mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for transmitting feedback information by a receiver (120-1,..., 120-N) of a multi-antenna system using a closed-loop scheme supporting multiple users, comprising: selecting from a plurality of feedback protocols a feedback protocol based on a communication environment; generating feedback information mapped to the selected feedback protocol; and providing a transmitter with the generated feedback information using the selected feedback protocol, wherein the feedback protocol is divided into a multi-user mode and a single-user mode according to the number of users; wherein when the feedback protocol is in the single-user mode, the feedback information is generated using an index of a precoding matrix, a rank selection value, an index of a precoding vector of the precoding matrix, and a channel quality information value based on the precoding vector, and characterized in that, when the feedback protocol is in the multi-user mode, the feedback information is generated by using an index of a precoding matrix and channel quality information values based on the precoding matrix. selecting from a plurality of feedback protocols a feedback protocol based on a communication environment; generating feedback information mapped to the selected feedback protocol; and providing a transmitter with the generated feedback information using the selected feedback protocol, wherein the feedback protocol is divided into a multi-user mode and a single-user mode according to the number of users; wherein when the feedback protocol is in the single-user mode, the feedback information is generated using an index of a precoding matrix, a rank selection value, an index of a precoding vector of the precoding matrix, and a channel quality information value based on the precoding vector, and characterized in that, when the feedback protocol is in the multi-user mode, the feedback information is generated by using an index of a precoding matrix and channel quality information values based on the precoding matrix.
A method of screening for compounds that inhibit signaling of a mutant SMO protein that incorporates a mutation at amino acid 241 of SEQ ID NO: 1 comprising contacting said mutant SMO with a test compound and detecting binding of said compound to said mutant SMO whereby binding of said test compound to mutant SMO indicates that said test compound is an inhibitor of mutant SMO.
An apparatus (100, 600) for laminating rigid substrate members comprising: a) a base portion (140, 640) configured to support a stack of rigid substrates, wherein the base portion (140, 640) comprises a compressible gasket (150, 645), and at least one alignment pin (145, 620); b) a cover portion (130, 630) configured for sealedly contacting the compressible gasket (150, 645) to form a sealed chamber enclosing the stack of rigid substrate members; c) at least one stroke-producing cylinder (110, 610) configured to extend to the cover portion (130, 630) and apply a first force to bring the cover portion (130, 630) into contact with the alignment pin (145, 620) and gasket (150, 645) of the base portion (140, 640) to form the sealed chamber; and d) a vacuum port configured for attachment to a vacuum source, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises at least one spring configured to provide a resistance force to the stroke-producing cylinder. a) a base portion (140, 640) configured to support a stack of rigid substrates, wherein the base portion (140, 640) comprises a compressible gasket (150, 645), and at least one alignment pin (145, 620); b) a cover portion (130, 630) configured for sealedly contacting the compressible gasket (150, 645) to form a sealed chamber enclosing the stack of rigid substrate members; c) at least one stroke-producing cylinder (110, 610) configured to extend to the cover portion (130, 630) and apply a first force to bring the cover portion (130, 630) into contact with the alignment pin (145, 620) and gasket (150, 645) of the base portion (140, 640) to form the sealed chamber; and d) a vacuum port configured for attachment to a vacuum source, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises at least one spring configured to provide a resistance force to the stroke-producing cylinder.
An interspinous vertebral implant including an implant body extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising successively along said longitudinal axis: - a rear portion having a rear end, - a central portion shaped so as to extend between two spinous processes of two adjacent vertebrae, said central portion extending the rear portion, and - a front portion extending the central portion, opposite to the rear portion, while tapering up to a front end of streamlined shape, wherein said implant body has: - an anterior face intended to be directed towards the vertebrae, - a guide channel formed in the implant body from its rear end up to its front end, said guide channel being shaped so as to receive at least one portion of an implantation spindle of an implantation ancillary, said interspinous vertebral implant being characterized in that the guide channel extends from the rear end up to the front end along a curvilinear direction, said guide channel being formed in the anterior face so that said guide channel forms an anterior groove of curvilinear shape and opening outside into said anterior face of the implant body. - a rear portion having a rear end, - a central portion shaped so as to extend between two spinous processes of two adjacent vertebrae, said central portion extending the rear portion, and - a front portion extending the central portion, opposite to the rear portion, while tapering up to a front end of streamlined shape, wherein said implant body has: - an anterior face intended to be directed towards the vertebrae, - a guide channel formed in the implant body from its rear end up to its front end, said guide channel being shaped so as to receive at least one portion of an implantation spindle of an implantation ancillary, - an anterior face intended to be directed towards the vertebrae, - a guide channel formed in the implant body from its rear end up to its front end, said guide channel being shaped so as to receive at least one portion of an implantation spindle of an implantation ancillary, said interspinous vertebral implant being characterized in that the guide channel extends from the rear end up to the front end along a curvilinear direction, said guide channel being formed in the anterior face so that said guide channel forms an anterior groove of curvilinear shape and opening outside into said anterior face of the implant body.
A method of labeling nucleic acid targets in a sample, comprising: contacting copies of a nucleic acid target with a plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes, wherein each oligonucleotide barcode comprises a first universal sequence, a molecular label, and a target-binding region capable of hybridizing to the copies of the nucleic acid target; extending the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes hybridized to the copies of the nucleic acid target to generate a plurality of first strand barcoded polynucleotides; contacting random primers with the plurality of first strand barcoded polynucleotides, wherein each of the random primers comprises a second universal sequence, or a complement thereof; and extending the random primers hybridized to the plurality of first strand barcoded polynucleotides to generate a plurality of extension products. contacting copies of a nucleic acid target with a plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes, wherein each oligonucleotide barcode comprises a first universal sequence, a molecular label, and a target-binding region capable of hybridizing to the copies of the nucleic acid target; extending the plurality of oligonucleotide barcodes hybridized to the copies of the nucleic acid target to generate a plurality of first strand barcoded polynucleotides; contacting random primers with the plurality of first strand barcoded polynucleotides, wherein each of the random primers comprises a second universal sequence, or a complement thereof; and extending the random primers hybridized to the plurality of first strand barcoded polynucleotides to generate a plurality of extension products.
An absorber containing non-wood pulp, wherein - the non-wood pulp is abaca pulp made from a portion near the core of Manila hemp or a portion between the core and hull of Manila hemp, or banana pulp made from banana stem, - the settling velocity of the non-wood pulp in water is between 2 seconds and 5 seconds, wherein the settling velocity is determined by evenly packing a 5.0 g portion of the non-wood pulp into a cylindrical basket having a weight of 3 g, a diameter of 50 mm and a height of 80 mm, wherein the basket is formed of copper wires having a diameter of 0.4 mm, and wherein the basket has a mesh of 20 mm in terms of the spacing between the copper wired, dropping the basket containing the non-wood pulp from a height of 10 mm from the surface of ion exchanged water contained of a depth of 200 mm in a 2 litre beaker and measuring the time from contact of the basket with the water surface until progression under the water surface - wherein the mean fiber size of the non-wood pulp is 8 to 25 μm, the apparent bulk density of the non-wood pulp is 0.04 to 0.07 g/cm<3>, and the absorption of the non-wood pulp for 0.9% physiological saline is at least 20 times the mass of the pulp. - the non-wood pulp is abaca pulp made from a portion near the core of Manila hemp or a portion between the core and hull of Manila hemp, or banana pulp made from banana stem, - the settling velocity of the non-wood pulp in water is between 2 seconds and 5 seconds, wherein the settling velocity is determined by evenly packing a 5.0 g portion of the non-wood pulp into a cylindrical basket having a weight of 3 g, a diameter of 50 mm and a height of 80 mm, wherein the basket is formed of copper wires having a diameter of 0.4 mm, and wherein the basket has a mesh of 20 mm in terms of the spacing between the copper wired, dropping the basket containing the non-wood pulp from a height of 10 mm from the surface of ion exchanged water contained of a depth of 200 mm in a 2 litre beaker and measuring the time from contact of the basket with the water surface until progression under the water surface - wherein the mean fiber size of the non-wood pulp is 8 to 25 μm, the apparent bulk density of the non-wood pulp is 0.04 to 0.07 g/cm<3>, and the absorption of the non-wood pulp for 0.9% physiological saline is at least 20 times the mass of the pulp.
Dishwasher, in particular a household dishwasher, having a washing compartment the loading opening of which can be closed off by a door, it being possible for the door to be locked by means of a door lock in its final closing position, wherein the closing plunger of the door lock is arranged and embodied on the top, front boundary region of the washing compartment, in particular its boundary element or washing compartment frame element, such that in order to open the door its closing plunger can be moved upward with a lifting motion essentially in the vertical direction counter to a tension force (F S) and in order to lock the door in its final closing position can be pushed vertically downward into an indentation which is provided in or on the frame of the door, in particular in or on the frame of an inner door of the door by applying a tension force (F S), wherein the closing plunger can be displaced linearly by means of an actuation force (F B) counter to the tension force (F S) acting on the closing plunger, wherein the actuation force (F B) on the closing plunger is generated by the interaction of the closing plunger and the indentation by means of at least one actuation region on the closing plunger and/or at least one actuation region on the indentation, wherein when the door is in the final closing position at least the locking end of the closing plunger engages in the indentation due to the tension force (F S) acting on the closing plunger to lock the door, and wherein at least one first and at least one second actuation region are provided on the closing plunger, in particular at the locking end of the closing plunger, which, in the final closing position of the door are directed toward the indentation and which run on each other in the direction of the indentation, characterised in that the actuation regions (3a, 3b) on the closing plunger each have a flat surface, which runs at an angle to the linear guide of the closing plunger, and/or a curved surface and the flat surface of the second actuation region of the closing plunger runs more steeply in relation to the longitudinal axis of the closing plunger than the flat surface of the first actuation region of the closing plunger and/or the curved surface of the second actuation region of the closing plunger is more curved than the curved surface of the first actuation region of the closing plunger.
A fuel nozzle having a flow adjustment orifice system, the flow adjustment orifice system comprising: a metering plate that connects to an air/fuel inlet end of the fuel nozzle; a first plurality of metering orifices disposed about the metering plate that align with a first plurality of air/fuel inlet orifices on the air/fuel inlet end of the fuel nozzle, wherein at least one of the first plurality of metering orifices reduces an open cross-sectional area for at least one of the first plurality of air/fuel inlet orifices and characterized by a second metering plate that connects to the air/fuel inlet end of the fuel nozzle and aligns with the first metering plate; and a second plurality of metering orifices disposed about the second metering plate that align with a second plurality of air/fuel inlet orifices on the air/fuel inlet end of the fuel nozzle, wherein at least one of the second plurality of metering orifices reduces a second open cross-sectional area for at least one of the second plurality of air/fuel inlet orifices. a metering plate that connects to an air/fuel inlet end of the fuel nozzle; a first plurality of metering orifices disposed about the metering plate that align with a first plurality of air/fuel inlet orifices on the air/fuel inlet end of the fuel nozzle, wherein at least one of the first plurality of metering orifices reduces an open cross-sectional area for at least one of the first plurality of air/fuel inlet orifices and characterized by a second metering plate that connects to the air/fuel inlet end of the fuel nozzle and aligns with the first metering plate; and a second plurality of metering orifices disposed about the second metering plate that align with a second plurality of air/fuel inlet orifices on the air/fuel inlet end of the fuel nozzle, wherein at least one of the second plurality of metering orifices reduces a second open cross-sectional area for at least one of the second plurality of air/fuel inlet orifices.
A microfluidic device for analyzing a fluid present in a pipe under a first pressure, comprising: - a mixer for mixing an amount of fluid coming from the pipe with at least one amount of a reactant coming from at least one tank, - an analyzer for analyzing the mixture thus constituted, the microfluidic device further comprising a sampling channel for drawing an amount of the fluid in the pipe, for supplying the mixer and for pressurizing said at least one tank that pushes the reactant towards the mixer; the microfluidic device being characterized in that an outlet port of the analyzer is subjected to a second pressure lower than the first pressure in the pipe, such that the fluid passively moves from the pipe, on the one hand towards the analyzer via the mixer, and on the other hand towards said at least one tank; the tank containing the reactant and the mixer are subjected to a pressure the source of which is unique, this source being the pipe. - a mixer for mixing an amount of fluid coming from the pipe with at least one amount of a reactant coming from at least one tank, - an analyzer for analyzing the mixture thus constituted,
A device, comprising: a phase change switch (15; 20A, 20B) including a phase change material and a heater, a memory (14; 23A, 23B) configured to store a target state for the phase change switch, and a controller (13; 22A, 22B) configured to determine a state of the phase change switch, to compare the determined state with the target state, and to control the heater of the phase change switch to change the state of the phase change switch to the target state if the state of the phase change switch does not correspond the target state. a phase change switch (15; 20A, 20B) including a phase change material and a heater, a memory (14; 23A, 23B) configured to store a target state for the phase change switch, and a controller (13; 22A, 22B) configured to determine a state of the phase change switch, to compare the determined state with the target state, and to control the heater of the phase change switch to change the state of the phase change switch to the target state if the state of the phase change switch does not correspond the target state.
Method for defining an interface (32, 42, 52, 62) of a welding power source (31, 41, 51, 61) for communication with an external machine connected to the interface, the interface for communication with the machine, which is connected to the welding power source (31, 41, 51, 61), preferably being configured for parallel data communication and comprising at least one external connection (201...206), - a freely configurable interface in the welding power source (31, 41, 51, 61) being directly controlled, configured and activated via software by the operating panel of the welding power source or by an external device which can be connected to the welding power source, in particular by an operating panel; and - a parameter of the welding device being assigned to an internal and/or external connection (101...105); characterised by the steps of: - testing the plausibility of an interface definition which has been created using a model of the interface (32, 42, 52, 62) and a model, which is connected thereto, of said machine, and - transferring the interface definition to the real interface (32, 42, 52, 62) if the result of the plausibility test is positive. - a freely configurable interface in the welding power source (31, 41, 51, 61) being directly controlled, configured and activated via software by the operating panel of the welding power source or by an external device which can be connected to the welding power source, in particular by an operating panel; and - a parameter of the welding device being assigned to an internal and/or external connection (101...105); characterised by the steps of: - testing the plausibility of an interface definition which has been created using a model of the interface (32, 42, 52, 62) and a model, which is connected thereto, of said machine, and - transferring the interface definition to the real interface (32, 42, 52, 62) if the result of the plausibility test is positive. - testing the plausibility of an interface definition which has been created using a model of the interface (32, 42, 52, 62) and a model, which is connected thereto, of said machine, and - transferring the interface definition to the real interface (32, 42, 52, 62) if the result of the plausibility test is positive.
A removing device configured to remove a needle cover removably mounted on the distal tip of an injection device comprising a barrel, the removing device comprising: a housing including a holder configured to hold the injection device and a needle cover remover configured to remove the needle cover from the injection device, a first abutment member provided on the holder, and being configured to abut against said injection device, a second abutment member provided on the needle cover remover, and being configured to abut against the needle cover, displacement means configured to displace the needle cover remover relative to the holder in a translational direction so that the first and second abutment members (40, 60) translationally move away from each other in order to separate the needle cover from the injection device, wherein the first and second abutment members (40, 60) have a notch (44, 64) configured to receive a portion of the injection device, characterized in that said notches (44, 64) being opened at their top end with regard to a vertical direction orthogonal to the translational direction to allow a user to put the injection device down onto the holder and the needle cover remover. a housing including a holder configured to hold the injection device and a needle cover remover configured to remove the needle cover from the injection device, a first abutment member provided on the holder, and being configured to abut against said injection device, a second abutment member provided on the needle cover remover, and being configured to abut against the needle cover, displacement means configured to displace the needle cover remover relative to the holder in a translational direction so that the first and second abutment members (40, 60) translationally move away from each other in order to separate the needle cover from the injection device, wherein the first and second abutment members (40, 60) have a notch (44, 64) configured to receive a portion of the injection device, characterized in that said notches (44, 64) being opened at their top end with regard to a vertical direction orthogonal to the translational direction to allow a user to put the injection device down onto the holder and the needle cover remover.
An ostomy pouch, comprising: an outer wall; a bodyside wall, wherein the outer wall and the bodyside wall are sealed along their peripheral edges to define a cavity; and wherein the bodyside wall is formed of a multilayer film including at least one foam layer, wherein the at least one foam layer includes an outer foam layer, wherein at least one of the foam layers comprises a vinyl-bond rich triblock copolymer, and wherein the outer foam layer is in contact with user's skin when the ostomy pouch is attached to the user. an outer wall; a bodyside wall, wherein the outer wall and the bodyside wall are sealed along their peripheral edges to define a cavity; and wherein the bodyside wall is formed of a multilayer film including at least one foam layer, wherein the at least one foam layer includes an outer foam layer, wherein at least one of the foam layers comprises a vinyl-bond rich triblock copolymer, and wherein the outer foam layer is in contact with user's skin when the ostomy pouch is attached to the user.
A fire-resistant heat-insulation composition, comprising: 70 to 250 parts by mass of gypsum based on 100 parts by mass of calcium aluminate having a CaO content of 34% or more; and 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of a fibrous inorganic clay mineral having a water content of 5% or more by mass, determined by the method described in the description, based on 100 parts by mass of the total of the calcium aluminate and the gypsum. 70 to 250 parts by mass of gypsum based on 100 parts by mass of calcium aluminate having a CaO content of 34% or more; and 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of a fibrous inorganic clay mineral having a water content of 5% or more by mass, determined by the method described in the description, based on 100 parts by mass of the total of the calcium aluminate and the gypsum.