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Aicheng Chen, Thunder Bay CA
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|Nanoporous Material - A method of fabricating a nanoporous material, the method comprising the steps of: (i) heating a substrate in the presence of at least one reducing agent and at least one precursor solution; and (ii) cooling the resulting nanoporous material. The nanoporous material may be used for detection of a substrate, for an electrode in a fuel cell, and as a catalyst in the electro-oxidation of an organic species.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMBINED PHOTOCATALYTIC AND ELECTROCHEMICAL WASTEWATER REMEDIATION - The present invention utilizes the marriage of photocatalytic degradation and electrochemical oxidation to provide wastewater remediation and water purification based on the use of bifunctional electrodes. The bifunctional electrode provides for combined photocatalytic and electrochemical wastewater remediation for removing any one or combination of organic chemical pollutants, inorganic chemical pollutants and microorganisms. The electrode includes an electronically conducting substrate having a photocatalyst applied to a portion of the surface, the photocatalyst having a bandgap energy (E
Allan Chen, Oakville CA
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|SYNTHESIS AND EMULSIFICATION OF RESINS - The present disclosure provides processes for producing resins suitable for use in forming toner compositions. In embodiments, the processes described herein comprise formation of latexes, including latexes for use in toners, produced without use of solvents.
|Alkyl Benzene Sulfonate Surfactant Having An Ammonium Salt Counter Ion For Reduced Sodium Content In Emulsions - A process including contacting an alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactant having an ammonium salt counter ion with a component to be emulsified or dispersed, wherein the alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactant is substantially free of sodium salt counter ions such that the sodium content of the alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactant is less than about 5,000 parts per million, and water to form a mixture; using the alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactant to emulsify the component and form an emulsion; or using the alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactant to disperse the component and form a dispersion.
Patent applications by Allan Chen, Oakville CA
Andy Chih-Ping Chen, Markham CA
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|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING MEMORY USING PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY ACCESSING INTERLEAVING RATIO INFORMATION - A method and apparatus stores data representing a non 1:1 memory access interleaving ratio for accessing a plurality of memories. The method and apparatus interleaves memory accesses to at least either a first memory that is accessible via a first (and associated memory) bus having first characteristics or a second memory accessible via a second bus having different characteristics, based on the data representing the non 1:1 interleaving memory access ratio.
Austin Chen, Pierrefonds CA
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|NOVEL CASE OF RENIN INHIBITORS - The present invention relates to piperidine-based renin inhibitor compounds having carboxylate or carboxylic acid terminal groups, and their use in treating cardiovascular events and renal insufficiency.
|RENIN INHIBITORS - The present invention relates to acyclic amino amide renin inhibitor compounds and their use in treating cardiovascular events and renal insufficiency.
Austin Chen, Kirkland CA
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|SPIROCYCLIC PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVES USEFUL AS RENIN INHIBITORS - Renin inhibitors which are spirocyclic piperidine derivatives, of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and renal insufficiency, or a stereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the stereoisomer thereof, wherein: n, for each instance in which it occurs, is independently 0, 1, or 2; W is a five- or six-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic or carbocyclic monocyclic ring, A is (i) a five- or six-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic or carbocyclic monocyclic ring or (ii) a first five- or six-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic or carbocyclic ring which is fused to a second five- or six-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic or carbocyclic ring, V is —(C═O)—, —CH
Austin C. Chen, Pierrefonds CA
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|Renin Inhibitors - The present invention relates to novel renin inhibitors of the general Formula (I), and their use as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including processes for the preparation of the compounds. These novel renin inhibitors are used in treating cardiovascular events and renal insufficiency.
Austin Chih-Yu Chen, Pierrefonds CA
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|3,4-SUBSTITUTED PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVES AS RENIN INHIBITORS - The present invention relates to 3,4-substituted piperidinyl-based renin inhibitor compounds bearing at 4-position oxopyridine and having the formula (I). The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds, as well as their use in treating cardiovascular events and renal insufficiency.
|3,4-SUBSTITUTED PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVES AS RENIN INHIBITORS - The present invention relates to 3,4-substituted piperidinyl-based renin inhibitor compounds bearing at 4-position Isoqumolone and having the Formula (I): The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds, as well as their use in treating cardiovascular events and renal insufficiency.
Austin Chih-Yu Chen, Kirkland CA
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|Novel Piperidine Carboxylic Acid Amide Derivatives - The invention relates to novel piperidine carboxylic acid amide derivatives and their use as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including processes for the preparation of these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and especially the use of such compounds as inhibitors of renin.
|NOVEL PIPERIDINE CARBOXYLIC ACID AMINE DERIVATIVES - The invention relates to novel piperidine carboxylic acid amide derivatives and their use as active ingredients in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions. The invention also concerns related aspects including processes for the preparation of these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and especially the use of such compounds as inhibitors of renin.
Bingzhi Chen, Montreal CA
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|POLYMER COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF - Block copolymers labelled with molecular recognition units and comprising a hydrophobic block and a luminescent block are presented. A method of detecting biomolecules using such block copolymers is also presented. More specifically, the block copolymers of the present invention have the following Formula (I): wherein "A" is a hydrophobic block; "B" is a luminescent block; "C" is a hydrophilic block; "D" is a molecular recognition unit; "n" and "m" are integers ranging from 1 to 75; "x" is either 0 or an integer ranging from 1 to 75; and "Y" is either 0 or 1.
Chengkun Chen, Kanata CA
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|Tilted Grating Sensor - The present invention relates to a sensor using a tilted fiber grating to detect physical manifestations occurring in a medium. Such physical manifestations induce measurable changes in the optical property of the tilted fiber grating. The sensor comprises a sensing surface which is to be exposed to the medium, an optical pathway and a tilted grating in the optical pathway. The grating is responsive to electromagnetic radiation propagating in the optical pathway to generate a response conveying information on the physical manifestation.
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Chun Guang Chen, Scarborouoh CA
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|Medicated Steam Bath Cabin - An improved steam cabinet includes a housing having an interior configured to receive the person with a seat contained in the interior. The housing has a door through which the person can enter and exit the interior, the door having a head aperture dimensioned to permit the person's head to project outside of the interior while the user is seated inside the interior. A steam generator is contained in the housing and coupled to the interior. The steam generator includes a vessel having a vessel housing and a vessel interior, the vessel interior being divided into an infusion chamber and a heating chamber by a baffle. A heating element is contained in the heating chamber. The vessel has an opening communicating with the infusion chamber through which a packet containing the herbal therapeutic agent may be inserted into the infusion chamber. The steam generator includes a closure for closing off the opening and water supply conduits for supplying water to the steam generator. The cabinet also includes a control unit for controlling the operation of the heating element.
Dayao Chen, Surrey CA
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|HYDROSTATIC ASSEMBLY HAVING COUPLED YOKES - A hydrostatic assembly includes a pump having a yoke and an associated rotating group. The pump yoke has a bucket portion and an arm portion. At least one fluid passage extends through the pump yoke. The hydrostatic assembly also includes a motor having a yoke and an associated rotating group. The motor yoke also has a bucket portion and an arm portion. At least one fluid passage extends through the motor yoke. The arm portion of the pump yoke and the arm portion of the motor yoke have associated coupling portions for fluidly coupling the pump yoke to the motor yoke so that the at least one fluid passage in the pump yoke is in direct fluid communication with the at least one fluid passage in the motor yoke.
Edmund Chen, Brampton CA
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|COLLAPSIBLE BAG FOR CARRYING ARTICLES - A collapsible bag for carrying articles that includes a folding seat mounted on an exterior surface of the bag. The bag includes side frame members and a bottom plate that are individually pivotable relative to a base frame assembly to change the volume of the interior compartment of the bag. The bag is provided with various article retainers on its exterior surface to provide easy access to articles retained therein.
Genhui Chen, Burnaby CA
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|Anti-Inflammatory and Psoriasis Treatment and Protein Kinase Inhibition by Hydroxystilbenes and Novel Stilbene Derivatives and Analogues - The present invention provides novel diphenyl ethene compounds and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof. Also provided are methods for making the compounds of the invention as well as methods for the use thereof in the treatment of immune, inflammatory, and auto-immune diseases.
|NOVEL 1,2-DIPHENYLETHENE DERIVATIVES FOR TREATMENT OF IMMUNE DISEASES - The invention provides novel 1,2-diphenylethene derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, the process for production of these compounds and their pharmaceutical composition and the use of these compounds as modulators of T-cells, neutrophils, macrophages and their associated cytokines as agents for treating immune, inflammatory and auto-immune diseases.
|Novel Macrolide Compounds With Antibiotic and Antineoplastic Properties - The invention is drawn to novel macrolide compounds of formula I having antibiotic and antineoplastic activities, useful as medicaments and/or agrochemicals for microorganism infections, in particularly for infectious diseases involving drug-resistant
|DITHIOLOPYRROLONES COMPOUNDS AND THEIR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS - The present invention provides dithiolopyrrolone compounds of the general formula I, and their salts, wherein A is sulfur or carbon, and R
|ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND PSORIASIS TREATMENT AND PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITION BY HYDROXY STILBENES AND NOVEL STILBENE DERIVATIVES AND ANALOGUES - The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions containing hydroxystilbenes or their derivatives or analogues. The pharmaceutical compositions are useful for protein kinase inhibition, and for treatment of psoriasis, eczema and inflammation.
Patent applications by Genhui Chen, Burnaby CA
Geoffrey Chen, Pinawa CA
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|APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DEFECTS IN BUILDING STRUCTURES - An apparatus, system and method for detecting defects in building structures is provided. The apparatus includes a detector operable to determine an indication of the defect; and a transmitter operable to wirelessly transmit the indication from the apparatus to a central controller. The system includes the detection unit; a locator operable to determine the location of the detection unit; and a memory for storing the indication and the location in association with each other. The memory may be part of a central controller in wireless communication with the detection unit. The apparatus or central controller may include a processor operable to determine from a plurality of measurements performed by the detection unit a resultant measurement vector indicating a direction from the detection unit toward the defect. The detection unit may be operable to autonomously change its location. A display showing resultant measurement vectors at various locations can be produced.
Gordon Ching Chen, Burnaby CA
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|Mackay cold-expansion engine system - The present invention provides an integrated engine system; said integrated engine system includes an air-compression means, an air-buffer-system, a power-management-unit, and at least two cold-expansion-chambers; wherein each of said at least two cold-expansion-chamber includes a spark-ignition means, a fuel-supplying means, a cold-air-injection means, and a reenergize-air-injection means; each cold-expansion-chamber operates in a Mackay Cold-Expansion Cycle, which includes a first-intake-process, a hot-combustion-process, a fuel-cooling-process, a second-intake-process, a cold-expansion-process, and an active-exhaust-process; wherein the fuel-cooling-process may be disabled according to the operation condition.
Hanxiang Chen, Burnaby CA
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|SMART TOUCH SCREEN KEYBOARD - A touch screen keyboard is described. Consistent with some embodiments, the touch screen keyboard derives a data pair representing the position of a detected finger press on a touch screen display relative to the position of a detected palm. This relative data is then compared against a set of reference data to identify an intended key press.
Helen Chen, Newmarket CA
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|Adaptable Clinical Workflow - Method of generating a number of steps constituting an adaptable clinical workflow based on a recursive approach in which for each step of the workflow the following steps are executed: Selecting a number of knowledge bases to be included in a reasoning step on the basis of (a) goal(s), generating (a) query(ies) taking into account the goal(s), applying the selected knowledge bases and the generated queries to a reasoning engine so as to generate a solution, interpreting this solution by translating the solution given in a formal representation into (an) executable action(s) for the current step in the clinical workflow.
Heng Chen, Edmonton CA
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|METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF ACTIVATED CARBON - A method of preparing activated carbon, is disclosed, comprising: exposing carbonaceous material to microwave radiation in the presence of water to produce activated carbon.
Henry (ying Hong) Chen, North Bellmore CA
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|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING AN AUXILIARY ELECTRICAL GENERATOR TO AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - There is provided herein methods and apparatus for apparatus for controlling the interconnection of an auxiliary AC generator with an electrical system, such as an electrical distribution system, e.g., a utility grid. A measuring circuit measures the frequency of an auxiliary AC generator and the phase angle between one voltage phase of the generator and the correspondent voltage phase of the electric utility's electricity supply lines, i.e., the grid, each of which are averaged and filtered. The measured frequency of the auxiliary AC generator is matched to the frequency of the electrical system and the measured phase angle of the generator is matched to the electric utility's electricity supply lines. Once matching is achieved to within a defined tolerance, interconnecting contactors are closed.
Hongmei Chen, Montreal CA
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|Microcapsule Nanotube Devices for Targeted Delivery of Therapeutic Molecules - A nanotube device comprises a gel matrix that includes microcapsules and functionalized nanotubes, or other functionalized nanostructures incorporated into said gel matrix. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment comprising same. The pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention enable the specific and targeted delivery of therapeutic agents such as DNA molecules, peptides, including antibodies, drug molecules (e.g. small organic molecules), while offering sufficient resistance towards mucus layer of the intestine and high concentrations of enzymes and other molecules found in the blood stream and the GI tract.
|DRILL BURR AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING HOLES IN SUBCHONDRAL BONE TO PROMOTE CARTILAGE REPAIR - A method for performing holes in subchondral bone to promote cartilage repair comprises selecting a drill burr having a drilling head and an axial stop, as a function of the distance between the tip of the drilling head and the axial stop and of a desired depth to reach a desired subchondral bone marrow compartment of a patient; drilling a hole through a base of a cartilage lesion with the drill burr to reach the desired subchondral bone marrow compartment of the patient; abutting the base of the cartilage lesion defining a periphery of the hole with the axial stop while drilling; and withdrawing the drill burr from the hole; whereby the hole has the desired depth and reaches the desired subchondral bone marrow compartment to promote cartilage repair.
Hongxin Chen, Quebec CA
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|Polarization Optical Time Domain Reflectometer and Method of Determining PMD - In a method of measuring cumulative polarization mode dispersion (PMD) along the length of a fiber-under-test (FUT), a polarization-sensitive optical time domain reflectometer (POTDR) is used to inject into the FUT plural series of light pulses arranged in several groups. Each group comprises at least two series of light pulses having different but closely-spaced wavelengths and the same state of polarization (SOP). At least two, and preferably a large number of such groups, are injected and corresponding OTDR traces obtained for each series of light pulses by averaging the impulse-response signals of the several series of light pulses in the group. The process is repeated for a large number of groups having different wavelengths and/or SOPs. The PMD then is obtained by normalizing the OTDR traces of all of the groups, then computing the difference between each normalized OTDR trace in one group and the corresponding normalized OTDR trace in another group, followed by the mean-square value of the differences. Finally, the PMD is computed as a predetermined function of the mean-square difference. The function may, for example, be a differential formula, an arcsine formula, and so on.
|Method and Apparatus for Determining Differential Group Delay and Polarization Mode Dispersion - A method and apparatus for measuring at least one polarization-related characteristic of an optical path (FUT) uses an optical source means connected to the FUT at or adjacent a proximal end of the FUT and an analyzing-and-detection unit connected to the FUT at or adjacent its proximal or distal end. The optical source means injects into the FUT at least partially polarized light having a controlled state of polarization (I-SOP). The analyzer-and-detection unit extracts corresponding light from the FUT, analyzes and detects the extracted light corresponding to at least one transmission axis (A-SOP), and processes the corresponding electrical signal to obtain transmitted coherent optical power at each wavelength of light in each of at least two groups of wavelengths, wherein the lowermost (λ
|DETERMINING A POLARIZATION-RELATED CHARACTERISTIC OF AN OPTICAL LINK - A polarization-related characteristic of an optical path is determined from a predetermined function of the mean-square of a plurality of differences between polarization-analyzed optical power parameters corresponding to pairs of wavelengths mutually spaced about a midpoint wavelength by a small optical frequency difference. At least some of the said differences correspond to wavelength pairs measured under conditions where at least one of midpoint wavelength, input state of polarization (I-SOP) or analyzed state of polarization (A-SOP) of a pair is different.
Patent applications by Hongxin Chen, Quebec CA
Hongxin Chen, Quebec City CA
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|LASER FOR PROVIDING PULSED LIGHT AND REFLECTOMETRIC APPARATUS INCORPORATING SUCH A LASER - A laser for generating laser light pulses comprises a cavity containing an active optical gain medium (
Huanyu Chen, Ottawa CA
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|MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE INCLUDING A KEYBOARD ASSEMBLY FOR REDUCING SAR AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing and wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the portable housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include an antenna carried by the portable housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver circuitry, and a light source carried by the portable housing. The device may further include a keyboard assembly carried by the portable housing including a light guide coupled to the light source and having input key receiving openings therein, and a mask carried by the light guide and having input key receiving openings. The mask may include an electrically conductive layer positioned relative to the antenna to reduce a Specific Absorption Rate value for the mobile wireless communications device.
Hung-Li Jason Chen, Calgary CA
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|Methods,systems, and computer program products for GPU-based point radiation for interactive volume sculpting and segmentation - Internal structures, features and properties in volumetric datasets are mostly obscured and hidden. In order to reveal and explore them, appropriate tools are required to remove and carve the occluding materials, isolate and extract different regions of interest. A framework of interactive tools are provided for real-time volume manipulation, sculpting, segmentation, and visualization. A GPU-based point radiation technique provides as a fundamental building block to create a collection of high-quality volume manipulation tools for direct drilling, lasering, peeling, cutting, and/or pasting. Interactive parallel region growing segmentation is described that allows multiple seeds planting by direct sketching on different volumetric regions with segmentation results dynamically modified during the process. The point radiation technique creates high-quality real-time feedback of the segmented regions during the seeded growing process.
James Shoong-Leac Chen, Brampton CA
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|RESTRICTING USER ACCESS ON SHARED COMPUTER - A method for restricting, based on predefined user profile information, access to software executing on a computing device of a user. The method comprises the following steps. Input data is intercepted from a user input device. The input data is compared with a list of restrictions in the user profile information to determining if an action associated with the input data is prohibited. The input data is passed to the software for execution only if the action associated with the input data is not prohibited. A method for restricting, based on predefined user profile information, access to notifications generated for a user is also provided.
|BATTERY STATE INDICATOR ON A BATTERY POWERED DEVICE - A method is provided for representing battery degradation of a rechargeable battery for use with a battery operated device. The method comprises the following steps. At predefined intervals, the battery degradation of the rechargeable battery is determined. An indicator is selected from one of a plurality of predefined indicators based on the determined battery degradation. The selected indicator is displayed on a screen of a computing device for representing the battery degradation. A computing device configured to implement the method is also described.
Jennifer Chen, Calgary CA
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|FOAMED PLASTIC STRUCTURES - Foamed plastic structures that include one or more foamed plastic bodies containing a polymer matrix that includes one or more polymers formed by polymerizing a monomer mixture formed by polymerizing a monomer mixture containing vinyl aromatic monomers using a polymerization initiator having a structure corresponding to:
|EXPANDABLE PARTICULATE POLYMER COMPOSITION - An expandable particulate interpenetrating network polymer composition that includes as an expansion agent pentafluorobutane and optionally a minor amount of heptafluoropropane is described. The expandable particulate interpenetrating network polymer, more particularly, includes a particulate interpenetrating network polymer that includes: (i) a polyolefin polymer present in an amount of from 10 percent by weight to 80 percent by weight; and (ii) a vinyl aromatic polymer present in an amount of from 20 percent by weight to 90 percent by weight, in each case based on total weight of the particulate interpenetrating network polymer. The expansion agent resides (or is impregnated) within the particulate interpenetrating network polymer. The pentafluorobutane may be 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane, and the heptafluoropropane may be 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane. In an embodiment, the expansion agent consists of 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane, and is substantially free of any other expansion agents. The expandable particulate interpenetrating network polymer compositions of the present invention have improved expansion agent retention values, relative to comparative expandable particulate interpenetrating network polymer compositions (e.g., containing isopentane as an expansion agent).
Jiansheng Chen, Ottawa CA
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|METHOD FOR CONDUCTING RADIATED PERFORMANCE TESTS OF A WIRELESS DEVICE - A test apparatus for conducting a radiated performance test on a wireless device under controlled test conditions, the test apparatus having an anechoic chamber; a test computer; and an interface, the interface adapted to connect the test computer to the wireless device, the test apparatus being adapted to: establish a data connection on the interface between the test computer and the wireless device; initialize and start a timer for a predetermined interval on the wireless device; subject the wireless device to the radiated performance test in the anechoic chamber after the predetermined interval; and analyze test results on the test computer from a test log stored on the wireless device during the radiated performance test, wherein the interface between the test computer and the wireless device is adapted to be removed during the predetermined interval; for conducting a radiated performance test on a wireless device
|Method For Conducting Radiated Performance Tests Of A Wireless Device - A test apparatus for conducting a radiated performance test on a wireless device under controlled test conditions, the test apparatus having an anechoic chamber; a test computer; and an interface, the interface adapted to connect the test computer to the wireless device, the test apparatus being adapted to: establish a data connection on the interface between the test computer and the wireless device; initialize and start a timer for a predetermined interval on the wireless device; subject the wireless device to the radiated performance test in the anechoic chamber after the predetermined interval; and analyze test results on the test computer from a test log stored on the wireless device during the radiated performance test, wherein the interface between the test computer and the wireless device is adapted to be removed during the predetermined interval; for conducting a radiated performance test on a wireless device
Patent applications by Jiansheng Chen, Ottawa CA
Jiayuan Chen, Windsor CA
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|PROJECTION WELDING ELECTRODE WITH REPLACEABLE ELECTRODE ELEMENT - An electrode for the projection welding of a weld nut to a workpiece has an electrode welding head with parts including a replaceable welding interface disc fitted therein. The electrode can be disassembled so that the conductive electrode interface within the welding head may be replaced when it becomes worn.
Jinwen Chen, Edmonton CA
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|GAS-PHASE HYDROTREATING OF MIDDLE-DISTILLATES HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS - A method of subjecting a middle-distillate hydrocarbon feedstock to a hydrotreating reactions to remove heteroatoms and/or hydrogenate aromatics, and apparatus therefor. The method comprising heating a liquid middle distillates hydrocarbon feedstock to produce a heated feedstock, mixing the heated feedstock with a hydrogen-containing treating gas to produce a mixture, and bringing the mixture into contact with a hydrotreating catalyst at an elevated temperature and an elevated pressure effective for hydrotreating the feedstock. The hydrogen-containing gas is mixed with the heated feedstock in a ratio effective to fully vaporize the liquid feedstock at the elevated temperature and pressure before the feedstock is contacted with said hydrotreating catalyst. Ideally, the mixture is passed through a catalyst bed creating a pressure drop in the gas mixture equal to or less than 0.3 bar/m. Such a catalyst bed may be made of structured catalysts, such as monolithic catalysts.
Larry Henan Chen, Windsor CA
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|METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SPATTER-LESS WELDING - A method for optimizing a schedule for impulse welding including generating a weld lobe using a preexisting welding schedule, the schedule prescribing a current, a weld time, and a pressure; identifying an operating window on the weld lobe; analyzing the operating window, the analysis including determining a maximum time range of the operating window, and determining a maximum current range of the operating window; until (i) the determined maximum time range of the operating window is greater than a predetermined percentage of the prescribed weld time of the schedule and (ii) the determined maximum current range is greater than the prescribed current of the schedule, creating additional weld lobes by varying the pressure and repeating the identifying an operating window and the analyzing the operating window steps; and selecting, within the operating window satisfying conditions (i) and (ii), a second schedule including a second weld time, a second current, and a second pressure.
Liheng Chen, Edmonton CA
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|CONTAINER FLOORING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - The present invention relates to a composite container floorboard having a structural strand-based board as the core material and its fabrication method thereof. It is characterized wherein the composite container floorboard, using a structural strand-based board as a core material, comprises 2 to 4 layers of wooden veneers coated or impregnated with resin, respectively, on a top and a bottom of the surface overlay materials; or comprises one piece of impregnated paper, one piece of resin-impregnated bamboo-woven mat, and 1 to 3 pieces of double-side resin-coated or resin-impregnated wooden veneers, respectively, from an exterior to an interior of the surface overlay materials; or comprises one
|BAMBOO WOOD COMPOSITE BOARD - A board suitable for use as container flooring uses bamboo and fast-growth low-density wood. Thin layers of high-density bamboo composites are used to overlay on surfaces of a core layer which can be the composite of wood veneer and wood strand-based composite, or wood veneer and bamboo stripe sheet composite. This invention combines the benefits of bamboo and wood materials to produce a bamboo-wood composite board having sufficient mechanical and physical strength and durability for use as container flooring.
Patent applications by Liheng Chen, Edmonton CA
Michael N.c. Chen, Coquitlam CA
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|LIPID COATINGS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES - Disclosed herein are medical devices, such as stents, comprising a porous substrate, and a composition coating and/or impregnating the porous substrate where the composition comprises a bioresorbable carrier (e.g., at least one lipid) and at least one pharmaceutically active agent.
Michael N. C. Chen, British Columbia CA
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|METHOD OF COATING MEDICAL DEVICES - Disclosed herein are medical devices, such as stents, comprising a porous substrate, such as a porous ceramic. Also disclosed herein are methods for impregnating the porous substrate with a composition comprising at least one lipid and at least one pharmaceutically active agent, where the porous substrate is microporous and/or nanoporous.
Mingfei Chen, Santa Rosa CA
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|Nitric Oxide-Releasing Biodegradable Polymers Useful as Medical Devices and Coatings Therefore - Nitric Oxide (NO)-releasing polymers useful as implantable medical devices and coatings therefore are provided. Specifically the implantable medical devices and/or coatings comprise NO-releasing biodegradable polymers derived from [1,4]oxazepan-7-one and its derivatives. The medical devices and coatings of the present invention can also be used for in situ controlled release delivery of additional bioactive agents and are useful for treating or preventing medical conditions such as restenosis, aneurysms and vulnerable plaque.
Paul Ming Chen, Markham CA
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|Method and Apparatus for Managing Data Center Using Web Services - Access of data center resources is provided by the present invention using stateless and stateful Web services. For stateless Web services, the present invention provides an invoker API that allows a client to invoke a specific resource and perform an operation on the resource. For stateful Web services, the present invention provides a Web Service Definition file that defines attributes and operations for data center resources. The client may access an instance of a Web service resource once an endpoint reference is obtained from the server. Since the resource instance is persistent, the client may invoke data center operations and manipulate the resource attributes accordingly.
Patent applications by Paul Ming Chen, Markham CA
Pei-Jung Chen, London CA
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|Adhesive Tape For Structural Bonding - An adhesive tape for bonding components such as, for example, in a motor vehicle. The adhesive tape comprises a non-perforated or perforated metal layer having opposite first and second major sides, each of the first and second major sides having an adhesive layer defining an adhesive surface on the first and second major sides. The adhesive layer on the first and second major sides comprises domains of pressure sensitive adhesive and domains of an activatable adhesive composition. Each of the domains define a part of the surface of the adhesive layer. A method of adhering components of motor vehicles together. The method comprises (i) providing an adhesive tape between the components to be adhered together, the adhesive tape comprising opposite first and second major adhesive surface, each of the first and second major adhesive surface being defined by an adhesive layer that comprises domains of pressure sensitive adhesive and domains of an activatable adhesive composition, each of the domains defining a part of the surface of the adhesive layer; and (ii) cross-linking the domains of activatable adhesive composition.
Patent applications by Pei-Jung Chen, London CA
Qilin Chen, Saskatoon CA
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|GENES ENCODING A NOVEL TYPE OF LYSOPHOPHATIDYLCHOLINE ACYLTRANSFERASES AND THEIR USE TO INCREASE TRIACYLGLYCEROL PRODUCTION AND/OR MODIFY FATTY ACID COMPOSITION - Described nucleic acid molecules (and corresponding peptides) encode lyso-phosphatidylcholine (LPC) acyltransferases. Over-expression of the LPC acyltransferases in a cell may lead to enhanced production of PUFA, or other unusual fatty acids, and/or to increased oil content in the cell.
|Increased Phytosterol Content Through Overexpression of an Acyl-CoA Sterol Acyl-Transferase - The present invention relates to the use of genetic engineering to produce sterol esters. In certain embodiments, an isolated or recombinant nucleic acid molecule encoding a sterol acyltransferase is disclosed. In certain other embodiments, a cell transformed with the isolated or recombinant nucleic acid molecule encoding a sterol acyltransferase is disclosed. A process for producing sterol esters using the transformed cell is also disclosed. In a further embodiment, an isolated or recombinant sterol acyltransferase is disclosed.
|REDUCTION OF LYSO-PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE ACYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY - Reducing lyso-phosphatidylcholine acyltransferase (LPCAT) activity in a plant increases seed oil content and/or fatty acid levels in the plant. Increases in the level of unusual fatty acids 16:3, 18:3 and 20:1c11 are particularly pronounced.
Patent applications by Qilin Chen, Saskatoon CA
Qiuning Chen, Halifax CA
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|POWER SUPPLY FOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODE ROADWAY LIGHTING FIXTURE - A high efficiency light emitting diode power supply for roadway lighting fixtures is provided. The power supply enables conditioning and monitoring of input power and monitors LEDs current to ensures consistent performance of the LED by changing a power correction factor. The LED output can also be adjusted based upon age or external input parameters and by modifying the power correction factor value. In addition, the LED output can be dimmed, turned down in output to a lower level at any time of night for a prescribed duration in order to further save energy. This dimming function uses a programming scheme that keeps track of the "seasons" (summer, fall, winter and spring) so that time of night is tracked accurately all year long.
|GPS-BASED STREETLIGHT WIRELESS COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for controlling a streetlight is provided. GPS data is required from a GPS coupled to a process of the streetlight. A geographic location of the streetlight is determined from the received GPS data. A real local time is determined from the GPS data and a sunrise and sunset time associated with the geographic location can then be determined. The on and off state of one or more LED lighting modules of the streetlight can then be controlled upon the determined sunrise and sunset times.
Shaojie Chen, Regina CA
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|PROCESS FOR OPTIMIZING STEEL FABRICATION - A process for optimizing steel fabrication. The process includes optimization of treatment in the ladle based on accurate determination of steel weight, slag carryover and furnace heel. The unification of the dip test process together with ladle profiling using information from the slag, side and bottom regions of the ladle results in the quantitative determination of key factors to optimize steel composition with minimum slag carryover in the absence of scales to determine required masses of metal charge and ladle weight as examples. Caprices of the process include significant improvements in ladle refractory and specification steel quality.
Siyue Chen, Calgary CA
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|Chaotic Watermarking for a Digital Image - Examples of encoding and decoding a watermark for a digital image and to using the watermark for authenticating the digital image are disclosed. The examples may include embedding a chaotic watermark in a digital image and using parameters associated with source and capture information for the digital image to both generate the chaotic watermark and to authenticate the digital image.
Siyue Chen, Alberta CA
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|ROBUST OBJECT RECOGNITION BY DYNAMIC MODELING IN AUGMENTED REALITY - Technologies are generally described for providing a robust object recognition scheme based on dynamic modeling. Correlations in fine scale temporal structure of cellular regions may be employed to group the regions together into higher-order entities. The entities represent a rich structure and may be used to code high level objects. Object recognition may be formatted as elastic graph matching.
|ANOMALY DETECTION FOR CLOUD MONITORING - Technologies are presented for anomaly detection in a cloud environment using a sparsity measure. In some examples, cloud metric data may be gathered and processed into a dictionary base. Linear transform coefficients for a test sample may then be calculated from the dictionary base using l
Ted Chen, North York CA
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|Apparatuses for Transportation of Disc in Connection with Recording Data and Apparatus for Such Recording - An apparatus for the transport of discs for duplication of data onto the discs. The apparatus may include a transportation mechanism, control device, power module and optionally a disc recording mechanism and housing. The transportation mechanism may include an arm, and one or more gear assemblies. Further, the apparatus may also include a drawer device and a plurality of disc holders.
Tianye Chen, Victoria CA
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|USE OF EDDS AND CALCIUM IONS AS ENHANCERS OF MOLLUSCICIDAL ACTIVITY - A molluscicidal composition, comprising: a molluscicide; a molluscicidal activity promoting additive comprising a calcium-containing salt of ethylene disuccinic acid or calcium ions and ethylenediamine disuccinic moieties, having at least 1 mole of calcium per mole of ethylenediamine disuccinic acid; and a carrier material edible to molluscs.
Tong Chen, Markham CA
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|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHOWING STORED WINDOW DISPLAY - Systems and methods are provided for changing a user interface for a multi-screen device. The user interface can change based on the movement of a window. The system can receive a user interface event that modifies the display of windows in the user interface. Upon receiving the user interface event, the system determines if a window has been covered or uncovered. If a window has been covered, the window is placed in a sleep state. If a window is uncovered, the window is activated from a sleep state. A sleep state is a window state where an application associated with the window does not receive user interface inputs and/or does not render the window. Moreover, in a sleep state an image representing the window is maintained in memory.
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING GESTURE INPUTS SPANNING MULTIPLE INPUT DEVICES - Systems and methods for operating a handheld computing device having more than one input device. An input event may be received at one of the input devices. The location of the input event may be translated into a location with respect to a global virtual space. This translated location may in turn be passed to an application executing on the device. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for recognition of a gesture input spanning more than one independent input device.
|DRAG MOTION ACROSS SEAM OF DISPLAYS - Methods and devices for receiving input and presenting a user interface with two screens and an off screen gesture area. The device may have an off screen gesture area that accepts user input outside the display area. The interface inputs received in the off screen gesture are may have special handling and cause different display changes. Further, the device, having two screens, may receive user interface inputs that cross the seam between the two displays. To provide a display that acts like a single display area, the device can predict motions may cross the seam and then interrelate separate inputs on separate screens. The interrelated inputs can cause display changes as if the inputs were received as a single user interaction.
|APPLICATIONS GENERATING STATISTICS FOR USER BEHAVIOR - An architecture to assemble and manage usage information and populate one or more panels in an intelligent TV. The architecture includes a usage statistics provider module adapted to assemble one or more of usage information and installation information and query the one or more of usage information and installation information to populate one or more of icons and information in a view or panel on the intelligent TV. The architecture further includes a panel manager adapted to assemble the one or more of icons and information into a requested view. A display controller displays the view on a display of the intelligent TV. A silo manager sorts information in at least one panel subcategory based at least on the one or more of usage information and installation information, where the at least one subpanel panel includes a plurality of icons each representing an app or content.
|LIBRARY AND RESOURCES FOR THIRD PARTY APPS FOR SMARTTV - An application framework includes user interface components and TV resources which facilitate development of intelligent TV applications, including third party applications. These components and resources are complimented by one or more data services that can generally be run at a services level, to provide access to a variety of data, such as media and program metadata for one or more of local or remote sources. These data services can reside in one and more libraries within the software system components and modules. The various third party apps are further supported by a third party application support module, in conjunction with an app center application that supports various different views of the installed apps—a master view, a collection view, and a detail view.
|LIVE TELEVISION APPLICATION ON TOP OF LIVE FEED - An intelligent television and methods for user interaction between the intelligent television and the user are provided. In general, a user is provided with navigation, notification, and setup options which enable one or more functions associated with the intelligent television. The presentation of options is based on input received by the intelligent television. As a user provides input to the intelligent television via a remote control or other input device, the intelligent television is configured to interpret the input and provide interactive functionality in the form of content presented to the display of the intelligent television.
|SILO MANAGER - An Intelligent TV having a silo manager, a panel manager and a panel controller. The various managers and controllers managing a global panel and an application panel. The global panel includes various types of information and the various types of input and content available. The global panel includes various information including, for example, Live TV information, on demand information, media center information, application information, HDMI 1 information, HDMI 2 information, HDMI 3 information, component 1 information, component 2 information, AV 1 information, AV 2 information, VGA information, as well as an option to hide undetected inputs. The application panel is dynamic and can optionally change based on one or more of context and content of the underlying application being viewed. The application panel can include various subcategories of information, with the number and type of the subcategories also capable of being dynamic based on the underlying context or content.
Patent applications by Tong Chen, Markham CA
Wang Chen, Guelph CA
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|PROCESSES FOR PREPARING AMINO-SUBSTITUTED GAMMA-LACTAMS - The present application describes general process for the preparation of amino-substituted gamma-lactams involving the reaction of synthons of the general Formulae (I) and (VI): with amines. The processes are amenable to solid phase synthetic techniques and therefore allow the efficient incorporation of amino-substituted gamma-lactams into a wide variety of structural scaffolds, including, in particular peptides.
Wangxue Chen, Nepean CA
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|ARCHAEAL POLAR LIPID AGGREGATES FOR ADMINISTRATION TO ANIMALS - The invention provides non-replicating compositions, and methods for the delivery of these compositions containing pharmaceuticals, biologically relevant molecules, and/or antigens to the host, by administration via a mucosal route such as the intranasal. This invention provides non-replicating vaccine compositions and methods for the delivery of antigens in these vaccine compositions comprising an antigen and a self-adjuvanting carrier, useful for inducing antigen-specific mucosal and systemic immune responses in the host upon immunization via a mucosal route such as intranasal. The vaccine compositions comprise multivalent cations in association with a plurality of spherical archaeal polar lipid aggregates containing aqueous compartments, the AMVAD structure, formed by the interaction of archaeosomes and antigen(s) with multivalent cations such as Ca
|Use of Francisella Tularensis For Prevention and Treatment of Allergic Airway Disorders - A pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing a Th
|BSA-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES - The invention relates to antibodies specific to serum albumins. More specifically, the invention relates to camelid single domain antibodies and pentabodies binding to serum albumins of various species with various affinities.
|INDUCTION OF MUCOSAL IMMUNE RESPONSES BY MUCOSAL DELIVERY PENTABODY COMPLEX (MDPC) - The subject invention provides, for example, a novel approach to specifically induce intranasal and/or oral mucosal as well as humoral antibody response by administrating a mucosal delivery pentabody complex (MDPC). The MDPC is a complex formed by mixing a target antigen and a mucosal delivery pentabody (MDP) that has a strong affinity to the target antigen. The MDP is a fusion protein of a single domain antibody (sdAb; which binds to the target antigen specifically) to a pentamerization domain (which can include the B-subunit of an AB5 toxin family, including the B subunit of cholera toxin (CT) or heat-labile toxin (LT)). The pentamerization domain can self-assemble into a pentamer, through which a pentameric single domain antibody, or a pentabody, is formed.
|ARCHAEAL POLAR LIPID AGGREGATES FOR ADMINISTRATION TO ANIMALS - The invention provides non-replicating compositions, and methods for the delivery of these compositions containing pharmaceuticals, biologically relevant molecules, and/or antigens to the host, by administration via a mucosal route such as the intranasal. This invention provides non-replicating vaccine compositions and methods for the delivery of antigens in these vaccine compositions comprising an antigen and a self-adjuvanting carrier, useful for inducing antigen-specific mucosal and systemic immune responses in the host upon immunization via a mucosal route such as intranasal. The vaccine compositions comprise multivalent cations in association with a plurality of spherical archaeal polar lipid aggregates containing aqueous compartments, the AMVAD structure, formed by the interaction of archaeosomes and antigen(s) with multivalent cations such as Ca
Patent applications by Wangxue Chen, Nepean CA
Wenfeng Chen, Kanata CA
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|Method and Apparatus for Protecting Networks from Unauthorized Applications - A traffic controller is provided which integrates black-box tests of unauthorized applications to extract application characteristics from associated Internet traffic, exploits the networking information learned by host clients, actively scans and controls hosts on the corporate network, and dynamically configures a corporate firewall to block traffic to and from critical application network elements. As a result, the traffic controller effectively manages unauthorized applications and their associated traffic in a corporate environment.
Wenpin Chen, Brampton CA
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|BRASSICA GAT EVENT DP-061061-7 AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DETECTION THEREOF - Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate tolerant
|BRASSICA GAT EVENT DP-073496-4 AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DETECTION THEREOF - Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate tolerant
|BRASSICA GAT EVENT AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DETECTION THEREOF - Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate tolerant
Wen Wu Chen, North York CA
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|Method and architecture of sending and receiving facsimile over instant messaging software - Systems and methods are disclosed for provisioning a facsimile (fax) service for a client computer over instant messaging software, services or networks.
Xiao-Ping Chen, Montreal CA
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|WAVEGUIDE FILTER - A waveguide bandpass filter for use in microwave and millimeter-wave satellite communications equipment is presented. The filter is based on a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) having several cascaded oversized SIW cavities. The filter is implemented in a printed circuit board (PCB) or a ceramic substrate using arrays of standard metalized via holes to define the perimeters of the SIW cavities. Transmission lines of a microstrip line, a stripline or coplanar waveguide are used as input and output feeds. The transmission lines have coupling slots for improved stopband performance. The filter can be easily integrated with planar circuits for microwave and millimeter wave applications.
Xing-Zhen Chen, Edmonton CA
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|MAMMALIAN CELL EXPRESSION VECTORS AND UTILIZATION - An improved mammalian expression vector system which allows: (1) highly expressing exogenous proteins in host mammalian cells; (2) rapidly and efficiently screening recombinant stable cell lines expressing the gene of interest; (3) maintain sustainable expression and prevent gene silencing; and (4) effectively secreting proteins into media in some of cases. The entire expression vector system includes optimized promoters and core promoters, the use of special internal ribosome entry sites, integration of the bacterial backbone into the mammalian expression unit, multiple choices of selection markers, artificial matrix attachment region elements, effective secreting lead sequences and their 5′ and 3′ UTRs, and proper combinations of these expression elements.
Xixian Chen, Ottawa CA
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|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING UE MOBILITY STATUS - A radio user equipment (UE) mobility status is determined in a communications node. UE mobility status measurements associated with the UE communicating over a radio channel are performed. The UE mobility status corresponds to a degree of variation of the radio channel over time. Channel characteristics of the radio channel at a first time and at a second later time are determined. Based on the determined channel characteristics, a channel characteristic error metric is determined and compared to a predetermined threshold. The UE mobility status is determined based on one or more iterations of the threshold comparison.
|Method and Apparatus for Grant Loss Detection and Related Processing in a Wireless Communication Network - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for improving wireless communication network performance and efficiency, based on detecting the occurrence of grant loss in relation to the transmission of scheduling grants to mobile terminals over a downlink control channel. Grant loss detection is based on detecting erasure events corresponding to the transmitted scheduling grants, and the incidence of grant loss with respect to a given mobile terminal can be tracked and used to compensate the control value(s) used for link adaptation of the downlink control channel, with respect to that terminal. Additionally, or alternatively, when a given grant is determined to be lost, a new grant is sent and the HARQ redundancy version is reset for the newly scheduled transmission.
|Allocation of Acknowledgement Channels to Channel Groups Having Fixed Transmit Energies - A method and apparatus is provided for assigning resources for an acknowledgement channel, such as the PHICH in LTE systems. A list of acknowledgement channels for a group of scheduled mobile terminals is generated. The list is sorted in descended order of the required transmit energies for the corresponding mobile terminals. The acknowledgement channels are then assigned to channel groups one at a time in sorted order to an available channel group with the lowest cumulative transmit energy. By sorting the channel list before assigning resources, the variance in the transmit energies for different channel groups is reduced. Given enough number of acknowledgement channel groups, the small variance in the transmit energies for different channel groups implies improved error rate performance.
|Systems and Methods for Resource Booking for Admission Control and Scheduling Using DRX - Systems and methods provide for performing admission control in a communications network. The method includes: receiving a request for an entity or service for admission to the communications network; calculating resources, wherein the step of calculating resources includes: estimating a first future resource use for current entities and services in the communications network; and estimating a second future resource use for the entity or service received in the request; determining admission to the communications network of the received request based at least in part on the step of calculating resources; and using a partitionable booking window, if admission is allowed for the received request, for booking the first and second future resource uses based at least in part on the step of calculating resources.
|Methods and Apparatus for Link Adaptation for Single User and Multi-User Mimo - Methods of performing link adaptation in a wireless communication system for simultaneous transmission of codewords include selecting initial modulation and coding scheme (MCS) levels for the codewords, estimating a size ratio of the codewords, determining a number of scheduling blocks (SB) for the codewords with the initial MCS levels, and determining revised MCS levels for the codewords in response to the determined number of SBs. Transport block sizes are computed for the codewords, and it is determined if there is a need to increase the number of scheduling blocks in at least one of the codewords. If there is a need to increase the number of scheduling blocks in a codeword, scheduling blocks are added to the codeword, and the transport block size for the codeword is recomputed. The codewords are then simultaneously transmitted over different multiple input-multiple output (MIMO) communication channels using the same time and frequency resources.
|TABLE BASED LINK ADAPTION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TRANSMISSIONS WITH ONE CODEWORD - A radio resource management method is provided. Data for transmission is stored. The stored data is associated with user equipment (UE). A channel quality is estimated. A first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) is determined based at least in part on the estimated channel quality. A first number of scheduling blocks (SBs) required to transmit the stored data is determined based at least in part on the first MCS. The first number of SBs are a minimum of an initial number of SBs and available amount of SBs. A link quality is calculated based at least in part on a channel condition associated with the first number of SBs. A second MCS is determined based at least in part on the calculated link quality and a link quality requirement.
Patent applications by Xixian Chen, Ottawa CA
Xixian Chen, Nepean CA
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|Active Set Management Enhancement for Reliable Soft Handoff in 1XEV-DO System - A method and system for connection management in a wireless data network, such as a 1×EV-DO network adds connections to new network sectors upon receipt of a connection request from an active terminal, but removes data connections that the active terminal requests to be dropped only after confirmation from the active terminal that a channel allocation message has been received and applied. The active network maintains an active set of connections that is at least as large as the active set maintained by the active terminal and does not initiate a connection termination if no confirmation of the channel allocation message is received. This allows for a reduction in the number of dropped connections.
|SELECTING FROM AMONG PLURAL CHANNEL ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES - A wireless receiver receives reference signals over a wireless link. The wireless receiver calculates a selection indication based on the received reference signals, and the wireless receiver selects from among plural channel estimation techniques based on the selection indication, where the selected channel estimation technique is usable to perform channel estimation of the wireless link.
|Method and System of Managing Wireless Resources - The invention provides for the management of wireless resources, which can reduce call blocking by allowing high priority services, under suitable conditions, to use resources allocated to low priority services. Thus high priority services can pre-empt the usage of wireless resources by low priority services. This has the advantage of reducing call blocking for high priority calls, while permitting low priority calls to have more access to radio resources than conventional systems with the same call blocking rate. Thus a base station can implement a preemption mechanism that would reclaim Walsh Code and Forward Power resources from an active Supplemental Channel (SCH) burst in order to accommodate incoming Fundamental Channel (FCH) requests.
|Method and System for Reducing Connection Set-Up Time - A method of connection setup in mobile wireless data communications systems is disclosed where the connection setup time is decreased for delay-sensitive communications sessions relative to the normal connection setup time for confidence-dependent communications sessions. This is achieved by performing some of the connection set-up steps for delay-sensitive communications sessions after successfully demodulating a smaller number of indications identifying an access terminal's desired serving resource than would be demodulated in the case of a confidence-dependent communication session prior to performing the same connection set-up steps.
|SHARED CHANNEL STRUCTURE, ARQ SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A wireless terminal adapted to function in a code division multiple access (CDMA) communications system is provided. The terminal includes a receiver adapted to receive frames having a slot structure in which there is a user identification channel and a shared channel, the shared channel having been transmitted using a plurality of Walsh codes, and containing content for either a plurality of voice users, a plurality of voice users and one high-rate data user, or only one high-rate data user. A slot of the shared channel contains content for a plurality of users which was transmitted in parallel using different Walsh code spaces for different users. The wireless terminal is adapted to decode the user identification channel to determine when a slot of the shared channel contains voice and/or high-rate data content for the wireless terminal.
|ADAPTIVE MODULATION AND CODING SCHEME ADJUSTMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - In a method of adjusting a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level for a transmission on a communication channel between a base station and a mobile terminal, at the base station: a target value for an error metric is defined; the error metric is measured; an MCS offset based on a degree of deviation of the measurement of the error metric from the target value is determined; an indication of a channel quality measurement for the communication channel is received from the mobile terminal; a pre-adjusted MCS level corresponding to the indication of the channel quality measurement is determined using a fixed mapping between a set of channel quality levels and a corresponding set of MCS levels; an adjusted MCS level is determined by adding the MCS offset to the pre-adjusted MCS level; and the adjusted MCS level is assigned to the transmission.
|Selecting from Among Plural Channel Estimation Techniques - A wireless receiver receives reference signals over a wireless link The wireless receiver calculates a selection indication based on the received reference signals, and the wireless receiver selects from among plural channel estimation techniques based on the selection indication, where the selected channel estimation technique is usable to perform channel estimation of the wireless link.
Patent applications by Xixian Chen, Nepean CA
Xuanhua Chen, Oakville CA
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|CATIONIC TRANSITION METAL CATALYSTS - The present disclosure includes catiome complexes of iron, ruthenium, and osmium, and their use as catalysts in organic synthesis transformations including the hydrogenation of unsaturated compounds. The complexes are represented by the following formulae I, II, III, IV, and V, wherein M is Fe, Ru or Os, P is a monodentate ligand with a phosphorus donor atom, P2 is a bidentate neutral ligand with two phosphorus donor atoms, N
|METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN FROM THE DEHYDROCOUPLING OF AMINE BORANES - The present disclosure relates to processes and methods of generating hydrogen via the dehydrocoupling of amine boranes using ligand-stabilized homogenous metal catalysts. The amine-borane is shown by the formula (I), R
|METHOD FOR PREPARING A METAL CATALYST - The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a metal catalyst comprising at least one ligand that is coordinated to the metal through at least one phosphorous (P) atom and at least one nitrogen (N) atom, the method comprising reacting a metal pre-cursor complex with an acid ad salt of an aminophosphine, diaminophosphine, aminodiphosphine or diaminodiphosphine, in the presence of a base.
|BIARYL DIPHOSPHINE LIGANDS, INTERMEDIATES OF THE SAME AND THEIR USE IN ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS - The present disclosure relates to biaryl diphosphine ligands of the formula (B), processes for the production of the ligands and the use of the ligands in metal catalysts for asymmetric synthesis. The disclosure also relates to intermediates used for the production of the biaryl diphosphine ligand. (Formula (B))
Patent applications by Xuanhua Chen, Oakville CA
Xuejun Chen, Quebec CA
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|POLYMERIC FOAM COALESCING AGENT - A coalescing agent for facilitating the separation of a non-aqueous phase from an aqueous phase of an aqueous medium, said agent consisting of particles of a polymeric foam material having: an IFD no. of 40 or higher (i.e. at least 40); a BR no. of 35 or higher (at least 35); a SF no. of 1.8 or higher (i.e. at least 1.8) and a density of 42 kg/m
Yining Chen, Ontario CA
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|RULE BASED ENGINE FOR VALIDATING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS - A method and system for checking whether customer orders for transactions of financial instruments conform to business logic rules. Executable rule files are created and stored in a repository. New executable rule files can be created by scripting the new business logic rules in a script file which is converted into a corresponding source code file written in a computer programming language. The source code file is compiled to create an individual executable rule file. A rule selection repository contains identification of groups of selected executable rule files. The invention determines the category of the customer order and reads, from the rule selection repository, a group of executable rule files that correspond to the identified category of the customer order. The selected executable rule files are executed to check the conformance of the customer order. Execution results are stored in a status repository for subsequent retrieval and analysis.
Yixin Chen, Brampton CA
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|MULTI-FUNCTION SINK WITH CENTRIFUGAL FOOD DRYER AND DRAIN - A multi-function sink includes a basin, a motor and a colander. Advantageously, the basin is supported by a frame, which frame is sized and shaped to fit into a corresponding aperture in a counter. Wet food is placed into the colander and the colander is placed into the basin. A sink-based coupler mates with a colander-based coupler. The user activates the motor, thereby causing the motor to rotate the colander and centrifugally dry the food. The building-in of the multi-function sink into a counter provides advantages over stand-alone centrifugal food driers in that the location of the food drier is readily known and, in those embodiments that include a faucet assembly, a ready supply of water is available for washing the food before centrifugally drying the food. Further advantageously, when the colander is removed, the multi-function sink may be used as a simple basin having a drain.
Yongsheng Chen, Kitchener CA
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|Identifying Misconfigured Profiles for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) - In a wireless device, active scanning for a particular wireless network name is initiated during passive scanning for a wireless network that matches a profile stored in a wireless local area network controller, the profile including the particular wireless network name. Following receipt of a response from the active scanning that indicates discovery of one or more access points with the particular wireless network name, the profile is identified as misconfigured if the passive scanning fails to result in association.
Yong-Xiang Chen, Ottawa CA
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|Use of heat-shock protein 27 for cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment - A method of preventing or treating cardiovascular disease is provided. The method comprises administering heat shock protein 27 (HSP27), a co-factor, variant or analogue thereof. The cardiovascular disease can include atherosclerosis. A pharmaceutical composition comprising HSP27 for use in the prevention or treatment of cardiovascular disease is also provided.
|USE OF HEAT-SHOCK PROTEIN 27 FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT - A method of reducing cholesterol in a subject is provided. The method may be used to decrease serum cholesterol and/or arterial wall cholesterol. The method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of heat shock protein 27 (HSP27), or a co-factor, variant or analogue thereof. The method may be used to treat, prevent or reverse cardiovascular disease (including atherosclerosis); to decrease atherosclerotic lesion formation or rupture; to decrease apoptosis within a plaque; to decrease macrophage accumulation; and/or to reverse the accumulation of atherosclerotic plaque mass in a subject. Kits and pharmaceutical compositions comprising HSP27 for preventing or treating of cardiovascular disease, such as atherosclerosis, are also provided.
Yuchun Chen, Burnaby CA
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|METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DIELECTROPHORETIC SHUTTLING AND MEASUREMENT OF SINGLE CELLS OR OTHER PARTICLES IN MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS - The invention relates to a microfluidic device. The microfluidic device comprises a fluid chamber comprising a particle retention region for retaining at least one particle, such as a cell. The microfluidic device also comprises a plurality of electrodes extending into the particle retention region for applying a dielectrophoretic (DEP) force to controllably move the particle within the particle retention region. The invention also relates to methods of using the microfluidic device to controllably move the particle within the microfluidic device and to monitor, observe, or measure a parameter of the particle. The particle movement may be caused by a DEP force and/or a fluidic force.
Yunfei Chen, Edmonton CA
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|PILOT SYMBOL ASSISTED MODULATION SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Pilot symbol assisted modulation (PSAM) techniques for Rayleigh and Rician fading channels are derived. Previous techniques implement PSAM signal detectors as an ad-hoc design, using pilot symbols to first estimate channel gain, and then using channel gain estimates in a conventional coherent detector to make data decisions. Although this structure may be effective for binary phase shift keying in Rayleigh fading, it is suboptimal for Rician fading and for 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation in Rayleigh fading. According to techniques disclosed herein, a PSAM signal detector jointly processes pilot symbols and data symbols. The performance of signal detectors according to embodiments of the invention is analyzed and compared with that of conventional detectors. Numerical results are presented to show that the performance gain of a proposed new PSAM signal detector over conventional PSAM detectors can be as much as 2 or 3 dB for Rician fading in some cases.
Yunquan Chen, Delta CA
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|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL SPHYGMOMANOMETER - A digital sphygmomanometer comprises a manual pump (
|METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ERROR DETECTION IN PRESSURE MEASUREMENT AND AN ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - This invention discloses a method for automatic error detection in pressure measurement and an electronic sphygmomanometer using the method. The electronic sphygmomanometer comprises two pressure sensing circuits connected to a MPU. The first pressure sensing circuit is normally-on in pressure measurement. The second pressure sensing circuit is normally-off in pressure measurement. Said normally-off pressure sensing circuit is periodically turned on in an automatic manner to measure the same pressure as the normally-on pressure sensing circuit is used to measure. Said MPU computes the difference between the pressures obtained from the two pressure sensing circuits. When the difference is greater than a given error limit, calibration error warning will be given.
|APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD FOR BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT - Apparatus and a calibration method for measurement of blood pressure are used to determine personal PIP's for a given subject and to store the personal PIP's for future personal use in blood pressure measurement in the subject. The apparatus comprises at least one button communicating with a MPU unit for entering information used to determine the personal PIP's of the subject. The method comprises the steps of obtaining information required to determining the PIP's of a subject, determining the personal PIP's of the subject, and storing the personal PIP's of the subject for future personal use for the subject.
Patent applications by Yunquan Chen, Delta CA
Zerui Chen, Burnaby CA
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|HIGH EFFICIENCY RECTIFIER - A high-efficiency power semiconductor rectifier device (
Zhaohui Chen, Fort Saskatchewan CA
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|High Density Lithium Cobalt Oxide for Rechargeable Batteries - The disclosure relates to positive electrode material used for Li-ion batteries, a precursor and process used for preparing such materials, and Li-ion battery using such material in its positive electrode. The disclosure describes a higher density LiCoO
|High Density Lithium Cobalt Oxide for Rechargeable Batteries - The disclosure relates to positive electrode material used for Li-ion batteries, a precursor and process used for preparing such materials, and Li-ion battery using such material in its positive electrode. The disclosure describes a higher density LiCoO
|High Density Lithium Cobalt Oxide for Rechargeable Batteries - The disclosure relates to positive electrode material used for Li-ion batteries, a precursor and process used for preparing such materials, and Li-ion battery using such material in its positive electrode. The disclosure describes a higher density LiCoO
Zheng Chen, Kitchener CA
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|Superalloy Repair Welding Using Multiple Alloy Powders - A method of welding a gas turbine engine substrate composed of a gamma prime precipitation strengthened nickel based superalloy, including the steps of: applying weld beads on the substrate to form a continuous layer the thickness of the weld beads; using a filler material made of a first material exhibiting comparable strength and ductility as the substrate, and a second material exhibiting greater ductility than the substrate; and creating crack propagation mitigating regions within the continuous layer by increasing the percentage of the second material in the crack propagation mitigating regions over the percentage of the second material in the remainder of the continuous layer.
Zhihang Chen, Windsor CA
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|System And Method For Vehicle Drive Cycle Determination And Energy Management - System and method for vehicle drive cycle determination and energy management is provided. Based on a number of inputs, the system can determine the type of road that the vehicle is likely to drive on as well as the level of traffic congestion that the vehicle is likely to experience. Using these determinations, setpoints for various degrees of freedom, such as engine speed and battery power, can be set to reduce energy usage in the vehicle.
Zhi Jian Chen, Scarborough CA
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|Method and architecture of sending and receiving facsimile over instant messaging software - Systems and methods are disclosed for provisioning a facsimile (fax) service for a client computer over instant messaging software, services or networks.
Zhizhang Chen, Halifax CA
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|IMPULSE ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for implementing an impulse ultra-wideband communications system which combines the technique of transmitted reference (TR) with a code-sifted reference scheme that separates the reference and the data pulses with a sequence of codes such as a subset of Walsh codes. The combination of the two techniques in ultra-wideband (UWB) radio systems removes the wideband delay elements required by conventional TR UWB systems. The invention provides a system with no analog carriers and lower complexities than other UWB systems, and which has better performances, higher tolerance to nonlinearity, and larger capacities
|NONLINEAR SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PULSED-BASED ULTRA-WIDEBAND SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for processing a received pulsed-based ultra-wideband (UWB) signal before the signal is demodulated by an energy detection based receiver. A nonlinear signal processing unit contains one or multiple subunits, and each subunit consists of a nonlinear device and a filter. The nonlinear devices can be any devices that can shift signal, noise, and interference spectra in a nonlinear fashion, and include but are not limited to square law devices and Teager-Kaiser operators. By applying the nonlinear signal processing unit on the received UWB signal, a major part of the energy of noise and narrowband interferences is shifted to specific frequency ranges and then removed by the appropriate filter(s) in the nonlinear signal processing unit. Thus, the signal-to-noise-plus-interference ratio (SNIR) of the received UWB signal can be improved.
Zhongming Chen, Scarborough CA
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|SELECTIVE DELTA VALIDATION OF A SHARED ARTIFACT - An illustrative embodiment of a computer-implemented process for selective delta validation of a shared artifact receives a notification associated with a shared artifact, determines whether a unique key exists for the shared artifact in a symbol data structure, and responsive to a determination that the unique key exists, determines whether an update from an external source occurred. Responsive to a determination that the update occurred from an external source, receives a timestamp associated with the unique key from the symbol data structure to form a received timestamp, determines whether the received timestamp is prior to a last modification time, and responsive to a determination that the received timestamp is prior to the last modification time, performs a delta validation of the shared artifact.
|MESSAGE ORIENTED CONSTRUCTION OF WEB SERVICES - A selection of graphical message flow primitives defined within the message flow builder that each graphically represent and define message-oriented logic of an operation for the Web service are graphically assembled. Each graphical message flow primitive is defined within the message flow builder as a representation of a unit of work usable to define message flow patterns of Web service operation flow types and each includes a Web service operational processing logic definition of the representation of the respective unit of work usable to generate executable Web service logic. Selected ones of the graphical message flow primitives are graphically interconnected to represent a flow of messages to create a message-oriented Web service definition. The executable Web service logic defined within the message flow builder by each one of the interconnected selected graphical message flow primitives within the created message-oriented Web service definition is generated to construct the Web service.
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Zuolin Chen, Calgary CA
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|Analysis of Uncertainty of Hypocenter Location Using the Combination of a VSP and a Subsurface Array - Acoustic signals resulting from microseismic events in the subsurface are received in a first array of detectors deployed in a borehole and in a second array of detectors at or near the surface of the earth. The signals are converted to give the locations of the microseismic events.


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INGREDIENTSWater, PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate(surfactant), Sodium Laureth Sulfate(detergent), Cocamidopropyl Betaine(gentle surfactant), PEG 150 Distearate(thickening agent), Sodium Lauroampho PG Acetate Phosphate(mild surfactant), Fragrance, Quaternium 15(formaldehyde-releasing preservative), Tetrasodium EDTA(chelating agent).
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I have bounced around several cleansers but return to this one or clean & clear sensitive (same ingredients) all the time. I buy whichever one is on sale.
Basic no frills light foaming cleanser removes make up without stripping skin. Packaging is fine. I keep the large pump bottle in the shower and decant some into a foaming pump and keep it by the sink, so a little does go a long way.
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The cleanser that I've used for years was discontinued. I picked out a new cleanser, and since I have breakouts once in a while - I decided to try one with drying ingredients for acne.
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I remembered that my Mum used to use Purpose for her sensitive skin for many years, so I picked this up. It is so gentle and easy on the skin - no dyes, scents etc. I love that it has a pump too. My skin settled down within a few days of using this. Even though my skin is oily, this is doing a good job at removing the oil without being as drying as my old cleanser.
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on 9/25/2013 12:08:00 AM
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I've been using this product for the last 10 years. It was recommended to me by my dermatologist at the time, due to a heavy duty acne medication regimen I was starting. I've been using it ever since. Its great at removing makeup and for regular washing. Your skin feels soft and clean and never dried out. Highly recommended!!
on 9/18/2013 11:03:00 PM
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on 9/12/2013 10:25:00 AM
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I tried this on my long quest for a cleanser that would not irritate my super-sensitive, rosacea skin. From the outside, it looked like it had a good shot. But after using it just once, my skin was dry and irritated, with lovely redness and bumps. I eventually discovered CeraVe foaming cleanser, and that's become my HG...no irritation whatsoever with that one.
on 9/12/2013 8:39:00 AM
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This is my go to cleanser. It works great. Effective, leaves your skin clean. Its just an overall great cleanser that works great for sensitive skin. When I'm wearing a lot of makeup it does do a good job to clean it. I usually use a pre-cleansing oil just to make sure I get it completely off, but it goes a good job on its own. It does have a scent, but its so mild you can barely smell it. Never drys out my skin and really is as gentle as water.
on 9/3/2013 10:21:00 PM
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This cleanser is great for removing all of my makeup in one step. It doesn't irritate my skin and more importantly my eyes. I have had issues with other eye makeup removers bothering my sensitive eye are but not this one. There have been several times I have decided to buy one of the newer, more flashy cleansers on the market but I have consistently gone back to this cleanser.
on 8/31/2013 6:03:00 PM
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Wish I had tried this years ago. This is a rare product in that it will remove makeup and mascara (non-water resistant) without drying your skin or irritating your eyes. I have very sensitive eyes so I have struggled with eye-makeup removers. I just followed the label suggestion to wet face & hands, then express a pump and work a couple of times between your hands and apply to your face. I run a Q-tip over my lashes after and hardly get any mascara residue. This product has really simplified my life and is a boon to my sensitive eyes. UPDATE: After extended use I am finding this rather drying. Will not repurchase.
on 8/28/2013 1:23:00 PM
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Skin: Oily, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I bought this since Neutrogena stop making my makeup remover cleanser. So of course logged on to makeupalley and saw that this had really good reviews. I purchased this not expecting much from it . On the website this is what it says >>>>Keep your skin looking clean and healthy with these Purpose Gentle Cleansing Wash Pump Cleansers, pack of two. Recommended by dermatologists for people with sensitive skin, this cleanser is soap-free and hypoallergenic, so it's ideal for use on almost any type of skin. This Purpose Gentle Cleanser won't clog pores and won't add to any acne issues. the key points for your skin :
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on 8/24/2013 8:28:00 PM
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I have used this for years bc it really is everything that you can ask for from a gentle cleanser. I have sensitive acne prone skin so I have to be very careful with my everyday face washes. This one passes the test. It's not too drying, yet not too moisturizing for my oily skin. It's very balancing. I tried cetaphil, that broke me out..so I decided to give this a try and I'm glad I did. The only con to this product is the packaging. It is very hard to travel with this bc if tilted on its side, the cleanser will leak out everywhere. This has happened to me many times lol, had to learn the hard way. Good thing it's so inexpensive :)
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No, I wasn't seriously trying to compare the timings as denoted by the prefix; 'I can't compare machines etc'.
It was simply an observation that there has been work on the Opera engine subsequent to 10.60, and that your prior statement regarding performance improvements might have been erroneous.
Um.. not true:
They've updated the engine in the latest release.
I can't compare machines etc, but at least on my copy of Opera 10.70 the execution time is: 15145.0ms
A touch faster than Firefox Nightly no?
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