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20150123021 | PRODUCT CARTRIDGE FOR RADIONUCLIDE - A product cartridge for a radionuclide including a product vial having a permeable cap and surrounded by a radiation shield and a filling cartridge having a separate radiation shield, the filling cartridge is supported adjacent the permeable cap by coupling the radiation shield of the filling cartridge to the radiation shield of the product vial, the filling cartridge is moveable within the radiation shield of the filling cartridge to engage and pierce the permeable cap during filling of the product vial, the filling cartridge includes an aperture on an end opposite the product vial that receives a radionuclide, a scavenger that removes heavy metals from the radionuclide and a filter that filters the biological contaminants, simultaneously venting the product vial as the radionuclide flows from the aperture through the filling cartridge and into the product vial. | 05-07-2015 |
20150162106 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING AND TRACKING RADIONUCLIDES - An apparatus for processing a radionuclide including a parent radionuclide that decays over time into a daughter radionuclide, a separation column that separates the daughter radionuclide from the parent radionuclide, a plurality of valves and at least one pump that operate to separate the daughter radionuclide from the parent radionuclide and deliver the daughter radionuclide into the daughter radionuclide container by alternately connecting at least two of the parent radionuclide container, the daughter radionuclide container, the separation column container and the plurality of processing containers, a plurality of RFID tags including an RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags affixed to each of the daughter radionuclide container and the separation column and a programmed processor that reads an identifier of each of the plurality of RFID tags, an identifier and position of each of the plurality of valves and pump and saves the identifiers, positions and operations into a tracking file. | 06-11-2015 |
20150179289 | PARENT RADIONUCLIDE CONTAINER - A method and apparatus for using a parent radionuclide. The apparatus includes a radiation impervious case, a vial disposed within the case, a stopper with a central bore, the central bore aligned at an oblique angle with respect to the case so that a straight line through the central bore does not pass through any part of the vial and a curved tube that connects the central bore of the stopper and a cap of the vial. | 06-25-2015 |
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20130080950 | INCREMENTALLY SELF-ORGANIZING WORKSPACE - A user interface organizing system and method are provided. The system includes an analyzer configured to evaluate object properties of each of a plurality of graphical elements displayed on a display device, compare the object properties of each of the plurality of graphical elements with every other graphical element, generate a degree of similarity for every possible pairing of graphical elements. The system also includes an aggregator configured to incrementally move each of the plurality of graphical elements towards at least one other graphical element based upon the degree of similarity. | 03-28-2013 |
20130318482 | GESTURAL CONTROL FOR QUANTITATIVE INPUTS - A method for value specification in a responsive interface control, the method including: displaying an interface control in a user interface on a touch display device, wherein the interface control is an interactive interface element configured to set an interface value selected from an ordered continuum of values; detecting a shape of a touch gesture input on the interface control on the touch display device; and changing the interface value in response to detecting a change in the shape of the gesture input. | 11-28-2013 |
20130326394 | VALUE SPECIFICATION IN A RESPONSIVE INTERFACE CONTROL - A method for value specification in a responsive interface control, the method including: displaying the interface control in a section of a user interface on a display device, wherein the interface control is an interactive interface element configured to set an interface value; and detecting a size of the section of the user interface; and automatically setting an interface control mode by selecting one of a plurality of predetermined interface control modes to specify an appearance of the interface control and a function of the interface control based on the size of the section of the user interface. | 12-05-2013 |
20130326396 | VALUE SPECIFICATION IN A RESPONSIVE INTERFACE CONTROL - A method is presented for value specification in a responsive interface control. The method includes displaying the interface control in a section of a user interface on a display device. The interface control is an interactive interface element configured to set an interface value. The method also includes detecting a size of the section of the user interface. The method also includes automatically setting an interface control mode by selecting one of a plurality of predetermined interface control modes to specify an appearance of the interface control and a function of the interface control based on the size of the section of the user interface. | 12-05-2013 |
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20140272909 | Results of Question and Answer Systems - Mechanisms are provided for modifying an operation of a question answering (QA) system. An input question is received and processed to generate at least one query to be applied to a corpus of information. The at least one query is applied to the corpus of information to generate candidate answers to the input question from which a final answer is selected for output. A training engine modifies, using a machine learning technique that compares the final answer to a known correct answer for the input question, at least one of logic or configuration parameters of the QA system for at least one of the processing of the input question to generate the at least one query, applying of the at least one query to the corpus of information to generate the candidate answers, or the selecting of the final answer from the candidate answers. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280087 | Results of Question and Answer Systems - Mechanisms are provided for answering questions about at least one previous execution of a question answering (QA) system on a previous input question. An input question is received that is directed to a previous execution of a QA system with regard to a previous input question. The input question is processed to generate at least one query for application to a corpus of information, which comprises information about the QA system and the previous execution of the QA system on the previous input question. The at least one query is applied to the corpus of information to generate candidate answers to the input question which are ranked according to confidence measure values associated with the candidate answers. A final answer for the input question is output based on the ranking of the candidate answers. | 09-18-2014 |
20150088998 | Automatic Question Generation and Answering Based on Monitored Messaging Sessions - Mechanisms are provided, in a first computing device, for sharing content of communication sessions. The mechanisms establish a first communication session between the first computing device and a second computing device. The first computing device is operated by a first user and the second computing device is operated by a second user. The apparatus establishes, in response to content of the first communication session indicating subject matter for which additional information is desired by at least one of the first user or the second user, a second communication session between the first computing device and a question and answer (QA) system. In response to an input by the first user requesting sharing of information, the first computing device automatically copies a portion of content of the first communication session to the second communication session as an input question submitted to the QA system. | 03-26-2015 |
20150261859 | Answer Confidence Output Mechanism for Question and Answer Systems - Mechanisms are provided for generating an output of confidence score for candidate answers of an input question. The mechanisms, implemented in a data processing system configured to answer an input question receive candidate answer information comprising confidence scores associated with candidate answers for the input question. The mechanisms categorize, for each candidate answer in the candidate answer information, the corresponding confidence score into one of a plurality of confidence score categories. For each candidate answer in the candidate answer information, a graphical representation of the confidence score category of the candidate answer is generated. A graphical user interface output comprising an entry for each candidate answer in the candidate answer information is generated where each entry comprises the corresponding graphical representation of the confidence score category of the candidate answer corresponding to the entry. | 09-17-2015 |
20150278252 | IMAGES FOR A QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEM - A method for providing content relevant images for an input question to a deep question answering system is disclosed. The method can include formulating, in response to receiving the input question, an answer to the input question. The method can also include identifying, based on the answer to the input question, a set of candidate images from a corpus of information. The set of candidate images may relate to the answer. The method can also include determining, based on a confidence value of the set of candidate images and a designated display specification, a first subset of the set of candidate images to provide in a display area. The method can also include selecting the first subset to be provided in the display area. | 10-01-2015 |
20150278253 | IMAGES FOR A QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEM - A method for providing content relevant images for an input question to a deep question answering system is disclosed. The method can include formulating, in response to receiving the input question, an answer to the input question. The method can also include identifying, based on the answer to the input question, a set of candidate images from a corpus of information. The set of candidate images may relate to the answer. The method can also include determining, based on a confidence value of the set of candidate images and a designated display specification, a first subset of the set of candidate images to provide in a display area. The method can also include selecting the first subset to be provided in the display area. | 10-01-2015 |
20160026378 | Answer Confidence Output Mechanism for Question and Answer Systems - Mechanisms are provided for generating an output of confidence score for candidate answers of an input question. The mechanisms, implemented in a data processing system configured to answer an input question receive candidate answer information comprising confidence scores associated with candidate answers for the input question. The mechanisms categorize, for each candidate answer in the candidate answer information, the corresponding confidence score into one of a plurality of confidence score categories. For each candidate answer in the candidate answer information, a graphical representation of the confidence score category of the candidate answer is generated. A graphical user interface output comprising an entry for each candidate answer in the candidate answer information is generated where each entry comprises the corresponding graphical representation of the confidence score category of the candidate answer corresponding to the entry. | 01-28-2016 |
20160041746 | VALUE SPECIFICATION IN A RESPONSIVE INTERFACE CONTROL - A responsive interface control system includes a display device and a control modification engine. The display device displays an interface control in a section of a user interface on the display device. The interface control is an interactive interface element configured to set an interface value. The control modification engine displays the interface control in a section of a user interface on a display device. The interface control is an interactive interface element configured to set an interface value. The control modification engine also displays both a slider and a spinner to implement a spin-slider mode. The interface control is configured to perform a spin function in response to an interaction with the slider to alter the interface value in the spin-slider mode. | 02-11-2016 |
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20150140012 | USE OF WF10 FOR TREATING ALLERGIC ASTHMA, ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND ATOPIC DERMATITIS - The present invention provides a method of treating or inhibiting at least one of allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis, or of reducing, inhibiting or treating allergy like symptoms. The methods use compositions comprising chlorite, chloride, chlorate and/or sulfate ions. | 05-21-2015 |