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20100047368 | Compositions and methods for the treatment or prevention of chemoresistant neoplasia - The invention generally features compositions and methods useful for the treatment and diagnosis of a neoplasia in a subject. In particular, the invention provides therapeutic compositions that decrease the expression of an Nfr2 nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide for the treatment of a neoplasia, such as a chemoresistant neoplasia, in a subject. | 02-25-2010 |
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20130309323 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF CHEMORESISTANT NEOPLASIA - The invention generally features compositions and methods useful for the treatment and diagnosis of a neoplasia in a subject. In particular, the invention provides therapeutic compositions that decrease the expression of an Nfr2 nucleic acid molecule or polypeptide for the treatment of a neoplasia, such as a chemoresistant neoplasia, in a subject. | 11-21-2013 |
20150080462 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF DISORDERS RELATING TO OXIDATIVE STRESS - The present invention features methods for treating or preventing conditions, diseases, or disorders related to oxidative stress. In one embodiment, the method increases Nrf2 biological activity or expression. In particular, the invention provides for the treatment or prevention of diseases relating to oxidative stress including emphysema, sepsis, septic shock, ischemic injury, cerebral ischemia and neurodegenerative disorders, meningitis, encephalitis, hemorrhage, cerebral ischemia, heart ischemia, cognitive deficits and neurodegenerative disorders. | 03-19-2015 |
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20140038156 | LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT DISPLAYS ACTIVITY STREAMS BASED ON STUDENT CONTACTS - A learning management system and method delivers an instructional material to a student workstation after authenticating an student's entry into a learning session that is associated with a plurality of contacts. Stored electronic addresses in a database include a first electronic address that is associated with a first contact and a second electronic address that is associated with a second contact. The first contact is associated with the learning session and the second contact is not associated with the learning session. A first activity stream associated with the first contact and a second activity stream associated with the second contact is selectively displayed to the student such that upon detection of student's entry into the learning session, the first activity stream is displayed without displaying the second activity stream and the second activity stream is displayed upon detection of student's exit from the learning session either with displaying the first activity stream or without displaying the first activity stream. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038157 | LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT PREVENTS COMMUNICATION OF UNAUTHORIZED CONTENT DURING A LEARNING SESSION - A learning management system and method displays a learning environment for delivery of instructional material to a remote student workstation student after authenticating a student at the remote student workstation. The learning environment displays a user interface to the student on the remote student workstation used to interact with an instructional material when the student enters into a learning session associated with a course when messages are communicated to and from the student. Communicated messages with the student are monitored to determine whether a message contains an unauthorized content and upon detection of an unauthorized content, an alert message is transmitted, for example, to an student associated with the course or to the student. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038158 | LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT COMMUNICATES MESSAGES AMONGST GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED STUDENTS BASED ON REGION PROFILES - A learning management system and method displays corresponding learning environments for delivery of instructional material to a plurality of geographically dispersed remote student workstations located in a plurality of regions after the learning system authenticates a corresponding plurality of students at the plurality of geographically dispersed remote student workstations. Each learning environment displays a user interface on a respective remote student workstation located in one region of the plurality of regions. At least one region profile stores information specifying a rule associated with communication of information between a first region and another second region. Messages are communicated amongst the geographically dispersed remote student workstations located in the plurality of regions in accordance with the region profile. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038162 | LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT USES STUDENT-SELECTED AND MANDATORY CONTACTS FOR COMMUNICATING STUDENT MESSAGES - A learning management system and method that deliver instructional materials to a student stores electronic addresses for a plurality of contacts associated with the student. The student is associated with a set of student's contacts comprising at least one student-selected contact and at least one mandatory contact. A student-selected contact comprises a contact designated by the student to be in the set of student's contacts and a mandatory contact comprises a contact that is not designated by the student to be in the set of student's contacts. A user interface is provided that enables the student to select between communication of messages with the student-selected contact and the mandatory contact. | 02-06-2014 |
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20100163023 | Methods and apparatus for safe application of an intubation device - Intubation is a potentially dangerous invasive procedure with many plausible errors, such as over-inflation of a cuff and insertion of an intubation tube in the wrong lumen, potentially resulting in a patient's internal bleeding, suffocation, or even death. An intubation aide according to example embodiments of the present invention allows intubation of a patient, while eliminating potential injury to the patient, increasing accuracy and reliability of the placement of the intubation tube, and drastically decreasing procedural time. Within moments of insertion of the device into a patient, the medical caregiver knows, with complete certainty, the location of the intubation device without applying traditional time-consuming tasks. Embodiments also provide patient safety, if intubated for a prolonged periods, by regulating an inflation pressure of the cuff. The intubation aide can also be used for training purposes and is ideal for intubation in hospital and field settings. | 07-01-2010 |
20130233321 | Methods and Apparatus for Safe Application of an Intubation Device - Intubation is a potentially dangerous invasive procedure with many plausible errors, such as over-inflation of a cuff and insertion of an intubation tube in the wrong lumen, potentially resulting in a patient's internal bleeding, suffocation, or even death. An intubation aide according to example embodiments of the present invention allows intubation of a patient, while eliminating potential injury to the patient, increasing accuracy and reliability of the placement of the intubation tube, and drastically decreasing procedural time. Within moments of insertion of the device into a patient, the medical caregiver knows, with complete certainty, the location of the intubation device without applying traditional time-consuming tasks. Embodiments also provide patient safety, if intubated for a prolonged periods, by regulating an inflation pressure of the cuff. The intubation aide can also be used for training purposes and is ideal for intubation in hospital and field settings. | 09-12-2013 |
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20080218940 | High dielectric capacitor materials and method of their production - Methods of producing polycrystalline and single crystal dielectrics are disclosed, including dielectrics comprising CaCu | 09-11-2008 |
20090220801 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROWTH OF HIGH PURITY 6H-SIC SINGLE CRYSTAL - The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for growth of high-purity 6H SiC single crystal using a sputtering technique. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method for depositing a high purity 6H-SiC single crystal film on a substrate, the method including: providing a silicon substrate having an etched surface; placing the substrate and an SiC source in a deposition chamber; achieving a first vacuum level in the deposition chamber; pressurizing the chamber with a gas; depositing the SiC film directly on the etched silicon substrate from a sputtering source by: heating the substrate to a temperature below silicon melting point, using a low energy plasma in the deposition chamber; and depositing a layer of hexagonal SiC film on the etched surface of the substrate. | 09-03-2009 |
20090283824 | COOL IMPACT-IONIZATION TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a low-power semiconductor switching device, having a substrate supporting thereon a semiconductor body; a source electrode coupled to the semiconductor body at a source interface region; a drain electrode coupled to the semiconductor body at a drain interface region; a gate oxide film formed over a region of the semiconductor body, the gate oxide film interfacing between a gate electrode and the semiconductor body; wherein at least one of the source interface region or the drain interface region defines a sharp junction into the semiconductor body. | 11-19-2009 |
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20090136089 | 3D inspection of an object using x-rays - A method is presented for a 3D inspection of an object or bag in order to check for explosives or contraband. The method is applicable to Computed Tomography, Laminography or any other method that can be used to produce images of slices through the object. According to this method, it is not necessary to reconstruct the slice image with a high resolution as is required for visual display, but it is sufficient to reconstruct the image at only a sample or a set of points or pixels that are sparsely distributed within the reconstructed slice. The properties of the object are then analyzed only at these sparsely distributed pixels within the slice to make a determination for the presence or absence of explosives or contraband. This process of image reconstruction and analysis is repeated over several slices spaced through the volume of the object. In another embodiment of this invention, the set of points or pixels at which the image is reconstructed are offset spatially with respect to the set of pixels in the adjacent or neighboring slice. This invention greatly reduces the computational burden, hence simplifies the hardware and software design, speeds up the scanning process and allows for a more complete and uniform inspection of the entire volume of the object. | 05-28-2009 |
20110096903 | Multiview x-ray inspection system - A multiview x-ray scanning system for inspecting the 3D volume of an object has been presented. The method uses multiple x-ray sources and multiple x-ray beams. The object to be inspected is interposed in the trajectory of these beams and moved relative to these beams. The x-ray beams after passing through the object are detected by detectors that are interleaved to realize a compact design. In order that the interleaved detectors do not intersect, the location of detectors and sources is adjusted. Further, the design of detectors is such that they can be placed in close proximity to each other in order to realize a small footprint scanner having a high resolution. | 04-28-2011 |
20110141111 | 3D RECONSTRUCTION FROM OVERSAMPLED 2D PROJECTIONS - A method is presented for generating a 3D image of an object using x-rays. The invention describes a method of generating an image of a slice through the object using a large number of detector elements as employed in commonly used x-ray scanners. The method described is a two step process, in the first step, Algebraic methods are used to solve a set of simultaneous linear equations to solve for the densities of the pixels representing the slice. The dimension of these pixels defining the slice is large in comparison to the size of detector elements, therefore a second step of backprojection is used to generated a slice image of higher resolution. The use of a second or a third source further allows the generation of higher resolution images. | 06-16-2011 |
20120027171 | HIGH SPEED SCANNING OF LARGE OBJECTS USING RADIATION - This invention describes a novel beam arrangement for multiview and dual view x-ray or radiation scanning systems used for inspection of objects. The method described herein is especially suited for scanning large objects such as palletized cargo or dense objects that are longer in one dimension, for example the height being larger than the width or depth. As the size and density of the object to be scanned increase, the absorption of the x-rays by the object increases with less of x-rays reaching the detectors. Therefore, in order to receive minimal signal for acceptable image quality, the scan speed is slowed which for certain objects it might become so low that it may not be acceptable. This invention describes a novel beam arrangement that greatly speeds up the scan speed. | 02-02-2012 |
20120093287 | TWO UNIT PORTABLE X-RAY SCANNER - This invention describes a novel transmissive x-ray scanner system that is mounted on two small mobile or robotic platforms and used for security inspection of unidentified parcels at airports, buildings, roadside, or of large objects such as cars that are much larger than the scanner itself. The system comprises of a two mobile platforms, one carrying the x-ray or the radiation source and the other the detector. The method comprises the steps of moving the two mobile platforms and locating them on opposing sides of the object, then holding the platforms stationary and moving only the detector and the source to scan the object. | 04-19-2012 |
20120257717 | SMALL MOBILE X-RAY SCANNING SYSTEM - This invention describes a method of inspecting unidentified packages placed on the floor or ground, or on desktops or counters. The method uses a transmissive x-ray system mounted on a small mobile platform such as robots. X-ray is emitted from the source directed away from the platform and detected by a detector arm supported on an extended member attached to a vertical member such that the object to be inspected can pass in between the detector arm and the x-ray source. To scan portions of the object close to the ground, the height of the x-ray source is lowered close to the ground, and during transportation, it is raised up so that there is more clearance from the ground. To scan objects located on higher levels such as desks, the detector arm has an angular movement greater than ninety degrees with respect to an axis that has a vertical component. | 10-11-2012 |
20130315469 | METHOD FOR 3D INSPECTION OF AN OBJECT USING X-RAYS - A x-ray system for inspection of objects, utilizing two or more views has been presented. The system allows to compute the 3D spatial coordinates of certain features or object points within the object. The method used consists of first identifying feature points on the images, back tracing the ray paths from the images to the sources of radiation used, computing the point of intersection of the rays associated with each feature point and then assigning the coordinates of the intersection to the object points. | 11-28-2013 |
20130322601 | LOW FOCAL HEIGHT X-RAY GENERATOR SUITABLE FOR INSPECTION OF OBJECTS CLOSE TO GROUND - A low height x-ray generator that emits a radiation beam close to ground has been presented. This is useful for imaging for inspection purposes of objects lying on ground. The generator comprises of a x-ray tube in a horizontal orientation close to the bottom surface of the generator box and is also in close proximity to a side wall which is made slanting. With such an arrangement, the focal point of the x-ray tube is low and it produces a beam that is hugging close to the ground which is desired to image bottom portion of a package lying on the ground. | 12-05-2013 |