mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An isolated immunogenic polypeptide comprising a variant Protein A (SpA) D domain having (a) at least two amino acid substitutions that disrupt Fc binding comprising an amino acid substitution at each of the amino acid positions corresponding to amino acid positions 9 and 10 of SEQ ID NO:2 and (b) at least two amino acid substitutions that disrupt VH3 binding comprising an amino acid substitution at each of the amino acid positions corresponding to amino acid positions 36 and 37 of SEQ ID NO:2 and (c) an amino acid sequence that is at least 70% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor sensor, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a masking section on the bottom surface of a first semiconductor layer of an SOI substrate obtained by bonding the first semiconductor layer made of Si and a second semiconductor layer made of Si with an insulating layer made of SiO 2 interposed therebetween, and making an opening in the masking section at a place where a recess is to be formed; (b) performing dry etching or wet etching of the first semiconductor layer through the opening of the masking section such that the insulating layer is exposed in an etched recess; characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: (c) performing dry etching of the insulating layer up to a midpoint of the insulating layer exposed in the recess, wherein ions for etching concentrate at a central portion of the recess such that the insulating layer becomes thinner at the central portion than at an peripheral portion of the recess; and (d) etching the insulating layer by dry etching with a higher selectivity between SiO 2 and Si than the dry etching of the insulating layer in step (c), and stopping the dry etching at a stage where the second semiconductor layer is exposed from the insulating layer at the central portion of the recess and the insulating layer remains at the peripheral portion of the recess. (a) forming a masking section on the bottom surface of a first semiconductor layer of an SOI substrate obtained by bonding the first semiconductor layer made of Si and a second semiconductor layer made of Si with an insulating layer made of SiO 2 interposed therebetween, and making an opening in the masking section at a place where a recess is to be formed; (b) performing dry etching or wet etching of the first semiconductor layer through the opening of the masking section such that the insulating layer is exposed in an etched recess; (c) performing dry etching of the insulating layer up to a midpoint of the insulating layer exposed in the recess, wherein ions for etching concentrate at a central portion of the recess such that the insulating layer becomes thinner at the central portion than at an peripheral portion of the recess; and (d) etching the insulating layer by dry etching with a higher selectivity between SiO 2 and Si than the dry etching of the insulating layer in step (c), and stopping the dry etching at a stage where the second semiconductor layer is exposed from the insulating layer at the central portion of the recess and the insulating layer remains at the peripheral portion of the recess.
A compound selected from Formula salts, optical isomers, geometric isomers, ethers, esters, or amides thereof, wherein - R 1 is H, allyl, vinyl, hydroxyl, CI, Br, F, I, thiol, amino, nitro, cyano, branched or unbranched C 1 -C 4, alkyl, branched or unbranched C 1 -C 4 alkylnoic, phenyl, C 1 -C 2 perfluorinated alkyl, alkyl amino, oxo, carboxy, acetyl, amido, or C 1 -C 3 akloxy; - R 2 is H, allyl, vinyl, hydroxyl, CI, Br, F, I, thiol, amino, nitro, cyano, branched or unbranched C 1 -C 4 alkyl, branched or unbranched C 1 -C 4 alkylnoic, phenyl, C 1 -C 2 perfluorinated alkyl, alkyl amino, oxo, carboxy, acetyl, amido, or C 1 -C 3 akloxy; - X is a substituted or unsubstituted C 4 -C 12 conjugated cyclic hydrocarbon or where R 3 and R 4 can be the same or different and are H or a substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched bivalent C 1 -C 11 alkyl; - n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; - m is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; - Y is an amino acid sequence of no more than 30 amino acids; - Z is targeting amino acid sequence, a stabilizing amino acid sequence, or both; - Y comprises a natural amino acid, an L-amino acid, a D-amino acid, or an unusual amino acid, and - Z comprises a natural amino acid, an L-amino acid, a D-amino acid, or an unusual amino acid; and Z may be attached to Y using any suitable conjugation, including a modified side group of an amino acid of Y, or a modified side group of an amino acid of Z. - R 1 is H, allyl, vinyl, hydroxyl, CI, Br, F, I, thiol, amino, nitro, cyano, branched or unbranched C 1 -C 4, alkyl, branched or unbranched C 1 -C 4 alkylnoic, phenyl, C 1 -C 2 perfluorinated alkyl, alkyl amino, oxo, carboxy, acetyl, amido, or C 1 -C 3 akloxy; - R 2 is H, allyl, vinyl, hydroxyl, CI, Br, F, I, thiol, amino, nitro, cyano, branched or unbranched C 1 -C 4 alkyl, branched or unbranched C 1 -C 4 alkylnoic, phenyl, C 1 -C 2 perfluorinated alkyl, alkyl amino, oxo, carboxy, acetyl, amido, or C 1 -C 3 akloxy; - X is a substituted or unsubstituted C 4 -C 12 conjugated cyclic hydrocarbon or where R 3 and R 4 can be the same or different and are H or a substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched bivalent C 1 -C 11 alkyl; - n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; - m is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; - Y is an amino acid sequence of no more than 30 amino acids; - Z is targeting amino acid sequence, a stabilizing amino acid sequence, or both; - Y comprises a natural amino acid, an L-amino acid, a D-amino acid, or an unusual amino acid, and - Z comprises a natural amino acid, an L-amino acid, a D-amino acid, or an unusual amino acid;
A method for recovering oil from grain to ethanol production, the method comprising the addition of a process additive system comprising at least one chemical additive and at least one hydrophobic silica with particle size of at least 0.01 μm wherein the total silica content of the process additive system is in an amount of from 3% to 50% by weight based on the weight of the process additive system wherein the chemical additive comprises a functionalized polyol derived from a sorbitol, a sorbitan, isosorbide, sucrose, or glycerol, and wherein the process additive system is optionally added to more than one addition point of the process stream and is optionally heated to 18°C to 100°C or to 25°C to 85°C or to 30°C to 80°C.
A method in a decoder for determining an estimate of a sample of a subband signal from two or more previous samples of the subband signal, wherein the subband signal corresponds to one of a plurality of subbands of a subband-domain representation of an audio signal determined using an analysis filterbank comprising a plurality of analysis filters, the method comprising determining signal model data comprising a model parameter; determining a first prediction coefficient to be applied to a first previous sample of the subband signal; wherein a time slot of the first previous sample immediately precedes a time slot of the sample; wherein the first prediction coefficient is determined as a function of the model parameter using a pre-determined lookup table and/or a pre-determined analytical function; determining a second prediction coefficient to be applied to a second previous sample of the subband signal; wherein a time slot of the second previous sample immediately precedes a time slot of the first previous sample; wherein the second prediction coefficient is determined as a function of the model parameter using the lookup table and/or the analytical function; and determining the estimate of the sample by applying the first prediction coefficient to the first previous sample and by applying the second prediction coefficient to the second previous sample. determining signal model data comprising a model parameter; determining a first prediction coefficient to be applied to a first previous sample of the subband signal; wherein a time slot of the first previous sample immediately precedes a time slot of the sample; wherein the first prediction coefficient is determined as a function of the model parameter using a pre-determined lookup table and/or a pre-determined analytical function; determining a second prediction coefficient to be applied to a second previous sample of the subband signal; wherein a time slot of the second previous sample immediately precedes a time slot of the first previous sample; wherein the second prediction coefficient is determined as a function of the model parameter using the lookup table and/or the analytical function; and determining the estimate of the sample by applying the first prediction coefficient to the first previous sample and by applying the second prediction coefficient to the second previous sample.
A threaded sink flange assembly for a food waste disposer, comprising: a threaded sink flange, a sink flange nut, an upper mounting flange and a retainer; the threaded sink flange has a top flange portion that extends radially outwardly from a top of a tubular body portion; the tubular body portion has an externally threaded portion and a plurality of radially outwardly projecting mounting ledges adjacent and above a lower end of the tubular body portion with gaps between mounting ledges; the sink flange nut is internally threaded around a central opening; the upper mounting flange has an annular shape with a top having a central opening defined by an inner periphery of a ring; a plurality of mounting projections extend radially inwardly from the inner periphery of the ring with gaps therebetween wherein the mounting projections are received on the mounting ledges when the upper mounting flange is assembled to the threaded sink flange; an outer wall extends downwardly from an outer periphery of the top ring of the upper mounting flange; the threaded sink flange assembly being characterized in that the sink flange nut has threaded portions interspersed with gaps, there being at least a gap corresponding to each mounting ledge with those gaps being wider than the corresponding mounting ledges; and in that a plurality of flanges extend downwardly from a bottom of the outer wall of the upper mounting flange with gaps therebetween so that there is a gap between adjacent flanges and each of these downwardly extending flanges has a radially outwardly extending inclined mounting ramp. a threaded sink flange, a sink flange nut, an upper mounting flange and a retainer; the threaded sink flange has a top flange portion that extends radially outwardly from a top of a tubular body portion; the tubular body portion has an externally threaded portion and a plurality of radially outwardly projecting mounting ledges adjacent and above a lower end of the tubular body portion with gaps between mounting ledges; the sink flange nut is internally threaded around a central opening; the upper mounting flange has an annular shape with a top having a central opening defined by an inner periphery of a ring; a plurality of mounting projections extend radially inwardly from the inner periphery of the ring with gaps therebetween wherein the mounting projections are received on the mounting ledges when the upper mounting flange is assembled to the threaded sink flange; an outer wall extends downwardly from an outer periphery of the top ring of the upper mounting flange; the threaded sink flange assembly being characterized in that the sink flange nut has threaded portions interspersed with gaps, there being at least a gap corresponding to each mounting ledge with those gaps being wider than the corresponding mounting ledges; and in that a plurality of flanges extend downwardly from a bottom of the outer wall of the upper mounting flange with gaps therebetween so that there is a gap between adjacent flanges and each of these downwardly extending flanges has a radially outwardly extending inclined mounting ramp.
A universal serial bus connector, comprising: a shell; and a body disposed within the shell and capable of moving with respect to the shell, the body comprising a first surface and a second surface, the first surface disposed opposite to the second surface, a first conductive terminal provided on the first surface and a second conductive terminal provided on the second surface; wherein the USB connector is characterized in comprising an elastic portion which is composed of two parts located on the first surface and the second surface of the body respectively, each of the two parts of the elastic portion comprises a fixation piece and an elastic piece, the fixation pieces are connected to the first surface and the second surface respectively, and each of the elastic pieces is connected with the corresponding fixation piece and enables the body to move inside the shell, such that the elastic portion retains the body in position inside the shell by using spring force; wherein the USB connector can be inserted with both sides and electrically connected to the first conductive terminal on the first surface or to the second conductive terminal on the second surface, thereby eliminating concern about plug-in direction to a USB port when connected to an electronic device, such that the USB connector is protected from being inserted in a wrong direction. a shell; and a body disposed within the shell and capable of moving with respect to the shell, the body comprising a first surface and a second surface, the first surface disposed opposite to the second surface, a first conductive terminal provided on the first surface and a second conductive terminal provided on the second surface; wherein the USB connector is characterized in comprising an elastic portion which is composed of two parts located on the first surface and the second surface of the body respectively, each of the two parts of the elastic portion comprises a fixation piece and an elastic piece, the fixation pieces are connected to the first surface and the second surface respectively, and each of the elastic pieces is connected with the corresponding fixation piece and enables the body to move inside the shell, such that the elastic portion retains the body in position inside the shell by using spring force; wherein the USB connector can be inserted with both sides and electrically connected to the first conductive terminal on the first surface or to the second conductive terminal on the second surface, thereby eliminating concern about plug-in direction to a USB port when connected to an electronic device, such that the USB connector is protected from being inserted in a wrong direction.
A skimmer swimming pool comprising a preformed basin suitable for being placed in the ground and arranged to be filled with water up to a height comprised between predetermined minimum (H min) and maximum heights (H max), said basin having a bottom and side walls, wherein in one of the side walls, at said predetermined height, two openings for a skimmer are provided for removing debris floating on the water, said openings being located at a predetermined distance from each other and having a width (b) and a height (h), and each of said openings forming a mouth of a skimmer installed against the outside of the basin, said skimmer being provided with a closed channel which connects to the mouth of the skimmer and has a top located at a higher level than said predetermined maximum height (H max), characterized in that said closed channel extends along the outside of the basin over the width (b) of said opening and further along the outside of the basin over a distance of at least 50 cm from said opening so that the floating debris that is collected can float through said channel up to a distance of at least 50 cm from said opening.
A paper feeding apparatus for transporting paper one by one through a transportation mechanism to an image forming unit of an image forming apparatus, the paper feeding apparatus comprising: a paper feed cassette configured to contain paper; a paper side guide arranged in the paper feed cassette arranged to position the paper in a direction perpendicular to a transport direction of the paper; characterized by a dust removing roller arranged in the paper side guide, the dust removing roller being in contact with the paper contained in the paper feed cassette. a paper feed cassette configured to contain paper; a paper side guide arranged in the paper feed cassette arranged to position the paper in a direction perpendicular to a transport direction of the paper; characterized by a dust removing roller arranged in the paper side guide, the dust removing roller being in contact with the paper contained in the paper feed cassette.
A compound of Formula, an enantiomer thereof, a diastereomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. wherein: An is wherein R 1, R 2, R 4 and R 5 each is fluorine and R 3 is hydrogen; Ar 2 is selected from Q is 0; M 1 is piperidinyl or pyrrolidinyl; Y is C(=O), NHC(=O), NR 11 C(=O) or S(=O) 2; and R 10, R 11 can be independently selected from amino, cycloamino, aryl, heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, oxo-heterocyclyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, trifluoroacetyl, amide group, acyl, guanidyl, C 2 -C 6 alkenyl, C 2 -C 6 alkynyl, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 10 cycloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxyl, C 1 -C 6 oxoalkyl; wherein the amino, amide group, acyl, C 2 -C 6 alkenyl, alkyl, alkoxyl or cycloalkyl can be further optionally substituted with deuterium, halogen, amino, hydroxy, hydroxy alkyl, carbonyl, ester group, amide group, nitro, cyano, trifluoroacetyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxyl, C 1 -C 6 oxoalkyl, C 3 -C 10 cycloalkyl. An is wherein R 1, R 2, R 4 and R 5 each is fluorine and R 3 is hydrogen; Ar 2 is selected from Q is 0; M 1 is piperidinyl or pyrrolidinyl; Y is C(=O), NHC(=O), NR 11 C(=O) or S(=O) 2; and R 10, R 11 can be independently selected from amino, cycloamino, aryl, heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, oxo-heterocyclyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, trifluoroacetyl, amide group, acyl, guanidyl, C 2 -C 6 alkenyl, C 2 -C 6 alkynyl, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 10 cycloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxyl, C 1 -C 6 oxoalkyl; wherein the amino, amide group, acyl, C 2 -C 6 alkenyl, alkyl, alkoxyl or cycloalkyl can be further optionally substituted with deuterium, halogen, amino, hydroxy, hydroxy alkyl, carbonyl, ester group, amide group, nitro, cyano, trifluoroacetyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxyl, C 1 -C 6 oxoalkyl, C 3 -C 10 cycloalkyl.
A method of SZ stranding into one strand a bundle of at least two flexible micromodules, said micromodules comprising at least one optical fiber, wherein: - a first pulley is located with its winding surface adjacent to a longitudinal axis of a cabling line; - a second pulley is located with its winding surface adjacent to said longitudinal axis of the cabling line, upstream of said first pulley and on an opposite side of said longitudinal axis and, - said bundle of micromodules is first guided over and winds around the winding surface of said first pulley and is subsequently guided over and winds around the winding surface of said second pulley, while said first and second pulleys are simultaneously rotating at the same rotational speed and in the same rotational direction around said longitudinal axis of the cabling line, and wherein the rotational speed of said pulleys, and/or the rotational direction of said pulleys around said longitudinal axis, is alternating. - a first pulley is located with its winding surface adjacent to a longitudinal axis of a cabling line; - a second pulley is located with its winding surface adjacent to said longitudinal axis of the cabling line, upstream of said first pulley and on an opposite side of said longitudinal axis and, - said bundle of micromodules is first guided over and winds around the winding surface of said first pulley and is subsequently guided over and winds around the winding surface of said second pulley, while said first and second pulleys are simultaneously rotating at the same rotational speed and in the same rotational direction around said longitudinal axis of the cabling line,
An operation method of a storage controller (130, 230, 1210), the method comprising: receiving a write request including a logical address from a host device (110, 210, 1100), the logical address including a first address part (Addr1), a second address part (Addr2), and a third address part (Addr3); performing an XOR operation on the first address part (Addr1) and a seed stored in nonvolatile memory to generate a first intermediate value; performing a hash operation on the first intermediate value to generate a second intermediate value; performing an XOR operation on the second intermediate value and the second address part (Addr2) to generate a scrambled second address part (Addr2_sc); and outputting a command corresponding to the write request based on the scrambled second address part (Addr2_sc) to a first nonvolatile memory (140, 240, 1221 - 122n) through a first channel or to a second nonvolatile memory (140, 240, 1221 - 122n) through a second channel. receiving a write request including a logical address from a host device (110, 210, 1100), the logical address including a first address part (Addr1), a second address part (Addr2), and a third address part (Addr3); performing an XOR operation on the first address part (Addr1) and a seed stored in nonvolatile memory to generate a first intermediate value; performing a hash operation on the first intermediate value to generate a second intermediate value; performing an XOR operation on the second intermediate value and the second address part (Addr2) to generate a scrambled second address part (Addr2_sc); and outputting a command corresponding to the write request based on the scrambled second address part (Addr2_sc) to a first nonvolatile memory (140, 240, 1221 - 122n) through a first channel or to a second nonvolatile memory (140, 240, 1221 - 122n) through a second channel.
A cassette for fixing, embedding and slicing biological tissues, said cassette comprising a base plate formed of a sliceable blank plate which has hardness and strength both higher than predetermined levels and on which biological tissues can be placed, a lid plate formed by bending the blank plate forming the base plate, or formed of a separate blank plate and detachably coupled to the base plate, said base plate having a tissue receiving portion for receiving biological tissues, and a pressing/retaining member detachably coupled to the lid plate or provided separately from the lid plate for immovably pressing and retaining the biological tissues, said base plate and said lid plate being formed with numerous small holes to allow infiltration of liquid used for fixing and embedding, characterized in that said tissue receiving portion comprises grooves corresponding to strips of biological tissues, recesses corresponding to irregularly shaped biological tissues, or a recess having a flat bottom sufficient to receive irregularly shaped biological tissues, wherein the pressing/retaining member comprises a sponge member adapted to press the biological tissue against the flat bottom of the groove or recess, respectively.