mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A process for producing N-acetylneuraminic acid which comprises: allowing a culture of a microorganism which has the ability to produce a protein having N-acetylneuraminate synthase activity, the ability to produce a protein having N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase activity and the ability to produce phosphoenolpyruvic acid and in which sialic acid aldolase activity is lost or a treated matter of the culture as an enzyme source, N-acetylglucosamine, and a carbon source required by the microorganism for the production of phosphoenolpyruvic acid to be present in an aqueous medium; allowing N-acetylneuraminic acid to form and accumulate in the aqueous medium; and recovering N-acetylneuraminic acid from the aqueous medium, wherein the treated matter of the culture is concentrated culture, dried culture, cells obtained by centrifuging the culture, a product obtained by subjecting the cells to drying, freeze-drying, treatment with a surfactant, ultrasonication, mechanical friction, treatment with a solvent, enzymatic treatment, protein fractionation or immobilization, or an enzyme preparation obtained by extracting the cells. allowing a culture of a microorganism which has the ability to produce a protein having N-acetylneuraminate synthase activity, the ability to produce a protein having N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase activity and the ability to produce phosphoenolpyruvic acid and in which sialic acid aldolase activity is lost or a treated matter of the culture as an enzyme source, N-acetylglucosamine, and a carbon source required by the microorganism for the production of phosphoenolpyruvic acid to be present in an aqueous medium; allowing N-acetylneuraminic acid to form and accumulate in the aqueous medium; and recovering N-acetylneuraminic acid from the aqueous medium, wherein the treated matter of the culture is concentrated culture, dried culture, cells obtained by centrifuging the culture, a product obtained by subjecting the cells to drying, freeze-drying, treatment with a surfactant, ultrasonication, mechanical friction, treatment with a solvent, enzymatic treatment, protein fractionation or immobilization, or an enzyme preparation obtained by extracting the cells.
A tubular running device comprising a gripping apparatus at a lower end, the gripping apparatus comprising an outer cage concentrically disposed about an inner mandrel and movable relative to the inner mandrel for engaging and disengaging a plurality of rolling supports with a tubular, and an actuator assembly for moving the outer cage, the actuator assembly comprising: a housing assembly coupled to the outer cage, wherein the housing assembly is movable relative to the inner mandrel; characterised by an upper fluid chamber disposed between the housing assembly and the inner mandrel, and a lower fluid chamber disposed between the housing assembly and the inner mandrel, wherein fluid pumped through an upper pressure port into the upper chamber moves the housing assembly in a first direction thereby causing the gripping apparatus to disengage the tubular, and wherein fluid pumped through a lower pressure port into the lower fluid chamber moves the housing assembly in a second direction thereby causing the gripping apparatus to engage the tubular; and a floating piston disposed within the lower fluid chamber, and a gas chamber defined between the housing assembly and the inner mandrel and below the floating piston, wherein fluid pumped through the lower pressure port into the lower fluid chamber moves the floating piston in the first direction and compresses a gas present in the gas chamber. a housing assembly coupled to the outer cage, wherein the housing assembly is movable relative to the inner mandrel; characterised by an upper fluid chamber disposed between the housing assembly and the inner mandrel, and a lower fluid chamber disposed between the housing assembly and the inner mandrel, wherein fluid pumped through an upper pressure port into the upper chamber moves the housing assembly in a first direction thereby causing the gripping apparatus to disengage the tubular, and wherein fluid pumped through a lower pressure port into the lower fluid chamber moves the housing assembly in a second direction thereby causing the gripping apparatus to engage the tubular; and a floating piston disposed within the lower fluid chamber, and a gas chamber defined between the housing assembly and the inner mandrel and below the floating piston, wherein fluid pumped through the lower pressure port into the lower fluid chamber moves the floating piston in the first direction and compresses a gas present in the gas chamber.
A bonded structure comprising: a first member, a second member, an adhesive that bonds the first member and the second member together, and a distributed optical fiber sandwiched between the first member and the second member such that a cross-sectional shape of the distributed optical fiber is deformed in accordance with a bonding state between the first member and the second member and a radial deformation of the distributed optical fiber is converted into an expansion or contraction of the distributed optical fiber which allows detection of the bonding state continuously along the axial direction of the distributed optical fiber. a first member, a second member, an adhesive that bonds the first member and the second member together, and a distributed optical fiber sandwiched between the first member and the second member such that a cross-sectional shape of the distributed optical fiber is deformed in accordance with a bonding state between the first member and the second member and a radial deformation of the distributed optical fiber is converted into an expansion or contraction of the distributed optical fiber which allows detection of the bonding state continuously along the axial direction of the distributed optical fiber.
Centrifugal pump having impellers, having a pressure connector, having a barrel-type casing, and having at least one stage casing which separates an inner pressure space from an outer pressure space, wherein the inner pressure space is arranged around the impellers, and the outer pressure space is situated between the stage casing and the barrel-type casing and is connected in terms of pressure to the interior of the pressure connector, wherein at least one venting device is arranged in the stage casing, wherein the venting device comprises an opening, which is formed as a bore in the stage casing and connects the inner pressure space to the outer pressure space, and a receptacle, wherein the receptacle is a depression which is formed, in the form of a bore, as a circular cutout in the outer lateral surface of the stage casing, characterized in that the receptacle forms a region of the opening with enlarged inner diameter, and in that the venting device comprises a disc-like element which serves for enablement, or for blocking, of exchange of media between the inner pressure space and the outer pressure space and which is arranged in the receptacle so as to be radially displaceable, wherein a free cross section for exchange of media is present between the walls of the receptacle and the disc-like element. wherein the venting device comprises an opening, which is formed as a bore in the stage casing and connects the inner pressure space to the outer pressure space, and a receptacle, wherein the receptacle is a depression which is formed, in the form of a bore, as a circular cutout in the outer lateral surface of the stage casing, characterized in that the receptacle forms a region of the opening with enlarged inner diameter, and in that the venting device comprises a disc-like element which serves for enablement, or for blocking, of exchange of media between the inner pressure space and the outer pressure space and which is arranged in the receptacle so as to be radially displaceable, wherein a free cross section for exchange of media is present between the walls of the receptacle and the disc-like element.
A wave engine, comprising: a buoy configured to rise and fall under an influence of a body of water; a hollow tube depending from the buoy and having a water ingress/egress mouth at a lower end and a water discharge spout at an upper end, and further comprising an interior including a wall defining a water accelerating surface adapted to eject water through the water discharge spout in response to an increasing hydrodynamic pressure within the interior of the hollow tube; a water collection reservoir in fluid communication with the water discharge spout; a first effluent pipe extending from the water collection reservoir to the body of water for diverting at least a portion of water collected in the water collection reservoir to the body of water; and a first electrical energy generator for converting an energy of a portion of water in the first effluent pipe into electrical energy. a buoy configured to rise and fall under an influence of a body of water; a hollow tube depending from the buoy and having a water ingress/egress mouth at a lower end and a water discharge spout at an upper end, and further comprising an interior including a wall defining a water accelerating surface adapted to eject water through the water discharge spout in response to an increasing hydrodynamic pressure within the interior of the hollow tube; a water collection reservoir in fluid communication with the water discharge spout; a first effluent pipe extending from the water collection reservoir to the body of water for diverting at least a portion of water collected in the water collection reservoir to the body of water; and a first electrical energy generator for converting an energy of a portion of water in the first effluent pipe into electrical energy.
Wind or water energy installation for production of electrical energy having at least one propeller and at least one generator, which comprises at least one rotor, at least one stator and at least one magnetic circuit producing a magnetic flux, - wherein the at least one magnetic circuit comprises at least one stator-side magnet (130, 131, 132), which is a permanent magnet, and at least one stator-side coil (140, 141, 142) through which at least a portion of the magnetic flux of the stator-side magnet (130, 131, 132) flows, and the magnetic circuit is closed by the rotor and - wherein, on its surface facing the stator, the rotor has a magnetic reluctance (Rm), which is dependent on its respective rotation angle, such that the magnitude of the magnetic flux in the at least one stator-side coil (140, 141, 142) is dependent on the respective rotation angle of the rotor, and varies during rotation of the rotor, characterized in that - the stator-side magnet or magnets (130, 131, 132) is or are embedded in the flux-guiding material of the stator and completely surrounded - on the entire surface - by the flux-guiding stator-side material, - the stator has a stator inner face facing the rotor and a stator outer face averted from the rotor, and the stator-side magnet or magnets (130, 131, 132) is or are embedded in the flux-guiding material of the stator in such a way that the stator-side magnets (130, 131, 132) are separated from the stator inner face and the stator outer face by the flux-guiding material of the stator, and - the stator-side magnet or magnets (130, 131, 132) is or are encapsulated in the flux-guiding material of the stator. - wherein the at least one magnetic circuit comprises at least one stator-side magnet (130, 131, 132), which is a permanent magnet, and at least one stator-side coil (140, 141, 142) through which at least a portion of the magnetic flux of the stator-side magnet (130, 131, 132) flows, and the magnetic circuit is closed by the rotor and - wherein, on its surface facing the stator, the rotor has a magnetic reluctance (Rm), which is dependent on its respective rotation angle, such that the magnitude of the magnetic flux in the at least one stator-side coil (140, 141, 142) is dependent on the respective rotation angle of the rotor, and varies during rotation of the rotor, - the stator-side magnet or magnets (130, 131, 132) is or are embedded in the flux-guiding material of the stator and completely surrounded - on the entire surface - by the flux-guiding stator-side material, - the stator has a stator inner face facing the rotor and a stator outer face averted from the rotor, and the stator-side magnet or magnets (130, 131, 132) is or are embedded in the flux-guiding material of the stator in such a way that the stator-side magnets (130, 131, 132) are separated from the stator inner face and the stator outer face by the flux-guiding material of the stator, and - the stator-side magnet or magnets (130, 131, 132) is or are encapsulated in the flux-guiding material of the stator.
A thermo-acoustic synthesis method for manufacturing aluminum nanoparticles, having a substantially spherical shape and a size ranging from 2nm to 200nm, the optical properties of which in the ultraviolet wavelengths are such that they have at least two extinction peaks so that they are high energy light sources, characterized in that it comprises the following successive steps consisting in: - a) fragmenting an aluminum foil having a micronic thickness, using ultrasound, with the aluminum foil being immersed and heated in a solvent, the boiling temperature of which is higher than or equal to 150°C, in a time interval ranging from 10 to 100 hours, preferably 30 hours, at a temperature between 0°C and 100°C, preferably 70°C, and the ultrasound being at a frequency between 20KHz and 50KHz, preferably of about 37KHz in order to obtain micro-foils - b) preferably separating the micro-foils having a size ranging from 50nm to 20μm - c) annealing the micro-foils at a temperature between 150°C and the boiling temperature of the solvent, preferably about 197°C for 10 to 100hrs, preferably 19hrs - d) purifying the solution obtained to collect the aluminum nanoparticles and in that the extinction is measured in a solution of hexane, ethylene glycol or dodecane. - a) fragmenting an aluminum foil having a micronic thickness, using ultrasound, with the aluminum foil being immersed and heated in a solvent, the boiling temperature of which is higher than or equal to 150°C, in a time interval ranging from 10 to 100 hours, preferably 30 hours, at a temperature between 0°C and 100°C, preferably 70°C, and the ultrasound being at a frequency between 20KHz and 50KHz, preferably of about 37KHz in order to obtain micro-foils - b) preferably separating the micro-foils having a size ranging from 50nm to 20μm - c) annealing the micro-foils at a temperature between 150°C and the boiling temperature of the solvent, preferably about 197°C for 10 to 100hrs, preferably 19hrs - d) purifying the solution obtained to collect the aluminum nanoparticles and in that the extinction is measured in a solution of hexane, ethylene glycol or dodecane.
A method for regulating the thermal control system of a cabin of a vehicle depending on the sun position relative to the cabin, the method comprising: - measuring an outside ambient temperature; - measuring an inside ambient temperature; - measuring a windscreen temperature the method being characterized by: - determining a reference temperature (Tref) according to the following rules: if OAT > IAT + δ, then Tref = OAT if IAT > OAT - δ, then Tref = IAT where δ is a predetermined value which can be positive or negative - comparing WT and Tref - if Δ = (WT - Tref) is higher than a predetermined threshold value (Δth), activating a compensation process comprising modifying at least one operational parameter of the thermal control system in order to reduce the thermal effect of the solar radiation through the windscreen for a cabin occupant. - measuring an outside ambient temperature; - measuring an inside ambient temperature; - measuring a windscreen temperature - determining a reference temperature (Tref) according to the following rules: if OAT > IAT + δ, then Tref = OAT if IAT > OAT - δ, then Tref = IAT where δ is a predetermined value which can be positive or negative if OAT > IAT + δ, then Tref = OAT if IAT > OAT - δ, then Tref = IAT - comparing WT and Tref - if Δ = (WT - Tref) is higher than a predetermined threshold value (Δth), activating a compensation process comprising modifying at least one operational parameter of the thermal control system in order to reduce the thermal effect of the solar radiation through the windscreen for a cabin occupant.
A wireless communication method comprising: determining, by a mobile station, a request to obtain random access in a wireless communication network and transmit an uplink message to a wireless access node, the uplink message comprising a first message part and a second message part, and wherein the mobile station is configured to transmit the uplink message in one of a first transmission format or a second transmission format; and determining, by the mobile station, to transmit the uplink message according to the second transmission format in response to determining that a conflict would occur, and otherwise to transmit the uplink message according to the first transmission format, characterized by wherein determining that the conflict would occur comprises determining that transmitting the uplink message according to the first transmission format will result in the second message part being transmitted on a time unit of a physical channel that is also configured as a downlink time unit. determining, by a mobile station, a request to obtain random access in a wireless communication network and transmit an uplink message to a wireless access node, the uplink message comprising a first message part and a second message part, and wherein the mobile station is configured to transmit the uplink message in one of a first transmission format or a second transmission format; and determining, by the mobile station, to transmit the uplink message according to the second transmission format in response to determining that a conflict would occur, and otherwise to transmit the uplink message according to the first transmission format, characterized by wherein determining that the conflict would occur comprises determining that transmitting the uplink message according to the first transmission format will result in the second message part being transmitted on a time unit of a physical channel that is also configured as a downlink time unit.
A compound comprising: - a targeting moiety, which specifically binds to a disease related cell surface marker, the targeting moiety is a nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of siRNA, a shRNA, an antisense DNA or RNA, a dsRNA or a miRNA; or the targeting moiety is a polypeptide, or is selected from the group consisting of carbohydrates, lipids, small receptor ligands, cell surface carbohydrate binding proteins selected from the group consisting of lectins, r-type lectins, and galectins; ligands to the cluster of differentiation antigens selected from the group consisting of CD30, CD40; cytokines, chemokines, colony stimulating factors, type-1 cytokines, type-2 cytokines, interferons, interleukins, lymphokines, and monokines,, - a nucleic acid moiety which specifically induces cell death and is a nucleic acid moiety specifically inhibiting the activity of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF-2), - a linker, which covalently links the targeting moiety to the nucleic acid moiety. - a targeting moiety, which specifically binds to a disease related cell surface marker, the targeting moiety is a nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of siRNA, a shRNA, an antisense DNA or RNA, a dsRNA or a miRNA; or the targeting moiety is a polypeptide, or is selected from the group consisting of carbohydrates, lipids, small receptor ligands, cell surface carbohydrate binding proteins selected from the group consisting of lectins, r-type lectins, and galectins; ligands to the cluster of differentiation antigens selected from the group consisting of CD30, CD40; cytokines, chemokines, colony stimulating factors, type-1 cytokines, type-2 cytokines, interferons, interleukins, lymphokines, and monokines,, - a nucleic acid moiety which specifically induces cell death and is a nucleic acid moiety specifically inhibiting the activity of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF-2), - a linker, which covalently links the targeting moiety to the nucleic acid moiety.
A method comprising: receiving, by a first wireless device from a base station, an indication for wireless device assisted resource selection being enabled or disabled; receiving, by the first wireless device from a second wireless device and based on the indication for the wireless device assisted resource selection being enabled, a configuration message indicating a subset from a plurality of subsets in a resource pool; based on a sensing operation, selecting, by the first wireless device, one or more transmission resources from the subset; and transmitting, by the first wireless device, one or more transport blocks via the one or more transmission resources. receiving, by a first wireless device from a base station, an indication for wireless device assisted resource selection being enabled or disabled; receiving, by the first wireless device from a second wireless device and based on the indication for the wireless device assisted resource selection being enabled, a configuration message indicating a subset from a plurality of subsets in a resource pool; based on a sensing operation, selecting, by the first wireless device, one or more transmission resources from the subset; and transmitting, by the first wireless device, one or more transport blocks via the one or more transmission resources.
A method of demonstrating efficacy of a malodor counteractant product, the method comprising the steps of: a) treating one of two odorous fabric articles with a malodor counteractant product, wherein the two odorous fabric articles comprise a malodor compound and are treated with a color indicator wherein the color indicator is configured to change color upon interaction with a malodor compound; b) providing the treated one of the two odorous fabric articles in a first enclosed environment comprising one of two odorless fabric articles, wherein the two odorless fabric articles are treated with the color indicator; c) providing the other one of the two odorous fabric articles in a second enclosed environment comprising the other one of two odorless fabric articles; and d) allowing the odorous and odorless fabric articles to remain in the first and second enclosed environments for a period of time sufficient to cause a difference of color between the one of two odorless fabric articles in the first enclosed environment and the other one of the two odorless fabric articles in the second enclosed environment. a) treating one of two odorous fabric articles with a malodor counteractant product, wherein the two odorous fabric articles comprise a malodor compound and are treated with a color indicator wherein the color indicator is configured to change color upon interaction with a malodor compound; b) providing the treated one of the two odorous fabric articles in a first enclosed environment comprising one of two odorless fabric articles, wherein the two odorless fabric articles are treated with the color indicator; c) providing the other one of the two odorous fabric articles in a second enclosed environment comprising the other one of two odorless fabric articles; and d) allowing the odorous and odorless fabric articles to remain in the first and second enclosed environments for a period of time sufficient to cause a difference of color between the one of two odorless fabric articles in the first enclosed environment and the other one of the two odorless fabric articles in the second enclosed environment.