HSINCHU, Taiwan, Sept 24 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- As COVID-19 vaccination has raised the issue of thrombosis, Dr. Chih-Kuang Yeh, Distinguished Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, has led a research team to developed the world's first ultrasonic vortex thrombolytic device and to treat thrombosis quickly and safely. The research has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in 2021. Moreover, U.S. and EU patents are granted, with more applications on the way. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210924005015/en/ The device is developed to solve two common thrombosis called pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which have global prevalence of 10 million new cases annually. DVT is the main cause of PE, and PE can cause heart failure and has mortality rate up to 65%. Professor Yeh explained that the current treatment options includes drug delivery catheter and thrombectomy devices, but they are not effective enough or may bring up hemorrhage risks. This was the reason motivating him to research for a more effective and safer solution. Working with industrial partners, Yeh’s team has developed a 0.2-mm ultrasonic device, which can generate tornado-like ultrasonic vortex and create a strong turbulent around the thrombus, therefore increasing penetration of thrombolytic drugs and resulting in very effective thrombolysis. The residue of the dissolved thrombus is just 0.001 cm. “I once saw a blood clot that was over 40-cm long. Only using medication to dissolve them is just too slow,” Yeh explained. “It’s like washing clothes. Only soaking the clothes in detergent won’t be enough. Agitation by a washing machine is an essential step to get clothes clean quickly.” Yeh said that animal studies have shown results of 60% thrombus shrinkage in the mice brain after applying ultrasonic vortex for ten minutes, demonstrating the potential of fast treatment. What’s more, the feedback property of ultrasound can be used for real-time treatment monitoring. mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=41098
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KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 -- The 18th China-ASEAN Expo was recently held in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. During the expo, Jingxi City signed five projects with the merchants, with a total investment of more than RMB 29.4 billion, according to the Publicity Department of Jingxi City in a statement. (RMB100 = RM64.79) At the investment promotion conference of China-ASEAN Expo, the main leaders of Jingxi stated that the city would strengthen support for foreign trade and local processing enterprises. It would also promote the construction of standard factory buildings for commodity processing and the gradual transformation and upgrading of mutual trade to local processing, expand the total amount of foreign trade, and energetically develop local processing. The city would strive to create a first-class government, legal, cultural, market and social environment to provide quality services for entrepreneurs. Jingxi is one of the important land passages connecting southwest China to southeast Asia, which borders Vietnam with a 152.5km long border. It has Longbang first-level port, Yuexu second-level port and 4 front trade markets. In recent years, Jingxi has done a great job in border trade, poverty alleviation, tourism, and urban construction, and made breakthroughs in border development and opening-up. In the next few years, Jingxi will further implement the ‘Five Strategies’ of development and opening-up, rural revitalisation, industrial city development, holistic tourism, and urban quality improvement. The city will promote the high-quality development of the Jingxi Leading Area of Guangxi Baise Key Development and Opening Pilot Zone, development of the demonstration and leading area of border stability, security, prosperity and wealth, and construction of ‘two districts and one city’ as the regional central city of China-ASEAN cooperation. -- BERNAMA SINGAPORE, Sept. 29, 2021/Medianet International-AsiaNet/-- Talkwalker announces two new products to reinforce its Consumer Intelligence Acceleration Platform(TM), and help deliver customer-centricity across enterprises. Talkwalker ( https://bit.ly/3uecU10 ), the #1 consumer intelligence company, announced today the launch of two new products. These will strengthen its Consumer Intelligence Acceleration Platform(TM) alongside the growth of its social listening capabilities. These new products will deliver brands actionable consumer intelligence to drive business impact. Talkwalker's platform, powered by Blue Silk(TM) technology, now includes three industry-leading products: - Market Intelligence: Provides consumer trends analysis and real-time industry datasets, with an app per category, to fast-track innovation. Covering a variety of industries including consumer goods, entertainment, health & wellness. - Customer Intelligence: Creates a unique single customer view by combining customer and consumer data, social, ratings, and reviews. Providing brands with real-time actionable insights, that they can profit from immediately. - Social Intelligence: An expansion of its deep social listening capabilities at scale, to help companies protect, measure, and promote their brands. mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=41125 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 -- J.P. Morgan Securities plc hereby gives notice, as Stabilisation Coordinator, that the Stabilising Manager(s) named below may stabilise the offer of the following securities in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation EU/xxx/2016 under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU/596/2016).
According to a statement, Stabilisation Manager(s) are BNP Paribas; Citi; and, Goldman Sachs International. In connection with the offer of the securities, the Stabilising Manager(s), or persons acting on behalf of the Stabilising Manager(s) may over-allot the securities, provided that the aggregate principal amount of the securities allotted does not exceed 105 per cent of the aggregate principal amount of the securities, or effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the securities at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail. However, stabilisation may not necessarily occur and any stabilisation action, if begun, may cease at any time, but it must end no later than the earlier of 30 days after the issue date of the securities and 60 days after the date of allotment of the securities. Stabilisation period expected to start on Sept 28, while Stabilisation period expected to end no later than Oct 28. This announcement and the offer of the securities to which it relates are only addressed to and directed at persons outside the United Kingdom and persons in the United Kingdom who have professional experience in matters related to investments. This also includes high net worth persons within Article 12(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 and must not be acted on or relied on by other persons in the United Kingdom. This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. -- BERNAMA TOKYO, Sept 28 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation ("Toshiba") has begun shipping test samples of "TB9083FTG," a pre-driver IC for automotive applications that include brushless motors for electric power steering systems and electric brakes. Toshiba will ship final samples in January 2022, and will start mass production in December 2022. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210927005866/en/ TB9083FTG is a three-phase pre-driver that controls and drives external N-channel power MOSFETs for driving a three-phase brushless DC motor. It supports ASIL-D[¹] functional safety[²] and its compliance with ISO 26262 2nd edition allows use in for highly safety-critical automotive systems. The new IC has a built-in three-channel pre-driver for the safety relays that control and drive the relays for motors and power supply. This eliminates the need for external components and helps reduce the part count. TB9083FTG is housed in a small P-VQFN48-0707-0.50-005 package (7.0mm x 7.0mm (typ.)) with a wettable flank[³] structure. As the need for redundant design imposes restrictions on electronic control unit board area, adoption of this small packages helps to reduce the total mounting area. Notes: [1] ASIL (Automotive Safety Integrity Level) : The highest automotive safety level regulated in the ISO 26262 functional safety standards. [2] Functional-safety-based standards seek to minimize risk resulting from system failures. ISO 26262 certification recognizes that a company's processes or products for electrical and electronic (E/E) systems for car applications meet the stringent criteria specified in the standard and provides third parties with an independent means of assessing the capabilities of a potential supplier. [3] Shape of side leads of packaging. Applications Automotive equipment - Electric power steering, electric braking, various types of pump, etc. Features - Supports functional safety - Developed in compliant with ISO 26262 2nd edition - Safety manual and safety analysis reports - Built-in functional redundancy, ABIST[⁴], and LBIST[⁵] - SPI[⁶] interface with CRC[⁷] checking - Three-phase pre-driver Control and drive of three-phase power MOSFET (Nch x 6pcs) are available Chopping PWM frequency can be set up to 20kHz - Built-in three channels pre-driver for safety relay It can control / drive three relays for each phase of motor. Otherwise, one channel controls / drives three relays for motor collectively and another two channel control / drive relays for power supply. - Built-in amplifier for motor current detection For voltage amplification generated in 3-phase shunt resistor 6 types of gain setup are possible. - Small package Small surface mount wettable flank structure P-VQFN48-0707-0.50-005 package with E-pad[⁸] Notes: [4] ABIST (Analog Built-In Self-Test) [5] LBIST (Logic Built-In Self-Test) [6] SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) [7] CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) [8] E-pad (Exposed pads) : Metal frame on back side of package http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=41114 |
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