Abstract: Device, and methods of using or making the device, for engineering cells in vitro are disclosed. In some aspects, a cell culture device comprises at least one glass or polymer surface configured for incubating cells in a culture medium; a charged molecule electrostatically bound to the surface; and a polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) electrostatically bound to the charged molecule, the PEM comprising one or more bi-layers of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes, and the PEM having a sufficient thickness to permit release of the charged molecule into the culture medium in a controlled released manner.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a storage medium for detecting vulnerabilities in software to protect a computer system from security and compliance breaches are provided. The method includes providing a ruleset code declaring programming interfaces of a target framework and including rules that define an admissible execution context when invoking the programming interfaces, providing a source code to be scanned for vulnerabilities; compiling the source code into a first execution code having additional instructions inserted to facilitate tracking of an actual execution context of the source code, compiling the ruleset code into a second execution code that can be executed together with the first execution code, executing the first execution code within an virtual machine and passing calls of the programming interfaces to the second execution code, and detecting a software vulnerability when the actual execution context disagrees with the admissible execution context.

Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to employing grouping and selection components to facilitate a grouping of failure data associated with oil and gas exploration equipment into one or more equipment failure type groups. In an example, a method comprises grouping, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, training data of a set of equipment failure data into one or more failure type groups based on one or more determined failure criteria, wherein the one or more failure type groups represent equipment failure classifications associated with energy exploration processes; and selecting, by the system, first ungrouped data from the set of equipment failure data based on a level of similarity between the first ungrouped data and the training data.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for improving threat detection in a computer system by performing an inter-application dependency analysis on events of the computer system. The method includes receiving, by a processor operatively coupled to a memory, a Tracking Description Language (TDL) query including general constraints, a tracking declaration and an output specification, parsing, by the processor, the TDL query using a language parser, executing, by the processor, a tracking analysis based on the parsed TDL query, generating, by the processor, a tracking graph by cleaning a result of the tracking analysis, and outputting, by the processor and via an interface, query results based on the tracking graph.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an anchor point for e.g. lifting and/or lashing down an object. The anchor point comprises a base, which is configured for fixing to the object such that it is rotatable about an axis of rotation. The anchor point also comprises a retainer bracket held on two bearing points on the base such that it is tiltable about a tilt axis relative to the base. In order to prevent the retainer bracket from getting stuck when a force is applied thereto, which may lead to a sudden and jerky turnover of the retainer bracket or even to fracturing of the anchor point and crashing of the load, the tilt axis is movable relative to the base according to the present invention. Preferably, a motion link, for example, is provided on at least one bearing point.

Abstract: The present inventions is related to the optical lenses that use subwavelength structures to perform an optical function, the applications of such lenses, and the methods of making the same. Particularly, the present invention provide an optical lens(es), termed “subwavelength Moiré index lens” or “SMIL” for manipulating light. The SMIL comprises a thin material layer having an effective optical index that has a Moiré pattern of two or more periodic structures. The SMIL allows a lens to be ultrathin, flat, numerical aperture nearly one, scalable to large area, and manufacturable at low cost. The present invention also provides the systems based on SMIL, such lens systems, LEDs and photodetectors, and the fabrication methods of the SMIL.

Abstract: Systems and methods for mining and compressing commercial data including a network of point of sale devices to log commercial activity data including independent commercial events and corresponding dependent features. A middleware system is in communication with the network of point of sale devices to continuously collect and compress a stream of the commercial activity data and concurrently store the compressed commercial activity data. Compressing the stream includes a file access table corresponding to the commercial activity data, producing compressible file access templates (CFATs) according to frequent patterns of commercial activity data using the file access table, and replacing dependent feature sequences with a matching compressible file access template. A database is in communication with the middleware system to store the compressed commercial data.

Abstract: An air-conditioning interactive terminal, a controller for an air-conditioning system, an air-conditioning system and an air-conditioning interactive system. The air-conditioning interactive terminal is configured with a social communication media module, wherein a user is registered as a first registered user in the social communication media module; the air-conditioning interactive terminal is configured such that the user realizes interactive communication between the first registered user and a second registered user corresponding to one or more air conditioners based on the social communication media module, wherein the second registered user is correspondingly registered by the air conditioners in the social communication media module. The air-conditioning interactive terminal can be implemented based on an instant on-line chatting tool which has been applied on a large scale.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device including a display panel and an image capturing assembly, wherein the display panel comprises a base substrate and a display layer. The image capturing assembly comprises a sensor, a signal module, and a lens. The sensor is disposed in a groove of the base substrate, and a height of the sensor is greater than a depth of the groove, and an upper end of the sensor and the signal module extend into the TFT layer. An image capturing signal transmission line electrically connected to the signal module is disposed in the TFT layer. The lens is disposed in an opening of the display layer corresponding above the sensor.

Abstract: A sample collection device for a fluid includes: a substantially disk-shaped body having a periphery; a capillary channel extending through the body and bounded by the periphery, having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is adapted to draw the fluid into the channel by capillary action; a sample collection well located in the vicinity of the second end and in fluid communication with the capillary channel; and an axis of rotation extending through the center of the disk and which is substantially perpendicular to the major surface of the disk-shaped body. In a preferred embodiment, the sample collection device is adapted to rotate about the axis of rotation within a cartridge having a housing comprising an air vent in fluid communication with the capillary channel when the disk is rotated in a first position.

Abstract: A method, a device and a computer program product for image processing are proposed. In the method, whether a first image indicates a defect associated with a target object is determined. In response to determining that the first image indicates the defect, a second image absent from the defect is obtained based on the first image. The defect is identified by comparing the first image with the second image. In this way, the defect associated with the target object in the image can be accurately and efficiently identified or segmented.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using a quantum oracle to make inference in complex machine learning models that is capable of solving artificial intelligent problems. Input to the quantum oracle is derived from the training data and the model parameters, which maps at least part of the interactions of interconnected units of the model to the interactions of qubits in the quantum oracle. The output of the quantum oracle is used to determine values used to compute loss function values or loss function gradient values or both during a training process.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to text resources in an application. According to a method, an updated application is run, wherein information displayed on at least one text resource in the updated application is editable and the information displayed on at least one text resource in an original application of the updated application is not editable. Then, in response to a first piece of information displayed on a text resource of the at least one text resource being changed to a second piece of information, ID of the text resource of the at least one text resource in the updated application is obtained; and the second piece of information is mapped to the ID of the text resource in a file corresponding to the at least one text resource in the updated application.

Abstract: A method of delivering a particle beam at a target is disclosed. In implementations, the particle beam is delivered from an output device at a plurality of control points and the method comprises the step of delivering a substantially continuous particle beam about the plurality of control points.

Abstract: Ethylene polymers having a density from 0.908 to 0.925 g/cm3, a melt index from 0.5 to 3 g/10 min, a ratio of Mw/Mn from 2 to 4, a ratio of Mz/Mw from 1.6 to 2.3, a CY-a parameter from 0.45 to 0.6, and an ATREF profile characterized by a single peak at a peak ATREF temperature from 76 to 88° C., and by less than 4.5 wt. % of the polymer eluting above a temperature of 91° C. These ethylene polymers can be used to produce various articles of manufacture, such as blown and cast films with a beneficial combination of high tear resistance and low haze.

Abstract: Various embodiments described herein provide for track assignment of wires of a network of a circuit design by dynamic programming. In particular, various embodiments use a dynamic programming process to determine a set of breaking points for a routing wire of a global-routed and layer-assigned circuit design, and to determine track assignments for each of the sub-wires (sub-routes) formed by applying the set of selected breaking points to the routing wire. This results in a set of track-assigned sub-wires (or track-assigned sub-routes), which various embodiments can connect together to generate a connected set of track-assigned sub-wires that can be used in place of the routing wire.

Abstract: Provided are a compound for treating metabolic diseases having the structure as shown in formula (I) or formula (II), or a racemate, stereoisomer, geometric isomer, tautomer, solvate, hydrate, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof. The compound is an activator of FXR and/or a TGR5 receptor, and thus has the activity of activating FXR and/or a TGR5 receptor, and can be used in the preparation of drugs for treating chronic liver diseases, metabolic diseases or portal hypertension.