Abstract: The system can include and the method can provide a first printed circuit board antenna tile. The first printed circuit board antenna tile comprises a repeating pattern of antenna element units. The antenna can also include and the method can also provide a second first printed circuit board antenna tile comprising the repeating pattern. The first printed circuit board antenna tile and the second first printed circuit board antenna tile can be attached such that the antenna elements maintain the same spacing in an X-Y plane associated with the repeating pattern across a boundary the first printed circuit board antenna tile and the second first printed circuit board antenna tile.

Abstract: A glass plate includes a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface. A concave portion is formed on the first surface toward the second surface side with reference to the first surface. A convex portion is formed on the first surface toward a side opposite to the second surface with reference to the first surface.

Abstract: The technology described herein is directed to the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of kidney fibrosis, e.g., chronic kidney disease.

Abstract: The present invention allows text analysis and routing of written communications. The system intercepts incoming written communications for analysis by a text analytics service (TAS) software module. The TAS module analyzes the communication to generate communication metadata, which is used by a smart routing engine to route the communication to an appropriate party. This ensures that the ultimate recipient of the communication is capable of effective interaction with the sender and reduces the time required for a communication to be acted upon.

Abstract: Described here is a wireless network management system and methods that may include the use of Authorized Device Specific SSIDs (ADSSs), Access Point Managers, Registries, and Wireless Enabled. Devices (WEDS) for providing a roaming service. Systems described here may include access points which may establish connections with WEDs using suitable SSIDs and credentials, where WEDs may attempt to connect to access points broadcasting suitable SSIDs automatically when in range. Access point hardware of use in systems described in the present disclosure may be able to broadcast multiple SSIDs, publicly or hidden, and may form one or more virtual access points (VAPs) perceivable by WEDs in range of the access point. Multi-region access point systems described here include a registry used to store information about services associated with WEDs, and are able to return the information to Access Points in multiple regions to provide service to the WEDs.

Abstract: A display device includes first electrodes, second electrodes, lines, and a controller, and includes a substrate, pixel electrodes, a display functional layer, and a common electrode stacked in this order. An insulating layer is between the common electrode and the first and second electrodes. The controller controls the pixel electrodes, the common electrode, the lines, and the first and second electrodes. During a display period, the pixel electrodes are supplied with a pixel signal through the lines, and the common electrode is supplied with a common signal. During a first sensing period, the lines are supplied with a first drive signal to generate a magnetic field. During a second sensing period, the lines are supplied with the first drive signal to generate the magnetic field, and an electromotive force corresponding to a distance between the lines and the first electrodes is generated in the first electrodes by the magnetic field.

Abstract: Methods for producing an anti-tumor effect in a subject suffering from a cancer or a tumor are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to the patient a Vascular Disrupting Agent (VDA) that a combretastatin agent and one or more antibodies selected from the group consisting of: a CTLA-4 antibody, a PD-1 antibody, a PD-L1 antibody, and a PD-L2 antibody in amounts effective therefor. Examples of combretastatin include CA 1 P, CA4P, and their corresponding salts and prodrugs. The combination of the VDA and one or more of the antibodies produced a synergistic anti-tumor effect.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present specification is a method by which network nodes calculate an optimum path for virtualized service functions (SFs). The method can comprise the steps of: generating a service function chain (SFC), in which SFs are put in order, on the basis of subscriber information-based user policy information, session policy information, and SF state information; searching for an optimum SF set on the basis of the SFC so as to calculate an optimum service function path (SFP); and updating the SFP when any one of the subscriber information-based user policy information, session policy information, and SF state information is changed.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining and establishing frequency-dependent gain compensation in wide bandwidth communication systems are disclosed. Variable frequency-dependent gain compensation circuits, or variable equalizers, have settings that configure them to establish discrete frequency-dependent gain compensation. The frequency-dependent gain compensation can include various types and levels of gain slope and/or ripple. The settings of the variable equalizers can be set by control signals established a control circuit in response to signals from an external computer. The variable equalizers are coupled to other circuits or devices and the frequency-dependent gain of the combined circuit are measured. The settings of the variable equalizer are then changed to establish an optimal frequency-dependent gain profile or frequency-dependent gain that is closest to a predetermined frequency-dependent target gain profile. The settings can then be saved in a memory or register.

Abstract: A method for operating a semiconductor memory device may include applying a program pulse for programming data of a first page included in the semiconductor memory device. The method may include determining whether the number of times of applying the program pulse has exceeded a first critical value. The method may include performing an error bit check on a second page coupled to the same word line as the first page, based on the determined result of whether the first critical value has been exceeded.

Abstract: A light source module including at least one optical film and a light source unit is provided. The light source unit is disposed under the at least one optical film, and a space is formed between the light source unit and the at least one optical film. The light source unit includes a plurality of light emitting elements and a plurality of secondary lenses. The light emitting elements are arranged along a direction parallel to the at least one optical film. The secondary lenses are correspondingly disposed on the light emitting elements and each of the secondary lenses has a patterned reflective layer.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for increasing the efficiency of inter-layer prediction using an enhanced inter-layer reference (EILR) picture as a reference picture for inter-layer prediction for encoding an enhancement layer. A luminance component and chrominance components of an inter-layer reference (ILR) picture may be enhanced. High frequency information may be obtained by processing an inter-layer motion compensated (ILMC) picture with a high pass filter. Low frequency information may be obtained by processing an ILR picture with a low pass filter. The EILR picture may be generated as a function of the high frequency information, the low frequency information, and/or the ILR picture.

Abstract: A stimulation protocol determination system includes an input module and a selector module. The input module is provided to receive an indication of an upper airway flow limitation via sensed respiratory effort information. The selection module is provided to automatically select, based on the indicated upper airway flow limitation, a stimulation protocol.

Abstract: To reduce a length in a longitudinal direction of a mixer, and to provide a mixer that is attachable even in a small space for mounting.

Abstract: Compositions and related methods for providing fluorescent compositions and their use in products are described. A composition may include an aqueous base and at least one salt compound-quantum dot composite. The composite may be configured such that the composition emits fluorescent light having an identifying characteristic different from a characteristic of a surface against which the identifying characteristic is viewed.

Abstract: An electrical bicycle operating system comprises a first switch, a second switch, and a controller. The first switch is configured to generate a first signal. The second switch is configured to generate a second signal. The controller is configured to generate a third signal different from the first signal and the second signal in response to a concurrent operation of the first switch and the second switch. The controller is configured to generate a fourth signal different from the third signal in response to a release of the first switch in a state where the second switch is operated continuously after the concurrent operation.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and a system for at least partially removing intrinsic static noise from data obtained by an optical time-of-flight sensor using full-waveform analysis. The method includes receiving a plurality of calibration traces, the calibration traces being obtained in a controlled environment wherein no object is present in a field of view of the optical time-of-flight sensor; determining a noise template using the calibration traces by performing a statistical analysis on the calibration traces to determine a shape and an amplitude of the intrinsic static noise in the calibration traces; receiving a normal operation trace, the normal operation trace being obtained in an uncontrolled environment wherein a presence of the object in the field of view is unknown; subtracting the noise template from the normal operation trace, obtaining and outputting a denoised signal.

Abstract: A rocker arm may comprise a body defining a pivot aperture and include a pad spaced away from the pivot aperture a predetermined distance. The pad may include a peripheral surface and a top surface that defines a blind aperture, forming an intersection therewith, and the top surface may include a plurality of aligning features disposed around the blind aperture.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating multiple sclerosis with a fumarate, wherein the fumarate is a dialkyl fumarate, a monoalkyl fumarate, a combination of a dialkyl fumarate and a monoalkyl fumarate, a prodrug of monoalkyl fumarate, a deuterated form of any of the foregoing, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, clathrate, solvate, tautomer, or stereoisomer of any of the foregoing, or a combination of any of the foregoing. The methods provided herein improve the safety of treatment by informing and monitoring patients undergoing treatment regarding progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, and/or by monitoring lymphocyte count.

Abstract: A steering apparatus comprises a rotatable steering shaft and a sensor which senses angular movement of the steering shaft. An electromagnetic actuator actuates a stop mechanism to releasable engage the steering shaft. There is a microcontroller which causes the electromagnetic actuator to actuate the stop mechanism to fully engage the steering shaft and prevent rotation of the steering shaft in a first rotational direction, which corresponds to movement towards the hardstop position, while allowing rotational play between the steering shaft and the stop mechanism in a second direction, which corresponds to rotational movement away from the hardstop position, when the sensor senses that the steering shaft has reached a hardstop position. A driver applies a reverse polarity pulse to the electromagnetic actuator when the stop mechanism is fully engaged and the steering shaft is rotated, as permitted by the rotational play, in the second rotational direction.