mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for remediation of contaminated soils by which a soil contaminated by a chlorinated organic compound and having a water content of at least 5% that is located either deeper or shallower than the groundwater level or a soil contaminated by a chlorinated organic compound and having a water content of at least 5% which has been excavated is cleaned by allowing an iron powder to be present either within or near said soil so that it degrades said chlorinated organic compound, characterized in that said iron powder is selected from at least one of a spongy iron powder and a copper-containing iron powder, whereby the spongy iron powder contains at least 0.1 wt% of carbon, has a specific surface area of at least 500 cm 2 /g with such a particle size that at least 50% of the particles pass a sieve of 150 μm and 0.1-10 wt% of said spongy iron powder is allowed to be present either within or near said soil, and the copper-containing iron powder, which is prepared by recovering a precipitate resulting from mixing an iron powder in an aqueous solution of copper sulfate, has a copper content in the range of 0.1 - 20 wt% and 0.1 - 10 wt% of such copper-containing iron powder is allowed to be present either within or near said soil.
A VLP comprising 12 pentamers each comprising five adenovirus penton base protomers and at least one engineered polypeptide, preferably 60 engineered polypeptides, comprising at least one adenovirus fibre protein N-terminal fragment specifically binding to an adenovirus fibre protein binding cleft of a penton base protomer and: (i) a non-adenoviral peptide, optionally linked to the fibre protein fragment via peptide linker, and/or (ii) is covalently or non-covalently coupled to a drug or label; wherein the adenovirus fibre protein N-terminal fragment comprises: X 58 -F-N-P-V-Y-P-Y-X 59 (SEQ ID NO: 43) wherein X 58 is selected from the group consisting of S, D and T, preferably S or D, and is more preferably S; and X 59 is selected from the group consisting of E, D and G, is preferably E or D, and is more preferably E. (i) a non-adenoviral peptide, optionally linked to the fibre protein fragment via peptide linker, and/or (ii) is covalently or non-covalently coupled to a drug or label; X 58 -F-N-P-V-Y-P-Y-X 59 (SEQ ID NO: 43) wherein X 58 is selected from the group consisting of S, D and T, preferably S or D, and is more preferably S; and X 59 is selected from the group consisting of E, D and G, is preferably E or D, and is more preferably E.
A method of controlling a chlorine feed rate of a chlorinator and the operation time of a pump operatively coupled to the chlorinator to circulate fluid therethrough, the method comprising: receiving an input from a user to adjust a pump operation time setting or a chlorine output level setting via a control panel associated with a controller operatively coupled to the chlorinator and the pump, the chlorinator having a configurable chlorine output level setting, the pump having a configurable pump operation time setting; and controlling the chlorine feed rate and the pump operation time setting based on a relationship between the chlorine output level setting, a chlorine generation capacity of the chlorinator, and the pump operation time setting to achieve the chlorine output level setting; the pump operation time corresponding to the number of hours per day the pump is scheduled to operate; the chlorine output level corresponding to a percentage of a chlorine generation capacity of the chlorinator; the chlorine generation capacity corresponding to a maximum amount of chlorine that can be generated by the chlorinator per day; and the chlorine feed rate corresponding to an amount of time that the chlorinator outputs chlorine during an operational cycle of the chlorinator. receiving an input from a user to adjust a pump operation time setting or a chlorine output level setting via a control panel associated with a controller operatively coupled to the chlorinator and the pump, the chlorinator having a configurable chlorine output level setting, the pump having a configurable pump operation time setting; and controlling the chlorine feed rate and the pump operation time setting based on a relationship between the chlorine output level setting, a chlorine generation capacity of the chlorinator, and the pump operation time setting to achieve the chlorine output level setting; the pump operation time corresponding to the number of hours per day the pump is scheduled to operate; the chlorine output level corresponding to a percentage of a chlorine generation capacity of the chlorinator; the chlorine generation capacity corresponding to a maximum amount of chlorine that can be generated by the chlorinator per day; and the chlorine feed rate corresponding to an amount of time that the chlorinator outputs chlorine during an operational cycle of the chlorinator.
A group of imaging pixels comprising: an upper substrate layer; a lower substrate layer; for each imaging pixel a floating diffusion region ( FD1, FD2, FD3, FD4) in the upper substrate layer; for each imaging pixel a photodiode (PD1, PD2, PD3, PD4) in the upper substrate layer that is coupled to the floating diffusion region; for each imaging pixel a transfer transistor (TX1, TX2, TX3, TX4) in the upper substrate layer; for each imaging pixel a source follower transistor (SF1, SF2, SF3, SD4) in the lower substrate layer; and for each imaging pixel an interconnect layer (34-1, 34-2, 34-3, 34-4) formed from a conductive material in between the upper substrate layer and the lower substrate layer, wherein the interconnect layer couples the floating diffusion region to the source follower transistor, characterized in that the group of imaging pixels further comprises: a reset transistor in the upper substrate layer common to all the imaging pixels. an upper substrate layer; a lower substrate layer; for each imaging pixel a floating diffusion region ( FD1, FD2, FD3, FD4) in the upper substrate layer; for each imaging pixel a photodiode (PD1, PD2, PD3, PD4) in the upper substrate layer that is coupled to the floating diffusion region; for each imaging pixel a transfer transistor (TX1, TX2, TX3, TX4) in the upper substrate layer; for each imaging pixel a source follower transistor (SF1, SF2, SF3, SD4) in the lower substrate layer; and for each imaging pixel an interconnect layer (34-1, 34-2, 34-3, 34-4) formed from a conductive material in between the upper substrate layer and the lower substrate layer, wherein the interconnect layer couples the floating diffusion region to the source follower transistor, characterized in that the group of imaging pixels further comprises: a reset transistor in the upper substrate layer common to all the imaging pixels.
A method of preparing a sunscreen formulation comprising: providing a sunscreen active ingredient; preparing an oleosome suspension buffered at a pH from pH 3 to pH 6; contacting the oleosome suspension with the sunscreen active ingredient at a pH of from pH 3 to pH 6 to form a sunscreen formulation. providing a sunscreen active ingredient; preparing an oleosome suspension buffered at a pH from pH 3 to pH 6; contacting the oleosome suspension with the sunscreen active ingredient at a pH of from pH 3 to pH 6 to form a sunscreen formulation.
A system comprising: a first party comprising a first computing device configured to perform request and response processing required for resolution of domain name system, DNS, queries; an in-band communication channel configured to connect the first party to a second party, wherein the second party comprises a second computing device; an out-of-band communication channel wherein the out-of-band communication channel is separate from the in-band communication channel; and a service configured to communicate with the second party via the out-of-band communication channel, and configured to provide the second party with information regarding capabilities of DNS servers that meet or exceed DNS service features included in preferences of the second party, the DNS servers including the first party, wherein the information regarding the capabilities is provided for the second party to use for selecting the first party from the DNS servers, and wherein the second party uses the in-band communication channel to connect to the first party to perform one or more DNS resolution operations. a first party comprising a first computing device configured to perform request and response processing required for resolution of domain name system, DNS, queries; an in-band communication channel configured to connect the first party to a second party, wherein the second party comprises a second computing device; an out-of-band communication channel wherein the out-of-band communication channel is separate from the in-band communication channel; and a service configured to communicate with the second party via the out-of-band communication channel, and configured to provide the second party with information regarding capabilities of DNS servers that meet or exceed DNS service features included in preferences of the second party, the DNS servers including the first party, wherein the information regarding the capabilities is provided for the second party to use for selecting the first party from the DNS servers, and wherein the second party uses the in-band communication channel to connect to the first party to perform one or more DNS resolution operations.
A device for detecting the speed of a curtain of a fast roll-up door which can slide in a vertical direction, characterized in that it comprises at least one guide fixable to posts (2a, 2b) of a roll-up door, a plurality of mutually equidistant teeth connectable, so as to protrude transversely and laterally, to a curtain of a roll-up door, and means adapted to detect, during the motion of said curtain, the time sequence of said teeth and to control the movement of said curtain, and wherein said plurality of teeth are shaped so as to be slidable freely and axially within said guide during normal use and so as to be further allowed to exit temporarily and transversely from said guide when a force that exceeds preset values, due substantially to accidental impacts on the curtain to which the teeth are connected in use, is applied on the curtain.
A data transmission method, including: a) A software injection module constructing a communications channel between a peripheral device for an electronic point-of-sale, EPOS, terminal and an EPOS application executing on the terminal; and b) The software injection module injecting signals into the communications channel for receipt by the EPOS application; wherein the software injection module includes a software wedge object, the software wedge object presents the same interface to the EPOS application as an original peripheral class for a peripheral type which is known to the EPOS application but whose existence will be spoofed to the EPOS application, the EPOS application loads the wedge object instead of the original class, and the software injection module loads a service object for a peripheral of a type not known to the EPOS application. a) A software injection module constructing a communications channel between a peripheral device for an electronic point-of-sale, EPOS, terminal and an EPOS application executing on the terminal; and b) The software injection module injecting signals into the communications channel for receipt by the EPOS application; wherein the software injection module includes a software wedge object, the software wedge object presents the same interface to the EPOS application as an original peripheral class for a peripheral type which is known to the EPOS application but whose existence will be spoofed to the EPOS application, the EPOS application loads the wedge object instead of the original class, and the software injection module loads a service object for a peripheral of a type not known to the EPOS application.
A method for use in a user equipment, UE, supporting connections to one or more public land mobile networks, PLMNs, each PLMN offering a particular network coverage, the method comprising: initiating a registration procedure, wherein the UE receives as part of the registration procedure an indication that one of the PLMNs is not preferred for voice services; storing a public land mobile network, PLMN, identity that identifies the PLMN that is not preferred for voice services; and avoiding, based on the stored PLMN identity, to connect to the PLMN identified by the PLMN identity. initiating a registration procedure, wherein the UE receives as part of the registration procedure an indication that one of the PLMNs is not preferred for voice services; storing a public land mobile network, PLMN, identity that identifies the PLMN that is not preferred for voice services; and avoiding, based on the stored PLMN identity, to connect to the PLMN identified by the PLMN identity.
A method of generating a liquefied carbon dioxide stream, the method comprising: generating a flue gas stream carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and water vapor, wherein the flue gas stream is generated by a chemical looping combustion system including an air reactor and a fuel reactor wherein an oxygen carrier circulates between the air rector and the fuel reactor; subjecting the flue gas stream to an oxidation catalyst for oxidizing the carbon monoxide, thereby generating a carbon dioxide rich flue gas stream; and processing the carbon dioxide rich flue gas stream to form a liquefied carbon dioxide stream and returning at least a portion of the exhaust gas to the air reactor if the carbon monoxide present in the flue gas stream is less than one percent (1%) by volume of the carbon dioxide concentration in the flue gas stream. generating a flue gas stream carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and water vapor, wherein the flue gas stream is generated by a chemical looping combustion system including an air reactor and a fuel reactor wherein an oxygen carrier circulates between the air rector and the fuel reactor; subjecting the flue gas stream to an oxidation catalyst for oxidizing the carbon monoxide, thereby generating a carbon dioxide rich flue gas stream; and processing the carbon dioxide rich flue gas stream to form a liquefied carbon dioxide stream and returning at least a portion of the exhaust gas to the air reactor if the carbon monoxide present in the flue gas stream is less than one percent (1%) by volume of the carbon dioxide concentration in the flue gas stream.
A method for representing uncertainty when displaying a multi-dimensional mesh representing a physical environment, comprising: rendering, by an application executing on a computing device, a view of the multi-dimensional mesh; determining uncertainty corresponding to the rendered view by obtaining uncertainty in model space for each point of the multi-dimensional mesh visible in the rendered view, and based on the uncertainty in model space, computing uncertainty in screen space for each point of the multi-dimensional mesh visible in the rendered view; the method being further characterised by: applying an obfuscation filter to the rendered view that modifies the rendered view based on the uncertainty in screen space for each point, the obfuscation filter to, where uncertainty in screen space is within a limit of data accuracy, show the rendered view without modification, and where uncertainty in screen space is beyond the limit of data accuracy, obfuscate detail in the rendered view; and displaying, in a user interface of the application, the obfuscation-filtered rendered view. rendering, by an application executing on a computing device, a view of the multi-dimensional mesh; determining uncertainty corresponding to the rendered view by obtaining uncertainty in model space for each point of the multi-dimensional mesh visible in the rendered view, and based on the uncertainty in model space, computing uncertainty in screen space for each point of the multi-dimensional mesh visible in the rendered view; the method being further characterised by: applying an obfuscation filter to the rendered view that modifies the rendered view based on the uncertainty in screen space for each point, the obfuscation filter to, where uncertainty in screen space is within a limit of data accuracy, show the rendered view without modification, and where uncertainty in screen space is beyond the limit of data accuracy, obfuscate detail in the rendered view; and displaying, in a user interface of the application, the obfuscation-filtered rendered view. applying an obfuscation filter to the rendered view that modifies the rendered view based on the uncertainty in screen space for each point, the obfuscation filter to, where uncertainty in screen space is within a limit of data accuracy, show the rendered view without modification, and where uncertainty in screen space is beyond the limit of data accuracy, obfuscate detail in the rendered view; and where uncertainty in screen space is within a limit of data accuracy, show the rendered view without modification, and where uncertainty in screen space is beyond the limit of data accuracy, obfuscate detail in the rendered view; and displaying, in a user interface of the application, the obfuscation-filtered rendered view.
A method for controlling a double transition upshift in an automatic transmission of a vehicle powertrain, comprising: performing closed loop control of an intermediate shaft speed using a primary on-coming clutch in a primary gear section of the automatic transmission to achieve pull-down of the intermediate shaft, the primary gear section connected to an output shaft (116, 126) and the intermediate shaft, the intermediate shaft connected between the primary gear section and a secondary gear section of the automatic transmission; while the intermediate shaft is being pulled down, performing closed loop control of an input shaft speed using a secondary off-going clutch in the secondary gear section to achieve partial pull-down of the input shaft, the input shaft connected between the secondary gear section and a power generation unit of the vehicle; and releasing the secondary off-going clutch and performing closed loop control of the input shaft speed using a secondary on-coming clutch in the secondary gear section to complete the pull-down of the input shaft, wherein control of the intermediate shaft speed is based on feedback from an intermediate shaft speed sensor. performing closed loop control of an intermediate shaft speed using a primary on-coming clutch in a primary gear section of the automatic transmission to achieve pull-down of the intermediate shaft, the primary gear section connected to an output shaft (116, 126) and the intermediate shaft, the intermediate shaft connected between the primary gear section and a secondary gear section of the automatic transmission; while the intermediate shaft is being pulled down, performing closed loop control of an input shaft speed using a secondary off-going clutch in the secondary gear section to achieve partial pull-down of the input shaft, the input shaft connected between the secondary gear section and a power generation unit of the vehicle; and releasing the secondary off-going clutch and performing closed loop control of the input shaft speed using a secondary on-coming clutch in the secondary gear section to complete the pull-down of the input shaft, wherein control of the intermediate shaft speed is based on feedback from an intermediate shaft speed sensor.
Waste heat utilisation apparatus for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, comprising: - a waste heat utilisation circuit, in which a working medium circulates, - a conveying device located in the waste heat utilisation circuit for conveying the working medium against a high pressure, - an evaporator located in the waste heat utilisation circuit downstream of the conveying device for evaporating the working medium while utilising waste heat of the internal combustion engine, - an expansion machine located in the waste heat utilisation circuit downstream of the evaporator for expanding the working medium to a low pressure, - a condenser located in the waste heat utilisation circuit downstream of the expansion machine for condensing the working medium, - wherein the waste heat utilisation circuit is connected to an accumulator, characterised in that - the accumulator is designed as an active accumulator for ensuring a predetermined minimum pressure in the working medium and comprises an actuator for changing the minimum pressure, - a control unit is provided for actuating the actuator to set the minimum pressure as a function of the current operating state of the waste heat utilisation apparatus or the internal combustion engine, - wherein the minimum pressure is above a resting pressure, which would adapt itself to ambient temperature during the cooling of the active mass of the working medium which circulates during a warm operation in the switched-on state of the waste heat utilisation apparatus. - a waste heat utilisation circuit, in which a working medium circulates, - a conveying device located in the waste heat utilisation circuit for conveying the working medium against a high pressure, - an evaporator located in the waste heat utilisation circuit downstream of the conveying device for evaporating the working medium while utilising waste heat of the internal combustion engine, - an expansion machine located in the waste heat utilisation circuit downstream of the evaporator for expanding the working medium to a low pressure, - a condenser located in the waste heat utilisation circuit downstream of the expansion machine for condensing the working medium, - wherein the waste heat utilisation circuit is connected to an accumulator, characterised in that - the accumulator is designed as an active accumulator for ensuring a predetermined minimum pressure in the working medium and comprises an actuator for changing the minimum pressure, - a control unit is provided for actuating the actuator to set the minimum pressure as a function of the current operating state of the waste heat utilisation apparatus or the internal combustion engine, - wherein the minimum pressure is above a resting pressure, which would adapt itself to ambient temperature during the cooling of the active mass of the working medium which circulates during a warm operation in the switched-on state of the waste heat utilisation apparatus.