mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A lossless coding method for a digital signal in a floating-point format, comprising the steps of: (a) converting a sequence of first signal samples in the floating-point format into a sequence of second signal samples in an integer format by truncation of a fractional part so that the absolute values thereof are reduced, and so that the sequence of second signal samples approximates a waveform of an original analog signal from which the sequence of first signal samples has been derived; (b) losslessly compressing, for each frame composed of a plurality of samples, said sequence of second signal samples in the integer format to produce a first code sequence (Ca) and outputting the first code sequence (Ca); (c) producing a sequence of difference signal samples in the floating-point format each corresponding to the difference between a respective second signal sample in the integer format and the corresponding first signal sample in the floating-point format; and (d) losslessly compressing digits capable of being non-zero in said difference signal samples in the floating-point format to produce a second code sequence (Cb) or setting said digits capable of being non-zero in said difference signal samples in the floating-point format as the second code sequence (Cb), and outputting the second code sequence (Cb), said digits capable of being non-zero in each difference signal sample being determined by the absolute value of the corresponding one of said second signal samples in the integer format. (a) converting a sequence of first signal samples in the floating-point format into a sequence of second signal samples in an integer format by truncation of a fractional part so that the absolute values thereof are reduced, and so that the sequence of second signal samples approximates a waveform of an original analog signal from which the sequence of first signal samples has been derived; (b) losslessly compressing, for each frame composed of a plurality of samples, said sequence of second signal samples in the integer format to produce a first code sequence (Ca) and outputting the first code sequence (Ca); (c) producing a sequence of difference signal samples in the floating-point format each corresponding to the difference between a respective second signal sample in the integer format and the corresponding first signal sample in the floating-point format; and (d) losslessly compressing digits capable of being non-zero in said difference signal samples in the floating-point format to produce a second code sequence (Cb) or setting said digits capable of being non-zero in said difference signal samples in the floating-point format as the second code sequence (Cb), and outputting the second code sequence (Cb), said digits capable of being non-zero in each difference signal sample being determined by the absolute value of the corresponding one of said second signal samples in the integer format.
Sensor module for mounting in a motor, the sensor module comprising a holder adapted to be mounted in a wet chamber of the motor and a temperature sensor adapted to be mounted in a dry chamber of the motor, a rotational position sensor being mounted on the holder and the temperature sensor being spaced apart from the holder, the sensor module further comprising a plurality of signal lines and a connector interface adapted to be plugged into a corresponding connector, wherein the rotational position sensor and the temperature sensor are connected via the plurality of signal lines to the connector interface, and wherein the sensor module further comprises a sealing element arranged between the rotational position sensor and the temperature sensor and being sealingly penetrated by signal lines from one of the rotational position sensor and the temperature sensor.
A vacuum pump lubricant supply system comprising: a lubricant reservoir; and a wicking element that comprises a body portion having an inner periphery, an outer periphery and opposed major surfaces and at least one finger projecting from said inner periphery, wherein said lubricant reservoir comprises a lubricant container that has a major surface engaging one of said opposed major surfaces of said body portion so that lubricant can migrate through said engaging major surfaces into said body portion, said at least one finger projects from said inner periphery to, in use, engage a lubricant transfer device provided on a rotor shaft of a vacuum pump so that lubricant can wick from said body portion to said lubricant transfer device via said at least one finger, and characterised in that at least one of said inner periphery and said outer periphery is provided with at least one cut-out so that said major surface of said body portion that engages said major surface of said lubricant container has a total surface area that is less than the total surface area of said major surface of said lubricant container. a lubricant reservoir; and a wicking element that comprises a body portion having an inner periphery, an outer periphery and opposed major surfaces and at least one finger projecting from said inner periphery, wherein said lubricant reservoir comprises a lubricant container that has a major surface engaging one of said opposed major surfaces of said body portion so that lubricant can migrate through said engaging major surfaces into said body portion, said at least one finger projects from said inner periphery to, in use, engage a lubricant transfer device provided on a rotor shaft of a vacuum pump so that lubricant can wick from said body portion to said lubricant transfer device via said at least one finger, and characterised in that at least one of said inner periphery and said outer periphery is provided with at least one cut-out so that said major surface of said body portion that engages said major surface of said lubricant container has a total surface area that is less than the total surface area of said major surface of said lubricant container.
A method for extracting nucleic acids from a sample comprising: a) obtaining a sample comprising nucleic acids; b) contacting the sample with a sufficient amount of silica nanomembranes, wherein said silica nanomembranes comprise a heat shrunken polymer core coated with a silicon dioxide layer having a thickness between 20 nm to 150 nm; wherein said silica nanomembranes are made by: (i) depositing the layer of silicon dioxide onto a polymer film or core; and (ii) heating the composition of (i) at a sufficient temperature and time to allow the polymer film or core to shrink, wherein the shrinking of the polymer film or core creates silica microstructures and/or nanostructures on a surface of the layer of silica on the silica nanomembrane; and wherein the silica microstructures and/or nanostructures on the surface of the layer of silica comprise silica microscale wrinkles overlaid with silica nanoscale flakes; c) allowing the nucleic acids in the sample to adsorb onto the silica nanomembranes; d) washing the silica nanomembranes to remove any non-nucleic acid components; and e) desorbing the nucleic acids from the silica nanomembranes to obtain the isolated and purified nucleic acids from the sample. a) obtaining a sample comprising nucleic acids; b) contacting the sample with a sufficient amount of silica nanomembranes, wherein said silica nanomembranes comprise a heat shrunken polymer core coated with a silicon dioxide layer having a thickness between 20 nm to 150 nm; wherein said silica nanomembranes are made by: (i) depositing the layer of silicon dioxide onto a polymer film or core; and (ii) heating the composition of (i) at a sufficient temperature and time to allow the polymer film or core to shrink, wherein the shrinking of the polymer film or core creates silica microstructures and/or nanostructures on a surface of the layer of silica on the silica nanomembrane; and wherein the silica microstructures and/or nanostructures on the surface of the layer of silica comprise silica microscale wrinkles overlaid with silica nanoscale flakes; c) allowing the nucleic acids in the sample to adsorb onto the silica nanomembranes; d) washing the silica nanomembranes to remove any non-nucleic acid components; and e) desorbing the nucleic acids from the silica nanomembranes to obtain the isolated and purified nucleic acids from the sample.
A method of fabricating a part out of composite material, the method comprising the following steps: • forming a fiber texture from refractory fibers; • placing the fiber texture in a mold having an impregnation chamber including in its bottom portion a part made of porous material on which a first face of said texture rests, the impregnation chamber being closed in its top portion by a deformable impermeable diaphragm placed facing a second face of the fiber texture, said diaphragm separating the impregnation chamber from a compacting chamber; • injecting a slip containing a powder of refractory particles into the impregnation chamber between the second face of the fiber texture and the diaphragm; • injecting a compression fluid into the compacting chamber, the fluid exerting pressure on the diaphragm to force the slip to pass through the fiber texture; • draining, via the porous material part, the liquid of the slip that has passed through the fiber texture while retaining the powder of refractory particles inside said texture by means of said part of porous material so as to obtain a fiber preform filled with refractory particles; • drying the fiber preform; • unmolding the fiber preform; and • sintering the refractory particles present in the fiber preform in order to form a refractory matrix in said preform. • forming a fiber texture from refractory fibers; • placing the fiber texture in a mold having an impregnation chamber including in its bottom portion a part made of porous material on which a first face of said texture rests, the impregnation chamber being closed in its top portion by a deformable impermeable diaphragm placed facing a second face of the fiber texture, said diaphragm separating the impregnation chamber from a compacting chamber; • injecting a slip containing a powder of refractory particles into the impregnation chamber between the second face of the fiber texture and the diaphragm; • injecting a compression fluid into the compacting chamber, the fluid exerting pressure on the diaphragm to force the slip to pass through the fiber texture; • draining, via the porous material part, the liquid of the slip that has passed through the fiber texture while retaining the powder of refractory particles inside said texture by means of said part of porous material so as to obtain a fiber preform filled with refractory particles; • drying the fiber preform; • unmolding the fiber preform; and • sintering the refractory particles present in the fiber preform in order to form a refractory matrix in said preform.
A method of controlling an image reproducing apparatus, the method comprising: determining whether external power is supplied for the image reproducing apparatus; performing a booting operation according to a first booting mode when the external power is first supplied; controlling the image reproducing apparatus to operate in a sleep mode when an operation start signal is not received until the booting operation according to the first mode is completed; and performing the booting operation according to a second booting mode when the operation start signal is received, wherein the first booting mode is different from the second booting mode and according to the second booting mode, remaining booting operations are performed, wherein the sleep mode is a state of the image reproducing apparatus supplying power to only a part of modules of the image reproducing apparatus; characterized in that performing the booting operation according to the first booting mode comprises driving an operational system and loading an application into a memory, and performing the booting operation according to the second booting mode comprises tuning to a selected broadcasting channel, decoding data that is received by the broadcasting channel, and outputting the decoded data. determining whether external power is supplied for the image reproducing apparatus; performing a booting operation according to a first booting mode when the external power is first supplied; controlling the image reproducing apparatus to operate in a sleep mode when an operation start signal is not received until the booting operation according to the first mode is completed; and performing the booting operation according to a second booting mode when the operation start signal is received, wherein the first booting mode is different from the second booting mode and according to the second booting mode, remaining booting operations are performed, wherein the sleep mode is a state of the image reproducing apparatus supplying power to only a part of modules of the image reproducing apparatus; characterized in that performing the booting operation according to the first booting mode comprises driving an operational system and loading an application into a memory, and performing the booting operation according to the second booting mode comprises tuning to a selected broadcasting channel, decoding data that is received by the broadcasting channel, and outputting the decoded data.
Case for packaging and monitoring biological samples comprising: a body with internal space for storing the samples and an upper lid for closing the body; spaces suitable for receiving a plurality of bases with identified biological samples; at least one temperature sensor suitable for sensing the transport temperature profile; at least one accelerometer suitable for sensing the sample transport vibrations; a data processor programmed for sending within a predefined time interval the temperature and vibration information gathered by the sensor and the accelerometer, respectively; at least one radio frequency identification antenna - RFID - for communicating the information gathered to the plurality of bases, wherein each base is suitable for storing and transmitting the information sent by the antenna; wherein the case material is selected from a list comprised of: expanded polypropylene, synthetic polymer foams, or mixtures thereof; wherein the predefined time interval is regular; wherein the case comprises 2 RFID antennas. a body with internal space for storing the samples and an upper lid for closing the body; spaces suitable for receiving a plurality of bases with identified biological samples; at least one temperature sensor suitable for sensing the transport temperature profile; at least one accelerometer suitable for sensing the sample transport vibrations; a data processor programmed for sending within a predefined time interval the temperature and vibration information gathered by the sensor and the accelerometer, respectively; at least one radio frequency identification antenna - RFID - for communicating the information gathered to the plurality of bases, wherein each base is suitable for storing and transmitting the information sent by the antenna; wherein the case material is selected from a list comprised of: expanded polypropylene, synthetic polymer foams, or mixtures thereof; wherein the predefined time interval is regular; wherein the case comprises 2 RFID antennas.
A pharmaceutical composition for use in preventing or treating a muscle wasting-related disease comprising diaminodiphenylsulfone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A shoe sole for a wearer's shoe, which is manufactured in a layered build prototyping machine in accordance with the wearer's individual biometric data, which describes the wearer's foot in three dimensions, characterised in that, it integrally forms the insole and the outer sole of the shoe, and in that it has regions of different strengths (11, 12, 13).
A machine for treating a wood barrel, particularly a barrique, by throwing granulated dry ice, characterized by comprising: - a supporting frame having means for holding a barrel during the treatment; - a first column with vertical axis on which said supporting frame is movably mounted; - a treating head for throwing granulated dry ice; - a second column, with a vertical axis parallel to that of the first column, on which said treating head is mounted with rotation capacity around the axis of the second column; and - a device for producing granulated dry ice to be fed to at least one delivery nozzle placed on said treating head. - a supporting frame having means for holding a barrel during the treatment; - a first column with vertical axis on which said supporting frame is movably mounted; - a treating head for throwing granulated dry ice; - a second column, with a vertical axis parallel to that of the first column, on which said treating head is mounted with rotation capacity around the axis of the second column; and - a device for producing granulated dry ice to be fed to at least one delivery nozzle placed on said treating head.
A method for executing a program intended to be interpreted by a virtual machine, the method comprising steps of: • determining a reference code instruction to be interpreted when executing the program, • interpreting, by the virtual machine, the reference code instruction using machine code, the method being characterized in that it comprises steps of: • reading data on interpretation rights indicating a portion of the program containing code instructions interpretable by the virtual machine, • on the basis of the data read, checking the presence of the reference code instruction in the portion of the program, the interpretation of the reference code instruction being carried out by the virtual machine only if the reference code instruction is contained in the portion of the program. • determining a reference code instruction to be interpreted when executing the program, • interpreting, by the virtual machine, the reference code instruction using machine code, • reading data on interpretation rights indicating a portion of the program containing code instructions interpretable by the virtual machine, • on the basis of the data read, checking the presence of the reference code instruction in the portion of the program, the interpretation of the reference code instruction being carried out by the virtual machine only if the reference code instruction is contained in the portion of the program.
A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, the negative electrode comprising: a negative electrode active material layer; and a ceramic separating layer formed on the negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer has an arithmetic average surface roughness (Ra) of 0.01 μm to 0.3 pm, and wherein the ceramic separating layer has a thickness of 1 μm to 30 μm, wherein the negative electrode active material layer comprises a graphite-based active material which is block graphite, which has a spherical secondary particle structure obtained by aggregating or combining a plurality of initial particles composed of graphite, wherein the arithmetic average surface roughness (Ra) is measured using a confocal laser microscope. a negative electrode active material layer; and a ceramic separating layer formed on the negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer has an arithmetic average surface roughness (Ra) of 0.01 μm to 0.3 pm, and wherein the ceramic separating layer has a thickness of 1 μm to 30 μm, wherein the negative electrode active material layer comprises a graphite-based active material which is block graphite, which has a spherical secondary particle structure obtained by aggregating or combining a plurality of initial particles composed of graphite, wherein the arithmetic average surface roughness (Ra) is measured using a confocal laser microscope.
A scheduling method performed by a first device, the method comprising: • configuring a blind detection parameter of a control channel based on a carrier type or a carrier group (step 401), wherein the blind detection parameter comprises at least one of: o an aggregation level set, wherein the aggregation level set comprises at least one aggregation level value; o a candidate control channel quantity factor set, wherein the candidate control channel quantity factor set comprises a candidate control channel quantity factor corresponding to at least one aggregation level value; o a search space parameter, wherein the search space parameter represents detecting a specific search space, detecting a common search space, or detecting a specific search space and a common search space; and • sending configuration signaling that carries the blind detection parameter to a second device (step 402). • configuring a blind detection parameter of a control channel based on a carrier type or a carrier group (step 401), wherein the blind detection parameter comprises at least one of: o an aggregation level set, wherein the aggregation level set comprises at least one aggregation level value; o a candidate control channel quantity factor set, wherein the candidate control channel quantity factor set comprises a candidate control channel quantity factor corresponding to at least one aggregation level value; o a search space parameter, wherein the search space parameter represents detecting a specific search space, detecting a common search space, or detecting a specific search space and a common search space; and o an aggregation level set, wherein the aggregation level set comprises at least one aggregation level value; o a candidate control channel quantity factor set, wherein the candidate control channel quantity factor set comprises a candidate control channel quantity factor corresponding to at least one aggregation level value; o a search space parameter, wherein the search space parameter represents detecting a specific search space, detecting a common search space, or detecting a specific search space and a common search space; and • sending configuration signaling that carries the blind detection parameter to a second device (step 402).
A dummy valve (100,1100) capable of being placed within a pocket of a dual pocket gas lift mandrel, comprising: a housing (110,1110) comprising an upper packer (130,1130) and a lower packer (160,1160), and a rupture disc (120,1120) disposed within the housing (110,1110), wherein the housing (110,1110) and the rupture disc (120,1120) define a first internal chamber (111A,1111A) and a second internal chamber (111B,1111B), wherein one or more holes or a screen portion (150,1150) is provided to permit fluid to flow from outside the dummy valve (100,1100) into the second internal chamber (111B,1111B), and an outlet (170,1170) to permit fluid to flow from inside internal chamber (111B,111B) to outside of dummy valve (100,1100). a housing (110,1110) comprising an upper packer (130,1130) and a lower packer (160,1160), and a rupture disc (120,1120) disposed within the housing (110,1110), wherein the housing (110,1110) and the rupture disc (120,1120) define a first internal chamber (111A,1111A) and a second internal chamber (111B,1111B), wherein one or more holes or a screen portion (150,1150) is provided to permit fluid to flow from outside the dummy valve (100,1100) into the second internal chamber (111B,1111B), and an outlet (170,1170) to permit fluid to flow from inside internal chamber (111B,111B) to outside of dummy valve (100,1100).