Abstract: A cylinder deactivation arrangement and method of cylinder deactivation are disclosed for an internal combustion engine having a number of cylinders with at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve per cylinder. Each intake valve includes two different lifting levels, wherein the cylinder deactivation arrangement has an even number of cylinders. A first set of cylinders constituted by half of the even number of cylinders have intake valves configured for fully opened and partly opened lifting levels, and a second set of cylinders constituted by the other half of the even number of cylinders have intake valves configured for fully opened and closed lifting levels. The first set of cylinders have exhaust valves configured for fully opened lifting levels and the second set of cylinders have exhaust valves configured for fully opened and closed lifting levels.

Abstract: Provided is an in-wiring-layer active element (component) which allows for electrical isolation between a gate electrode and a channel in a top gate structure. A semiconductor device includes a first wiring layer, a second wiring layer, and a semiconductor element. The first wiring layer has a first interlayer insulating layer, and a first wire embedded in the first interlayer insulating layer. The second wiring layer has a second interlayer insulating layer, and second wires embedded in the second interlayer insulating layer. The semiconductor element is provided at least in the second wiring layer. The semiconductor element includes a semiconductor layer provided in the second wiring layer, a gate insulating film provided in contact with the semiconductor layer, a gate electrode provided on the opposite side of the semiconductor layer via the first gate insulating film, and a first side wall film provided over a side surface of the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A transceiver device 100 includes a transmit path module 110, a receive path module 120 and a compensation signal generator module 130. The transmit path module 110 generates a high frequency transmit signal 112 based on a baseband transmit signal. The receive path module 120 generates a baseband receive signal 122 based on a received high frequency receive signal 114. Further, the compensation signal generator module 130 generates a compensation signal 132 comprising at least one signal portion with a frequency equal to a frequency of an undesired signal portion of the baseband receive signal 122 caused by an undesired signal portion within the high frequency transmit signal 112 comprising a frequency equal to an integer multiple larger than 1 of a transmit frequency of the high frequency transmit signal 112.

Abstract: A method of generating alerts pertaining to a commute by the user and selecting content items to be presented to the user in conjunction with the alerts is disclosed. A pattern in a commuting by a user is detected. A content item is selected based on a correspondence between the content item and other users and a similarity between the user and the other users. An alert is generated pertaining to a milestone in the pattern of the commuting by the user. The content item and the alert are transmitted for presentation in combination to the user during the commuting by the user.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a reconfigurable repeater system. A system may comprise a PCB to which devices are coupled. At least one communication channel may convey communications signals between the devices. At least one receptacle may also be coupled to the PCB and may intersect the at least one communication channel so as to separate the at least one communication channel into sections. Inserting at least one extender module into the at least one receptacle may couple the at least one extender module to the sections of the communication module. The at least one extender module may include at least one conductor to convey communication signals between the sections of the at least one communication channel. Another configuration of the at least one extender module may include a repeater to receive, amplify and transmit communication signals between the sections of the at least one communication channel.

Abstract: A separator for a fuel cell is provided. The separator is disposed at both sides of a membrane-electrode assembly and is configured to supply a reaction gas to the membrane-electrode assembly. In addition, the separator includes a conductive microporous body that is formed on a reaction surface corresponding to the membrane-electrode assembly and a channel unit that is connected to an inlet manifold and an outlet manifold through which the reaction gas flows and is configured to guide the reaction gas to the reaction surface.

Abstract: [Object] To simplify the operation of a terminal device for performing D2D communication in which the same communication scheme as the communication scheme of cellular communication is adopted. [Solution] Provided is a terminal device including: a detection unit configured to detect a synchronization signal for wireless communication with a base station; and a control unit configured to control transmission of a synchronization signal for inter-device communication. A radio frame used in the wireless communication with the base station and a radio frame used in the inter-device communication have a same frame structure. A timing of the synchronization signal for the inter-device communication in the same frame structure is same as a timing of the synchronization signal for the wireless communication with the base station in the same frame structure.

Abstract: A fiber having an environmental barrier coating is provided that includes, in one illustrative form, a Hi Nicalon preform assembled in a tooling for chemical vapor infiltration and cleaned to remove sizing char from fibers of the Hi Nicalon preform; a ytterbium doped silicon carbide coat located over the Hi Nicalon preform; a boron nitride interface coat applied over the ytterbium doped silicon carbide coat; and a silicon carbide coat applied over the boron nitride interface coat.

Abstract: A filtration unit contains a plurality of filter housings, each filter housing having a cylindrical shell with a lower port, an upper port, and a filter element. The lower and upper ports direct fluid through the filter housing in a first direction during a filtering cycle and direct fluid through the filter housing in a second direction during a backwashing cycle. The unit also includes a diverter and a servomechanism that rotates the diverter to selectively connect the filter housing to a drain port for the backwashing cycle.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure can relate to a system that includes an input shaft to be driven by a variable fluid flow, and an output shaft coupled with the input shaft to drive a generator. The generator can be an alternator, and the input shaft can be coupled with a turbine to be driven by drilling fluid or another fluid. The system also includes a drive mechanism mechanically coupling the input shaft to the output shaft to drive the generator at a predetermined rotational speed. The system further includes a secondary input mechanically coupled with the drive mechanism, where the secondary input is driven at a variable input speed to drive the generator at the predetermined rotational speed. The drive mechanism can be a full freedom epicycloids gear train, and the secondary input can be a speed correction motor, a mechanical actuator driven by variable fluid flow, and so forth.

Abstract: The chromatography method includes a step of forming a composite with a test substance and a labeling substance containing a metal modified by a first binding substance of the test substance and then developing the composite on an insoluble carrier; a step of capturing the test substance and the labeling substance in a detection site on the insoluble carrier including a second binding substance of the test substance or a substance having a binding property to the first binding substance of the test substance; and a step of amplifying the captured labeling substance using a first amplification reagent and a second amplification reagent to detect the test substance.

Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device having improved performance. In a semiconductor substrate located in a memory cell region, a memory cell of a nonvolatile memory is formed while, in the semiconductor substrate located in a peripheral circuit region, a MISFET is formed. At this time, over the semiconductor substrate located in the memory cell region, a control gate electrode and a memory gate electrode each for the memory cell are formed first. Then, an insulating film is formed so as to cover the control gate electrode and the memory gate electrode. Subsequently, the upper surface of the insulating film is polished to be planarized. Thereafter, a conductive film for the gate electrode of the MISFET is formed and then patterned to form a gate electrode or a dummy gate electrode for the MISFET in the peripheral circuit region.

Abstract: An approach for assessing a service offering selected by a user in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment) is provided. In one aspect, a network environment containing the service offering is monitored for a software configuration activity performed by the user. This software configuration activity is analyzed to identify the software application that is being configured. A set of provider-managed service offerings can be searched for any provider-managed service offering that contains an offered application corresponding to that of the software application. This managed service offering can be included in an alternative suggestion for the service offering.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes a timing signal generation unit, a plurality of sensor units arranged in a matrix pattern and configured to perform photoelectric conversion of light received on an image pickup surface to accumulate signal charges, a vertical transfer unit provided for each vertical column of the sensor units and configured to transfer the signal charges in a plurality of divided fields in a vertical direction in an image pickup area in a plurality of horizontal blanking periods, a horizontal transfer unit configured to perform a horizontal transfer of the signal charges to the vertical transfer unit along with the horizontal blanking period, and a vertical and horizontal shift control unit configured to control a timing at which the vertical transfer unit transfers the signal charges to the horizontal transfer unit for each vertical column of the sensor units on the basis of the timing signal.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for secure electronic message exchange including coupling a control platform to a workstation of a plurality of workstations via a communications medium, where the control platform includes one or more apparatuses for monitoring, controlling, conversion, and billing, related to messages exchanged between a plurality of local users and a plurality of remote users. The system prevents forwarding or copying of a message sent by a local user of the plurality of local users and received by a remote user of the plurality of remote users, to another party by the control platform. The system and method also provides for authenticating the remote user with the control platform.

Abstract: A tip clearance measurement system (TCMS) includes a probe and sensing circuitry. The probe directs microwave signals toward a turbine blade and receives microwave signals reflected by the turbine blade. The sensing circuitry includes a switch having a first state in which a main frequency is provided at an output of the switch and a second state in which a reference frequency is provided at an output of the switch. The sensing circuitry further includes a first conditioning circuit that receives a frequency provided at the output of the switch and provides a conditioned frequency to the probe and a second conditioning circuit that receives both the conditioned frequency provided by the first conditioning circuit and a reflected frequency received by the probe, and provides a conditioned output based on the conditioned frequency and reflected frequency.

Abstract: A rotating magnetic field Hall apparatus is provided and includes first and second magnets disposed in a master-slave configuration, a device-under-test (DUT) stage interposable between the first and second magnets on which a DUT is disposable in first or second orientations for Hall measurement or photoelectromagnetic (PEM) testing, respectively, controllers disposed to center the DUT stage between the first and second magnets and orthogonal magnetic field sensors disposed aside lateral sides of the first magnet to facilitate positional initialization of the first and second magnets and to generate in-phase and out-of-phase reference signals for phase-sensitive or lock-in Hall signal detection. The system also includes software system to perform signal processing to yield the final Hall signal.

Abstract: Methods and systems may provide for receiving a set of voltage samples corresponding to a line voltage of a leg in an electrical system and conducting a time domain analysis to identify one or more loads in the electrical system. Additionally, the time domain analysis may be used to identify one or more loads in the electrical system. In one example, conducting the time domain analysis involves classifying events with respect to cross correlation, shape magnitude, transient amplitude, transient duration, run delta and/or standard deviation.

Abstract: Temporal dynamic policies may be used to effectively alter the management of a virtual machine in a virtualized computing environment based upon some temporal condition such as how long a virtual machine has been active or idle, how long it has been since the virtual machine was created or deployed, etc. The altered management may be used, for example, to activate various performance and/or reliability-related technologies such as high availability and failover functionality for longer-running virtual machines.