Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for event detection using roles and relationships of entities are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A training event and a set of entities participating in the training event are identified in a training data. For a first entity in the set of entities, a first role occupied by the entity in the event is determined. A behavior attribute is assigned to the first role. A relationship of the first role with a second role corresponding to a second entity in the set of entities is determined. An event rule is constructed to detect an event corresponding to the training event in new data and comprising a plurality of roles, behavior attributes, and the relationship. The plurality of roles includes the first role and the second role, and the plurality of behavior attributes includes the behavior attribute assigned to the first role.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 8, 2014
Publication date:
June 9, 2016
Applicants:
International Business Machines Corporation, Baylor College of Medicine, The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
Inventors:
Ying Chen, Linda H. Kato, Jacques J. Labrie, Meenakshi Nagarajan, William Scott Spangler, Ioana R. Stanoi, Anbu Karani Adikesavan, Benjamin J. Bachman, Lawrence A. Donehower, Olivier Lichtarge, Sam J. Regenbogen, Maria E. Terron-Diaz, Angela D. Wilkins, Curtis R. Pickering
Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for facilitating heat transfer around an electronic component during thermal-cycle testing are presented. A system may include a core, a plurality of solid state heating/cooling devices, and a plurality of heat sinks. The core defines one or more cavities for receiving an electronic component. The system may include an air mover and a duct. In operation, the system may cool an electronic component to sub-ambient temperatures and heat it to above the boiling point of water. A method of thermal-cycle testing may include a core defining a cavity for receiving an electronic component, selectively inducing said heating/cooling devices to operate in a heating mode or a cooling mode, and measuring and recording conditions during the test.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 14, 2013
Date of Patent:
June 7, 2016
Assignee:
BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
Abstract: A method, wireless device and computer program product for expanding the coverage of a cellular network. A wireless device (e.g., cellular telephone) is able to communicate with a base station in a cell of the cellular network over a non-cellular interface via another wireless device in a cell through the use of multi-hopping. A wireless device may request permission to communicate with the base station over a non-cellular interface via hopping off another wireless device when its signal strength is below a threshold. Alternatively, a wireless device may receive a request to communicate with the base station over a non-cellular interface via hopping off the wireless device that sent the request when that wireless device has excess capacity in its bandwidth with the base station. By enabling wireless devices to communicate with a base station in such a manner, the effective capacity of the cellular network is expanded and the effective capacity of the cellular network is improved.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 11, 2015
Date of Patent:
June 7, 2016
Assignee:
Board Of Regents, The University Of Texas System
Inventors:
Vidur Bhargava, Sriram Vishwanath, Jubin Jose
Abstract: The present invention relates generally to novel allosteric regulators of proteasome activity, methods for preparation and use, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Specifically piperidine-2-carboxylic acid derivatives containing 1-oxo-aroyl group and a lipophilic ester side chain are disclosed as allosteric inhibitors of proteasome 2S activity, and as therapeutic agents for the treatment of proteasome-associated disorders in a subject.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 13, 2014
Publication date:
June 2, 2016
Applicant:
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SY STEM
Abstract: Methods and systems include generating one or more mid-infrared frequencies based at least upon electron transitions in one or more quantum cascade heterostructures. The quantum cascade heterostructures are concurrently configured with a significant second-order nonlinear susceptibility, a significant third-order nonlinear susceptibility, and an insignificant group velocity dispersion. A set of mid-infrared frequencies (that may include a frequency comb) is generated in the quantum cascade heterostructures based at least upon a four-wave mixing of the one or more mid-infrared frequencies. The four-wave mixing arises at least from the significant third-order nonlinear susceptibility and the insignificant group velocity dispersion. A set of terahertz frequencies (that may include a frequency comb) is generated in the quantum cascade heterostructures based at least upon a difference frequency generation from mid-infrared frequency pairs selected from the set of mid-infrared frequencies.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 21, 2015
Publication date:
June 2, 2016
Applicant:
BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
Inventors:
Mikhail A. Belkin, Karun Vijayraghavan, Seungyong Jung
Abstract: A novel pharmaceutical composition is provided by which nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are added directly to phospholipid-containing oil such as lecithin oils or to a bio-compatible oil to which an phospholipid has been added to make a NSAID-containing formulation that possess low gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity and enhanced therapeutic activity to treat or prevent inflammation, pain, fever, platelet aggregation, tissue ulcerations and/or other tissue disorders. The composition of the invention are in the form of a non-aqueous solution, paste, suspension, dispersion, colloidal suspension or in the form of an aqueous emulsion or microemulsion for internal, oral, direct or topical administration.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 24, 2014
Date of Patent:
May 31, 2016
Assignee:
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation by contacting the hydrocarbon-bearing formation with a fluid that includes at least one of a polyol or polyol ether, wherein the polyol and polyol ether independently have from 2 to 25 carbon atoms; and at least one of a monohydroxy alcohol, ether, or ketone, wherein the monohydroxy alcohol, ether, and ketone independently have from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and wherein the at least one of a polyol or polyol ether is present in the fluid at at least 50 weight percent, based on the total weight of the fluid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 30, 2007
Date of Patent:
May 31, 2016
Assignees:
BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Inventors:
Gary A. Pope, Jimmie R. Baran, Jr., John D. Skildum, Vishal Bang, Mukul M. Shama
Abstract: A system for predicting medical events and conditions that are reflected in gait may include a data capture subsystem configured to capture data pertaining to a position and/or motion of a patient, a data analysis and outcome generation subsystem configured to analyze the captured data and to generate output pertaining to a likelihood of the patient experiencing a medical event or medical condition, and a user interface subsystem configured to provide the output to a user, e.g., healthcare provider, and to receive feedback from the user. Methods for predicting medical events and conditions reflected in gait are also provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 20, 2015
Publication date:
May 26, 2016
Applicant:
BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
Inventors:
Gian-Luca Mariottini, Aaron N. Staranowicz, Christopher T. Ray
Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds that are useful for inhibiting the STAT6 pathway. Also provided are related pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the compounds. In some embodiments, the compounds may be used to treat a disease such as, e.g., an allergic lung disease, allergic rhinitis, chronic pulmonary obstructive disease, or a cancer.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 8, 2014
Publication date:
May 26, 2016
Applicants:
Baylor College of Medicine, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
Inventors:
John S. McMURRAY, Pijus Kumar MANDAL, Pietro MORLACCHI, Morgan KNIGHT, David B. CORRY
Abstract: The present disclosure involves compositions and methods for treating brain cancers having mutations in the retinoblastoma (Rb) pathway using an oncolytic adenovirus comprising an alteration in the Rb binding site of E1A, and a targeting motif inserted in the Ad fiber protein. The adenovirus is able to kill the tumor cells without harming cells with a wild-type retinoblastoma pathway.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 13, 2014
Publication date:
May 26, 2016
Applicants:
DNATRIX, Inc., Board of Regents, The University of Texas Systems
Inventors:
Juan FUEYO-MARGARETO, Candelaria MANZANO-GOMEZ, Charles CONRAD, Fred LANG, W.K. Alfred YUNG, Frank TUFARO
Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for the treatment of diseases such as cancer. In certain aspects, compounds which can inhibit Skp2 are provided. Specifically chromenone derivatives are disclosed that have the capability toward reducing differentiation of pluripotent, multipotent or totipotent cells and thus have therapeutic utility in the treatment of a proliferative disease such as cancer.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 18, 2014
Publication date:
May 26, 2016
Applicant:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
Inventors:
Shuxing ZHANG, Hui-Kuan LIN, Chia-Hsin CHAN, John Kenneth MORROW
Abstract: A method for treating neural deficits resulting from multiple sclerosis, involving assessing a subject's motor, sensory, cognitive, or emotional deficits caused by multiple sclerosis; selecting a rehabilitative task based said deficits; determining the subject's acceptable performance threshold for the rehabilitative task; and providing a paired training therapy. The paired training therapy comprises having the subject to perform a trial of the rehabilitative task; classifying the subject's performance on the trial as either acceptable or unacceptable, wherein an acceptable performance is performance at or above the subject's acceptable performance threshold, and an unacceptable performance is performance below the subject's acceptable performance threshold; and reinforcing acceptable performance by selectively stimulating the subject's vagus nerve after completion of the acceptable performance.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 20, 2015
Publication date:
May 26, 2016
Applicant:
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
Inventors:
Michael P. Kilgard, Robert L. Rennaker, II
Abstract: A nanostructured particulates formed from a redox active, luminescent phenyl substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon are provided herein. The nanostructured particulates may be used for determining the presence of an analyte of interest in a sample by detecting the emitted electromagnetic radiation generated by exposing a reagent mixture, which includes the nanostructured particulates and the sample, to electrochemical energy.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 9, 2014
Date of Patent:
May 24, 2016
Assignee:
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
Inventors:
Allen J. Bard, Fu-Ren F. Fan, Khalid Omer
Abstract: Described herein are modifications and adaptations of iron storage proteins for a novel photo-initiated approach to cancer therapy whereby cells are killed via production of iron-generated hydroxyl radicals. The iron is photo-released from a protein scaffold that includes tumor-targeting peptides and/or proteins fused to the exterior surface of the protein scaffold. One or more photosensitizers are coupled to the protein shell. The multiple tumor-targeting peptides and/or proteins will bind to specific hyperexpressed receptors on the cancer cells. After binding of the photosensitizer-iron-loaded protein to the cancer cells, photochemical excitation of the photosensitizers with tissue-penetrating near-infrared light triggers release of “free” ferrous iron, which in oxic or mildly hypoxic intracellular environments generates toxic hydroxyl radicals via Fenton chemistry. This light-triggered release of “free” iron overwhelms the cancer cells' defenses against free radicals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 25, 2012
Date of Patent:
May 24, 2016
Assignee:
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
Abstract: Systems, methods and devices for paired training include timing controls so that training and neural stimulation can be provided simultaneously. Paired trainings may include therapies, rehabilitation and performance enhancement training. Stimulations of nerves such as the vagus nerve that affect subcortical regions such as the nucleus basalis, locus coeruleus or amygdala induce plasticity in the brain, enhancing the effects of a variety of therapies, such as those used to treat tinnitus, stroke, traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 26, 2014
Date of Patent:
May 24, 2016
Assignees:
MICROTRANSPONDER, INC., THE BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
Inventors:
Michael P. Kilgard, Larry Cauller, Navzer Engineer, Christa McIntyre Rodriguez, Will Rosellini
Abstract: Novel, non-toxic cobalt-based contrast and imaging agents for use in enhanced medical imaging modalities and processes are described, as well the manufacture of markers containing such contrast agents is described, and uses for such imaging markers and contrast agents in a variety of therapeutic applications and devices.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 25, 2014
Date of Patent:
May 24, 2016
Assignees:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, The University of Houston System
Abstract: The present disclosure describes the fusogenic activity of the Myomaker protein. This polypeptide, when expressed in non-muscle cells, is able to drive fusion of the cell with a muscle cell, but not with other non-muscle cells. The use of this protein and cell expressing it in the delivery of exogenous genetic material to muscle cells also is described.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 27, 2014
Publication date:
May 19, 2016
Applicant:
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas Sy stem
Abstract: Methods for extraction and recovery of rare earth elements are disclosed. In one aspect, heap leaching with a leach solution comprising sulfuric acid is used to extract rare earth elements including yttrium and light and heavy rare earth elements.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 13, 2015
Publication date:
May 19, 2016
Applicant:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System