mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A transformed microorganism capable of: (a) a higher xylose isomerase activity than the equivalent microorganism prior to transformation; and/or (b) a higher growth rate in or on a growth medium comprising xylose than the equivalent microorganism prior to transformation; and/or (c) a faster metabolism of xylose than the equivalent microorganism prior to transformation; and/or (d) a higher production of ethanol when grown anaerobically on xylose as the carbon source than the equivalent microorganism prior to transformation; wherein said microorganism has been transformed with a nucleotide sequence encoding a xylose isomerase wherein said xylose isomerase is an exogenous xylose isomerase derived from a mesophilic bacterium and wherein said xylose isomerase is an exogenous xylose isomerase derived from a Lactococcus species; and wherein said transformed microorganism is a transformed yeast wherein said transformed yeast is Saccharomyces. (a) a higher xylose isomerase activity than the equivalent microorganism prior to transformation; and/or (b) a higher growth rate in or on a growth medium comprising xylose than the equivalent microorganism prior to transformation; and/or (c) a faster metabolism of xylose than the equivalent microorganism prior to transformation; and/or (d) a higher production of ethanol when grown anaerobically on xylose as the carbon source than the equivalent microorganism prior to transformation;
A combustion chamber comprising an inner wall; and an outer wall surrounding the inner wall; the inner wall having a plurality of effusion holes in fluid communication with an inside of the combustion chamber, the outer wall having a plurality of cooling side holes in fluid communication with a cooling source; the inner wall and the outer wall defining a flow passage therebetween that fluidly connects one or more of the cooling side holes with one or more of the effusion holes, the flow passage having a geometric configuration to permit forward flow of gases through the flow passage from the cooling source to the inside of the combustion chamber and to restrict reverse flow of gases through the flow passage from the inside of the combustion chamber to the cooling source, the permitted flow rate being greater than the restricted flow rate, and wherein the geometric configuration includes a backflow inhibiting portion formed by a forwardly directed pointed conical portion flanked by a pair of deflector portions and each deflector portion is defined by a forwardly opening curved wall.
A printing system carriage (100, 300, 400, 500) comprising: a plurality of printheads (120, 420, 520) installed in the carriage, the plurality of printheads (120, 420, 520) comprising a moveable printhead (140, 440, 540) that, within the carriage, is movable with respect to the other printheads from the plurality of printheads (120, 420, 520); and a positioning mechanism (160, 360, 460, 560) configured to move the movable printhead from a first printhead position to a second printhead position in response to a triggering signal; and a controller configured to generate the triggering signal; characterized in that the controler is configured to: derive a number of passes of the carriage from a print mode selection; divide each printhead (120, 420, 520) from the plurality of printheads (120, 420, 520) into a plurality of segments based on the number of passes; identify that a segment of the moveable printhead segments is out of phase in respect to a segment from another one of the plurality of printheads (120, 420, 520); and issue the triggering signal; and wherein the positioning mechanism (160, 360, 460, 560) is configured to move the moveable printhead (140, 440, 540) from the first printhead position to the second printhead position upon receipt of the triggering signal. a plurality of printheads (120, 420, 520) installed in the carriage, the plurality of printheads (120, 420, 520) comprising a moveable printhead (140, 440, 540) that, within the carriage, is movable with respect to the other printheads from the plurality of printheads (120, 420, 520); and a positioning mechanism (160, 360, 460, 560) configured to move the movable printhead from a first printhead position to a second printhead position in response to a triggering signal; and a controller configured to generate the triggering signal; characterized in that the controler is configured to: derive a number of passes of the carriage from a print mode selection; divide each printhead (120, 420, 520) from the plurality of printheads (120, 420, 520) into a plurality of segments based on the number of passes; identify that a segment of the moveable printhead segments is out of phase in respect to a segment from another one of the plurality of printheads (120, 420, 520); and issue the triggering signal; and wherein the positioning mechanism (160, 360, 460, 560) is configured to move the moveable printhead (140, 440, 540) from the first printhead position to the second printhead position upon receipt of the triggering signal. derive a number of passes of the carriage from a print mode selection; divide each printhead (120, 420, 520) from the plurality of printheads (120, 420, 520) into a plurality of segments based on the number of passes; identify that a segment of the moveable printhead segments is out of phase in respect to a segment from another one of the plurality of printheads (120, 420, 520); and issue the triggering signal; and wherein the positioning mechanism (160, 360, 460, 560) is configured to move the moveable printhead (140, 440, 540) from the first printhead position to the second printhead position upon receipt of the triggering signal.
Method for controlling the speed and the positioning of a tool change carriage guided on rails and loaded with tools, characterized in that a laser determines both the distance of the tool change carriage from a fixed stop and its current relative velocity.
A cryo-stimulation treatment device, the device comprising: a needle assembly (510; 612; 710; 910; 1910) having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the needle assembly configured to produce a cold zone for cryoneurolysis of a target nerve; a first electrical contact (944; 946) coupled to the distal portion of the needle assembly (510; 612; 710; 910; 1910); a second electrical contact positioned on a heater assembly (44; 1944) thermally coupled to the proximal portion of the needle assembly (510; 612; 710; 910; 1910), the second electrical contact configured to serve as a return electrode, wherein the heater assembly (44; 1944)comprises a heater block configured to heat the proximal portion of the needle to prevent skin damage; and an electrical nerve stimulation generator electrically coupled to the first and second electrical contacts to provide electrical stimulation for electrically stimulating and locating the target nerve, and wherein the electrical nerve stimulation generator is configured to measure a confirmation signal that the heater assembly (44; 1944) is in contact with a skin surface of a patient. a needle assembly (510; 612; 710; 910; 1910) having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the needle assembly configured to produce a cold zone for cryoneurolysis of a target nerve; a first electrical contact (944; 946) coupled to the distal portion of the needle assembly (510; 612; 710; 910; 1910); a second electrical contact positioned on a heater assembly (44; 1944) thermally coupled to the proximal portion of the needle assembly (510; 612; 710; 910; 1910), the second electrical contact configured to serve as a return electrode, wherein the heater assembly (44; 1944)comprises a heater block configured to heat the proximal portion of the needle to prevent skin damage; and an electrical nerve stimulation generator electrically coupled to the first and second electrical contacts to provide electrical stimulation for electrically stimulating and locating the target nerve, and wherein the electrical nerve stimulation generator is configured to measure a confirmation signal that the heater assembly (44; 1944) is in contact with a skin surface of a patient.
A method for securing a commercial grid network, comprising: receiving, by an administrative node, a lease request from a client (120, 122) to lease a computing resource (105, 107) selected from a plurality of computing resources in the commercial grid network; mapping, by the administrative node, a unique identifier of the client to a security label selected from a plurality of unmapped security labels to obtain a client-label mapping based on the lease request; mapping, by the administrative node, a unique identifier of the computing resource to the security label to obtain a resource-label mapping based on the lease request; storing, by the administrative node, the client-label mapping and the resource-label mapping in a security label repository to obtain stored security label mappings; and authenticating, by a forwarding node of the commercial grid network, an access request from the client to the computing resource by accessing the security label repository and verifying that the obtained client-label mapping and the obtained resource-label mapping are identical. receiving, by an administrative node, a lease request from a client (120, 122) to lease a computing resource (105, 107) selected from a plurality of computing resources in the commercial grid network; mapping, by the administrative node, a unique identifier of the client to a security label selected from a plurality of unmapped security labels to obtain a client-label mapping based on the lease request; mapping, by the administrative node, a unique identifier of the computing resource to the security label to obtain a resource-label mapping based on the lease request; storing, by the administrative node, the client-label mapping and the resource-label mapping in a security label repository to obtain stored security label mappings; and authenticating, by a forwarding node of the commercial grid network, an access request from the client to the computing resource by accessing the security label repository and verifying that the obtained client-label mapping and the obtained resource-label mapping are identical.
An optical amplifier device, the device comprising: an input port for receiving an optical signal; an optical amplifier for amplifying a signal input to the optical amplifier to form an amplified signal at an output of the optical amplifier device; an optical path for conveying an optical signal from the input port to the optical amplifier, the optical path comprising an optical coupling element which is variable to alter the degree of optical coupling between the input port and the optical amplifier to thereby alter the gain of the optical amplifier device, wherein the optical amplifier and the optical coupling element are monolithically integrated and defined on a single substrate, and wherein the optical path comprises a first waveguide and a second waveguide, the first waveguide being moveable relative to the second waveguide to alter the degree of optical coupling between the first waveguide and the second waveguide and thereby alter the degree of optical coupling between the input port and the optical amplifier, wherein the first waveguide is moveable under the action of heat and the optical amplifier device comprises a heater for heating the first waveguide. an input port for receiving an optical signal; an optical amplifier for amplifying a signal input to the optical amplifier to form an amplified signal at an output of the optical amplifier device; an optical path for conveying an optical signal from the input port to the optical amplifier, the optical path comprising an optical coupling element which is variable to alter the degree of optical coupling between the input port and the optical amplifier to thereby alter the gain of the optical amplifier device, wherein the optical amplifier and the optical coupling element are monolithically integrated and defined on a single substrate, and wherein the optical path comprises a first waveguide and a second waveguide, the first waveguide being moveable relative to the second waveguide to alter the degree of optical coupling between the first waveguide and the second waveguide and thereby alter the degree of optical coupling between the input port and the optical amplifier, wherein the first waveguide is moveable under the action of heat and the optical amplifier device comprises a heater for heating the first waveguide.
A sleeve-integrated member for a brake pedal device, comprising: a housing provided such that a vehicle operation pedal swings around a holding shaft; and a plurality of sleeves with a predetermined outer diameter and height, as spacers to create space between the housing and a dash panel to which the housing is attached, around through-holes opened at a substrate of the housing, characterized in that: each of the sleeves has: a waist part integrally formed on the substrate from a base portion to a leading end by drawing formation of the substrate; and a leading end flange portion with at least a double-layered structure formed at a leading end portion of the waist part, wherein a bolt is inserted into a through-hole formed so as to have an axis line orthogonal to a planar surface of the substrate from the base portion to the leading end flange portion of the waist part, thereby to tighten and fix the substrate to the dash panel while a leading end of the leading end flange portion is in contact with the dash panel. each of the sleeves has: a waist part integrally formed on the substrate from a base portion to a leading end by drawing formation of the substrate; and a leading end flange portion with at least a double-layered structure formed at a leading end portion of the waist part, wherein a bolt is inserted into a through-hole formed so as to have an axis line orthogonal to a planar surface of the substrate from the base portion to the leading end flange portion of the waist part, thereby to tighten and fix the substrate to the dash panel while a leading end of the leading end flange portion is in contact with the dash panel. a waist part integrally formed on the substrate from a base portion to a leading end by drawing formation of the substrate; and a leading end flange portion with at least a double-layered structure formed at a leading end portion of the waist part, wherein a bolt is inserted into a through-hole formed so as to have an axis line orthogonal to a planar surface of the substrate from the base portion to the leading end flange portion of the waist part, thereby to tighten and fix the substrate to the dash panel while a leading end of the leading end flange portion is in contact with the dash panel.
A method of controlling a refrigerator, the method comprising: starting a first cooling cycle that cools a first storage compartment by operating a compressor, a condenser, an expansion member, an evaporator for the first compartment and a first fan: then determining whether a start condition of a second cooling cycle that cools a second storage compartment by operating an evaporator for the second compartment and a second fan is satisfied; operating the second fan for the second storage compartment when the start condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied; determining whether an speed change condition for control of the second fan is satisfied while the second fan operates; changing a speed of the second fan when speed change condition for control of the second fan is satisfied; determining whether a normal stop condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied; and stopping the second cooling cycle when the normal stop condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied, wherein the method further comprises: determining whether a forced termination condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied and, when forced termination condition of the second cooling cycle is not satisfied, determining if the normal stop condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied; and stopping the second cooling cycle when the forced termination condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied. then determining whether a start condition of a second cooling cycle that cools a second storage compartment by operating an evaporator for the second compartment and a second fan is satisfied; operating the second fan for the second storage compartment when the start condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied; determining whether an speed change condition for control of the second fan is satisfied while the second fan operates; changing a speed of the second fan when speed change condition for control of the second fan is satisfied; determining whether a normal stop condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied; and stopping the second cooling cycle when the normal stop condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied, wherein the method further comprises: determining whether a forced termination condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied and, when forced termination condition of the second cooling cycle is not satisfied, determining if the normal stop condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied; and stopping the second cooling cycle when the forced termination condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied. determining whether a forced termination condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied and, when forced termination condition of the second cooling cycle is not satisfied, determining if the normal stop condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied; and stopping the second cooling cycle when the forced termination condition of the second cooling cycle is satisfied.
An austenitic heat resistant alloy consisting of, by mass percent, C: 0.01 to 0.15%, Si: 0.02 to 2%, Mn: 0.02 to 3%, Ni: 40 to 60%, Co: 8 to 25%, Cr: 15% or more and less than 28%, Nd: 0.001 to 0.1%, B: 0.0005 to 0.006%, N: 0.03% or less, O: 0.03% or less, either one or both of Mo: 12% or less and W: less than 4%, the total content of Mo and W being 0.1 to 12%, at least one selected from Al: 3% or less, Ti: 3% or less, and Nb: 3% or less, and optionally one or more kinds of elements belonging to the following first group and/or the following second group, the first group consisting ofCa: 0.02% or less, Mg: 0.02% or less, La: 0.1% or less, and Ce: 0.1% or less; the second group consisting of Ta: 0.1% or less, Hf: 0.1% or less and Zr: 0.1% or less; the balance being Fe and impurities, and the contents of P and S in the impurities being P: 0.03% or less and S: 0.01% or less, wherein parameter F1 represented by Formula is 1 or more and 12 or less, and parameter F2 represented by Formula is 0.035 or less: F ⁢ 1 = 4 × Al + 2 × Ti + Nb F ⁢ 2 = P + 0.2 × Cr × B wherein a symbol of an element in the Formula and in the Formula represents the content by mass percent of the element.
Labelling reagent of formula: in which: • R 1 represents a detectable label capable of directly or indirectly generating a detectable signal and selected among: - enzymes which produce a detectable signal by colorimetry, fluorescence or luminescence, - chromophores, - groups with an electron density detectable by electron microscopy or by virtue of their electrical property, - electrochemically detectable groups, - derivatives of an iron complex, - radioactive molecules, - ligand/anti-ligand pairs selected among the following pairs: biotin/streptavidin, hapten/antibody, antigen/antibody, peptide/antibody, sugar/lectin, polynucleotide/sequence complementary to the polynucleotide, - fluorescent compounds with a molecular weight of less than 1000 g/mol, - haptens with a molecular weight of less than 1000 g/mol, - fluorophores, • R 2 and R 3 independently of each other represent: H, CONHR, COOR with R corresponding to a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing from one to six carbon atoms or a monocyclic aromatic group, and • L is a linking arm comprising a linear chain of at least two covalent bonds comprising an -(O-CH 2 -CH 2)- moiety, repeated from 1 to 20 times. • R 1 represents a detectable label capable of directly or indirectly generating a detectable signal and selected among: - enzymes which produce a detectable signal by colorimetry, fluorescence or luminescence, - chromophores, - groups with an electron density detectable by electron microscopy or by virtue of their electrical property, - electrochemically detectable groups, - derivatives of an iron complex, - radioactive molecules, - ligand/anti-ligand pairs selected among the following pairs: biotin/streptavidin, hapten/antibody, antigen/antibody, peptide/antibody, sugar/lectin, polynucleotide/sequence complementary to the polynucleotide, - fluorescent compounds with a molecular weight of less than 1000 g/mol, - haptens with a molecular weight of less than 1000 g/mol, - fluorophores, - enzymes which produce a detectable signal by colorimetry, fluorescence or luminescence, - chromophores, - groups with an electron density detectable by electron microscopy or by virtue of their electrical property, - electrochemically detectable groups, - derivatives of an iron complex, - radioactive molecules, - ligand/anti-ligand pairs selected among the following pairs: biotin/streptavidin, hapten/antibody, antigen/antibody, peptide/antibody, sugar/lectin, polynucleotide/sequence complementary to the polynucleotide, - fluorescent compounds with a molecular weight of less than 1000 g/mol, - haptens with a molecular weight of less than 1000 g/mol, - fluorophores, • R 2 and R 3 independently of each other represent: H, CONHR, COOR with R corresponding to a saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing from one to six carbon atoms or a monocyclic aromatic group, and • L is a linking arm comprising a linear chain of at least two covalent bonds comprising an -(O-CH 2 -CH 2)- moiety, repeated from 1 to 20 times.
Method for determining a cross slope of a carriageway surface on which a two-wheeled vehicle is travelling, wherein the two-wheeled vehicle has two wheels (11, 12), each with a rolling circumference, wherein the rolling circumference of at least one wheel (11, 12) of the two wheels (11, 12) changes with respect to the carriageway surface as a function of an inclination of the two-wheeled vehicle, wherein an inclination of the two-wheeled vehicle with respect to the carriageway surface is determined from a variable which is dependent on the rolling circumference of the at least one wheel (11, 12), an oblique position of the two-wheeled vehicle is determined, and the cross slope of the carriageway surface is acquired from the oblique position of the two-wheeled vehicle and the inclination of the two-wheeled vehicle with respect to the carriageway surface.
A display and operating device for at least one vehicle component which is in particular a radio, a CD and/or DVD player or similar audio and/or video player, a navigation device, an infotainment device, a heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning control unit or a human-machine interface, having - a gear selector lever for setting an operational parameter of at least one first vehicle component, and - a touch screen for outputting information, for displaying control keys and/or for inputting further operational parameters for said first vehicle component and/or for at least one second vehicle component, characterized in that - said touch screen comprises a recess, and - said gear selector lever is arranged in said recess of said touch screen. - a gear selector lever for setting an operational parameter of at least one first vehicle component, and - a touch screen for outputting information, for displaying control keys and/or for inputting further operational parameters for said first vehicle component and/or for at least one second vehicle component, - said touch screen comprises a recess, and - said gear selector lever is arranged in said recess of said touch screen.