Patents Assigned to University
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Publication number: 20140098573Abstract: A DC/DC converter is coupled between a DC source and a load. The DC/DC converter includes a first charge pump circuit coupled to the DC source, a second charge pump coupled to the load, a first switch coupled to the first charge pump circuit, a second switch coupled to the second charge pump circuit, and a first inductor, wherein, one terminal of the first inductor coupled to the first charge pump circuit and the second charge pump circuit, and the other terminal coupled to a common node between the first switch and the second switch. And wherein, the first inductor, the first switch and the second switch are configured between the first charge pump and the second charge pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITYInventors: Ching-Tsai PAN, Po-Yen CHEN, Ming-Chieh CHENG
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Publication number: 20140099425Abstract: A method is proposed for fabricating small-scale, curved structures. Firstly, a calligraphy paper or filter paper is provided. Liquid-phase material droplets are applied to calligraphy paper or filter paper to form a desired pattern at a contact angle that can form convex curved small-scale structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: National Tsing Hua UniversityInventors: Ting-Ya Chang, Chao-Min Cheng, Kuan-Hung Chen
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Publication number: 20140099020Abstract: A method of detecting the smoke of a forest fire using the spatiotemporal Bag-of-Features (BoF) of the smoke and a random forest is provided. In the method, whenever each frame of a video sequence is input, a difference between the input frame and a previous frame is detected, and the input frame is set as a key frame if the difference exceeds a predetermined first threshold value. One or more moving blocks are detected in the set key frame. One or more candidate smoke blocks are extracted from the moving blocks using a smoke color model. BoF representations are generated from the detected candidate smoke blocks. Whether smoke of the candidate smoke blocks is actual smoke is determined by performing random forest learning on the generated BoF representation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION KEIMYUNG UNIVERSITYInventors: ByoungChul KO, JaeYeal NAM, Jun Oh PARK
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Publication number: 20140097838Abstract: This disclosure describes, in one aspect, a device that includes a dual-tuned birdcage coil. The dual-tuned birdcage coil generally includes an inner multinuclear coil and a plurality of outer 1H coils separated from the inner coil. Also, the dual-tuned birdcage coil is generally configured so that the inner coil may be tuned independently of one or more of the outer coils. In some embodiments, the device may be configured to provide inductive coupling between the inner coil and the plurality of outer coils. In some embodiments, the multinuclear coil can include 31P, 13C, 23Na, 15N, 17O, or 19F, etc. In another aspect, this disclosure describes using the device to a generate magnetic resonance in a target. In some of cases, the method can further include creating an image of the target from the magnetic resonance generated by the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: University Of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: WILLIAM M. POTTER, ZHAO QUN
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Publication number: 20140100160Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting angiogenesis comprising an isolated peptide comprising the heparin-binding domain of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-5 (IGFBP-5), a method for inhibiting angiogenesis using the peptide, a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of cancer comprising the peptide, a method for treating cancer using the peptide, a novel angiogenesis-inhibiting peptide derived from heparin-binding domain of IGFBP-5, a polynucleotide encoding the peptide, an expression vector comprising the polynucleotide and a transformant comprising the vector.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventor: Jae Ryoung HWANG
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Publication number: 20140100224Abstract: The present application is related to compounds which are novel neurotrophin mimetics. The application also discloses the treatment of disorders associated with p75 expression, such as degradation or dysfunction of cells expressing p75 in a mammal by administering an effective amount of such compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicants: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S. Government represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Frank M. Longo, Stephen M. Massa
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Publication number: 20140099309Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for inducing a CAR mediated trans-signal in a T cell. The trans-signaling CAR T cells comprise a first CAR having a first signaling module and a second CAR having a distinct second signaling module. The present invention also provides cells comprising a plurality of types of CARs, wherein the plurality of types of CARs participate in trans-signaling to induce T cell activation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaInventors: Daniel J. Powell, JR., Carl H. June
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Publication number: 20140099340Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a human. The invention relates to targeting the stromal cell population in a tumor microenvironment. For example, in one embodiment, the invention provides a composition that is targeted to fibroblast activation protein (FAP). The invention includes a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) which comprises an anti-FAP domain, a transmembrane domain, and a CD3zeta signaling domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicants: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaInventors: Carl H. June, Ellen Pure, Liang-Chuan Wang, Steven Albelda, John Scholler
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Publication number: 20140098965Abstract: A method discloses measuring electroacoustic parameters of transducer. With known voice-coil displacement, voice-coil current, transducer impedance and its stimulus signal as inputs, the five calculation procedures of direct problem, adjoint problem, sensitivity problem, conjugate gradient method, and constraint equations are involved in inversely solving electroacoustic parameters. The presented method has the characteristics of high efficiently, low iterations for computational algorithm, and high accuracy for electroacoustic parameters estimation. Through the numerical result and discussion, the relative errors between estimated and accurate electroacoustic parameters are sufficiently small even with the inclusion of the inevitable measurement errors. These results indicate that the presented method has high feasibility for estimating electroacoustic parameters of a transducer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: FENG CHIA UNIVERSITYInventors: Chi-Chang WANG, Jin-Huang HUANG, Yu-Ting TSAI
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Publication number: 20140098918Abstract: A method and system for detecting special nuclear materials are disclosed. Said method and system detect the special nuclear materials by making use of the photofission characteristic and thermal neutron induced fission characteristic thereof. In one preferred embodiment, the high density and/or high atomic number region in the object to be detected is also detected first as a suspicious region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicants: NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITYInventors: Kejun Kang, Yigang Yang, Qitian Miao, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanjing Li, Shangmin Sun, Hua Peng, Guang Yang, Bufu Liu
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Publication number: 20140099251Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing spinel lithium titanium oxide nanofibers for a negative electrode of a lithium secondary battery, including (S1) mixing an organic material selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone, polymethylmethacrylate, polyethylene, polyethylene oxide and polyvinyl alcohol, a lithium precursor, and a titanium precursor with a solvent, thus preparing a mixture solution, (S2) electrospinning the mixture solution, thus preparing composite nanofibers, and (S3) heat-treating the composite nanofibers, thus removing the organic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Dongguk University Industry-Academic Cooperation FoundationInventor: Dongguk University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
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Publication number: 20140097829Abstract: A device includes an excitation coil, a detector coil, and a processing circuit. The excitation coil is aligned about a volume. The excitation coil is configured to carry a first and second biasing current and generate a magnetic field in the volume. The detector coil is configured to generate an electrical signal based on a detected field within the volume. The detected field is based on the magnetic field. The processing circuit is configured to generate data based on the electrical signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2011Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Regents of the University of MinnesotaInventors: Jian-Ping Wang, Liang Tu
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Publication number: 20140098841Abstract: Methods and systems for acoustic multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) communication in an underwater environment. The method includes: a) receiving signals at multiple receivers representing transmitted signals from multiple transmitters, b) estimating channel responses between the multiple receivers and the multiple transmitters, c) performing an initial demodulation process on the received signals using the estimated channel responses to remove inter-symbol interference (ISI), and d) performing at least one subsequent demodulation process on the received signals. The subsequent demodulation process: i) removes co-channel interference (CoI) using the estimated channel responses and demodulated signals from an immediately preceding demodulation process to form interference cancelled signals and ii) removes ISI from the interference cancelled signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2011Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: University of DelawareInventors: Aijun Song, Mohsen Badiey
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Publication number: 20140099569Abstract: An organic electrolyte solution including a metal-ligand coordination compound, wherein the ligand is an organic phosphate compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicants: Seoul National University R&DB Foundation, Samsung Electronics Co.,Ltd.Inventors: Duk-jin OH, Jun-young MUN, Doo-yeon LEE, Oh-min KWON, Young-gyu KIM, Hyung-tae KIM
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Publication number: 20140099683Abstract: The present invention provides novel fatty acid desaturases genes used for synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially omega-3 desaturases (FADS15). The present invention also provides nucleic acid sequence coding the above-described desaturases, expression vector of the above-described desaturases and recombinant microorganism expressing above-described desaturases.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF JIANGNANInventors: Haiqin Chen, Zhennan Gu, Hao Zhang, Wei Chen, Yuanda Song, Fengwei Tian, Jianxin Zhao, Yongquan Chen
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Publication number: 20140097841Abstract: Systems and methods for spinwave-based metrology in accordance with embodiments of the disclosure involve generating and detecting spinwaves in a sample having a ferromagnetic material; and determining a material thickness, a material integrity measure, a presence of a manufacturing defect, a categorical type of manufacturing defect, and/or a manufacturing process statistic corresponding to spinwave behavior in the sample. In an embodiment, spinwaves are generated by way of concurrent exposure of a target measurement site of the sample to each of a bias magnetic field and radiation (e.g., microwave or radio frequency radiation) produced by a first set of integrated waveguides. A response signal corresponding to a behavior of spinwaves within the target measurement site can be generated by way of a second set of integrated waveguides.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPOREInventors: Hyunsoo YANG, Sankha Subhra MUKHERJEE, Jae Hyun KWON
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Publication number: 20140100048Abstract: An aspect of the invention relates to a golf swing analyzing apparatus, comprising: a first arithmetic section operating to use an output from a first inertial sensor and an output from a second inertial sensor to calculate a first energy amount, the first inertial sensor being attached to a portion of an upper body of a golfer, the second inertial sensor being attached to a golf club, the first energy amount being generated in the upper body of the golfer; a second arithmetic section operating to use the output from the first inertial sensor and the output from the second inertial sensor to calculate a second energy amount transferred to the golf club from the upper body of the golfer; and a processing section calculating an energy transferring ratio of an energy transferred from the upper body of the golfer to the golf club based on a ratio of the second energy amount to the first energy amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicants: Keio University, Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Ken OTA, Kazuhiro SHIBUYA
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Publication number: 20140100190Abstract: This invention provides for the use of compounds represented by the structure of the general formula (A): wherein L is a lipid or a phospholipid, Z is either nothing, ethanolamine, serine, inositol, choline, or glycerol, Y is either nothing or a spacer group ranging in length from 2 to 30 atoms, X is a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer, or polymer, wherein X is a glycosaminoglycan; and n is a number from 1 to 1000, wherein any bond between L, Z, Y and X is either an amide or an esteric bond in treating a subject suffering from cystic fibrosis, reducing or delaying the mortality of a subject suffering from cystic fibrosis or ameliorating symptoms associated with cystic fibrosis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicants: Columbia University, Yissum Research Development Company of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem LTDInventors: Saul Yedgar, Alice Prince, Yuval Cohen
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Publication number: 20140101438Abstract: A database encryption system and method, the Structure Preserving Database Encryption (SPDE), is presented. In the SPDE method, each database cell is encrypted with its unique position. The SPDE method permits to convert a conventional database index into a secure one, so that the time complexity of all queries is maintained. No one with access to the encrypted database can learn anything about its content without the encryption key. Also a secure index for an encrypted database is provided. Furthermore, secure database indexing system and method are described, providing protection against information leakage and unauthorized modifications by using encryption, dummy values and pooling, and supporting discretionary access control in a multi-user environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV RESEARCH AND DEVLOPMENT AUTHORITYInventors: Yuval Elovici, Ronen Vaisenberg, Erez Shmueli
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Publication number: 20140099294Abstract: The present invention is directed to analgesic Clostridial neurotoxin derivatives comprising polypeptides having a long-lasting SNARE protein-selective endopeptidase activity. These derivatives selectively bind to and are internalized by non-neuronal cells secreting cytokines or sensory neurons in preference to motor neurons or autonomic neurons. The invention is also directed to nucleic acid constructs encoding such polypeptides, and methods of making such derivatives and nucleic acid constructs, and methods of treating pain, such as chronic pain, by administering such derivatives to a patient suffering from, or at risk of suffering from such pain.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITYInventors: James Oliver Dolly, Jiafu Wang, Jianghue Meng
