Abstract: A vitrectomy apparatus is provided, including a pressure source, a cut valve connected to the pressure source, the cut valve configured to be turned on and off to provide pressure to selectively extend and retract a vitrectomy cutting device, a sensor configured to sense pressure provided from the cut valve, and a controller configured to control operation of the cut valve based on pressure sensed by the sensor. The controller is configured to monitor an amount of dwell time the vitrectomy cutting device remains open and monitor aspiration rate, and control a rate of material processed by the vitrectomy cutting device based on amount of dwell time and aspiration rate.

Abstract: A method for establishing correspondences between mobile communication users and their network accounts includes acquiring an identifier of one of the mobile communication users and access information corresponding to the identifier from a communication stream. The access information includes Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) associated with network resources that have been accessed by the one of the mobile communication users. The method further includes acquiring a first set of network accounts associated with the URLs, and determining a second set of network accounts corresponding to the one of the mobile communication users based on the first set of network accounts.

Abstract: In an approach to pricing an API, a computer determines whether an application programming interface (API) is published by a developer. Responsive to determining an API is published by the developer, the computer determines one or more characteristics of the API and whether a price history exists for the API. Responsive to determining a price history does exist for the API, the computer determines an initial price for the API. The computer then determines, based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics of the API and the price history for the API, whether the initial price maximizes a surplus value for a sale of the API.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for determining a coverage hole of a communication network along a road. The method includes: retrieving typical speed information on the basis of connection history that at least one first mobile device moves along the road; in response to detecting a connection drop when at least one second mobile device moves along the road, estimating a drop position of the at least one second mobile device on the basis of attribute information of the at least one second mobile device and the typical speed information; and determining the coverage hole on the basis of the drop position of the at least one second mobile device. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a corresponding apparatus.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph by a social-networking system. The social graph includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes. The social-networking system may receive a trigger action from a first user. In response to the trigger action, the social-networking system may generate reaction-cards based at least in part on the trigger action where each reaction-card is associated with a structured query referencing nodes and edges of the social graph. The social-networking system may calculate a reaction-card score for each reaction-card, where the reaction-card score is based on a relevance of the structured query associated with the reaction-card to the trigger action and user-engagement factors. The social-networking system may then send each reaction-card having a reaction-card score greater than a threshold reaction-card score to the first user for display on a page currently accessed by the first user.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for classifying alignments of paired nucleic acid sequence reads is disclosed. A plurality of paired nucleic acid sequence reads is received, wherein each read is comprised of a first tag and a second tag separated by an insert region. Potential alignments for the first and second tags of each read to a reference sequence is determined, wherein the potential alignments satisfies a minimum threshold mismatch constraint. Potential paired alignments of the first and second tags of each read are identified, wherein a distance between the first and second tags of each potential paired alignment is within an estimated insert size range. An alignment score is calculated for each potential paired alignment based on a distance between the first and second tags and a total number of mismatches for each tag.

Abstract: A messaging system facilitates communication between users through various messaging channels. The messaging system supports multiple communication channels and includes a messaging module that automatically selects one or more of the messaging channels for delivering a message to a recipient of the message using, for example, a set of policy rules or a trained model. The messaging module may also provide, in a user interface for sending and receiving messages, a visual indication of the selected messaging channel to the sender of the message to provide the user with transparency about how the message will be delivered. Additionally, the message may be delivered via multiple messaging channels, where the messaging module may rescind messages from some of the messaging channels upon receiving a reply from the recipient of the message or other confirmation that the recipient has seen the message via one of the communication channels.

Abstract: A method for measuring an air volume of a blower motor, including: a) establishing M constant air volume control functions Qi=F(n) corresponding to M air volume points CFMi in a microprocessor of a motor controller; b) starting the motor, measuring a real-time rotational speed n0 and a parameter Q0 of the motor after the motor runs in a stable state, putting the parameter Q0 into the functions Qi=F(n) to obtain multiple rotational speeds ni, comparing the real-time rotational speed n0 with the multiple rotational speeds ni corresponding to the multiple air volume points CFMi, and determining a real-time detected air volume CFM0 which falls within two air volumes CFMi and CFMi-1; and c) calculating the real-time detected air volume CFM0 according to the two air volumes CFMi and CFMi-1 and the rotational speeds ni and ni-1 using an interpolation method.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting data in a received signal are provided. A signal that represents a set of data symbols is received. Possible bit values for a single data symbol of the set of data symbols are determined based on the received signal. Possible bit values for other data symbols of the set of data symbols are determined based on the possible bit values for the single data symbol. The determining of the possible bit values for the other data symbols includes determining a first value for each bit included in the other data symbols. The first value is determined by combining i) a first soft metric indicating a likelihood of a state of the bit given the received signal, and ii) a second soft metric representing an a priori probability (APP) for the bit. The first soft metric is not based on the APP for the bit.

Abstract: A method for partitioning a database includes obtaining business dependency between data in a plurality of tables in the database on the basis of a business process associated with the database; generating, on the basis of the business dependency, a dependency graph describing a dependency relationship between the plurality of tables; cutting the dependency graph into at least two sub-graphs; and vertically partitioning the database into at least two parts corresponding to the at least two sub-graphs respectively.

Abstract: A method for partitioning a database includes obtaining business dependency between data in a plurality of tables in the database on the basis of a business process associated with the database; generating, on the basis of the business dependency, a dependency graph describing a dependency relationship between the plurality of tables; cutting the dependency graph into at least two sub-graphs; and vertically partitioning the database into at least two parts corresponding to the at least two sub-graphs respectively.

Abstract: A messaging system facilitates communication between users through various messaging channels. The messaging system supports multiple communication channels and includes a messaging module that automatically selects one or more of the messaging channels for delivering a message to a recipient of the message using, for example, a set of policy rules or a trained model. The messaging module may also provide, in a user interface for sending and receiving messages, a visual indication of the selected messaging channel to the sender of the message to provide the user with transparency about how the message will be delivered. Additionally, the message may be delivered via multiple messaging channels, where the messaging module may rescind messages from some of the messaging channels upon receiving a reply from the recipient of the message or other confirmation that the recipient has seen the message via one of the communication channels.

Abstract: A method uses web servers to promulgate information from one server to another, instead of promulgating the information by the user to each server individually. A first server receives a first request for promulgating web-information from a user, locally promulgates the web-information, and sends a second request to at least one second website server to instruct the second website server to locally promulgate the web-information. The selection of the second server is done according to a preset configuration file which includes a relationship mapping between the first website server and the second website server. The relationship mapping may provide the user information related to the second website server based on the user information related to the first website server. The present disclosure further discloses a communication apparatus and a communication system.

Abstract: Methods and systems for decoding a data packet using soft-bit retransmission combining are provided herein. A first transmission of the data packet is received and corresponding soft information is generated. The soft information is represented by a first set of bits and a subset of those bits is stored. Subsequently, a second transmission of the data packet is received and corresponding soft information is generated. The soft information corresponding to the second transmission is represented by a second set of bits and combined with the stored subset of soft-bits corresponding to the first transmission to produce a third set of bits. At least a portion of the data packet is decoded based on the third set of bits.

Abstract: Medical devices having a wettable, biocompatible surface are described herein. Processes for producing such devices are also described.

Abstract: A method for preparing and resulting articles of manufacture comprising a substrate having a surface, a bulk beneath the surface, and a grafted polymer layer on the substrate surface, the substrate surface and the grafted polymer layer, in combination, constituting a modified surface having a fibrinogen adsorption of less than about 125 ng/cm2 in a fibrinogen binding assay in which the modified surface is incubated for 60 minutes at 37° C. in 70 ?g/mL fibrinogen derived from human plasma containing 1.4 ?g/mL I-125 radiolabeled fibrinogen.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing constant airflow based on direct motor power control and advanced motor system modeling are described. A power and speed of a motor may be determined based on static pressure in the system. A target airflow rate for the system may be obtained, and a target motor power that yields the target airflow rate in the system may be determined based on the determined speed of the motor and the obtained target airflow rate for the system. A determination of whether the determined motor power is approximately equal to the target motor power may be made, and the power of the motor may be adjusted when the motor power is not approximately equal to the target motor power.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a storage device and a method therefor, the storage device comprising at least one port and a plurality of storage resources. In the storage device, the plurality of storage resources are divided into a plurality of storage resource sets, and each of the plurality of storage resource sets is configured to be associated with one or more ports of the at least one port, such that each of the storage resource sets can be accessed only through the one or more ports associated with it.

Abstract: A power control method and device for mobile communication are disclosed. The power control method, performed by a mobile communication device including a controller, a radio frequency (RF) circuit and a baseband circuit, includes receiving, by the RF circuit, a first signal; determining, by the controller, when a second signal is come; turning off, by the controller, the RF circuit when the first signal is received and the second signal has not yet arrived; and processing, by the baseband circuit, the received first signal.