mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A composition comprising a purified extract of Astragalus membranaceus for use in the treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, wherein the extract comprises: an arabinose:galactose mol ratio ranging from 4.0:1 to 5.0:1; from 5 mol% to 10 mol% rhamnose; from 15 mol% to 20 mol% galactose; from 10 mol% to 20 mol% galacturonic acid; and, from 10 mol% to 15 mol% glucose; and wherein the extract is prepared using a process that includes isolating a crude extract from Astragalus membranaceus and mildly treating the crude extract with an acid, the mildly treating including applying the acid to the crude extract at a concentration ranging from 0.05M to 0.4M, at a temperature ranging from 15°C to 25°C, and for a time ranging from 1 hour to 24 hours, wherein the temperature and time for applying the acid are selected to obtain the arabinose:galactose ratio, the galactose content, the glucose content, and a high yield. an arabinose:galactose mol ratio ranging from 4.0:1 to 5.0:1; from 5 mol% to 10 mol% rhamnose; from 15 mol% to 20 mol% galactose; from 10 mol% to 20 mol% galacturonic acid; and, from 10 mol% to 15 mol% glucose; and wherein the extract is prepared using a process that includes isolating a crude extract from Astragalus membranaceus and mildly treating the crude extract with an acid, the mildly treating including applying the acid to the crude extract at a concentration ranging from 0.05M to 0.4M, at a temperature ranging from 15°C to 25°C, and for a time ranging from 1 hour to 24 hours, wherein the temperature and time for applying the acid are selected to obtain the arabinose:galactose ratio, the galactose content, the glucose content, and a high yield.
Apparatus for cooling products, having a cyclone which has a housing with a circular-cylindrical rear section and with a conically shaped front section, adjoining said rear section, with an outlet opening, wherein, at the upper face side, opposite the front section, of the rear section, there is arranged a cover which has a gas extraction line passed through it in a concentric manner and which opens out in the interior of the cyclone by way of a circular gas outlet opening in a manner spaced apart from the cover, having a supply nozzle which is connected to a feed line for a cryogenic refrigerant and which opens into the rear section in the region of the upper face side in a tangential manner, and having at least one feed line for a product to be cooled, which at least one feed line opens into the rear section, characterized in that the outlet opening of the front section is connected in terms of flow to a product discharge line for cooled product, in which product discharge line means (21, 22, 23) for building up a counterpressure acting counter to the flow pressure of the product flowing away through the product discharge line are arranged, wherein the means (21, 22, 23) for building up a counterpressure comprise a throttle valve or an orifice plate and/or a geodetically upwardly extending line section of the product discharge line, in which line section a liquid column whose hydrostatic pressure acts as counterpressure can be built up during operation of the apparatus.
A process for making a package for foodstuff products, preferably confectionery products, comprising: - providing a first sheet of wrapping, made of plastic material, and forming therein at least one first, hollow, portion, which is delimited, at least partially, by a second, perimetral, portion of said sheet; - inserting a foodstuff product within said first, hollow, portion; - applying a second sheet of wrapping in contact with said second, perimetral, portion so as to close said hollow portion with said product inside; and - welding said second sheet on said first sheet along said second, perimetral, portion, wherein forming of said first sheet includes: - providing a mould having a mould cavity; - providing a forming device designed to co-operate with said mould cavity for forming said sheet; - setting said sheet on said mould and making on said sheet, via said forming device, said first, hollow, portion delimited by said second, perimetral, portion; the process being characterized in that said first sheet of wrapping has a thickness of less than or equal to 140 μm, and in that forming of said sheet includes:- providing said mould with a mould surface that surrounds said mould cavity; - providing a forming body configured for pressing said first sheet of wrapping against said mould surface; - during said step of formation of said first, hollow, portion, forming on at least said second portion a series of pleats identified by respective folding lines of said sheet of wrapping that are oriented towards said hollow portion; and - via said forming body and said mould surface, sealing said pleats so as to prevent re-opening thereof. - providing a first sheet of wrapping, made of plastic material, and forming therein at least one first, hollow, portion, which is delimited, at least partially, by a second, perimetral, portion of said sheet; - inserting a foodstuff product within said first, hollow, portion; - applying a second sheet of wrapping in contact with said second, perimetral, portion so as to close said hollow portion with said product inside; and - welding said second sheet on said first sheet along said second, perimetral, portion, wherein forming of said first sheet includes: - providing a mould having a mould cavity; - providing a forming device designed to co-operate with said mould cavity for forming said sheet; - setting said sheet on said mould and making on said sheet, via said forming device, said first, hollow, portion delimited by said second, perimetral, portion; - providing a forming body configured for pressing said first sheet of wrapping against said mould surface; - during said step of formation of said first, hollow, portion, forming on at least said second portion a series of pleats identified by respective folding lines of said sheet of wrapping that are oriented towards said hollow portion; and - via said forming body and said mould surface, sealing said pleats so as to prevent re-opening thereof.
An immunogenic composition comprising at least 7 S.pneumoniae capsular saccharide conjugates including capsular saccharide conjugates from serotypes 19A and 19F wherein 19A is conjugated to a first bacterial toxoid and 19F is conjugated to a second bacterial toxoid and 2-9 S.pneumoniae capsular saccharides are conjugated to protein D, wherein half or a minority of the capsular saccharides are conjugated to protein D.
A piezoelectric device comprising: a plate-shaped piezoelectric diaphragm member; and a pair of first and second electrodes (63, 64) configured to apply a voltage across the piezoelectric diaphragm member, wherein: the piezoelectric diaphragm member has a poling direction having a single orientation in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction (x-y) thereof; and each of the pair of first and second electrodes (63, 64) is placed to form an electric field in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction and a first long axis of the first electrode and a second long axis of the second electrode being placed in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the orientation,the piezoelectric device further comprising: a single-crystal layer which is a layer of a single-crystalline material; and a holding substrate holding the piezoelectric diaphragm member in such a manner as to allow the piezoelectric diaphragm member to be epitaxially grown on the single-crystal layer. a plate-shaped piezoelectric diaphragm member; and a pair of first and second electrodes (63, 64) configured to apply a voltage across the piezoelectric diaphragm member, the piezoelectric diaphragm member has a poling direction having a single orientation in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction (x-y) thereof; and each of the pair of first and second electrodes (63, 64) is placed to form an electric field in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction and a first long axis of the first electrode and a second long axis of the second electrode being placed in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the orientation,the piezoelectric device further comprising: a single-crystal layer which is a layer of a single-crystalline material; and a holding substrate holding the piezoelectric diaphragm member in such a manner as to allow the piezoelectric diaphragm member to be epitaxially grown on the single-crystal layer. a single-crystal layer which is a layer of a single-crystalline material; and a holding substrate holding the piezoelectric diaphragm member in such a manner as to allow the piezoelectric diaphragm member to be epitaxially grown on the single-crystal layer.
A reusable device (1, 1', 1") for holding and releasing a transmission bar (2, 2"), the device (1, 1', 1") comprising a tightening component (3, 3'), a hold and release component and at least one loosening component (5, 5'), the hold and release component comprising a plurality of segments (41, 42, 43, 44, 41', 42', 43', 44', 41", 42"), at least two segments (41, 42, 41', 42', 43', 44', 41", 42") of the plurality of segments each comprising a first bearing surface (71, 72) configured to bear on a part of the transmission bar, so that the part of the transmission bar is held pressed between and/or in bearing on said first bearing surface (71, 72) of at least two segments (41, 42, 41', 42', 43', 44', 41", 42") when the plurality of segments (41, 42, 43, 44, 41', 42', 43', 44', 41", 42") is in a holding configuration under the effect of a tightening pressure generated by the tightening component (3, 3'), at least two other segments (43, 44, 41', 42', 43', 44', 41", 42") of the plurality of segments (41, 42, 43, 44, 41', 42', 43', 44', 41", 42") each comprising a second bearing surface (8, 8') configured to bear on one end of the at least one loosening component (5, 5'), each segment of the at least two other segments (43, 44, 41', 42', 43', 44', 41", 42") can also be a segment of the at least two segments (41, 42, 41', 42', 43', 44', 41", 42"), characterized in that the at least one loosening component (5, 5') is made of a first single-acting shape memory material, said first material being configured so that, from a transition temperature, each end of the at least one loosening component (5, 5') exerts, on the second bearing surface (8, 8') of each segment of the at least two other segments (43, 44, 41', 42', 43', 44', 41", 42"), a loosening pressure, said loosening pressure compensating for the tightening pressure generated by the tightening component (3, 3'), by deforming the tightening component (3, 3'), so as to place the plurality of segments (41, 42, 43, 44, 41', 42', 43', 44', 41", 42") of the hold and release component in the release configuration, in which the part of the transmission bar (2, 2") is released.
A method for the compensation of measurement errors of a measuring machine comprising a mobile unit and a probe configured to be moved by the mobile unit into a measuring volume, wherein the probe comprises a first body configured to be fixed to the mobile unit and a mobile part comprising a second body, which is attached to the first body and is movable with respect to the first body, and a stylus of finite flexural stiffness having at least one tip at one end configured to cooperate with a workpiece; the method comprising the steps of: - providing a mathematical model of the probe; - acquiring a first signal ( P 1..) related to the acceleration of the first body; - acquiring a second signal (PO-P1) related to the relative displacement between the first and second bodies (14, 16); and - estimating a deformation, by compensating for measurement errors due to the mechanical vibrations of the stylus, of the probe by means of a state observer, which uses said mathematical model and receives as input the first signal ( P 1..) and the second signal (P0-P1). - providing a mathematical model of the probe; - acquiring a first signal ( P 1..) related to the acceleration of the first body; - acquiring a second signal (PO-P1) related to the relative displacement between the first and second bodies (14, 16); and - estimating a deformation, by compensating for measurement errors due to the mechanical vibrations of the stylus, of the probe by means of a state observer, which uses said mathematical model and receives as input the first signal ( P 1..) and the second signal (P0-P1).
A coryneform bacterium having an ability to produce a heterologous protein by secretory production, which has been modified so that activity of a penicillin-binding protein is reduced by disrupting a gene coding for the penicillin-binding protein, and which has been modified so that activity of a cell surface layer protein is reduced by disrupting a gene coding for the cell surface layer protein or which is intrinsically deficient in the cell surface layer protein, and wherein the penicillin-binding protein is PBP1a.
A method for illumination compensation for inter prediction coding of a picture, comprising: obtaining inter-predicted sample values for a current block of the picture, using motion compensation; obtaining a first target luma value ( x A) and a second target luma value ( x B) of neighboring samples from a set L of neighboring samples of a reference block, said reference block being a reference block of the current block, wherein said set L comprises all or part of all neighboring samples of said reference block of the current block, and obtaining corresponding positions A of the sample having the first target luma value and B of the sample having the second target luma value relative to the position of the reference block; obtaining respective luma values of neighboring samples ( y A, y B) of the current block at the obtained positions A and B relative to the position of the current block, wherein the relative positions of the neighboring samples of the reference block and the current block match; obtaining values of updating parameters as calculated values using only the first target luma value ( x A) and the second target luma value (x B) of the neighboring samples from the set L of neighboring samples of the reference block, and the respective luma values of the neighboring samples ( y A, y B) of the current block; and updating the values of the inter-predicted samples based on the updating parameters; wherein the first target luma value ( x A) and the second target luma value ( x B) correspond to a minimum value ( x A) and a maximum value (x B) of neighboring samples of said reference block, respectively. obtaining inter-predicted sample values for a current block of the picture, using motion compensation; obtaining a first target luma value ( x A) and a second target luma value ( x B) of neighboring samples from a set L of neighboring samples of a reference block, said reference block being a reference block of the current block, wherein said set L comprises all or part of all neighboring samples of said reference block of the current block, and obtaining corresponding positions A of the sample having the first target luma value and B of the sample having the second target luma value relative to the position of the reference block; obtaining respective luma values of neighboring samples ( y A, y B) of the current block at the obtained positions A and B relative to the position of the current block, wherein the relative positions of the neighboring samples of the reference block and the current block match; obtaining values of updating parameters as calculated values using only the first target luma value ( x A) and the second target luma value (x B) of the neighboring samples from the set L of neighboring samples of the reference block, and the respective luma values of the neighboring samples ( y A, y B) of the current block; and updating the values of the inter-predicted samples based on the updating parameters; wherein the first target luma value ( x A) and the second target luma value ( x B) correspond to a minimum value ( x A) and a maximum value (x B) of neighboring samples of said reference block, respectively.
A system comprising: a fabric filter (105A, 105B); an air supply system; a pulsing valve that is coupled to the air supply system and is configured to generate a statistical pulse of air that is directed to the fabric filter, the pulsing valve having a performance signature associated therewith that is based on a plurality of metrics; an air flow monitor that is configured to monitor the flow of air associated with the statistical pulse of air; and a valve controller that is coupled to the air flow monitor and is configured to generate a current performance signature for the pulsing valve based on the flow of air that was monitored and to compare the current performance signature to a baseline performance signature that was previously generated for the pulsing valve, the valve controller being further configured to identify a performance deviation in the pulsing valve based on a difference between the current performance signature and the baseline performance signature, the performance deviation comprising metric deviations between the current performance signature and the baseline performance signature for multiple ones of the plurality of metrics, and to compare the multiple metric deviations to multiple performance thresholds, respectively, to determine that the pulsing valve is faulty based on the magnitudes of the metric deviations and a number of the plurality of metrics for which the respective metric deviation exceeds the corresponding one of the multiple performance thresholds. a fabric filter (105A, 105B); an air supply system; a pulsing valve that is coupled to the air supply system and is configured to generate a statistical pulse of air that is directed to the fabric filter, the pulsing valve having a performance signature associated therewith that is based on a plurality of metrics; an air flow monitor that is configured to monitor the flow of air associated with the statistical pulse of air; and a valve controller that is coupled to the air flow monitor and is configured to generate a current performance signature for the pulsing valve based on the flow of air that was monitored and to compare the current performance signature to a baseline performance signature that was previously generated for the pulsing valve, the valve controller being further configured to identify a performance deviation in the pulsing valve based on a difference between the current performance signature and the baseline performance signature, the performance deviation comprising metric deviations between the current performance signature and the baseline performance signature for multiple ones of the plurality of metrics, and to compare the multiple metric deviations to multiple performance thresholds, respectively, to determine that the pulsing valve is faulty based on the magnitudes of the metric deviations and a number of the plurality of metrics for which the respective metric deviation exceeds the corresponding one of the multiple performance thresholds.
A composition comprising a mixture of a) a polyalkyleneoxy terminated polyamide, b) a perfumed solution, and, c) optionally, ethylhexylglycerin, wherein the perfumed solution comprises a cosmetically acceptable medium and a fragrance substance, wherein the cosmetically acceptable medium comprises at least one volatile alcohol, water and, optionally, one or more cosmetically acceptable topical excipients, wherein the amount of water in the composition is at least from 4 wt%, and wherein the amounts of fragrance substance, polyamide, water, and at least one volatile alcohol are such that the different components are co-dissolved in the solvent system formed by water and at least one volatile alcohol giving rise to a clear and stable solution, with the proviso that when the composition does not comprise ethylhexylglycerin then the amount of polyamide is from 0.1 wt% to 2 wt% and the amount of perfumed solution is from 99,9 wt% to 98,0 wt%; and when the composition comprises ethylhexylglycerin, then the amount of polyamide is from 0.1 wt% to 4 wt%, the amount of perfumed solution is from 99,8 wt% to 84,0 wt%, and the amount of ethylhexylglycerin is of 0.1 wt% to 12 wt%.
An uninterruptable power supply for an industrial control system comprising: a battery module comprising a battery cell, a battery monitor configured to monitor the battery cell and comprising an electronic signal switching device that prevents energy from being stored in the battery cell and/or returned from the battery cell without authorization from the battery monitor, the battery module comprising an authentication module comprising a processor and memory, the authentication module configured to authenticate devices coupled with the power supply; and a controller operatively coupled with the battery module, the controller configured to receive diagnostic information from the battery module, the controller comprising a processor and a memory, and a communications interface configured to communicatively couple the power supply to the industrial control system; wherein the battery monitor is configured to prevent electrical access to the battery cell when an authentication of a powered device connected to the power supply cannot be established. a battery module comprising a battery cell, a battery monitor configured to monitor the battery cell and comprising an electronic signal switching device that prevents energy from being stored in the battery cell and/or returned from the battery cell without authorization from the battery monitor, the battery module comprising an authentication module comprising a processor and memory, the authentication module configured to authenticate devices coupled with the power supply; and a controller operatively coupled with the battery module, the controller configured to receive diagnostic information from the battery module, the controller comprising a processor and a memory, and a communications interface configured to communicatively couple the power supply to the industrial control system; wherein the battery monitor is configured to prevent electrical access to the battery cell when an authentication of a powered device connected to the power supply cannot be established.
A lubricating oil composition comprising: (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity having a kinematic viscosity at 100°C in a range of 2 to 50 mm 2 /s determined in accordance with ASTM D445; (b) from 0.5 wt% to 12 wt% %, based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, of a hydrocarbyl succinimide dispersant, wherein the hydrocarbyl succinimide is a polyisobutenyl bis-succinimide; (c) from 0.5 wt. % to 12 wt. %, based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, of a borated hydrocarbyl succinimide dispersant; and (d) from 0.5 wt. % to 12 wt. %, based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, of a hydrocarbyl succinimide post-treated with a post-treating agent selected from the group consisting of an organic carbonate, an epoxide, a lactone, a hydroxyaliphatic carboxylic acid, and combinations thereof. (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity having a kinematic viscosity at 100°C in a range of 2 to 50 mm 2 /s determined in accordance with ASTM D445; (b) from 0.5 wt% to 12 wt% %, based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, of a hydrocarbyl succinimide dispersant, wherein the hydrocarbyl succinimide is a polyisobutenyl bis-succinimide; (c) from 0.5 wt. % to 12 wt. %, based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, of a borated hydrocarbyl succinimide dispersant; and (d) from 0.5 wt. % to 12 wt. %, based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, of a hydrocarbyl succinimide post-treated with a post-treating agent selected from the group consisting of an organic carbonate, an epoxide, a lactone, a hydroxyaliphatic carboxylic acid, and combinations thereof.