公开(公告)号：US12052953B1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US17222653

申请日：2021-04-05

Applicant: University of South Florida

Inventor： Norma Arcelia Alcantar

IPC: A01G24/22 ,  A01G24/00 ,  C09K17/50

CPC classification number: A01G24/00 ,  A01G24/22 ,  C09K17/50

Abstract: A bio-enriched soil and method of production is presented. If water supply is scant, bio-enriched soil technologies (BEST) are able to attract, store, and transport water and nutrient molecules to a plant in a controlled way. If the water or nutrient resources are excessive, BEST can release the excess and supply only what is needed. Hence, bio-enriched soil can function in climates in which crops normally are under stress by increasing the bioavailability of nutrients and water.

公开(公告)号：US12050434B1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US17143826

申请日：2021-01-07

Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Inventor： Myung K. Kim

IPC: G03H1/04 ,  G01B9/021 ,  G03H1/00 ,  G03H1/08

CPC classification number: G03H1/0443 ,  G01B9/021 ,  G03H1/0005 ,  G03H1/0866 ,  G03H2001/005 ,  G03H2001/0883 ,  G03H2226/02

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for wide-area quantitative phase microscopy using spatial phase scanning digital holography. A motorized micrometer is scanned across a field-of-view, and a camera captures a frame of the field-of-view. The frame of the field-of-view is phase shifted by a predetermined number of pixels. The phase-shifted frame is included in a plurality of phase-shifted frames, and a complex optical field is generated based at least in part on the plurality of phase-shifted frames. A segment of the complex optical field is extracted and appended to a plurality of segments of the complex optical field. A holographic image is generated based at least in part on the plurality of segments of the complex optical field.

公开(公告)号：US12033165B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US18454346

申请日：2023-08-23

Applicant: University of South Florida ,  DeltaTrak, Inc.

Inventor： Ismail Uysal ,  Frederick Louis Wu

IPC: G06Q30/018 ,  G06Q10/0832

CPC classification number: G06Q30/018 ,  G06Q10/0832

Abstract: A system and method for assessing a supply chain for a perishable product. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a quality code for a perishable product which encodes a cut-to-cool time, transportation quality and accumulated shelf-life loss into a compact, modular, and simple to read format. The system and method also provide feedback to address any differences between the quality code and one or more observed qualities of the perishable product at a destination.

公开(公告)号：US20240207359A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18421775

申请日：2024-01-24

Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Inventor： Jung A. WOO ,  Stephen Bryant LIGGETT ,  David E. KANG ,  Yu CHEN ,  Eric LEWANDOWSKI

IPC: A61K38/17 ,  A61K31/42 ,  A61K31/437 ,  A61K31/496 ,  A61P25/28

CPC classification number: A61K38/1709 ,  A61K31/42 ,  A61K31/437 ,  A61K31/496 ,  A61P25/28

Abstract: As disclosed herein, β-arrestin1 and β-arrestin2 levels are highly elevated in brains of FTLD-tau patients suggesting that both β-arrestin1 and β-arrestin2 are elevated in the brains of patients with AD and FLTD. The current work also shows that when β-arrestin2 is overexpressed, tau levels become elevated. The data indicate that β-arrestin2 reduces tau clearance by impairing p62-mediated autophagy, a role carried out by the oligomerized form of β-arrestin2. Therefore, disclosed herein are β-arrestin oligomerization inhibitors that can be used to prevent β-arrestin oligomerization and therefore the accumulation of tau in cells, i.e. tauopathy. Also disclosed are methods of treating a tauopathy in a subject that involve administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a β-arrestin oligomerization inhibitor disclosed herein.

公开(公告)号：US20240203151A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18553688

申请日：2022-02-18

Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Inventor： Ryan M. CARNEY ,  Sriram CHELLAPPAN

IPC: G06V40/10 ,  G06V10/22 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V10/764 ,  G06V10/77 ,  G06V10/82 ,  G06V10/94

CPC classification number: G06V40/10 ,  G06V10/225 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V10/764 ,  G06V10/7715 ,  G06V10/82 ,  G06V10/94

Abstract: Images of an insect larva are subjected to at least a first convolutional neural network to develop feature maps based on anatomical pixels at corresponding image locations in the respective feature maps. The anatomical pixels correspond to a body part of the insect larva. A computer uses a plurality of feature maps form an integrated feature map and bounding boxes on anatomical pixels corresponding to a head, thorax, abdomen, or terminal abdomen area of the insect larva. A classification network identifies the genus, the species, the sex, or the life stage of the insect larva.

公开(公告)号：US20240163111A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-16

申请号：US18279957

申请日：2022-03-01

Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Inventor： Murat KARABACAK ,  Berker PEKOZ ,  Gokhan MUMCU ,  Huseyin ARSLAN

IPC: H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/00

CPC classification number: H04L9/3247 ,  H04L9/001 ,  H04L2209/08 ,  H04L2209/805

Abstract: In one embodiment, an authentication scheme (500) that combines chaotic antenna array geometries with pseudorandom pilot sequences and antenna array activation sequences is provided. A receiving device (110A) receives a pilot signal (130) from a transmitting device (110B) (501). The receiving device computes a unique signature (125) for the transmitting device that captures differences between the received signal and expected pilot signal (503). The differences may be due to a unique antenna array geometry of the transmitting device, a pseudorandom pilot sequence used by the transmitting device, and an antenna array activation sequence used by the transmitting device. Later, this computed unique signature may be used by other receiving devices to authenticate the transmitting device (505; 507).

公开(公告)号：US20240151902A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US17982907

申请日：2022-11-08

Applicant: University of South Florida

Inventor： Venkat Rama Bhethanabotla ,  Thomas M. Weller ,  Roger Brandon Tipton ,  John Townsend Bentley ,  Eduardo Antonio Rojas

IPC: G02B6/122 ,  B29C64/118 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  G02B6/138

CPC classification number: G02B6/1221 ,  B29C64/118 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  G02B6/138 ,  B29K2101/12

Abstract: A novel polymer optical waveguide and method of manufacturing is presented herein. A digitally manufactured process is described which utilizes a micro-dispensed UV optical adhesive as the contour guiding cladding, a fused deposition modeling technology for creating a core, and a subtractive laser process to finish the two ends of the optical interconnect. The optical waveguide can be printed directly on a circuit board in some embodiments. Alternatively, using a slightly modified process including a step to bond the optical fiber to the substrate, the optical interconnect can be manufactured on a flexible substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20240123584A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-18

申请号：US18544198

申请日：2023-12-18

Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Inventor： Daniel P. Hess

IPC: B25B23/147 ,  G01L5/24

CPC classification number: B25B23/147 ,  G01L5/24

Abstract: A method for achieving a target joint preload can include applying a tightening torque to the second fastener element and measuring that torque as a trial tightening torque. The method can further include applying a loosening torque to the second fastener element and measuring that torque as a trial removal torque. Additionally, the method can include calculating a required tightening torque that is required to be applied to the second fastener element to achieve the target joint preload using only the thread pitch, the trial tightening torque, the trial removal torque, and the target joint preload.

公开(公告)号：US20240082799A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18263485

申请日：2022-01-28

Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Inventor： Jonna OCAMPO ,  Daniel Luis MOREJON ,  Abraham SANCHEZ-RODRIGUEZ ,  Stephanie Lutton CAREY

IPC: B01F35/52 ,  B01F27/83 ,  B01F35/00 ,  B01F35/71 ,  B01F35/75 ,  B01F35/93

CPC classification number: B01F35/522 ,  B01F27/83 ,  B01F35/187 ,  B01F35/7174 ,  B01F35/7544 ,  B01F35/7547 ,  B01F35/93 ,  A61J3/00

Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for synthesizing products. The disclosed devices and methods may be used to synthesize products, e.g., pharmaceutical or therapeutic compounds (i.e., drugs), ceramics, catalysts, biological polymers (i.e., proteins, enzymes), cells, tissues, or combinations thereof. The devices and methods may be operated in a microgravity environment.

公开(公告)号：US20240069544A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US18456444

申请日：2023-08-25

Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Inventor： Emre Yildirim ,  Tansel Yucelen

IPC: G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0027 ,  G05D1/0022

Abstract: Methods and systems for control of multiagent networks with misbehaving vehicles over directed network topologies are disclosed. The methods and systems include: identifying a plurality of possible misbehaving vehicles among a plurality of vehicles in the networked multiagent system, determining a directed sub-network of a subset of the plurality of vehicles based on a first directed communication path of a first possible misbehaving vehicle of the plurality of possible misbehaving vehicles to a first vehicle and a second directed communication path of a driver vehicle of the plurality of vehicles to the first vehicle; and implementing a proportional-integral controller for suppressing an effect of the misbehaving vehicle on the networked multiagent system. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.