Abstract:
An apparatus tor determining a position of an object inside a body includes a first, detector configured to receive a signal from the object inside the body. The apparatus also includes a camera configured to capture m image or video of outside of a portion of the body, The object is positioned inside the portion of the body. A connoting system is configured to receive the signal from the first detector and the image or video from the camera and to determine the position of the object Inside the body. A screen, is configured to display die position of the object inside the body.
Abstract:
Provided is a composite metal-wide-bandgap semiconductor tip for scanning tunneling microscopy and/or scanning, tunneling lithography, a method of forming, and a method for using the composite metal-wide-bandgap semiconductor tip.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to virus-like particles (VLPs) which are engineered to present epitopes from Staphylococcus aureus (SA), preferably autoinducing peptides (AIPs) which regulate quorum-sensing dependent virulence in this pathogen, or epitopes from SA toxins and leukocidins. These VLPs may be used to provide immunogenic compositions and efficacious vaccines. In a mouse model of SA dermonecrosis, vaccination with AIP-containing VLPs or SA toxin-containing VLPs induces protective immunity to limit the pathogenesis of SA infection and promote bacterial clearance.
Abstract:
This disclosure describes, in one aspect, a method of electric-field-assisted nucleotide sequencing. Generally, the method includes performing an ion-sensitive nucleotide sequencing method, applying an electric field across the device while the nucleotide sequencing reactions are being performed so that ions released by the sequencing reactions are directed to contact with the ion-sensitive detector, and detecting at least a portion of the released ions in contact with the ion-sensitive detector.
Abstract:
A device includes a body and a rechargeable battery positioned within the body. A solar cell is coupled to the body and in communication with the battery. A connector is coupled to the body and configured to engage a corresponding connector of a fiber optic cable.
Abstract:
The invention provides novel antibiotic protocells comprising mesoporous nanoparticles encapsulated within a lipid bi- or multilayer. The nanoparticles have pore sizes and surface chemistries that enable facile adsorption and intracellular presentation of antibiotics which are effective in the treatment of a wide variety of bacterial infections, including F. tularensis, B. pseudomallei and P. aeruginosa -related infections. Related pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also provided.
Abstract:
Catalyst support materials that are coated with a thin carbon over-layer and methods for making the same are shown and described. In general, a supporting oxide material, which may or may not have a catalytic material already deposited on the surface, is coated with a thin carbon layer.
Abstract:
A lateral flow device includes a porous medium layer having a two-dimensional shape in plan view that is capable of supporting near-constant velocity capillary-driven fluid flow and can be combined with electrodes in a manner to achieve to achieve electrokinetic molecule separation.
Abstract:
A privacy-preserving, mutual PUF-based authentication protocol that uses soft data to exchange and correlate Helper Data bitstrings instead of PUF response bitstrings as a means of authenticating chips to prevent attacks.
Abstract:
A plurality of circular RNAs (circRNAs) the expression of which is correlated with brain disorders. The circRNAs are useful for compositions, kits, assays, and methods for the identification, diagnosis, screening, treatment and/or monitoring of brain disorders including psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder (BD), schizophrenia (SCZ), depression, Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Anxiety Disorders, etc., and neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and other Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), pervasive developmental disorders not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), etc.