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Methods and systems are disclosed for processing data used for hydrocarbon extraction from the earth. Symmetry transformation groups are identified from sampled earth structure data. A set of critical points is identified from the sampled data. Using the symmetry groups and the critical points, a plurality of subdivisions of shapes is generated, which together represent the original earth structures. The symmetry groups correspond to a plurality of shape families, each of which includes a set of predicted critical points. The subdivisions are preferably generated such that a shape family is selected according to a best fit between the critical points from the sampled data and the predicted critical points of the selected shape family.

The invention provides an augmented-reality-based three-dimensional interactive learning system and an augmented-reality-based three-dimensional interactive learning method. The system comprises an information processing device, a photographic device, a display device and at least one physical teaching aid, wherein the physical teaching aid is provided with identification information; the photographic device is used for performing video acquisition on a real environment after augmented reality application is started; and the information processing device comprises an identification module for identifying the identification information on the physical teaching aid, an orientation calculation module for calculating the spatial orientation information of the physical teaching aid, and a three-dimensional rendering module for acquiring a three-dimensional model corresponding to the identification information, rendering and generating a corresponding virtual object, and placing the virtual object at a corresponding position in a video image for display according to the spatial orientation information of the physical teaching aid. According to the system and the method, the real environment and the virtual object are overlapped in the same scenario in real time, so that a more vivid sensory experience is provided for a user, and meanwhile, a teaching effect is improved by utilizing the instinct of a person for the recognition of a three-dimensional space.

A differential compression method and computer program product combines hash value techniques and suffix array techniques. The invention finds the best matches for every offset of the version file, with respect to a certain granularity and above a certain length threshold. The invention has two variations depending on block size choice. If the block size is kept fixed, the compression performance of the invention is similar to that of the greedy algorithm, without the expensive space and time requirements. If the block size is varied linearly with the reference file size, the invention can run in linear-time and constant-space. It has been shown empirically that the invention performs better than certain known differential compression algorithms in terms of compression and speed.

The present invention includes a solid fat composition that includes an oil having saturated fat and a microbial oil having a long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid and an emulsifier. In particular, the solid fat composition can have high levels of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid and low amounts of emulsifiers. In preferred embodiments, the polyunsaturated oil is an unwinterized microbial oil. The invention also relates to methods for making such compositions and food, nutritional, and pharmaceutical products comprising said compositions. The present invention also includes a microbial oil product prepared by extracting an oil-containing fraction comprising at least one LC-PUFA from a microbial biomass, and treating the fraction by a process of vacuum evaporation, wherein the oil product has not been subject to one or more of a solvent winterization step, a caustic refining process, a chill filtration process, or a bleaching process.

Pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of a neurological disorder of neurotrauma or for improving memory in a patient comprising a therapeutically effective amount of S-(-)-N-proparygl-1-aminoindan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically active carrier. The pharmaceutical compositions are adapted, in particular for treating a neurological hypoxia or anoxia, neurodegenerative diseases. Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, neurotoxic injury, head trauma injury, spinal trauma injury or any other form of nerve damage.

The invention discloses an SVM classification model-based equipment fault diagnosing method. The method comprises the following steps: performing a preprocessing operation on equipment data; constructing a fault diagnosis case knowledge base; performing fault diagnosis on a support vector machine on the basis of an SVM classification model; acquiring fault information and performing maintenance guide. According to the support vector machine-based intelligent equipment fault diagnosis method, the fault features of equipment are highlighted to the maximum degree; the situations that the equipment data are incomplete and inaccurate are reduced; the possibility is provided for constructing an accurate and reliable fault diagnosis model; the problem that the diagnosis model ages along with the operating time of the equipment is solved; the misdiagnosis rate of the fault diagnosis is reduced; the accuracy and the speed of the equipment fault diagnosis are greatly improved.

This invention provides compositions, methods and process of producing extracts and pure compounds from Xanthoceras sorbifolia. The extract comprises saponins and other constituents including alkaloids, coumarins, saccharides, proteins, polysaccharides, glycosides, tannins, acid, flavonoids and others. The composition can be used for treating cancer and other conditions, such as arthritis, rheumatism, poor circulation, arteriosclerosis, Raynaud's syndrome, angina pectoris, cardiac disorder, coronary heart disease, headache, kidney disorder, and impotence; for improving cerebral functions; or for curing enuresis, frequent micturition, urinary incontinence, dementia, weak intelligence and Alzheimer's disease, autism, brain trauma, Parkinson's, cerebral dysfunctions, and treating arthritis, rheumatism, poor circulation, arteriosclerosis, Raynaud's syndrome, angina pectoris, cardiac disorder, headache, dizziness, kidney disorder. This invention provides compounds of oleanene triterpenoidal saponin in nature with the characteristics that at least one angeloyl group attache to Carbon 21 or/and 22, or/and linked to the sugar. The compounds of the present invention have various pharmaceutical and therapeutic applications.

The invention discloses health tea which is manufactured by mixing 0 to 80 weight parts of herbal tea, 0 to 50 weight parts of multicolor tea and 0 to 10 weight parts of medicinal and edible nourishing medicinal material, wherein the herbal tea is manufactured by adopting one or more from prunus persica, flos rosae rugosae, tulipa, rosa chinensis, chrysanthemum, aloe, apple flower, hibiscus sabdariffa, jasminum sambac, lemon slices, lavandula pedunculata, lilium, lemon grass, prunus mume, trollius chinensis bunge, superslim, sterculia lychnophora, fiveleaf gynostemma herbs, stevia rebaudiana, radix notoginseng, osmanthus fragrans, jade beauty, stellaria alsine grimm, dianthus caryophyllus, apocynum venetum, cordyceps, flos lonicerae, paeonia lactiflora and arctium lappal; the multicolor tea is manufacrured by adopting one or more from green tea, black tea, dark green tea and white tea; and the medicinal and edible nourishing medicinal material is manufactured by adopting one or more from panax quinquefolius, radix glycyrrhizae, dendrobium nobile, salvia miltiorrhiza, cornus officinalis, radix pseudostellariae and codonopsis pilosula. The health tea has the advantages that fragrance, sweetness and mellowness of scented tea are maintained, a health care function of the nourishing medicinal material is further fulfilled, and besides, tea soup is rich in taste and is sweet, refreshing and fragrant.

The embodiments herein discloses a system and a method for providing an online web-based interactive audio-visual platform for note creation, presentation, sharing, organizing, and analysis. The system provides a conceptual and interactive interface to content; analyses students notes and instantly determines, the accuracy of the conceptual connections made and a student's understanding of a topic. The system enables the student to add and use audio, visual, drawing, text notes, and mathematical equations in addition to those suggested by the note taking solution to collate notes from various sources in a meaningful manner by grouping concepts using colors, images, and text; and to personalize other maps developed within the same environment while maintaining links back to the original source from which the notes are derived. The system highlights keywords in conjunction with spoken text to complement the advantages of using visual maps to improve learning outcomes.

An interactive advertising system is adapted to identify, measure and track consumer exposure to a number of different advertisements and to expose consumers to several different advertisements. The system simultaneously identifies and measures the number of consumers viewing different advertisements, while displaying different selected advertisements for viewing by the consumer. The system includes a display for displaying advertisements and other information. The system functions in either one of an idle mode, wherein potential consumers are not within a sensed proximity range, and an active mode, wherein the presence of potential consumers within the proximity range is detected. In the idle mode, the system displays programmed non-advertisement information. In the active mode, the display projects a programmed sequence of advertisements, that includes full-motion color commercials that may be interspersed with other information. A sound module may be provided for generating an audio portion of the advertisements. The time period of the active mode is sensed for determining the portions of the programmed sequence of advertisements that were displayed during the active mode, for determining particular advertisements that may have been viewed by the consumer to generate data. The data is retrieved from a host computer for determining what information in the active mode was displayed and the duration that the system was in the active mode for determining consumer presence and what portions of the active mode information may have been viewed by consumers.

A liquid crystal element includes a pair of plates at least one of which is transparent, and a composite layer retained between the plates and including a liquid crystal material in a transparent resin substrate. In the liquid crystal element, (A) the liquid crystal material in the composite layer contains aromatic rings and exhibits a cholesteric phase, the substrate in the composite layer is made of resin and contains aromatic rings, and a ratio of the number of aromatic rings to that of carbon atoms in the main chain of monomer is in a range from 1:5 to 1:12; (B) the liquid crystal material in the composite layer is formed of a mixture of a liquid crystal material exhibiting a nematic phase and a liquid crystal material exhibiting a smectic phase, and exhibits a cholesteric phase as a whole; or (C) the liquid crystal material in the composite layer is formed of a mixture of a tolane liquid crystal material, a biphenyl liquid crystal material and a chiral ingredient, and exhibits a cholesteric phase as a whole.

A consulting system helps a user on collecting information, building object model, and creating virtual environment, produces animated images, captures feedback from the user, analyzes user's response, and provides advices in various formats. First, the system provides interfaces for guiding the user to collect, manipulate, organize, search, and retrieve advices and their related examples. Next, the system provides interfaces for the user to build object models, which consist of the general object model for describing regular objects and human object model for describing human characteristics and behaviors. Further, the system provides interfaces for the user to build virtual environment from object models and creates animated images according to the events described in the related examples, properties associated with objects, and event templates. Further, the system captures user's feedback, which can be verbal requirement, facial expression, and keyboard input. Then the system analyzes user's response, compares to predetermined goals or expert's requirement, and provides user advices in various desired formats.

The invention discloses a senile dementia monitoring system based on a healthy service robot. The senile dementia monitoring system based on the healthy service robot comprises the healthy service robot, an intelligent terminal and a cloud server. The healthy service robot comprises a robot body, a main control unit, a human-computer interaction unit and a medical detection unit; the human-computer interaction unit is connected with the main control unit and comprises a tablet computer, and the tablet computer is arranged in front of the chest of the robot body; the medical detection unit is connected with the main control unit and comprises a brain electrical detection device which is independent of the robot body, and the brain electrical detection device is connected with the intelligent terminal and the tablet computer through Bluetooth signals; the intelligent terminal and the tablet computer are connected with the cloud server through the mobile Internet, and data interaction between the intelligent terminal and the tablet computer is achieved through wireless signals. By means of the senile dementia monitoring system based on the healthy service robot, automatic auxiliary diagnosis and treatment of senile dementia can be achieved, the diagnostic accuracy is improved, prevention and early detection of the senile dementia are facilitated, the pathogenetic condition is mitigated from exacerbating, and the purpose of healing is achieved.

The invention relates to a nerve feedback training instrument used for the brain memory function improvement on the basis of electroencephalogram. The scalp electroencephalogram collected in the brain activity process can be used for carrying out quantitative detection on the real-time state of the memory, the electroencephalogram rhythm waves presenting the memory level are shown to users to guide the users to consciously regulate the electroencephalogram rhythm waves, and the goal of improving the memory level is reached. The instrument is characterized in that firstly, an electroencephalogram collection module is used for collecting the electroencephalogram of the users under the classical memory task, and the electroencephalogram rhythm waves presenting the memory level are extracted; and then, the real-time memory state of the brain is described through an electroencephalogram analysis module and is fed back and output to the users in a striking and attractive mode. The users can directionally regulate the electroencephalogram rhythm waves according to the real-time feedback, and the goal of improving the memory is reached. The memory electroencephalogram of the users is used as the feedback signals of the system in a nerve feedback system for the first time, and the invention provides a new idea for the application direction of the nerve feedback system.

The invention relates to infant formula milk powder and a production method thereof. The infant formula milk powder contains nutrition constituents such as protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamins, mineral elements and the like with content regulated by the national standards on infant foods. Moreover, whey peptides, collagen peptides and casein phosphopeptides are added in the milk powder. Since the three kinds of binding peptides are added, the invention has the advantages that the immunity of cesarean infants is improved and the disease resistance of the infants is enhanced; the digestive function of the infants is improved, the intestinal mucosa proliferation is promoted and the digestive function is improved; and the development of the nervous system is promoted, the nutrition supply to the nervous system is guaranteed and the memory and the learning ability of the infants are improved.

A lipid preparation including a glycerophospholipid or salt, conjugate and derivatives thereof, particularly phosphatidylserine (PS), phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidyl-inositol (PI), phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and phosphatidic acid (PA), and poly-unsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) acyl groups, particularly long-chain poly-unsaturated fatty acid (LC-PUFA) acyl groups such as omega-3 and/or omega-6 acyl groups, wherein said PUFA is covalently bound to said glycerophospholipid. The preparation possesses an improved bioactivity, and is useful in the treatment of various cognitive and mental conditions and disorders and for maintenance of normal functions of brain-related systems and processes.

A method of manufacturing a multilayer wiring structure is disclosed. The method comprises a step of forming a via post on a first metal wiring element, a step of printing an interlayer insulation film on the first metal wiring element, with use of a screen mask having a non-ejection area slightly larger than a head of the via post, such that the interlayer insulation film has an upper surface at the level lower than the head of the via post, while generally aligning the non-ejection area with the head of the via post, a step of curing the interlayer insulation film, and a step of forming a second metal wiring element in contact with the via post on the interlayer insulation film such that the first metal wiring element and the second metal wiring element are connected through the via post.

8-Substituted-2,6-methano-3-benzazocines of general structure

are useful as analgesics, anti-diarrheal agents, anticonvulsants, antitussives and anti-addiction medications. One embodiment is the subgenus of biphenylethyl compounds:

Methods for increasing D-Serine concentration and reducing concentration of the toxic products of D-Serine oxidation, for enhancing learning, memory and/or cognition, or for treating schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, ataxia or neuropathic pain, or preventing loss in neuronal function characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases involve administering to a subject in need of treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof:

wherein

• [0001]
  • R¹ and R² are independently selected from hydrogen, halo, nitro, alkyl, acyl, alkylaryl, and XYR⁵;
  [0002]
  • or R¹ and R², taken together, form a 5, 6, 7 or 8-membered substituted or unsubstituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic group;
  [0003]
  • X and Y are independently selected from O, S, NH, and (CR⁶R⁷)_n;
  [0004]
  • R³ is hydrogen, alkyl or M⁺; M is aluminum, calcium, lithium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, zinc ion or a mixture thereof;
  [0005]
  • Z is N or CR⁴;
  [0006]
  • R⁴ is from selected from hydrogen, halo, nitro, alkyl, alkylaryl, and XYR⁵;
  [0007]
  • R⁵ is selected from aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl and substituted heteroaryl;
  [0008]
  • R⁶ and R⁷ are independently selected from hydrogen and alkyl; n is an integer from 1 to 6;
  [0009]
  • at least one of R¹, R² and R⁴ is other than hydrogen; and
  [0010]
  • at least one of X and Y is (CR⁶R⁷)_n. D-serine or cycloserine may be coadministered along with the compound of formula I.

This specification discloses an AV system with the skin care and health care functions. An AV system and a pulse current generator are integrated. A conductor transmits a pulse current output from the pulse current generator to a human body. The pulse current cures or alleviates the user in pain, melancholy, anxiety, and insomnia, accelerates the recovery of wound or bone, and reduces the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

A medical microelectrode includes an elongate electrode body including a tip section, a main body section and, optionally, a coupling section. The tip section, the main body section and, optionally, the coupling section are embedded in a first electrode matrix element, which is substantially rigid, biocompatible and soluble or biodegradable in a body fluid. Additionally the microelectrode includes a dissolution retarding layer on the first electrode matrix element and/or a second electrode matrix element disposed between the first electrode matrix element and the electrode. Upon dissolution or biodegradation of the first electrode matrix element a drug comprised by the first electrode matrix element or the second electrode matrix element is released into the tissue. Also disclosed are bundles and arrays of the electrodes and their use.