mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A laminated glass interlayer film comprising a layer formed from a resin composition, wherein the resin composition comprises: an ionomer of an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid-based copolymer, wherein metal ions constituting the ionomer of the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid-based copolymer includes two or more kinds of polyvalent metal ions; the polyvalent metal ions include magnesium ion and zinc ion; and a molar ratio of the zinc ion to the magnesium ion (Zn ion/Mg ion) is equal to or more than 0.30 and equal to or less than 3.0; wherein the resin composition further comprises a silane coupling agent. an ionomer of an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid-based copolymer, wherein metal ions constituting the ionomer of the ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid-based copolymer includes two or more kinds of polyvalent metal ions; the polyvalent metal ions include magnesium ion and zinc ion; and a molar ratio of the zinc ion to the magnesium ion (Zn ion/Mg ion) is equal to or more than 0.30 and equal to or less than 3.0; wherein the resin composition further comprises a silane coupling agent.
A method for determining in vitro the hemoglobin F (HbF) content of each red blood cell in a set of red blood cells comprising the steps of: a) isolating red blood cells from a sample; b) permeabilizing the membrane of isolated red blood cells; (c) labeling the HbF of the red blood cells obtained in step (b) with an anti-HbF antibody conjugated to a fluorochrome; (d) measuring, by flow cytometry, the fluorescence intensity of each red blood cell in a set of red blood cells; (e) determining the haemoglobin F content of each red blood cell in the red blood cells set by comparing the fluorescence intensity of each red blood cell with a standard curve for associating the fluorescence intensity measured for a red blood cell with an HbF content. a) isolating red blood cells from a sample; b) permeabilizing the membrane of isolated red blood cells; (c) labeling the HbF of the red blood cells obtained in step (b) with an anti-HbF antibody conjugated to a fluorochrome; (d) measuring, by flow cytometry, the fluorescence intensity of each red blood cell in a set of red blood cells; (e) determining the haemoglobin F content of each red blood cell in the red blood cells set by comparing the fluorescence intensity of each red blood cell with a standard curve for associating the fluorescence intensity measured for a red blood cell with an HbF content.
An apoptosis-modulating cell-free composition comprising conditioned extracellular medium of a CD34+ stem cell deposited with ECACC under accession number ECACC 04092401, wherein said conditioned extracellular medium is obtainable by culturing said stem cell for 12-72 hours.
A lighting device including a series connection of a plurality of cells (160 1,..., 160 4) of light emitting diodes activatable by a feed voltage (+V, -V) applied across said series connection, wherein said cells (160 1,..., 160 4) of light emitting diodes include a first diode and a second diode arranged in parallel with opposed polarities, wherein said first diodes and said second diodes are alternatively activatable as a function of the polarity of the voltage (+V, -V) applied across the series connection of said cells (160 1,..., 160 4) of light emitting diodes, the lighting device, including: - a support member having first and second sides, and - said first and second diodes arranged on both said first and said second side of the support member wherein: - said support member is a laminar support member with opposed first and second planar sides, - the lighting device includes thermally conductive vias extending through said laminar support member, and - at both said first and said second side of the support member each said first diode is flanked by at least one said second diode, with diodes having the same polarity (161, resp. 162) arranged alternatively on both sides of the support member. - a support member having first and second sides, and - said first and second diodes arranged on both said first and said second side of the support member - said support member is a laminar support member with opposed first and second planar sides, - the lighting device includes thermally conductive vias extending through said laminar support member, and - at both said first and said second side of the support member each said first diode is flanked by at least one said second diode, with diodes having the same polarity (161, resp. 162) arranged alternatively on both sides of the support member.
An electronic apparatus comprising: an array of microphones for detecting audible sounds generated by a patient and for generating audio information representing the detected audible sounds generated by the patient; a first beamformer having a first adaptability speed and configured to generate first audio information and first noise information from the audio information; wherein the first audio information contains information of sounds which are located inside a beam of the first beamformer and wherein the first noise information contains information of sounds which are located outside the beam of the first beamformer; a second beamformer having a second adaptability speed which is slower than the first adaptability speed, the second adaptive beamformer configured to generate second audio information and second noise information from the audio information; wherein the second audio information contains information of sounds which are located inside a beam of the second beamformer and wherein the second noise information contains information of sounds which are located outside the beam of the second beamformer; an audio classification unit for generating audio classification information based on the first audio information; a head movement detection unit for generating head movement information based on the second audio information, the first noise information, and the second noise information; and a diagnosis unit for determining a sleep apnea diagnosis based on the audio classification information and the head movement information. an array of microphones for detecting audible sounds generated by a patient and for generating audio information representing the detected audible sounds generated by the patient; a first beamformer having a first adaptability speed and configured to generate first audio information and first noise information from the audio information; wherein the first audio information contains information of sounds which are located inside a beam of the first beamformer and wherein the first noise information contains information of sounds which are located outside the beam of the first beamformer; a second beamformer having a second adaptability speed which is slower than the first adaptability speed, the second adaptive beamformer configured to generate second audio information and second noise information from the audio information; wherein the second audio information contains information of sounds which are located inside a beam of the second beamformer and wherein the second noise information contains information of sounds which are located outside the beam of the second beamformer; an audio classification unit for generating audio classification information based on the first audio information; a head movement detection unit for generating head movement information based on the second audio information, the first noise information, and the second noise information; and a diagnosis unit for determining a sleep apnea diagnosis based on the audio classification information and the head movement information.
A satellite radiowave receiving device, comprising a receiver acquiring and receiving radiowaves from a positioning satellite (S i) and a processor performing a positioning operation based on the radiowaves received by the receiver to obtain a current position of the satellite radiowave receiving device, the processor causes the receiver to stop an acquiring operation of radiowaves from a new positioning satellite (S i) under a predetermined condition while radiowaves are being acquired from a required number of positioning satellites (S i) for the positioning operation, characterized in that: the processor causes the receiver to resume the acquiring operation if a rate of a low-accuracy period in a first reference period is equal to or greater than a predetermined first rate during a stop of the acquiring operation, the low-accuracy period being a period in which an error range of the obtained current position is greater than a reference.
An apparatus for use in the formation and filling of a pouched flavored product, the apparatus comprising: (a) an elongated outer tubular member, said elongated outer tubular member having a first end, a second end and an outer surface; (b) an elongated inner tubular member, said elongated inner tubular member coaxially aligned within said elongated outer tubular member so as to form an annular delivery chamber having a first end and a second end, the elongated inner tubular member having a first end and a second end, said first end of the elongated inner tubular member for receiving the product to be pouched, said second end of the elongated inner tubular member having a plurality of circumferentially spaced exit orifices In fluid communication with said annular delivery chamber and directed radially inwardly, said second end of the elongated inner tubular member for placing the product within the pouch being formed; and (c) an inlet hub adjacent said first end of said elongated outer tubular member and said first end of said elongated inner tubular member, said Inlet hub having a first inlet In communication with said first end of said elongated inner tubular member and a second inlet in fluid communication with said annular delivery chamber; wherein said outer surface of said elongated outer tubular member provides a surface for forming the pouched product thereabout, wherein said first end of the annular delivery chamber is sealed by a first closure ring and said second end of the annular delivery chamber is sealed by a second closure ring. (a) an elongated outer tubular member, said elongated outer tubular member having a first end, a second end and an outer surface; (b) an elongated inner tubular member, said elongated inner tubular member coaxially aligned within said elongated outer tubular member so as to form an annular delivery chamber having a first end and a second end, the elongated inner tubular member having a first end and a second end, said first end of the elongated inner tubular member for receiving the product to be pouched, said second end of the elongated inner tubular member having a plurality of circumferentially spaced exit orifices In fluid communication with said annular delivery chamber and directed radially inwardly, said second end of the elongated inner tubular member for placing the product within the pouch being formed; and (c) an inlet hub adjacent said first end of said elongated outer tubular member and said first end of said elongated inner tubular member, said Inlet hub having a first inlet In communication with said first end of said elongated inner tubular member and a second inlet in fluid communication with said annular delivery chamber;
Air exchange device, in particular for an inner room of a building, with a housing and with an electric ventilator that is arranged in the housing for the conveyance of incoming air into the inner room, and with a cover plate which terminates with a boundary of the casing, wherein a guiding channel for incoming air is provided on the cover plate, which extends along the area of at least one housing side, wherein the guiding channel for incoming air comprises an intermediate wall that runs essentially in parallel to the direction of air current in the guiding channel for incoming air, wherein the guiding channel for incoming air is shaped in the form of an arc and extends along the areas of two mutually adjacent housing sides.
A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator main body; a first detection unit configured to detect a change in an outside environment in a periphery of said refrigerator; a second detection unit configured to detect a change in an internal environment of said refrigerator; a control unit configured to control the operation of a current-consuming component provided in said refrigerator main body by automatically switching, based on an output signal from said first detection unit and an output signal from said second detection unit, to power-saving operation that suppresses or stops the operation of the current-consuming component; and a storage unit configured to accumulate information indicated by the output signal from said first detection unit and the output signal from said second detection unit, wherein said control unit is further configured to determine a pattern of the power-saving operation, the pattern being a pattern of suppressing or stopping the operation of the current-consuming component, in accordance with the information accumulated in said storage unit, and control the current-consuming component so that the current-consuming component operates according to the determined pattern, characterized in that said first detection unit is an illumination sensor (36, 80) which detects illumination in the periphery of said refrigerator. a refrigerator main body; a first detection unit configured to detect a change in an outside environment in a periphery of said refrigerator; a second detection unit configured to detect a change in an internal environment of said refrigerator; a control unit configured to control the operation of a current-consuming component provided in said refrigerator main body by automatically switching, based on an output signal from said first detection unit and an output signal from said second detection unit, to power-saving operation that suppresses or stops the operation of the current-consuming component; and a storage unit configured to accumulate information indicated by the output signal from said first detection unit and the output signal from said second detection unit, wherein said control unit is further configured to determine a pattern of the power-saving operation, the pattern being a pattern of suppressing or stopping the operation of the current-consuming component, in accordance with the information accumulated in said storage unit, and control the current-consuming component so that the current-consuming component operates according to the determined pattern, characterized in that said first detection unit is an illumination sensor (36, 80) which detects illumination in the periphery of said refrigerator.
A method of calculating an energization level for each pixel of a primary modulator in a dual modulation projector that further comprises an array of light sources, a spreader that spreads light from each light source into an overlapping pattern on the primary modulator and a mid-point modulator that comprises an array of optical switches, wherein the optical switches are configured to selectively re-direct light from a location on the primary modulator corresponding to a dark area of an image to be modulated to another location on the primary modulator corresponding to a bright area of the image to be modulated, thereby producing a locally dimmed illumination pattern at the primary modulator; wherein the array of light sources is directed at the spreader and the mid-point modulator is disposed upstream from the primary modulator, the method comprising the steps of: determining a first simulation of an illumination field at the mid-point modulator - based on a first Light Field Simulation; determining a second simulation of the locally dimmed illumination pattern at the primary modulator based on a second Light Field Simulation that takes into account the first simulation; and calculating an energization level for each pixel of the primary modulator according to the second simulation and image data representing the image to be modulated. an array of light sources, a spreader that spreads light from each light source into an overlapping pattern on the primary modulator and a mid-point modulator that comprises an array of optical switches, wherein the optical switches are configured to selectively re-direct light from a location on the primary modulator corresponding to a dark area of an image to be modulated to another location on the primary modulator corresponding to a bright area of the image to be modulated, thereby producing a locally dimmed illumination pattern at the primary modulator; wherein the array of light sources is directed at the spreader and the mid-point modulator is disposed upstream from the primary modulator, the method comprising the steps of: determining a first simulation of an illumination field at the mid-point modulator - based on a first Light Field Simulation; determining a second simulation of the locally dimmed illumination pattern at the primary modulator based on a second Light Field Simulation that takes into account the first simulation; and calculating an energization level for each pixel of the primary modulator according to the second simulation and image data representing the image to be modulated. determining a first simulation of an illumination field at the mid-point modulator - based on a first Light Field Simulation; determining a second simulation of the locally dimmed illumination pattern at the primary modulator based on a second Light Field Simulation that takes into account the first simulation; and calculating an energization level for each pixel of the primary modulator according to the second simulation and image data representing the image to be modulated.
A manufacturing method of a cathode catalyst layer for a fuel cell comprising the steps of: introducing a functional group onto a surface of a catalyst which has oxygen reduction activity and contains tantalum; and mixing an electron conductive material and a proton conductive polymer electrolyte together with said catalyst which has said functional group introduced onto the surface, in order to prepare a catalyst ink for forming said cathode catalyst layer, wherein said functional group is selected from the group of a sulfonate group, a phosphate group and a carboxylic group. introducing a functional group onto a surface of a catalyst which has oxygen reduction activity and contains tantalum; and mixing an electron conductive material and a proton conductive polymer electrolyte together with said catalyst which has said functional group introduced onto the surface, in order to prepare a catalyst ink for forming said cathode catalyst layer, wherein said functional group is selected from the group of a sulfonate group, a phosphate group and a carboxylic group.
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including a photoelectric converter, wherein the photoelectric converter includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type provided under the first semiconductor region, and a third semiconductor region of the first conductivity type provided under the second semiconductor region, wherein the second semiconductor region has a first end portion and a second end portion opposing to the first end portion in a plan view, wherein the third semiconductor region has a first region and a second region, each of the first region and the second region overlaps with the second semiconductor region in a plan view, and the first region and the second region are spaced apart from each other from a part of the first end portion to a part of the second end portion, characterized in that a gap between the first region and the second region is arranged so as to traverse the second semiconductor region in the plan view. a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including a photoelectric converter, wherein the photoelectric converter includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type provided under the first semiconductor region, and a third semiconductor region of the first conductivity type provided under the second semiconductor region, wherein the second semiconductor region has a first end portion and a second end portion opposing to the first end portion in a plan view, wherein the third semiconductor region has a first region and a second region, each of the first region and the second region overlaps with the second semiconductor region in a plan view, and the first region and the second region are spaced apart from each other from a part of the first end portion to a part of the second end portion, characterized in that a gap between the first region and the second region is arranged so as to traverse the second semiconductor region in the plan view.
A digital rights management system, comprising: an authentication module that is operative to retrieve authentication information for protected content and to reduce power after the authentication information is retrieved; the authentication module further operative to store the authentication information in memory prior to reducing power, the memory being powered independently of the authentication module; and a decryption module that is operative to retrieve and decrypt the protected content based on the authentication information, the decryption module being operative to receive the authentication information and decrypt the protected content while power of the authentication module is reduced. an authentication module that is operative to retrieve authentication information for protected content and to reduce power after the authentication information is retrieved; the authentication module further operative to store the authentication information in memory prior to reducing power, the memory being powered independently of the authentication module; and a decryption module that is operative to retrieve and decrypt the protected content based on the authentication information, the decryption module being operative to receive the authentication information and decrypt the protected content while power of the authentication module is reduced.
A surgical apparatus, comprising: an anvil jaw configured to form at least one surgical staple; a cartridge jaw configured to deploy one or more surgical staples against the anvil jaw; and a pressure distribution device attached to at least one of the anvil jaw and the cartridge jaw, wherein the pressure distribution device includes at least one anvil or cartridge flap (112, 114) extending laterally from a side of the anvil jaw or cartridge jaw, the flap (112, 114) being movable between a retracted state in which the at least one flap is furled up against the anvil jaw or the cartridge jaw and an extended or deployed state in which the at least one flap extends outwardly from the anvil jaw or the cartridge jaw to increase the tissue contacting surface area of the anvil jaw or cartridge jaw thereby distributing a clamping pressure to a target tissue during a clamping and a stapling of the target tissue, characterised in that the pressure distribution device is made of a shape memory material. an anvil jaw configured to form at least one surgical staple; a cartridge jaw configured to deploy one or more surgical staples against the anvil jaw; and a pressure distribution device attached to at least one of the anvil jaw and the cartridge jaw, wherein the pressure distribution device includes at least one anvil or cartridge flap (112, 114) extending laterally from a side of the anvil jaw or cartridge jaw, the flap (112, 114) being movable between a retracted state in which the at least one flap is furled up against the anvil jaw or the cartridge jaw and an extended or deployed state in which the at least one flap extends outwardly from the anvil jaw or the cartridge jaw to increase the tissue contacting surface area of the anvil jaw or cartridge jaw thereby distributing a clamping pressure to a target tissue during a clamping and a stapling of the target tissue, characterised in that the pressure distribution device is made of a shape memory material.