http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.comBe the first to know about the latest inventions and technologies available from Oregon State Universityen-USThu, 11 Mar 2010 10:19:21 GMTThu, 11 Feb 2010 11:52:10 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssmary.foley@oregonstate.eduCopyright 2010, Oregon State Universityhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/4619Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:52:10 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/4619http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/4618Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:29:51 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/4618http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/4617Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:29:50 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/4617http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/4615The invention relates to the detection of Chlamydia and to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Chlamydia infections in animals. The invention includes the use of Chlamydia proteins that show enhanced expression in the reticulate body (RB) stage relative to the elementary body (EB) stage of the Chlamydia life cycle. These proteins are not present at detectable levels in the EB form using current immunological techniques and are thus said to be "infection-specific." Certain of these infection-specific proteins are found in the inclusion membrane of the infected cell, and so have b...Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:29:46 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/4615http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/4614Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:29:46 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/4614http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/4204Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:02:53 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/4204http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/4203 The evaluation of joint function is important in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of injuries and diseases that affect joint function. Typical methods of evaluation rely on a displacement of a limb by a clinician or physician who applies a force to produce the displacement. The usefulness of such methods of evaluation is limited because of the subjective nature of both the force and the displacement measurements, and meaningful comparisons of measurements by different clinicians/physicians or of measurements before and after therapy are not possible. As a result, such measureme...Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:02:47 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/4203http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3485Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:11:00 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3485http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3484Small-Scale Solid Oxide Fuel Cells operate at temperatures exceeding approximately 500 C. Large Scale systems generate enough heat so that heat rejection to the environment is a major design challenge. However, small scale SOFC because of their high surface area-to –volume ratio needs thermal management techniques that restrict the loss of heat to the environment. High performance insulation material is one of several methods that must be used to manage heat loss from the small SOFC package size. The development of this invention is that it allows small business package sizes that inc...Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:10:57 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3484http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3483Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:10:56 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3483http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3482Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:10:56 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3482http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3481 Multi-precision multiplication methods over GF(2.sup.m) include representing a first polynomial and a second polynomial as an array of n words. A recursive algorithm may be used to iteratively decompose the multiplication into a weighted sum of smaller subproducts. When the size of the smaller subproducts is less than or equal to a predetermined size, a nonrecursive algorithm may be used to complete the multiplication. The nonrecursive algorithm may be optimized to efficiently perform the bottom-end multiplication. For example, pairs of redundant subproducts can be identified and excl...Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:10:55 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3481http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3480 The Multi-Scale Transport and Reaction Enhancement Device (MTRED) is an apparatus designed to maximize the efficiency of transport processes. These include mass, momentum and energy transport with specific possibilities for enhancing bio and catalytic reactions. This type of medium is depended upon the type of transport enhancement desired. The bifurcating channel pattern provides higher transport efficiency, compared to that of a parallel channel pattern with the same terminal channel dimensions, through (1) a decrease in pumping power and (2) a decreased transport resistance. This p...Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:10:54 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3480http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3419Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:45:36 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3419http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3418Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:45:36 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3418http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3417 In modern integrated-circuit design, it is possible to integrate digital, analog, and RF circuitry onto a single chip. As a result of such integration, however, digital circuitry can inject noise through the common substrate that affects the sensitive analog and RF circuitry. This substrate noise coupling can severely degrade the performance of noise-sensitive circuits. In view of the issues and concerns described above, various substrate modeling methods and apparatus are disclosed. One of the disclosed methods comprises determining scalable Z parameters associated with at least two ...Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:45:35 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3417http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3416Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:45:32 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3416http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3415Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:45:30 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3415http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3414 In pears and apples losses due to postharvest disease has been estimated to be approximately 9-10 million dollars per year in the United States. Much of the pre- and postharvest loss is due to fungal diseases, such as molds and rots, therefore there is an urgent need for reducing these losses in the United States. The present invention provides compositions and methods for biological control of fungal diseases of agricultural commodities such as pome fruits. The invention provides yeast compositions for biological control of a fungal disease of an agricultural commodity comprising...Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:45:29 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3414http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3256 This invention describes an instrument for making both fluorometric and spectrophotometric images of plants. The instrument includes two sources of electromagnetic radiation, optical components to direct the radiation, excitation and emission filters, and an imaging device. Applications: The instrument can be used to produce high-resolution spectrophotometric images of living plants by correcting for water path length. Advantages: This instrument will allow for large number of plants be screened rapidly by fluorometry while use of the slower spectrophotometric analysis can be used o...Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:29:16 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3256http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3251Fire Blight is a destructive necrotic plant disease that affects a wide range of hosts in the rose family and is a significant problem in pear and apple orchards. The inventors have demonstrated that the growth of Erwina Amylovora, which causes fire blight disease, is inhibited by organic compounds known as vinylglycines. These compounds include the Germination-Arrest Factor (GAF), described in previous OSU invention 08-07, which has been identified by OSU inventors as a specific active compound, FVG. FVG and the bacteria that produce FVG can be used as agents for inhibiting of the gro...Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:23:35 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3251http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3250Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:23:34 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3250http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3249 In recent years there has been a steady increase in grassy weed seed contamination in Oregon. This invention is related to biocontrol of weeds, particularly grassy weeds in grass seed cropping systems. The invention utilizes specific Pseudomonas fluorescens strains, specific genes and a specific bioherbicide molecule (Germination-Arrest Factor, GAF) whose biosynthesis is controlled by those genes, to control weeds. GAF and GAF-producing bacteria have the potential of providing a new and specific method for the control of grassy weeds in grass-seed production fields, thereby reducing s...Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:23:29 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3249http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3241 Cytokinins are plant hormones required for plant growth. They stimulate cell division and regulate differentiation. The level of zeatin, a very active and naturally occurring cytokinin, is regulated by enzymes (zeatin glucosyltransferases). Previously, there was no reliable method to regulate and stabilize the level of zeatin. The invention relates to genes encoding zeatin glucosyltransferases were identified and cloned from herbaceous and grass species. The invention provides methods to alter the level of zeatin that will allow the production of transgenic crops with optimized eco...Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:50:03 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3241http://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3240Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:49:59 GMTmary.foley@oregonstate.eduhttp://oregonstate.technologypublisher.com/technology/3240