Abstract: T. gondii proteins MIC1 and MIC4 are components of excretory/secretory antigens (ESA) that elicit delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses in infected animals. These antigens are capable of inducing IFN-g secretion by splenic T cells (ELISPOT assay), stimulating T cells to produce cytokines that recruit inflammatory monocytes and neutrophils resulting in a positive luminol test (luminol ear assay), and eliciting a positive skin test in the guinea pig.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a light source operable to produce light having a wavelength, an optical component disposed over the light source so as to intersect a path of light produced by the light source, and at least one electrically conductive trace on a surface of the optical component. A drive controller is operable to regulate optical output power of the light source. The at least one electrically conductive trace is coupled electrically to the drive controller, which is operable to monitor an electrical characteristic of the at least one electrically conductive trace, and to reduce the optical output power of the light source if a value of the electrical characteristic is indicative of a possible eye-safety hazard.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software for selecting among a plurality of IMS network slices. When an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network is partitioned into a plurality of IMS network slices, an IMS slice selection manager may be implemented at an edge of the IMS network slices. The IMS slice selection manager receives an IMS slice selection policy, and receives an IMS service request for an IMS service. The IMS slice selection manager selects an IMS network slice to provide the IMS service based on the IMS slice selection policy, and causes routing of the IMS service request to the selected IMS network slice.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to receive from at least one further apparatus information associated with at least two virtual network functions, compare the information associated with the at least two virtual network functions to a determined rule, generate at least one function control based on the comparing, and assign the at least one function control to at least one of the at least two virtual network functions.

Abstract: A method of handling user service profile information in a communications network, the communications network including a core network (CN) and a radio access network (RAN), includes receiving, at a first network element located in the CN, a first application status change message from a first mobile edge computing (MEC) server located in the RAN, the first application status change message indicating one or more applications currently running on the first MEC server; detecting a location update message received at the CN from a UE attached to the RAN; and in response to detecting the location update message, obtaining service profile data of the UE for at least one service corresponding to at least one of the one or more applications, and providing the obtained service profile data to the first MEC server.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to receive from at least one further apparatus information associated with at least two virtual network functions, compare the information associated with the at least two virtual network functions to a determined rule, generate at least one function control based on the comparing, and assign the at least one function control to at least one of the at least two virtual network functions.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software for selecting among a plurality of IMS network slices. When an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network is partitioned into a plurality of IMS network slices, an IMS slice selection manager may be implemented at an edge of the IMS network slices. The IMS slice selection manager receives an IMS slice selection policy, and receives an IMS service request for an IMS service. The IMS slice selection manager selects an IMS network slice to provide the IMS service based on the IMS slice selection policy, and causes routing of the IMS service request to the selected IMS network slice.

Abstract: A method of handling user service profile information in a communications network, the communications network including a core network (CN) and a radio access network (RAN), includes receiving, at a first network element located in the CN, a first application status change message from a first mobile edge computing (MEC) server located in the RAN, the first application status change message indicating one or more applications currently running on the first MEC server; detecting a location update message received at the CN from a UE attached to the RAN; and in response to detecting the location update message, obtaining service profile data of the UE for at least one service corresponding to at least one of the one or more applications, and providing the obtained service profile data to the first MEC server.

Abstract: A method for processing presence information in a network server is provided in the present invention. Firstly, receiving from a subscriber a definition request for defining a virtual publisher, and then assigning a unique identity for the virtual publisher, judging whether a data source list of the virtual publisher includes an unsubscribed data source and initiating a subscription to the unsubscribed data source. When receiving a notification message or a regular query result from a data source, determining virtual publisher(s) corresponding to the data source; for each of the virtual publishers, determining the latest state of the virtual publisher and sending a notification message including the latest state of the virtual publisher to a user in a subscriber list of the virtual publisher. By this method, a subscriber may voluntarily define information the subscriber requires rather than passively receiving, thereby providing customized information based on specific needs of a subscriber.

Abstract: An auto phone dialing system for multiple phone service providers includes a provider database for storing information of the phone service providers and a provider selection unit including a phone number reader adapted for reading a dialing number having a dialing code and a sorting selector linked to the phone number reader and arranged in such a manner that when dialing the dialing number, the sorting selector is adapted for sorting out the information of the phone service providers in the provider database with respect to the dialing code and selecting one of the phone service providers to make a call.