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Da Li, Columbia, MO US
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20150113514 | SOURCE-TO-SOURCE TRANSFORMATIONS FOR GRAPH PROCESSING ON MANY-CORE PLATFORMS - Methods are provided for source-to-source transformations for graph processing on many-core platforms. A method includes receiving a graph application including one graph, expressed by a graph application programming interface configured for defining and manipulating graphs. The method further includes transforming, by a source-to-source compiler, the graph application into a plurality of parallel code variants. Each of the plurality of parallel code variants is specifically configured for parallel execution by a target one of a plurality of different many-core processors. The method also includes selecting and tuning, by a runtime component, a particular one of the parallel code variants for the parallel execution responsive to graph application characteristics, graph data, and an underlying code execution platform of the plurality of different many-core processors. | 04-23-2015 |
Dechun Li, Fenton, MO US
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20110014275 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING OR INDUCING ADIPOGENESIS - This invention relates generally to compositions and methods which utilization nuclear receptors for regulating adipogenesis in cells. Specifically, the invention is directed to compositions which regulate transcription factor PPARγ, and enhance or inhibit the transcription of genes responsible for directing cell differentiation towards a pathway of adipogenesis. More specifically, disclosed herein is a novel polypeptide coactivator of PPARγ, and fragments thereof, which possess coactivator or corepressor activity. Also related are nucleotide sequences which express these polypeptides. Also disclosed is an interfering RNA that may be used to inhibit adipogenesis. | 01-20-2011 |
Guoqiang Li, St. Louis, MO US
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20100225834 | ADAPTIVE LENS FOR VISION CORRECTION - An adaptive liquid crystal lens system comprising a first substrate assembly, a second substrate assembly having a continuous phase profile, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrate assemblies. The first substrate assembly includes a first transparent substrate, an alignment layer, and a first conductive layer. The first conductive layer is disposed on the bottom surface of the first transparent substrate and adjacent to the top surface of the alignment layer. The second substrate assembly includes a second transparent substrate, a lens having a grooved surface, and a second conductive layer. The second conductive layer is a continuous layer adjacent to the lens. The liquid crystal layer is received in the grooves of the lens, and is adjacent to the bottom surface of the alignment layer. The alignment layer causes the liquid crystal material in the liquid crystal layer to be in a homeotropic state. | 09-09-2010 |
Jianfeng Li, Lake St. Louis, MO US
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20120280373 | ACTIVE ELECTRONICS ON STRENGTHENED GLASS WITH ALKALI BARRIER - Articles are described utilizing strengthened glass substrates, for example, ion-exchanged glass substrates, with oxide or nitride containing alkali barrier layers and with semiconductor devices which may be sensitive to alkali migration are described along with methods for making the articles. | 11-08-2012 |
20130085256 | FUSED THIOPHENES, METHODS OF MAKING FUSED THIOPHENES, AND USES THEREOF - Described herein are compositions including heterocyclic organic compounds based on fused thiophene compounds, polymers based on fused thiophene compounds, and methods for making the monomers and polymer along with uses in thin film-based and other devices. | 04-04-2013 |
20130109821 | CONJUGATED FUSED THIOPHENES, METHODS OF MAKING CONJUGATED FUSED THIOPHENES, AND USES THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
20130140540 | ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR WITH ION EXCHANGED GLASS SUBSTRATE - Articles utilizing strengthened glass substrates, for example, ion-exchanged glass substrates, in combination with organic molecules or polymers are described along with methods for making the articles. The articles are useful in electronics-based devices that utilize organic thin film transistors. | 06-06-2013 |
Linheng Li, Kansas City, MO US
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20100099186 | Methods, kits, and compositions for stem cell self-renewal - The present invention relates to methods and kits for expanding a stem cell population. More particularly, the invention relates, inter alia, to methods, kits, and compositions for expanding a stem cell population, particularly a hematopoietic stem cell population. | 04-22-2010 |
20100196337 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR STEM CELL SELF-RENEWAL - The present invention relates to methods for expanding a stem cell population. More particularly, the invention relates, inter alia, to methods and compositions for expanding a stem cell population, particularly a hematopoietic stem cell population. | 08-05-2010 |
20110053266 | Methods, kits, and compositions for stem cell self-renewal - The present invention relates to methods and kits for expanding a stem cell population. More particularly, the invention relates, inter alia, to methods, kits, and compositions for expanding a stem cell population, particularly a hematopoietic stem cell population. | 03-03-2011 |
20120309088 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR STEM CELL SELF-RENEWAL - The present invention relates to methods for expanding a stem cell population. More particularly, the invention relates, inter alia, to methods and compositions for expanding a stem cell population, particularly a hematopoietic stem cell population. | 12-06-2012 |
20130252338 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR STEM CELL SELF-RENEWAL - The present invention relates to methods for expanding a stem cell population. More particularly, the invention relates, inter alia, to methods and compositions for expanding a stem cell population, particularly a hematopoietic stem cell population. | 09-26-2013 |
Maoyin Li, St. Louis, MO US
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20130310585 | METHOD FOR INCREASING PLANT OIL PRODUCTION - The present invention provides a new and improved method for increasing plant seed oil content by seed-specific manipulation of PLD ζ expression The inventive method is applicable to a variety of plant species, such as | 11-21-2013 |
Qinghong Li, Chesterfield, MO US
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20120220488 | HEART AGING BIOMARKERS AND METHODS OF USE - The invention provides a set of robust biomarkers of aging in the heart comprising several genes involved in the Wnt signaling pathway. These genes have been found to be down-regulated in aged versus young heart tissue. Methods of using those biomarkers to monitor heart aging and to identify nutrients and dietary regimens for retarding heart aging are disclosed. Methods for the modulation of the genes themselves to retard heart aging are also disclosed. | 08-30-2012 |
20140147865 | METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE - The invention provides methods for diagnosing degenerative joint disease in an animal by collecting a saliva sample from an animal; determining the amount of at least one diagnostic agent selected from the group consisting of interferon gamma, interferoninducible protein-10, interleukin-2, and total saliva protein in the saliva sample; comparing the amount of diagnostic agent found in the saliva sample to a corresponding amount of the same diagnostic agent found in a saliva sample from one or more comparable control animals that do not suffer from degenerative joint disease; and diagnosing that the animal is susceptible to or suffering from degenerative joint disease if the amount of diagnostic agent in the saliva sample from the animal is greater than the amount of same diagnostic agent found in the saliva sample from the one or more comparable control animals. | 05-29-2014 |
20150153353 | METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING CHRONIC VALVULAR DISEASE - The invention provides methods for diagnosing chronic valvular disease in an animal. The methods comprise obtaining a sample from the animal; analyzing the sample for the presence of one or more metabolites associated with chronic valvular disease; comparing the amount of each such metabolite identified in the sample to a corresponding amount of the same metabolite present in a sample from one or more comparable control animals that do not suffer from chronic valvular disease; and using said comparison to diagnose chronic valvular disease in the animal if the metabolites found in the animal's sample is greater than or less than the amount present in the control animal's sample. | 06-04-2015 |
Rong Li, Kansas City, MO US
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20080207711 | Method for treating an ID2-related disorder - Described herein is a method of treating an ID2-related disorder comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an ID2 inhibitor or derivative thereof. | 08-28-2008 |
20080269123 | Methods for treating polycystic kidney disease (PKD) or other cyst forming diseases - The present invention is directed to methods of treating or ameliorating an effect of a polycystic disease. More particularly, the methods include administering to a patient in need thereof an amount of a modulator of a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) pathway, which is sufficient to treat or ameliorate an effect of a polycystic disease. Methods of treating or ameliorating an effect of a polycystic kidney disease (PKD) are also provided. Methods are also provided for identifying a candidate compound that may be effective to treat or ameliorate an effect of a polycystic disease or to increase polycystin-2 (PC2) function or decrease Rab11-Family of Interacting Protein2 (FIP2) function. Further provided are methods for identifying a patient having, or who is at risk for developing, a polycystic disease or who would benefit from treatment with a TNF-alpha inhibitor. | 10-30-2008 |
20120122787 | METHODS FOR TREATING POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE (PKD) OR OTHER CYST FORMING DISEASES - The present invention is directed to, inter alia, methods of treating or ameliorating an effect of a polycystic disease. This method include administering to a patient in need thereof an amount of a modulator of a histone deacetylase (HDAC) path-way, which is sufficient to treat or ameliorate an effect of a polycystic disease, particularly a polycystic kidney disease. | 05-17-2012 |
Wensheng Li, St. Louis, MO US
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20100017913 | DISEASE RESISTANT PLANTS - The invention provides transgenic plants with resistance to infection by a root-infecting fungal plant pathogen such as | 01-21-2010 |
20100319084 | METABOLIC ENGINEERING FOR PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE - The invention provides methods and compositions for making a dicotyledonous plant that is susceptible to Phymatotrichopsis Root Rot (PRR) more resistant to PRR, by metabolic engineering of the plant's flavonoid and isoflavonoid biosynthetic pathways. Thus, methods for increasing the synthesis and accumulation of medicarpin and/or 7,4′-dihydroxyflavone in plants such as alfalfa are provided. | 12-16-2010 |
Wenwen Li, St. Louis, MO US
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20120203297 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR THREE-STAGE VENTRICULAR THERAPY - Methods and apparatus for a three-stage ventricular cardioversion and defibrillation therapy that treats ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation at low energy levels. An implantable therapy generator adapted to generate and selectively deliver a three-stage ventricular therapy and at least two leads operably each having at least one electrode adapted to be positioned proximate the ventricle of the patient. The device is programmed to deliver a three-stage therapy via both a far-field configuration and a near-field configuration of the electrodes upon detection of a ventricular arrhythmia. The three-stage therapy includes a first stage for unpinning of one or more singularities associated with the ventricular arrhythmia, a second stage for anti-repinning of the one or more singularities, both of which are delivered via the far-field configuration of the electrodes, and a third stage for extinguishing of the one or more singularities associated delivered via the near-field configuration of the electrodes. | 08-09-2012 |
20120209343 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THREE-STAGE ATRIAL CARDIOVERSION THERAPY - Methods and apparatus for a three-stage atrial cardioversion therapy that treats atrial arrhythmias within pain tolerance thresholds of a patient. An implantable therapy generator adapted to generate and selectively deliver a three-stage atrial cardioversion therapy and at least two leads, each having at least one electrode adapted to be positioned proximate the atrium of the patient. The device is programmed for delivering a three-stage atrial cardioversion therapy via both a far-field configuration and a near-field configuration of the electrodes upon detection of an atrial arrhythmia. The three-stage atrial cardioversion therapy includes a first stage for unpinning of one or more singularities associated with an atrial arrhythmia, a second stage for anti-repinning of the one or more singularities, both of which are delivered via the far-field configuration of the electrodes, and a third stage for extinguishing of the one or more singularities delivered via the near-field configuration of the electrodes. | 08-16-2012 |
20150045847 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THREE-STAGE ATRIAL CARDOIVERSION THERAPY - Methods and apparatus for a three-stage atrial cardioversion therapy that treats atrial arrhythmias within pain tolerance thresholds of a patient. An implantable therapy generator adapted to generate and selectively deliver a three-stage atrial cardioversion therapy and at least two leads, each having at least one electrode adapted to be positioned proximate the atrium of the patient. The device is programmed for delivering a three-stage atrial cardioversion therapy via both a far-field configuration and a near-field configuration of the electrodes upon detection of an atrial arrhythmia. The three-stage atrial cardioversion therapy includes a first stage for unpinning of one or more singularities associated with an atrial arrhythmia, a second stage for anti-repinning of the one or more singularities, both of which are delivered via the far-field configuration of the electrodes, and a third stage for extinguishing of the one or more singularities delivered via the near-field configuration of the electrodes. | 02-12-2015 |
20150151134 | Methods and Devices for Three-Stage Ventricular Therapy - Methods and apparatus for a three-stage ventricular cardioversion and defibrillation therapy that treats ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation at low energy levels. An implantable therapy generator adapted to generate and selectively deliver a three-stage ventricular therapy and at least two leads operably each having at least one electrode adapted to be positioned proximate the ventricle of the patient. The device is programmed to deliver a three-stage therapy via both a far-field configuration and a near-field configuration of the electrodes upon detection of a ventricular arrhythmia. The three-stage therapy includes a first stage for unpinning of one or more singularities associated with the ventricular arrhythmia, a second stage for anti-repinning of the one or more singularities, both of which are delivered via the far-field configuration of the electrodes, and a third stage for extinguishing of the one or more singularities associated delivered via the near-field configuration of the electrodes. | 06-04-2015 |
Xiang-Oian Li, Chesterfield, MO US
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20100024075 | Method for Controlling Plant-Parasitic Nematode Infections in Plants - The invention provides compositions having | 01-28-2010 |
Xiangqian Li, St. Louis, MO US
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20150267222 | Methods and Compositions for Plant Pest Control - The present invention provides methods and compositions to improve fungal disease resistance and/or nematode resistance in various crop plants. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods to improve fungal disease resistance and/or nematode resistance in various crop plants. Powdery mildews are fungal diseases that affect a wide range of plants including cereals, grasses, vegetables, ornamentals, weeds, shrubs, fruit trees, broad-leaved shade and forest trees, that is caused by different species of fungi in the order Erysiphales. | 09-24-2015 |
Xiangqian Li, Chesterfield, MO US
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20140215656 | Methods and Compositions for Plant Pest Control - Provided are methods and compositions to improve fungal disease resistance in various crop plants. Also provided are combinations of compositions and methods to improve fungal disease resistance in various crop plants. | 07-31-2014 |
20140283211 | Methods and Compositions for Plant Pest Control - Provided are methods and compositions to improve fungal disease resistance and/or nematode resistance in various crop plants. Also provided are combinations of compositions and methods to improve fungal disease resistance and/or nematode resistance in various crop plants. | 09-18-2014 |
Xiaoxu Li, St. Louis, MO US
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20130230452 | CELL PERMEABLE NANOCONJUGATES OF SHELL-CROSSLINKED KNEDEL (SCK) AND PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS ("PNAs") WITH UNIQUELY EXPRESSED OR OVER-EXPRESSED mRNA TARGETING SEQUENCES FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF CANCER - A functional biologically active particle conjugate useful for diagnosis and treating cancer as a bioportal comprises a nanoscale particle having associated therewith an intracellular targeting ligand comprising a PNA, or another nuclease resistant oligonucleotide analog such as MOE-mRNA (2′-methoxyethyl mRNA) or LNA (locked nucleic acid), having a sequence that binds selectively to an uniquely expressed or overexpressed mRNA specific to the cancer or disease state in a living mammal. In one aspect the uniquely overexpressed target specific to the cancer or disease state is the unr mRNA which can be targeted by the antisense sequence PNA50. | 09-05-2013 |
Yunfeng Li, Columbia, MO US
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20140038067 | Cathodes For Lithium-Air Battery Cells With Acid Electrolytes - In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides a layered metal-air cathode for a metal-air battery. Generally, the layered metal-air cathode comprises an active catalyst layer, a transition layer bonded to the active catalyst layer, and a backing layer bonded to the transition layer such that the transition layer is disposed between the active catalyst layer and the backing layer. | 02-06-2014 |
Zhaoling Li, St. Charles, MO US
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20130326731 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR WEED CONTROL - Novel compositions for use to enhance weed control. Specifically, methods and compositions that modulate dihydropteroate synthase in weed species. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that enhance weed control. | 12-05-2013 |
Zhaolong Li, St. Louis, MO US
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20090137394 | ZEA MAYS NFB2 PROMOTER - The present invention provides non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from the transcription factor Nuclear Factor B (NFB2) gene of | 05-28-2009 |
20090178163 | Genome-wide identification and characterization of gene expression regulatory elements in Zea mays for use in plants - The present invention provides non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from the lipid transfer protein (LTP) gene of | 07-09-2009 |
20110078833 | GENOME WIDE IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GENE EXPRESSION REGULATORY ELEMENTS IN ZEA MAYS FOR USE IN PLANTS - The present invention provides non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from the lipid transfer protein (LTP) gene of | 03-31-2011 |
20140004088 | IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF TARGET GENES FOR CONTROL OF PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES | 01-02-2014 |
20150252366 | IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF TARGET GENES FOR CONTROL OF PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES - The invention relates to identifying and evaluating target coding sequences for control of plant parasitic nematodes by inhibiting one or more biological functions, and their use. The invention provides methods and compositions for identification of such sequences and for the control of a plant-parasitic nematode population. By feeding one or more recombinant double stranded RNA molecules provided by the invention to the nematode, a reduction in disease may be obtained through suppression of nematode gene expression. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, and the plant cells and plants obtained thereby. | 09-10-2015 |
Zhaolong Li, St. Charles, MO US
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20110214205 | Isolated Novel Nucleic Acid and Protein Molecules from Foxtail Millet and Methods of Using Those Molecules to Generate Transgenic Plants with Enhanced Agronomic Traits - This disclosure provides purified nucleic acids and polypeptides and various uses of these sequences. Also provided are transgenic plants, seeds, and plant cells containing DNA for expression of the proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants, methods of making such plants and methods of making agricultural commodity including seeds and hybrid seeds from such plants. | 09-01-2011 |
20130031672 | PLANT REGULATORY ELEMENTS AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides DNA molecules and constructs, and their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants, and for specifying intracellular or extracellular localization of a gene product of interest. Transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds, comprising the DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable polynucleotides are also provided. | 01-31-2013 |
20130067618 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR WEED CONTROL - The present invention provides novel compositions for use to enhance weed control. Specifically, the present invention provides for methods and compositions that modulate acetolactate synthase in weed species. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that enhance weed control. | 03-14-2013 |
20130097726 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR WEED CONTROL - The present invention provides novel compositions for use to enhance weed control. Specifically, the present invention provides for methods and compositions that modulate 4-hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate-dioxygenase in weed species. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that enhance weed control. | 04-18-2013 |
20130247247 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR WEED CONTROL - The present invention provides novel compositions for use to enhance weed control. Specifically, the present invention provides for methods and compositions that modulate glutamine synthetase in weed species. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that enhance weed control. | 09-19-2013 |
20130288895 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR WEED CONTROL - Provided are novel compositions for use in herbicide activity. Specifically, methods and compositions that modulate 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase in plant species. The present invention also provides for combinations of compositions and methods that enhance weed control. | 10-31-2013 |
20140165234 | ISOLATED NOVEL NUCLEIC ACID AND PROTEIN MOLECULES FROM FOXTAIL MILLET AND METHODS OF USING THOSE MOLECULES TO GENERATE TRANSGENIC PLANTS WITH ENHANCED AGRONOMIC TRAITS - This disclosure provides purified nucleic acids and polypeptides and various uses of these sequences. Also provided are transgenic plants, seeds, and plant cells containing DNA for expression of the proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants, methods of making such plants and methods of making agricultural commodity including seeds and hybrid seeds from such plants. | 06-12-2014 |
20150096083 | GENOME WIDE IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GENE EXPRESSION REGULATORY ELEMENTS IN ZEA MAYS FOR USE IN PLANTS - The present invention provides non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from the lipid transfer protein (LTP) gene of | 04-02-2015 |
Zhengxin Li, St. Louis, MO US
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20110038698 | Motor driven ladder rack system - In order to save physical power and avoid using manual operative mechanism for unload/reload ladders from/onto a vehicle roof, a electric motor driven ladder rack system has been designed which includes: a fixed guide which is mounted on a vehicle roof; a pivotal guide that is pivotally coupled to the fixed guide; a driving box and a sliding ladder rack which is linked to the driving box by chain and engaged with the pivotal guide. Under acting force of motor and gravity the ladder rack moves sliding backward and pivoting downward from the horizontal position on the vehicle roof to a generally vertical position behind the vehicle at which the ladders can be unloaded/loaded. In an opposite process the ladder rack is pulled back on the vehicle roof. In these processes there is no physical power needed at all. | 02-17-2011 |
20120263561 | Hydraulic driven ladder rack system - In order to unload/reload ladders from/onto a vehicle's roof without physical power needed, a hydraulic driven ladder rack system has been designed which includes: a chassis mounted on vehicle's roof; a hydraulic driver and a pivotal arm are pivotally coupled on front and rear end of chassis separately. a movable ladder rack engaged with two rolls which installed on top of rear ladder rack supporter; pivotal arm pivotally coupled to front area of ladder rack, hydraulic shaft pivotally coupled to middle of pivotal arm. When hydraulic shaft push out, pivotal arm pivots up and push ladder rack moving upward and backward, until ladder rack arrived generally vertical position in back of vehicle. At this position ladders unload/reload, from/onto ladder rack. When hydraulic shaft draw back, pivotal arm pulls back ladder rack to horizontal position on vehicle's roof. These operations are completed automatically. | 10-18-2012 |