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A surgical, vascular coagulation forceps (1) comprising two mutually displaceable jaws (3, 4) bearing flat electrodes (12, 13) connected to different terminals of an hf source (16), or one of said jaws being fitted with an ultrasonic oscillator, characterized in that a coil unit (18) connected to an eddy current sensor (20) is mounted on at least one of the jaws (3, 4).

The invention provides systems and methods for assisting the buying and selling of properties. The invention serves as a single point of contact for sellers, buyers, negotiators and third party service providers in the real estate market, offering a forum for identifying needs, presenting solutions and accessing a suite of real estate tools and services.

An application architecture preferably includes resource applications, transaction applications, appointment management applications, advertising applications, and operations applications. A technical architecture preferably includes hardware that supports the application architecture, such as web servers serving web pages that serve as an online interface between the application architecture and the users. A business operation solution preferably includes independent but interacting product and content management functions, customer service functions, negotiator acquisition and management functions, operations support functions, marketing functions, alliance formation and management functions, technology operations functions, and back office support functions.

A method preferably includes providing an online interface that sellers can use to provide information regarding properties they wish to sell, that can be used to publish the property-for-sale information to many buyers, and that buyers can use to provide information regarding properties they wish to buy. The method further includes selecting a property for recommendation to the buyer and providing the online interface for recommending the property to the buyer. The method further includes facilitating a negotiation between the seller and the buyer as necessary to effect a closing of a transaction between the seller and the buyer for the property.

A method is disclosed for electronically capturing and storing paper records for accounting purposes using a mobile handheld device with an integrated digital camera or scanner. This method involves digitalizing a paper receipt with a digital camera or scanner, manually entering accounting data into a form presented on the display of a handheld device and performing a wireless transmission of the digital image of the paper record together with the entered information to a record storing system. The storing system securely stores the digital image of the record for future references and transmits manual entered record data to an accounting application using existing telecommunication or data networks.

The position of an imaging catheter in a body structure such as the heart is automatically controlled by a robotic manipulator such that its field of view at all times includes the distal end of a second catheter that is employed to effect a medical procedure. A processor receives signals from position sensors in the catheters. The processor utilizes the information received from the sensors and continually determines any deviation of the second catheter from the required field of view of the imaging catheter. The processor transmits compensation instructions to the robotic manipulator, which when executed assure that the imaging catheter tracks the second catheter.

A document reminder system is provided. The system provides a user-friendly interface to a user's existing document management, email, calendar and other systems in order to ensure that an appropriate user is notified when action should be taken on a specific document, and also provides notation to the user indicating the appropriate course of action to be taken. The system provides a calendaring feature where a supervisor or manager can determine the workload of a group of workers for an upcoming time period. The system provides an easily accessible and traceable database of information pertaining to a document, a client name, a client matter number, a document type, or other customizable fields in order for a user to search and sort the information for their own use.

A remote control for controlling consumer electronic devices and/or PC's. The remote control including a progress/status indicator for indicating the status of a download process or the status of an e-wallet.

The inventors have discovered sets of proteinaceous biomarkers (“AD biomarkers”) which can be measured in peripheral biological fluid samples to aid in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders, particularly Alzheimer's disease. The invention further provides methods of identifying candidate agents for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease by testing prospective agents for activity in modulating the levels of the AD biomarkers.

A system and method for monitoring the activity level of one or more individuals and modifying the behavior of those individuals based on feedback from the activity level monitoring is disclosed. When applying the system and method to hyperactive children in a classroom environment, an activity monitor is attached to each hyperactive child. The activity monitor determines the intensity of the subject's activity at the end of each epoch (approximately every 5 seconds), stores the determined intensity, and compares the determined intensity to an epoch threshold. If the determined intensity exceeds the epoch threshold, the hyperactive child is given vibrotactile feedback by the attached activity monitor. The length of time that the vibrotactile feedback is applied is proportional to the amount the determined epoch intensity exceeds the epoch threshold. When the hyperactive child presses a button on the activity monitor to thereby request session feedback, the session intensity is compared to two different session thresholds, and one of three LEDs on the activity monitor is lit up, depending on where the session intensity is in comparison to the two session thresholds. A base station, either a simple hand-held device or a more complicated desk-top device, is under the control of the teacher and has a wireless communication link with the activity monitors so that information may be downloaded and the activity monitors may be controlled.

A scheduling engine for optimally scheduling the allocation of a set of service providers to a defined set of service points includes a service point mechanism for collecting and processing a plurality of service point data elements, and a service provider mechanism for collecting and processing a plurality of service provider data elements. A generic multi-layer scheduling mechanism generates allocation schedules for allocating the set of service providers to the set of service points irrespective of nonlinearity or dependence amongst said plurality of service point data elements and said plurality of service providers data elements. The generic multi-layer scheduling mechanism employs a heuristic algorithm for use of an objective function relating to said plurality of service point data elements and said plurality of provider data elements and said control parameters that describe what is important to the customer and generating therefrom an optimal allocation schedule.

The invention relates to a system and method for enhancing the identification of soft-skill, self-awareness, self-esteem and confidence learning needs, the development of and monitoring of improvement in self-awareness, self-esteem and confidence attributes. A method comprises establishing a baseline measurement of self-awareness, self-esteem and confidence attributes in the individual by presenting the individual a series of self-awareness, self-esteem and confidence specific questions or statements requiring multiple choice or graded responses and recording the responses; identifying from the baseline measurement specific self-awareness, self-esteem and confidence attributes in need of improvement; optionally communicating the specific self-awareness, self-esteem and confidence attribute improvement needs identified to the individual or a teacher or coach thereto; providing to and/or facilitating the individual one or a plurality of self-awareness, self-esteem and confidence raising exercises or learning modules designed to address the self-awareness, self-esteem and confidence attribute improvement needs of the individual; establishing a revised measurement of self-awareness, self-esteem and confidence attributes in the individual by presenting the individual a series of self-awareness, self-esteem and confidence specific questions or statements requiring multiple choice or graded responses and recording the responses; and comparing the revised measurement with the baseline measurement and reporting any change.

A total fitness system uses a virtual trainer and/or a database of health information. Based upon certain information provided by a user, the virtual trainer can generate a workout routine and provide detailed guidance and instruction on how to carry out the routine. The database of health information can provide a user with supplement, diet, nutrition and other information, as well as, alternative exercises to perform based upon targeted muscles. A healthcare provider can access the system as part of patient treatment, or an insurance carrier can access the system for purposes of evaluating medical risk in underwriting medical or life policies. Furthermore, an individual's overall wellness can be evaluated by compiling and storing in the database a multitude of parameters which covers all aspects of one's life. This information can then be retrieved and evaluated by various organizations or users.

A computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions for administering a wellness program, wherein execution of the computer-readable instructions causes one or more processors to carry out steps. Data corresponding to physical and psychological characteristics of at least one patient is received. One or more risk factors are determined corresponding to one or more conditions based, at least in part, on the physical and psychological characteristics of the at least one patient. One or more wellness prescriptions are determined based, at least in part, on the one or more risk factors and the physical and psychological characteristics of the at least one patient.

The invention concerns a marker for low-grade inflammation and metabolic syndrome (MS) and MS-related diseases and/or low-grade inflammation-related diseases such as cardiovasculardisease, ischemic heart disease and type 2 diabetes. More particularly it concerns the measurement of the concentration of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) in human biological fluids (sputum, cystic fluid, ascites, serum, plasma, urine) as a tool of diagnosing and/or prognosticating low-grade inflammation and metabolic syndrome and the risk of development of the related diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

Immunosorbents, kits and compositions for diagnosing a central nervous system disorder, particularly paroxysmal cerebral discharges and epilepsy, comprising measuring the concentration of GluR1 or fragment thereof and/or GluR1 antibodies in a biological sample from a human subject. The method is particularly useful for identifying individuals that are at risk for brain related seizures and epilepsy, for distinguishing epilepsy from pseudo-epilepsy and epilepsy-like disorders, for following up after anticonvulsive treatment, and for the adjustment of adequate therapy and doses.

A method and apparatus is provided for detecting and recording a specific type of electric pulse induced in metal electrodes by the living tissue of humans, other animals or plants, and by certain organic and inorganic models of such living tissue. The purely passive system detects the electric energy produced by the living source as it interacts with the crystalline lattice of conductive metal electrodes to produce a train of oscillating pulses, the amplitude of whose envelope decays as a linear function of log-time. Specific aspects of these pulses can be used to study the state of the living, or non-living, source and to detect changes in this state over time. The results of such studies of living sources can be interpreted, respectively, in terms of the state of health, or disease, of the source and of changes in the state of health, or disease, of the source, and can thus be used to recognize, characterize and evaluate conditions of the living organism and to quantify the effects of therapies and putative therapies.

A system and method for applying postage indicia to mail pieces using a controller for monitoring the mail pieces as they are processed by the system. The controller has information about each of the mail pieces. A postage evidencing system prints postage indicia on labels to create postage indicia to be applied to the mail pieces, wherein each of the postage indicia is associated with a particular mail piece and corresponds to a postage amount that is calculated using the information for the particular mail piece. An applicator applies the postage indicia to mail pieces.

The invention relates to a network-based information technology solution development and management system and method. In the system and method according to an embodiment of the invention, when a customer requests the development of information technology solutions, a server computer provides information on analysts to a customer computer and allows the customer to contract with a specific analyst. Then, the analyst receives requirements for the development of the solutions from the customer to perform the planning of the solutions, the analysis of the requirements, and the design of the solutions, and then the server computer places an order for each unit program to developers. Subsequently, when the developers who have assigned the unit programs develop the unit programs and deliver the developed unit programs to the server computer, the server computer tests the unit programs to accept or return the unit programs. Then, the server computer provides information the account and payment of the developers having delivered the unit programs to a financial institution computer and allows the financial institution computer to pay development costs to the developers. Subsequently, the server computer performs an integrated test on the unit programs corresponding to each project that are delivered by the developers and delivers the tested unit programs to the customers.

A dental handpiece with an integrated camera and computer. Computer receives information input by dental professionals and data retrieved from integrated sensors. Computer allows pre-programmed procedural steps and information supplied by dental professional to be stored for later use. Computer transmits camera image, stored information and real-time procedural data to dental professional via attached monitor. Computer assists dental professional in handpiece set-up and procedural steps including feedback as treatment proceeds. Based on data received from the user and sensors, the computer dynamically makes adjustments to the procedural steps as well as handpiece mechanical motion, such as, but not limited to, rotational speed, rotational direction, torque, advance feed rate, and withdraw rate.

The invention is directed to a method for producing Palladium alloy composite membranes that are useful in applications that involve the need to separate hydrogen from a gas mixture. Further, in one embodiment, a Pd alloy composite membrane is realized in which the Pd alloy film is 1 μm or less in thickness and resistant to poisoning by sulfide compounds. Further, the Pd alloy composite membranes are applied to a number of applications, such a fuel reforming.

In a water treatment system with a function of filtering raw water, a filter can be securely and efficiently sterilized without using dangerous chemicals such as hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid. The water treatment system 1 has a strongly acidic aqueous solution generating unit 17 provided with an electrolytic bath for storing a solution containing an electrolyte, the electrolytic bath having a cathode chamber and an anode chamber which are partitioned by an ion-permeable membrane, a cathode and an anode disposed in the cathode chamber and the anode chamber, respectively, and a voltage applying section for applying a direct current voltage between the cathode and the anode; a strongly acidic aqueous solution feeding passage 18 for connecting the strongly acidic aqueous solution generating unit 17 to a raw water inlet of a reverse osmosis membrane module 2 housing a reverse osmosis membrane to supply a strongly acidic aqueous solution generated in the strongly acidic aqueous solution generating unit 17 into the reverse osmosis membrane module 2; and potentiometers V1 and V5 for measuring a oxidation-reduction potential of the strongly acidic aqueous solution which has passed through the reverse osmosis membrane module 2.

A polishing method and a polishing apparatus particularly suitable for finishing a surface of a substrate of a compound semiconductor containing an element such as Ga or the like to a desired level of flatness, so that a surface of a substrate of a compound semiconductor containing an element of Ga can be flattened with high surface accuracy within a practical processing time. In the presence of water (232) such as weak acid water, water with air dissolved therein, or electrolytic ion water, a surface of a substrate (142) made of a compound semiconductor containing either one of Ga, Al, and In and the surface of a polishing pad (242) having an electrically conductive member (264) in an area of the surface which is held in contact with the substrate (142) are relatively moved while being held in contact with each other, thereby polishing the surface of the substrate (142).

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for preventing, diagnosing, monitoring, and/or treating bruxism as well as related diseases of an individual. In a first aspect the invention relates to an apparatus for preventing bruxism of an individual, comprising: means for applying a plurality of stimulation signals for providing relaxation of at least one of the masticatory and/or facial muscles of said individual, means for applying said stimulations signals with a predefined setting, and means for applying said stimulations signals independent of activity of said muscle(s). The invention may be suitable for both nocturnal and awake bruxism.