Abstract: Provided is a Raman scattering measurement apparatus including a light source which emits light to smoke particles, a filter configured to block light which is incident to the smoke particles and passes through the particle and to allow Raman scattered light to pass therethrough, and a photodetector which detects the Raman scattered light passing through the filter in order to distinguish fire smoke generated due to a true fire from non-fire smoke generated due to daily life or industrial activity. The present invention also provides a fire determination apparatus including a unit which reads a Raman shift from Raman scattered light detected by the photodetector of the Raman scattering measurement apparatus, estimates a smoke component from the read Raman shift, and determines fire/non-fire from the estimated smoke component and a method thereof.

Abstract: A system for automated delivery worker scheduling. The system may include a memory storing instructions and at least processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving a forecasted number of sold units for a first period of time; receiving a unit per parcel rate associated with a plurality of camps; determining a number of parcels for the plurality of camps based on the forecasted number of sold units and the respective unit per parcel rate; determining forecasted attendance information for the plurality of camps; determining a number of delivery workers based on the forecasted attendance information and the number of parcels; and assigning a plurality of the parcels to the determined delivery workers.

Abstract: Program code, such the program code of an application program, can be modified to permit the program code to execute in a multi-tenant execution environment. For example, program code might be modified at compile time, run time, or at another time, in order to enable the program code to properly operate in an execution environment in which applications might be simultaneously executed in process by multiple tenants. Program code might also be modified at run time to enable the program code to execute in a distributed fashion in a distributed computing environment. For example, portions of the program code might be configured at run time to execute in different instances of an execution environment. The program code might be modified at run time to enable the program code to properly execute in multiple instances of the execution environment.

Abstract: Channel switching for a receiver for digital broadcasting includes identifying pilot data from a digital broadcasting signal. The pilot data is stored in a memory. Channel switching is performed at least based on the stored pilot information.

Abstract: Channel switching for a receiver for digital broadcasting includes identifying pilot data from a digital broadcasting signal. The pilot data is stored in a memory. Channel switching is performed at least based on the stored pilot information.

Abstract: Consensus sequences of introns 1, 2 and 3 from the majority of HLA-A, -B and -C allotypes are identified and used to develop primers located within introns 1 and 3 of the HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-C genes. These primers are suitable for locus-specific amplification of the entirety of exons 2 and 3, i.e., the portion of these of genes most suitable for use in typing of HLA-A, HLA-B and HLA-C. These primers are also suitable for use as sequencing primers to determine the HLA alleles in sequence-based HLA typing.