mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for the production of omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids comprising culturing a myxobacterial strain capable of producing one or more omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids, characterized in that the myxobacterial strain is selected from the genus Aetherobacter having vegetative cells which are moderately long and slender cylindrical rods with blunt ends, with movement by gliding on surface and under agar, swarming film-like to transparent-clear colony, being Congo-red negative, edges characterized by coherent migrating cells, penetrating mostly under the solid medium, agar slightly depressed, with myxospores being refractive slender rods with blunted ends, shorter than vegetative cells and enclosed in sporangial wall, with fruiting bodies as tiny ovoid sporangioles, with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as major components of cellular fatty acids, having a percentage of G+C of 68.0-70%, and having a 16S rDNA sequence identity of at least 96% to SEQ ID NO: 1, to SEQ ID NO: 2, or to SEQ ID NO: 4, from Sorangium cellulosum DSM 14627, and from Enhygromyxa salina DSM 15217.
An agent that is capable of decreasing epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling in a subject in a direct or indirect manner, for use in the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of myopia in said subject, wherein said agent is selected from the group consisting of: (a) an isolated antibody, antibody fragment or antibody mimetic directed against native amphiregulin in said subject; (b) an isolated antibody, antibody fragment or antibody mimetic directed against EGFR in a blocking manner in said subject; (c) an EGFR inhibiting agent; and (d) a small interfering RNA (siRNA) agent capable of reducing the expression of amphiregulin in a subject. (a) an isolated antibody, antibody fragment or antibody mimetic directed against native amphiregulin in said subject; (b) an isolated antibody, antibody fragment or antibody mimetic directed against EGFR in a blocking manner in said subject; (c) an EGFR inhibiting agent; and (d) a small interfering RNA (siRNA) agent capable of reducing the expression of amphiregulin in a subject.
An immunoglobulin fusion protein comprising a therapeutic peptide connected to a modified palivizumab antigen binding domain configured to have reduced binding to antigen RSV-F as compared to an unmodified palivizumab antigen binding domain; wherein the modified palivizumab antigen binding domain comprises a heavy chain variable region of SEQ ID NO: 13 wherein the heavy chain CDR3 is selected from SEQ ID NOS: 79 and 80, and a light chain variable region of SEQ ID NO: 9 wherein the light chain CDR3 comprises at least 4 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 91; and wherein the unmodified palivizumab antigen binding domain comprises the heavy chain variable region of SEQ ID NO: 13, and the light chain variable region of SEQ ID NO: 9. wherein the modified palivizumab antigen binding domain comprises a heavy chain variable region of SEQ ID NO: 13 wherein the heavy chain CDR3 is selected from SEQ ID NOS: 79 and 80, and a light chain variable region of SEQ ID NO: 9 wherein the light chain CDR3 comprises at least 4 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 91; and wherein the unmodified palivizumab antigen binding domain comprises the heavy chain variable region of SEQ ID NO: 13, and the light chain variable region of SEQ ID NO: 9.
Plug connector having a housing and having a plurality of metallic plug connections (14a-c) in the housing, the plug connector having a plurality of contact feet (16a-f) which project from the bottom face of the housing in order to make electrical contact and be mechanically fixed to a support (32, 132, 232) of an apparatus which is electrically connected to the plug connector, preferably a heating apparatus (31, 131, 231), wherein a plurality of contact feet (16a-f) each have a U-shaped foot end with an upper limb and a lower limb approximately in parallel thereto, wherein the upper limb merges with the contact foot, with a cutout between the upper limb and the lower limb as a free intermediate space, wherein the lower limb is provided on that side which faces away from the housing, wherein at least two of said contact feet (16a-f) protrude over opposite lateral exterior sides of the housing, wherein said two contact feet (16a-f) have opposing longitudinal extensions or longitudinal directions, characterized in that the respective foot end of said two contact feet (16a-f) with the two limbs (19, 20) and the cutout between them protrudes laterally from beneath the bottom of the housing.
Use of Mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 to normalise biological variation in the expression level of one or more platelet proteins in an ex vivo diagnostic method of Alzheimer's disease which uses the quantification of proteins in a platelet sample.
An assembly for a turbine engine, comprising: a turbine engine shaft configured to rotate about a rotational axis; a gearbox comprising a gear (46, 47) configured to rotate about the rotational axis; and a coupler coupled to the turbine engine shaft by a coupler-shaft connection, the coupler-shaft connection comprising a crowned spline connection, and the coupler coupled to the gear by a coupler-gear connection, and the coupler-gear connection comprising a crowned spline connection, characterised in that: the coupler includes a splined shaft and a splined element attached to the splined shaft; the splined shaft is coupled to the gear by the coupler-gear connection; the splined element is coupled to the turbine engine shaft by the coupler-shaft connection; the splined shaft comprises a base and a rim that projects radially out from and circumscribes the base; the rim is coupled to the gear by the coupler-gear connection; and the base projects through a bore of the splined element. a turbine engine shaft configured to rotate about a rotational axis; a gearbox comprising a gear (46, 47) configured to rotate about the rotational axis; and a coupler coupled to the turbine engine shaft by a coupler-shaft connection, the coupler-shaft connection comprising a crowned spline connection, and the coupler coupled to the gear by a coupler-gear connection, and the coupler-gear connection comprising a crowned spline connection, the coupler includes a splined shaft and a splined element attached to the splined shaft; the splined shaft is coupled to the gear by the coupler-gear connection; the splined element is coupled to the turbine engine shaft by the coupler-shaft connection; the splined shaft comprises a base and a rim that projects radially out from and circumscribes the base; the rim is coupled to the gear by the coupler-gear connection; and the base projects through a bore of the splined element.
A power semiconductor arrangement having a plurality of similar power semiconductor switching elements (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) to be connected in parallel and arranged in a row, each power semiconductor switching element (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) having a load current terminal for a load current supply and a load current terminal for a load current discharge, and the load current terminals of the same load current direction of load current supply and load current discharge are each, preferably all load current terminals (3a, 3b), arranged on a common imaginary line, wherein the power semiconductor arrangement further comprises a respective terminal plate (4a; 4b) per load current direction for the respective common electrical contacting and fastening of all load current terminals (3a, 3b) of the same load current direction of load current supply and load current discharge, wherein the terminal plates (4a, 4b) are arranged electrically insulated from one another, spaced apart from one another, stacked in a stacking direction, and each terminal plate (4a, 4b) extends from a feed edge beyond the associated load current terminals (4a, 4b) and, for the purpose of making contact, in a contact with the latter up to an end edge opposite the feed edge along a first extending direction, and extends along a second extending direction between two longitudinal edges, which is orthogonal to the first extending direction and parallel to the imaginary line, characterized in that at least one of the terminal plates (4a; 4b) is slotted several times by means of slots extending between the adjacent load current terminals (3a, 3b) of the same load current direction, so that the terminal plate (4a, 4b) is formed by adjacent sections (SC1, SC2, SC3, SC4) associated to one of the load current terminals (3a, 3b) and defined by the slots, respectively, and adjacent sections (SC1, SC2, SC3, SC4) are electrically conductively connected only on the feed side, preferably only at the feed edge; and/or characterized in that at least one of the terminal plates (4a, 4b) is bent along the longitudinal edges in the direction of the other terminal plate to form an angular section.
A hair image display method comprising: selecting a hair area from a hair image; performing an edge detection on the hair area to calculate an edge image; performing representation processing on the edge image to calculate a representative value image by replacing the pixel value of each pixel in the edge image with a median or an average of pixel values in a surrounding window area; calculating direction differences between the edge image and the representative value image by determining Mahalanobi's generalized distances or Euclidian distances; and rendering the direction differences of respective pixels in color or grayscale to display a direction difference image. selecting a hair area from a hair image; performing an edge detection on the hair area to calculate an edge image; performing representation processing on the edge image to calculate a representative value image by replacing the pixel value of each pixel in the edge image with a median or an average of pixel values in a surrounding window area; calculating direction differences between the edge image and the representative value image by determining Mahalanobi's generalized distances or Euclidian distances; and rendering the direction differences of respective pixels in color or grayscale to display a direction difference image.
Knee joint endoprosthesis comprising a femoral component and a meniscal component mounted for movement relative to and on the femoral component, which femoral component comprises a medial and a lateral condyle (32, 34) having a medial and a lateral condylar surface (36, 38), which meniscal component comprises a medial and a lateral joint surface (50, 60) on which the medial and lateral condylar surfaces (36, 38) bear at least partially, the medial condyle and the medial joint surface being shaped so as to form a rotary joint with a rotary joint center, wherein a rolling motion guiding device is provided for defined rolling of the lateral condylar surface and the lateral joint surface on each other along a curved path which is defined in dependence upon an angle of flexion between femoral component and meniscal component and extends around the rotary joint center, characterized in that the rotary joint center is in the form of a joint center moving relative to the femoral component and to the meniscal component along a rotary joint center path extending from anterior to posterior in dependence upon an angle of flexion between femoral component and meniscal component.
A method of compressing vertex parameter data in a 3D computer graphics system, wherein the vertex parameter data comprises a data block relating to a plurality of vertices, the data relating to each vertex including multiple byte data relating to at least one parameter, the method comprising the steps of: dividing the multiple byte data into individual bytes; grouping together bytes with the same byte significance in the multiple byte data included in the data relating to the plurality of vertices to form a plurality of byte blocks (616, 617, 618); and compressing at least one of the byte blocks using a first compression algorithm, the compression algorithm comprising storing at least one byte in a byte block as a byte origin, and storing each of the remaining bytes in the byte block as a difference value from one of the origins. dividing the multiple byte data into individual bytes; grouping together bytes with the same byte significance in the multiple byte data included in the data relating to the plurality of vertices to form a plurality of byte blocks (616, 617, 618); and compressing at least one of the byte blocks using a first compression algorithm, the compression algorithm comprising storing at least one byte in a byte block as a byte origin, and storing each of the remaining bytes in the byte block as a difference value from one of the origins.
A data transmission method, wherein the method comprises: after receiving a first instruction sent by a processor, receiving, by a first camera module, a first data packet sent by a second camera module, wherein the first data packet comprises an identification field, and a value of the identification field in the first data packet indicates a quantity of forwarding times of the first data packet; identifying, by the first camera module, that the value of the identification field in the first data packet is a first value, and modifying the first value to a second value, wherein a difference between the second value and the first value is a preset value; and sending, by the first camera module, a first data packet obtained by modifying the value of the identification field in the first data packet to the second value to the processor. after receiving a first instruction sent by a processor, receiving, by a first camera module, a first data packet sent by a second camera module, wherein the first data packet comprises an identification field, and a value of the identification field in the first data packet indicates a quantity of forwarding times of the first data packet; identifying, by the first camera module, that the value of the identification field in the first data packet is a first value, and modifying the first value to a second value, wherein a difference between the second value and the first value is a preset value; and sending, by the first camera module, a first data packet obtained by modifying the value of the identification field in the first data packet to the second value to the processor.
An arrangement for protecting an optical component in or on a process chamber (1, 20), through which optical component optical radiation passes or by which optical component optical radiation is produced or reflected, having an optical plate that is arranged in front of the optical component and that is transparent to the optical radiation, and an orificed mask that is arranged in front of the optical plate and that has an orifice through which a region of the surface of the optical plate is exposed on a preset axis of the beam of optical radiation, wherein the optical plate is so mounted to be movable in translation and/or rotation, and is so coupled to a drive, that different regions of the surface are exposed in succession through the orifice of the orificed mask as a result of continuous or step-by-step movement of the optical plate, characterised in that remaining regions of the surface of the optical plate are covered, on the orificed-mask side, by the orificed mask and/or by other screening elements for protecting against fouling.
Method for producing heat-resistant and wear-resistant moulded parts, in particular engine components, using a sintering material based on Fe or Co, according to the following procedure: - production of the sintering material based on Fe or Co with a particle size > 10 μm, preferably > 30 μm, and particularly preferably > 50 μm, by water atomisation; - agglomeration of the sintering material by spray drying to from 10 to 400 μm with an organic binder, optionally admixture of solid lubricants and/or hard phases; - cold or hot isostatic pressing of the material with a pressure of from 400 to 2000 MPa to densities of from 5 to 7 g/ccm; - sintering of the green compacts at temperatures of from 1000 to 1300°C; - finishing of the moulded parts. - production of the sintering material based on Fe or Co with a particle size > 10 μm, preferably > 30 μm, and particularly preferably > 50 μm, by water atomisation; - agglomeration of the sintering material by spray drying to from 10 to 400 μm with an organic binder, optionally admixture of solid lubricants and/or hard phases; - cold or hot isostatic pressing of the material with a pressure of from 400 to 2000 MPa to densities of from 5 to 7 g/ccm; - sintering of the green compacts at temperatures of from 1000 to 1300°C; - finishing of the moulded parts.
A method for controlling a display of a portable electronic device having a user input device, a baseband processor and a camera function (60, 62); the portable electronic device including a photosensor chip having a sensor array of a predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels for converting radiant energy into electronic signals for representing an image on a display via a viewfinder application executed on the baseband processor; the method comprising: selecting via said user input device a viewfinder resolution corresponding to a viewing area formed by a number of pixels on the display for the camera function (60, 62); wherein a frame rate for generating an image on the display via the viewfinder application is smaller and a maximum zoom level for performing a digital zoom is lower when said selected viewfinder resolution is the largest viewfinder resolution of the viewfinder compared to the frame rate and the maximum zoom level when said selected viewfinder resolution is smaller than the largest viewfinder resolution of the viewfinder application; when the zoom level is 1x, scaling the predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels to the selected viewfinder resolution and generating an image without any cropping; and when the zoom level is greater than 1x, then; cropping a region of interest of the predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels in accordance with the zoom level; scaling the cropped region of interest to the selected viewfinder resolution; and generating an image at the frame rate; wherein cropping and scaling are performed by the photosensor chip and wherein generating is performed by the baseband processor. selecting via said user input device a viewfinder resolution corresponding to a viewing area formed by a number of pixels on the display for the camera function (60, 62); wherein a frame rate for generating an image on the display via the viewfinder application is smaller and a maximum zoom level for performing a digital zoom is lower when said selected viewfinder resolution is the largest viewfinder resolution of the viewfinder compared to the frame rate and the maximum zoom level when said selected viewfinder resolution is smaller than the largest viewfinder resolution of the viewfinder application; cropping a region of interest of the predetermined number of rows and columns of pixels in accordance with the zoom level; scaling the cropped region of interest to the selected viewfinder resolution; and generating an image at the frame rate;
A cutting insert comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, and a side surface that connects the upper surface and the lower surface, wherein: a cutting edge is formed at an intersecting edge between the upper surface and the side surface; the cutting edge is at least comprised of a major cutting edge, a corner edge connected to the major cutting edge, and an outwardly-curved wiper edge located on an opposite side to the major cutting edge with respect to the corner edge; an angle θ made by the major cutting edge and a chord of the wiper edge is 155°≤θ<180°; and a land is formed in the wiper edge, the land being a positive land, characterized in that a negative land is formed in the major cutting edge, the negative land having a land angle of -1° or more and less than 0°. a cutting edge is formed at an intersecting edge between the upper surface and the side surface; the cutting edge is at least comprised of a major cutting edge, a corner edge connected to the major cutting edge, and an outwardly-curved wiper edge located on an opposite side to the major cutting edge with respect to the corner edge; an angle θ made by the major cutting edge and a chord of the wiper edge is 155°≤θ<180°; and a land is formed in the wiper edge, the land being a positive land, characterized in that a negative land is formed in the major cutting edge, the negative land having a land angle of -1° or more and less than 0°.
A method performed at a mapping server comprising: obtaining from a first network element among a plurality of network elements, a request for a first endpoint attached to the first network element to communicate with a second endpoint across the plurality of network elements; determining a cryptographic policy based on the first endpoint, the second endpoint, and an availability of cryptographic resources on the plurality of network elements notified to the mapping server by the network elements; identifying a second network element (130, 138) among the plurality of network elements based on the cryptographic policy, wherein the second network element is associated with the second endpoint; selecting a security association based on the cryptographic policy to secure a communication from the first endpoint to the second endpoint, the security association securing the communication between the first network element and the second network element; and providing the security association to the first network element with a network address of the second network element. obtaining from a first network element among a plurality of network elements, a request for a first endpoint attached to the first network element to communicate with a second endpoint across the plurality of network elements; determining a cryptographic policy based on the first endpoint, the second endpoint, and an availability of cryptographic resources on the plurality of network elements notified to the mapping server by the network elements; identifying a second network element (130, 138) among the plurality of network elements based on the cryptographic policy, wherein the second network element is associated with the second endpoint; selecting a security association based on the cryptographic policy to secure a communication from the first endpoint to the second endpoint, the security association securing the communication between the first network element and the second network element; and providing the security association to the first network element with a network address of the second network element.