Abstract: A composite material for electromagnetic interference shielding is provided. The composite material comprises a stack including at least two electrically conductive nanoscale fiber films, which are spaced apart from one another by at least one insulating gap positioned between the at least two nanoscale fiber films. The stack is effective to provide a substantial multiple internal reflection effect.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 26, 2013
Publication date:
December 26, 2013
Applicant:
Florida State University Research Foundation
Inventors:
Zhiyong Liang, Ben Wang, Chun Zhang, Jin Gyu Park
Abstract: The present invention is based, in part, on our discovery of compositions and methods that can be used to treat a patient who has a compromised bone (due, for example, to a disease such as osteoporosis or an injury such as a bone fracture). The compositions can also be administered prophylactically. For example, they can be administered to help maintain bone health as a patient ages. More specifically, the compositions include polypeptides that constitute (or that include) a fragment of a calcitonin receptor (CR) and polypeptides that constitute (or include) biologically active variants of those fragments. Sequence-specific formulas are provided herein, and polypeptides conforming to those formulas, as well as nucleic acids encoding them, expression vectors, host cells, pharmaceutical formulations, and methods of their preparation and use are within the scope of the present invention.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 7, 2011
Publication date:
December 26, 2013
Applicant:
The Research Foundation of State University of New York
Abstract: A microelectrode array having a substrate with a plurality of grooves and a plurality of electrical contact pads, the grooves each with at least one electrode electrically connected to at least one of the electrical contact pads, each of the grooves containing at least one myotube that overlays the at least one electrode.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 15, 2011
Date of Patent:
December 24, 2013
Assignee:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Inventors:
Christopher Langhammer, Bonnie L. Firestein-Miller, Jeffrey Zahn
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for anaerobic digestion of waste fibrous material and the recovery of nutrients are provided. Methods, systems, and apparatuses disclosed herein provide mechanisms to release dissolved gases from anaerobic digester effluent. Methods, systems and apparatuses disclosed herein can recover one or more nutrients from anaerobic digested effluent using a range of temperatures, aeration rates, aeration times, pH ranges, and settling times.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 10, 2011
Date of Patent:
December 24, 2013
Assignees:
DVO, Inc., Washington State University, Andgar Corporation
Inventors:
Quanbao Zhao, Stephen W. Dvorak, Shulin Chen, Craig Frear, Bryan J. VanLoo
Abstract: Dynamic three-dimensional image electrical capacitance tomography sensor system is disclosed. The technique generates, from the measured capacitance, a whole volume image of the region enclosed by the a geometrically three-dimensional capacitance sensor. A real time, three-dimensional imaging of a moving object or a real time volume imaging (i.e., four-dimensional (4D)) allows for a total interrogation scheme of the whole volume within the domain of an arbitrary shape of geometry to be implemented. The system comprises a 3D capacitance sensor, data acquisition electronics and the image reconstruction algorithm which enables the volume-image reconstruction. The electrode shape of the capacitance sensor can be rectangular, triangular, trapezium, or any shape to enclose a 3D section of the measuring domain and to distribute the electrical field intensity in three directions with equal sensitivity strength.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 22, 2006
Date of Patent:
December 24, 2013
Assignee:
The Ohio State University
Inventors:
Warsito Warsito, Qussai Marashdeh, Liang-Shih Fan
Abstract: A biosensor for use in detecting the presence of diseases, the biosensor comprising a detector for detecting a presence of at least one marker indicative of a specific disease. A method of determining efficacy of a pharmaceutical for treating a disease or staging disease by administering a pharmaceutical to a sample containing markers for a disease, detecting the amount of at least one marker of the disease in the sample, and analyzing the amount of the marker in the sample, whereby the amount of marker correlates to pharmaceutical efficacy or disease stage. Markers for gynecological disease selected from the list in Table 8. An immuno-imaging agent comprising labeled antibodies, whereby the labeled antibodies are isolated and reactive to proteins overexpressed in vivo. Informatics software for analyzing the arrays of claim 17, the software including analyzing means for analyzing the arrays.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 17, 2006
Date of Patent:
December 24, 2013
Assignee:
Wayne State University
Inventors:
Michael Tainsky, Sorin Draghici, Madhumita Chatterjee
Abstract: A process for producing mixed esters of fatty acids as biofuel or additive to a petroleum fuel for use in a compression ignition (CI) engine. The process preferably provides a partial transesterification of a mixture of fatty acid methyl esters with at least one alkyl alcohol containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms in the presence of a heterogeneous solid acid catalyst to produce a mixture of the fatty acid methyl esters and alkyl alcohol esters of the fatty acids.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2008
Date of Patent:
December 24, 2013
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
Inventors:
Navinchandra S. Asthana, Dennis J. Miller, Carl T. Lira, Evan Bittner
Abstract: An artificial body wall is disclosed herein. The artificial body wall may include a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is substantially formed of a silicone rubber and includes at least one of an artificial epidermis-dermis layer or an artificial subcutaneous layer. The second layer extends along and below the first layer and is substantially formed of a silicone rubber. The second layer includes at least one of an artificial fascia layer or an artificial muscle layer. At least one of the first layer or second layer may be vascularized.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 21, 2011
Date of Patent:
December 24, 2013
Assignee:
Colorado State University Research Foundation
Abstract: Reliable and rapid diagnostic methods for many functional syndromes (FS) such as Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis (IC) are not available. Exemplary embodiments include rapid and accurate methods for diagnosing FS in humans and other mammals using infrared microspectroscopy (IRMS). Exemplary methods utilize Soft Independent Modeling by Class Analogy (SIMCA) to create classification models. Exemplary methods utilize classification models to categorize a subject's condition (e.g., healthy/sick and or flare/remission). Using these classification models, various embodiments enable diagnosis based on spectra data from a blood sample or other biomedical specimen. Exemplary embodiments may be useful for rapid diagnosis of IC and various other conditions in humans, cats, and/or other mammals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 16, 2011
Date of Patent:
December 24, 2013
Assignee:
The Ohio State University
Inventors:
Charles A. Buffington, Daniel Emilio Rubio-Diaz, Luis E. Rodriguez-Saona, Judi L. Stella
Abstract: The present invention includes a new type of bait for wood-targeting pest baiting systems and methods of obtaining the bait. Certain embodiments of the present invention include a blue-stained wood either treated with a solution that includes blue-stain fungi or wood naturally infected with blue-stain fungi. Additional embodiments of the present invention include a blue-stained solution that may be applied to a wood substrate or to a non-wood bait matrix.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 13, 2013
Publication date:
December 19, 2013
Applicant:
Mississippi State University
Inventors:
Nathan S. Little, John J. Riggins, Tor P. Schultz
Abstract: The present invention encompasses recombinant bacteria suitable for live attenuated vaccines, and methods of use thereof. One aspect of the present invention encompasses a recombinant Salmonella bacterium. The bacterium comprises a first promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid encoding a toxin and a second promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid encoding an antitoxin, wherein the second promoter is inactive in vivo, but active in vitro.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 22, 2011
Publication date:
December 19, 2013
Applicant:
The Arizona Board of Regents for and on behalf of Arizona State University
Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a first polarization grating, a second polarization grating, and a liquid crystal layer. The first polarization grating is configured to polarize and diffract incident light into first and second beams having different polarizations and different directions of propagation relative to that of the incident light. The liquid crystal layer is configured to receive the first and second beams from the first polarization grating. The liquid crystal layer is configured to be switched between a first state that does not substantially affect respective polarizations of the first and second beams traveling therethrough, and a second state that alters the respective polarizations of the first and second beams traveling therethrough. The second polarization grating is configured to analyze and diffract the first and second beams from the liquid crystal layer to alter the different directions of propagation thereof in response to the state of the liquid crystal layer.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 15, 2013
Publication date:
December 19, 2013
Applicant:
North Carolina State University
Inventors:
Michael J. Escuti, Chulwoo Oh, Ravi Komanduri, Brandon L. Conover, Jihwan Kim
Abstract: Compositions are provided to identify functional mutant ribosomes that may be used as drug targets. The compositions allow isolation and analysis of mutations that would normally be lethal and allow direct selection of rRNA mutants with predetermined levels of ribosome function. The compositions of the present invention may be used to identify antibiotics to treat a large number of human pathogens through the use of genetically engineered rRNA genes from a variety of species. The invention further provides novel plasmid constructs to be used in the methods of the invention.
Abstract: Automated, standardized and accurate extraction of relationships within text. Automatic extraction of such relationships/information allows the information to be stored in structured form so that it can be easily and accurately retrieved when needed. Such information can be used to build online search engines for highly specific and accurate information retrieval. The current invention discloses a novel approach to extract such information from raw text based on natural language processing (NLP) and graph theoretic algorithm. The novel method can be applied, for example, to extract protein-protein relationships in biomedical literature. The method can be easily extended to extract other biological relationships between biological terms such as proteins, genes, pathways, diseases and drugs. The method can also be applied to other information domains to extract other relationships.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 20, 2013
Publication date:
December 19, 2013
Applicant:
The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: Fire retardant materials are provided that contain carbon nanotubes and particles capable of endothermically reacting when exposed to elevated temperatures. The carbon nanotubes may be a buckypaper. Methods also are provided for making a fire retardant material and for improving the fire retardation capabilities of a material.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 14, 2012
Publication date:
December 19, 2013
Applicant:
Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Inventor:
Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Abstract: A handheld sensor device is provided for measuring an ion concentration in a solution. The solution is in an electrochemical cell that includes a counter electrode, a working electrode, and a reference electrode. The sensor includes a control amplifier configured to provide a current through the counter electrode and the working electrode so as to maintain a predetermined voltage between the working electrode and the reference electrode. The sensor also includes a current amplifier configured to measure the current provided through the counter electrode and the working electrode. In one embodiment, the sensor also includes a direct digital frequency synthesizer (DDFS) including a phase accumulator. The DDFS is configured to selectively generate a waveform specified by an electrochemical technique such as square wave voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, linear sweep voltammetry, differential-pulse polarography, normal-pulse polarography, or other known electrochemical techniques.
Abstract: A cooling device includes a target fluid inlet, a target fluid outlet, an inner conduit, and a chamber surrounding the inner conduit. The inner conduit communicates with the target fluid inlet and the target fluid outlet, and provides a flow path for a target fluid to be cooled. The chamber contains a first endothermic reactant and includes a reactant inlet selectively alterable from a closed state to an open state. When the reactant inlet is in the closed state, the first endothermic reactant is isolated from a second endothermic reactant and no endothermic reaction occurs. When the reactant inlet is in the open state, the reactant inlet provides a flow path for enabling the second endothermic reactant to come into contact with the first endothermic reactant in the chamber for initiating the endothermic reaction and cooling the target fluid in the inner conduit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 24, 2010
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2013
Assignee:
North Carolina State University
Inventors:
Andrew J. DiMeo, Nathan M. Cox, Steven P. Grove, Samuel Lee, Luke D. Oltmans, Kathryn H. Sauer
Abstract: Canine parvovirus vaccines and diagnostics and methods for their use are provided. The vaccines are effective against emerging canine parvovirus variants.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 25, 2012
Date of Patent:
December 17, 2013
Assignee:
The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University
Abstract: In a method of fabricating an optical element, an alignment surface is photolithographically patterned using a birefringent mask having a holographic pattern therein to create an alignment condition in the alignment surface based on the holographic pattern. A layer is formed on the alignment surface such that local optical axes of the layer are oriented according to the alignment condition in the alignment surface. For example, the layer may be a liquid crystal layer having respective molecular axes aligned according to the alignment condition. Related fabrication methods and polarization gratings are also discussed.
Abstract: ‘Northbridge Turf Bermudagrass’ is a clonally propagated FI hybrid from a cross of C. transvaalensis OSU selection ‘2747’ (2n=2x=18) by C. dactylon var. dactylon OSU selection ‘3200E 4-1’.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 31, 2011
Date of Patent:
December 24, 2013
Assignee:
The Board of Regents For Oklahoma State University
Inventors:
Yanqi Wu, Dennis Loren Martin, Charles M. Taliaferro, Jeffrey A. Anderson, Justin Q. Moss