Abstract: There is described herein methods of treating a disease associated with extracellular matrix (ECM) in a patient. In some cases, the methods comprise administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of fibroblasts which express CD36.

Abstract: One embodiment facilitates measurement of a performance of a storage device. During operation, the system determines a normalized cost for an I/O request, wherein the normalized cost is independent of an access pattern and a type of the I/O request, wherein the normalized cost is indicated by a first number of virtual I/O operations consumed by the I/O request, and wherein a virtual I/O operation is used as a logical unit of cost associated with physical I/O operations. The system identifies a performance metric for the storage device by calculating a second number of virtual I/O operations per second which can be executed by the storage device. The system allocates incoming I/O requests to the storage device based on the performance metric, e.g., to satisfy a Quality of Service requirement, thereby causing an enhanced measurement of the performance of the storage device.

Abstract: According to examples, an optical assembly for a head-mounted display (HMD) device may include a compensation element to modify a phase of a first light arriving from an environment outside the head-mounted display (HMD) device; a transparent display to present an image or a video and to pass through the phase-modified first light; and a focus element to focus the phase-modified first light and a second light from the transparent display on an eyebox. The optical assembly may reduce one or more aberrations in the first light or the second light. The focus element may be a metalens, a light field lens, a solid optical lens, or an optical configuration with two optical elements including an air gap between the two optical elements. The compensation element may be a free-form phase plate.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of pharmaceutical formulation, and particularly relates to an aripiprazole injectable suspension formulation having prolonged shelf life, and methods of using the formulation in treating schizophrenia and related diseases. In another aspect, the present invention also relates to a method of prolonging shelf life of an aripiprazole injectable suspension formulation.

Abstract: According to examples, an optical lens assembly for head-mount display (HMD) devices may include an optical lens configuration with a first optical element and a second optical element. The first optical element and the second optical element may be affixed together along a peripheral edge to form a gap between the two optical elements and may compensate chromatic dispersion characteristics. The optical lens configuration may also include a reflective polarizer layer, a quarter wave layer, and a semi-transparent mirror provided on selected surfaces of the optical elements. In some examples, the gap may be filled with air or an inert gas.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cooling structure of heat pipe for superconducting magneto plasma dynamic thruster having a cylindrical structure and includes a cathode, an intermediate connector and an anode. The cathode is arranged inside the intermediate connector, the anode is arranged outside the intermediate connector; the cathode is provided with a cathode cooling mechanism, and the anode is provided with an anode cooling mechanism. The cathode cooling mechanism includes a cathode heat pipe and a cathode heat dissipation fin. The anode heat pipe cooling mechanism includes an anode heat pipe and an anode heat dissipation fin.

Abstract: The invention discloses a crystal of 4-(tert-butoxyamino)-6-(6-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl)-N-(2-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-4-yl)-1,3,5-triazin-2-amine compound, a mesylate salt and crystal thereof, a preparation method thereof, a composition containing thereof, and a use thereof for inhibiting activity of mutant IDH2 and treating cancer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for focus measurement of a lithographic process. The method comprises receiving a substrate on which a metrology pattern has been printed with a lithographic apparatus with an illumination pupil, illuminating the metrology pattern with a metrology tool to measure a signal based on radiation scattered by the metrology pattern, and determining or monitoring a focus of the lithographic process based on the measured signal. Position of at least part of the metrology pattern is focus dependent. At least part of the metrology pattern has been printed by the lithography apparatus with an angular asymmetric illumination pupil.

Abstract: The invention provides a motion capture method of a robotic arm, including: fastening a visual sensor on a robotic arm to acquire data as a source domain, fastening an inertial sensor on a corresponding human arm to acquire data as a target domain, and establishing a state space expression of a system; setting an optimal unknown state observed joint distribution by using a total probability theory and an observed prediction distribution of the source domain as a condition, decomposing a conditional joint observed distribution model, and solving an optimal distribution using KL divergence; and transferring knowledge of the source domain measured by the visual sensor into the target domain measured by the inertial sensor based on a Kalman filter and the total probability theory, performing data fusion based on Kalman filtering, and predicting a state of the system at a next moment to implement motion capture of the robotic arm.

Abstract: According to examples, a remote sensing security system that includes a dual-purpose camera system comprising at least one dual-purpose camera is disclosed. The dual-purpose camera may include a visible light sensor that detects one or more of objects and movements in the visible spectrum and an infrared (IR) sensor that detects one or more of objects and movements in the IR spectrum. The data from the dual-purpose camera system may be transmitted to a cloud server which may process the data to identify the detected objects and/or movements. If any objects and/or movements related to an emergency to are identified, then the type of emergency may also be determined and alerts may be transmitted to one or more client devices which may include head-mounted display (HMD) devices.

Abstract: A device (“the ExoTIC device”) for the isolation of extracellular vesicles from an extracellular vesicle-containing sample in which the sample is flowed through a membrane in a flow chamber to capture and purify the extracellular vesicles on the membrane. The extracellular vesicles may be washed and collected and utilized in any one of a number of ways including, but not limited to, identifying biomarkers of a disease, identifying the presence of a biomarker in a patient to determine whether a patient has a disease, and therapeutically treating existing diseases by re-introducing the extracellular vesicles, potentially modified, back into a body.

Abstract: The invention provides a motion capture method of a robotic arm, including: fastening a visual sensor on a robotic arm to acquire data as a source domain, fastening an inertial sensor on a corresponding human arm to acquire data as a target domain, and establishing a state space expression of a system; setting an optimal unknown state observed joint distribution by using a total probability theory and an observed prediction distribution of the source domain as a condition, decomposing a conditional joint observed distribution model, and solving an optimal distribution using KL divergence; and transferring knowledge of the source domain measured by the visual sensor into the target domain measured by the inertial sensor based on a Kalman filter and the total probability theory, performing data fusion based on Kalman filtering, and predicting a state of the system at a next moment to implement motion capture of the robotic arm.

Abstract: The present invention provides a salt of demethyl tramadol, i.e., a compound represented by formula (I) or a solvate thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound represented by formula (I) or the solvate thereof, and a use of the compound represented by formula (I) or the solvate thereof or the pharmaceutical composition in the treatment of moderate to severe pain. The compound or pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can stably release a drug having analgesic activity in a body for a long period of time, can be conveniently used by doctors and patients while exerting pharmacological effects, and has good medication compliance.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system for detecting neurotransmitters. A non-limiting example of the system includes a porous electrode. A system can also include a pH sensor attached to the porous electrode, wherein the pH sensor includes a sensing electrode and a reference electrode. The system can also include electronic circuitry in communication with the pH sensor.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of pharmaceutical formulation, and particularly relates to an aripiprazole injectable suspension formulation having prolonged shelf life, and methods of using the formulation in treating schizophrenia and related diseases. In another aspect, the present invention also relates to a method of prolonging shelf life of an aripiprazole injectable suspension formulation.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to technology for haptic stimulation. A haptic interface device comprises an array comprising haptic stimulation elements configured to generate a stimulation pattern. The haptic interface device comprises a controller configured to continually propagate the stimulation pattern on a user's skin, including repeatedly eliminate a portion of a first end of the stimulation pattern and replace the eliminated portion with a new portion at a second end of the stimulation pattern.

Abstract: A control circuit for an isolated power converter includes a first sensing circuit that senses a secondary side output voltage and produces a pulse wave modulation (PWM) signal having a duty cycle that is proportional to a value of the secondary side output voltage. The PWM is transferred across the converter isolation barrier to the primary side, and a primary side circuit receives the PWM signal and outputs a control signal. A controller determines the value of the secondary side output voltage from the control signal and uses the value to control primary side power switching devices of the isolated power converter to regulate the secondary side output voltage at a selected value.

Abstract: Systems and methods for space allocation for block device compression are provided. In particular, a computing device may receive an allocation request to write the compressed data, select a range list adequate for serving the allocation request from a plurality of range list, dequeue a range entry from the selected range list to allocate free space for the compressed data, and allocate the free space corresponding to the range entry to the compressed data to serve the allocation request.

Abstract: A zoned namespace (ZNS) storage computing device includes a processor, and non-volatile memory comprising a plurality of zones including a given zone. The processor is configured to execute a zone writing program to receive zone write commands, and responsive to receiving the zone write commands, execute the zone write commands on the given zone of the non-volatile memory of the storage computing device in an order specified by zone write sequence numbers included in a zone descriptor for the given zone.