Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to mechanisms for the estimation of location privacy risk, comprising: building one or more trajectory models from auxiliary information (e.g., one or more maps, one or more routes); capturing common behavioral patterns (e.g., shortest route(s),/fastest route(s)); identifying, given unlinked trajectories for a plurality of users, most likely linkages using the trajectory model(s); eliminating one or more unlikely linkages based on deviation from the shortest route(s) and/or the fastest route(s); measuring privacy as the percentage of linkages correctly identified; and outputting the measured privacy.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to mechanisms for the estimation of location privacy risk, comprising: building one or more trajectory models from auxiliary information (e.g., one or more maps, one or more routes); capturing common behavioral patterns (e.g., shortest route(s),/fastest route(s)); identifying, given unlinked trajectories for a plurality of users, most likely linkages using the trajectory model(s); eliminating one or more unlikely linkages based on deviation from the shortest route(s) and/or the fastest route(s); measuring privacy as the percentage of linkages correctly identified; and outputting the measured privacy.

Abstract: Embodiments provide relevancy-based smart page navigation within an application interface. A container is associated with each page of the interface (e.g., as represented by a tree topology). The container references other pages deemed relevant according to a measure. This relevancy value may be determined from factors such as frequency of accessing the other page, proximity of the other page to the current page, and/or user designation. A home page and/or recently accessed pages may also be included in the container, irrespective of their relevance score. The container, including page thumbnails, is offered to the user. Upon selecting a thumbnail, the user moves directly to that other page, thereby avoiding laborious effort to navigate the tree topology. Embodiments may retain unsaved data of a previous page following navigation away using the container. That unsaved data is thus available for editing if the user seeks to return to the previous page.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for establishing a prediction model based on a multidimensional texture of brain nuclear magnetic resonance images. Images are segmented using a region growing method, a contourlet transform method is used to extract an edge texture feature parameter of ROIs, a multidimensional database is established, and a prediction model is established using various data mining methods, comprising a Gaussian process, a support vector machine, a random forest, a Lasso regression and a semi-supervised support vector machine. The ROIs comprise a hippocampus region and an entorhinal cortex region.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a graphene transistor based on self-aligning technology, the method comprising: on a substrate (1), forming sequentially graphene material (4), a metal film (5), and photoresist patterns (6) formed by lithography, removing the metal film and the graphene material uncovered by the photoresist, forming an active area, and metal electrodes (7, 8, 9) of a source, a gate, and a drain of the transistor, wherein the source electrode 7 and drain electrode 9 are connected with a metal of the active region, and forming gate photoresist patterns (10) between the source and the drain by lithography, etching off the exposed metal, forming sequentially a seed layer (11), a gate dielectric layer (12), and gate metal (13) on the exposed graphene surface, and finally forming a graphene transistor.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a graphene transistor based on self-aligning technology, the method comprising: on a substrate (1), forming sequentially graphene material (4), a metal film (5), and photoresist patterns (6) formed by lithography, removing the metal film and the graphene material uncovered by the photoresist, forming an active area, and metal electrodes (7, 8, 9) of a source, a gate, and a drain of the transistor, wherein the source electrode 7 and drain electrode 9 are connected with a metal of the active region, and forming gate photoresist patterns (10) between the source and the drain by lithography, etching off the exposed metal, forming sequentially a seed layer (11), a gate dielectric layer (12), and gate metal (13) on the exposed graphene surface, and finally forming a graphene transistor.

Abstract: Provided is the use of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis strain CNCM I-2494 for decreasing diet-induced body weight gain and improving diet-induced insulin resistance in a subject.

Abstract: Provided are the use of Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain CNCM 1-3690 for reducing diet-induced weight gain and/or diet-induced insulin resistance, and treating disorders resulting therefrom, such as overweight, obesity and obesity-related disorders in a subject.

Abstract: Describe are methods of extracting the lipid fraction from trap grease using vegetable oil, such as vegetable oils sourced from waste cooking oil. The method includes mixing a volume of vegetable oil with a volume of trap grease. The mixture is comprised of an aqueous fraction, a solid fraction, and a lipid fraction. The mixture is heated to a temperature in a range from about 50 degrees C. to about 100 degrees C. for a period of time sufficient to extract at least 80 percent of the lipids from the trap grease. The lipid fraction is then separated from the solid fraction. The method may further include a process of producing biodiesel from the extracted lipid fraction.

Abstract: A microfluidic Western blot method and system including a microfluidic western blot method for immunoassay of proteins, the method including introducing a sample including the proteins onto a chip; electrophoretically separating the proteins; binding the separated proteins to beads to form protein-attached beads, the beads being magnetic; flowing the protein-attached beads into a magnetic holding region; applying a magnetic field to the magnetic holding region to fix the protein-attached beads in place within the magnetic holding region; binding primary antibodies to target proteins on the protein-attached beads; binding secondary antibodies to the bound primary antibodies; and detecting the bound secondary antibodies.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to mechanisms for the estimation of location privacy risk, comprising: building one or more trajectory models from auxiliary information (e.g., one or more maps, one or more routes); capturing common behavioral patterns (e.g., shortest route(s),/fastest route(s)); identifying, given unlinked trajectories for a plurality of users, most likely linkages using the trajectory model(s); eliminating one or more unlikely linkages based on deviation from the shortest route(s) and/or the fastest route(s); measuring privacy as the percentage of linkages correctly identified; and outputting the measured privacy.

Abstract: Describe are methods of extracting the lipid fraction from trap grease using vegetable oil, such as vegetable oils sourced from waste cooking oil. The method includes mixing a volume of vegetable oil with a volume of trap grease. The mixture is comprised of an aqueous fraction, a solid fraction, and a lipid fraction. The mixture is heated to a temperature in a range from about 50 degrees C. to about 100 degrees C. for a period of time sufficient to extract at least 80 percent of the lipids from the trap grease. The lipid fraction is then separated from the solid fraction. The method may further include a process of producing biodiesel from the extracted lipid fraction.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds useful for treating or effecting prophylaxis of cancers, particularly cervical cancer.