mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of immobilizing and amplifying a target nucleic acid from a sample containing a mixture of nucleic acids, said method comprising the steps of: applying said sample to a solid support, said solid support having a first oligonucleotide and a second oligonucleotide affixed thereto, wherein said first oligonucleotide is blocked to prevent extension from the 3 '-terminus and has a sequence complementary to a first portion of said target nucleic acid and said second oligonucleotide has a sequence that is identical to a second portion of said target nucleic acid, wherein said target nucleic acid binds said first oligonucleotide and optionally washing said solid support to remove unbound nucleic acids; hybridizing a primer to said target nucleic acid wherein said primer contains a target binding region and a polymerase promoter sequence and extending said primer by polymerase to produce a first duplex nucleic acid and optionally removing said target nucleic acid from said duplex nucleic acid to produce a first nucleic acid; annealing said first nucleic acid to said second oligonucleotide and extending said second oligonucleotide by polymerase to produce a second duplex nucleic acid containing said first nucleic acid and a second nucleic acid; and generating multiple copies of a third nucleic acid complementary to the target nucleic acid and the second nucleic acid, by adding a polymerase specific to the promoter sequence to the solid support, thereby amplifying said target nucleic acid. applying said sample to a solid support, said solid support having a first oligonucleotide and a second oligonucleotide affixed thereto, wherein said first oligonucleotide is blocked to prevent extension from the 3 '-terminus and has a sequence complementary to a first portion of said target nucleic acid and said second oligonucleotide has a sequence that is identical to a second portion of said target nucleic acid, wherein said target nucleic acid binds said first oligonucleotide and optionally washing said solid support to remove unbound nucleic acids; hybridizing a primer to said target nucleic acid wherein said primer contains a target binding region and a polymerase promoter sequence and extending said primer by polymerase to produce a first duplex nucleic acid and optionally removing said target nucleic acid from said duplex nucleic acid to produce a first nucleic acid; annealing said first nucleic acid to said second oligonucleotide and extending said second oligonucleotide by polymerase to produce a second duplex nucleic acid containing said first nucleic acid and a second nucleic acid; and generating multiple copies of a third nucleic acid complementary to the target nucleic acid and the second nucleic acid, by adding a polymerase specific to the promoter sequence to the solid support, thereby amplifying said target nucleic acid.
An optical source for providing an unmodulated optical signal to an optical modulator, comprising: a laser configured to generate an optical signal; a first optical power splitter configured to split the optical signal into a first optical signal and a second optical signal; phase changing equipment configured to change the phase of at least one of the first optical signal and the second optical signal such that the first optical signal has a first phase and the second optical signal has a second phase different from the first phase by a preselected phase difference; polarisation state setting equipment configured to set the polarisation state of at least one of the first optical signal and the second optical signal such that the first optical signal has a first state of polarisation and the second optical signal has a second state of polarisation substantially orthogonal from the first state of polarisation; a polarisation beam coupler configured to combine the first optical signal and the second optical signal into a composite optical signal comprising both the first optical signal and the second optical signal having said orthogonal states of polarisation; and an output arranged to output at least a portion of the composite optical signal. a laser configured to generate an optical signal; a first optical power splitter configured to split the optical signal into a first optical signal and a second optical signal; phase changing equipment configured to change the phase of at least one of the first optical signal and the second optical signal such that the first optical signal has a first phase and the second optical signal has a second phase different from the first phase by a preselected phase difference; polarisation state setting equipment configured to set the polarisation state of at least one of the first optical signal and the second optical signal such that the first optical signal has a first state of polarisation and the second optical signal has a second state of polarisation substantially orthogonal from the first state of polarisation; a polarisation beam coupler configured to combine the first optical signal and the second optical signal into a composite optical signal comprising both the first optical signal and the second optical signal having said orthogonal states of polarisation; and an output arranged to output at least a portion of the composite optical signal.
An information-processing device comprising: an operation unit including plural keys wherein the keys are classified in a first group or a second group; an acquiring means for acquiring from the operation unit operation information representing both an operation for controlling a display position, a display size, or selection of an image and an operation for controlling processing associated with an image; a determining means for determining, based on the operation information acquired by the acquiring means, that the operation information is provided to either a first software that controls a display position or display size of an image, or a second software that performs processing associated with the image, and providing the operation information to the determined first software or the second software; and a controlling means for controlling execution of the first software and the second software based on the operation information that is determined by the determining means to be provided to the first software or the second software, wherein the operation information includes a first operation information representing an operation of a key belonging to the first group and a second operation information representing an operation of a key belonging to the second group, and the determining means provides the first operation information to the first software, and provides the second operation information to the second software without passing through the first software. an operation unit including plural keys wherein the keys are classified in a first group or a second group; an acquiring means for acquiring from the operation unit operation information representing both an operation for controlling a display position, a display size, or selection of an image and an operation for controlling processing associated with an image; a determining means for determining, based on the operation information acquired by the acquiring means, that the operation information is provided to either a first software that controls a display position or display size of an image, or a second software that performs processing associated with the image, and providing the operation information to the determined first software or the second software; and a controlling means for controlling execution of the first software and the second software based on the operation information that is determined by the determining means to be provided to the first software or the second software, wherein the operation information includes a first operation information representing an operation of a key belonging to the first group and a second operation information representing an operation of a key belonging to the second group, and the determining means provides the first operation information to the first software, and provides the second operation information to the second software without passing through the first software.
A sound processing device comprising: a first sound collector configured to collect a first noise signal from a noise source of noise leaking into a casing mounted to a user's ear; a first signal filter circuit configured to receive as input the first noise signal and to form a first noise reduction signal used to reduce noise at a predetermined cancellation point; a second signal filter circuit configured to receive as input a first pseudo noise signal and to form a second noise reduction signal used to reduce noise at a predetermined cancellation point; a second sound collector being provided outside the casing and configured to collect a second noise signal from the noise source; a third filter circuit configured to receive as input the second noise signal collected by the second sound collector and to form a signal in phase; an adder (307, 310) configured to add the first noise reduction signal, the second noise reduction signal and the signal in phase formed by the filter circuit; a sound emitter configured to emit an output of the adder (307, 310) into the casing as sound; a characteristic applying unit configured to receive as input an output of the adder (307, 310), and configured to simulate a transfer characteristic from the sound emitter to the first sound collector, and wherein the first pseudo noise signal is a signal obtained by subtracting an output of the characteristic applying unit from an output of the first sound collector. a first sound collector configured to collect a first noise signal from a noise source of noise leaking into a casing mounted to a user's ear; a first signal filter circuit configured to receive as input the first noise signal and to form a first noise reduction signal used to reduce noise at a predetermined cancellation point; a second signal filter circuit configured to receive as input a first pseudo noise signal and to form a second noise reduction signal used to reduce noise at a predetermined cancellation point; a second sound collector being provided outside the casing and configured to collect a second noise signal from the noise source; a third filter circuit configured to receive as input the second noise signal collected by the second sound collector and to form a signal in phase; an adder (307, 310) configured to add the first noise reduction signal, the second noise reduction signal and the signal in phase formed by the filter circuit; a sound emitter configured to emit an output of the adder (307, 310) into the casing as sound; a characteristic applying unit configured to receive as input an output of the adder (307, 310), and configured to simulate a transfer characteristic from the sound emitter to the first sound collector, and wherein the first pseudo noise signal is a signal obtained by subtracting an output of the characteristic applying unit from an output of the first sound collector.
A method for resource indication, comprising: sending, by a network device, first signaling to a terminal device, wherein the first signaling comprises N pieces of indication information for indicating symbol-level configuration information, the first signaling is for configuring N slots among more than N slots according to N pieces of symbol-level configuration information, and the symbol-level configuration information is information for configuring a symbol for data transmission in each of the slots; and performing, by the network device, data transmission with the terminal device according to the symbol-level configuration information corresponding to the indication information in the first signaling, wherein when the number of the slots is M, M being larger than N, the N pieces of indication information of the first signaling are for indicating symbol-level configuration information of N third slots in the M slots; and symbol-level configuration information of M-N fourth slots other than the third slots in the M slots is default symbol-level configuration information, wherein the symbol-level configuration information indicates time-domain positions of an uplink data channel and a downlink data channel. sending, by a network device, first signaling to a terminal device, wherein the first signaling comprises N pieces of indication information for indicating symbol-level configuration information, the first signaling is for configuring N slots among more than N slots according to N pieces of symbol-level configuration information, and the symbol-level configuration information is information for configuring a symbol for data transmission in each of the slots; and performing, by the network device, data transmission with the terminal device according to the symbol-level configuration information corresponding to the indication information in the first signaling, wherein when the number of the slots is M, M being larger than N, the N pieces of indication information of the first signaling are for indicating symbol-level configuration information of N third slots in the M slots; and symbol-level configuration information of M-N fourth slots other than the third slots in the M slots is default symbol-level configuration information, wherein the symbol-level configuration information indicates time-domain positions of an uplink data channel and a downlink data channel.
A steering system, comprising: a steering shaft including a tubular upper shaft and a lower shaft fitted to each other in a relatively movable manner; an upper jacket to which a steering member is connected at one end in a column axis direction via the upper shaft; a lower jacket externally fitted to the other end of the upper jacket in the column axis direction in a slidable manner; a support member including a fixed portion that is fixed to a vehicle body, and configured to support the lower jacket; and a shock absorbing mechanism configured to absorb a shock of a secondary collision, the shock absorbing mechanism including a slide member configured to move together with the upper jacket, and to frictionally slide relative to the support member upon the secondary collision, characterized in that the slide member includes: a sandwiched portion that is sandwiched between the support member and the lower jacket; and a transmitting portion that is formed integrally with the sandwiched portion, and is brought into contact with both of the lower jacket and the support member at a position closer to the fixed portion than the sandwiched portion. a steering shaft including a tubular upper shaft and a lower shaft fitted to each other in a relatively movable manner; an upper jacket to which a steering member is connected at one end in a column axis direction via the upper shaft; a lower jacket externally fitted to the other end of the upper jacket in the column axis direction in a slidable manner; a support member including a fixed portion that is fixed to a vehicle body, and configured to support the lower jacket; and a shock absorbing mechanism configured to absorb a shock of a secondary collision, the shock absorbing mechanism including a slide member configured to move together with the upper jacket, and to frictionally slide relative to the support member upon the secondary collision, characterized in that the slide member includes: a sandwiched portion that is sandwiched between the support member and the lower jacket; and a transmitting portion that is formed integrally with the sandwiched portion, and is brought into contact with both of the lower jacket and the support member at a position closer to the fixed portion than the sandwiched portion. a sandwiched portion that is sandwiched between the support member and the lower jacket; and a transmitting portion that is formed integrally with the sandwiched portion, and is brought into contact with both of the lower jacket and the support member at a position closer to the fixed portion than the sandwiched portion.
A method of determining tolerance to a non-caloric substance in a healthy subject, comprising: (a) determining a signature of a gut microbiome in a sample of the healthy subject who has been subjected to the non-caloric substance; (b) comparing said signature of said gut microbiome of the healthy subject to at least one reference signature of a pathological gut microbiome, wherein when said signature of the gut microbiome of the healthy subject is statistically significantly similar to said reference signature of said pathological gut microbiome, it is indicative that the healthy subject is intolerant to the non-caloric substance; and (c) providing a recommendation about the amount of said non-caloric substance that can be tolerated by the healthy subject. (a) determining a signature of a gut microbiome in a sample of the healthy subject who has been subjected to the non-caloric substance; (b) comparing said signature of said gut microbiome of the healthy subject to at least one reference signature of a pathological gut microbiome, wherein when said signature of the gut microbiome of the healthy subject is statistically significantly similar to said reference signature of said pathological gut microbiome, it is indicative that the healthy subject is intolerant to the non-caloric substance; and (c) providing a recommendation about the amount of said non-caloric substance that can be tolerated by the healthy subject.
A brake controller for railcars utilizing fluid pressure, comprising: - a variable load valve outputting a pressure corresponding to a load on a carriage; - a boost-switching solenoid valve switching the pressure output from the variable load valve between a first pressure and a second pressure higher than the first pressure; and - a brake pressure supply part (131, 132; 141, 142) supplying a pressure to a brake cylinder (21, 24) using the pressure output from the variable load valve in each of regular braking and emergency braking of the brake, characterized by the boost-switching solenoid valve causing the variable load valve to output the second pressure in the regular braking of the brake; and causing the variable load valve to output the second pressure when a given condition is fulfilled and output the first pressure when the given condition is not fulfilled in the emergency braking of the brake. - a variable load valve outputting a pressure corresponding to a load on a carriage; - a boost-switching solenoid valve switching the pressure output from the variable load valve between a first pressure and a second pressure higher than the first pressure; and - a brake pressure supply part (131, 132; 141, 142) supplying a pressure to a brake cylinder (21, 24) using the pressure output from the variable load valve in each of regular braking and emergency braking of the brake, characterized by
An ultrasound transducer cap, comprising: a hollow body with an internal cavity that compliments an ultrasound transducer, the hollow body comprising: an ultrasound transducer cutout disposed along a length of the hollow body that provides an unblocked line of sight between an ultrasound transducer within the hollow body and a rectal wall; a first light emitter disposed along a first edge of the ultrasound transducer cutout; and a first light detector disposed along a second edge of the ultrasound transducer cutout. an ultrasound transducer cutout disposed along a length of the hollow body that provides an unblocked line of sight between an ultrasound transducer within the hollow body and a rectal wall; a first light emitter disposed along a first edge of the ultrasound transducer cutout; and a first light detector disposed along a second edge of the ultrasound transducer cutout.
A power tool comprising: a housing; a handle having two ends, the first end being moveably mounted to the housing via a first mounting assembly, the second end being moveably mounted to the housing via a second mounting assembly; a biasing mechanism connected between the housing and the handle; wherein at least one of the mounting assemblies (36; 34) comprises a first part and a second part, one part being mounted on the housing and the other part mounted on the one end of the handle, the first part comprising a passageway, the second part comprising a mount and a rod, the rod having a first end and a shaft with a longitudinal axis, the first end being attached to the mount, the shaft being located in and capable of axially sliding within the passageway to enable the end of the handle to move towards or away from the housing; characterized in that the first end of the rod is attached to mount using a bayonet connection. a housing; a handle having two ends, the first end being moveably mounted to the housing via a first mounting assembly, the second end being moveably mounted to the housing via a second mounting assembly; a biasing mechanism connected between the housing and the handle; wherein at least one of the mounting assemblies (36; 34) comprises a first part and a second part, one part being mounted on the housing and the other part mounted on the one end of the handle, the first part comprising a passageway, the second part comprising a mount and a rod, the rod having a first end and a shaft with a longitudinal axis, the first end being attached to the mount, the shaft being located in and capable of axially sliding within the passageway to enable the end of the handle to move towards or away from the housing; characterized in that the first end of the rod is attached to mount using a bayonet connection.
Surfboard having a hull having an underwater surface and a water inlet opening in the underwater surface and an electrical jet drive having a water channel from the water inlet opening to a water outlet opening arranged in an end face at the stern end, wherein the underwater surface is formed in the region of the water inlet opening as a nozzle protruding into the hull, characterised in that the nozzle is moulded integrally with the underwater surface and one end of a jet tube is connected to the nozzle, the other end being connected to the water outlet opening, and the jet tube has, at the bow end on a jet tube wall, an additional lateral opening through which a shaft of the drive is guided.
A lightweight, mainstream respiratory gas concentration transducer comprising, in combination: (a) a tubular housing having a respiratory gas flow channel extending from a proximal end to a distal end of said housing; and (b) a non-dispersive infrared CO 2 gas detector module disposed in said housing in alignment with the gas flow channel, said CO 2 detector module having an optical waveguide member with an arcuate, open groove with a concave wall, the concave wall defining the open groove and having a reflective surface thereon and said groove having first and second ends, the first end aligned with an IR source and the second end aligned with an IR detector, the arcuate open groove adapted to receive samples of inspired and expired air from a subject on whom the transducer is attached, the IR detector producing a first electrical signal proportional to the concentration of CO 2 gas in inspired and expired respiratory air, wherein the open groove defines an arcuate path of travel of optical energy between the first and second ends. (a) a tubular housing having a respiratory gas flow channel extending from a proximal end to a distal end of said housing; and (b) a non-dispersive infrared CO 2 gas detector module disposed in said housing in alignment with the gas flow channel, said CO 2 detector module having an optical waveguide member with an arcuate, open groove with a concave wall, the concave wall defining the open groove and having a reflective surface thereon and said groove having first and second ends, the first end aligned with an IR source and the second end aligned with an IR detector, the arcuate open groove adapted to receive samples of inspired and expired air from a subject on whom the transducer is attached, the IR detector producing a first electrical signal proportional to the concentration of CO 2 gas in inspired and expired respiratory air, wherein the open groove defines an arcuate path of travel of optical energy between the first and second ends.