Abstract: An apparatus includes an electronic circuit, an electro-acoustic transducer and a coupler. The electronic circuit is configured to receive data to be transmitted over an optical cable, and to convert the data into a modulating signal. The electro-acoustic transducer is configured to convert the modulating signal into an acoustic wave. The coupler is configured to be mechanically coupled to a section of the optical cable, and to apply to the section a longitudinal stretching force that varies responsively to the acoustic wave, so as to modulate the data onto an optical carrier traversing the optical cable.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling ripple voltage on a bus includes a switched power converter and a control circuit. The switched power converter includes a pair of terminals for connection between the bus and a ground, a buffer capacitor, an inductor, and switching circuitry coupled to the buffer capacitor and the inductor. The switching circuitry is configured to control a voltage between the terminals while a charge on the buffer capacitor varies over a predefined range in response to a current flowing through the terminals. The control circuit is configured to adjust the voltage between the terminals by controlling the switching circuitry while maintaining bipolar current flow through the inductor in all working conditions of DC voltage and power flow.

Abstract: An apparatus (32) includes an electronic circuit (76, 80, 84), an electro-acoustic transducer (60) and a coupler (64). The electronic circuit is configured to receive data to be transmitted over an optical cable (24), and to convert the data into a modulating signal. The electro-acoustic transducer is configured to convert the modulating signal into an acoustic wave. The coupler is mechanically coupled to a section of the optical cable, and is configured to apply to the section a longitudinal strain that varies responsively to the acoustic wave, so as to modulate the data onto an optical carrier traversing the optical cable.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method to provide a user with virtual credit card details and increase security of electronic storage and retrieval of a credit card number linked to the virtual credit card is provided herein. The computer-implemented method comprising: receiving: (i) a request to receive virtual credit card number; and (ii) credit card details to link said virtual credit card number; generating virtual credit card details including: (i) the virtual credit card number; (ii) virtual Card Verification Value (CVV); and (iii) an expiration date; receiving from the user CVV related password; calculating a string based on the CVV and the CVV related password and storing it; concatenating the expiration date and the credit card number into a credit card string; dividing the credit card string into portions to be scrambled, encrypted and stored on both user related devices and public servers; and providing the user with the virtual credit card details.

Abstract: A system for executing one or more operating-system-level virtualization software objects (virtualization containers), comprising at least one controller hardware processor, adapted to: receive a request to connect one or more target virtualization containers, executed by at least one target hardware processor, to at least one digital storage connected to the at least one target hardware processor via at least one data communication network interface; and instruct execution of one or more management virtualization containers on the at least one target hardware processor, such that executing the one or more management virtualization containers configures the one or more target virtualization containers to direct at least one access to the at least one file system of the one or more target virtualization containers to the at least one digital storage.

Abstract: An apparatus (32) includes an electronic circuit (76, 80, 84), an electro-acoustic transducer (60) and a coupler (64). The electronic circuit is configured to receive data to be transmitted over an optical cable (24), and to convert the data into a modulating signal. The electro-acoustic transducer is configured to convert the modulating signal into an acoustic wave. The coupler is mechanically coupled to a section of the optical cable, and is configured to apply to the section a longitudinal strain that varies responsively to the acoustic wave, so as to modulate the data onto an optical carrier traversing the optical cable.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a processor and an output device. The processor is configured to receive positions, within a heart of a patient, of one or more electrodes that apply Radio Frequency (RF) energy to ablate tissue in the heart, in a coordinate system having a vertical axis. The processor is further configured to receive positions, within a heart of a patient, of one or more electrodes that apply Radio Frequency (RF) energy to ablate tissue in the heart, in a coordinate system having a vertical axis, and to calculate, based on the received positions, a subset of one or more smallest heights among respective heights of the electrodes above an esophagus of the patient along the vertical axis, and to generate a graphical user interface that visualizes the electrodes and the respective heights above the esophagus. The output device is configured to present the graphical user interface to a user.

Abstract: An apparatus includes at least one electrode configured to contact a body tissue of a living subject, and an electrosurgical generator, which is configured to drive radio-frequency electrical currents through the at least one electrode and to measure the electrical currents passing through the at least one electrode. The apparatus includes a neutral electrode configured for attachment to a body surface of the living subject. The apparatus also includes a switch connected between the neutral electrode and the generator, and a controller coupled to open and close the switch and to assess, based on a response of the measured electrical currents to opening and closing of the switch, whether the neutral electrode is attached to the body surface of the subject.

Abstract: Apparatus, consisting of a probe configured to be inserted into contact with a myocardium, and an electrode attached to the probe. A temperature sensor, incorporated in the probe, is configured to output a temperature signal. A pump irrigates the myocardium, via the probe, with an irrigation fluid at a controllable rate, and a radiofrequency (RF) signal generator applies RF power via the electrode to the myocardium, so as to ablate the myocardium. The apparatus also has processing circuitry that measures a temperature of the probe, based on the temperature signal, while the RF power is applied and, when the measured temperature exceeds a preset target temperature, iteratively reduces the RF power applied by the signal generator and concurrently iteratively varies a rate of irrigation of the irrigation fluid provided by the pump, until the measured temperature is reduced to the preset target temperature.

Abstract: A method for printing on a substrate, the method may include determining actual locations of substrate holes; printing a first ink on an object at locations that correspond to the actual locations of the substrate holes and curing the first ink to provide a holes mask; and wherein after the substrate is positioned on the object so that holes mask seals bottoms of the substrate holes then printing the second ink on the substrate thereby forming a predefined pattern on the substrate.

Abstract: Printed circuit board assemblies having capabilities for operating under high ampacity conditions are sometimes difficult to fabricate and lack sufficient mechanical robustness for extreme operating environments. Accordingly, printed circuit board assemblies comprise: a non-conductive substrate having a plurality of planar conductive pathways disposed thereon; an electronic component that is in electrical communication with one or more of the planar conductive pathways and is configured to supply an electrical current thereto; a superficial metallic conductor overlaying one or more of the planar conductive pathways, at least in part, the superficial metallic conductor having an electrical connection to the electronic component and also being in electrical communication with the planar conductive pathways; and a conductive element in electrical communication with the superficial metallic conductor, the conductive element being configured to withdraw electrical current from the printed circuit board assembly.

Abstract: An ink jet printer that includes a group of print heads; wherein the group of print heads comprises (a) a first sub-group of print heads that exhibit a first resolution; and (b) a second sub-group of print heads that exhibits a second resolution that differs from the first resolution; wherein in response to a printing scheme that associates a first area of a printed circuit board with the first resolution and associates a second area of the printed circuit board with the second resolution, the first sub-group is configured to print solder mask ink on the first area at the first resolution and the second sub-group is configured to print solder mask ink on the second area at the second resolution.

Abstract: A method for printing on a substrate, the method may include determining actual locations of substrate holes; printing a first ink on an object at locations that correspond to the actual locations of the substrate holes and curing the first ink to provide a holes mask; and wherein after the substrate is positioned on the object so that holes mask seals bottoms of the substrate holes then printing the second ink on the substrate thereby forming a predefined pattern on the substrate.

Abstract: Printed circuit board assemblies having capabilities for operating under high ampacity conditions can sometimes be difficult to fabricate and may lack sufficient mechanical robustness for extreme operating environments.

Abstract: A method for printing materials of multiple colors on an electrical circuit that comprises multiple regions of different functionalities, the method comprises: receiving or generating a printing scheme that defines a mapping between a functionality of a region and a color; and printing, by a printer module, according to the printing scheme and during a manufacturing process of the electrical circuit, at least some of the materials of the multiple colors on the multiple regions of the electrical circuit to provide an electrical circuit in which adjacent regions of different functionality are printed with materials of different colors of the multiple colors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing the simultaneous modification of the same database object in a shared database by more than one user during the database development stage comprising the steps of: (a) creating security roles for said users, wherein each of the security roles has a modification permission set for denying or granting at least one modification permission to at least one said database object; (b) assigning each of said security roles to each of said users; (c) providing means for said users to request said modification permission to said database object; (d) receiving said request from a first user for said modification permission to said at least one database object; (e) determining that said security roles of said users, excluding the security role of first user, are set to deny said modification permissions to said object; (f) updating said security role of said first user to grant said modification permission to said object; (g) allowing said first user to modify said

Abstract: The invention relates to sulfonamide compounds and methods for activating PKM2. The compounds and methods are useful in treating or preventing a disease or disorder selected from cancer, cell proliferative disorder, inflammatory disorder, metabolic disorder, and immune system disorder.

Abstract: Method for providing caller information during a telephony ringing signal, including the procedures of storing caller information, associated with at least one of a caller and a callee, on a caller information server, installing a client application on a callee device, dialing a callee device CLI by the caller, identifying a caller device CLI by the callee device, contacting the caller information server by the callee device and providing the caller information server with at least one of the caller device CLI and the callee device CLI, retrieving, by the callee device, from the caller information server the caller information associated with at least one of the caller and the callee according to at least one of the caller device CLI and the callee device CLI, and presenting, on the callee device, the retrieved caller information.

Abstract: Method for providing caller information during a telephony ringing signal, including the procedures of storing caller information, associated with at least one of a caller and a callee, on a caller information server, installing a client application on a callee device, dialing a callee device CLI by the caller, identifying a caller device CLI by the callee device, contacting the caller information server by the callee device and providing the caller information server with at least one of the caller device CLI and the callee device CLI, retrieving, by the callee device, from the caller information server the caller information associated with at least one of the caller and the callee according to at least one of the caller device CLI and the callee device CLI, and presenting, on the callee device, the retrieved caller information.

Abstract: The invention relates to pyrazoline substituted compounds and methods for activating PKM2. The compounds and methods are useful in treating or preventing a disease or disorder selected from cancer, cell proliferative disorder, inflammatory disorder, metabolic disorder, and immune system disorder.