Patents Assigned to LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY OF SUDBURY
  • Patent number: 10757933
    Abstract: Compositions described herein are purposed to attract gravid mosquitoes to oviposit in a preferred environment. The composition for directing the oviposition of mosquitoes comprises one or more attractants and N—P—K additive, wherein the N—P—K additive is mixture that contain chemical elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. The attractants can be modified to provide a composition for facilitating the oviposition of different kind of mosquito. The composition described above, can be modified to provide a composition for facilitating the oviposition of the Anopheles species of Culicidae. The composition can also include cooked whey, n-heneicosane and/or tetradecanoic acid methyl ester to provide a composition for facilitating the oviposition of the Aedes species of Culicidae. The composition can also be modified to provide a composition for facilitating the oviposition of the Culex species of Culicidae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Laurentian University of Sudbury
    Inventor: Gerardo Ulibarri
  • Patent number: 10590463
    Abstract: Provided are methods of determining a response to a chemotherapeutic agent in a subject with ovarian cancer, comprising: determining a RNA integrity value of a sample comprising ovarian cancer cell RNA from the subject after the subject has received one or more doses of the chemotherapeutic agent; wherein a low RNA integrity value and/or RNA degradation of the cancer cell RNA is indicative that the cancer is responding to the chemotherapeutic agent and/or a high RNA integrity value and/or stable RNA integrity of the ovarian cancer cell RNA is indicative that the cancer is resistant to the chemotherapeutic agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: RNA Disgnostics Inc., Laurentian University of Sudbury
    Inventors: Amadeo Mark Parissenti, Baoqing Guo, Kenneth Pritzker, Laura Pritzker
  • Publication number: 20140287063
    Abstract: Provided are methods of determining a response to a chemotherapeutic agent in a subject with ovarian cancer, comprising: determining a RNA integrity value of a sample comprising ovarian cancer cell RNA from the subject after the subject has received one or more doses of the chemotherapeutic agent; wherein a low RNA integrity value and/or RNA degradation of the cancer cell RNA is indicative that the cancer is responding to the chemotherapeutic agent and/or a high RNA integrity value and/or stable RNA integrity of the ovarian cancer cell RNA is indicative that the cancer is resistant to the chemotherapeutic agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: RNA DIAGNOSTICS INC., LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY OF SUDBURY
    Inventors: Amadeo Mark Parissenti, Baoqing Guo, Kenneth Pritzker, Laura Pritzker
  • Publication number: 20140012505
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for the detection of conductive bodies using three-component electric or magnetic dipole transmitters. The fields from multiple transmitters can be combined to enhance fields at specific locations and in specific orientation. A one- two- or three-component receiver or receiver array is provided for detecting the secondary field radiated by a conductive body. The data from multiple receivers can be combined to enhance the response at a specific sensing location with a specific orientation. Another method is provided in which a three-component transmitter and receiver are separated by an arbitrary distance, and where the position and orientation of the receiver relative to the transmitter are calculated, allowing the response of a highly conductive body to be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY OF SUDBURY
    Inventor: Richard Smith
  • Publication number: 20120114429
    Abstract: Formulations are provided for producing structural members or back fill for mine stopes in environments having sub zero temperatures such as permafrost. The formulations having constituents including crushed rock (rockfill), powdered tailings, ice and water in specific ratios with attention to the prescribed gradations of the rockfill and tailings. The tailings, a readily available and very finely divided material, fill the naturally existing voids in the rockfill. The gradation of the rockfill and the bulk density of the rockfill establish the rockfill/tailings ratio, which has been determined to lie between 1 and 3 or from 50/50 to about 75/25 for optimum strength. The ice in the mix design arises from the pre-existing moisture content in the rock and tailings typically 2% to 5% for the rockfill, 8% to 25% for the tailings. The change of state of liquid water to ice on the particle surfaces is the binding mechanism of the system and is enhanced by vigorous mixing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY OF SUDBURY
    Inventors: Daniel Leonardo Cluff, Vassilios Kazakidis