Abstract: A panel which may be used as a part of a surface covering system, such as that for a wall or a ceiling, and which is useful to provide easy installation, durability, beneficial fire preventive performance, resistance to mold growth, and resistance to moisture. The panels may have a first major surface, a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and a side surface extending between the first and second major surfaces. The panel may be formed from polyvinyl chloride present in an amount from about 45 to about 70 wt. %; carbonate present in an amount from about 10 to about 31 wt. %; stearate present in an amount from about 1 to about 6 wt. %; and aluminum hydroxide present in an amount from about 10 to about 30 wt. %.

Abstract: A coating composition includes a crosslinking binder composition comprising crosslinking functional groups or crosslinker, a pigment composition, a flame retardant, a filler composition, and a biocide. A building panel includes a substrate having a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending there-between, and a coating composition over at least one of the first major surface, the second major surface, and the side surface, the coating composition including a crosslinkable binder composition including a crosslinker and a binding agent, a pigment composition, a flame retardant, and a filler composition.

Abstract: Described herein is a protected building panel comprising a substrate, a peelable film assembly comprising a film layer having a film thickness, the peelable film formed of a film composition comprising coextruded blend a first polyolefin comprising low-density polyethylene and a second polyolefin that is different from the first polyolefin, an adhesive layer having an adhesive thickness, wherein a ratio of the film thickness to the adhesive thickness ranges from about 3:1 to about 5:1, wherein the protected building panel comprising a plurality of perforations extending continuously through the peelable film assembly and the substrate.

Abstract: Described herein is a building panel and related building systems, the building panel having a first major surface opposite a second major surface, the building panel comprising a core comprising a first body comprising a first fibrous material; and a second body comprising a second fibrous material, a veneer facing layer coupled to the core, the veneer facing layer comprising a plurality of perforations.

Abstract: A control method includes determining that refrigerant leakage occurs in an air conditioning system and controlling an actuator to perform a routine protection operation. The control method further includes controlling the actuator to perform a backup protection operation in response to determining that an abnormality occurs in the routine protection operation.

Abstract: Described herein is a building panel comprising: a substrate, and a coating applied to the substrate, the coating comprising a blend of an antimicrobial composition, a binder, and a pigment, wherein the antimicrobial composition consists essentially of zinc borate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a coating composition suitable for application to an acoustic panel. The coating composition includes a Pigment blend. The Pigment blend includes calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide, calcined diatomaceous earth, and aluminum hydroxide. The coating composition further includes a clay and a biocide including zinc. The coating composition further includes a binder. A ratio of pigment-to-binder is from about 3:1 to about 30:1. Also disclosed are building panels coated with the coating composition and methods for their formation.

Abstract: The application discloses a method, apparatus and system for scanning an animal. The method includes obtaining a species of an animal to be scanned, identifying a type of an animal cabin where the animal to be scanned is located, and determining whether the species of the animal to be scanned matches the type of the animal cabin, determining and presenting a corresponding scanning protocol that matches the species of the animal to be scanned if the species of the animal to be scanned matches the type of the animal cabin, and perform a scan according to the corresponding scanning protocol, or according to a user-defined scanning protocol.

Abstract: A segmental precast composite-material composite-slab composite beam and a construction method thereof are provided, relating to the technical field of bridge design and construction. The segmental precast composite-material composite-slab composite beam mainly includes a segmental precast orthotropic composite top slab, a web, a bottom slab, and a wet joint between segments. The orthotropic composite top slab is composed of an orthotropic slab and an ultra-high-performance concrete layer (UHPC), and the interface connection of the orthotropic slab and the UHPC structural layer is achieved by a shear key. The UHPC structural layer is superposed with the orthotropic slab in segments in a precast plant to form a composite-slab composite beam segment to be entirely transported, hoisted and assembled, and the connection of the UHPC structural layers between the segments is achieved by casting a transverse wet joint in place.

Abstract: Described herein is a coating comprising a binder, a pigment, and an antimicrobial composition which comprises particles selected from the group consisting of an aluminum silicate, a magnesium silicate, and a mixture thereof, and wherein the particles are modified with a quaternary ammonium salt. Further described is a building panel and building systems comprising a substrate and the coating composition applied thereto as well as methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: A panel which may be used as a part of a surface covering system, such as that for a wall or a ceiling, and which is useful to provide easy installation, durability, beneficial fire preventive performance, resistance to mold growth, and resistance to moisture. The panels may have a first major surface, a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and a side surface extending between the first and second major surfaces. The panel may be formed from polyvinyl chloride present in an amount from about 45 to about 70 wt. %; carbonate present in an amount from about 10 to about 31 wt. %; stearate present in an amount from about 1 to about 6 wt. %; and aluminum hydroxide present in an amount from about 10 to about 30 wt. %.

Abstract: Described herein is a method of covering a surface using a surface covering system. The surface may be a floor, a wall, or a ceiling. In one embodiment, the surface covering system includes a plurality of panels and an adhesive tape that is configured to detachably couple the panels to the surface. The adhesive tape may include a substrate-side adhesive component, a panel-side adhesive component, and a release component between the substrate-side and panel-side adhesive components. The panels may be detachably coupled to the substrate by the adhesive tape such that at least one adhesive layer of the substrate-side adhesive component is adhered to the substrate, at least one adhesive layer of the panel-side adhesive component is adhered to the rear surfaces of the panels, and the release component is between the substrate-side adhesive component and the panel-side adhesive component.

Abstract: The application discloses a method, apparatus and system for scanning an animal. The method includes obtaining a species of an animal to be scanned, identifying a type of an animal cabin where the animal to be scanned is located, and determining whether the species of the animal to be scanned matches the type of the animal cabin, determining and presenting a corresponding scanning protocol that matches the species of the animal to be scanned if the species of the animal to be scanned matches the type of the animal cabin, and perform a scan according to the corresponding scanning protocol, or according to a user-defined scanning protocol.

Abstract: Described herein is a building panel and related building systems, the building panel having a first major surface opposite a second major surface, the building panel comprising a core comprising a first body comprising a first fibrous material; and a second body comprising a second fibrous material, a veneer facing layer coupled to the core, the veneer facing layer comprising a plurality of perforations.

Abstract: Described herein is a building panel and related building systems, the building panel having a first major surface opposite a second major surface, the building panel comprising a core comprising a first body comprising a first fibrous material; and a second body comprising a second fibrous material, a veneer facing layer coupled to the core, the veneer facing layer comprising a plurality of perforations.

Abstract: A polypeptide fragment B (MP-B) has an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, in which an amino acid Xaa at position 10 is Arg, Phe, Glu, Thr, or absent, an amino acid Xaa at position 16 is Asn, Val, Leu, Gly, or absent, and an amino acid Xaa at position 25 is Ser, Glu, Met, Arg, or absent. The MP-B can significantly improve the colonic pathologic morphology and decrease a colonic histopathologic score and an expression level of colonic interferon-? (IFN-?) in an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) mouse model, and shows the ability to interfere with the occurrence of IBD in mice.

Abstract: A bridge structure dynamic response of a bridge structure under the action of heavy duty vehicle load is obtained through sensors arranged on the bridge structure; according to vertical vibration acceleration ao and vertical deflection yo of the bridge at a center of gravity o of the heavy duty vehicle and speed of the heavy duty vehicle Uvehicle, a response of a table top of a vibration table is reconstructed, and interaction force of the vehicle-bridge coupling model is obtained; a nonlinear finite element model of the bridge structure is established, and the vehicle-bridge interaction force is taken as external force, and the dynamic response of the bridge structure is taken as a structural response, and modification of the finite element model of the bridge structure is completed through a nonlinear parameter identification method. The invention is mainly used for updating a bridge model.

Abstract: A polypeptide fragment D (MP-D) has an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, in which an amino acid Xaa at position 9 is Tyr, Val, Gly, Ser, Gln, or absent, an amino acid Xaa at position 20 is Ser, Gln, Glu, Tyr, Arg, or absent, and an amino acid Xaa at position 25 is Asn, Thr, Ser, Pro, Leu, or absent. The MP-D can significantly improve the colonic pathologic morphology and decrease a colonic histopathologic score and an expression level of colonic interferon-? (IFN-?) in an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) mouse model, and shows the ability to interfere with the occurrence of IBD in mice.

Abstract: A polypeptide fragment C (MP-C) has an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, in which an amino acid Xaa at position 9 is Tyr, Val, Gly, Ser, or Gln, an amino acid Xaa at position 20 is Ser, Gln, Glu, or Tyr, an amino acid Xaa at position 30 is Asn, Thr, Ser, Pro, or Leu, and an amino acid Xaa at position 42 is Gly, Arg, Met, or absent. The MP-C can significantly improve the colonic pathologic morphology and decrease a disease activity index (DAI) and a colonic histopathologic score in an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) mouse model, and shows the ability to interfere with the occurrence of IBD in mice.

Abstract: Described herein is a building panel comprising: a substrate, and a coating applied to the substrate, the coating comprising a blend of an antimicrobial composition, a binder, and a pigment, wherein the antimicrobial composition consists essentially of zinc borate.