Abstract: A device for at least one of diagnosis and treatment of binocular vision disorders is disclosed. The device comprises a portable, wearable viewing apparatus that includes a left eye electronic display and a right eye electronic display, a dual data channel input, wherein each data channel corresponds to a respective one of the left eye and right eye electronic displays, a left eye adjustable optic structure adjusting a view of the left eye electronic display, and a right eye adjustable optic structure adjusting a view of the right eye electronic display.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for establishing an access channel in a wireless communication system is provided, comprising receiving an AccessGrant on a carrier on which the last probe was transmitted and ending an access probe transmission upon receiving the AccessGrant. A method and apparatus is further provided, comprising determining expiration of an access grant timer and ending an access probe transmission upon the expiration of the timer. A method and apparatus is further provided comprising receiving an IdleState.IdleHO indication and ending an access probe transmission upon receiving the IdleState.IdleHO indication. A method and apparatus is further provided receiving a new AttemptAccess command, wherein the AttemptAccess command is processed after a current probe transmission ends and ending an access probe transmission on receiving the new AttemptAccess command.

Abstract: This invention is based on the experimental finding that HIP/PAP has mitogenic and antiapoptotic effects in vitro on hepatocytes in primary culture. Moreover, HIP/PAP is a mitogenic and anti-apoptotic molecule for hepatocytcs, in vivo, during liver failure and liver regeneration. The present invention is also based on the experimental finding that HIP/PAP administration has no adverse effects in mammals. This invention concerns a pharmaceutical composition for stimulating liver regeneration in vivo including after chronic/acute liver failure, comprising an effective amount of a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having 90% amino acid identity with the polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence starting at the amino acid residue (36) and ending at the amino acid residue (175) of sequence SEQ ID No 1, in combination with at least one physiologically acceptable excipient.

Abstract: A kit and a method are provided for easily measuring the concentration of an active ingredient of a termite insecticide persisting in soil, particularly on site where a termite insecticide was actually applied. A kit of the present invention comprises 1) an extraction unit for extracting, with an solvent, a termite insecticide active ingredient from an object of measurement and 2) a reaction unit including a reaction container for encapsulating an identifying antigen, a fixing member for immobilizing an antibody against an active ingredient, and a sealing member capable of fitting to the reaction container. The kit optionally includes 3) a detection unit for visually or optically detecting a change depending on the concentrations of the active ingredient in the object of measurement, and 4) a dilution unit for diluting the sample solution to a certain ratio.

Abstract: Block copolymers labelled with molecular recognition units and comprising a hydrophobic block and a luminescent block are presented. A method of detecting biomolecules using such block copolymers is also presented. More specifically, the block copolymers of the present invention have the following Formula (I): wherein “A” is a hydrophobic block; “B” is a luminescent block; “C” is a hydrophilic block; “D” is a molecular recognition unit; “n” and “m” are integers ranging from 1 to 75; “x” is either 0 or an integer ranging from 1 to 75; and “Y” is either 0 or 1.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for updating configuration attributes by transmitting a FastRepage Attribute in a wireless communication system is provided, comprising generating a FastRepage Attribute comprising an 8 bit Length field wherein the Length field indicates a value of length of the FastRepage attribute in octets excluding the length of Length field, an 8 bit AttributeID field, an 8 bit FastRepageEnabled field wherein the FastRepageEnabled field is set to a value ‘0x01’ to indicate that FastRepage is enabled and a 16 bit FastRepageInterval field, wherein the FastRepageInterval field indicates a value of interval at which an access network pages an access terminal when the access network does not receive a response to a page and transmitting the FastRepage attribute over a communication link. A method and apparatus is further provided for receiving and processing the FastRepage attribute.

Abstract: Systems and methods which provide a versatile lighting module which may be utilized alone or in combination with other lighting modules to provide any number of lighting unit configurations are shown. Lighting modules of embodiments herein are adapted to facilitate electrical connection, whether to one or more power supply and/or to one or more other lighting module, along any portion of the entire periphery of the lighting module. Accordingly, lighting modules may be coupled together in any orientation, geometry, and topology to cooperate as a light source having various desired characteristics according to embodiments herein.

Abstract: A method for establishing a multi-carrier HSDPA channel and method for transmitting multi-carrier downlink packet data are provided. The method for establishing a multi-carrier HSDPA channel includes: A. determining number of HSDPA channel resources of a cell; B. selecting N carriers in the cell according to the number of channel resources determined in step A, wherein the N carriers form the HSDPA channel resources; C. allocating the HSDPA channel resources to be HS-DSCHs, uplink and downlink control channels; D. allocating, by a network, an HS-DSCH to be used by a user terminal, one or more HS-SCCHs and one or more mate HS-SICHs to be monitored by the user terminal, when the user terminal initiates an HSDPA request and the request is allowed. The method may be applied to multi-carrier downlink packet data transmission, to enhance peak transmission rate of user packets, optimize the resources, thereby improving system throughput.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for optimizing power/ground pads in a power/ground distribution network. A power/ground distribution network is created for each of multiple voltage domains and a load current source of each node of the power/ground distribution network is modeled in consideration of the actual shapes and areas of functional blocks. A local optimization method is developed to solve problems generated when a conventional optimization method is applied to optimization of power/ground pads in a bump shape used for a flip chip, and a combination of global optimization and local optimization is applied to layouts using bump bonding, which is discriminated from the conventional optimization method restrictively applicable to layouts using wire bonding.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of treating a wound comprising applying a composition to a wound site on a patient in need of wound treatment, wherein the composition comprises mitotically inactive allogeneic cells that secrete one or more biologically active molecules selected from the group consisting of GM-CSF, VEGF, KGF, bFGF, TGF?, angiopoietin, EGF, IL-I?, IL-6 IL-8, TGF?, and TNF?, and wherein the cells are keratinocytes or fibroblasts, or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods to produce toxoid vaccines, such as ricin A chain vaccines, with reduced ability to promote vascular leak syndrome (VLS) and catalytic toxicity associated with various proteinaceous toxins, such as ribosome inactivating proteins. The invention also provides toxoids which have been mutated to lack amino acid sequences which induce VLS and toxic catalytic activity.

Abstract: The present invention concerns oxocarbonamide peptide nucleic acids (OxoPNAs). OxoPNAs provide increased stability, sensitivity, and specificity as compared to their natural DNA and RNA counterparts. The OxoPNA molecules of the present invention may be employed in a wide range of applications, particularly in applications involving hybridization. For example, OxoPNA probes may be employed for the detection and functional analysis of nucleic acid molecules, including miRNAs and other non-coding RNAs.

Abstract: A Fabry-Perot filter is applied as a thin coating on a film, for example, a packaging film, and permits interesting color effects. The coating has a layered construction in which both reflecting layers of the filter may be made of aluminum and the intermediate layer between the reflecting layers may be made of aluminum oxide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for a multi-cell deployment model of a wireless backhaul network that implements frequency reuse. The backhaul network includes a plurality of cells, each of which includes a center hub supporting wireless backhaul communication over four geographic sectors. A first tier of the plurality of cells includes a center cell configured to support a first alternating frequency reuse pattern of a first channel and a second channel over four corresponding geographic sectors. A second tier of the plurality of cells surrounds the first tier. The second tier includes a first cell configured to support the first alternating reuse pattern over four corresponding geographic sectors, and wherein the first cell is horizontally adjacent to the center cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule, comprising a nucleotide sequence, which encodes a polypeptide with chalcone 3-hydroxylase activity, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises SEQ ID NO. 1 or has at least a 60% identity with SEQ ID NO. 1 or is able to hybridize with a molecule comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1, wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a polypeptide, which comprises the motif FASRPLSX1X2G(X3)m(GSAGGD)n (SEQ ID NO. 3), wherein X1 is threonine or serine, X2 is alanine or glycine, X3 is any amino acid, m is an integer between 50 and 200, and n is 0 or 1.

Abstract: A mobile access point is disclosed. The mobile access point includes a terminal module configured to provide one or more terminal functions for use by a user, the one or more terminal functions including a voice or data communications application, and a gateway module configured to provide one or more gateway functions for use by at least one client device, the one or more gateway functions including providing the at least one client device access to a computer network, and a processor configured to execute the terminal module and the gateway module to effectuate their corresponding functions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of lithium alcoholates solution.