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An eye injector for transferring a substance across the surface of the eye of an animal includes a needle-free injector and a patient positioning mechanism. The needle-free injector includes a reservoir for storing the substance to be transferred, a nozzle in fluid communication with the reservoir; and a controllable electromagnetic actuator in communication with the reservoir. The eye injector can also include a targeting light source for directing a beam of light into a pupil of the eye. The needle-free injector can be positioned adjacent to the lens of the eye, therefore producing a jet that intersects with the beam of light at a point in the retina.

The present invention relates to a solution for controlling the pressure/flow of breathing gas to a mechanical ventilator (4) by using an energy of breathing analysis and further to provide a pressure relief during exhalation and a trigger determination when to start the pressure relief using energy content of breathing in analysis for determining a pressure curve form during at least a portion of the expiration phase.

This invention is to provide a plant cultivation mat which can be applied to those existing buildings, and which does not require large amount of time, labor and cost for its laying and removing works, and a method for laying such plant cultivation mat, as well. According to the invention, there is provided a plant cultivation mat, comprising one or a plurality of cells with water-passage ports being perforated in the vicinity of the bottom part thereof, said one or a plurality of cells constituting a mat frame disposed in a depressed form to permit the top part thereof to open, and an inwardly recessed part being formed at the lower required part of the side wall of said cell. When this plant cultivation mat is to be laid, arrangement is made as to forming a space having a required route at the inwardly recessed part of the cell so as to form a space having a required routein the inwardly recessed part of the cell. Before the plant cultivation mat is to be laid on the mat laying surface, a water holding layer is provided beforehand. It is further preferable that, at the time of filling the laying surface with this plant cultivation mat, the space having a required route is formed, and simultaneously water supply pipe is disposed in an arbitrary route in said space.

Administering to a patient an anticholinergic medication comprising scopolamine and hydroxyzine can alleviate the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal. Used in conjunction with pre- and post-administration counseling, smoking cessation rates may be significantly improved.

The invention discloses a teaching method and system based on cross-media dynamic knowledge graph. The method comprises the following steps of constructing the cross-media dynamic knowledge graph; storing entity related information in the knowledge graph, and returning attribute values corresponding to entities through subject knowledge questions and answers; obtaining feedback information of students and knowledge points, calculating the knowledge point recommendation degree and the learning resource recommendation value score, and therefore, constructing a knowledge point recommendation listand a learning resource recommendation list and returning the lists to learners; constructing a course knowledge card; recommending friends, and recommending other users with similar learning progress and learning conditions to the current user. The teaching system comprises a data layer, a data analysis layer, an application layer and a user layer. The teaching method can be realized through a computer-readable storage medium. The problem that in the prior art, a teaching scheme cannot be formulated in a targeted mode according to learning characteristics is solved, the individualized teaching can be achieved, and the teaching level is effectively improved.

Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to acamprosate formulations, methods of use of the formulations, to methods of using the formulations in combination with at least one other medication, and to combination products and compositions comprising the formulations and at least one other medication, such as neuroleptic (antipsychotic) and/or antidepressant drugs.

A pediatric tracheostomy mask having a soft main body, a rotating connector member and a rotating tubular adaptor member, wherein the top edge of the main body has a forward extending recess and the upper surface of the main body has a depression extending forward from the recess, and wherein the connector member is provided with a plurality of elongated exhaust openings.

The invention is directed to a method of preventing or ameliorating a neuropsychiatric or neurodegenerative disease or disorder in a subject. The method includes administering a composition comprising equol in an amount sufficient to prevent or ameliorate the neuropsychiatric or neurodegenerative disease or disorder. The equol may be a racemic mixture of R-equol and S-equol. The equol may be enantiomerically enriched with R-equol or enantiomerically enriched with Sequol.

A respiratory mask with a display of graphics and/or text visible on a surface thereof. The display may provide an incentive for people to wear the mask, aid in the identification of the person wearing the mask, or reduce intimidation of children at the doctor's office, among other advantages. The invention is also relates to a method of advertising and/or conveying information by including a display on a respiratory mask.

A method for visually finding and interacting with people and places, operable on a computing system including a mobile device comprising a processor, a display a camera and other sensors, the method including obtaining the current location of members of a group, if the group members have similar mobile devices (i.e., having the disclosed app) and if they have set to permit their visibility or if they shared their location, by scanning their surroundings with the camera of their mobile device or by receiving location data from the group members; and, for each location obtained, displaying on the mobile device's display a group member representation associated with the group member's location.

A dental apparatus for removing fluid from a patient's mouth during a dental procedure, the dental apparatus includes an intraoral tip having a wall defining a cavity, the wall having a plurality of apertures and at least one opening, the apertures being distributed over the wall; and a hollow tube coupled to the intraoral tip, the hollow tube for connecting the opening of the intraoral tip to a suction device. The intraoral tip is continuously within the patient's mouth during the dental procedure and the dental apparatus removes fluid from the patient's mouth through the apertures of said intraoral tip. In one embodiment, the dental apparatus further includes a valve for modulating the rate of fluid removal from the patient's mouth. In another embodiment, the dental apparatus further includes a fastener for securing the intraoral tip within the patient's mouth.

The invention provides a selective Sigma 1 or Dopamine D3 receptor agonist or a 5HT2c receptor ligand for use in the treatment of symptoms of anxiety and/or depression associated with an affective disorder and/or symptoms associated with cognitive impairment disorder. Particularly useful are diphenhydramine derivatives of Formula (I) and particularly (2-[(4-butylsulfanylphenyl)-phenyl-methyl]sulfanyl-N,N-dimethyl-ethanamin) (Captodiamine).

Systems and methods for treating patients with an anxiety disorder are disclosed. The systems comprise a screen for displaying sets of stimuli, a computer to control the display of stimuli onto the screen during at least one treatment session and the ability for the patient to interact with the screen in response to the displayed stimuli. The interaction of the patient with the system during the treatment session is capable of treating patient anxiety associated with an anxiety disorder, such as social anxiety. Also provided are computer programs capable of being used in the systems and methods of the present invention for treating anxiety.

The invention provides a power transmission line online fault monitoring method and system. The method comprises the following steps: integrating operation parameters and environmental parameters of the power transmission line under different faults to form a fault historical database, and constructing a neural network identification model of the power transmission line under different faults according to the fault historical database; collecting operating parameters and environmental parameters of the power transmission line, inputting the operating parameters and the environmental parametersinto the neural network identification model, and analyzing faults of the power transmission line; judging the fault occurrence reason according to the fault analysis result, and carrying out image acquisition on the possible fault points of the power transmission line; and performing feature extraction and analysis on the acquired images, and obtaining fault occurrence points according to analysis results. According to the power transmission line online fault monitoring method and the system thereof, the fault point can be judged at the first time, the fault searching time is shortened, thefault is eliminated as early as possible, the power transmission is recovered, and the power supply reliability is improved.

Described herein are methods and apparatuses for the application of transdermal electrical stimulation (TES) in order to modulate a user's cognitive state to induce a state of calm or relaxation. The apparatuses described herein include neck-worn devices having electrodes (or configured to connect to electrodes, including automatically self-connecting to electrodes) adapted to couple to the midline of the back of user's neck. A neck-worn controller may be configured as a cord, band, wire, torc, necklace, loop, strap, or the like, and may be rigid or semi-rigid and may be worn at least partially around the subject's neck. The controller may controllably apply one or more waveforms to the electrodes of the electrode pad (e.g., patch) to deliver TES adapted to induce or enhance a relaxed cognitive state.

A decorative dental tip is provided for a dental syringe. The decorative dental tip includes a molded, outer surface portraying an object selected to alleviate an anxiety of a patient. The dental tip further includes a molded, inner lumen in fluid communication with a dental syringe.

The earthquake control operation system for an elevator includes: an earthquake information delivering device for calculating a predicted arrival hour of earthquake waves in accordance with a position of a registered building based on an emergency earthquake bulletin including at least a seismic center of an earthquake and an hour of occurrence of the earthquake; an earthquake information receiving device for receiving the predicted arrival hour through an Internet and calculating an earthquake arrival need time as a time required for the earthquake waves to reach the building based on the predicted arrival hour; and an elevator control panel for performing an operation of stopping an elevator car at a safety floor when the elevator car is traveling toward the safety floor, a car call for the safety floor is registered, and a stop time at the safety floor is shorter than the earthquake arrival need time.

A drive assist device and method is provided which can avoid confusion imposed on drivers by an arrow signal. The drive assist device (1) comprises an infrastructure information receiver (2) for receiving infrastructure information from an infrastructure device set up on the road, a navigation (3) for acquiring various pieces of information including information on the road whereon the self-vehicle is traveling, a self-vehicle state monitoring sensor (4) for monitoring the state of the self-vehicle, and ECU (6). The ECU (6) includes a signal passability judging portion (7) for judging whether the self-vehicle can pass a signal or not and a signal wait time notification controlling portion (8) which, when it is judged by the signal passability judging portion (7) that the self-vehicle cannot pass the signal, determines a period of time for the self-vehicle to wait at stoplights and makes a display portion (5) display the period of wait time. The signal passability judging portion (7) judges not only a red light but also a combination of a red light and an arrow and a subsequent yellow light unpassable.

The present disclosure includes method, system, apparatus, release agent receptacles, and indicator embodiments.

Methods and compositions for altering perception of age of an individual are disclosed.