Abstract: A portable power pack having a housing, a rechargeable lithium battery positioned in the housing, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a wireless charging coil, a light emitting diode (LED) flash light, a universal serial bus (USB) port, a direct current (DC) port, and a power management circuit. The LCD can be positioned on the housing and configured to display a status of the portable power pack. The wireless charging coil can be positioned in or on the housing and configured to wirelessly couple with an external wireless charging coil of an external device through electromagnetic induction in accordance with, for example, the Qi wireless power transfer standard. The USB port supplies a charging current to charge a portable electronic device, while the DC port supplies a starting current to jump start an engine of a vehicle that is electrically coupled with an external battery.

Abstract: A system for managing system performance of one or more customer systems, the system comprising: a memory for storing one or more objects; a gateway communicatively coupled to a customer system, the customer system separated from a wide area network by a firewall, and including one or more computer systems and databases within a customer premises; one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory and the gateway, the firewall being disposed between the gateway and the one or more processors, the one or more processors and the gateway configured to receive data related to speed, performance of the customer system over a first period of time, receive data related to speed and performance of the customer system over a second period of time, and provide one or more displays related to comparisons of speed and performance over the first and second periods of time based on a user input.

Abstract: A system and method for live video streaming over tactical wireless networks based on distortion estimation using multilayer perceptron neural network (MLP). The system and method can adaptively adjust the parameters of transport and application layers according to wireless network conditions, based on video distortion estimation using MLP neural network. The system includes a video motion and detail estimation block, a redundancy and video bitrate optimizer, a MLP neural network-based video distortion estimator, and video transport blocks, a packet error rate (PER) and bandwidth measurement block.

Abstract: A portable power pack having a housing, a rechargeable lithium battery positioned in the housing, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a wireless charging coil, a light emitting diode (LED) flash light, a universal serial bus (USB) port, a direct current (DC) port, and a power management circuit. The LCD can be positioned on the housing and configured to display a status of the portable power pack. The wireless charging coil can be positioned in or on the housing and configured to wirelessly couple with an external wireless charging coil of an external device through electromagnetic induction in accordance with, for example, the Qi wireless power transfer standard. The USB port supplies a charging current to charge a portable electronic device, while the DC port supplies a starting current to jump start an engine of a vehicle that is electrically coupled with an external battery.

Abstract: An apparatus, method, and computer-readable recording medium perform client access delegation for a network device in a wireless network. A network controller of a gateway device receives a super-user client device authorization from the network admin client device, connects the super-user client device to the gateway device, receives a second-party client device access authorization from the super-user client device, and connects the second-party client device to the gateway device. The network controller of the gateway device also allocates a portion of available network bandwidth to a second group of client devices, monitors bandwidth consumption by the second group of users, and limits the bandwidth consumption of the second group of users to the allocated portion of the available bandwidth.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communication interface, a memory configured to store executable program and a processor coupled with the memory and configured to sense a predetermined event related to a first external device for controlling the electronic apparatus, based on the sensed predetermined event, identify at least one second external device for obtaining information related to the first external device, receive information related to the first external device from the at least one second external device, identify a user input of manipulating the first external device based on the information related to the first external device, and perform a function of the electronic apparatus based on the user input.

Abstract: The method of synchronizing data frames between 5G baseband processing stations by a global position system (GPS)-integrated local oscillator block control, including the following steps: step 1: synchronize the baseband processor's local oscillator block with the GPS's 1 pps (pulse per second) pulse and generate a 10 ms (millisecond) pulse from the local oscillator; step 2: use the 10 ms synchronous pulse sync monitor block to get the sync offset between this pulse and the GPS 1 pps pulse; step 3: use the control algorithm to reconfigure the local oscillator so that the 10 ms synchronous pulse can follow the 1 pps GPS pulse.

Abstract: A system and method for live video streaming over tactical wireless networks based on distortion estimation using multilayer perceptron neural network (MLP). The system and method can adaptively adjust the parameters of transport and application layers according to wireless network conditions, based on video distortion estimation using MLP neural network. The system includes a video motion and detail estimation block, a redundancy and video bitrate optimizer, a MLP neural network-based video distortion estimator, and video transport blocks, a packet error rate (PER) and bandwidth measurement block.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dual polarized wideband array antenna using orthogonal feeding technique to have a low profile and a cosecant squared beam. The array antenna includes three main parts: the element antennas, the orthogonal feeding structure and the feeding network. The spatially orthogonal feeding structure is a transition between the microstrip lines on element antennas and the striplines on the feeding network. The top layer of the feeding network operates as a ground plane for the array antenna. Due to the disparities between the stripline lengths, the phase parameters of element antennas are optimized to create a cosecant squared radiation pattern.

Abstract: A phenotyping device, method and system for measuring phenotypic traits of one or more plants in a target canopy, wherein the includes a canopy spreader for spreading the target canopy, a camera unit, a means for controlling the angle and the distance of the camera unit in relation to the canopy spreader, an electronic control unit for controlling the camera unit. The phenotyping device, method and system enables recording the raw data from the target canopy during a data collection session including information of the plants that are not visible to a camera unit without spreading the canopy.

Abstract: There is described herein a method of predicting disease progression risk in a subject with prostate cancer, the method comprising: a) providing a sample containing RNA and DNA material from tumour cells; b) determining or measuring values for substantially all of patient features listed for PRONTO-e or PRONTO-m in Table 6, and some or all reference or control features set forth in Table 6; c) comparing said patient features to the reference or control features; and d) computing a prediction score using a classifier that takes said patient feature values as input, the classifier having been previously trained on samples from a population of early prostate cancer patients.

Abstract: A broadband dual-polarized antenna integrated high-performance balun. The antenna structure consists of three main parts: radiator, feeding structure and reflector. The radiation element consists of four radiation parts with petal shape, forming two pairs of orthogonal dipole antennas. The feeding structure consists of four circuit boards with separated lines, forming resonant structures corresponding to a balance transformer. The reflector enables to direct the beam, increasing the antenna's orientation.

Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to bacterial strains of the genus Butyricimonas, e.g., Butyricimonas faecihominis bacterial strains, and compositions, e.g., pharmaceutical compositions, comprising such strains. The disclosure further relates to methods of using such strains and compositions for preventing or treating a disorder, e.g., a cancer, when administered to a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The invention proposes a four-port coupler using micro-strip line in combination with ultra-wide-band compensation circuits. It can be applied for communication systems or information machine systems. The main feature of the invention is the structure and the distribution of the components in the compensation circuit to reduce the size of the coupler. The proposed coupler includes: microstrip directional coupler and compensation circuits, in which the microstrip directional coupler consists of one main line and two secondary transmission lines; the main transmission line has two ports: input and output ports; each secondary is connected to a load and a compensation circuit. The compensation circuit is composed of a low-pass filter and two parallel attenuation regulator circuits.

Abstract: A portable power pack having a housing, a rechargeable lithium battery positioned in the housing, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a wireless charging coil, a light emitting diode (LED) flash light, a universal serial bus (USB) port, a direct current (DC) port, and a power management circuit. The LCD can be positioned on the housing and configured to display a status of the portable power pack. The wireless charging coil can be positioned in or on the housing and configured to wirelessly couple with an external wireless charging coil of an external device through electromagnetic induction in accordance with, for example, the Qi wireless power transfer standard. The USB port supplies a charging current to charge a portable electronic device, while the DC port supplies a starting current to jump start an engine of a vehicle that is electrically coupled with an external battery.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making a functionalized nanoparticle in an aqueous solution, wherein a chemical functionalization of a metal nanoparticle in the aqueous solution is provided and the aqueous solution comprises water and ingredients. The ingredients comprise at least the metal nanoparticle, a thiol of the form R—SH, where R represents a substituent, and a silver compound. The invention further relates to a plurality of functionalized nanoparticles according to the method, wherein each of the plurality of functionalized nanoparticles comprises a metal core, a silver coating and a sulfide bond substituent. The invention also relates to a lateral flow test method and device.

Abstract: A microstructured optical fiber sensor for sensing changes in a physical characteristic up to a predetermined temperature is disclosed. The sensor includes a microstructured optical fiber and a fiber Bragg grating formed in the microstructured optical fiber by generating a periodic modulation in the refractive index along a core region of the suspended core. The fiber Bragg grating is configured to produce a band reflection spectra including a fundamental mode and a plurality of higher order modes whose respective wavelengths vary in accordance with changes in the physical characteristic at the core region of the microstructured optical fiber. The microstructured optical fiber is configured to increase the confinement loss of the plurality of higher order modes of the band reflection spectra relative to the fundamental mode.

Abstract: A system for managing system performance of one or more customer systems, the system comprising: a memory for storing one or more objects; a gateway communicatively coupled to a customer system, the customer system separated from a wide area network by a firewall, and including one or more computer systems and databases within a customer premises; one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory and the gateway, the firewall being disposed between the gateway and the one or more processors, the one or more processors and the gateway configured to receive data related to speed, performance of the customer system over a first period of time, receive data related to speed and performance of the customer system over a second period of time, and provide one or more displays related to comparisons of speed and performance over the first and second periods of time based on a user input.

Abstract: A portable power pack having a housing, a rechargeable lithium battery positioned in the housing, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a wireless charging coil, a light emitting diode (LED) flash light, a universal serial bus (USB) port, a direct current (DC) port, and a power management circuit. The LCD can be positioned on the housing and configured to display a status of the portable power pack. The wireless charging coil can be positioned in or on the housing and configured to wirelessly couple with an external wireless charging coil of an external device through electromagnetic induction in accordance with, for example, the Qi wireless power transfer standard. The USB port supplies a charging current to charge a portable electronic device, while the DC port supplies a starting current to jump start an engine of a vehicle that is electrically coupled with an external battery.

Abstract: Information regarding current conditions in a RAN or hybrid RAN/WAN are provided at fine geographic and temporal granularities (for example, on a per cell basis every second) using measurements and statistics produced in real time by monitoring a plurality of data sessions carried on the data plane of the network and tagging the measurements from the data sessions with a network location identifier (such as an identifier of a cell) associated with an endpoint of the data session. The information may include a profile for a shared channel (such as a cell) of the network, monitoring statistics for a portion of the network (such as a cell), or both. The information may have application in, for example, automatic network management (such as in congestion control), in automatic network diagnosis, and in network resource management and planning.