mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method implemented by a controller for allocating scalable media content among a list of cache devices, the method comprising: obtaining the list of cache devices; obtaining content availability associated with a content source; obtaining a user viewing preference or user viewing history, and device characteristics for each cache device of the list of cache devices; determining, based on the user viewing preference or user viewing history, that a content object available at the content source is relevant to at least one cache device of the list of cache devices; determining, based on scalability information associated with the content object, that the content object comprises a base layer and an enhancement layer that depends on the base layer for decoding; mapping, based at least on the scalability information associated with the content object and the device characteristics for each cache device of the list of cache devices, the base layer of the content object to a first cache device of the list of cache devices, and the enhancement layer of the content object to a second cache device of the list of cache devices; and sending instructions to the first cache device to cache the base layer of the content object and to the second cache device to cache the enhancement layer of the content object. obtaining the list of cache devices; obtaining content availability associated with a content source; obtaining a user viewing preference or user viewing history, and device characteristics for each cache device of the list of cache devices; a user viewing preference or user viewing history, and device characteristics for each cache device of the list of cache devices; determining, based on the user viewing preference or user viewing history, that a content object available at the content source is relevant to at least one cache device of the list of cache devices; determining, based on scalability information associated with the content object, that the content object comprises a base layer and an enhancement layer that depends on the base layer for decoding; mapping, based at least on the scalability information associated with the content object and the device characteristics for each cache device of the list of cache devices, the base layer of the content object to a first cache device of the list of cache devices, and the enhancement layer of the content object to a second cache device of the list of cache devices; and the base layer of the content object to a first cache device of the list of cache devices, and the enhancement layer of the content object to a second cache device of the list of cache devices; and sending instructions to the first cache device to cache the base layer of the content object and to the second cache device to cache the enhancement layer of the content object.
An in-vitro method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, the method comprising: (a) using two samples of fibroblast skin cells from the subject; (b) treating one of the cell samples with an amyloid beta peptide (Aβ); (c) culturing each of the Aβ-treated and untreated cell samples in a culture medium; (d) imaging each of the Aβ-treated and untreated cell samples to obtain at least one image of each sample; (e) analyzing the at least one image of each sample by at least one morphological analysis method relative to a control known to have Alzheimer's Disease; and (f) wherein if both of the Aβ-treated and untreated cell samples have an AD-like phenotype, the diagnosis is positive for AD, and if the Aβ-treated cell sample has an AD-like phenotype and the untreated cell sample does not, the diagnosis is negative for AD. (a) using two samples of fibroblast skin cells from the subject; (b) treating one of the cell samples with an amyloid beta peptide (Aβ); (c) culturing each of the Aβ-treated and untreated cell samples in a culture medium; (d) imaging each of the Aβ-treated and untreated cell samples to obtain at least one image of each sample; (e) analyzing the at least one image of each sample by at least one morphological analysis method relative to a control known to have Alzheimer's Disease; and (f) wherein if both of the Aβ-treated and untreated cell samples have an AD-like phenotype, the diagnosis is positive for AD, and if the Aβ-treated cell sample has an AD-like phenotype and the untreated cell sample does not, the diagnosis is negative for AD.
Method for producing a first reactor product gas and a second reactor product gas from a carbonaceous material using a first reactor having a first interior and a second reactor having a second interior, the method comprising: (a) combusting a fuel source in a first reactor heat exchanger (HX-A) to form a combustion stream; (b) indirectly heating a particulate heat transfer material present in the first reactor with said combustion stream, to provide at least a portion of the heat required to react carbonaceous material with steam and optionally also with carbon dioxide and/or an oxygen-containing gas, to produce a first reactor product gas containing char; (c) separating char from the first reactor product gas; (d) reacting the separated char with an oxygen-containing gas in a second reactor to produce a second reactor product gas; and (e) transferring heat from the second reactor through a heat exchanger to a heat transfer medium, the heat transfer medium comprising steam; characterized by (f) introducing at least a first portion of the steam that has been heated by the second reactor, into the first reactor, to react with the carbonaceous material; wherein: the first reactor is operated at a first reactor pressure; and the second reactor is operated at a second reactor pressure, the first reactor pressure being greater than the second reactor pressure. (a) combusting a fuel source in a first reactor heat exchanger (HX-A) to form a combustion stream; (b) indirectly heating a particulate heat transfer material present in the first reactor with said combustion stream, to provide at least a portion of the heat required to react carbonaceous material with steam and optionally also with carbon dioxide and/or an oxygen-containing gas, to produce a first reactor product gas containing char; (c) separating char from the first reactor product gas; (d) reacting the separated char with an oxygen-containing gas in a second reactor to produce a second reactor product gas; and (e) transferring heat from the second reactor through a heat exchanger to a heat transfer medium, the heat transfer medium comprising steam; (f) introducing at least a first portion of the steam that has been heated by the second reactor, into the first reactor, to react with the carbonaceous material; wherein: the first reactor is operated at a first reactor pressure; and the second reactor is operated at a second reactor pressure, the first reactor pressure being greater than the second reactor pressure. the first reactor is operated at a first reactor pressure; and the second reactor is operated at a second reactor pressure, the first reactor pressure being greater than the second reactor pressure.
A system (300, 900, 1000) for distributed heat flux sensing of body tissue, the system comprising: a distributed sensor (310, 510, 711-719, 800, 910, 1011-1019) including a fiber optic sensor configured to provide a plurality of temperature measurements corresponding to a plurality of points in a measurement range, the fiber optic sensor including an optical fiber that extends through the measurement range and is configured to measure a shape of the fiber optic sensor along the measurement range; a thermal energy source (320, 520, 560, 620, 720, 820, 920, 1020) configured to apply thermal energy to the body tissue along the measurement range; and one or more processors (330, 940, 1040) configured to: receive the plurality of temperature measurements from the distributed sensor, the plurality of temperature measurements corresponding to the plurality of points; determine an amount of thermal energy applied by the thermal energy source at each of the plurality of points; determine heat flux at each of the plurality of points based on the plurality of temperature measurements and the amount of thermal energy applied by the thermal energy source; and determine a location of each of the plurality of points based on shape data from the fiber optic sensor in a known three-dimensional reference frame. a distributed sensor (310, 510, 711-719, 800, 910, 1011-1019) including a fiber optic sensor configured to provide a plurality of temperature measurements corresponding to a plurality of points in a measurement range, the fiber optic sensor including an optical fiber that extends through the measurement range and is configured to measure a shape of the fiber optic sensor along the measurement range; a thermal energy source (320, 520, 560, 620, 720, 820, 920, 1020) configured to apply thermal energy to the body tissue along the measurement range; and one or more processors (330, 940, 1040) configured to: receive the plurality of temperature measurements from the distributed sensor, the plurality of temperature measurements corresponding to the plurality of points; determine an amount of thermal energy applied by the thermal energy source at each of the plurality of points; determine heat flux at each of the plurality of points based on the plurality of temperature measurements and the amount of thermal energy applied by the thermal energy source; and determine a location of each of the plurality of points based on shape data from the fiber optic sensor in a known three-dimensional reference frame. receive the plurality of temperature measurements from the distributed sensor, the plurality of temperature measurements corresponding to the plurality of points; determine an amount of thermal energy applied by the thermal energy source at each of the plurality of points; determine heat flux at each of the plurality of points based on the plurality of temperature measurements and the amount of thermal energy applied by the thermal energy source; and determine a location of each of the plurality of points based on shape data from the fiber optic sensor in a known three-dimensional reference frame.
Method for selective activation of at least one region of a surface of a dielectric substrate by bonding the region to at least one activating chemical compound, wherein - a liquid is applied to the surface of the substrate, which liquid consists of an aqueous solution in which a dissociated palladium salt or a palladium complex is present and contains the activating chemical compound, and - an electromagnetic radiation is directed through the liquid into a focal spot onto the surface of the substrate of the at least one region to be activated (3.1, 3.2) of the surface, wherein the electromagnetic radiation in interaction with the liquid and the substrate causes a change of the surface acted upon by the electromagnetic radiation and bonding to palladium ions or palladium atoms which act as metal nuclei, so that at least a portion of the activating chemical compound is bonded to the region to be activated (3.1, 3.2) and the region to be activated (3.1, 3.2) is activated to an activated region (4.1 to 4.6). - a liquid is applied to the surface of the substrate, which liquid consists of an aqueous solution in which a dissociated palladium salt or a palladium complex is present and contains the activating chemical compound, and - an electromagnetic radiation is directed through the liquid into a focal spot onto the surface of the substrate of the at least one region to be activated (3.1, 3.2) of the surface, wherein the electromagnetic radiation in interaction with the liquid and the substrate causes a change of the surface acted upon by the electromagnetic radiation and bonding to palladium ions or palladium atoms which act as metal nuclei, so that at least a portion of the activating chemical compound is bonded to the region to be activated (3.1, 3.2) and the region to be activated (3.1, 3.2) is activated to an activated region (4.1 to 4.6).
A reflectometry method for detecting discontinuities in a chemical vapor deposition coating comprising: • providing a thermoplastic vessel wall having an outside surface, an inside surface, and a CVD coating on at least one of the inside and outside surfaces, the vessel wall and the CVD coating having different indices of refraction; • impinging electromagnetic energy on multiple positions of the CVD coating under conditions effective to cause energy to reflect from the multiple positions of the CVD coating; • mapping the reflected energy to the multiple positions of the CVD coating, producing a map (724, 726); and • analyzing the reflected energy to determine whether the reflected energy includes at least one artifact of a discontinuity in the CVD coating, wherein analyzing comprises determining the area of the discontinuity and the analyzing step is carried out by a computer processor programmed for analyzing the data stream of map (724, 726) to find at least one artifact representing a discrete area of the image of contrasting brightness relative to the background of the discrete area, representing a discontinuity. • providing a thermoplastic vessel wall having an outside surface, an inside surface, and a CVD coating on at least one of the inside and outside surfaces, the vessel wall and the CVD coating having different indices of refraction; • impinging electromagnetic energy on multiple positions of the CVD coating under conditions effective to cause energy to reflect from the multiple positions of the CVD coating; • mapping the reflected energy to the multiple positions of the CVD coating, producing a map (724, 726); and • analyzing the reflected energy to determine whether the reflected energy includes at least one artifact of a discontinuity in the CVD coating, wherein analyzing comprises determining the area of the discontinuity and the analyzing step is carried out by a computer processor programmed for analyzing the data stream of map (724, 726) to find at least one artifact representing a discrete area of the image of contrasting brightness relative to the background of the discrete area, representing a discontinuity.
Galacto-oligosaccharides or nutritional composition comprising galacto-oligosaccharides for use in therapeutically preventing and/or ameliorating a food contaminant induced decrease of the B cell adaptive immune response to vaccination with an antigen that is derived from a virus, wherein the galacto-oligosaccharides comprise beta1,3'-galactosyllactose, and wherein the galacto-oligosaccharides comprise at least 20 % beta1,3'-galactosyllactose based on total weight of the galacto-oligosaccharides, wherein the nutritional composition is a synthetic nutritional composition.
A 3D printing material blend, configured to be used in a 3D printer, comprising: a 3D printing material portion; a magnetic nanoparticle portion; wherein the magnetic nanoparticle portion is embedded in the 3D printing material portion in such a way that the 3D printing material blend is encoded with a uniquely identifiable predetermined code, characterized in that the magnetic nanoparticle portion comprises: (i) a magnetic field amplitude dependent magnetic moment or susceptibility, or (ii) a frequency-dependent magnetic susceptibility, and wherein the predetermined code is related to one or more characteristics of said nanoparticles that affect said magnetic moment or susceptibility. a 3D printing material portion; a magnetic nanoparticle portion; wherein the magnetic nanoparticle portion is embedded in the 3D printing material portion in such a way that the 3D printing material blend is encoded with a uniquely identifiable predetermined code, characterized in that the magnetic nanoparticle portion comprises: (i) a magnetic field amplitude dependent magnetic moment or susceptibility, or (ii) a frequency-dependent magnetic susceptibility, and (i) a magnetic field amplitude dependent magnetic moment or susceptibility, or (ii) a frequency-dependent magnetic susceptibility, and wherein the predetermined code is related to one or more characteristics of said nanoparticles that affect said magnetic moment or susceptibility.
A method of manufacturing a tubular female terminal (10, 10A) comprising: cutting a portion located at a side of a first end of a tubular member, which is a metal tube formed into a cylindrical shape, into an L-shape when viewed from a direction (Db) intersecting with an axial direction (Da) of the tubular member to form an electric wire connection portion (15, 15A) at the side of the first end of the tubular member and to form as a terminal contact portion the portion remaining in a tubular shape at a side of a second end of the tubular member, wherein a male terminal is to be inserted in the terminal contact portion; and electrically connecting a core wire exposed from an end of an electric wire to the electric wire connection portion (15, 15A). cutting a portion located at a side of a first end of a tubular member, which is a metal tube formed into a cylindrical shape, into an L-shape when viewed from a direction (Db) intersecting with an axial direction (Da) of the tubular member to form an electric wire connection portion (15, 15A) at the side of the first end of the tubular member and to form as a terminal contact portion the portion remaining in a tubular shape at a side of a second end of the tubular member, wherein a male terminal is to be inserted in the terminal contact portion; and electrically connecting a core wire exposed from an end of an electric wire to the electric wire connection portion (15, 15A).
A method for estimating influx volumes (q i) of fluids to a production flow in a petroleum production well (W r) with two or more influx locations along the well - arranging tracer sources with unique tracer materials (4 m) in fluid communication with said influx zones, - each said tracer material (4 m) having a predefined short duration release dose (V t4) to the fluids in the well, - allowing said tracer sources to release said tracer material (4 m) to said fluids at a given release instant (t R), - after said release instant (t R), consecutively collecting samples (c 1, c 2, c 3,...) of said production flow at the topside, - said sampling sequence being a function of cumulative production volume, - analysing said samples (c 1, c 2, c 3,...) for identifying types of tracer material (4 m) and concentration of said identified tracer materials (4 c), - based on said concentrations (4 c, 41 c, 42 c, 43 c) and their sampling sequence and the well geometry, sequence of said separate influx zones, calculating said influx volumes (q i) from transient tracer flow models - using the calculated influx volumes (q i) as parameters for controlling the production flow or for characterizing the reservoir. - arranging tracer sources with unique tracer materials (4 m) in fluid communication with said influx zones, - each said tracer material (4 m) having a predefined short duration release dose (V t4) to the fluids in the well, - allowing said tracer sources to release said tracer material (4 m) to said fluids at a given release instant (t R), - after said release instant (t R), consecutively collecting samples (c 1, c 2, c 3,...) of said production flow at the topside, - said sampling sequence being a function of cumulative production volume, - analysing said samples (c 1, c 2, c 3,...) for identifying types of tracer material (4 m) and concentration of said identified tracer materials (4 c), - based on said concentrations (4 c, 41 c, 42 c, 43 c) and their sampling sequence and the well geometry, sequence of said separate influx zones, calculating said influx volumes (q i) from transient tracer flow models - using the calculated influx volumes (q i) as parameters for controlling the production flow or for characterizing the reservoir.
System for a motor vehicle for exchanging information with at least one further motor vehicle on the road, wherein the system has a central computing unit (4, 72, 76, 80, 94) with a computing core and two antenna modules (6, 50, 51), wherein the computing core is connected to the two antenna modules (6, 50, 51), wherein each antenna module (6, 50, 51) is adapted to exchange signals comprising information with the at least one further motor vehicle, wherein an application for performing vehicle-to-vehicle communication is installed in the computing core, wherein the computing core is designed to control each antenna module (6, 50) by performing a software-based signal processing (23, 27) to be performed for the respective antenna module (6, 50, 51), wherein data for communication with the at least one motor vehicle are interchangeable between the computing core and a protocol stack of the central computing unit (4, 72, 76, 80, 94).
A process for preparing terminated fibers comprising: (a) positioning one or more fibers in a ferrule having a ferrule end face and at least one first alignment member such that a portion of each fiber extends forward beyond said ferrule end face; (b) after step (a), cleaving said portion of each fiber, thereby forming cleaved fiber end faces; (c) after step (b), interengaging a second alignment member of a tool with said first alignment member such that a register surface of said tool is aligned with said ferrule, and registering said cleaved fiber end faces against said register surface, wherein one of said first or second alignment members is an alignment pin and the other is an alignment hole for receiving said alignment pin, and said tool has only one alignment member; and (d) after step (c), affixing said fibers relative to said ferrule. (a) positioning one or more fibers in a ferrule having a ferrule end face and at least one first alignment member such that a portion of each fiber extends forward beyond said ferrule end face; (b) after step (a), cleaving said portion of each fiber, thereby forming cleaved fiber end faces; (c) after step (b), interengaging a second alignment member of a tool with said first alignment member such that a register surface of said tool is aligned with said ferrule, and registering said cleaved fiber end faces against said register surface, wherein one of said first or second alignment members is an alignment pin and the other is an alignment hole for receiving said alignment pin, and said tool has only one alignment member; and (d) after step (c), affixing said fibers relative to said ferrule.
A device for storing and outputting objects consisting of a retaining container, holders, an output shaft and a controllable holding and releasing device (28, 30, 32), wherein the holders comprise stationary insertion shafts in which insertion tags connected to the objects are inserted, wherein the insertion tags in the insertion shafts can be locked or released by the controllable releasing device, wherein the insertion tags comprise detection plates with electronically saved identification information and the insertion shafts comprise reading apparatuses for the identification information and an evaluation apparatus, and wherein the evaluation apparatus is connected to the controllable releasing device and the controllable releasing device is additionally controlled as a function of the read identification information of the insertion tags, characterised in that the insertion shafts are inclined towards a horizontal relative to the longitudinal centre axes thereof and insertion openings of the insertion shafts point downwards, in that the insertion tags connected to the objects, upon release, can be transferred independently from the insertion shafts into the output shaft under gravitational and/or spring force, and in that the detection plates of the insertion tags are detection plates which can be read contactlessly.
A branched polyethylene modifier comprising at least 50 mol% ethylene, one or more C 4 to C 40 comonomers, and a polyene having at least two polymerizable bonds, wherein said branched polyethylene modifier has: a) a g' vis of less than 0.97; b) essentially gel free; c) an Mw of 50,000 g/mol or more; and d) an Mw/Mn of 4.0 or more.