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20090021790 | User-controlled print friendly page - An interface for viewing and/or printing a web page according to user-control of the content is provided. In one example, an interface includes at least one user-selectable option for displaying content from a web page, the web page including at least two content types, and displaying the web page according to at least one user-selectable option. The interface may include a selection interface having the at least one user-selectable option, which may include check boxes or other selectable features such as sliders, radio buttons, or drop-down menus; alternatively, a user-selectable option may be viewable during a hover or roll-over state of displayed content. The content types may include text, images, videos, advertisements, comments, and so on, which may adjust in real-time in response to a change in the user-selectable option. The interface may further include a print button for initiating a function for printing the displayed content according to the user-selected options. | 01-22-2009 |
20090044150 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMPLIFIED NAVIGATION - This disclosure describes systems, methods and user interfaces for easily navigating through hierarchically related content, such as web pages in a hierarchical website. For each page of content, a navigation element is provided that displays to the viewer of the page information about one or more pages that are hierarchically below the currently displayed page and information about what page or pages are hierarchically above the currently displayed page. The navigation element includes a top-level tabbed bar that exposes the hierarchical path from the homepage to the displayed page. Furthermore, as the user navigates through the website, the top-level bar forms a “crumb” or path describing the user's location within the hierarchy of web pages. | 02-12-2009 |
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20100239496 | Imaging agents for detecting neurological disorders - Imaging agents of formula (I) and methods for detecting neurological disorders comprising administering to a patient in need compounds of formula (I) capable of binding to tau proteins and β-amyloid peptides are presented herein. The invention also relates to methods of imaging Aβ and tau aggregates comprising introducing a detectable quantity of pharmaceutical formulation comprising a radiolabeled compound of formula (I) and detecting the labeled compound associated with amyloid deposits and/or tau proteins in a patient. These methods and compositions enable preclinical diagnosis and monitoring progression of AD and other neurological disorders. | 09-23-2010 |
20110182812 | Imaging Agents for Detecting Neurological Disorders - Imaging agents of formulas (I)-(V) and methods for detecting neurological disorders comprising administering to a patient in need compounds of formulas (I)-(V) capable of binding to tau proteins and β-amyloid peptides are presented herein. The invention also relates to methods of imaging Aβ and tau aggregates comprising introducing a detectable quantity of pharmaceutical formulation comprising a radiolabeled compound of formulas (I)-(V) and detecting the labeled compound associated with amyloid deposits and/or tau proteins in a patient. These methods and compositions enable preclinical diagnosis and monitoring progression of AD and other neurological disorders. | 07-28-2011 |
20120302755 | Imaging Agents for Detecting Neurological Dysfunction - Disclosed here in are compounds and methods of diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease or a predisposition thereto in a mammal, the method comprising administering to the mammal a diagnostically effective amount of a radiolabeled compound, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of radiolabeled carbazoles and derivatives thereof and triazoles derivatives, allowing the compound to distribute into the brain tissue, and imaging the brain tissue, wherein an increase in binding of the compound to the brain tissue compared to a normal control level of binding indicates that the mammal is suffering from or is at risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease. | 11-29-2012 |
20130217887 | Compounds With Matrix-Metalloproteinase Inhibitory Activity and Imaging Agents Thereof - Novel compounds and pharmaceutical compositions having MMP inhibitory activity are disclosed, which have been found to be particularly useful in the prevention, treatment and diagnostic imaging of diseases associated with an unpaired activity of MMP, amongst others MMP-2, MMP-8, MMP-9 and/or MMP-13 to name a few. The compounds of the present invention are useful for the prevention, the treatment and the in vivo diagnostic imaging of a range of disease states (inflammatory, malignant and degenerative diseases) where specific matrix metalloproteinases are known to be involved. | 08-22-2013 |
20130302248 | Imaging Agents for Detecting Neurological Disorders - Imaging agents of formula (I) and methods for detecting neurological disorders comprising administering to a patient in need compounds of formula (I) capable of binding to tau proteins and β-amyloid peptides are presented herein. The invention also relates to methods of imaging Aβ and tau aggregates comprising introducing a detectable quantity of pharmaceutical formulation comprising a radiolabeled compound of formula (I) and detecting the labeled compound associated with amyloid deposits and/or tau proteins in a patient. These methods and compositions enable preclinical diagnosis and monitoring progression of AD and other neurological disorders. | 11-14-2013 |
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20130183378 | CD133 Epitopes - An immunogen includes an isolated peptide of 800 amino acid residues or fewer having the amino sequence ILSAFSVYV (SEQ ID NO:1) with four or fewer amino acid substitutions, a superagonist variant of SEQ ID NO:1, or an amino acid sequence having the formula: (I/K/T/V/M)-L-(S/L)-(A/E/N/D/Q)-(F/V)-(S/M/V/I)-(V/D/R/G/H)-Y-(V/I/L) (SEQ ID NO:13). The immunogens can be used in compositions and in the treatment of disorders. | 07-18-2013 |
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20110008303 | METHODS FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF MRSA/MSSA - Described herein are methods for treating and preventing MRSA/MSSA. The present subject matter deviates from current treatment methods by introducing a controlled decolonization/recolonization method, which eradicates the host surface area of MRSA/MSSA, and colonizes the newly cleared surface area with a nonpathogenic or pathogenic bacteria capable of out-competing MRSA/MSSA. | 01-13-2011 |
20130129679 | INTERFERON BETA AS ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS - The present invention describes method of treating bacterial infections, including MRSA. In various embodiments, the methods can use interferon beta, which is found to have antimicrobial activity. In certain embodiments, the interferon beta can be human interferon beta. In other embodiments, the interferon beta can be mouse interferon beta. In further embodiments, the interferon beta can be human interferon beta containing amino acid substitutions to make the human interferon beta more cationic in neutral pH. | 05-23-2013 |
20140205654 | LIPOSOMAL VANCOMYCIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF MRSA INFECTIONS - The present invention discloses formulations of liposomal vancomycin that are highly effective in the treatment of bacterial infections, and particularly MRSA infections. The present invention further teaches methods of using the formulations disclosed herein for the treatment of bacterial infections. The inventors determined that certain formulations disclosed herein are likely to result in lower toxicity than what is normally associated with vancomycin treatment. | 07-24-2014 |
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20110002508 | DIGITALLY-GENERATED LIGHTING FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING APPLICATIONS - A method of improving the lighting conditions of a real scene or video sequence. Digitally generated light is added to a scene for video conferencing over telecommunication networks. A virtual illumination equation takes into account light attenuation, lambertian and specular reflection. An image of an object is captured, a virtual light source illuminates the object within the image. In addition, the object can be the head of the user. The position of the head of the user is dynamically tracked so that an three-dimensional model is generated which is representative of the head of the user. Synthetic light is applied to a position on the model to form an illuminated model. | 01-06-2011 |
20120069139 | DIGITALLY-GENERATED LIGHTING FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING APPLICATIONS - A method of improving the lighting conditions of a real scene or video sequence. Digitally generated light is added to a scene for video conferencing over telecommunication networks. A virtual illumination equation takes into account light attenuation, lambertian and specular reflection. An image of an object is captured, a virtual light source illuminates the object within the image. In addition, the object can be the head of the user. The position of the head of the user is dynamically tracked so that an three-dimensional model is generated which is representative of the head of the user. Synthetic light is applied to a position on the model to form an illuminated model. | 03-22-2012 |
20140023237 | Digitally-Generated Lighting for Video Conferencing Applications - A method of improving the lighting conditions of a real scene or video sequence. Digitally generated light is added to a scene for video conferencing over telecommunication networks. A virtual illumination equation takes into account light attenuation, lambertian and specular reflection. An image of an object is captured, a virtual light source illuminates the object within the image. In addition, the object can be the head of the user. The position of the head of the user is dynamically tracked so that an three-dimensional model is generated which is representative of the head of the user. Synthetic light is applied to a position on the model to form an illuminated model. | 01-23-2014 |
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20120025997 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAILURE PREDICTION FOR ROD PUMP ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented reservoir prediction system, method, and software are provided for failure prediction for artificial lift well systems, such as sucker rod pump systems. The method includes providing well data from a production well. Attributes are extracted from the well data. Data mining is applied to the attributes to determine whether the production well is predicted to fail within a given time period. An alert is output indicative of impending production well failures. | 02-02-2012 |
20120191633 | System and Method For Failure Prediction For Artificial Lift Systems - A computer-implemented reservoir prediction system, method, and software are provided for failure prediction for artificial lift systems, such as sucker rod pump systems. The method includes a production well associated with an artificial lift system and data indicative of an operational status of the artificial lift system. One or more features are extracted from the artificial lift system data. Data mining is applied to the one or more features to determine whether the artificial lift system is predicted to fail within a given time period. An alert is output indicative of impending artificial lift system failures. | 07-26-2012 |
20130080117 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAILURE DETECTION FOR ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented artificial lift detection system, method, and software are provided for failure detection for artificial lift systems, such as sucker rod pump systems. The method includes providing artificial lift system data from an artificial lift system. Attributes are extracted from the artificial lift system data. Data mining techniques are applied to the attributes to determine whether the artificial lift system is detected to fail within a given time period. An alert is output indicative of impending artificial lift system failures. | 03-28-2013 |
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20150133420 | BROAD ANTIVIRAL THERAPY WITH MEMBRANE MODIFYING OXYSTEROLS - This invention relates, e.g., to a method for inhibiting the growth and/or proliferation and/or infectivity of a virus in a cell, such as a mammalian cell (e.g. for inhibiting entry of the virus into the cell), comprising administering, or causing to be administered, to the cell, 25-hydroxycholesterol (25HC) in an amount sufficient to inhibit the growth and/or proliferation and/or infectivity of the virus in the cell. The method can be carried out in vivo or in vitro. Among the viruses that can be inhibited are, e.g., VSV, HSV, MHV68, HCV, HIV, EBOV, RVFV, RSSEV and Nipah virus. In one embodiment of the invention, the 25HC is administered topically, e.g. to a mucosal surface. | 05-14-2015 |
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20110017975 | ORGANIC OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE ELECTRODES WITH NANOTUBES - An electrode for use in an organic optoelectronic device is provided. The electrode includes a thin film of single-wall carbon nanotubes. The film may be deposited on a substrate of the device by using an elastomeric stamp. The film may be enhanced by spin-coating a smoothing layer on the film and/or doping the film to enhance conductivity. Electrodes according to the present invention may have conductivities, transparencies, and other features comparable to other materials typically used as electrodes in optoelectronic devices. | 01-27-2011 |
20110255182 | PLANAR FLEXURE SYSTEM WITH HIGH PITCH STIFFNESS - A flexure system for miniature camera and the like is disclosed. The flexure system can include a frame and a stage that is configured to move with respect to the frame. One or more flexures can interconnect the frame and the stage. Each flexure can have one or more film hinges formed thereon. The film hinges can be widely spaced and/or extended in length so as to substantially mitigate undesirable pitching of the stage. | 10-20-2011 |
20120081598 | MEMS ACTUATOR DEVICE DEPLOYMENT - A method for making an actuator device includes forming a substantially planar structure having a stage resiliently supported for movement within a plane of the structure, an actuator coupled to an outer periphery of the stage and operable to apply a force acting in the plane and tangentially to the stage when actuated, the actuator comprising a fixed frame and a moving frame resiliently supported for reciprocal movement relative to the fixed frame by a motion control flexure, and an outer frame surrounding and supporting the stage and the actuator. The moving frame is moved to a deployed position that is coplanar with, parallel to and spaced apart from the fixed frame at a selected distance, and the moving frame is then fixed at the deployed position for substantially rectilinear, perpendicular movement relative to the fixed frame. | 04-05-2012 |
20120119324 | MEMS ISOLATION STRUCTURES - A device may comprise a substrate formed of a first semiconductor material and a trench formed in the substrate. A second semiconductor material may be formed in the trench. The second semiconductor material may have first and second portions that are isolated with respect to one another and that are isolated with respect to the first semiconductor material. | 05-17-2012 |
20120119425 | ACTUATOR MOTION CONTROL FEATURES - A method for making a motion control feature for an actuator device of a type that has a moveable component coupled to an opposing fixed component for out-of-plane rotational movement relative thereto includes forming first and second flaps respectively extending from the moveable and fixed components and toward the opposing component and operable to effect one or more of damping movement of the moveable component relative to the fixed component and/or restraining movement of the moveable component relative to the fixed component in a direction substantially perpendicular to the actuator device. | 05-17-2012 |
20120119612 | MOTION CONTROLLED ACTUATOR - A device can have an outer frame and an actuator. The actuator can have a movable frame and a fixed frame. At least one torsional flexure and at least one hinge flexure can cooperate to provide comparatively high lateral stiffness between the outer frame and the movable frame and can cooperate to provide comparatively low rotational stiffness between the outer frame and the movable frame. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120262 | ROTATIONALLY DEPLOYED ACTUATORS - A method for making an actuator includes forming, e.g., using photolithography techniques, a substantially planar actuator device of an electrically conductive material, e.g., a semiconductor, to include an outer frame, a fixed frame coupled to the outer frame for rotational movement relative thereto, a moveable frame coupled to the outer frame for rotational movement relative thereto, and an actuator incorporating a plurality of interdigitated teeth, a fixed portion of which is attached to the fixed frame and a moving portion of which is attached to the moveable frame. The fixed frame is then rotated to a deployed position relative to the outer frame such that the fixed portion of the actuator teeth is disposed at a selected angle relative to the moving portion of the actuator teeth, and the position of the fixed frame relative to the outer frame is then fixed at the deployed position. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120308 | CAPILLARY ACTUATOR DEPLOYMENT - A method for making an actuator includes forming a substantially planar actuator device of an electrically conductive material, the device incorporating an outer frame, a fixed frame attached to the outer frame, a moveable frame disposed parallel to the fixed frame, a motion control flexure coupling the moveable frame to the outer frame for coplanar, rectilinear movement relative to the outer frame and the fixed frame, an actuator incorporating a plurality of interdigitated teeth, a fixed portion of which is attached to the fixed frame and a moving portion of which is attached to the moveable frame, moving the moveable frame to a deployed position that is coplanar with, parallel to and spaced a selected distance apart from the fixed frame, and fixing the moveable frame at the deployed position for substantially rectilinear, perpendicular movement relative to the fixed frame. | 05-17-2012 |
20130059406 | ORGANIC OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE ELECTRODES WITH NANOTUBES - An electrode for use in an organic optoelectronic device is provided. The electrode includes a thin film of single-wall carbon nanotubes. The film may be deposited on a substrate of the device by using an elastomeric stamp. The film may be enhanced by spin-coating a smoothing layer on the film and/or doping the film to enhance conductivity. Electrodes according to the present invention may have conductivities, transparencies, and other features comparable to other materials typically used as electrodes in optoelectronic devices. | 03-07-2013 |
20130077945 | MEMS-BASED OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION - In one example, a camera is provided that includes: a plurality of MEMS electrostatic comb actuators, each actuator operable to exert a force on at least one lens; and an optical image stabilization (OIS) algorithm module operable to command the plurality of actuators to actuate the at least one lens responsive to motion of the camera. | 03-28-2013 |
20140104764 | CAPILLARY ACTUATOR DEPLOYMENT - A method for making an actuator includes forming a substantially planar actuator device of an electrically conductive material, the device incorporating an outer frame, a fixed frame attached to the outer frame, a moveable frame disposed parallel to the fixed frame, a motion control flexure coupling the moveable frame to the outer frame for coplanar, rectilinear movement relative to the outer frame and the fixed frame, an actuator incorporating a plurality of interdigitated teeth, a fixed portion of which is attached to the fixed frame and a moving portion of which is attached to the moveable frame, moving the moveable frame to a deployed position that is coplanar with, parallel to and spaced a selected distance apart from the fixed frame, and fixing the moveable frame at the deployed position for substantially rectilinear, perpendicular movement relative to the fixed frame. | 04-17-2014 |
20140116163 | MOTION CONTROLLED ACTUATOR - A device can have an outer frame and an actuator. The actuator can have a movable frame and a fixed frame. At least one torsional flexure and at least one hinge flexure can cooperate to provide comparatively high lateral stiffness between the outer frame and the movable frame and can cooperate to provide comparatively low rotational stiffness between the outer frame and the movable frame. | 05-01-2014 |
20150085363 | MEMS-BASED OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION - In one example, a camera is provided that includes: a plurality of MEMS electrostatic comb actuators, each actuator operable to exert a force on at least one lens; and an optical image stabilization (OIS) algorithm module operable to command the plurality of actuators to actuate the at least one lens responsive to motion of the camera. | 03-26-2015 |
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20120066092 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PREDICTING BEST/WORST TIME TO BUY - In response to a user request for information on the best/worst days in an upcoming time period to buy a commodity, a vehicle data system may determine anticipated daily discounts applicable to the commodity. An example commodity may be a vehicle of a specific configuration. In one embodiment, characteristics of month, day of week, and day of month may be gathered and fed into a Best Day to Buy model to determine, for each day of the time period, a projected daily discount relative to a set price for the commodity. Additional input variables such as incentives and seasonal discounts may be included. From the computed daily discounts, the vehicle data system may determine the best day and/or the worst day to buy and report same to the user. | 03-15-2012 |
20130006876 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GEO-SPECIFIC VEHICLE PRICING - Disclosed are embodiments for the aggregation and analysis of vehicle prices via a geo-specific model. Data may be collected at various geo-specific levels such as a ZIP-Code level to provide greater data resolution. Data sets taken into account may include demarcation point data sets and data sets based on vehicle transactions. A demarcation point data set may be based on consumer market factors that influence car-buying behavior. Vehicle transactions may be classified into data sets for other vehicles having similar characteristics to the vehicle. A geo-specific statistical pricing model may then be applied to the data sets based on similar characteristics to a particular vehicle to produce a price estimation for the vehicle. | 01-03-2013 |
20130030870 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF USED VEHICLE PRICING DATA - Systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, and display of data for used vehicles are disclosed. Historical transaction data for used vehicles may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data, where this determined pricing data may be associated with a particular configuration of a vehicle. The user can then be presented with an interface pertinent to the vehicle configuration utilizing the aggregated data set or the associated determined data where the user can make a variety of determinations. This interface may, for example, be configured to present the historical transaction data visually, with the pricing data such as a trade-in price, a list price, an expected sale price or range of sale prices, market low sale price, market average sale price, market high sale price, etc. presented relative to the historical transaction data. | 01-31-2013 |
20130226945 | NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT USEFUL FOR AUTOMOTIVE DATA MAPPING - Natural language processing (NLP) approaches may be utilized to map two strings. The strings may come from sources utilizing different naming conventions. One example may be a data aggregator that collects used car transaction information. Another example may be a comprehensive database listing all possible manufacturer-defined vehicle options. A NLP system may operate to determine whether a source string is present in a target string and outputting a match containing the source string and the target string if the source string is present in the target string or computing a similarity factor if the source string is not present in the target string. The similarity factor representing a measure of similarity between two strings may be computed based on a plurality of parameters, including a Levenshtein edit distance parameter. The computed similarity can be used to find pricing information, including trade-in, sale, and list prices, across disparate naming conventions. | 08-29-2013 |
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20120025997 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAILURE PREDICTION FOR ROD PUMP ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented reservoir prediction system, method, and software are provided for failure prediction for artificial lift well systems, such as sucker rod pump systems. The method includes providing well data from a production well. Attributes are extracted from the well data. Data mining is applied to the attributes to determine whether the production well is predicted to fail within a given time period. An alert is output indicative of impending production well failures. | 02-02-2012 |
20120191633 | System and Method For Failure Prediction For Artificial Lift Systems - A computer-implemented reservoir prediction system, method, and software are provided for failure prediction for artificial lift systems, such as sucker rod pump systems. The method includes a production well associated with an artificial lift system and data indicative of an operational status of the artificial lift system. One or more features are extracted from the artificial lift system data. Data mining is applied to the one or more features to determine whether the artificial lift system is predicted to fail within a given time period. An alert is output indicative of impending artificial lift system failures. | 07-26-2012 |
20130080117 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FAILURE DETECTION FOR ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented artificial lift detection system, method, and software are provided for failure detection for artificial lift systems, such as sucker rod pump systems. The method includes providing artificial lift system data from an artificial lift system. Attributes are extracted from the artificial lift system data. Data mining techniques are applied to the attributes to determine whether the artificial lift system is detected to fail within a given time period. An alert is output indicative of impending artificial lift system failures. | 03-28-2013 |
20140244552 | GLOBAL MODEL FOR FAILURE PREDICTION FOR ARTIFICIAL LIFT SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for predicting failures in an artificial lift system are disclosed. One method includes extracting one or more features from a dataset including time sampled performance of a plurality of artificial lift systems disposed across a plurality of different oil fields, the dataset including data from failed and normally operating artificial lift systems. The method also includes forming a learning model based on identified pre-failure signatures in the extracted features, the learning model configured to predict a failure of an artificial lift system based on observation of one of the identified pre-failure signatures in operational data received from the artificial lift system. | 08-28-2014 |