Abstract: The exemplary embodiments provide medicament delivery devices that use cost functions in their control systems to determine medicament dosages. The cost function may have a medicament cost component and a performance cost component. The exemplary embodiments may use cost functions having medicament cost components that scale asymmetrically for different ranges of inputs (i.e., different candidate medicament dosages). The variance in scaling for different input ranges provides added flexibility to tailor the medicament cost component to the user and thus provide better management of medicament delivery to the user and better conformance to a performance target. The exemplary embodiments may use a cost function that has a medicament cost component (such as an insulin cost component) of zero for candidate dosages for a range of candidate dosages (e.g., below a reference dosage).

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include a whole mycelium of Cordyceps militaris designated as strain M2-105-04 as deposited with the ATCC Patent Depository under the Budapest Treaty (10801 University Blvd, Manassas, VA 20110), on Jul. 28, 2023, with the unofficial ATCC Patent Deposit Designation No. PTA-127612 and the official deposit date of Jul. 28, 2023 and the official patent deposit number of PTA-127612. The whole mycelium is characterized by a phenotype having an abundance of fruiting bodies on top of a substrate and/or along a parameter of a bioreactor bag. It is also characterized by a phenotype having fruiting initiation at or near 18 days after inoculation, a phenotype having fruiting bodies maturing at or near 55 days after inoculation, and/or a phenotype having a 10-to-15-day colonization time on hulled oats.

Abstract: A system for transitioning from a first footwear type to a second footwear type is usable with an article of footwear including a sensor system with a plurality of force sensors engaged with an article of footwear and configured to sense force exerted by a foot of a user and an electronic module configured to collect data based on force input from the sensors and to wirelessly transmit data generated by the sensor system. An electronic device includes a processor that receives the data from the electronic module, compares the data to a footstrike template corresponding to a desired footstrike pattern of a footwear transitional program, determines whether a deviation from the footstrike template exists, and generates an indication to the user when the deviation from the desired footstrike pattern is determined to exist. The desired footstrike pattern corresponds to a preferred footstrike of the second type of footwear.

Abstract: A door armrest of a vehicle is provided in a door trim that forms a door for opening and closing a door opening formed in a vehicle body, and the door armrest may include an armrest portion on which an occupant's arm is supported and which may be provided on an internal side of the door trim and slides in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and a motor driving portion mounted below the armrest portion, and configured to drive the armrest portion to selectively slide according to an opening or closing signal of the door.

Abstract: A method of treating a brine composition includes hydrolyzing a metal halide salt in the brine composition to form a hydrolysis product including a hydrohalic acid. The metal includes an alkaline earth metal or an alkali metal.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a shape-deformable and elastic bioadhesive electronic device comprising a self-healing elastomeric polymer substrate, a stretchable thin-film electrode device, and a bioadhesive hydrogel layer. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a shape-deformable and elastic bioadhesive electronic device, comprising a transfer printing step of a thin-film electrode device onto a self-healing elastomeric polymer substrate; a substrate separation step of attaching an adhesive tape transferring the thin-film electrode device; an adhesive tape separation step of separating the adhesive tape from the self-healing elastomeric polymer; a pressurization and heat treatment step including heating the separated self-healing elastomeric polymer; and a bioadhesive hydrogel layer forming step of forming a bioadhesive hydrogel layer on a surface of the self-healing elastomeric polymer.

Abstract: The present application relates to a facial mask composition using optical stimulation and a cosmetic product comprising same, and more specifically, to a facial mask cured by irradiating ultraviolet rays or visible light on a facial mask composition coated on the skin of a user. Accordingly, a facial mask or patch not requiring a facial mask or patch sheet may be provided, and a facial mask or patch having excellent applicability, adhesion properties and elasticity may be provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a desulfurization agent mixing system for fuel oil used in harbors, the system including: a fuel oil tank for storing fuel oil; a desulfurization agent tank for storing a desulfurization agent; a line mixer receiving and mixing the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent from the fuel oil tank and the desulfurization agent tank; a droplet atomization unit for forming droplets of a mixture of the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent, the mixture being generated by the line mixer; a magnetization unit for magnetizing the mixture in which the droplets are contained; a vortex reaction unit for turning the mixture of the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent, which is magnetized by the magnetization unit; a gas separation unit configured to separate gas contained in the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent mixture in the vortex reaction unit; a collision emulsion unit configured to cause the mixture of the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent from which the gas is separated by

Abstract: An apparatus for processing a substrate, the apparatus comprising a polishing assembly and a controller. The polishing assembly is configured to (a) polish a surface of the substrate. The controller is configured to (b) detect a first substrate measurement corresponding to a first region of the substrate, (c) detect a second substrate measurement corresponding to a second region of the substrate; (d) determine a difference between the first substrate measurement at the first region and the second substrate measurement at the second region; stop the polishing of the surface of the substrate in response to a determination that the difference between the first substrate measurement and the second substrate measurement is within a tolerance threshold; and repeat (a)-(d) in response to a determination that the difference between the first substrate measurement and the second substrate measurement is outside of the tolerance threshold.

Abstract: Provided is a microplastic recovery material according to an embodiment of the inventive concept including a porous structure including a first hierarchical pocket provided in an outer surface thereof, and a nano-protrusion provided on the outer surface. The first hierarchical pocket includes a first pocket and a second pocket that are connected to each other. The first pocket has a diameter of about 1 mm to about 5 mm. The second pocket has a diameter of about 1 ?m to about 100 ?m.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a soft wearable driving system including a body part formed of a deformable flexible material and having a shape extending in a plane, the body part being deformed in a manner of at least one of tensioning, compression, or bending in response to a magnitude of a load voltage, a sensor arranged on one side of the body part of the flexible material to sense a level of muscle activity in an installation area of the body part on the human body, and a controller configured to control the load voltage of the body part based on information sensed by the sensor. In this configuration, a lightweight system that provides high power for long periods of use may be provided, thereby improving usability.

Abstract: A composition injection device includes a needle which is provided such that the ends of a distal part and proximal part thereof are open, and which is hollow such that a composition is injected thereto or discharged therefrom; a pressing member inserted into the needle to discharge the composition from the needle by pressurizing the composition injected into the needle; and a paddle which is formed to extend from the end of the distal part of the needle, and which enables the composition discharged from the needle to be applied, wherein the maximum width of the paddle is at most the outer diameter of the needle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating a patient with a cancer by administering to the patient a composition comprising CAR T cells and a small molecule linked to a targeting moiety by a linker. The disclosure also relates to compositions for use in such methods.

Abstract: Proposed is a neck device for absorbing shock and reducing vibration of a legged mobile robot. The device may include a shock absorber, a sensor platform coupled to a part of the shock absorber, and a variable dynamic vibration absorber mounted on the sensor platform. The shock absorber may be fixed to a body portion of the legged mobile robot and configured to absorb shock and vibration. The sensor platform may include a camera and an inertial measurement unit. The variable dynamic vibration absorber may be configured to adjust an absorption frequency of shock and vibration caused by a movement of the legged mobile robot. The shock absorber and the variable dynamic vibration absorber may reduce shock and vibration transmitted to the sensor platform, so as to reduce movement and rotation of the sensor platform.

Abstract: A composition for enhancing efficacy of lactic acid bacteria includes at least two branched-chain amino acids selected from the group consisting of leucine, isoleucine and valine. The composition may enhance physiological activity of lactic acid bacteria, for example, the growth promoting efficacy or the intestinal damage inhibitory efficacy of lactic acid bacteria.

Abstract: A process for forming a fluidic module (150) with integrated fluid separation includes positioning a first positive passage mold (115A) of a first fluid passage (170) having a tortuous shape within a volume of binder-coated ceramic powder (110A) and positioning a second positive passage mold (115B) of a second fluid passage (175) having a tortuous shape within the volume of ceramic powder (110A) and spaced apart from the first positive passage mold (115A). The process further includes positioning a powder interconnect (120) adjacent to a portion of each of the first (115A) and second positive passage molds (115B) within the volume of ceramic powder (110A), pressing the volume of ceramic powder (110A, HOB) with the first and second positive passage molds (115A, 115B) and the powder interconnect (120) inside to form a pressed body (148), heating the pressed body to remove the first and second positive passage molds (115A, 115B), and sintering the pressed body (148) to form a closed-porosity ceramic body (150).

Abstract: Methods for prophylactic and anti-transmissivity uses of an anti-microbial composition are disclosed. The methods comprise the step of administering to a human an amount of a composition having a first ingredient being xylitol; a second ingredient comprised of a glycyrrhizin-protargin-quercetin complex, in addition to formula stabilizing ingredients of glycerol monolaurate, grapefruit seed extract; vitamin C (ascorbic acid), aloe emodin, curcumin, 1,8-cineole, zinc, quinine, flavoring, and an acceptable preservative for use in an oral application. When administered the composition is effective in reducing the incidence of contracting an illness or to prophylactically help prevent transmission of an illness into the or cavity and respiratory tract.

Abstract: An apparatus for fixing an insert member in a mold includes a groove formed on the inner circumferential surface of the insert member, a coupling protrusion protruding from the mold so that the insert member is inserted over the coupling protrusion, at least one hook member coupled to the mold such that a hook member moves between a protrusion position and a retreat position, and a driving unit for moving the at least one hook member between the protrusion position and the retreat position, wherein when the hook member is located at the protrusion position, the one end of the hook member engages with the groove of the insert member, and when the hook member is located at the retreat position, the one end of the hook member disengages from the groove of the insert member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating cancer, comprising a dual expression vector, and more specifically, to a method for effectively treating cancer by simultaneously inducing the actions of cancer metabolism drugs and cancer immunotherapy drugs by using a dual expression vector for simultaneously expressing an HIF-1? inhibitor and anticancer cytokines.

Abstract: Methods and systems for processing additively manufactured objects are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving an object fabricated using an additive manufacturing process, the object including a functional portion and a plurality of support structures connecting the functional portion to a build platform. The method can include cooling the plurality of support structures using a coolant. The method can further include fracturing the plurality of support structures to separate the functional portion of the object from the build platform.