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A gamer engagement platform within games and social networks to engage gamers in novel ways during the game play and during interstitial periods between game level transitions to promote loyalty to games while exposing them gracefully the rewards and advertisements of brands and location based service providers with whom they are likely to have high affinity on just-in-time and just-in-location basis, whether the games are being played online or offline. Gamer can invite friends in platform and social networks for social game challenge across heterogeneous games. Brands, location based service providers, and game developers can conduct and track campaigns using the optimized points conversion engine and offer recommendation engine of the platform. Software code embedded in the games conducts campaigns during game play and interstitial times during game level transitions to convert game points earned into platform points that can be exchanged by gamer to redeem rewards in-game or later.

A method for increasing circulation in a breathing person utilizes a valve system that is interfaced to the person's airway and is configured to decrease or prevent respiratory gas flow to the person's lungs during at least a portion of an inhalation event. The person is permitted to inhale and exhale through the valve system. During inhalation, the valve system functions to produce a vacuum within the thorax to increase blood flow back to the right heart of the person, thereby increasing cardiac output and blood circulation.

A phototherapy or photobiomodulation process employing the application of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) to a living organism, typically a human being. The EMR is generated by one or more strings of LEDs and is programmed to emit one or more wavelengths, typically in the visible and infrared portions of the spectrum, the EMR in each wavelength being delivered in pulses having specified on-times, off-times, photoexcitation frequencies, duty factors, phase delays, and power amplitudes. A system for providing such EMR includes a microcontroller having a pattern library of algorithms, each of which defines a particular sequence of synthesized pulses, and an application pad, preferably flexible, containing the LED strings.

An implant includes a collapsible anchor to be deployed within a lumen and a protrusion coupled to the anchor. The protrusion, in a constrained state, extends a distance from an exterior surface of the anchor and, in an unconstrained state, extends further from the exterior surface of the anchor. Also included is a biodegradable constraint, such as a biodegradable tube or suture, configured to maintain the protrusion in the constrained state until the constraint releases. The implant may include additional biodegradable constraints, each constraint configured to maintain the protrusion in a different constrained state and to degrade over a different predetermined period after the implant has been deployed within the lumen. The protrusion may include a bi-directional barb or an open loop. The protrusion may be configured to penetrate a wall of the lumen and to allow tissue to grow about the protrusion. The implant may also include an unsupported, thin-walled sleeve coupled to the anchor and configured to extend into the lumen upon deployment of the collapsible anchor.

Described herein are tracking algorithm modifications to handle occlusions when processing a video stream including multiple image frames. Specifically, system and methods for handling both partial and full occlusions while tracking moving and non-moving targets are described. The occlusion handling embodiments described herein may be appropriate for a visual tracking system with supplementary range information.

In accordance with the invention, bodies of materials are joined by disposing between them a reactive multilayer foil and one or more layers of meltable joining material such as braze or solder. The bodies are pressed together against the foil and joining material, and the foil is ignited to melt the joining material. The pressing is near the critical pressure and typically produces a joint having a strength of at least 70-85% the maximum strength producible at practical maximum pressures. Thus for example, reactively formed stainless steel soldered joints that were heretofore made at an applied pressure of about 100 MPa can be made with substantially the same strength at a critical applied pressure of about 10 kPa. Advantages of the process include minimization of braze or solder extrusion and reduced equipment and processing costs, especially in the joining of large bodies.

The invention relates to a pet toy that may be filled with food or scented material to attract and maintain the animal's interest while the pet tries to extract the material contained inside. The toy is preferably made with two nested housings with each housing containing one or more holes in the sidewall. Some of the holes in the housings may be adjustably aligned to create a opening in the side wall of the toy that permits materials inside the toy to fall out. The space between the housings is configured to trap crumbs or other particulate material that might create an undesirable mess if allowed to fall out of the toy.

Natural joint interfaces wear out and/or are damaged causing pain and disability. They can be currently replaced by artificial surfaces made of materials or in the near future by magnetic fields. They would benefit from a PVES (paramagnetic visco-viscoelastic supplement) that can replace or augment natural joint interfaces or augment total joint replacements. Joint replacement components can be modular and would benefit from a PVES to decrease wear and damp impact between modular parts of a single component. The PVES is a dynamic interface allowing components to be less rigid. Energy transmission is reduced. PVES can act as an interface between natural damaged joint surfaces obviating the need for classic total joint replacement or between the surfaces of artificial joint components to improve or supplement their function. These PVES can be controlled by magnetic fields with respect to their location, physical properties, loads, etc. PVES are typically made of paramagnetic ions and a substrate molecule. One such PVES can be made of gadolinium ions and hyaluronic acid to form gadolinium hyaluronate.

Methods and systems are provided for mitigating engine pre-ignition based on a feed-forward likelihood of pre-ignition and feedback from a pre-ignition event. In response to an indication of pre-ignition, a cylinder may be enriched while an engine load is limited. The enrichment may be followed by an enleanment to restore exhaust catalyst feed-gas oxygen levels. The mitigating steps may be adjusted based on engine operating conditions, a pre-ignition count, as well as the nature of the pre-ignition.

The present invention generally relates to ventricular assist device power monitoring and conservation. In some embodiments, a pump controller may transition the pump to operate in a power-saving operational mode when a power source and/or a power source condition indicate a need to conserve power. In some embodiments, when the power source is an emergency battery and when the emergency battery has powered the pump for an extended period of time, the controller may signal the pump to operate in the power saving-operational mode. In some embodiments, when a low power hazard condition is triggered by signals from one or more external power sources, the controller may signal the pump to transition to the power-saving operational mode if the condition lasts for an extended period of time. In some embodiments, the controller may trigger the power-saving mode when the emergency backup battery is below a voltage threshold.

Disclosed is an insect repellent composition. The composition has an amount of an insect repellent active effective to repel insects when the composition is applied to the skin, and an amount of a urethane polymer sufficient to form a film on the surface of the skin. The composition also has a cosmetically-acceptable vehicle. Also disclosed is a method of repelling insects from the skin by applying the composition to the skin.

The present invention provides methods of treating or preventing disorders or conditions associated with an undesirable level of a satiety factor by administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of an agonist or antagonist of a satiety factor. The present invention also provides methods of selecting a subject for therapy with an agonist or antagonist of a satiety factor. Exemplary disorders or conditions associated with an undesirable level of a satiety factor include overweight, obesity, metabolic disorders, hypertension, lipid related disorders, anorexia and type II diabetes.

Compositions and methods are provided for the improved in vitro synthesis of polypeptides, where the duration of detectable protein synthesis in a reaction is substantially extended over existing methods, thereby providing for increased total yield of polypeptide. Increased synthesis is accomplished by maintaining the concentration of CTP and UTP in the reaction mixture at a pre-determined level. In another embodiment of the invention, increased synthesis is obtained by maintaining the concentration of cysteine and serine at a pre-determined level. The reaction mixture may be supplemented with additional amino acids during the course of the reaction.

A method and apparatus capable of minimizing power consumption occurring when a mobile device is changed from a sleep state to a wake-up state by partially controlling on/off of a display unit and partial booting control of a system function are provided. The method includes detecting a change of the mobile device from a sleep state to a wake-up state, turning on a display unit of the mobile device such that a first section of the mobile device displays an operating region, the first section including one or more portions of the display unit and less than an entire screen of the display unit and waiting for a system function registered in the operating region.

The invention provides a live broadcast cover making method and device and equipment. The method comprises the steps that a creating request of a live broadcast room cover is received, wherein the creating request comprises a cover picture; live broadcast room description information is received and embedded into the cover picture; the cover picture containing the live broadcast room description information is displayed. According to the live broadcast cover making method, a user using live broadcast applications can visually know the live broadcast themes of anchor users through the cover of a live broadcast room, the user can conveniently enter the live broadcast room of interest to watch anchor performance according to the live broadcast themes, and the duration that the user uses the live broadcast applications is prolonged.

Embodiments of the invention disclose a method and a device for information recommendation based on conversation interaction, a server, and a storage medium. The method comprises: according to user behavior characteristics on historical reading interfaces and/or a user model, generating a reading theme inquiry message, the user model including at least one of the followings: user interest, user concerned topics, and user concerned authors; according to the generated reading theme inquiry message, performing conversation interaction with a user; according to contents of the conversation interaction, determining a reading theme of the user; and pushing information matched with the reading theme to the user. The method connects different topic information streams through natural language understanding and artificial intelligence technologies based on conversation interaction, to help users to explore potential interest and improve user duration and viscidity. A user model is established more accurately and controlled, so as to improve user experience.

A system and method are provided to facilitate dual damascene interconnect integration with two imprint acts. The method provides for creation of a pair of translucent imprint molds containing the dual damascene pattern to be imprinted. The first imprint mold of the pair contains the via features of the dual damascene pattern and the second imprint mold of the pair contains the trench features. The via feature imprint mold is brought into contact with a first imaging layer deposited upon a first transfer layer which is deposited upon a dielectric layer of a substrate. The trench feature imprint mold is brought into contact with a second imaging layer deposited upon a second transfer layer which is deposited upon the first imaging layer of the substrate. When each imaging layer is exposed to a source of illumination, it cures with a structure matching the features of the corresponding imprint mold. A sequence of etches transfer and combine the via features from the first imaging layer with the trenches from the second imaging layer to create the dual damascene openings within the dielectric layer.

Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating subjects having pain are provided. The methods of the present invention comprise the utilization of combined pharmaceutical formulations comprising the tramadol and propoxyphene in subjects suffering from pain.

A system and device for measuring sexual function includes an adjustable ring forming an opening to receive a penis, at least one diagnostic sensor positioned on an inner surface of the adjustable ring, wherein the ring automatically couples the diagnostic sensor to the penis throughout a range of ring diameters, and a microcontroller in communication with the at least one diagnostic sensor. The at least one diagnostic sensor measures data during sexual activity and communicates the data to the microcontroller. In fact, in an example, the device is configured to be worn by a user during sexual activity.

Pharmaceutical compositions relating to vasoactive intestinal polypeptides and methods for the treatment of metabolic disorders, including diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic acidosis and obesity are presented. Methods of using the vasoactive intestinal polypeptide compositions are also disclosed.

Described herein are tetherless, forehead-mounted temperature regulation apparatuses configured to enhance sleep.

In a method of refreshing in a memory device having a plurality of pages, a candidate refresh address corresponding to a page scheduled to be refreshed after a monitoring period is generated. Whether an active command is processed for the candidate refresh address is monitored during the monitoring period. If an active command is processed for the candidate refresh address during the monitoring period, the scheduled refresh for that page is skipped. If no active command is processed for the candidate refresh address during the monitoring period, the scheduled refresh operation is performed.

The invention relates to an insect breeding bottom and a breeding method of gynaikothrips ficorum and belongs to the field of insect breeding and insect ecology. A bottom body is in a cone frustum shape with large top and small bottom and is in sealing match with a bottle cover, a magnifying glass is installed at the center of the bottle cover, a plurality of venting holes are evenly distributed on the bottle cover, and a filter screen is installed on the venting holes. The method utilizing the insect breeding bottom to breed the gynaikothrips ficorum comprises (1) collection of eggs, (2) hatching of the eggs, (3) breeding of nymphs and (4) breeding of imagoes. By using the breeding method, the hatching rate, survival rate and eclosion rate of the gynaikothrips ficorum are high, massive thrips of various insect states which are orderly in age and high in vigor can be obtained, and form changes and the whole life history of the gynaikothrips ficorum can be observed in real time.

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions in the exhaust of an internal combustion engine, wherein in a powered with the internal combustion engine vehicle data to a route in a navigation system and / or at least one driver assistance system can be provided. According to the invention, Ss is provided that even in transient operating conditions of the engine from the data of the expected route, an engine-load profile and thus a nitrogen oxide emission of the internal combustion engine, a nitrogen oxide conversion of the catalyst and / or a need of the metered for nitrogen oxide reduction are predicted and this data are considered correctively in the dosage of Reduktionsmittell or the timing and duration of loading and regeneration phase of the NOx storage catalytic converter can be influenced.

Improving memory retention properties of a polymer memory cell are disclosed. The methods include providing a semiconducting polymer layer containing at least one organic semiconductor and at least one of a carrier ion oxidation preventer and an electrode oxidation preventer. The oxidation preventers may contain at least one of 1) an oxygen scavenger, 2) a polymer with oxidizable side-chain groups which can be preferentially oxidized over the carrier ions/electrodes, and 3) an oxidizable molecule that can be preferentially oxidized over the carrier ions/electrodes.

A linear ion trap includes at least two discrete trapping regions for processing ions, a RF electrical potential generator, a multi-output DC electrical potential generator, and a control unit. The RF electrical potential generator produces two RF waveforms each applied to a pair of pole electrodes of the linear ion trap forming a RF trapping field component to trap ions radially. The multi-output DC electrical potential generator produces multiple DC field components superimposed to the RF field component and distributed across the length of the linear ion trap to control ions axially. The control unit switches the DC electrical potentials and corresponding DC field components collectively forming a first trapping region populated with ions to alter ion potential energy from a first level to a second level, and enables a first ion processing step in at least one of the first and second levels.

A replaceable hollow fiber membrane filter device comprising an upper cap, a lower cap, and a cartridge. The cartridge has multiple hollow fiber membrane bundles inside, and an upper and a lower membrane tube covers which are used to fix two ends of hollow fiber membrane bundles. The bottom of each hollow fiber membrane bundle has a lower membrane lagging; the top of each hollow fiber membrane bundle has an upper membrane lagging which extends outward to make a flow way; on the lower membrane tube cover there has multiple slots which conjugate with the fringe of the lower membrane lagging, and on the upper membrane tube cover there has multiple sockets which conjugate with the fringe of the upper membrane lagging, and both are seal-connected by a disassembling structure. The upper end and the lower end of each hollow fiber membrane bundle respectively goes through the upper and the lower membrane lagging, and is mounted inside the upper and the lower membrane tube cover, and seal-connected by disassembling structure. Therefore, the present invention may provide a method of replacement or cleaning single hollow fiber membrane bundle instead of replacing whole filter device, so the cost is down.

The invention discloses a projector and a control method thereof. According to the projector and the control method thereof disclosed by the invention, a light modulation device receives primary light produced by a light source system and carries out image modulation on the primary light, each modulation period of each modulation unit of the light modulation device comprises a plurality of modulation time intervals corresponding to different gray scales, a ratio of the time length of the modulation time interval with the corresponding gray scale which is no larger than a preset gray scale to the time length of the modulation time interval with the corresponding gray scale which is larger than the preset gray scale is larger than a brightness ratio among the corresponding gray scales, and a control device is used for controlling the brightness or lighting time of the primary light produced by the light source system in each modulation time interval, so that a ratio of products of the brightness and the lighting time of the primary light in every two modulation time intervals is equal to the brightness ratio between the corresponding gray scales in every two modulation time intervals. Through the mode, the time length of a relatively smaller modulation time interval with the gray scale can be prolonged so as to be compatible with the switching time of the modulation units.

The present invention is directed to micro-encapsulated formulations of soil-active pest control and agricultural chemicals such as herbicides, insecticides, nematicides and fungicides (pesticides) that combine a strong initial activity and a longer residual activity in the soil than provided by current micro-encapsulated formulations. These formulations are prepared by combining two separate suspensions of microcapsules, containing one or more pesticides, which were separately prepared under differing conditions and therefore have significantly different chemical properties and field release rates. The present invention, in particular, is useful for the herbicide clomazone, alone or in combination with other herbicides.

Provided herein are compositions comprising a biocompatible microsphere, a biofilm-generating probiotic bacterium, a prebiotic, and/or a prebiofilmic. Methods for preparing and formulating the compositions and methods for treating or preventing a disease using the compositions are also provided.