mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A negative electrode for an alkaline secondary battery comprising a belt-like negative electrode core having conductivity, negative electrode mixture layers made of a negative electrode mixture supported on a first surface of the negative electrode core and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a fluorine resin layer made of a fluorine resin disposed on a surface of the negative electrode mixture layer, the negative electrode is configured to be combined with a positive electrode and a separator each in a belt-like shape being wound to constitute a part of a cylindrical electrode group; characterized in that the negative electrode mixture layers comprise a first negative electrode mixture layer located on the first surface side and a second negative electrode mixture layer located on the second surface side; the first negative electrode mixture layer comprises a first outermost peripheral region configured to form a finishing end located at an outermost periphery of the electrode group and a first inner peripheral region extending to the first outermost peripheral region configured to form a starting end located at a central side of the electrode group; the second negative electrode mixture layer comprises a second outermost peripheral region located opposite to the first outermost peripheral region with respect to the negative electrode core, in a range corresponding to the first outermost peripheral region, and a second inner peripheral region located opposite to the first inner peripheral region with respect to the negative electrode core, in a range corresponding to the first inner peripheral region; the first outermost peripheral region has a thickness thinner than thicknesses (t2, t3, t4) of each of the second outermost peripheral region, the first inner peripheral region and the second inner peripheral region; and the first outermost peripheral region comprises an amount A of the fluorine resin constituting the fluorine resin layer, and the second outermost peripheral region comprises an amount B of the fluorine resin constituting the fluorine resin layer, wherein the amount A is expressed in mass per unit mass of the negative electrode mixture in the first outermost peripheral region, and the amount B is expressed in mass per unit mass of the negative electrode mixture in the second outermost peripheral region, and are configured such that A is 3 times or more than B.
Method for heating preforms of a thermoplastic material that comprise a region to be heated and a region not to be heated, the preforms being subjected to a shaping process after their heating, wherein microwaves are applied to the region of the preforms that is to be heated, at least during a portion of the period of heating, in a resonator, characterized in that the region of the preforms to be heated is heated in a stepwise manner successively in terms of time and that the preforms are guided into the resonator in the direction of the longitudinal axis thereof during a movement along a substantially circular path in order to be then guided out of the resonator again in the opposite direction.
Device for filling a flexible bag with material, the device comprising a stiff receptacle with an entrance through which a bag can be temporarily received in the receptacle, and an exit through which a bag provided with the material can be released from the receptacle under the action of gravity forces; retaining means, adapted to hold the bag during filling thereof with the material, to keep the bag open to receive the material through the entrance, and to release the bag once filled; and conveying means for conveying the material to the entrance, wherein the retaining means comprises a tensioning mechanism adapted to tighten an upper rim of the bag around a rim of the receptacle entrance.
A synthetic TLR3 agonist comprising i) a first oligoribonucleotide having the structure: 5'-Domain A-Domain B-3'; and ii) a second oligoribonucleotide having the structure: 5'-Domain C-Domain D-3', wherein Domain A is a first complementary domain, Domain B is a polyriboinosine domain, Domain C is a second complementary domain and Domain D is a polyribocytidine domain, wherein Domain A and Domain C are complementary to each other, and wherein the first oligoribonucleotide and the second oligoribonucleotide bind to each other through intermolecular hydrogen bonding between (i) the complementary domains leaving a free polyriboinosine domain and a free polyribocytidine domain or (ii) between the polyriboinosine and polyribocytidine domains leaving a free first complementary domain and a free second complementary domain, and wherein additional first and/or second oligoribonucleotides can bind to the free complementary and/or polyriboinosine or polyribocytidine domains, thereby creating a chain of oligoribonucleotides, wherein the polyriboinosine domain optionally comprises one or more force binding sites, wherein one or more guanosines are substituted for inosine in the polyriboinosine domain. i) a first oligoribonucleotide having the structure: 5'-Domain A-Domain B-3'; and ii) a second oligoribonucleotide having the structure: 5'-Domain C-Domain D-3',
Use as an antiwear additive in a lubricant of at least one compound having the following formula: wherein: each of R and R', which are identical or different, is a aliphatic group containing between 5 and 23 carbon atoms; and a is an integer selected from 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 and preferably a=0 or a=1; and b is an integer selected from 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4; and; and A is a methylene group -CH 2 -; or a carbonyl group -C(=O)- each of R and R', which are identical or different, is a aliphatic group containing between 5 and 23 carbon atoms; and a is an integer selected from 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 and preferably a=0 or a=1; and b is an integer selected from 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4; and; and A is a methylene group -CH 2 -; or a carbonyl group -C(=O)-
A cleaning tool, wherein a handle and a main body are pivoted on a pivot portion, recessed faces are provided at a plurality of positions of one of the handle and the main body in a rotating direction about the pivot portion, an engagement member, is provided to the other of the handle and the main body is biased toward the recessed faces so that the engagement member can resiliently move forward and backward to be repeatedly engaged in and detached from each of the adjacent recessed faces as a result of rotation of the handle and the main body, characterized in that a lock piece is provided to the other of the handle and the main body can be switched between a lock position and a lock release position, the lock piece positioned in the lock position butts against a stopper face of the engagement member to retain the engagement member in a position of engagement in the recessed face, and the lock piece is positioned in the lock release position separates from the stopper face of the engagement member to allow the engagement to resiliently move forward and backward.
A C-terminal CDNF fragment with a length of 43-53 amino acids comprising at least the consecutive amino acid residues at positions 38-70 or 25-57 of the sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1: or a sequence which has at least 80 % sequence identity with the sequence of positions 38-70 or 25-57 in SEQ ID NO:1, wherein said fragment is a cell membrane penetrating peptide, preferably capable of penetrating human blood-brain barrier, and has a protective effect on neuronal cells, for use as a medicine.
A method for a communication node device for creating a resource for an application entity, comprising: receiving a registration request sent from the application entity when the application entity is switched from a first communication link to a second communication link; creating a resource according to the registration request as a first resource; and assigning an identification corresponding to the first resource to the application entity so as to associate the application entity with the first resource, characterized in that the first resource comprises an attribute indicating availability of the first resource associated with the application entity, which serves as a first attribute; wherein creating the first resource comprises setting the first attribute to indicate that the first resource is available. receiving a registration request sent from the application entity when the application entity is switched from a first communication link to a second communication link; creating a resource according to the registration request as a first resource; and assigning an identification corresponding to the first resource to the application entity so as to associate the application entity with the first resource, characterized in that the first resource comprises an attribute indicating availability of the first resource associated with the application entity, which serves as a first attribute; wherein creating the first resource comprises setting the first attribute to indicate that the first resource is available.
A method for rendering a three-dimensional volume, the method comprising: acquiring scan data representing an object inside of a patient; identifying in the scan data, a boundary of the object; providing a first lightmap inside the boundary of the object; providing a second lightmap outside the boundary of the object; and rendering the three-dimensional volume of the object from the scan data with lighting based on the first lightmap and second lightmap, wherein the first lightmap is spherical and centered at a camera position inside the object, wherein the first lightmap has a radius smaller than a minimum distance from the camera position to the boundary, and/or wherein the second lightmap is spherical and centered at a camera position inside the object, wherein the second lightmap has a radius larger than a maximum distance from the camera position to the boundary. acquiring scan data representing an object inside of a patient; identifying in the scan data, a boundary of the object; providing a first lightmap inside the boundary of the object; providing a second lightmap outside the boundary of the object; and rendering the three-dimensional volume of the object from the scan data with lighting based on the first lightmap and second lightmap, wherein the first lightmap is spherical and centered at a camera position inside the object, wherein the first lightmap has a radius smaller than a minimum distance from the camera position to the boundary, and/or wherein the second lightmap is spherical and centered at a camera position inside the object, wherein the second lightmap has a radius larger than a maximum distance from the camera position to the boundary.
A method for producing a flexible sheet comprising a stretching step in which a base sheet is fed from between a pair of first drive rollers into the bite between a pair of intermeshing corrugated rollers to be stretched in the machine direction, the peripheral velocity V1 of the first drive rollers and the peripheral velocity V2 of the corrugated rollers having a relation of V1>V2.
A golf bag, comprising a front panel and a back panel having therebetween a bundle of shaft receptacles for therein receiving a golf club by the shaft thereof, wherein front and back panel (2, 3) are pivotably connected with each other at a bottom of the golf bag, and are adjustable relative to each other between a collapsed, substantially flat position in which front and back panel (2, 3) run substantially along each other, and a folded-out, substantially wedge-shaped position in which front and back panel (2, 3) diverge and in which between their free ends a presentation surface is located in which the shaft receptacles terminate and with mutual spacing are grouped in rows which run along each other with an intermediate distance, so that golf clubs whose shaft is received in a shaft receptacle have their heads positioned on the presentation surface in rows spaced apart with an intermediate distance, wherein the shaft receptacles are manufactured from flexible material.
An end or intermediate casing for a combustion turbine engine, comprising: a plurality of prefabricated, elongated metallic vanes, respectively having: a central axis; first and second shanks (62; 70) on respective ends of the vane, respectively including first and second surface features oriented transverse to the central axis; and an airfoil portion intermediate the respective first and second shanks (62; 70); a cast-metal, annular-shaped, inner ring, having the respective first surface features embedded and enveloped within an inner ring casting; a cast-metal, annular-shaped, outer ring, having the respective second surface features embedded and enveloped within an outer ring casting; the respective inner and outer ring castings forming said inner and outer rings (52; 54) oriented concentrically, with the airfoil portions of the respective vanes intermediate and spanning there between, and metallic material forming both castings having a lower melting point than metallic material forming the vanes; and the first and second surface features further comprising respective first and second circumferential fillets (64; 72; 94) projecting outwardly from the airfoil and embedded within the respective inner and outer castings, for inhibiting separation of the vanes from the respective inner and outer rings (52; 54). a plurality of prefabricated, elongated metallic vanes, respectively having: a central axis; first and second shanks (62; 70) on respective ends of the vane, respectively including first and second surface features oriented transverse to the central axis; and an airfoil portion intermediate the respective first and second shanks (62; 70); a central axis; first and second shanks (62; 70) on respective ends of the vane, respectively including first and second surface features oriented transverse to the central axis; and an airfoil portion intermediate the respective first and second shanks (62; 70); a cast-metal, annular-shaped, inner ring, having the respective first surface features embedded and enveloped within an inner ring casting; a cast-metal, annular-shaped, outer ring, having the respective second surface features embedded and enveloped within an outer ring casting; the respective inner and outer ring castings forming said inner and outer rings (52; 54) oriented concentrically, with the airfoil portions of the respective vanes intermediate and spanning there between, and metallic material forming both castings having a lower melting point than metallic material forming the vanes; and the first and second surface features further comprising respective first and second circumferential fillets (64; 72; 94) projecting outwardly from the airfoil and embedded within the respective inner and outer castings, for inhibiting separation of the vanes from the respective inner and outer rings (52; 54).
An extendable rod assembly, comprising: an elongate sleeve having a central longitudinal axis comprising a conduit extending therethrough, and further comprising a housing member (814, 815) in fluid communication with the conduit; a gear assembly disposed within the housing member, the gear assembly having an input gear that is offset from the central longitudinal axis and an output gear, wherein a diameter of the input gear and a diameter of the output gear each extend along a longitudinal axis of the elongate sleeve; an actuating rod capable of linear translation at least partially disposed within the conduit and extending in a first direction, the actuating rod comprising a plurality of teeth configured to mesh with a member of the gear assembly wherein the gear assembly is in direct contact with the actuating rod; and a fixed rod at least partially disposed within the conduit and extending in a second direction. an elongate sleeve having a central longitudinal axis comprising a conduit extending therethrough, and further comprising a housing member (814, 815) in fluid communication with the conduit; a gear assembly disposed within the housing member, the gear assembly having an input gear that is offset from the central longitudinal axis and an output gear, wherein a diameter of the input gear and a diameter of the output gear each extend along a longitudinal axis of the elongate sleeve; an actuating rod capable of linear translation at least partially disposed within the conduit and extending in a first direction, the actuating rod comprising a plurality of teeth configured to mesh with a member of the gear assembly wherein the gear assembly is in direct contact with the actuating rod; and a fixed rod at least partially disposed within the conduit and extending in a second direction.
PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS AND PROGENITORS, wherein the process comprises the following steps: A - pre-preparation of one or more natural stem cell niches (NSCN) previously obtained; B - preparation of tissue fragments of one or more NSCN; C - promotion of stem cell and progenitor propagation by culturing floating NSCN fragments in a basal culture medium; D - separation of SC from NSCN fragments; E - optionally, separated NSCN fragments in D return to step C. A - pre-preparation of one or more natural stem cell niches (NSCN) previously obtained; B - preparation of tissue fragments of one or more NSCN; C - promotion of stem cell and progenitor propagation by culturing floating NSCN fragments in a basal culture medium; D - separation of SC from NSCN fragments; E - optionally, separated NSCN fragments in D return to step C.
Electromagnetic gliding field motor for moving at least one optical element in an outer sheath, wherein the gliding field motor comprises an axially mobile sliding sleeve, which is guided so as to slide in the outer sheath and forms an armature with at least one axially polarized permanent magnet disposed inside the sliding sleeve, the gliding field motor also having a magnetic coil arrangement comprising closed windings of conductive wire that are wound around the outer sheath and, by being supplied independently and variably with current, can generate a magnetic gliding field, that is intently guided and intensified by magnetic reflux via a soft magnetic outer tube and soft magnetic armature pole shoes, the three-phase gliding field producing the axial movement of the permanent magnet and hence of the sliding sleeve and, by interacting with the permanent magnet, generates self-holding forces, that lead to the location of the armature being fixed and to the position of the optical elements being stabilized by restoring magnetic forces, and at least one optical element being secured on the armature, wherein an outer surface of the sliding sleeve and at least one portion of the inner wall surface of the outer sheath form sliding surfaces, that co-operate as a sliding bearing, characterized in that the magnetic coil arrangement has at least one integral multiple of three coils and in that a plurality of armatures of identical design are disposed in a common outer sheath and can be individually moved by separately supplying current to different, axially offset groups of triple coils and in that the paths of travel of the different armatures are superimposed by reversing the current supplied to the coils.
A method for controlling spatialized force feedback on a plurality of haptic devices, the method comprising: establishing, via a communication interface, communication with the plurality of haptic devices (102, 128, 130, 132, 134; 408); instantiating one or more virtual haptic sources, each virtual haptic source having a virtual position in a virtual environment and configured to emit a haptic signal defined by a set of haptic parameters; and for each haptic device of the plurality of haptic devices (102, 128, 130, 132, 134; 408), instantiating a respective virtual haptic receiver having a virtual position in the virtual environment and translation logic configured to translate the haptic signal into a haptic device instruction useable to control force feedback on the associated haptic device (102, 128, 130, 132, 134; 408), the virtual haptic receiver being configured to: receive, from each of one or more virtual haptic sources, the haptic signal for the virtual haptic source; translate the received haptic signal into a haptic device instruction based on the translation logic; and send, via the communication interface, the haptic device instruction to the associated haptic device (102, 128, 130, 132, 134; 408). establishing, via a communication interface, communication with the plurality of haptic devices (102, 128, 130, 132, 134; 408); instantiating one or more virtual haptic sources, each virtual haptic source having a virtual position in a virtual environment and configured to emit a haptic signal defined by a set of haptic parameters; and for each haptic device of the plurality of haptic devices (102, 128, 130, 132, 134; 408), instantiating a respective virtual haptic receiver having a virtual position in the virtual environment and translation logic configured to translate the haptic signal into a haptic device instruction useable to control force feedback on the associated haptic device (102, 128, 130, 132, 134; 408), the virtual haptic receiver being configured to: receive, from each of one or more virtual haptic sources, the haptic signal for the virtual haptic source; translate the received haptic signal into a haptic device instruction based on the translation logic; and send, via the communication interface, the haptic device instruction to the associated haptic device (102, 128, 130, 132, 134; 408). receive, from each of one or more virtual haptic sources, the haptic signal for the virtual haptic source; translate the received haptic signal into a haptic device instruction based on the translation logic; and send, via the communication interface, the haptic device instruction to the associated haptic device (102, 128, 130, 132, 134; 408).
A magneto-optical light modulator for modulating light based on a physical property provided as an input to the modulator, the modulator comprising a substrate with a region of material comprising a film of Eu (1-x) Sr (x) MO 3, 0<x<1, an optical waveguide (106; 108) adapted for directing light through the region of material and a first control unit, the first control unit being adapted to - maintain the region of material at a constant predefined temperature in case the physical property is an input magnetic field subject to the region of material or - maintain the region of material subjected to a constant predefined magnetic field in case the physical property is an input temperature of the region of material, the light modulator being adapted to perform the modulation of the light using the birefringence of the region of material, the birefringence depending on the physical property, M being anyone of the following metals: Ti, Hf, Zr, Th. - maintain the region of material at a constant predefined temperature in case the physical property is an input magnetic field subject to the region of material or - maintain the region of material subjected to a constant predefined magnetic field in case the physical property is an input temperature of the region of material, the light modulator being adapted to perform the modulation of the light using the birefringence of the region of material, the birefringence depending on the physical property, M being anyone of the following metals: Ti, Hf, Zr, Th.