Abstract: A system and methods utilizing electrical stimulation to achieve a desired therapeutic effect are provided. In one aspect, a method for controlling nerve activity in a subject is provided. The method includes receiving input indicating a desired therapeutic effect for at least one neural structure of a subject, and selecting, based on the input received, an electrical stimulation configured to achieve the desired therapeutic effect. The method also includes controlling a sympathetic nerve activity in the subject by delivering the electrical stimulation using electrodes positioned proximate to nerves innervating the subject's skin.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are polymers comprising at least one unit of formulae (1a)-(1f):

Abstract: A microfluidic photoreactor for treating excess bilirubin in blood, having: a microfluidic channel module; an illumination module comprising one or more illumination sources disposed about the microfluidic channel module and configured to illuminate blood passing through at least one microfluidic channel of the microfluidic channel module; and a heat exchanger module coupled to the at least one microfluidic channel module, wherein the heat exchanger module is configured to extract heat from the at least one microfluidic channel. A system including a microfluidic photoreactor and a method of treating excess bilirubin in blood.

Abstract: The invention provides pluripotent cells that are used therapeutically for regenerating tissues but avoid rejection by subjects that receive them. In particular, the invention provides hypo-immunogenic pluripotent cells that avoid host immune rejection. The cells lack major immune antigens that trigger immune responses and are engineered to avoid phagocytic endocytosis. The invention further provides universally acceptable “off-the-shelf” pluripotent cells and derivatives thereof for generating or regenerating specific tissues and organs.

Abstract: An eye treatment apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an annular body that has a hollow optical zone in its center. An inner perimeter of the annular body surrounds the optical zone. The inner perimeter has a diameter that corresponds to a diameter of the eye's cornea. An outer perimeter of the annular body has a diameter such that the annular body can extend to underneath the eye lid in an open eye position when the eye treatment apparatus is in operation. In this way, the apparatus can be worn on the eye, where the hollow optical zone substantially corresponds to the cornea and does not interfere with the field of vision. The annular body also includes a storage chamber that stores therapeutic liquid for an eye. An outlet is coupled with the storage chamber such that, in operation, the therapeutic liquid can be dispensed to the eye.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a manufacturing method for a high-resolution array organic film, and use thereof The high-resolution array organic film manufacturing method performs, by means of electrochemical deposition, polymerization of electrically active monomers on a high-resolution display screen array substrate to deposit and form a high-resolution array organic film. Also disclosed is a use of the manufactured high-resolution array organic film in manufacturing of OLED display screens. By employing electrochemical deposition to deposit the high-resolution array film on the high-resolution array substrate, the present disclosure provides a high-resolution film forming technique having simple operation, a low cost, film controllability, and precision up to 10 ?M.

Abstract: An oligomer-polymer is provided. The oligomer-polymer is obtained by the polymerization reaction of a compound containing an ethylenically unsaturated group and a nucleophile compound, wherein the nucleophile compound includes the compound shown in formula 1: A lithium battery including an anode, a cathode, an isolation film, an electrolyte solution, and a package structure is also provided, wherein the cathode includes the oligomer-polymer.

Abstract: A system and method for reducing the OFDM out-of-band emissions (OOBE) and Inter-Numerology Interference (INI) in a mixed-numerology OFDM-based system by utilizing a transmitter windowing operation that smooths the inherent rectangular pulse shape of the OFDM signals. The technique retains the main design of the OFDM receivers and provides backward compatibility for the existing OFDM-based systems. The guard band and the multi-window parameters that control the guard duration are jointly optimized regarding the numerology, the use case and the power offset between the users. To fully exploit and further increase the potential of adaptive guards, an interference-based scheduling algorithm is proposed as well.

Abstract: A heat exchanger network retrofit method including analysis, targeting and retrofitting an existing heat exchange network (HEN) to lower the annual operating cost. The revamped/retrofit design is based on one of two mathematical techniques: Simulated Annealing (SA) and Fixed Structure.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a hierarchical health decision support system (HDSS) configured to receive data from one or more wearable medical sensors (WMSs) is disclosed. The system includes a clinical decision support system, which includes a diagnosis engine configured to generate diagnostic suggestions based on the data received from the WMSs. The HDSS is configured with a plurality of tiers to sequentially model general healthcare from daily health monitoring, initial clinical checkup, detailed clinical examination, and postdiagnostic treatment.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns embodiments of an implantable perfusion device that can be implanted in an injured blood vessel to control bleeding without occluding the vessel. In one specific implementation, the perfusion device can be implanted percutaneously into a patient's descending aorta to control bleeding at the site of a ruptured portion of the aorta (known as torso hemorrhage) while still allowing for the antegrade flow of blood from a location upstream of the ruptured portion of the aorta to a location downstream of the ruptured portion of the aorta. The perfusion device can be left inside the patient as the patient is transported to a medical facility where the injury can be repaired. Following repair of the vessel, the perfusion device can be withdrawn from the patient.

Abstract: A multimodal intravascular catheter system includes a catheter with an optical channel and an electrical channel. A distal end of the catheter includes an optical element and an ultrasonic transducer, which are oriented orthogonally to a rotational axis of the catheter. A motor drive unit (MDU) is coupled to a proximal end of the catheter and includes a drive motor to rotate the catheter. The optical channel directs light from a pulsed UV laser source to the optical element, and returns an optical fluorescence signal from the optical element. A photodetector converts the returned optical fluorescence signal into an electrical fluorescence signal. An intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) processor is coupled to the ultrasonic transducer through the electrical channel, wherein the IVUS processor generates a drive signal for the ultrasound transducer, and processes echo information returned from the ultrasound transducer. Finally, a digitizer samples the electrical fluorescence signal and associated echo information.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for converting biomass into a fuel additive, the method comprising: liquefying the biomass to form a liquor; neutralizing the liquor; precipitating lignin out of the liquor; extracting furfural (FF) and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from the liquor; and hydrodeoxygenating (HDO) the extracted furfurals over a Cu—Ni/TiO2 catalyst. The catalyst for hydrodeoxygenating (HDO) furfural (FF) and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to methylated furans comprises copper-nickel (Cu—Ni) particles supported on titanium dioxide (TiO2), and wherein the copper-nickel particles form core-shell structures in which copper (Cu) is enriched at a surface of the catalyst.

Abstract: A metal detector for buried and corroded pipeline is provided, comprising: a transmitting coil configured to transmit a detection signal to a pipeline; a frequency selection unit electrically connected to the transmitting coil for regulating a frequency of the detection signal; two receiving coils respectively and symmetrically disposed at two opposite sides of the transmitting coil for respectively receiving a reflected signal returned from the pipeline; an analog-digital conversion unit respectively and electrically connected to the two receiving coils for converting the reflected signal into a digital signal; and a control unit electrically connected to the analog-digital conversion unit. In the present disclosure, by comparing intensities of the reflected signals received by the two receiving coils, it can be efficiently and accurately determined whether corrosion has occurred to the pipeline.

Abstract: A method for treating a patient suffering from one of septic shock, acute kidney injury, severe hypotension, cardiac arrest, and refractory hypotension, but not from myocardial infarction, is provided. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective dose of Angiotensin II, or Ang II, to the patient.

Abstract: A method (400) of measuring rotor blade tip deflections of turbomachine rotor blades (R1, R2) during operation using Blade Tip Timing (BTT) includes measuring (402), by a proximity sensor (202), a proximity signal caused by a moving rotor blade (R1, R2) and determining (412), by a control module (212), a Time-of-Arrival (ToA). The method (400) includes measuring a time that the shaft starts to rotate a measurable angular distance and a time the shaft has completed its rotation of the measurable distance and storing (406) timing data indicative of a plurality of ToA measurements of the rotor blade (R1, R2) and the zero crossing times.

Abstract: A set of target peptides are presented by HLA class I molecules on the surface of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ceils and/or esophageal cancer cells. They are envisioned to among other things (a) stimulate an immune response to the proliferative disease, e.g., HCC and/or esophageal cancer, (b) function as immunotherapeutics in adoptive T-cell therapy or as a vaccine, (c) facilitate antibody recognition of tumor boundaries in surgical pathology samples, (d) act as biomarkers for early detection and/or diagnosis of the disease, and (e) act as targets in the generation anti-body-like molecules which recognize the target-peptide/MHC complex.

Abstract: A laser irradiation device for irradiating laser to a tissue includes: a decrease form determination unit configured to determine a decrease form of laser power according to a laser irradiation time; a decrease rate determination unit configured to determine a decrease rate of the determined decrease form; a laser light source unit configured to emit laser in the determined decrease form and the determined decrease rate; and a laser irradiation unit configured to receive laser emitted from the laser light source unit and irradiate the received laser. A constant photoreaction can be induced by constantly maintaining a temperature in a site to be irradiated with laser.

Abstract: Modified alginates are described herein along with hydrogels comprising the same. A modified alginate may be prepared by reacting alginate and an aromatic compound (e.g., an aromatic amine) and/or pH sensitive compound. The modified alginates, hydrogels, and/or methods described herein may be used to coat and/or encapsulate at least a portion of a bioactive substance, optionally for oral delivery in humans and other animals.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a low-cost beam scanning antenna and method of beam scanning in which two phase shifts are performed in an array of antenna elements. One of the phase shifts is performed in discrete stepwise increments in a feedline of the antenna element and another phase shift is performed by radiating a signal through variable phase shifters. The amount of phase shift provided by the variable phase shifters is varied by changing a rotation angle of the variable phase shifters.