Abstract: The present invention provides peptide-based peroxidase inhibitors having the formula AA1-AA2-AA3, wherein AA1 is a positively charged, negatively charged or neutral amino acid, AA2 is a redox active amino acid, and AA3 is an amino acid possessing a reducing potential such that AA3 is capable of undergoing a redox reaction with a radical of amino acid AA2 or a retro or retro-inverso analog thereof. The result of such a combination is a highly effective inhibitor of peroxidase activity that has potent anti-inflammatory properties in widely diverse models of vascular disease and injury. Exemplary tripeptides effectively inhibit peroxidase mediated LDL oxidation, increase vasodilation in SCD mice, inhibit eosinophil infiltration and collagen deposition in asthma mice, inhibit acute lung injury, and decrease ischemic injury of the heart.

Abstract: The invention relates to a yellow light afterglow material and a preparation method thereof as well as an LED illuminating device using the same. The yellow light afterglow material comprises the chemical formula of aY2O3.bAl2O3.cSiO2:mCe.nB.xNa.yP, where a, b, c, m, n, x and y are coefficients, and a is not less than 1 but not more than 2, b is not less than 2 but not more than 3, c is not less than 0.001 but not more than 1, m is not less than 0.0001 but not more than 0.6, n is not less than 0.0001 but not more than 0.5, x is not less than 0.0001 but not more than 0.2, and y is not less than 0.0001 but not more than 0.5; wherein Y, Al and Si are substrate elements, and Ce, B, Na and P are activators. The yellow light afterglow material is prepared by the following steps: weighing oxides of elements or materials which can generate oxides at high temperature by molar ratio as raw materials, evenly mixing and then sintering the raw materials at 1200-1700° in a reducing atmosphere.

Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, an acoustic wave device includes a substrate, an acoustic isolator formed in or on the substrate, a bottom electrode formed on the acoustic isolator, a piezoelectric layer formed on the bottom electrode, a top electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer, and boundary means such as a gasket surrounding one of the first and second electrodes whose perimeter is aligned inside the perimeter of the acoustic isolator. The gasket has a lateral side having a wall profile, a curve profile, a multi-step profile, a gradually variable profile, or a combination of them.

Abstract: A technique for enabling the use of a baseboard management controller in a computer system configured to stream 3D graphical user interfaces to remote clients is described. In an exemplary configuration, a cap driver that is written to conform to a driver model that can interface with a 3D graphics application program interface can be loaded for use with the baseboard management controller instead of a legacy driver that was written to conform to a legacy driver model. This allows a control program to load a graphics driver that can interoperate with the 3D graphics application program interface. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the text of the summary and detailed description, the claims, and drawings.

Abstract: An anti-forgery system and method for verifying labeled date on packaging of product. The system includes: a code generation device configured to generate one or more random codes associated with a date when the one or more random codes are generated; a storage device configured to store the one or more random codes and the date associated therewith; and a code distribution device configured to distribute the one or more random codes as a code to be printed with the labeled date on the packaging of the product. A method for verifying a labeled date on packaging of a product is also provided.

Abstract: Traceability for an end product is enabled by a transition event type in an event-driven information traceability software that records unique product code associated with a product in a domain. One or more trigger rules are defined for generating a transition event associated with the product in response to the product crossing the domain into another domain. One or more actions are defined for generating a transition event associated with the product in response to the product crossing the domain into a different domain. The one or more actions include at least determining a new unique product code associated with the product in said another domain and storing the unique product code and the new unique product code in a data structure associated with the transition event.

Abstract: A positioning device is provided for inserting a pin into a PCB. The positioning device includes an X-Y platform and a reference platform. The X-Y platform includes a positioning point and supports a PCB having a first receiving passageway for receiving a pin. The reference platform supports a reference template having a reference point that corresponds with the first receiving passageway. An x-axis guide rail and a y-axis guide rail is disposed on the X-Y platform, such that the positioning point on the X-Y platform is moveable relative to the reference template in an x-axis direction and/or a y-axis direction to align the first receiving passageway on the PCB with a fixed insertion point of a pin insertion machine.

Abstract: A method of providing help information for an application program includes capturing, with a computing device, an operation performed for completing a task; recording the operation in correspondence to the task; and indicating the operation in an application program interface for a user to perform the same operation in response to the user's designation of the task.

Abstract: Identifying one or more source units for one or more food items may include assigning a sequence of numbers to a plurality of source units received at a processing entity and assigning a sequence of numbers to a plurality of end product units processed from the plurality of source units at the processing entity. A production rate associated with the end product units may be determined from a bill of materials associated with the end product units. A probability distribution function may be generated using at least the production rate. The probability distribution function maps a range of the sequence numbers associated with the plurality of source units to a range of sequence numbers associated with the end product units. A conversion algorithm may be generated that uses the probability distribution function to determine a source unit associated with a selected end product unit.

Abstract: Irregular food manufacturing detection by using conversion pattern in one aspect generates one or more rules associated with amount of resources used to manufacture a food product, collects data associated with a selected manufacturing process of the food product at a selected manufacturer and determines whether the collected data complies with the generated one or more rules. Irregularity may be identified if the collected data does not comply with the generated one or more rules.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling battery heating is disclosed. The method comprises: starting battery heating when conditions for starting battery heating are met; and stopping battery heating when conditions for stopping battery heating are met. The conditions for stopping battery heating include at least one of the following: (a) an absorbed energy Q of the battery reaching a predetermined energy QSET; (b) a time period Ti during which a discharging current I of the battery maintains constant (c) the discharging current I starting to decrease when a predetermined time period TSET is reached; and (d) a heating time period T reaching a predetermined maximum heating time period Tmax. The method and the device consider multiple conditions, for example, temperature, discharging current, battery State-of-Charge, heating time, etc. to determine when to stop battery heating, which may further enhance the operating efficiency and lifespan of the battery.

Abstract: A method for called party recovery in an MSC Pool, applied in a system that comprises an HLR and an MSC Pool including multiple MSC/VLRs, includes configuring a backup server for each MSC/VLR in the MSC Pool; if an MSC/VLR serving a user is down, the user has not initiated any calling service or location update and the user is called, further includes: the HLR sending a call signaling to the backup server of the MSC/VLR that is down; the backup server of the MSC/VLR initiating a paging request to the user and initiating a location update for the user to the HLR; the HLR registering user data of the user at the backup server and switching the MSC/VLR serving the user to the backup server. The present invention also discloses other methods, systems and devices, which can solve the problem of called party recovery in the MSC Pool.

Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, an acoustic wave device includes a substrate, and at least one acoustic wave resonator having a bottom electrode adjacent to the substrate, a top electrode, a piezoelectric layer sandwiched between the bottom and top electrodes, a passivation layer formed on the top electrode, and a mass load layer sandwiched between the substrate and the bottom electrode, or between the bottom electrode and the piezoelectric layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to riminophenazines having heteroaromatic substitutions, including those with 2-heteroaryl-amino substituents, to their preparation, and to their use as drugs for treating Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other microbial infections, either alone or in combination with other anti-infective treatments.

Abstract: A method is provided for forming a silicon (Si) nanocrystal embedded Si oxide electroluminescence (EL) device with a mid-bandgap transition layer. The method provides a highly doped Si bottom electrode, and forms a mid-bandgap electrically insulating dielectric film overlying the electrode. A Si nanocrystal embedded SiOx film layer is formed overlying the mid-bandgap electrically insulating dielectric film, where X is less than 2, and a transparent top electrode overlies the Si nanocrystal embedded SiOx film layer. The bandgap of the mid-bandgap dielectric film is about half that of the bandgap of the Si nanocrystal embedded SiOx film. In one aspect, the Si nanocrystal embedded SiOx film has a bandgap (Eg) of about 10 electronvolts (eV) and mid-bandgap electrically insulating dielectric film has a bandgap of about 5 eV. By dividing the high-energy tunneling processes into two lower energy tunneling steps, potential damage due to high power hot electrons is reduced.

Abstract: A virtual graphics processing unit within a virtual machine may be restored by causing a reset to the virtual graphics processing unit. The state of the virtual graphics processing unit may not be saved during a migration or save and restore operation, but a reset of the virtual graphics processing unit may cause all applications with processes in the virtual graphics processing unit to re-start and thereby recreate the state of the virtual graphics processing unit. A hypervisor may include a separate graphics processor unit process that may present a virtual graphics processing unit to a virtual machine and communicate with a physical graphics processing unit in hardware. When a virtual machine may be restored after a save or migration, the hypervisor may cause the virtual graphics processor unit to reset and its state to be recreated.

Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, the acoustic wave resonator includes a resonator structure having a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer, and a composite layered structure associated with the resonator structure such that the immunity of the acoustic wave resonator to environmental change and aging effects is improved, the trimming sensitivity is substantially minimized, and/or dispersion characteristics of the acoustic wave resonator is optimized.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, an integrated wafer level package includes a first wafer and a second wafer spaced apart to define a first gap therebetween, a first bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filter disposed on the first wafer and a second BAW filter disposed on the second wafer, where the second BAW filter faces directly the first BAW filter to define a second gap therebetween, a seal ring disposed between the first wafer and the second wafer in the first gap such that a seal is formed surrounding the first BAW filter and the second BAW filter and defining a cavity between the seal ring and the first BAW filter and the second BAW filter, and at least one external contact accessible externally to the wafer level package and electrically coupled to at least one of the first BAW filter and the second BAW filter.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for real-time online control of hybrid nonlinear system, characterized in that, it comprises the following steps: a. the current observational state of plant in the network is transmitted to first controller, where said first controller is used to provide real-time online control for plant, which guarantees the asymptotic stability of the controlled plant in the network; b. Said first controller obtains the current control output information according to the current observation state information; c. Giving said output control information to said controlled plant in the network as feedback, wherein said controlled plant in the network is nonlinear hybrid system. The present invention realizes the control of nonlinear hybrid system through network by providing control method with quantized controller to guarantee the asymptotic stability of the system.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for testing a sound card are applicable for detecting whether a sound leakage problem occurs to a sounding interface of the sound card. The testing apparatus includes a switching circuit and a switching unit. The switching circuit is electrically connected to the sounding interface and a sound-receiving interface of the sound card respectively, and has a plurality of transfer paths. The switching circuit is used to receive a first and a second sound channel, and to connect the first and the second sound channel to corresponding transfer paths, so as to transmit the audio signal back to the sound-receiving interface. The switching unit is electrically connected to the sounding interface and the switching circuit, for receiving the first and the second sound channel. The switching unit alters the transfer paths in the switching circuit according to a first and/or a second switching audio signal.