Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer-accessible storage media for implementing a gateway to a remote service provider according to a security model. The gateway serves as an interface between processes on a customer network and the provider, for example to store customer data to a remote data store. The model may include an activation process initiated by the gateway to register with the provider and associate the gateway with a customer account; the gateway is provided with security credentials. The model may also include establishing secure connections to external processes, for example processes of the service provider. The gateway initiates connections; the external processes do not initiate connections. The model may also include the customer managing the gateway through the service provider. The model may also include encrypting communications between the gateway and the provider and the gateway including security credentials in communications to the provider.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating cancer by increasing the inhibitory effect of cetuximab on HIF1? expression by administering cetuximab in combination with anti-angiogenic thyroid hormone analogs such as tetrac or triac.

Abstract: The present invention provides a waveguide coupler configured to optically couple a strip waveguide to a first slot photonic crystal waveguide, wherein the slot photonic crystal waveguide has a lattice constant, an air hole diameter, a slot width and a first line defect waveguide width. The waveguide coupler includes a group reflective index taper having a second slot photonic crystal waveguide disposed between and aligned with the first slot photonic crystal waveguide and the strip waveguide. The second slot photonic crystal waveguide has a length, the lattice constant, the air hole diameter, the slot width, and a second line defect waveguide width that is substantially equal to the first line defect waveguide width adjacent to the first slot photonic crystal waveguide and decreases along the length of the second photonic crystal waveguide.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes an asymmetric self-recirculating casing treatment that includes, on an inner face of a casing 10, a suction ring groove 1, a ring guide channel 2 and a back-flow ring groove 3 to form a self-recirculating channel. A position or a width of the suction ring groove 1 is distributed in an arc shape in a circumferential direction, and the arc has a center angle ? in a range of 0<??30°.

Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid constructs comprising coding sequences operably linked to a promoter not natively associated with the coding sequence. The coding sequences encode Pichia stipitis proteins that allow recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the protein to grow on xylose, and allow or increase uptake of xylose by Pichia stipitis or Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the coding sequences. Expression of the coding sequences enhances uptake of xylose and/or glucose, allowing increased ethanol or xylitol production.

Abstract: A cosmetic powder container includes a container for receiving cosmetic powders, a makeup tool for applying the cosmetic powders out of the container, and a soft press disc for moving the cosmetic powders in the container to the makeup tool. The container includes a top end having a first opening. The container further includes a bottom end having a through-hole. The soft press disc is coupled to the bottom end of the container and seals the through-hole. The makeup tool is mounted to the top end of the container. In use, a user can directly press the soft press disc to push the cosmetic powders to eject out of the container and adhere to the makeup tool mounted to the top end of the container instead of touching or grabbing the cosmetic powders. The whole procedure is very convenient and sanitary.

Abstract: A lipstick casing includes a rotational base, an outer receiving tube, and an inner receiving seat. The inner receiving seat includes a receptacle for receiving a lipstick. The rotational base includes a screw rod on a top portion thereof. The rotational base is mounted to a bottom of the outer receiving tube, with the screw extending into the outer receiving tube. The inner receiving seat is mounted in the outer receiving tube and includes a screw hole. The screw rod is in threading connection with the screw hole. The lipstick casing is simple in structure, easy to manufacture, and easy to operate during use, providing enhanced utility.

Abstract: A method for isolating nucleic acids is provided. The method includes providing a biological sample containing at least one nucleic acid, and mixing the biological sample with an isolating agent under a suitable condition to isolate the nucleic acids from the biological sample in single step, wherein the isolating agent contains 1-40 wt % of PEG and/or more than 30 wt % of low molecular weight alcohol, a salt, and a detergent. Isolated nucleic acids are bound to a solid support by changes in the solubility of nucleic acids. Additionally, the present invention further provides an isolating agent and kit for isolating nucleic acids.

Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid constructs comprising coding sequences operably linked to a promoter not natively associated with the coding sequence. The coding sequences encode Pichia stipitis proteins that allow recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the protein to grow on xylose, and allow or increase uptake of xylose by Pichia stipitis or Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the coding sequences. Expression of the coding sequences enhances uptake of xylose and/or glucose, allowing increased ethanol or xylitol production.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer-accessible storage media for remotely monitoring and diagnosing storage gateways. Status information may be collected locally on the gateways and uploaded to a service provider via gateway-initiated connections. The uploaded information may be stored to status data store(s). Status proxy(s) on the provider network may analyze the information in the status data store(s) for one or more gateways to detect error conditions on individual gateways or patterns or error conditions on multiple gateways. Upon detecting an error condition on a gateway, the proxy may alert another process, for example an administrator process on the local network that includes the respective gateway. The other process may then message the gateway to address the condition. Information for particular gateways may be provided to clients on request. Information collected from multiple gateways may be viewed and analyzed by the service provider to detect patterns related to gateway design.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to partially fluorinated copolymers and the production thereof. More specifically, the copolymers, which are preferably produced by a solution polymerization process, preferably have at least three units, the first unit selected from 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, the second unit having a polymerized monomer selected from the vinyl esters and vinyl ethers, and the third unit having a polymerized monomer derived from a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether. The resulting copolymer is environmentally friendly, has favorable molecular weight characteristics, and may be shipped economically in high concentration.

Abstract: A method for isolating nucleic acids is provided. The method includes providing a biological sample containing at least one nucleic acid, and mixing the biological sample with an isolating agent under a suitable condition to isolate the nucleic acids from the biological sample in single step, wherein the isolating agent contains 1-40 wt % of PEG and/or more than 30 wt % of low molecular weight alcohol, a salt, and a detergent. Isolated nucleic acids are bound to a solid support by changes in the solubility of nucleic acids. Additionally, the present invention further provides an isolating agent and kit for isolating nucleic acids.

Abstract: An eye shadow pencil case includes a container for receiving eye shadow, a rotatable control tube, and a makeup tool for applying the eye shadow. The container includes a top end having a first opening. A sliding groove is formed in an intermediate portion of an outer periphery of the container and includes an open position and a closed position. The rotatable control tube includes a top end having a second opening. The rotatable control tube further includes an inner periphery having a protrusion. The protrusion slides in the sliding groove when the rotatable control tube is rotated. The second opening is aligned with the first opening when the protrusion is in the open position. The second opening is not aligned with the first opening when the protrusion is in the closed position. The makeup tool is mounted on the top end of the rotatable control tube.

Abstract: A cosmetic powder container includes a container for receiving cosmetic powders, a makeup tool for applying the cosmetic powders out of the container, and a soft press disc for moving the cosmetic powders in the container to the makeup tool. The container includes a top end having a first opening. The container further includes a bottom end having a through-hole. The soft press disc is coupled to the bottom end of the container and seals the through-hole. The makeup tool is mounted to the top end of the container. In use, a user can directly press the soft press disc to push the cosmetic powders to eject out of the container and adhere to the makeup tool mounted to the top end of the container instead of touching or grabbing the cosmetic powders. The whole procedure is very convenient and sanitary.

Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid constructs comprising coding sequences operably linked to a promoter not natively associated with the coding sequence. The coding sequences encode Pichia stipitis proteins that allow recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the protein to grow on xylose, and allow or increase uptake of xylose by Pichia stipitis or Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the coding sequences. Expression of the coding sequences enhances uptake of xylose and/or glucose, allowing increased ethanol or xylitol production.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer-accessible storage media for restoring data from a snapshot to a data volume. The blocks in the volume may be treated as an implicit tree structure, for example a binary tree; each local block corresponds to a block on the snapshot. A local block on the volume may be marked, for example fingerprinted with metadata, to indicate that the local block has not been restored. Initially, the local block at the root node is marked. To restore a local block, the restore process may generate a list indicating all local blocks on a path from the root node of the tree to the target node that have not been restored. The marks in the local blocks are used in generating the list. For each block indicated in the list, children of the block are fingerprinted, and the block is restored from the snapshot.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer-accessible storage media for activating a gateway to a remote service provider. The gateway serves as an interface between processes on a customer network and the provider, for example to store customer data to a remote data store. A gateway sends a public key and metadata describing the gateway to the provider. The gateway receives an activation key from the provider and exposes the activation key on the customer network. The customer obtains the key and communicates to the provider using the key to provide customer information including a name for the gateway and to authorize registration of the gateway. The provider provides the customer information to the gateway. The gateway requests security credentials from the provider using the customer information and the key. The provider sends a security credential to the gateway. The gateway may then obtain configuration information from the customer via the provider.

Abstract: A method of estimating formation parameters in a directional drilling process by acquiring electromagnetic logging while drilling (LWD) measurements over a non-uniform forward modeling grid and inverting, using a pixel-based inversion method, the LWD measurements over a uniform inversion grid. The inversion algorithm may be applied using a sliding window scheme that allows the formation parameters to be estimated independently and in parallel across a plurality of overlapping windows which span the entirety of the inversion grid.

Abstract: A multi-stage switch fabric (SF) is provided. The multi-stage SF includes a line card chassis (LCC) and a fabric card chassis (FCC). The FCC includes a stage-1 switch element (S1), a stage-2 switch element (S2), and a stage-3 switch element (S3), where the S3 corresponds to the S1, and the S2 is coupled to the S1 and S3 respectively. The LCC includes an interface component and a line card (LC) coupled to the interface component, where the interface component is coupled to the S1 and S3 in the FCC respectively. Through the technical solution under the present invention, when a switch element generates flow control information and requires another switch element or an LC to respond to the flow control information, a timely response can be received.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer-accessible storage media for providing redundant storage gateways. A client may create a storage gateway group and add storage gateways to the group. The client may assign one or more volumes on a remote data store to each the storage gateways in the group. Volume data for each storage gateway in the group may be replicated to at least one other storage gateway in the group. If one of the gateways in the group becomes unavailable, one or more other gateways in the group may take over volumes previously assigned to the unavailable gateway, using the replicated data in the group to seamlessly resume gateway operations for the respective volumes. Client processes that previously communicated with the unavailable gateway may be manually or automatically directed to the gateway(s) that are taking over the unavailable gateway's volumes.