mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method comprising: performing by one or more computers: receiving at a client device a stream of messages from a sender; providing the stream of messages to a messaging application on the client device at a desired message feed rate associated with the sender; monitoring a message download rate of the stream of messages by the messaging application; determining that the message download rate is less than the desired message feed rate and, in response, diverting the stream of messages to a buffer on the client device at the desired message feed rate, and sending the stream of messages from the buffer to the messaging application at the message download rate; determining that the message download rate is greater than the desired message feed rate and, in response, removing message data from the buffer; and determining that the stored quantity of messages on the buffer is zero and, in response, sending the stream of messages directly to the messaging application at the desired message feed rate. receiving at a client device a stream of messages from a sender; providing the stream of messages to a messaging application on the client device at a desired message feed rate associated with the sender; monitoring a message download rate of the stream of messages by the messaging application; determining that the message download rate is less than the desired message feed rate and, in response, diverting the stream of messages to a buffer on the client device at the desired message feed rate, and sending the stream of messages from the buffer to the messaging application at the message download rate; diverting the stream of messages to a buffer on the client device at the desired message feed rate, and sending the stream of messages from the buffer to the messaging application at the message download rate; determining that the message download rate is greater than the desired message feed rate and, in response, removing message data from the buffer; and determining that the stored quantity of messages on the buffer is zero and, in response, sending the stream of messages directly to the messaging application at the desired message feed rate.
A solar antenna array configured to convert sunlight into electrical power, comprising: a plurality of parallel, uniformly spaced conducting ridges, disposed on a substrate, spanning in a first direction, and uniformly spaced in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; multiple carbon nanotube antennas, spanning varying distances along respective planes formed by the second and third directions, and having two ends, one of which is coupled to one of the ridges, and the other of which is coupled to a different one of the ridges; and at least one diode connected between at least one of the two ends of a respective carbon nanotube antenna and a respective one of the ridges to which the at least one of the two ends is coupled, characterised in that sides of the conducting ridges are sloped with respect to a third direction that is perpendicular to a plane formed by the first and second directions. a plurality of parallel, uniformly spaced conducting ridges, disposed on a substrate, spanning in a first direction, and uniformly spaced in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; multiple carbon nanotube antennas, spanning varying distances along respective planes formed by the second and third directions, and having two ends, one of which is coupled to one of the ridges, and the other of which is coupled to a different one of the ridges; and at least one diode connected between at least one of the two ends of a respective carbon nanotube antenna and a respective one of the ridges to which the at least one of the two ends is coupled, characterised in that sides of the conducting ridges are sloped with respect to a third direction that is perpendicular to a plane formed by the first and second directions.
An acetabular component, comprising: an acetabular articulating component (12, 112) having a hemispherical shape extending between outer and an inner surfaces forming at least a partial spherical cavity adapted to receive a femoral ball; an acetabular constraining component (14, 114) connected to the articulating component (12, 112) and having a spherical surface that is adjacent the inner surface to enlarge the spherical cavity to be more than a hemisphere to capture the femoral ball; and a locking mechanism (86, 116) formed on both the articulating and constraining components (12, 14) to removably connect the constraining component (14, 114) to the articulating component (12, 112), wherein the constraining component has a semicircular shape from a bottom view characterised in that the constraining component has a generally triangular shape from a side view, a distal or bottom portion including a sloped surface that extends from a first edge adjacent the inner surface to a second edge adjacent the outer surface of the articulating component. an acetabular articulating component (12, 112) having a hemispherical shape extending between outer and an inner surfaces forming at least a partial spherical cavity adapted to receive a femoral ball; an acetabular constraining component (14, 114) connected to the articulating component (12, 112) and having a spherical surface that is adjacent the inner surface to enlarge the spherical cavity to be more than a hemisphere to capture the femoral ball; and a locking mechanism (86, 116) formed on both the articulating and constraining components (12, 14) to removably connect the constraining component (14, 114) to the articulating component (12, 112), wherein the constraining component has a semicircular shape from a bottom view characterised in that the constraining component has a generally triangular shape from a side view, a distal or bottom portion including a sloped surface that extends from a first edge adjacent the inner surface to a second edge adjacent the outer surface of the articulating component.
A method for knitting knitwear, on a flat knitting machine having at least a pair of needle beds, comprising a front needle bed and a back needle bed, and a carriage, wherein said carriage is provided with plural cam systems, along the longitudinal direction of the needle beds, operating needles in the needle beds and forming knitted stitches, wherein said knitwear comprises plural tubular parts and the plural tubular parts are knitted in parallel on said needle beds, being characterized by, for courses of the carriage without stitch transfer between the needle beds, allocating knitting of a forward part in the travel direction of the carriage in the course to a cam system of the carriage at a forward position in the travel direction of the carriage in the course, and allocating knitting of a backward part in the travel direction of the carriage in the course to a cam system of the carriage at a backward position in the travel direction of the carriage in the course and, for courses of the carriage with stitch transfer between the needle beds, allocating knitting of all of the parts to be knitted in the course to one or plural cam systems of the carriage. wherein said knitwear comprises plural tubular parts and the plural tubular parts are knitted in parallel on said needle beds, being characterized by, for courses of the carriage without stitch transfer between the needle beds, allocating knitting of a forward part in the travel direction of the carriage in the course to a cam system of the carriage at a forward position in the travel direction of the carriage in the course, and allocating knitting of a backward part in the travel direction of the carriage in the course to a cam system of the carriage at a backward position in the travel direction of the carriage in the course and, for courses of the carriage with stitch transfer between the needle beds, allocating knitting of all of the parts to be knitted in the course to one or plural cam systems of the carriage.
Rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer of the highly unsaturated type, a reinforcing filler and at least one phenolic compound of general formula in which: - G 1 represents a hydroxyl, carboxyl or alkoxy group or a hydrogen atom; - G 2 represents a hydroxyl group or a hydrogen atom; - G 3 represents a hydroxyl, carboxyl, hydrogenocarbonyl, carboxyalkyl, amino or aminoalkyl group or a hydrogen atom; at least one of the substituents G 1 to G 3 comprising an oxygen atom, the molar mass of said phenolic compound being at most equal to 1000 g/mol, said composition being free of molecular sulfur or comprising less than 1 phr thereof. - G 1 represents a hydroxyl, carboxyl or alkoxy group or a hydrogen atom; - G 2 represents a hydroxyl group or a hydrogen atom; - G 3 represents a hydroxyl, carboxyl, hydrogenocarbonyl, carboxyalkyl, amino or aminoalkyl group or a hydrogen atom;
A method implemented in a wireless terminal of calculating a voltage standing wave signal ratio, VSWR, said method comprising: converting time-domain measurement signals (106; 156; 210) for a forward signal and a reflected signal to a frequency domain; computing (118; 160; 220) reflection coefficients for a plurality of frequency bins based on said measurement signals; computing (112; 164; 230) interference detection metrics for one or more frequency bins among said plurality of frequency bins as a function of the reflection coefficients, the interference detection metrics comprising a forward coupling factor error or a reflection coefficient error, wherein it is determined (116; 168) that a corresponding frequency bin contains an interfering signal if the forward coupling factor error or the reflection coefficient error exceeds an error threshold; discarding (120; 170; 240) reflection coefficients for one or more frequency bins among said plurality of frequency bins based on the interference detection metrics; and computing (122; 172; 250) the VSWR based on the reflection coefficients for the remaining frequency bins. converting time-domain measurement signals (106; 156; 210) for a forward signal and a reflected signal to a frequency domain; computing (118; 160; 220) reflection coefficients for a plurality of frequency bins based on said measurement signals; computing (112; 164; 230) interference detection metrics for one or more frequency bins among said plurality of frequency bins as a function of the reflection coefficients, the interference detection metrics comprising a forward coupling factor error or a reflection coefficient error, wherein it is determined (116; 168) that a corresponding frequency bin contains an interfering signal if the forward coupling factor error or the reflection coefficient error exceeds an error threshold; discarding (120; 170; 240) reflection coefficients for one or more frequency bins among said plurality of frequency bins based on the interference detection metrics; and computing (122; 172; 250) the VSWR based on the reflection coefficients for the remaining frequency bins.
Housing part that is injection-molded from a plastic material reinforced with fibers for an electrical connector, wherein said housing part comprises a base section with two oppositely disposed flat sides, wherein a housing section (26a, 26b) extends away from each flat side, wherein a main fiber orientation (68a, 68b) in said housing sections (26a, 26b), which corresponds to a mean value of the orientation of said fibers in said respective housing section (26a, 26b), is respectively oriented away from said base section, characterized in that a housing section forms at least one mating face of said housing part, wherein the housing section opposite the at least one mating face comprises at least one rib, and wherein said at least one rib, in a rib cross section parallel to said flat sides of said base section, comprises at least one convex region and at least one concave region.
A polyethylene composition having the following features: 1) density from 0.945 to 0.958 g/cm 3, in particular from 0.948 to 0.955 g/cm 3, determined according to ISO 1183 at 23°C; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 20 to 43, in particular from 25 to 40, where MIF is the melt flow index at 190°C with a load of 21.60 kg, and MIP is the melt flow index at 190°C with a load of 5 kg, both determined according to ISO 1133; 3) MIF from 4.0 to less than 8.5 g/10 min., in particular from 4.5 to 8.0 g/10 min.; 4) HMWcopo index from 3.5 to 20; 5) long-chain branching index, LCBI, equal to or lower than 0.82, or lower than 0.80, in particular from 0.82 to 0.45 or from 0.80 to 0.45; wherein the HMWcopo index is determined according to the following formula: HMWcopo = η 0.02 × t maxDSC / 10 ∧ 5 where η 0.02 is the complex viscosity of the melt in Pa.s, measured at a temperature of 190°C, in a parallel-plate rheometer under dynamic oscillatory shear mode with an applied angular frequency of 0.02 rad/s; the t maxDSC is the time in minutes required to reach the maximum value of heat flow of crystallization at a temperature of 124 °C under quiescent conditions, measured in isothermal mode in a differential scanning calorimetry apparatus; LCBI is the ratio of the measured mean-square radius of gyration R g, measured by GPC-MALLS, to the mean-square radius of gyration for a linear PE having the same molecular weight, 1) density from 0.945 to 0.958 g/cm 3, in particular from 0.948 to 0.955 g/cm 3, determined according to ISO 1183 at 23°C; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 20 to 43, in particular from 25 to 40, where MIF is the melt flow index at 190°C with a load of 21.60 kg, and MIP is the melt flow index at 190°C with a load of 5 kg, both determined according to ISO 1133; 3) MIF from 4.0 to less than 8.5 g/10 min., in particular from 4.5 to 8.0 g/10 min.; 4) HMWcopo index from 3.5 to 20; 5) long-chain branching index, LCBI, equal to or lower than 0.82, or lower than 0.80, in particular from 0.82 to 0.45 or from 0.80 to 0.45;
A method of conserving animal cartilage tissue, in particular porcine cartilage tissue, which comprises the following steps: a) providing animal cartilage tissue; b) treating the animal cartilage tissue once or a multiple of times with a solution of one or more alkali metal halide salts which is hypertonic with respect to the cartilage tissue cells; c) treating the animal cartilage tissue once or a multiple of times with an oxidation means selected from the group comprising peroxides, hypochlorites, percarboxylic acids, ozone and any desired mixtures thereof; and d) treating the animal cartilage tissue once or a multiple of times with a solvent which is completely miscible with water at 20°C, wherein the animal cartilage tissue is not brought into contact with an alkaline medium having a pH of 9 or more during the method, and wherein, in step a), porcine cartilage tissue is provided which originates from a pig having an age of maximum two years. a) providing animal cartilage tissue; b) treating the animal cartilage tissue once or a multiple of times with a solution of one or more alkali metal halide salts which is hypertonic with respect to the cartilage tissue cells; c) treating the animal cartilage tissue once or a multiple of times with an oxidation means selected from the group comprising peroxides, hypochlorites, percarboxylic acids, ozone and any desired mixtures thereof; and d) treating the animal cartilage tissue once or a multiple of times with a solvent which is completely miscible with water at 20°C,
Method for controlling traffic within a car park, comprising the following steps: - subdividing the car park into a plurality of tiles (309, 313, 315), - detecting the plurality of tiles (309, 313, 315) by means of one or a plurality of environment sensors in order to determine environment sensor data corresponding to the detection, - determining a respective occupancy state of the plurality of tiles (309, 313, 315) on the basis of the environment sensor data, - controlling traffic within the car park on the basis of the determined occupancy states, - wherein a respective occupancy state of one or a plurality of the tiles (309, 313, 315) is predicted on the basis of the environment sensor data, wherein the traffic is furthermore controlled on the basis of the respective predicted occupancy state, - wherein predicting a respective occupancy state of one or a plurality of the tiles comprises determining, for a currently occupied tile, when the latter will be free again, wherein the point in time at which a currently occupied tile will be free again is then used for controlling the traffic, - wherein predicting a respective occupancy state of one or a plurality of the tiles comprises determining, for a currently free tile, when the latter will be occupied again, wherein the point in time at which a currently free tile will be occupied again is then used for controlling the traffic. - subdividing the car park into a plurality of tiles (309, 313, 315), - detecting the plurality of tiles (309, 313, 315) by means of one or a plurality of environment sensors in order to determine environment sensor data corresponding to the detection, - determining a respective occupancy state of the plurality of tiles (309, 313, 315) on the basis of the environment sensor data, - controlling traffic within the car park on the basis of the determined occupancy states, - wherein a respective occupancy state of one or a plurality of the tiles (309, 313, 315) is predicted on the basis of the environment sensor data, wherein the traffic is furthermore controlled on the basis of the respective predicted occupancy state, - wherein predicting a respective occupancy state of one or a plurality of the tiles comprises determining, for a currently occupied tile, when the latter will be free again, wherein the point in time at which a currently occupied tile will be free again is then used for controlling the traffic, - wherein predicting a respective occupancy state of one or a plurality of the tiles comprises determining, for a currently free tile, when the latter will be occupied again, wherein the point in time at which a currently free tile will be occupied again is then used for controlling the traffic.
A surface treatment formulation for reactivating a surface of an organic paint coating present on a substrate to facilitate adhesion of the organic paint coating to a further coating, the formulation comprising: (a) a surface exchange agent selected from titanate, zirconate, or chelates thereof; (b) one or more organic solvents present in an amount of at least about 85 weight % based on the total weight % of the formulation; (c) nanoparticles; and (d) optionally an additive present in an amount of less than about 10 weight % based on the total weight of the formulation. (a) a surface exchange agent selected from titanate, zirconate, or chelates thereof; (b) one or more organic solvents present in an amount of at least about 85 weight % based on the total weight % of the formulation; (c) nanoparticles; and (d) optionally an additive present in an amount of less than about 10 weight % based on the total weight of the formulation.
An anchoring bracket for a roofing comprising: - a sheet engaging portion suitable for being interposed between a pair of corrugated sheets (21, 22), said sheet engaging portion further being suitable for being coupled and fastened to a first sheet and a second sheet of said pair of corrugated sheets (21, 22), for example by means of a mechanical connection and/or shape coupling and/or force coupling; - an installation engaging portion configured as a support suitable for fastening a guide or an anchoring device on which to mount an installation, such as a photovoltaic system, an air conditioning system, a solar thermal system, a gangway, a scaffolding or any structure installable on the roofing; - a connecting portion, wherein said connecting portion connects the sheet engaging portion to the installation engaging portion, characterized in that said connecting portion is folded so as to form a housing pocket suitable for accommodating an end portion of the first or second sheet. - a sheet engaging portion suitable for being interposed between a pair of corrugated sheets (21, 22), said sheet engaging portion further being suitable for being coupled and fastened to a first sheet and a second sheet of said pair of corrugated sheets (21, 22), for example by means of a mechanical connection and/or shape coupling and/or force coupling; - an installation engaging portion configured as a support suitable for fastening a guide or an anchoring device on which to mount an installation, such as a photovoltaic system, an air conditioning system, a solar thermal system, a gangway, a scaffolding or any structure installable on the roofing; - a connecting portion, wherein
A dichloroamino-functionalized polymer having a backbone chain comprising fluoroalkylene repeat units optionally substituted by ether oxygen, and a molar concentration of a molar concentration of 0.5 to 50 mol% of repeat units represented by Structure I where x is an integer in the range of 0 to 3, y is an integer in the range of 0 to 6, and z is an integer in the range of 0 to 3; R 1 = (CF 2) a CFR 2, where a is an integer in the range of 0 to 6, and R 2 is F or C 1-6 perfluoroalkyl optionally substituted by ether oxygen; R 3 is F or C 1-6 perfluoroalkyl optionally substituted by ether oxygen; with the proviso that y and z cannot both be zero; and, with the further proviso that no repeat unit in the backbone chain of said dichloroamino-functionalized polymer has more than two vinyl hydrogens attached thereto; and, wherein said dichloroamino-functionalized polymer has no crystalline melting point above 180 °C that is associated with a latent heat of melting greater than 1 J/g.
A reverse flow regenerative thermal pyrolysis reactor apparatus for pyrolyzing a hydrocarbon feedstock, the apparatus including: a reactor component comprising a refractory material in oxide form, the refractory material having a melting point of no less than 2060°C and which remains in oxide form for at least one of: i) when exposed to a gas having an oxygen partial pressure of 10 -15 bar, a carbon partial pressure above the carbon partial pressure of the zirconium carbide and zirconium oxide phase transition at the same temperature and at temperatures below the temperature of the zirconium triple point at the oxygen partial pressure of 10 -15 bar; and ii) when exposed to a gas having an oxygen partial pressure of 10 -15 bar and at temperatures above the zirconium triple point at the oxygen partial pressure of 10 -15 bar wherein the refractory material comprises an yttria stabilized zirconia ceramic including at least 21 wt% yttria based upon the total weight of the refractory material. a reactor component comprising a refractory material in oxide form, the refractory material having a melting point of no less than 2060°C and which remains in oxide form for at least one of: i) when exposed to a gas having an oxygen partial pressure of 10 -15 bar, a carbon partial pressure above the carbon partial pressure of the zirconium carbide and zirconium oxide phase transition at the same temperature and at temperatures below the temperature of the zirconium triple point at the oxygen partial pressure of 10 -15 bar; and ii) when exposed to a gas having an oxygen partial pressure of 10 -15 bar and at temperatures above the zirconium triple point at the oxygen partial pressure of 10 -15 bar i) when exposed to a gas having an oxygen partial pressure of 10 -15 bar, a carbon partial pressure above the carbon partial pressure of the zirconium carbide and zirconium oxide phase transition at the same temperature and at temperatures below the temperature of the zirconium triple point at the oxygen partial pressure of 10 -15 bar; and ii) when exposed to a gas having an oxygen partial pressure of 10 -15 bar and at temperatures above the zirconium triple point at the oxygen partial pressure of 10 -15 bar wherein the refractory material comprises an yttria stabilized zirconia ceramic including at least 21 wt% yttria based upon the total weight of the refractory material.