mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A filtration apparatus for filtrating particles from a liquid, the filtration apparatus comprising: - a filtration vessel; - at least one filtering element for removing particles from liquid passing therethrough, the at least one filtering element being arranged to move along a path into the filtration vessel and out from the filtration vessel; - a filtration inlet arranged to convey a mixture of particles and liquid to the at least one filtering element within the filtration vessel; and - a filtration outlet arranged to convey liquid, filtrated by the at least one filtering element, out from the filtration vessel; characterized in that the filtration apparatus further comprises: - a collection volume for receiving filtrated liquid from the filtration outlet; and - a collection volume outlet arranged to convey filtrated liquid out from the collection volume; wherein the collection volume is configured such that a weight of a liquid column of filtrated liquid accommodated inside the collection volume generates an underpressure downstream of the at least one filtering element to establish a differential pressure over the at least one filtering element inside the filtration vessel; and wherein the filtration apparatus further comprises a pressure device arranged to control the differential pressure over the filtering element within the filtration vessel. - a filtration vessel; - at least one filtering element for removing particles from liquid passing therethrough, the at least one filtering element being arranged to move along a path into the filtration vessel and out from the filtration vessel; - a filtration inlet arranged to convey a mixture of particles and liquid to the at least one filtering element within the filtration vessel; and - a filtration outlet arranged to convey liquid, filtrated by the at least one filtering element, out from the filtration vessel; characterized in that the filtration apparatus further comprises: - a collection volume for receiving filtrated liquid from the filtration outlet; and - a collection volume outlet arranged to convey filtrated liquid out from the collection volume; - a collection volume for receiving filtrated liquid from the filtration outlet; and - a collection volume outlet arranged to convey filtrated liquid out from the collection volume; wherein the collection volume is configured such that a weight of a liquid column of filtrated liquid accommodated inside the collection volume generates an underpressure downstream of the at least one filtering element to establish a differential pressure over the at least one filtering element inside the filtration vessel; and wherein the filtration apparatus further comprises a pressure device arranged to control the differential pressure over the filtering element within the filtration vessel.
A video quality assessment method, comprising the steps of generating a video quality value in dependence upon test video fields/frames and reference video fields/ frame, said video quality assessment method being characterised by: matching blocks of pixels of a test video field/frame with corresponding blocks of pixels of at least one reference video field/frame in order to generate for each test video field/frame a matched reference field/frame comprising the blocks of pixels of the reference video field/frame which match the blocks of pixels of the test video field/frame; and generating the video quality value in dependence on the test video fields/frames and the matched reference video fields/frames; wherein the matching step further comprises, for a block of pixels of the test video field/frame, searching for a matching block of pixels within: a) an integer number M1 of reference video fields/frames preceding a reference video field/frame temporally corresponding to the test video field/frame; and/or b) an integer number M2 of reference video fields/frames succeeding a reference video field/frame temporally corresponding to the test video field/frame. matching blocks of pixels of a test video field/frame with corresponding blocks of pixels of at least one reference video field/frame in order to generate for each test video field/frame a matched reference field/frame comprising the blocks of pixels of the reference video field/frame which match the blocks of pixels of the test video field/frame; and generating the video quality value in dependence on the test video fields/frames and the matched reference video fields/frames; wherein the matching step further comprises, for a block of pixels of the test video field/frame, searching for a matching block of pixels within: a) an integer number M1 of reference video fields/frames preceding a reference video field/frame temporally corresponding to the test video field/frame; and/or b) an integer number M2 of reference video fields/frames succeeding a reference video field/frame temporally corresponding to the test video field/frame. a) an integer number M1 of reference video fields/frames preceding a reference video field/frame temporally corresponding to the test video field/frame; and/or b) an integer number M2 of reference video fields/frames succeeding a reference video field/frame temporally corresponding to the test video field/frame.
A capsule extraction mechanism comprising a capsule holder and a capsule hydraulic tank, a capsule cover and a drive assembly disposed on the capsule holder, wherein the drive assembly is configured to drive the capsule hydraulic tank to reciprocate back and forth relative to the capsule cover; wherein the capsule extraction mechanism further comprises: an upper guide rail fixed on the top of the capsule holder with a capsule insertion groove and two symmetrical guide grooves, wherein each guide groove comprises a bent portion bent outward with respect to the capsule insertion groove; two opposite push plate brackets respectively provided with a chucking groove on the opposing faces thereof for holding a capsule, wherein one side surface of each push plate bracket facing the capsule hydraulic tank is provided with a dovetail groove matching to the capsule hydraulic tank, and another side surface facing the upper guide rail is provided with a protrusion protruding outwardly and projecting into the guide groove of the upper guide rail; characterized by two pulling hooks vertically fixed to the capsule hydraulic tank and projecting outwardly with respect to the push plate bracket, wherein the pulling hooks are configured to pull the used capsule waste out of the capsule cover, to remove the capsule waste while using the capsule extraction mechanism, each pulling hook is provided with a bent hook at one end away from the capsule hydraulic tank, and the bent hook is in interference fit with respect to the capsule cover, and each push plate bracket is provided with a notch, and an end of each pulling hook away from the capsule hydraulic tank is inserted into the notch and extended outwardly. an upper guide rail fixed on the top of the capsule holder with a capsule insertion groove and two symmetrical guide grooves, wherein each guide groove comprises a bent portion bent outward with respect to the capsule insertion groove; two opposite push plate brackets respectively provided with a chucking groove on the opposing faces thereof for holding a capsule, wherein one side surface of each push plate bracket facing the capsule hydraulic tank is provided with a dovetail groove matching to the capsule hydraulic tank, and another side surface facing the upper guide rail is provided with a protrusion protruding outwardly and projecting into the guide groove of the upper guide rail; characterized by two pulling hooks vertically fixed to the capsule hydraulic tank and projecting outwardly with respect to the push plate bracket, wherein the pulling hooks are configured to pull the used capsule waste out of the capsule cover, to remove the capsule waste while using the capsule extraction mechanism, each pulling hook is provided with a bent hook at one end away from the capsule hydraulic tank, and the bent hook is in interference fit with respect to the capsule cover, and each push plate bracket is provided with a notch, and an end of each pulling hook away from the capsule hydraulic tank is inserted into the notch and extended outwardly.
A nucleic acid amplification reaction device comprising: a rotary body on which a cartridge is mountable, the cartridge including - a tube having, in this order in the inside thereof, a first plug formed of oil, a fourth plug formed of an elution solution which causes the nucleic acid to be eluted from magnetic particles bound to the nucleic acid, and a fifth plug formed of oil, and - a nucleic acid amplification reaction container which communicates with the side of the tube on which the fifth plug is disposed and in which a nucleic acid amplification reaction reagent is held in oil; and a single first heater which is able to heat the end portion of the tube on the side communicating with the nucleic acid amplification reaction container and to heat a first region as the end portion of the nucleic acid amplification reaction container on the side communicating with the tube, wherein the nucleic acid amplification reaction device is configured such that the posture of the cartridge is changed by the rotation of the rotary body and droplets containing the elution solution introduced from the tube move in the inside of the nucleic acid amplification reaction container. a rotary body on which a cartridge is mountable, the cartridge including - a tube having, in this order in the inside thereof, a first plug formed of oil, a fourth plug formed of an elution solution which causes the nucleic acid to be eluted from magnetic particles bound to the nucleic acid, and a fifth plug formed of oil, and - a nucleic acid amplification reaction container which communicates with the side of the tube on which the fifth plug is disposed and in which a nucleic acid amplification reaction reagent is held in oil; and - a tube having, in this order in the inside thereof, a first plug formed of oil, a fourth plug formed of an elution solution which causes the nucleic acid to be eluted from magnetic particles bound to the nucleic acid, and a fifth plug formed of oil, and - a nucleic acid amplification reaction container which communicates with the side of the tube on which the fifth plug is disposed and in which a nucleic acid amplification reaction reagent is held in oil; and a single first heater which is able to heat the end portion of the tube on the side communicating with the nucleic acid amplification reaction container and to heat a first region as the end portion of the nucleic acid amplification reaction container on the side communicating with the tube, wherein the nucleic acid amplification reaction device is configured such that the posture of the cartridge is changed by the rotation of the rotary body and droplets containing the elution solution introduced from the tube move in the inside of the nucleic acid amplification reaction container.
Pencil sharpener comprising: - a shell comprising a receiving orifice intended to receive a pencil to be sharpened, - an animation member (4, 4') comprising a slide (4b, 4'b), the slide (4b, 4'b) extending at least partially in the shell, - a setting in movement member positioned in the shell and configured to set in movement the animation member (4, 4') by cooperating with the slide (4b, 4'b), the setting in movement member being equipped with an orifice intended to receive the pencil, the setting in movement member being a toothed wheel comprising at least one tooth having a slope profile, characterized in that the setting in movement member is configured to be rotated by the pencil only in a predetermined direction of rotation allowing sharpening and to drive the slide (4b, 4'b). - a shell comprising a receiving orifice intended to receive a pencil to be sharpened, - an animation member (4, 4') comprising a slide (4b, 4'b), the slide (4b, 4'b) extending at least partially in the shell, - a setting in movement member positioned in the shell and configured to set in movement the animation member (4, 4') by cooperating with the slide (4b, 4'b), the setting in movement member being equipped with an orifice intended to receive the pencil, the setting in movement member being a toothed wheel comprising at least one tooth having a slope profile, characterized in that the setting in movement member is configured to be rotated by the pencil only in a predetermined direction of rotation allowing sharpening and to drive the slide (4b, 4'b).
Method for operating a hybrid vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine and an electrical machine for driving the hybrid vehicle, wherein the internal combustion engine is supplied with fuel from a fuel tank, the fuel filling level of the fuel tank is determined using a fuel filling level sensor, the electrical machine is supplied with electrical energy from an energy store, and the vehicle can be driven in the purely electric mode, with the internal combustion engine switched off, by means of the electrical machine, comprising the steps of: - establishing that the fuel filling level sensor indicates that a lower filling level has been reached or undershot; and, - in response to this, switching off the internal combustion engine and driving the vehicle in the purely electric mode, with the internal combustion engine switched off, by means of the electrical machine, characterized by the additional step of: - after the purely electric mode of the vehicle, switching on the internal combustion engine and driving the vehicle by means of the internal combustion engine in a special mode with the internal combustion engine switched on, provided that one or more conditions for the special mode are satisfied (160, 170), wherein the one or the several conditions for the special mode comprise restarting of the hybrid vehicle by the driver being established after the driver has stopped the vehicle on account of a lack of electrical operating capability or the vehicle has broken down after a purely electric mode of the vehicle. - establishing that the fuel filling level sensor indicates that a lower filling level has been reached or undershot; and, - in response to this, switching off the internal combustion engine and driving the vehicle in the purely electric mode, with the internal combustion engine switched off, by means of the electrical machine, - after the purely electric mode of the vehicle, switching on the internal combustion engine and driving the vehicle by means of the internal combustion engine in a special mode with the internal combustion engine switched on, provided that one or more conditions for the special mode are satisfied (160, 170), wherein the one or the several conditions for the special mode comprise restarting of the hybrid vehicle by the driver being established after the driver has stopped the vehicle on account of a lack of electrical operating capability or the vehicle has broken down after a purely electric mode of the vehicle.
A method for imaging, comprising: generating an original image comprising multiple subvolumes; segmenting the original image into different structures for each subvolume; selectively applying a mask-based correction through each area of a subvolume that includes continuous structures to generate an updated image; and performing streak correction between the original image and the updated image to generate a final image. generating an original image comprising multiple subvolumes; segmenting the original image into different structures for each subvolume; selectively applying a mask-based correction through each area of a subvolume that includes continuous structures to generate an updated image; and performing streak correction between the original image and the updated image to generate a final image.
The use of a UV-curable inkjet ink composition as an ink layer formed by ink jet printing between a curved outer peripheral surface of a can base made of a cylindrical metallic material and a covering layer made of an aqueous coating material, wherein the UV-curable inkjet ink composition contains a monofunctional monomer, a polyfunctional monomer, a photopolymerization initiator and a colorant and is cured by irradiation with ultraviolet light, wherein a hydroxyl value of the UV-curable inkjet ink composition is in a range of not less than 1 mgKOH/g and not more than 100 mgKOH/g.
A method for transmitting a signal at a cooperative user equipment in a wireless communication system supporting client cooperative communication, the method comprising: receiving one or more packets configured in predetermined units from a source user equipment; configuring a data burst respective to the source user equipment by using the packet; and transmitting the data burst to a base station, wherein the one or more packets are configured in one of service data units and protocol data units, characterised in that, during the configuring of the data burst at the cooperative user equipment, it is ensured that the cooperative user equipment transmits to the base station identical data bursts to those of the source user equipment based on a requirement that a priority level of the cooperative user equipment is the same as that of the source user equipment. receiving one or more packets configured in predetermined units from a source user equipment; configuring a data burst respective to the source user equipment by using the packet; and transmitting the data burst to a base station, wherein the one or more packets are configured in one of service data units and protocol data units, characterised in that, during the configuring of the data burst at the cooperative user equipment, it is ensured that the cooperative user equipment transmits to the base station identical data bursts to those of the source user equipment based on a requirement that a priority level of the cooperative user equipment is the same as that of the source user equipment.
A two-liquid type composition for use as a blood coagulation agent, said composition comprising: a first solution containing the first component which is a chitosan compound having a cationic amino acid conjugated to a side chain thereof; and a second solution containing the second component which is selected from dextran, hyaluronic acid, carboxymethyl cellulose or alginate compound having an aldehyde group introduced therein by oxidation, wherein, when the first solution and the second solution are mixed together, a hydrogel is formed by a Schiff base reaction between an amine (-NH 2) functional group of the chitosan compound and an aldehyde (-CHO) functional group of the second component simultaneously with electrostatic interaction between opposite charges of the chitosan compound and the second component. a first solution containing the first component which is a chitosan compound having a cationic amino acid conjugated to a side chain thereof; and a second solution containing the second component which is selected from dextran, hyaluronic acid, carboxymethyl cellulose or alginate compound having an aldehyde group introduced therein by oxidation, wherein, when the first solution and the second solution are mixed together, a hydrogel is formed by a Schiff base reaction between an amine (-NH 2) functional group of the chitosan compound and an aldehyde (-CHO) functional group of the second component simultaneously with electrostatic interaction between opposite charges of the chitosan compound and the second component.
A bone joint implant comprising: a proximal part, a distal part for intramedullary engagement in a bone, an articulating coupling (103, 121, 123) between the proximal and distal parts, wherein, the proximal part is configured for translational motion over a bone, the implant is configured for multi-axial motion with translational movement over a bone by the proximal part and rotation in the distal part about the articulating coupling (121, 103), and the implant comprises a flange extending radially and around at least some of the coupling and being configured to limit relative rotational motion of the proximal and distal parts about the coupling, characterised in that the flange has a contoured surface matching an abutting surface of the proximal part upon articulation of the parts in use to extreme positions. a proximal part, a distal part for intramedullary engagement in a bone, an articulating coupling (103, 121, 123) between the proximal and distal parts, wherein, the proximal part is configured for translational motion over a bone, the implant is configured for multi-axial motion with translational movement over a bone by the proximal part and rotation in the distal part about the articulating coupling (121, 103), and the implant comprises a flange extending radially and around at least some of the coupling and being configured to limit relative rotational motion of the proximal and distal parts about the coupling, characterised in that the flange has a contoured surface matching an abutting surface of the proximal part upon articulation of the parts in use to extreme positions.
A broad spectrum sunscreen molecule having the structure where, R1 and R2 are selected from C1 to C20 linear or branched alkyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, polycycloalkyl, heterocyclic, aryl, alkoxy, alkenyl or alkynyl groups, R3 is -H or -OH or R1 R4 is selected from C1 to C20 linear or branched alkyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, polycycloalkyl, heterocyclic, aryl, alkoxy, alkenyl or alkynyl groups containing carboxylic acid group in free form or its esterderivative; Or R4 is H or is selected from C1 to C20 linear or branched alkyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, polycycloalkyl, heterocyclic, aryl, alkoxy, alkenyl or alkynyl groups containing carboxylic acid; wherein acid group is attached to the polymer through ester linkage Or R4 is same as R1 or R2 Or R4 is an "organoheteryl group" or polymer backbone or cross-polymer backbone or rigid organic or inorganic support covalently attached through the "hetero atom" "X" is an organic sunscreen belonging to the UVA class and "Y" is an organic sunscreen belonging to UVB class or vice-versa. R1 and R2 are selected from C1 to C20 linear or branched alkyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, polycycloalkyl, heterocyclic, aryl, alkoxy, alkenyl or alkynyl groups, R3 is -H or -OH or R1 R4 is selected from C1 to C20 linear or branched alkyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, polycycloalkyl, heterocyclic, aryl, alkoxy, alkenyl or alkynyl groups containing carboxylic acid group in free form or its esterderivative; Or R4 is H or is selected from C1 to C20 linear or branched alkyl, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, polycycloalkyl, heterocyclic, aryl, alkoxy, alkenyl or alkynyl groups containing carboxylic acid; wherein acid group is attached to the polymer through ester linkage Or R4 is same as R1 or R2 Or R4 is an "organoheteryl group" or polymer backbone or cross-polymer backbone or rigid organic or inorganic support covalently attached through the "hetero atom" "X" is an organic sunscreen belonging to the UVA class and "Y" is an organic sunscreen belonging to UVB class or vice-versa.
A naked anti-CD22 monoclonal antibody and an anti-CD20 antibody for use in the treatment of a B-cell malignancy, wherein the anti-CD20 antibody is administered before, concurrently or after the administration of the anti-CD22 antibody.