Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for offloading checksum processing in a user equipment (UE) (e.g., from an application processor to a modem processor). Such offloading may speed up packet processing, increase data rate, and/or free up resources of the application processor for other tasks.

Abstract: Methods and sensing instruments are provided which perform automated electrochemical sensing and determination of metals in a liquid sample, such as drinking water or waste water. With use of microelectrode arrays, concentrations of metal are determined through a double potential step variation on anodic stripping coulometry, and the ability to generate these results provides for compact sensor networks that can be remotely deployed for determination of metals in samples, for real-time, decentralized sample monitoring.

Abstract: Products and methods for treating cancer in a human patient comprising administering to the patient therapeutically effective amount of a first pharmaceutically active agent, wherein the first pharmaceutically active agent is one of an isothiocyanatostilbene and a pharmacologically acceptable salt, solvate, ester, amide, clathrate, stereoisomer, enantiomer, prodrug or analog thereof, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an integrated circuit (IC), which includes complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuitry. The CMOS circuitry includes a p-channel transistor network that includes at least one p-channel transistor having a gate-induced drain leakage (GIDL) current. The IC further includes a native metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor coupled to supply a bias voltage to the at least one p-channel transistor to reduce the GIDL current of the at least one p-channel transistor.

Abstract: A device to aid in performing a revision surgery on a joint can comprise: a body member having a bone facing bottom surface, an opposing top surface, a first end portion configured to be disposed on a bone, and a second end portion opposite the first end portion and configured to be disposed on the bone nearer to the joint relative to the first end portion; a connecting member attached to the body member and configured to extend beyond an end of the bone; and a guide member attached to the connecting member and including an opening configured to receive a cutting tool. The device can be sized and shaped based on a computed tomography scan of the bone, and the guide member can be configured so that when the device is installed on the bone, the longitudinal axis of the opening is aligned with a longitudinal direction of the bone.

Abstract: A control system includes first and second hardware components and a server which is remote from the hardware components. The server is a server in the cloud which is connected via the Internet to the hardware components. A control module is implemented as a service running on the server and the control module is operable to communicate with the hardware components to control at least one of the hardware components.

Abstract: Embodiments of bias current generator circuits are provided herein for generating stable bias currents. In one embodiment, a bias current generator circuit may include a voltage-to-current generating circuit, an integrate and hold circuit, an amplifier circuit and a plurality of output branches. The voltage-to-current generating circuit may supply a first current to a first node of the bias current generator circuit. The integrate and hold circuit may receive a second current, which is equal to a difference between the first current and a reference current, from the first node and may generate a first voltage in response thereto. The amplifier circuit may receive the first voltage generated by the integrate and hold circuit, and may generate a second voltage in response to the first voltage. The plurality of output branches may receive the second voltage, and may generate a plurality of bias currents in response thereto.

Abstract: Frontside metallization pastes for solar cell electrodes contain siloxanes. Metallization pastes containing siloxanes can be used to fabricate fine line, high aspect ratio, solar cell gridlines.

Abstract: A monitoring and control system includes a stationary body with a sensor, a moving body with a sensor, and at least one computing device. The stationary body is positioned along a path of movement. The moving body moves along the path and physically interacts with the stationary body. The at least one computing device receives signals from the sensor on the stationary body and from the sensor on the moving body. The at least one computing device determines a performance value of the stationary or moving body based on the physical interaction between the moving and stationary bodies. The performance value is dependent on both of the signals received from the sensor associated with the stationary body and received from the sensor associated with the moving body as the moving body interacts with the stationary body.

Abstract: Screen-printable metallization pastes for forming thin oxide tunnel junctions on the back-side surface of solar cells are disclosed. Interdigitated metal contacts can be deposited on the oxide tunnel junctions to provide all-back metal contact to a solar cell.

Abstract: A promotion price adjustment system of the present application utilizes improved data definitions, caching, and a combination of online and offline processing to increase the efficiency and speed of applying promotional discounts in electronic retail systems. The system performs an offline batch process on a product catalog to generate a predetermined mapping between products in the catalog and candidate promotions. When checkout of a product in a virtual shopping cart is initiated, the product's candidate promotions are obtained from the predetermined mapping. Each of those candidate promotions is then evaluated against the properties of the virtual shopping cart to determine which of those candidate promotions are eligible for application. Any eligible promotions may serve as a basis for applying price discounts to the virtual shopping cart.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for connectors used with electronic devices, such as input and/or output ports to connect peripheral equipment or accessories. More specifically, various flat-port are provided that can be used in place of standard connectors including, but not limited to, audio jacks and Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports. The flat-port connectors are an alternate connection design to replace the traditional receptacle port (female-port), making the device more sealed creation more dust and water resistant. It is unique in the way of using the outer surfaces of the device for the electrical connection between the ports. Flat-port design can allow the manufacture of extremely thin devices by eliminating the side ports slots that take a lot of space and contribute to the increase thickness of the device. The flat-port receptacle improves the overall appearance of the device and makes it more resistant to dust and water.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, during database replication from a source database to a target database, operations applied to the source database are transferred as target operations and applied to the target database. A request from a requestor to idle a specified database object is received during the database replication. In response to receiving the request, transference of the target operations for the specified database object from the source database to the target database is terminated and target operations for the specified database object on the target database are monitored. In response to no target operations being applied to the specified database object on the target database, replication of the specified database object is suspended and the requestor is notified when the idling of the specified database object has completed.

Abstract: Methods and systems for testing base text direction (BTD) include comparing one or more images from an end-user system to a respective reference image associated with a respective text test case. Each of the one or more images includes respective text test case information. It is determined whether the end-user system produces BTD errors based on the comparison in accordance with one or more BTD error rules.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, during database replication from a source database to a target database, operations applied to the source database are transferred as target operations and applied to the target database. A request from a requestor to idle a specified database object is received during the database replication. In response to receiving the request, transference of the target operations for the specified database object from the source database to the target database is terminated and target operations for the specified database object on the target database are monitored. In response to no target operations being applied to the specified database object on the target database, replication of the specified database object is suspended and the requestor is notified when the idling of the specified database object has completed.

Abstract: Frontside metallization pastes for solar cell electrodes contain siloxanes. Metallization pastes containing siloxanes can be used to fabricate fine line, high aspect ratio, solar cell gridlines.

Abstract: An exit device according to one embodiment includes a plurality of sensors and an electronic dogging mechanism. The exit device is configured to locally analyze sensor data to determine the security state of the exit device, report data to a management system via a wireless communication channel established between the exit device and the management system, and receive and process instructions to perform an electronic dogging operation.

Abstract: A data usage recommendation system monitors data usage of a computing device on a network over a time period. The data usage recommendation system is aware of a data usage limit on the network over the time period, and determines whether the computing device is on track to not exceed the data usage limit during the time period. The data usage recommendation system, based on whether the computing device is on track to not exceed the data usage limit during the time period, can provide recommendations to a program regarding whether to transfer data over the network. Additionally or alternatively, the data usage recommendation system can manage or direct the transfer of data over the network based on whether the computing device is on track to not exceed the data usage limit during the time period.

Abstract: An exit device according to one embodiment includes a plurality of sensors and an electronic dogging mechanism. The exit device is configured to locally analyze sensor data to determine the security state of the exit device, report data to a management system via a wireless communication channel established between the exit device and the management system, and receive and process instructions to perform an electronic dogging operation.

Abstract: Present embodiments provide an energy-efficient separator having at least two chambers fluidically isolated by a gas permeable membrane for the removal of dissolved gases from a sample which, in some aspects, enables cost-effective monitoring of liquid samples to be performed remotely and automatically, and in other aspects is suited for various other applications where removal and/or regulation of gases in a sample are desirable.