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Disclosed herein are methods of treating a patient at risk of developing or having a neurofibromatosis or a sporadic schwannoma. In exemplary embodiments, the method involves administering to a subject in need an effective amount of a LIMK modulating agent. Also disclosed are compounds newly identified to be inhibitors of Merlin-null Schwann cell proliferation and/or survival.
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In an aspect, disclosed herein are physiological devices and systems, and components thereof, used to evaluate cardiac parameters and arrhythmogenic mechanisms. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
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Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure, among others, include compositions, gels, methods for synthesizing multifunctional silica based nanoparticle gel, method of treating, preventing, or both treating and preventing, a disease in a plant species, method for simultaneously treating citrus plants for citrus canker and preventing the invasion of an Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) vector that carries the pathogen and spreads the citrus greening disease in citrus plants, and the like.
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Embodiments of the present disclosure, in one aspect, relate to compositions including a vacancy-engineered (VE)-ZnO nanocomposite, methods of making a composition, methods of using a composition, and the like.
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Disclosed herein are novel compositions and methods for stimulation of and the production or expansion of natural killer (NK) cells. Numbers of NK cells can be increased following contact with exosomes modified with one or more stimulatory peptides. Methods and compositions for the production of exosomes, wherein the exosomes comprises stimulatory peptides are also described. Also described are methods of treating cancer using the disclosed NK-stimulating exosomes or NK cells stimulated by the disclosed methods.
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Cardiac myocyte differentiation reported thus far is from iPS cells generated from mice and human fibroblasts. iPS cells from cardiac or ventricular specific cell types are generated herein having the potential to repair and regenerate infarcted myocardium. The cells were transduced with four sternness factors and reprogrammed them into iPS cells. These cardiac iPS cells were able to differentiate into beating cardiac myocytes, formed cardiac-specific structures, and positively stained for cardiac specific proteins. Transplanted cells also significantly inhibited apoptosis and fibrosis and improved cardiac function.
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The presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to oxidative oxidized reaction products made from the mechanocatalytic oxidative depolymerization of lignin. More particularly, but without limitation, the mechanocatalytic oxidative depolymerization of lignin is performed in a non-aqueous/non-solvent based and solvent-free process, i.e., via a solid-solid mechanocatalytic oxidative reaction methodology. In one particular embodiment, the process of making such oxidative oxidized reaction products includes, without limitation, the step of mechanocatalytically reacting an oxidation catalyst with lignin or a lignin-containing material. The oxidative reaction products obtained from the process include, for example, at least one of vanillin, and syringealdehyde, vanillic acid, and syringic acid.
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The present invention is directed to a system configured to be connected to an AC power grid having at least one AC phase signal. The system includes at least one inverter module comprising a first inverter having a plurality of first switch elements coupled to a direct current (DC) voltage and actuated in accordance with a first set of control signals based on the at least one AC phase signal. The first inverter provides a first voltage signal having predetermined harmonic components. The at least one inverter module further comprises a second inverter including a plurality of second switch elements coupled to the DC voltage and actuated in accordance with a second set of control signals phase delayed with respect to the first set of control signals. The second switching inverter providing a second voltage signal having the predetermined harmonic components. At least one transformer module includes at least one first primary winding coupled to the first inverter and at least one second primary winding coupled to the second inverter. The transformer module further includes at least one secondary winding coupled to the at least one first primary winding, the at least one second primary winding and the AC power grid for each at least one AC phase signal. The secondary winding is configured to provide a secondary output voltage to the AC power grid by combining the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal such that the predetermined harmonic components are substantially cancelled.
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Systems and methods for camera-based fingertip tracking are disclosed. One such method includes identifying at least one location of a fingertip in at least one of the video frames, and mapping the location to a user input based on the location of the fingertip relative to a virtual user input device.
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Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating Type II diabetes. The compositions comprise plant expressed Exendin 4. Particularly exemplified are plant derived compositions that include a CTB-EX4 conjugate that is bioencapsulated in chloroplasts.