The Nielsen Comapny (us), LLC

Covidien LP

Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Tongji University

Peng Fei Yi

Peter Campbell Doe

Jonathan Lee Sullivan

Michael R Sheppard

Peter Lipa

Matthew B Reid

Seema Varma Srivastava

Antonia Toupet

Wei Zhang

Damao Gong

Mayank Bhatnagar

Yan Chen

Takuya Matsumoto

David N Wong

Kumar Nagaraja Rao

Weijiang Ding

Paul Donato

Mainak Mazumdar

Yuqiang Wang

Kun Zhao

Pei Yu

Zaijun Zhang

Yewei Sun

Shunhong Xu

Gaoxiao Zhang

Longsheng Cai

Xiaowen Sun

Zhixiu He

Neville Chia

Jianjiang Chen

Encheng Hu

Weisheng Lu

Kuo-Yi Lin

Yiguang Hong

Qingyun Yu

Jinlong Lei

Xiouxian Li

Min Meng

Lipeng Xu

A needle-tract assistants () for establishing a needle tract of a predetermined length, including a needle thruster () and a needle-in-catheter assembly () removably loaded in the needle thruster (). The needle thruster () can include a cradle (), a carriage() within the cradle (), and a plunger () coupled to the carriages (). The carriages () can be configured to move between a proximal-end portion and a distal-end portion of the cradle(). The plungers () can be configured to move the carriages () within the cradle(). The plungers () can also be configured to allow a user to set the predetermined length of the needle tract before establishing the needle tract. The needle-in-catheter assembly () can include a hub (), a catheter tube () extending from a distal-end portion of the hub (), and a needle () disposed within the catheter tube (). Also described are components of the needle-tract assistants () and methods of the needle-tract assistants () or the components thereof.

Needle-tract assistant including components and methods thereof

Disclosed examples determine a unique audience exposed to media while reducing memory resources of a computing device. Example instructions program programmable circuitry to log a plurality of impressions corresponding to media accessed at client devices; generate a first value based on a count of the impressions and a count of users of a database proprietor that accessed the media; generate a second value based on the first value and a count of demographic impressions logged by the database proprietor; and determine a unique audience size based on the second value.

Methods and apparatus for estimating total unique audiences

A dynamic dispatching method for semiconductor manufacturing system relates to a dynamic dispatching rule based on self-organization for dispatching in a semiconductor manufacturing system, including S1: setting roles and parameters of self-organization units, and defining key nodes in a production environment; S2: constructing a negotiation mechanism between the self-organization units, and designing a decision-making and dispatching subject ESOU; S3: according to a decision instruction of the ESOU, designing a LSOU allocation dispatching unit for distinguishing single-batch processing and multi-batch processing; and S4: designing a dispatching mechanism based on the self-organization units to implement dynamic semiconductor dispatching. The dynamic dispatching method includes three aspects: role definitions of self-organization units, a negotiation mechanism between the self-organization units and a decision-making method thereof. The simulation based on a real industry benchmark production line shows that the method improves the work movement, throughput and on-time delivery rate by 4.9%, 9.06% and 20.23%.

Dynamic dispatching method for semiconductor manufacturing system

The present invention provides uses of an andrographolide derivative in preparation of a medicament for preventing and treating inflammatory bowel disease. The andrographolide derivative AL-1 has the mechanisms, for the treatment of ulcerative colitis, of scavenging of free radicals, inhibition of NF-κB signaling pathway activation and COX-2 expression, activation of PPAR-γ expression, and thus can prevent the transcription and expression of inflammatory-related genes to improve the conditions of inflammation. AL-1 can be used as a medicine for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and can be formulated to various dosage forms with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Use of andrographolide derivatives in preparation of medicaments for preventing and treating inflammatory bowel diseases

An example involves accessing a unique audience size of database proprietor subscribers exposed to media, the unique audience size of the database proprietor subscribers generated by a process of a server of a database proprietor based on a first quantity of impressions, the first quantity of impressions corresponding to first client devices that include database proprietor identifiers and exclusive of a second quantity of impressions corresponding to second client devices that do not include the database proprietor identifiers; and applying a missing-audience factor to the unique audience size of the database proprietor subscribers exposed to the media to produce a coverage-corrected unique audience size that corrects the unique audience size generated by the server of the database proprietor by using the coverage-corrected unique audience size to represent the first and second client devices in place of the unique audience size that corresponds to the first client devices exclusive of the second client devices.

Methods and apparatus to correct audience measurement data

Methods and apparatus for determining a unique audience exposed to media while reducing memory resources of a computing device are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes memory; instructions in the apparatus; and processor circuitry to execute the instruction to, based on impression requests from a plurality of client devices via a network, log a plurality of impressions corresponding to media accessed at the client devices; generate a product by multiplying a count of the impressions by a square of a count of registered users of a database proprietor exposed to the media; generate a quotient by dividing the product by a count of demographic impressions logged by the database proprietor; and determine a unique audience size based on a square root of the quotient.

A surgical instrument includes a housing, a shaft coupled to and extending distally from the housing, an end effector assembly disposed at a distal end of the shaft, a movable handle coupled to the housing, a drive assembly coupled to the end effector assembly, and an extension mechanism disposed within the housing. The extension mechanism is configured to couple to the shaft and between the movable handle and the drive assembly for moving the shaft and drive assembly between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the housing. The extension mechanism is coupled between the movable handle and the drive assembly in each of the retracted and extended positions such that the movable handle is operable to effect manipulation of the end effector assembly in each of the retracted and extended positions.

Extendable length surgical instruments

Methods and apparatus for determining a unique audience exposed to media while reducing memory resources of a computing device are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes means for logging a plurality of impressions based on impression requests from a plurality of client devices, the plurality of impressions corresponding to media accessed at the client devices; means for obtaining counts, the obtaining means to: obtain a count of demographic impressions logged by a database proprietor; and obtain a count of registered users of the database proprietor exposed to the media; and means for determining a unique audience size by: multiplying a count of the plurality of impressions by a square of the count of the registered users to generate a product; dividing the product by the count of the demographic impressions to generate a quotient; and determining the unique audience size based on a square root of the quotient.

An example involves determining a missing-audience factor based on first impressions corresponding to first client devices that do not have database proprietor (DP) identifiers for use by a DP to identify subscribers registered with the DP, and based on second impressions corresponding to second client devices that do have the DP identifiers used by the DP to identify subscribers registered with the DP. The first impressions represent accesses to media via the first client devices. The second impressions represent access to the media via the second client devices. The example involves determining a coverage-corrected unique audience (CCUA) size based on the missing-audience factor and a UA size of DP subscribers exposed to the media. The UA size is determined based on impressions logged by the DP. The CCUA size corresponds to impressions logged by the DP and not logged by the DP.

A reposable surgical clip applier is provided and includes a handle assembly, an endoscopic assembly selectively connectable to a housing of the handle assembly, and a clip cartridge assembly selectively loadable in and connectable to the endoscopic assembly.

Endoscopic reposable surgical clip applier

Methods and apparatus for determining a unique audience exposed to media while reducing memory resources of a computing device are disclosed herein. Example instructions cause a machine to at least, based on impression requests from a plurality of client devices via a network, log a plurality of impressions corresponding to media accessed at the client devices; obtain a count of demographic impressions logged by a database proprietor; obtain a count of registered users of the database proprietor exposed to the media; and execute a process to determine a unique audience size by multiplying a count of the plurality of impressions by a square of the count of the registered users to generate a product; dividing the product by the count of the demographic impressions to generate a quotient; and determining the unique audience size based on a square root of the quotient.

A reposable surgical clip applier () includes a handle assembly () having a housing, a trigger () and a drive assembly (), the drive assembly () including a drive rod (). The reposable surgical clip applier () further includes an outer tube assembly () disposed on a distal end of the housing and extending distally therefrom, and a clip cartridge assembly () selectively connectable to the distal end of the outer tube assembly (). The clip cartridge assembly () includes an outer tube () and a pair of jaws () fixedly supported in a distal end thereof, a first jaw pusher () in selective engagement with the distal end () of the drive rod (), a second jaw pusher () in selective engagement with the first jaw pusher () on a proximal end and the pair of jaws () on a second end, and a plurality of surgical clips (C) disposed within the outer tube (). A method of assembling a reposable surgical clip applier () is also provided.

A reposable surgical clip applier () includes a handle assembly () and an endoscopic assembly (). The handle assembly () includes a housing () defining a body portion () and a fixed handle portion () extending from the body portion () and a trigger () pivotably connected to the housing () and movable relative to the fixed handle portion () between an un-actuated position and an actuated position. The endoscopic assembly () includes a proximal hub () configured to be selectively engageable with the housing () of the handle assembly (), an elongated shaft () extending distally therefrom, an end effector () supported at a distal end of the elongated shaft (), and an inner drive assembly () including a proximal portion () and a distal portion (). The proximal portion () may advance within the distal portion () upon a blockage of the end effector assembly () to permit the trigger () to return to an un-actuated position.

Growing community of inventors

Shanghai, China

Peng Fei Yi