mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A cranial plug for a burr hole or a cranial perforation made in a skull during brain surgery, the cranial plug having a base portion and a plurality of flexible side walls extending out therefrom, wherein the cranial plug is substantially flat prior to insertion into the burr hole or cranial perforation, wherein the base portion is adapted to cover the dura so as to prevent access to a space between the dura matar and the inside surface of the skull and wherein the plurality of flexible side walls: i) are adapted to flex upwards from the base portion to form a concave shape when the base portion of the cranial plug is inserted into the burr hole or the cranial perforation; ii) conform to the sidewalls of the burr hole or cranial perforation and act as spring fingers to hold the plug in place; and iii) when flexed upwards from the base portion, form said concave shape which is suitable for acting as a containment space for receiving a bioactive substance to aid in fusion across the burr hole. i) are adapted to flex upwards from the base portion to form a concave shape when the base portion of the cranial plug is inserted into the burr hole or the cranial perforation; ii) conform to the sidewalls of the burr hole or cranial perforation and act as spring fingers to hold the plug in place; and iii) when flexed upwards from the base portion, form said concave shape which is suitable for acting as a containment space for receiving a bioactive substance to aid in fusion across the burr hole.
A method for detecting and monitoring body sounds in humans and animals using bioacoustic sensors and analyzers mounted downstream thereof, wherein bioacoustic sensors are fixed to maximally three selected points of an object body, maximally one additional bioacoustic sensor for recording surrounding noises is provided, sound signals and/or sound data are continuously recorded with the help of the sensors within a selectable time segment, the sequences of sound signals and/or sound data generated in this way are digitized, stored and transformed into frequency-dependent spectral curves, characterized in that, in a consecutively associated manner, at least two frequency ranges are selected in each case from the spectral curves, and medians of the amplitudes are determined which are provided as support values for adaption lines, associated adaption lines being developed by linear or quasilinear connection of the support-point values, and in that the adaption lines are compared with the corresponding spectral curves for detecting evaluable and signalizable specific sound symptoms, e.g. wheezing, ronchus, cough, or the like.
A nuclear reactor monitoring device comprising: a reactor core state quantity detecting unit configured to detect the state quantity of a reactor core in a nuclear reactor; a reactor core performance data generating unit configured to generate reactor core performance data on the basis of the state quantity of the reactor core detected by the reactor core state quantity detecting unit; a reactor core prediction data generating unit (231, 232) configured to predict and calculate a change with the passage of time of the reactor core on the basis of a current reactor core operation condition and the reactor core performance data, to generate reactor core prediction data; and a reactor core prediction data generation timing setting unit (231, 232) configured to perform the generation of the reactor core prediction data by the reactor core prediction data generating unit (231, 232) when the reactor core performance data exceeds a preset prescribed range, characterized in that the reactor core prediction data generation timing setting unit (231, 232) is configured to perform the generation of the reactor core prediction data by the reactor core prediction data generating unit (231, 232) when a deviation between current reactor core performance data and a previous reactor core performance data exceeds a preset prescribed value. a reactor core state quantity detecting unit configured to detect the state quantity of a reactor core in a nuclear reactor; a reactor core performance data generating unit configured to generate reactor core performance data on the basis of the state quantity of the reactor core detected by the reactor core state quantity detecting unit; a reactor core prediction data generating unit (231, 232) configured to predict and calculate a change with the passage of time of the reactor core on the basis of a current reactor core operation condition and the reactor core performance data, to generate reactor core prediction data; and a reactor core prediction data generation timing setting unit (231, 232) configured to perform the generation of the reactor core prediction data by the reactor core prediction data generating unit (231, 232) when the reactor core performance data exceeds a preset prescribed range, characterized in that the reactor core prediction data generation timing setting unit (231, 232) is configured to perform the generation of the reactor core prediction data by the reactor core prediction data generating unit (231, 232) when a deviation between current reactor core performance data and a previous reactor core performance data exceeds a preset prescribed value.
Hill starter assistance method for a vehicle comprising a power unit connected to the driven wheels by means of a clutch and an automatic parking brake, characterized in that it comprises a step that consists in generating an instruction to store in memory the characteristic of the gradient (θ grad) which corresponds to a state in which it is estimated that the user and the vehicle are ready to pull away, on the basis of conditions that determined physical parameters of the vehicle have simultaneously to fulfil, namely: - the speed (v) of the vehicle must have been below a defined minimum speed (v min) for a time (t) longer than a defined stopping time (Δt stopping), - a gear ratio must be engaged, - the accelerator must be depressed as far as a position (θ acc) short of a defined threshold position (θ acc_thresh), and - the angular rotational speed (ω) of the power unit must be above a minimum angular rotational speed (ω min). - the speed (v) of the vehicle must have been below a defined minimum speed (v min) for a time (t) longer than a defined stopping time (Δt stopping), - a gear ratio must be engaged, - the accelerator must be depressed as far as a position (θ acc) short of a defined threshold position (θ acc_thresh), and - the angular rotational speed (ω) of the power unit must be above a minimum angular rotational speed (ω min).
A randomization generating optical system (100; 100'; 200; 200'; 400) comprising: an optical cavity (104; 205; 404) formed of a first mirror (106; 204; 402) and a second mirror (108; 206; 406), wherein the first mirror is configured to receive into the cavity a beam from a beam source, and wherein the first mirror and the second mirror are positioned to propagate the beam over a plurality of roundtrip traversals of the cavity; a plurality of polarizer elements (1 12) within the cavity and a birefringent medium (110; 210) positioned within the optical cavity to receive the beam and produce a new subdivided beam at least each roundtrip traversal thereby forming an increasing bifurcating beam within the cavity, and in response to polarization selection or rotation induced by one or more of the plurality of polarizer elements; wherein the optical cavity is configured to retain the beam and the increasing bifurcating beam within the cavity for a randomization threshold number of roundtrip traversals of the cavity, such that after the randomization threshold number of roundtrip traversals has occurred a randomized energy is generated in the cavity, and wherein the cavity is configured to release the generated randomized energy out of the cavity; and a photodetector (114; 212; 412) positioned to receive the randomized energy from the cavity and convert the randomization energy into a parallel randomized output signal. an optical cavity (104; 205; 404) formed of a first mirror (106; 204; 402) and a second mirror (108; 206; 406), wherein the first mirror is configured to receive into the cavity a beam from a beam source, and wherein the first mirror and the second mirror are positioned to propagate the beam over a plurality of roundtrip traversals of the cavity; a plurality of polarizer elements (1 12) within the cavity and a birefringent medium (110; 210) positioned within the optical cavity to receive the beam and produce a new subdivided beam at least each roundtrip traversal thereby forming an increasing bifurcating beam within the cavity, and in response to polarization selection or rotation induced by one or more of the plurality of polarizer elements; wherein the optical cavity is configured to retain the beam and the increasing bifurcating beam within the cavity for a randomization threshold number of roundtrip traversals of the cavity, such that after the randomization threshold number of roundtrip traversals has occurred a randomized energy is generated in the cavity, and wherein the cavity is configured to release the generated randomized energy out of the cavity; and a photodetector (114; 212; 412) positioned to receive the randomized energy from the cavity and convert the randomization energy into a parallel randomized output signal.
Composition comprising 4-oxo-2-pentenoic acid for use in the reduction or prevention of regions of the skin with darker pigmentation resulting from pathological conditions selected from the group consisting of piebaldism, vitiligo, injury or inflammation related skin conditions, Addison's disease, Cushing's disease, acanthosis nigricans and thyroid disease.
Tubular sputtering target having a support tube and a sputtering material arranged on the support tube, wherein the sputtering material consists of pure indium or indium-copper, indium-gallium, indium-tin or indium-zinc alloys or mixtures thereof, wherein the sputtering material has at most 1 wt. % copper and/or gallium, an oxygen content in the range of 50 to 500 ppm and an iron content of less than 1 ppm, wherein the liquidus temperature of the alloys does not exceed 350°C, and wherein the sputtering material has a microstructure with an average grain size of less than 1 mm, measured as the average diameter of the grains on the surface of the sputtering material roughened by the sputtering, characterised in that the grains of the microstructure of the sputtering material each have a smallest and a largest diameter, the ratio of the largest to the smallest diameter of more than 50% of the grains being greater than 2, wherein the sputtering target is obtainable by a process in which the sputtering material is fed in molten form via a feed line to an atomising nozzle and is sprayed there by the action of a gas, the molten drops formed in this way strike the carrier tube, which rotates, and a sputtering target layer is thus applied to the carrier tube in several layers over time by a relative movement between the carrier tube and the spraying nozzle.
An imitation flame device, comprising a base, a flame component, a swing support, a first magnet, and a ferromagnetic element, wherein the swing support is configured in the base, the flame component is fixed on the swing support and protruded out of the base, the first magnet is installed in the base, the ferromagnetic element is fixed on the swing support, the first magnet and the ferromagnetic element are attracted each other to cause the swing support to suspend within the base, and the first magnet and the ferromagnetic element are in point contact; wherein the swing support comprises a support body, an arch part located at the support body, and a connecting part located at the arch part, the connecting part is provided with a connecting hole running through the connecting part and connected with the flame component; the imitation flame device further comprises a suspension lever located in the base, one end of the suspension lever is connected with an inner wall of the base, and a free end of the suspension lever is extended below the arch part, the first magnet is installed in the free end of the suspension lever, and the support body is provided with a location hole that is connected with the ferromagnetic element; the imitation flame device is characterized in that, the free end of the suspension lever is provided with a limiting part that is annular, and a notch is formed on an annular wall of the limiting part, the first magnet is exposed to a space defined in the limiting part, and the ferromagnetic element is extended into the space defined in the limiting part to contact with the first magnet.
A mammalian cell culture harvest method comprising culturing mammalian cells expressing a recombinant protein in a cell culture medium for a predetermined time or until a desired cell density and/or packed cell volume is achieved, adding a cationic polymer selected from a polymer of diallyldimethylammonium chloride or polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride and a non-ionic polymer selected from polyethyleneglycol and dextran to the cell culture medium initiating flocculation, mixing the cell culture medium during flocculation, allowing the flocculent to settle for a primary settle, and recovering the primary clarified supernatant.
Use of an additive in an active composition for a decoy which radiates spectrally as the active composition burns up, to increase the ratio of the intensity of radiation emitted during burnup of the active composition in the wavelength range from 3.7 to 5.1 μm to the intensity of radiation emitted during burnup of the active composition in the wavelength range from 1.9 to 2.3 μm, the additive being distributed in the active composition, the active composition comprising a fuel, comprising carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms, and an oxidizer for the fuel, comprising oxygen atoms, the amount of the oxidizer being such that it is not sufficient for complete oxidation of the carbon, the additive being a catalyst present in the form of particles that catalyses a redox reaction, the redox reaction being a reaction corresponding to the reaction scheme CO + H 2 O → CO 2 + H 2, and the catalyst comprising at least one organometallic pigment, a salt of a rare earth metal, a compound comprising a rare earth metal and forming an oxide of a rare earth metal in a flame produced on burnup of the active composition, or an oxide of zirconium, titanium, aluminium, zinc, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, nickel, iron, manganese, molybdenum, tungsten, cobalt or thorium, or a compound comprising one of the stated metals and forming an oxide of such a metal in a flame produced on burnup of the active composition, or silver, a platinum metal, rhenium or a compound comprising one of the stated metals and reducing to the metal in a flame produced on burnup of the active composition, or a mixture of at least two of the above-stated compounds or elements, or the catalyst comprising yttrium oxide, ytterbium oxide, neodymium oxide, a mixture of the stated oxides, a mixture of CeO 2 or Ce 2 O 3 and yttrium oxide, a copper-doped mixture of aluminium oxide and zinc oxide (LTS catalyst), a chromium-doped magnetite (Fe 3 O 4) (HTS catalyst), a phthalocyanine, copper phthalocyanine (Vossen blue), iron phthalocyanine, chromium phthalocyanine, cobalt phthalocyanine, nickel phthalocyanine or molybdenum phthalocyanine, or a porphyrin.
A light emitting diode arrangement comprising a plurality of semiconducting chips, which are configured to emit electromagnetic radiation from their front side and which are fixed with their rear side, lying opposite to the front side, to a first main surface of a common carrier body, wherein the semiconductor chips each consist of a semiconductor layer stack and are fixed to the common carrier body without auxiliary carriers, wherein growth substrates of the semiconductor layer stacks are completely removed or the thicknesses of the growth substrates are greatly reduced, and wherein the distance between the front side of each semiconductor layer stack and the first main surface of the carrier body is less than or equal to 50 μm, wherein - two adjacent semiconductor layer stacks each have a distance of less than or equal to 100 μm in plan view of the first main surface of the carrier body, - the semiconductor layer stacks are connected in series, and wherein - either the semiconductor layer stacks each have two electrical contact regions (4, 5) which are arranged on its front side for electrically connecting the respective semiconductor layer stack, - or the semiconductor layer stacks each have an electrical contact region and a gap, wherein the electrical contact region is arranged on its front side for electrically connecting the semiconductor layer stack, and wherein the carrier body has a connection region in the region of the gaps which is electrically conductively connected to the rear side of the semiconductor layer stack. - two adjacent semiconductor layer stacks each have a distance of less than or equal to 100 μm in plan view of the first main surface of the carrier body, - the semiconductor layer stacks are connected in series, and wherein - either the semiconductor layer stacks each have two electrical contact regions (4, 5) which are arranged on its front side for electrically connecting the respective semiconductor layer stack, - or the semiconductor layer stacks each have an electrical contact region and a gap, wherein the electrical contact region is arranged on its front side for electrically connecting the semiconductor layer stack, and wherein the carrier body has a connection region in the region of the gaps which is electrically conductively connected to the rear side of the semiconductor layer stack.
A catalytic reactor apparatus for generating heat and transferring the heat to a heater head of a Stirling engine, the apparatus comprising the following components: (a) a housing comprising a combustion chamber; (b) a fuel inlet means for feeding a fuel into the chamber; (c) an oxidant first inlet means for feeding an oxidant into the chamber; (d) optionally, an oxidant second inlet means for feeding additional oxidant into the chamber; (e) a combustion catalyst positioned within the chamber in fluid communication with the fuel and oxidant inlet means; (h) an ignition means positioned within the chamber for igniting the catalyst and thus initiating flameless combustion of the fuel with the oxidant; and (i) one or more outlet means for exhausting combustion gases from the chamber; (f) a heat acceptor surface (13, 33) positioned within the chamber downstream from the catalyst, the heat acceptor surface being positionable in thermal communication with a heater head of a Stirling engine; (g) a heat spreader (12, 32) positioned in between the catalyst and the heat acceptor surface (13, 33) and contacting both the catalyst and the heat acceptor surface, characterized in that the heat spreader (12, 32) comprises a plurality of grooves or channels that provide pathways for gas flow. (a) a housing comprising a combustion chamber; (b) a fuel inlet means for feeding a fuel into the chamber; (c) an oxidant first inlet means for feeding an oxidant into the chamber; (d) optionally, an oxidant second inlet means for feeding additional oxidant into the chamber; (e) a combustion catalyst positioned within the chamber in fluid communication with the fuel and oxidant inlet means; (h) an ignition means positioned within the chamber for igniting the catalyst and thus initiating flameless combustion of the fuel with the oxidant; and (i) one or more outlet means for exhausting combustion gases from the chamber; (f) a heat acceptor surface (13, 33) positioned within the chamber downstream from the catalyst, the heat acceptor surface being positionable in thermal communication with a heater head of a Stirling engine; (g) a heat spreader (12, 32) positioned in between the catalyst and the heat acceptor surface (13, 33) and contacting both the catalyst and the heat acceptor surface, characterized in that the heat spreader (12, 32) comprises a plurality of grooves or channels that provide pathways for gas flow.
A polymeric tackifier having a number average molar mass (M n) of from 200 to 1,500 g/mol comprising a phenol compound, a linker group L and end group E, said low molar mass polymer tackifier having the structure as presented in formula 1 below: wherein the linker group L has the meaning of each end group E has the meaning of H or is a group of formula 2 with only one bond to a phenol compound in formula 1 or has the meaning of and wherein. R 1 is H, C 1-15 alkyl, or C 1-15 oxyalkyl, R 2 and R 4 are independently from each other H or C 1-5 alkyl, R 3 is H, OH, NO 2, halogen, C 1-5 alkyl or C 1-5 oxyalkyl, R 15 and R 17 are independently from each other H or C 1-5 alkyl, preferably -CH 3, m is an integer from 1 to 7 and n is an integer of from 2 to 21. wherein the linker group L has the meaning of each end group E has the meaning of H or is a group of formula 2 with only one bond to a phenol compound in formula 1 or has the meaning of and wherein. R 1 is H, C 1-15 alkyl, or C 1-15 oxyalkyl, R 2 and R 4 are independently from each other H or C 1-5 alkyl, R 3 is H, OH, NO 2, halogen, C 1-5 alkyl or C 1-5 oxyalkyl, R 15 and R 17 are independently from each other H or C 1-5 alkyl, preferably -CH 3, m is an integer from 1 to 7 and n is an integer of from 2 to 21.
A metal locking tie comprising: a tie body having a first end and a second end; a head secured to the first end of the tie body, wherein the head has a roof, a bottom wall, a primary head floor and a secondary head floor; wherein the primary head floor includes a locking displacement hole; and a locking ball positioned within the head; wherein the head includes an entrance end, an exit end, a first passageway defined between the secondary head floor and a bottom of the primary head floor and a second passageway defined between a top of the primary head floor and the locking ball, wherein the first and second passageways extend from the entrance end to the exit end; whereby when the second end of the tie body is tensioned, the locking ball moves toward the locking displacement hole to secure the tie body in the head. a tie body having a first end and a second end; a head secured to the first end of the tie body, wherein the head has a roof, a bottom wall, a primary head floor and a secondary head floor; wherein the primary head floor includes a locking displacement hole; and a locking ball positioned within the head; wherein the head includes an entrance end, an exit end, a first passageway defined between the secondary head floor and a bottom of the primary head floor and a second passageway defined between a top of the primary head floor and the locking ball, wherein the first and second passageways extend from the entrance end to the exit end; whereby when the second end of the tie body is tensioned, the locking ball moves toward the locking displacement hole to secure the tie body in the head.