Abstract: An apparatus, system, and/or method that integrates excitable light emitting materials (that are transparent) into any surface to display an image. Light emitting materials may be integrated into uneven, irregular, and/or random surfaces, displays may be formed on objects that are not practical for flat panel displays (e.g. steering wheels). Light emitting materials may be integrated onto or into the surface of a flat panel display that is responsive to excitation light of a laser pointer, thus allowing flat panel displays to be more effectively used in presentation applications. Since the light emitting materials are transparent, application of light emitting materials into objects does not obstruct the view of the objects when the light emitting materials are not being used to display images.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide for the management of wireless resources, which can reduce call blocking by allowing high priority services, under suitable conditions, to use resources allocated to low priority services. Thus high priority services can pre-empt the usage of wireless resources by low priority services. This has the advantage of reducing call blocking for high priority calls, while permitting low priority calls to have more access to radio resources than conventional systems with the same call blocking rate. Thus a base station can implement a preemption mechanism that would reclaim Walsh Code and Forward Power resources from an active Supplemental Channel (SCH) burst in order to accommodate incoming Fundamental Channel (FCH) requests.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are rubber compositions suitable for use in tire treads comprising (a) at least one conjugated diene polymer or copolymer; (b) at least one filler; (c) a curative package; and (d) at least one of: (i) from 0.2 to 10 phr of at least one halogenated hydrocarbon wax, or (ii) from 0.2 to 10 phr of at least one silicone-containing wax comprising a functionalized polyalkylsiloxane, a functionalized polyalkylsilsesquioxane resin, or combinations thereof. In certain embodiments, the at least one halogenated hydrocarbon wax is a chlorinated hydrocarbon or a fluorinated hydrocarbon wax.

Abstract: A method and system for coordinated interference suppression in a communication system. The communication system implements at least a first radio access technology via a first base station and a second radio access technology via a second base station. The first and second radio access technologies differ from one another. Information relating to an interference signal received at the first base station via the first radio access technology is received at the second base station from a first device associated with the first base station. At a second device associated with the second base station, an interfering user equipment accessing the second base station via the second radio access technology is identified. The identification is based on the information received from the first device associated with the first base station. Interference caused by the identified interfering user equipment is suppressed by the second base station.

Abstract: In some aspects, this invention provides a method of making a bone marrow-derived tissue-specific stem cell proliferation, expansion, isolation and rejuvenation extracellular matrix. In other aspects, this invention provides a method of making a tissue-specific fibroblast-derived stem cell differentiation extracellular matrix. Also provided are methods of using such a cell-derived preservation or differentiation matrices to induce tissue-specific differentiation of pluripotent cells, repair damaged tissue, and treat a subject having a physiologic deficiency using the same.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide for the management of wireless resources, which can reduce call blocking by allowing high priority services, under suitable conditions, to use resources allocated to low priority services. Thus high priority services can pre-empt the usage of wireless resources by low priority services. This has the advantage of reducing call blocking for high priority calls, while permitting low priority calls to have more access to radio resources than conventional systems with the same call blocking rate. Thus a base station can implement a preemption mechanism that would reclaim Walsh Code and Forward Power resources from an active Supplemental Channel (SCH) burst in order to accommodate incoming Fundamental Channel (FCH) requests.

Abstract: A cell culture system including a silk fibroid scaffold, culture media, and salivary gland cells. The salivary gland cells grown in the tissue culture system have physiological and morphological features like those of in vivo salivary gland cells. The cell culture system can be used to produce a salivary tissue-specific extracellular matrix capable of inducing differentiation of salivary gland cell precursors into salivary gland cells.

Abstract: A splicing device and splicing method in which automatic and accurate splicing is performed by inserting two carrier tapes into the device. The splicing device including cutting devices for cutting the tail end of number one carrier tape and the leading end of number two carrier tape at a predetermined cutting position; a positioning device for indexing number one and number two carrier tapes towards each other respectively to splicing position at which positioning pins engage with indexing holes of the number one and number two carrier tapes; and a joining device which, with splicing tape affixed to connected protective tape positioned at the splicing position, folds protective tape and joins the splicing tape to both surfaces of number one and number two carrier tapes straddling thereof.

Abstract: Systems and methods for surgical guidance and image registration are provided, in which three-dimensional image data associated with an object or patient is registered to topological image data obtained using a surface topology imaging device. The surface topology imaging device may be rigidly attached to an optical position measurement system that also tracks fiducial markers on a movable instrument. The instrument may be registered to the topological image data, such that the topological image data and the movable instrument are registered to the three-dimensional image data. The three-dimensional image data may be CT or MRI data associated with a patient. The system may also co-register images pertaining to a surgical plan with the three-dimensional image data. In another aspect, the surface topology imaging device may be configured to directly track fiducial markers on a movable instrument. The fiducial markers may be tracked according to surface texture.

Abstract: A method for estimating video quality on bit-stream level, wherein the video quality refers to a video after error concealment and the method is performed on bit-stream level before said error concealment, comprises extracting and/or calculating a plurality of global condition features from a video bit-stream, extracting and/or calculating a plurality of local effectiveness features at least for a lost MB, calculating a numeric error concealment effectiveness level for each (or at least for each lost) MB by emulating an error concealment method that is used in said error concealment, and providing the calculated error concealment effectiveness level as an estimated visible artifacts level of video quality.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing data includes a data processing circuit configured to process user data, wherein the data processing circuit comprises a number of sub-circuits, a number of clock gates each configured to control a clock signal to one of the sub-circuits, a gating control circuit configured to control the clock gates to apply the clock signal to each of the sub-circuits in staged fashion during a ramped power up operation, and a dummy data source configured to provide dummy data to the data processing circuit during the ramped power up operation of the data processing circuit.

Abstract: Vulcanizates with desirable properties can be obtained from compounds incorporating polymers that include hydroxyl group-containing ?-methylstyrene functionalities. The functionalities can be incorporated by using any or all of appropriate initiators, monomers and optional terminating compounds. Such polymers exhibit excellent interactivity with both conventional and non-conventional fillers.

Abstract: Placing a circuit design may include partitioning circuit elements of the circuit design into circuit element sets and grouping bins of an integrated circuit into bin sets. The bins include circuit elements of the circuit design from an initial placement. Placing a circuit design also may include determining a dependency connectivity metric for the circuit elements and, using a processor, selectively relocating circuit elements concurrently, for a plurality of iterations, using a cost metric for relocating the circuit elements and using an order of processing the circuit elements determined from the bin sets, the circuit element sets, and the dependency connectivity metrics.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and storage medium associated with execution of application code having multiple ISAs, are disclosed. In various embodiments, a runtime environment may execute application code having multiple instruction set architectures. The runtime environment may be configured to execute first code of the application code according to a first instruction set architecture, while also configured to execute second code of the application code according to a second instruction set architecture that extends the first instruction set architecture. Using gates, the runtime environment may be adapted to adapt an interaction from the first code to the second instruction set architecture and/or adapt an interaction from the second code to the first instruction set architecture and, subsequently, return to executing the application code according to the first instruction set architecture or the second instruction set architecture, respectively. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for surgical guidance and image registration are provided, in which three-dimensional image data associated with an object or patient is registered to topological image data obtained using a surface topology imaging device. The surface topology imaging device may be rigidly attached to an optical position measurement system that also tracks fiducial markers on a movable instrument. The instrument may be registered to the topological image data, such that the topological image data and the movable instrument are registered to the three-dimensional image data. The three-dimensional image data may be CT or MRI data associated with a patient. The system may also co-register images pertaining to a surgical plan with the three-dimensional image data. In another aspect, the surface topology imaging device may be configured to directly track fiducial markers on a movable instrument. The fiducial markers may be tracked according to surface texture.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with multiple processor modes execution are described herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a processor with a plurality of processor modes, including a first processor mode to address a first address space, and a second processor mode to address a second address space, the second address space including the first address space. The apparatus may further include a signal handler to handle a signal from a kernel, in the first processor mode; and a signal handler wrapper to switch the processor to the second processor mode on delivery of the signal from the kernel, save a current extra context of the second processor mode from the second register file to a user stack, switch the processor back to the first processor mode, then invoke the signal handler to handle the signal. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.

Abstract: A control device that moves and positions number one and number two takeup members at number one and number two aperture forming positions until the number one and number two cutting points of number one and number two tapes are positioned at number one and number two cutting positions. By doing this, number one and number two unnecessary sections from number one and number two tapes can be processed by reliably being taken into number one and number two apertures of number one and number two takeup members. Then, after cutting number one and number two unnecessary sections, number one and number two takeup members are moved to number one and number two conveyance positions. By doing this, number one and number two tapes can be smoothly conveyed along number one and number two movable conveyance paths of number one and number two takeup members to a splicing position.

Abstract: Blur is one of the most important features related to video quality. Accurate estimating the blur level of a video is a great help to accurately evaluate the video quality. An improved method is provided for estimating the blur level of videos that are compressed by a block based codec, such as H.264/AVC, MPEG2, etc. According to the invention, local blur detection is based on macroblock (MB) edges, a content dependent weighting scheme is employed to decrease the influence from texture and when detecting local blur, the spreading of detection will stop at local minimum and maximum luminance positions.

Abstract: Techniques for a personalized Bluetooth headset and a voice interaction control method thereof are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, the Bluetooth headset is configured to create and maintain a voice-based table. Each item in the table includes a phone number paired with a set of audio data (e.g., a voice or a predefined audio), where the audio data is created by a user. When a paired mobile device receives a call, the table is searched per the caller number. A corresponding audio is played back first when an item is located in the table. As such a user of the Bluetooth headset knows who is calling and determines whether the call shall be answered or not.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for obtaining a microbial oil comprising one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) from one or more microbial cells by lysing the cells to form a lysed cell composition, treating the lysed cell composition to form an oil-containing emulsion and then recovering the oil from the oil-containing emulsion. Further disclosed herein is microbial oil comprising one or more PUFAs that is recovered from microbial cells by at least one process described herein.