Abstract: A method for facilitating electronic textual representation and comparison is disclosed. The method includes receiving, via a graphical user interface, a comparison request that includes a first electronic document and a second electronic document; parsing the first electronic document and the second electronic document to classify textual data; generating, by using the classified textual data, a first tree structure for the first electronic document and a second tree structure for the second electronic document; constructing a first hierarchy dictionary for the first tree structure and a second hierarchy dictionary for the second tree structure; determining differences between the first electronic document and the second electronic document by using the first tree structure, the first hierarchy dictionary, the second tree structure, and the second hierarchy dictionary; and generating graphical representations that depicts the differences and textual representations that summarize the differences.

Abstract: A system for implementing a tool that virtually tethers a product to an authenticated physical record of the product. The system comprises a processor and memory that stores instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations may comprise: receiving a set of images of a first product; processing the set of images to determine a first set of attributes of the first product; determining whether the authenticated physical record comprises a description of the first set of attributes; and when a determination is made that the authenticated physical record comprises the description of the first set of attributes, utilizing the tool to virtually tether the first product to the authenticated physical record.

Abstract: A method for facilitating electronic textual representation and comparison is disclosed. The method includes receiving, via a graphical user interface, a comparison request that includes a first electronic document and a second electronic document; parsing the first electronic document and the second electronic document to classify textual data; generating, by using the classified textual data, a first tree structure for the first electronic document and a second tree structure for the second electronic document; constructing a first hierarchy dictionary for the first tree structure and a second hierarchy dictionary for the second tree structure; determining differences between the first electronic document and the second electronic document by using the first tree structure, the first hierarchy dictionary, the second tree structure, and the second hierarchy dictionary; and generating graphical representations that depicts the differences and textual representations that summarize the differences.

Abstract: A method and system for using eye gaze tracking to extract information in textual form from documents is provided. The method includes: receiving an image that corresponds to a document; receiving, from an eye-tracking sensor configured to detect a sequence of eye-gaze positions on the document as a function of time, a sequence of measurements that correspond to a human reading of the document; determining, based on the received sequence of measurements, a region of the document that is being read by a human; and extracting the textual information that corresponds to the region.

Abstract: A method and a system for automated masking of targeted categories of information in resume documents in order to reduce potential implicit biases are provided. The method includes: receiving a resume document; retrieving categories that correspond to types of information to be masked from a memory; extracting, from the resume document, information that belongs to the categories; masking the extracted information; and outputting a modified version of the resume document that includes the masking.

Abstract: A method and system for detecting, segmenting, and extracting salient regions in documents by using attention tracking sensors is provided. The method includes: receiving an image that corresponds to a document; receiving, from a sensor, a sequence of measurements that correspond to a human reading of the document; determining, based on the sequence of measurements, at least one region of the document as being a salient document region; demarcating the salient document region in an electronically displayable manner; and outputting a file that includes a displayable version of the document with the demarcated document region. The salient document region may include a title, a section header, and/or a table. The sensor may be an eye-tracking sensor that detects a sequence of eye-gaze positions on the document as a function of time.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to the use of ITK (IL-2 inducible T-cell kinase) inhibitors for the treatment of patients who have melanoma or other solid tumors. Applicants demonstrate that ITK lentiviral small hairpin RNA knockdowns and a small molecule inhibitor can each decrease the proliferation and migration of melanoma cell lines and a small molecule inhibitor can be used to inhibit the growth of melanomas in vivo.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to the use of ITK (IL-2 inducible T-cell kinase) inhibitors for the treatment of patients who have melanoma or other solid tumors. Applicants demonstrate that ITK lentiviral small hairpin RNA knockdowns and a small molecule inhibitor can each decrease the proliferation and migration of melanoma cell lines and a small molecule inhibitor can be used to inhibit the growth of melanomas in vivo.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a method for detecting melanoma in a tissue sample by measuring a level of methylation of one or more regulatory elements differentially methylated in melanoma and benign nevi. The invention provides methods for detecting melanoma, related kits, and methods of screening for compounds to prevent or treat melanoma.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a method for detecting melanoma in a tissue sample by measuring a level of methylation of one or more regulatory elements differentially methylated in melanoma and benign nevi. The invention provides methods for detecting melanoma, related kits, and methods of screening for compounds to prevent or treat melanoma.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for normalizing histology slide images are provided. A color vector for pixels of the histology slide images is determined. An intensity profile of a stain for the pixels of the histology slide images is normalized. Normalized image data of the histology slide images is provided including the color vector and the normalized intensity profile of a stain for the pixels of the histology slide images.