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20090149894 | MEDICAL DEVICE INFORMATION SYSTEM - In general, the invention is directed to management of information from a plurality of emergency medical devices, such as automated external defibrillators, and associated docking stations. The medical devices and docking stations may communicate with one another and with a remote unit. The managed information includes information pertaining to authorized access and maintenance, inspection indications and inspection certifications. In general, an authorized user can access the emergency medical device without activating alarms that would accompany an emergency. The authorized user can further use the user input interface to enter an inspection certification, which records the inspection, the maintenance performed, the date the device is returned to service, and so forth. | 06-11-2009 |
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20140317774 | GENETIC MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN MAIZE - The presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting, and/or producing drought tolerant maize plants or germplasm. Maize plants or germplasm that have been identified, selected, and/or produced by any of the methods of the presently disclosed subject matter are also provided. | 10-23-2014 |
20150020240 | GENETIC MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN MAIZE - The presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting, and/or producing drought tolerant maize plants or germplasm. Maize plants or germplasm that have been identified, selected, and/or produced by any of the methods of the presently disclosed subject matter are also provided. | 01-15-2015 |
20150033406 | GENETIC MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN MAIZE - The presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting, and/or producing drought tolerant maize plants or germplasm. Maize plants or germplasm that have been identified, selected, and/or produced by any of the methods of the presently disclosed subject matter are also provided. | 01-29-2015 |
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20090286245 | TWO SLOW-STEP POLYMERASE ENZYME SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Compositions, kits, methods and systems for nucleotide sequencing comprising producing polymerase reactions that exhibit two kinetically observable steps within an observable phase of the polymerase reaction. Two slow step systems can be produced, for example, by selecting the appropriate polymerase enzyme, polymerase reaction conditions including cofactors, and polymerase reaction substrates including the primed template and nucleotides. | 11-19-2009 |
20100112645 | Generation of modified polymerases for improved accuracy in single molecule sequencing - Provided are compositions comprising modified recombinant polymerases that exhibit branching fractions that are less than the branching fractions of the polymerases from which they were derived, or branching fractions that are less than about 25% for a phosphate-labeled nucleotide analog. Also provided are compositions comprising modified recombinant polymerases that exhibit closed polymerase/DNA complexes with increased stability relative to the parental polymerases. Also provided are compositions comprising modified recombinant polymerases that exhibit decreased rate constants relative to the parental polymerases. Provided are methods for generating polymerases with the aforementioned phenotypes. Provided are methods of using such polymerases to make a DNA or to sequence a DNA template. | 05-06-2010 |
20110189659 | Generation of modified polymerases for improved accuracy in single molecule sequencing - Provided are compositions comprising recombinant DNA polymerases that include amino acid substitutions, insertions, deletions and/or heterologous or exogenous features that confer modified properties upon the polymerase for enhanced single molecule sequencing. Such properties can include reduced reaction rates at one or more steps of the polymerase kinetic cycle, increased closed polymerase/DNA complex stability, enhanced metal ion coordination, reduced exonuclease activity, decreased branching fractions, and the like. Polymerases that exhibit branching fractions that are less than the branching fractions of the polymerases from which they were derived, or branching fractions that are less than about 25% for a phosphate-labeled nucleotide analog, are also provided. Also provided are nucleic acids which encode the polymerases with the aforementioned phenotypes, as well as methods of using such polymerases to make a DNA or to sequence a DNA template. | 08-04-2011 |
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20110319710 | SCOPE PROTECTION FOR ENDOSCOPIC DEVICES - A medical device for insertion through a channel of an endoscope comprises a sheath forming a smooth outer surface over a first abrasive portion of a length of the device. A second portion of the length of the device remains uncovered by the sheath. | 12-29-2011 |
20120065646 | RELEASE MECHANISM FOR HEMOSTASIS CLIP - Release mechanism for medical device includes a bushing having a proximal end, a distal end and a channel extending therethrough. Plurality of extend proximally from the distal end are biased toward a release configuration in which engagement surfaces at distal ends thereof retract radially into the channel. A core pin insertable through the channel applies a radially expansive pressure to move the arms radially outward to a locking configuration. Engagement surfaces of the first and second arms connect to a retaining surface of a tissue treatment device containing capsule, which extends at an angle relative to the engagement surfaces selected so that a first portion of a force transmitted along an axis of the bushing moves the arms radially inward toward the release configuration before a second portion of the force exceeds a threshold level associated with the removal of a tissue treatment device from gripped tissue. | 03-15-2012 |
20140265313 | INSTRUMENT PORT ATTACHMENT ADAPTER - Adapters for attaching a device to a port and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The adapter may include a housing to receive the device, wherein the housing includes an inner cavity configured to receive the port, and a sealing member; and an engaging member coupled to and moveable relative to the housing, the engaging member configured to move between a first position and a second position, where in the first position the engaging member locks the housing to the port, and in the second position the engaging member unlocks the housing from the port. | 09-18-2014 |
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20140379421 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CHARACTERIZE HOUSEHOLDS WITH MEDIA METER DATA - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to characterize households with media meter data. An example method includes calculating, with a processor, an exposure proportion for a category of interest based on visitor exposure minutes and total exposure minutes, calculating a tuning proportion for the category of interest based on household tuning minutes and total tuning minutes, calculating expected exposure minutes for the category of interest based on a product of the total exposure minutes and the exposure proportion, calculating expected tuning minutes for the category of interest based on a product of the total tuning minutes and the viewing proportion, and determining an average visitor parameter (AVP) based on a ratio of the expected exposure minutes and the expected tuning minutes. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380348 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CHARACTERIZE HOUSEHOLDS WITH MEDIA METER DATA - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to characterize households with media meter data. An example method includes identifying, with a processor, a target set of household categories associated with a target research geography, when a quantity of households within the target research geography representing the target set of household categories does not satisfy a threshold value, generating a first subset of categories and a second subset of categories from the target set of household categories, identifying a first set of households representing the first subset of categories from the target set of household categories and identifying an associated total number of household tuning minutes and a total number of household exposure minutes associated therewith, for each category in the second subset of categories from the target set of household categories, calculating a household tuning proportion and an exposure proportion, the household tuning proportion and exposure proportion based on the total number of household tuning minutes and exposure minutes, respectively, and calculating the panelist behavior probability based on the exposure proportion and the household tuning proportion. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380349 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CHARACTERIZE HOUSEHOLDS WITH MEDIA METER DATA - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to characterize households with media meter data. An example method includes identifying, with a processor, a household minute credited to a station in a household by a first media meter (MM) device, the first MM device collecting only audio data, determining whether a panelist audience meter device is crediting the station at the same time in the household, when the panelist audience meter device is crediting the same station, associating the household minute with an ambient tuning status, identifying a first automatic gain control (AGC) value and a first code status of the household minute, calculating model coefficients based on the ambient tuning status, the first AGC value and the first code status, and calculating a probability of ambient tuning based on the model coefficients. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380350 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CHARACTERIZE HOUSEHOLDS WITH MEDIA METER DATA - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to characterize households with media meter data. An example method includes identifying, with a processor, a power status and a first automatic gain control (AGC) value for an exposure minute from a panelist audience meter in a first household, the panelist audience meter comprising a power sensor, identifying a second AGC value and a daypart for a household tuning minute from a first media meter (MM) in the first household, the MM comprising microphones to collect audio data, and calculating model coefficients based on the exposure minute and the household tuning minute to be applied to data from a second MM in a second household, the model coefficients to facilitate a power status probability calculation in the second household devoid of the panelist audience meter having the power sensor. | 12-25-2014 |
20150229979 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CALCULATE VIDEO-ON-DEMAND AND DYNAMICALLY INSERTED ADVERTISEMENT VIEWING PROBABILITY - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate video-on-demand viewing probability. Example methods disclosed herein include identifying a first set of households associated with a target set of categories that presented a first media having a first telecast delay, calculating first total tuning minutes and first total exposure minutes for the first set of households, identifying a second set of households that presented the first media having the first telecast delay and having a portion of the target set of categories, the second set of households having second total tuning minutes and second total exposure minutes for each category in the second set of households, calculating a household tuning proportion based on the first and second total tuning minutes, and calculating a household exposure proportion based on the first and second total exposure minutes, and calculating the panelist viewing probability associated with the first telecast delay based on a ratio of the household exposure proportion and the household tuning proportion. | 08-13-2015 |
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20120174246 | METHODS OF IDENTIFYING APHID RESISTANT SOYBEANS - This invention relates to methods of identifying and/or selecting soybean plants or germplasm that display improved antibiosis and/or antixenosis resistance to one or more biotypes of soybean aphid. In certain examples, the method comprises detecting at least one Rag haplotype that is associated with improved soybean aphid resistance. In other examples, the method further comprises detecting a marker profile comprising two or more Rag haplotypes. | 07-05-2012 |
20130174295 | METHODS OF IMPROVING APHID RESISTANCE IN SOYBEANS - This invention relates to methods of improving resistance to aphids in soybean plants, as well as methods for identifying and/or selecting soybean plants or germplasm that display improved resistance to one or more biotypes of soybean aphid. In certain examples, the method comprises selecting a first and second soybean plant or germplasm, each of which has a different favorable Rag1, Rag2, or Rag3, allele, haplotype, or marker profile, and crossing those first and second soybean plants to produce a progeny plant with improved soybean aphid resistance. This invention further relates to markers, primers, probes, kits, systems, etc., useful for carrying out the methods described herein. | 07-04-2013 |