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A needs-matching navigator system and social network facilitator appurtenances including, for a large user plurality, software driven modules residing on electronic communications enabled platforms and devices. Beyond altruistically enhancing flourishing life horizons and life quality metrics, the modules facilitate (A) knowing respective user bias, profile, perspective, wellbeing orientation, and privacy preference; (B) understanding user needs description and wellbeing criteria; (C) finding answer and solutions to the needs by user biased projecting the description onto electronically stored knowledge-bases; (D) matching the user to the answers and solutions; and preferably (E) creating an instant electronic communications interactive community for the respective user, by inverse projecting large subsets of the answers and solutions back onto the large plurality of users; according to said users' profiles and needs descriptions. This navigable community may be classified into spontaneous castes; having various degrees of relevant understanding, expertise, experience, and / or curiosity about these answer and / or solution projections.

A lighting system for initiating change in a mammal's circadian or well-being state includes a computational unit configured to receive state information regarding the mammal's circadian or well-being state, and operational information from a light sensor with spectral and luminosity sensitivity. The computational unit is configured to compare the operational information with the state information, and on the basis of this comparison, the computational unit outputs a control signal to a light control unit which, in turn, adjusts a controllable light source to vary its light output so as to initiate the desired change in the mammal's circadian or well-being state.

This invention provides systems and methods of supplying oxygen-enriched air to an enclosed space or compartment. The systems and methods may distill oxygen from ambient air by a molecular sieve pressure cycle mechanism, such as a pressure swing absorption, may generate oxygen from water using electricity or may use oxygen enriched air produced by membrane filtration. The invention helps people improve their wellness, productivity and comfort, improve performance of mental and / or physical tasks, increase their alertness, quality of life and pleasure, reduce their drowsiness, and aid in curing and preventing disease by increasing the percentage of oxygen in the enclosed space to a beneficial and safe level.

Immune function of an animal can be modulated by administration of a composition that includes beta glucan. The beta glucan can be derived from Euglena, which provides a form of beta glucan that is different from other organisms, where the beta glucan is predominantly unbranched beta-(1,3)-glucan. Beta glucan can also be complexed with a metal, such as zinc, and / or can combined with an animal feed component to form an animal feed composition. Use of such compositions can improve the well being of an animal, and may augment or even replace the use of antibiotics in certain circumstances.

A patient healthcare and monitoring system facilitates communications between doctors and patients. The system includes a server hosting a database containing patient information including patient medical histories. Physicians are provided with a doctor client in the form of, for example, a Tablet PC with which a physician can set up patient alerts, surveys and messages and receive reports, messages and patient history. Patients are provided with a patient client in the form of, for example, a Smart phone, Pocket PC or PDA with which a patient receives alerts, messages and surveys generated by their physician and transmit alert completions, messages and survey answers. The doctor clients and the patient clients communicate with the server so that patients are alerted when to perform prescribed procedures or take prescribed medications and physicians are informed that prescribed procedures have been performed or medications taken and receive answers to surveys which become part of a patient's medical history.

Computer-implemented tools (such as systems, apparatuses, methods, application software, computer program products, etc.) can be provided to match and connect consumers with wellness professionals. Such tools may employ an intelligent module that takes into account various information collected from or regarding the patient, such as physical, emotional, and / or verbal traits, and / or other behavioral patterns or personal profile information, as well as other contextually relevant information to perform the matching.

There is provided a method for improving the efficacy and / or transdermal transport of topically administered pharmaceuticals and pharmacologically active compounds, said method comprising the step of incorporating the pharmaceutical or pharmacologically active compound in a carrier comprising an effective amount of one or more complexes of a phosphate derivative of a lipophilic pharmaceutically acceptable compound.

A breathing system for hyperthermic assisted radiation therapy includes at least one heating element that modulates the temperature of air inhaled by a patient, at least one cooling element that modulates the humidity of the air inhaled by a patient, and a controller that maintains the desired humidity and temperature.

In some implementations, a user interface for designing a health management module is provided by a server system. The user interface identifies a plurality of health management templates. The server system initially receives data indicating a user input received through the user interface that selects one of the plurality of module templates. The server system also receives customization parameters that customize the selected module template for a particular organization. The server system then generates a customized health management module for the particular organization based on the selected template and the customization parameters. The server system finally publishes the customized health management module for the particular organization that includes instructions configuring an application provided by a third-party application store.

Mental illness is a huge burden on those afflicted with it, as well as their caregivers and represents a major cost to society as a whole. The invention herein is concerned with methods and apparatus to improve the well-being of persons afflicted with mental illness, as well as to provide early and better diagnosis. It is felt that in some cases such diagnosis can lead to a potential for eliminating the worst effects of the illness altogether, by allowing intervention before a first psychotic episode occurs. The invention uses sensors, primarily 2D or 3D cameras and voice recognition to observe persons in many instances during ordinary activity such as playing video games, chatting on the internet or other such computer based activity.

Fragrance composition targeted at delivering well-being benefits through fragrant, low level positive mood stimulation. The composition comprises at least 75% by weight of perfume materials comprising at least 5% by weight of at least three materials drawn from Group ‘HMP’ comprising, for example, 1-(2,6,6,8-tetramethyltricyclo[5.3.1.0{1,5}]undec-8-en-9-yl)ethanone; allyl cyclohexylpropionate; allyl heptanoate; Apple Oliffac S pcmf; 7-methyl-2H-1,5-benzodioxepin-3(4H)-one; cassis base; and optionally up to 95% of materials selected from groups identified as Groups “HMR”, “HMI”, “RMP”, “IMP” and “Gen”, represented respectively by, for example, allyl ionone; dihydromyrcenol; anisic aldehyde; allyl amyl glycolate and cyclopentadecanolide; in specified relationships.

The present invention relates to the enhancement of bioavailability of chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of disease. In particular the present invention relates to a method of enhancing the bioavailability of a chemotherapeutic agent comprising the step of administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of hyaluronan.

In a system and method for monitoring cardiac synchrony in a human heart, a first sensor is positioned at a first cardiac wall location of a heart that is subject to movements related to longitudinal valve plane movements along the longitudinal axis of the heart, and the first sensor measures said cardiac wall movements at the first cardiac wall location and emits a first sensor output signal corresponding thereto, a second sensor is positioned at a second cardiac wall location of the heart that is subject to movements related to longitudinal valve plane movements along the longitudinal axis of the heart, and the second sensor measures the cardiac wall movements at the second cardiac wall location and emits a second sensor output signal corresponding thereto. A lead arrangement is electrically connected to the first and second sensors and conducts the first and second sensor output signals therefrom to processing circuitry that processes the first and second sensor output signals to produce a synchronization signal therefrom indicative of synchrony in the respective valve plane movements at the first and second cardiac wall locations.

A safety suit has an interior space that is well air conditioned while the weight to be carried along by the user of the safety suit is reduced to a minimum. A heat exchanger surface (5), which is provided with a porous material (17) towards the outside for evaporating liquid, is provided at the safety suit jacket (3).

The principle of biofeedback is used to incorporate a patient into a control loop for relaxation by light signals. For this purpose, a sensor measures physiological parameters of the patient. By virtue of the fact that the respective physiological parameter controls a lighting parameter such as light color or light intensity of a lighting unit using the signal processing of a microprocessor in a control loop, the patient acquires visual biofeedback with respect to his / her physiological parameter. Endogenous regulation processes of the patient are thus made accessible to his / her consciousness. The outputting of the light signals is continued until the patient is prepared for the required examination and there is no need for a further administration of medicaments for calming. The work results of the medical-technical installation may be kept optimal as a result of the relaxation of the patient even without administration of medicaments.

The invention provides a formulated beverage composition that can be administered to a patient, prior to anesthesia, sedation and / or surgical or dental operation, to reduce the risk of aspiration pneumonia while simultaneously improving the well-being of the patient. The beverage composition is designed to be taken orally, by a patient, within a specified short period of time prior to administration of an anesthesia and / or sedative / analgesic. Further described herein is the method of using the beverage composition. The method may include providing a written label of instructions affixed to the beverage container which instructions positively direct the patient's ingestion of the beverage composition.

There is provided a respiratory apparatus. The respiratory apparatus comprises a respiratory interface configured to aid a user in respiration and an attachment configured to hold the respiratory interface in position on the face of the user. The respiratory apparatus also comprises at least one electrode configured to provide electrical stimulation to one or more facial muscles of the user.

The present invention is directed to compositions comprising combinations of brimonidine and bimatoprost useful for lowering intraocular pressure in a patient and for the treatment of glaucoma

The invention provides a catheter (1) which is movable between an un-expanded and an expanded configuration by use of an advancing mechanism (20). The advancing mechanism facilitates safe and non-contaminated use of the catheter.

The present invention relates to a composition containing medium-chain fatty acids or salts or mono-, di-, triglycerides, esters or amide derivatives of medium-chain fatty acids for use as a feed additive for animals, in an optimized ratio. In a second and third aspect, the invention concerns an animal feed, supplemented with the composition containing the medium-chain fatty acids or derivatives and a method for feeding animals with the animal feed.

The invention relates to a poultry housing unit, in particular for ducks to lay eggs, a poultry house, in particular for keeping ducks, and a method for keeping ducks. The invention relates to a poultry housing unit for ducks to lay eggs, comprising a plurality of nests arranged one beside the other and above a floor area, at least one supporting element extending in the vertical direction from a lower supporting end to an upper free end and arranged relatively movably in the vertical direction in relation to the floor area, and a locking element which interacts with the supporting element to block movement of the supporting element in a vertically upward supporting direction relative to the floor area and to allow movement of the supporting element relative to the floor area in a vertically downward direction of free motion.