mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An absorbent article (421, 1700) comprising a topsheet, a backsheet (455, 1730), and an absorbent core (465, 1720) disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the absorbent article comprising: a web having a first surface and an opposing second surface, the web comprising a plurality of discontinuities each having a distal end (354, 411C, 554, 555, 654, 754, 854, 2632, 2742, 3754) and sidewalls (356, 411A, 411B, 556, 557, 656, 756, S, 2636, 3756) joining the distal end to the first surface or the second surface; a plurality of openings corresponding to the discontinuities, wherein openings are disposed opposite distal ends of the discontinuities; a plurality of land areas disposed between adjacent discontinuities and adjacent openings; and wherein the web further comprises a plurality of first composition sites (235A, 235B, 235C, 235D) comprising a plurality of composition dots, wherein at least a portion of the distal ends or at least a portion of the land areas of the web comprise first composition sites; wherein the distal ends are oriented in a negative Z-direction away from a wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article such that the distal ends are subjacent to the first surface, and wherein the web forms a portion of the topsheet of the absorbent article. a web having a first surface and an opposing second surface, the web comprising a plurality of discontinuities each having a distal end (354, 411C, 554, 555, 654, 754, 854, 2632, 2742, 3754) and sidewalls (356, 411A, 411B, 556, 557, 656, 756, S, 2636, 3756) joining the distal end to the first surface or the second surface; a plurality of openings corresponding to the discontinuities, wherein openings are disposed opposite distal ends of the discontinuities; a plurality of land areas disposed between adjacent discontinuities and adjacent openings; and wherein the web further comprises a plurality of first composition sites (235A, 235B, 235C, 235D) comprising a plurality of composition dots, wherein at least a portion of the distal ends or at least a portion of the land areas of the web comprise first composition sites; wherein the distal ends are oriented in a negative Z-direction away from a wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article such that the distal ends are subjacent to the first surface, and wherein the web forms a portion of the topsheet of the absorbent article.
Method for the preparation of an instant coffee powder comprising the steps of: a. Providing a porous spray-frozen powder having a particle porosity of at least 35%, an ice crystal pore volume of less than 2.5mL/g, and an ice crystal pore size of less than 3 micrometres; b. Sintering a layer of the porous spray frozen powder at a temperature below 0°C while gas is forced through the layer, to form a sintered cake c. Freeze-drying the sintered powder to provide said instant beverage product. a. Providing a porous spray-frozen powder having a particle porosity of at least 35%, an ice crystal pore volume of less than 2.5mL/g, and an ice crystal pore size of less than 3 micrometres; b. Sintering a layer of the porous spray frozen powder at a temperature below 0°C while gas is forced through the layer, to form a sintered cake c. Freeze-drying the sintered powder to provide said instant beverage product.
Surgical system, in particular of the nature of a surgical kit, for connecting biological tissue, in particular human and/or animal body tissue, comprising a) a surgical instrument (12; 120) with two tool elements (14, 16; 138, 140), which are movable in relation to one another and in each case comprise an electrode, preferably an HF electrode (28, 29; 142, 144), which electrodes, in a coming-together position of the tool elements (14, 16; 138, 140), preferably define a minimum distance from one another, lie opposite one another and face one another, and b) a medically compatible material, adapted to be welded together with the tissue for assisting the connection of the tissue, characterized in that at least one of the electrodes is divided into at least two electrode segments, wherein the at least one electrode defines an electrode length and each of the at least two electrode segments defines a segment length, which is less than the electrode length, and wherein the sum of all segment lengths is greater than the electrode length to ensure at least partial overlapping of tissue connections established by the electrode segments. a) a surgical instrument (12; 120) with two tool elements (14, 16; 138, 140), which are movable in relation to one another and in each case comprise an electrode, preferably an HF electrode (28, 29; 142, 144), which electrodes, in a coming-together position of the tool elements (14, 16; 138, 140), preferably define a minimum distance from one another, lie opposite one another and face one another, and b) a medically compatible material, adapted to be welded together with the tissue for assisting the connection of the tissue, characterized in that at least one of the electrodes is divided into at least two electrode segments, wherein the at least one electrode defines an electrode length and each of the at least two electrode segments defines a segment length, which is less than the electrode length, and wherein the sum of all segment lengths is greater than the electrode length to ensure at least partial overlapping of tissue connections established by the electrode segments.
A process for the preparation of a shelf-stable concentrate cooking aid comprising the steps of: a)- milling vegetables and/or meat in mixture or separately, b)- blanching the vegetables, c)- enzymatically hydrolysing the vegetables and/or the meat in mixture or separately, d)- stopping the hydrolysis, e)- concentrating, f)- drying the mixture to a final product, and g)- mixing 20 to 80 % in weight based on dry matter of added monosodium glutamate and ribotides to said final product of step f); wherein the final product of step f) comprises MSG in an amount from 1-2%, IMP and GMP in an amount from 0.05-0.1%, food derived acids, sugars and macromolecules; wherein macromolecules are polysaccharides, proteins and fats; wherein the components of the final product of step f) are of natural origin; and wherein enzymes used in step c) are proteases when hydrolysing meat and are carbohydrases when hydrolysing vegetables. a)- milling vegetables and/or meat in mixture or separately, b)- blanching the vegetables, c)- enzymatically hydrolysing the vegetables and/or the meat in mixture or separately, d)- stopping the hydrolysis, e)- concentrating, f)- drying the mixture to a final product, and g)- mixing 20 to 80 % in weight based on dry matter of added monosodium glutamate and ribotides to said final product of step f);
Shoe press comprising a fixed support structure (2, 10), a flexible belt rotating about said fixed support structure (2, 10) which flexible belt can be pushed against a bearing element to define a pressure nip, a shoe connected with the fixed support structure (2, 10) and arranged with respect to the belt so as to push the latter towards the bearing element in correspondence of the nip by effect of a pressure exerted on the same shoe by corresponding loading means, wherein said loading means are constituted by hydraulic cylinders each of which has a chamber formed by a corresponding passing hole formed in the fixed support structure (2, 10) and a rod which on one side is free to slide in said hole and on the other side transmits pressure to the shoe, wherein said hydraulic cylinders are arranged side by side along two rows oriented parallel to a longitudinal direction of the fixed support structure, wherein said fixed support structure comprises a support element oriented parallel to the shoe and arranged below the latter, wherein said support element is made by superimposed bodies (24, 25, 26), with a first body which is the lowest body of the group and in which there are formed a plurality of conduits (21, 23) for feeding a hydraulic fluid, with a second body that is placed above the first body in which there are multiple holes that constitute the said chambers, the latter being in communication with said conduits and, and with a third body which is above the second body and is provided with holes in which the said rods are free to slide, each of said feeding conduits (21, 23) feeds the hydraulic fluid to a respective row of said chambers characterized in that said feeding conduits (21, 23) are formed by grooves provided on an inner surface of said first body.
Plant for the production of metal products comprising: - a main rolling line configured to roll thin slabs; - a main casting line of thin slabs associated downstream to a heating and/or maintenance furnace to heat and/or maintain the cast thin slabs at a uniform temperature, said main casting line being positioned upstream of and aligned with said main rolling line, said main rolling line being configured to roll the thin slabs arriving at least from said heating and/or maintenance furnace; - an auxiliary rolling line provided with at least one rolling unit configured to roll conventional slabs and obtain thin slabs, and with a transfer unit positioned downstream of said rolling unit and configured to transfer the thin slabs rolled by the latter to said heating and/or maintenance furnace, characterized in that said plant comprises: a first induction heating unit interposed between said heating and/or maintenance furnace and said main rolling line and configured to heat the thin slabs arriving from said heating and/or maintenance furnace with a rapid heating system, before they are sent for rolling in said main rolling line and in that said first induction heating unit is configured to apply a first heating condition on the thin slabs arriving from said main casting line, and a second heating condition, different from the first, on the thin slabs arriving from said auxiliary rolling line. - a main rolling line configured to roll thin slabs; - a main casting line of thin slabs associated downstream to a heating and/or maintenance furnace to heat and/or maintain the cast thin slabs at a uniform temperature, said main casting line being positioned upstream of and aligned with said main rolling line, said main rolling line being configured to roll the thin slabs arriving at least from said heating and/or maintenance furnace; - an auxiliary rolling line provided with at least one rolling unit configured to roll conventional slabs and obtain thin slabs, and with a transfer unit positioned downstream of said rolling unit and configured to transfer the thin slabs rolled by the latter to said heating and/or maintenance furnace,
A method comprising: operating a direct writing device configured to deposit material on a substrate through a tip to provide a portion of a product according to initial parameter values; receiving a hyperspectral image frame comprising a plurality of spectral images of the deposited material; processing the received hyperspectral image frame to determine a characteristic of the deposited material; comparing (506, 610, 704, 804) the determined characteristic with a target characteristic (331,332,333,334); determining (506, 612, 806) at least one corrective parameter value to conform the determined characteristic to the target characteristic; updating at least one of the initial parameter values with the corrective parameter values; and operating the direct writing device to deposit additional material on the substrate according to the corrective parameter value. operating a direct writing device configured to deposit material on a substrate through a tip to provide a portion of a product according to initial parameter values; receiving a hyperspectral image frame comprising a plurality of spectral images of the deposited material; processing the received hyperspectral image frame to determine a characteristic of the deposited material; comparing (506, 610, 704, 804) the determined characteristic with a target characteristic (331,332,333,334); determining (506, 612, 806) at least one corrective parameter value to conform the determined characteristic to the target characteristic; updating at least one of the initial parameter values with the corrective parameter values; and operating the direct writing device to deposit additional material on the substrate according to the corrective parameter value.
A computer program for coding tiles and slices into which an image is partitioned, to generate a bitstream, the computer program comprising instructions which, when the program is executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out the steps of: partitioning the image into the tiles and the slices; and coding the tiles and the slices resulting from the partitioning; wherein the type of each of the slices is either a normal slice type or a dependent slice type; a slice of the normal slice type is coded without referring to a different slice and has, in a header, information that is required to decode the slice, and can be used for a different slice; a slice of the dependent slice type is decoded using information included in a slice header of another slice; characterized in that when a first tile includes a normal slice starting from a position other than a beginning of the first tile, a second tile coded next to the first tile includes a normal slice starting from a beginning of the second tile. partitioning the image into the tiles and the slices; and coding the tiles and the slices resulting from the partitioning; wherein the type of each of the slices is either a normal slice type or a dependent slice type; a slice of the normal slice type is coded without referring to a different slice and has, in a header, information that is required to decode the slice, and can be used for a different slice; a slice of the dependent slice type is decoded using information included in a slice header of another slice; characterized in that when a first tile includes a normal slice starting from a position other than a beginning of the first tile, a second tile coded next to the first tile includes a normal slice starting from a beginning of the second tile.
A method comprising: measuring a flight metric of an aircraft during flight, the flight metric comprising data that is measured and/or calculated from one or more sensors on the aircraft; calculating, using a processor implementing an optimization algorithm, a deflection of a control surface (108, 110, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214) of the aircraft based on the flight metric wherein calculating the deflection comprises adding a perturbation deflection to a deflection estimate, wherein the deflection is such that it reduces the drag coefficient of the aircraft; moving the control surface (108, 110, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214) to the calculated deflection; re-measuring the flight metric; and determining whether the deflection of the control surface (108, 110, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214) should be adjusted on the basis of the optimization algorithm. measuring a flight metric of an aircraft during flight, the flight metric comprising data that is measured and/or calculated from one or more sensors on the aircraft; calculating, using a processor implementing an optimization algorithm, a deflection of a control surface (108, 110, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214) of the aircraft based on the flight metric wherein calculating the deflection comprises adding a perturbation deflection to a deflection estimate, wherein the deflection is such that it reduces the drag coefficient of the aircraft; moving the control surface (108, 110, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214) to the calculated deflection; re-measuring the flight metric; and determining whether the deflection of the control surface (108, 110, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214) should be adjusted on the basis of the optimization algorithm.
A method of managing vehicle emissions performed by a central control unit comprising: receiving at least one measurement relating to a vehicle, including a thermal measurement indicative of emissions from the vehicle, wherein the thermal measurement comprises a thermal image indicative of the vehicle's operating mode detected by at least one thermal imaging device; detecting an identity of the vehicle; from the detected identity, using a database providing information on vehicles types and operating modes, determining one or more operating modes available to the vehicle, different operating modes having different thermal signatures; deriving a thermal signature from the thermal image; and inferring, from the thermal signature, a said operating mode in use by the vehicle; characterised in that: the operating modes are alternative drive modes including a zero-emission mode, and the thermal image indicative of the operating mode is a thermal image of one or more portions of the vehicle. receiving at least one measurement relating to a vehicle, including a thermal measurement indicative of emissions from the vehicle, wherein the thermal measurement comprises a thermal image indicative of the vehicle's operating mode detected by at least one thermal imaging device; detecting an identity of the vehicle; from the detected identity, using a database providing information on vehicles types and operating modes, determining one or more operating modes available to the vehicle, different operating modes having different thermal signatures; deriving a thermal signature from the thermal image; and inferring, from the thermal signature, a said operating mode in use by the vehicle; characterised in that: the operating modes are alternative drive modes including a zero-emission mode, and the thermal image indicative of the operating mode is a thermal image of one or more portions of the vehicle.
A dose of CD4 + and CD8 + T cells for use in a method of treating a subject having or suspected of having a disease or condition that is a relapsed or refractory large B cell lymphoma (r/r LBCL), the method comprising administering to the subject the dose of CD4 + and CD8 + T cells, wherein T cells of each dose comprises a chimeric antigen receptor that specifically binds to CD19, wherein: at or immediately prior to the time of the administration of the dose of cells, the subject is or has been identified as being ineligible for both a high-dose chemotherapy and a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT); the dose of T cells comprises between at or about 1 × 10 7 CAR-expressing T cells and at or about 2 × 10 8 CAR-expressing T cells, inclusive; the dose of T cells comprises a ratio of approximately 1: 1 CD4 + T cells expressing the CAR to CD8 + T cells expressing the CAR; and the administration comprises administering a plurality of separate compositions, wherein the plurality of separate compositions comprises a first composition comprising CD8 + T cells and a second composition comprising CD4 + T cells. at or immediately prior to the time of the administration of the dose of cells, the subject is or has been identified as being ineligible for both a high-dose chemotherapy and a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT); the dose of T cells comprises between at or about 1 × 10 7 CAR-expressing T cells and at or about 2 × 10 8 CAR-expressing T cells, inclusive; the dose of T cells comprises a ratio of approximately 1: 1 CD4 + T cells expressing the CAR to CD8 + T cells expressing the CAR; and the administration comprises administering a plurality of separate compositions, wherein the plurality of separate compositions comprises a first composition comprising CD8 + T cells and a second composition comprising CD4 + T cells.
Vacuum pump for generating an underpressure, wherein the vacuum pump has a pump chamber (14, 15) with an inlet and an outlet, wherein the outlet is equipped with a valve and wherein the pump chamber (14, 15) is provided with a pressure sensor (23, 23', 24) and wherein the pressure sensor comprises a sensor diaphragm (23, 23'), wherein the vacuum pump comprises a vacuum diaphragm (20, 21) for generating the underpressure in the pump chamber (14, 15) and wherein the pump chamber has a first chamber area and a second chamber area, which is connected to this first chamber area via a through-opening, wherein the inlet is arranged in the first chamber area, and the outlet is arranged in the second chamber area, characterized in that the vacuum diaphragm (20, 21) covers the first chamber area, and the sensor diaphragm (23, 23') covers the second chamber area.
A printing apparatus comprising: a transport belt configured to transport a printing medium in a transport direction; a cleaning tank configured to store cleaning liquid; and a cleaning roller which is rotatably dipped in the cleaning liquid and is in contact with the transport belt, the cleaning roller including a rotating shaft having a columnar shape, wherein the cleaning roller includes a spiral brush configured to generate a flow of the cleaning liquid in one direction when the cleaning roller is rotated, the spiral brush being wound around the rotating shaft and the one direction being a direction parallel to the rotating shaft, characterized in that the cleaning tank includes a supplying port configured to supply the cleaning liquid and a discharging port configured to discharge the cleaning liquid, and wherein the flow of the cleaning liquid generated by the spiral brush flows from the supplying port in the direction of the discharging port. a transport belt configured to transport a printing medium in a transport direction; a cleaning tank configured to store cleaning liquid; and a cleaning roller which is rotatably dipped in the cleaning liquid and is in contact with the transport belt, the cleaning roller including a rotating shaft having a columnar shape, wherein the cleaning roller includes a spiral brush configured to generate a flow of the cleaning liquid in one direction when the cleaning roller is rotated, the spiral brush being wound around the rotating shaft and the one direction being a direction parallel to the rotating shaft, characterized in that the cleaning tank includes a supplying port configured to supply the cleaning liquid and a discharging port configured to discharge the cleaning liquid, and wherein the flow of the cleaning liquid generated by the spiral brush flows from the supplying port in the direction of the discharging port.
A pet toy comprising: a first member at least partially encapsulated within a second member, wherein the first member and the second member are bonded together or mechanically joined due to their respective geometries; wherein the first member is formed of a first member polymer composition having a density less than 1.0 gram/cubic centimeter; wherein the second member is formed of a second member polymer composition having a density greater than 1.0 gram/cubic centimeter; wherein the first member and the second member are provided at a weight ratio such that the pet toy floats when placed in water; wherein the second member weighs down a second end of the pet toy in water such that a first end of the pet toy rises above the second end of the pet toy, wherein at least a portion of the first end rises above a surface of the water; characterized in that the second member is molded over the first member and in that the first end comprises a ring. a first member at least partially encapsulated within a second member, wherein the first member and the second member are bonded together or mechanically joined due to their respective geometries; wherein the first member is formed of a first member polymer composition having a density less than 1.0 gram/cubic centimeter; wherein the second member is formed of a second member polymer composition having a density greater than 1.0 gram/cubic centimeter; wherein the first member and the second member are provided at a weight ratio such that the pet toy floats when placed in water; wherein the second member weighs down a second end of the pet toy in water such that a first end of the pet toy rises above the second end of the pet toy, wherein at least a portion of the first end rises above a surface of the water; characterized in that the second member is molded over the first member and in that the first end comprises a ring.