Abstract: Various examples are provided related to detection and measurement of respiratory parameters. In one example, a system for monitoring an individual's respiration includes a thermal sensor that can detect CO2, an optical sensor, and image processing circuitry that can determine a parameter of CO2 gas being exhaled about a mouth of the individual using a thermal image captured by the thermal sensor and optical image(s) captured by the optical sensor. In other examples, a system includes an arrangement of thermal sensors and/or optical sensors that can monitor gas being exhaled about a mouth of the individual. In another example, a system includes an arrangement of thermal and optical sensors and image processing circuitry that can determine, e.g., a flow field and/or distribution of gas being exhaled about a mouth of the individual based upon thermal images and optical images captured by the arrangement of thermal and optical sensors.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of ultrasonic detection, in particular to a craniocerebral ultrasonic standard plane imaging and automatic detection and display method for abnormal regions. The following technical solution is adopted: contour detection is performed on the scanned ultrasound images the skull to construct a skull surface model, and the standard planes in ultrasound images are identified and extracted according to the skull surface model. The symmetry of the standard planes in ultrasound images is used to compare the similarity, so as to obtain the abnormal regions for segmentation and display. The advantages of the present disclosure are as follows: the skull surface model is constructed by detecting the cranial edge, and the coordinate system is established based on this model, thereby the standard planes in ultrasound images can be quickly identified from the scanned ultrasound images.

Abstract: A method for preparing a probiotic preparation based on a W1/O/W2 double emulsion structure includes steps of: using a solution containing probiotics or a mixed solution of probiotics and a probiotic protective agent as an internal water phase W1; dissolving an emulsifier in a lipid phase O, and mixing the lipid phase O with the internal water phase W1; then preparing a primary emulsion W1/O by stirring and low-energy emulsification or high-energy emulsification; and using an emulsifier-contained solution as an external water phase W2, and adding the external water phase W2 to the primary emulsion W1/O; then preparing a W1/O/W2 double emulsion by stirring and the low-energy emulsification or the high-energy emulsification, thereby obtaining the probiotic preparation. The double emulsion system is used to embed the probiotics, which can keep the probiotics active during low-temperature storage and freezing and thawing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition comprising (85-100 wt %) of a propylene copolymer based on the total amount of the polymer composition, wherein the comonomer in the propylene copolymer is selected from moiety derived from ethylene, an ?-olefin having (4) to (20) carbon atoms or a combination thereof, wherein the amount of the comonomer is in the range of (0.50 to 4.5) wt % based on the propylene copolymer, wherein the fraction of melted propylene copolymer in the temperature range from (116 to 151° C.) is in the range from (65 to 90) wt % based on the total weight of the propylene copolymer. The present invention also relates to expanded polypropylene (EPP) beads comprising said polymer composition. The invention further relates to the use of such EPP beads. The invention further relates to a process for preparing such EPP beads. The present invention also relates to an article made from said EPP beads. The invention further relates to the use of such article.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for agent-based simulation of each individual's movements in order to monitor the propagation of a disease. An agent-based simulation model has been exemplarily constructed, which is mainly comprised of two parts: student mobility model and disease propagation model. In the student mobility model, movements of students are modeled based on the GIS map (viz. routes, distances) and their daily schedules (e.g. dorms and classrooms/buildings). The disease propagation model represents students' health status (viz. susceptible, pre-symptomatic, asymptomatic, quarantine, isolation, and recovered) based on different factors such as the number of infected students attending the class or living in a dorm, classroom/dorm features (e.g. size, humidity, ventilation), probabilities of disease transmissions (e.g.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for spatially and temporally mapping safer and riskier and wellbeing areas based on perceived safety/risk and wellbeing, related to perceived viral mitigating health behaviors, known built environment wellbeing features, and predictively modelling movement through locations, and building environment features and operations contributing to viral spread.

Abstract: The isolated Agrocybe aegerita lectin AAL-2 is able to inhibit the growth of tumor cells by inducing apoptosis. In the animal study, the Agrocybe aegerita lectin AAL-2 has been showed to be capable for tumor therapy. Furthermore, the AAL-2 preferentially binds to the carbohydrate or glycoproteins with its N-Acetylglucosamine, which can be used for diagnosing the N-Acetylglucosamine-associated diseases or detecting N-Acetylglucosamine-modified carbohydrates.