Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods described herein facilitate the transmitting, receiving, and processing of encoded messages wherein the header fields in the message header are protected. In one embodiment, the contents of the header fields to be protected are inserted into the message body as one or more additional lines of text, for example, prior to encoding and transmitting the message to a message recipient. Upon receipt of the message, the message recipient processes the encoded message such that the contents of the protected header fields can be extracted from the message body. Accordingly, by inserting the contents of the header fields to be protected into the message body, the header fields may be protected using existing standards and protocols for facilitating secure message communication.

Abstract: A composition of a thermal interface material is provided. The deficiencies of low thermal conductivity and high thermal resistance in the conventional thermal interface materials are resolved. By using carbon fibers with high thermal conductivity, the thermal conductivity of the thermal interface material can be about 7˜10 times higher than the traditional thermal interface materials. The added amount of carbon fibers is less than the added amount of metal or ceramic powders. The dispersion process is thereby improved. Further, the thermal interface material has a phase change temperature at about 40˜65° C. Holes, gaps and dents on the surface of device are filled at the normal operation temperature of device to reduce the thermal resistance of the entire device and to increase the interfacial bonding strength.

Abstract: A high efficiency thermo electric device and associated method of making, the device comprising a multilayer structure of alternating insulator and insulator/metal material that is irradiated across the plane of the layer structure with ionizing radiation. The ionizing radiation produces nanoclusters of the metal material in the layered structure that increase the electrical conductivity and decrease the thermal conductivity thereby increasing the thermoelectric figure of merit. Figures of merit as high as 2.5 have been achieved using layers of co-deposited gold and silicon dioxide interspersed with layers of silicon dioxide. The gold to silicon dioxide ratio was 0.04. 5 MeV silicon ions were used to irradiate the structure. Other metals and insulators may be substituted. Other ionizing radiation sources may be used. The structure tolerates a wide range of metal to insulator ratio.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an article made by the steps comprising providing either a plastic or glass substrate member, pre-heating the substrate member, providing a first liquid sol comprising water, methanol, and nanoparticulate SiO2, coating the pretreated substrate member with a barrier layer of the first liquid sol, evaporating the water and methanol from the barrier layer at a temperature and for a duration sufficient to evaporate the water and methanol and insufficient to significantly thermally sinter the nanoparticulate SiO2, providing a second liquid sol comprising water, methanol, nanoparticulate TiO2, coating the barrier-coated substrate member with a top layer of the second liquid sol, and, evaporating the water and methanol from the top layer at a temperature and for a duration sufficient to evaporate the water and methanol and insufficient to significantly thermally sinter the nanoparticulate SiO2 and TiO2 to produce barrier and top coated substrate member.

Abstract: Compositions for treating papillomavirus (PV) infection in a subject include a PV L2 polypeptide produced from a eukaryotic expression system.

Abstract: A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device associated with a respective user, a network server within a protected computer network, and a notification server outside of the protected computer network for generating generic notifications. The network server may be for storing within the protected computer network personalizing information for the user of the at least one wireless communications device, receiving generic notifications from the notification server, and generating and sending to the at least one wireless communications device personalized notifications based upon the personalizing information and the generic notifications.

Abstract: A gas jet source is used in conjunction with a micro-extrusion printhead assembly in a micro-extrusion system to bias extruded material onto a target substrate. The micro-extrusion system includes a material feed system for pushing/drawing materials out of extrusion nozzles defined in the printhead assembly as the printhead assembly is moved over the substrate. The gas jet source is positioned near the nozzle outlets, and directs a gas jet against the extruded material as it exits the extrusion nozzles such that the extruded material is reliably directed (biased) toward the target substrate. In some embodiments the gas jet causes slumping (flattening) of the extruded material against the substrate, producing low aspect ratio lines that may be merged to form a connected structure.

Abstract: A mobile communication device (e.g. a handheld telephone device) has a first wireless transceiver for communications via a wireless communication network and a second wireless transceiver for communications with a wireless peripheral device (e.g. a wireless audio headset or earpiece). The mobile device receives, from the wireless peripheral, an identification of a type or model of the wireless peripheral. The mobile device causes user interface (UI) function mapping information of the wireless peripheral to be selectively retrieved based on the received identification of the type or model. The UI function mapping information is indicative of a plurality of device functions assigned to a plurality of user input controls of the wireless peripheral. UI instruction information which is based on the retrieved UI function mapping information is then displayed at the mobile device.

Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include an antenna, a wireless radio frequency (RF) receiver, a wireless RF transmitter, and a duplexer connecting the wireless RF receiver and the wireless RF transmitter to the antenna. More particularly, the wireless RF receiver may include a low noise amplifier (LNA) connected to the duplexer and having first and second differential outputs, a first receive signal chain for wireless communications signals having a first signal type connected to the first differential output of the LNA, and a second receive signal chain for wireless communications signals having a second signal type different than the first signal type connected to the second differential output of the LNA.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of managing calendar event records at a database includes detecting a change to a distribution list, the change associated with at least one affected list member, determining ones of the calendar event records to which the distribution list is invited, and sending a respective calendar event update message to each of the at least one affected list member for each of the ones of the calendar event records.

Abstract: Shear thickening fluid suspoemulsions are shown to exhibit unique material properties that have potential application in a broad range of fields of use. Suspoemulsions containing shear thickening fluids as immiscible blends exhibit a nontrivial shear thickening response for volume fractions as low as 10% of STF in the silicone emulsion. Measurements indicate that the system shows phase inversion and it is even possible to form materials with a cocontinuous microstructure with interesting, hysteretic, shear sensitive behavior. Novel STF containing composites with rubbers are formed by blending the shear thickening fluid within the rubber precursors and then adding the catalyzing agent. It was possible to contain STF in each of the silicones tested and the rubbers exhibited different behavior with incased STF. Shear thickening fluid was added to open cell polyurethane to create a Foam-STF composite which was found to exhibit an significant shear thickening response.

Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing to carry a wireless transceiver, a display, a keyboard, and a processor cooperating with the wireless transceiver to perform at least one wireless communication function. The processor also cooperates with the display and the keyboard to permit selection of a keyboard mode from among a plurality of different keyboard modes, at least one of the keyboard modes having multiple different letters selectable from a given key. The processor generates a respective different cursor on the display based upon the selected keyboard mode.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for maintaining groupings and relationships of propositions associated with a knowledge base is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) providing multiple microtheories to form a knowledge base, each microtheory comprising multiple propositions, b) providing an mt label for each microtheory, c) providing a proposition label for each proposition, d) comparing the proposition label for a specific proposition with the microtheory labels in response to a transaction request, and e) determining which microtheory labels have a common element with the proposition label. In another embodiment, the method may include a) providing multiple microtheories, b) providing an mt label for each microtheory, and c) initializing tags for first and second microtheories to a clean value. In one embodiment, the apparatus may include one or more storage devices and a tag processing logic.

Abstract: A method of preparing a composite configured to release refrigerant therefrom comprises providing a substrate material comprising polarized fibers of glass, polyamide, phenylene sulfide, carbon or graphite bonding thereon a metal compound comprising a complex compound of a polar gaseous refrigerant and a metal salt and/or a hydrated metal hydroxide and/or a metal hydroxide of a metal comprising alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, transition metal, zinc, cadmium, tin, aluminum, or two or more thereof, at a concentration of at least about 0.

Abstract: A air jet source is used in conjunction with a micro-extrusion printhead assembly in a micro-extrusion system to bias extruded material onto a target substrate. The printhead assembly utilizes paste valves or other feed system to push/draw an extrusion material through dispensing orifices defined on an extrusion needle, nozzle or stacked plate printhead as the printhead assembly is moved over the substrate. The air jet source is positioned near the dispensing outlets, and directs a gas jet against the extruded material such that the extruded material is reliably biased against the target substrate. Multiple dispensing orifices are defined in a paste dispensing needle to improve starts and stops, as well as improving overall ink distribution. Two independently activated air sources and multiple air jet outlets are utilized to improve control over the quality of bus bars formed by the extruded material.

Abstract: A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device and an advertising server cooperating with the at least one mobile wireless communications device via a wireless communications network. The advertising server may be for generating an activity history for the at least one wireless communications device including geographical positions at corresponding times of day, and selectively sending advertisements to the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the activity history and a given time of day.

Abstract: A modified sol-gel material and method of making the same is provided herein. More particularly, sol-gels disclosed herein have been modified to have one or more bioactive peptides covalently bound to the surface of the sol-gel. In one embodiment the peptide presenting sol-gels are prepared as thin film coatings and in a further embodiment the sol-gels are combined with living cells. The present disclosure is also directed to a novel one vessel reaction process for preparing the sol-gel-based peptide material.

Abstract: Provided herein are embodiments of a miniature wireless biomedical telemetry device along with systems and methods for its use. A miniature amplifier and transmitter allow recording of physiological signals from small animals, such as rats, mice and birds, as well as humans. The device is positioned externally and is easily replaceable, as is its battery, so surgical complications and other problem problems are minimized.

Abstract: Provided are an on-channel repeater and method for increasing output of the on-channel repeater by removing feed-back signals caused by low isolation of transmission/reception antennas. The on-channel repeater includes: a receiver for receiving RF signals and converting the RF signals into baseband signals; a subtractor for subtracting replicas of feedback signals from the received signal; an inverse channel estimator for estimating inverse of a reception channel and generating a filter tab coefficients; a first adaptive filter for compensating for channel distortion of the subtracted signal; a transmitter for converting the signals whose channel distortion is compensated into an RF signal and performing radio transmission; a down-converter for down-converting the RF signal converted by the transmitter into the baseband signal; and a replica generator for calculating replicas and feeding back the replicas to the subtractor. The present invention is applied to the on-channel repeater.

Abstract: A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device associated with a respective user and storing personalizing information for the user, a network server within a protected computer network, and a notification server outside of the protected computer network configured to generate generic notifications. The network server may be configured to receive generic notifications from the notification server and sending the generic notifications to the at least one mobile wireless communications device. Moreover, the at least one mobile wireless communications device may be configured to receive the generic notifications from the network server and generate personalized notifications based upon the personalizing information and the received generic notifications.