Abstract: A method of detecting and warning an operator of an off-road vehicle of objects in limited-visibility environments. The method includes: detecting a potentially-hazardous object within the vicinity of the vehicle, using a sensor of the vehicle; transmitting data relating to the potentially-hazardous object to a vehicle processor; determining whether the potentially-hazardous object is in a projected path of the vehicle or in a proximity zone of the vehicle; and alerting the operator of the vehicle to the presence and location of the potentially-hazardous object when the potentially-hazardous object is in the projected path of the vehicle or in the proximity zone of the vehicle.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining whether a muscle-invasive bladder cancer patient may respond to neoadjuvant chemotherapy based on identifying alterations in the ATM, Rb, FANCC, MTOR, PIK3C3, MYCN, CDKN2B, MLL2, NOTCH3, APC, NF1, and/or KDR genes in the patient are provided. If a patient has such alterations, the patient may be administered neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to surgical bladder removal or bladder preservation therapy. If a patient does not have such alterations, the patient is not administered neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to surgical bladder removal or bladder preservation therapy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to lipoparticles. The invention also relates to producing lipoparticles. The invention further relates to lipoparticles comprising a viral structural protein. The invention further relates to a lipoparticle comprising a membrane protein, and the lipoparticle can be attached to a sensor surface. The invention further relates to methods of producing and using the lipoparticle to, inter alia, assess protein binding interactions.

Abstract: A lipid membrane is self-assembled and stabilized at a solid surface by depositing a lipid monolayer or a lipid multilayer on a substrate, otaining a supported lipid monolayer or a supported lipid multilayer; and in situ polymerizing the supported lipid monolayer or the supported lipid multilayer, thereby obtaining a polymerized membrane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to lipoparticles. The invention also relates to producing lipoparticles. The invention further relates to lipoparticles comprising a viral structural protein. The invention further relates to a lipoparticle comprising a membrane protein, and the lipoparticle can be attached to a sensor surface. The invention further relates to methods of producing and using the lipoparticle to, inter alia, assess protein binding interactions.

Abstract: An electrostatic support assembly for supporting a substrate. The support assembly includes a non-metallic body having a support surface for supporting the substrate and an integral peripheral outer portion extending outwardly from and substantially surrounding the support surface of the substrate. The support assembly also includes at least one electrode carried by the non-metallic body for electrostatically coupling a substrate to the support surface of the non-metallic body and a base coupled to the underside of the non-metallic body for the transfer of heat between the non-metallic body and the base.