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Method of Visualizing Drusen in the Eye
Published Thursday, October 27, 2016Drusen are yellow fatty protein deposits under the retina. The formation of drusen increases the risk of a person developing “dry” age-related macular degeneration (dry AMD). The inventor has previously disclosed in published work the surprising finding that these deposits contained tiny hydroxyapatite (HAP)...
Investigator(s): Richard Thompson, Imre Lengyel
Categories: Diagnostics, Imaging
Keyword(s): Ophthalmology, Geriatric, diagnostic
Docket: RT-2012-010, RT-2016-112
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A Counterfeit Detection Scheme using Paper Surfaces and Mobile Cameras
Published Tuesday, August 23, 2016BackgroundCounterfeiting is a world-wide problem affecting high value documents, high end consumer product labels, and other assets. Traditional anti-counterfeiting mechanisms heavily rely on visual examination of the document or product label and decision of a particular examiner. Recent technological solutions include optically capturing...
Keyword(s): counerfeit, document, paper, authentication, mobile platform, security
Docket: IS-2015-165
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Multi-Sensor Aerosol Products Sampling System (MAPSS)
Published Monday, August 22, 2016Global and local properties of atmospheric aerosols have been extensively observed and measured using both spaceborne and ground-based instruments, especially during the last decade. Unique properties retrieved by the different instruments contribute to an unprecedented availability of the most complete set of complimentary aerosol measurements...
Keyword(s): atmosphere; climate; aerosols; atmospheric aerosols
Docket: IS-2016-118
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EventAction
Published Sunday, August 21, 2016EventAction is a prescriptive analytics interface designed to present and explain recommendations of temporal event sequences. EventAction provides a visual analytics approach to (1) identify similar records, (2) explore potential outcomes, (3) review recommended temporal event sequences that might help achieve the users’ goals, and (4)...
Keyword(s): Data visualization, event, temporal sequence, consumer behavior, coaching, medical treatment, academic advising
Docket: IS-2016-062
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HyperCubeMap: Optimal Social Network Ad Allocation Using Hyperbolic Embedding
Published Sunday, August 21, 2016BackgroundSocial networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook, Twitter, and others have increasingly become a popular advertising platform for marketers. Advertisers bid for a target group of users’ action, most often for the number of impressions, and pay using per-per-mille billing policy (per one thousand impressions). The problem arises when...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: IS-2016-072
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Joint Optimization for Social Content Dissemination in Wireless Networks
Published Sunday, August 7, 2016BackgroundSocial networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and others use their users’ profiles to recommend content. Relevance of the recommended content to the user is extremely important as it determines the quality of user experience, and thus user’s willingness to continue to utilize the network. Another important factor of user...
Keyword(s): mobile devices; social network; wireless network; bandwidth; spectrum resource
Docket: IS-2016-057
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Joint Optimization for Social Content Delivery in Wireless Networks
Published Thursday, August 4, 2016BackgroundSocial networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and others use their users’ profiles to recommend content. Relevance of the recommended content to the user is extremely important as it determines the quality of user experience, and thus user’s willingness to continue to utilize the network. Another important factor of user...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Information Technology
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: IS-2016-055
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Joint Optimization for Social Content Delivery in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
Published Thursday, August 4, 2016Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and others use their users’ profiles to recommend content. Relevance of the recommended content to the user is extremely important as it determines the quality of user experience, and thus user’s willingness to continue to utilize the network. Another important factor of user experience is...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Information Technology
Keyword(s): wireless, content delivery, wireless networks, social networks
Docket: IS-2016-056
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Use of Recombinant Human Activated Protein C to Enhance the Cytoprotective and Anticoagulant Effects of Tissues Transgenic for Human Endothelial Protein C Receptor
Published Tuesday, August 2, 2016Organ transplantation is limited by a critical shortage of donor organs. To address this shortage, clinicians have developed transgenic pigs to express human proteins that regulate rejection, inflammation, and thrombosis. Pigs expressing the human Endothelial Protein C Receptor (hEPCR) is a recent advancement in the...
Investigator(s): Agnes Azimzadeh, Richard Pierson, Donald Harris
Keyword(s): recombinant, Therapeutic, transplant, organ transplant rejection
Docket: DH-2014-019
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Colon-Rectum Temperature Management Devices and Methods
Published Tuesday, August 2, 2016Over the last years, the medical community has accepted that induced therapeutic hypothermia or targeted temperature management as a possible method to achieve cardio-protection and neuro-protection. During emergency care and surgery, inducing hypothermic state may help to reduce swelling, blood loss, and other adverse...
Investigator(s): Bingren Hu, Chunli Liu
Keyword(s): device, surgery
Docket: BH-2015-114