mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A positioning tool (100;200;300;400;500;600;700) for aiding in the positioning of at least one instrument at a subcutaneous treatment site visible via a medical imaging device, the tool (100;200;300;400;500;600;700) comprising: at least one aligning portion (102;202;406) for aligning the tool (100;200;300;400;500;600;700) with a target visible via the medical imaging device, at least one spacing member (104;204;304;404;816) and at least one instrument positioning portion (108;308;410); the at least one aligning portion (102;202;406) being visible via the medical imaging device and spaced from the at least one instrument positioning portion (108;308;410) by the at least one spacing member (104;204;304;404;816); the at least one instrument positioning portion (108;308;410) being visible via the medical imaging device for providing an indicator for positioning the at least one medical instrument at the treatment site; characterised in that at least a portion of the at least one spacing member (104;204;304;404;816) is radiopaque and wherein the radiopacity of the portion of the at least one spacing member (104;204;304;404;816) varies along a cross-section thereof. at least one aligning portion (102;202;406) for aligning the tool (100;200;300;400;500;600;700) with a target visible via the medical imaging device, at least one spacing member (104;204;304;404;816) and at least one instrument positioning portion (108;308;410); the at least one aligning portion (102;202;406) being visible via the medical imaging device and spaced from the at least one instrument positioning portion (108;308;410) by the at least one spacing member (104;204;304;404;816); the at least one instrument positioning portion (108;308;410) being visible via the medical imaging device for providing an indicator for positioning the at least one medical instrument at the treatment site; characterised in that at least a portion of the at least one spacing member (104;204;304;404;816) is radiopaque and wherein the radiopacity of the portion of the at least one spacing member (104;204;304;404;816) varies along a cross-section thereof.
An oligonucleotide primer comprising a 5' Sequence-Targeted Amplification Restrictive (STAR) tag sequence and a target nucleic acid hybridization sequence, wherein the STAR tag sequence is capable of forming a stem-loop structure upon extension of the oligonucleotide along the target nucleic acid, wherein the STAR tag sequence comprises a sequence the same as all or a portion of a target nucleic acid hybridization portion of a second primer to be used with the oligonucleotide in an amplification reaction, or wherein the STAR tag sequence is complementary to all or a portion of the target binding site of a second primer to be used with the oligonucleotide primer in an amplification reaction; and wherein the oligonucleotide primer and the second primer are a pair of forward and reverse primers.
A method for controlling a piezoelectric device comprising a piezoelectric element fixed on a substrate, with the substrate and the piezoelectric element being made of materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion, with the method comprising the step of subjecting the piezoelectric element to a determined electric voltage to cause a set deformation of the piezoelectric element, where the determined electric voltage (u) comprises a compensation portion (U') determined according to ambient temperature (Θ) to cancel a stress generated on the piezoelectric element due to a differential thermal expansion between the piezoelectric element and the substrate.
A dental implant suitable for receiving prosthetic devices, wherein said dental implant comprises at least one endosseous screw and an abutment, wherein said prosthetic device comprises at least one dental prosthesis that can be positioned integral with said abutment, said endosseous screw at a free upper end having external sections with a differentiated form (14, 15, 16), in the form of a male for coupling within a cavity of said abutment, wherein said endosseous screw in said free upper end has at least three external sections having a differentiated form (14, 15, 16) arranged in succession as follow, a first section at the coronal end of the endosseous screw which provides an external shaping according to an anti-rotation figure or section, a second section which directly follows said first section and defines a first cone-shaped area with an external inclination which is less than an angle α of 8°, preferably less than 5°, more preferably less than 4°, a third section which directly follows said second section and defines a second cone-shaped area with an external inclination angle β of 50-60°, or 45° said second and third sections (15,16) providing an external shaping according to a figure or a section (15,16) deriving from an overlapping of two cones or truncated cones. wherein said prosthetic device comprises at least one dental prosthesis that can be positioned integral with said abutment, said endosseous screw at a free upper end having external sections with a differentiated form (14, 15, 16), in the form of a male for coupling within a cavity of said abutment, wherein said endosseous screw in said free upper end has at least three external sections having a differentiated form (14, 15, 16) arranged in succession as follow, a first section at the coronal end of the endosseous screw which provides an external shaping according to an anti-rotation figure or section, a second section which directly follows said first section and defines a first cone-shaped area with an external inclination which is less than an angle α of 8°, preferably less than 5°, more preferably less than 4°, a third section which directly follows said second section and defines a second cone-shaped area with an external inclination angle β of 50-60°, or 45° said second and third sections (15,16) providing an external shaping according to a figure or a section (15,16) deriving from an overlapping of two cones or truncated cones.
An accessory relay (10a, 10b, 10c) capable of driving equipment of a gas turbine engine, such as an aircraft engine, comprising a case (11a, 11b, 11c) and a plurality of wheels (16a, 16b, 16c) of gears arranged inside the case, each wheel (16a, 16b, 16c) comprising an annular web (18a, 18b, 18c) externally carrying an outer peripheral gearing (20a, 20b, 20c), wherein at least one of the wheels (16a, 16b, 16c) is guided in rotation by at least one hydrodynamic bearing (24a, 24b, 24c) of the case (11a, 11b, 11c), characterised in that the case (11a, 11b, 11c) comprises a projecting portion (26a, 26b, 26c) secured to a first wall (12a, 12b, 12c) of the case (11a, 11b, 11c), this projecting portion (26a, 26b, 26c) being surrounded by a ring (28a, 28b, 28c) of the hydrodynamic bearing (24a, 24b, 24c) which is surrounded by a barrel (22a, 22b, 22c) of the wheel formed at the radially inner end of the annular web (18a, 18b, 18c) of said wheel.
A system for estimating the location a wireless communication enabled device in a wireless communication network including a plurality of access points, wherein said system accounts for attenuation of a signal received by said device from said network caused by proximity of said device to a head of a user or operator of said device, the system comprising: at least one sensor for sensing and gathering sensor data associated with a strength of the signal received from one or more of the plurality of access points; a decision means for receiving the sensor data and determining a level of the attenuation caused by the proximity of said device to the head of the user or operator of said device; a correction means for applying a signal correction to account for the determined level of the attenuation caused by the proximity of said device to the head of the user or operator of said device and provide at least one corrected signal data; and an action means for implementing an action based on the at least one corrected signal data wherein said action means comprises an estimation means for estimating a location of said device based on the at least one corrected signal data. at least one sensor for sensing and gathering sensor data associated with a strength of the signal received from one or more of the plurality of access points; a decision means for receiving the sensor data and determining a level of the attenuation caused by the proximity of said device to the head of the user or operator of said device; a correction means for applying a signal correction to account for the determined level of the attenuation caused by the proximity of said device to the head of the user or operator of said device and provide at least one corrected signal data; and an action means for implementing an action based on the at least one corrected signal data wherein said action means comprises an estimation means for estimating a location of said device based on the at least one corrected signal data.
A compound of formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in a method of accelerating, promoting or increasing hepatic regeneration in a subject with reduced liver function, wherein the method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of formula.
A microfluidic cell comprising: a microfluidic channel for receiving a fluid sample; and a sensor comprising a diamond material, wherein the diamond material forms at least a portion of a wall defining the microfluidic channel, a plurality of quantum spin defects within the diamond material, uniformly spaced from the channel along its length, and suitable for sensing spin resonance signals from a fluid sample to be disposed in the microfluidic channel, said quantum spin defects being positioned at a distance equal to or less than 100 nm from said portion of the wall of the microfluidic channel, and wherein the quantum spin defects have a decoherence time T 2 equal to or greater than 0.05 ms; and an injection port configured for injecting the fluid sample into the microfluidic cell. a microfluidic channel for receiving a fluid sample; and a sensor comprising a diamond material, wherein the diamond material forms at least a portion of a wall defining the microfluidic channel, a plurality of quantum spin defects within the diamond material, uniformly spaced from the channel along its length, and suitable for sensing spin resonance signals from a fluid sample to be disposed in the microfluidic channel, said quantum spin defects being positioned at a distance equal to or less than 100 nm from said portion of the wall of the microfluidic channel, and wherein the quantum spin defects have a decoherence time T 2 equal to or greater than 0.05 ms; and an injection port configured for injecting the fluid sample into the microfluidic cell.
Pneumatic vehicle tyre in radial design with a profiled tread comprising rows of profile blocks and/or profile ribs running around the tyre in circumferential direction, wherein the tread is in the form of a single layer or multiple layers with a radially outermost tread layer that extends at least over the width of the ground contact area, wherein the tread or its radially outermost tread layer consists of a rubber material with a Shore A hardness at room temperature in accordance with DIN ISO 7619-1 of 40 ShA to 55 ShA, and wherein the profile depth of the tread is up to 6.5 mm, characterized in that the rows of profile blocks and/or profile ribs have sipes arranged in succession in circumferential direction, wherein the total number of sipes within each row of profile blocks and/or profile rib is not more than 150, a sipe being understood to mean a narrow groove that extends at an angle that varies from perpendicular direction by up to 45° in top view and has a depth in radial direction of at least 2.0 mm, a width at the tread periphery of 0.4 mm to 1.0 mm, especially of up to 0.8 mm, and a longitudinal extent, ascertained at a centre line in the direction of extension, of at least 8.0 mm. wherein the tread or its radially outermost tread layer consists of a rubber material with a Shore A hardness at room temperature in accordance with DIN ISO 7619-1 of 40 ShA to 55 ShA, and wherein the profile depth of the tread is up to 6.5 mm, characterized in that the rows of profile blocks and/or profile ribs have sipes arranged in succession in circumferential direction, wherein the total number of sipes within each row of profile blocks and/or profile rib is not more than 150, a sipe being understood to mean a narrow groove that extends at an angle that varies from perpendicular direction by up to 45° in top view and has a depth in radial direction of at least 2.0 mm, a width at the tread periphery of 0.4 mm to 1.0 mm, especially of up to 0.8 mm, and a longitudinal extent, ascertained at a centre line in the direction of extension, of at least 8.0 mm.
A method for integrating use of a cloud discovery service into a client application for a network application, the method comprising: (a) establishing, by a client application, for a user one or more sessions with one or more network applications via an embedded browser within the client application; (b) intercepting, by the client application, a request to access a uniform resource locator, URL, from a network application of the one or more network applications accessed via the embedded browser; (c) communicating, by the client application, with a cloud discovery service to determine a location for which to send the URL for the user, wherein the cloud service selects the location from a plurality of locations based at least on a context of the user determined or retrieved by the client application; (d) receiving, by the client application, from the cloud discovery service the location for the URL selected by the cloud discover service for the user; and (e) transmitting, by the client application responsive to the request, the URL to the location selected by the cloud discovery service. (a) establishing, by a client application, for a user one or more sessions with one or more network applications via an embedded browser within the client application; (b) intercepting, by the client application, a request to access a uniform resource locator, URL, from a network application of the one or more network applications accessed via the embedded browser; (c) communicating, by the client application, with a cloud discovery service to determine a location for which to send the URL for the user, wherein the cloud service selects the location from a plurality of locations based at least on a context of the user determined or retrieved by the client application; (d) receiving, by the client application, from the cloud discovery service the location for the URL selected by the cloud discover service for the user; and (e) transmitting, by the client application responsive to the request, the URL to the location selected by the cloud discovery service.
A video encoding device comprising at least one processor adapted for: - encoding video information into a plurality of transport packets of a packetized data stream, - inserting metadata into transport priority bits of transport headers of at least two transport packets of said plurality of transport packets, wherein said metadata of said plurality of transport packets are adapted to be assembled into bytes representing at least one message adapted to support a trick play function for said video information. - encoding video information into a plurality of transport packets of a packetized data stream, - inserting metadata into transport priority bits of transport headers of at least two transport packets of said plurality of transport packets, wherein said metadata of said plurality of transport packets are adapted to be assembled into bytes representing at least one message adapted to support a trick play function for said video information.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a human tear lipocalin mutein, or a fragment thereof, that is capable of inhibiting IL-4 and/or IL-13 from binding to their respective receptors, for use in a method of treating a subject in need thereof comprising administering to said subject via nebulization said pharmaceutical composition at a concentration ranging from 0.01 mg/ml to 100 mg/ml in a solution, wherein said solution comprises: (a) a pH level between 5.5 and 8.0, (b) an osmolality value between 150 and 550 mOsm/kg, and (c) an ion concentration between 31 and 300 mM of chloride as a permeant anion, and wherein said solution is nebulized into an aerosol having a mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD) ranging from 1 μm to 10 μm, wherein said lipocalin mutein or fragment thereof has at least 75% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of the mature human tear lipocalin (SEQ ID NO: 1), wherein said lipocalin mutein or fragment thereof has the same amino acids as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6 at amino acid positions corresponding to position 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 80, 83, 104-106, and 108 of the linear polypeptide sequence of the mature human tear lipocalin (SEQ ID NO: 1), and wherein the fragment of the lipocalin mutein lacks at least one of the N-terminal and/or C-terminal amino acids compared to said lipocalin mutein. (a) a pH level between 5.5 and 8.0, (b) an osmolality value between 150 and 550 mOsm/kg, and (c) an ion concentration between 31 and 300 mM of chloride as a permeant anion, and wherein said solution is nebulized into an aerosol having a mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD) ranging from 1 μm to 10 μm,
A communication method, comprising: receiving, by a first terminal, a first electronic business card by a first electronic business card push message sent by a second terminal, wherein the first electronic business card is an electronic business card of a user corresponding to a client of a third terminal or a client of the second terminal; and displaying, by the first terminal, a first identifier based on the first electronic business card, but skipping displaying a first user account meaning that the first terminal can display only the first identifier based on the first electronic business card and cannot display the first user account indicated by the first identifier, wherein the first user account is an account of the user corresponding to the first electronic business card, and the first identifier is used to identify the first user account, wherein the first identifier is obtained from a server that allocates, to each user account, an identifier that uniquely identifies the respective user account, wherein the first terminal cannot directly communicate, based on the first identifier, with a terminal of the user corresponding to the first user account, and instead, obtains the first user account based on the first identifier, to communicate with the terminal of the user corresponding to the first user account. receiving, by a first terminal, a first electronic business card by a first electronic business card push message sent by a second terminal, wherein the first electronic business card is an electronic business card of a user corresponding to a client of a third terminal or a client of the second terminal; and displaying, by the first terminal, a first identifier based on the first electronic business card, but skipping displaying a first user account meaning that the first terminal can display only the first identifier based on the first electronic business card and cannot display the first user account indicated by the first identifier, wherein the first user account is an account of the user corresponding to the first electronic business card, and the first identifier is used to identify the first user account, wherein the first identifier is obtained from a server that allocates, to each user account, an identifier that uniquely identifies the respective user account, wherein the first terminal cannot directly communicate, based on the first identifier, with a terminal of the user corresponding to the first user account, and instead, obtains the first user account based on the first identifier, to communicate with the terminal of the user corresponding to the first user account.
An image processing method for images generated by a coherent imaging technique comprising: applying a first filter (502, 202-1) to an input image (200, 600, 800, 900), thereby generating a first noise-reduced image (204-1, 506); applying a second filter (504, 202-2) to the input image, thereby generating a second noise-reduced image (204-2, 508); and combining the first noise-reduced image and the second noise-reduced image (204-2, 508), thereby generating a final noise-reduced image (208, 510, 604), wherein the first filter (502, 202-1) is configured to suppress a first type of noise from the input image and the second filter (504, 202-2) is configured to suppress a second type of noise from the input image, the first and second types of noise being different, wherein the first type of noise is random noise or noise caused by an imaging system that captured the input image, wherein the second type of noise is speckle noise, and wherein the first filter (502, 202-1) is a machine learning system trained with images taken from the same or substantially the same location of a subject's biological tissue as the input image, wherein the second filter (504, 202-2) is a machine learning system trained with images taken from locations of a subject's biological tissue adjacent to a location of the input image. applying a first filter (502, 202-1) to an input image (200, 600, 800, 900), thereby generating a first noise-reduced image (204-1, 506); applying a second filter (504, 202-2) to the input image, thereby generating a second noise-reduced image (204-2, 508); and combining the first noise-reduced image and the second noise-reduced image (204-2, 508), thereby generating a final noise-reduced image (208, 510, 604), wherein the first filter (502, 202-1) is configured to suppress a first type of noise from the input image and the second filter (504, 202-2) is configured to suppress a second type of noise from the input image, the first and second types of noise being different, wherein the first type of noise is random noise or noise caused by an imaging system that captured the input image, wherein the second type of noise is speckle noise, and wherein the first filter (502, 202-1) is a machine learning system trained with images taken from the same or substantially the same location of a subject's biological tissue as the input image, wherein the second filter (504, 202-2) is a machine learning system trained with images taken from locations of a subject's biological tissue adjacent to a location of the input image.
A water heater having a fluid circuit in which a heater, a pump, a main heat radiator, a strainer are connected by piping and fluid flows therein and a cylindrical tank, whereby the tank contains the main heat radiator connected to the fluid circuit and reserves water heated by heat of the fluid which flows in the main heat radiator contained in a container case having a cuboidal form of which a front surface side is openable and closable, wherein the tank is placed close to a back surface side of the container case; the heater is a booster heater for heating further the fluid and is placed at a corner of the front surface side of the container case in a gap between the container case and the tank; the strainer is placed at the front surface side of the container case in the gap between the container case and the tank; the pump is placed at the front surface side of the container case in the gap between the container case and the tank, such that the components which require maintenance are placed at the front surface side so as not to overlap with each other, and the piping is placed in the gaps between the container case and the tank existing in the left and right edges of the back surface side of the tank so as not to overlap with the front surface side of the attachment part of the components connected to the fluid circuit.