Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for growing GZO (ZnO:Ga) single crystals and relates to the technical field of crystal growth. The method may include the following steps: firstly, preparing compact, uniform and single-phase polycrystalline rods; secondly, optimizing the components and the proportions of flux; finally, optimizing the process parameters of travelling solvent floating zone crystal growth method for GZO, such as growth power, growth rate and rotation speed, etc. GZO crystals grown by this disclosure are high in crystalline quality, consistent in growth direction and excellent in electrical properties.

Abstract: A system and method for personalized search. The system includes a search engine that receives search input from a user and a user identification and generates a search result based on the search input; and a profiling engine to gather profile data, generate a user profile associated with a user, and rank the search result personalized to the specific user using the user profile.

Abstract: Methods and systems to suggest information to be used with an item being listed for sale may include analyzing stored search queries and identifying co-occurring terms or terms based on their desirability scores (or desirable terms). The co-occurring terms and the desirable terms may be identified based on their frequency of use in the search queries and/or in the title information or other information associated with items offered for sale.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for validating application deployment topology in a cloud environment. There is provided an apparatus for validating application deployment topology in a cloud environment comprising: a topology skeleton generator configured to generate, based on multiple VMs and script packages running on the VMs created by a user and required to deploy an application as well as running order of script packages and data dependency between script packages set by the user, a topology skeleton that comprises at least scripts of script packages of respective VMs and running order of the script packages; and a simulator configured to simulate a runtime environment in the cloud environment at the apparatus, thereby validating the running order and data dependency with respect to the topology skeleton, wherein the simulator is installed in the apparatus by using a simulator installation package retrieved from the cloud environment.

Abstract: A method of establishing a data connection between terminal switching nodes in a network and switching nodes for implementing the method. The method involves switching nodes participating in a network layer wavelength routing (WR) protocol to determine the next hop switching node for every possible combination of terminal nodes based on the network topology. The method also involves the switching nodes participating in a network layer wavelength distribution (WD) once the data connection is to be established. The WR protocol determines the path used through the network, while the WD protocol assigns wavelengths on each link between switching nodes. The wavelengths may be different on different optical links. The switching nodes include wavelength converters with an optical switch or optoelectronic converters with a digital electronic switch. A digital electronic switch can also provide signal reformatting.

Abstract: A method of establishing a data connection between terminal switching nodes in a network and switching nodes for implementing the method. The method involves switching nodes participating in a network layer wavelength routing (WR) protocol to determine the next hop switching node for every possible combination of terminal nodes based on the network topology. The method also involves the switching nodes participating in a network layer wavelength distribution (ND) once the data connection is to be established. The WR protocol determines the path used through the network, while the WD protocol assigns wavelengths on each link between switching nodes. The wavelengths may be different on different optical links. The switching nodes include wavelength converters with an optical switch or optoelectronic converters with a digital electronic switch. A digital electronic switch can also provide signal reformatting.

Abstract: A method of establishing a data connection between terminal switching nodes in a network and switching nodes for implementing the method. The method involves switching nodes participating in a network layer wavelength routing (WR) protocol to determine the next hop switching node for every possible combination of terminal nodes based on the network topology. The method also involves the switching nodes participating in a network layer wavelength distribution (WD) once the, data connection is to be established. The WR protocol determines the path used through the network, while the WD protocol assigns wavelengths on each link between switching nodes. The wavelengths may be different on different optical links. The switching nodes include wavelength converters with an optical switch or optoelectronic converters with a digital electronic switch. A digital electronic switch can also provide signal reformatting.

Abstract: An integrated lens with integrated functional optical surfaces for use in optical communication is disclosed. The integrated lens includes first and second cavities and a fiber adapter. The device also includes integrated first and second lenses. The first cavity houses one or more optical transmitting and/or receiving devices. The second cavity has a first optical surface and an optional second optical surface. The fiber adapter has the second lens. The integrated lens enables a small size, a light weight, high coupling and a high transmission efficiency, and can be produced by injection molding using a single mold. The integrated lens is applicable to optical signal coupling, fiber connections, optical modules, and optical or optoelectronic communication.

Abstract: A system and method for content and application acceleration in a wireless communications system are provided. A method for transmitting data includes receiving a block of data from a content provider, generating a signature from the block of data, and determining if the signature exists in a content cache. The content cache includes previously transmitted signatures and blocks of data associated with the previously transmitted signatures. The method also includes if the signature exists in the content cache, saving the signature but not the block of data in a buffer. The method further includes if the signature does not exist in the content cache, saving the block of data in the buffer. The method additionally includes transmitting contents of the buffer over a backhaul link.

Abstract: Embodiments of translation verification testing are provided. An aspect includes reading a symbol table and a syntax tree to which source code corresponds. Widget objects and widget object methods are obtained in the symbol table. The widget objects and widget object methods are organized into a widget structure tree according to a code calling order in the syntax tree. An index file corresponding to the source code is generated by using the symbol table, the widget structure tree and resource files, where the index file records relationships between the widget objects.

Abstract: A phase control method in the present disclosure includes dividing, by a power divider, the high frequency current into at least two current branches, and separately feeding the at least two current branches into corresponding radio frequency input ports on a digital phase shifter, determining, by the switch controller according to the digital control flow, radio frequency paths that are in the digital phase shifter and for the at least two current branches fed into the digital phase shifter, and controlling the drive voltage to act on the digital phase shifter, and separately establishing, by the digital phase shifter according to the drive voltage and for the at least two current branches, radio frequency paths for currents to flow through, and controlling duration of phase delays for the at least two current branches by controlling lengths of the radio frequency paths through which the at least two current branches flow.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for growing GZO (ZnO:Ga) single crystals and relates to the technical field of crystal growth. The method may include the following steps: firstly, preparing compact, uniform and single-phase polycrystalline rods; secondly, optimizing the components and the proportions of flux; finally, optimizing the process parameters of travelling solvent floating zone crystal growth method for GZO, such as growth power, growth rate and rotation speed, etc. GZO crystals grown by this disclosure are high in crystalline quality, consistent in growth direction and excellent in electrical properties.

Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a housing, an electronic module received in the housing, and a cover assembly. The cover assembly includes a cover and a rotating member. A first end of the rotating member is rotatably connected to the cover. A second end of the rotating member is detachably latched to the cover. When the rotating member is latched to the cover, the rotating member resists against the housing.

Abstract: A high speed optical module, and in particular, a multi-channel, single-mode, parallel transmission optical module in the field of optical communication is disclosed. The optical module includes a chassis, a first transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA), a second transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA), a third transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA), a fourth transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA) and a MT fiber connector. The TOSA may be a TO-38 TOSA of a 10 G DFB chip or FP chip. With single-mode communication, the optical module provides a transmission distance over 10 kilometers. In addition, to make coupling single-mode fibers easier, a twelve-core MT fiber connector is employed, wherein four fiber connectors are respectively connected to LC standard fiber stubs and the outputs of the TOSAs accordingly. Thus, the optical module further provides high speed and long-distance transmission, large capacity, small volume, and light weight and can be broadly applied to high speed optical communications.

Abstract: A user management method and apparatus are provided. The user management method includes verifying whether a user included in an input image is a registered user based on a first classification model classifying the registered user; storing a feature corresponding to the user and extracted from the input image in a database in response to the user not being the registered user; generating a second classification model classifying the registered user and a candidate user corresponding to one of features stored in the database; and determining whether the candidate user is to be registered based on the second classification model.

Abstract: A method of enhancing a quality of a 3 dimensional (3D) image includes classifying an input 3D image into a plurality of sub-areas based on noise characteristics of the plurality of sub-areas of the input 3D image, denoising each of the plurality of sub-areas of the input 3D image by using different denoising methods according to noise characteristics of each of the classified plurality of sub-areas and obtaining a second 3D image after the denoising, and enhancing a contrast ratio of the second 3D image after the denoising.

Abstract: A transceiver configured to receive and transmit data in a content oriented network (CON), and a processor configured to obtain a jointly provisioned routing and storage solution resolved according to an aggregated data flow equation generating a conventional data flow of content on a link to a destination, and an aggregated data flow of the content on the link, and a storage indicator, and to determine whether to store and transmit the data.

Abstract: A network element (NE) comprising a receiver configured to receive a flow configuration message from a network controller via an information centric network (ICN), wherein the flow configuration message comprises a flow entry that identifies a flow in the ICN, wherein the flow is associated with a name of an application data object, and wherein the flow entry comprises a forwarding path associated with an application corresponding to the application data object name, and receive a packet, via the ICN, comprising the application data object name, a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to select the flow entry from a flow table based on the packet's application data object name, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to forward the packet along the forwarding path in the selected flow entry.

Abstract: An object recognition apparatus and an object recognition method are provided. The object recognition method includes generating an input image based on an event flow of an object, generating a composite feature based on features extracted by a plurality of recognizers, and recognizing the object based on the composite feature.

Abstract: Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR2 receptor. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR2-mediated diseases and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR2 antagonists.