Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for obtaining skeletal muscle derived cells (SMDC), and the use of SMDCs in a method of preventing and/or treating neuromyopathies and/or myopathies, wherein the neuromyopathy and/or myopathy is incontinence, in particular a urinary and/or an anal or fecal incontinence.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for obtaining skeletal muscle derived cells (SMDC), and the use of SMDCs in a method of preventing and/or treating neuromyopathies and/or myopathies, wherein the neuromyopathy and/or myopathy is incontinence, in particular a urinary and/or an anal or fecal incontinence.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hydrogel having excellent drug delivery ability and having antibacterial properties as well as pH-dependent, biocompatible and biodegradable properties, and a method for preparing the same. The hydrogel including radiated chitosan, a natural gelling polymer, a hydrophilic synthetic polymer and (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane (MPTMS), and the method for preparing the same are provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hydrogel that has excellent drug delivery ability, is pH-dependent, is biocompatible, and has its own anticancer efficacy as well as biodegradability, and a method for preparing the same. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a hydrogel including carboxymethyl-chitosan (CM-CS) and a hydrophilic synthetic polymer wherein the hydrogel is crosslinked by electron beam irradiation, and a method for preparing the same.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for healthcare quality measurement. A user interaction module receives a first unstructured quality indicator from a first healthcare quality delivery system. A natural language processing engine, including a quality indicator framework and a library parses the unstructured quality indicator to identify key words and relationships therebetween. A structured quality indicator generator generates suggested structured quality indicators from unstructured quality indicators. The suggested structured quality indicators are standardized according to a predetermined standard A quality measure engine generates a query corresponding to a selected one of the structured quality indicators. A data repository outputs data from executing the query thereon. A quality measure dashboard outputs the result data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for obtaining skeletal muscle derived cells (SMDC), and the use of SMDCs in a method of preventing and/or treating neuromyopathies and/or myopathies, wherein the neuromyopathy and/or myopathy is incontinence, in particular a urinary and/or an anal or fecal incontinence.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a proximity of a patient to a medical device (e.g., a medication dispensing device in which the patient removes a dose of medication that has been dispensed therefrom) may be determined, and a medical status associated with the patient is determined. Based on the determined proximity and the medical status, an alert, including a triggering element, is generated. The alert includes a first alarm type and a second, different alarm type. Upon activation of the triggering element, the medical device is monitored to confirm initiation and occurrence of a physical action (e.g., dispensing and removal of medication) using the medical device. Based on the monitoring, the medical status associated with the patient is updated. A patient device and/or interface may be utilized for the proximity determination and/or generating the alerts.

Abstract: A domain authority 13 for use in a hierarchy of domain authorities in a hierarchical cryptographic system. The domain authority 13 comprises a user secret key generator 21 for generating a user secret key based on a domain secret key and one or more attribute representations, to obtain a user secret key associated with a set of attributes corresponding to the attribute representations, and wherein the domain secret key is based on a domain secret key of a parent domain authority or a root secret key of a root authority of the hierarchy of domain authorities, and wherein the attribute representations are independent of the hierarchy. A decrypter makes use of the user secret key. An encrypter generates ciphertext decryptable by the decrypter.

Abstract: There is provided a computer-implemented method (100) for generating a patient care plan. The method comprises acquiring (102) a plurality of single-condition care plans for a patient suffering from multiple medical conditions; enriching (104) at least one of the single-condition care plans; combining (106) the plurality of single-condition care plans into a multiple-condition care plan; and evaluating (108) a quality of the multiple-condition care plan relative to the plurality of single-condition care plans. A computer program product, an apparatus and a system are also disclosed.

Abstract: An attribute-based digital signature system comprises a signature generation unit (1) for signing a message (m) by generating a signature (?) based on a user secret key (SK) associated with a set of user attributes, wherein the signature generation unit (1) is arranged for combining the user secret key (SK) with revocation data (R) to form at least part of the signature (?), wherein the revocation data (R) complements respective ones of a plurality of valid user secret keys and wherein the revocation data (R) prevents a revoked user secret key (SK) from being used to validly sign a message (m) with the set of user attributes. The system further comprises a revocation unit (2) for selectively removing at least part of the signing capability of a to-be-revoked user secret key (SK), by generating updated revocation data (R), wherein the updated revocation data (R) is based on at least part of the to-be-revoked user secret key (SK).

Abstract: A system for attribute-based encryption comprises a first encrypter (11) and a second encrypter (12). The first encrypter (11) comprises an input unit (1) for determining a message and a policy over a set of attributes, wherein the policy comprises a plurality of components, and a first cryptographic unit (2) for generating an encrypted representation of the message and an encrypted representation of the plurality of components. The second encrypter (12) comprises a receiving unit (3) for receiving the encrypted representation of the message and the encrypted representation of the plurality of components, and a second cryptographic unit (4) for transforming the encrypted representation of the message and the encrypted representation of the plurality of components into an attribute-based encrypted message associated with the policy.

Abstract: Technologies are described herein for converting presentations between differing slide dimensions and aspect ratios. A scaling factor is calculated from the difference between the original dimensions of the slide and the new dimensions of the converted slide. Next, the content objects on the slide are scaled based on the scaling factor such that the aspect ratio of the content object is maintained. A horizontal position zone and vertical position zone is determined for each content object on the slide, and new coordinates for the position of the content objects are calculated utilizing formulas based on the horizontal position zone and a vertical position zone determined for each.

Abstract: The autonomous charging management system for electric vehicles utilizes a voltage feedback control structure that compares the system voltage at the point of charging against a reference, while also taking into account the EV battery state of charge (SOC). A proportional control structure reduces the EV charging as the system voltage approaches the reference. Moreover, the control structure does not require any communication between the EV and the utility.

Abstract: Technologies are described herein for converting presentations between differing slide dimensions and aspect ratios. During dimensional conversion of a slide, foreground objects placed on the slide by a user are dimensionally scaled and repositioned on the slide based on a change in the overall dimensions of the slide, while background objects on the slide originating from a slide master associated with the slide are replaced with corresponding background objects from a new template associated with the new aspect ratio of the slide. Any content and/or properties of the old background objects on the slide are copied to the corresponding background objects on the dimensionally converted slide.

Abstract: A method of dynamically determining the access rights of a client to a record comprises receiving an access request from the client with respect to the record, determining one or more contexts relating to the access request, calculating a score for each determined context, calculating an overall score from the context scores, accessing a rights policy for the record, the rights policy defining a plurality of different rights with respect to the record, each with a respective minimum score, and determining the client's access rights according to a comparison of the overall score to the score for each right in the rights policy.

Abstract: The autonomous charging management system for electric vehicles utilizes a voltage feedback control structure that compares the system voltage at the point of charging against a reference, while also taking into account the EV battery state of charge (SOC). A proportional control structure reduces the EV charging as the system voltage approaches the reference. Moreover, the control structure does not require any communication between the EV and the utility.

Abstract: Technologies are described herein for converting presentations between differing slide dimensions and aspect ratios. A scaling factor is calculated from the difference between the original dimensions of the slide and the new dimensions of the converted slide. Next, the content objects on the slide are scaled based on the scaling factor such that the aspect ratio of the content object is maintained. Finally, the content objects are repositioned on the slide in order to maintain a relative distance between the position of the content object and the center of the slide.

Abstract: An attribute-based digital signature system is disclosed. A first signature generating unit (1) is used for generating a first signature (10) for a document (11), based on a first signature key (12) and the document (11). A re-signing unit (2) is used for generating a second signature (13) for the document (11), based on the first signature (10) and a re-signing key (14), wherein the re-signing unit (2) is arranged for handling attributes (15, 16) associated with the first signature (10) and/or the second signature (13). The second signature (13) is associated with a second set of attributes (16,16?) determined by the re-signing key (14), wherein the second set of attributes (16) comprises a plurality of attributes.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing interoperability between a plurality of data protection systems. The system includes an ontology (3) configured to store definitions (12) of concepts (4) relating to interface elements of at least two different data protection systems including a first data protection system (1) and a second data protection system (2); and a mapping generator (5) configured to generate a mapping between at least one interface element of the first data protection system (1) and at least one interface element of the second data protection system (2), based on the ontology (3). The system comprises a message converter (16) configured to receive a message generated by the first data protection system (1), convert the message based on the mapping to obtain a converted message, and transmit the converted message to the second data protection system (2).

Abstract: A presentation program provides a graphical user interface that includes a theme gallery and a theme variation gallery. Users can apply a theme to a slide by selecting a theme thumbnail image. Once selected, a corresponding set of theme variations are indicated in the theme variation gallery using theme variation thumbnail images. Users can apply the desired theme variation by selecting the theme variation thumbnail image. Once selected, the theme variation is applied to the slide. A theme variation family identifier is stored in the slide file that allows subsequent identification of the theme, and allows a presentation program to subsequently identify theme variations for display on the theme variation gallery. A file structure is identified that allows backwards compatibility so that a presentation file of a slide with theme variations can be opened by an earlier version of a presentation program that does not implement theme variations.