Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for the treatment or prophylaxis of a perfusion disorder, such as ischemia and/or reperfusion injury, in a subject's organ, tissue or extremity by preserving or improving endothelial function, reducing vascular injury, and/or promoting vascular repair. The disclosed compositions comprise endothelial colony-forming cells or a serum-free composition comprising chemically defined media conditioned by endothelial colony-forming cells.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a system and a method for recognizing a gait. The method includes: bearing a first foot of a user by a bearing surface of a sensing device; sensing a gait applied by the first foot to the bearing surface by a sensor of the sensing device; and recognizing the user based on the gait by a processing device.

Abstract: There are provided Tissue Transglutaminase (TG2) inhibitor compounds, and compositions and methods of use thereof for the prevention or treatment of a cancer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multi-layered composite thin film material formed from graphene quantum dots (GQDs) and metal nanocrystals in a layer-by-layer design, wherein the metal nanocrystals can be selected from the group consisting of Ru, Rh, Os, Ir, Pd, Au, Ag and Pt. In a preferred embodiment, the multi-layered composite thin film material is prepared via a facile, green, and easily accessible layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly strategy. In this strategy, positively charged GOQDs and negatively charged metal nanocrystals are alternately and uniformly integrated with each other in a “face-to-face” stacked fashion under substantial electrostatic attractive interaction, and then the obtained GOQDs/metal composite thin film is calcined into GQDs/metal composite thin film. The composite thin film material disclosed herein may be used to catalyse a wide range or reactions, including selective reduction of aromatic nitro compounds in water and electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol at ambient conditions.

Abstract: A method of acidizing a subterranean geological formation by injecting an emulsified acid into a wellbore, wherein the emulsified acid includes at least an aqueous phase comprising a hydrochloric acid solution, an oil phase comprising waste oil, and an emulsifier, and wherein the waste oil contains 45-75% by weight of aromatic compounds and preferably contains less than 0.5% by weight of non-hydrocarbon compounds. Various embodiments, and combinations of embodiments, of the emulsified acid and the method of acidizing are provided.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, enhancement of a field of view of a user may be facilitated via one or more dynamic display portions. In some embodiments, one or more changes related to one or more eyes of a user may be monitored. Based on the monitoring, one or more positions of one or more transparent display portions of wearable device may be adjusted, where the transparent display portions enable the user to see through the wearable device. A live video stream representing an environment of the user may be obtained via the wearable device. A modified video stream derived from the live video stream may be displayed on one or more other display portions of the wearable device.

Abstract: About 5-10% of all fractures result in delayed or impaired healing. Impaired bone fracture is difficult for the patient, and is very expensive for the medical system. The present disclosure provides methods of treating impaired bone fracture healing comprising administration of an effective amount of progranulin or progranulin derivatives to a subject suffering from delayed or impaired bone fracture healing. The disclosure also provides medical compositions and formulations comprising progranulin or progranulin derivatives to be used in the treatment of impaired bone fracture healing.

Abstract: A method for quantum key fusion-based virtual power plant security communication includes: identity authentication, performing identity authentication between a client and a server in a virtual power plant based on a communication requirement to acquire a root key; key distribution: generating a key encryption key and a message authentication key based on the acquired root key and performing negotiation on a data encryption key to obtain the data encryption key; and data encryption: encrypting to-be-encrypted data using the data encryption key, and implementing communication of the data. During the identity authentication or the key distribution, negotiation on a quantum key is performed by a quantum key server, and the quantum key obtained by the negotiation is used for implementing the identity authentication or used as the data encryption key. A device for quantum key fusion-based virtual power plant security communication and a computer storage medium are provided.

Abstract: The present invention includes composition, methods and kits for detecting and treating brain injury associated fatigue or altered cognition (BIAFAC) in a human patient comprising: identifying a human patient in need of treatment for brain injury associated fatigue or altered cognition associated with an altered intestinal flora; and providing the human patient with a composition comprising at least one of: a Prevotella spp or a Bacteroidies spp bacteria, or one or more agents that increase the amount of the Prevotella spp or the Bacteroidies spp bacteria in an intestinal flora of the human patient to reduce or eliminate the brain injury associated fatigue or altered cognition.

Abstract: A method of differentiating benign melanocytic nevi from malignant melanomas is disclosed. The method generally includes treating and subjecting a skin lesion sample from a patient to mass spectrometry to obtain a mass spectrometry proteomic profile. This profile is compared to mass spectrometry proteomic profiles of reference samples, which include benign melanocytic nevi and/or malignant melanomas. Classification of the skin lesion sample as a benign melanocytic nevus or a malignant melanoma is based on similarities and/or difference between the mass spectrometry proteomic profiles.

Abstract: The invention relates a method for producing a stable recombinant protein, comprising growing a non-naturally occurring host cell in a culture medium to produce a recombinant protein, and making a composition comprising the recombinant protein and a polysorbate. The production of endogenous lipoprotein lipase by the host cell is reduced. The endogenous lipoprotein lipase is present in the composition in a small amount, and is capable of degrading the polysorbate. The invention also relates to the relevant host cells and compositions, and preparation thereof.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an antifreeze solution for food preservation, which comprises edible alcohol, propylene glycol, glycerin, calcium chloride, sodium chloride, amino acid, Antarctic krill protein hydrolysate with an average molecular weight of 50-100 KDa, surfactant and water, wherein the surfactant is one or more of phospholipid, Tween-20, Tween-60, and Tween-80; each component is food grade, and the mass percentage is expressed as follows: alcohol 15-30%, propylene glycol 10-30%, glycerol 2-15%, calcium chloride 1-10%, sodium chloride 3-10%, amino acid 0.1-0.15%, Antarctic krill protein hydrolysate 0.01-0.3%, surfactant 0.005-0.5%, and the balance is water. The antifreeze solution provided by the present invention can lower the freezing point, improve the heat transfer efficiency, inhibit the crystallization of antifreeze solution during the low temperature stirring process and improve the stability of the antifreeze solution.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions including peptide or nucleic acids encoding peptides and related methods for the treatment of angiogenic conditions such as cancer, vascular disorders such as cardiovascular disorders, and infectious disease.

Abstract: A method of acidizing a subterranean geological formation by injecting an emulsified acid into a wellbore, wherein the emulsified acid includes at least an aqueous phase comprising a hydrochloric acid solution, an oil phase comprising waste oil, and an emulsifier, and wherein the waste oil contains 45-75% by weight of aromatic compounds and preferably contains less than 0.5% by weight of non-hydrocarbon compounds. Various embodiments, and combinations of embodiments, of the emulsified acid and the method of acidizing are provided.

Abstract: Methods and compositions relating to the engineering of an improved protein with methionine-?-lyase enzyme activity are described. For example, in certain aspects there may be disclosed a modified cystathionine-?-lyase (CGL) comprising one or more amino acid substitutions and capable of degrading methionine. Furthermore, certain aspects of the invention provide compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer with methionine depletion using the disclosed proteins or nucleic acids.

Abstract: A wedge for on-line inspection of a weld includes a wedge body defining a coolant channel and at least one couplant channel, and a coolant input port in fluid connection with a first end of the coolant channel. The wedge body has a surface for disposing a phased array ultrasonic transducer comprising an array of ultrasonic elements. The coolant channel is formed in proximity to the surface for disposing the phased array ultrasonic transducer such that coolant flowing through the coolant channel maintains the phased array ultrasonic transducer below a predetermined temperature without obstructing the array of ultrasonic elements.

Abstract: A method of preparing hydrophobic porous silica includes reacting a porous silica particle containing a hydrophilic group in a solvent with an organosilane compound under a basic catalyst to form a mixture, drying the mixture comprising the porous silica particle in a vacuum, and condensation reacting the hydrophilic group of the porous silica particle with the organosilane compound on the surface of the porous silica particle to modify the surface of the porous silica particle to be hydrophobic.

Abstract: A spine image registration method includes: obtaining a CT image and an MRI image corresponding to a spine; inputting the CT image into a first model to identify at least one first vertebral body of the spine in the CT image; inputting the MRI image to a second model to identify at least one second vertebral body of the spine in the MRI image; marking the first vertebral body with at least one first landmark and marking the second vertebral body with at least one second landmark; matching the first landmark with the second landmark to obtain a corresponding relationship; performing a registration on the CT image and the MRI image according to the corresponding relationship, and generating a registered image according to the content of the CT image and the content of the MRI image located in the same coordinate space; and outputting the registered image.

Abstract: A bimodal three-dimensional mammary gland imaging quality detecting phantom and method, which includes: a three-dimensional breast appearance phantom structure made of agarose gel containing polyethylene, which is a radiation equivalent material of adipose tissues under X-rays, the relaxation time of hydrogen protons in the agarose gel under a 3T magnetic field is equivalent to that of human adipose tissues, and mammary gland tissue duct phantoms and phantoms of lobules of mammary gland are distributed in the breast appearance phantom structure. The phantom can be used for the image quality detection and analysis of mammary gland imaging by the systems of magnetic resonance and mammography, the material is elastic and can be compressed on a mammography platform for imaging, and the phantom can also be vertically placed in the magnetic resonance mammary gland coil for tomography, so two imaging modes of one phantom are achieved, and the application range is expanded.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to the discovery of novel recombinant forms of ?-hexosyl-transferases (BHT) and uses thereof to produce galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) or as food additives.