Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting an application layer in a computer network system. The method includes creating a session between a client and a data provider in response to a session connection request from the client, and determining the client as an application layer attacking client when the client generates a session termination request before the data provider transmits to the client a response packet to a data request from the client under the created session.

Abstract: A multi-wavelength optical transmitting module includes a housing, an optical output block, an optical transmitting block, and an optical multiplexer (MUX) block. The optical output block is coupled to a first coupling hole of the housing and to an optical signal connector, and includes a first lens. The optical transmitting block is coupled to a second coupling hole of the housing and to an electrical signal connector. The optical transmitting block includes a plurality of transmitting devices which respectively output light having different wavelengths and are arranged parallel to the optical output block, and a plurality of second lenses which correspond respectively to the transmitting devices. The optical multiplexer (MUX) block multiplexes optical signals of multiple wavelengths, which were output from the transmitting devices and passed through the second lenses, and transmits the multiplexed optical signals to the optical output block.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides isolated oxidation resistant mutant apoA-I polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence substantially homologous to SEQ ID NO:4, the mutant apoA-I polypeptide comprising a combination of: (1) a conservative amino acid substitution at residue Tyr192; and (2) at least one conservative amino acid substitution at residue Met86, Met112, or Met148, wherein the mutant apoA-I polypeptide is resistant to modification by an oxidizing agent. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of promoting cholesterol efflux activity in a mammalian subject in need thereof, the method comprising the step of administering an effective amount of an oxidation resistant apoA-I agonist to the subject to promote cholesterol efflux.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a portion of a light-emitting polymer material or a conductive polymer material can be irradiated with a focused electron beam, so that the physical properties of that portion can be modified. For this purpose, one embodiment of the present invention comprises an apparatus for modifying the physical properties of a nanostructure using a focused electron beam, the apparatus comprising: a nanostructure; a focused electron beam-irradiating unit that serves to irradiate a nanoscale electron beam such that it is focused on the nanostructure; and a focused electron beam-controlling unit that serves to control the irradiation position of the nanoscale electron beam so as to modify the physical property of a portion of the nanostructure.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a mutant thermostable ligase having substantially higher fidelity than either T4 ligase or Thermus thermophilus ligase. The ligase of the present invention is a mutant of a wild-type thermostable ligase having a histidine adjacent a KXDG motif, where the mutant thermostable ligase has a mutation in its amino sequence where the histidine adjacent the KXDG motif in the wild-type thermostable ligase is replaced with an arginine, and wherein X is any amino acid. The DNA molecule encoding this enzyme as well as expression systems and host cells containing it are also disclosed. The thermostable ligase of the present invention is useful in carrying out a ligase detection reaction process and a ligase chain reaction process.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for constructing an image blur pyramid, and an image feature extracting circuit are disclosed. The image blur pyramid construction apparatus comprises a first image blur circuit, a second image blur circuit and an image sub-sampler. The first image blur circuit and the second image blur circuit simultaneously generate a first interval and a second interval in the same octave according to an input image, a first filter and a second filter. The dimension of the second filter is greater than that of the first filter. The image sub-sampler couples with the second image blur circuit and down samples the second interval to generate a sub-sample image.

Abstract: A cell-specific sounding reference symbol (SRS) subframe configuration and UE-specific SRS configuration are defined for carrier aggregation. For the cell-specific SRS subframe configuration, the same cell-specific SRS subframes are configured for all uplink (UL) carrier components (CCs). For the UE-specific SRS configuration, different configurations are applied for UL CCs. Also, to reduce signaling overhead, the different UE-specific SRS configuration is signaled by using an offset on top of the UE-specific SRS configuration of a primary component carrier (PCC).

Abstract: A touch-sensitive display includes a display, capacitive touch sensors disposed on the display, and a cover molded on the touch sensors such that the touch sensors are disposed between the display and the cover. A method includes disposing capacitive touch sensors on a display and molding a cover over the touch sensors such that the touch sensors are disposed between the display and the cover.

Abstract: There is provided a method for secure communications. The method comprises obtaining a broadcast message, computing a signature for said broadcast message using a private key, and sending a transmission to a communication device. The private key is associated with a certificate and the transmission comprises the signature.

Abstract: Combinations of therapeutic compounds for prophylaxis or treatment of hyperlipidemia and hyperlipidemia related disorders, such as hypercholesterolemia and the resultant atherosclerosis in a mammal. The combinations are useful for reducing serum cholesterol, and/or cholesteryl ester, triglycerides, phospholipids and fatty acids in a mammal. The methods of the preferred embodiments comprise administering to a mammal a first amount of polychitosamine and a second amount of an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin).

Abstract: An oral drug delivery system comprising a coated tablet having one or more surfaces. The coated tablet further comprises a core and a coating surrounding the core. The core comprises an active ingredient composition comprising at least one active ingredient and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and a swellable composition located in an immediate vicinity of one or more preselected surfaces. The coating comprises a defect wherein said defect is not a passageway through the preselected portion of the coating and operable to be reliably removed fully from the one or more of the preselected surfaces of the tablet upon contact with an aqueous environment, but not removed from at least one of the surfaces.

Abstract: A wireless positioning server using clock offset compensation and a wireless positioning method using the same. The wireless positioning server using clock offset compensation estimates a precise position of a tag requiring position information by effectively predicting information regarding a distance between a beacon for performing positioning and the tag requiring position information. An error in the positioning estimation result due to a clock offset is minimized by measuring a relative clock frequency ratio between beacons and by compensating for clock frequencies of the beacons when a distance between a beacon and a tag is estimated.

Abstract: A toothbrush assembly can include a plurality of bristles and a toothbrush body. The toothbrush body can include an indicator to provide information to a user using the toothbrush during a teeth cleaning session. A sensing mechanism can include at least one electroded sheet and provide an electric signal to the indicator responsive to the user using the toothbrush assembly during the teeth cleaning session.

Abstract: A method for plasmonic structure manufacture and for protecting a plasmonic nanostructure during annealing is provided. The method includes: lithographically forming a plasmonic nanostructure on a substrate; encapsulating the plasmonic nano structure in high temperature resistant material; annealing the plasmonic nanostructure; and removing the high temperature resistant material to reveal the annealed plasmonic nano structure.

Abstract: A hydrogel based occlusion system, a method for occluding vessels, appendages or aneurysms, and a method for hydrogel synthesis are disclosed. The hydrogel based occlusion system includes a hydrogel having a shrunken and a swollen state and a delivery tool configured to deliver the hydrogel to a target occlusion location. The hydrogel is configured to permanently occlude the target occlusion location in the swollen state. The hydrogel may be an electro-activated hydrogel (EAH) which could be electro-activated with a delivery system to control the degree of swelling/shrinking.

Abstract: A two-axis, optical mount provides two flexural elements monolithically and homogeneously formed of a single material with, and interconnecting, three rigid segments. Between each pair of rigid segments, beginning with the first and second, a set of extensions is formed to have a cross section that permits simple, easy, independent adjustment therebetween. Likewise, a flexural element exists between the second and third rigid elements. Meanwhile, the rigid elements have section moduli sufficiently great as to be orders of magnitude larger than the flexural stiffness or section modulus of the flexural elements, thus providing flexures that operate in the elastic mode and introduce no joint type accuracy errors in adjustment.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method for processing a computed tomography measurement result is described, the computed tomography measurement result comprising an intensity for each voxel of a plurality of voxels, wherein the method comprises determining, for each intensity of a range of intensities, the number of voxels of the plurality of voxels for which the intensity has been determined; and determining a characteristic of a target body region based on the determined numbers of voxels of the plurality of voxels.

Abstract: An integrated water-gas-shift (WGS) and emissions control device (ECD) catalyst for treating exhaust from an internal combustion engine. The engine is assumed to have an EGR loop, such that exhaust is recirculated back to the engine's intake. A WGS catalyst on the EGR loop, for conditioning the EGR flow, is integrated with a catalyzed ECD on the main exhaust line, for reducing pollutant emissions.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for collection devices, methods of making collection devices, methods of collecting gases and aerosol particles, and the like.

Abstract: The invention relates to orthogonal pairs of tRNAs and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase that can incorporate unnatural amino acid into proteins produced in eubacterial host cells such as E. coli, or in a eukaryotic host such as a yeast cell. The invention provides, for example but not limited to, novel orthogonal synthetases, methods for identifying and making the novel synthetases, methods for producing proteins containing unnatural amino acids, and translation systems.