Abstract: A component, e.g., a bumper assembly, of a vehicle includes a fascia spaced from a bumper beam, a structure defining gaps between the structure and the bumper beam and between the structure and the fascia, and a computer programmed to supply electrical current to vary a stiffness of the structure in response to a vehicle speed beyond a threshold.

Abstract: An instrument panel assembly includes a support beam and an exterior panel. The instrument panel assembly includes an energy absorbing device between the support beam and the exterior panel and having a variable crush resistance based on a temperature of the energy absorbing device. The instrument panel assembly includes a heater operatively coupled to the energy absorbing device.

Abstract: A bumper assembly includes a bumper beam and a fin supported by the bumper beam. The fin has a proximate end proximate to the bumper beam and a distal end distal to the bumper beam and an axis extending from the proximate end to the distal end. The fin has a sinuous shape in a cross section normal to the axis.

Abstract: A self-healing glass panel includes first and second glass layers, a reservoir between the first and second glass layers, and a liquid healing agent for healing the first or second glass layers if a crack occurs. The liquid healing agent is entrapped in the reservoir by at least one of the first or second glass layers.

Abstract: 2-alkoxy benzene formyl arylamine compounds and their pharmaceutical salts are disclosed. The compounds can act as sphingomyelin synthase (SMS) inhibitors to treat diseases caused by abnormal increasing of sphingomyelin (SM). The pharmaceutically acceptable salts and pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds are used as active ingredients in drugs which can prevent and cure diseases caused by SM level abnormal increase. These diseases include atherosclerosis, fatty liver, obesity, type diabetes, and other metabolic syndromes.

Abstract: 2-alkoxy benzene formyl arylamine compounds and their pharmaceutical salts are disclosed. The compounds can act as sphingomyelin synthase (SMS) inhibitors to treat diseases caused by abnormal increasing of sphingomyelin (SM). The pharmaceutically acceptable salts and pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds are used as active ingredients in drugs which can prevent and cure diseases caused by SM level abnormal increase. These diseases include atherosclerosis, fatty liver, obesity, type diabetes, and other metabolic syndromes.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a 3-cyanoanilinoalkylarylpiperazine derivatives and use thereof in preparing drugs; the 3-cyanoanilinoalkylarylpiperazine derivatives disclosed by the present invention has very useful pharmaceutical properties and good tolerance, especially the use as novel analgesic drugs, novel antidepressants, and novel analgesic and antidepressive drugs. This class of compounds are central analgesics regulating 5-hydroxytrptamine, and also are novel antidepressants regulating 5-hydroxytrptamine. This class of compounds also has less toxic and side effects and a higher safety range.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to novel personalized therapies and methods for treating ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Specifically, this disclosure relates to methods of treating a patient having AS by selectively administering an IL-17 antagonist, e.g., an IL-17 antibody, such as secukinumab, to the AS patient on the basis of that patient being predisposed to have a favorable response to treatment with the IL-17 antagonist. Also disclosed herein are diagnostic methods and transmittable forms of information useful in predicting the likelihood that a patient having AS will respond to treatment with an IL-17 antagonist, e.g., an IL-17 antibody, such as secukinumab.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a 3-cyanoanilinoalkylarylpiperazine derivatives and use thereof in preparing drugs; the 3-cyanoanilinoalkylarylpiperazine derivatives disclosed by the present invention has very useful pharmaceutical properties and good tolerance, especially the use as novel analgesic drugs, novel antidepressants, and novel analgesic and antidepressive drugs. This class of compounds are central analgesics regulating 5-hydroxytrptamine, and also are novel antidepressants regulating 5-hydroxytrptamine. This class of compounds also has less toxic and side effects and a higher safety range.

Abstract: Aralkyl diamine derivative of the following formula, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or uses thereof as antidepressants. The derivatives have triplex inhibiting activities of the reuptake of 5-HT, dopamine and noradrenalin, which can be administered to the patients in need of such treatment in the form of compositions orally or injectedly et al.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting the catalytic activity of a protein kinase comprising contacting said protein kinase with a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition containing the same, and also provides a method of treating a protein kinase related disorder comprising a step of administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition containing the same, wherein each substituent in formula (I) is same as defined in the description.

Abstract: Aralkyl diamine derivative of the following formula, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or uses thereof as antidepressants. The derivatives have triplex inhibiting activities of the reuptake of 5-HT, dopamine and noradrenalin, which can be administered to the patients in need of such treatment in the form of compositions orally or injectedly et al.

Abstract: The invention provides new pyrrolo-nitrogenous heterocyclic derivatives represented by formula (I) or their salts, the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing such derivatives and the use of such derivatives as therapeutic agents, especially as protein kinase inhibitors, wherein each substituent in formula (I) is same as defined in the description.

Abstract: The invention provides new pyrrolo-nitrogenous heterocyclic derivatives represented by formula (I) or their salts, the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing such derivatives and the use of such derivatives as therapeutic agents, especially as protein kinase inhibitors, wherein each substituent in formula (I) is same as defined in the description.

Abstract: A process for production of an agglomerate comprises the steps of: passing a flow of one or more gaseous reactants into a reactor; reacting the one or more gaseous reactants within a reaction zone of the reactor to form product particles; agglomerating the product particles into an agglomerate; and applying a force to the agglomerate to displace it continuously away from the reaction zone.

Abstract: A process for production of an agglomerate comprises the steps of: passing a flow of one or more gaseous reactants into a reactor; reacting the one or more gaseous reactants within a reaction zone of the reactor to form product particles; agglomerating the product particles into an agglomerate; and applying a force to the agglomerate to displace it continuously away from the reaction zone.