Abstract: Image projection utilizing light-emitting diodes on a silicon (LEDoS) substrate is described herein. LEDoS devices selectively activate LED pixels to produce light. Light can excite color conversion materials of the LEDoS devices to form color images. Images can be projected onto a projection surface.

Abstract: An integrated silicon optical device is capable of being monitored and tuned in real-time. The integrated silicon optical device includes: a bus waveguide, comprising an input port and an output port; an optical microresonator coupled to the bus waveguide, configured to selectively receive light at a desired resonance wavelength from the bus waveguide; a photodetector, configured to electrically read out an operation condition of the optical microresonator; a diode-tuner, configured to blueshift or redshift the resonance wavelength of the optical microresonator; a micro-heater, configured to redshift the resonance wavelength of the optical microresonator; and a control unit, comprising a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and a microprocessor, configured to implement a two-stage closed-loop tuning scheme.

Abstract: A thermal interface material provides thermal conduction or thermal dissipation across an interface, using a three-dimensional interconnected porous graphene (3D-IPG) foam structure. The 3D-IPG foam structure is constructed of three-dimensional interconnected graphene sheets formed as a plurality of monolayers, and having an flexible interconnection architecture. The flexible interconnection architectures allow the 3D-IPG to maintain a high interfacial thermal conductance by the 3D-IPG filling a gap between a heat source and a heat sink across the interface, and by capping small features up to nanoscale roughened surfaces.

Abstract: A wafer having a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) submounts and a method for fabricating an LED submount are provided. Each of the plurality of LED submounts of the wafer includes: a substrate (201), including through vias (203a); an LED die (208) mounted in a cavity (204) on a first side of the substrate (201) and connected to the through vias (203a); a redistribution layer (205a) attached to a second side of the substrate (201) connected to the LED die (208) through the through vias (203a). The method includes providing a wafer as a substrate (201); providing a cavity (204) in the substrate (201) on a first side of the substrate (201); providing through vias (203a) in the substrate (201), providing a redistribution layer (205a) on the second side of the substrate (201), and mounting an LED (208) in the cavity (204), wherein the LED die (208) is connected to the redistribution layer (205a) through the through vias (203a).

Abstract: The presently described subject matter is directed to a water-soluble conjugated polyene compound and the derivatives thereof that exhibit aggregation induced emission, as well as any water dispersible, fluorescent, polymeric microparticles, nanoparticles, and/or pharmaceutical composition comprising the water-soluble conjugated polyene compound and/or the derivatives thereof. Also provided are methods of making and using the compound, derivatives and particles of the presently described subject matter. The presently described water-soluble conjugated polyene compound are useful as bioprobes for the detection of biomacromolecules, in the manufacture of sensors, in monitoring and retarding formation of amyloid protein fibril in vitro and in vivo, and in developing anti-cancer drugs.

Abstract: Video on demand is orchestrated between systems by linear program (LP) based multimedia storage and retrieval. An LP based storage and retrieval system can partition multimedia data into an integral number of segments. Further, the LP based storage and retrieval system can store a first amount of the integral number of segments in a storage device of storage devices of a storage network in response to a determination that a storage size of the storage device satisfies a first condition with respect to the first amount of the integral number of segments. Furthermore, such system can store a segment of a second amount of the integral number of segments in a remote storage device of the remote storage devices in response to a determination that the segment satisfies a second condition with respect to a defined number of remote storage devices of the storage devices that have stored the segment.

Abstract: Cooperative spectral channel sensing techniques are applied in a cognitive radio network (CRN). Network characteristics and target parameter thresholds can be determined. An overall number of secondary users (SUs) assigned to sense a number of primary user (PU) channels can be determined. Further, it can be determined how many SUs to assign to sense each PU channel. In one aspect, SUs are allowed to access to PU channels based on spectrum opportunities determined by the cooperative spectral channel sensing techniques.

Abstract: An acoustic/vibrational energy absorption metamaterial includes at least one enclosed planar frame with an elastic membrane attached having one or more rigid plates are attached. The rigid plates have asymmetric shapes, with a substantially straight edge at the attachment to said elastic membrane, so that the rigid plate establishes a cell having a predetermined mass. Vibrational motions of the structure contain a number of resonant modes with tunable resonant frequencies.

Abstract: The subject specification comprises techniques employing multi-stage multi-layer switches for packet switching using fully shared buffers with a scalable switch fabric. A switch component includes a set of input modules (IMs) of switches that receive packets and are associated with a set of central modules (CMs) of switches that are associated with a set of memories. The switch component includes a second set of CMs associated with the set of memories, the second set of CMs being associated with a set of output modules (OMs) that can provide packets as output. A switch management component controls switching of the packets between the IMs and first set of CMs to the memories during a first switching phase, and switching of the packets from the memories to the second set of CMs to the OMs for output during a second switching phase, based on a defined scheduling algorithm.

Abstract: A method for real-time electrochemical monitoring of PCR amplicons using a hydrolysis probe that is labeled with electro-active indicators and a microchip for implementing the method. The method provided is simpler and has higher specificity compared with the prior art. The electrochemical signal measured during the PCR process can be used to determine the initial amount of the target DNA. This technique can be applied in detection and quantification of nucleic acids, especially for point-of-use applications such as on-site nucleic acid-based bio-analysis.

Abstract: Use of amide compounds represented by formula (I), for preventing or reducing settlement and/or fouling of marine fouling organisms on a surface of a submerged object is provided, wherein “-A-” has a formula -(CnH2(n?m))- which is either unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C1 to C4 alkyls, and wherein the formula -(CnH2(n?m))- represents a divalent alkyl, or a divalent alkenyl having one or more double bonds, n is 1 to 15, m is 0 to 4, and 2(n?m)=2, and R is selected from piperidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, isobutylamino, piperazinyl or morpholinyl. Amide compounds of formula (I), a category of antifouling compounds, can be either isolated from natural resources or synthesized, which are nontoxic and environmental-friendly.

Abstract: A landfill soil cover system is proposed for preventing water infiltration into a landfill and gas emission from the landfill under all weather conditions. The landfill cover system comprises three soil layers; namely, a clay layer, a gravelly sand layer and a silt layer, compacted successively from the bottom to the top of the system. The clay layer is compacted immediately above an optional gas collection layer and landfill waste at an optimum water content. Additionally, a trench for water drainage may be constructed, for example, every 20-40 m in the horizontal direction. Water infiltration and landfill gas emission can be prevented effectively by this landfill soil cover system under any humid, semi-arid and arid climates.

Abstract: The present invention provides therapeutically active compounds and compositions as NMDA and MC receptor antagonists, which are useful in treating central nervous system disorders by over-activation of NMDA and/or MC receptors. In one aspect, the present invention provides methods of enhancing brain's cognitive function and reducing neuronal cell death in mammals and humans.

Abstract: Frame-level dependent bit allocation for hybrid video coding is presented to address issues relating to computational complexity of multi-pass coding of video data. An interframe dependency (IFDM) approach is presented which enables a quantitative measure of the coding dependency between the current frame and its reference frame. Based on the IFDM, buffer-constrained frame-level dependent bit allocation is determined (IFDM-DBA). Successive convex approximation techniques are utilized to convert an original optimization into a series of convex optimization problems.

Abstract: The present invention provides therapeutically active compounds and compositions as NMDA and MC receptor antagonists, which are useful in treating central nervous system disorders by over-activation of NMDA and/or MC receptors. In one aspect, the present invention provides methods of enhancing brain's cognitive function and reducing neuronal cell death in mammals and humans.

Abstract: Optimizing use, by a secondary terminal, of an idle wireless communication channel that is associated with a primary terminal is presented herein. A mapping component can receive: information including an indication that a communication channel assigned to a wireless device is idle; and one or more requests, from respective other wireless devices, to transmit information via the communication channel. Further, an allocation component can compute power allocations of the one or more requests, and grant a request of the one or more requests based on the power allocations. The allocation component can further be configured to iteratively compute a power allocation of the power allocations based on a bandwidth allocation of the bandwidth allocations; and iteratively compute a bandwidth allocation of the bandwidth allocations based on a power allocation of the power allocations.

Abstract: The described method and system provide an efficient routing of data packets protocol in an event-driven and delay-constrained WSN (wireless sensor network) that optimizes the sleep/wake schedule of nodes to maximize the lifetime of the WSM, subject to a constraint on the source-to-sink delay. Online forwarding techniques may be used to transfer data reports from monitoring nodes to the sink. A delay-constrained and energy-efficient routing protocol (DCEER) for asynchronous WSNs may be used to maximize the lifetime of the WSN while remaining within the maximum allowable delay requirements. With DCEER, each node may maintain the historical cost of forwarding a packet from itself to the sink as its virtual coordinate, and packets are forwarded in the direction of descending coordinates. The cost-based coordinates may change dynamically with a time-varying channel or topology.

Abstract: An apparatus using reconfigurable integrated sensor elements with an efficient energy harvesting capability is described. Each sensor element has sensing and energy harvesting mode. In the sensing mode, the sensor element measures an environmental characteristic by generating electrical charge and outputs a time-encoded signal indicative of the measurement. In the energy harvesting mode, the sensor element itself is used to harvest energy from ambient energy source and makes it available to other sensor elements or circuit components. The sensing element is switched from the sensing mode to the energy harvesting mode when the electrical charge reaches a predetermined threshold. An image sensor device using asynchronous readout for harvesting energy from incident light while generating images is also described.

Abstract: A switching regulator is provided herein comprising a voltage source, a plurality of switching elements, an inductive element, and a controller. The controller coordinates the plurality of switching elements as to sequentially and periodically switching the inductive element to generate a plurality of regulated DC voltages. The controller adjusts a switching frequency of the regulator in accordance with at least one characteristic of a load current.

Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate safety-oriented navigation through a local environment that presents emergency dynamics. The architecture can facilitate monitoring of deployed sensors constituting a sensor network, even for cases in which sensor locations are not known in advance such as for rapid or random deployment.