mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A computer implemented method for receiving, at a target device, code distributed by a base station via a network, the distribution being made to one or more destination devices including the target device via one or more distribution servers arranged between the base station and the one or more devices on the network, wherein the base station maintains a first blockchain data structure storing one or more blocks and having a state determined by a most recently committed block in the first blockchain, the method comprising the target device performing the steps of: receiving the code, a defined list of devices connected to the network, and a hash value for the code and the defined list of devices via the one or more distribution servers; receiving a broadcast communication including a current state of the first blockchain for receipt by the target device, the current state including a transaction having the hash value for the code and the list of network connected devices, and the current state having associated a hash value based on the contents of the transaction and a hash value evaluated for a block corresponding to a preceding state of the first blockchain; verifying, by accessing a state of a second blockchain storing blocks of one or more transactions containing hash values for one or more previous states of the first blockchain, the validity of the hash value evaluated for the preceding state of the first blockchain, wherein the second blockchain is validated by blockchain miners at one or more of the destination devices so as to confirm the validity of blocks in the second blockchain; and in response to the verification and a determination that the target device is included in the list of network connected devices, executing the code at the target device. receiving the code, a defined list of devices connected to the network, and a hash value for the code and the defined list of devices via the one or more distribution servers; receiving a broadcast communication including a current state of the first blockchain for receipt by the target device, the current state including a transaction having the hash value for the code and the list of network connected devices, and the current state having associated a hash value based on the contents of the transaction and a hash value evaluated for a block corresponding to a preceding state of the first blockchain; verifying, by accessing a state of a second blockchain storing blocks of one or more transactions containing hash values for one or more previous states of the first blockchain, the validity of the hash value evaluated for the preceding state of the first blockchain, wherein the second blockchain is validated by blockchain miners at one or more of the destination devices so as to confirm the validity of blocks in the second blockchain; and in response to the verification and a determination that the target device is included in the list of network connected devices, executing the code at the target device.
A pre-loaded device capsule comprising: a housing defining a plurality of delivery chambers and having an entrance and an exit end, wherein the delivery chambers are revolvable and each of the chambers is configured to include a separate occluding implant loaded therein; a plurality of bioabsorbable, lumen-occluding implants each loaded in one of the plurality of delivery chambers, having a bioabsorbable suture line coupled to each of the implants and being configured to extend therefrom, and a pressure imbibing port that is configured to receive an imbibing fluid, the imbibing fluid comprising a therapeutic agent, and the pressure imbibing port being configured to simultaneously imbibe the bioabsorbable, lumen-occluding implants prior to implantation; wherein the housing comprises a female taper fitting about the entrance end and a male taper fitting about the exit end. a housing defining a plurality of delivery chambers and having an entrance and an exit end, wherein the delivery chambers are revolvable and each of the chambers is configured to include a separate occluding implant loaded therein; a plurality of bioabsorbable, lumen-occluding implants each loaded in one of the plurality of delivery chambers, having a bioabsorbable suture line coupled to each of the implants and being configured to extend therefrom, and a pressure imbibing port that is configured to receive an imbibing fluid, the imbibing fluid comprising a therapeutic agent, and the pressure imbibing port being configured to simultaneously imbibe the bioabsorbable, lumen-occluding implants prior to implantation; wherein the housing comprises a female taper fitting about the entrance end and a male taper fitting about the exit end.
Process for preparing di- and polyisocyanates of the diphenylmethane series and mixtures thereof, in which a) aniline and formaldehyde are reacted in the presence of an acidic catalyst to give di- and polyamines of the diphenylmethane series, and b) the di- and polyamines of the diphenylmethane series are phosgenated, optionally in the presence of a solvent, to obtain a crude di- and polyisocyanate, and c) at least one fraction containing at least 5% by weight of tricyclic and higher polycyclic MDI and at least one fraction containing at least 95% by weight of bicyclic MDI are separated by distillation from the crude di- and polyisocyanate, and d) the hydrolysable chlorine value of the fraction containing at least 95% by weight of bicyclic MDI is determined analytically, and e) the fraction containing at least 95% by weight of bicyclic MDI is admixed with an acidic compound comprising organic acid chlorides and/or N-chloroacetamide, in such a way that the desired hydrolysable chlorine value is established in a controlled manner. a) aniline and formaldehyde are reacted in the presence of an acidic catalyst to give di- and polyamines of the diphenylmethane series, and b) the di- and polyamines of the diphenylmethane series are phosgenated, optionally in the presence of a solvent, to obtain a crude di- and polyisocyanate, and c) at least one fraction containing at least 5% by weight of tricyclic and higher polycyclic MDI and at least one fraction containing at least 95% by weight of bicyclic MDI are separated by distillation from the crude di- and polyisocyanate, and d) the hydrolysable chlorine value of the fraction containing at least 95% by weight of bicyclic MDI is determined analytically, and e) the fraction containing at least 95% by weight of bicyclic MDI is admixed with an acidic compound comprising organic acid chlorides and/or N-chloroacetamide, in such a way that the desired hydrolysable chlorine value is established in a controlled manner.
An in-cell touch panel, comprising: an array substrate provided with top-gate thin-film transistors, TFTs,; a plurality of mutually independent self-capacitance electrodes arranged in a same layer and disposed on a layer provided with the top-gate TFTs of the array substrate; a touch detection chip configured to determine according to the self capacitance principle a touch position by detection of capacitance variation of the self-capacitance electrodes in a touch period; and a plurality of wirings disposed beneath the layer provided with the top-gate TFTs of the array substrate and configured to connect the self-capacitance electrodes to the touch detection chip, in which orthographic projections of patterns of the wirings on the array substrate shield patterns of active layers of the top-gate TFTs from light, wherein the self-capacitance electrodes are arranged in a same layer as a pixel electrode layer on the array substrate; and patterns of the self-capacitance electrodes are disposed at gaps between two adjacent pixel electrodes. an array substrate provided with top-gate thin-film transistors, TFTs,; a plurality of mutually independent self-capacitance electrodes arranged in a same layer and disposed on a layer provided with the top-gate TFTs of the array substrate; a touch detection chip configured to determine according to the self capacitance principle a touch position by detection of capacitance variation of the self-capacitance electrodes in a touch period; and a plurality of wirings disposed beneath the layer provided with the top-gate TFTs of the array substrate and configured to connect the self-capacitance electrodes to the touch detection chip, in which orthographic projections of patterns of the wirings on the array substrate shield patterns of active layers of the top-gate TFTs from light, wherein the self-capacitance electrodes are arranged in a same layer as a pixel electrode layer on the array substrate; and patterns of the self-capacitance electrodes are disposed at gaps between two adjacent pixel electrodes.
A loop forming fastener, comprising: (a) an elongate body portion having a first side, a second side, a first end and an opposed tail end; (b) a head (44") connected to the elongate body portion, the head (44") having a bottom and defining an opening configured to receive said tail end to form a loop; (c) a ratchet including an array of teeth aligned the first side of the elongate body portion and a pawl associated with the head (44") and the opening, the ratchet permitting movement of the elongate body portion through the opening in a first direction but preventing movement of the elongate body portion in an opposite second direction, the fastener also including an array of cavities arranged in a row spaced along the second side of the elongate body portion extending into the elongate body portion; and (d) a lock located in the bottom of the head (44"), that selectively prevents movement of the elongate body portion in the first direction. (a) an elongate body portion having a first side, a second side, a first end and an opposed tail end; (b) a head (44") connected to the elongate body portion, the head (44") having a bottom and defining an opening configured to receive said tail end to form a loop; (c) a ratchet including an array of teeth aligned the first side of the elongate body portion and a pawl associated with the head (44") and the opening, the ratchet permitting movement of the elongate body portion through the opening in a first direction but preventing movement of the elongate body portion in an opposite second direction, the fastener also including an array of cavities arranged in a row spaced along the second side of the elongate body portion extending into the elongate body portion; and (d) a lock located in the bottom of the head (44"), that selectively prevents movement of the elongate body portion in the first direction.
A method of decontaminating personal protective equipment, the method comprising: while a person wearing the personal protective equipment to be decontaminated is present within a booth having a plurality of internally-reflective surfaces, operating a plurality of UVC light sources arranged to emit UVC light into the booth; wherein the booth includes a rigid frame that supports a shell made from a flexible material to form an enclosure; wherein at least one portion of the inward-facing surface of the shell is provided with a reflective material that reflects UVC light; maintaining operation of the UVC light sources while the person wearing the personal protective equipment is in the booth to expose surfaces of the personal protection equipment to the UVC light for a predetermined period of time suitable to achieve a desired level of decontamination of the surfaces of the personal protective equipment; and de-energizing the UVC light sources after expiration of the predetermined period of time. while a person wearing the personal protective equipment to be decontaminated is present within a booth having a plurality of internally-reflective surfaces, operating a plurality of UVC light sources arranged to emit UVC light into the booth; wherein the booth includes a rigid frame that supports a shell made from a flexible material to form an enclosure; wherein at least one portion of the inward-facing surface of the shell is provided with a reflective material that reflects UVC light; maintaining operation of the UVC light sources while the person wearing the personal protective equipment is in the booth to expose surfaces of the personal protection equipment to the UVC light for a predetermined period of time suitable to achieve a desired level of decontamination of the surfaces of the personal protective equipment; and de-energizing the UVC light sources after expiration of the predetermined period of time.
A method performed by a wireless transmit / receive unit, WTRU, the method comprising: demodulating a payload of a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, transmission, using a demodulation reference signal, DMRS, in at least a second, in time, OFDM symbol, and a fourth, in time, OFDM symbol of a new radio, NR, synchronization signal block, SSB, wherein the DMRS is located in same frequency locations in the second, in time, OFDM symbol and the fourth, in time, OFDM symbol and is interleaved in frequency with the payload of the PBCH; wherein the SSB includes a primary synchronization signal, PSS, in a first, in time, OFDM symbol of the SSB and a secondary synchronization signal, SSS, in a third, in time, OFDM symbol of the SSB; wherein the SSB spans only the first, in time, OFDM symbol, the second, in time, OFDM symbol, the third, in time, OFDM symbol and the fourth, in time, OFDM symbol; wherein the PSS and the SSS span a same frequency spectrum and the PBCH spans a wider frequency spectrum than the PSS and the SSS. demodulating a payload of a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, transmission, using a demodulation reference signal, DMRS, in at least a second, in time, OFDM symbol, and a fourth, in time, OFDM symbol of a new radio, NR, synchronization signal block, SSB, wherein the DMRS is located in same frequency locations in the second, in time, OFDM symbol and the fourth, in time, OFDM symbol and is interleaved in frequency with the payload of the PBCH; wherein the SSB includes a primary synchronization signal, PSS, in a first, in time, OFDM symbol of the SSB and a secondary synchronization signal, SSS, in a third, in time, OFDM symbol of the SSB; wherein the SSB spans only the first, in time, OFDM symbol, the second, in time, OFDM symbol, the third, in time, OFDM symbol and the fourth, in time, OFDM symbol; wherein the PSS and the SSS span a same frequency spectrum and the PBCH spans a wider frequency spectrum than the PSS and the SSS.
A wound dressing (10,50), which comprises: an absorbent member having a distal wound-facing surface and an opposed proximal surface, the distal wound facing surface defining a surface area; a porous contact layer defining an internal open window extending therethrough, the porous contact layer including a thin film membrane having a pressure sensitive, wound-side adhesive on a distal side thereof and a continuous coating of construction adhesive on a proximal side thereof, and wherein at least about 50 percent of the surface area of the distal side of the absorbent member is exposed through the internal open window; and a backing layer (16,52) including a patterned coating of the construction adhesive on a distal side thereof, the backing layer (16,52) adhered to the proximal side of the absorbent member by the patterned coating of the construction adhesive, characterized by the patterned coating of construction adhesive is in the range of from 0.4 to 0.6 grams of adhesive per 645 square centimeters (100 square inches) of surface area of the backing layer. an absorbent member having a distal wound-facing surface and an opposed proximal surface, the distal wound facing surface defining a surface area; a porous contact layer defining an internal open window extending therethrough, the porous contact layer including a thin film membrane having a pressure sensitive, wound-side adhesive on a distal side thereof and a continuous coating of construction adhesive on a proximal side thereof, and wherein at least about 50 percent of the surface area of the distal side of the absorbent member is exposed through the internal open window; and a backing layer (16,52) including a patterned coating of the construction adhesive on a distal side thereof, the backing layer (16,52) adhered to the proximal side of the absorbent member by the patterned coating of the construction adhesive, characterized by the patterned coating of construction adhesive is in the range of from 0.4 to 0.6 grams of adhesive per 645 square centimeters (100 square inches) of surface area of the backing layer.
A method of capturing, isolating and analyzing circulating multiple myeloma cells in a sample of blood obtained from a test subject comprising (a) contacting said sample with colloidal magnetic particles that are conjugated to a first ligand, which is anti-CD138, and a second ligand, which is anti-CD38; (b) subjecting the sample of step (a) to a magnetic field to produce a separated faction of magnetic particle-bound circulating multiple myeloma cells; (c) treating the sample of step (b) with a first additional marker; and (d) analyzing circulating multiple myeloma cells. (a) contacting said sample with colloidal magnetic particles that are conjugated to a first ligand, which is anti-CD138, and a second ligand, which is anti-CD38; (b) subjecting the sample of step (a) to a magnetic field to produce a separated faction of magnetic particle-bound circulating multiple myeloma cells; (c) treating the sample of step (b) with a first additional marker; and (d) analyzing circulating multiple myeloma cells.
Multilayer adhesive material for food contact comprising: - a polyolefin film having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first; - a polyolefin film coupled to the polyolefin film on the first surface by means of a layer comprising at least one adhesive; - a layer comprising at least one ink interposed between the polyolefin films and; and - an adhesive layer comprising at least one pressure-sensitive adhesive arranged on the second surface of the polyolefin film, wherein the at least one pressure-sensitive adhesive is an aqueous emulsion stable at pH less than 7.5 based on at least one acrylic polymer. - a polyolefin film having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first; - a polyolefin film coupled to the polyolefin film on the first surface by means of a layer comprising at least one adhesive; - a layer comprising at least one ink interposed between the polyolefin films and; and - an adhesive layer comprising at least one pressure-sensitive adhesive arranged on the second surface of the polyolefin film, wherein the at least one pressure-sensitive adhesive is an aqueous emulsion stable at pH less than 7.5 based on at least one acrylic polymer.
Use of a binder comprising as separate components: (a) a polyvinylidene fluoride polymer dispersed in an organic diluent with (b) a (meth)acrylic polymer dispersant, wherein the (meth)acrylic polymer is prepared from a mixture of monomers comprising one or more active hydrogen group-containing (meth)acrylic monomers, wherein (i) the binder additionally contains a separately added crosslinking agent reactive with the active hydrogen groups; or (ii) the binder is self crosslinking in that the mixture of monomers contains a monomer that contains reactive groups that are reactive with the active hydrogen groups or are reactive with themselves as electrode binder of a lithium ion secondary battery. (a) a polyvinylidene fluoride polymer dispersed in an organic diluent with (b) a (meth)acrylic polymer dispersant, wherein the (meth)acrylic polymer is prepared from a mixture of monomers comprising one or more active hydrogen group-containing (meth)acrylic monomers, (i) the binder additionally contains a separately added crosslinking agent reactive with the active hydrogen groups; or (ii) the binder is self crosslinking in that the mixture of monomers contains a monomer that contains reactive groups that are reactive with the active hydrogen groups or are reactive with themselves
A recoilless firearm apparatus for firing at least one bullet of a respective standard cartridge having a standard caliber, comprising: a) a front barrel having an inner-barrel-diameter and a rear cartridge-chamber having a rear cartridge-chamber diameter configured to receive the standard cartridge; b) a disposable firing activator; and c) a rear discharge opening formed behind said front barrel, aligned with the longitudinal axis of said front barrel; wherein the standard cartridge further includes a casing having an external diameter that is smaller than said rear cartridge-chamber diameter, wherein the casing encloses a sealed inner-casing space that contains gunpowder, and wherein the casing includes a primer; and wherein upon activating the primer, the primer explodes to thereby detonate the gunpowder, forming propellant gasses inside the cartridge that are directed both forward and backward as follows: a) forward: firing of the bullet via said front barrel; and b) backward: pushing, by a recoil force F p, the casing, being a counterweight to the bullet, to thereby eject the casing from the firearm apparatus via said rear discharge opening. a) a front barrel having an inner-barrel-diameter and a rear cartridge-chamber having a rear cartridge-chamber diameter configured to receive the standard cartridge; b) a disposable firing activator; and c) a rear discharge opening formed behind said front barrel, aligned with the longitudinal axis of said front barrel; wherein the standard cartridge further includes a casing having an external diameter that is smaller than said rear cartridge-chamber diameter, wherein the casing encloses a sealed inner-casing space that contains gunpowder, and wherein the casing includes a primer; and wherein upon activating the primer, the primer explodes to thereby detonate the gunpowder, forming propellant gasses inside the cartridge that are directed both forward and backward as follows: a) forward: firing of the bullet via said front barrel; and b) backward: pushing, by a recoil force F p, the casing, being a counterweight to the bullet, to thereby eject the casing from the firearm apparatus via said rear discharge opening. a) forward: firing of the bullet via said front barrel; and b) backward: pushing, by a recoil force F p, the casing, being a counterweight to the bullet, to thereby eject the casing from the firearm apparatus via said rear discharge opening.