mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for predicting disease progression or therapy response in a Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) patient, comprising the steps of: - determining in a sample of a CIDP patient the concentration of serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL), - comparing the determined value with a reference value, wherein an increased value compared to a reference value of individuals without disease progression is indicative for disease progression or is indicative for a need to switch therapy, and/or - wherein a decreased value compared to a reference value of individuals without disease progression is indicative for responding to a therapy, or - comparing the determined value with a median value of a group of patients comprising both patients likely to develop disease progression and patients likely not to develop disease progression, - wherein an value of sNfL above the median value of the group is indicative for disease progression or is indicative for a need to switch therapy, and/or - wherein a value of sNfL below the median value is indicative for responding to a therapy. - determining in a sample of a CIDP patient the concentration of serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL), - comparing the determined value with a reference value, wherein an increased value compared to a reference value of individuals without disease progression is indicative for disease progression or is indicative for a need to switch therapy, and/or - wherein a decreased value compared to a reference value of individuals without disease progression is indicative for responding to a therapy, or - comparing the determined value with a median value of a group of patients comprising both patients likely to develop disease progression and patients likely not to develop disease progression, - wherein an value of sNfL above the median value of the group is indicative for disease progression or is indicative for a need to switch therapy, and/or - wherein a value of sNfL below the median value is indicative for responding to a therapy.
Method for decoding the contents of an IO link communication on an active IO link interface, wherein a communication speed, an IO link operating type, a used IO link M-sequence type are identified and wherein information contents are selected via a configuration interface and displayed or forwarded in formatted form, characterized in that IO link data are capacitively coupled out and digitized using an A/D converter, the resultant digital data flow, following filtering and processing by signal processing software, is converted back into an analogue substantially two-value signal and UART frames encoded therein are decoded using a UART interface hardware unit.
A shoe comprising: two flaps (18, 20) with one flap positioned on each side of the shoe; a series of eyelets in each of said two flaps; a shoelace having a length sufficient to be threaded alternately between said two flaps through the eyelets; a first end of said shoelace being securely fixed at a location near the eyelet closest to the toe of the shoe, said shoelace also being alternately threaded through eyelets on opposite flaps; a second end of said shoelace being threaded under one of said flaps through an eyelet located closest to the opening in the shoe into which a wearer's foot is inserted, said second end being secured to a slider which is mounted over a guide (44;58) mounted around a rear of said shoe, said slider being slidable around the rear of the shoe along said guide (44;58); and whereby said slider is adjustable over said guide to tighten and loosen the shoe, wherein said guide is either a cord secured to the interior of the shoe along each side of the shoe, or piping secured to the interior of the shoe along each side of the shoe. two flaps (18, 20) with one flap positioned on each side of the shoe; a series of eyelets in each of said two flaps; a shoelace having a length sufficient to be threaded alternately between said two flaps through the eyelets; a first end of said shoelace being securely fixed at a location near the eyelet closest to the toe of the shoe, said shoelace also being alternately threaded through eyelets on opposite flaps; a second end of said shoelace being threaded under one of said flaps through an eyelet located closest to the opening in the shoe into which a wearer's foot is inserted, said second end being secured to a slider which is mounted over a guide (44;58) mounted around a rear of said shoe, said slider being slidable around the rear of the shoe along said guide (44;58); and whereby said slider is adjustable over said guide to tighten and loosen the shoe, wherein said guide is either a cord secured to the interior of the shoe along each side of the shoe, or piping secured to the interior of the shoe along each side of the shoe.
A computer-implemented method of generating a virtual depiction of an orthodontic treatment of a patient, the computer-implemented method comprising: gathering a three-dimensional model of the patient's dentition, the three-dimensional model comprising a virtual representation of the patient's dentition at a specific treatment stage of an orthodontic treatment plan; gathering a two-dimensional image of the patient, the two-dimensional image including at least a portion of the patient's face and including at least a portion of the patient's dentition; receiving first identifiers of a first set of reference points modeled on the three-dimensional model of the patient's dentition, the first set of reference points corresponding to a set of anatomical points on the patient's dentition; receiving second identifiers of a second set of reference points represented on the dentition of the two-dimensional image of the patient, the second set of reference points corresponding to the set of anatomical points on the patient's dentition; projecting the two-dimensional image of the patient's dentition into a three-dimensional space to create a projected 3D model of the two-dimensional image of the patient's dentition; aligning the first set of reference points on the three-dimensional model of the patient's dentition with the second set of reference points on the projected model of the two-dimensional image of the patient; providing instructions to display a modified two-dimensional image of the patient, the modified two-dimensional image representing thereon the aligned first and second sets of reference points. gathering a three-dimensional model of the patient's dentition, the three-dimensional model comprising a virtual representation of the patient's dentition at a specific treatment stage of an orthodontic treatment plan; gathering a two-dimensional image of the patient, the two-dimensional image including at least a portion of the patient's face and including at least a portion of the patient's dentition; receiving first identifiers of a first set of reference points modeled on the three-dimensional model of the patient's dentition, the first set of reference points corresponding to a set of anatomical points on the patient's dentition; receiving second identifiers of a second set of reference points represented on the dentition of the two-dimensional image of the patient, the second set of reference points corresponding to the set of anatomical points on the patient's dentition; projecting the two-dimensional image of the patient's dentition into a three-dimensional space to create a projected 3D model of the two-dimensional image of the patient's dentition; aligning the first set of reference points on the three-dimensional model of the patient's dentition with the second set of reference points on the projected model of the two-dimensional image of the patient; providing instructions to display a modified two-dimensional image of the patient, the modified two-dimensional image representing thereon the aligned first and second sets of reference points.
An electronic cigarette comprising: a vaporising light source; a reservoir for storing a vaporisable liquid; a first absorber configured to generate heat by absorbing light from the vaporising light source; and an optical interface provided between the first absorber and the vaporising light source, wherein a flow path is provided for vaporisable liquid to flow from the reservoir towards the optical interface and the first absorber; characterised in that the optical interface selectively reflects or refracts light emitted by the vaporising light source such that light emitted by the vaporising light source is coupled towards the first absorber when liquid is present at the optical interface and light emitted by the vaporising light source is coupled away from the first absorber when liquid is not present at the optical interface. a vaporising light source; a reservoir for storing a vaporisable liquid; a first absorber configured to generate heat by absorbing light from the vaporising light source; and an optical interface provided between the first absorber and the vaporising light source, wherein a flow path is provided for vaporisable liquid to flow from the reservoir towards the optical interface and the first absorber; characterised in that the optical interface selectively reflects or refracts light emitted by the vaporising light source such that light emitted by the vaporising light source is coupled towards the first absorber when liquid is present at the optical interface and light emitted by the vaporising light source is coupled away from the first absorber when liquid is not present at the optical interface.
Temperature sensor device (10, 20) for sensing the temperature of a windshield of a vehicle, comprising a single printed circuit board (1, 21) comprising a circuitry (3, 23), in particular, a measurement and control circuitry (3, 23) and a tab portion (1a, 21a) extending from the single printed circuit board (1, 21) and configured to contact the windshield such that a main surface of the single printed circuit board (1, 21) is arranged substantially perpendicular to the windshield when the temperature sensor device (10, 20) is sensing the temperature of the windshield; a temperature sensor (4, 24), in particular, a thermistor, mounted to the tab portion (1a, 21a) of the printed circuit board (1, 21); and a thermally conductive pad (6, 26) attached to the temperature sensor (4, 24) and the tab portion (1a, 21a), in particular, an edge of the tab portion (1a, 21a), and arranged to thermally and mechanically directly contact the windshield. a single printed circuit board (1, 21) comprising a circuitry (3, 23), in particular, a measurement and control circuitry (3, 23) and a tab portion (1a, 21a) extending from the single printed circuit board (1, 21) and configured to contact the windshield such that a main surface of the single printed circuit board (1, 21) is arranged substantially perpendicular to the windshield when the temperature sensor device (10, 20) is sensing the temperature of the windshield; a temperature sensor (4, 24), in particular, a thermistor, mounted to the tab portion (1a, 21a) of the printed circuit board (1, 21); and a thermally conductive pad (6, 26) attached to the temperature sensor (4, 24) and the tab portion (1a, 21a), in particular, an edge of the tab portion (1a, 21a), and arranged to thermally and mechanically directly contact the windshield.
A waterproof sound transmitting member comprising: a waterproof sound transmitting membrane that allows sound to pass therethrough and prevents water from passing therethrough, the waterproof sound transmitting membrane having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first adhesive sheet disposed on the first surface, wherein when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first surface, the first adhesive sheet has a closed frame shape, a second adhesive sheet disposed on the first surface, the second adhesive sheet being disposed within the frame formed by the first adhesive sheet and being spaced from the first adhesive sheet, the waterproof sound transmitting member being characterized in that the waterproof sound transmitting membrane has a maximum diameter of 7 mm to 20 mm, and in that when viewed in the direction perpendicular to the first surface, an area of the second adhesive sheet is at least one tenth and not more than one half an area of a region surrounded by an inner edge of the frame formed by the first adhesive sheet. a waterproof sound transmitting membrane that allows sound to pass therethrough and prevents water from passing therethrough, the waterproof sound transmitting membrane having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first adhesive sheet disposed on the first surface, wherein when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first surface, the first adhesive sheet has a closed frame shape, a second adhesive sheet disposed on the first surface, the second adhesive sheet being disposed within the frame formed by the first adhesive sheet and being spaced from the first adhesive sheet, the waterproof sound transmitting member being characterized in that the waterproof sound transmitting membrane has a maximum diameter of 7 mm to 20 mm, and in that when viewed in the direction perpendicular to the first surface, an area of the second adhesive sheet is at least one tenth and not more than one half an area of a region surrounded by an inner edge of the frame formed by the first adhesive sheet.
A communication line switching method for an optical communication system in which a station-side optical line terminal apparatus, OLT, and user-side optical line terminal apparatuses (10-1 to 10-3), ONU, are connected via a plurality of redundant physical lines (30-1, 30-2), the communication line switching method comprising: a discovery step of the OLT registering the ONU (10-1 to 10-3); a monitoring step of the registered ONU (10-1 to 10-3) monitoring a time stamp drift error that is generated when a difference between a time stamp included in a received signal and a local time measured by the own apparatus is larger than a value set in advance and, when the time stamp drift error occurs, shifting to a deregistered state and waiting for registration by the discovery step; a switching step of the OLT switching a physical line (30-1, 30-2) from a working physical line to a backup physical line of the physical lines; a holdover step of the ONU (10-1 to 10-3) in the registered state shifting to an holdover state for suppressing a shift to the deregistered state due to occurrence of the time stamp drift error by the monitoring step in a holdover period set in advance even if line abnormality is detected, characterized by a step of the OLT transmitting a shift message for instructing a shift to the holdover state to the ONU (10-1 to 10-3) in the registered state before switching the physical line from the working physical line to the backup physical line of the physical lines; and the ONU, which has received the shift message, shifting to the holdover state. a discovery step of the OLT registering the ONU (10-1 to 10-3); a monitoring step of the registered ONU (10-1 to 10-3) monitoring a time stamp drift error that is generated when a difference between a time stamp included in a received signal and a local time measured by the own apparatus is larger than a value set in advance and, when the time stamp drift error occurs, shifting to a deregistered state and waiting for registration by the discovery step; a switching step of the OLT switching a physical line (30-1, 30-2) from a working physical line to a backup physical line of the physical lines; a holdover step of the ONU (10-1 to 10-3) in the registered state shifting to an holdover state for suppressing a shift to the deregistered state due to occurrence of the time stamp drift error by the monitoring step in a holdover period set in advance even if line abnormality is detected,
A solid laundry detergent composition that is capable of dyeing fabric and cleaning fabric during a laundering process, wherein the composition comprises non-ionic detersive surfactant and reactive dye, wherein upon contact with water the composition has an equilibrium pH of 10.5 or greater at a concentration of 4g/l in de-ionized water and at a temperature of 20°C, and wherein the composition comprises an alkalinity source selected from the group consisting of: silicate salt, such as sodium silicate, including sodium meta-silicate; source of carbonate such as sodium carbonate and potassium carbonate; source of hydroxide, such as potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide; and mixtures thereof.
Apparatus (1, 11) for switching a direct current in a high-voltage line with a large number of switching units which are arranged to form a series circuit in the high-voltage line, wherein each switching unit comprises a switching element as well as a surge arrester arranged in a circuit parallel with the switching element, the threshold voltage of said surge arrester being greater than a rated voltage of the switching element, wherein the sum of the rated voltages of the switching elements corresponds to at least an operating voltage of the high-voltage line, wherein the switching elements are mechanical switches, characterized in that each mechanical switch comprises a contact arrangement with two separable contact pieces and is designed to develop an arcing voltage when the contact pieces are separated, the magnitude of which is greater than the rated voltage of the mechanical switch.
A carbon-coated vanadium dioxide particle, comprising: a vanadium dioxide particle; and a coating layer containing amorphous carbon on a surface of the vanadium dioxide particle, the amorphous carbon being derived from carbon contained in an oxazine resin, and having a peak intensity ratio of a G band to a D band of 1.5 or greater as determined by Raman spectrometry according to the method in the description, the coating layer having an average thickness of 50 nm or less as measured according to the method in the description, the coating layer having a coefficient of variation (CV value) of thickness of 7% or less as measured according to the method in the description. a vanadium dioxide particle; and a coating layer containing amorphous carbon on a surface of the vanadium dioxide particle, the amorphous carbon being derived from carbon contained in an oxazine resin, and having a peak intensity ratio of a G band to a D band of 1.5 or greater as determined by Raman spectrometry according to the method in the description, the coating layer having an average thickness of 50 nm or less as measured according to the method in the description, the coating layer having a coefficient of variation (CV value) of thickness of 7% or less as measured according to the method in the description.
A calcium-magnesium alumino-silicate (CMAS)-resistant coating system comprising: a substrate and an outer coating deposited on the substrate, the outer coating comprising: a plurality of columnar structures formed during material deposition due to preferential material accumulation and comprising: a plurality of randomly-oriented particle splats; and a CMAS-reactive material, wherein the columnar structures have a total porosity of less than five percent; and a plurality of generally vertically-oriented gaps extending from an outermost surface of the outer coating to a first depth of the outer coating less than a total thickness of the outer coating, wherein the vertically-oriented gaps separate adjacent columnar structures, and a median gap width of the plurality of vertically-oriented gaps is less than five micrometers, wherein the plurality of vertically-oriented gaps are cracks; characterised in that: the cracks extend from the outermost surface of the coating to a depth less than 60 percent of the outer coating thickness. a plurality of randomly-oriented particle splats; and a CMAS-reactive material, wherein the columnar structures have a total porosity of less than five percent; and a plurality of generally vertically-oriented gaps extending from an outermost surface of the outer coating to a first depth of the outer coating less than a total thickness of the outer coating, wherein the vertically-oriented gaps separate adjacent columnar structures, and a median gap width of the plurality of vertically-oriented gaps is less than five micrometers, wherein the plurality of vertically-oriented gaps are cracks; characterised in that: the cracks extend from the outermost surface of the coating to a depth less than 60 percent of the outer coating thickness.
A meter, comprising: at least one meter unit; a visor provided around the meter unit; and a light-emitting part including a light-guiding ring, a light source and a prism provided between the light guiding ring and the light source, the light-emitting part being annularly provided so as to cover an outer periphery of a dial panel of the meter unit; wherein the light guiding ring is composed of a light guiding body and a light shielding body, the light shielding body is integrally formed with the light guiding body so as to cover the light guiding body, and the light guiding ring is fixed to a mounting part provided in a proximity of an end part of the visor, characterized in that the light guiding ring includes a diffusing material provided in a rear part of the light guiding body. at least one meter unit; a visor provided around the meter unit; and a light-emitting part including a light-guiding ring, a light source and a prism provided between the light guiding ring and the light source, the light-emitting part being annularly provided so as to cover an outer periphery of a dial panel of the meter unit; wherein the light guiding ring is composed of a light guiding body and a light shielding body, the light shielding body is integrally formed with the light guiding body so as to cover the light guiding body, and the light guiding ring is fixed to a mounting part provided in a proximity of an end part of the visor, characterized in that the light guiding ring includes a diffusing material provided in a rear part of the light guiding body.
System comprising an instrument tray comprising a container for receiving surgical instruments, wherein the container is provided with dedicated visual markers for individual instruments in order to assign instruments to dedicated instrument positions in the container, and a manipulator configured to furnish the instrument tray with surgical instruments and/or remove instruments from the instrument tray, and further comprising a sterilization device and a control device of the manipulator, having an image recognition unit with a camera for image capture and with an image processing device, wherein the image recognition unit of the control device of the manipulator transmits information concerning the furnished state of the instrument tray, characterized in that the system comprises a surgical case cart configured to receive the instrument tray, and a driverless transport vehicle for moving the case cart, and in that the instrument tray has coupling devices configured for arranging the instrument tray in the surgical case cart, and in that the manipulator control device is configured to actuate the manipulator, using the information, to furnish and/or remove instruments from the instrument tray and, when a fully or substantially fully furnished state is recognized, to grip the instrument tray and move it into the sterilization device and, after completion of a sterilization process, to remove it again and arrange it in the surgical case cart. the system comprises a surgical case cart configured to receive the instrument tray, and a driverless transport vehicle for moving the case cart, and in that the instrument tray has coupling devices configured for arranging the instrument tray in the surgical case cart, and in that the manipulator control device is configured to actuate the manipulator, using the information, to furnish and/or remove instruments from the instrument tray and, when a fully or substantially fully furnished state is recognized, to grip the instrument tray and move it into the sterilization device and, after completion of a sterilization process, to remove it again and arrange it in the surgical case cart.