mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Apparatus for use with pancreaticobiliary secretions that enter a gastrointestinal tract of a subject at an anatomical entry location, the apparatus comprising: a pancreaticobiliary secretion-diversion guide configured to collect the pancreaticobiliary secretions from the anatomical entry location and deliver the pancreaticobiliary secretions to a location in the gastrointestinal tract that is distal to the anatomical entry location; and an anchoring system comprising one or more helical anchors located within the gastrointestinal tract and configured to apply pressure to a wall of the gastrointestinal tract in order to maintain the pancreaticobiliary secretion-diversion guide in place, characterised in that the apparatus is further provided with at least one anchoring mount configured to be located in the gastrointestinal tract, downstream of the one or more helical anchors, the anchoring mount comprising two or more longitudinal struts and, wherein at least one of the two or more longitudinal struts is configured to be aligned in parallel with a longitudinal axis of the gastrointestinal tract and wherein at least one of the two or more longitudinal struts is a curved strut which is configured to contact the wall of the gastrointestinal tract to apply pressure thereto. a pancreaticobiliary secretion-diversion guide configured to collect the pancreaticobiliary secretions from the anatomical entry location and deliver the pancreaticobiliary secretions to a location in the gastrointestinal tract that is distal to the anatomical entry location; and an anchoring system comprising one or more helical anchors located within the gastrointestinal tract and configured to apply pressure to a wall of the gastrointestinal tract in order to maintain the pancreaticobiliary secretion-diversion guide in place, characterised in that the apparatus is further provided with at least one anchoring mount configured to be located in the gastrointestinal tract, downstream of the one or more helical anchors, the anchoring mount comprising two or more longitudinal struts and, wherein at least one of the two or more longitudinal struts is configured to be aligned in parallel with a longitudinal axis of the gastrointestinal tract and wherein at least one of the two or more longitudinal struts is a curved strut which is configured to contact the wall of the gastrointestinal tract to apply pressure thereto.
Line set with a connection point, which is suitable and designed for interconnecting, and leading through a separating plane, at least two electrical conductors (50, 60), wherein mutually different ambient conditions prevail on both sides of the separating plane, wherein, at one end of an electrical conductor, a connector part is arranged and a contact carrier, which receives at least the one connector part, is provided, wherein the further electrical conductor is contacted with the connector part, characterized in that the contact carrier is inserted sealingly into the separating plane by means of a sealing element, wherein the contact carrier is designed in the form of an encapsulation and the sealing element is a fixed constituent part of the contact carrier, wherein the contact carrier is designed in the form of a first encapsulation of the connector part and the sealing element is, as a second encapsulation, a fixed constituent part of the contact carrier.
A resin molded article containing functional fibers dispersed in an addition reaction type polyimide resin and having a limit PV value of not less than 3,000 kPa·m/s, wherein: - the addition reaction type polyimide resin is an aromatic polyimide oligomer having a phenylethynyl group as an addition reactive group at the end; - the functional fibers are carbon fibers having an average fiber length of 50 to 6,000 μm and an average fiber diameter of 5 to 20 μm; and - the limit PV value is measured as the product of a surface pressure P and a velocity V when frictional force sharply rises, wherein P and V are measured as follows: the surface pressure is increased every 5 minutes or 10 minutes at a fixed rate in a ring-on-disk system by using a thrust type abrasion tester based on JIS K 7218 (plastic sliding friction testing method), a time when frictional force sharply rises, remarkable deformation occurs or abrasion powders are produced is taken as a limit time, and the product of a surface pressure before one at the limit time and the velocity is taken as the limit PV value, using the following specific conditions: Test speed: 0.5 m/s Initial surface pressure: 0.5 MPa Surface pressure step: 0.5 MPa/10 min (~ 10 MPa) 1 MPa/10 min (10 MPa ~) Mating material: S45C ring, surface roughness Ra of 0. 8 μm, outer diameter of 25.6 mm, inner diameter of 20 mm (contact surface of 2 cm 2) Test environment: 23±2°C, 50 %RH±5 %RH. - the addition reaction type polyimide resin is an aromatic polyimide oligomer having a phenylethynyl group as an addition reactive group at the end; - the functional fibers are carbon fibers having an average fiber length of 50 to 6,000 μm and an average fiber diameter of 5 to 20 μm; and - the limit PV value is measured as the product of a surface pressure P and a velocity V when frictional force sharply rises, wherein P and V are measured as follows: the surface pressure is increased every 5 minutes or 10 minutes at a fixed rate in a ring-on-disk system by using a thrust type abrasion tester based on JIS K 7218 (plastic sliding friction testing method), a time when frictional force sharply rises, remarkable deformation occurs or abrasion powders are produced is taken as a limit time, and the product of a surface pressure before one at the limit time and the velocity is taken as the limit PV value, using the following specific conditions: Test speed: 0.5 m/s Initial surface pressure: 0.5 MPa Surface pressure step: 0.5 MPa/10 min (~ 10 MPa) 1 MPa/10 min (10 MPa ~) Mating material: S45C ring, surface roughness Ra of 0. 8 μm, outer diameter of 25.6 mm, inner diameter of 20 mm (contact surface of 2 cm 2) Test environment: 23±2°C, 50 %RH±5 %RH. Test speed: 0.5 m/s Initial surface pressure: 0.5 MPa Surface pressure step: 0.5 MPa/10 min (~ 10 MPa) 1 MPa/10 min (10 MPa ~) Mating material: S45C ring, surface roughness Ra of 0. 8 μm, outer diameter of 25.6 mm, inner diameter of 20 mm (contact surface of 2 cm 2) Test environment: 23±2°C, 50 %RH±5 %RH.
An insulated frame member comprising first and second frame components (10, 12) held in a spaced relationship by a first, glazing unit facing connector component and by a second connector component, the first and second frame components (10, 12) together defining a void substantially filled with a foamed material, wherein the first connector component is of width greater than to the thickness of the glazing unit, wherein the outer frame component includes an outer wall and the inner frame component includes an inner wall, and wherein the first connector component extends across substantially the full width between the outer wall of the outer frame component to the inner wall of the inner frame component, the first and second connector components (20, 22) each being of extruded plastics material form, wherein the first connector component is glazing facing in that, in use, heat energy radiating from the edges of the glazing unit is incident upon the first connector component and wherein each of the connector components (20, 22) is shaped to define mounting recesses which, in use, receive corresponding mounting formations of the inner and outer frame components (10, 12).
An elevator arrangement comprising a first movable elevator unit and a second movable elevator unit, the first movable elevator unit being an elevator car and the second movable elevator unit being a counterweight or vice versa, and a roping system, the roping system comprising - a first roping portion suspending the first movable elevator unit and the second movable elevator unit, and being locked at least to the second movable elevator unit, - a second roping portion being suspended by the first movable elevator unit and the second elevator unit, and being locked at least to the second movable elevator unit, characterized in that the elevator arrangement comprises a movable support structure for giving support for the roping system, which movable support structure is mounted in the hoistway above the elevator car, the first roping portion and second roping portion are successive portions of a roping passing unbroken via a locking arrangement provided at the second elevator unit the locking arrangement locking the roping to the second elevator unit between the first and the second roping portions (A,B). - a first roping portion suspending the first movable elevator unit and the second movable elevator unit, and being locked at least to the second movable elevator unit, - a second roping portion being suspended by the first movable elevator unit and the second elevator unit, and being locked at least to the second movable elevator unit, characterized in that the elevator arrangement comprises a movable support structure for giving support for the roping system, which movable support structure is mounted in the hoistway above the elevator car, the first roping portion and second roping portion are successive portions of a roping passing unbroken via a locking arrangement provided at the second elevator unit the locking arrangement locking the roping to the second elevator unit between the first and the second roping portions (A,B).
Primer comprising a mixture, in dispersion or solution in one or more solvents, of - a copolymer obtained by copolymerization, preferably radical copolymerization, of vinylcaprolactam and/or vinylpyrrolidone and one or more of the following monomers a) and b): a) an acrylic ester of a linear, primary alcohol having 2 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical of the alcohol, b) an acrylic ester of a branched, non-cyclic alcohol having 4 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical of the alcohol, - one or more organofunctional silanes of the general structure (R 1 O-) x Si(R 2) y (R 3) z, in which the radicals R 1 independently at each occurrence are a C 1 -C 4 alkyl radical, a C 2 -C 6 alkoxyalkyl radical or an acetyl radical; the radical R 2 is an aminoalkyl radical, a vinyl group, a methacryloyloxyalkyl radical, an iso-cyanatoalkyl radical, an O-methylcarbamatoalkyl radical, a glycidyloxyalkyl radical or a phenyl radical; the radicals R 3 independently of one another are a C 1 -C 18 alkyl radical; and x = 1, 2 or 3; y = 0 or 1; and z = 4-x-y; - a colourant in a weight fraction of at least 80%, based on the copolymer, the colourant being a metal complex or a metal oxide of the spinel type. - a copolymer obtained by copolymerization, preferably radical copolymerization, of vinylcaprolactam and/or vinylpyrrolidone and one or more of the following monomers a) and b): a) an acrylic ester of a linear, primary alcohol having 2 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical of the alcohol, b) an acrylic ester of a branched, non-cyclic alcohol having 4 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical of the alcohol, a) an acrylic ester of a linear, primary alcohol having 2 to 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical of the alcohol, b) an acrylic ester of a branched, non-cyclic alcohol having 4 to 12 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical of the alcohol, - one or more organofunctional silanes of the general structure (R 1 O-) x Si(R 2) y (R 3) z, in which the radicals R 1 independently at each occurrence are a C 1 -C 4 alkyl radical, a C 2 -C 6 alkoxyalkyl radical or an acetyl radical; the radical R 2 is an aminoalkyl radical, a vinyl group, a methacryloyloxyalkyl radical, an iso-cyanatoalkyl radical, an O-methylcarbamatoalkyl radical, a glycidyloxyalkyl radical or a phenyl radical; the radicals R 3 independently of one another are a C 1 -C 18 alkyl radical; and x = 1, 2 or 3; y = 0 or 1; and z = 4-x-y; - a colourant in a weight fraction of at least 80%, based on the copolymer, the colourant being a metal complex or a metal oxide of the spinel type.
A polypeptide comprising a fibronectin type III tenth ( 10 Fn3) domain, wherein the 10 Fn3 domain binds to human serum albumin with a K D of 1μM or less and comprises AB, BC, CD, DE, EF, and FG loops, wherein the CD loop has 2 amino acid substitutions relative to the corresponding CD loop of the 10 Fn3 domain comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 23, wherein the 2 amino acid substitutions are selected from the group consisting of: (i) the arginine at position 2 of the CD loop is substituted with an amino acid selected from D, E, A, Q, or N; (ii) the glutamine at position 5 of the CD loop is substituted with D; (iii) the tyrosine at position 7 of the CD loop is substituted with an amino acid selected from S or A; (iv) the leucine at position 10 of the CD loop is substituted with an amino acid selected from S, T, or A; (v) the leucine at position 13 of the CD loop is substituted with an amino acid selected from D, S, or A; (vi) the tyrosine at position 14 of the CD loop is substituted with an amino acid selected from A or T; (vii) the isoleucine at position 15 of the CD loop is substituted with an amino acid selected from D, S, or A; and (viii) The tyrosine at position 16 of the CD loop is substituted with an amino acid selected from Q, E, S, or A. (i) the arginine at position 2 of the CD loop is substituted with an amino acid selected from D, E, A, Q, or N; (ii) the glutamine at position 5 of the CD loop is substituted with D; (iii) the tyrosine at position 7 of the CD loop is substituted with an amino acid selected from S or A; (iv) the leucine at position 10 of the CD loop is substituted with an amino acid selected from S, T, or A; (v) the leucine at position 13 of the CD loop is substituted with an amino acid selected from D, S, or A; (vi) the tyrosine at position 14 of the CD loop is substituted with an amino acid selected from A or T; (vii) the isoleucine at position 15 of the CD loop is substituted with an amino acid selected from D, S, or A; and (viii) The tyrosine at position 16 of the CD loop is substituted with an amino acid selected from Q, E, S, or A.
A method for encoding a visible light signal, comprising: dividing to-be-transmitted data into a plurality of data units, each data unit comprising one or more bits; converting the data units into electrical signal units, for each electrical signal unit, the number of level transitions is used to represent the one or more bits of a corresponding data unit, and an interval is indicated by a predetermined level duration existing between adjacent electrical signal units, the level transitions comprising low-level to high-level transitions and high-level to low-level transitions, a level in each electrical signal unit having a first level duration, and the predetermined level between adjacent electrical signal units having a second level duration; combining the electrical signal units to obtain an encoded electrical signal; and transmitting the encoded electrical signal in a visible light signal form. dividing to-be-transmitted data into a plurality of data units, each data unit comprising one or more bits; converting the data units into electrical signal units, for each electrical signal unit, the number of level transitions is used to represent the one or more bits of a corresponding data unit, and an interval is indicated by a predetermined level duration existing between adjacent electrical signal units, the level transitions comprising low-level to high-level transitions and high-level to low-level transitions, a level in each electrical signal unit having a first level duration, and the predetermined level between adjacent electrical signal units having a second level duration; combining the electrical signal units to obtain an encoded electrical signal; and transmitting the encoded electrical signal in a visible light signal form.
A method comprising: applying an optical signal to a sample comprising a solid-state spin system containing electronic spin impurities at a frequency that is tuned to optically excite at least some of the electronic spin impurities in the solid-state spin system; during the optical excitation, applying to the sample one or more microwave pulses that are resonant with electronic spin transitions of the electronic spin impurities; detecting output optical radiation after the optical signal has passed through the sample, so as to determine the absorption intensity as measured by change in intensity of the optical signal due to absorption by the electronic spin impurities; and characterized by calculating relative populations of the electronic spin states from the measured absorption intensity and using the relative spin populations to obtain information about a variable of interest, wherein the relative populations of the electronic spin states of electronic spin impurities are calculated using a mathematical model that relates the relative populations of the electronic spin states to the ratio of the absorption intensity of the optical signal when the microwave pulses are turned on, to the absorption intensity of the optical signal when the microwave pulses turned off, by a formula given by: A on A off = ρ 11 on + ρ 22 on ρ 11 off + ρ 22 off ⁢ | equilibrium applying an optical signal to a sample comprising a solid-state spin system containing electronic spin impurities at a frequency that is tuned to optically excite at least some of the electronic spin impurities in the solid-state spin system; during the optical excitation, applying to the sample one or more microwave pulses that are resonant with electronic spin transitions of the electronic spin impurities; detecting output optical radiation after the optical signal has passed through the sample, so as to determine the absorption intensity as measured by change in intensity of the optical signal due to absorption by the electronic spin impurities; and characterized by calculating relative populations of the electronic spin states from the measured absorption intensity and using the relative spin populations to obtain information about a variable of interest, wherein the relative populations of the electronic spin states of electronic spin impurities are calculated using a mathematical model that relates the relative populations of the electronic spin states to the ratio of the absorption intensity of the optical signal when the microwave pulses are turned on, to the absorption intensity of the optical signal when the microwave pulses turned off, by a formula given by: A on A off = ρ 11 on + ρ 22 on ρ 11 off + ρ 22 off ⁢ | equilibrium
A system for cancelling interference signals from a received signal, the system comprising: a ratio module, the ratio module receiving as input a filtered receiver output signal level and a filtered transmitter output signal level; a product module, the product module receiving as inputs an output of the ratio module and a transmitter output, the product module calculating a product of the output of the ratio module and the transmitter output; and an adjusted receiver signal module, the adjusted receiver signal module receiving a difference calculated from the received signal and the output of the product module. characterized in that the system further comprising: a transmitter normalizing module, the transmitter normalizing module receiving a plurality of sample transmitter values and calculating a normalized transmitter value for the plurality of sample transmitter values; and a transmitter low pass filter in communication with the transmitter normalizing module, the transmitter low pass filter using the normalized transmitter value to determine an average transmitter value as filtered transmitter output signal level. a ratio module, the ratio module receiving as input a filtered receiver output signal level and a filtered transmitter output signal level; a product module, the product module receiving as inputs an output of the ratio module and a transmitter output, the product module calculating a product of the output of the ratio module and the transmitter output; and an adjusted receiver signal module, the adjusted receiver signal module receiving a difference calculated from the received signal and the output of the product module. a transmitter normalizing module, the transmitter normalizing module receiving a plurality of sample transmitter values and calculating a normalized transmitter value for the plurality of sample transmitter values; and a transmitter low pass filter in communication with the transmitter normalizing module, the transmitter low pass filter using the normalized transmitter value to determine an average transmitter value as filtered transmitter output signal level.
A method of acquiring image data by a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, the method comprising: alternately acquiring functional image data and structural image data of an object within the same imaging session; registering the structural image data; determining a transformation matrix used in the registration of the structural image data; correcting an artifact due to motion of the object in the functional image data by registering the functional image data based on the transformation matrix. alternately acquiring functional image data and structural image data of an object within the same imaging session; registering the structural image data; determining a transformation matrix used in the registration of the structural image data; correcting an artifact due to motion of the object in the functional image data by registering the functional image data based on the transformation matrix.
A method for estimating a feedback channel for a wireless repeater in a wireless communication system, the wireless repeater having a first antenna and a second antenna to receive a receive signal and transmit an amplified signal, the receive signal being a sum of a remote signal to be repeated and a feedback signal resulting from the feedback channel between the first and second antenna of the wireless repeater, the method comprising: (a) using blocks of N samples of the amplified signal in a feedback loop of the repeater as a pilot signal; (b) using blocks of N samples of the receive signal; (c) estimating an interference error correction term using a most recent feedback channel estimate; (d) canceling the error correction term from a current block of the receive signal; and (e) estimating the feedback channel between the first antenna and the second antenna using frequency domain channel estimation and using a current block of the pilot signal and the corrected block of the receive signal, the channel estimate obtained becoming the most recent channel estimate. (a) using blocks of N samples of the amplified signal in a feedback loop of the repeater as a pilot signal; (b) using blocks of N samples of the receive signal; (c) estimating an interference error correction term using a most recent feedback channel estimate; (d) canceling the error correction term from a current block of the receive signal; and (e) estimating the feedback channel between the first antenna and the second antenna using frequency domain channel estimation and using a current block of the pilot signal and the corrected block of the receive signal, the channel estimate obtained becoming the most recent channel estimate.