mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An agent, which is a surface-treating agent comprising at least one perfluoro(poly)ether group containing silane compound of formula: wherein: Rf is C1-10 -alkyl optionally substituted by one or more F; PFPE is -(OC 4 F 8) a -(OC 3 F 6) b -(OC 2 F 4) c -(OCF 2) d - wherein, a-d are each independently an integer of 0-90, and ( a + b + c + d) is ≥ 1, and the occurrence order of the units in parentheses with the subscript a, b, c or d is not limited; Q is O or a divalent organic group; R 1 is H or C 1-22 -alkyl; R 2 each independently is H or an inert monovalent organic group; X is OH or OR 4, wherein R 4 each independently is optionally substituted C 1-12 -alkyl; Y is H or halogen; Z is F or C 1-5 -fluoroalkyl; e is an integer of 0-3; f is 0 or 1; g is an integer of 1-10; h is an integer of 0-3; and n is an integer of 1-3, wherein the number average molecular weight of the compound, measured by means of 19 F-NMR, is 3000-6000, preferably 3000-5000, ≥ 80 mol-%, preferably ≥ 90 mol-%, of the compound contained in the agent is a compound wherein g is ≥ 2, and the polydispersity of g is > 1.0 to < 2.0. Rf is C1-10 -alkyl optionally substituted by one or more F; PFPE is -(OC 4 F 8) a -(OC 3 F 6) b -(OC 2 F 4) c -(OCF 2) d - wherein, a-d are each independently an integer of 0-90, and ( a + b + c + d) is ≥ 1, and the occurrence order of the units in parentheses with the subscript a, b, c or d is not limited; Q is O or a divalent organic group; R 1 is H or C 1-22 -alkyl; R 2 each independently is H or an inert monovalent organic group; X is OH or OR 4, wherein R 4 each independently is optionally substituted C 1-12 -alkyl; Y is H or halogen; Z is F or C 1-5 -fluoroalkyl; e is an integer of 0-3; f is 0 or 1; g is an integer of 1-10; h is an integer of 0-3; and n is an integer of 1-3, the number average molecular weight of the compound, measured by means of 19 F-NMR, is 3000-6000, preferably 3000-5000, ≥ 80 mol-%, preferably ≥ 90 mol-%, of the compound contained in the agent is a compound wherein g is ≥ 2, and the polydispersity of g is > 1.0 to < 2.0.
A computer-readable medium storing machine instructions, wherein the machine instructions, when executed by a computing resource, cause the computing resource to: extract N least significant bits from each of a first set of pixels of an image file, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; apply a mask to each of the extracted N least significant bits to form a second set of pixel values; determine a first probability as to whether the second set of pixels encodes a hidden image; responsive to the first probability exceeding a first threshold, determine a second probability as to whether the second set of pixels matches an image encoded in the first set of pixels; and responsive to a determination that the second probability is less than a second threshold, perform a non-image classifier on the second set of pixels, wherein the non-image classifier includes a convolutional neural network to output a class based on a probability score. extract N least significant bits from each of a first set of pixels of an image file, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; apply a mask to each of the extracted N least significant bits to form a second set of pixel values; determine a first probability as to whether the second set of pixels encodes a hidden image; responsive to the first probability exceeding a first threshold, determine a second probability as to whether the second set of pixels matches an image encoded in the first set of pixels; and responsive to a determination that the second probability is less than a second threshold, perform a non-image classifier on the second set of pixels, wherein the non-image classifier includes a convolutional neural network to output a class based on a probability score.
A photoresist composition suitable for image-wise exposure and development as a negative photoresist comprising a negative photoresist composition and an inorganic particle material having an average particle size equal or greater than 10 nanometers, wherein the photoresist composition is capable of forming a coating film with a thickness of greater than 5 μm, and wherein the negative photoresist composition is a composition comprising (i) a resin binder, (ii) a photoacid generator, and (iii) a cross-linking agent, and where the inorganic particle material is colloidal silica.
Process for the manufacturing of a calcium carbonate-comprising material comprising the steps of a) providing a substantially dispersant-free aqueous suspension of at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material comprising a dispersant agent in an amount of ≤ 0.005 wt.-%, based on the total dry weight of the at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material, wherein the aqueous suspension has a solid content in the range from 10.0 to 80.0 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the aqueous suspension; b) wet-grinding the aqueous suspension as provided in step a) in at least one grinding step for obtaining an aqueous suspension of at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material having a weight median diameter d 50 < 0.5 μm; c) dewatering the aqueous suspension as obtained in step b) in a tube press to obtain a filter cake having a solid content in the range from 40.0 to 88.0 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the filter cake; d) deagglomerating the filter cake obtained in step c) in a cell mill, wherein the filter cake obtained in deagglomeration step d) comprises at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material having a weight median diameter d 50 in the range from 0.1 to 1.0 μm; e) adding at least one dispersing agent to the deagglomerated filter cake obtained in step d) and mixing the filter cake and the at least one dispersing agent to obtain an aqueous suspension having a solid content in the range from 70.0 to 80.0 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the aqueous suspension. a) providing a substantially dispersant-free aqueous suspension of at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material comprising a dispersant agent in an amount of ≤ 0.005 wt.-%, based on the total dry weight of the at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material, wherein the aqueous suspension has a solid content in the range from 10.0 to 80.0 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the aqueous suspension; b) wet-grinding the aqueous suspension as provided in step a) in at least one grinding step for obtaining an aqueous suspension of at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material having a weight median diameter d 50 < 0.5 μm; c) dewatering the aqueous suspension as obtained in step b) in a tube press to obtain a filter cake having a solid content in the range from 40.0 to 88.0 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the filter cake; d) deagglomerating the filter cake obtained in step c) in a cell mill, wherein the filter cake obtained in deagglomeration step d) comprises at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material having a weight median diameter d 50 in the range from 0.1 to 1.0 μm; e) adding at least one dispersing agent to the deagglomerated filter cake obtained in step d) and mixing the filter cake and the at least one dispersing agent to obtain an aqueous suspension having a solid content in the range from 70.0 to 80.0 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the aqueous suspension.
Method of modulating expression of a polynucleotide in a Yarrowia host cell, preferably in a recombinant Yarrowia host cell, comprising contacting the host cell with a non-naturally occurring or engineered composition comprising a source of a CRISPR-Cas system comprising a guide-polynucleotide and a Cas protein, wherein the guide-polynucleotide comprises a guide-sequence that is the reverse complement of a target-polynucleotide in the host cell and the guide-polynucleotide directs binding of the Cas protein at the target-polynucleotide in the host cell to form a CRISPR-Cas complex, wherein the guide-sequence is the reverse complement of the y part of a 5'- yPAM-3' polynucleotide sequence target in the genome of the host cell, wherein y is an integer of 8-30, wherein PAM is a protospacer adjacent motif and is preferably a sequence selected from the group consisting of 5'-XGG-3', 5'-XGGXG-3', 5'-XXAGAAW-3', 5'-XXXXGATT-3', 5'-XXAGAA-3', 5'-XAAAAC-3', wherein X can be any nucleotide or analog thereof, preferably X can be any nucleotide; and W is A or T, wherein the guide-polynucleotide is encoded by a polynucleotide that is operably linked to an RNA polymerase II promoter, wherein the polynucleotide that is operably linked to an RNA polymerase II promoter encodes a pre-guide-polynucleotide comprising the guide-polynucleotide and self-processing ribozymes, wherein, when transcribed, the guide-polynucleotide is released by the self-processing ribozymes from the pre-guide-polynucleotide transcript, and wherein said composition further comprises one or more distinct exogenous polynucleotides that upon cleavage of the target-polynucleotide by the CRISPR-Cas complex recombines with the target-polynucleotide, resulting in a modified target-polynucleotide.
An oxide superconducting wire comprising an oxide superconducting laminate, the oxide superconducting laminate comprising: an intermediate body that contains a tape-shaped substrate, an intermediate layer formed on a main surface of the substrate and an oxide superconducting layer formed on the intermediate layer; a protective layer formed on the intermediate body; and a plating coating layer formed along an outer circumference of the oxide superconducting laminate, wherein an average film thickness T ave of the protective layer is 0.1 μm to 5 μm, and a ratio T σ /T ave between a standard deviation T σ and the average film thickness T ave of a film thickness of the protective layer is 0.4 or less, and when the oxide superconducting layer is transitioned to a normal conducting state, the plating coating layer serves as a bypass along with the protective layer and functions as a stabilizing layer. an intermediate body that contains a tape-shaped substrate, an intermediate layer formed on a main surface of the substrate and an oxide superconducting layer formed on the intermediate layer; a protective layer formed on the intermediate body; and a plating coating layer formed along an outer circumference of the oxide superconducting laminate, wherein an average film thickness T ave of the protective layer is 0.1 μm to 5 μm, and a ratio T σ /T ave between a standard deviation T σ and the average film thickness T ave of a film thickness of the protective layer is 0.4 or less, and when the oxide superconducting layer is transitioned to a normal conducting state, the plating coating layer serves as a bypass along with the protective layer and functions as a stabilizing layer.
An ultrasound imaging system comprising: an ultrasound transducer array configured to acquire an ultrasound image; a controller configured to control acquisition by the ultrasound transducer array based, at least in part, on one or more imaging parameters; a view recognition processor configured to determine if the ultrasound image corresponds to a specific view; and an optimization state controller configured to receive an output of the view recognition processor if the view recognition processor determines that the ultrasound image corresponds to the specific view, and to determine updates to the one or more imaging parameters, based, at least in part, on the output, wherein the optimization state controller provides the updated one or more imaging parameters to the controller; and wherein the optimization state controller is adapted to control the ultrasound imaging system to reacquire an ultrasound image of the same specific view with the updated one or more imaging parameters if the ultrasound image has been stable for a certain period of time. an ultrasound transducer array configured to acquire an ultrasound image; a controller configured to control acquisition by the ultrasound transducer array based, at least in part, on one or more imaging parameters; a view recognition processor configured to determine if the ultrasound image corresponds to a specific view; and an optimization state controller configured to receive an output of the view recognition processor if the view recognition processor determines that the ultrasound image corresponds to the specific view, and to determine updates to the one or more imaging parameters, based, at least in part, on the output, wherein the optimization state controller provides the updated one or more imaging parameters to the controller; and wherein the optimization state controller is adapted to control the ultrasound imaging system to reacquire an ultrasound image of the same specific view with the updated one or more imaging parameters if the ultrasound image has been stable for a certain period of time.
A method for corrosion mitigation on a component having at least one damaged portion, the method comprising: applying a coating on a surface of the at least one damaged portion, the coating comprising a reactive rare-earth-doped-oxide, wherein the reactive rare-earth-doped-oxide is gadolinium doped ceria; and initiating a reaction between the coating and molten sulfates at the surface, the reaction catalytically decomposing the molten sulfates at the surface of the at least one damaged portion of the component, wherein the molten sulfates comprise of sulfur containing compounds and aerosols. applying a coating on a surface of the at least one damaged portion, the coating comprising a reactive rare-earth-doped-oxide, wherein the reactive rare-earth-doped-oxide is gadolinium doped ceria; and initiating a reaction between the coating and molten sulfates at the surface, the reaction catalytically decomposing the molten sulfates at the surface of the at least one damaged portion of the component, wherein the molten sulfates comprise of sulfur containing compounds and aerosols.
A method of producing esters from a natural oil, comprising: providing a natural oil feedstock comprising glycerides; transesterifying the glycerides to provide a transesterified product comprising monounsaturated fatty acid esters and polyunsaturated fatty acid esters; separating the polyunsaturated fatty acid esters from the monounsaturated fatty acid esters, to provide a separated monounsaturated fatty acid ester composition having a ratio of at least 10 parts by weight of monounsaturated fatty acid esters for every 1 part by weight of polyunsaturated fatty acid esters; and metathesizing the separated monounsaturated fatty acid ester composition in the presence of a metathesis catalyst to provide a metathesized product comprising metathesized monounsaturated fatty acid esters and at least one olefin. providing a natural oil feedstock comprising glycerides; transesterifying the glycerides to provide a transesterified product comprising monounsaturated fatty acid esters and polyunsaturated fatty acid esters; separating the polyunsaturated fatty acid esters from the monounsaturated fatty acid esters, to provide a separated monounsaturated fatty acid ester composition having a ratio of at least 10 parts by weight of monounsaturated fatty acid esters for every 1 part by weight of polyunsaturated fatty acid esters; and metathesizing the separated monounsaturated fatty acid ester composition in the presence of a metathesis catalyst to provide a metathesized product comprising metathesized monounsaturated fatty acid esters and at least one olefin.
A training apparatus for training inspection of and/or repair techniques on gas turbine engines, comprising: at least one gas turbine engine fan stage having a plurality of fan rotor blades attached to a disk, the at least one gas turbine engine fan stage having an axially extending centerline, and the disk mounted for rotation about the axially extending centerline; and a stand which supports the at least one gas turbine engine fan stage; wherein the plurality of fan rotor blades includes at least one learning fan rotor blade having an airfoil, the airfoil has a geometric configuration with at least one preexisting geometric deviation, the at least one preexisting geometric deviation being deviant from a design geometric configuration of a reference fan rotor blade; and wherein the at least one learning fan rotor blade comprises a first material, and a remainder of the plurality of fan rotor blades comprise a second material, wherein the second material is different from the first material. at least one gas turbine engine fan stage having a plurality of fan rotor blades attached to a disk, the at least one gas turbine engine fan stage having an axially extending centerline, and the disk mounted for rotation about the axially extending centerline; and a stand which supports the at least one gas turbine engine fan stage; wherein the plurality of fan rotor blades includes at least one learning fan rotor blade having an airfoil, the airfoil has a geometric configuration with at least one preexisting geometric deviation, the at least one preexisting geometric deviation being deviant from a design geometric configuration of a reference fan rotor blade; and wherein the at least one learning fan rotor blade comprises a first material, and a remainder of the plurality of fan rotor blades comprise a second material, wherein the second material is different from the first material.
Use of isosorbide derivatives according to the general formula where R" is a linear or branched alkyl radical having 5 to 23 carbon atoms as a foam improver for producing aqueous cosmetic compositions.
A local feature descriptor extracting apparatus comprising: a feature point detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of feature points in an image and output feature point information that is information regarding each feature point; a feature point selecting unit configured to select a prescribed number of feature points in an order of importance from the plurality of detected feature points, based on the feature point information; a local region acquiring unit configured to acquire a local region corresponding to each selected feature point; a subregion dividing unit configured to divide each local region into a plurality of subregions; a subregion feature vector generating unit configured to generate a gradient direction histogram of a plurality of dimensions for each subregion in each local region; and a dimension selecting unit configured to select dimensions from the gradient direction histogram for each subregion so that at least one gradient direction differs between adjacent subregions, based on a positional relationship between subregions in each local region and output elements of the selected dimensions as a feature descriptor of the local region. a feature point detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of feature points in an image and output feature point information that is information regarding each feature point; a feature point selecting unit configured to select a prescribed number of feature points in an order of importance from the plurality of detected feature points, based on the feature point information; a local region acquiring unit configured to acquire a local region corresponding to each selected feature point; a subregion dividing unit configured to divide each local region into a plurality of subregions; a subregion feature vector generating unit configured to generate a gradient direction histogram of a plurality of dimensions for each subregion in each local region; and a dimension selecting unit configured to select dimensions from the gradient direction histogram for each subregion so that at least one gradient direction differs between adjacent subregions, based on a positional relationship between subregions in each local region and output elements of the selected dimensions as a feature descriptor of the local region.
A method performed by a first network entity acting as a location measurement or management function, for reducing interference caused to or by positioning signals in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: - acquiring, from a serving network node serving a user equipment, UE, a configuration of an uplink positioning signal and information on uplink resources for the UE to transmit the uplink positioning signal; - identifying at least one network entity, that need to receive the uplink positioning signal from the UE to be positioned; - collecting information about each neighboring cell neighboring at least one network node nearest the at least one network entity; and - informing each network node controlling a neighboring cell to keep certain uplink resources constrained or unscheduled to avoid interference with the uplink resources used by the UE to transmit the uplink positioning signal to said at least one network entity; and - configuring a reservation resource or a reservation resource slot in the downlink, which indicates reservation of resources for transmitting said uplink positioning signal and informing the at least one network entity and each network node of each neighboring cell about the configured reservation resource slot or reservation resource. - acquiring, from a serving network node serving a user equipment, UE, a configuration of an uplink positioning signal and information on uplink resources for the UE to transmit the uplink positioning signal; - identifying at least one network entity, that need to receive the uplink positioning signal from the UE to be positioned; - collecting information about each neighboring cell neighboring at least one network node nearest the at least one network entity; and - informing each network node controlling a neighboring cell to keep certain uplink resources constrained or unscheduled to avoid interference with the uplink resources used by the UE to transmit the uplink positioning signal to said at least one network entity; and - configuring a reservation resource or a reservation resource slot in the downlink, which indicates reservation of resources for transmitting said uplink positioning signal and informing the at least one network entity and each network node of each neighboring cell about the configured reservation resource slot or reservation resource.
A computer implemented method for tuning design parameters in an arbitrary control structure, the method comprising: obtaining one or more tunable components; transforming the control structure, the transforming: - separating components to be tuned from fixed dynamics of the control structure; using H∞ or H2 objectives or constraints pertaining to one or more point-to-point transfer functions in a system, the H∞ or H2 objectives or constraints expressing: - design objectives, or - design requirements; and tuning the control structure using a tuner based on a member selected from a class of non-smooth H∞ or H2 optimization algorithms, where the tuner: - tunes the parameters on a closed-loop of a linear fractional transformation model of the control structure, the tuning: -- optimizing the H∞ or H2 objectives, or -- enforcing the H∞ or H2 constraints. obtaining one or more tunable components; transforming the control structure, the transforming: - separating components to be tuned from fixed dynamics of the control structure; - separating components to be tuned from fixed dynamics of the control structure; using H∞ or H2 objectives or constraints pertaining to one or more point-to-point transfer functions in a system, the H∞ or H2 objectives or constraints expressing: - design objectives, or - design requirements; and - design objectives, or - design requirements; and tuning the control structure using a tuner based on a member selected from a class of non-smooth H∞ or H2 optimization algorithms, where the tuner: - tunes the parameters on a closed-loop of a linear fractional transformation model of the control structure, the tuning: -- optimizing the H∞ or H2 objectives, or -- enforcing the H∞ or H2 constraints. - tunes the parameters on a closed-loop of a linear fractional transformation model of the control structure, the tuning: -- optimizing the H∞ or H2 objectives, or -- enforcing the H∞ or H2 constraints. -- optimizing the H∞ or H2 objectives, or -- enforcing the H∞ or H2 constraints.