mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of obtaining a population of hepatocyte-lineage cells comprising sequentially culturing primate pluripotent stem cells in the following order: a) culturing in a first culture medium comprising Activin A, Activin B or Activin C each independently included at a concentration of between 1 ng/ml and 200 ng/ml; b) culturing in a second culture medium comprising at least one of an HGF polypeptide and an EGF polypeptide, or a human HGF polypeptide and an OSM polypeptide each independently included at a concentration of between 1 ng/ml and 100 ng/ml; and c) characterizing the resultant population of cells as containing hepatocyte-lineage cells. a) culturing in a first culture medium comprising Activin A, Activin B or Activin C each independently included at a concentration of between 1 ng/ml and 200 ng/ml; b) culturing in a second culture medium comprising at least one of an HGF polypeptide and an EGF polypeptide, or a human HGF polypeptide and an OSM polypeptide each independently included at a concentration of between 1 ng/ml and 100 ng/ml; and c) characterizing the resultant population of cells as containing hepatocyte-lineage cells.
A conditioned medium obtainable by culturing a placental mesenchymal stem cell collected after delivery from the placenta of a pregnant woman not affected by preeclampsia in a liquid culture medium, the conditioned medium comprising at least the cell-secreted factors interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-10 (IL-10) and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1).
An oxide superconductor wire comprising: an oxide superconductor laminate comprising: a tape-shaped substrate, an interlayer laminated on the substrate, an oxide superconductor layer laminated on the interlayer, and a protection layer which is formed of Ag or an Ag alloy and laminated on the oxide superconductor layer; and a stabilization layer which is formed of a metal tape and formed on the protection layer of the superconductor laminate via a low melting point metal or solder layer, wherein the thickness of the protection layer is 5 μm or less, wherein the thickness of the stabilization layer is no less than 9 μm and no more than 60 μm, wherein a width of the metal tape constituting the stabilization layer is greater than the width of the oxide superconductor laminate, wherein a top face of the protection layer of the oxide superconductor laminate, and side faces of the protection layer, the oxide superconductor layer, the interlayer and the substrate are covered with the stabilization layer via the low melting point metal layer, wherein the metal tape constituting the stabilization layer has a back-side wall at both ends thereof, wherein both back-side walls follow and are disposed on a back face of the substrate and cover part of the back face of the substrate via the low melting point metal layer, and characterized in that the solder layer includes a cover part covering both ends, in the width direction, of the metal tape and wherein the volume resistivity of the stabilization layer at room temperature is no less than 3.8 μΩ cm and no more that 15 μΩ cm. an oxide superconductor laminate comprising: a tape-shaped substrate, an interlayer laminated on the substrate, an oxide superconductor layer laminated on the interlayer, and a protection layer which is formed of Ag or an Ag alloy and laminated on the oxide superconductor layer; and a stabilization layer which is formed of a metal tape and formed on the protection layer of the superconductor laminate via a low melting point metal or solder layer, wherein the thickness of the protection layer is 5 μm or less, wherein the thickness of the stabilization layer is no less than 9 μm and no more than 60 μm, wherein a width of the metal tape constituting the stabilization layer is greater than the width of the oxide superconductor laminate, wherein a top face of the protection layer of the oxide superconductor laminate, and side faces of the protection layer, the oxide superconductor layer, the interlayer and the substrate are covered with the stabilization layer via the low melting point metal layer, wherein the metal tape constituting the stabilization layer has a back-side wall at both ends thereof, wherein both back-side walls follow and are disposed on a back face of the substrate and cover part of the back face of the substrate via the low melting point metal layer, and characterized in that the solder layer includes a cover part covering both ends, in the width direction, of the metal tape and wherein the volume resistivity of the stabilization layer at room temperature is no less than 3.8 μΩ cm and no more that 15 μΩ cm.
A tissue level implant comprising a smooth section and a body section (110, 120) that are continuous with one another, the smooth section defining the proximal end of the implant and the body section (110, 120) defining the distal end of the implant, the body section (110, 120) being devised as a bone tissue apposition surface; a) said body section (110, 120) comprising a threaded portion having an inner core fit with threading extending therefrom along its length; said core defining an internal diameter of said threaded portion and said threading defining the external diameter of said threaded portion; b) wherein said core is continuous along the length of said threaded portion and has a decreasing diameter such that the proximal diameter of said core is larger than the distal diameter of said core; the core being substantially flat at an apical end of the dental implant; wherein the threading of said core includes at least one thread extending therefrom along the length of said threaded portion, wherein each thread comprises an apical side, a coronal side, and a lateral edge connecting the apical side and the coronal side, a base connecting the thread to the core, a thread depth defined between the lateral edge and the base, and wherein said at least one thread has a variable depth that increases along the length of at least a segment (120a, 120b) of said threaded portion in an apical direction, so that the smallest depth of the thread is adjacent the proximal end of said segment of the threaded portion and the largest depth of each thread is adjacent the apical end of said segment of the threaded portion, characterized in that the smooth section comprises a flared out section widening in the coronal direction such that the coronal end of the flared out section has a greater radius than the coronal end of the body section, and in that the smooth section is devised as a soft tissue apposition surface. a) said body section (110, 120) comprising a threaded portion having an inner core fit with threading extending therefrom along its length; said core defining an internal diameter of said threaded portion and said threading defining the external diameter of said threaded portion; b) wherein said core is continuous along the length of said threaded portion and has a decreasing diameter such that the proximal diameter of said core is larger than the distal diameter of said core; the core being substantially flat at an apical end of the dental implant;
A linear fibrous formation with a coating of polymeric nanofibers enveloping a supporting linear formation constituting a core, characterized in that the coating of polymeric nanofibers is created from a hollow electrically neutral nanofibrous plume in which nanofibers formed in the vicinity of the front face of a spinning electrode during spinning by AC high voltage are electrically neutral and are arranged in an irregular grid structure in which the individual nanofibers in short sections change their direction, in that the hollow electrically neutral nanofibrous plume is after forming a flat stripe wrapped around the core into a helical form, and in that the nanofibers of the coating are even after wrapping around the core arranged in an irregular grid structure in which the individual nanofibers in short sections change their direction.
A process for at least partly dissolving in a solvent system substances of bark, which bark contains a suberin component, and for at least partly depolymerising the suberin component, comprising the following steps: providing bark; providing a solvent system comprising water, and a base selected from tertiary aliphatic amines; treating the bark with the solvent system by subjecting the bark to the solvent system at a temperature of at least 160°C, thereby obtaining a composition containing at least partly dissolved substances of bark, of which substances the suberin component is at least partly depolymerised. providing bark; providing a solvent system comprising water, and a base selected from tertiary aliphatic amines; treating the bark with the solvent system by subjecting the bark to the solvent system at a temperature of at least 160°C, thereby obtaining a composition containing at least partly dissolved substances of bark, of which substances the suberin component is at least partly depolymerised.
A wind turbine blade for a wind turbine, comprising: an elongate body having a root end, a tip end, a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side, the elongate body defining a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the elongate body from the root end to the tip end, wherein the elongate body has a pre-bend formed therein configured such that when the wind turbine blade is mounted on the wind turbine and oriented in an operative position, the blade curves in an upwind direction such that the tip end of the blade is positioned more upwind than the root end of the blade, and wherein the curve that defines the longitudinal axis of the elongate body has an inflection point between the root end and the tip end of the blade such that the longitudinal axis of the elongate body includes a first portion having a center of curvature (C c,1) on the upwind side of the blade and a second portion having a center of curvature (C c,2) on the downwind side of the blade; wherein the first portion is adjacent the root end of the blade and the second portion is adjacent the tip end of the blade; wherein the inflection point is located along a central portion of the blade and is located between about 30% and about 70% of the blade length L. an elongate body having a root end, a tip end, a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side, the elongate body defining a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the elongate body from the root end to the tip end, wherein the elongate body has a pre-bend formed therein configured such that when the wind turbine blade is mounted on the wind turbine and oriented in an operative position, the blade curves in an upwind direction such that the tip end of the blade is positioned more upwind than the root end of the blade, and wherein the curve that defines the longitudinal axis of the elongate body has an inflection point between the root end and the tip end of the blade such that the longitudinal axis of the elongate body includes a first portion having a center of curvature (C c,1) on the upwind side of the blade and a second portion having a center of curvature (C c,2) on the downwind side of the blade; wherein the first portion is adjacent the root end of the blade and the second portion is adjacent the tip end of the blade; wherein the inflection point is located along a central portion of the blade and is located between about 30% and about 70% of the blade length L.
A method for controlling access to a vehicle, the method comprising: capturing an image of an area in the vicinity of the vehicle; analysing the captured image; detecting if the captured image contains both at least one person and a personnel transport apparatus; determining if the at least one person in the captured image is authorised to access the vehicle; determining a type of personnel transport apparatus and controlling a parameter of the vehicle in response to the determined type; and selectively controlling a locking mechanism of the vehicle in response to the captured image containing at least one authorised person and the personnel transport apparatus. capturing an image of an area in the vicinity of the vehicle; analysing the captured image; detecting if the captured image contains both at least one person and a personnel transport apparatus; determining if the at least one person in the captured image is authorised to access the vehicle; determining a type of personnel transport apparatus and controlling a parameter of the vehicle in response to the determined type; and selectively controlling a locking mechanism of the vehicle in response to the captured image containing at least one authorised person and the personnel transport apparatus.
A syringe adapter comprising: a housing having a first end and a second end, the first end configured to be secured to a first container; a cannula having a first end and second end, the second end of the cannula positioned within the housing; a collet having a first end and a second end, at least a portion of the collet received within the housing, the collet comprising a body defining a passageway, a seal member received by the passageway, and an arcuate, resilient locking member connected to the body of the collet, the collet is movable from a first position where the locking member is open to receive a mating connector to a second position where radially outward movement of the locking member is restricted; characterized in that the locking member is a continuous ring having a plurality of notches configured to permit the locking member to expand radially outward. a housing having a first end and a second end, the first end configured to be secured to a first container; a cannula having a first end and second end, the second end of the cannula positioned within the housing; a collet having a first end and a second end, at least a portion of the collet received within the housing, the collet comprising a body defining a passageway, a seal member received by the passageway, and an arcuate, resilient locking member connected to the body of the collet, the collet is movable from a first position where the locking member is open to receive a mating connector to a second position where radially outward movement of the locking member is restricted; characterized in that the locking member is a continuous ring having a plurality of notches configured to permit the locking member to expand radially outward.
A method for transmitting media data, the media data being included in data transmission units in a network abstraction layer unit stream, the data transmission units having been ordered in a transmission order which is at least partly different from a decoding order of the media data in the data transmission units and the decoding order of the media data being at least partly different from an output order of the media data, wherein the method comprises: - encapsulating the data transmission units into packets of a real time transmission protocol; and - transmitting the packets of the real time transmission protocol; characterised in that the method further comprises: - determining the maximum number of data transmission units that precede any data transmission unit in the transmission order and follow said any data transmission unit in the decoding order in the network abstraction layer unit stream; - setting the maximum number as a value of a parameter to be provided to a receiver to determine buffering space in de-packetizing; and - defining a maximum decoding order number distance of data transmission units in the encoded picture stream to be provided to a receiver to determine initial buffering duration to reorder packets from transmission order to decoding order. - encapsulating the data transmission units into packets of a real time transmission protocol; and - transmitting the packets of the real time transmission protocol; - determining the maximum number of data transmission units that precede any data transmission unit in the transmission order and follow said any data transmission unit in the decoding order in the network abstraction layer unit stream; - setting the maximum number as a value of a parameter to be provided to a receiver to determine buffering space in de-packetizing; and - defining a maximum decoding order number distance of data transmission units in the encoded picture stream to be provided to a receiver to determine initial buffering duration to reorder packets from transmission order to decoding order.
Method for operating a clutch of a motor vehicle, the clutch having a plurality of clutch linings and a clutch spring and being connected to a hydraulic pressure system which has a pump, a clutch cylinder and a clutch piston, the hydraulic pressure system being suitable for delivering a hydraulic fluid into the clutch cylinder via the pump and for moving the clutch piston, with the result that the clutch linings are brought into contact with one another counter to a force of the clutch spring, an air gap being overcome at the grip point of the clutch and the clutch linings being brought into contact; and a further increase in a pressure in the pressure system would directly bring about a provision of a torque capacity of the clutch, characterized by at least the following steps: a) filling of the clutch cylinder at a controlled rotational speed of the pump in order to deliver the hydraulic fluid into the clutch cylinder until a grip point of the clutch is reached and exceeded and a motor current of the pump has reached a predefined minimum value; b) determining of a first volume of the hydraulic fluid which is delivered into the clutch cylinder by way of the pump until the minimum value is reached, on the basis of a profile of the controlled rotational speed in step a); c) reducing of the value of the first volume by a predefined magnitude, with the result that a second volume is defined; d) use of the second volume for clutch operations during operation of the motor vehicle, the second volume being delivered into the clutch cylinder at a high rotational speed of the pump, with the result that the clutch is filled to such an extent that the grip point of the clutch is not quite yet reached. a) filling of the clutch cylinder at a controlled rotational speed of the pump in order to deliver the hydraulic fluid into the clutch cylinder until a grip point of the clutch is reached and exceeded and a motor current of the pump has reached a predefined minimum value; b) determining of a first volume of the hydraulic fluid which is delivered into the clutch cylinder by way of the pump until the minimum value is reached, on the basis of a profile of the controlled rotational speed in step a); c) reducing of the value of the first volume by a predefined magnitude, with the result that a second volume is defined; d) use of the second volume for clutch operations during operation of the motor vehicle, the second volume being delivered into the clutch cylinder at a high rotational speed of the pump, with the result that the clutch is filled to such an extent that the grip point of the clutch is not quite yet reached.
A lighting device (700, 710, 720) for attachment to a handheld surgical instrument comprising: a) an elongated outer housing (704, 804) having opposed proximal and distal ends; b) an inner body (702, 752, 802) disposed within the outer housing and defining an elongated interior cavity having a proximal opening for receiving a distal end portion of the surgical instrument; c) a light source located within the outer housing for directing light from the distal end thereof; d) a switch located within the outer housing adjacent the distal end thereof for activating the light source; e) a deflectable contact leg (762, 808) operatively associated with the inner body and configured to contact the switch upon insertion of the distal end portion of the surgical instrument into the interior cavity of the inner body to activate the light source, and wherein the lighting device further comprises a spring biased engagement ring (718, 754) disposed within the outer housing and mounted for movement relative to the inner body and the outer housing between a first position to accommodate insertion of the distal end portion of the surgical instrument into the interior cavity of the inner body and a second position to engage and retain the distal end portion of the surgical instrument within the lighting device. a) an elongated outer housing (704, 804) having opposed proximal and distal ends; b) an inner body (702, 752, 802) disposed within the outer housing and defining an elongated interior cavity having a proximal opening for receiving a distal end portion of the surgical instrument; c) a light source located within the outer housing for directing light from the distal end thereof; d) a switch located within the outer housing adjacent the distal end thereof for activating the light source; e) a deflectable contact leg (762, 808) operatively associated with the inner body and configured to contact the switch upon insertion of the distal end portion of the surgical instrument into the interior cavity of the inner body to activate the light source, and
A multi-double block and bleed system for use with an orifice fitting, the multi-double block and bleed system comprising: an orifice plate transfer passage through which an orifice plate is moved in the flowmeter; four blocking valves (25, 29, 45, 49) disposed in series in the orifice plate transfer passage, each of the blocking (25, 29, 45, 49) valves configured to block escape of fluid from the flowmeter through the orifice plate transfer passage; and wherein the four blocking valves (25, 29, 45, 49) comprise: a bottom valve that is adjacent to a lower chamber of the flowmeter; a lower valve that is adjacent to the bottom valve; a top valve that is farthest of the blocking valves (25, 29, 45, 49) from the lower chamber; and an upper valve that is disposed between the lower valve and the top valve characterised by three vent valves (51, 52, 53), each of the vent valves (51, 52, 53) disposed between two adjacent ones of the blocking valves (25, 29, 45, 49), and configured to provide an outlet for fluid in the orifice plate transfer passage. an orifice plate transfer passage through which an orifice plate is moved in the flowmeter; four blocking valves (25, 29, 45, 49) disposed in series in the orifice plate transfer passage, each of the blocking (25, 29, 45, 49) valves configured to block escape of fluid from the flowmeter through the orifice plate transfer passage; and wherein the four blocking valves (25, 29, 45, 49) comprise: a bottom valve that is adjacent to a lower chamber of the flowmeter; a lower valve that is adjacent to the bottom valve; a top valve that is farthest of the blocking valves (25, 29, 45, 49) from the lower chamber; and an upper valve that is disposed between the lower valve and the top valve characterised by three vent valves (51, 52, 53), each of the vent valves (51, 52, 53) disposed between two adjacent ones of the blocking valves (25, 29, 45, 49), and configured to provide an outlet for fluid in the orifice plate transfer passage. a bottom valve that is adjacent to a lower chamber of the flowmeter; a lower valve that is adjacent to the bottom valve; a top valve that is farthest of the blocking valves (25, 29, 45, 49) from the lower chamber; and an upper valve that is disposed between the lower valve and the top valve characterised by three vent valves (51, 52, 53), each of the vent valves (51, 52, 53) disposed between two adjacent ones of the blocking valves (25, 29, 45, 49), and configured to provide an outlet for fluid in the orifice plate transfer passage.