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| 20090164282 | Hiring decisions through validation of job seeker information - The present methods and systems relate to means for job seekers to provide more detailed information to prospective employers to aid in job hiring decisions. The means comprises validation of job history, education, and skills information provided by the job seeker, which can comprise third party support and feedback. The means further comprises a display of information that comprises the relative strength of the validation, as well as possible means of further validation for the prospective employer to use. The means further comprises a skills assessment that is taken by the job seeker at a time of the seekers time and place convenience, but that can be validated at the place of employment. The means also provides the job seeker with information about how they could improve their employment prospects. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090216459 | Ultrasonic System for Grading Meat Tenderness - Meat tenderness is determined by analyzing backscattered ultrasound signals. A signal envelope function computed from the backscattered ultrasound signals is used to derive a number of different parameters, which comprise a unimodal decay factor, a bimodal decay factor, a quiescence time, an event frequency parameter, and an event asymmetry index. Two or more of these factors are combined using a decision algorithm, which can be a neural network, a fuzzy logic classifier, a Bayesian classifier, a regression, an instance-based classifier, a decision tree, or a learned rule. These methods can also be applied to determine characteristics of the physiology of a live organism. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100209943 | Measurement Of Protease Activity In Post-Mortem Meat Samples - The present methods and systems relate to the placement on meat surfaces of a dye-linked protease substrate bonded in a defined location to a solid, porous support. Proteases in the meat hydrolyze the substrate, which then releases the dye, which diffuses away so that the extent of diffusion can be determined by imaging. Alternatively, the amount of dye released can be determined by its mobilization into a liquid medium. The present methods and systems also relates to determining the amount of hydrolyzed protein that is present in post-mortem meat samples. Agents which bond to hydrolyzed proteins, but not to unhydrolyzed proteins, are generated, wherein such agents comprise antibodies or aptamers. Such agents are then used in quantitative assays comprising ELISA tests or lateral flow tests. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100239707 | Increased Meat Tenderness Via Induced Post-Mortem Muscle Tissue Breakdown - The present methods and compounds relate to increasing meat tenderness by inducing post-mortem breakdown in muscle tissue. This is achieved by the use of beta-blockers in the pre-mortem period, which results in higher calpastatin levels, and reduced hyperplasia. This is also achieved by the use of agents immediately before slaughter that induce apoptosis in muscle tissue. This is further achieved by administering agents that induce muscle fiber fission. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110007151 | Imaging Method For Determining Meat Tenderness - The present methods and systems relate to the automated determination of meat tenderness through the use of high-resolution imaging of meat surfaces. This imaging is performed at a resolution such that the ultra-structural organization of muscle fibers can be observed. Features are extracted from these images, which feature extraction can be aided by the use of texture analysis or wavelet analysis algorithms. In addition, observation of the colors of different areas or constituents of the muscle fibers can provide features. Furthermore, the muscle surface can be treated with indicators, which can include indicators of pH, calcium ions or protease activity, so as to provide information about the localized pH or calcium or other parameter of the muscle physiology. These features are then used to estimate tenderness using decision algorithms. | 01-13-2011 |
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| 20080260267 | System And Method For Generating A Signed Hardcopy Document And Authentication Thereof - A system and method for generating a signed hardcopy document and authentication thereof is provided. A data representation including digital data is recorded from a hardcopy document. The digital data is compressed using a compression scheme including one of low-fidelity compression and symbol-based compression. An authentication token is generated from the compressed digital data. The authentication token is encoded. A signed hardcopy document including both the encoded authentication token and the data representation is printed. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090077501 | Method and apparatus for selecting an object within a user interface by performing a gesture - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates invoking a command. During operation, the system suggests with a graphic element a gesture to use to invoke a command. The system then receives the gesture from a user at a device. Note that the gesture is received via an input mechanism, and also note that the gesture is a predetermined manipulation of the input mechanism. The system then determines a graphic element within the user interface that is associated with the gesture. Finally, upon determining the object associated with the gesture, the system invokes the command associated with the graphic element. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20100269054 | SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVELY INTERACTING WITH CONTENT - Embodiments of a system, a method, and a computer-program product (e.g., software) that facilitates collaborative interaction with content by multiple users are described. In this system, users of a distributed group of dedicated electronic devices provide signals that indicate their current actions as they view the content. Using these signals, the system provides additional signals for display on the group of electronic devices. These additional signals provide an environment that includes the content and the current user actions, which allows the users to collaboratively interact with the content and with each other. Moreover, the multiple users may be dynamically aggregated based on their actions, which allows a social network to be established and dynamically maintained based on user activities and interests. | 10-21-2010 |
