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Neuroimaging as a Marketing Tool
Neuroimaging as a means for validating whether a stimulus such as advertisement, communication, or product evokes a certain mental response such as emotion, preference, or memory, or to predict the consequences of the stimulus on later behavior such as consumption or purchasing.
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| 20120103221 | Cleaning Method for a Variable Data Lithography System An cleaning method for a variable data lithography system employs a first cleaning member having a conformable adhesive surface disposed for physical contact with an imaging member such that residual ink remaining on the imaging member, such as following transfer of an ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103218 | Method of Ink Rheology Control in a Variable Data Lithography System Methods for controlling the rheology of ink applied to an imaging surface of a variable data lithography system include applying ink in a layer with a first complex viscoelastic modulus such that said ink layer readily separates in regions over the imaging surface cover... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103217 | Cleaning Subsystem for a Variable Data Lithography System An cleaning subsystem for a variable data lithography system includes a first cleaning member having a conformable adhesive surface disposed for physical contact with an imaging member such that residual ink remaining on the imaging member, such as following transfer of... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103214 | Heated Inking Roller for a Variable Data Lithography System An inking subsystem for a variable data digital lithography system comprises a first ink roller disposed to receive ink on a surface thereof, the ink being provided from an ink reservoir such that it may be provided by the first ink roller to a reimageable surface of sa... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103213 | Ink Rheology Control Subsystem for a Variable Data Lithography System A subsystem for controlling the rheology of ink applied to an imaging surface of a variable data lithography system comprises an ink reservoir, an ink application subsystem for applying ink from the ink reservoir over the imaging surface at a first ink temperature, and ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103212 | Variable Data Lithography System A variable data lithography system includes an improved imaging member, a dampening solution subsystem, a patterning subsystem, an inking subsystem, and an image transfer subsystem. The imaging member comprises a reimageable surface layer comprising a polymer, the reima... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120068331 | Microsprings Partially Embedded In A Laminate Structure And Methods For Producing Same At least one microspring has applied thereover a laminate structure to provide: mechanical protection during handling and wafer processing, a spring spacer layer, strengthening of the anchor between spring and substrate, provision of a gap stop during spring deflection,... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120038726 | THERMAL INK TRANSFER USING ENDLESS BELT An embodiment is a method and apparatus for thermal ink transfer. An endless belt having a thin thickness transfers ink from an ink donor roll to an image substrate based on a pattern on the belt. A heating unit heats the belt locally as needed in vicinity of contact be... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20110087195 | TRANSMUCOSAL DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD INCLUDING MICRONEEDLES Devices and methods for transmucosal drug delivery are provided. A device includes a housing configured for intralumenal deployment into a human or animal subject; a drug-dispensing portion which contains at least one drug; and a plurality of microneedles extending, or ... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110087155 | TRANSMUCOSAL DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD INCLUDING ELECTRICALLY-ACTUATED PERMEATION ENHANCEMENT Intralumenal devices and methods are provided for transmucosal drug delivery. The device may comprise a housing configured for intralumenal deployment into a human or animal subject; a drug-dispensing portion which contains at least one drug; and an electrically-actuata... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110087192 | TRANSMUCOSAL DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD INCLUDING CHEMICAL PERMEATION ENHANCERS Devices and methods are provided for transmucosal drug delivery. The transmucosal drug delivery device may include a housing configured for intralumenal deployment, such as intravaginally, into a human or animal subject; a drug-dispensing portion which contains at least... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110012980 | LATENT RESISTIVE IMAGE LAYER FOR HIGH SPEED THERMAL PRINTING APPLICATIONS An imaging system including an image receiving structure including a tunable-resistivity material; and an energy source to emit an energy beam at the image receiving structure to pattern-wise program the tunable-resistivity material. A resistivity can be pattern-wise ch... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100252117 | Novel Electrostatically Addressable Microvalves A method of controlling a main fluid in a conduit using a microvalve is described. The microvalve includes a corresponding actuation aperture in an actuation aperture layer. A control fluid flows through the actuation aperture in response to an electric field applied vi... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100185143 | SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE, DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME A system for use with a drug delivery device includes a sensor unit and a deactivation unit operatively coupled to an output of the sensor unit and to a drug-retaining region of the drug delivery device, wherein the drug-retaining region contains a drug. The sensor unit... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100185037 | DRUG DEACTIVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DEACTIVATING A DRUG USING THE SAME A drug deactivation system according to some embodiments includes at least one drug-retaining region of a drug delivery device and at least one energy source coupled to the at least one drug-retaining region. The at least one drug-retaining region may be configured to r... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100185038 | DRUG DEACTIVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DEACTIVATING A DRUG USING THE SAME A drug deactivation system according to some embodiments includes at least one degradable capsule exposed to at least one drug-retaining region of a drug delivery device and an agent. The agent is configured to render a drug ineffective upon degradation of the at least ... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100059122 | Controlling Fluid Through an Array Of Fluid Flow Paths A method of controlling fluid through a layer of a soft compressible (e.g., gel) material including an array of fluid flow paths. The fluid flow paths are normally open, allowing fluid flow. An electric field is applied in regions where fluid flow is undesirable. The el... | 03/11/2010 |
