mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Elevator system comprising an elevator cabin and a counterweight, each of which are guided by means of at least two guide rails, the counterweight and the elevator cabin being interconnected and supported by a support means, wherein the support means is guided over a deflection roller or a drive pulley such that the counterweight and the elevator cabin move in a diametrically opposed manner in the building, wherein the elevator cabin comprises at least two catch devices (11, 11a, 11b) arranged on the elevator cabin, each of which is associated with a guide rail and engages on the guide rails by means of a catch element in order to brake and hold the elevator cabin on the guide rails as necessary, and an apparatus for actuating the catch devices that is arranged on the elevator cabin and connected to at least one of the catch devices (11, 11a, 11b) in order to actuate said devices, and at least one electronic safety apparatus that monitors a safety state of the elevator system and, if necessary, controls the apparatus for actuating the catch devices so as to actuate the catch device (11, 11a, 11b), wherein the counterweight comprises at least two catch devices (11, 11g) arranged on the counterweight, each of which is associated with a guide rail and engages on the guide rails by means of a catch element in order to brake and hold the counterweight on the guide rails as necessary, wherein the catch devices (11, 1 1g) of the counterweight are actuated by means of an apparatus for actuating the catch devices that is arranged on the counterweight and connected to at least one of the catch devices (11, 11g) in order to actuate said devices, and wherein the apparatus arranged on the counterweight for actuating and resetting the catch device is controlled by an electronic safety apparatus, and wherein said safety apparatus is controlled by a compensating cable having an integrated communication bus.
A barrier comprising at least two barrier sections (11a, 11b, 11c), the barrier having only one connecting assembly at one or both ends of each barrier section (11a, 11b, 11c), the connecting assembly having: - only one projecting portion located at one end of a first barrier section; - only one receiving portion located at one end of a second barrier section, adjacent the first barrier section, and - at least one connecting device; wherein at least two apertures (31, 32) pass through the projecting portion and at least two apertures (41, 42) pass through the receiving portion, wherein the projecting portion is a single centrally positioned protrusion and the receiving portion has a corresponding single recess with two sides (43,44) having the apertures (41, 42), wherein the at least one connecting device is a U-shaped staple with two shafts (3, 4) aligned in the same plane, wherein the shafts (3, 4) are adapted to be received through the apertures (31, 32, 41, 42) in the projecting portion and corresponding receiving portion, and wherein the projecting portion and the receiving portion are configured to selectively engage with a corresponding receiving portion or projecting portion respectively of an adjacent barrier section (11a, 11b, 11c), via the at least one connecting device, the barrier being configured such that, when both apertures through the respective receiving portion and projecting portion are aligned and engaged, via the at least one connecting device, in a first selectable configuration, the barrier sections (11a, 11b, 11c) have a fixed relationship with one another, and when the outermost apertures through the respective receiving portion and projecting portion are aligned and engaged, via the at least one connecting device, in a second selectable configuration, the barrier sections (11a, 11b, 11c) have a pivotable relationship with one another. - only one projecting portion located at one end of a first barrier section; - only one receiving portion located at one end of a second barrier section, adjacent the first barrier section, and - at least one connecting device;
A valve comprising a transponder and a transponder frame in which the transponder is arranged, wherein the transponder frame is made of a metal alloy, wherein an outer opening of the transponder frame is closed with a sealing compound, wherein the sealing compound is not electrically conductive and not magnetizable, whereby the transponder can be addressed wirelessly through the sealing compound, wherein the transponder frame is connected to an outer surface of a component of the valve, wherein a receiving space of the transponder frame in the direction of the outer opening is delimited by an annular stop area, which limits a movement of the transponder in the direction of the outer opening, the outer opening facing outwards from the surface of the component having a smaller diameter than the receiving space, the transponder frame being constructed rotationally symmetrically about an axis of rotation characterized in that the diameter of the receiving space of the transponder frame transverse to the axis of rotation is adapted to an outer diameter of the transponder in such a way that the transponder is held in the transponder frame by a press fit.
A method of measuring a concentration of tau antigen in a sample from a subject for the purpose of analyzing the memory or psychomotor speed of said subject, the method comprising: isolating an exosome comprising a tau antigen, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a resin with a biological sample from a subject that has or is at risk of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy or Alzheimer's disease, wherein the resin is coupled to a lectin and/or is a size exclusion resin configured to pass exosomes to the eluent; (b) applying centrifugal or gravity force or pressure to the sample and the resin and collecting unbound eluent if the resin lacks a lectin; and/or (c) eluting the bound eluent from the resin if the resin comprises a lectin; measuring a concentration of exosomal tau antigen in the biological sample; and comparing the measured concentration of exosomal tau antigen to a control, wherein the measured concentration correlates with memory or psychomotor speed in the subject. isolating an exosome comprising a tau antigen, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a resin with a biological sample from a subject that has or is at risk of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy or Alzheimer's disease, wherein the resin is coupled to a lectin and/or is a size exclusion resin configured to pass exosomes to the eluent; (b) applying centrifugal or gravity force or pressure to the sample and the resin and collecting unbound eluent if the resin lacks a lectin; and/or (c) eluting the bound eluent from the resin if the resin comprises a lectin; measuring a concentration of exosomal tau antigen in the biological sample; and (a) contacting a resin with a biological sample from a subject that has or is at risk of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy or Alzheimer's disease, wherein the resin is coupled to a lectin and/or is a size exclusion resin configured to pass exosomes to the eluent; (b) applying centrifugal or gravity force or pressure to the sample and the resin and collecting unbound eluent if the resin lacks a lectin; and/or (c) eluting the bound eluent from the resin if the resin comprises a lectin; measuring a concentration of exosomal tau antigen in the biological sample; comparing the measured concentration of exosomal tau antigen to a control, wherein the measured concentration correlates with memory or psychomotor speed in the subject.
An intelligent personal assistant device comprising: a non-transitory storage configured to maintain a project script including a sequence of steps, each step including a description of the step and a sound signature indicative of ambient sounds that occur during performance of the step, the sound signature including data indicative of expected frequencies and amplitudes that, when received, would indicate that the corresponding step of the project script is being performed; an audio processor programmed to receive ambient audio input descriptive of audio surroundings of the intelligent personal assistant device, to provide an audio output indicating a description of the first step of the project script, and to perform a time frequency analysis of the ambient audio input to determine information about a pattern of change in the frequency domain over time; and a controller programmed to provide a description of a next step of the project script upon completion of a current step identified responsive to the time frequency analysis of the ambient audio input descriptive of the audio surroundings of the intelligent personal assistant device matching the expected frequencies and amplitudes of a sound signature corresponding to the next step of the project script. a non-transitory storage configured to maintain a project script including a sequence of steps, each step including a description of the step and a sound signature indicative of ambient sounds that occur during performance of the step, the sound signature including data indicative of expected frequencies and amplitudes that, when received, would indicate that the corresponding step of the project script is being performed; an audio processor programmed to receive ambient audio input descriptive of audio surroundings of the intelligent personal assistant device, to provide an audio output indicating a description of the first step of the project script, and to perform a time frequency analysis of the ambient audio input to determine information about a pattern of change in the frequency domain over time; and a controller programmed to provide a description of a next step of the project script upon completion of a current step identified responsive to the time frequency analysis of the ambient audio input descriptive of the audio surroundings of the intelligent personal assistant device matching the expected frequencies and amplitudes of a sound signature corresponding to the next step of the project script.
A method for operating an assembly for supplying devices of a vehicle with electrical energy, wherein, during normal operation of the assembly: - electrical energy from a DC link is converted via at least one traction inverter so as to supply at least one drive motor of the vehicle with electrical energy, - auxiliary devices of the vehicle are supplied with electrical energy from the DC link via an auxiliary devices inverter, characterised in that the vehicle is a locomotive, wherein, during an extraordinary operation of the assembly: - electrical energy is fed from an AC voltage net to a transformer of the assembly via an AC voltage connection, - the electrical energy is stepped-up to a higher voltage level by the transformer, - the stepped-up energy is fed into the DC link via the auxiliary devices inverter, and - at least one drive motor of the locomotive is supplied with electrical energy from the DC link via the traction inverter. - electrical energy from a DC link is converted via at least one traction inverter so as to supply at least one drive motor of the vehicle with electrical energy, - auxiliary devices of the vehicle are supplied with electrical energy from the DC link via an auxiliary devices inverter, - electrical energy is fed from an AC voltage net to a transformer of the assembly via an AC voltage connection, - the electrical energy is stepped-up to a higher voltage level by the transformer, - the stepped-up energy is fed into the DC link via the auxiliary devices inverter, and - at least one drive motor of the locomotive is supplied with electrical energy from the DC link via the traction inverter.
A food product for use in preventing cognitive dysfunction secondary to Insulin Resistance and Insulin Resistance Syndrome in a subject, which upon ingestion leads to an elevation in delta blood glucose level of >0 mmol/L in the interval 120 mins to 240 mins in the post-prandial phase, the food product having a GI below 70 using a white wheat bread reference, and comprising viscous dietary fibre capable of reducing the rate of digestion and adsorption of carbohydrates in the gastrointestinal tract.
A controller for controlling storage of data from a channel on a storage medium on an access network element (106, 108, 110, 600, 700, 800, 908, 1006), the controller comprising: a processor configured to: after detecting at the access network element that multicast data from the channel has been requested, the channel being a channel for which no data is presently stored on the storage medium, commence storage of at least a portion of the multicast data from the channel on the storage medium as the multicast data is received at the access network element; and in the event of receiving at the access network element a subsequent request associated with a user device (112, 406, 912, 1012) to receive data from the channel, transmit the data from the storage medium to the user device via unicast until a condition is met, and on said condition being met, switch from said unicast transmission to multicast transmission of data from said channel to the user device. a processor configured to: after detecting at the access network element that multicast data from the channel has been requested, the channel being a channel for which no data is presently stored on the storage medium, commence storage of at least a portion of the multicast data from the channel on the storage medium as the multicast data is received at the access network element; and in the event of receiving at the access network element a subsequent request associated with a user device (112, 406, 912, 1012) to receive data from the channel, transmit the data from the storage medium to the user device via unicast until a condition is met, and on said condition being met, switch from said unicast transmission to multicast transmission of data from said channel to the user device. after detecting at the access network element that multicast data from the channel has been requested, the channel being a channel for which no data is presently stored on the storage medium, commence storage of at least a portion of the multicast data from the channel on the storage medium as the multicast data is received at the access network element; and in the event of receiving at the access network element a subsequent request associated with a user device (112, 406, 912, 1012) to receive data from the channel, transmit the data from the storage medium to the user device via unicast until a condition is met, and on said condition being met, switch from said unicast transmission to multicast transmission of data from said channel to the user device.
A high-zirconia electrocast refractory containing 96.7 to 98.5 mass% of ZrO 2, 0.8 to 2.7 mass% of SiO 2, 0.1 to 0.4 mass% of Al 2 O 3, 0 to 0.2 mass% of Na 2 O, and 0.21 to 1 mass% of K 2 O, and 0.01 mass% or less of B2O3, in terms of oxide, as a chemical composition, wherein contents of the Na 2 O and the K 2 O satisfy a relation of following Formula 0.15 mass % ≤ C K 2 O / 2 + C Na 2 O ≤ 0.6 mass % where C K2O is the content of K 2 O and C Na2O is the content of Na 2 O, and each of the contents is expressed by mass% in the refractory, and wherein a ratio of the C K2O to the C Na2O (C K2O /C Na2O) is 2 or more.
Container comprising a base, lateral walls, and an opening surrounded by a peripheral rim, the container having a closure device for the opening, which device has a frame and a cover, the frame being connected to the peripheral rim of the container by means of an engagement connection, thus forming a holding force F H, the peripheral rim of the container having a U-shaped cross section, the engagement connection between the frame and the peripheral rim taking place by means of a number of engagement hooks which are arranged along the circumference of the frame and engage in the U-shaped peripheral rim, and the frame having a U-shaped profile with an outer web and an inner web, characterized in that - at least the base and the lateral walls of the container are made of deep-drawn plastics material, the wall thickness of the lateral walls being at least 0.1 mm and at most 0.8 mm, - the wall thickness in the region of the peripheral rim is at least 0.5 mm and at most 1.8 mm, - and in that the rigidity of the lateral walls is so low that the container is deformed when a force F 1 acts on the lateral walls, and a release force F L on the engagement connection brought about by the force F 1 acting on the lateral walls does not exceed the holding force F H. - at least the base and the lateral walls of the container are made of deep-drawn plastics material, the wall thickness of the lateral walls being at least 0.1 mm and at most 0.8 mm, - the wall thickness in the region of the peripheral rim is at least 0.5 mm and at most 1.8 mm, - and in that the rigidity of the lateral walls is so low that the container is deformed when a force F 1 acts on the lateral walls, and a release force F L on the engagement connection brought about by the force F 1 acting on the lateral walls does not exceed the holding force F H.
A method of manufacturing an image display device including an image display member and a light-transmitting cover member that are stacked through a light-transmitting cured resin layer formed from a photocurable resin composition in a liquid form, the method comprising the following steps to: <Step > a step of applying the photocurable resin composition in a liquid form to a surface of the light-transmitting cover member or a surface of the image display member; <Step > a step of irradiating the applied photocurable resin composition with ultraviolet rays to form a cured resin layer; and <Step > a step of laminating the light-transmitting cover member to the image display member such that the cured resin layer is disposed inward to thereby obtain the image display device, wherein the photocurable resin composition contains the following components (a) to (d): <component (a)> an acrylate-based oligomer component selected from the group consisting of a polyisoprene-based (meth)acrylate oligomer, a polybutadiene-based (meth)acrylate oligomer, and a polyurethane-based (meth)acrylate oligomer; <component (b)> an acrylic-based monomer component; <component (c)> a plasticizer component; and <component (d)> a photopolymerization initiator component; wherein a total amount of the component (a) and the component (b) contained in the photocurable resin composition is 25 to 80% by mass, an amount of the component (c) contained in the photocurable resin composition is 65 to 10% by mass, the component (c) contains a solid tackifier having a softening point of 60 to 150°C and a liquid plasticizing component, and a mass ratio of the tackifier to the liquid plasticizing component is in a range of 60 to 30: 30 to 10. <Step > a step of applying the photocurable resin composition in a liquid form to a surface of the light-transmitting cover member or a surface of the image display member; <Step > a step of irradiating the applied photocurable resin composition with ultraviolet rays to form a cured resin layer; and <Step > a step of laminating the light-transmitting cover member to the image display member such that the cured resin layer is disposed inward to thereby obtain the image display device, wherein <component (a)> an acrylate-based oligomer component selected from the group consisting of a polyisoprene-based (meth)acrylate oligomer, a polybutadiene-based (meth)acrylate oligomer, and a polyurethane-based (meth)acrylate oligomer; <component (b)> an acrylic-based monomer component; <component (c)> a plasticizer component; and <component (d)> a photopolymerization initiator component; wherein a total amount of the component (a) and the component (b) contained in the photocurable resin composition is 25 to 80% by mass, an amount of the component (c) contained in the photocurable resin composition is 65 to 10% by mass, the component (c) contains a solid tackifier having a softening point of 60 to 150°C and a liquid plasticizing component, and a mass ratio of the tackifier to the liquid plasticizing component is in a range of 60 to 30: 30 to 10.
A method of reproducing low-magnitude events in an input amplitude modulation, AM, signal at a radio frequency, RF, output of an RF power amplifier, RFPA, comprising: applying an AM signal to an input of a dynamic power supply, DPS; generating a DPS voltage at an output of said DPS based on said AM signal; applying said DPS voltage to a power supply port of an output stage of an RFPA configuring the output stage of said RFPA to operate in a compressed mode, C-mode; and characterized in that the method further comprises: reconfiguring the output stage of said RFPA to operate in a product mode, P-mode, during times a bandwidth handling constraint of said DPS inhibits or prevents said DPS from reproducing low-magnitude events contained in the AM signal at the output of said DPS. applying an AM signal to an input of a dynamic power supply, DPS; generating a DPS voltage at an output of said DPS based on said AM signal; applying said DPS voltage to a power supply port of an output stage of an RFPA configuring the output stage of said RFPA to operate in a compressed mode, C-mode; and characterized in that the method further comprises: reconfiguring the output stage of said RFPA to operate in a product mode, P-mode, during times a bandwidth handling constraint of said DPS inhibits or prevents said DPS from reproducing low-magnitude events contained in the AM signal at the output of said DPS.
A hot-rolled and annealed ferritic stainless steel sheet having a thickness of 5.0 mm or more, a chemical composition containing, by mass%, C: 0.001% to 0.020%, Si: 0.05% to 1.00%, Mn: 0.05% to 1.00%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.001% to 0.100%, Cr: 10.0% to 24.0%, Ni: 0.01% to 0.60%, Ti: 0.10% to 0.40%, N: 0.001% to 0.020%, optionally one, two, or more selected from Cu: 0.01% to 1.00%, Mo: 0.01% to 2.00%, W: 0.01% to 0.20%, and Co: 0.01% to 0.20%, optionally one, two, or more selected from V: 0.01% to 0.20%, Nb: 0.01% to 0.10%, Zr: 0.01% to 0.20%, REM: 0.001% to 0.100%, B: 0.0002% to 0.0025%, Mg: 0.0005% to 0.0030%, and Ca: 0.0003% to 0.0030%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and a threshold stress intensity factor K IC of 20 MPa·m 1/2 or more, wherein the test is performed in accordance with ASTM E 399 on a CT test piece in accordance with ASTM E 399 taken from the central portion in the width direction of a steel sheet so that the direction of a fatigue precrack is in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction and the stress axis is in a direction parallel to the rolling direction to obtain the threshold stress intensity factor.