mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A multi-object audio encoding apparatus which is adapted to encode a multi-object audio signal using a post downmix signal inputted from an outside, the multi-object audio encoding apparatus comprising: an object information extraction and downmix generation unit for generating object information and a downmix signal from input object signals; a parameter determination unit for determining a downmix information parameter using the generated downmix signal and the post downmix signal; and a bitstream generation unit for combining the object information and the downmix information parameter, and for generating an object bitstream, wherein the parameter determination unit comprises: a power offset calculation unit for scaling the post downmix signal as a predetermined value to enable an average power of the post downmix signal in a particular frame to be identical to an average power of the generated downmix signal; and a parameter extraction unit for extracting the downmix information parameter from the scaled post downmix signal in the particular frame. an object information extraction and downmix generation unit for generating object information and a downmix signal from input object signals; a parameter determination unit for determining a downmix information parameter using the generated downmix signal and the post downmix signal; and a bitstream generation unit for combining the object information and the downmix information parameter, and for generating an object bitstream, wherein the parameter determination unit comprises: a power offset calculation unit for scaling the post downmix signal as a predetermined value to enable an average power of the post downmix signal in a particular frame to be identical to an average power of the generated downmix signal; and a parameter extraction unit for extracting the downmix information parameter from the scaled post downmix signal in the particular frame. a power offset calculation unit for scaling the post downmix signal as a predetermined value to enable an average power of the post downmix signal in a particular frame to be identical to an average power of the generated downmix signal; and a parameter extraction unit for extracting the downmix information parameter from the scaled post downmix signal in the particular frame.
An apparatus for controlling the composition of gases within a sealed container, said container including a plurality of walls, said apparatus having at least one inlet and/or outlet, the apparatus including at least one sensor, at least one controller and at least one gas permeable membrane through which membrane different gasses can pass at different rates, said container comprising a first region for holding cargo and apparatus and membrane defining a second gas buffer region, said at least one inlet and/or outlet being in communication with said buffer region and said membrane being permeable permitting for oxygen and carbon dioxide at different flow rates, where permeability is measured in accordance with the experimental section in the description, said membrane comprising a layer determining the selectivity of the membrane, wherein said layer of the membrane is made from a copolymer of a polyether and a polyamide.
A method of manufacturing a sound absorption material, the method comprising: forming a low density fibrous web to act as a porous bulk absorber, the low density fibrous web having a density of more than 10 kg/m 3 and less than 120 kg/m 3 and containing a proportion of bi-component fibres, each bi-component fibre having a core material and an adhesive sheath material around the core material, the adhesive sheath material having a lower melting point than the core material; applying a thin facing layer directly to the low density fibrous web, wherein the thin facing layer is adhesively compatible with the adhesive sheath material and has a thickness between 5 and 100 micrometers; heating the low density fibrous web to a temperature sufficient to soften the adhesive sheath material of at least some of the bi-component fibres for adhesion to the thin facing layer; pressing the thin facing layer and low density fibrous web together under low pressure such that at least part of the facing layer directly contacts the softened adhesive sheath material of at least some of the bi-component fibres to form an adhesive bond between the thin facing layer and the low density fibrous web. forming a low density fibrous web to act as a porous bulk absorber, the low density fibrous web having a density of more than 10 kg/m 3 and less than 120 kg/m 3 and containing a proportion of bi-component fibres, each bi-component fibre having a core material and an adhesive sheath material around the core material, the adhesive sheath material having a lower melting point than the core material; applying a thin facing layer directly to the low density fibrous web, wherein the thin facing layer is adhesively compatible with the adhesive sheath material and has a thickness between 5 and 100 micrometers; heating the low density fibrous web to a temperature sufficient to soften the adhesive sheath material of at least some of the bi-component fibres for adhesion to the thin facing layer; pressing the thin facing layer and low density fibrous web together under low pressure such that at least part of the facing layer directly contacts the softened adhesive sheath material of at least some of the bi-component fibres to form an adhesive bond between the thin facing layer and the low density fibrous web.
An O -succinylhomoserine producing Escherichia sp. microorganism expressing a polypeptide, having a resistance to feedback inhibition by methionine and a homoserine O- succinyltransferase activity, wherein the polypeptide has an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 29.
Method for controlling the activity of at least two light radiation sources (2, 3) belonging to a stereolithography machine and suited to act at the level of a portion of a superimposition area defined on the work surface of said stereolithography machine for making a three-dimensional object through stereolithography, said method providing to activate the following elements for each one of the lines with generic length L that define each layer of said three-dimensional object within said portion: - a first one of said two light radiation sources for a first section of said line with length X; - the second one of said two light radiation sources for the remaining second section of said line with length Y, the value of said length X of said first section being selected within the interval 0 <= X <= L and Y being calculated as equal to L - X; characterized in that said value of said length X of said first section for each one of said lines is selected at random within the interval 0 <= X <= L in such a way to create a connection line of the broken type between the two portions and of each layer defined respectively by said first sections of said lines and by said second sections of said lines. - a first one of said two light radiation sources for a first section of said line with length X; - the second one of said two light radiation sources for the remaining second section of said line with length Y, the value of said length X of said first section being selected within the interval 0 <= X <= L and Y being calculated as equal to L - X; characterized in that said value of said length X of said first section for each one of said lines is selected at random within the interval 0 <= X <= L in such a way to create a connection line of the broken type between the two portions and of each layer defined respectively by said first sections of said lines and by said second sections of said lines.
A steering system for an agricultural vehicle comprising at least one steering cylinder (2a, b) for changing a steering angle of the agricultural vehicle, a hydraulic main steering valve for pressure actuation of the at least one steering cylinder (2a, b), a steering signalling device for actuation of the main steering valve, a steering assistance for adapting an adjustment characteristic between the steering signalling device and the at least one steering cylinder (2a, b), and a sensor arrangement for detecting an external signal of the agricultural vehicle, characterised in that the steering assistance is designed to adapt the adjustment characteristic based on the detected external signal and wherein the steering assistance is further designed to select a default setting from a plurality of stored default settings, based on the detected external signal, which stored default settings are respectively associated with an environmental state, and to adapt the adjustment characteristic in accordance with the selected default setting.,
A fusion protein comprising a PD-1 polypeptide which is operably linked via its C-terminus to the N-terminus of an intracellular domain of a CD28 polypeptide, wherein the PD-1 polypeptide comprises the extracellular domain and the transmembrane domain of PD-1 and comprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 16 or a sequence which has 1 to 10 substitutions, deletions or insertions in comparison to SEQ ID NO: 16, which is characterized by having a PD-L1 and/or PD-L2 binding activity.
Paging arrangement for transmitting messages from a paging center to a plurality of paging receivers according to a paging protocol, e.g. the POCSAG protocol, wherein the paging protocol is provided for transmitting alphanumeric messages of a first message format; and each alphanumeric message of the first message format comprises a paging address according to a first address type and a message part with a message text; characterized in that the paging arrangement is configured to transmit alphanumeric messages (40, 50) of a second message format from the paging center to the plurality of paging receivers, wherein the alphanumeric messages (40, 50) of the second message format comprise a dedicated paging address of the first address type of the first message format specified by the paging protocol, which marks as a marker address the alphanumeric messages (40, 50) of the second message format for the paging receivers; a plurality of paging addresses of a second address type; and a common message text for the plurality of paging addresses of the second address type, wherein the dedicated paging address of the first address type and the plurality of paging addresses of the second address type are arranged in the message part of the alphanumeric messages of the first message format as viewed by the paging protocol, and wherein the paging arrangement is configured to transmit the respective alphanumeric message of the second message format and the common message text contained in the respective alphanumeric message of the second message format for a group addressing in a single transmission to the plurality of paging addresses of the second address type. the paging protocol is provided for transmitting alphanumeric messages of a first message format; and each alphanumeric message of the first message format comprises a paging address according to a first address type and a message part with a message text; characterized in that the paging arrangement is configured to transmit alphanumeric messages (40, 50) of a second message format from the paging center to the plurality of paging receivers, wherein the alphanumeric messages (40, 50) of the second message format comprise a dedicated paging address of the first address type of the first message format specified by the paging protocol, which marks as a marker address the alphanumeric messages (40, 50) of the second message format for the paging receivers; a plurality of paging addresses of a second address type; and a common message text for the plurality of paging addresses of the second address type, wherein the dedicated paging address of the first address type and the plurality of paging addresses of the second address type are arranged in the message part of the alphanumeric messages of the first message format as viewed by the paging protocol, and wherein the paging arrangement is configured to transmit the respective alphanumeric message of the second message format and the common message text contained in the respective alphanumeric message of the second message format for a group addressing in a single transmission to the plurality of paging addresses of the second address type.
A method for improving a left/right or mid/side audio signal output by a frequency modulation stereo radio receiver, the method comprising: - receiving the left/right or mid/side audio signal from the FM stereo radio receiver; - generating a first audio signal based on the left/right or mid/side audio signal by a downmix operation; - determining one or more parametric stereo parameters based on the left/right or mid/side audio signal in a frequency-variant or frequency-invariant manner; and - generating a stereo signal based on the first audio signal and the one or more parametric stereo parameters. - receiving the left/right or mid/side audio signal from the FM stereo radio receiver; - generating a first audio signal based on the left/right or mid/side audio signal by a downmix operation; - determining one or more parametric stereo parameters based on the left/right or mid/side audio signal in a frequency-variant or frequency-invariant manner; and - generating a stereo signal based on the first audio signal and the one or more parametric stereo parameters.
An oscillating tool comprising a housing that accommodates a motor which for driving a tool is coupled with a drive shaft via an oscillation drive for driving it rotatingly oscillatingly about its longitudinal axis, characterized in that an inertial mass is provided that is movably held on the housing via at least one spring element (46, 48), and in that the inertial mass has an annular shape with an opening in which the inertial mass is fixed on the housing by at least one spring element, preferably by two spring elements (46, 48).
A measurement system configured for remote measurement of an optical focus of a distant optical imaging system, the distant optical imaging system comprising a lens and a sensor surface, wherein the measurement system comprises: a light projection device configured to project luminous pattern of light such that the pattern is in focus at a known focal plane in front of the lens of the distant optical imaging system, a camera having an optical axis (AXCAM) which, between the light projection device and the known focal plane, at least partly coincides with the optical axis of the light projection device, configured to record an image of the reflection of the luminous pattern on the sensor surface of the distant optical imaging system, and an image processing unit configured to determine a sharpness of the recorded luminous pattern reflected on the sensor surface to measure a focal distance of the distant optical imaging system. a light projection device configured to project luminous pattern of light such that the pattern is in focus at a known focal plane in front of the lens of the distant optical imaging system, a camera having an optical axis (AXCAM) which, between the light projection device and the known focal plane, at least partly coincides with the optical axis of the light projection device, configured to record an image of the reflection of the luminous pattern on the sensor surface of the distant optical imaging system, and an image processing unit configured to determine a sharpness of the recorded luminous pattern reflected on the sensor surface to measure a focal distance of the distant optical imaging system.
A method of quantifying a polynucleotide analyte present in a fluid blood sample that dried to produce a dried blood spot, the method comprising the steps of: (a) performing a nucleic acid amplification reaction using the DBS as a source of templates to produce amplification products and obtain a measured result, the measured result indicating a concentration or an amount of the polynucleotide analyte; and (b) multiplying the measured result by a correction factor to obtain a corrected result, wherein the correction factor is the solution to an equation that specifies the correction factor as a function of the measured result, and wherein the equation comprises a non-linear equation, thereby quantifying the polynucleotide analyte present in the fluid blood sample. (a) performing a nucleic acid amplification reaction using the DBS as a source of templates to produce amplification products and obtain a measured result, the measured result indicating a concentration or an amount of the polynucleotide analyte; and (b) multiplying the measured result by a correction factor to obtain a corrected result, wherein the correction factor is the solution to an equation that specifies the correction factor as a function of the measured result, and wherein the equation comprises a non-linear equation, thereby quantifying the polynucleotide analyte present in the fluid blood sample.
A laminate film comprising (a) a surface treated polyolefin-containing resin layer having a flame or corona treated surface and (b) a heat sealable resin layer that is not directly on the flame or corona treated surface, the heat sealable resin layer comprising a plastomer; wherein tensile properties in a machine direction of the laminate film include: Young's modulus of 350,000 psi (2,413.165 kPa) or more, an elongation of 120% or less, and a tensile strength of 27,000 psi (186,158 kPa) or more, tested in accordance with ASTM D822.
A terpinenol compound, characterized in that its structure is as shown in Formula: The said R is one of the following perssads: Wherein, " " refers to link location.
A method for manufacturing a Prussian blue modified electrode, wherein the following steps are included: Step 1: carrying out a surface pre-treatment of a support electrode; Step 2: fixing the pre-treated support electrode in an aerosol deposition box; Step 3: preparing a first mixture of a first solution and a KCl water solution, as well as a second mixture of a second solution and a KCl water solution, wherein the mixtures have the same concentration, and wherein the first solution is a K 4 Fe 6 or a K 3 Fe 6 solution, the second solution is in case of K 4 Fe 6 a FeCl 3 solution or in case of K 3 Fe 6 a (NH 4) 2 Fe(SO 4) 2 solution, both mixtures having a concentration of between 0.01 - 2 M, the KCl concentration of the KCl water solution is between 0.01 - 0.5 M, and the pH value is controlled at 1 - 7; Step 4: loading the first mixture in an ultrasonic atomizer, where a first aerosol is formed by ultrasonic atomization and then injected into the aerosol deposition box; and loading the second mixture after a period of time in the ultrasonic atomizer so that a second aerosol is formed and injected into the aerosol deposition box to react for some time, to obtain a Prussian blue modified electrode. Step 1: carrying out a surface pre-treatment of a support electrode; Step 2: fixing the pre-treated support electrode in an aerosol deposition box; Step 3: preparing a first mixture of a first solution and a KCl water solution, as well as a second mixture of a second solution and a KCl water solution, wherein the mixtures have the same concentration, and wherein the first solution is a K 4 Fe 6 or a K 3 Fe 6 solution, the second solution is in case of K 4 Fe 6 a FeCl 3 solution or in case of K 3 Fe 6 a (NH 4) 2 Fe(SO 4) 2 solution, both mixtures having a concentration of between 0.01 - 2 M, the KCl concentration of the KCl water solution is between 0.01 - 0.5 M, and the pH value is controlled at 1 - 7; Step 4: loading the first mixture in an ultrasonic atomizer, where a first aerosol is formed by ultrasonic atomization and then injected into the aerosol deposition box; and loading the second mixture after a period of time in the ultrasonic atomizer so that a second aerosol is formed and injected into the aerosol deposition box to react for some time, to obtain a Prussian blue modified electrode.
An isolated polynucleotide substrate for a catalytic nucleic acid enzyme, said polynucleotide substrate comprising a sequence N 1 -N 2 -N 3 -N 4 -N 5 -N 6 -N 7 -N 8 -rR-rY-N 9 -N 10 -N 11 -N 12 -N 13 -N 04 -N 15, wherein: rR is a purine ribonucleotide; rY is a pyrimidine ribonucleotide; each of N 1 -N 15 are nucleotides; six or more of N 5 -N 13 are cytosine nucleotides; N 9 is a cytosine nucleotide; the pyrimidine ribonucleotide comprises uracil; and less than three of N 9 -N 15 are guanine nucleotides; and wherein said polynucleotide substrate does not consist of: (i) a sequence defined in SEQ ID NO: 75 or SEQ ID NO: 86, or (ii) any one of the following sequences: and AGCCTCCCTGGGCATCGGGTCCCguCTCCTTTGTAAGGTTTCCTCTCG. rR is a purine ribonucleotide; rY is a pyrimidine ribonucleotide; each of N 1 -N 15 are nucleotides; six or more of N 5 -N 13 are cytosine nucleotides; N 9 is a cytosine nucleotide; the pyrimidine ribonucleotide comprises uracil; and less than three of N 9 -N 15 are guanine nucleotides; and wherein said polynucleotide substrate does not consist of: (i) a sequence defined in SEQ ID NO: 75 or SEQ ID NO: 86, or (ii) any one of the following sequences: and AGCCTCCCTGGGCATCGGGTCCCguCTCCTTTGTAAGGTTTCCTCTCG. (i) a sequence defined in SEQ ID NO: 75 or SEQ ID NO: 86, or (ii) any one of the following sequences: and AGCCTCCCTGGGCATCGGGTCCCguCTCCTTTGTAAGGTTTCCTCTCG.
A packet transmission apparatus for transmitting a packet, the packet transmission apparatus comprising; a Media Access Control control unit, referred to herein as a "MAC control unit" arranged to determine a type of packet to be transmitted, and to set an acknowledgement policy field of the packet and a retransmission policy field of the packet to indicate an acknowledgement policy and a retransmission policy with respect to the packet based on the determined the type of packet to be transmitted; and a communication unit arranged to transmit the packet; characterised in that the packet comprises one of: a first packet forming multimedia data; a second packet carrying a data payload corresponding to the file transfer protocol FTP and Hyper Text Transfer Protocol HTTP data; and a third packet forming a MAC command; wherein the MAC control unit is arranged to set the acknowledgement policy field of the first packet and the retransmission policy field of the first packet to indicate the acknowledgement policy and the retransmission policy whereby generation of the acknowledgement packet with respect to the first packet is restricted and retransmission with respect to the first packet is restricted and the acknowledgement policy field of the second packet or the third packet and the retransmission policy field of the second packet or the third packet to indicate the acknowledgement policy and the retransmission policy whereby the acknowledgement packet with respect to the second packet or the third packet is generated and retransmission with respect to the second packet or the third packet is performed.
Apparatus comprising a main reservoir intended to contain water and an intermediate reservoir supplied by said main reservoir, the intermediate reservoir comprising a cathode and an anode (11; 211) intended to precipitate calcium carbonate and comprising a filter forming a filtering barrier dividing the volume inside the intermediate reservoir between a primary chamber receiving the cathode, supplied with water from the main reservoir, and a secondary chamber receiving the anode (11, 211) and comprising at least one water-drawing orifice at the level of which water is drawn to be used in a device, said anode (11; 211) comprising two longitudinal ends (11A, 11B; 211A, 211B) between which it extends longitudinally along an axis X, said at least one water-drawing orifice (92; 92A, 92B; 292) being, in orthogonal projection on the axis X, located between the two ends (11A, 11B; 211A, 211B) of the anode.