Abstract: This invention relates to a carrier for immobilizing a biocatalyst including a Fe2O3 yolk-shell structure, to an immobilized enzyme using the carrier, and to realizing an increase in the stability of the enzyme and stability in organic solvents by cross-linking the enzyme. According to this invention, the carrier for immobilizing a biocatalyst and the enzyme immobilized thereon can be reused, have increased stability, facilitate the control of reactivity, pH, and temperature, and can be widely useful in various biochemical engineering industries.

Abstract: A test circuit measures both the rising edge delay and the falling edge delay associated with a logic cell. The test circuit includes a flip-flop type ring oscillator with two groups of logic cells connected in series in the oscillation path. A first multiplexor switches the ring oscillator between a rising edge and a falling edge mode. A second multiplexer causes the second group of logic cells to be included or excluded from the oscillation path. By measuring the oscillation period in the various modes, the rising edge and falling edge delays can be individually calculated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing an ophthalmic formulation of a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, hydroxyl ethyl cellulose (HEC), and a beta-adrenergic antagonist for use in the treatment of ocular hypertension and glaucoma wherein the ophthalmic pharmaceutical formulation is devoid of benzalkonium chloride or any other preservatives. The present process for manufacturing is simpler, cost effective process to prepare the pharmaceutical ophthalmic formulation in a single tank, without the use of additional tanks that can be sterile filtered.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for assigning a short address to a node in a network. A first node receives an association request that is a request from a second node to join the network. The first node transmits an association response to the second node, whereby the association response permits the second node to conditionally join the network and enter a low-power state. Data from the association request is transmitted to a coordinator node for the network on behalf of the second node. The first node receives a proxy response from the coordinator node in response to the data from the association request. When the second node is active, a notification is transmitted to the second node based on the response to the request. The notification includes an assignment of a short address when the response indicates the second node has joined the network.

Abstract: Automated configuration of graphical user interface screens of industrial software applications. An application executing on a computing device utilizes a navigation model representing hierarchies of navigation items to automate placement of graphical components in appropriate locations on the graphical user interface.

Abstract: An external fixation frame for correcting a bone deformity includes a first fixation ring and a second fixation ring. A posterior adjustable length strut couples a posterior portion of the first fixation ring to a posterior portion of the second fixation ring and has universal joint. Medial and lateral adjustable length struts couple medial and lateral portions of the first fixation ring to medial and lateral portions of the second fixation ring respectively, each of the medial and lateral adjustable length struts including a constrained hinge joint. The fixation frame also includes a half ring coupled to the second fixation ring.

Abstract: A method can include applying a patterned mask over a semiconductor structure, the semiconductor structure having a dielectric layer, forming using the patterned mask a material formation trench intermediate first and second spaced apart metal formations formed in the dielectric layer, and disposing a dielectric material formation in the material formation trench.

Abstract: A method of forming a dual damascene metal interconnect for a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a layer of low-k dielectric, forming vias through the low-k dielectric layer, depositing a sacrificial layer, forming trenches through the sacrificial layer, filling the vias and trenches with metal, removing the sacrificial layer, then depositing an extremely low-k dielectric layer to fill between the trenches. The method allows the formation of an extremely low-k dielectric layer for the second level of the dual damascene structure while avoiding damage to that layer by such processes as trench etching and trench metal deposition. The method has the additional advantage of avoiding an etch stop layer between the via level dielectric and the trench level dielectric.

Abstract: Photograph organization based on facial recognition is described. In one or more embodiments, a photograph organization module obtains multiple photographs having images of faces and recognizes the faces in the multiple photographs. The module builds a population by attempting to distinguish individual persons among the faces in the multiple photographs, with each person of the population corresponding to a group of multiple groups. After a first pass through the faces, the population includes a number of duplicative persons. With a second pass, the photograph organization module reduces the number of duplicative persons in the population by merging two or more groups of the multiple groups to produce a reduced number of groups. The merging is performed based on comparisons of the faces corresponding to the two or more groups. The multiple photographs are organized based on the reduced number of groups. Organization can include tagging or displaying grouped photographs.

Abstract: A method of dynamically forming a service aware Bluetooth low energy (BLE) mesh network is provided. The method includes deriving service requirements for a BLE mesh service based on a unique identifier associated with the BLE mesh service, determining a BLE mesh service to be provided based on at least one BLE parameter, and dynamically forming a BLE mesh network based on the determined BLE mesh service, the service requirements and the at least one BLE parameter. The BLE mesh network is one of connection-oriented, or connection-less.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and programs are presented for managing a storage device memory. One method includes an operation for receiving a request to pin a volume stored in the storage device. The device includes disk storage and a solid state drive (SSD) cache, where pinned volumes in the storage device have all active volume data in the SSD cache. Further, the method includes an operation for determining the maximum amount of pinnable space in the SSD cache, the maximum amount of pinnable space being calculated based on the sizes of the disk storage and the SSD cache. Further, the method includes operations for determining the available pinning space, which is the maximum amount of pinnable space minus the current amount of pinned data in the SSD cache, and for granting the request to pin the volume when the available pinning space is greater than or equal to a size of the volume.

Abstract: A technique for selecting a representative image from a group of digital images includes extracting data representing an image of a face of a person from each image in the group using a face recognition algorithm, determining a score for each image based on one or more quality parameters that are satisfied for the respective image, and selecting the image having the highest score as the representative image for the group. The quality parameters may be based on any quantifiable characteristics of the data. Each of these quality parameters may be uniquely weighted, so as to define the relative importance of one parameter with respect to another. The score for determining the representative image of the group may be obtained by adding together the weights corresponding to each quality parameter that is satisfied for a given image. Once selected, the representative image may be displayed in a graphical user interface.

Abstract: An electric system includes a local power controller and solar panel system that includes a plurality of solar modules on one or more branch circuits. A method for commissioning the electric system includes an installer using a commissioning device to send and receive information from a remote system and the local power controller performing an automatic self-test of the electric system. The results of the self-test may be packaged with photographs and measurements of the electric system and sent to a remote system where an inspector can inspect the electric system remotely. After receiving approval by the inspector, the local power controller may automatically activate each branch circuit of the electric system and thus enabling the electric system to generate electricity.

Abstract: In some examples, a method includes receiving an address resolution broadcast request from a first virtual machine hosted with a network tunnel endpoint associated with an overlay network. The address resolution broadcast request may include a target internet protocol (IP) address of a second virtual machine to resolve. The method may also include parsing the address resolution broadcast request to identify the target IP address and accessing an address cache maintained by the tunnel endpoint to identify a particular MAC address of the second virtual machine that maps to the target IP address. The method may also include, without broadcasting the address resolution broadcast request to other virtual machines in the overlay network, generating an address resolution response indicating that the target IP address maps to the particular MAC address and sending the address resolution response to the first virtual machine hosted with the tunnel endpoint.

Abstract: A flex circuit including a plurality of layers folded on a first fold line and folded on a second fold line is disclosed. The plurality of layers may include a first conductive layer, an insulating layer adjacent the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer adjacent the insulating layer. The flex circuit may include a plurality of slits extending through each layer of the plurality of layers, the plurality of slits disposed on the first fold line and the second fold line.

Abstract: Provided herein are microorganisms that include one or more heterologous nucleic acid selected from the group of a sequence encoding a 7-methylxanthosine synthase, a sequence encoding a theobromine synthase; and a sequence encoding a caffeine synthase, where the microorganism is capable of producing one or more purine alkaloid in a culture medium, when the microorganism is cultured under conditions sufficient to produce the one or more purine alkaloid. Also provided compositions and kits that include at least one of these microorganisms, and methods of producing one or more purine alkaloid that include culturing one of these microorganisms under conditions sufficient to produce the one or more purine alkaloid.

Abstract: Techniques for processing, storing, and using vectoring coefficients in a wireline communication system are disclosed. A wireline device selects victim-disturber specific parameters corresponding to a pair of digital subscriber line (DSL) lines and a subset of tones used to communicate data over the pair of DSL lines and downsamples, based at least in part on a downsampling parameter of the victim-disturber specific parameters, a set of vectoring coefficients. Each set of vectoring coefficients is quantized, and then a set of change values for each set of downsampled and quantized vectoring coefficients is compressed. The set of change values represent a difference between the downsampled and quantized vectoring coefficients across the subset of tones. The wireline device uses the compressed sets of change values to perform vectoring over the DSL lines.

Abstract: A method and system for determining fractional flow reserve (FFR) for a coronary artery stenosis of a patient is disclosed. In one embodiment, medical image data of the patient including the stenosis is received, a set of features for the stenosis is extracted from the medical image data of the patient, and an FFR value for the stenosis is determined based on the extracted set of features using a trained machine-learning based mapping. In another embodiment, a medical image of the patient including the stenosis of interest is received, image patches corresponding to the stenosis of interest and a coronary tree of the patient are detected, an FFR value for the stenosis of interest is determined using a trained deep neural network regressor applied directly to the detected image patches.

Abstract: Object detection uses a deep or multiple layer network to learn features for detecting the object in the image. Multiple features from different layers are aggregated to train a classifier for the object. In addition or as an alternative to feature aggregation from different layers, an initial layer may have separate learnt nodes for different regions of the image to reduce the number of free parameters. The object detection is learned or a learned object detector is applied.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to web application frameworks, particularly to, methods and systems for developing user customizable web application framework. In one embodiment, a method includes generating, by a network device, an application key based on a Unique Identifier (UID) associated with a project and a remote location of the user for a session; determining, by the network device, whether a user request received post user authentication is an Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) POST request; comparing, by the network device, a token received with the user request with the application key for the session to determine a match, when the user request is an AJAX POST request; and continuing, by the network device, the session to serve requested data to the user when the token matches with the application key.