mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A direct neural interface system comprising: - signal acquisition means (2 - 15) for acquiring electrophysiological signals representative of a neuronal activity of a subject's brain; - preprocessing means for conditioning, digitizing and preprocessing said electrophysiological signals; - processing means for processing the digitized and preprocessed electrophysiological signals and for generating command signals as a function thereof; and - output means for outputting said command signals; characterized in that said processing means are adapted for: - representing the electrophysiological signals acquired over an observation time window in the form of a N-way data tensor, N being greater or equal to two; and - generating command signals corresponding to said observation time window by applying a multi-way regression model over said data tensor. - signal acquisition means (2 - 15) for acquiring electrophysiological signals representative of a neuronal activity of a subject's brain; - preprocessing means for conditioning, digitizing and preprocessing said electrophysiological signals; - processing means for processing the digitized and preprocessed electrophysiological signals and for generating command signals as a function thereof; and - output means for outputting said command signals; characterized in that said processing means are adapted for: - representing the electrophysiological signals acquired over an observation time window in the form of a N-way data tensor, N being greater or equal to two; and - generating command signals corresponding to said observation time window by applying a multi-way regression model over said data tensor.
Measurement device for performing measurements on a mixture of water and material being collected from a mining or dredging operation, the measurement device comprising a pipe section of a collecting or discharge pipe for collecting or discharging material from an underwater bottom, the pipe section being adapted for the mixture being guided therethrough, wherein the pipe section comprises a window arranged to withstand a pressure difference of 30 bar between an inside of the pipe section and an outside of the pipe section, the measurement device comprises an image capturing device arranged to capture an image of the collected material through the window, wherein the device further comprises a density measurement device for measuring the density of the mixture; and wherein the measurement device further comprises a control unit arranged to receive an image captured by the image capturing device and analyse the image to determine information about the collected material including an average grain size and a grain size distribution of the collected material, wherein the control unit is arranged to control dredging or mining equipment and wherein the control unit is configured to generate control signals to control operating parameters of dredging or mining equipment to optimize the loading process by using the determined average grain size and grain size distribution to estimate settling speed, wherein the control signals are based on information from said image capturing device and said density measurement device.
An in vitro method for preparing a brown adipocyte from a somatic cell of a mammal by introducing at least one brown adipocyte-related gene or expression product thereof and at least one reprogramming-related gene or expression product thereof into the somatic cell, wherein a combination of the at least one brown adipocyte-related gene or expression product thereof and the at least one reprogramming-related gene or expression product thereof being any combination selected from the group consisting of CM, PCLMG, CLMG, PCLM, CLM, PCMG, PCM, and CMG, wherein P represents PRDM16, C represents C/EBPβ, L represents L-Myc, M represents c-Myc, and G represents Glis1, wherein brown adipocytes are directly induced from somatic cells
A method for removing an oxide film from a silicon-on-insulator structure comprising: providing a silicon-on-insulator structure having a handle structure, a silicon top layer and a dielectric layer disposed between the handle structure and the silicon layer, the silicon-on-insulator structure having an oxide film on a top surface of the silicon-on-insulator structure, the silicon-on-insulator structure having a radius, R, that extends from a center, C, to a circumferential edge, E, of the silicon-on-insulator structure; directing an etching solution to a center region of the top surface of the silicon-on-insulator structure while spinning the silicon-on-insulator structure to etch the oxide film extending from the center to the circumferential edge; and directing an etching solution to an edge region of the top surface of the silicon-on-insulator structure while spinning the silicon-on-insulator structure to etch the oxide film at the edge region; the edge region being disposed radially outward from the center region; whereby at least a portion of the oxide film is removed. providing a silicon-on-insulator structure having a handle structure, a silicon top layer and a dielectric layer disposed between the handle structure and the silicon layer, the silicon-on-insulator structure having an oxide film on a top surface of the silicon-on-insulator structure, the silicon-on-insulator structure having a radius, R, that extends from a center, C, to a circumferential edge, E, of the silicon-on-insulator structure; directing an etching solution to a center region of the top surface of the silicon-on-insulator structure while spinning the silicon-on-insulator structure to etch the oxide film extending from the center to the circumferential edge; and directing an etching solution to an edge region of the top surface of the silicon-on-insulator structure while spinning the silicon-on-insulator structure to etch the oxide film at the edge region; the edge region being disposed radially outward from the center region; whereby at least a portion of the oxide film is removed.
A system (300; 400; 500; 600) for monitoring intracardiac pressure of a patient, the system comprising: a pressure sensor (202; 302; 402; 502; 602) configured to measure a pressure within a heart chamber of the patient; a shunting element having a lumen extending therethrough, wherein the lumen is configured to fluidly couple a left atrium and a right atrium of the patient when the system is implanted in the patient, wherein the pressure sensor is operably coupled to the shunting element; an actuation mechanism configured to adjust a geometry of the lumen in response to the measured pressure; an anchoring element (406; 506) configured to be secured to tissue at and/or proximate the heart chamber; and a connecting element (408; 508) coupling the pressure sensor to the anchoring element, wherein the connecting element is configured to space the pressure sensor apart from the tissue when the anchoring element is secured to the tissue to reduce tissue overgrowth on the pressure sensor. a pressure sensor (202; 302; 402; 502; 602) configured to measure a pressure within a heart chamber of the patient; a shunting element having a lumen extending therethrough, wherein the lumen is configured to fluidly couple a left atrium and a right atrium of the patient when the system is implanted in the patient, wherein the pressure sensor is operably coupled to the shunting element; an actuation mechanism configured to adjust a geometry of the lumen in response to the measured pressure; an anchoring element (406; 506) configured to be secured to tissue at and/or proximate the heart chamber; and a connecting element (408; 508) coupling the pressure sensor to the anchoring element, wherein the connecting element is configured to space the pressure sensor apart from the tissue when the anchoring element is secured to the tissue to reduce tissue overgrowth on the pressure sensor.
A rotating electric machine of s phases, s is plural, comprising: a rotor including n magnetic poles, n is natural number, and a stator including a stator core having 2n × s teeth corresponding to two times said s phases for each of said n magnetic poles and 2n × s slots each formed between adjacent said teeth, and n × s coils wound around said 2n × s teeth, said n × s coils constituting a coil group wound in a manner shifted by just one slot per phase for each of said n magnetic poles, said 2n × s teeth including a same-phase-intermediate tooth having the coils of said n × s coils of a same phase inserted, in two slots formed at both sides, in a direction of a rotational shaft of said rotor, and a different-phase-intermediate tooth having the coils of said n × s coils of different phases inserted, at two slots formed at both sides, in the direction of the rotational shaft of said rotor, said rotating electric machine having a difference established in magnetic resistance of a magnetic circuit, formed at each of said same-phase-intermediate tooth and said different-phase-intermediate tooth, when alternating current is supplied to said n × s coils such that the number of flux linkages passing through acquire balance with each other for said magnetic circuit, said rotating electric machine has the magnetic resistance of the magnetic circuit formed at said different-phase-intermediate tooth set larger than the magnetic resistance of the magnetic circuit formed at said same-phase-intermediate tooth, and said rotating electric machine has a width of an air gap formed between a leading end of said different-phase-intermediate tooth and an outer circumferential face of said rotor set larger than the width of an air gap formed between the leading end of said same-phase-intermediate tooth and the outer circumferential face of said rotor. a rotor including n magnetic poles, n is natural number, and a stator including a stator core having 2n × s teeth corresponding to two times said s phases for each of said n magnetic poles and 2n × s slots each formed between adjacent said teeth, and n × s coils wound around said 2n × s teeth, said n × s coils constituting a coil group wound in a manner shifted by just one slot per phase for each of said n magnetic poles, said 2n × s teeth including a same-phase-intermediate tooth having the coils of said n × s coils of a same phase inserted, in two slots formed at both sides, in a direction of a rotational shaft of said rotor, and a different-phase-intermediate tooth having the coils of said n × s coils of different phases inserted, at two slots formed at both sides, in the direction of the rotational shaft of said rotor, said rotating electric machine having a difference established in magnetic resistance of a magnetic circuit, formed at each of said same-phase-intermediate tooth and said different-phase-intermediate tooth, when alternating current is supplied to said n × s coils such that the number of flux linkages passing through acquire balance with each other for said magnetic circuit,
A method of making measurements, comprising: providing a sensor constituted of a diamond crystal lattice with at least one nitrogen vacancy center which exhibits a solid state electronic spin; irradiating the sensor with radiation from an electromagnetic radiation source that manipulates the solid state electronic spins to produce spin-dependent fluorescence, wherein the spin-dependent fluorescence decays as a function of relaxation time; providing a conductive target material in the proximity of the sensor, wherein, thermally induced currents (Johnson noise) present in the conductive target material alter the fluorescence decay of the solid state electronic spins as a function of relaxation time; and determining a difference in the spin-dependent fluorescence decay produced by the solid state spins in the presence and absence of the conductive target material and correlating the difference with a property of the conductive target material comprising resistance values within the conductive target material, the temperature of the conductive target material or the distance of the conductive target material from the surface of the sensor. providing a sensor constituted of a diamond crystal lattice with at least one nitrogen vacancy center which exhibits a solid state electronic spin; irradiating the sensor with radiation from an electromagnetic radiation source that manipulates the solid state electronic spins to produce spin-dependent fluorescence, wherein the spin-dependent fluorescence decays as a function of relaxation time; providing a conductive target material in the proximity of the sensor, wherein, thermally induced currents (Johnson noise) present in the conductive target material alter the fluorescence decay of the solid state electronic spins as a function of relaxation time; and determining a difference in the spin-dependent fluorescence decay produced by the solid state spins in the presence and absence of the conductive target material and correlating the difference with a property of the conductive target material comprising resistance values within the conductive target material, the temperature of the conductive target material or the distance of the conductive target material from the surface of the sensor.
A membrane type insulation system for LNG carrier cargo tank and liquefied gas fuel container, the membrane type insulation system comprising: an Invar tube structure having a secondary membrane connecting portion and a primary membrane connecting portion to transfer load of a cargo tank from a corner portion of the cargo tank to an inner wall of a hull; a secondary membrane connected to the secondary membrane connecting portion; a primary membrane connected to the primary membrane connecting portion; and characterized in that a corrugation finishing membrane of Invar steel is connected to the secondary membrane connecting portion or the primary membrane connecting portion to seal corrugations at the corner portion in a structure wherein at least one of the primary membrane and the secondary membrane is formed of an SUS material having corrugations thereon. an Invar tube structure having a secondary membrane connecting portion and a primary membrane connecting portion to transfer load of a cargo tank from a corner portion of the cargo tank to an inner wall of a hull; a secondary membrane connected to the secondary membrane connecting portion; a primary membrane connected to the primary membrane connecting portion; and characterized in that a corrugation finishing membrane of Invar steel is connected to the secondary membrane connecting portion or the primary membrane connecting portion to seal corrugations at the corner portion in a structure wherein at least one of the primary membrane and the secondary membrane is formed of an SUS material having corrugations thereon.
An apparatus for the controlled delivery of breathing gases to a patient, comprising: a fluid (7, 8, 11, 12, 13) connection between a gases flow generator and each of a first and second naris of the patent; and a controller for controlling the pressure of the gases supplied to the first and second naris of the patent, the controller configured to: apply breathing gas pressure within the first naris of a patient during inhalation; apply breathing gas pressure within the second naris of the patient during inhalation; apply breathing gas pressure within the first naris of the patient during exhalation; and apply breathing gas pressure within the second naris of the patient during exhalation, characterised in that the breathing gas pressure applied to the first naris is higher than the breathing gas pressure applied to the second naris during inhalation such that the breathing gas inflow to the patient is substantially through the first naris and wherein the breathing gas pressure applied to the first naris is lower than the breathing gas pressure applied to the second naris during exhalation such that the gas outflow from the patient is substantially through the first naris. a fluid (7, 8, 11, 12, 13) connection between a gases flow generator and each of a first and second naris of the patent; and a controller for controlling the pressure of the gases supplied to the first and second naris of the patent, the controller configured to: apply breathing gas pressure within the first naris of a patient during inhalation; apply breathing gas pressure within the second naris of the patient during inhalation; apply breathing gas pressure within the first naris of the patient during exhalation; and apply breathing gas pressure within the second naris of the patient during exhalation, apply breathing gas pressure within the first naris of a patient during inhalation; apply breathing gas pressure within the second naris of the patient during inhalation; apply breathing gas pressure within the first naris of the patient during exhalation; and apply breathing gas pressure within the second naris of the patient during exhalation, characterised in that the breathing gas pressure applied to the first naris is higher than the breathing gas pressure applied to the second naris during inhalation such that the breathing gas inflow to the patient is substantially through the first naris and wherein the breathing gas pressure applied to the first naris is lower than the breathing gas pressure applied to the second naris during exhalation such that the gas outflow from the patient is substantially through the first naris.
A computer-implemented method of processing data packets in a wireless network with a multi-core processor on a modem board, the method comprising: while running a queue manager in polling mode, acquiring a buffer for an incoming data packet and enqueuing the data packet onto a frame queue, wherein the frame queue comprises a linked list of frame descriptors to be handled by the queue manager; using a kernel thread to periodically poll the queue manager for queued up frame descriptors; dequeuing N frame descriptors from the hardware component, where N is a tunable parameter; executing a callback function associated with each dequeued frame descriptor in kernel space, wherein the callback function enqueues a buffer pointer of the data packet within the frame descriptor into a kernel-to-user mapped ring of buffer descriptors for processing; and delivering the data packet to a messaging module without a context switch, wherein the multi-core processor includes one or more data plane cores that are configured to run data plane functions and one or more control plane cores that are configured to run control plane functions and further comprising the step of disabling non-essential interrupts received on the data plane cores and routing the non-essential interrupts to control plane cores. while running a queue manager in polling mode, acquiring a buffer for an incoming data packet and enqueuing the data packet onto a frame queue, wherein the frame queue comprises a linked list of frame descriptors to be handled by the queue manager; using a kernel thread to periodically poll the queue manager for queued up frame descriptors; dequeuing N frame descriptors from the hardware component, where N is a tunable parameter; executing a callback function associated with each dequeued frame descriptor in kernel space, wherein the callback function enqueues a buffer pointer of the data packet within the frame descriptor into a kernel-to-user mapped ring of buffer descriptors for processing; and delivering the data packet to a messaging module without a context switch, wherein the multi-core processor includes one or more data plane cores that are configured to run data plane functions and one or more control plane cores that are configured to run control plane functions and further comprising the step of disabling non-essential interrupts received on the data plane cores and routing the non-essential interrupts to control plane cores.
Coin separating system, comprising - a conveying device for conveying coins (M, M1-M3) in a conveying direction, which is directed with at least one directional vector component counter to a gravitational direction, wherein the conveying device has a conveyor belt with two synchronously movable conveying strands (20A, 20B) extending parallel to each other along the conveying direction, wherein at least one driver (23A, 23B) is arranged on each conveying strand (20A, 20B), wherein a driver of the one conveying strand and a driver of the other conveying strand form a pair of drivers for carrying along a coin, and - a coin collecting device, which has a collecting channel for collecting coins (M, M1-M3) conveyed by the conveying device, wherein the collecting channel is arranged and formed in such a way that a coin (M, M1-M3) conveyed into the collecting channel moves in the collecting channel in a falling direction on account of the force of gravity, wherein the coin separating system has at least one adjustable flap device arranged on the collecting channel, which is assigned a collecting container and is designed to divert a coin (M, M1-M3) out of the collecting channel to the associated collecting container, wherein the at least one flap device has an active position, in which the at least one flap device at least partly blocks the collecting channel to divert a coin (M, M1-M3) out of the collecting channel, and a passive position, in which the at least one flap device at least partly opens the collecting channel in order to pass a coin (M, M1-M3) along the collecting channel. - a conveying device for conveying coins (M, M1-M3) in a conveying direction, which is directed with at least one directional vector component counter to a gravitational direction, wherein the conveying device has a conveyor belt with two synchronously movable conveying strands (20A, 20B) extending parallel to each other along the conveying direction, wherein at least one driver (23A, 23B) is arranged on each conveying strand (20A, 20B), wherein a driver of the one conveying strand and a driver of the other conveying strand form a pair of drivers for carrying along a coin, and - a coin collecting device, which has a collecting channel for collecting coins (M, M1-M3) conveyed by the conveying device, wherein the collecting channel is arranged and formed in such a way that a coin (M, M1-M3) conveyed into the collecting channel moves in the collecting channel in a falling direction on account of the force of gravity,