mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for obtaining sequence information from a whole blood sample comprising cell-free DNA, said method comprising: (a) freezing the whole blood sample; (b) thawing the frozen whole blood sample; (c) separating solids from the thawed whole blood sample to obtain a liquid fraction, wherein separating solids from the thawed whole blood sample comprises centrifuging the thawed whole blood sample; (d) preparing a sequencing library from cell-free DNA in the liquid fraction; and (e) sequencing said sequencing library to obtain sequence information, the method further comprising, prior to (a), fixing blood cells in the whole blood sample using a fixative. (a) freezing the whole blood sample; (b) thawing the frozen whole blood sample; (c) separating solids from the thawed whole blood sample to obtain a liquid fraction, wherein separating solids from the thawed whole blood sample comprises centrifuging the thawed whole blood sample; (d) preparing a sequencing library from cell-free DNA in the liquid fraction; and (e) sequencing said sequencing library to obtain sequence information, the method further comprising, prior to (a), fixing blood cells in the whole blood sample using a fixative.
An insulation element comprising at least one roll, or at least one panel, of insulating material, such as glass wool or rock wool, said insulation element further comprising at least one label comprising, on the one hand, an outer film having a top printed face and, on the other hand, a layer of adhesive material situated under said outer film, said label being applied against a surface of said insulation element and adhering to this surface by said layer of adhesive material, said label having a handle making it possible to manually grasp said insulation element, said label comprising at least two longitudinal incisions (54, 54') which both pass through said outer film and said layer of adhesive material over all of their respective thicknesses, characterized in that said label comprises a portion of support film situated on the one hand at least partly between said two longitudinal incisions (54, 54') and on the other hand under said layer of adhesive material.
A method of controlling a wind turbine having a rotor with pitchable wind turbine blades and a generator for producing power, the method comprising the steps of: determining a control signal for a controllable parameter of the wind turbine; estimating at time intervals at least one operational parameter representing a loading on the wind turbine exerted by the wind, where the step of estimating the operational parameter comprises estimating at least one of a rotor power coefficient, a torque coefficient, a thrust coefficient of the wind turbine, and/or a thrust limiter pitch angle, and wherein the thrust limiter pitch angle comprises the minimum pitch angle for maintaining the thrust on the wind turbine to be equal or below a maximum allowable thrust level; determining a variation parameter reflecting a variation of said operational parameter over time; controlling the wind turbine according to the control signal only if the variation parameter is below an alert threshold; and controlling the wind turbine according to a modified control strategy if the variation parameter is above the alert threshold. determining a control signal for a controllable parameter of the wind turbine; estimating at time intervals at least one operational parameter representing a loading on the wind turbine exerted by the wind, where the step of estimating the operational parameter comprises estimating at least one of a rotor power coefficient, a torque coefficient, a thrust coefficient of the wind turbine, and/or a thrust limiter pitch angle, and wherein the thrust limiter pitch angle comprises the minimum pitch angle for maintaining the thrust on the wind turbine to be equal or below a maximum allowable thrust level; determining a variation parameter reflecting a variation of said operational parameter over time; controlling the wind turbine according to the control signal only if the variation parameter is below an alert threshold; and controlling the wind turbine according to a modified control strategy if the variation parameter is above the alert threshold.
A protein comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO:35 and fragments of SEQ ID NO:35 comprising 1140 or more amino acids of SEQ ID NO:35, wherein said fragments are immunogens that enhance cellular immune responses against hTERT.
A vehicle seat structure placed on a floor of a vehicle body, the vehicle seat structure including: a seat cushion; a seat back connected to the seat cushion; a seated-occupant restraining seat belt apparatus, and a frontward-displacement suppressing member (3, 303, 403, 503, 603, 903, 1003) adapted to suppress a frontward displacement of an occupant seated on the seat cushion, during a frontal vehicle collision, the frontward-displacement suppressing member being provided between an upper surface of the seat cushion and the floor to extend in a lateral direction of the vehicle body in its entirety, wherein the seat belt apparatus includes a lap belt (B1a); and the seat cushion is provided with a cushion pad and characterized in that the seat cushion is provided with the frontward-displacement suppressing member, wherein the frontward-displacement suppressing member is adapted to be set at an adequate position falling within a positional range spaced apart from a hip point of the seated occupant, which is an intermediate position between right and left femoral heads of the occupant seated on the seat cushion, in a frontward direction of the vehicle body by a distance of zero to 160 mm and lying below the hip point of the seated occupant by a distance of 20 to 100 mm, while extending in the lateral direction of the vehicle body inside the seat cushion. a seat cushion; a seat back connected to the seat cushion; a seated-occupant restraining seat belt apparatus, and a frontward-displacement suppressing member (3, 303, 403, 503, 603, 903, 1003) adapted to suppress a frontward displacement of an occupant seated on the seat cushion, during a frontal vehicle collision, the frontward-displacement suppressing member being provided between an upper surface of the seat cushion and the floor to extend in a lateral direction of the vehicle body in its entirety, wherein the seat belt apparatus includes a lap belt (B1a); and the seat cushion is provided with a cushion pad and characterized in that the seat cushion is provided with the frontward-displacement suppressing member, wherein the frontward-displacement suppressing member is adapted to be set at an adequate position falling within a positional range spaced apart from a hip point of the seated occupant, which is an intermediate position between right and left femoral heads of the occupant seated on the seat cushion, in a frontward direction of the vehicle body by a distance of zero to 160 mm and lying below the hip point of the seated occupant by a distance of 20 to 100 mm, while extending in the lateral direction of the vehicle body inside the seat cushion.
A suspension system of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, including two shock absorbers, a stabilizer bar connected to the shock absorbers respectively by two linking parts (6, 8), the ends of each linking part being respectively connected in an articulated manner to the stabilizer bar and to the corresponding shock absorber body, characterized in that at least one of the two linking parts includes a plurality of threaded elements on a flexible link, one end of which is connected to an end of the stabilizer bar and the other end of which is connected to a device able to modify the tension of the flexible link and integral with the shock absorber body, the flexible link being able to slide through a rigid part fixed to the body of the shock absorber and maintaining the flexible link at a distance from the shock absorber, and in that the device able to modify the tension of the flexible link permits selectively tensing the flexible link so as to stiffen the linking part by compression of the threaded elements between the rigid part and the end of the stabilizer bar and to ensure the stabilizing function of this bar, and loosening the flexible link to make the linking piece flexible, deactivating the stabilizing function of the stabilizer bar.
A process for measuring the effect of an action on a film comprising the following steps: a) introducing, into a solution, at least one substance capable of forming a film, b) introducing, into the solution obtained in (a), at least two particles, said particles resting on a submerged surface S in said solution, c) regrouping of the particles on said submerged surface S, said particles forming on said surface a spot or a mark, d) forming said film from said substance, e) observing the spot or mark on the surface S, f) applying a mechanical and/or physical action to said solution, g) observing the effect on the film of the action applied in step (f) by observing the spot or mark on the surface S, and h) determining the effect of the action applied to the film by comparing the observations from the aforementioned steps (e) and (g). a) introducing, into a solution, at least one substance capable of forming a film, b) introducing, into the solution obtained in (a), at least two particles, said particles resting on a submerged surface S in said solution, c) regrouping of the particles on said submerged surface S, said particles forming on said surface a spot or a mark, d) forming said film from said substance, e) observing the spot or mark on the surface S, f) applying a mechanical and/or physical action to said solution, g) observing the effect on the film of the action applied in step (f) by observing the spot or mark on the surface S, and h) determining the effect of the action applied to the film by comparing the observations from the aforementioned steps (e) and (g).
A method of making a genetically modified rodent, comprising modifying a rodent genome to comprise at an endogenous Major Histocompatibility Complex II (MHC II) a gene locus a first nucleotide sequence encoding a chimeric human/rodent MHC II α polypeptide and/or at an endogenous Major Histocompatibility Complex II (MHC II) β gene locus a second nucleotide sequence encoding a chimeric human/rodent MHC II β polypeptide, wherein a human portion of the chimeric human/rodent MHC II α polypeptide comprises human MHC II α1 and α2 extracellular domains and/or a human portion of the chimeric human/rodent MHC II β polypeptide comprises human MHC II β1 and β2 extracellular domains, and wherein the chimeric human/rodent MHC II α and/or MHC II β polypeptides form a functional MHC II complex on a surface of a cell of the rodent.
A control system of an internal combustion engine where an evaporated fuel adsorption device which adsorbs evaporated fuel in a fuel tank is provided, a bypass passage which bypasses a throttle valve of an engine intake system through said evaporated fuel adsorption device is provided at said evaporated fuel adsorption device as a fuel discharge path, and exhaust gas is made to recirculate through an exhaust gas recirculation passage which is connected to an upstream side from an inlet of said bypass passage of said engine intake system for exhaust gas recirculation, wherein an exhaust control valve is arranged at said exhaust gas recirculation passage, an intake control valve is arranged at said bypass passage, and when an opening degree of said exhaust control valve is larger than a set opening degree, said intake control valve is fully closed or an opening degree of said intake control valve is made smaller compared with when said opening degree of said exhaust control valve is said set opening degree or less. an exhaust control valve is arranged at said exhaust gas recirculation passage, an intake control valve is arranged at said bypass passage, and when an opening degree of said exhaust control valve is larger than a set opening degree, said intake control valve is fully closed or an opening degree of said intake control valve is made smaller compared with when said opening degree of said exhaust control valve is said set opening degree or less.
A positive active material composite particle comprising: a positive active material particle; a conductive particle existing on a surface of the positive active material particle and having a smaller diameter than the positive active material particle; and a binder resin located on the surface of the positive active material particle bonding the surface of the positive active material particle and the conductive particle, wherein the binder resin is distributed in a mottled state to have a plurality of portions spaced with a gap from each other and adhered to the surface of the positive active material particle, and the conductive particle is located on the binder resin distributed in the mottled state. a positive active material particle; a conductive particle existing on a surface of the positive active material particle and having a smaller diameter than the positive active material particle; and a binder resin located on the surface of the positive active material particle bonding the surface of the positive active material particle and the conductive particle, wherein the binder resin is distributed in a mottled state to have a plurality of portions spaced with a gap from each other and adhered to the surface of the positive active material particle, and the conductive particle is located on the binder resin distributed in the mottled state.
A haptic rendering method for a haptically-enabled device, comprising: determining a state of a trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) associated with a trigger actuator of the haptically-enabled device during a haptic event; and rendering haptic effects on at least one of the trigger actuator or a second haptic actuator based on the state of the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121), the second haptic actuator being in a body of the haptically-enabled device, characterized by a) the determining of the state of the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) includes detecting if the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) is grounded; and the rendering of the haptic effects includes rendering the haptic effects on the second haptic actuator if the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) is grounded, and rendering the haptic effects on the trigger actuator if the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) is contacted and not grounded; or b) the determining of the state of the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) includes detecting if the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) is at least partially depressed or if a finger is detected resting on or near the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121); and the rendering of the haptic effects includes rendering the haptic effects on the trigger actuator if a finger is detected resting on or near the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) and the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) is not at least partially depressed, and rendering the haptic effects on the second haptic actuator if a finger is not detected resting on or near the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121). determining a state of a trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) associated with a trigger actuator of the haptically-enabled device during a haptic event; and rendering haptic effects on at least one of the trigger actuator or a second haptic actuator based on the state of the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121), the second haptic actuator being in a body of the haptically-enabled device, a) the determining of the state of the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) includes detecting if the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) is grounded; and the rendering of the haptic effects includes rendering the haptic effects on the second haptic actuator if the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) is grounded, and rendering the haptic effects on the trigger actuator if the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) is contacted and not grounded; or b) the determining of the state of the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) includes detecting if the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) is at least partially depressed or if a finger is detected resting on or near the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121); and the rendering of the haptic effects includes rendering the haptic effects on the trigger actuator if a finger is detected resting on or near the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) and the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121) is not at least partially depressed, and rendering the haptic effects on the second haptic actuator if a finger is not detected resting on or near the trigger (112, 114, 120, 121).
A smoking machine incorporating a smoke trap characterised in that the smoking machine, the smoke trap and/or a component of the smoke trap comprises at least one identity element (4, 6) which contains information specific to the smoke trap and/or the smoke trap component and from which or into which items of information are readable and/or are insertible which are the results of measurements from laboratory instruments such as balances, humidity measuring instruments, length and diameter measuring instruments, such as barometers, hygrometers, extraction devices, sample preparation devices, gas chromatographs and/or smoking parameters.
A handle assembly, comprising: a mounting plate connectable to a structure; a handle rotatably mounted to the mounting plate; a spindle connected to the handle and extending through the mounting plate; a first magnet coupled to the mounting plate and having a central aperture sized to permit the spindle to extend therethrough; a second magnet coupled to the handle and having a central aperture to permit the spindle to extend therethrough, the second magnet coupled to the spindle such that both the spindle and the second magnet rotate about a common axis of rotation under an actuation torque applied to the handle, wherein the first and second magnets (24, 26) are rotatable relative to one another and generate magnetic forces that interact to generate a return torque on the spindle in response to rotation of the handle from a first position in an opposite direction to that of the actuation torque; the magnetic forces of the first magnet and the second magnet interacting to vary the return torque as a function of a lever rotation angle over a range of lever rotation angles. a mounting plate connectable to a structure; a handle rotatably mounted to the mounting plate; a spindle connected to the handle and extending through the mounting plate; a first magnet coupled to the mounting plate and having a central aperture sized to permit the spindle to extend therethrough; a second magnet coupled to the handle and having a central aperture to permit the spindle to extend therethrough, the second magnet coupled to the spindle such that both the spindle and the second magnet rotate about a common axis of rotation under an actuation torque applied to the handle, wherein the first and second magnets (24, 26) are rotatable relative to one another and generate magnetic forces that interact to generate a return torque on the spindle in response to rotation of the handle from a first position in an opposite direction to that of the actuation torque; the magnetic forces of the first magnet and the second magnet interacting to vary the return torque as a function of a lever rotation angle over a range of lever rotation angles.
A device for harvesting energy from a vibrating substrate, comprising a base, a parallelogram of stacked beams (22a, 22b), end connector, a first coil of wire (28a, 28b), a first permanent magnet, and a second permanent magnet, wherein said first and said second permanent magnets are stacked to provide a first stack of permanent magnets, wherein said first and said second permanent magnets are oriented to have first same poles facing each other, wherein said base is for mounting to the substrate for receiving vibrational energy derived from the substrate, wherein each beam of said parallelogram of stacked beams (22a, 22b) has a fixed end and a vibrating end, wherein said fixed end is stationary with respect to the base and connected to receive vibrational energy from said base so said vibrating end can vibrate, wherein said vibrating ends are connected to said end connector, wherein said first permanent magnet is stationary with respect to said base, wherein said first coil of wire (28a, 28b) is mounted to vibrate with said parallelogram of stacked beams (22a, 22b), wherein said first coil of wire (28a, 28b) extends around said first permanent magnet, and wherein when said parallelogram of stacked beams (22a, 22b) vibrates, said first coil of wire (28a, 28b) vibrates with respect to said first permanent magnet and a first current is induced in said first coil of wire (28a, 28b).
An adhesive member to be adhesively fixed through pressure comprising: a support; a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on one surface of the support; and a plurality of protrusion elements arranged, in spaced-apart relation to each other, on a principal surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a side opposite to the support, wherein each of the protrusion elements is composed of an aggregation of a plurality of cohesive particles, and wherein each of the protrusion elements composed of the aggregation of the plurality of cohesive particles has an elastic modulus of 5 MPa or more. a support; a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on one surface of the support; and a plurality of protrusion elements arranged, in spaced-apart relation to each other, on a principal surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a side opposite to the support, wherein each of the protrusion elements is composed of an aggregation of a plurality of cohesive particles, and wherein each of the protrusion elements composed of the aggregation of the plurality of cohesive particles has an elastic modulus of 5 MPa or more.
A method for determining characteristics of first and second substrates (26 and 30) in an imprint lithography system, said method comprising: forming a volume of fluid on said second substrate said volume of fluid having an area associated therewith; compressing said volume of fluid between said first and second substrates (26 and 30) to effectuate a change in properties of said area, defining changed properties; sensing said changed properties including: acquiring a first image of a region of said second substrate in which said volume is located before compressing said volume of fluid and acquiring a second image of said region after compressing said volume of fluid and comparing information in said first and second images associated with said volume of fluid; and determining characteristics of said first and second substrates (26 and 30) as a function of said changed properties, defining measured characteristics wherein said characteristics comprise presence of contamination. forming a volume of fluid on said second substrate said volume of fluid having an area associated therewith; compressing said volume of fluid between said first and second substrates (26 and 30) to effectuate a change in properties of said area, defining changed properties; sensing said changed properties including: acquiring a first image of a region of said second substrate in which said volume is located before compressing said volume of fluid and acquiring a second image of said region after compressing said volume of fluid and comparing information in said first and second images associated with said volume of fluid; and determining characteristics of said first and second substrates (26 and 30) as a function of said changed properties, defining measured characteristics wherein said characteristics comprise presence of contamination.