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A display device for modulating light intensity in response to programmed data output. Tapered cells within a base material containing a fluid within which are contained electrostatically responsive particles. Electrodes couple data signals to opposing portions of the cells, whereupon the position of the particles is modulated in response to the electric potential applied to said electrodes. A number of electronic ink displays, systems and method aspects are described.

Aspects of the invention relate to workflow management devices, workflow management systems, workflow management methods, workflow assignment methods, and data processing methods. In one aspect, a workflow management device includes a communications interface configured to receive a user request having one or more user-desired product properties to achieve a user-desired product. The communications interface is further configured to communicate with one or more devices located external of the workflow management device. The management device also includes a storage device configured to store data for processing the user request, and processing circuitry configured to process the user request using the data to produce a transformed user request. The transformed user request includes information for automatically organizing workflow to process the one or more user-desired product properties to achieve the user-desired product.

The present invention relates to the delivery of compounds for the treatment of anxiety disorders and symptoms of such disorders through an inhalation route. Specifically, it relates to aerosols containing that are used in inhalation therapy. In a method aspect of the present invention, diazepam is administered to a patient through an inhalation route. The method comprises: a) heating a composition, comprising diazepam to form a vapor; and, b) allowing the vapor to cool, thereby forming a condensation aerosol with less than 5% of the drug degradation products. In a kit aspect of the present invention, a kit for delivering diazepam through an inhalation route is provided which comprises: a) a thin coating of a diazepam composition; and, b) a device for dispending said thin coating as a condensation aerosol

Aspects comprise systems implementing ray tracing functionality according to example architectures. In one example, rays are collected into collections against elements of an acceleration structure, which in some cases are associated with objects composing a scene being ray traced. Indications of detected ray intersections also can be collected in an output buffer, and in some examples, the output buffer can comprise a plurality of portions, each associated with a scene object, or a common portion of code to be executed during shading. Buffer contents can be accessed in a block read. An intersection shading resource can load data to be used in shading the intersections for the identified rays, and locally storing that data for use in shading those intersections.

A method and apparatus for editing heterogeneous media objects in a digital imaging device having a display screen, where each one of the media objects has one or more media types associated therewith, such as a still image, a sequential image, video, audio, and text. The method aspect of the present invention begins by displaying a representation of each one of the media objects on the display screen to allow a user to randomly select a particular media object to edit. In response to a user pressing a key to edit a selected media object, one or more specialized edit screens is invoked for editing the media types associated with the selected media object. If the media object includes a still or a sequential image, then an image editing screen is invoked. If the media object includes a video clip, then a video editing screen is invoked. If the media object includes an audio clip, then an audio editing screen is invoked. And If the media object includes a text clip, then a text editing screen is invoked.

The present invention relates to the delivery of caffeine through an inhalation route. Specifically, it relates to aerosols containing caffeine that are used in inhalation therapy. In a composition aspect of the present invention, the aerosol comprises particles comprising at least 5 percent by weight of caffeine. In a method aspect of the present invention, caffeine is delivered to a mammal through an inhalation route. The method comprises: a) heating a composition, wherein the composition comprises at least 5 percent by weight of caffeine, to form a vapor; and, b) allowing the vapor to cool, thereby forming a condensation aerosol comprising particles, which is inhaled by the mammal. In a kit aspect of the present invention, a kit for delivering caffeine through an inhalation route to a mammal is provided which comprises: a) a composition comprising at least 5 percent by weight of caffeine; and, b) a device that forms a caffeine containing aerosol from the composition, for inhalation by the mammal.

Aspects of the invention relate to a customer authentication system for authenticating a customer making a request related to a customer account. The customer authentication system may include multiple application level data receiving and processing mechanisms for receiving customer requests and collecting customer data. The customer authentication system may additionally include a central authentication system for receiving the customer requests and customer data from the multiple application level data receiving and processing mechanisms, the central authentication system determining, based on authentication policy, whether the collected customer data is sufficient to authenticate each customer in order to fulfill the customer request. The central authentication system may return its conclusions and instructions to the multiple application level data receiving and processing mechanisms. The customer authentication system may additionally include a fraud policy system for centrally managing authentication policy implemented by the central authentication system.

Aspects for achieving efficient data access to data elements in a relational database management system are provided. In a computer-implemented method aspect, the efficient data access occurs by establishing a hash table for data elements of a database in a predetermined continuous space of allocated storage, and optimizing utilization of the hash table during database query operations through linear hashing, wherein extension of the hash table occurs automatically to increase a number of pages in the hash table without discernible interruptions of data access to the data elements.

The invention relates to a driving assistance system including a prediction subsystem in a vehicle. According to a method aspect of the invention, the method comprises the steps of accepting an environment representation; calculating a confidence estimate related to the environment representation based on applying plausibility rules on the environment representation, and providing the confidence estimate as input for an evaluation of a prediction based on the environment representation.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing a service by a first network operating within a first wireless spectrum, wherein the service includes control and data forwarding operations of the first network are separate and configured to facilitate forwarding of user data via the data forwarding operations. A second network is identified operating within a second wireless spectrum. A request that the accessing of the network service be transferred to the second network is made without interrupting the forwarding of the user data. A response to the request is detected via the control operations, also without interrupting the forwarding of the user data. Responsive to an indication that the second network has been configured to accommodate a redirection of the forwarding of the user data from the first network to the second, the redirection is facilitated. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Provided are novel methods for making cellulose nanocomposites, comprising biosynthesis of cellulose fibrils in situ using a growth medium comprising a polymer matrix material, under conditions suitable to provide for dispersion of the fibril throughout the growth medium as the fibrils are being formed to provide a cellulose nanocomposite material or film wherein the cellulose fibrils are highly or uniformly dispersed in the cellulose nanocomposite material, and wherein fibril structure and/or nanocomposite composition is customizable. Certain method aspects further comprise removing or separating the cellulose nanocomposite material or film from the medium, and may further comprise washing the cellulose nanocomposite material or film to remove residual medium. Particular aspects further comprise freeze-drying the cellulose nanocomposite material or film, and/or further comprise forming a molded product using the cellulose nanocomposite material or film. Compositions made by the methods are provided.

The present invention discloses an image description method based on a convolution cyclic hybrid model, and belongs to the deep learning field of machine learning. For text description, due to the fact that words in sentences have strong context relationships, text data can be encoded by using a language model. The image description method specifically comprises the steps of (1) extracting image characteristics; (2) encoding the image characteristics; (3) encoding image description texts; (4) training the model; and (5) generating image text description by utilization of the trained model. The image description method is widely used in machine vision and natural language processing, and new thought and solutions are provided in an image description method aspect. At present, in image description, text encoding is randomly generated, which has a certain blindness, and the effect is not good. The texts are encoded by utilization of word2Vec, the encoding problem of the description texts in image description is solved, and the defects of randomness, blindness and instability are remedied. Application ability of the image description is largely increased, and foundation is established for development of machine vision.

Aspects of the invention enable one or more persons to be provided with effective and relevant education, training, coaching or other learning in a manner that can be integrated with their personal, business or other ordinary activities. Aspects further enable contouring of the learning to better meet a person's specific needs and providing of assistance to the person as he attempts to utilize what he has learned. An embodiment of the invention provides activity descriptors within existing scheduling, todo, communication or other locally or remotely executable ordinary activity system that users may otherwise use to conduct personal, business or other ordinary activities. A user initiating, scheduling or selecting an ordinary activity and selecting an activity descriptor may schedule or initiate providing of learning activities. The learning activities, which may be provided via a course model including anchored or non-anchored course sessions, may then be provided according to user-goal or evaluation determinable levels, and/or according to one or more of opportunistic, deterministic and/or other learning approaches. The learning may also include providing to the user one or more of preparatory education content, prompting education content for assisting the user in conducting the activity or activities, user preparedness and/or completion performance evaluation and/or other learning.

A technique for cable interface-based load balancing between first and second cells is described. Each cell comprises cable and air interfaces defining a parameter set comprising load statuses of the cable and air interfaces. A method aspect being performed in a control entity comprises the steps of determining, in the first cell, the parameter set of the first cell, obtaining the parameter set of the second cell, determining whether the load statues of the cable and air interfaces of the first cell are low, whether the air interface load status of the second cell is low, and whether the cable interface load status of the second cell is high, and reconfiguring, if a result of the determination is affirmative, at least one air interface configuration parameter of the first cell so as to off-load at least a part of mobile-originated traffic from the second cell to the first cell.