Abstract: A system and method for storing and retrieving a sparse matrix from memory of a computing device while minimizing the amount of data stored and costly jumps in memory. The computing device may be an FPGA having memory and processing elements. The method comprises storing non-zero data elements of the matrix in a data array and storing their corresponding column address values in a column index array. To read this stored data from memory, each preceding value of the column index array may be compared with each current value of the column index array to determine if the data array value corresponding with the current column index array value belongs on the next row of the matrix. The method may include pre-ordering the matrix with zero-pad placeholders or creating a row increment pointer array which typically stores fewer values than the number of rows in the matrix.

Abstract: A frequency translation filter 500 is configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal 501 comprising first and second non-contiguous carriers or non-contiguous frequency ranges. The frequency translation filter comprises a mixer 503 configured to mix the RF signal 501 received on a first input with a local oscillator (LO) signal 505 received on a second input. A filter 507 comprises a frequency dependent load impedance, the filter having band-pass characteristics which, when frequency translated using the mixer 503, contain first and second pass-bands corresponding to the first and second non-contiguous carriers or non-contiguous frequency ranges. The first and second pass-bands are centered about the local oscillator frequency.

Abstract: A device and method in a provisioning unit of secure provisioning of a virtual machine on a target platform having a specific configuration is provided. The method comprising: receiving (404) a public binding key from the target platform (107), the public binding key being bound to the specific configuration, encrypting (410) a virtual machine provisioning command using the public binding key, and sending (412) the encrypted virtual machine provisioning command, to the target platform (107). By the provided device and method secure provisioning of a virtual machine on a target platform is enabled.

Abstract: The present invention provides a LCD device, and its backlight module and back plate assembly. The back plate assembly contains a back plate, a blocking rim, a side wall, and a buffering element, The back plate supports the optical member of the backlight module, The blocking rim fixes the optical member jointly with the back plate, and supports a liquid crystal panel. The side wall has a back edge connected with the back plate and a front edge connected with the blocking rim. The buffering element is configured at an edge of the blocking rim that is away from the side wall and attached to the optical member and a liquid crystal panel, respectively. The present invention prevents the optical member and liquid crystal panel from contacting with the blocking rim and thereby being scratched, so as to provide effective protection.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for allocating multi-UEs' Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) uplink resources, and an eNB for allocating multi-UEs' SRS uplink resources with the method. The method may automatically and dynamically allocate multi-UEs' SRS resource in both the time domain resource and the frequency domain resource in accordance with system capacity attribute value and configured SRS transmission period. When multi-UEs' SRS are positioned in the same time domain resource and same frequency domain resource, it is also possible to further divide the multi-UEs' SRS automatically by a method of configuring cyclic shift. According to the method of the present invention, the eNB may allocate SRS resources for multi-UEs more flexibly and effectively, which reduces disturbance to multi-UEs' SRS, improves the decoding performance of physical layer, and thus improves the stability of a system.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds useful as ligands of actinides and which meet general formula (I) hereinafter: where: R1 and R2?H, a C1 to C12 hydrocarbon group, a monocyclic aryl or aryl-(C1 to C6)alkyl group; R3, R4, R5 and R6?H; a C1 to C12 hydrocarbon group; a monocyclic aryl or aryl-(C1 to C6)alkyl group; a —NR7R8 or —NR7COR8 group where R7?H, a C1 to C12 hydrocarbon group, a monocyclic aryl or aryl-(C1 to C6)alkyl group, whilst R8=a C1 to C12 hydrocarbon group, a monocyclic aryl or aryl-(C1 to C6)alkyl group; an —OR9 or —SR9 group where R9=a C1 to C12 hydrocarbon group, a monocyclic C6 aryl or aryl-(C1 to C6)alkyl group. A further subject of the invention is a method for synthesizing these compounds and the uses thereof.

Abstract: The subject-matter of the present invention is an anhydrous cosmetic composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium: —at least one nonionic surfactant, at least one anionic surfactant, at least 25% of at least one filler. The article is partially or completely soluble in water and it constitutes a foaming product used for cleansing the skin and hair and/or removing makeup from the skin and/or as scrubbing product.

Abstract: A method for optimisation of the routing of a flow exchanged between two nodes in an operator's telecommunications network. This method includes a step which involves re-routing said flow via at least one intermediate server arranged between said nodes and which is capable of applying at least one treatment that is pre-defined by the operator to said flow.

Abstract: A method of detecting the presence of an element (fog, rain, etc. . . . ) disturbing the visibility of a scene illuminated by a headlight (105, 107) at night. The method comprises: a) acquiring an image of the scene with the help of a camera (120); b1) detecting the light sources in the image; b2) detecting the presence of the disturbing element as a function of the halo (H) appearing in the image in the vicinity of the light sources; c) detecting the presence of the disturbing element in the image as a function of the backscattering of the light emitted by the light sources; and d) weighting the results of the detections performed in steps b2) and c) in such a manner as to output an indication concerning the presence of the element disturbing the visibility of the scene. The method provides satisfactory results in an environment with or without lighting. The invention also provides a computer program and a device for implementing the method.

Abstract: A lattice of interconnected concepts is constructed from flow entries. Each concept describes a subset of flows and a subset of the flow attributes. Based on user queries, the lattice is used to build disjoint sets of flows referred to as flowsets. Each user query specifies one or more of the flow attributes to be measured. Each flowset includes one or more of the flows to thereby enable sharing of the hardware counters among the flows. One hardware counter is then assigned to each flowset.

Abstract: Device for analysis by gas phase chromatography comprising: a chromatography micro-column, a detection module comprising at least one NEMS and/or MEMS type detector arranged in channel, a direct fluidic connection between an evacuation end of the chromatography micro-column and an admission end of the channel of the detection module, a thermoelectric module, the hot face heating the chromatography micro-column and the cold face cooling the detection module.

Abstract: There is provided a serving node S) comprising processing means (CTRL_U1; MEM—1) and an interface unit (INT_U1) and a method for such a serving node, the serving node being adapted for participating in a network requested secondary PDP context activation procedure, the processing means being adapted for: —receiving (91) an initiate PDP context activation request signal from a gateway node (G). The serving node is also adapted for—determining (92A) whether the user entity supports network requested dedicated bearers; and if not the case; —without engaging in signalling with the user entity, transmitting (93) an initiate PDP context activation response signal indicating the network requested secondary PDP context activation has been accepted; and—transmitting (95) a create PDP context request signal to the gateway node.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for liquefying a feed gas or cooling a feed gas at supercritical pressure, in which the feed gas mixed with a cycle gas is condensed or cooled in order to form a supercritical gas or liquid at the first pressure, the liquid at the first pressure is cooled in a first heat exchanger (E2), the cooled liquid is removed from the first exchanger and expanded up to a second pressure that is lower than the first pressure in order to form an expanded flow, at least one portion of the expanded flow is cooled in a second heat exchanger, the expanded flow is removed from the second heat exchanger (E2), said flow is split into at least two portions, including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the expanded flow constituting the liquefied product, the second portion and preferably a third portion being vaporized in the second heat exchanger and the thus-formed at least one cycle gas is then mixed with the feed gas and compressed in a compressor, before or after bein

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluid composition, characterized in that it comprises, in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous support: (a) at least one fatty phase; (b) a photoprotective system capable of screening out UV radiation; (c) at least one superabsorbent polymer; (d) at least one crosslinked copolymer of methacrylic acid and of a C1-C4 alkyl acrylate. Another subject of the present invention lies in the use of the combination of a superabsorbent polymer and of a crosslinked copolymer of methacrylic acid and of an alkyl acrylate in a fluid composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable aqueous support, at least one photoprotective system capable of screening out UV radiation, as a freshness agent and/or as a stabilizer for the composition.

Abstract: Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a device, mobility management node and/or a serving gateway, and corresponding methods there, for providing application, service or priority based paging. According to some of the example embodiments, the decision whether or not to issue or accept a paging request may be made based on a priority, application or service (or type of service) associated with the paging request.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of production of graphene comprising the following stages respectively: a stage of deposition of a thin layer comprising amorphous carbon on a substrate; a stage of annealing of said thin layer under photonic and/or electronic irradiation, by which a layer comprising graphene is obtained.

Abstract: High-efficiency method and device, to produce coherent Smith-Purcell radiation. A conductive diffraction grating, delimited by two conductive walls, is used, and an electron beam is passed above the grating to generate the radiation. According to the invention, the speed of the electrons is sufficiently low in order that, in a diagram (wave number k, frequency f), the beam line (I) intersects a portion (V) of a branch of the dispersion relationship, located in the first Brillouin zone, and corresponding to the grating's fundamental mode, at a point (P) located outside the zone delimited by the light lines (III, IV), and the current density of the beam is sufficiently high to excite the grating's fundamental mode which is radiated towards the outside thereof.

Abstract: A router receives a leave message from a host on a subscriber circuit. The leave message indicates a request to stop receiving a multicast stream that is associated with a group object. The interface between the router and network elements including, but not limited to, a remote multicast replication interface. A group specific query is then sent on the subscriber circuit, and is directed to hosts on the subscriber circuit and regards only the multicast group of the received request. Next the group object association with the subscriber circuit is removed from the record at the router if, in response to the group specific query, no host of the subscriber circuit reports receiving the traffic stream corresponding to the multicast group identified in the leave message.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for computing system reliability. A method for computing system reliability can include storing, on one of a plurality of devices, a checkpoint of a current state associated with the one of the plurality of devices. The method may further include storing the checkpoint in an erasure-code group across the plurality of devices.

Abstract: A failure detection mechanism provides enhancements to PIM-SM based fast re-route techniques. A network node upon detecting a loss of connection determines whether it can re-route multicast data traffic. If the network node does not have a failure-free secondary path, it can originate a notification packet and send it to the downstream parts of a multicast tree. The notification packet can trigger one or more downstream nodes to switch-over to redundant secondary paths to re-route the multicast data traffic.