mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying, based on user input, a region of interest for an anatomical structure comprising a selected region of a heart in a patient's body; determining, in a processor, a sensing zone as a proper subset of a plurality of electrodes positioned on a body surface of the patient's body corresponding to the region of interest by computing a transfer matrix having coefficients correlating electrical activity at the region of interest with body surface electrical activity measured by the subset of the plurality of electrodes, wherein the body surface electrical activity in the sensing zone provides a surrogate estimate for electrical activity of the region of interest. identifying, based on user input, a region of interest for an anatomical structure comprising a selected region of a heart in a patient's body; determining, in a processor, a sensing zone as a proper subset of a plurality of electrodes positioned on a body surface of the patient's body corresponding to the region of interest by computing a transfer matrix having coefficients correlating electrical activity at the region of interest with body surface electrical activity measured by the subset of the plurality of electrodes, wherein the body surface electrical activity in the sensing zone provides a surrogate estimate for electrical activity of the region of interest.
An apparatus for shuffling a plurality of playing cards, comprising: at least one card support for supporting playing cards in an unshuffled state; at least one drop aperture in the at least one card support, through which playing cards may drop one at a time; at least one exciter adapted to impart vibrational activity in playing cards positioned on the at least one card support; and at least one receptacle for receiving cards that pass through the at least one drop aperture as randomly shuffled cards. at least one card support for supporting playing cards in an unshuffled state; at least one drop aperture in the at least one card support, through which playing cards may drop one at a time; at least one exciter adapted to impart vibrational activity in playing cards positioned on the at least one card support; and at least one receptacle for receiving cards that pass through the at least one drop aperture as randomly shuffled cards.
A cyanide detection kit comprising (i) a metal contamination detection component comprising a solid buffer, the buffer being adapted to provide a pH from 9-10, and (ii) a cyanide detection component, comprising: at least one first colorimetric solid phase extraction device, said first device comprising a non-polar solid phase loaded with a first corrinoid compound selected from the group consisting of: a cobalamine according to formula, a cobyrinic acid hepta Cl -4 alkyl ester derivative, a cobyrinic acid and a cobinamide, wherein X is CN, OH2, OH, halogen (Cl, Br, I) or CH3, means for passing a gaseous or liquid sample over or across said device, and means for detecting a color change of said first corrinoid compound. (i) a metal contamination detection component comprising a solid buffer, the buffer being adapted to provide a pH from 9-10, and (ii) a cyanide detection component, comprising: at least one first colorimetric solid phase extraction device, said first device comprising a non-polar solid phase loaded with a first corrinoid compound selected from the group consisting of: a cobalamine according to formula, a cobyrinic acid hepta Cl -4 alkyl ester derivative, a cobyrinic acid and a cobinamide, wherein X is CN, OH2, OH, halogen (Cl, Br, I) or CH3, means for passing a gaseous or liquid sample over or across said device, and means for detecting a color change of said first corrinoid compound. a cobalamine according to formula, a cobyrinic acid hepta Cl -4 alkyl ester derivative, a cobyrinic acid and a cobinamide, wherein X is CN, OH2, OH, halogen (Cl, Br, I) or CH3, means for passing a gaseous or liquid sample over or across said device, and means for detecting a color change of said first corrinoid compound.
Method for re-determining the location of a rail vehicle whose locating function has failed, with the following steps: 1. stopping the first rail vehicle, 2. transmission of the failure information by the first rail vehicle to a trackside monitoring unit, 3. transmission of the failure information by the trackside monitoring unit to a second rail vehicle following behind the first rail vehicle, 4. moving the second rail vehicle closer to the first rail vehicle, 5. activating a distance sensor of the second rail vehicle and measuring the distance from the first rail vehicle, 6. stopping the second rail vehicle at a safe distance from the first rail vehicle, 7. transmitting the position of the second rail vehicle and its distance from the first rail vehicle to the trackside monitoring unit, and 8. determination of the position data of the first rail vehicle by the trackside monitoring unit from the data received in step 7. 1. stopping the first rail vehicle, 2. transmission of the failure information by the first rail vehicle to a trackside monitoring unit, 3. transmission of the failure information by the trackside monitoring unit to a second rail vehicle following behind the first rail vehicle, 4. moving the second rail vehicle closer to the first rail vehicle, 5. activating a distance sensor of the second rail vehicle and measuring the distance from the first rail vehicle, 6. stopping the second rail vehicle at a safe distance from the first rail vehicle, 7. transmitting the position of the second rail vehicle and its distance from the first rail vehicle to the trackside monitoring unit, and 8. determination of the position data of the first rail vehicle by the trackside monitoring unit from the data received in step 7.
Acceleration-protective trousers resp. G-protective trousers for pilots of aircraft in which high accelerations occur, at least parts of the G-protective trousers being of double-walled design and thus airtight compartments (1; 5 13, 17, 18, 25, 34, 35) are formed on the inside or outside, which can be subjected to acceleration-dependent air pressures, the G-protective trousers consisting throughout of an air-permeable, tear-resistant, fire-resistant and low-stretch synthetic textile material, and the G-protective trousers being provided in places with compartments (1; 5 13, 17, 18, 25, 34, 35) which can be inflated into an approximately circular cross-section by inflation via an outwardly leading hose with raccord for connection to an automatically meterable compressed air supply, so that these compartments act as muscles in that their two opposite edges can be drawn together and the adjoining textile fabric pieces (14, 15) can be stretched therewith, characterized in that these compartments (34, 35) extend continuously along the inner and outer sides of the trouser legs and are connected at the upper end of each trouser leg by a groin channel extending along the lower region of the groins, and the compartments on the outer sides of the trouser legs extend further upwardly from the groins and terminate towards the lower abdomen in a respective bag-like bladder while on the rear side of the trousers, in the region of the cross of the wearer, they communicate with each other via a connecting channel and from this a coccyx channel branches off downwards and extends between the buttocks cheeks of the wearer in the direction of the crotch, the compartments (1; 5 13, 17, 18, 25, 34, 35) communicate via at least one hose with raccord with an automatically meterable compressed air supply.
A method to produce nanoporous microsponge particles useful as carriers for drug delivery; said method comprising a cross-linking/precipitation step wherein a cross-linking agent reacts with hyaluronic acid having nucleophile functional groups which react with said cross-linking agent; said a cross-linking agent being prepared by a reaction between 1,1'-carbonyldiimidazole and a diamine compound; said method being characterized in that said hyaluronic acid has an average molecular weight ranging from 10KDa to 200KDa.
Use of at least one chromogenic and/or fluorogenic carboxylesterase and/or triacylglycerol-lipase substrate for detecting the bacteria of the Bacillus cereus group in a sample capable of containing them, such as a sample of agri-food origin or clinical origin, wherein said carboxylesterase and/or triacylglycerol-lipase substrate is a substrate of general formula: wherein M represents the labelling part, and X represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon chain, and wherein said aliphatic hydrocarbon chain X comprises a number of carbon atoms between 11 and 17.
A duct comprising a number of longitudinal wall sections (1-5, 9) at least partly produced from a refractory fibre material and binder agent, and which together define a closed, elongate flow space, mutually meeting wall sections being united with one another by the intermediary of a fold- or joint line, wherein the wall sections between adjacent fold- or joint lines have longitudinal, thickened and outwardly bulging portions, characterised in that there are disposed, in the fibre material and binder agent of the wall sections, in the longitudinal, thickened and outwardly bulging portions, longitudinal rigidifying elements.
A method for selecting an operation mode among a plurality of operation modes for an at least partly self-driving vehicle, the method comprising: acquiring an image of the present scene of the at least partly self-driving vehicle, wherein the image is captured by a scene capturing device; calculating a set of difference values between the pixel values of the acquired image and pixel values of a reconstructed image, the reconstructed image being produced by a deep neural network using an autoencoder architecture applied to the acquired image, the deep neural network being trained on inlier data to reconstruct images of empty highway scenarios; selecting (S106; S205) the operation mode based on comparing a difference metric to a metric threshold empirically determined to distinguish inlier data representing empty highway scenarios from outlier data representing unknown scenarios, the difference metric being constructed based on a sum of difference values that exceed a threshold value, wherein the selectable operation modes include manual driving mode and an at least partly self-driving mode, the at least partly self-driving mode is selected in case of the difference metric being below the metric threshold; and detecting positions of unknown objects in the acquired image based on the positions of the pixels in the acquired image associated with the difference values that exceed the threshold value, wherein the operation mode is selected also based on the location of the detected unknown object. acquiring an image of the present scene of the at least partly self-driving vehicle, wherein the image is captured by a scene capturing device; calculating a set of difference values between the pixel values of the acquired image and pixel values of a reconstructed image, the reconstructed image being produced by a deep neural network using an autoencoder architecture applied to the acquired image, the deep neural network being trained on inlier data to reconstruct images of empty highway scenarios; selecting (S106; S205) the operation mode based on comparing a difference metric to a metric threshold empirically determined to distinguish inlier data representing empty highway scenarios from outlier data representing unknown scenarios, the difference metric being constructed based on a sum of difference values that exceed a threshold value, wherein the selectable operation modes include manual driving mode and an at least partly self-driving mode, the at least partly self-driving mode is selected in case of the difference metric being below the metric threshold; and detecting positions of unknown objects in the acquired image based on the positions of the pixels in the acquired image associated with the difference values that exceed the threshold value, wherein the operation mode is selected also based on the location of the detected unknown object.
A fluoropolymer composite film wire or cable wrap comprising: first means for wrapping around a wire or cable and for forming an abrasion-resistant outer surface of the wire or cable, wherein the first means is at least partially sintered, defines an inner side and an outer side, an overall thickness extending between the inner and outer sides, and a plurality of pores located between the inner and outer sides; and second means for forming an electrically insulative barrier between the wire or cable wrapped within the first means and an ambient atmosphere, wherein the second means is unfilled, is melt processable, is bonded to the inner side of the first means, is received within the pores on the inner side of the first means and bonded thereto, extends into a first portion of the first means defining a first thickness that is less than the overall thickness, but does not extend into a second portion of the first means extending from the first portion to the outer surface and defining a second thickness, the outer surface of the first means and the pores or portions thereof in the second portion are not filled with the second means, and the surfaces defining the pores in the second portion (i) are configured to receive ink from a printer thereon, and/or (ii) are loaded with a laser-markable pigment for marking indicia thereon. first means for wrapping around a wire or cable and for forming an abrasion-resistant outer surface of the wire or cable, wherein the first means is at least partially sintered, defines an inner side and an outer side, an overall thickness extending between the inner and outer sides, and a plurality of pores located between the inner and outer sides; and second means for forming an electrically insulative barrier between the wire or cable wrapped within the first means and an ambient atmosphere, wherein the second means is unfilled, is melt processable, is bonded to the inner side of the first means, is received within the pores on the inner side of the first means and bonded thereto, extends into a first portion of the first means defining a first thickness that is less than the overall thickness, but does not extend into a second portion of the first means extending from the first portion to the outer surface and defining a second thickness, the outer surface of the first means and the pores or portions thereof in the second portion are not filled with the second means, and the surfaces defining the pores in the second portion (i) are configured to receive ink from a printer thereon, and/or (ii) are loaded with a laser-markable pigment for marking indicia thereon.
A method for pushing information, characterized by comprising: collecting pushing parameters of each piece of information pushed during a time period T, wherein the pushing parameters comprises time that the information is pushed, users that the information is pushed to, and number of times that the information is visited; determining information visiting parameters of each user within the time period T according to the collected pushing parameters, wherein the information visiting parameters comprise at least: number of pieces of information visited by the user within the time period T, an information visiting trend and time of last visit within the time period T, the information visiting trend is determined by the number of pieces of information visited by the user and comprises any one of: the number of pieces of information visited by the user increases with time; or the number of pieces of information visited by the user decreases with time; calculating an information clicking ratio of each user according to the information visiting parameters of the user during the time period T; sorting users according to their information clicking ratios in a descending order; and selecting a target user meeting a condition according to the information clicking ratio in turn, and pushing information to the target user (103, 303). collecting pushing parameters of each piece of information pushed during a time period T, wherein the pushing parameters comprises time that the information is pushed, users that the information is pushed to, and number of times that the information is visited; determining information visiting parameters of each user within the time period T according to the collected pushing parameters, wherein the information visiting parameters comprise at least: number of pieces of information visited by the user within the time period T, an information visiting trend and time of last visit within the time period T, the information visiting trend is determined by the number of pieces of information visited by the user and comprises any one of: the number of pieces of information visited by the user increases with time; or the number of pieces of information visited by the user decreases with time; calculating an information clicking ratio of each user according to the information visiting parameters of the user during the time period T; sorting users according to their information clicking ratios in a descending order; and selecting a target user meeting a condition according to the information clicking ratio in turn, and pushing information to the target user (103, 303).
Method for operating a turbomachine having at least one turbomachine stage which has at least one rotary shaft, wherein - the method provides overload protection for the rotary shaft, - for the overload protection of the rotary shaft, a torsional stress in the rotary shaft during operation of the rotary shaft is sensed, - in order to sense the torsional stress in the rotary shaft, a torque of the rotary shaft is measured and - in order to measure the torque of the rotary shaft a contactless measurement method is carried out, characterized in that - the contactless measurement method is carried out with the aid of at least one magnetoelastic torque sensor and - for the overload protection of the rotary shaft the following method steps are carried out: a) prediction of a development of the torque of the rotary shaft using the measured torque of the rotary shaft, and b) changing of at least one operating parameter of the turbomachine stage using the prediction. - the method provides overload protection for the rotary shaft, - for the overload protection of the rotary shaft, a torsional stress in the rotary shaft during operation of the rotary shaft is sensed, - in order to sense the torsional stress in the rotary shaft, a torque of the rotary shaft is measured and - in order to measure the torque of the rotary shaft a contactless measurement method is carried out, characterized in that - the contactless measurement method is carried out with the aid of at least one magnetoelastic torque sensor and - for the overload protection of the rotary shaft the following method steps are carried out: a) prediction of a development of the torque of the rotary shaft using the measured torque of the rotary shaft, and b) changing of at least one operating parameter of the turbomachine stage using the prediction. a) prediction of a development of the torque of the rotary shaft using the measured torque of the rotary shaft, and b) changing of at least one operating parameter of the turbomachine stage using the prediction.
A rotating cosmetics case, intended to receive a cosmetics product, such as a stick of lipstick or lip cream, comprising a metal jacket fitted on a sheath of synthetic material, the metal jacket and the sheath of synthetic material being held mechanically in a form-fitting manner, that is, one of the parts comprises at least one protruding profile, while the other comprises at least one recessed profile, the recessed and protruding profiles being arranged correspondingly, the metal jacket forms said at least one protrusion profile, said at least one protrusion profile being a recess which collaborates with said at least one recessed profile, said at least one recessed profile being a counter form at level of the wall of the sheath of synthetic material, the counter form and the recess producing a protrusion coming into a complimentary fitting, ensuring mechanical support of the assembly, characterized in that the recess is realized by a recess process, resulting in a partial cutting of the sheath, the recess being at least open upwards.
A semi-batch process for the production of a polyoxyalkylene polyether polyol having an OH number of from 112 mg KOH/g to 400 mg KOH/g, comprising: establishing oxyalkylation conditions in an oxyalkylation reactor in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst; continuously introducing alkylene oxide and a low molecular weight starter into said reactor, said starter having a number average molecular weight of from 30 g/mol to 200 g/mol; and recovering an oxyalkylated polyether polyol from the reactor; wherein said oxyalkylation initially occurs at a sufficiently high temperature for up to 60 minutes and for between 2% and 50% of the total oxide feed amount, and then continuing the oxyalkylation at a temperature in the range of from 120°C to 135°C, and wherein said oxyalkylation initially occurs at a temperature in the range of from greater than 135°C to 150°C. establishing oxyalkylation conditions in an oxyalkylation reactor in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst; continuously introducing alkylene oxide and a low molecular weight starter into said reactor, said starter having a number average molecular weight of from 30 g/mol to 200 g/mol; and recovering an oxyalkylated polyether polyol from the reactor; wherein said oxyalkylation initially occurs at a sufficiently high temperature for up to 60 minutes and for between 2% and 50% of the total oxide feed amount, and then continuing the oxyalkylation at a temperature in the range of from 120°C to 135°C, and wherein said oxyalkylation initially occurs at a temperature in the range of from greater than 135°C to 150°C.
Method for reducing the concentration of oleuropein and for forming and preserving the concentration of hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol in olives, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: a) placing the olives in a hermetically sealed container, to allow the formation of a confined atmosphere; b) storing the olives without direct exposure to light for a period of 7 to 16 months and at a temperature below 20°C. a) placing the olives in a hermetically sealed container, to allow the formation of a confined atmosphere; b) storing the olives without direct exposure to light for a period of 7 to 16 months and at a temperature below 20°C.