mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for optically measuring state and/or status information or changes therein about a warm-blooded subject, the method comprising: a. illuminating a portion of the subject's skin or tissue by a VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting laser) or a diode laser to scatter partially or entirely coherent light off of the subject's moving red blood cells (RBCs) to induce a scattered-light time-dependent optical response; b. receiving the scattered light by a photodetector(s) to generate an electrical signal descriptive of the induced scattered-light time-dependent optical response; c. processing the scattered-light-optical-response-descriptive electrical signal or a derived-signal thereof using temporal-speckle analysis to compute therefrom one or more blood-shear-rate-descriptive (BSRD) signal(s), each BSRD signal characterized by a respective frequency-selection profile, i.e. a selected frequency interval of fluctuations of speckle patterns; d. electronically analyzing features of the BSRD signal(s) of the BSRD signal group; and e. in accordance with the results of the electronically analyzing of the frequency-interval-specific shear-rate-descriptive signal(s), computing the state and/or status information or changes therein from the results of the analyzing, wherein a frequency-selection profile of the BSRD(s) signal is computed dynamically by adaptively maximizing a prominence of a predetermined non-pulsatile physiological signal, i.e. non-pulse-wave, within the BSRD(s). a. illuminating a portion of the subject's skin or tissue by a VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting laser) or a diode laser to scatter partially or entirely coherent light off of the subject's moving red blood cells (RBCs) to induce a scattered-light time-dependent optical response; b. receiving the scattered light by a photodetector(s) to generate an electrical signal descriptive of the induced scattered-light time-dependent optical response; c. processing the scattered-light-optical-response-descriptive electrical signal or a derived-signal thereof using temporal-speckle analysis to compute therefrom one or more blood-shear-rate-descriptive (BSRD) signal(s), each BSRD signal characterized by a respective frequency-selection profile, i.e. a selected frequency interval of fluctuations of speckle patterns; d. electronically analyzing features of the BSRD signal(s) of the BSRD signal group; and e. in accordance with the results of the electronically analyzing of the frequency-interval-specific shear-rate-descriptive signal(s), computing the state and/or status information or changes therein from the results of the analyzing, wherein a frequency-selection profile of the BSRD(s) signal is computed dynamically by adaptively maximizing a prominence of a predetermined non-pulsatile physiological signal, i.e. non-pulse-wave, within the BSRD(s).
A single stranded polynucleotide comprising consecutive domains in 5' to 3' order: a 5' poly dT tail, a first nucleic acid marker block comprising a sequence identifiable region of random bases interspersed between an invariant sequence, and at least one flanking wrapper sequence, comprising an invariant sequence, flanking the sequence identifiable region on one side or both sides of the sequence identifiable region, wherein the marker block further comprises a polymerase chain reaction primer sequence or its complement adjacent a flanking wrapper sequence, an intervening loop, and a second nucleic acid marker block comprising a sequence identifiable region of random bases interspersed between an invariant sequence, and at least one flanking wrapper sequence, comprising an invariant sequence, flanking the sequence identifiable region on one side or both sides of the sequence identifiable region, wherein the marker block further comprises a polymerase chain reaction primer sequence or its complement adjacent a flanking wrapper sequence, and a 3' poly dT tail, wherein the intervening loop comprises a binding site for a primer or its complement, wherein the first nucleic acid marker block and the second nucleic acid marker block form a duplex in solution, and wherein an invariant sequence on the 3' end of the sequence identifiable region forms a consensus sequence for a rare restriction enzyme, such that, when copied into double stranded cDNA, use of the rare restriction enzyme can be used to delete the intervening loop from the double stranded DNA and comprising a site for priming on the 5' side of the first nucleic acid marker block. wherein the first nucleic acid marker block and the second nucleic acid marker block form a duplex in solution, and wherein an invariant sequence on the 3' end of the sequence identifiable region forms a consensus sequence for a rare restriction enzyme, such that, when copied into double stranded cDNA, use of the rare restriction enzyme can be used to delete the intervening loop from the double stranded DNA and comprising a site for priming on the 5' side of the first nucleic acid marker block.
An electric valve device comprising a body (2; 3, 4) having an inlet and an outlet for the fluid, and a main valve seat through which the fluid can flow from the inlet to the outlet, a main shutter movable with respect to said valve seat between a position for closing and a position for opening said seat; a control chamber defined within the body (2; 3, 4) and delimited in part by the main shutter; at least one first and one second communication passage (17; 15, 16) between the inlet and the control chamber and between the control chamber and the outlet, respectively; a fixed structure which is arranged in the control chamber and inside which there is defined an auxiliary valve seat which is coaxial with said main valve seat and communicates with said second passage (15, 16); and a solenoid control valve including a control solenoid having an associated magnetic circuit (24, 25) and arranged coaxially with said valve seats (8, 14), for controlling an auxiliary shutter which is mounted movably in the control chamber and which is intended to cooperate with said auxiliary valve seat for controlling the communication between the control chamber and said second passage (15, 16); the valve device being characterized in that the assembly formed by the solenoid and the associated magnetic circuit (24, 25) is separated in a liquid-tight manner from the control chamber by a thin layer of thermally conducting material, facing the auxiliary shutter; the fixed structure being shaped such that the fluid which during use flows into the control chamber contacts said layer of thermally conducting material.
A binding reagent capable of specifically binding to the chemokine receptor CCR1 for use in the treatment of a respiratory condition, wherein the binding reagent is immobilized on a solid support contained within an apheresis column, to which is applied peripheral blood from a patient thus removing CCR1 expressing cells from the peripheral blood of the patient, wherein the binding reagent capable of specifically binding to CCR1 is selected from an antibody and a chemokine, wherein the chemokine is CCL5 (RANTES).
Multiple solar cell (10, 30, 32, 34, 40), comprising a wafer substrate and a solar cell structure, which is deposited on a front side of the wafer substrate facing radiation and which consists of a plurality of solar cells (14a, 14b, 14c) deposited one above the other, wherein the substrate has encircling side surfaces and the solar cell has an encircling circumferential surface (16, 16a, 16b) extending at a spacing from the side surfaces, and wherein the wafer substrate has a rear side metallisation on its rear side remote from radiation, characterised in that the circumferential surface (16, 16a, 16b) of the solar cell structure is coated with a protective electrically insulating first coating (26, 36) substantially with omission of the upper side of the solar cell structure facing radiation or the side surfaces of the wafer substrate are coated by a protective electrically insulating second coating (28, 38) while leaving free the solar cell structure or both the side surfaces of the wafer substrate and the circumferential surface of the solar cell structure are coated with a third coating (42, 44) substantially with the omission of the upper side of the solar cell structure facing radiation.
Device for generating percussive pulses or vibrations for a construction machine, with - a housing, - a piston which is reversibly reciprocable in a working space in the housing between a first reversal point and a second reversal point, - a pressure fluid supply, through which pressure fluid can in each case be led into and out of the working space in the region of the first reversal point and the second reversal point, wherein the piston can be set into the reversible movement in order to generate the percussive pulses or vibrations, - at least one controllable valve, through which the pressure fluid can be led into and/or out of the working space, and - a control unit which is connected to the at least one controllable valve, wherein by the control unit the movement of the piston in the working space can be controlled and changed, characterized in that - the control unit is designed to move the piston at a frequency that corresponds to a resonance frequency of an overall arrangement comprising the piston and the pressure fluid, wherein a variable control of the device is given, which allows a dynamic adjustment of resonance parameters during operation. - a housing, - a piston which is reversibly reciprocable in a working space in the housing between a first reversal point and a second reversal point, - a pressure fluid supply, through which pressure fluid can in each case be led into and out of the working space in the region of the first reversal point and the second reversal point, wherein the piston can be set into the reversible movement in order to generate the percussive pulses or vibrations, - at least one controllable valve, through which the pressure fluid can be led into and/or out of the working space, and - a control unit which is connected to the at least one controllable valve, wherein by the control unit the movement of the piston in the working space can be controlled and changed, - the control unit is designed to move the piston at a frequency that corresponds to a resonance frequency of an overall arrangement comprising the piston and the pressure fluid, wherein a variable control of the device is given, which allows a dynamic adjustment of resonance parameters during operation.
A dental press furnace having a press stamp which eventually acts on a blank, especially made of ceramic mass, via an Interposed press piston, the blank being guided in a compression channel formed in a muffle, and a pressure sensor, displacement sensor and/or speed sensor detecting at least one movement parameter of the press stamp, and having a control device for controlling the pressing operation based on the output signal of the sensor, characterized In that the initiation criterion for the start of pressing is a change, detected by the sensor, in at least one movement parameter of the press plunger when the blank is heated and/or softened.
A sensor assembly for a fluid meter, comprising: a sensor assembly body; a circumferential groove formed in the sensor assembly body; two or more retaining components (105, 106) removably coupled together and engaging the circumferential groove; and a flange surrounding at least a portion of the sensor assembly body and retained around the sensor assembly body by the two or more retaining components (105, 106); characterized in that: the two or more retaining components (105, 106) are clamped together around the circumferential groove; and the sensor assembly further comprises one or more threaded mechanical fasteners engaging with fastener apertures (405, 405', 406, 406') formed in the two or more retaining components to removably couple the two or more retaining components to one another. a sensor assembly body; a circumferential groove formed in the sensor assembly body; two or more retaining components (105, 106) removably coupled together and engaging the circumferential groove; and a flange surrounding at least a portion of the sensor assembly body and retained around the sensor assembly body by the two or more retaining components (105, 106); characterized in that: the two or more retaining components (105, 106) are clamped together around the circumferential groove; and the sensor assembly further comprises one or more threaded mechanical fasteners engaging with fastener apertures (405, 405', 406, 406') formed in the two or more retaining components to removably couple the two or more retaining components to one another.
A method for producing butadiene, the method comprising a process of performing an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction by introducing a reactant comprising butene, oxygen, nitrogen, and steam into a reactor which is filled with a catalyst, wherein during a first start-up of the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, the oxygen is introduced into the reactor before the butene or the oxygen is introduced into the reactor simultaneously with the butene, wherein the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction is performed at a temperature of 250°C to 500°C, wherein when at least a part of a reactant comprising the butene, the oxygen, the nitrogen, and the steam is stopped from being supplied, the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction is stopped, a purge process is performed, and the purge process is performed by introducing one or more of air and steam into a reactor, wherein the same temperature is maintained as the temperature during the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction at the time of the purge process, and wherein during a restart of the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction after the purge process is completed, the oxygen is introduced into the reactor before the butene, or the oxygen is introduced into the reactor simultaneously with the butene. wherein during a first start-up of the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, the oxygen is introduced into the reactor before the butene or the oxygen is introduced into the reactor simultaneously with the butene, wherein the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction is performed at a temperature of 250°C to 500°C, wherein when at least a part of a reactant comprising the butene, the oxygen, the nitrogen, and the steam is stopped from being supplied, the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction is stopped, a purge process is performed, and the purge process is performed by introducing one or more of air and steam into a reactor, wherein the same temperature is maintained as the temperature during the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction at the time of the purge process, and wherein during a restart of the oxidative dehydrogenation reaction after the purge process is completed, the oxygen is introduced into the reactor before the butene, or the oxygen is introduced into the reactor simultaneously with the butene.
A system for tracking the position of an ultrasonic probe in a body part, comprising: - an ultrasonic probe; - an X-ray image acquisition unit; and - a processing unit; wherein, the X-ray image acquisition unit is configured to acquire an X-ray image of a portion of a body part within which the ultrasonic probe is positioned; wherein, the processing unit is configured to determine first geometrical positional information of the ultrasonic probe in the portion of the body part, comprising utilizing the X-ray image; wherein, the ultrasonic probe is configured to acquire at least one ultrasonic image comprising a part of a body feature, the at least one ultrasonic image comprising an ultrasonic image to be acquired at a later time than a time of acquisition of the X-ray image of the portion of the body part; characterized, in that the processing unit is further configured to determine second geometrical positional information of the ultrasonic probe in the body part at the later time, comprising utilizing the first geometrical positional information and the at least one ultrasonic image comprising the part of the body feature. - an ultrasonic probe; - an X-ray image acquisition unit; and - a processing unit;
Underwater hook comprising a jaw latch which, in a secured condition of the underwater hook, is releasably secured in a position closing a hook jaw, an actuation button which, for opening the jaw latch, is connected to the jaw latch in a motiontransmitting manner and is in a closed position (26, 63) in the secured condition of the underwater hook, and a release button blocking a movement of the actuation button out of the closed position in the secured condition of the underwater hook, wherein the release button is in engagement with the actuation button in the secured condition of the underwater hook, wherein the underwater hook comprises a main body, in which the actuation button is movably received, and wherein a closing spring is provided, which acts on the actuation button and which is supported between the main body and the actuation button and presses the actuation button towards the secured condition, characterized in that the release button is supported on the actuation button via a locking spring, wherein the locking spring has a lower spring hardness than the closing spring.
An electrode catheter system, comprising an interventional catheter, provided with an electrode element that can release an electrical signal toward an inner wall of a renal artery blood vessel; a pressure sensor for intervening to an artery blood vessel; and a data processing module, connected with the pressure sensor, wherein, the pressure sensor is configured to be arranged in the other renal artery blood vessel; a control filament and a first filament guide cavity that receives the control filament are arranged in the interventional catheter, and the electrode element is connected with the control filament, and the control filament slides in the first filament guide cavity by an external force,. the interventional catheter is further provided with an ablation element, and the ablation element is located at a distal end of the interventional catheter, characterized in that the electrode element is located at a proximal end of the ablation element, wherein the ablation element further comprises a balloon, fixed to the distal end of the interventional catheter; and an ultrasonic transducer disposed in the balloon. an interventional catheter, provided with an electrode element that can release an electrical signal toward an inner wall of a renal artery blood vessel; a pressure sensor for intervening to an artery blood vessel; and a data processing module, connected with the pressure sensor, wherein, the pressure sensor is configured to be arranged in the other renal artery blood vessel; a control filament and a first filament guide cavity that receives the control filament are arranged in the interventional catheter, and the electrode element is connected with the control filament, and the control filament slides in the first filament guide cavity by an external force,. the interventional catheter is further provided with an ablation element, and the ablation element is located at a distal end of the interventional catheter, characterized in that the electrode element is located at a proximal end of the ablation element, wherein the ablation element further comprises a balloon, fixed to the distal end of the interventional catheter; and an ultrasonic transducer disposed in the balloon.
Device for influencing the movement of a furniture part mounted on a piece of furniture, in particular a furniture device, which can be moved by guiding means (5, 6) for guided movement in opening direction and in closing direction opposite the opening direction, wherein the device comprises a dischargeable energy store and charging means for charging the energy store and wherein by means of the device mounted on the piece of furniture the furniture part can be moved in opening direction by an ejection process in which the energy store discharges, characterised in that the charging means are designed such that in the assembled state of the device on the piece of furniture, after reaching an open position of the movable furniture part relative to the piece of furniture, the discharged energy store is charged by moving the movable furniture part from the reached opened position regardless of the direction of movement of the furniture part.
Method for operating a switching hump yard, wherein - in a first operating mode a lower main retarder is controlled such that cuts (100, 101) in the form of rolling cars or car groups reach a classification track retarder of a classification track at a speed which is lower than a first threshold value, characterised in that - a switch from the first operating mode into a second operating mode occurs if a target for a cut is identified in or ahead of the classification track retarder of the classification track, and - in the second operating mode the lower main retarder is controlled such that the cut reaches the identified target in or ahead of the classification track retarder at a speed which is lower than a second threshold value. - in a first operating mode a lower main retarder is controlled such that cuts (100, 101) in the form of rolling cars or car groups reach a classification track retarder of a classification track at a speed which is lower than a first threshold value, - a switch from the first operating mode into a second operating mode occurs if a target for a cut is identified in or ahead of the classification track retarder of the classification track, and - in the second operating mode the lower main retarder is controlled such that the cut reaches the identified target in or ahead of the classification track retarder at a speed which is lower than a second threshold value.
Communication assembly comprising a first terminal, which is a watch or a bracelet or a piece of jewellery, and provided with a first communication module arranged to communicate with a plurality of beacons, each comprising a communication circuit to enable data (Mi) to be sent with a particular periodicity (Pi), said assembly additionally comprising a second terminal comprising a second communication module, said second terminal being arranged to scan its environment by means of said second communication module and to detect the presence of beacons within range then to retrieve for each beacon detected the particular periodicity and a time offset corresponding to the period between a reference point and the start of the transmission of the message (Mi) and send them to the first terminal, and said first terminal being arranged to monitor to the second terminal at regular intervals and to select at least one of the beacons detected by the second terminal and activate said first communication module synchronously with the chosen beacon on the basis of particular periodicity information and time offset of the beacon received from the second terminal, to retrieve at least one item of information from this beacon. said assembly additionally comprising a second terminal comprising a second communication module, said second terminal being arranged to scan its environment by means of said second communication module and to detect the presence of beacons within range then to retrieve for each beacon detected the particular periodicity and a time offset corresponding to the period between a reference point and the start of the transmission of the message (Mi) and send them to the first terminal, and said first terminal being arranged to monitor to the second terminal at regular intervals and to select at least one of the beacons detected by the second terminal and activate said first communication module synchronously with the chosen beacon on the basis of particular periodicity information and time offset of the beacon received from the second terminal, to retrieve at least one item of information from this beacon.