mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
System comprising a plurality of system components (105, 120, 130, 140), wherein each system component of said plurality of system components (105, 120, 130, 140) comprises a device for determining a reliability measure for a given function established by one or more functional blocks of said system component, each of said system components comprising one or more functional blocks arranged for performing one or more functions, wherein said device comprises: - input means for receiving, for each functional block involved in establishing said given function, one or more pieces of information, each piece representing a condition of the respective functional block of a system component to be assessed, said functional block being involved in establishing said given function, - a module arranged for classifying said conditions, for deriving diagnostic test interval information and for determining a functional block reliability estimation for each of said functional blocks based on said diagnostic test interval information and/or on said classified conditions, - calculation means adapted for determining a reliability measure for said given function established by said one or more functional blocks based on said one or more functional block reliability estimations and on reliability information propagated from other system components, - decision means for deriving a decision from said reliability measure of said given function, - output means for outputting said decision in a format adapted for a physical interface of said system component and for propagating said reliability measure to other system components (105, 120, 130, 140); and wherein one or more system components of said plurality of system components (105, 120, 130, 140) is configured to act as a decision taking node for a first function and to just form part of the data stream path for a second function. - input means for receiving, for each functional block involved in establishing said given function, one or more pieces of information, each piece representing a condition of the respective functional block of a system component to be assessed, said functional block being involved in establishing said given function, - a module arranged for classifying said conditions, for deriving diagnostic test interval information and for determining a functional block reliability estimation for each of said functional blocks based on said diagnostic test interval information and/or on said classified conditions, - calculation means adapted for determining a reliability measure for said given function established by said one or more functional blocks based on said one or more functional block reliability estimations and on reliability information propagated from other system components, - decision means for deriving a decision from said reliability measure of said given function, - output means for outputting said decision in a format adapted for a physical interface of said system component and for propagating said reliability measure to other system components (105, 120, 130, 140); and
Pump unit, with a drive motor having a motor shaft, a separator having at least one fluid inlet (12, 12a) for a fluid mixture comprising liquid and gaseous media, at least one liquid outlet and at least one gas outlet, a vacuum pump integrated into the separator for generating a vacuum in the separator, which vacuum pump communicates with the fluid inlet (12, 12a) and the gas outlet, wherein a pressure opening of the vacuum pump forms the gas outlet of the separator, a conveying pump integrated into the separator for suctioning the fluid collected in the separator with an axial suction opening and an impeller, which are configured such that the conveying pump acts as a liquid centrifuge, which can convey liquid even if the suction opening is only covered in part with liquid, wherein a pressure opening of the conveying pump forms the liquid outlet of the separator, wherein the vacuum pump and the conveying pump are arranged on the common motor shaft of the drive motor.
A brake system, comprising: a brake controller; a hydraulic brake actuator including a moveable member; a brake stack; an electromechanical valve assembly (244, 246) in electronic communication with the brake controller and in fluid communication with the hydraulic brake actuator; and a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the brake controller, characterised by the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the brake controller, cause the brake controller to perform operations comprising: sending, by the brake controller, a current signal to the electromechanical valve assembly; receiving, by the brake controller, a pressure feedback signal; increasing, by the brake controller, a value of the current signal; and determining, by the brake controller, a contact current value based upon the pressure feedback signal. a brake controller; a hydraulic brake actuator including a moveable member; a brake stack; an electromechanical valve assembly (244, 246) in electronic communication with the brake controller and in fluid communication with the hydraulic brake actuator; and a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the brake controller, characterised by the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the brake controller, cause the brake controller to perform operations comprising: sending, by the brake controller, a current signal to the electromechanical valve assembly; receiving, by the brake controller, a pressure feedback signal; increasing, by the brake controller, a value of the current signal; and determining, by the brake controller, a contact current value based upon the pressure feedback signal. sending, by the brake controller, a current signal to the electromechanical valve assembly; receiving, by the brake controller, a pressure feedback signal; increasing, by the brake controller, a value of the current signal; and determining, by the brake controller, a contact current value based upon the pressure feedback signal.
A non-therapeutic method of improving pregnancy rates in non-human females prior to implantation of an embryo or prior to insemination, comprising administering a composition consisting of IL-12 and GM-CSF as active ingredients into a recipient's vagina.
A formaldehyde production plant comprising a catalyst reaction apparatus; a methanol storage unit; and a formaldehyde storage unit, wherein the catalyst reaction apparatus comprising: a reactant inflow pipe leading to a reactant inlet; a catalyst bed; a heat exchanger section; and a product outlet; wherein the heat exchanger section is down-stream of the catalyst bed and comprises a heat exchange pipe, through which heat exchange media can flow, extending between a pipe-inlet and a pipe-outlet as a jointless unit, at least a part of the heat exchange pipe being a coil, the coil part of the heat exchange pipe forming a hollow core in which the reactant inflow pipe is located. the catalyst reaction apparatus comprising: a reactant inflow pipe leading to a reactant inlet; a catalyst bed; a heat exchanger section; and a product outlet; a reactant inflow pipe leading to a reactant inlet; a catalyst bed; a heat exchanger section; and a product outlet; wherein the heat exchanger section is down-stream of the catalyst bed and comprises a heat exchange pipe, through which heat exchange media can flow, extending between a pipe-inlet and a pipe-outlet as a jointless unit, at least a part of the heat exchange pipe being a coil, the coil part of the heat exchange pipe forming a hollow core in which the reactant inflow pipe is located.
A biomedical electrode comprising: a plate-shaped support portion; an elastic pillar portion that is provided on a first surface of the plate-shaped support portion; and a conductive resin layer that is formed to cover a distal end of the elastic pillar portion, wherein the elastic pillar portion is formed of an insulating elastic member including a silicone rubber, the conductive resin layer includes a conductive filler and a silicone rubber, a thickness of the conductive resin layer positioned at the distal end of the elastic pillar portion is 5 μm or more and 200 μm or less, and when measured at 37°C according to JIS K 6253, a type A durometer hardness of a surface of the elastic pillar portion is 15 or higher and 35 or lower. a plate-shaped support portion; an elastic pillar portion that is provided on a first surface of the plate-shaped support portion; and a conductive resin layer that is formed to cover a distal end of the elastic pillar portion, wherein the elastic pillar portion is formed of an insulating elastic member including a silicone rubber, the conductive resin layer includes a conductive filler and a silicone rubber, a thickness of the conductive resin layer positioned at the distal end of the elastic pillar portion is 5 μm or more and 200 μm or less, and when measured at 37°C according to JIS K 6253, a type A durometer hardness of a surface of the elastic pillar portion is 15 or higher and 35 or lower.
A method performed by a database platform executing instructions on at least one hardware processor, the method comprising: receiving a query comprising one or more predicates, the query directed at least to data in an external table that is stored in an external storage platform that is external to the database platform; identifying, based on metadata that summarizes the data in the external table, one or more partitions of the external table that comprise data satisfying the one or more predicates; generating a query plan based on the query, the query plan comprising a plurality of discrete subtasks, the plurality of discrete subtasks comprising instructions to scan the identified one or more partitions of the external table for data satisfying the one or more predicates; assigning, based on the metadata, the plurality of discrete subtasks to one or more nodes in an execution platform; and refreshing, in response to a threshold number of modifications being made to the external table, the metadata to reflect the modifications. receiving a query comprising one or more predicates, the query directed at least to data in an external table that is stored in an external storage platform that is external to the database platform; identifying, based on metadata that summarizes the data in the external table, one or more partitions of the external table that comprise data satisfying the one or more predicates; generating a query plan based on the query, the query plan comprising a plurality of discrete subtasks, the plurality of discrete subtasks comprising instructions to scan the identified one or more partitions of the external table for data satisfying the one or more predicates; assigning, based on the metadata, the plurality of discrete subtasks to one or more nodes in an execution platform; and refreshing, in response to a threshold number of modifications being made to the external table, the metadata to reflect the modifications.
A method of testing for rheumatoid arthritis, comprising identifying the single nucleotide polymorphism of a nucleotide present in the myelin basic protein gene of a subject or identifying the SNP of a nucleotide that is in linkage disequilibrium with the first mentioned nucleotide, wherein the SNP of a nucleotide present in the myelin basic protein gene is rs2000811 in the SNP database of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), the United States, and the SNP of a nucleotide that is in linkage disequilibrium with the first mentioned nucleotide is rs9958028.
A method comprising: transmitting, during a first time period, responsive to signals from transceiver circuitry, first ultrasonic signals by way of a first electrode of a piezoelectric micromechanical ultrasonic transducer, PMUT, the PMUT including a diaphragm disposed over a cavity, the diaphragm including a piezoelectric layer stack including a piezoelectric layer, the first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode being electrically coupled with a first port of the transceiver circuitry and each of the first electrode and the second electrode being disposed on or proximate to a first surface of the piezoelectric layer, the first surface being opposite from the cavity; and receiving, during a second time period, second ultrasonic signals by way of the second electrode, the second electrode being electrically coupled with a second and different port of the transceiver circuitry, wherein the first time period and the second time period are at least partially overlapping. transmitting, during a first time period, responsive to signals from transceiver circuitry, first ultrasonic signals by way of a first electrode of a piezoelectric micromechanical ultrasonic transducer, PMUT, the PMUT including a diaphragm disposed over a cavity, the diaphragm including a piezoelectric layer stack including a piezoelectric layer, the first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode being electrically coupled with a first port of the transceiver circuitry and each of the first electrode and the second electrode being disposed on or proximate to a first surface of the piezoelectric layer, the first surface being opposite from the cavity; and receiving, during a second time period, second ultrasonic signals by way of the second electrode, the second electrode being electrically coupled with a second and different port of the transceiver circuitry, wherein the first time period and the second time period are at least partially overlapping.
A trigger-type liquid dispenser comprising a dispenser main body fitted to a mouth of a container containing liquid, a nozzle fitted to a front end of a flow path provided in the dispenser main body, a pump that is connected to a pump hole provided in a midway portion of the flow path and that is actuated in response to operation of a trigger, and a valve member that is provided in the flow path to control the liquid to flow in a direction from the container to the nozzle in the flow path in conjunction with actuation of the pump, wherein the valve member includes an intake-side check valve that is disposed on an upstream side of the pump hole in the flow path to permit flow of the liquid from a container side to a pump side and to prevent flow of the liquid from the pump side to the container side, and a discharge-side check valve that is disposed on a downstream side of the pump hole in the flow path to permit flow of the liquid from the pump side to a nozzle side and to prevent flow of the liquid from the nozzle side to the pump side, and wherein the discharge-side check valve is formed in an umbrella shape that is elastically deformable freely in a radial direction thereof, characterized in that the discharge-side check valve has an outer circumferential end configured to contact an inner circumferential surface of the flow path, with contact force of the outer circumferential end with respect to the inner circumferential surface of the flow path being distributed non-uniformly in a circumferential direction thereof, and wherein the discharge-side check valve has an axis that is offset from an axis of the flow path.
A method in a user equipment for determination of timing of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat re-Request, HARQ, response, the user equipment operating in a communication network comprising a primary radio access technology system and a secondary radio access technology system, the user equipment receiving data on at least one downlink carrier on the primary radio access technology system and on at least one downlink carrier on the secondary radio access technology system, the user equipment transmitting data on an uplink carrier of the primary radio access technology system, the method comprising: - determining a downlink timing related to the secondary radio access technology system, - determining a virtual uplink timing for HARQ response on the secondary radio access technology system based on the downlink timing, - determining an uplink timing related to the primary radio access technology system, and - determining, based on the virtual uplink timing and the uplink timing for the primary radio access technology system, an uplink time instance for transmission of the HARQ response on the uplink carrier of the primary radio access technology system, wherein the HARQ response relates to data received on the downlink carrier on the secondary radio access technology system. - determining a downlink timing related to the secondary radio access technology system, - determining a virtual uplink timing for HARQ response on the secondary radio access technology system based on the downlink timing, - determining an uplink timing related to the primary radio access technology system, and - determining, based on the virtual uplink timing and the uplink timing for the primary radio access technology system, an uplink time instance for transmission of the HARQ response on the uplink carrier of the primary radio access technology system, wherein the HARQ response relates to data received on the downlink carrier on the secondary radio access technology system.
A nucleic acid molecule, wherein said molecule comprises a double stranded portion of 32 to 100 bp, has at least one free end, is devoid of CpG, has less than 70 % sequence identity to any gene in a human genome, comprises one or several phosphorothioates or nucleotides with methylphosphonate backbone at the end of each strand or at least at the 3' end strand, and wherein said molecule is substrate for binding by at least a Ku protein involved in the NHEJ pathway of double strand breaks DSB repair, wherein the double stranded portion has the sequence of the molecules Dbait32Hc (SEQ ID No 17), Dbait32Hc-3'mp (SEQ ID No 19), Dbait32Hc-5'3'mp (SEQ ID No 20), Dbait32Hc-Cy3 (SEQ ID No 23), and Dbait32Hc-Cy5 (SEQ ID No 24).
Internal gear pump, in particular a trochoidal pump, for a vehicle, having a pump housing with a rotor chamber, in which an annular gear having an internal gearing with internal teeth (7a-7g) is accommodated, which can be brought into meshing engagement with a gear wheel, eccentrically supported in relation to the annular gear and having an external gearing with external teeth (12a-12f), in such a way that at a meshing area at least one of the external teeth lies in an internal tooth space situated between two internal teeth (7a; 7g), the volumes between the internal teeth (7a-7g) and the external teeth (12a-12f) forming pump chambers becoming larger in a rotor chamber area, assigned to an inlet port and extending from the meshing area to a tooth abutment area, in which at least one external tooth lies or bears contiguously on the crown of an internal tooth, and becoming smaller again in a rotor chamber area assigned to an outlet port and extending from the tooth abutment area to the meshing area, at least one relief duct being provided, which forms a flow connection between the meshing area and the outlet port, characterized in that at least one auxiliary duct is provided, which forms a flow connection between the tooth abutment area and the outlet port, the at least one auxiliary duct being formed in a wall area of the rotor chamber wall contiguous with the tooth abutment area and is led from there to the outlet port likewise formed and/or opening out in the rotor chamber wall at a distance therefrom.
Stable atomic quantum clusters, AQCs, consisting of between 2 and less than 27 metal atoms, characterized in that they are stable in liquid solution for hours, even days, without an external stabilizer, obtainable by reduction of the metal salt or ion, or metal salts or ions, wherein said reduction is characterized in that it: a. has a kinetic control for a reduction, where mild reducers selected from the group consisting of sodium hypophosphate, amines, sugars, thiols, organic acids, polymers, UV-vis radiation, ultrasounds and electric current are used to produce the kinetic control, and b. maintains a concentration of reagents less than 10 -3 M in the reaction medium. a. has a kinetic control for a reduction, where mild reducers selected from the group consisting of sodium hypophosphate, amines, sugars, thiols, organic acids, polymers, UV-vis radiation, ultrasounds and electric current are used to produce the kinetic control, and b. maintains a concentration of reagents less than 10 -3 M in the reaction medium.
A protein-acrylate copolymer comprising at least one nitrogen containing acrylic monomer, wherein the protein is a hydrolysed protein of 10 to 25 amino acids, and the nitrogen containing acrylic monomer comprises at least 60 mol.% of monomers comprising tertiary and/or quaternary amine groups.
A bag made up of two faces (1a, 1b) connected to one another over their entire periphery, with the exception of one longitudinal edge, the bag having an opening emerging on said longitudinal edge, the two faces (1a, 1b) of the bag being welded to one another along two opposite side borders (2, 3), each face (1a, 1b) including a sheath bordering said opening and in which a sliding link made from elastic is positioned, each elastic link being able to be gripped from the outside by at least one side notch arranged through said sheaths, near a side border (2, 3) of the bag, the ends of the elastic links being connected to one another at each side notch by a so-called intermediate welding zone such that the elastic links form a closed loop whereof the length of the periphery is smaller than that of the longitudinal edge of the bag, each sheath including a second sliding link made from a substantially non-elastic material, the ends of which are connected to the side borders (2, 3) of the bag, characterized in that the elastic link and the non-elastic link housed in a sheath are temporarily and detachably connected by a partial overlapping zone so as to allow the detachment of the elastic link when the bag is used, each side notch extending to the adjacent side border (2, 3) so as to leave said overlapping zone visible.
Method for controlling a metering of fuel in a direct-injection internal combustion engine in a multiple injection mode, in which an overall quantity of fuel which is to be fed to the internal combustion engine in a working cycle of a cylinder is determined as a function of a requested engine load, and the overall quantity of fuel is injected into the cylinder by means of an injection valve with at least two fuel injections during the working cycle of the cylinder of the internal combustion engine, characterized in that in the case the fuel portions and valve opening times (Δt) of the individual injections of the working cycle differ from one another, while the overall quantity of fuel which is fed within the working cycle is unchanged, a quantity of fuel which is injected in a relatively short injection is increased at the cost of at least one relatively long injection to such an extent that a resulting valve opening time (Δt) of the injection valve of at least one injection of the working cycle does not fall below a predefined valve opening time, wherein the predefined valve opening time corresponds to at least one critical valve opening time (Δt K) during which a still tolerable average variation of a throughput rate of fuel (σ KS) is present.