Abstract: A nicotine lozenge includes a body that is partially or wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a soluble-fiber matrix and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the soluble-fiber matrix. A nicotine lozenge may include at least 40 weight percent of soluble fiber. Soluble fiber in a nicotine lozenge may include maltodextrin. The nicotine lozenge is adapted to release the nicotine or a derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity of an adult consumer and exposed to saliva. A method of making nicotine lozenges includes forming a molten mixture of at least 40 weight percent soluble fiber, nicotine, and less than 15 weight percent water while maintaining a mixture temperature of less than 150° C. and portioning the molten mixture into a plurality of nicotine lozenges. The ingredients can be mixed to form the molten mixture in an extruder.

Abstract: A method for determining a direction and a distance of a metallogenic pluton of a skarn deposit with a garnet includes: collecting a sample; performing petrographic observation on the sample and designing an experimental area; computing a parameter; building a model; setting a parameter range; optimizing the parameters of the three models through a grid search method, and determining an optimal model and corresponding parameters a?, b and c through repeated circulative iteration and by taking a minimum R as a limit condition; and substituting data of all sampling points into the optimal model, computing D of each sampling point, drawing a circle with a corresponding sampling point as a center and D as the radius, determining an intersection point of all circles as coordinates of the metallogenic pluton, and performing delineation with R as a buffer area of the metallogenic pluton.

Abstract: In a method for determining metallogenic potential of a porphyry by using trace elements and a B isotope of tourmaline, redox properties of magma is determined with Fe3+/(Fe2++Fe3+) of tourmaline; then a water content and a content of metal Cu of the magma are determined with contents of H2O and Cu in the tourmaline; and a source of the magma is determined with a B isotope of the tourmaline, the water content, oxygen fugacity and metal content and source of the magma are finally determined, and finally, whether the magma has metallogenic potential of a porphyry is comprehensively determined. The present disclosure determines a key control factor of porphyry copper with a mineral of the tourmaline, and overcomes the difficulties in low efficiency, a long period and high cost of a traditional method for determining metallogenic potential.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods and systems for multi-modality joint analysis of a plurality of vascular images. The exemplary system may include a communication interface configured to receive the plurality of vascular images acquired using a plurality of imaging modalities. The system may further include at least one processor, configured to extract a plurality of vessel models for a vessel of interest from the plurality of vascular images. The plurality of vessel models are associated with the plurality of imaging modalities, respectively. The at least one processor is also configured to fuse the plurality of vessel models associated with the plurality of imaging modalities to generate a fused model for the vessel of interest. The at least one processor is further configured to provide a diagnostic analysis result based on the fused model of the vessel of interest.

Abstract: A membrane for selective separation of a target cation from a source liquid containing the target cation and one or more competing ionic species can include a crown ether polymer layer disposed on a cation exchange membrane. The crown ether polymer layer can include a crown ether capable of selectively binding the target cation and a polymer.

Abstract: A distributed feedback laser integrated on silicon comprising a combination of a waveguide of a first material and a laser diode a second material, different from the first material, wherein the laser diode comprises a plurality of regularly spaced metalized grating elements which form a single longitudinal mode; wherein the waveguide comprises a plurality of waveguide elements separated by metalized regions; and wherein the metalized grating elements and the metalized regions are adapted to be coupled to one another to form the distributed feedback laser.

Abstract: An electrical machine is provided. The electrical machine comprises a housing enclosing a rotor and a stator, wherein said stator comprises a stator core and end turns extending axially beyond the stator core. The electrical machine further comprises a first cooling system providing a flow of oil to the end turns of the stator, and a second cooling system having an axial end section overlapping the axial position of the end turns of the stator. The axial end section of the second cooling system is provided with one or more cooling fins.

Abstract: To prevent loss of data due to a word line to memory hole short (or another defect), it is proposed to perform an erase process for a plurality of memory cells, detect that a subset of the plurality of memory cells are slow to erase, and prevent successfully programming for at least some of the memory cells that are slow to erase. This technique uses the erase process to predict future word line to memory hole shorts and prevent programming of memory cells predicted to have a future word line to memory hole short so no data will be lost when the short manifests.

Abstract: A folding wave-energy-harvesting mechanism for an underwater vehicle includes an underwater-vehicle main body and a wave-energy-harvesting-device main body. The wave-energy-harvesting-device main body includes a hydrofoil assembly and a yaw assembly. The first state of the hydrofoil assembly is a folding state, and the second state is an unfolding state. The first state of the yaw assembly is the folding state, and the second state is the unfolding state. The wave-energy-harvesting-device main body further includes a driving assembly and an energy-storage assembly. The driving assembly is configured to switch the hydrofoil assembly and the yaw assembly in the first state and the second state to each other. The energy-storage assembly is configured to store the wave energy harvested by the hydrofoil assembly. When the hydrofoil assembly and the yaw assembly unfold, the hydrofoil assembly increases the efficient area for wave-energy harvesting.

Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, anti-C3b antibodies with increased specificity and potency and methods of treating C3 glomerulopathy and other complement mediated diseases and disorders using the same.

Abstract: A CO2 separation membrane can include a CO2-philic layer comprising one or more mobile CO2 carriers and one or more immobile CO2 carriers and a blended CO2-permeable and CO2-selective matrix that hosts the immobile or mobile CO2 carriers and porous nanostructures that adsorb water vapors. The CO2-philic layer can be disposed upstream of the CO2-permeance layer such that a flow of source gas to be separate enters the membrane from a feed side at which the CO2-philic layer is present and CO2 exits the membrane at a permeate side after passing through both the CO2-philic layer and the CO2-permeance layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, a driving method thereof and a display device, belongs to the field of display technology, and can at least partially solve the problem that the transmission bandwidth required by the conventional rotational display device is large during the display. The display panel of the present disclosure includes: the pixel units arranged in an array, each pixel unit including at least two sub-pixels; and a plurality of pixel driving chips in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of pixel units, the pixel driving chip being configured to provide a driving signal to a corresponding pixel unit.

Abstract: A fractal power converter and a method for constructing the fractal power converter, the method for constructing the fractal converter including: replacing a switch and/or an energy storage element of an asymmetric half-bridge sub-module with the same asymmetric half-bridge sub-module for at least two times, replacing a switch and/or an energy storage element of a symmetric half-bridge sub-module with the same symmetric half-bridge sub-module for at least two times, and replacing a switch and/or an energy storage element of an H-bridge sub-module with the same H-bridge sub-module for at least two times. Compared with a conventional high-voltage and large-current power converter, the fractal power converter may output any high-voltage and large-current waveform. The system is modularized, the structure is simple and extensible, and voltage and current may be evenly distributed among the modules. The control method is simple and easy to standardize. Multi-port parallel output is allowed.

Abstract: An Organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device includes an anode, a cathode correspondingly disposed to the anode, and a plurality of OLED modules, disposed in series between the anode and the cathode. One of the plurality of OLED modules includes a plurality of OLED display units connected in parallel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the fields of pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmacotherapeutics, and in particular to a compound as represented by general formula I, a racemate, an R-isomer, an S-isomer and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a mixture of same, a preparation method therefor, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound and the use thereof as an SIP receptor agonist. The oxadiazole compound involved in the present invention can be used for treating SIP receptor agonist related diseases.

Abstract: Provided are an ?-SiAlON porous ceramic, and a preparation method and use thereof. The ?-SiAlON porous ceramic has a dielectric constant of 1.19 to 3.21 at 12 GHz, a dielectric loss of 0.33×10?3 to 11.17×10?3, a thermal conductivity of 0.31 W/(m·K) to 0.81 W/(m·K) at room temperature, a thermal conductivity of 0.14 W/(m·K) to 0.59 W/(m·K) at a temperature of 1,500° C., and a bending strength of 72.4 MPa to 184.4 MPa.

Abstract: A flexible screen tensile test device and a flexible screen test method are provided. The flexible screen tensile test device includes a tensile unit, which includes a rotating disk having at least two rotating disk guide grooves, at least two telescopic slide rods positioned above the rotating disk and corresponding to the rotating disk guide grooves in a one-to-one correspondence, and sliding blocks connected with the telescopic slide rods and positioned in the rotating disk guide grooves.

Abstract: This document provides methods and systems for stabilizing nicotine and incorporating nicotine into one or more oral products. This document also provides oral products. Nicotine can be stabilized by mixing liquid nicotine with cellulosic fiber such that the liquid nicotine absorbs into pores of the cellulosic fiber to form a cellulosic fiber-nicotine mixture. In some cases, a cellulosic fiber-nicotine mixture can be combined with one or more binders and molded into an oral product.

Abstract: At least one example embodiment relates to a chewing gum. In at least one example embodiment, the chewing gum comprises a gum base polymer and oil. The gum base polymer includes polyvinyl acetate (PVA) in an amount ranging from 35 weight percent to 55 weight percent of the chewing gum. The oil is present in an amount greater than 8 weight percent of the chewing gum. The oil includes a triglyceride, triacetin, and nicotine or a nicotine derivative. The triglyceride is present in an amount greater than or equal to 5 weight percent of the chewing gum. At least one example embodiment relates to a method of preparing a controlled-release nicotine chewing gum.