substrate. Advantageously, the cobalt ferrite layer inhibits corrosion of the iron-containing substrate. A nickel hydroxide layer is disposed over the cobalt ferrite layer. A battery incorporating the electrode is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention includes systems and methods for a multi-primary color system for display. A multi-primary color system increases the number of primary colors available in a color system and color system equipment. Increasing the number of primary colors reduces metameric errors from viewer to viewer. One embodiment of the multi-primary color system includes Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta primaries. The systems of the present invention maintain compatibility with existing color systems and equipment and provide systems for backwards compatibility with older color systems.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a biodegradable and thermosensitive hydrogel composition comprising a diblock PLGA-PEG copolymer and a triblock PLGA-PEG-PLGA copolymer. A method for treating or alleviating one or more symptoms of a disease and a method for delivering an active agent are also provided.

Abstract: In Multi-Policy Decision-Making (MPDM), many computationally-expensive forward simulations are performed in order to predict the performance of a set of candidate policies. In risk-aware formulations of MPDM, only the worst outcomes affect the decision making process, and efficiently finding these influential outcomes becomes the core challenge. Recently, stochastic gradient optimization algorithms, using a heuristic function, were shown to be significantly superior to random sampling. In this disclosure, it was shown that accurate gradients can be computed-even through a complex forward simulation—using approaches similar to those in dep networks. The proposed approach finds influential outcomes more reliably, and is faster than earlier methods, allowing one to evaluate more policies while simultaneously eliminating the need to design an easily-differentiable heuristic function.

Abstract: The present invention is based on the finding that CD11b signaling inhibits immune suppression, modulates neovascularization and promotes anti-tumor immune responses in models of murine and human cancer. As such, provided herein are methods of treating cancer using an antibody, protein or small molecule that modulates CD11b activity or expression. Also provided are methods of identifying cancer that is amenable to such treatment and/or increasing susceptibility of cancer cells to treatment with a chemotherapeutic agent.

Abstract: Processes for preparing a niobate material include the following steps: (i) providing a niobium-containing source; (ii) providing a transitional metal source (TMS), a post-transitional metal source (PTMS), or both; (iii) dissolving (a) the niobium-containing source, and (b) the TMS, the PTMS, or both in an aqueous medium to form an intermediate solution; (iv) forming an intermediate paste by admixing an inert support material with the intermediate solution; (v) optionally coating the intermediate paste on a support substrate; and (vi) removing the inert support material by subjecting the intermediate paste to a calcination process and providing a transition-metal-niobate (TMN) and/or a post-transition-metal-niobate (PTMN). Anodes including a TMN and/or PTMN are also provided.

Abstract: A thin-film transistor comprises an annealed layer comprising crystalline zinc oxide. A passivation layer is adjacent to the thin-film transistor. The passivation layer has a thickness and material composition such that when a dose of radiation from a radiation source irradiates the thin-film transistor, a portion of the dose that includes an approximate maximum concentration of the dose is located within the annealed layer. The annealed layer has a thickness and threshold displacement energies after it has been annealed such that: a) a difference between a transfer characteristic value of the thin-film transistor before and after the dose is less than a first threshold; and b) a difference between a transistor output characteristic value of the thin-film before and after the dose is less than a second threshold. The thresholds are based on a desired performance of the thin-film transistor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for inhibiting Fatty Acid Synthase (FASN) with a FASN inhibitor, methods for treating cancer and viral infections with a FASN inhibitor, and compounds and compositions inhibiting FASN.

Abstract: Disclosed are morpholino oligonucleotides that can be used to silence expression of MGMT, pharmaceutical compositions that include said morpholino oligonucleotides, and methods of using said morpholino oligonucleotides in the treatment of cancer, particularly methods that involve the use of radiation to deliver said morpholino oligonucleotides.

Abstract: A laminate which allows to obtain an organic thin-film solar cell having excellent output characteristics and transparency is provided. The laminate as above has a titanium oxide layer that is disposed on the member serving as a light-transmissive electrode layer and serves as an electron transport layer. The titanium oxide layer has a thickness of not less than 1.0 nm and not more than 200.0 nm. The titanium oxide layer contains indium oxide and metallic indium, InOx/Ti is not less than 0.50 and not more than 20.00 in atomic ratio, and InM/Ti is less than 0.100 in atomic ratio, where an elemental titanium content is represented by Ti, an indium oxide content is represented by InOx, and a metallic indium content is represented by InM.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for inhibiting virus infection, including administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a ferroptosis inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also disclosed is a method for inhibiting viral replication, including contacting a virus with a ferroptosis inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to artificial photosystems and methods of their use, for example in artificial photosynthesis, wherein the artificial photosystems comprise one or more light-harvesting antenna (LHA) comprising a conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE) complex (CPEC) comprising a donor CPE and an acceptor CPE, wherein the donor CPE and acceptor CPE are an electronic energy transfer (EET) donor/acceptor pair.

Abstract: With the popularity of Blockchain comes grave security-related concerns. Achieving privacy and traceability simultaneously remains an open question. Efforts have been made to address the issues, while they may subject to specific scenarios. The present disclosure proposes a method, a system, and a device for maintaining privacy and traceability of a Blockchain-based system. The method includes: registering in a Blockchain-based system; transmitting a message from a transmitter T to a receiver R via an anonymous network, after a registration request of the transmitter T has been approved and storing message transmission data generated during a message transmission process in a Blockchain; and performing an identity disclosure by using the message transmission data when the message is detected to be false. The anonymous network may transmit the message by onion routing. The solution proposed by the present disclosure can achieve traceability and privacy for a Blockchain-based system simultaneously.

Abstract: An object is to provide a drug which is useful in treating a nervous system disease. A drug containing vitamin B12 as an active ingredient according to the present invention has an M2 macrophage/microglia induction promoting effect, an M1 macrophage/microglia induction inhibiting effect, a nerve regeneration promoting effect, and the like and is very useful as a therapeutic agent for a nervous system disease, and particularly useful as a therapeutic agent for a central nervous system disease such as cerebral infarction, dementia, or spinal cord injury.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for detection of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) in ribonucleic acid (RNA). The provided compositions include fusion proteins that can be used to edit RNA and detect m6A residues. Also provided are nucleic acids, vectors, constructs, host cells, and transgenic animals that encode or express such fusions proteins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition, and a food additive for the prevention and treatment or improvement of muscle loss, muscle weakness, and muscle atrophy, which contain Enterococcus faecalis, particularly Enterococcus faecalis EF-2001 among others, a culture solution thereof, or a killed body thereof as an active ingredient. Killed Enterococcus faecalis EF-2001 of the present invention exhibits a remarkable treatment effect for muscle loss, muscle weakness, and muscle atrophy by inhibiting the damage to muscle cells induced by oxidative stress, and thus killed lactic acid bacterium Enterococcus faecalis EF-2001 of the present invention or a culture solution thereof can be usefully used as an active ingredient in a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition, and a food additive for prevention of muscle atrophy and sarcopenia.

Abstract: A nanocomposite electrode and a method of making the nanocomposite. The nanocomposite electrode includes an electrode substrate, nitrogen-doped molybdenum carbide nanosheets, at least one electrolyte, at least one binding compound, and at least one conductive additive. The electrode substrate is coated with a mixture of the nitrogen-doped molybdenum carbide nanosheets, at least one binding compound, at least one conductive additive, and at least one electrolyte, where the electrolyte penetrates the pores of the nitrogen-doped molybdenum carbide nanosheets, and where the nitrogen-doped molybdenum carbide nanosheets are an outer layer of the electrode.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of ‘C. unshiu Marc. cv. Miyagawa-wase’, plant named ‘Jedae’, this new variety Citrus plant is an early-maturing satsuma mandarin reproduced and propagated asexually, and characterized by i) rough peel, ii) vertical corrugation from fruit stalk which results in uneven outer appearance of fruit, and iii) higher flavonoid content in the fruit, compared to ‘Miyagawa-wase’.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Ilex plant named ‘RutHol6’, characterized by its full, oval growth habit; a height-to-width ratio of about 1.3; grayish-red new growth, and wider leaves than similar Ilex cultivars.