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On Demand First in First Out Droplet Generating Systems
Published Monday, June 3, 2019BackgroundMicrofluidics is a class of technology where the precise manipulation of fluids in very small channels and devices leads to improved devices in fields as different as medical diagnoses and inkjet printing. A subclass of microfluidic technology is Droplet-based Microfluidics where instead of manipulating a continuous flow, fluids are...
Keyword(s): Droplet Microfluidics, Pneumatic Actuation, Single cell analysis, Trap array
Docket: PS-2018-134
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Language Ladder Mobile App
Published Sunday, May 19, 2019Executive SummaryResearchers at the University of Maryland’s National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) have developed Language Ladder, a language learning web platform and mobile app for intermediate and higher level learners. Language Ladder has more than 100 languages and more than 900 video learning and compact learning models to provide...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: IS-2018-169
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A Stable Fibroblast Cell Line To Study Innate Immunity and Host-Viral Interactions
Published Monday, January 28, 2019Background Pathogenic viral infection induced host responses are often driven by specific molecules like interferons. Specific recognition of viral nucleic acids serves as a trigger to stimulate expression of interferons. An essential transcription factor for interferon expression interferon regulatory factor-3 (IRF3) is present in the...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: LS-2019-002
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Robotic System for Remote Trauma Assessment
Published Sunday, January 27, 2019Background:According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), trauma from injuries obtained in motor vehicle accidents, gunshots, and unintentional falls are the third leading cause of death in the United States. There exists a short time window, the “Golden Hour”, within which appropriate medical interventions must be employed to...
Keyword(s): Robotics, Robotic assisted Surgery, Robotic ultrasound imaging
Docket: PS-2018-171
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Novel Method of Internal Organ and Organoid Generation For Therapy and Research in Humans and Animals
Published Wednesday, January 23, 2019Background Advances in stem-cell research have opened up remarkable possibilities for therapeutic and research applications in humans and animals. Stem cells are capable of indefinite proliferation to give rise to either cells of the same type or cells of different tissues in an organism. When combined with gene-editing technologies, the use...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: LS-2018-059
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Business of Startups (Workbook)
Published Thursday, January 17, 2019This innovative workbook guides aspiring startup founders through the essential steps of turning an idea into a business. Written by experts from the University of Maryland’s own Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship and informed by Lean Startup methodology, The Business of Startups features easy-to-follow explanations and activities that make...
Docket: IS-2018-130
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Programmatic Interface to Digitimer DS8R and Compatible Devices
Published Wednesday, January 9, 2019This software library is a programmatic interface that allows for the control of various settings of the DS8R Biphasic Constant Current Stimulator produced by Digitimer Ltd. and other compatible devices. This interface consists of two parts. The first part is a wrapper API that interacts with DLL supplied by Digitimer. The second part uses...
Categories: Software + Algorithm
Docket: IS-2018-155
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libASPP: The Asynchronous Standard Parallel Port Library
Published Tuesday, January 8, 2019The Asynchronous Standard Parallel Port Library (libASPP) is a module developed at the University of Maryland that asynchronously sends various event signals to other devices for data synchronization. The asynchronous signal transfer feature is implemented using a multiple timer queue, which allows the sender to process its algorithms and data...
Categories: Software + Algorithm
Docket: IS-2018-118
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Improved Antifungal Peptides for Candida Infections
Published Tuesday, November 27, 2018BackgroundOral thrush is an infection with a high incidence in patients with a suppressed or not fully developed immune system (e.g., HIV-infected, cancer, and newborns). A common cause of oral thrush is Candida albicans, which colonizes mucosal surfaces in healthy people, but can cause oral thrush and other infections in...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: LS-2017-026
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General Synthesis and Assembly of Inorganic Chiral Nanostructures with Tunable Chirality
Published Sunday, November 4, 2018BackgroundChirality (or handedness) is the property of an object to be non-superimposable to its mirror image. Right and left hands, for example, are composed of the same components but are distinguishable from each other. Chiral chemical compounds, by extension are composed of the same elements in the same proportions but are distinguishable...
Keyword(s): Inorganic Chiral Compounds, Inorganic Nanostructures, Inorganic Chiral Synthesis
Docket: PS-2017-087