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A Novel Method or Colloidal Gel Preparation Useful for Surgical Embolization
Published Monday, February 26, 2018Background Colloidal gels- mixture of two or more substances that neither dissolve nor settle down in solution- can be generated by mixing two or more substances together that can form intricate mesh-like networks. These networks are sustained through various chemical interactions such as hydrogen bonds, electrostatic interactions or...
Categories: Drug delivery devices, Biomaterials
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: LS-2017-048
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Low-Cost Commodity Camera Array for Acquiring Virtual Environments
Published Monday, January 29, 2018Creating effective augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR, respectively) environments requires understanding the environment that is to be augmented or created. Traditionally, designers curate an augmented environment to display the desired content. This method has been successful in controlled situations such as virtual tourism and...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Engineering
Keyword(s): virtual reality, camera, camera array, environment acquisition
Docket: IS-2016-043
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Discriminative Facial Verification Software
Published Monday, January 29, 2018In recent years, the performance of face verification systems has significantly improved using deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs). A typical pipeline for face verification includes training a deep network for subject classification with softmax loss, using the penultimate layer output as the feature descriptor, and generating a cosine...
Categories: Software + Algorithm
Keyword(s): machine learning, neural networks, facial recognition, face verification
Docket: IS-2017-039
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MyDesign®
Published Monday, January 29, 2018The education market is rapidly undergoing transformation from a brick-and-mortar classroom to a hybrid model of classroom and distance learning instruction. Since the first Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) in 1969, a variety of technologies have been developed to support curriculum and instruction. Concurrently, policies have been developed...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Education/Training/Multimedia
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: IS-2017-007
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Maryland Intersection and Interchange Design & Capacity Analysis Program (MIDCAP)
Published Monday, January 29, 2018The Maryland Intersection and Interchange Design & Capacity Analysis Program (MIDCAP) is a tool to analyze capacity/ queuing for signalized intersections and interchanges, signal and shoulder bypass lane warrants, left turn phase guidlines, and provide lighting evaluation at the preliminary, planning, or design stage.
Categories: Software + Algorithm
Keyword(s): intersection, interchange, design, capacity, analysis
Docket: IS-2017-085
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RFSQP™ Version 1.0
Published Monday, September 18, 2017RFSQP™ is an optimazation algorithhm. It s a set of C functions for the minimization of the maximum of a set of smooth objective functions. RFSQP is an implementation of two algorithms based on Sequential Quadratic Programming, modified so as to generate feasible iterates. It differs from related technology in providing in calling the user...
Keyword(s): Optimization Software
Docket: IS-2000-086
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Method and System for the Minimization of Expected Cost in Multi-Stage Review
Published Monday, September 18, 2017In civil litigation, e-discovery is the process by which a set of digital documents deemed “responsive” (i.e., relevant) to a certain topic need to be identified within a set of documents, and have to be produced by a producing party to a requesting party unless they are also “privileged” (i.e. contain sensitive information that legally allows...
Categories: Software + Algorithm
Keyword(s): e-discovery, cost, risk, reduction, minimization
Docket: IS-2017-066
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Training Course for Improving Cognition and Mindfulness
Published Monday, September 18, 2017The invention consists of audio-reorded instructions for eight hours of mindfulness guided imagery, which will have been empirically evaluated in a controlled behavioral treatment study for their beneficial impact on a trainee's cognition and mood above-and-beyond the impact of mere relaxation, due to a subset of instructions pertaining to...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: IS-2014-148
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VOLT: Virtual Occupational Language Training
Published Monday, September 18, 2017Currently, there is a need for effective guided immersive learning to supplement a classroom environment, particularly in immersive language learning. Virtual reality (VR) 3D systems offer a flexible and viable solution to this problem.Researchers at the University of Maryland have created VOLT (Virtual Occupational Language Training),...
Categories: Software + Algorithm, Education/Training/Multimedia
Keyword(s): virtual reality, language learning
Docket: IS-2017-047
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Training course on Deliberate and Intuitive Decision Making
Published Sunday, September 10, 2017The decision making course module is a three-hour course unit capable of being delivered on its own or as a supplement to CASL's current divergent thinking training course. The course is divided into 3 one-hour sections including example problems, lecture, and exercises. Brief descriptions of these sections are provided below. Example...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: IS-2014-145