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Antonio Giuffrida, Mascalucia (ct) IT
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20100145652 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE TEMPERATURE IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method and circuit are provided for estimating the temperature in an internal combustion engine. The method includes, but is not limited to the steps of providing a sensor resistor (RTD) in the internal combustion engine, the sensor resistor (RTD) having a predetermined resistance-temperature characteristic, and estimating the temperature based on the resistance-temperature characteristic. The method also includes, but is not limited to the steps of providing to the sensor resistor (RTD) a reference current signal (I | 06-10-2010 |
Francesco Giuffrida, Cesena (forli-Cesena) IT
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20150360923 | LIQUID CONTAINER FOR BEVERAGE DISPENSERS AND BEVERAGE DISPENSER COMPRISING SAID CONTAINER - A container for food safe liquids for beverage dispensers, includes a first end, or bottom wall, a second end, or neck, equipped with a portion for releasing the water designed to be connected to a corresponding junction portion of a beverage dispenser and a tubular wall extending annularly along its own main central axis between the first end and the second end. The tubular wall extends along the central axis with a succession of ridges and grooves such a way as to be collapsible along the central axis to reduce its overall dimensions, so as to compensate the negative pressure generated inside the container during dispensing of the liquid preventing contact between the liquid and the air outside the container. | 12-17-2015 |
Giovanni Giuffrida, Catania IT
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20080255950 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE SALE OF PRODUCTS THROUGH THE INTERNET BY DISPLAYING ADVERTISING BANNERS - A method and a system for the sale of products through the Internet by displaying advertising banners in a web page; the display system has: a server computer connected to the Internet; a memory space, stored in which is an advertising-banner template, a plurality of advertising messages, and for each advertising message at least one respective criterion of choice; a processing device of the server computer for determining, following upon a request for loading the web page by a remote client device connected to the Internet, at least one characteristic of the navigation context of the remote client device itself, a comparison device of the server computer for comparing the characteristic of the navigation context with the criteria of choice; a generation device of the server computer for generating dynamically an advertising banner using the advertising-banner template; and a communication device of the server computer for transferring the advertising banner to the remote client device. | 10-16-2008 |
20130018697 | SYSTEM TO FORECAST PERFORMANCE OF ONLINE NEWS ARTICLES TO SUGGEST THE OPTIMAL HOMEPAGE LAYOUT TO MAXIMIZE ARTICLE READERSHIP AND READERS STICKINESSAANM GIUFFRIDA; GiovanniAACI CataniaAACO ITAAGP GIUFFRIDA; Giovanni Catania IT - A system that supports the editor of an journal web site into deciding the layout of the homepage of the journal web site; the homepage is divided into a set of zones, and each zone consists of several locations; articles are published into each location; and the system suggests ways to rearrange the articles published in the homepages into different locations within the same zone, in order to maximize the total number of clicks generated by the homepage of the journal web site. | 01-17-2013 |
Giuseppe Giuffrida, Milano IT
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20090053135 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ZMS-5 ZEOLITES - Process for the synthesis of ZMS-5 zeolites essentially consisting of: a. preparing two aqueous solutions of sodium aluminate and silicate; b. putting the two solutions in contact with each other under stirring at room temperature; c. adding a solution of a mineral acid to solution (a) or to solution (b) or to solution (a)+(b), in such a quantity that the molar ratio OH | 02-26-2009 |
20130005626 | SURFACTANT COMPOSITIONS - A surfactant composition comprising alkylarylsulfonate molecules wherein more than 30 wt. % of the alkylarylsulfonate molecules of the surfactant composition are species of the formula: | 01-03-2013 |
Guido Giuffrida, Genoa IT
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20100082817 | METHOD OF DISPATCHING APPLICATION MESSAGES - A method for dispatching a plurality of messages incoming into a dispatching server, each incoming message being issued by a source application and targeted to at least a destination application, the source application, the destination application and the dispatching server residing within a server-client network. The method includes the steps of defining a maximum rate of incoming messages per second, choosing an appropriate message rate reduction policy out of a first and of a second message rate reduction policy, starting a process which periodically determines a current rate of incoming messages per second, dispatching the message in case the current rate is smaller than the maximum rate, activating the appropriate message rate reduction policy in case the current rate of incoming messages is higher than the maximum rate, monitoring a result of the process and adapting a totality of parameters for the appropriate message rate reduction in case the current rate of incoming messages has dropped below the maximum rate. | 04-01-2010 |
Joseph P. Giuffrida, Hinckley, OH US
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20130123684 | Method and system for tuning of movement disorder therapy devices - A system and method for tuning the parameters of a therapeutic medical device comprises a movement measurement data acquisition system capable of wireless transmission; processing comprising kinematic feature extraction, a scoring algorithm trained using scores from expert clinicians, a therapeutic device parameter setting adjustment suggestion algorithm preferably trained using the parameter setting adjustment judgments of expert clinicians; and a display and/or means of updating the parameter settings of the treatment device. The invention facilitates the treatment of movement disorders including Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and the like by optimizing deep brain stimulation (DBS) parameter settings, eliminating as much as possible motor symptoms and reducing time and costs of surgical and outpatient procedures and improving patient outcomes. In preferred embodiments, the system provides recommendations for treatment which may be semi-automatically or automatically applied to update the parameter settings of a treatment device such as a DBS implant. | 05-16-2013 |
20140074179 | Movement disorder therapy system, devices and methods, and intelligent methods of tuning - The present invention relates to methods for tuning treatment parameters in movement disorder therapy systems. The present invention further relates to a system for screening patients to determine viability as candidates for certain therapy modalities, such as deep brain stimulation (DBS). The present invention still further provides methods of quantifying movement disorders for the treatment of patients who exhibit symptoms of such movement disorders including, but not limited to, Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism, Dystonia, Chorea, and Huntington's disease, Ataxia, Tremor and Essential Tremor, Tourette syndrome, stroke, and the like. The present invention yet further relates to methods of tuning a therapy device using objective quantified movement disorder symptom data acquired by a movement disorder diagnostic device to determine the therapy setting or parameters to be provided to the subject via his or her therapy device. The present invention also provides treatment and tuning remotely, allowing for home monitoring of subjects. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074180 | Movement disorder therapy system and methods of tuning remotely, intelligently and/or automatically - The present invention relates to methods for remotely and intelligently tuning movement disorder of therapy systems. The present invention still further provides methods of quantifying movement disorders for the treatment of patients who exhibit symptoms of such movement disorders including, but not limited to, Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism, Dystonia, Chorea, and Huntington's disease, Ataxia, Tremor and Essential Tremor, Tourette syndrome, stroke, and the like. The present invention yet further relates to methods of remotely and intelligently or automatically tuning a therapy device using objective quantified movement disorder symptom data to determine the therapy setting or parameters to be transmitted and provided to the subject via his or her therapy device. The present invention also provides treatment and tuning intelligently, automatically and remotely, allowing for home monitoring of subjects. | 03-13-2014 |
20140257141 | Movement disorder monitoring and symptom quantification system and method - The present invention relates to a movement disorder monitor with high sensitivity, and a method of measuring the severity of a subject's movement disorder. The present invention additionally relates to a drug delivery system for dosing a subject in response to the increased severity of a subject's symptoms. The present invention provides for a system and method, which can accurately and repeatably quantify symptoms of movements disorders, accurately quantifies symptoms utilizing both kinetic information and/or electromyography (EMU) data, that can be worn continuously to provide continuous information to be analyzed as needed by the clinician, that can provide analysis in real-time, that allows for home monitoring of symptoms in subject's with these movement disorders to capture the complex fluctuation patterns of the disease over the course of days, weeks or months, that maximizes subject safety, and that provides substantially real-time remote access to data by the clinician or physician. | 09-11-2014 |
Joseph P. Giuffrida, Hickley, OH US
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20130123666 | Movement disorder recovery system and method for continuous monitoring - The present invention relates to a movement disorder monitor, and a method of measuring the severity of a subject's movement disorder. The present invention additionally relates to a treatment delivery system for treating a subject in response to changes in the severity of a subject's symptoms. The present invention further provides for a system and method, which can accurately quantify symptoms of movement disorders, utilizing continuously obtained kinetic information to be analyzed, accurately distinguishing between symptoms of movement disorders and activities of daily living, relating quantified symptoms to a standard clinical rating scale, and correlating a subject's symptoms with certain physiological and environmental factors. The present invention still further provides for home monitoring of symptoms in subjects with these movement disorders in order to capture the complex fluctuation patterns of the disease over the course of days, weeks, months, or years. | 05-16-2013 |
Joseph P. Giuffrida, Kinckley, OH US
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20140005743 | Movement disorder therapy system, devices and methods of tuning | 01-02-2014 |
Marcello Francesco Salvatore Giuffrida, Catania IT
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20140167060 | NORMALLY OFF POWER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic power component including a normally on high-voltage transistor and a normally off low-voltage transistor. The normally on transistor and the normally off transistor are coupled in cascode configuration and are housed in a single package. The normally off transistor is of the bottom-source type. | 06-19-2014 |
Roberta Giuffrida, Catania IT
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20090253006 | MICRO FUEL CELL AND CORRESPONDING MICROREACTOR, SUPPLIED WITH HYDROGEN, FOR PRODUCING ELECTRIC ENERGY - A device for producing energy for portable applications including at least one micro fuel cell and a microreactor, having a reaction chamber including a catalyst, for producing hydrogen gas to be fed to the micro fuel cell. The microreactor includes at least one substrate of a composite material for making printed circuits micromachined with printed circuit technology suitable for making the reaction chamber and having a semipermeable membrane on top of it. The substrate and the membrane are connected to the micro fuel cell to make a single body through a single pressure assembly step. | 10-08-2009 |
20110159384 | CARTRIDGE FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION, SYSTEM FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND CORRESPONDING PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE - An embodiment of a cartridge for hydrogen production comprises a reaction chamber having a catalyst and a tank chamber comprising a reactant suitable for reacting with said catalyst for the production of gaseous hydrogen and comprising a fluidic conduit of connection between the tank chamber and the reaction chamber, the cartridge comprising a single body associated with a piston element, said piston element being suitable for defining in said single body said tank chamber and said reaction chamber, said piston element being activated for regulating the flow of the reactant in said fluidic conduit. | 06-30-2011 |
Silvestro Giuffrida, Bertinoro (forli-Cesena) IT
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20150360923 | LIQUID CONTAINER FOR BEVERAGE DISPENSERS AND BEVERAGE DISPENSER COMPRISING SAID CONTAINER - A container for food safe liquids for beverage dispensers, includes a first end, or bottom wall, a second end, or neck, equipped with a portion for releasing the water designed to be connected to a corresponding junction portion of a beverage dispenser and a tubular wall extending annularly along its own main central axis between the first end and the second end. The tubular wall extends along the central axis with a succession of ridges and grooves such a way as to be collapsible along the central axis to reduce its overall dimensions, so as to compensate the negative pressure generated inside the container during dispensing of the liquid preventing contact between the liquid and the air outside the container. | 12-17-2015 |