Abstract: A method and a device useful for identifying or detecting the presence of a material of interest, such as an explosive or a biological contaminant, in a sample is presented herein. The sample is illuminated with electromagnetic radiation at a predetermined set of wavelengths. An example of an illumination source includes a quantum cascade laser (QCL). The radiation reflects from a sample and is detected at pixels of a detector. Examples of the detectors include digital focal plane array (DFPA) cameras. Intensity of the reflected radiation is measured at each illumination wavelength. The pixels can be configured to add weighted intensities of the reflected radiation, the weights of the intensities being based on a predicted optical response value for the sample at the wavelengths of the first set and the second set of wavelengths. Based on the sum of weighted intensities of the reflected radiation, the likelihood that the material is present within the sample is determined.

Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for extracting one or more sulfur compounds. The process may include mixing a hydrocarbon stream containing the one or more sulfur compounds with an alkaline stream in at least one vessel. Often, the at least one vessel includes a member forming a perimeter about an interior space and having a first side and a second side forming a passageway communicating at least one of the hydrocarbon stream and the alkaline stream from an outer surface of the member to the interior space, and a frustum. The frustum can be positioned proximate to the passageway and abutting the member for facilitating contacting of the hydrocarbon stream and the alkaline stream.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a check-in apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a sound wave signal reception unit and an information processing unit. The sound wave signal reception unit receives a sound wave signal from a customer's mobile communication device, and restores an ID from the received sound wave signal. The information processing unit extracts customer information and check-in date and time information from the ID restored by the sound wave signal reception unit, generates check-in information by combining the extracted information with shop information and apparatus information stored in the check-in apparatus, and transmits the generated check-in information to a check-in server.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-core processor having hierarchical cache architecture. A multi-core processor may comprise a plurality of cores, a plurality of first caches independently connected to each of the plurality of cores, at least one second cache respectively connected to at least one of the plurality of first caches, a plurality of third caches respectively connected to at least one of the plurality of cores, and at least one fourth cache respectively connected to a least one of the plurality of third caches. Therefore, overhead in communications between cores may be reduced, and processing speed of application may be increased by supporting data-level parallelization.

Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for removing one or more sulfur compounds from a first liquid. The process can include passing the first liquid through a first inlet and a second liquid through a second inlet, and passing the first liquid through a first outlet and the second liquid through a second outlet of a vessel. The vessel may further have a plurality of vortex contactors. Often, the plurality of vortex contactors has a first vortex contactor, in turn including at least one wall and a frustum. The at least one wall can form a perimeter about an interior space and include a first side and a second side forming a passageway communicating the first liquid from an exterior to the interior space, and a frustum positioned proximate to the passageway and abutting the at least one wall for facilitating contacting of the first and second liquids to extract the one or more sulfur compounds from the first liquid to the second liquid.

Abstract: A method for developing multi-tenant application, a data accessing method of multi-tenant application and a system using the same are provided. The system includes a multi-tenant application manager, a storage unit, a business schema maintainer and a data entity maintainer. The multi-tenant application manager stores a multi-tenant application. The storage unit stores a metadata table and a data storage table. The business schema maintainer generates a table schema and a data accessing interface according to a business schema. The data entity maintainer performs a table updating operation on a tenant table schema in the metadata table of the storage unit according to the table schema. In addition, the multi-tenant application performs an accessing operation on the data storage table of the storage unit through the data accessing interface and the data entity maintainer.

Abstract: Provided is a method of providing content in a digital signage providing device in association with a mobile terminal, the method including generating content to be played in a digital signage terminal and a schedule indicating a time at which the content is to be played, converting the generated content into content for the mobile terminal to additionally generate the content, transmitting, to the digital signage terminal, the generated content together with the schedule, requesting the digital signage terminal to transmit content that is being played to the mobile terminal, according to a request from the mobile terminal, and transmitting, to the mobile terminal, a mobile terminal version of the requested content in a multicast manner.

Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for removing one or more sulfur compounds from a first liquid. The process can include passing the first liquid through a first inlet and a second liquid through a second inlet of a vessel, passing the first and second liquids through the passageway for facilitating contacting of the first and second liquids to extract the one or more sulfur compounds from the first liquid to the second liquid, and passing the first liquid through the first outlet and the second liquid through the second outlet. Often, the vessel has a plurality of vortex contactors, and a first outlet and a second outlet. The plurality of vortex contactors can include a first vortex contactor, in turn having at least one wall forming a perimeter about an interior region and including a first side and a second side forming a passageway communicating the first liquid from an exterior to the interior region, and a frustum positioned proximate to the passageway and abutting the at least one wall.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for selective discovery using a customer category in a device-to-device (D2D) communication service is disclosed. A method of selectively discovering service providing devices that provide services via D2D communication using a mobile communication network includes receiving, by a server for managing information about the service providing devices, information about a user equipment from the user equipment, verifying whether the user equipment corresponds to a preset customer category using the received information about the user equipment based on a service customer category table including information about a customer category that is the information about the user equipment provided with the services of the service providing devices, and selectively transmitting information about the services provided by the service providing devices to the user equipment based on a verification result.

Abstract: Methods of enabling locomotor control, postural control, voluntary control of body movements (e.g., in non-weight bearing conditions), and/or autonomic functions in a human subject having spinal cord injury, brain injury, or neurological neuromotor disease. In certain embodiments, the methods involve stimulating the spinal cord of the subject using an epidurally placed electrode array, subjecting the subject to physical training thereby generating proprioceptive and/or supraspinal signals, and optionally administering pharmacological agents to the subject. The combination of stimulation, physical training, and optional pharmacological agents modulate in real time electrophysiological properties of spinal circuits in the subject so they are activated by supraspinal information and/or proprioceptive information derived from the region of the subject where locomotor activity is to be facilitated.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for tuning a trajectory model of a ball. The method includes generating a real trajectory of the ball based on a difference among a plurality of flight images for the ball, calculating kinetic characteristics of the ball based on the real trajectory, correcting at least one of the kinetic characteristics and a characteristic coefficient of the ground based on the real trajectory, and tuning a ball simulation trajectory based on the corrected at least one of the kinetic characteristics and the characteristic coefficient of the ground. A trajectory after the ball collides with the ground can be accurately generated.

Abstract: A modular apparatus is configured to cause received rods of smokeable material to undergo a first sequence of operations. The modular apparatus can be reconfigured so as to cause received rods of smokeable material to undergo a second sequence of operations, different to the first sequence of operations. The first and second sequences of operations respectively form at least part of first and second processes for assembling smoking articles, each smoking article comprising one of said rods of smokeable material, which is smoked in use.

Abstract: This invention provides a composition comprising an effective amount of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof and a suitable carrier. This invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. This invention also provides an antibody other than the monoclonal antibody 8H9 comprising the complementary determining regions of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof, capable of binding to the same antigen as the monoclonal antibody 8H9. This invention provides a substance capable of competitively inhibiting the binding of monoclonal antibody 8H9. This invention also provides an isolated scFv of monoclonal antibody 8H9 or a derivative thereof. This invention also provides the 8H9 antigen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for 4D ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM)—in situ imaging with ultrafast time resolution in TEM. Single electron imaging is used as a component of the 4D UEM technique to provide high spatial and temporal resolution unavailable using conventional techniques. Other embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for convergent beam UEM, focusing the electron beams onto the specimen to measure structural characteristics in three dimensions as a function of time. Additionally, embodiments provide not only 4D imaging of specimens, but characterization of electron energy, performing time resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS).

Abstract: A package includes a ground plate, a chip mounting plate disposed at a side of the ground plate and having a top surface lower than a top surface of the ground plate, a chip on the chip mounting plate, a first input/output terminal opposite to the chip mounting plate and disposed at another side of the ground plate, and a second input/output terminal opposite to the ground plate and disposed at a side of the chip mounting plate. The first and second input/output terminals are electrically connected to the chip.

Abstract: A method of determining a position of a terminal in a communication system using multiple beams is provided. The method includes receiving a first beam from a first point, receiving a second beam from a second point, and determining a position of the terminal by use of information about the first beam and information about the second beam, so that in a case in which two or more effective beams are received in a system using multiple beams, the position of the terminal is determined by use of the angle of a beam, and information about coordinates of departure of a beam and/or coordinates of final arrival of a beam without using a positioning device, such as GPS.

Abstract: A method for optimizing the configuration of a distributed CCHP system is disclosed.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus in a wireless communication system includes: an antenna configured to receive a wireless frequency signal including a first frequency band signal and a second frequency band signal; a low noise amplifier (LNA) configured to amplify the wireless frequency signal, output the first frequency band signal as a differential phase signal, and output the second frequency band signal as a common phase signal; a differentiator configured to pass only the differential phase signal between the signals outputted from the LNA; and a combiner configured to pass only the common phase signal between the signals outputted from the LNA.

Abstract: An image and message encoding system, encoding method, decoding system and decoding method are provided. The encoding method includes the following steps. An original image having a first resolution is provided. A message data is provided. The original image and the message data are combined to be an integrated image having a second resolution. The second resolution is greater than the first resolution.

Abstract: The invention provides a diverse population of uniquely labeled probes, containing about thirty or more target specific nucleic acid probes each attached to a unique label bound to a nucleic acid. Also provided is a method of producing a population of uniquely labeled nucleic acid probes. Also provided is a method of detecting a nucleic acid analyte. The method consists of (a) contacting a mixture of nucleic acid analytes under conditions sufficient for hybridization with a plurality of target specific nucleic acid probes each having a different specifier; (b) contacting the mixture under conditions sufficient for hybridization with a corresponding plurality of anti-genedigits each having a unique label, the plurality of anti-genedigits having a diversity sufficient to uniquely hybridize to genedigits within the specifiers, and (c) uniquely detecting a hybridized complex between one or more analytes in the mixture, a target specific probe, and an anti-genedigit.