Abstract: An identifier for a conduit includes a substrate having a pair of apertures. The substrate further contains a frangible portion encompassing one of the apertures and having a shape that corresponds to an opening left in the substrate after removal of the frangible portion. The identifier enables the shape of the frangible portion to be correlated with the shape of the opening left in the substrate after the frangible portion is separated from the substrate.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 30, 2015
Publication date:
April 21, 2016
Applicant:
Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
Inventors:
Joseph Campbell, Wayman Brown, Kyung-Hoon Bang, Rory Bonte, Mohammed Aldawsari, John Finnell
Abstract: A photovoltaic cell includes a substrate layer, an anode layer on the substrate layer, an active layer on the anode layer, and a cathode layer on the active layer, wherein the active layer comprises a plurality of disparately sized n-type and p-type nano-particles of different semiconductor materials randomly distributed in a conductive polymer blend. The n-type nano-particles can include either ZnO or In2O3 nano-particles, and the p-type nano-particles can include either NiO or La2O3 nano-particles. The conductive polymer blend can include P3HT. The bandgaps of the nano-particles have corresponding energies ranging from the near ultraviolet to the far infrared.
Abstract: Fabrication of yarns or other shaped articles from materials in powder form (or nanoparticles or nanofibers) using carbon nanotube/nanofiber sheet as a platform (template). This includes methods for fabricating biscrolled yarns using carbon nanotube/nanofiber sheets and biscrolled fibers fabricated thereby.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 14, 2015
Publication date:
April 21, 2016
Applicant:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
Inventors:
Shaoli Fang, Marcio Dias Lima, Xavier N. Lepro-Chavez, Javier Carretero-Gonzalez, Elizabeth Castillo-Martinez, Raquel Ovalle-Robles, Carter Sebastian Haines, David Michael Novitski, Mohammad H. Haque, Chihye Lewis-Azad, Mikhail Kozlov, Anvar A. Zakhidov, Ray H. Baughman
Abstract: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine using a controller that controls an air flow path by adjusting at least one of a variable geometry turbine (VGT) and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) flow rate during engine operation. The method determines inputs, such as engine speed and fuel rate from the sensor data, and employs a switch based gain-scheduled explicit model predictive controller (MPC) responsive to the inputs to determine the air flow path.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 21, 2014
Publication date:
April 21, 2016
Applicants:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., The Regents of the University of Michigan
Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions that include a nanoparticle and a compound that increases the biological activity of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) (e.g., a VDR agonist), and methods of using such compounds to increase retention or storage of vitamin A, vitamin D, and/or lipids by a cell, such as an epithelial or stellate cell. Such methods can be used to treat or prevent fibrosis.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 23, 2015
Publication date:
April 21, 2016
Applicants:
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, The University of Sydney
Inventors:
Ning Ding, Michael Downes, Christopher Liddle, Ronald M. Evans
Abstract: The present invention provides novel hydrogels through peptides, which are designed to self-assemble and produce magnetic resonance (MR) contrast through chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST). The location and integrity of these gels could consequently be tracked using MR imaging. The self-assembly of the peptides into hydrogels can be brought about by a change in pH, ionic strength, temperature, and concentration of ions.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 28, 2014
Publication date:
April 21, 2016
Applicants:
The Johns Hopkins University, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc., National Institute of Health
Inventors:
Michael T. McMahon, Kannie Wai-Yan Chan, Michael Christopher Giano, Nikita Oskolkov, Joel Patrick Schneider, Xiaolei Song
Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as novel near-infrared labels, compositions containing these compounds, and methods of using the near-infrared labels to identify targets in vitro, in situ and in vivo. The invention also provides small or large molecule conjugates between targeting agents and NIR labels, as well as methods and kits thereof, that can be used in diagnostics and treatment of diseases related to microbes in mammalian animals.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 8, 2014
Publication date:
April 21, 2016
Applicants:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Inventors:
Arkady Mustaev, David S. Perlin, Laura Wirpsza
Abstract: Apparatus for operating MRI is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: a control for operating an MRI scanner to carry out an MRI scan; an input for receiving first and second MRI scans respectively at the beginning and end of a predetermined time interval post contrast administration; a subtraction map former for forming a subtraction map from the first and the second MRI scans by analyzing the scans to distinguish between a population in which contrast clearance from the tissue is slower than contrast accumulation, and a population in which clearance is faster than accumulation; and an output to provide an indication of distribution of the populations. The control is configured to carry out the first scan at least five minutes and no more than twenty minutes post contrast administration and to carry out the second scan such that the predetermined time period is at least twenty minutes.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 24, 2014
Publication date:
April 21, 2016
Applicants:
Tel HaShomer Medical Research Infrasture and Services Ltd., Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.
Inventors:
Yael MARDOR, Leor ZACH, David GUEZ, David LAST, Dianne DANIELS
Abstract: Disclosed is a main synchronization sequence design method for global covering multi-beam satellite LTE, comprising the follow steps: extending a standard Zadoff-Chu sequence to a generalized Zadoff-Chu sequence so as to obtain an initial candidate main synchronization sequence set of more candidate sequences; gradually narrowing down the candidate main synchronization sequence set according to a selection standard of a main synchronization sequence to obtain a final candidate main synchronization sequence set; and obtaining a main synchronization sequence set with optimal eclectic performance and complexity from the final candidate main synchronization sequence set. According to the present invention, a main synchronization sequence with optimal eclectic performance and calculation complexity can be designed for a global covering same-frequency networking multi-beam satellite LTE system.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 20, 2013
Publication date:
April 21, 2016
Applicant:
Southeast University
Inventors:
Haiming Wang, Zhuming Deng, Xiqi Gao, Xiaohu You
Abstract: A relationship graph interlinkage system includes a plurality of relationship graph databases 20 which stores a plurality of relationship graphs respectively, a selected information acceptance unit 101 which accepts selected information from a terminal device 40 via a computer network, a relationship graph selection unit 102 which selects a plurality of the relationship graphs from the relationship graph databases based on the selected information, a relationship graph evaluation unit 103 which evaluates each relationship graph by measuring a parameter of the node contained in each relationship graph, a parameter evaluation unit 104 which evaluates the parameter of the node contained in each relationship graph evaluated by the relationship graph evaluation unit 103, an output node determination unit 105 which determines node to be output to a terminal device via a computer network based on a result of evaluation of the parameter by the parameter evaluation unit 104.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 20, 2014
Publication date:
April 21, 2016
Applicants:
Kyoto University, Kobe Digital Labo Inc.
Abstract: A layer-by-layer deposition process for a thin film having a polyelectrolyte and a complementary species includes calibrating a buffered polyelectrolyte solution and a buffered rinse solution, depositing a polyelectrolyte layer on a substrate, and depositing a complementary species layer on the polyelectrolyte layer. Depositing a polyelectrolyte layer includes applying the buffered polyelectrolyte solution to the substrate and applying the buffered rinse solution to the substrate after the buffered polyelectrolyte solution has been applied. Depositing a complementary species layer includes applying a complementary species mixture to the substrate and applying a complementary species rinse solution to the substrate after the complementary species mixture has been applied.
Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and compositions that modulate cannabinoid receptors, methods of modulating cannabinoid receptors, and methods of treating various disorders related to the modulation of cannabinoid receptors. This disclosure is directed to methods of treating cannabinoid dependence, neuropathy, inflammation, glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disorder, a motor function disorder, a gastrointestinal disorder, hypothermia, emesis, loss of appetite, or anorexia associated with AIDS.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 6, 2012
Publication date:
April 21, 2016
Applicant:
Northeastern University
Inventors:
Alexandros MAKRIYANNIS, Ganesh A. THAKUR, Rishi SHARMA
Abstract: Disclosed herein are several apoplipoprotein E (ApoE) polypeptides, and nucleic acids encoding these polypeptides, that can be used to treat or prevent a hepatitis infection in a subject, such as a hepatitis C virus infection. These ApoE polypeptides can inhibit the entry of hepatitis C virus into cells, and inhibit viral replication.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 25, 2015
Publication date:
April 21, 2016
Applicants:
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, University of South Carolina
Abstract: This invention demonstrates the therapeutic efficacy of Yang-Gan-Wan (YGW) and its active components, especially in the formulation provided by Sheng-Pu Pharmaceutials, Inc., for treating and preventing liver fibrosis. This invention further demonstrates MeCP2 is an important therapeutic target for YGW and its active ingredients' action against liver fibrosis and cirrhosis.
Abstract: A configuration and a method of constructing a high-temperature superconductor tape including a plurality superconducting filaments sandwiched between a substrate and an overlayer, and having a compliant material extending between the substrate and the overlayer and isolating each superconducting filament.
Abstract: Provided are methods for the determination of the viability of a mammalian embryo or a potential embryo generated from a mammalian oocyte, comprising applying a mechanical stimulus to the embryo or oocyte, detecting a temporal response of the embryo or oocyte to the mechanical stimulus, and deriving measurements for one or more parameters from the temporal response, the measurements being indicative of viability. Also provided are methods for selecting an embryo for transfer and methods for enhancing the viability of an embryo or oocyte.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 21, 2015
Publication date:
April 21, 2016
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
Inventors:
Livia Zarnescu, David B. Camarillo, Jinnuo Han, Renee A. Reijo Pera, Shawn L. Chavez, Barry Behr
Abstract: Combinations of anti-cancer antibodies and inhibitory antibodies to CD223 overcome immune suppression in cancer patients. The inhibitory antibodies may be generated in an animal by injection of fragments of CD223. Antibodies may be monoclonal antibodies or single chain antibodies or humanized antibodies.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 18, 2015
Publication date:
April 21, 2016
Applicants:
The Johns Hopkins University, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital Inc.
Inventors:
Drew M. Pardoll, Ching-Tai Huang, Jonathan Powell, Charles Drake, Dario A. Vignali, Creg J. Workman
Abstract: The invention provides an agent for preventing or treating a condition characterised by the presence of unwanted cells, the agent comprising: (i) a targeting moiety that is capable of targeting to the unwanted cells; and (ii) a T cell antigen, wherein the T cell antigen can be released from the targeting moiety by selective cleavage of a cleavage site in the agent in the vicinity of the unwanted cells.
Abstract: Certain embodiments are directed to method of measuring fortilin in a serum sample as a biomarker of in vivo apoptosis, which can be utilized to noninvasively assess the status of in vivo apoptosis in a subject.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 14, 2015
Publication date:
April 21, 2016
Applicant:
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System