Abstract: A vision correction system comprising an intraocular lens having a lens body and one or more haptics is provided. The lens body may be configured to be positioned posteriorly to an iris of an eye and may have a convex anterior surface, a concave posterior surface, and a circumferential edge having a rounded anterior portion and a rounded posterior portion. Haptics may extend at an anterior angle from the lens body and be configured to contact the ciliary sulcus of an eye. The haptics and/or hydrophobic forces between this lens body and a second intraocular lens may secure the lens body in the eye in a relatively fixed position and prevent rotation of the lens over time.

Abstract: The present invention provides vaccine and pharmaceutical compositions for treating or preventing bacterial inventions. The vaccine compositions of the invention include a carbapenemase such as a serine carbapenemase, a metallo-?-lactamase or an immunogenic fragment thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions include an anti-carbapenemase antibody or fragment thereof. Also provided are methods for treating and preventing a bacterial infection using the vaccine and pharmaceutical compositions of the invention. The invention further provides antibody conjugates that include an antibody or fragment thereof conjugated to a siderophore or an analog thereof.

Abstract: In an n-node optical communications system, energy harvesting photodetectors at each node receive extraneous electromagnetic wavelengths that are not used for communication or other purposes by the associated node. The energy harvesting photodetectors convert the unused electromagnetic energy into reusable electrical energy. The harvested electrical energy may be used as auxiliary power at the node or elsewhere in the communication system, or stored in a battery, capacitor, or other energy storage device. The system may be used in an “all-to-all” broadcast and select communication scheme or in some other broadcast and select interconnect system that has extraneous wavelengths at node receivers.

Abstract: An improved field emission system and method is provided that involves field emission structures having electric or magnetic field sources. The magnitudes, polarities, and positions of the magnetic or electric field sources are configured to have desirable correlation properties, which may be in accordance with a code. The correlation properties correspond to a desired spatial force function where spatial forces between field emission structures correspond to relative alignment, separation distance, and the spatial force function.

Abstract: Method and composition for protection and treatment against influenza viral infection by modulating the activity of at least one essential host signaling pathways, including the Hedgehog (Hh), the Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP), the Notch (N) signaling pathways or combinations thereof, which activity is altered by the viral protein NS1. The method and composition comprise use of a compound that modulates at least one of these essential host signaling pathways for preventing or controlling symptoms associated with influenza viral infection. The method or composition can also be used either alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents for treating or protecting against influenza infection, and associated syndromes.

Abstract: A method is described for treating a scar with an effective amount of adapalene or salts thereof, which is administrated to the patient in need thereof. Optionally, the administered adapalene is in a quantity of 0.3% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to oligomers of a dimer, trimer, quatromer or pentamer of recombinant fusion proteins. Said oligomers are characterized in that the recombinant fusion proteins have at least one component A and at least one component B, whereby component A contains a protein or a protein segment with a biological function, in particular with a ligand function for antibodies, for soluble or membrane signal molecules, for receptors or an antibody, or an antibody segment, and component B contains a protein or a protein segment which dimerizes or oligomerizes the dimer, trimer, quatromer or pentamer of the recombinant fusion protein, without the action of third-party molecules. The invention also relates to the use of dimers or oligomers of this type for producing a medicament, to the fusion proteins which cluster in dimers or oligomers and to their DNA sequence and expression vectors or host cells comprising this DNA sequence.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mufti-core processor having hierarchical communication architecture. The multi-core processor having hierarchical communication architecture is configured to include clusters in which cores are clustered; a lowest level memory shared among the cores included in the clusters; a middle level memory shared among the clusters; and a highest level memory shared by all the clusters. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to improve the performance of the applications by reducing the communication overhead between respective core and supporting the data and functional parallelization.

Abstract: A steam permselective membrane containing a crosslinked hydrophilic polymer is provided. The steam permselective membrane may further contain at least one alkali metal compound selected from the group consisting of a cesium compound, a potassium compound and a rubidium compound.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to acylsulfonamides and processes for their preparation. The processes involve a target-guided synthesis approach, whereby a thioacid and a sulfonyl azide are reacted in the presence of a biological target protein, a Bcl-2 family protein, to form the acylsulfonamide.

Abstract: Apparatus (16) for use in estimating a fault level in a network (2) providing an electric power supply to consumers, which apparatus (16) comprises: (i) upstream calculator means (18) for calculating upstream impedance by utilising changes which occur after and consequent upon changes in the electrical power supply due to consumer removal or supply of electricity to the network (2); and (ii) downstream calculator means (20) for: (a) calculating a static downstream impedance which is based on measurements before and/or after the time when the changes in the electrical power supply occur; (b) measuring the actual downstream impedance at the time when the changes in the electrical power supply occur; and (c) obtaining the difference between the calculated static downstream impedance and the actual downstream impedance.

Abstract: A quantum well-based p-i-n light emitting diode is provided that includes nanopillars with an average linear dimension of between 50 nanometers and 1 micron. The nanopillars include a laminar layer of quantum wells capable of non-radiative energy transfer to quantum dot nanocrystals. Quantum dot-Quantum well coupling through the side walls of the nanopillar-configured LED structure achieves a close proximity between quantum wells and quantum dots while retaining the overlying contact electrode structures. A white LED with attractive properties relative to conventional incandescent and fluorescence lighting devices is produced.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for generating a pre-visualization image supporting functions of simulating interactions between the digital actor motion, the virtual space, and the virtual shooting device motion in an actual space and previewing the image by using a virtual camera and a virtual space including a 3D digital actor in an image production operation. Thus, according to the present invention, it is possible to support more effective image production.

Abstract: A terminal and method for recognizing a communication target within a visible range. The method of a terminal to recognize a communication target includes obtaining location information of a communication target whose identification information is unknown within a visible range of a terminal user; and recognizing a relative location of the communication target with respect to the terminal based on the obtained location information and displaying the recognized relative location of the communication target.

Abstract: In a wireless optical communication system, while a mobile station including a wireless optical transmitting/receiving apparatus, i.e., an optical mobile station (OMS), is mounted in a moving object and moves, the mobile station performs handover from a previous optical base station (OBS) to a new OBS. Here, the mobile station may include at least one OMS, and when the mobile station includes two OMSs, soft handover is performed, and when the mobile station includes one OMS, hard handover is performed.

Abstract: A system and method for providing digital receipts for purchase transactions are provided. The method includes the steps receiving information for a first credit card account for executing a transaction; retrieving a first customer record from a database using information from the first credit card account; charging an amount of the transaction to the first credit card account; and transmitting a receipt to a predetermined location of the customer. The predetermined location may be an e-mail address of the customer or a server residing on the network. By receiving digital receipts, a customer or end-user will be able to digitally store these receipts and view or print the receipts out when necessary. Furthermore, the customer will be able to manage the receipts with conventional software packages.

Abstract: A method for determining a sentiment associated with an entity includes inputting a plurality of texts associated with the entity, labeling seed words in the plurality of texts as positive or negative, determining a score estimate for the plurality of words based on the labeling, re-enumerating paths of the plurality of words and determining a number of sentiment alternations, determining a final score for the plurality of words using only paths whose number of alternations is within a threshold, converting the final scores to corresponding z-scores for each of the plurality of words, and outputting the sentiment associated with the entity.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for transmitting Node Discovery Messages. The apparatus includes a Medium Access Control layer information collection unit, a Discovery Window Slot calculation unit, a DW size determination unit, a DWS selection unit, and an NDM processing unit. The MAC layer information collection unit collects time slot information for NDMs in a previous round. The DWS calculation unit generates information about the slots of a Discovery Window of a discovery frame in the previous round based on the time slot information. The DW size determination unit determines the size of the DW in a current round based on the information about the slots of the DW. The DWS selection unit selects Discovery Window Slots in the current round based on the size of the DW. The NDM processing unit sends the NDMs during respective times corresponding to the DWSs.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a simulation apparatus for verifying a hybrid system. The simulation apparatus includes a system model input unit, a model information storage unit, a simulation unit, and a result display unit. The system model input unit receives subsystem models which model subsystems included in a hybrid system. The model information storage unit stores the subsystem models and information about the operations of the subsystem models. The simulation unit runs a simulation of the subsystem models based on the information about the operations of the subsystem models stored in the model information storage unit. The result display unit displays the results of running the simulation of the subsystem models using the simulation unit.

Abstract: A mobile communications device may include a near field communication (NFC) transceiver capable of operating in a first mode and a second mode, where the NFC transceiver has a load threshold level associated therewith. The mobile communications device may further include a controller coupled with the NFC transceiver. The controller may be capable of switching the NFC transceiver to the first mode when a load detected by the NFC transceiver is below the load threshold level, and switching the NFC transceiver to the second mode when the load detected by the NFC transceiver reaches the load threshold level.