Abstract: A tire wear state estimation system includes at least one tire that supports a vehicle. A sensor is mounted on the tire and measures tire parameters. At least one sensor is mounted on the vehicle and measures vehicle parameters. Each one of a plurality of sub-models receives selected tire parameters from the tire mounted sensor and selected vehicle parameters from the vehicle mounted sensor. Each one of the sub-models generates a sub-model wear state estimate, and a model reliability is determined for each one of the sub-models. A supervisory model receives the wear state estimate from each sub-model and the model reliability for each sub-model, and generates a combined wear state estimate for the tire.

Abstract: A method for localizing a device includes determining a first position estimate for the device using acquired skyline data and determining second position estimate using an object model representing expected representing locations of instances of objects from multiple object classes. A combined position estimate is then determined based at least in part on the first and second position estimates.

Abstract: A multicast path trace capability is provided for tracing a multicast path from a root node to a leaf node where the trace originates at the leaf node. The leaf node sends a multicast trace request to the root node. The root node receives the multicast trace request and initiates a path trace request for collecting path information associated with the multicast path. The root node receives at least one path trace response, in response to the path trace request, which includes path information associated with the multicast path. The root node sends a multicast trace response, including the collected path information, to the leaf node. The leaf node receives the multicast trace response including the path information. The leaf node derives end-to-end path information for the multicast path using the path information received in the multicast trace response. The multicast path trace capability may be used for tracing an MPLS multicast path (e.g.

Abstract: The excavations of side vertical walls for building and underpasses must be shored so that the excavations adjacent to the neighboring properties do not cave in during the constructions. A Soil Nailing system has been used for stabilization of excavations and natural slopes for the last few decades in India and Abroad. Soil Nailing Technique used steel anchor rods inserted directly into the soil mass as a driven nails and when Nails are placed in pre-drilled holes to form grouted nails. In both the cases, it restrained load and the side deformations. In the present study, an innovative technique of ‘Soil Nailing’ has been developed for stepwise vertical de-stabilization and stabilization of compacted collapsible sandy soil for the construction of railway underpasses in live railway loading conditions.

Abstract: The excavations of side vertical walls for building and underpasses must be shored so that the excavations adjacent to the neighboring properties do not cave in during the constructions. A Soil Nailing system has been used for stabilization of excavations and natural slopes for the last few decades in India and Abroad. Soil Nailing Technique used steel anchor rods inserted directly into the soil mass as a driven nails and when Nails are placed in pre-drilled holes to form grouted nails. In both the cases, it restrained load and the side deformations. In the present study, an innovative technique of ‘Soil Nailing’ has been developed for stepwise vertical de-stabilization and stabilization of compacted collapsible sandy soil for the construction of railway underpasses in live railway loading conditions.

Abstract: A method for providing a Backup Label Switched Path for a specified Bypass Label Switch Path is disclosed. The method for providing a Backup Label Switched Path for a specified Bypass Label Switch Path includes establishing a Bypass LSP having an end-to-end path; obtaining the nodes traversed by the end-to-end path; generating a request to a path calculator which using the nodes provided on the end-to-end path calculates a path disjoint to those nodes; and signaling the calculated disjoint path as a Backup LSP for the Bypass LSP. The method for providing a Backup Label Switched Path for a specified Bypass Label Switch Path provides protection advantages over systems known in the art by providing capability for handling double failure scenarios.

Abstract: A method for providing a Backup Label Switched Path for a specified Bypass Label Switch Path is disclosed. The method for providing a Backup Label Switched Path for a specified Bypass Label Switch Path includes establishing a Bypass LSP having an end-to-end path; obtaining the nodes traversed by the end-to-end path; generating a request to a path calculator which using the nodes provided on the end-to-end path calculates a path disjoint to those nodes; and signaling the calculated disjoint path as a Backup LSP for the Bypass LSP. The method for providing a Backup Label Switched Path for a specified Bypass Label Switch Path provides protection advantages over systems known in the art by providing capability for handling double failure scenarios.

Abstract: A multicast path trace capability is provided for tracing a multicast path from a root node to a leaf node where the trace originates at the leaf node. The leaf node sends a multicast trace request to the root node. The root node receives the multicast trace request and initiates a path trace request for collecting path information associated with the multicast path. The root node receives at least one path trace response, in response to the path trace request, which includes path information associated with the multicast path. The root node sends a multicast trace response, including the collected path information, to the leaf node. The leaf node receives the multicast trace response including the path information. The leaf node derives end-to-end path information for the multicast path using the path information received in the multicast trace response. The multicast path trace capability may be used for tracing an MPLS multicast path (e.g.

Abstract: Present invention deals with a new immuno-reagent comprising hapten (MPAD)-protein-gold for pesticides detection. The conjugate MPAD-protein-gold competes with the analyte of interest for a finite number of binding sites provided by anti-atrazine antibodies coated on nitrocellulose membrane. The newly developed conjugate has a long shelf life with high stability at 4° C. The dynamic concentration range for standard atrazine solutions shows a linear inhibition (decrease in intensity of color) between 10 ppb to 1 ppm atrazine in water samples.

Abstract: A system and method for buffering data packets in a data network device having a DRAM buffer are presented. When writing packets, the buffering system separates available memory channels into two groups corresponding to ingress and egress data. Based on the source of the data packets, data pages from the data packets are assigned to channels from either the ingress or egress group. Non-conflicting sets of addresses, called cachelines, are requested on each memory channel, and the data pages are evenly distributed over the assigned channels before being mapped to a cacheline. The number of read transactions currently being monitored by the system is controlled in order to reduce random packet read conflicts. Additionally, write and read transactions are grouped by an arbitration unit prior to being sent to the DRAM controller.

Abstract: A system for streaming incoming data packets into a buffer memory is presented. The system may receive incoming data packets over a variety of interfaces and separate the data packet into a header page and one or more data page. The system may interface with a header processor and send header pages to the header processor to be modified. Data pages from the incoming data packets are streamed to a central staging memory, allowing the use of a simple first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer. The system may receive modified headers from the header processor and provide multiple copies of data packets for multicast or sampling purposes. Data packet copies may then be written to an external memory buffer over one or more external memory channels. The system may also provide an error recovery process to account for corrupt data packets streamed to the external memory buffer.