mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A real time mapping method for a presence distribution of a photon source at a site, the method comprising the steps of measuring, at a plurality of measurement points, a photon flux in a determined energy band with a non-collimated spectrometric detector, and recording the geographical coordinates of said point, and at each measurement point, - from an efficiency function of the spectrometric detector, depending on an intrinsic efficiency of the detector and information about the nature of the site, establishing a distribution of possible origins of photons detected around the measurement point, said distribution being established for a matrix centred on the measurement point, wherein elements of the matrix correspond to pixels of the site of a determined size, a percentage of the photon flux measured at the measurement point being associated with each element of the matrix as a function of the distance between the corresponding pixel and the measurement point, - representing on a site map said distribution of possible origins of photons, said representation comprising modelling the matrix centred on the measurement point and projecting the matrix on the site map, the method further including, for each measurement point from the second one, a step prior to the representation step during which distributions of origins of the photons around the current measurement point are correlated with those of previous measurement points. - from an efficiency function of the spectrometric detector, depending on an intrinsic efficiency of the detector and information about the nature of the site, establishing a distribution of possible origins of photons detected around the measurement point, said distribution being established for a matrix centred on the measurement point, wherein elements of the matrix correspond to pixels of the site of a determined size, - representing on a site map said distribution of possible origins of photons, said representation comprising modelling the matrix centred on the measurement point and projecting the matrix on the site map,
A method of reducing mucus attributable to polygamma-glutamate, wherein the protein YwtA (CapC, PgsC) encoded by the ywtA gene and having an amino acid sequence which is at least 94% identical to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO. 6 is prevented from functioning as an enzyme involved in the formation of polyamino acids or as a subunit of such an enzyme.
An apparatus for regulating a multi-phase fluid stream flowing from a subterranean geological formation, the apparatus comprising: a conduit defining a flow path for the fluid stream flowing from the subterranean geological formation towards a ground surface, the conduit further defining a first restriction having a throat portion, and the conduit further defining a first return path; wherein the first return path includes an inlet positioned downstream of the first restriction and an outlet positioned upstream of the inlet of the first return path; wherein the outlet comprises a plurality of return ports extending between the first return path and the throat portion; and wherein the first return path is sized and configured to permit at least a portion of the fluid stream to flow from the inlet to the outlet when the fluid stream flows through the apparatus thereby reducing a gas volume fraction of the fluid stream flowing downstream of the apparatus as compared to a gas volume fraction of the fluid stream upstream of the first restriction. a conduit defining a flow path for the fluid stream flowing from the subterranean geological formation towards a ground surface, the conduit further defining a first restriction having a throat portion, and the conduit further defining a first return path; wherein the first return path includes an inlet positioned downstream of the first restriction and an outlet positioned upstream of the inlet of the first return path; wherein the outlet comprises a plurality of return ports extending between the first return path and the throat portion; wherein the first return path includes an inlet positioned downstream of the first restriction and an outlet positioned upstream of the inlet of the first return path; wherein the outlet comprises a plurality of return ports extending between the first return path and the throat portion; and wherein the first return path is sized and configured to permit at least a portion of the fluid stream to flow from the inlet to the outlet when the fluid stream flows through the apparatus thereby reducing a gas volume fraction of the fluid stream flowing downstream of the apparatus as compared to a gas volume fraction of the fluid stream upstream of the first restriction.
A refrigeration cycle device including an outdoor unit which includes a compressor compressing a refrigerant and an outdoor heat exchanger exchanging heat between a refrigerant and external air and a water temperature control unit which includes a water heat exchanger connected to the outdoor unit through a unit connection pipe, the water heat exchanger exchanging heat between water and the refrigerant supplied from the outdoor unit, the refrigeration cycle device comprises: a low pressure detection unit which is configured to detect a low pressure of the refrigerant at a suction side of the compressor; and the refrigeration cycle device being characterized in that it comprises: a freezing determination unit which is configured to determine that the water flowing through the water heat exchanger is going to be frozen when the low pressure is lower than a predetermined low-pressure protection value during an operation in which the water heat exchanger serves as an evaporator, the low-pressure protection value set in consideration of pressure loss generated by flow of the refrigerant through the unit connection pipe.
An electrode comprising: a current collector; and a fibrous material covering at least a portion of the current collector, wherein the fibrous material consists of activated carbon fiber fragments which a) have substantially an identical diameter and b) are arranged as a fibrous material, and wherein the aspect ratios of the activated carbon fiber fragments have a distribution of from greater than 1 to less than 5, wherein for each of the activated carbon fiber fragments, the aspect ratio is defined to be the length of the carbon fiber fragment divided by the diameter of the carbon fiber fragment and wherein the diameter of the activated carbon fiber fragments is 10 microns or less. a current collector; and a fibrous material covering at least a portion of the current collector, wherein the fibrous material consists of activated carbon fiber fragments which a) have substantially an identical diameter and b) are arranged as a fibrous material, and wherein the aspect ratios of the activated carbon fiber fragments have a distribution of from greater than 1 to less than 5, wherein for each of the activated carbon fiber fragments, the aspect ratio is defined to be the length of the carbon fiber fragment divided by the diameter of the carbon fiber fragment and wherein the diameter of the activated carbon fiber fragments is 10 microns or less.
A gear assembly support for a gas turbine engine comprising: a first portion engageable to a case of the gas turbine engine; a second portion configured for supporting a gear assembly; a torque reacting portion for transferring torque from the second portion to the first portion; a forward flange disposed forward of the torque reacting portion, the forward flange defining a first interface to the case; and an aft flange disposed aft of the torque reacting portion, the aft flange defining a second interface to the case; characterised in that: the gear assembly support includes a forward undercut and an aft undercut that form continuous annular channels about a circumference of the support. a first portion engageable to a case of the gas turbine engine; a second portion configured for supporting a gear assembly; a torque reacting portion for transferring torque from the second portion to the first portion; a forward flange disposed forward of the torque reacting portion, the forward flange defining a first interface to the case; and an aft flange disposed aft of the torque reacting portion, the aft flange defining a second interface to the case;
Peritoneal dialysis machine having at least one machine housing and at least one heating pan and a plurality of solution bags, wherein the peritoneal dialysis machine further comprises at least one hose set which is connected to the solution bags, wherein the plurality of solution bags is arranged in the heating pan and there is no heating bag into which the fluid draining from the solution bags flows and wherein the hose set comprises first line sections which extend from the connectors for the solution bags to a branching piece, wherein a second line section is connected to the branching piece and extends from the branching piece to a connector for at least one receiving bag or for one or more lines connected thereto, and wherein a third line section is connected to the branching piece and extends from the branching piece to a connector for a patient line, characterized in that the first line sections each have a length in the range from 60 cm to 70 cm, the second line section has a length in the range from 30 cm to 40 cm, and the third line section has a length in the range from 2.0 m to 2.1 m.
A method of starting up a crystal oscillator with a crystal and an oscillator circuit connected to a non-volatile memory, where a parameter which controls a drive level of the crystal is configured, the method comprising: - setting the value of the parameter to a start-up value where the associated drive level is high enough to assure that the crystal oscillator begins to oscillate, - modifying the value of the parameter such as to monotonically reduce the drive level of the crystal while monitoring the crystal oscillator, characterised in that the method further comprises: - determining, in the course of monitoring the crystal oscillator, a breakdown value of the parameter where the crystal oscillator ceases to operate regularly, employing as a criterion of regular operation the condition that a cycle count of the crystal oscillator signal does not deviate from a cycle count of a reference signal by more than a predetermined amount, and - selecting the value of the parameter such that the drive level associated with it is above the drive level associated with the breakdown value by a safety margin. - setting the value of the parameter to a start-up value where the associated drive level is high enough to assure that the crystal oscillator begins to oscillate, - modifying the value of the parameter such as to monotonically reduce the drive level of the crystal while monitoring the crystal oscillator, - determining, in the course of monitoring the crystal oscillator, a breakdown value of the parameter where the crystal oscillator ceases to operate regularly, employing as a criterion of regular operation the condition that a cycle count of the crystal oscillator signal does not deviate from a cycle count of a reference signal by more than a predetermined amount, and - selecting the value of the parameter such that the drive level associated with it is above the drive level associated with the breakdown value by a safety margin.
A hollow polyester filament, wherein the filament has a cross-sectional hollowness ranging from 20.0% to 45.0%, and the filament has a three-dimensionally crimped shape in a natural state, and the crimped shape has a radius of curvature ranging from 10.0 mm to 50.0 mm, wherein the cross-sectional hollowness and radius of curvature are determined by the methods as described in the description.
A pneumatic tire having an aspect ratio AS of 55 % or less, wherein short fibers are fixed to a region of a tire inner peripheral surface including, at least in a part thereof, a position of the tire inner peripheral surface corresponding to a sidewall portion maximum width position, and characterized in that: a tire thickness in the sidewall portion maximum width position is BW × (1 - AS) or less in a relation between bead core width BW and the aspect ratio AS.
A stepping motor abnormality detecting device comprising: a stepping motor driver that is configured to output a drive pulse to drive a stepping motor; a power source that is configured to supply electric power to the stepping motor driver; a current level detector that is configured to detect a level of a current flowing through the stepping motor driver; characterized by a frequency change instructor that is configured to give an instruction to change a frequency of the drive pulse; a first storage that is configured to store a first current level that is detected by the current level detector at a first timing that is before the instruction to change the frequency is given from the frequency change instructor; a second storage that is configured to stores a second current level that is detected by the current level detector at a second timing that is after the instruction to change the frequency is given from the frequency change instructor; and a determiner that is configured to determine that there is an abnormality in operation of the stepping motor in a case where a difference between the first current level and the second current level is less than a predetermined value. a stepping motor driver that is configured to output a drive pulse to drive a stepping motor; a power source that is configured to supply electric power to the stepping motor driver; a current level detector that is configured to detect a level of a current flowing through the stepping motor driver; characterized by a frequency change instructor that is configured to give an instruction to change a frequency of the drive pulse; a first storage that is configured to store a first current level that is detected by the current level detector at a first timing that is before the instruction to change the frequency is given from the frequency change instructor; a second storage that is configured to stores a second current level that is detected by the current level detector at a second timing that is after the instruction to change the frequency is given from the frequency change instructor; and a determiner that is configured to determine that there is an abnormality in operation of the stepping motor in a case where a difference between the first current level and the second current level is less than a predetermined value.
A data communication terminal that performs data communication with a communication destination device through a proxy device in a data communication network, using a predetermined transport layer protocol, the data communication terminal comprising: address getting means for transmitting an address request to the proxy device using a predetermined application layer protocol, to get global address information which is used when establishing a connection with the communication destination device by the predetermined transport layer protocol, the predetermined application layer protocol being set in advance between the proxy device and the data communication terminal; connection establishing means for establishing a connection with the proxy device by the predetermined transport layer protocol; connection requesting means for transmitting connection destination information of the communication destination device to the proxy device using the predetermined application layer protocol, to request for a connection by the predetermined transport layer protocol between the proxy device and the communication destination device; and data communication means for transmitting data over a communication channel connected by the connection establishing means and the connection requesting means, via a communication channel established by the connection establishing means, using the global address information as a source address in data of an application layer. address getting means for transmitting an address request to the proxy device using a predetermined application layer protocol, to get global address information which is used when establishing a connection with the communication destination device by the predetermined transport layer protocol, the predetermined application layer protocol being set in advance between the proxy device and the data communication terminal; connection establishing means for establishing a connection with the proxy device by the predetermined transport layer protocol; connection requesting means for transmitting connection destination information of the communication destination device to the proxy device using the predetermined application layer protocol, to request for a connection by the predetermined transport layer protocol between the proxy device and the communication destination device; and data communication means for transmitting data over a communication channel connected by the connection establishing means and the connection requesting means, via a communication channel established by the connection establishing means, using the global address information as a source address in data of an application layer.
A laminated body sequentially comprising: a substrate; an adhesive layer; and a multilayer film, wherein the laminated body has characteristics of transmitting first polarized light and reflecting second polarized light having a polarization axis that intersects a polarization axis of the first polarized light, the multilayer film includes a plurality of first layers formed of a crystalline naphthalenedicarboxylic acid polyester and a plurality of second layers formed of a polymer other than the crystalline naphthalenedicarboxylic acid polyester, the first layers and the second layers being alternately stacked on top of each other, the first layers of the multilayer film have a higher refractive index than the second layers on the polarization axis of the second polarized light, and the multilayer film has a thermal expansion coefficient of -80 × 10 -6 /K or more at a temperature 3°C higher than a glass transition point of the multilayer film in a polarization axis direction of the first polarized light. a substrate; an adhesive layer; and a multilayer film, wherein the laminated body has characteristics of transmitting first polarized light and reflecting second polarized light having a polarization axis that intersects a polarization axis of the first polarized light, the multilayer film includes a plurality of first layers formed of a crystalline naphthalenedicarboxylic acid polyester and a plurality of second layers formed of a polymer other than the crystalline naphthalenedicarboxylic acid polyester, the first layers and the second layers being alternately stacked on top of each other, the first layers of the multilayer film have a higher refractive index than the second layers on the polarization axis of the second polarized light, and the multilayer film has a thermal expansion coefficient of -80 × 10 -6 /K or more at a temperature 3°C higher than a glass transition point of the multilayer film in a polarization axis direction of the first polarized light.
User equipment, comprising: a transmission and reception unit configured to receive a reference signal list including precoded reference signals transmitted by a camped base station and an adjacent base station, wherein the precoded reference signals are associated with cell indices indicative of base stations transmitting the precoded reference signals, and collocation information, wherein the collocation information is information used to compensate for a propagation time difference of precoded reference signals between the camped base station and the adjacent base station; a measurement unit configured to measure reception quality of the precoded reference signals included in the received reference signal list; and a selection unit configured to select a beam to communicate with the camped base station or the adjacent base station based on the measured reception quality of the precoded reference signals. a transmission and reception unit configured to receive a reference signal list including precoded reference signals transmitted by a camped base station and an adjacent base station, wherein the precoded reference signals are associated with cell indices indicative of base stations transmitting the precoded reference signals, and collocation information, wherein the collocation information is information used to compensate for a propagation time difference of precoded reference signals between the camped base station and the adjacent base station; a measurement unit configured to measure reception quality of the precoded reference signals included in the received reference signal list; and a selection unit configured to select a beam to communicate with the camped base station or the adjacent base station based on the measured reception quality of the precoded reference signals.
A bicycle pedal with a cleat, where the pedal is provided with a contact surface with a groove whose axis is parallel to the pedal shaft axis and the cleat is provided with a tongue (2, 31) corresponding to the groove, wherein the tongue (2, 31) and the groove are rectangular in shape, the tongue (2, 31) is consisting of fixed pad and a layer (22, 35) of a flexible elastomer, characterised in that a transverse dimension of the flexible elastomer layer (22, 35) is further greater than or equal to a transverse dimension of the groove at points of contact (12a, 12b) of the layer with the groove.
A heated roller, in particular for a textile printer, comprising: - a pair of stationary supports (22', 22"), - an elongated tubular element located between said stationary supports (22', 22") and rotatably carried by said stationary supports (22', 22") about a longitudinal axis, - a stationary infrared lamp extending inside said elongated tubular element and having opposite ends (38', 38") supported by said stationary supports (22', 22") characterised by: - a lamp support device extending between said stationary supports (22', 22") inside said elongated tubular element and supporting the infrared lamp between said stationary supports (22', 22"), and - an elastic device which applies an elastic tension to said lamp support device between said stationary supports (22', 22") in the direction of said longitudinal axis. - a pair of stationary supports (22', 22"), - an elongated tubular element located between said stationary supports (22', 22") and rotatably carried by said stationary supports (22', 22") about a longitudinal axis, - a stationary infrared lamp extending inside said elongated tubular element and having opposite ends (38', 38") supported by said stationary supports (22', 22") characterised by: - a lamp support device extending between said stationary supports (22', 22") inside said elongated tubular element and supporting the infrared lamp between said stationary supports (22', 22"), and - an elastic device which applies an elastic tension to said lamp support device between said stationary supports (22', 22") in the direction of said longitudinal axis. - a lamp support device extending between said stationary supports (22', 22") inside said elongated tubular element and supporting the infrared lamp between said stationary supports (22', 22"), and - an elastic device which applies an elastic tension to said lamp support device between said stationary supports (22', 22") in the direction of said longitudinal axis.