mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for recycling scandium, comprising steps of: extracting scandium from scandium-containing leachate with an organic extractant, so as to obtain a scandium-containing organic phase; subjecting the scandium-containing organic phase to back-extraction with a monovalent acid, so as to obtain a strip liquor; mixing the strip liquor with a precipitant, so as to obtain a scandium-containing precipitate; and calcining the scandium-containing precipitate, so as to obtain scandium oxide, wherein the scandium-containing leachate is obtained by steps of: subjecting a laterite-nickel ore to first leaching, so as to obtain a first leachate; subjecting the first leachate to first iron-aluminum (Fe-Al) precipitation, so as to obtain a first Fe-Al slag and a first post-Fe-Al-precipitated solution; and subjecting the first Fe-Al slag to second leaching, so as to obtain the scandium-containing leachate. extracting scandium from scandium-containing leachate with an organic extractant, so as to obtain a scandium-containing organic phase; subjecting the scandium-containing organic phase to back-extraction with a monovalent acid, so as to obtain a strip liquor; mixing the strip liquor with a precipitant, so as to obtain a scandium-containing precipitate; and calcining the scandium-containing precipitate, so as to obtain scandium oxide, wherein the scandium-containing leachate is obtained by steps of: subjecting a laterite-nickel ore to first leaching, so as to obtain a first leachate; subjecting the first leachate to first iron-aluminum (Fe-Al) precipitation, so as to obtain a first Fe-Al slag and a first post-Fe-Al-precipitated solution; and subjecting the first Fe-Al slag to second leaching, so as to obtain the scandium-containing leachate. subjecting a laterite-nickel ore to first leaching, so as to obtain a first leachate; subjecting the first leachate to first iron-aluminum (Fe-Al) precipitation, so as to obtain a first Fe-Al slag and a first post-Fe-Al-precipitated solution; and subjecting the first Fe-Al slag to second leaching, so as to obtain the scandium-containing leachate.
A gas turbine engine including an electrical harness arrangement, the arrangement comprising: an elongate tray, the tray having a base and raised sides to define a channel, an electrical harness (44a, 44b) mounted within the channel; and a source of cooling air; the cooling air being directed in use into the channel to cool the electrical harness; characterised in that the engine comprises a first fixed structure, and the tray is mounted adjacent but not in contact with the first fixed structure so that the proximal surface of the fixed structure effectively forms a fourth wall for the channel defined by the tray.
A method of decoding a bitstream of encoded video in a video decoder to reconstruct a plurality of greater-than-one flags for a coefficient group, wherein the plurality of greater-than-one flags are grouped in scan order into tuples of greater-than-one flags, the method comprising: context-based decoding a tuple-based value from the bitstream for each tuple; and for each tuple, decoding (206, 210, 216) the greater-than-one flags for that tuple based on that tuple's decoded tuple-based value, wherein the tuple-based value is a function of the greater-than-one flags in that tuple; wherein the tuples are two-element tuples and each two-element tuple is a disjoint pair of greater-than-one flags formed in scan order, and wherein the function comprises a logical OR of the greater-than-one flags in that tuple, and wherein decoding comprises: inferring that both greater-than-one flags in that tuple are zero if the tuple-based value is zero; and if the tuple-based value is non-zero, non-context-based bypass decoding from the bitstream a first greater-than-one flag in that tuple and, if the first greater-than-one flag is zero, then inferring that a second greater-than-one flag in that tuple is non-zero and, otherwise, non-context-based bypass decoding from the bitstream the second greater-than-one flag in that tuple. context-based decoding a tuple-based value from the bitstream for each tuple; and for each tuple, decoding (206, 210, 216) the greater-than-one flags for that tuple based on that tuple's decoded tuple-based value, wherein the tuple-based value is a function of the greater-than-one flags in that tuple; wherein the tuples are two-element tuples and each two-element tuple is a disjoint pair of greater-than-one flags formed in scan order, and wherein the function comprises a logical OR of the greater-than-one flags in that tuple, and wherein decoding comprises: inferring that both greater-than-one flags in that tuple are zero if the tuple-based value is zero; and if the tuple-based value is non-zero, non-context-based bypass decoding from the bitstream a first greater-than-one flag in that tuple and, if the first greater-than-one flag is zero, then inferring that a second greater-than-one flag in that tuple is non-zero and, otherwise, non-context-based bypass decoding from the bitstream the second greater-than-one flag in that tuple. inferring that both greater-than-one flags in that tuple are zero if the tuple-based value is zero; and if the tuple-based value is non-zero, non-context-based bypass decoding from the bitstream a first greater-than-one flag in that tuple and, if the first greater-than-one flag is zero, then inferring that a second greater-than-one flag in that tuple is non-zero and, otherwise, non-context-based bypass decoding from the bitstream the second greater-than-one flag in that tuple.
An artificial airway device to facilitate lung ventilation of a patient, comprising an airway tube, a gastric drain tube and a mask at one end of the airway tube, the mask including a backplate and having a peripheral formation capable of forming a seal around the circumference of the laryngeal inlet, the peripheral formation surrounding a hollow interior space or lumen of the mask and the airway tube opening into the lumen of the mask, wherein the mask includes an atrium for passage to the drain tube of gastric matter leaving the oesophagus, wherein the atrium is defined by the backplate, wherein the defining part is a wall of the backplate, wherein the wall comprises an outer skin and an inner skin, the inner skin comprising a part of the airway tube, characterized in that the outer skin comprises a part of the gastric drain tube.
A method of operating a mass spectrometer system having an elongated rod set, the rod set having an entrance end, an exit end, a plurality of rods and a central longitudinal axis, the method comprising: a) admitting a first plurality of groups of ions into the entrance end of the rod set; b) producing a field between the plurality of rods to confine the first plurality of groups of ions in the rod set; c) selecting a first mass/charge range for a first group of ions in the first plurality of groups of ions; d) providing to a rod pair in the rod set a first radial excitement field to radially displace the first group of ions within the first mass/charge range from the central longitudinal axis, and concurrently retaining a second group of ions closer to the central longitudinal axis than the first group of ions, the second group of ions being within a second mass/charge range disjoint from the first mass/charge range; and then e) providing a first axial force acting on the first group of ions by providing an axial acceleration field; wherein the first axial force is not provided during step d); characterized in that the axial acceleration field is provided by applying a quadrupolar DC voltage to the plurality of rods, wherein the quadrupolar DC voltage varies along the length of the rods. a) admitting a first plurality of groups of ions into the entrance end of the rod set; b) producing a field between the plurality of rods to confine the first plurality of groups of ions in the rod set; c) selecting a first mass/charge range for a first group of ions in the first plurality of groups of ions; d) providing to a rod pair in the rod set a first radial excitement field to radially displace the first group of ions within the first mass/charge range from the central longitudinal axis, and concurrently retaining a second group of ions closer to the central longitudinal axis than the first group of ions, the second group of ions being within a second mass/charge range disjoint from the first mass/charge range; and then e) providing a first axial force acting on the first group of ions by providing an axial acceleration field;
A data retransmission method, comprising: starting (600, 700), by a transmit end, a timer when obtaining new data to-be-sent to a receive end, wherein a preset value of the timer is the maximum transmission latency corresponding to the service type of the data; transmitting, by the transmit end, the data to the receive end by jointly determining whether the maximum transmission quantity is exhausted and determining whether the maximum transmission latency is exhausted; and sending (603, 703), by the transmit end, retransmission data to the receive end when the timer does not expire and data needs to be retransmitted, wherein the retransmission data is a part or all of the data; and stopping sending, by the transmit end, the retransmission data to the receive end when either the maximum transmission quantity is exhausted or the timer expires because the maximum transmission latency is exhausted, wherein the sending, by the transmit end, the retransmission data to the receive end when the maximum transmission latency is not exhausted, the timer does not expire and data needs to be retransmitted comprises: sending (603, 703), by the transmit end, the retransmission data to the receive end when the remaining time of the timer is greater than or equal to a time required by the receive end to receive and process the retransmission data. starting (600, 700), by a transmit end, a timer when obtaining new data to-be-sent to a receive end, wherein a preset value of the timer is the maximum transmission latency corresponding to the service type of the data; transmitting, by the transmit end, the data to the receive end by jointly determining whether the maximum transmission quantity is exhausted and determining whether the maximum transmission latency is exhausted; and sending (603, 703), by the transmit end, retransmission data to the receive end when the timer does not expire and data needs to be retransmitted, wherein the retransmission data is a part or all of the data; and stopping sending, by the transmit end, the retransmission data to the receive end when either the maximum transmission quantity is exhausted or the timer expires because the maximum transmission latency is exhausted, wherein the sending, by the transmit end, the retransmission data to the receive end when the maximum transmission latency is not exhausted, the timer does not expire and data needs to be retransmitted comprises: sending (603, 703), by the transmit end, the retransmission data to the receive end when the remaining time of the timer is greater than or equal to a time required by the receive end to receive and process the retransmission data.
A method for the confidential verification of an identity while employing a cryptographically chained list, having the steps of: - supplying (100, 1A) identity attributes of the identity together with a symmetrical key information item by a user entity; - computing (101, 2A) a respective hash value for each identity attribute while using the symmetrical key as a keyed hash, in such a manner that it is not possible to infer the identity even if the identity attribute is known; - writing (102, 3A) the computed (101, 2A) hash values as at least one list entry into the cryptographically chained list; - transmitting (103, 4A) an address of the at least one list entry together with the symmetrical key information item from the user entity to a validation entity; - validating (104, 5A) by the validation entity the at least one list entry having the computed (101, 2A) hash values while employing an identity document which has the identity attributes, wherein it is verified whether the hash values of the identity attributes supplied (100, 1A) and saved at the address match the identity attributes of the identity document; and - writing (105, 6A) a signature of the at least one list entry into the cryptographically chained list in the case of a positive validation (104, 5A) of the identity attributes by the validation entity, - wherein the hash values are keyed hash values. - supplying (100, 1A) identity attributes of the identity together with a symmetrical key information item by a user entity; - computing (101, 2A) a respective hash value for each identity attribute while using the symmetrical key as a keyed hash, in such a manner that it is not possible to infer the identity even if the identity attribute is known; - writing (102, 3A) the computed (101, 2A) hash values as at least one list entry into the cryptographically chained list; - transmitting (103, 4A) an address of the at least one list entry together with the symmetrical key information item from the user entity to a validation entity; - validating (104, 5A) by the validation entity the at least one list entry having the computed (101, 2A) hash values while employing an identity document which has the identity attributes, wherein it is verified whether the hash values of the identity attributes supplied (100, 1A) and saved at the address match the identity attributes of the identity document; and - writing (105, 6A) a signature of the at least one list entry into the cryptographically chained list in the case of a positive validation (104, 5A) of the identity attributes by the validation entity, - wherein the hash values are keyed hash values.
A method of controlling transmission power of a wireless communication device (10, 2000), the method being performed by the wireless communication device (10, 2000) and comprising: obtaining first electromagnetic wave information from the wireless communication device (10, 2000), the first electromagnetic wave information being obtained during a target duration; obtaining electromagnetic wave tendency information, EMW_TD, in the target duration, TG, based on the first electromagnetic wave information and second electromagnetic wave information, the second electromagnetic wave information being obtained during at least one previous duration, PRV1-PRVn; and controlling the transmission power based on the electromagnetic wave tendency information, EMW_TD, wherein the electromagnetic wave tendency information, EMW_TD, includes a slope value of the first electromagnetic wave information with respect to the second electromagnetic wave information. obtaining first electromagnetic wave information from the wireless communication device (10, 2000), the first electromagnetic wave information being obtained during a target duration; obtaining electromagnetic wave tendency information, EMW_TD, in the target duration, TG, based on the first electromagnetic wave information and second electromagnetic wave information, the second electromagnetic wave information being obtained during at least one previous duration, PRV1-PRVn; and controlling the transmission power based on the electromagnetic wave tendency information, EMW_TD, wherein the electromagnetic wave tendency information, EMW_TD, includes a slope value of the first electromagnetic wave information with respect to the second electromagnetic wave information.
A composite, which is a Si-O-C-Li composite comprising nano-silicon, a silicon-oxygen-lithium compound, silicon oxide and a carbon coating, wherein the silicon-oxygen-lithium compound is partially crystalline, and the nano-silicon and the silicon-oxygen-lithium compound are grown from in-situ reduction of a carbon-coated silicon oxide which comprises a silicon oxide and a carbon coating coated on the surface of the silicon oxide such that there is no clear interface between the nano-silicon and the silicon-oxygen-lithium compound; and the nano-silicon is dispersed in the silicon-oxygen-lithium compound to form fusion particles of the nano-silicon and the silicon-oxygen-lithium compound, and the fusion particles are dispersed in the silicon oxide as a matrix in a sea-island form to form composite particles, with the carbon coating coated on the surface of the composite particles.
A moulding machine with a stationary first carrier frame and a second carrier frame movable relative to the first carrier frame along a closing direction between an open position and a closed position for jointly receiving a mould block having at least one ejector rod, and with an ejector plate, the ejector plate being movable relative to at least one carrier frame (20, 30) in the closing direction, characterised by at least one contact element which can be associated with the ejector rod and/or the ejector plate and by an evaluation device for detecting contacts between the ejector rod and the ejector plate by means of the contact element.
Article consisting of or comprising a bidirectional shape-memory polymer (bSMP), the bSMP comprising - first phase-segregated domains having a first transition temperature (T t,AD) corresponding to a crystallization transition or glass transition of the first domains, - second phase-segregated domains having a second transition temperature (T t,SD) corresponding to a crystallization transition or glass transition of the second domains, the second transition temperature (T t,SD) being higher than the first transition temperature (T t,AD), and - covalent or physical bonds cross-linking the polymer chains of the bSMP, and in this way interconnecting the first and second domains (AD, SD), wherein the second phase-segregated domains form a skeleton which is at least partially embedded in the first phase-segregated domains, and wherein polymer chain segments of the bSMP forming the first domains are substantially orientated in a common direction, such that the bSMP is able to undergo a reversible and bidirectional shape-shift between a first shape at a first temperature (T high) and a second shape at a second temperature (T low) upon variation of temperature between the first and second temperature (T high, T low) driven by the crystallization and melting or vitrification and melting of the first phase-segregated domains and without application of an external stress, with T low < T t,AD < T high < T t,SD. - first phase-segregated domains having a first transition temperature (T t,AD) corresponding to a crystallization transition or glass transition of the first domains, - second phase-segregated domains having a second transition temperature (T t,SD) corresponding to a crystallization transition or glass transition of the second domains, the second transition temperature (T t,SD) being higher than the first transition temperature (T t,AD), and - covalent or physical bonds cross-linking the polymer chains of the bSMP, and in this way interconnecting the first and second domains (AD, SD),
A display device using a light emitting device, comprising: a first light source comprising: a substrate; a light emitting device disposed on the substrate and emitting light having a first wavelength band; and a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the light emitting device, at least partially absorbing the light having a first wavelength band, converting the absorbed light into a second wavelength band, characterized in that the wavelength conversion layer comprises at least two phosphors emitting light having a color difference in the range of 0.25 to 0.35 calculated using emission spectra based on a distance on the CIE color coordinates, in that the wavelength conversion layer comprises an unsaturated phosphor and a saturated phosphor, and in that relative luminous flux of the unsaturated phosphor varies by 10% or less at a current of 10A for driving the light emitting device. a first light source comprising: a substrate; a light emitting device disposed on the substrate and emitting light having a first wavelength band; and a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the light emitting device, at least partially absorbing the light having a first wavelength band, converting the absorbed light into a second wavelength band, a substrate; a light emitting device disposed on the substrate and emitting light having a first wavelength band; and a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the light emitting device, at least partially absorbing the light having a first wavelength band, converting the absorbed light into a second wavelength band, in that the wavelength conversion layer comprises at least two phosphors emitting light having a color difference in the range of 0.25 to 0.35 calculated using emission spectra based on a distance on the CIE color coordinates, in that the wavelength conversion layer comprises an unsaturated phosphor and a saturated phosphor, and in that relative luminous flux of the unsaturated phosphor varies by 10% or less at a current of 10A for driving the light emitting device.
An Nd-doped and Yb-doped phosphate glass composition comprising (based on mol %): P 2 O 5 50.00 - 70.00 B 2 O 3 2.00 - 10.00 Al 2 O 3 1.00 - 5.00 SiO 2 1.00 - 5.00 Nd 2 O 3 0.10 - 5.00 Yb 2 O 3 0.10 - 35.00 La 2 O 3 0.00 - 20.00 Er 2 O 3 0.00 - 5.00 CeO 2 0.00 - 20.00 wherein the mole ratio of Yb 2 O 3 to Nd 2 O 3 is 1-25 or 0.100-0.333.
A wireless information communication method of transmitting a signal using a change in luminance of visible light, the wireless information communication method comprising: determining a pattern of the change in luminance, by modulating the signal to be transmitted; and transmitting the signal, by a plurality of light emitters changing in luminance according to the determined pattern of the change in luminance, characterized in that in the determining, a first luminance change pattern corresponding to a first body which is a part of the signal, a second luminance change pattern indicating a header for specifying the body, and a third luminance change pattern corresponding to a second body which is a part of the signal are determined, and in the transmitting, the header, the first body, and the second body are transmitted by the plurality of light emitters changing in luminance according to the first luminance change pattern, the second luminance change pattern, the first luminance change pattern, the third luminance change pattern, the second luminance change pattern and the third luminance change pattern in the stated order. determining a pattern of the change in luminance, by modulating the signal to be transmitted; and transmitting the signal, by a plurality of light emitters changing in luminance according to the determined pattern of the change in luminance, characterized in that in the determining, a first luminance change pattern corresponding to a first body which is a part of the signal, a second luminance change pattern indicating a header for specifying the body, and a third luminance change pattern corresponding to a second body which is a part of the signal are determined, and in the transmitting, the header, the first body, and the second body are transmitted by the plurality of light emitters changing in luminance according to the first luminance change pattern, the second luminance change pattern, the first luminance change pattern, the third luminance change pattern, the second luminance change pattern and the third luminance change pattern in the stated order.
Polyester comprising ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate units, which polyester has an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.45 dL/g, and which polyester has a relative content of carboxylic acid end groups, expressed as the fraction of the molar amount of carboxylic acid end groups divided by the sum of the molar amounts of hydroxyl end groups and carboxylic acid end groups, in the range of 0.10 to 0.70, wherein the intrinsic viscosity and the contents of carboxylic acid end groups and of hydroxyl end groups are determined as described in the description.