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Andrew Nicol, Chapel Hill AU
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20140073050 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATION TREATMENT OF ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELL - Activated antigen-presenting cells that can induce immunocytes including disease antigen-specific CD8+ CTLs and/or γδ T cells efficiently in vivo and/or in vitro, a medical composition comprising the activated antigen-presenting cells, a treatment and prevention method using the activated antigen-presenting cells, and an induction method of immunocytes including disease antigen-specific CTLs and/or γδ T cells induced using the activated antigen-presenting cell, immunocytes induced by the above-noted method, a medical composition comprising the immunocytes, and a treatment and prevention method using the immunocytes are provided. By co-pulsing antigen-presenting cells with bisphosphonate in addition to the pulse with a disease antigen, the ratio of disease antigen-specific CD8+ CTLs and/or γδ T cells and the number of the disease antigen-specific CD8+ CTLs and the γδ T cells can be increased, compared with the case where the co-pulse with bisphosphonate is not carried out. | 03-13-2014 |
Andrew Nicol, Queensland AU
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20090104161 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATION TREATMENT OF ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELL - Activated antigen-presenting cells that can induce immunocytes including disease antigen-specific CD8+ CTLs and/or γδ T cells efficiently in vivo and/or in vitro, a medical composition comprising the activated antigen-presenting cells, a treatment and prevention method using the activated antigen-presenting cells, and an induction method of immunocytes including disease antigen-specific CTLs and/or γδ T cells induced using the activated antigen-presenting cell, immunocytes induced by the above-noted method, a medical composition comprising the immunocytes, and a treatment and prevention method using the immunocytes are provided. By co-pulsing antigen-presenting cells with bisphosphonate in addition to the pulse with a disease antigen, the ratio of disease antigen-specific CD8+ CTLs and/or γδ T cells and the number of the disease antigen-specific CD8+ CTLs and the γδ T cells can be increased, compared with the case where the co-pulse with bisphosphonate is not carried out. | 04-23-2009 |
Anthony E. Nicol, Aurora CA
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20120223498 | ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY - An adjustment assembly includes first and second connection points associated with a component. The second connection point is selectively adjustable to adjust a position of the component. A shield has one end coupled to the first connection point and an opposite end proximate to the second connection point to selectively prevent access to the second connection point. The shield is selectively movable when the first connection point is loosened to allow access to the second connection point. To achieve proper adjustment of the component, the first connection point must be loosened prior to adjusting a position of the second connection point. | 09-06-2012 |
David Stuart Nicol, Toronto CA
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20150286882 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE SAFETY SENSING AND ALERTING - Systems and methods for detecting a subject in a vehicle are provided. A temperature sensor installed in the vehicle is automatically activated when the vehicle ignition switch is switched off. The temperature sensor monitors the internal vehicle temperature and activates a detection module when the monitored internal vehicle temperature reaches a threshold temperature. The detection module includes a camera that is configured to capture a first image of the vehicle interior and to subsequently capture a second image of the vehicle interior, and a monitoring module that is configured to analyze the first image and the second image to detect the subject. A response module is coupled to the detection module and configured to activate one or more alert mechanisms when the subject is detected. | 10-08-2015 |
Francois Nicol, Paris FR
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20110129401 | PRODUCTION OF PRECIPITATED SILICA EMPLOYING A FAST BLENDER - A unique method for preparing precipitated silica entails reacting a silicate with an acidifying agent to obtain a suspension of precipitated silica, and separating and drying the suspension, and further wherein the precipitation includes contacting a silicate with an acidifying agent in an acidic medium in a fast blender. | 06-02-2011 |
20150125376 | PRODUCTION OF PRECIPITATED SILICA EMPLOYING A FAST BLENDER - A unique method for preparing precipitated silica entails reacting a silicate with an acidifying agent to obtain a suspension of precipitated silica, and separating and drying the suspension, and further wherein the precipitation includes contacting a silicate with an acidifying agent in an acidic medium in a fast blender. | 05-07-2015 |
Jean Nicol, New Glasgow CA
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20090136904 | Device, system and game to plan meals and snacks - A device to plan meals, comprising, at least one Food Item Piece corresponding to an item of food, at least one Food Item Storage Page adapted to temporarily store the at least one Food Item Piece and at least one Daily Meal Planning Chart adapted to temporarily store the at least one Food Item Piece, wherein an individual may plan a meal by selecting at least one Food Item Piece corresponding to an item of food from the at least one Food Item Storage Page and temporarily store it on the at least one Daily Meal Planning Chart. | 05-28-2009 |
Jordan J. Nicol, Vancouver CA
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20090109881 | VOICE AND DATA EXCHANGE OVER A PACKET BASED NETWORK - A signal processing system which discriminates between voice signals and data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier. The signal processing system includes a voice exchange, a data exchange and a call discriminator. The voice exchange is capable of exchanging voice signals between a switched circuit network and a packet based network. The signal processing system also includes a data exchange capable of exchanging data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier on the switched circuit network with unmodulated data signal packets on the packet based network. The data exchange is performed by demodulating data signals from the switched circuit network for transmission on the packet based network, and modulating data signal packets from the packet based network for transmission on the switched circuit network. The call discriminator is used to selectively enable the voice exchange and data exchange. | 04-30-2009 |
20110243127 | VOICE AND DATA EXCHANGE OVER A PACKET BASED NETWORK - A signal processing system which discriminates between voice signals and data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier. The signal processing system includes a voice exchange, a data exchange and a call discriminator. The voice exchange is capable of exchanging voice signals between a switched circuit network and a packet based network. The signal processing system also includes a data exchange capable of exchanging data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier on the switched circuit network with unmodulated data signal packets on the packet based network. The data exchange is performed by demodulating data signals from the switched circuit network for transmission on the packet based network, and modulating data signal packets from the packet based network for transmission on the switched circuit network. The call discriminator is used to selectively enable the voice exchange and data exchange. | 10-06-2011 |
20120236845 | Voice and Data Exchange Over a Packet Based Network - A signal processing system which discriminates between voice signals and data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier. The signal processing system includes a voice exchange, a data exchange and a call discriminator. The voice exchange is capable of exchanging voice signals between a switched circuit network and a packet based network. The signal processing system also includes a data exchange capable of exchanging data signals modulated by a voiceband carrier on the switched circuit network with unmodulated data signal packets on the packet based network. The data exchange is performed by demodulating data signals from the switched circuit network for transmission on the packet based network, and modulating data signal packets from the packet based network for transmission on the switched circuit network. The call discriminator is used to selectively enable the voice exchange and data exchange. | 09-20-2012 |
Michael J. Nicol, Randburg ZA
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20090173188 | Chloride Heap Leaching - A heap leaching method to recover copper from a primary copper sulphide mineral wherein the mineral is leached in an acidic chloride/sulphate solution in the presence of oxygen with the surface potential of the mineral below 600 mV (vs. SHE) to cause dissolution of the copper sulphide. | 07-09-2009 |
Michael James Nicol, Mt. Pleasant AU
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20150232963 | Heap Leaching Method - A process of extracting copper from copper sulphide minerals which is enhanced at solution potentials exceeding 700 mV SHE, in the absence of any microorganism, by contacting the minerals in a pre-treatment phase using an acid solution at a high chloride content containing dissolved copper. | 08-20-2015 |
Morgan Nicol, Barbengo CH
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20090013819 | AERO SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR BICYCLES AND THE LIKE - An aero supporting device for a bicycle, including two elongated aero supports that extend in a front direction of a bicycle when used in accordance with the intended purpose and which can be gripped by a user, as well as two arm rests on which a user can rest his forearms or elbows, for e.g. attaining a reduced drag, wherein a covering device is provided which jointly surrounds at least the two aero supports. | 01-15-2009 |
Morgan Nicol, Collina D'Oro CH
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20120274041 | FRAME FOR A BICYCLE - A frame for a bicycle and a bicycle equipped therewith, wherein the frame includes a frame body having a top tube and a down tube, and at least one supporting device connecting the top tube to the down tube. A supporting device includes a flow-through opening through which, when used as intended, at least part of the arriving air flows. | 11-01-2012 |
20130200683 | AERODYNAMIC COVER CAP FOR USE IN TWO-WHEELED VEHICLES - An attachment for two-wheeled vehicles and a wheel for a two-wheeled vehicle having these attachments are provided. The wheel includes a hub, a rim and separate spokes connecting the hub and the rim. Portions of the spoke nipples protruding radially inwardly from the rim are covered by cover caps. The cover cap is configured small in structure and aerodynamic in shape. To this end, the length in the peripheral direction is larger than the width. | 08-08-2013 |
Murray Nicol, Milperra AU
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20100016050 | Chipless table split screen feature - A system for playing a live game of chance using electronic wagering is disclosed. The system uses a gaming table equipped with a card reading apparatus and multiple dual mode player/dealer displays, each with a player interface. Physical playing cards are electronically read and delivered to the casino table. Electronic information of at least one of rank and count is provided to a game processor. The game processor also sends and receives player information to and from a player display. The player display is divided into two segments, the first segment displaying player information and a second segment displaying dealer information. The player enters wagers and other play decisions through the player interface. The system displays information useful to the player on the first area and information useful to the dealer on the second segment at appropriate intervals. | 01-21-2010 |
Pascal Nicol, Saint Genis Laval FR
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20110015286 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF EXPANDABLE POLYSTYRENE - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of expandable polystyrene comprising the following steps: i | 01-20-2011 |
20120142797 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF EXPANDABLE POLYSTYRENE BY CONTINUOUS INJECTION OF A LIQUID ORGANIC PEROXIDE - A process for the preparation of expandable polystyrene including the following steps: i°) heating an aqueous suspension including styrene monomer and at least one organic peroxide initiator of formula (I) 1-alkoxy- | 06-07-2012 |
20130310518 | FREE RADICAL POLYMERISATION OF ETHYLENE INITIATED BY ORGANIC PEROXIDES WITH HIGH PRODUCTIVITY - A method for manufacturing polyethylene or an ethylene copolymer, including a step of free radical polymerisation or copolymerisation of the ethylene at an initiation temperature varying from 150° C. to 200° C., at a pressure varying from 500 to 3000 bar, in the presence of a peroxidic polymerisation initiator selected from among the peroxide compounds of formula (I) in which R1 and R8 are, separately, a C2-C6 alkyl group; R2, R3, R6 and R7 are, separately, a C1-C5 alkyl group; and R4 and R5 are, separately, a C1-C6 alkyl group. | 11-21-2013 |
20150210819 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF EXPANDABLE POLYSTYRENE BY CONTINUOUS INJECTION OF A LIQUID ORGANIC PEROXIDE - A process for the preparation of expandable polystyrene including the following steps: i°) heating an aqueous suspension including styrene monomer and at least one organic peroxide initiator of formula (I) 1-alkoxy-1-t-alkylperoxycyclohexane in which the alkoxy group contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, the t-alkyl group contains 4 to 12 carbon atoms, and the cyclohexane ring may optionally be substituted with 1 to 3 alkyl groups each, independently having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, at a temperature ranging from 100° C. to 120° C.), ii°) adding a blowing agent selected from the group of alkanes having from 4 to 6 carbon atoms and mixtures thereof. Also, an expandable polystyrene obtainable according to such a process and to insulation parts and packaging including such an expandable polystyrene. | 07-30-2015 |
Peter James Nicol, Garden Bay CA
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20160114867 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING STABILITY OF A VESSEL - An automated stability system which is accurate but simple enough to be implemented on small vessels such as fishing boats is provided. It provides this by integrating the measurements of a digital magnetometer, digital accelerometer, and digital gyroscope which are used to calculate the natural roll period of the vessel which in turn permits calculation of the GM (metacentric height). GPS may also be provided to provide for time and velocity correction. | 04-28-2016 |
Roger Nicol, Issy-Les-Moulineaux FR
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20130341269 | METHOD FOR DESULPHURATION OF THE DIGESTATE AND THE BIOGAS OF A DIGESTER, AND BIOGAS PRODUCTION FACILITY IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD - The invention relates to a method for desulphuration of the digestate and biogas in a digester ( | 12-26-2013 |
Rozenn Nicol, La Roche Derrien FR
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20080306720 | Hrtf Individualization by Finite Element Modeling Coupled with a Corrective Model - The invention relates to modelling individual head related transfer functions (HRTFs) with respect to an individual audition in a three-dimensional space. The inventive method consists in picking up morphological parameters of several individuals for roughly estimating the HRTFs by finite elements and building the database thereof roughly estimated by comparing/training on said database and on another database containing several HRTFs measured in all directions of space and in building, for the same individuals, a model based on an artificial neurone network which is capable to calculate the HRTFs for all directions of space from a series of measurements of morphological parameters of any individuals. | 12-11-2008 |
20090103738 | Method for Binaural Synthesis Taking Into Account a Room Effect - The invention concerns a method for three-dimensional spatialization of audio channels from a filter BRIR filter incorporating a theater effect. For a specific number N of samples corresponding to the size of the pulse response of the BRIR filter, it consists in breaking down (A) the BRIR filter into at least a set of delay and amplitude values associated with the times of arrival of reflections; extracting (B) on the number of B samples at least one spectral module of the BRIR filter; and constituting (C) from each successive delay, its amplitude and its spectral module associated with an elementary BRIR filter (BRIR | 04-23-2009 |
20110009771 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING TRANSFER FUNCTIONS OF THE HRTF TYPE - The invention relates to a method for determining transfer functions of the HRTF type for an individual, that comprises: measuring, for a first number of directions, the transfer functions of the HRTF type specific to said individual; matching the directivity functions associated with said measured functions of the HRTF type, with reference directivity functions associated with reference transfer functions of the HRTF type, said reference functions of the HRTF type being determined for a second number of directions higher that said first number of directions and reconstructing the measured directivity functions from said reference directivity functions. | 01-13-2011 |
20120201389 | PROCESSING OF SOUND DATA ENCODED IN A SUB-BAND DOMAIN - Processing of sound data encoded in a sub-band domain, for dual-channel playback of binaural or transaural® type is provided, in which a matrix filtering is applied so as to pass from a sound representation with N channels with N>0, to a dual-channel representation. This sound representation with N channels comprises considering N virtual loudspeakers surrounding the head of a listener, and, for each virtual loudspeaker of at least some of the loudspeakers: a first transfer function specific to an ipsilateral path from the loudspeaker to a first ear of the listener, facing the loudspeaker, and a second transfer function specific to a contralateral path from said loudspeaker to the second ear of the listener, masked from the loudspeaker by the listener's head. The matrix filtering comprises a multiplicative coefficient defined by the spectrum, in the sub-band domain, of the second transfer function deconvolved with the first transfer function. | 08-09-2012 |
20120314878 | MULTICHANNEL AUDIO STREAM COMPRESSION - A method for compressing an audio stream, including a plurality of signals, describing a sound scene produced by a plurality of sources in a space, by: identifying the sources from an audio stream; determining a frequency band, energy level and spatial position in the space for each of the identified sources; determining, for each identified source, a spatial resolution corresponding to the smallest difference in position of said source in the space which a listener is capable of perceiving, on the basis of: the frequency band, the energy level, and the spatial position of said source; and, on the frequency band, energy level, and spatial position of at least one subset of the other identified sources; generating a compressed stream comprising the information required to restore each identified source with at least the same corresponding spatial resolution. | 12-13-2012 |
20140219459 | ALLOCATION, BY SUB-BANDS, OF BITS FOR QUANTIFYING SPATIAL INFORMATION PARAMETERS FOR PARAMETRIC ENCODING - A method is provided for allocating bits for quantifying spatial information parameters by frequency sub-band for parametric encoding/decoding of a multichannel audio stream representative of a soundstage consisting of a plurality of sound sources. The method includes a step of quantifying or inversely quantifying, by frequency sub-band, spatial information parameters for the sound sources of the soundscape. The method further includes: assessing a spatial resolution of the current sub-band on the basis of the spectral properties of the sub-band; and determining a number of bits to be allocated to the current sub-band, the number of bits to be allocated being inversely proportional to the estimated spatial resolution. Also provided is a device for allocating quantification bits implementing the above-described method. | 08-07-2014 |
20150223004 | Optimized Calibration of a Multi-Loudspeaker Sound Playback System - A method of calibrating a sound restitution assembly for a multichannel sound signal, which includes a plurality of loudspeakers. The method includes: obtaining multidirectional impulse responses of the loudspeakers to reproduction of a predetermined audio signal; analyzing the multidirectional impulse responses obtained, in a domain of spatio-temporal representation, over at least one time window encompassing the instants of arrival of the first reflections of the audio signal reproduced to determine a set of characteristics of the first reflections; comparing the amplitude of each of the reflections with a predetermined perceptibility threshold and identifying imperceptible reflections for which the amplitude is below the predetermined threshold; modifying the impulse responses obtained to obtain perceptive impulse responses, by deleting the reflections identified as imperceptible; and determining a filtering matrix on the basis of the perceptive impulse responses for an application of this filtering matrix to the multichannel audio signal before sound restitution. | 08-06-2015 |