Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a recombinant phage having high safety and excellent practicality and usefulness. Provided are a recombinant bacteriophage which is deprived of its proliferative capacity and can infect only once due to the fact that a bacteriophage genome in which a part of a virion constituent gene is deleted is stored in a head, and a method for preparing the same. In addition, provided are a recombinant bacteriophage which is deprived of its proliferative capacity and can infect only once due to the fact that a plasmid having a packaging site and encoding a target gene is stored in a head, and a method for preparing the same.

Abstract: A system for subsurface transmission includes an array of very low frequency (VLF) transmitter nodes supported by semi-autonomous maritime, airborne, or space platforms spaced at regular intervals from their nearest neighbors and phased to localize VLF coverage to some desired area on a body of water.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) system and a communication device are provided. The RF system includes a flexible circuit board, a first antenna module and a RF module. The flexible circuit board has a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface and the second surface are located at different sides of the flexible circuit board. The first antenna module is disposed on the first surface of the flexible circuit board. The first antenna module includes a first carrier, a first antenna element disposed on or in the first carrier, and a first conductive member between the first carrier and the flexible circuit board. The RF module is disposed on the second surface of the flexible circuit board and electrically connected to the first antenna module.

Abstract: Embodiments detect identity attacks by comparing usage of compromised passphrases or other weak credentials in failed sign-in attempts to access restriction conditions. A restriction threshold amount of weak credential failed sign-ins (WCFSI) or a WCFSI increase indicates an identity attack, such as a password spray attack. Going beyond the mere number of failed sign-ins by also considering credential strength allows embodiments to detect attacks sooner than other approaches. An embodiment may also initiate or impose defenses by locking accounts, blocking IP addresses, or requiring additional authentication before access to an account is allowed. Weak credentials may include short passwords, simple passwords, compromised passwords, or wrong usernames, for instance. Password strength testing may be used for attack detection in addition to preventive use on passwords proposed by authorized users. Familiar and unfamiliar traffic source locations may be tracked, as sets or individually.

Abstract: Example subscription information configuration methods and a communications device are described. One example method includes receiving a first device identifier by a network device from a first terminal device in a first access mode and receiving a second device identifier from a second terminal device in a second access mode. The network device determines whether the first device identifier matches the second device identifier to identify legality of the first terminal device. If the first device identifier matches the second device identifier, it indicates that the first terminal device is a legal terminal device. The network device sends subscription information of the first terminal device to the first terminal device in the first access mode, so that the first terminal device successfully accesses a network by using the subscription information.

Abstract: A method for treating chronic pancreatitis and diabetes type II in a patient in need thereof comprises administering botulinum toxin to the patient. The botulinum toxin may be administered by subcutaneous or intradermal injection. The subcutaneous or intradermal injection may be administered to and/or around the vicinity of a trigeminal nerve, a cervical nerve, a thoracic nerve, a lumbar nerve, a sacral nerve, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: Methods for preventing, treating or diagnosing Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) are described. Amyloid-producing bacteria within microbiota are inactivated. Amyloid-producing bacteria are inactivated in microbiota, gastrointestinal tract, bodily fluids or tissues. Type-1 Diabetes associated microbial product production or release by microbiota is prevented. Also described is inactivation of bacteria-derived T1DAMP present in microbiota, bodily fluids or tissues of a mammal. Release of bacteria-derived T1DAMP from biofilm or bacteria to gastrointestinal tract is inhibited. Entry of bacteria-derived T1DAMP to microbiota, gastrointestinal tract, bodily fluids or tissues of a mammal is inhibited.

Abstract: An oral vaccine for immunization against ETEC-induced diarrhea, comprising inactivated Escherichia coli cells expressing an ETEC colonization factor antigen and dmLT protein adjuvant, wherein the vaccine preferably comprises less than 1013 cells per unit dose.

Abstract: A request to contact a service provider may be received from a client machine. The request may be associated with an identity claim and including a service identifier. The identity claim may be validated via a distributed identity service that includes a plurality of identity nodes in communication via a network. Validating the identity claim may include determining a designated network identifier associated with a distributed identity account shared among the plurality of identity nodes. A service query that includes the service identifier and the designated network identifier may be sent to a plurality of customer relations management services. A communication session may be established between a service provider remote computing system and the client machine. The service provider may store customer relations management information at a designated one of the plurality of customer relations management services.

Abstract: This document generally relates to use of intelligent reflecting devices in wireless communication systems, which may increase the coverage for a wireless access node or base station. An intelligent reflecting device may configure its surface with a degree of reflection according to a reflection scheme, and in turn, the surface may reflect an incident signal according to the reflection scheme. As a result, the reflected signal may have one or more characteristics that indicate to a receiving device that the received signal was reflected by an intelligent reflecting device, and/or one or more characteristics of the intelligent reflecting device.

Abstract: A Near Field Communication (NFC) tag and a control system for the NFC tag are provided. The NFC tag includes: a NFC coil, a control circuit, an energy acquisition circuit, and an energy storage circuit, wherein the NFC coil is configured to detect a magnetic field signal transmitted by a card reader when a distance between the NFC tag and the card reader is within a predetermined distance range; the energy acquisition circuit is configured to convert the magnetic field signal into an electrical signal when the NFC coil detects the magnetic field signal; and the control circuit is configured to control the energy acquisition circuit to transmit the electrical signal to the energy storage circuit, and control to charge the energy storage circuit through the electrical signal.

Abstract: Provided a method for setting up an authorization verification for a first device, for example a field device in an automation system, wherein the first device is configured by configuration data transmitted to the first device from a configuration module that is detachably connected to the first device and, for example, is implemented in the form of an SD card or a USB stick, having: detection of a connection of a configuration module to the first device, reading configuration module-specific device information from the configuration module, requesting configuration module-specific authorization verification for the configuration model-specific device information from the first device in an authorization device, and storing the requested configuration module-specific authorization verification on a security storage unit of the first device.

Abstract: A blockchain smart contract rewriting framework system has a vulnerability detection tool, a rewriter tool, and a deployment component. The deployment component obtains a permission to upgrade the smart contract, which granted by a smart contract creator/owner. The contract rewriting framework system retrieves the smart contract from the blockchain network, and passes it to the vulnerability detection tool. The vulnerability detection tool detects a vulnerability in the smart contract, and determines a type of the vulnerability and an instruction location of the vulnerability. The rewriter tool rewrites the smart contract to include a patch for fixing the vulnerability, a patched smart contract being generated by the rewriter tool based on the type of the vulnerability and the instruction location of the vulnerability.

Abstract: The present disclosure is in the field of pharmaceutical compositions suitable for the treatment of diseases in mammals. The disclosure provides novel compositions comprising non-pathogenic fecal microbes for treating epilepsy, epileptic seizures and related diseases. The disclosure also provides methods for treating a subject with the compositions disclosed herein.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of melanin, complexed with an antigen, as a immunostimulatory composition.

Abstract: A method of taking a skin sample can include placing an adhesive onto a portion of skin and lifting the adhesive from the skin. A skin sample may then be tested while still on the adhesive, for example, by inoculating the sample with a bacterium, fungus, virus, or a combination.

Abstract: A transmitting and receiving antenna system of an LPWAN repeater, according to the present invention, comprise: a first antenna and a second antenna that become a transmitting antenna according to a use's setting; a switch coupled to each of the first antenna and the second antenna; a third antenna for reception; an RF receiving end connected to the third antenna for reception; and a control unit for controlling the RF transmitting end and the RF receiving end through switching of the switch, wherein the first antenna is a dipole antenna having multiple directionalities, the second antenna is a directional patch antenna for transmitting signals in one orientational direction, and the third antenna includes an omni-directional antenna.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods provides for technology that generates, with a phased array of elements of an antenna system, an array element radiation pattern over a scan angle range, where the phased array of elements is spaced at a predetermined wavelength spacing. The technology reflects, with a reflector of the antenna system, the array element radiation pattern emitted from the phased array of elements to Earth, and establishes, based on a shape of the reflector, a predetermined magnification as a function of scan angle range so as to increase the field-of-view of the antenna system. The technology adjusts, based on the shape of the reflector, the array element radiation pattern, by increasing magnification relative to the scan angle range, to have a gain that increases with increases in scan angle relative to a boresight of the antenna system, and reflects, with the reflector, radiation from Earth to the phased array of elements.

Abstract: An electronic device and method for forming a housing of the same is disclosed. The electronic device includes: a housing including: a first plate forming a front surface of the housing, a second plate integrally forming a rear surface and side surface of the housing, wherein a space is enclosed between the front surface, side surface and rear surface, and wherein the second plate includes a first surface forming the side and rear surfaces of the housing, and a second surface disposed opposite to the first surface, and a display disposed in the space and at least partially visible through the first plate, wherein at least a portion of the second surface includes a pattern having surface roughness having a height of 0.1 ?m to 1 ?m.

Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant fusion polypeptides comprising one or more antigenic peptides (e.g., fused to a PEST-containing peptide) from cancer-associated proteins. The antigenic peptides can comprise one or more or all of an antigenic peptide comprising a recurrent cancer mutation, an antigenic peptide comprising a heteroclitic mutation, or an antigenic peptide fused to a ubiquitin protein. For example, provided herein are recombinant fusion polypeptides comprising two or more antigenic peptides (e.g., fused to a PEST-containing peptide), wherein each antigenic peptide comprises a recurrent cancer mutation, and wherein at least two of the antigenic peptides are fragments of the same cancer-associated protein. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding such fusion polypeptides, recombinant bacteria or Listeria strains comprising such fusion polypeptides or such nucleic acids, and cell banks comprising such recombinant bacteria or Listeria strains.