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The present invention concerns methods and compositions for identifying a miRNA profile for a particular condition, such as pancreatic disease, and using the profile in assessing the condition of a patient.

A computer system having two or more controllers operating in a Master/Slave configuration is disclosed. In one embodiment, the computer system includes: a sensor panel having a first portion for generating a first set of sense signals indicative of a touch or no-touch condition on the first portion, and a second portion for generating a second set of sense signals indicative of a touch or no-touch condition on the second portion; a first device for receiving and processing the first set of output signals from the first portion of the panel; and a second device for receiving and processing the second set of output signals from the second portion of the panel, wherein the first and second devices operate cooperatively in a Master/Slave configuration.

In an apparatus for driving and controlling plural on-vehicle electrical loads, an on-vehicle power supply generates power to be supplied the loads each having a priority. A power calculating device calculates a current available amount of the power to be supplied from the power supply, and a priority changing device changes one or more of the priorities on the basis of inputted information about a vehicle condition, the information including conditions of the loads. A command producing device produces a command value indicative of an amount of the power to be supplied to each of the loads by using the priorities. In this case, a sum of the power to be supplied to each load is kept within the available amount of the power to be supplied. A controller controls the power to be distributed to each of the loads on the basis of the command value.

A computer implemented method for improving project risk management based on (a) a quantitative analysis of risks affecting activities, i.e., the root factors leading to cost and time overruns on an activity by activity basis, and (b) an optimization of the resources allocation to each activity in the project plan, is employed to maximize the probability of completing projects on time and within-budget. The method can be employed prior to proceeding with one or more projects, but is also advantageous in that it is adaptive in the sense that more information can be learned during the course of a project about the risk factors present in the project, and this information is used to enable dynamically re-allocating resources to ensure a better outcome given an updated risk profile. Preferably, a Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) is used to capture how risk factors identified by project managers influence individual activity durations.

An organic EL has a problem of element life. Causes of the element life include a temperature and an amount of current. As for a display using an organic EL element, light is emitted by using a current so that an amount of light emission of a screen is proportional to the amount of current passing through a device. Therefore, there are problems that an image of a large amount of light emission has a large current passing through the device causing deterioration of the element and that a high-capacity power supply is required in order to pass a maximum amount of current. As for the display using an organic EL element, the amount of light emission of the screen is proportional to the amount of current passing through the device. Therefore, the higher a maximum amount of light emission of the element is set, the larger the current becomes when all the elements of the screen emit maximum light. If the maximum amount of light emission of the element is suppressed, the entire screen becomes darker. For that reason, a drive to control the amount of light emission of the element is performed according to a display status of the screen.

A method and apparatus are provided for mobile communication utilizing load balancing. When a home agent (HA) consists of one or more servers with each server being assigned a Mobile IPv6 Home-Agents Anycast Address, a nearby router does not store the link-layer addresses with respect to the Anycast addresses of the servers in its neighbor cache. Consequently, load balancing between or among the servers could not be performed. To solve this problem, in one example, an HA is provided that comprises a representative HA and distributed HAs. The representative HA is assigned an Anycast Address. The representative HA includes a collecting device configured to collect HA lists and load information from the distributed HAs. The representative HA dynamically creates a HA list and sends the HA list to a mobile node (MN). The MN registers its current location with an HA from the HA list included in a Home Agent Address Discovery Reply message. The load on the HA can then be shared by the servers constituting the HA.

Systems and methods for determining the number of texture samples used to produce an anisotropically filtered texture mapped pixel may improve texture mapping performance or image quality. The number of texture samples may be increased or decreased based on texture state variables that may be specific to each texture map. Furthermore, the texture samples may be positioned along an axis of anisotropy to approximate an elliptical footprint, ensuring that the texture samples span the entire axis of anisotropy. A graphics driver may load the texture state variables and configure a system to modify the number of texture samples and/or position the texture samples used to produce the anisotropically filtered texture mapped pixel.

A low-cost and high-precision current sensing device and methods for use and manufacturing. In one embodiment, the current sensing apparatus comprises a Rogowski-type coil which is manufactured in segments so as to facilitate the manufacturing process. In an exemplary embodiment, the current sensing apparatus segments comprise a number of bobbin elements that are wound and subsequently formed into complex geometric shapes such as torus-like shapes. In an alternative embodiment, bonded windings are utilized which allow the segments to be formed without a bobbin or former. In yet another alternative embodiment, the aforementioned current sensing devices are stacked in groups of two or more. Methods of manufacturing and using the aforementioned current sensing apparatus are also disclosed.

A dynamic caching technique adaptively controls copies of data blocks stored within caches (“cached copies”) of a caching layer distributed among servers of a distributed data processing system. A cache coordinator of the distributed system implements the dynamic caching technique to increase the cached copies of the data blocks to improve processing performance of the servers. Alternatively, the technique may decrease the cached copies to reduce storage capacity of the servers. The technique may increase the cached copies when it detects local and/or remote cache bottleneck conditions at the servers, a data popularity condition at the servers, or a shared storage bottleneck condition at the storage system. Otherwise, the technique may decrease the cached copies at the servers.

The invention enables music tracks in a playlist to be explored using a unique music genogram data format. The invention further enables a user to map an emotional trajectory on the emotion wheel as a basis for the generation of the playlist with music tracks. The invention provides for a unique visualization of the playlist using the emotional wheel representation. A user will be given the option to specify an initial mood and a destination mood. The trajectory between the initial mood and the destination mood may be steered through the emotions falling in-between. The thus obtained mood trajectory is then populated by music tracks to form a playlist.

A substrate storage container comprises: a container casing having an aperture through which a plurality of substrates are placed in or taken out; a cover adapted to fit into the aperture of the container casing; a sealing gasket capable of elastic deformation provided between the container casing and the cover, and a retainer, mounted on the cover, capable of retaining the periphery of the substrates. The retainer has: a supporting body mounted on the inside face of the cover; a plurality of elastic pieces provided in elastically deformable fashion on the supporting body; and a block provided on each of the elastic pieces, the block retaining the periphery of one of the substrates. A relation 10.8×w<y<34.3×w is satisfied when a substrate retaining force of each of the elastic pieces is y [unit: N] and a weight per the substrate is w [unit: kg].

An array-type novel high-performance eddy current damper consists of an electrical eddy current energy consuming unit, an elastic buffer unit, an electromagnetic shielding component, an axial displacement guiding unit and a supporting component, wherein the elastic buffer unit, the electrical eddy current energy consuming unit and the axial displacement guiding unit are sequentially inlaid on the supporting component from the bottom up; the bottom of the electrical eddy current energy consuming unit serving as a core component of the damper is connected with the top of the elastic buffer unit; the top of the electrical eddy current energy consuming unit is connected with the bottom of the axial displacement guiding unit; a flexible spherical hinged support is arranged at the top end of the damper and is connected with the axial displacement guiding unit and an external load to output a damping force; and a flexible spherical hinged support is arranged at the bottom end of the damper and is used for fixing the damper. The array-type novel high-performance eddy current damper has the advantages of adjustable damping coefficient, high ratio of the damping force to the integral mass of the damper, compact structure, high reliability and the like; and in the technical field of structural vibration control, the array-type novel high-performance eddy current damper has relatively high practical value and wide application prospect.

The invention discloses a long code capture system and method based on a partial matched filtering FFT algorithm. The system comprises a signal receiving and storing module, a local pseudo code storage module, a partial matched filtering module, a single code element accumulated value buffer module, an FFT module, a two code element direct coherence accumulation module, a two code element processing coherence accumulation module, a cell incoherence accumulation module, a peak value comparison module and a judgment module. The method comprises the steps of obtaining baseband signals, conducting partial matched filtering operation, conducting FFT, conducting coherence accumulation on different weights of two code elements, conducting cell incoherence accumulation, comparing peak values and judging whether the peak values exceed a judgment threshold. By means of the long code capture system and method, the long code capture performance of satellite navigation signals in an environment with a large Doppler shift and a low signal to noise ratio is improved; hardware resources captured by long codes are saved.

The invention discloses a sampling rate conversion device and a sampling rate conversion method with the bandwidth being continuously variable. The sampling rate conversion device comprises an upper sampling rate conversion unit and a lower sampling rate conversion unit, wherein the upper sampling rate conversion unit comprises a shaping filter, an integral multiple interpolation module A, a fractional multiple interpolation module A, a DAC (digital-to-analog converter) and a control module A, the shaping filter receives a sequence to be sent, and the sequence to be sent is sequentially processed by the integral multiple interpolation module A, the fractional multiple interpolation module A and the DAC and then outputted, the lower sampling rate conversion unit comprises an ADC (analog-to-digital converter), a fractional multiple interpolation module B, an integral multiple extraction module B, a matched filter and a control module B, signals of a receiving end are inputted into the ADC, the signals are sequentially processed by the fractional multiple interpolation module B, the integral multiple extraction module B and the matched filter and then outputted, and the control module controls the integral multiple interpolation times, the integral multiple extraction times and the fractional multiple interpolation times. According to the invention, the hardware resource occupation rate is low, the number of half-band filters can be increased or decreased according to a relation between a target sampling rate and an input signal symbol rate, thereby adapting to sampling rate conversion processing of any signals with the bandwidth being variable.

An organizer (10) that includes a housing (12) having a first end (12a), a second end (12b), and a channel (14) extending along at least a portion of the housing (12) between the first end (12a) and the second end (12b). A plurality of retaining members (18) are coupled to the housing (12) using the channel (14). Each retaining member (18) exerts a retaining force upon one or more adjacent retaining members (18). The organizer (10) retains an item placed between adjacent retaining members (18) using the retaining force. The retaining members (18) include a hookless coupling segment (19) for coupling the retaining members (18) to the housing. The housing (12) includes at least one divider (27, 30) along at least a portion of the channel (14) to separate the channel (14) into at least two areas (14a, 14b and 14c).

A mouse's space memory holding model and its intelligent behavior detection system are disclosed. A circular dark box type labyrinth is used as the behavior data acquiring unit. The mouse to be tested passes through a tubular channel with adjustable one-way gates along a pointed path and closed loop for performing the cyclic training. The signals about the active movement and passive movement caused by electric shock are acquired and processed by the data processing control unit. Said signals are transmitted via PCI bus to the Access database in control system, and then processed by the statistical software package, so controlling and monitoring the behavior of mouse at any time.

The invention discloses a full-automatic stack room which comprises bookshelves, roadway conveying mechanisms and an automatic terminal. Each bookshelf is provided with layer partition plates, each roadway conveying mechanism is provided with a horizontal rail, a vertical rail is disposed on each horizontal rail, a manipulator rail which is perpendicular to each horizontal rail and each vertical rail is disposed on each vertical rail, and a manipulator is disposed on each manipulator rail. Significant improvements include that book fetching and returning manipulators are in butt joint with a book conveying platform, and the book conveying platform is connected with the automatic terminal. The full-automatic stack room can have multiple functions of storage, borrowing, returning, classification, temporary storage and the like of books, and has wider adaptability and more flexible expansibility as compared with a full-automatic closed shelf stack room with basic functions of storage, borrowing and returning.

A main carrying device forming a part of a processing system, comprising a casing (40) forming a main carrying chamber (44) having vacuum atmosphere, the casing (40) further comprising a plurality of transfer ports (52A, 52B) for transferring the processed body (W) between the carrying chamber 44 and the outside, a mobile body (58) is slidably installed on a guide rail (48) horizontally installed in the carrying chamber (44), a linear motor mechanism (54, 62) for moving the mobile body (58) along the guide rail (48) is installed, a holding body (64) for holding the processed body (W) is liftably connected to the mobile body (58) through a support member (66), and a lifting mechanism (74) for lifting the support member (66) relative to the mobile body (58) is installed in the casing (40) at a position corresponding to the transfer ports (52A, 52B).

An antenna beam scan unit includes: a Rotman lens that performs power division and synthesis between plural antenna ports and three or more beam ports; plural antenna elements which are connected to the respective antenna ports and to or from which radio waves are inputted or outputted; plural amplifiers that are connected to the respective beam ports of the Rotman lens and perform amplitude modulation on a signal; input paths for a transmission signal disposed in association with the amplifiers; switches for switching the input paths; and a beam control unit. The input paths include first paths and second paths on which a signal that is out of phase with a signal on the first paths is produced. The beam control unit selects two adjoining beam ports, and can switch the first paths and second paths as the input paths for the two beam ports.

The invention relates to an electro-deionization method and device for concentrating and purifying heavy metal wastewater synchronously, belonging to a wastewater treatment technique, which adopts first-stage two-section or first-stage multi-section electro-deionization device, wherein the inner sides of the positive and negative poles are arranged with corresponding pole protection chambers, the desalting chamber is filled with large-hole strong-acid strong-base mixed bed resin with narrow particles distributed; cation exchange film is adopted as the direction-turning film, after direction-turning, two adjacent concentration chambers are arranged continuously, both are separated by cation exchange film, simultaneously after direction-turning, the first concentration chamber is filled with large-hole mixed bed resin with the volume of cathode resin more than 50 percent, the heavy metal wastewater to be treated enters the desalting chamber and the concentration chamber in two paths, the heavy metal ion and cathode in the desalted water flow are transferred into the concentration chamber so as to obtain the desalted water, the concentrated water flow is partially circulated or closely circulated so as to obtain the concentrated liquid of metal wastewater, thereby recycling valence metals and pure water resources synchronously and realizing zero emission and resource treatment of wastewater. Compared with the prior art, the wastewater treatment process has higher separation efficiency, more reliable operation, more convenient operation, continuous process operation and no secondary pollution.

A dynamic emergency escape indicator primarily comprises a base, at least one light emitting device, a panel, at least one energy storage device and one or more lighting devices. By repeatedly turning on and off the at least one light emitting device in sequence, a plurality of indicating patterns can be presented in sequence continuously, thereby delivering a dynamic indicating effect. Orientations of the lighting devices can be adjusted as needed to illuminate particular objects so as to enhance lighting and guiding effects in case of emergency.