Patents Assigned to University
  • PROFILING-BASED ENERGY-AWARE RECOMMENDATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLOUD PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20160077539
    Abstract: A profiling-based energy-aware recommendation method for a cloud platform at a cloud mediator interface may include: collecting usage data of a cloud node over predetermined intervals of time; generating and storing an energy usage profile for each node by using the collected usage data; acquiring real-time usage data from the cloud node; and comparing the real-time usage data with the generated energy usage profile so as to calculate a recommendation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sung Young LEE, Muhammad Bilal AMIN
  • Inorganic-organic Hybrid Oxide Polymer and Manufacturing Method thereof
    Publication number: 20160075884
    Abstract: An inorganic-organic hybrid oxide polymer is provided. The polymer consists of an inorganic molecular cluster MxNyOz and an organic molecular polymer cluster OG, wherein the inorganic molecular cluster MxNyOz consists of a hybrid oxidation based on a first element M and a second element N and has a molecular formula MxNyOz , wherein x=0.01˜0.99, y=0.01˜0.99, z/(x+y)=0.01˜3.99, and the inorganic molecular cluster MxNyOz has a plurality of voids having an averaged characteristic dimension in a range between 0.2 nm˜30 nm and filled with the organic molecular polymer cluster OG, wherein the first element M and the second element N are respectively selected from a group consisting of an intermediate element, a metal element, a semiconductor element and a combination thereof and the first element M is different from the second element N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Hsueh-Shih CHEN
  • STAPHYLOCOCCUS LIVE CELL VACCINES
    Publication number: 20160074497
    Abstract: Staphylococcus aureus protein A variants, defective in immunoglobulin binding, elicit protective immunity against staphylococcal disease. The present invention includes methods for preventing or ameliorating staphylococcal infections, particularly hospital acquired nosocomial infections. As such, the invention contemplates vaccines for use in both active and passive immunization embodiments. In certain embodiments the vaccine is an isolated recombinant staphylococcal bacteria that expresses a variant Protein A (SpA variant) comprising (a) at least one amino acid substitution that disrupts Fc binding and (b) at least a second amino acid substitution that disrupts VH3 binding variant in at least one of SpA A, B, C, D, and/or E domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: The University of Chicago
    Inventors: Fabiana FALUGI, Hwan Keun KIM, Dominique MISSIAKAS, Olaf SCHNEEWIND
  • Ionically Crosslinked Polyelectrolytes as Underwater Adhesives as Controlled Release Vehicles
    Publication number: 20160074516
    Abstract: Underwater adhesive materials, methods of making the same, and methods of using the same are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: The University of Toledo
    Inventors: Yakov Lapitsky, Yan Huang
  • ANTIMICROBIAL CATHETERS
    Publication number: 20160074560
    Abstract: Antimicrobial catheters and medical devices are provided. In some aspects, a low durometer aliphatic polyether polyurethane may be impregnated with a first antimicrobial agent (e.g., minocycline and rifampin) and coated with a second antimicrobial agent (e.g., chlorhexidine, gendine, or gardine). The antimicrobial catheters may display improved flexibility and resistance to kinking. Methods of producing the antimicrobial catheters are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Joel ROSENBLATT, Issam RAAD
  • CONJUGATES OF NANO-DIAMOND AND MAGNETIC OR METALLIC PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20160077004
    Abstract: Techniques for imaging a characteristic of a sample with a plurality of conjugates of diamond-metallic nanoparticles having a nitrogen vacancy center. The plurality of conjugates can be exposed to a sample and the nitrogen vacancy centers can be optically pumped. One or more microwave pulses can be applied to the nitrogen vacancy center, and a fluorescent response can be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventor: Dirk R. Englund
  • CAVEOLIN-1 RELATED METHODS FOR TREATING GLIOBLASTOMA WITH TEMOZOLOMIDE
    Publication number: 20160074389
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for treating a subject afflicted with glioblastoma multiforme comprising administering a therapeutically effective regimen of temoxolomide to be glioblastoma multiforme-afflicted subject, wherein the subject's glioblastoma multiforme cells are known to be caveolin-1-positive. This invention also provides a method for determining whether a subject afflicted with glioblastoma multiforme is likely to progress therapeutically in response to a therapeutically effective regimen of temoxolomide comprising determining whether the subject's glioblastoma multiforme cells are caveolin-1-positive, whereby if the subject's glioblastoma multiforme cells are caveolin-1-positive, the subject is likely to progress therapeutically in response to a therapeutically effective regimen of temozolomide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Thomas Jefferson University
    Inventor: Michael P. LISANTI
  • ACTIVE MICROPHONIC NOISE CANCELLATION IN RADIATION DETECTORS
    Publication number: 20160077225
    Abstract: A new adaptive filtering technique to reduce microphonic noise in radiation detectors is presented. The technique is based on system identification that actively cancels the microphonic noise. A sensor is used to measures mechanical disturbances that cause vibration on the detector assembly, and the digital adaptive filtering estimates the impact of these disturbances on the microphonic noise. The noise then can be subtracted from the actual detector measurement. In this paper the technique is presented and simulations are used to support this approach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventor: Sergio Zimmermann
  • HAPTIC FORCE-FEEDBACK FOR COMPUTING INTERFACES
    Publication number: 20160077591
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving, from an accelerometer, angle information of a device. A calibration position is measured based upon the angle information of the device when the device is at rest. A current position is constantly measured based upon the angle information of the device. A current pressure is calculated based upon the current position and the calibration position. The current pressure can be used to augment an audio signal and/or used to augment an audio instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: New York University
    Inventor: Tae Hong PARK
  • THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160079508
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoelectric generator module including a set of module unit bodies disposed between a hot source and a cold source to serve as fundamental structures for performing thermoelectric power generation and a method of manufacturing the thermoelectric generator module. Each of the module unit bodies comprises: a first electrodes disposed at one of the hot source and the cold source; a second electrode disposed at the other of the hot source and the cold source so as to be spaced apart from the first electrodes; a first nanowire configured to interconnect the first electrode and the second electrode and composed of an n-type or p-type semiconductor; and a second nanowire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sang Sig KIM, Kyoung Ah CHO, Jin Yong CHOI
  • ANTIMICROBIAL WRAPS FOR MEDICAL IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20160074559
    Abstract: Biodegradable antimicrobial films are provided that are solid at room temperature and substantially liquefy in situ after implantation into a mammal, such as a human patient. Methods of using the films to cover a medical device, such as a breast implant, prior to insertion into a subject are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Joel ROSENBLATT, Issam RAAD, Andrew P. DENNIS
  • Polyamine Transporter Selective Compounds as Anti-Cancer Agents
    Publication number: 20160075633
    Abstract: Several aromatic hydrocarbons di-substituted with a polyamine are described according to formulas selected from compounds 4, 7, 10, 15 and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The novel dimeric polyamines of the present invention demonstrate enhanced penetration into cells having an upregulated polyamine transport system, such as various types of cancer cells. The disclosed aromatic polyamine dimers provide highly efficient drugs for targeting cancer cells with active polyamine transporters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventor: Otto Phanstiel, IV
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING LIQUID FOR STERILIZATION USE
    Publication number: 20160074829
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a pipe line, water supplying devices, gas supplying devices, a plasma generation device, a cooling device for cooling water flowing in the pipe line, and a vessel. The plasma generation device has a high-voltage electrode and a ground electrode which are provided outside the pipe line to face each other with the pipe line interposed therebetween and applies a plasma treatment continuously to the water flowing in the pipe line by generating dielectric barrier discharge between the high-voltage electrode and the ground electrode. The cooling device cools the water to have a low temperature of 10° C. or lower. The plasma treatment is applied to generate a plasma-treated solution in which superoxide anion radicals (O2?.) or a precursor thereof is diffused in the water and a microbicidal activity is sustained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Katsuhisa KITANO, Satoshi IKAWA, Yoichi NAKASHIMA
  • MOLECULAR TARGETS FOR ALS AND RELATED DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20160076102
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for diagnosis, risk assessment, research, and therapy related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and ALS-related disorders. In particular, the present invention relates to mutations in the UBQLN2 gene that cause dominantly inherited chromosome X-linked ALS and ALS/dementia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Teepu Siddique, Wenjie Chen, Han-Xiang Deng, Yi Yang
  • NANOPARTICLE MEDIATED DELIVERY OF siRNA
    Publication number: 20160076038
    Abstract: The invention provides multifunctional supramolecular self-assembled nanoparticles (SSNPs) comprising a set of rationally designed components that collectively facilitate efficient intestinal absorption of siRNA. The nanoparticles can induce potent TNF-? silencing in macrophages. Single gavage of SSNPs in mice depleted systemic TNF-? production at an siRNA dose as low as 50 ?g/kg, and protected the mice from lipopolysaccharide-induced hepatic injury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Jianjun CHENG, Lichen YIN
  • REFERENCE FRAME SELECTION TECHNIQUE FOR ERROR RESILIENCE OF VIDEO CODEC USING MULTIPLE REFERENCE FRAMES
    Publication number: 20160080775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reference frame selection technique for an error resilience of video codec using multiple reference frames. The reference frame selection technique for an error resilience of video codec using multiple reference frames according to the present invention comprises the steps of: performing a motion estimation individually in each of the multiple reference frames so as to search a reference macroblock of the macroblock to be coded; checking the degree of match between the reference macroblock region found by the motion estimation and the intra-coded macroblock of the reference frame; and selecting the motion vector (MV) of the reference macroblock which is relatively best matched to the intra-coded macroblock of the reference frame from among the reference macroblocks found in each of the multiple reference frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Chosun University
    Inventors: Jae-Young PYUN, Hee-Seon GANG
  • NOVEL COMPOSITIONS USEFUL IN TREATING BRAIN-RELATED DISEASES OR DISORDERS AND METHODS USING SAME
    Publication number: 20160074408
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful for treating or preventing a brain-related disease or disorder. The present invention further provides a method of treating or preventing a brain-related disease or disorder in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one compound of the invention. The present invention further provides a method of modulating the activity of a monoamine transporter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Drexel University
    Inventors: Sandhya KORTAGERE, Ole Valente MORTENSEN, Andreia C.K. MORTENSEN
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20160079595
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing cathode active material for lithium secondary batteries and a lithium secondary battery manufactured using the same. Methods of manufacturing cathode active material for lithium secondary batteries according to embodiments of the inventive concept can fabricate cathode active material with improved stability and capacity by adjusting temperature of thermal treatment in accordance with concentration of transition metal which shows concentration gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: IUCF-HYU(INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Yang-Kook SUN, Sung June YOUN, Hyung Joo NOH, Eung Ju Lee
  • OPTICAL DESIGNS FOR HIGH-EFFICACY WHITE-LIGHT EMITTING DIODES
    Publication number: 20160079499
    Abstract: A method for increasing the luminous efficacy of a white light emitting diode (WLED), comprising introducing optically functional interfaces between an LED die and a phosphor, and between the phosphor and an outer medium, wherein at least one of the interfaces between the phosphor and the LED die provides a reflectance for light emitted by the phosphor away from the outer medium and a transmittance for light emitted by the LED die. Thus, a WLED may comprise a first material which surrounds an LED die, a phosphor layer, and at least one additional layer or material which is transparent for direct LED emission and reflective for the phosphor emission, placed between the phosphor layer and the first material which surrounds the LED die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Frederic S. Diana, Steven P. DenBaars, Shuji Nakamura
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS UTILIZING PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS TO TREAT BLAST-INDUCED TINNITUS AND/OR HEARING LOSS
    Publication number: 20160074401
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods utilizing phosphodiesterase inhibitors to treat blast-induced tinnitus and/or hearing loss. The compositions include phosphodiesterase inhibitors such as sildenafil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jinsheng ZHANG, Gulrez MAHMOOD