Abstract: Provided herein are ophthalmic pharmaceutical formulations comprising a rifamycin compound. Also provided herein are methods of treating ocular diseases or disorders by administering such ophthalmic formulations.

Abstract: A package structure includes: a substrate; a chip arranged on a part of a surface of the substrate; a metal thermal conducting layer arranged on a top surface of the chip; a capacitive structure arranged on another part of the surface of the substrate and arranged to be independent from the chip; and a cover including a first cover layer and a second cover layer connected to the first cover layer. A first opening is defined to extend through the first and the second cover layers. The second cover layer is arranged on a bottom of the first cover layer and perpendicular to the first cover layer. The first cover layer is arranged on the capacitive structure. The chip is received in the first opening. The second cover layer is arranged between the capacitive structure and the chip, and is fixed to the substrate.

Abstract: An oxygen distributor (1) positionable, in use, in a wound for supplying oxygen to the wound has an oxygen delivery area (17) for, in use, receiving a supply of oxygen. At least one tube (19A) extends from the oxygen delivery area, having a tube wall with an oxygen-permeable, liquid-impermeable section. Oxygen delivered to the oxygen delivery area can flow away from the oxygen delivery area along the, or each, tube.

Abstract: Topical administration of VEGF inhibitors such as, without limitation, rifamycin compounds are useful for treating skin disorders such as treating and/or reducing scars such as hypertrophic scars, and useful for treating acne and underlying acne symptoms such as skin redness.

Abstract: Techniques for correcting image data in a lens shading correction circuit include accessing numerical constants associated with channels of a captured image represented by a pixel array from a memory. The techniques further include calculating lens shading correction factors for the captured image for each pixel of a channel in the pixel array according to the x-y pixel position of the pixel based on a lens shading correction formula and the numerical constants. For the channel in the pixel array, the correction formula applies different subsets of the numerical constants to different radial portions of the pixel array. The techniques also includes performing lens shading correction for the captured image based on the calculated lens shading correction factors to produce corrected image data, and storing the corrected image data in a non-transitory computer-readable medium.

Abstract: Topical administration of VEGF inhibitors such as, without limitation, rifamycin compounds are useful for treating skin disorders such as treating and/or reducing scars such as hypertrophic scars, and useful for treating acne and underlying acne symptoms such as skin redness.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing and troubleshooting failures of components of a physical system with low troubleshooting cost, according to which for each component in the system, a Model-Based Diagnosis (MBD) is used for computing the probability of causing a system failure, based on currently observed system behavior or on knowledge about the system's structure. Then the probability of causing a system failure is computed, based on its age and its survival curves. Then, it is determined whether a faulty component C should be fixed or replaced by minimizing future troubleshooting costs, being the costs of the process of diagnosing and repairing an observed failure.

Abstract: An approach is provided for data processing methods wherein a PHY layer transmit operation is constructed by aggregating MAC layer data units (MPDUs) by means of a linked list. A link list of TX descriptors can be formed separately from the payloads. In order to minimize processor speed rates, the next transmission buffer is pre-fetched whenever appropriate. Interlocks are used to prevent conflict on descriptor fetches and payload fetches.

Abstract: A multi-fuel grill apparatus comprising a burner, a burner cover positioned over and spaced from the burner, a solid fuel tray and/or a firebox basin. The burner cover may comprise a lower flame deflector having opposite, downwardly-extending first angled walls linked at a substantially centered cover angled wall joint and/or an upper debris deflector having a top wall and opposite, downwardly-extending deflector angled walls. The solid fuel tray may comprise opposite tray angled side walls configured to seat on the deflector angled walls so as to selectively suspend the tray between two burner covers. The firebox basin may have an upwardly-extending protrusion having opposite basin angled walls linked at a basin angled wall joint substantially vertically aligned with one or more of the burner and the cover angled wall joint. A vent may be formed in the front panel of the grill body adjacent to one or more controls for communicating with the firebox basin.

Abstract: An approach is provided for generating response frames. Incoming frames are processed by a receive controller to determine type and attributes. Based on the type and the attributes of the incoming frame, a response frame is constructed and transmitted by a transmit controller. A response frame is constructed by setting values in a frame template. A block ACK can be implemented by means of a block ACK scoreboard.

Abstract: Topical administration of VEGF inhibitors such as, without limitation, rifamycin compounds are useful for treating skin disorders such as treating and/or reducing scars such as hypertrophic scars, and useful for treating acne and underlying acne symptoms such as skin redness.

Abstract: A photovoltaic sensor array for detecting variations in light intensity is disclosed. The array has a plurality of photo voltaic cells which are electrically independent from one another and formed on a common substrate. Each cell has corresponding positive and negative electrical connections and each cell is arranged to detect light intensity so that variations in light intensity between the cells can be obtained.

Abstract: An oxygen distributor (1) positionable, in use, in a wound for supplying oxygen to the wound has an oxygen delivery area (17) for, in use, receiving a supply of oxygen. At least one tube (19A) extends from the oxygen delivery area, having a tube wall with an oxygen-permeable, liquid-impermeable section. Oxygen delivered to the oxygen delivery area can flow away from the oxygen delivery area along the, or each, tube.

Abstract: A modular merchandise display system is provided. The system comprises an enclosure, a first upper bracket and a first lower bracket forming a first pocket on a first side of the enclosure, and a second upper bracket and a second lower bracket forming a second pocket on a second side of the enclosure. A first security door is slidably and pivotally connected to the first upper and lower brackets. A second security door slidably and pivotally connected to the second upper and lower brackets. The security doors can be positioned exterior of the enclosure and then pivoted about the upper and lower brackets to be positioned substantially parallel to the front of the enclosure in a closed position. The security doors can then be secured to one another in the closed position.

Abstract: A method and system for provoking gait disorders, such as freezing of gait; usable, for example, for diagnosing and/or treatment thereof. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, displays of situations calculated to cause freezing of gait are presented to a subject, optionally using virtual reality displays. Optionally or alternatively, incipit freezing of gait is identified using changes in gait parameters, and optionally used to guide attempts at causing freezing of gait. Optionally or alternatively, a portable device is provided which detects incipit freezing of gait and generates a corrective signal to the subject.

Abstract: Techniques to maintain gain flatness in the frequency response of a passband signal over a circuit chain. The techniques may be employed in the receive chain of a millimeter wave band wireless receiver, in the transmit chain of a millimeter wave band wireless transmitter, or in both the receive chain and the transmit chain of a millimeter wave band wireless transceiver. The techniques include mismatching the input and output impedance of a passive low pass filter used in the chain to peak the gain of the passband signal at or near the cutoff frequency (Fc) of the filter.

Abstract: An assay apparatus having an assay strip. The assay strip has a first area with a plurality of magnetic particles bonded thereto. The assay strip also has a microfluidic (or nanofluidic) channel or chamber, having a sensing area including one or more magnetic particle traps and a magnetic field source provided adjacent to the sensing area. Introduction of a fluid causes the magnetic particles to become attached to or displaced by a substance of interest, travel along the microfluidic channel to the sensing area and become concentrated in the one or more traps thus providing an indication of the presence or absence of a substance of interest in the fluid. There may be a plurality of traps.

Abstract: A dynamic cache partitioning apparatus and method is described, which may be used in a multi-core system having a plurality of cores. The apparatus includes at least one multi-core processor and at least one shared cache shared by a plurality of processing cores, the shared cache including a plurality of cache lines and being partitioned into a plurality of sub-caches including at least one private sub-cache for each single processing core and at least one public sub-cache being shared by all of the processing cores; means for detecting shared cache hit information for each respective processing core of the plurality of processing cores; and means for determining whether a cache line should be allocated to public sub-cache or to a private sub-cache associated with one of the plurality of processing cores.

Abstract: Apparatus (1) for determining a property of a sample. The apparatus has a chamber (11, 13) for receiving at least a part of the sample and contains a rotor (15) adapted to rotate within the chamber (11, 13). The apparatus (1) also has a space (17) between the rotor (15) and the chamber (11, 13) which may be at least partially occupied by the sample, driving means (14) for rotating the rotor (15), and a detector (39) arranged to detect the rate of rotation of the rotor (15). The apparatus may also have two parts, a sample strip (5) for receiving the sample and a receiving member (3) for receiving the sample strip (5) and carrying out measurements on the sample. The rotor (15) may be magnetized across its diameter. The driving means (14) may be a magnetic driving means. The sample may be a blood sample. The property to be determined by the sample may be the prothrombin time of the blood or plasma.

Abstract: An absorbent article comprising an odor control material comprising at least one inclusion complex of cyclodextrin with an organic compound which is dispersed in a matrix comprising a polysiloxane oil.