May is here! And even though the current situation makes this a different kind of May, with a new routine and different things on our minds as in the years before, luckily some things never change. Like the fact that we start into the new month with some fresh inspiration. Since more than nine years already, we challenge you, the design community, to get creative and produce wallpaper designs for our monthly posts.

Improved brightness and feedback multi-emitter laser diode modules and methods are provided. A plurality of laser diode emitters emit broad-area light beams in a beam direction. In cross-section, each beam is broad in its slow axis and narrow in its fast axis. Groups of downstream optical components collimate, shape, stack and direct the beams along a light path towards a beam spot (which may be fiber-coupled). After collimating, stacking and directing, the beams are Fourier transformed in the fast-axis through a lens feature having a fast-axis focal length less than about 3 millimeters. In some embodiments, the fast-axis focal length is between about 0.1 and 2.0 millimeters. Astigmatism may be introduced between the fast axis and the slow axis in the beams upstream of the lens feature and in accordance with the fast axis focal length of the lens feature. The emitters may receive feedback including wavelength locking feedback.

An RGB to RGBW brightness compensation method and device is disclosed. The method includes: retrieving multiple gray scale values of RGB color RGB(x, y, z), wherein x, y, z are gray scale levels of red, green and blue sub-pixels of an RGB model, 0≦x, y, z≦1; multiplying the gray scale values of RGB color RGB (x, y, z) by N to obtain an enhanced gray scale values of RGB color RGB (Nx, Ny, Nz), wherein N is 4/3 and a minimum value selected from x, y, z is taken to represent a first conversion value W1; and obtaining multiple gray scale values of RGBW color RGBW (Nx−W1, Ny−W1, Nz−W1, W1) according to the enhanced gray scale values of RGB color RGB (Nx, Ny, Nz) and the first conversion value W1. Accordingly, a brightness of the RGBW model of a liquid crystal panel is compensated.

An image is displayed on an electronic display device at a reduced power level. Power used by the display device is maintained below a predetermined maximum power level by uniformly scaling the initial optical intensity of an image to a lower optical intensity whenever displaying the image at the initial optical intensity would result in power consumption of the display device exceeding the predetermined maximum power level.

Novel compounds based on distyryl-biphenyl are provided. The compounds conform to the general structure The compounds are useful as optical brighteners. Compositions, such as laundry care compositions, containing such compounds are also provided.

SOUTHAMPTON'S buzzing live music scene has always been criminally underrated in my humble opinion.

September 11, 2001. That is the only other time Saints have visited Brighton's makeshift Withdean Stadium.

Described as a funny story of love and redemption, BRIGHT STAR , the Steve Martin, yes that Steve Martin, and Edie Brickell musical is being presented by Tryon Little Theatre. The same musical that's been on Broadway and presented by theatre groups across the nation, now takes the stage in Western N.C. - near the actual location where the story is depicted. TLT lead actors in the show, Hannah Searcy (Alice) and Ryan Holub (Jimmy Rae) were interviewed. Aired originally on Feb. 28, 2020. Showtimes for BRIGHT STAR are as follows: Showtimes Thu Mar 5, 2020 | 7:30PM Fri Mar 6, 2020 | 7:30PM Sat Mar 7, 2020 | 2:30PM Sat Mar 7, 2020 | 7:30PM Sun Mar 8, 2020 | 3:00PM Posted by Host and Producer of The Friday Feature Interview of the Week- Paul Foster, WNCW Senior Producer, News Director, and Morning Edition Regional Host

Sonixinema has announced the launch of the Sound of a Brighter Future Composing Competition, an opportunity to share your positive outlook and win store vouchers. Positivity, hope, and unity are surrounding us like never before. It is allowing us to experience life in a new way, and is the perfect time to do what we […]

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Continuum targets regulated industries like banking, healthcare, and government, while Engage is designed for HR and other managers to keep employees engaged wherever they are

This is a stressful time for everyone, not least among us the artists in Seattle. Here, six local writers, artists and creatives share the places in and around Greater Seattle that they find inspiration.

Samina Hameed, 59, died Thursday from complications due to COVID-19, the first Metro driver who is known to have died after contracting the illness.

The former UW coach was the defensive coordinator during the Huskies' national-title run.

A ridiculously optimistic and happy third album from the Belfast band.

Politicians bearing promises have disappointed many miners in Tasmania's wild west in recent times, but increasing demand for metals for electric cars, wind turbines and solar panels is now driving more exploration.

Using a device like a snow cannon to shoot microscopic saltwater droplets into the air, scientists are hoping to reduce heat on the reef and slow the impacts of coral bleaching.

Amid the mass fish kills and the ongoing drought, residents of Menindee in outback NSW hope a festival will be the first of many positives that draw tourists back to the region.

Whisky the kelpie and Diamond the sheep are making a splash at Karoonda in South Australia's Mallee region, after being painted on the town's silos.

The streets of Maryborough on the Fraser Coast were awash with pink as dogs and their owners took over the town for the Pooches on Parade event. The fashion parade was part of the Queensland city's inaugural Rockin' Maryborough Vintage Festival, a celebration of retro fashion, music and style.

A new initiative to bring more public art to the streets of Dubbo has started with a series of murals going up this week.

Amateur photographer Kristan Emerson is legally blind and is helping other people with visual impairments to experience travel and foreign cultures through his eyes.

If tourists could see Mutitjulu, most would be shocked by the level of abject poverty at Australia's famous natural wonder.

Rick Bright, the former head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), proclaimed by some in the media to be a "whistleblower" against the Trump administration, told CBS News that he was not a disgruntled employee.

Is Ty Hunter moving on from Bey?

#PattiPies returning to Walmart stores this week.

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Queen Elizabeth wore a neon green outfit to her 90th birthday party. What could go wrong? Oh right, the internet...

I wrote this back in 2013. I am reposting in the hopes that you might donate to City Lights Bookstore as they struggle through the quarantine in San Francisco. It is by far the most historic and unusual bookstore I have ever visited. They have been r

There were two Reggies in New York City.

There were two Reggies in New York City.

There were two Reggies in New York City.

LIFE after death is real, according to a woman who astonishingly claims to have entered another dimension where she saw bright lights and her dead father.

Premier League clubs have a crunch meeting on Monday to talk about ‘Project Restart'.

Once he pads his resume, former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg can run again for a higher office, a letter to the editor says.

Watford become the third team to publicly oppose the use of neutral venues when Premier League football returns.

A mostly millennial crowd explored the upgraded and interactive museum.

With a bright, 8.2-inch HD display and the flexibility to work in almost any vehicle, the Lanmodo Automotive Vast Night Vision System is a near-perfect alternative to factory-installed systems.

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McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is a mosaic disorder arising from gain-of-function mutations in the GNAS gene, which encodes the 3', 5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) pathway-associated G-protein, Gsα. Clinical manifestations of MAS in a given individual, including fibrous dysplasia, are determined by the timing and location of the GNAS mutation during embryogenesis, the tissues involved, and the role of Gsα in the affected tissues. The Gsα mutation results in dysregulation of the cAMP signaling cascade, leading to upregulation of phosphodiesterase type 4 (PDE4), which catalyzes the hydrolysis of cAMP. Increased cAMP levels have been found in vitro in both animal models of fibrous dysplasia and in cultured cells from individuals with MAS, but not in humans with fibrous dysplasia. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of PDE4 with ¹¹C-(R)-rolipram has been used successfully to study the in vivo activity of the cAMP cascade. To date, it remains unknown whether fibrous dysplasia and other symptoms of MAS, including neuropsychiatric impairments, are associated with increased PDE4 activity in humans. Methods: ¹¹C-(R)-rolipram whole-body and brain PET scans were performed in six individuals with MAS (three for brain scans and six for whole-body scans) and nine healthy controls (seven for brain scans and six for whole-body scans). Results: ¹¹C-(R)-rolipram binding correlated with known locations of fibrous dysplasia in the periphery of individuals with MAS; no uptake was observed in the bones of healthy controls. In peripheral organs and the brain, no difference in ¹¹C-(R)-rolipram uptake was noted between participants with MAS and healthy controls. Conclusion: This study is the first to find evidence for increased cAMP activity in areas of fibrous dysplasia in vivo. No differences in brain uptake between MAS participants and controls were detected, which could be due to several reasons, including the limited anatomic resolution of PET. Nevertheless, the results confirm the usefulness of PET scans with ¹¹C-(R)-rolipram to indirectly measure increased cAMP pathway activation in human disease.

In the three years since the European migration and refugee crisis vividly captured public attention, a wave of innovative initiatives has emerged to help newcomers settle into receiving societies. Now, as the sense of crisis abates, this report explores what these initiatives will need to do to outlast the hype and produce lasting change on key integration issues such as housing, economic inclusion, and community building.

Paris : J.-B. Baillière, 1894.

London : [Published not identified], 1874.

Despite the name, moon won’t have a rosy hue. The name alludes to flowers that bloom in April

A star 100-times more massive than the sun exploded with 10-times more energy than a normal-sized supernova

A rare bloom of microscopic organisms capable of making their own blue light has transformed several of the state’s beaches

A new youth academy in Ta' Qali for the island's outstanding talents has sharpened the focus of the Malta Football Association as it envisions a bright future for the game.

With their spring season canceled due to the global coronavirus pandemic, three senior student-athletes reflect on their time as Penn State Schuylkill Nittany Lions.

Malware on an air-gapped computer can transmit data like Morse code by changing screen brightness in a way that's invisible to the naked eye but easily recorded with a camera.

Beth E. Michalec, lecturer of corporate communication at Penn State Lehigh Valley, earned a doctorate in rhetoric from Duquesne University. Michalec was selected as a Fulbright specialist in June 2019 by the U.S. Department of State.