mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of producing a copolymer containing 50 wt% to 99 wt% of a structural unit derived from an unsaturated polyalkylene glycol ether-based monomer (a) represented by the general formula, 1 wt% to 50 wt% of a structural unit derived from an unsaturated monocarboxylic acid-based monomer (b) represented by the general formula, and 0 wt% to 49 wt% of a structural unit derived from a monomer (c) copolymerizable with the monomer (a) and/or the monomer (b), provided that a total of the structural unit, the structural unit, and the structural unit is 100 wt%, the method comprising: a pure water production step of producing pure water having an electric conductivity of from 0.1 μS/cm to 100 μS/cm; a pure water transfer step of introducing the pure water into a reaction kettle for producing the copolymer through a transfer pipe using, as a material therefor, a resin or a substance forming a passive state in water; and a polymerization step of performing polymerization of the monomer (a), the monomer (b), and the monomer (c) in the reaction kettle, the pure water transfer step comprising setting the electric conductivity of the pure water at a site where the pure water is introduced from the transfer pipe toward the reaction kettle within a range of from 0.1 μS/cm to 100 μS/cm: Y 1 O(R 1 O) n R 2 in the general formula, Y 1 represents CH 2 =CR 0 -(CH 2) m -, R 0 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, m represents an integer of from 0 to 2, R 1 O represents one or two or more kinds of oxyalkylene groups each having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, n represents an average number of moles added of oxyalkylene groups, and is more than 0 and 500 or less, and R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; in the general formula, R 3, R 4, and R 5 may be identical to or different from one another, and each represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and M represents a hydrogen atom, a metal atom, an ammonium group, or an organic ammonium group. a pure water production step of producing pure water having an electric conductivity of from 0.1 μS/cm to 100 μS/cm; a pure water transfer step of introducing the pure water into a reaction kettle for producing the copolymer through a transfer pipe using, as a material therefor, a resin or a substance forming a passive state in water; and a polymerization step of performing polymerization of the monomer (a), the monomer (b), and the monomer (c) in the reaction kettle, the pure water transfer step comprising setting the electric conductivity of the pure water at a site where the pure water is introduced from the transfer pipe toward the reaction kettle within a range of from 0.1 μS/cm to 100 μS/cm:
Calibration cage for the production of a blown film, said cage comprising a supporting structure and a plurality of frames rotatable in the horizontal plane which are pivoted along the perimeter of said supporting structure at the vertices of a regular polygon, each of said frames carrying a vertical rod rotatable with respect thereto which in turn carries at least one element for guiding a blown film, wherein each of said vertical rods is connected to at least one of the vertical rods adjacent thereto through at least one connection element (8; 8') that is rigid in the horizontal plane yet has a length variable in said plane through the relative motion of at least two parts (8a, 8b; 8a', 8b') thereof, characterized in that said at least one connection element (8; 8') being pivoted between said adjacent vertical rods through two horizontal pivots (9a, 9b), the axis of rotation of each of said horizontal pivots (9a, 9b) forming with a vertical radial plane comprising the axis of rotation of the respective vertical rod an angle that is equal to half of the internal angle (α) of said regular polygon.
A process for the synthesis of nitrogen-doped carbon electro-catalyst, the process comprising the steps of: (a) boiling a protein rich precursor in a colloidal silica nanoparticle dispersion in water, wherein said dispersion is boiled up to dryness to obtain a dried product; (b) pyrolyzing the dried product of step (a) to obtain a pyrolyzed product wherein the pyrolysis is carried out at 800-1100°C for 2-4 hours; (c) treating the pyrolyzed product of step (b) with concentrated hydrofluoric acid to remove oxide impurities to obtain a porous carbon product; and (d) washing the porous carbon product of step (c) with deionized water by centrifugation and drying in oven followed by pyrolysis at 800-1100°C for 2-4 hours to obtain the nitrogen-doped carbon electro-catalyst. (a) boiling a protein rich precursor in a colloidal silica nanoparticle dispersion in water, wherein said dispersion is boiled up to dryness to obtain a dried product; (b) pyrolyzing the dried product of step (a) to obtain a pyrolyzed product wherein the pyrolysis is carried out at 800-1100°C for 2-4 hours; (c) treating the pyrolyzed product of step (b) with concentrated hydrofluoric acid to remove oxide impurities to obtain a porous carbon product; and (d) washing the porous carbon product of step (c) with deionized water by centrifugation and drying in oven followed by pyrolysis at 800-1100°C for 2-4 hours to obtain the nitrogen-doped carbon electro-catalyst.
An engineered polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 80% sequence identity to a reference sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, comprising a substitution at position 124, wherein said position is numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO:2, wherein the engineered polypeptide has 1.2 times or more the imine reductase activity of SEQ ID NO:2, and wherein said polypeptide comprises at least one substitution selected from I124G and I124A/V178I, wherein said positions are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO:2. wherein the engineered polypeptide has 1.2 times or more the imine reductase activity of SEQ ID NO:2, and wherein said polypeptide comprises at least one substitution selected from I124G and I124A/V178I, wherein said positions are numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO:2.
An antibacterial cleansing composition comprising: a) from 0.01% to 1% of chloroxylenol by weight of the composition; b) from 5% to 15% of sodium lauryl sulfate by weight of the composition; c) from 1% to 5% of a co-surfactant by weight of the composition, wherein the co-surfactant is selected from zwitterionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, nonionic surfactant, or combinations thereof; d) wherein the weight ratio of sodium lauryl sulfate to the co-surfactant ranges from 3:1 to 5:1; and wherein the composition comprises a pH of from 2 to 5. a) from 0.01% to 1% of chloroxylenol by weight of the composition; b) from 5% to 15% of sodium lauryl sulfate by weight of the composition; c) from 1% to 5% of a co-surfactant by weight of the composition, wherein the co-surfactant is selected from zwitterionic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, nonionic surfactant, or combinations thereof; d) wherein the weight ratio of sodium lauryl sulfate to the co-surfactant ranges from 3:1 to 5:1; and
A compound represented by the formula: wherein: R is C -(CHR 4) m -A-R 1; and wherein: m is 1 or 2; A is oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, or a covalent bond; R 1 is benzoyl substituted with from one to five substituents independently selected from: halo, an imide ring and C 1-6 alkylcarbonylamino; and wherein: B is methylthio; R 2 is methoxy or hydroxy; R 3 is methoxy, hydroxy, or a monosaccharide radical; or R 2 taken together with R 3 is methylenedioxy; and R 4 is H; or R 4 is H or methyl when m is 1. m is 1 or 2; A is oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, or a covalent bond; R 1 is benzoyl substituted with from one to five substituents independently selected from: halo, an imide ring and C 1-6 alkylcarbonylamino; and B is methylthio; R 2 is methoxy or hydroxy; R 3 is methoxy, hydroxy, or a monosaccharide radical; or R 2 taken together with R 3 is methylenedioxy; and R 4 is H; or R 4 is H or methyl when m is 1.
A method for decoding an audio or a speech signal, comprising: receiving a bitstream including a parameter indicating whether to reset context information of the arithmetic coding on previous frames for decoding of an encoded audio or speech signal; first determining whether a current frame is encoded in a linear prediction domain 'LPD' or a frequency domain 'FD', based on coding mode information from the bitstream; second determining whether at least one transform coded excitation 'TCX' is used based on an LP coding mode when the current frame is encoded in the linear prediction domain 'LPD'; and performing the linear prediction domain 'LPD' decoding or the frequency domain 'FD' decoding according to at least one of the first determining or second determining, when the parameter indicating whether to reset context information of the arithmetic coding on previous frames for decoding of the encoded audio or speech signal is set. receiving a bitstream including a parameter indicating whether to reset context information of the arithmetic coding on previous frames for decoding of an encoded audio or speech signal; first determining whether a current frame is encoded in a linear prediction domain 'LPD' or a frequency domain 'FD', based on coding mode information from the bitstream; second determining whether at least one transform coded excitation 'TCX' is used based on an LP coding mode when the current frame is encoded in the linear prediction domain 'LPD'; and performing the linear prediction domain 'LPD' decoding or the frequency domain 'FD' decoding according to at least one of the first determining or second determining, when the parameter indicating whether to reset context information of the arithmetic coding on previous frames for decoding of the encoded audio or speech signal is set.
Method for producing digestible, partly hydrolyzed keratinaceous material, preferably from feathers, hair, wool, hooves or nails, comprising the steps of hydrolyzing keratinaceous material in the presence of water, in a hydrolyzer with heat and at a pressure between bar and 15 bar, and concurrently drying and grinding the resultant partly hydrolyzed keratinaceous material in an air turbulence mill at about atmospheric pressure, wherein the residence time in the air turbulence mill is less than 10 sec, such that the drop in pepsin and/or ileal digestibility is less than 10%, and/or the pepsin and ileal digestibility remain higher than respectively 75% and 80%, wherein the resultant keratinaceous material comprises at least partly insoluble material, and wherein the average particle size of the dry product leaving the air turbulence mill measured as d50 in volume fraction, as measured with laser diffraction using a dry powder Beckman Coulter particle size analyzer, is between 20 μm and 0.7 mm and the d90 is below 1 mm.
Floor cleaning machine with running gear attached to a vehicle frame to move the floor cleaning machine over a surface to be cleaned and with a driven rotating side brush, which is attached to an arm, which is hinged to swing about a vertical axis on a bracket attached to the vehicle frame, wherein the arm can swing about the vertical axis in a travel position in which it is supported on the bracket, wherein the arm as opposed to the bracket can pivot about a horizontal pivot axis, wherein the bracket has first engagement means and the arm has second engagement means, and wherein the first and second engagement means are designed such that, when the arm moves into the travel position, the first and second engagement means engage in different swing positions of the arm relative to the pivot axis such that a swing movement of the arm around the pivot axis relative to the surface is prevented, characterised in that, one of the first and second engagement means are designed as rods running in the extending direction of the arm, and which are fastened at their end regions to the bracket or to the arm, and that the other of the first and second engagement means are designed as support surfaces spaced apart in the vertical direction.
A MEMS device comprising: a primary substrate provided with a bump including a primary electrode; and a secondary substrate provided with a secondary electrode on a bottom surface of a recessed portion formed by an adhesive layer, wherein the primary substrate and the secondary substrate are joined together with the adhesive layer, the primary electrode is electrically connected to the secondary electrode with the bump inserted into the recessed portion, part of the bump and the adhesive layer forming the recessed portion overlap each other in a direction in which the bump is inserted into the recessed portion, and characterized in that a gap is provided between the adhesive layer and the bump so as to keep the adhesive layer out of contact with the bump. a primary substrate provided with a bump including a primary electrode; and a secondary substrate provided with a secondary electrode on a bottom surface of a recessed portion formed by an adhesive layer, wherein the primary substrate and the secondary substrate are joined together with the adhesive layer, the primary electrode is electrically connected to the secondary electrode with the bump inserted into the recessed portion, part of the bump and the adhesive layer forming the recessed portion overlap each other in a direction in which the bump is inserted into the recessed portion, and characterized in that a gap is provided between the adhesive layer and the bump so as to keep the adhesive layer out of contact with the bump.
A wireless communication device for device to device communication, the wireless communication device comprising: circuitry configured to receive assistance information from a base station indicating a carrier dedicated for device to device communication with another wireless communication device and a carrier between the base station and the wireless communication device for providing control connection while the wireless communication device is conducting device to device communication; initiate communication with the other wireless communication device on the carrier dedicated for device to device communication; evaluate transmission between the wireless communication device and the other wireless communication device and determine the device to device communication link is damaged or not; and characterised by: if the device to device communication link is damaged, recover the link with assistance from the base station; wherein the circuitry is configured to, if the device to device communication link is damaged, establish a data plane connection with the other wireless communication device via the base station while trying to recover the device to device communication link, and to release the data plane connection with the other wireless communication device via the base station after the device to device communication link is recovered. circuitry configured to receive assistance information from a base station indicating a carrier dedicated for device to device communication with another wireless communication device and a carrier between the base station and the wireless communication device for providing control connection while the wireless communication device is conducting device to device communication; initiate communication with the other wireless communication device on the carrier dedicated for device to device communication; evaluate transmission between the wireless communication device and the other wireless communication device and determine the device to device communication link is damaged or not; and characterised by: if the device to device communication link is damaged, recover the link with assistance from the base station; wherein the circuitry is configured to, if the device to device communication link is damaged, establish a data plane connection with the other wireless communication device via the base station while trying to recover the device to device communication link, and to release the data plane connection with the other wireless communication device via the base station after the device to device communication link is recovered. if the device to device communication link is damaged, recover the link with assistance from the base station; wherein the circuitry is configured to, if the device to device communication link is damaged, establish a data plane connection with the other wireless communication device via the base station while trying to recover the device to device communication link, and to release the data plane connection with the other wireless communication device via the base station after the device to device communication link is recovered.
Thermal pattern sensor configured to measure a thermal pattern of an element arranged against the sensor and in direct thermal contact with the sensor, comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising at least one pyroelectric capacitance formed by at least one portion of pyroelectric material arranged between a lower electrode and an upper electrode, in which one of the lower and upper electrodes corresponds to an electrode for reading the pixel, characterized in that a heating element that can heat the portion of pyroelectric material of the pyroelectric capacitance of said pixel by Joule effect during a measurement of the thermal pattern by the pyroelectric capacitance of said pixel is formed by the other of the lower and upper electrodes, and in that it further comprises means for applying a constant heating voltage to the ends of said other of the lower and upper electrodes, thus creating a non-zero difference in electrical potentials between these ends.
A bearing arrangement, comprising - at least two annular components (1, 3) which are rotatable relative to each other about an axis of rotation, wherein - a plurality of rolling elements is arranged between the annular components (1, 3) which supports them against each other during a rotation relative to each other, characterised in that for heating and/or cooling of at least one of the annular components (1, 3) a plurality of material recesses is provided in the axial direction at at least one of the annular components (1, 3), which at least forms one portion of a flow channel, wherein - at the least one of the annular components (1, 3) (i) at least one jacket-shaped part and (ii) at least one upper end plate and/or at least one lower end plate are attached which form a fluidic boundary of the flow channel against the environment, and wherein - between the annular components (1, 3) and the respective endplate (10, 11) each perforated disks (12, 13) are provided which form flow chambers (14, 15) which fluidically connect the material recesses in the circumferential direction. - at least two annular components (1, 3) which are rotatable relative to each other about an axis of rotation, wherein - a plurality of rolling elements is arranged between the annular components (1, 3) which supports them against each other during a rotation relative to each other, characterised in that for heating and/or cooling of at least one of the annular components (1, 3) a plurality of material recesses is provided in the axial direction at at least one of the annular components (1, 3), which at least forms one portion of a flow channel, wherein - at the least one of the annular components (1, 3) (i) at least one jacket-shaped part and (ii) at least one upper end plate and/or at least one lower end plate are attached which form a fluidic boundary of the flow channel against the environment, and wherein (i) at least one jacket-shaped part and (ii) at least one upper end plate and/or at least one lower end plate are attached which form a fluidic boundary of the flow channel against the environment, and wherein - between the annular components (1, 3) and the respective endplate (10, 11) each perforated disks (12, 13) are provided which form flow chambers (14, 15) which fluidically connect the material recesses in the circumferential direction.
An apparatus comprising: a plurality of vector registers to store vector operands comprising a plurality of data elements; and processing circuitry (30, 35, 80, 40) configured to transfer, in response to a vector data transfer instruction specifying a base register and an immediate offset value, data between the plurality of data elements of at least one vector register and storage locations of a data store corresponding to a contiguous block of addresses; wherein in response to the vector data transfer instruction, the processing circuitry is configured to determine a start address of said contiguous block of addresses with a value equivalent to a result of adding a base address stored in the base register to a product of the immediate offset value and a multiplier corresponding to a size of said contiguous block of addresses, in which the immediate offset value is a 4-bit immediate offset value. a plurality of vector registers to store vector operands comprising a plurality of data elements; and processing circuitry (30, 35, 80, 40) configured to transfer, in response to a vector data transfer instruction specifying a base register and an immediate offset value, data between the plurality of data elements of at least one vector register and storage locations of a data store corresponding to a contiguous block of addresses; wherein in response to the vector data transfer instruction, the processing circuitry is configured to determine a start address of said contiguous block of addresses with a value equivalent to a result of adding a base address stored in the base register to a product of the immediate offset value and a multiplier corresponding to a size of said contiguous block of addresses, in which the immediate offset value is a 4-bit immediate offset value.
A method of quantifying a biological substance in a tissue section, said method comprising: performing bright-field observable first immunostaining that specifically stains a first biological substance in said tissue section by using enzymes that modify a substrate to cause the generation of a pigmentary chemical species; performing a second immunostaining with a fluorescent substance-containing nanoparticle that specifically stains a second biological substance in said tissue section specifying the expression position(s) of said second biological substance in said tissue section by comparing the position of a stained image of said first immunostaining and position of a stained image of said second immunostaining; and determining the expression amount of said second biological substance by measuring the fluorescence intensity of said stained image of said second immunostaining. performing bright-field observable first immunostaining that specifically stains a first biological substance in said tissue section by using enzymes that modify a substrate to cause the generation of a pigmentary chemical species; performing a second immunostaining with a fluorescent substance-containing nanoparticle that specifically stains a second biological substance in said tissue section specifying the expression position(s) of said second biological substance in said tissue section by comparing the position of a stained image of said first immunostaining and position of a stained image of said second immunostaining; and determining the expression amount of said second biological substance by measuring the fluorescence intensity of said stained image of said second immunostaining.