Patents Assigned to University
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Publication number: 20210257935Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for control of slip-stick stages using P and PI sawtooth modulated inputs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventor: Salim IBRIR
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Publication number: 20210254273Abstract: A method of making an antimicrobial textile comprising TiO2 nanoparticles is described. The TiO2 nanoparticles are immobilized by first treating a textile with a base, and then contacting with TiO2 nanoparticles in a solution of an alcohol and acid. The textile may be subsequently irradiated with UV light prior to use. The antimicrobial textile shows high effectiveness against the growth and proliferation of microorganisms transmitted within indoor environments.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityInventors: Khaled SALAMA, Reem Y. AL JINDAN
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Publication number: 20210254156Abstract: The present invention relates to metformin for use in treating a patient, wherein the patient exhibits an increased level of GDF15 in response to metformin treatment; to methods of identifying a patient who will benefit or who will not benefit from metformin treatment; methods of treating a patient at risk of developing or suffering from a disease or disorder comprising administering therapeutically effective amount of metformin; methods of adapting the dosage of metformin; the usage of GDF15 as biomarker for identifying a patient who will benefit or who will not benefit from metformin treatment, kits for use in identifying a patient who will benefit from metformin treatment and the use of the kits, as well as methods of treating a patient or who will not benefit from metformin treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicants: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, McMaster UniversityInventors: Sibylle HESS, Thorsten SADOWSKI, Hertzel GERSTEIN, Guillaume PARE, Gregory STEINBERG
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Publication number: 20210257799Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling an optical fiber, comprising impinging electromagnetic radiation from a laser on an optical fiber comprising a core, in which the electromagnetic radiation is substantially confined, and a cladding, in thermal communication with the core, configured to provide optically activated cooling of the core via the electromagnetic radiation from the laser.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: University of WashingtonInventors: Peter J. Pauzauskie, Anupum Pant, Xiaojing Xia, Elena Dobretsova, E. James Davis, Alexander B. Bard, Robert G. Felsted
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Publication number: 20210253705Abstract: A method is described for treating or preventing organ injury, delayed type hypersensitivity, graft-versus-host disease or allograft rejection, for example in the lung, kidney, heart, liver in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of a CCR4 inhibitor or antagonist.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventor: John A. BELPERIO
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Publication number: 20210257412Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first CMOS circuit layer including a plurality of first CMOS circuit blocks; an insulating layer disposed on a top of the first CMOS circuit layer; a plurality of atomic switching elements respectively disposed inside via holes extending through the insulating layer, wherein the plurality of atomic switching elements are electrically connected to the plurality of first CMOS circuit blocks, respectively; a driver circuit layer disposed on a top of the insulating layer, and electrically connected with the atomic switching elements, wherein the driver circuit layer include a driver circuit for selectively turning on and off the atomic switching elements; and a second CMOS circuit disposed on a top of the driver circuit layer and connected to the atomic switching elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventors: Sungjoo LEE, Jae Hyeok JU, Jin-Hong PARK, Sungpyo BAEK
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Publication number: 20210251760Abstract: Scaffolds for use in bone tissue engineering include a skeleton and a host component. Methods of preparation of scaffolds include identification of biodegradation properties for the skeleton and the host component. The skeleton is constructed to form a three-dimensional shape. The skeleton is constructed of a first material and has a first rate of biodegradation. The host component fills the three-dimensional shape formed by the skeleton. The host component is constructed of a second material and has a second rate of biodegradation. The first rate of biodegradation is slower than the second rate of biodegradation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Marquette UniversityInventors: Lobat Tayebi, Morteza Rasoulianboroujeni
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Publication number: 20210255132Abstract: Compositions, devices, and methods for sensing free radicals such as hydroxyl radicals, involving cerium oxide nanoparticles on a carbon-based substrate, are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: The University of ToledoInventors: Ana C. Alba Rubio, Dong-Shik Kim, Surachet Duanghathaipornsuk
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Publication number: 20210253232Abstract: A hover-capable aircraft includes a body including a tubular strut, a first rotor assembly rotatably coupled to the body and positioned about the strut, wherein the first rotor assembly includes a first plurality of circumferentially-spaced blades, a first actuation assembly including a first plurality of electronically controlled actuators coupled to a first swashplate and configured to control the movement of the first swashplate relative to the body, and a control system coupled to the body and configured to control the first plurality of actuators, wherein the control system includes a cable extending through a passage formed in the tubular strut and in signal communication with the first plurality of actuators.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Moble Benedict, David Coleman, Atanu Halder, Bochan Lee, Andrew Riha, Farid Saemi, Carl Runco, Vishaal Subramanian, Eric Greenwood, Vinod Lakshminarayan
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Publication number: 20210251651Abstract: A thrombectomy device includes a handle at a proximal end portion of the device, a first arm connected to the handle, and a second arm extending to a distal end portion of the device. The device may also include a cage at the distal end portion of the device, the cage being adjustable between a contracted orientation and an expanded orientation, the cage including a cutting element disposed between a proximal end portion of the cage and a distal end of the cage, the cutting element including one or more of a round wire, a flat wire, or a blade configured to remove matter from a body lumen when the cage is in the expanded orientation, and a macerator extending within the first arm and the second arm, the macerator including a helical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: National University of Ireland GalwayInventors: Mark BRUZZI, Saeid KASIRI GHAHI, Paul HENEGHAN
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Publication number: 20210252494Abstract: The present invention relates in part to a method of fabricating multimetallic nanoparticles, the method comprising the steps of providing a substrate; activating the substrate surface; adsorbing a cationic transition metal complex onto the substrate surface to form a substrate-supported cationic transition metal complex; adsorbing an anionic transition metal complex onto the substrate-supported cationic transition metal complex to form a substrate-supported multimetallic complex salt; and reducing the substrate-supported multimetallic complex salt to provide a plurality of multimetallic nanoparticles. The invention also relates in part to a composition of multimetallic nanoparticles comprising at least two metals Ma and Mb; wherein the ratio of Ma to Mb is between about 2:1 and about 1:2.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeInventor: Kunlun Ding
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Publication number: 20210256456Abstract: A work log posting system includes a project database, a meeting record analysis module, a project classification module, and a work log module. The project database stores a plurality of keyword sets, each corresponding to a project. The meeting record analysis module analyzes a meeting record including a statement content, an attendance list, and a meeting period, to extract a plurality of terms from the statement content of the meeting record. The project classification module classifies the meeting record to one of the projects according to the relevance between the terms in the statement content and each keyword set. The work log module counts, according to the classification result of the meeting record, the meeting period attended by each person on the attendance list and the project to which the meeting period belongs, so as to preload the statistical result into a work log.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Tamkang UniversityInventors: Chih-Yung Chang, Shih-Jung Wu, Kuo-Chung Yu, Li-Pang Lu, Chia-Chun Wu
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Publication number: 20210258027Abstract: Different techniques are presented for achieving enhanced linearity of digital transmitters. In one aspect, each unit cell of a switched capacitor circuit includes a capacitor electrically coupled via a switch to one of a drive voltage or a reference voltage, and the switch is implemented by two transistors coupled in series. The two transistors are transitioned between on and off states by control signals applied to control terminals of the two transistors, such that the control signals are pulse waves with edges temporally shifted in relation to each other and thereby reducing switching resistance during switch transitions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Sangmin YOO, Si-Wook YOO
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Publication number: 20210251922Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods of treating a steatosis-associated disorder by administering a therapeutic agent selected from a lysosomal enzyme, an autophagy-inducing agent, or a combination thereof. Steatosis-associated disorders discussed herein include GSD Ia, GSD Ib, GSD Ic, NAFLD, and NASH. Other embodiments are directed to methods of reversing steatosis, modulating autophagy, inducing autophagy, and reversing glycogen storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicants: Duke University, National University of SingaporeInventors: Dwight D. Koeberl, Paul M. Yen, Benjamin L. Farah
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Publication number: 20210254993Abstract: The present invention relates to a traffic situation detecting method. The method includes steps of acquiring a current location, a speed of movement and a direction of movement for a ground vehicle; using the current location as a starting point and drawing a detecting scope on a digital map toward the direction of movement; varying a size of the detecting scope in adaptive to an interval of the speed to which the speed of movement belongs; accessing a traffic server to retrieve a traffic event and determining whether the traffic event is situated within the detecting scope; and marking the traffic event located within the detecting scope on a digital map.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: National Central UniversityInventors: CHIH-LIN HU, YU-KAI HUANG, HSIANG-YUAN CHIU, KUN-YU LIN, SHENG-ZHI HUANG
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Publication number: 20210253645Abstract: The present invention provides polypeptides derived from the coronaviruses (CoVs) Spike protein (S) characterized by high affinity and specificity the S receptor and its neutralizing antibodies. The invention further provides compositions and vaccines, and vaccine-based therapies targeting CoVs, and SARS and MERS viruses in particular.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.Inventors: Jonathan GERSHONI, Natalia T. FREUND
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Publication number: 20210253457Abstract: A water treatment system with a photocatalytic nanocomposite sheet, an adsorbent layer, and a fibrous filter, wherein the photocatalytic nanocomposite sheet comprises polymethylmethacrylate and silver phosphate, the adsorbent layer comprises plasma activated carbon nanotubes, and the fibrous filter is a composite of polymethylmethacrylate, polyvinylidene fluoride, and polyvinylpyrrolidone polymer fibers, with carbon nanotubes that are dispersed within the polymer fibers and silver nanoparticles that are deposited on the polymer fibers. Various embodiments of the water treatment system and methods of fabricating the photocatalytic nanocomposite sheet, the adsorbent layer, and the fibrous filter are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: King Abdulaziz UniversityInventors: Numan Abdullah SALAH, Adnan Memic, Mohamed Shaaban Abdel-Wahab, Attieh Ali Al-Ghamdi
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Publication number: 20210254185Abstract: The present invention provides a marker gene capable of detecting the undifferentiated cells that remain or become included in a differentiated cell population. Undifferentiated cells present in a differentiated cell population are detected by using at least one gene selected from the group consisting of ESRG, VSNL1, THY1, SFRP2, SPP1, USP44 and CNMD as an undifferentiation marker. A method of detecting undifferentiated cells; a method of using the gene as an undifferentiation marker; and a kit for detecting undifferentiated cells. A method of selecting an undifferentiated cell clone is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Public University Corporation Yokohama City UniversityInventors: Hideki Taniguchi, Keisuke Sekine
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Publication number: 20210252493Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method that embodies a simple and effective route to remove homogeneous catalysts from solutions wherein NMR/MRI signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) or parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) is performed. A method for recovering a homogeneous SABRE/PHIP catalyst for reuse is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicants: Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, Vanderbilt University, The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Boyd M. Goodson, Eduard Y. Chekmenev, Igor V. Koptyug, Kirill V. Kovtunov, Roman V. Shchepin, Bryce E. Kidd, Jonathan Gesiorski, Max E. Gemeinhardt, Danila A. Barskiy
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Publication number: 20210253644Abstract: Disclosed are next-generation multi-mutated capside protein-modified rAAV expression vector, as well as infectious virions, compositions, and pharmaceutical formulations that include them. Also disclosed are methods of preparing and using these high transduction efficiency vector constructs in a variety of therapeutic applications including, inter alia, as delivery agents for the treatment or amelioration of one or more diseases or abnormal conditions in an affected mammal using in vivo and/or ex situ viral vector-based gene therapy protocols. Also disclosed are large-scale production methods for the multi-mutated, capsid-modified rAAV expression vector, viral particles, and infectious virions, as well as use of the disclosed compositions in the manufacture of medicaments for use in a variety of in vitro and/or in vivo therapeutic methodologies.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: University of Florida Research Foundation, IncorporatedInventors: Arun Srivastava, Li Zhong, Sergei Zolotukhin, George Vladimirovich Aslanidi, Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, Kim M. Van Vliet, Chen Ling
