Abstract:
The disclosed embodiments relate the general methods for prevention or treatment of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) by blocking or decreasing STING (TMEM173) signaling activation. Our study showed that, in the young (2-3 months old) AD 5XFAD animal models, before the plaque accumulation of Aβ amyloid protein, blocking (e.g.,. gene knockout) or decreasing (e.g., small molecule antagonist treatment) Sting (Tmem173) signaling activation significantly reduced the pro-inflammatory activation and the proliferation of microglia (Mg) cells, enhanced the lysosomal synthesis and the protein antigen degradation of Mg cells, decreased the neuron loss and the AD neuroinflammation, and improved the cognitive ability of the AD 5XFAD mouse models. Therefore, in the mild AD or in the early stages of AD, blocking or decreasing STING signaling activation can be used for prevention or treatment of AD.
Abstract:
One website mining embodiment is for characterizing first time users of a website, collecting user session data of the users visiting the website and identifying first time visitors, determining features of the first time visitors utilizing the user session data, determining rules utilizing the features of the first time visitors, monitoring actions of the first time visitors on the website, updating the rules utilizing the monitored actions of the first time visitors and recommending web content utilizing the rules to the first time visitor.
Abstract:
Embodiments may comprise logic to determine whether a value of a network allocation vector indicates that the apparatus is blocked from transmitting on the medium; logic to transmit a first clear to send packet at a first power level in response to determining that the apparatus is not blocked from transmitting on the medium, the first clear to send packet comprising a flag or bit to indicate the Shading Transmission Starts (STS); logic to receive a second clear to send packet after transmitting the first clear to send packet; and logic to transmit a first data transmission at a second power level after receiving the second clear to send packet, the second power level being less than the first power level.
Abstract:
Technology to adaptively sectorize a spatial region for parallel multi-user transmissions is disclosed. In an example, a node (e.g., evolved Node B (eNB)) can include computer circuitry configured to: Generate a set of precoding matrices for a set of beam cones in the spatial region; and generate a beam cone for multi-user beamforming transmissions using system information for the beam cone. A precoding matrix in the set of precoding matrices can be used for each beam cone, and each beam cone can cover a beam cone spatial region that differs from another beam cone spatial region of another beam cone in the spatial region. Each beam cone can include system information that differs from the system information of the other beam cones in the spatial region.
Abstract:
Described are methods and devices for enabling D2D communications with signal structures that require minimal changes to the current LTE architecture. In the embodiments described, the eNB grants resources to UEs for D2D communication and either initiates or permits a pair of UEs to establish a D2D link. Certain embodiments are designed to minimize changes to the current LTE control signaling structure by having the control signaling always come from the eNB as in a normal cellular link so that the transmitting UE transmits over a data channel (e.g., PUSCH/PDSCH) that the receiving UE is able to decode.
Abstract:
Methods and system are provided for scheduling and negotiating air traffic within an airspace surrounding an airport and scheduled to land at the airport. An air traffic control (ATC) system is used to monitor the altitudes, speeds and lateral routes of aircraft. The ATC system generates a scheduled time-of-arrival (STA) at one or more meter fix points associated with the airport, the STA is stored, and data is received or inferred with the ATC system for at least a first of the aircraft, including a minimum fuel-cost speed and predicted trajectory parameters of the first aircraft based on current values of its existing trajectory parameters. Auxiliary data, including earliest and latest estimated time-of-arrival (ETAmin) and (ETAmax) at the meter fix point, STA being within/ outside ETAmin, ETAmax are generated, instructions are transmitted to the first aircraft, and the STA is updated for each aircraft stored in a queue.
Abstract:
Methods and systems suitable for negotiating air traffic trajectory modification requests received from multiple aircraft that each has trajectory parameters. The methods include transmitting from at least a first aircraft a first trajectory modification request to alter the altitude, speed and/or lateral route thereof. A first conflict assessment is then performed to determine if the first trajectory modification request poses a conflict with the altitudes, speeds and lateral routes of other aircraft. If a conflict is not identified, the first trajectory modification request is granted and the first aircraft is notified of the first trajectory modification request being granted. Alternatively, if a conflict is identified, the first trajectory modification request is not granted and the first aircraft is notified thereof. If the first trajectory modification request was not granted, the first trajectory modification request is placed in a queue, which is periodically processed to perform subsequent conflict assessments.
Abstract:
Methods and systems scheduling and negotiating air traffic within an airspace surrounding an airport and scheduled to land at the airport. An air traffic control (ATC) system is used to monitor the altitudes, speeds and lateral routes of aircraft as they enter the airspace. The ATC system generates a scheduled time-of-arrival (STA) for each aircraft at one or more meter fix points associated with the airport, the STA for each aircraft is stored, and data is received or inferred with the ATC system for at least a first of the aircraft, including a minimum fuel-cost speed and predicted trajectory parameters of the first aircraft based on current values of its existing trajectory parameters. Auxiliary data, including earliest and latest estimated time-of-arrival ETAmin and ETAmax at the meter fix point, are generated for the first aircraft using the predicted trajectory parameters. The ATC system determines whether the STA of the first aircraft is in or outside an ETA range bounded by its ETAmin and ETAmax. Instructions are transmitted to the first aircraft to ensure its arrival at the meter fix point at the STA or the ETAmin of the first aircraft, and the STA is updated for each aircraft stored in the queue.
Abstract:
Extracting and analyzing online discussions to identify prospects of a subject is provided. The method has steps including initializing queries related to the subject and a set of data sources utilizing subject information and one or more data source names, extracting the discussions from the set of data sources by employing the queries, extracting significant discussions from the extracted discussions by applying discussions quality methods, identifying websites corresponding to the significant discussions; extracting significant websites by applying websites quality methods to the identified websites, determining a website influence of each of the significant websites by determining their corresponding attributes, identifying a discussion influence of each of the significant discussions based on the website influence of each of the corresponding significant websites, and weighting the significant discussions and the significant websites utilizing the discussion influence and the website influence of each of the significant discussions and the significant websites, respectively.
Abstract:
A method of transmitting two packets to two different nodes may include encoding a first packet according to a first channel to obtain an encoded first packet and encoding a second packet according to a second channel different than the first channel to obtain an encoded second packet. The encoded first packet and the encoded second packet may be combined to obtain a combined encoded packet. The method may include mapping the combined encoded packet to symbols for transmission. The symbols may be transmitted to the two different nodes over the first channel and the second channel.