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The present invention relates to capital equipment units, such as systems for providing medical treatment, that are associated with smart supplies. The smart supplies are tagged with data carriers which may encode such information as a unique ID for the supply or component, the identification of the supply or component, the identification of the source of the supply or component, the status of whether said supply or component has been previously used, the expiration date of the supply or component, and in the case where the supply or component contains drug, the purity levels of the drug and the concentration levels of the drug. The capital equipment units or their users then utilize the information to assure quality of any procedure run with the units, by way of improved pre-use checks, certification of the supplies for use, record keeping, inventory control, and charge capture.

The present invention is a method and apparatus for attracting the attention of people in public places and engaging them in a touch-free interaction with a multimedia display using an image-capturing system and a set of Computer Vision algorithms as a means of informing the public as well as collecting data about / from the users. The invention is named, Virtual Touch Entertainment (VTE) Platform. The VTE Platform comprises of a series of interaction states, such as the Wait State, the Attraction State, the User Engagement State, the User Interaction State, and the Interaction Termination State. The modules in these interaction states handle complicated tasks assigned to them, such as attracting the users, training the users, providing the multimedia digital content to the users, and collecting the user data and statistics, in an efficient and intelligent manner. The user is able to experience a whole new way of interaction paradigm while getting information and entertainment through the rich digital multimedia. The system operates automatically and dynamically in real-time throughout the whole interaction process.

Disclosed are compounds that include two or more haptens conjugated by a spacer or a carrier. The haptens may include diethylenetriaminepentaacetate (DTPA), histimine-succinyl-glutamine (HSG), or combinations of DTPA and HSG. The compound also includes an effector molecule which may be conjugated to one or more of the haptens, the spacer / carrier, or both. The effector molecule may be conjugated by a number of linkages including an ester linkage, an imino linkage, an amino linkage, a sulfide linkage, a thiosemicarbazone linkage, a semicarbazone linkage, an oxime linkage, an ether linkage, or combinations of these linkages. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing the compounds and / or precursors of the compounds.

The invention relates to a new structure of a control channel region within a sub-frame of a 3GPP-based based communication system using OFDM in the downlink. This new structure of a control channel region is inter alia particularly suitable for conveying physical downlink control channel information from a donor eNodeB to a relay node. The control channel region is divided in CCEs that have equal size irrespective of the presence of further cell-specific and / or UE-specific reference signals within the control channel region. This is achieved by dividing the control channel region in plural sub-CCEs that are combined to CCEs all having equal size (in terms of resource elements that can be used for the signaling of control information). The control channel region is divided in the frequency domain and / or time domain in a FDM respectively TDM fashion in order to obtain the sub-CCEs

A device for repairing an anatomical defect such as a patent foramen ovale possesses spring-like characteristics enabling it to be stored within, and discharged from, the distal end of a catheter when the device is in the compressed state and to assume a defect-occluding configuration when the device is in the expanded, or noncompressed, state.

A system and method for inferring informational goals and preferred level of details in answers in response to questions posed to computer-based information retrieval or question-answering systems is provided. The system includes a query subsystem that can receive an input query and extrinsic data associated with the query and which can output an answer to the query, and / or rephrased queries or sample queries. The query subsystem accesses an inference model to retrieve conditional probabilities that certain informational goals are present. One application of the system includes determining a user's likely informational goals and then accessing a knowledge data store to retrieve responsive information. The system includes a natural language processor that parses queries into observable linguistic features and embedded semantic components that can be employed to retrieve the conditional probabilities from the inference model. The inference model is built by employing supervised learning and statistical analysis on a set of queries suitable to be presented to a question-answering system. Such a set of queries can be manipulated to produce different inference models based on demographic and / or localized linguistic data.

A method and apparatus for defining the processing of an ingredient of a manufactured product, particularly one that is manufactured “one-the-spot” to a consumer's specification, such as ice cream, among other products. A tag encoded on a container for the product carries indicia that, directly or indirectly, define one or more formulations for the product. Apparatus into which the ingredient is loaded sets the processing of ingredients in accordance with the formulations so specified. By connecting the apparatus which is to process the ingredients to a control station, the formulations may be changed at will.

The invention relates to mRNA comprising lipid nanoparticles and their medical uses. The lipid nanoparticles of the present invention comprise a cationic lipid according to formula (I), (II) or (III) and / or a PEG lipid according to formula (IV), as well as an mRNA compound comprising an mRNA sequence encoding an antigenic peptide or protein. The invention further relates to the use of said lipid nanoparticles as vaccines or medicaments, in particular with respect to influenza or rabies vaccination.

A method for optically scanning and measuring a scene by means of a laser scanner which, for making a scan having a certain center, optically scans and measures its environment provided with targets, whereby two adjacent scans having different centers and scanning the same scene overlap within a range of measuring points so that some targets are scanned by any of the two scans, whereby, for registering the two adjacent scans, the targets are localized in the measuring points during a first step and, during a second step, candidates of correspondence among the localized targets of the two adjacent scans are looked for and, during a third step, a test registration of the two adjacent scans is made which, if there is a sufficient compliance of the measuring points within the overlapping range, is taken over for registration, thus identifying the targets.

The present invention relates to a method of signal processing of electrograms for use in medical devices, preferably by time-frequency transforms. The present invention additionally relates to a system for receiving and analyzing such signals. The present invention preferably is a method utilizing the time-frequency transforms, such as wavelet transforms, for the purpose of artifact removal from EGs. These transforms decompose a signal in both time and frequency domains, and therefore, are well suited for non-stationary signal analysis. As a result, dissimilar signal features are well localized both in time and frequency, which potentially provides a good separation between the signal of interest and artifacts. This particularly applies to large-amplitude artifacts corrupting EGs.

An appliance facilitates localization of a station (STA) in a network, for example, a short-range wireless network. An automatic response to a request for a measurement related communication is provided. The appliance can include a radio frequency (RF) interface and a media access control (MAC) section. The MAC section can receive the request and generate the automatic response immediately after a uniform period that is uniform among any such appliance within the network. The appliance performs only the generation of the automatic response, though the response can include additional information such as (x, y) coordinates of the appliance.

The present invention provides compositions comprising at least one complement moiety and at least one carbohydrate moiety, and methods of producing such compositions. In particular, the compositions of the invention comprise complement proteins related to the complement receptor type 1, and further comprise ligands for intercellular molecules, such as selectins. In a preferred embodiment, the compositions comprise a complement-related protein in combination with the Lewis X antigen or the sialyl Lewis X antigen. The compositions of the invention have use in the diagnosis or therapy of disorders involving complement activity and inflammation. Pharmaceutical compositions are also provided for treating or reducing inflammation mediated by inappropriate complement activity and intercellular adhesion.

The present invention relates to the field of RNA analysis. In particular, the invention concerns the use of a catalytic nucleic acid molecule for the analysis of an RNA molecule. The invention concerns methods for analyzing the 5′ terminal structures of an RNA molecule having a cleavage site for a catalytic nucleic acid molecule. In particular, the invention concerns a method for determining the presence of a cap structure in an RNA molecule having a cleavage site for a catalytic nucleic acid molecule, a method for determining the capping degree of a population of RNA molecules having a cleavage site for a catalytic nucleic acid molecule, a method for determining the orientation of the cap structure in a capped RNA molecule having a cleavage site for a catalytic nucleic acid molecule and a method for determining relative amounts of correctly capped RNA molecules and reverse-capped RNA molecules in a population of RNA molecules, wherein the population comprises correctly capped and / or reverse-capped RNA molecules that have a cleavage site for a catalytic nucleic acid molecule. Moreover, the present invention provides uses of a catalytic nucleic acid molecule.

In order to determine positional information, about a mobile robot, Real Time Kinematic (RTK) Global Satellite Navigation System (GNSS) measurement data are obtained by at least two GNSS receivers mounted on the mobile robot. Estimates of the covariance matrices of the measurement data are computed. The RTK GNSS measurement data are combined according to the covariance matrices to obtain enhanced positional information. The results may be fused with data from an IMU to obtain driftless attitude and / or localization information.

A method and system for diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions. The method includes communicating MRI, CT, PET and / or ultrasound image data, and fusing such data using an image-guided biopsy system. It further includes using such fused images in conjunction with the image-guided biopsy system for performing diagnosis and treatment procedures.

A vibrotactile transducer provides a point-like vibrational stimulus to the body of a user in response to an electrical input. The apparatus includes a housing held in contact with the skin and a moving mechanical contactor protruding through in an opening in said housing and preloaded into skin. The contactor is attached to a torroidal moving magnet assembly suspended by springs in a magnetic circuit assembly consisting of a housing containing a pair of electrical coils. The mass of the magnet / contactor assembly and the compliance of the spring are chosen so that the electromechanical resonance of the motional masses, when loaded by a typical skin site on the human body, are in a frequency band where the human body is most sensitive to vibrational stimuli. By varying the drive signal to the vibrotactile transducer and activating one or more transducer at specific location on the body using an appropriate choice of signal characteristics and / or modulation, different information can be provided to a user in a intuitive, body referenced manner.

The present invention provides methods for preventing, managing, treating and / or ameliorating a Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection (e.g., acute RSV disease, or a RSV upper respiratory tract infection (URI) and / or lower respiratory tract infection (LRI)), otitis media (preferably, stemming from, caused by or associated with a RSV infection, such as a RSV URI and / or LRI), and / or a symptom or respiratory condition relating thereto (e.g., asthma, wheezing, and / or reactive airway disease (RAD)) in a subject, comprising administering to said human an effective amount of one or more antibodies that immunospecifically bind to one or more RSV antigens with a high affinity and / or high avidity. In some embodiments, one or more antibodies comprise a modified IgG constant domain, or FcRn-binding fragment thereof resulting in longer in vivo serum half-life. In particular embodiments the methods of the invention comprising administering to subject an effective amount of one or more modified antibodies that immunospecifically bind to one or more RSV antigens with an association rate (kon) of at least 2×105 M−1s−1 and a dissociation rate (koff) of less than 5×10−4 s−1.

A system and method is provided that generates a game log that specifies game events during gameplay to enable efficient distribution of video game playback, facilitates the annotation of gameplay through content from users and others, and generates a video game stream that includes the game log and content. The system facilitates the efficient sharing of video game playback, as well as annotations from users and others. For example, e-sportscasters may use the system to broadcast video game playback with their commentary and / or graphical overlays. Video game players may use the system to share video game playback efficiently with other users. The system may also facilitate the sharing of loadout conditions and micro-transactions relevant to video game playback.

A system and method for inferring informational goals and preferred level of details in answers in response to questions posed to computer-based information retrieval or question-answering systems is provided. The system includes a query subsystem that can receive an input query and extrinsic data associated with the query and which can output an answer to the query. The query subsystem accesses an inference model to retrieve conditional probabilities that certain informational goals are present. One application of the system includes determining a user's likely informational goals and then accessing a knowledge data store to retrieve responsive information. Determining a user's likely informational goals can include inferring a desired level of detail of answers to the query based on the application being employed by the user at the time the query is submitted. The system includes a natural language processor that parses queries into observable linguistic features and embedded semantic components that can be employed to retrieve the conditional probabilities from the inference model. The inference model is built by employing supervised learning and statistical analysis on a set of queries suitable to be presented to a question-answering system. Such a set of queries can be manipulated to produce different inference models based on demographic and / or localized linguistic data.

A reproduction system includes speaker array composed of plural speakers having a diaphragm for reproducing an audio signal and reflection unit disposed in a chamber for reflecting a radiated sound from the speaker array. The plural speakers of the speaker array are positioned so that the vibration direction of each diaphragm may be directed towards the reflection unit, and the reflection path distance from each diaphragm to a listening point, which defines a position of the viewer / listener, via the reflection surface of the reflection unit may be equal.

A method, system thereof, and computer usable medium for generating webpages from specified and generated document content and for automatically generating human-readable documentation from operating system command specifications. The method, system and computer usable medium are compatible with and applicable to any operating system. In one embodiment, application is made to internetworking operating systems. In one embodiment, dynamic end user documentation webpages are automatically generated from live command specifications, obviating the task of manual documentation generation. In another embodiment, customized documentation content is generated. In one embodiment, a current list of user-available commands in a software release are promulgated. In one embodiment, documents are created for Command Line Interface. In another embodiment, the method and system thereof may be used with code other than Command Line Interface. In one embodiment, documentation content is separate from command specifications, advantageously facilitating localization, and promoting regular, accurate updating and revision of documentation.

The invention discloses a morphology and PCA (principal component analysis) based contourlet fusion method for infrared and visible light images. The method includes: firstly, subjecting two images to morphology-hat transformation respectively and subjecting the two obtained images to contourlet decomposition to form a high-frequency image and a low-frequency image respectively; then, fusing the low-frequency image by a PCA method; fusing the high-frequency image by means of average gradient adaptive weighted processing; reconstructing a fused image by means of contourlet reverse transformation. The morphology and PCA based contourlet fusion method for the infrared and visible light images is used for image fusion of the infrared and visible light images, so that the fused image is high in contrast ratio, rich in information and clear in texture detail.

The present invention provides a silicon-containing surface modifier wherein the modifier contains one or more of a repeating unit shown by the following general formula (A) and a partial structure shown by the following general formula (C).The present invention has an object to provide a resist underlayer film applicable not only to a negatively developed resist pattern formed by a hydrophilic organic compound but also to a conventional positively developed resist pattern formed by a hydrophobic compound.

Techniques for representing criteria for blueprints as computer-readable expressions, and evaluating blueprints based on computer-storable (or readable) expressions are disclosed. A computer-storable expression can be constructed based on one or more functions, parameters and operators stored in respective libraries. A dynamic blueprint-evaluator can interactively evaluate a blueprint as the blueprint is generated (e.g., drawn) and / or altered. The dynamic blueprint-evaluator evaluates computer-storable expressions that represent various criteria for the blueprint and can indicate when a criterion has not been meet (e.g., highlight a plan or a drawing). The dynamic blueprint-evaluator can be implemented as or as a part of software used to generated blueprints (e.g., CAD), thereby allowing blueprints to be automatically and dynamically evaluated using a computer.

Vascular conditions are detected non-invasively in the human body using a collection of acoustic information from small local regions of the vasculature. An array of accelerometers or other sensors are attached to the head or other points of interest of a patient and blood flow sounds are recorded. Vibration signatures of vessel structures such as branches, aneurysms, stenosis, etc. using random, periodic, band limited or transient analysis provides a library for further processing. The signature library is used to localize the origin of the recognized vascular feature, and the localized feature is presented to the physician in a clinically relevant manner.

The invention discloses a shearlet transform and fast bilateral filter image denoising method, which comprises the steps of: 1) acquiring an envelope signal of a noise image by using a noise imaging system, and establishing a medical ultrasonic image model; 2) carrying out multiscale and multidirectional decomposition on the medical ultrasonic image model after logarithmic transformation obtained in the step 1) by utilizing a pyramid filter bank; 3) performing threshold method contraction processing on a two-dimensional discrete shearlet transform coefficient of a high-frequency part in each subband image obtained in the step 2); 4) using a fast bilateral filter for filtering shearlet coefficients of low-frequency parts in the step 2); 5) and conducting shearlet inverse transform processing on all the coefficients processed in the step 3) and the step 4), so as to obtain a denoised medical ultrasound images. The introduction of the fast bilateral filter in the shearlet transform and fast bilateral filter image denoising method can effectively improve the denoising performance, and greatly increase the processing efficiency.