Abstract: In some embodiments, a local community may manage its own RAN via a simple, secure, self-service user interface in conjunction with a mobile operator. An exemplary system is disclosed, including: at least two base stations providing wireless access to one or more mobile devices and located in a community; a gateway providing a connection to a core network for the at least two base stations; a management functionality in the core network, in communication with the gateway, for authorizing management activities for the at least two base stations; and a user-facing administration module in communication with the management functionality, the user-facing administration module having: a user interface for providing management control to an administrative user in the community.

Abstract: A luminaire with a tool-less assembly feature that enhances ease of installation and serviceability in the field. The luminaire's housing defines a compartment accessible via a window adjacent a pair of opposed shoulders. The luminaire further includes a lighting module dimensioned to be received and retained in the window in an interference fit with the shoulders. The lighting module may include an LED module/light guide plate and/or an LED refractor assembly/LED gear tray. A resilient member is supported on the housing in position to abut the lighting module and deflect during insertion of the lighting module through the window, and to at least partially resile to maintain the lighting module against the shoulders in an operative position on the housing. Further, the resilient member is positioned to deflect during removal and to resile to tilt or otherwise assist in ejecting the lighting module from the housing during tool-less disassembly.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing a Diameter multifold message. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: providing a multifold-command Attribute Value Pair (AVP), the multifold-command AVP including an AVP code, a set of VMP flags, an AVP length and a vendor ID; including the AVP in a Capabilities Exchange Request (CER) command for a Diameter stack supporting multiplexing of commands in one message; and using the AVP to combine messages from multiple applications running on a single Diameter node and multiple commands from a single application.

Abstract: To form a layer separating two volumes of aqueous solution, there is used an apparatus comprising elements defining a chamber, the elements including a body of non-conductive material having formed therein at least one recess opening into the chamber, the recess containing an electrode. A pre-treatment coating of a hydrophobic fluid is applied to the body across the recess. Aqueous solution, having amphiphilic molecules added thereto, is flowed across the body to cover the recess so that aqueous solution is introduced into the recess from the chamber and a layer of the amphiphilic molecules forms across the recess separating a volume of aqueous solution introduced into the recess from the remaining volume of aqueous solution.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a system and corresponding method and computer implemented software for improving performance of at least one electronic devices, said devices including at least one sensors and a model defining the device reaction in response to data produced by at least one of said sensors. The system includes a model generator configured to analyze the data produced from said sensors and the reactions to the data, and register errors in the reactions as compared with the intended reactions, wherein the model generator is configured to adjust the device model by minimizing errors between the actual output of the model and the desired output of the model, based on a set of samples recorded on said at least one electronic devices, wherein the recorded samples include information related to which of a number of predefined states the device is in at the occurrence of the error, the time of the occurred error, and the number of errors at the specified time and/or state.

Abstract: A method may be disclosed in accordance with some embodiments, comprising: receiving, at a virtualizing gateway, a first service request from a first user equipment (UE) via a first eNodeB; creating, at the virtualizing gateway, an association from each of a plurality of UE identifiers to a desired core network; applying, at the virtualizing gateway, a first filter using a first UE identifier of the first UE, based on the association; forwarding, at the virtualizing gateway, based on the applied first filter, the first service request from the first UE to the first core network; receiving, at the virtualizing gateway, via a second eNodeB, a second service request from a second user equipment (UE); applying, at the virtualizing gateway, a second filter using a second UE identifier of the second UE, based on the association; and forwarding, at the virtualizing gateway, based on the applied second filter, the second service request from the second UE to the second core network.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cardio-pulmonary health monitoring apparatus. The apparatus comprises a contactless motion sensor configured to generate one or more movement signals representing bodily movement of a patient during a monitoring session; a processor; and a memory storing program instructions configured to cause the processor to carry out a method of processing the one or more movement signals. The method comprises extracting one or more sleep disordered breathing features from the one or more movement signals, and predicting whether a clinical event is likely to occur during a predetermined prediction horizon based on the one or more sleep disordered breathing features.

Abstract: A method for locating performance problems in a network comprising associating one or more metadata to a plurality of monitored objects, collecting performance data from the plurality monitored objects to create a correlation of the performance data across two or more monitored objects matching predetermined set of metadata. Displaying said correlation on a map representing a plurality of devices, wherein said correlation can be used to isolate one or more devices impacting said performance data.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an exemplary apparatus, system, and methods (e.g., Tactical Passive RFID transponder gloves with Morphological Actuation) comprising a glove made predominately of a resistive fabric that varies resistance per degree of deformation; comprising near field communication RFID tag readers, and a controller coupled to the glove to evaluate the varied resistance. A method of classifying RFID tags is also disclosed.

Abstract: PVC compositions disclosed herein comprise PVC resin, a co-precipitated rare earth additive, and an inorganic flame retardant. These PVC compositions demonstrate an improved flame retardance and have UL94 classification with a sample thickness of about 0.8 mm of V-2 or higher. The co-precipitated rare earth additive contains a rare earth and one or more of zinc, aluminum, and magnesium, wherein the co-precipitated rare earth additive contains about 5 to about 95% by weight rare earth measured on an oxide basis. The inorganic flame retardant can be ATO, MDH, ATH, or mixtures thereof. The co-precipitated rare earth additive provides improved properties in comparison to an identical PVC composition containing the components of the co-precipitated additive but added to the PVC composition as a blend of these components rather than a co-precipitant.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH48YS and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48YS with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48YS through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH48YS or a locus conversion of PH48YS with another maize variety.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X80P537 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X80P537 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X80P537 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X80P537, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X80P537 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X80P537 and methods of using maize variety X80P537 are disclosed.

Abstract: In a method of determining and sharing proximity of device users within an environment of an observation platform, the observation platform determines that a first communication device associated with a first user is in the environment of the observation platform. The observation platform detects that the first communication device is in proximity to a second communication device associated with a second user. Responsive to the detection, the observation platform generates proximity information for the first user and the second user. The observation platform relays the proximity information to a second observation platform via a computer network, wherein a second environment of the second observation platform is separate from the environment of the observation platform.

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for providing software provisioning of functionality in a wireless communications device. Software-enabling functionality may include systems for granting a license to intellectual property or other pre-embedded functionality within a device. Communications to and from the device may be used to send or receive activation messages and/or licensing messages. Network capabilities may be provisioned using activation messages sent over the network. Activation messages may be sent in-band or out-of-band, for a device connected to the Internet and/or a mobile operator core network. Licenses may be required for any functions or intellectual property present on a given device. Activation may enable logical modules of a system-on-chip (SOC), functions of a software-defined radio (SDR), baseband, or DSP core. The disclosed systems and methods could thereby provide a new, flexible paradigm, namely, “Silicon as a Service (SaaS).

Abstract: In a method of identifying a metric associated with a business, a computer system associated with the business, recognizes a first user associated with a first communication device and a second user associated with a second communication device, where the first user is recognized as a customer of the business and the second user is recognized as an employee of the business. The computer system observes a communication between the first communication device and the second communication device, where at least a portion of the communication is an audible communication. The computer system identifies the metric based on the communication between the employee and the customer. The computer system makes the metric available for decision making purposes.

Abstract: A device (102) provides respiratory treatment for SDB (including mild OSA) and other respiratory conditions. A flow generator warms and humidifies gas at controlled flow levels. For example, the device (102) delivers breathable gas to the upper airway at flow rates of about 10-35 Liters/minute. Levels of flow rate, temperature and/or humidification of the device may be automatically adjusted in response to the detection of SDB events. The device may also automatically deliver adjustments of any of the levels in accordance with detected phases of respiratory cycles. In some embodiments, the device automatically delivers distinct levels to either of the nares based on independent control of flow to each nare. A warm-up procedure controls temperature and humidity at a desired target during a ramp-up of flow to the set therapy level. A cool-down procedure controls temperature above the dewpoint to avoid condensation internal to the device and patient interface.

Abstract: A method includes decomposing, for each of a plurality of orthogonal slices, a set of PRF baseline images for the orthogonal slice into a set of baseline image features for the orthogonal slice; acquiring, using a magnetic imaging resonance (MRI) scanner of a MRI system based on a RF excitation pulse sequence for each of the plurality of orthogonal slices, a combined multi-encoded PRF treatment image; subtracting a weighted sum of the sets of baseline image features from the combined multi-encoded PRF treatment image to obtain a combined treatment-specific temperature information of the imaging region that provides multi-orthogonal slice temperature information associated with or resulting from treatment or thermal ablation of the imaging region of the patient after subtraction or removal of the baseline image features; and processing the combined treatment-specific temperature information to obtain slice-specific treatment-specific temperature information for each of the plurality of orthogonal slices.

Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions and methods for the Vectored Augmentation of the Destruction, Expression and/or Regulation of proteins, e.g., VA-DER systems and methods.

Abstract: A method includes determining, during a calibration phase without application of ultrasound waves, a per-pixel magnetic field gradient of a magnetic field that is generated using a calibration drive signal applied to a magnetic coil; generating, during a treatment phase, a magnetic field gradient that is applied to a treatment area by using a treatment drive signal applied to the magnetic coil, wherein treatment drive signal is different from the calibration drive signal; determining, based on the treatment drive signal applied to the magnetic coil, per-pixel phases of a treatment image of the treatment area, wherein the per-pixel phases of the treatment image are based on spin displacement at each pixel resulting from the applied ultrasound waves; and adjusting, for each pixel of the treatment image, the per-pixel phases of the treatment image based on the per-pixel magnetic field gradient for a corresponding pixel, to obtain a gradient-adjusted treatment image.