mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for personalizing a document blank by way of a graphic to produce a document using an irradiation unit, the document blank comprising a photosensitive layer, at least one optically detectable parameter of the photosensitive layer changing when electromagnetic radiation is applied, the change in the parameter scaling with the energy input into the photosensitive layer, the irradiation unit providing electromagnetic radiation, the energy of the radiation provided by the irradiation unit being settable, comprising the following steps: • providing a monochrome starting graphic; • reducing the brightness values of the monochrome starting graphic to at least two brightness levels to obtain a reduced starting graphic; • dividing the reduced starting graphic into partial graphics, each of the partial graphics only including pixels of the same brightness; • completely reproducing each of the individual partial graphics on the document blank by applying electromagnetic radiation to the photosensitive layer, wherein each brightness level is associated with energy to be input into the photosensitive layer, and wherein the energy to be input associated with the brightness level of the partial graphic is applied to the photosensitive layer during the reproduction of the partial graphic, and wherein the brightness levels are selected so that each brightness level includes the same number of brightness values. • providing a monochrome starting graphic; • reducing the brightness values of the monochrome starting graphic to at least two brightness levels to obtain a reduced starting graphic; • dividing the reduced starting graphic into partial graphics, each of the partial graphics only including pixels of the same brightness; • completely reproducing each of the individual partial graphics on the document blank by applying electromagnetic radiation to the photosensitive layer,
An electro bio remediation system, for polluted sites implementing a chemical and biological breakdown modes on the contaminating compounds, said system comprising: • at least one reactor for in situ producing reagents required for said breakdown modes, said at least one reactor includes at least three types of substantially independent electro-cells, wherein first type is utilized for producing hydrogen peroxide, second type is used for producing iron ions and third type is used for producing dissolved oxygen; • at least one ORP measuring instrument; and • a computerized controller which receives readings from said ORP measuring instrument, said controller regulates the ORP within a range supportive for microorganisms activity by utilizing mechanism which alters polarity between electrodes that are installed in said third type of electro cells during said biological breakdown mode, said mechanism alters said polarity whenever said ORP readings reach predefined values. • at least one reactor for in situ producing reagents required for said breakdown modes, said at least one reactor includes at least three types of substantially independent electro-cells, wherein first type is utilized for producing hydrogen peroxide, second type is used for producing iron ions and third type is used for producing dissolved oxygen; • at least one ORP measuring instrument; and • a computerized controller which receives readings from said ORP measuring instrument, said controller regulates the ORP within a range supportive for microorganisms activity by utilizing mechanism which alters polarity between electrodes that are installed in said third type of electro cells during said biological breakdown mode, said mechanism alters said polarity whenever said ORP readings reach predefined values.
A method, comprising: i) providing a plurality of at least 10,000 microfluidic droplets containing cells, at least about 90% of the plurality of droplets containing one cell or no cell; ii) lysing the cells within the plurality of microfluidic droplets to release nucleic acid from the cells; and iii) bonding the released nucleic acid to oligonucleotide tags, a) wherein the oligonucleotide tag uniquely identifies the released nucleic acids from nucleic acids released from other cells by means of a barcode sequence and the tag additionally comprises a primer sequence, b) wherein for at least about 90% of the droplets, the oligonucleotide tag within the droplet is distinguishable from oligonucleotide tags within other droplets of the plurality of droplets, and preferably, c) at least some of the oligonucleotide tags comprise a poly-T sequence, wherein the plurality of droplets is provided by use of a microfluidic device with four inlets for i) oligonucleotide tags, ii) cells, iii) nucleic acid amplification reagents and iv) carrier oil, and one outlet port for droplet collection. i) providing a plurality of at least 10,000 microfluidic droplets containing cells, at least about 90% of the plurality of droplets containing one cell or no cell; ii) lysing the cells within the plurality of microfluidic droplets to release nucleic acid from the cells; and iii) bonding the released nucleic acid to oligonucleotide tags, a) wherein the oligonucleotide tag uniquely identifies the released nucleic acids from nucleic acids released from other cells by means of a barcode sequence and the tag additionally comprises a primer sequence, b) wherein for at least about 90% of the droplets, the oligonucleotide tag within the droplet is distinguishable from oligonucleotide tags within other droplets of the plurality of droplets, and preferably, c) at least some of the oligonucleotide tags comprise a poly-T sequence, wherein the plurality of droplets is provided by use of a microfluidic device with four inlets for i) oligonucleotide tags, ii) cells, iii) nucleic acid amplification reagents and iv) carrier oil, and one outlet port for droplet collection. a) wherein the oligonucleotide tag uniquely identifies the released nucleic acids from nucleic acids released from other cells by means of a barcode sequence and the tag additionally comprises a primer sequence, b) wherein for at least about 90% of the droplets, the oligonucleotide tag within the droplet is distinguishable from oligonucleotide tags within other droplets of the plurality of droplets, and preferably, c) at least some of the oligonucleotide tags comprise a poly-T sequence, wherein the plurality of droplets is provided by use of a microfluidic device with four inlets for i) oligonucleotide tags, ii) cells, iii) nucleic acid amplification reagents and iv) carrier oil, and one outlet port for droplet collection.
A vehicle comprising: a retracting device configured to retract a cord to be connected to a power supply; a power storage device to be charged by electric power from said power supply; and a control unit configured to determine whether or not said cord is retracted away from the ground when said cord is connected to said power supply, to control said retracting device to stop retracting said cord when said cord is retracted away from the ground, and to start charging said power storage device after the retracting of said cord is stopped. a retracting device configured to retract a cord to be connected to a power supply; a power storage device to be charged by electric power from said power supply; and a control unit configured to determine whether or not said cord is retracted away from the ground when said cord is connected to said power supply, to control said retracting device to stop retracting said cord when said cord is retracted away from the ground, and to start charging said power storage device after the retracting of said cord is stopped.
An immunogenic composition comprising a. a directed adjuvant comprising at least an anti-CD32 moiety linked to a TLR9 ligand and a first peptidic alpha-helix, wherein (i) said anti-CD32 moiety is a protein, polypeptide or peptide specifically binding to CD32; and (ii) said TLR9 ligand is a TLR9 agonist selected from the group consisting of CpG oligodeoxynucleotides class A, B and C; and b. a gastrin-17 peptide immunogen linked to a second peptidic alpha-helix coiled to the first alpha-helix, which peptide immunogen is any of (i) human gastrin-17 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID 1, or a fragment thereof comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID 2, or at least the 4 N-terminal amino acids of SEQ ID 2; (ii) a rhesus monkey or murine gastrin-17 peptide; and/or (iii) a functionally active variant of any of (i) or (ii), with one, two, three or four point mutations in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID 2. a. a directed adjuvant comprising at least an anti-CD32 moiety linked to a TLR9 ligand and a first peptidic alpha-helix, wherein (i) said anti-CD32 moiety is a protein, polypeptide or peptide specifically binding to CD32; and (ii) said TLR9 ligand is a TLR9 agonist selected from the group consisting of CpG oligodeoxynucleotides class A, B and C; and (i) said anti-CD32 moiety is a protein, polypeptide or peptide specifically binding to CD32; and (ii) said TLR9 ligand is a TLR9 agonist selected from the group consisting of CpG oligodeoxynucleotides class A, B and C; and b. a gastrin-17 peptide immunogen linked to a second peptidic alpha-helix coiled to the first alpha-helix, which peptide immunogen is any of (i) human gastrin-17 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID 1, or a fragment thereof comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID 2, or at least the 4 N-terminal amino acids of SEQ ID 2; (ii) a rhesus monkey or murine gastrin-17 peptide; and/or (iii) a functionally active variant of any of (i) or (ii), with one, two, three or four point mutations in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID 2. (i) human gastrin-17 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID 1, or a fragment thereof comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID 2, or at least the 4 N-terminal amino acids of SEQ ID 2; (ii) a rhesus monkey or murine gastrin-17 peptide; and/or (iii) a functionally active variant of any of (i) or (ii), with one, two, three or four point mutations in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID 2.
A rotor blade for a turbomachine, the rotor blade comprising: a main body having a shank, an airfoil extending radially outwardly from the shank, and a platform, the main body comprising a pressure-side slash face and a suction-side slash face; wherein each of the pressure-side slash face and suction-side slash face comprises a damper land, and defines a slot; wherein the damper land of the pressure-side slash face is disposed radially inward from the slot of the pressure-side slash face, and the damper land of the suction-side slash face is disposed radially inward from the slot of the suction-side slash face; and wherein the pressure-side slash face further comprises one or more undercuts, positioned radially inward of a first end and a second end of the damper land of the pressure-side slash face, wherein each of the one or more undercuts, have a maximum undercut depth defined in the circumferential direction, characterized in that; the one or more undercuts, at least partially define the slot of the pressure-side slash face. a main body having a shank, an airfoil extending radially outwardly from the shank, and a platform, the main body comprising a pressure-side slash face and a suction-side slash face; wherein each of the pressure-side slash face and suction-side slash face comprises a damper land, and defines a slot; wherein the damper land of the pressure-side slash face is disposed radially inward from the slot of the pressure-side slash face, and the damper land of the suction-side slash face is disposed radially inward from the slot of the suction-side slash face; and wherein the pressure-side slash face further comprises one or more undercuts, positioned radially inward of a first end and a second end of the damper land of the pressure-side slash face, wherein each of the one or more undercuts, have a maximum undercut depth defined in the circumferential direction, characterized in that; the one or more undercuts, at least partially define the slot of the pressure-side slash face.
A method of operating a heater, the heater including: a radiant heating zone comprising a bottom hearth, opposing walls (34, 36), a lower portion including a hearth burner section and an upper portion including a wall burner section; at least one tubular heating coil located in the radiant heating zone; the hearth burner section comprising a plurality of hearth burners located adjacent to the bottom hearth for firing in the radiant heating zone; and the wall burner section comprising a plurality of wall burners located adjacent to the opposing walls (34, 36), the method being characterized in that it comprises: introducing to the wall burner section a first air and fuel mixture having less than the stoichiometric quantity of air for combustion of fuel introduced to the wall burner section, and introducing to the hearth burner section a second air and fuel mixture having greater than the stoichiometric quantity of air for combustion of fuel introduced to the hearth burner section, the overall quantity of air introduced to the hearth burner section and wall burner section being at least a stoichiometric quantity. a radiant heating zone comprising a bottom hearth, opposing walls (34, 36), a lower portion including a hearth burner section and an upper portion including a wall burner section; at least one tubular heating coil located in the radiant heating zone; the hearth burner section comprising a plurality of hearth burners located adjacent to the bottom hearth for firing in the radiant heating zone; and the wall burner section comprising a plurality of wall burners located adjacent to the opposing walls (34, 36), the method being characterized in that it comprises: introducing to the wall burner section a first air and fuel mixture having less than the stoichiometric quantity of air for combustion of fuel introduced to the wall burner section, and introducing to the hearth burner section a second air and fuel mixture having greater than the stoichiometric quantity of air for combustion of fuel introduced to the hearth burner section, introducing to the wall burner section a first air and fuel mixture having less than the stoichiometric quantity of air for combustion of fuel introduced to the wall burner section, and introducing to the hearth burner section a second air and fuel mixture having greater than the stoichiometric quantity of air for combustion of fuel introduced to the hearth burner section, the overall quantity of air introduced to the hearth burner section and wall burner section being at least a stoichiometric quantity.
Method of controlling the supply of electricity to a motor that drives a hydraulic pump of the power-assisted steering of a motor vehicle, comprising, by gradually re-establishing the supply of electricity to the motor, a step of gradually re-establishing the power-assisted steering following a fault with the supply of electricity to the motor, characterized in that the said step of gradually re-establishing the supply is performed, if the speed of the vehicle is non-zero or above a threshold value, according to parameters comprising the position and speed of the steering wheel.
(Amended) An image position adjustment device comprising: a light source unit adapted to emit visible light and infrared light; a first movable reflecting unit for reflecting the visible light and transmitting the infrared light; a second movable reflecting unit for reflecting the infrared light transmitted through the first movable reflecting unit; a display unit for projecting on the display unit an image using the visible light reflected by the first movable reflecting unit; and a line-of-sight detection unit for imaging a user using the reflected light of infrared light reflected by the second movable reflecting unit on the user to detect a line-of-sight position of the user, wherein the line-of-sight position detection unit has an imaging element which acquires two-dimensional image information of the user, and is adapted to calculate image information in the depth direction of the user from the difference between the light-emission timing of infrared light and the light-reception timing of reflected light, to acquire three-dimensional image information of the user on the basis of the image information in the depth direction of the user and the two-dimensional image information of the user acquired by the imaging element, and to detect the line-of-sight position of the user on the basis of the three-dimensional image information of the user, and wherein the first movable reflecting unit is adapted to adjust the position of the image in accordance with the line-of-sight position detected by the line-of-sight detection unit. a light source unit adapted to emit visible light and infrared light; a first movable reflecting unit for reflecting the visible light and transmitting the infrared light; a second movable reflecting unit for reflecting the infrared light transmitted through the first movable reflecting unit; a display unit for projecting on the display unit an image using the visible light reflected by the first movable reflecting unit; and a line-of-sight detection unit for imaging a user using the reflected light of infrared light reflected by the second movable reflecting unit on the user to detect a line-of-sight position of the user, wherein the line-of-sight position detection unit has an imaging element which acquires two-dimensional image information of the user, and is adapted to calculate image information in the depth direction of the user from the difference between the light-emission timing of infrared light and the light-reception timing of reflected light, to acquire three-dimensional image information of the user on the basis of the image information in the depth direction of the user and the two-dimensional image information of the user acquired by the imaging element, and to detect the line-of-sight position of the user on the basis of the three-dimensional image information of the user, and wherein the first movable reflecting unit is adapted to adjust the position of the image in accordance with the line-of-sight position detected by the line-of-sight detection unit.
A surgical manipulation instrument, in particular for minimally invasive surgery, comprising: an extra-corporeal drive device comprising a plurality of axially displaceable first actuation elements, a partially intra-corporeal manipulator part comprising a plurality of axially displaceable second actuation means for actuating an end effector, and a coupling device for a detachable coupling of a respective actuation elements pair (12, 24), said coupling device comprising a first coupling element with an undercut recess into which a second coupling element engages, characterized in that the first coupling element is rotationally symmetric in particular with respect to its longitudinal axis that coincides with the longitudinal axis of the first actuation element. an extra-corporeal drive device comprising a plurality of axially displaceable first actuation elements, a partially intra-corporeal manipulator part comprising a plurality of axially displaceable second actuation means for actuating an end effector, and a coupling device for a detachable coupling of a respective actuation elements pair (12, 24), said coupling device comprising a first coupling element with an undercut recess into which a second coupling element engages, characterized in that the first coupling element is rotationally symmetric in particular with respect to its longitudinal axis that coincides with the longitudinal axis of the first actuation element.
A method for protecting articles, in particular displayed goods, whereas an anti-theft alarm is triggered in case of theft of an article, whereas apart from when an anti-theft alarm is triggered in case of theft of the article, a person approaching the article or removing the article inadvertently, is recorded and when said recording takes place, at least one action is triggered, which consists at least in displaying production information about the article to which a person has come close or which is removed inadvertently characterised in that the distance of a person and/or a sensor mounted on the article to be protected and/or of the article to be protected with respect to the distance sensor properly speaking is detected, whereas in combination with the distance sensor the system sends a preliminary warning when the article to be protected is removed within a predefinable lifting distance and an anti-theft alarm is triggered when said removing distance has been exceeded.
An LC medium having negative dielectric anisotropy and comprising one or more polymerizable compounds and one or more dopants of formula IA wherein alkyl and alkyl* each, independently of one another, denote a straight-chain, branched or cyclic alkyl radical having 1-6 C atoms, wherein the total proportion of the dopants of formula IA in the LC medium is from 0.05 to 0.3% by weight.
A partial unicompartmental knee replacement system for implantation between a femur and a tibia of a patient, the system comprising: a tibial bearing component having an anchoring surface for secured fastening to the tibial bone and an opposing bearing surface having a central convex surface adjacent a medial side wall; a flexible meniscus component having a femoral bearing surface configured to articulate with the cartilage bearing surface on the femur and an opposing tibial bearing surface configured to selectively engage the tibial bearing surface such that in a first position relative to the tibial bearing component, the meniscus component is configured to assume a first angular position relative to the medial side wall and in a second position relative to the tibial bearing component translated posteriorly from the first position, the meniscus component is configured to assume a second angular position relative to the medial side wall, the second position being different than the first position. a tibial bearing component having an anchoring surface for secured fastening to the tibial bone and an opposing bearing surface having a central convex surface adjacent a medial side wall; a flexible meniscus component having a femoral bearing surface configured to articulate with the cartilage bearing surface on the femur and an opposing tibial bearing surface configured to selectively engage the tibial bearing surface such that in a first position relative to the tibial bearing component, the meniscus component is configured to assume a first angular position relative to the medial side wall and in a second position relative to the tibial bearing component translated posteriorly from the first position, the meniscus component is configured to assume a second angular position relative to the medial side wall, the second position being different than the first position.