Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for setting parameters of a discrete optimization problem embedded to an optimization solver and solving it.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette, cigar or pipe has a capacitor sensor includings a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate configured to form a capacitor circuit. An output of the capacitor sensor is based at least in part on the capacitance of the capacitor circuit. A pressure sensitive component is connected to the first conductive plate and configured to move the first conductive plate based on a pressure differential between two sides of the pressure sensitive component to change a capacitance of the capacitor circuit.

Abstract: The present application provides an oral care composition comprising: a) one or more omega fatty acids; and one or more of the following: b) one or more emulsifying agents; c) one or more protease enzymes; d) one or more soluble calcium phosphate remineralizing agents; e) one or more amino acids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for production of hydrogen at low temperature starting from alcohols without formation of carbon using an oxyhydride material based on cerium and nickel and to the use of such a material as catalyst for transformation of alcohols to hydrogen.

Abstract: An image decoding method is provided which includes a time information determination step of determining time information of a current picture, a first reference picture referred to by the current picture and a second reference picture referred to by the current picture; a scaling parameter calculation step of calculating a scaling parameter based on a time distance between the first reference picture and a second reference picture; a weighting coefficient determination step of determining two weighting coefficients based on the scaling parameter; a predictive pixel value generation step of generating a predictive pixel value of the current picture by scaling a pixel value of the first reference picture and a pixel value of the second reference picture using the two weighting coefficients determined in the weighting coefficient determination step; and a decoding step of decoding the current picture using the predictive pixel value.

Abstract: Hydrogen purification devices and their components are disclosed. In some embodiments, the devices may include at least one foil-microscreen assembly disposed between and secured to first and second end frames. The at least one foil-microscreen assembly may include at least one hydrogen-selective membrane and at least one microscreen structure including a non-porous planar sheet having a plurality of apertures forming a plurality of fluid passages. The planar sheet may include generally opposed planar surfaces configured to provide support to the permeate side. The plurality of fluid passages may extend between the opposed surfaces. The at least one hydrogen-selective membrane may be metallurgically bonded to the at least one microscreen structure. In some embodiments, the devices may include a permeate frame having at least one membrane support structure that spans at least a substantial portion of an open region and that is configured to support at least one foil-microscreen assembly.

Abstract: An image decoding method is provided which includes a time information determination step of determining time information of a current picture, a first reference picture referred to by the current picture and a second reference picture referred to by the current picture; a scaling parameter calculation step of calculating a scaling parameter based on a time distance between the first reference picture and a second reference picture; a weighting coefficient determination step of determining two weighting coefficients based on the scaling parameter; a predictive pixel value generation step of generating a predictive pixel value of the current picture by scaling a pixel value of the first reference picture and a pixel value of the second reference picture using the two weighting coefficients determined in the weighting coefficient determination step; and a decoding step of decoding the current picture using the predictive pixel value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor (2) including: a microelectrode assembly (21); and ?-pancreatic cells (23) or islets (230) of Langerhans in culture on the microelectrode assembly (21); characterized in that the microelectrode assembly (21) is designed to measure dynamically, continuously and in real time, electrical signals (V) produced by the ?-pancreatic cells (23) or the islets of Langerhans (230) upon physiological activation. The invention also relates to the field of devices that can be implantable in the body of a patient, and including an insulin dispenser for dispensing an amount of insulin. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a sensor and to such a device and a use of such a sensor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are heart pumps that can include a catheter body and an impeller coupled with a distal end of the catheter body. The impeller can include a tip that is resealable or that includes a resealable member. The heart pump can also include a diffuser disposed between the distal end of the catheter body and the impeller, wherein the diffuser includes a flow directing surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of substance P antagonists and, in particular, the use of non-peptidic NK1 receptor antagonists for the treatment of cancer and, more specifically, human melanoma, neuroblastoma, glioma, human Hodgkin's lymphoma KM-H2, lymphoblastic leukemia, human rhabdomyosarcoma, human breast carcinoma, human Burkitt's lymphoma, human lung carcinoma, human Ewing's sarcoma, human glioma and human osteosarcoma.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surface wave antenna system, comprising at least one antenna that is electrically short in the vertical plane, with vertical or elliptic polarization and emitting a radiation, said antenna being linked to a conducting medium exhibiting a substantially horizontal surface. The antenna system being characterized in that it comprises furthermore at least one parasitic wire extending in a direction substantially parallel to the surface of the conducting medium, electrically insulated from each antenna, and arranged in the vicinity of at least one antenna in such a way as to be able to radiate by virtue of the current induced by said radiation of this antenna. The invention makes it possible to combine the resultants of each radiating element in such a way as to control the radiation pattern in the vertical plane.

Abstract: A test pattern for testing a trench POLY over-etched step is provided. The test pattern is a trench (14) formed on a substrate (1); the trench (14) comprises a bottom surface and two side surfaces extending from the bottom surface; the trench (14) is formed on the substrate (1) with a preset angle of non-90° formed between the longitudinal direction (L) thereof and the longitudinal direction (X) of a wafer scribing trench. The test pattern can extend the scanning length of a step scanning equipment without changing the width of the trench.

Abstract: An ultra-wideband transceiver includes: one antenna for transmitting a first ultra-wideband signal at time 1 and receiving a second ultra-wideband signal at time 2; a transfer unit that transfers the first ultra-wideband signal from a first node to the antenna or transfers the second ultra-wideband signal received by the antenna to the first node, based on characteristics of an input signal; and a first buffer that generates a first pulse signal for the first ultra-wideband signal and outputs the same to the first node at time 1.

Abstract: Systems and methods for viewing a scene depicted in a sequence of video frames and identifying and tracking objects between separate frames of the sequence. Each tracked object is classified based on known categories and a stream of context events associated with the object is generated. A sequence of primitive events based on the stream of context events is generated and stored together, along with detailed data and generalized data related to an event. All of the data is then evaluated to learn patterns of behavior that occur within the scene.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated bacterium from the genus Pseudoalteromonas for its use as a probiotic, the use of said strain as a preservative, cyclolipopeptides which may be obtained from this bacterium, a composition comprising at least such a cyclolipopeptide, as well as to their uses.

Abstract: A processing method for identifying data by an audio conversion device includes: connecting the audio conversion device to a first terminal; sending an identification code stored in the audio conversion device to the first terminal, and sending the identification code to a server via the first terminal, wherein the identification code is used to identify the audio conversion device; obtaining user data; uploading the user data to the server, such that the server stores a correspondence between the identification code and the user data; connecting the audio conversion device to a second terminal; sending the identification code stored in the audio conversion device to the second terminal; sending a data obtaining request containing the identification code to the server; and receiving the user data sent corresponding to the identification code in response to the data obtaining request, or receiving multimedia data matching multimedia using feature information in the user data.