mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An article of clothing comprising a first portion to cover a wearer and a fastening system to hold the first portion on the wearer, the fastening system comprising: a second portion connected or connectable to the first portion; and at least one opening in the first portion or second portion; wherein the connection to the second portion and the at least one opening are located at positions in the first portion or second portion such that, in use, the first or second portion can be passed through the at least one opening to cause the first portion to encircle the wearer; characterized in that the first and second portions are connected by being part of a single continuous piece of material; and in that the first and second portions are separated by a slit in the single continuous piece of material. a second portion connected or connectable to the first portion; and at least one opening in the first portion or second portion; wherein the connection to the second portion and the at least one opening are located at positions in the first portion or second portion such that, in use, the first or second portion can be passed through the at least one opening to cause the first portion to encircle the wearer; characterized in that the first and second portions are connected by being part of a single continuous piece of material; and in that the first and second portions are separated by a slit in the single continuous piece of material.
A process for preparing crude bio-oil; said process comprising the following steps: a. preparing a biomass slurry, wherein the concentration of said biomass in the slurry ranges from 5 to 35 wt %, and said biomass in the biomass slurry is at least one alga selected from the group consisting Chlorophytes, Cyanophytes, Heterokontophytes and Protists; b. adding at least one catalyst selected from the group comprising ionic liquids and surfactants to said biomass slurry to obtain a mixture, wherein said surfactant is at least one selected from the group comprising cationic surfactants, anionic surfactants and non-ionic surfactants; c. heating said mixture at a temperature ranging from 200 to 350° C and at a pressure ranging from 70 to 250 bars for a time period ranging from 10 to 180 minutes to obtain a mass containing crude bio-oil; and d. separating the crude bio-oil from the mass to obtain a separated crude bio-oil and an aqueous phase containing said catalyst; wherein the method step (d) further comprises recovering and recycling said catalyst from said aqueous phase. a. preparing a biomass slurry, wherein the concentration of said biomass in the slurry ranges from 5 to 35 wt %, and said biomass in the biomass slurry is at least one alga selected from the group consisting Chlorophytes, Cyanophytes, Heterokontophytes and Protists; b. adding at least one catalyst selected from the group comprising ionic liquids and surfactants to said biomass slurry to obtain a mixture, wherein said surfactant is at least one selected from the group comprising cationic surfactants, anionic surfactants and non-ionic surfactants; c. heating said mixture at a temperature ranging from 200 to 350° C and at a pressure ranging from 70 to 250 bars for a time period ranging from 10 to 180 minutes to obtain a mass containing crude bio-oil; and d. separating the crude bio-oil from the mass to obtain a separated crude bio-oil and an aqueous phase containing said catalyst;
An orally consumable medical product comprising a capsule constructed of substantially nitrogen-free material, wherein substantially nitrogen-free means comprising less than 4% nitrogen, wherein the capsule contains a water-insoluble fluid-absorbing material having the capacity of absorbing in the range from its own weight up to 50 times its own weight or more.
A remote isolation system for isolating an energy source from selected equipment (20,21) energisable by the energy source and controlled by a control system, wherein the system includes a remote isolation station (12,14) for the selected equipment (20,21) to be isolated, the remote isolation station (12,14) being in communication with the control system for granting isolation on permissible request, wherein the remote isolation station (12,14) comprises a human machine interface for requesting an isolation of the control system, a human interpretable display for indicating that an isolation approval has been granted from the control system, and an isolation switch means for communicating to the control system that an isolation is in effect and characterised by the remote isolation station (12,14) being remote from a relevant sub-station(s) providing the energy source; and the remote isolation system including first circuit interrupter(s) which are in series connection with a primary stop/start switch for the selected equipment (20,21) to be isolated, said first circuit interrupter(s) being controlled to the off or break state once isolation approval has been granted; wherein optionally the system includes second circuit interrupter(s) in an energy supply line from the energy source to the selected equipment (20,21), said second circuit interrupter(s) being under the control of the control system and being placed in the off or break state once isolation approval has been granted.
A method of monitoring an ice protection system of a rotorcraft or an aircraft, the method comprising: applying heat to rotating blades (12A-12C) of the rotorcraft or the aircraft according to a heater duty cycle; and characterised by determining an anticipated ice shed time for ice to shed from the rotating blades (12A-12C); sensing a torque of the rotating blades (12A-12C); determining an actual ice shed time for ice to shed from the rotating blades (12A-12C) based on the sensed torque; determining a status of the ice protection system based on the anticipated ice shed time and the actual ice shed time; and outputting the status of the ice protection system for consumption by a consuming system. applying heat to rotating blades (12A-12C) of the rotorcraft or the aircraft according to a heater duty cycle; and characterised by determining an anticipated ice shed time for ice to shed from the rotating blades (12A-12C); sensing a torque of the rotating blades (12A-12C); determining an actual ice shed time for ice to shed from the rotating blades (12A-12C) based on the sensed torque; determining a status of the ice protection system based on the anticipated ice shed time and the actual ice shed time; and outputting the status of the ice protection system for consumption by a consuming system.
A semiconductor chip comprising a semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence, the semiconductor layer sequence having an active area and a p-conducting semiconductor layer, wherein - on a side of the p-conducting semiconductor layer facing away from the active region a non-metallic connection region is arranged, - the non-metallic connection region is electrically conductively connected to the p-conducting semiconductor layer, - the non-metallic connection region has a semiconductor layer which is n-doped or undoped, characterized in that - the non-metallic connection region is designed to be permeable to hydrogen, and - the non-metallic connection region comprises a recess or a plurality of recesses and hydrogen can escape through the recess or through the recesses from the p-conducting semiconductor layer, wherein the recess or the recesses extend along a deposition direction of the semiconductor layer sequence through the non-metallic connection region. - on a side of the p-conducting semiconductor layer facing away from the active region a non-metallic connection region is arranged, - the non-metallic connection region is electrically conductively connected to the p-conducting semiconductor layer, - the non-metallic connection region has a semiconductor layer which is n-doped or undoped, - the non-metallic connection region is designed to be permeable to hydrogen, and - the non-metallic connection region comprises a recess or a plurality of recesses and hydrogen can escape through the recess or through the recesses from the p-conducting semiconductor layer, wherein the recess or the recesses extend along a deposition direction of the semiconductor layer sequence through the non-metallic connection region.
A method for measuring cell-mediated immune response activity in a subject, said method comprising contacting lymphocytes in a whole blood sample obtained from the subject with an antigen and a Toll-like receptor 7/8, 4, 3 or 2 agonist and measuring the presence or elevation in the level of an immune effector molecule from immune cells wherein the presence or level of the immune effector molecule is indicative of the level of cell-mediated responsiveness of the subject, wherein the TLR agonist induces minimal background response when the TLR agonist is incubated with lymphocytes in the absence of antigen, and wherein the TLR agonist is present in a ratio of TLR agonist to antigen of from 1:500 to 1:1.5.
A process for manufacturing a safety razor cartridge comprising: - providing an assembly comprising:. a platform having a top face (12a, 14a, 15a), the platform comprising a cap portion and two lateral side portions,. at least one cutting member extending between said lateral side portions of the platform, said cutting member being supported by said platform, said cutting member being movable with respect to said platform, said platform and cutting member cooperating to guide a movement of said cutting member with respect to the platform,. a cover having a bottom face facing the top face of the platform, the cover comprising a cap portion covering the cap portion of the platform and two lateral side portions covering the lateral side portions of the platform, - welding the cover to the platform by applying an ultrasonic beam to a plurality of discrete locations of the assembly. - providing an assembly comprising:. a platform having a top face (12a, 14a, 15a), the platform comprising a cap portion and two lateral side portions,. at least one cutting member extending between said lateral side portions of the platform, said cutting member being supported by said platform, said cutting member being movable with respect to said platform, said platform and cutting member cooperating to guide a movement of said cutting member with respect to the platform,. a cover having a bottom face facing the top face of the platform, the cover comprising a cap portion covering the cap portion of the platform and two lateral side portions covering the lateral side portions of the platform,. a platform having a top face (12a, 14a, 15a), the platform comprising a cap portion and two lateral side portions,. at least one cutting member extending between said lateral side portions of the platform, said cutting member being supported by said platform, said cutting member being movable with respect to said platform, said platform and cutting member cooperating to guide a movement of said cutting member with respect to the platform,. a cover having a bottom face facing the top face of the platform, the cover comprising a cap portion covering the cap portion of the platform and two lateral side portions covering the lateral side portions of the platform, - welding the cover to the platform by applying an ultrasonic beam to a plurality of discrete locations of the assembly.
An electrolyte material, which comprises a polymer having a unit which has an ion exchange group and in which all hydrogen atoms (excluding H + of the ion exchange group) bonded to carbon atoms are substituted by fluorine atoms, wherein at least one type of the unit is a unit having a group represented by the following formula: wherein Q 21 is a perfluoroalkylene group which may have an etheric oxygen atom, Q 22 is a single bond or a perfluoroalkylene group which may have an etheric oxygen atom, Y 2 is a fluorine atom or a monovalent perfluoroorganic group, R f2 is a perfluoroalkyl group which may have an etheric oxygen atom, X 2 is an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom, provided that when X 2 is an oxygen atom, b = 0, when X 2 is a nitrogen atom, b =1, and when X 2 is a carbon atom, b = 2, a unit which has a 5-membered ring and in which all hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atoms are substituted by fluorine atoms, and a unit which has neither an ion exchange group nor a ring structure, has an ether bond, and has an ether equivalent of at most 350 as established by the following formula and in which all hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atoms are substituted by fluorine atoms: Ether equivalent = the molecular weight of the monomer forming the unit C / the number of ether bonds in the monomer forming the unit C
A drug delivery device (1, 200) comprising: - a drug delivery unit (10, 210) comprising: ∘ a housing (12, 212) extending along a general axis, ∘ a variable volume reservoir (40', 40, 140, 240), and ∘ a needle support (50', 50, 150, 250) for receiving a needle assembly (30', 30, 130, 230), the needle support (50', 50, 150, 250) and the variable volume reservoir (40', 40, 140, 240) being capable of diverging relative axial motion from a first relative position to a second relative position and converging relative axial motion from the second relative position to the first relative position, - a cap (20, 120, 220) removably mountable onto the drug delivery unit (10, 210) to cover at least a portion of the needle support (50', 50, 150, 250), and - a coupling mechanism configured to bring the needle support (50', 50, 150, 250) and the variable volume reservoir (40', 40, 140, 240) from the first relative position to the second relative position in response to the cap (20, 120, 220) being mounted onto the drug delivery unit (10, 210). - a drug delivery unit (10, 210) comprising: ∘ a housing (12, 212) extending along a general axis, ∘ a variable volume reservoir (40', 40, 140, 240), and ∘ a needle support (50', 50, 150, 250) for receiving a needle assembly (30', 30, 130, 230), the needle support (50', 50, 150, 250) and the variable volume reservoir (40', 40, 140, 240) being capable of diverging relative axial motion from a first relative position to a second relative position and converging relative axial motion from the second relative position to the first relative position, ∘ a housing (12, 212) extending along a general axis, ∘ a variable volume reservoir (40', 40, 140, 240), and ∘ a needle support (50', 50, 150, 250) for receiving a needle assembly (30', 30, 130, 230), the needle support (50', 50, 150, 250) and the variable volume reservoir (40', 40, 140, 240) being capable of diverging relative axial motion from a first relative position to a second relative position and converging relative axial motion from the second relative position to the first relative position, - a cap (20, 120, 220) removably mountable onto the drug delivery unit (10, 210) to cover at least a portion of the needle support (50', 50, 150, 250), and - a coupling mechanism configured to bring the needle support (50', 50, 150, 250) and the variable volume reservoir (40', 40, 140, 240) from the first relative position to the second relative position in response to the cap (20, 120, 220) being mounted onto the drug delivery unit (10, 210).
Viewing device for off-road activities, comprising a visor, at least a package of tear-off lenses mountable on a lens of the visor, and retaining means of the visor, wherein the tear-off lenses have superimposable through holes, wherein the device further comprises a retaining thread reversibly associated with the visor and with the retaining means of the visor, wherein the tear-off lenses after being torn off are able to be retained by the retaining thread sliding along it by means of the through holes, the device further comprising goggles provided with said visor, wherein the retaining means is an elastic band of the googles, characterized in that at one end the retaining thread is able to be associated with a ring band fixed to the elastic band. the device further comprising goggles provided with said visor, wherein the retaining means is an elastic band of the googles, characterized in that at one end the retaining thread is able to be associated with a ring band fixed to the elastic band.
A method comprising: receiving, by a network device, data from an end-point device; identifying, by the network device, a script based on the data; determining, by the network device, a list of calls to functions based on the script, the functions being defined outside of the script; determining, by the network device, that the list of calls to the functions does not match a signature; identifying, by the network device, a particular portion of the script that does not affect a behavior of the script; determining, by the network device, an optimized script for the script based on determining that the list of calls to the functions does not match the signature, where determining the optimized script comprises: removing, from the script, the particular portion of the script that does not affect the behavior of the script; and processing (465, 475), by the network device, the data based on the optimized script. receiving, by a network device, data from an end-point device; identifying, by the network device, a script based on the data; determining, by the network device, a list of calls to functions based on the script, the functions being defined outside of the script; determining, by the network device, that the list of calls to the functions does not match a signature; identifying, by the network device, a particular portion of the script that does not affect a behavior of the script; determining, by the network device, an optimized script for the script based on determining that the list of calls to the functions does not match the signature, where determining the optimized script comprises: removing, from the script, the particular portion of the script that does not affect the behavior of the script; and processing (465, 475), by the network device, the data based on the optimized script.
A self-polishing and/or antifouling coating composition comprising one or more biocides and a binder, wherein the binder comprises a copolymer comprising (i) units of A and (ii) units of B and/or C: wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently H, a C 1 -C 6 alkyl group or phenyl, R 3 is H, a C 1 -C 6 alkyl group or phenyl, R 4 is optional and, when present, is a C 1-3 alkylene group, R' 3 is H, a C 1 -C 6 alkyl group or phenyl, and R' 4 is optional and, when present, is a C 1-3 alkylene group and wherein the copolymer has a weight ratio of units of B to units of A of from 67:33 to 94:6, or has a weight ratio of units of C to units of A of from 67:33 to 94:6.
A method for fabrication of a Lab-on-a-Chip system, wherein the method comprises providing a mould comprising first and second mould parts, at least one of the first and second mould parts having a positioning means adapted to receive and position a chip to rest on a first support structure (120, 130), and the first and second mould parts adapted to join each other to form a cavity to accommodate therein the positioning means and the first support structure, receiving the chip in the positioning means, forming said cavity by joining the first and second mould parts, securing the chip with a fluid port of the chip to rest on the first support structure for the first support structure to mask the fluid port, introducing a moulding material into said cavity to overmould at least part of the chip and a volume of the cavity extending away from the chip, separating the first and second mould parts, extracting from the mould the chip overmoulded by said moulding material in areas being adjacent to an area of the fluid port masked by the first support structure and extending away from the chip with, in a first surface, a fluid channel formed by the first support structure.
An amplifier, comprising: an amplifying element having an input and an output a first transformer (T 1); and a second transformer (T 2); wherein said first transformer (T 1) at the output of the amplifying element is arranged to mutually couple a fraction of the output current from the amplifying element onto an amplifier input (RF i,+) via a secondary winding of said first transformer and a secondary winding of said second transformer; wherein said second transformer (T 2) at the input of the amplifying element is arranged to increase a voltage at the input of the amplifying element via mutual coupling of its primary and secondary windings; wherein the primary winding of the first transformer (T 1) is connected to the output of the amplifying element; wherein the secondary winding of the first transformer (T 1) is ac connected to the secondary winding of the second transformer (T 2); wherein the primary winding (T2,p) of the second transformer is connected between the amplifier input (RFi, +) and the input of the amplifying element; and wherein the primary winding of the first transformer (T 1) is dc blocked from the secondary winding of the second transformer (T 2). an amplifying element having an input and an output a first transformer (T 1); and a second transformer (T 2); wherein said first transformer (T 1) at the output of the amplifying element is arranged to mutually couple a fraction of the output current from the amplifying element onto an amplifier input (RF i,+) via a secondary winding of said first transformer and a secondary winding of said second transformer; wherein said second transformer (T 2) at the input of the amplifying element is arranged to increase a voltage at the input of the amplifying element via mutual coupling of its primary and secondary windings; wherein the primary winding of the first transformer (T 1) is connected to the output of the amplifying element; wherein the secondary winding of the first transformer (T 1) is ac connected to the secondary winding of the second transformer (T 2); wherein the primary winding (T2,p) of the second transformer is connected between the amplifier input (RFi, +) and the input of the amplifying element; and wherein the primary winding of the first transformer (T 1) is dc blocked from the secondary winding of the second transformer (T 2).
Clamping device for fastening an add-on part, in particular a window or a cab fairing, to a profiled tube (3a; 3b; 3c) of a driver's protective roof of a vehicle, wherein the profiled tube (3a; 3b; 3c) has a profiled cross section with at least two profiled walls (12a, 13a; 12b, 13b) arranged in undercut form, wherein the clamping device comprises a single-part clamping piece which is provided with a holding lug by means of which the add-on part (20; 20a) is held in a form-fitting manner on the profiled tube (3a; 3b; 3c), wherein the clamping piece has two hook-shaped extensions (16a, 16b) for respectively acting on one of the profiled walls (12a, 13a; 12b, 13b) of the profiled tube (3a; 3b; 3c), wherein the clamping piece is elastically deformable between the hook-shaped extensions (16a, 16b), characterized in that the clamping piece at least partially engages around the profiled tube (3a; 3b; 3c) and can be clamped on the profiled tube (3a; 3b; 3c) by means of a tensioning device, wherein the tensioning device comprises a spring element, in particular a spring clamp, which is in contact with the two hook-shaped extensions (16a; 16b) of the clamping piece and can be plugged onto the clamping piece, or wherein the tensioning device has two spring elements (31a, 31b), in particular spring plates, wherein each spring element (31a, 31b) is in contact at one end in each case with a hook-shaped extension (16a, 16b) of the clamping piece and the two spring elements (31a, 31b) can be braced against each other by means of a tensioning means.