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20110087078 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING INFANT FEEDING PERFORMANCE - Devices, systems and methods for measuring infant feeding performance. The device includes a body portion, a pressure sensor and an integrated circuit. The body portion includes a first end for receiving a fluid, a second end mateable with a feeding nipple, and a conduit In fluid communication with the first and second ends. The pressure sensor is disposed in the body portion, is in contact with the fluid in the conduit, and generates a signal representing a pressure of the fluid passing through the conduit during a feeding session. The integrated circuit is disposed in the body portion and is electrically connected to the pressure sensor. The integrated circuit receives the pressure signal and determines a feeding factor over the feeding session indicative of the infant feeding performance. | 04-14-2011 |
20110251510 | RESPIRATION SENSOR FOR AN INFANT FEEDING PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Devices, systems and methods for measuring infant feeding performance. The device includes a body portion, a respiration sensing device for receiving respiration and an integrated circuit disposed in the body portion and electrically connected to the respiration sensing device. The body portion has a first end for receiving a fluid, a second end for passing fluid to a feeding nipple, and a conduit in fluid communication with the first end and the second end. The respiration sensing device is mechanically coupled to the body portion and is mateable with the feeding nipple. The respiration sensing device generates a signal representing a variation in temperature or airflow of the respiration during a feeding session. The integrated circuit receives the temperature or airflow signal determines a respiration pattern over the feeding session indicative of the infant feeding performance. | 10-13-2011 |
20120232801 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING FEEDING PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL NEONATES - A method and system for computing a relative score indicative of an individual infant's feeding performance based, at least in part, upon a comparison of one or more feeding factor measurements of the individual infant with a corresponding database metric that is derived from a population-based sample of infants, where the comparison optionally provides a statistical association between normative metric values and adverse outcomes recorded for the same population-based sample and, thereby, a means for assessing the tested infant's risk for said adverse outcomes. | 09-13-2012 |
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20130017283 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING METABOLIC PATHWAYS - Compositions and methods useful for inducing an increase in fatty acid oxidation or mitochondrial biogenesis, reducing weight gain, inducing weight loss, or increasing Sirt1, Sirt3, or AMPK activity are provided herein. Such compositions can contain synergizing amounts of a sirtuin-pathway activators, including but not limited to resveratrol, in combination with beta-hydroxymethylbutyrate (HMB), keto isocaproic acid (KIC), leucine, or combinations of HMB, KIC and leucine. | 01-17-2013 |
20130017284 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING METABOLIC PATHWAYS - Compositions and methods useful for inducing an increase in fatty acid oxidation or mitochondrial biogenesis, reducing weight gain, inducing weight loss, or increasing Sirt1, Sirt3, or AMPK activity are provided herein. Such compositions can contain synergizing amounts of a sirtuin-pathway activators, including but not limited to resveratrol, in combination with beta-hydroxymethylbutyrate (HMB), keto isocaproic acid (KIC), leucine, or combinations of HMB, KIC and leucine. | 01-17-2013 |
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20140148488 | Compositions and Methods for Modulating Metabolic Pathways - Compositions and methods useful for inducing an increase in fatty acid oxidation or mitochondrial biogenesis, reducing weight gain, inducing weight loss, or increasing Sirt1, Sirt3, or AMPK activity are provided herein. Such compositions can contain synergizing amounts of a sirtuin-pathway activators, including but not limited to resveratrol, in combination with beta-hydroxymethylbutyrate (HMB), keto isocaproic acid (KIC), leucine, or combinations of HMB, KIC and leucine. | 05-29-2014 |
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20090053199 | Stable Dairy Components Effective for Fat Loss - The present invention relates to methods comprising administering to individuals regulating body weight calcium-containing fresh whey products in an amount effective to manage body mass, by inducing weight and/or fat loss, preventing weight and/or fat gain, increasing the metabolic consumption of adipose tissue, and/or maintaining muscle mass. | 02-26-2009 |
20100069782 | Passive Microwave Assessment of Human Body Core to Surface Temperature Gradients and Basal Metabolic Rate - A passive microwave thermography apparatus uses passive microwave antennas designed for operation, for example, at WARC protected frequencies of 1.400 to 1.427 GHz and 2.690 to 2.70 GHz (for core body gradient temperature measurement) and 10.68 to 10.700 GHz or higher microwave frequency (for surface body gradient temperature measurement) and a related directional antenna or antenna array to measure microwave radiation emanating from an animal, especially, a human body. The antennae may be radially directed toward a point within or on the surface of a human body for comparison with known temperature distribution data for that point and a given ambient temperature. Each frequency band may provide a plurality of adjacent noise measuring channels for measuring microwave noise naturally emitted by the human body. The apparatus measures short-term changes in, for example, core and body surface temperatures to establish a basal metabolic rate. Changes in core body temperature may be stimulated by the administration of food or certain organic and drug-related substances or stress to induce a change in basal metabolic rate over time. These changes correlate directly with a human subject's metabolism rate at rest and under certain dietary constraints and can be used to determine courses of treatment for obesity, metabolic disease, and other disorders. The apparatus can also be used to remotely monitor patients and subjects without physical contact. | 03-18-2010 |
20110033559 | Dietary Calcium for Reducing the Production of Reactive Oxygen Species - The subject application provides a method of identifying or screening compounds or compositions suitable for reducing the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) comprising: a) feeding (or orally administering) compositions comprising dietary material containing dietary calcium (or dietary calcium) to at least one subject; b) measuring intracellular concentrations of calcium in cells of said at least one subject, wherein a decrease of intracellular calcium concentration in said cells of said at least one test subject as compared to the intracellular concentrations of calcium in the cells of at least one control subject is indicative of a compound, composition, combination of compounds or combination of compositions suitable for use in reducing the production of ROS in a subject. Methods of treating ROS-related diseases comprising the oral administration of dietary material containing dietary calcium (or dietary calcium) are also provided. | 02-10-2011 |
20110038948 | Methods of Reducing the Production of Reactive Oxygen Species and Methods of Screening or Identifying Compounds and Compositions that Reduce the Production of Reactive Oxygen Species - The subject application provides methods of identifying compounds, combinations of compounds, compositions, and/or combinations of compositions that are suitable for reducing the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in an individual with the proviso that said compound, combination of compounds, composition, or combination of compositions is not a dietary material containing calcium or dietary calcium. Also provided in the subject application are methods of treating diseases or disorders associated with ROS production and methods of reducing ROS production in an individual with the proviso that said compound, combination of compounds, composition, or combination of compositions is not a dietary material containing calcium or dietary calcium. | 02-17-2011 |
20120029369 | Passive Microwave Assessment of Human Body Core to Surface Temperature Gradients and Basal Metabolic Rate - A passive microwave thermography apparatus uses passive microwave antennas designed for operation, for example, at WARC protected frequencies of 1.400 to 1.427 GHz and 2.690 to 2.70 GHz (for core body gradient temperature measurement) and 10.68 to 10.700 GHz or higher microwave frequency (for surface body gradient temperature measurement) and a related directional antenna or antenna array to measure microwave radiation emanating from an animal, especially, a human body. The antennae may be radially directed toward a point within or on the surface of a human body for comparison with known temperature distribution data for that point and a given ambient temperature. Each frequency band may provide a plurality of adjacent noise measuring channels for measuring microwave noise naturally emitted by the human body. The apparatus measures short-term changes in, for example, core and body surface temperatures to establish a basal metabolic rate. Changes in core body temperature may be stimulated by the administration of food or certain organic and drug-related substances or stress to induce a change in basal metabolic rate over time. These changes correlate directly with a human subject's metabolism rate at rest and under certain dietary constraints and can be used to determine courses of treatment for obesity, metabolic disease, and other disorders. The apparatus can also be used to remotely monitor patients and subjects without physical contact. | 02-02-2012 |