mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for processing an echo amplitude profile, generated by a pulse-echo ranging system with reference to a temporal axis, to identify return echoes comprised by the profile, said method including the steps of: (a) providing a reference echo pulse shape defined by shape parameters and determining a number k ≥ 2 of echoes to be identified, (b) estimating the strongest echo by its amplitude and position by matching the reference echo pulse shape with respect to its amplitude and position to the echo amplitude profile, (c) subtracting the matched reference echo pulse shape from the echo amplitude profile, (d) (k-1) times repeating preceding steps (b) and (c) for estimating the then strongest echo in the echo amplitude profile, (e) determining an error on the basis of the remaining echo amplitude profile, (f) modifying the reference echo pulse shape by changing at least one of the shape parameters so as to reduce the error, and (g) repeating steps (b) to (f) starting with the modified reference echo shape and the original echo amplitude profile until the error reaches a given minimum or converges to a constant value. (a) providing a reference echo pulse shape defined by shape parameters and determining a number k ≥ 2 of echoes to be identified, (b) estimating the strongest echo by its amplitude and position by matching the reference echo pulse shape with respect to its amplitude and position to the echo amplitude profile, (c) subtracting the matched reference echo pulse shape from the echo amplitude profile, (d) (k-1) times repeating preceding steps (b) and (c) for estimating the then strongest echo in the echo amplitude profile, (e) determining an error on the basis of the remaining echo amplitude profile, (f) modifying the reference echo pulse shape by changing at least one of the shape parameters so as to reduce the error, and (g) repeating steps (b) to (f) starting with the modified reference echo shape and the original echo amplitude profile until the error reaches a given minimum or converges to a constant value.
A method of wireless communications by a user equipment, UE, comprising: communicating with and camping on a next generation node B, gNB, in a 5G new radio, NR, system; initiating a voice call with the gNB; receiving a 5G NR-to-long term evolution, LTE, handover command in response to initiating the voice call; performing a handover procedure in response to the handover command, the method characterized by: detecting a failure in the handover procedure; and taking one or more actions in response to detecting the failure in the handover procedure, wherein taking one or more actions comprises performing a cell selection or re-selection procedure to determine a new cell to camp on, wherein performing the cell selection or re-selection procedure comprises excluding the gNB from being selected based on an NR-to-LTE voice fallback indicator received in the handover command. communicating with and camping on a next generation node B, gNB, in a 5G new radio, NR, system; initiating a voice call with the gNB; receiving a 5G NR-to-long term evolution, LTE, handover command in response to initiating the voice call; performing a handover procedure in response to the handover command, the method characterized by: detecting a failure in the handover procedure; and taking one or more actions in response to detecting the failure in the handover procedure, wherein taking one or more actions comprises performing a cell selection or re-selection procedure to determine a new cell to camp on, wherein performing the cell selection or re-selection procedure comprises excluding the gNB from being selected based on an NR-to-LTE voice fallback indicator received in the handover command. detecting a failure in the handover procedure; and taking one or more actions in response to detecting the failure in the handover procedure, wherein taking one or more actions comprises performing a cell selection or re-selection procedure to determine a new cell to camp on, wherein performing the cell selection or re-selection procedure comprises excluding the gNB from being selected based on an NR-to-LTE voice fallback indicator received in the handover command.
Firefighting mixture generation system comprising a pump system and a source of fluid and an operative module, said pump system comprising a housing defining at least a pair of portions (2', 2") each defining a respective space (3', 3") and comprising a piston (4', 4") configured to slide in a fluid tight manner in each of said space (3', 3") and a crankshaft system (11', 11") configured to rotate about a respective axis (B', B") to move said pistons (4', 4") along a common travel axis, wherein said spaces (3', 3") being fluidly connected together to define a delivery volume, said delivery volume being fluidly connectable to said source of fluid and to said operative module, said pump system comprises regulation means configured to vary the angular phase between said crankshaft systems (11', 11") of said pistons (4', 4") to vary said delivery volume while said crankshaft systems (11', 11") is maintained constant.
Double-walled line pipe (1, 8) with a fluid-conveying internal pipe, an external plastics pipe (3, 9) and a gas-permeation-barrier layer (7, 10), where there is a thermal insulation layer arranged in an annular gap between the internal pipe and the external plastics pipe (3, 9), and where the external plastics pipe (3, 9) comprises polyethylene as a substantive component of its material, where the gas-permeation-barrier layer (7, 10) comprises polyethylene terephthalate as a substantive component of its material, characterized in that the external plastics pipe is configured as a multilayer pipe while the gas-permeation-barrier layer is made of a compact extruded polyethylene terephthalate layer with thickness from 0.8 mm to 2 mm, in particular from 0.8 mm to 1 mm, or in that the external plastics pipe is configured as a multilayer pipe while the gas-permeation-barrier layer comprises a closed-cell foam made of polyethylene terephthalate with thickness from 10 mm to 100 mm.
Water-conveying household appliance, in particular dishwasher, with a storage container, in which washing liquid can be temporarily stored, and with a liquid line that connects a cavity of the water-conveying household appliance to the storage container, wherein arranged in the liquid line is a valve, through which in the opened state washing liquid can flow in a flow direction, wherein the liquid line has a dirt particle retaining facility which traps dirt particles upstream of the valve in the flow direction, characterised in that the dirt particle retaining facility is a siphon with two essentially vertically oriented line sections (62, 63), of which one is connected to the valve.
A polypeptide having protease activity for use in the treatment or prevention of microbial infections in a subject with an immunodeficiency wherein the polypeptide comprises or consists of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a fragment of at least 15 contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 1, or variant thereof having at least 90% identity with SEQ ID NO: 1 which retains the trypsin activity of said amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 wherein the polypeptide is provided in a form suitable for delivery to the mucosa of the mouth and/or pharynx and wherein the microbial infection is selected from the group consisting of secondary infections of the mouth and pharynx.
A Dynamic Motion Element for testing crash avoidance technologies, wherein the Dynamic Motion Element is a programmable, autonomously guided, low profile and overdrivable Dynamic Motion Element that is self-propelled on the ground and adapted to removably attach a Soft Collision Partner (600, 700), the Dynamic Motion Element comprising: a body with an interior region and an upper exterior surface defining an aperture therein; wherein the Dynamic Motion Element is characterized by a platform retractably mounted to the body, the platform biased toward the aperture and retractable into the interior region when a force directed toward the interior region is applied to the platform; an antenna mounted to the platform (1120, 1220) and extending above the upper exterior surface when the platform is not retracted into the interior region, the antenna retracting through the aperture at least partially beneath the upper exterior surface and at least substantially into the interior region when the platform is retracted into the interior region. a body with an interior region and an upper exterior surface defining an aperture therein; wherein the Dynamic Motion Element is characterized by a platform retractably mounted to the body, the platform biased toward the aperture and retractable into the interior region when a force directed toward the interior region is applied to the platform; an antenna mounted to the platform (1120, 1220) and extending above the upper exterior surface when the platform is not retracted into the interior region, the antenna retracting through the aperture at least partially beneath the upper exterior surface and at least substantially into the interior region when the platform is retracted into the interior region.
Thermal vegetation control method for vegetation control of plants growing in water-permeable soil layers, in which a liquid medium heated for the purpose of the procedure is applied as a heat carrier to the vegetation to be controlled, characterised in that the heat carrier is applied as a liquid in the form of a coherent or at least largely coherent stream and thus in a non-disseminated or substantially non-disseminated form from an application device, flowing out unpressurized or substantially unpressurized, such that at least a part of the heated heat carrier penetrates into the soil layer, wherein the heat carrier applied is covered with a temporary thermal insulation which is formed as a foam blanket.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution of a keyed encryption operation by a cryptographic system mapping an input message having an encoded portion and a padding portion to an output message, comprising: - instructions for receiving a padding value k; - instructions for receiving the input message, wherein the padding portion has a size indicated by the padding value k; - instructions for computing a first portion of the encryption operation to produce a first portion output; - instructions for computing a compensation factor corresponding to the padding portion of the input message; and - instructions for compensating the first portion output based upon the compensation factor. - instructions for receiving a padding value k; - instructions for receiving the input message, wherein the padding portion has a size indicated by the padding value k; - instructions for computing a first portion of the encryption operation to produce a first portion output; - instructions for computing a compensation factor corresponding to the padding portion of the input message; and - instructions for compensating the first portion output based upon the compensation factor.
Manufacturing method for a detergent or cleaning agent dosing unit, comprising the following steps: a) providing a detergent or cleaning agent molded body having at least one cavity and a web, surrounding the cavity, which has a width of at least 1 mm; b) applying a first water-soluble film to the web surrounding the cavity, and molding the film into the cavity, wherein the film applied in step b) covers the inner wall, preferably the inner wall and the base, of the cavity; c) filling the cavity; d) applying a second water-soluble film over the filled cavity and sealing the cavity filled in step c), characterized in that the film applied in step b) is fixed to the molded body by action of a vacuum prior to filling the cavity. a) providing a detergent or cleaning agent molded body having at least one cavity and a web, surrounding the cavity, which has a width of at least 1 mm; b) applying a first water-soluble film to the web surrounding the cavity, and molding the film into the cavity, wherein the film applied in step b) covers the inner wall, preferably the inner wall and the base, of the cavity; c) filling the cavity; d) applying a second water-soluble film over the filled cavity and sealing the cavity filled in step c), characterized in that the film applied in step b) is fixed to the molded body by action of a vacuum prior to filling the cavity.
A method of processing satellite telephone radio frequency, RF, signals in an aerial vehicle, the method comprising: sampling the RF signals in a satellite frequency band, wherein the RF signals are communication signals from a satellite telephone call wherein the RF signals include an uplink from a satellite telephone handset to a satellite and a downlink from the satellite to the satellite telephone handset; determining, from the sampled RF signals, frequency channels of one or more satellite spot beams, wherein the frequency channels include the downlink; downsampling the uplink and the downlink according to the frequency channels of the one or more satellite spot beams to reduce a bandwidth of the uplink and the downlink; combining the downsampled uplink and the downsampled downlink into a call data stream; compressing the call data stream by removing downsampled data corresponding to inactive frequencies and inactive timeslots of the downsampled downlink and downsampled uplink based on the determined frequency channels; generating a call data packet stream based on the compressed call data stream wherein the call data packet stream is representative of the satellite telephone call; and transmitting, from the aerial vehicle, the generated call data packet stream to be received by a ground-based monitoring system. sampling the RF signals in a satellite frequency band, wherein the RF signals are communication signals from a satellite telephone call wherein the RF signals include an uplink from a satellite telephone handset to a satellite and a downlink from the satellite to the satellite telephone handset; determining, from the sampled RF signals, frequency channels of one or more satellite spot beams, wherein the frequency channels include the downlink; downsampling the uplink and the downlink according to the frequency channels of the one or more satellite spot beams to reduce a bandwidth of the uplink and the downlink; combining the downsampled uplink and the downsampled downlink into a call data stream; compressing the call data stream by removing downsampled data corresponding to inactive frequencies and inactive timeslots of the downsampled downlink and downsampled uplink based on the determined frequency channels; generating a call data packet stream based on the compressed call data stream wherein the call data packet stream is representative of the satellite telephone call; and transmitting, from the aerial vehicle, the generated call data packet stream to be received by a ground-based monitoring system.
A method of identifying and selecting at least one oligonucleotide which specifically hybridises to a natural antisense transcript of a Atonal homolog 1 (ATOH1) gene, wherein said oligonucleotide increases the expression of said ATOH1 gene, and wherein the natural antisense transcript has the nucleic acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, or a variant thereof which retains the function of the natural antisense transcript of SEQ ID NO: 2, said method comprising: (a) identifying at least one oligonucleotide comprising at least five consecutive nucleotides which are at least partially complementary to said ATOH1 natural antisense transcript; (b) (i) measuring the thermal melting point of a hybrid of said oligonucleotide and said ATOH1 natural antisense transcript under stringent hybridization conditions; (ii) measuring the increase in ATOH1 expression resulting from the activity of said at least one oligonucleotide; and (c) selecting at least one oligonucleotide suitable for in vivo administration based on the information obtained. (a) identifying at least one oligonucleotide comprising at least five consecutive nucleotides which are at least partially complementary to said ATOH1 natural antisense transcript; (b) (i) measuring the thermal melting point of a hybrid of said oligonucleotide and said ATOH1 natural antisense transcript under stringent hybridization conditions; (ii) measuring the increase in ATOH1 expression resulting from the activity of said at least one oligonucleotide; and (i) measuring the thermal melting point of a hybrid of said oligonucleotide and said ATOH1 natural antisense transcript under stringent hybridization conditions; (ii) measuring the increase in ATOH1 expression resulting from the activity of said at least one oligonucleotide; and (c) selecting at least one oligonucleotide suitable for in vivo administration based on the information obtained.
A latch for a door leaf of motor vehicle including: - a movable control means, - an opening lever of said door leaf intended to allow the opening of the door leaf comprising a cam movable in rotation along an axis of rotation and fastened to said control means at a fastening area so as to be driven in rotation during the displacement of the control means, - a blocking means configured to take an active blocking position in which said blocking means blocks said cam and a rest position in which said blocking means is in contact with the cam on a cam profile and enables the movement of said cam, - an elastic return means configured to press said blocking means against the cam profile, the cam profile comprising a break of slope configured to bring the blocking means from the rest position to the active blocking position when the cam pivots about its axis towards the direction of the opening of the door leaf with an acceleration greater than a predetermined threshold value. - a movable control means, - an opening lever of said door leaf intended to allow the opening of the door leaf comprising a cam movable in rotation along an axis of rotation and fastened to said control means at a fastening area so as to be driven in rotation during the displacement of the control means, - a blocking means configured to take an active blocking position in which said blocking means blocks said cam and a rest position in which said blocking means is in contact with the cam on a cam profile and enables the movement of said cam, - an elastic return means configured to press said blocking means against the cam profile,
A tourniquet comprising a strip having a longitudinal axis, a head portion at a first longitudinal end of the strip, a tail portion at a second longitudinal end of the strip, and a loop portion between the head portion and the tail portion, the loop portion having a sufficient length to encircle a limb of a human or animal, characterized in that the strip further comprises a tension sensor having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, the tension sensor comprising a plurality of cuts arranged in a predetermined pattern, wherein the tension sensor is adapted to extend along the longitudinal axis of the tourniquet by widening of the plurality of cuts when the tourniquet is subjected to a tension force along its longitudinal axis, wherein the pattern of plurality of cuts forms at least one meandering path of material defined between individual cuts of the plurality of cuts, the meandering path constituting the shortest available meandering path through the strip material from a point at the first longitudinal end of the tension sensor to the second longitudinal end of the tension sensor, the plurality of cuts thus hindering a linear shortest available path, through the material of the strip, that links the first longitudinal end of the tension sensor and the second longitudinal end of the tension sensor and thereby enabling the tension sensor to elongate along the longitudinal axis upon being subjected to a tension force, wherein the material pattern resulting from the plurality of cuts provides a controlled resistance to the applied tension force and enables the user to determine when the intended appropriate tension in the tourniquet has been achieved, the tension force correlating to pressure on the limb to which the tourniquet is applied.
A pharmaceutical composition for use in a method of preventing or treating a sexual dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension, a vascular or cardiac or neurodegenerative condition, a physical injury, multiple sclerosis or fetal growth restriction in an individual, wherein the composition is delivered by sublingual administration as a spray, and wherein said composition comprises sildenafil mesylate and a carrier that comprises an aqueous solution, wherein said sildenafil mesylate is solubilised in said carrier.
A system for skin cancer treatment in a subject using low intensity ultrasound, comprising: (a) an ultrasound transducer, wherein the ultrasound transducer has a skin-contacting surface pre-formed to conform to the skin containing the cancer; (b) a temperature sensing unit coupled to the ultrasound transducer, wherein the temperature sensing unit measures the temperature of the skin being treated with ultrasound; and (c) a control unit coupled to the ultrasound transducer and the temperature sensing unit, wherein the control unit receives temperature data from the temperature sensing unit, and wherein the control unit controls the ultrasound transducer as a function of the temperature data; characterized in that: the skin-contacting surface of the ultrasound transducer is produced by a process comprising a 3D laser scan of the surface of the skin containing the cancer. (a) an ultrasound transducer, wherein the ultrasound transducer has a skin-contacting surface pre-formed to conform to the skin containing the cancer; (b) a temperature sensing unit coupled to the ultrasound transducer, wherein the temperature sensing unit measures the temperature of the skin being treated with ultrasound; and (c) a control unit coupled to the ultrasound transducer and the temperature sensing unit, wherein the control unit receives temperature data from the temperature sensing unit, and wherein the control unit controls the ultrasound transducer as a function of the temperature data;
Pressure sensor comprising a meter body and a measuring diaphragm, wherein the meter body features an aluminum oxide ceramic as the material, wherein the measuring diaphragm and the meter body are joined by means of an active brazing solder, for example a Zr-Ni-Ti alloy, wherein the measuring diaphragm features an Al 2 O 3 ceramic with an Al 2 O 3 content of not less than 99.8% mass, preferably not less than 99.9% mass, a density of not less than 3.98 g/cm 3 and an average structure particle size of d ≤ 1 μm, wherein, in relation to the mass of the Al 2 O 3, the Al 2 O 3 ceramic contains up to 2000 ppm of MgO, preferably not more than 1000 ppm of MgO, wherein, in relation to the mass of the Al 2 O 3, the Al 2 O 3 ceramic has in total an impurity share of less than 200 ppm, preferably less than 100 ppm, SiO 2, Na 2 O, K 2 O, CaO and other inorganic impurities.
An ice scraper for removing ice from a surface, said ice scraper comprising a longitudinal handle comprising a longitudinal axis (x); a blade comprising a first scraping edge extending transversely relative to the handle, a blade holder extending between the handle and the blade, said blade holder extending in an angle (α) relative to the longitudinal axis (x) of the handle, said blade is connected to the blade holder with a joint coupling for allowing movement of the blade relative to the blade holder, wherein the blade comprises a second scraping edge extending parallel to and at a distance from the first scraping edge; the joint coupling between the blade holder and the blade is a hinge joint for turning the blade relative to the blade holder characterized in that the joint coupling allows the midpoint of the blade to bend inwards toward the blade holder when scraping curved surfaces, wherein the blade holder comprises means for connecting the blade holder to the blade, the means for connecting extending partly along the distal edge of the blade holder on both ends of the distal edge at a distance from each other.