摘要:
The disclosure presents a new computer based model framework to predict drug effects over multiple time and spatial scales from the drug chemistry to the cardiac rhythm. The disclosure presents a new computer based model framework to predict drug effects from the level of the receptor interaction to the cardiac rhythm.
摘要:
A new fuel quality sensor enables the use of RNG without removing CO2. Efficiency and the economy of the process improves significantly if CO2 separation cost can be avoided. Fuel quality information from the sensor makes it easy to adjust air/fuel ratio as well as efficient combustion inside a combustion engine or boiler.
摘要:
A lower extremity exoskeleton, configurable to be coupled to a person, comprises two leg supports configurable to be coupled to the person's lower limbs and configured to rest on the ground during their stance phases. Each leg support comprises a thigh link, a shank link, and two knee joints. Each knee joint is configured to allow flexion and extension between the respective shank link and the respective thigh link. The lower extremity exoskeleton also comprises an exoskeleton trunk configurable to be coupled to the person's upper body. The exoskeleton trunk is rotatably connectable to the thigh links of the leg supports allowing for the flexion and extension between the leg supports and the exoskeleton trunk. In this exemplary embodiment, the energy required for flexion and extension movement between the shank link and the respective thigh link of a leg support over a cyclic knee motion is provided by the person.
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A fabricated microstructure includes a base and one or more nano-structures disposed on one or more portions of the base to adhere to a contact surface. The one or more portions of the base with the one or more nano-structures are located on the base such that, when the one or more nano-structures adhere to the contact surface and an external force is applied to peel the base from the contact surface, the one or more nano-structures in the one or more portions of the base facilitate or resist peeling of the nano-structures from the contact surface.
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Disulfide proteins showed mitigated allergenicity and increased digestibility by pepsin following reduction by thioredoxin. The sulfhydryl groups newly formed on reduction by thioredoxin (at 4null C.) or dithiothreitol (DTT) (at 55null C.) were blocked with a physiological disulfide, such as cystamine or oxidized glutathione (GSSG) to obtain stable forms of the disarmed allergen. When derivatized with cystamine, BLG was separated from its oxidized and reduced forms on non-reducing SDS-PAGE and appeared to lack sulfhydryl groups. Although less effective GSSG, gave similar results. Allergenicity of the two derivatives was compared with that of the oxidized, reduced and reoxidized forms of BLG by skin testing dogs from a colony sensitized to cow's milk. Both the cystamine and GSSG derivatized BLG showed decreased allergenicity and increased sensitivity to pepsin as compared to controls. The reoxidized form resembled the derivatives in having lower allergenicity. The thioredoxin- and DTT-reduced forms showed hypoallergenic, hyperdigestible properties, most effectively when the reduced proteins were heated at 55null C. Whole milk subjected to these procedures showed results similar to those obtained with pure BLG. Other proteins are similarly stabilized. Stable forms of such disarmed, hypoallergenic and hyperdigestible disulfide protein allergens or just hypoallergenic or just hyperdigestible protein allergens are useful in foods as well as clinical preparations.
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The present invention relates to methods for measuring the proliferation and destruction rates of cells by measuring deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis. In particular, the methods utilize non-radioactive stable isotope labels to endogenously label DNA synthesized through the de novo nucleotide synthesis pathway in a cell. The amount of label incorporated in the DNA is measured as an indication of cellular proliferation. Such methods do not involve radioactivity or potentially toxic metabolites, and are suitable for use both in vitro and in vivo. Therefore, the invention is useful for measuring cellular proliferation in humans for the diagnosis of a variety of disease conditions in which cellular proliferation is involved.
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Novel fluorescent labeling techniques and fluorescent labels are provided, employing high affinity non-covalently binding and intercalating fluorescent dyes and dsDNA. The dyes find application to provide highly sensitive labeling of nucleic acids in electrophoretic gels and as pre-prepared labels for binding to a wide variety of specific binding pair members. The DNA-dye fluorescer complex can be used for labels in diagnostic assays, detection of specific nucleic acid sequences, and the like.
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The present invention relates to a group of organic chelators whose affinity for calcium ion in solution is decreased by electromagnetic radiation. Specifically, the chelators are related to fura-2 and utilize the addition of an azide group to the 3-position of the benzofuran ring of a fura-2 type structure. Photolysis of the azide group causes the calcium ion affinity to decrease 100 to 1000 fold. These chelators when incorporated into rat fibroblasts either by microinjection or by incubation as the membrane-permeable, enzymatically-labile esters and flash-photolyzed cause large increases in intracellular free calcium ion. These chelators are used to generate controlled fast elevation of intracellular free calcium ion concentration to mimic or modulate a number of important cellular responses, especially in nerve or muscle.
摘要:
Quantitative chromatography is widely used in many fields to measure the amount of a compound present in a mixture. A series of Gaussian-like peaks are generated as output, and the size is conventionally measured by peak area or peak height determinations. The microprocessor-based analysis system of the present invention is designed to "learn" the characteristics of a set of chromatographic peaks. Retention time and peak width parameters are used to detect and measure selected peaks by a convolution procedure based on a matched filter. The filter is applied to peaks in the neighborhood of selecting peak times which have a shape closely resembling that of a control sample. The system is built around a microprocessor with a wide dynamic range analog-to-digital conversion input stage. Operator interaction with the programs and the printing of output results is facilitated.
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Various embodiments each include at least one of systems, methods, devices, and software for GNSS simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). The disclosed techniques demonstrate that simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) can be performed using only GNSS SNR and geo-location data, collectively termed GNSS data henceforth. A principled Bayesian approach for doing so is disclosed. A 3-D environment map is decomposed into a grid of binary-state cells (occupancy grid) and the receiver locations are approximated by sets of particles. Using a large number of sparsely sampled GNSS SNR measurements and receiver/satellite coordinates (all available from off-the-shelf GNSS receivers), likelihoods of blockage are associated with every receiver-to-satellite beam. Loopy Belief Propagation is used to estimate the probabilities of each cell being occupied or empty, along with the probability of the particles for each receiver location.