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20120227344 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF INSTALLING DECORATIVE PIECES - A plurality of decorative pieces, such as chips, stones, or tiles, are temporarily attached to a rigid film by a releasable adhesive. First and second tile sections are fixed to a floor or subfloor surface to create a gap between the first and second tile sections. A tool is provided having a plurality of teeth which are configured so that they can be inserted in the gap between the first and second tile sections. The tool may also include two shoulder or wing portions which engage and overlap portions of the first and second tile sections and which thereby prevent the plurality of teeth from penetrating farther than a certain distance into the gap. The gap may be formed by gluing the first tile section and the second tile section to the floor or subfloor surface with a first glue. The method may further include gluing the plurality of decorative pieces, with a second glue, inside the gap, and then peeling off the rigid film from the plurality of decorative pieces. | 09-13-2012 |
20160089818 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING QUARTZ SLAB - An apparatus including a mold having a top opening which leads to an inner chamber. The mold may include a first, second, third, and fourth walls, and a bottom which enclose the inner chamber. The apparatus may further include a first and/or second devices which are configured with respect to the mold to supply first and/or second mixtures of quartz and resin to the inner chamber of the mold. The apparatus may include transportation sheet which lies in the inner chamber of the mold and on an inside surface of the third wall of the mold, and which is sandwiched between the first wall and the third wall of the mold and the second wall and the third wall of the mold. The first and second devices may include means for moving the mold to allow placement of the first and/or second mixtures in specific areas of the inner chamber. | 03-31-2016 |
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20090281321 | EXO- AND DIASTEREO- SELECTIVE SYNTHESES OF HIMBACINE ANALOGS - This application discloses a novel process for the preparation of himbacine analogs useful as thrombin receptor antagonists. The process is based in part on the use of a base-promoted dynamic epimerization of a chiral nitro center. The chemistry taught herein can be exemplified by the following: | 11-12-2009 |
20110251392 | EXO- AND DIASTEREO- SELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF HIMBACINE ANALOGS - This application discloses a novel process for the preparation of himbacine analogs useful as thrombin receptor antagonists. The process is based in part on the use of a base-promoted dynamic epimerization of a chiral nitro center. The chemistry taught herein can be exemplified by the following: | 10-13-2011 |
20120296093 | EXO- AND DIASTEREO- SELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF HIMBACINE ANALOGS - This application discloses a novel process for the preparation of himbacine analogs useful as thrombin receptor antagonists. The process is based in part on the use of a base-promoted dynamic epimerization of a chiral nitro center. The chemistry taught herein can be exemplified by the following: | 11-22-2012 |
20140031549 | Process and Intermediates for the Synthesis of 8-[-methyl]-8-phenyl-1,7-diaza-spiro[4.5]decan-2-one Compounds - This application discloses a novel process to synthesize 8-[{1-(3,5-Bis-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-ethoxy}-methyl]-8-phenyl-1,7-diaza-spiro[4.5]decan-2-one compounds, which may be used, for example, as NK-1 inhibitor compounds in pharmaceutical preparations, intermediates useful in said process, and processes for preparing said intermediates; also disclosed is a process for removal of metals from N-heterocyclic carbine metal complexes. | 01-30-2014 |
20140058116 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING INHIBITORS OF THE HEPATITIS C VIRUS - The present invention relates to synthetic processes useful in the preparation of compounds of Formula (I) that are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease and have application in the treatment of conditions caused by HCV. In particular, the present invention relates to novel oxidation processes useful for preparing compounds of Formula (I) and related compounds, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates thereof, and including stereoisomers thereof. | 02-27-2014 |
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20090028399 | System and Method for Detecting Stripe Artifacts in MIP Rendered Images - A method for efficiently rendering a chessboard artifact free Maximum intensity projection (MIP) image is disclosed is disclosed. MIP is a widely used volumetric rendering technology in medical diagnostic imaging. When a volume dataset containing wideband noise is rendered using MIP, the resultant MIP image can show chessboard or stripe like artifacts. A method is disclosed for automatically detecting stripe artifacts present in the MIP rendered images and to determine whether suitable mitigation algorithms need to be applied during rendering. This automatic detection method eliminates the need for human review of images to determine whether mitigation is required, and thus speeds the overall process. | 01-29-2009 |
20110157344 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAST FOCUS IMAGING BIOLOGIC SPECIMENS - A method and apparatus for imaging a biologic fluid sample quiescently residing within a chamber is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) positioning the chamber at a Z-axis position relative to an objective lens having a lens axis, wherein the Z-axis is parallel to the lens axis; b) moving one or both of the chamber and the objective lens relative to one another at a velocity along the Z-axis; and c) creating one or more images of the biologic fluid sample as one or both of the chamber and the objective lens are moving at a velocity relative to one another within a focus search range along the Z-axis. | 06-30-2011 |
20110164803 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MEAN CELL VOLUME OF RED BLOOD CELLS - A method and apparatus for determining a cell volume of a red blood cell is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) depositing a sample into an analysis chamber, the chamber defined by an first panel interior surface, a second panel interior surface, and a known or determinable height, which height is such that at least one red blood cell subject to a sphering agent assumes a partially compressed spherical shape in contact with the interior surfaces; b) imaging the at least one partially compressed spherical red blood cell contacting the interior surfaces, and producing image signals; c) determining a radius of the partially compressed spherical red blood cell from the image signals; and d) determining a volume of the imaged red blood cell using the determined radius. | 07-07-2011 |
20110188767 | Systems and Methods of Inter-Frame Compression - A system and method for rendering images, and performing operations such as windowing and leveling, when the parameters of a client appliance are known and rendering images when the parameters of a client appliance are unknown. The invention also considers the rendering from the client appliance perspective and the server appliance perspective. | 08-04-2011 |
20110194782 | Systems and Methods of Inter-Frame Compression - A system and method for rendering images, and performing operations such as windowing and leveling, when the parameters of a client appliance are known and rendering images when the parameters of a client appliance are unknown. The invention also considers the rendering from the client appliance perspective and the server appliance perspective. | 08-11-2011 |
20110194783 | Systems and Methods of Inter-Frame Compression - A system and method for rendering images, and performing operations such as windowing and leveling, when the parameters of a client appliance are known and rendering images when the parameters of a client appliance are unknown. The invention also considers the rendering from the client appliance perspective and the server appliance perspective. | 08-11-2011 |
20120034647 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED WHOLE BLOOD SAMPLE ANALYSES FROM MICROSCOPY IMAGES - A method and apparatus for identifying one or more target constituents (e.g., white blood cells) within a biological sample is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) adding at least one colorant to the sample; b) disposing the sample into a chamber defined by at least one transparent panel; c) creating at least one image of the sample quiescently residing within the chamber; d) identifying target constituents within the sample image; e) quantitatively analyzing at least some of the identified target constituents within the image relative to one or more predetermined quantitatively determinable features; and f) identifying at least one type of target constituent within the identified target constituents using the quantitatively determinable features. | 02-09-2012 |
20120263369 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING IMAGING DATA OF WHOLE BLOOD SAMPLE ANALYSES - A method and apparatus for analyzing white blood cells (WBCs) within a whole blood sample quiescently residing within a chamber is provided. The chamber is defined by at least one transparent panel, and the whole blood sample includes at least one colorant operable to differentially identify at least one WBC type from another WBC type within the sample. The method includes the steps of: a) creating at least one image of the sample quiescently residing within the chamber; b) identifying portions of the sample image, with each portion representing a single WBC; c) compressing the sample image portions using a first compression algorithm; and d) one of compressing a remainder of the sample image not included in the portions using a second compression algorithm, or discarding the remainder. | 10-18-2012 |
20130170730 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED PLATELET IDENTIFICATION WITHIN A WHOLE BLOOD SAMPLE FROM MICROSCOPY IMAGES - A method and apparatus for identifying platelets within a whole blood sample. The method includes the steps of: a) adding at least one colorant to the whole blood sample, which colorant is operable to tag platelets; b) disposing the blood sample into a chamber defined by at least one transparent panel; c) imaging at least a portion of the sample quiescently residing within the chamber to create one or more images; and d) identifying one or more platelets within the sample using an analyzer adapted to identify the platelets based on quantitatively determinable features within the image using a analyzer, which quantitatively determinable features include intensity differences. | 07-04-2013 |
20150269413 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED PLATELET IDENTIFICATION WITHIN A WHOLE BLOOD SAMPLE FROM MICROSCOPY IMAGES - A method and apparatus for identifying platelets within a whole blood sample. The method includes the steps of: a) adding at least one colorant to the whole blood sample, which colorant is operable to tag platelets; b) disposing the blood sample into a chamber defined by at least one transparent panel; c) imaging at least a portion of the sample quiescently residing within the chamber to create one or more images; and d) identifying one or more platelets within the sample using an analyzer adapted to identify the platelets based on quantitatively determinable features within the image using a analyzer, which quantitatively determinable features include intensity differences. | 09-24-2015 |
20150317506 | METHOD FOR IMAGING BIOLOGIC FLUID SAMPLES USING A PREDETERMINED DISTRIBUTION - A method for analyzing a biologic fluid sample includes the steps of: a) providing a spatially mapped chamber; b) providing a predetermined repeatable non-uniform spatial distribution of one or more constituents within the sample, which distribution indicates the presence or absence of a statistically significant number of constituents within the sample in each chamber sub-region; c) selecting one or more image techniques for each sub-region based on the presence or absence of the statistically significant number of one or more constituents in that sub-region as indicated by the distribution; d) creating image data representative of the biologic fluid sample in each sub-region, using the one or more image techniques selected for that sub-region; and e) analyzing the sample. | 11-05-2015 |
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20120323573 | Non-Scorable Response Filters For Speech Scoring Systems - A method for scoring non-native speech includes receiving a speech sample spoken by a non-native speaker and performing automatic speech recognition and metric extraction on the speech sample to generate a transcript of the speech sample and a speech metric associated with the speech sample. The method further includes determining whether the speech sample is scorable or non-scorable based upon the transcript and speech metric, where the determination is based on an audio quality of the speech sample, an amount of speech of the speech sample, a degree to which the speech sample is off-topic, whether the speech sample includes speech from an incorrect language, or whether the speech sample includes plagiarized material. When the sample is determined to be non-scorable, an indication of non-scorability is associated with the speech sample. When the sample is determined to be scorable, the sample is provided to a scoring model for scoring. | 12-20-2012 |
20130030808 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Scoring Concatenated Speech Responses - Systems and methods are provided for scoring non-native speech. Two or more speech samples are received, where each of the samples are of speech spoken by a non-native speaker, and where each of the samples are spoken in response to distinct prompts. The two or more samples are concatenated to generate a concatenated response for the non-native speaker, where the concatenated response is based on the two or more speech samples that were elicited using the distinct prompts. A concatenated speech proficiency metric is computed based on the concatenated response, and the concatenated speech proficiency metric is provided to a scoring model, where the scoring model generates a speaking score based on the concatenated speech metric. | 01-31-2013 |
20130158982 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Content Scoring of Spoken Responses - Systems and methods are provided for scoring a non-scripted speech sample. A system includes one or more data processors and one or more computer-readable mediums. The computer-readable mediums are encoded with a non-scripted speech sample data structure, where the non-scripted speech sample data structure includes: a speech sample identifier that identifies a non-scripted speech sample, a content feature extracted from the non-scripted speech sample, and a content-based speech score for the non-scripted speech sample. The computer-readable mediums further include instructions for commanding the one or more data processors to extract the content feature from a set of words automatically recognized in the non-scripted speech sample and to score the non-scripted speech sample by providing the extracted content feature to a scoring model to generate the content-based speech score. | 06-20-2013 |