Abstract: Disclosed are a peptide capable of induced self-assembly by a bioactive molecule comprising a (i) hydrogelation-promoting amino acid sequence and (ii) an oligomerization sequence; compositions containing the peptide and, optionally, bioactive molecule; hydrogels formed thereby; and various methods of using the same.

Abstract: This invention relates to a conjugate of formula (I): (A-Z1-)n-Q-Z2-D (I), wherein Z1, Z2, Q, A, D, and n are as described herein. This invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition including a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a conjugate of formula (I). This invention also relates to a method making a conjugate of formula (I), and the use of the conjugate for treating cancerous conditions, modulating cell membrane microheterogeneity, stimulating an immunoresponse, and forming a network on or near the inner or outer surface of target cells.

Abstract: Disclosed are a peptide capable of induced self-assembly by a bioactive molecule comprising a (i) hydrogelation-promoting amino acid sequence and (ii) an oligomerization sequence; compositions containing the peptide and, optionally, bioactive molecule; hydrogels formed thereby; and various methods of using the same

Abstract: This invention relates to a conjugate of formula (I): (A-Z1-)n-Q-Z2-D (I), wherein Z1, Z2, Q, A, D, and n are as described herein. This invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition including a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a conjugate of formula (I). This invention also relates to a method making a conjugate of formula (I), and the use of the conjugate for treating cancerous conditions, modulating cell membrane microheterogeneity, stimulating an immunoresponse, and forming a network on or near the inner or outer surface of target cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides an OSGi-based heterogeneous service integrating system comprising a Java virtual machine and an OSGi container, the system further comprises a service management module, a handler management module, a monitor module, a service discovery module and a handler module that are running on said OSGi container, wherein: said service management module is adapted to monitor requests for registering and using of a remote service, to manage different types of services, and to notify said handler management module to make corresponding publishing and calling for different service configuration types; said handler management module is adapted to manage said handler module and to publish service to and call service from remote end points, and to call the corresponding handler module based on information delivered by the service management module, and to maintain information of currently published services and adopted remote services; said monitor module is adapted to monitor a local service r