mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A computer implemented method for image fusion, comprising: acquiring a plurality of aligned images; characterized by calculating gradient information of each image respectively; setting a mask image of each image and generating a target gradient image; performing a gradient operation on the target gradient image to obtain a target Laplacian image; performing a deconvolution transform on the target Laplacian image to generate a fused panoramic image; wherein, the plurality of aligned images are capable of being stitched into one panoramic image, and a number of the aligned images is equal to n, with n ≥2; the aligned images represent that any pixel in the n aligned images corresponds to a pixel in the panoramic image obtained by stitching; for each pixel of the panoramic image, only one mask image has a corresponding pixel value of 1; wherein the target Laplacian image is obtained by formulas and: L u ν = g x u ν − g x b u ν + g y u ν − g y b u ν; L ′ u ν = L u ν + ε ∑ i = 1 N I i u ν M i u ν; wherein, N is a total number of images, I i is the i -th original image, M i is a mask image of the i-th image, wherein g x u ν = I u + 1, ν − I u ν if u < Width − 1 0 if u = Width − 1; g y u ν = I u, ν + 1 − I u ν if u < Height − 1 0 if u = Height − 1; g x b u ν = g x u − 1, ν if u > 0 0 if u = 0; g y b u ν = g y u, ν − 1 if ν > 0 0 if ν = 0; wherein, ( u, v) is a coordinate of the pixel, I is the pixel value, g is the gradient information of the pixel, Width is a width of an image, and Height is a height of an image; wherein the deconvolution transformation is performed with a template: 0 1 0 1 -4+ ε 1. 0 1 0 acquiring a plurality of aligned images; characterized by calculating gradient information of each image respectively; setting a mask image of each image and generating a target gradient image; performing a gradient operation on the target gradient image to obtain a target Laplacian image; performing a deconvolution transform on the target Laplacian image to generate a fused panoramic image; wherein, the plurality of aligned images are capable of being stitched into one panoramic image, and a number of the aligned images is equal to n, with n ≥2; the aligned images represent that any pixel in the n aligned images corresponds to a pixel in the panoramic image obtained by stitching; for each pixel of the panoramic image, only one mask image has a corresponding pixel value of 1; wherein the target Laplacian image is obtained by formulas and: L u ν = g x u ν − g x b u ν + g y u ν − g y b u ν; L ′ u ν = L u ν + ε ∑ i = 1 N I i u ν M i u ν; wherein, N is a total number of images, I i is the i -th original image, M i is a mask image of the i-th image, wherein g x u ν = I u + 1, ν − I u ν if u < Width − 1 0 if u = Width − 1; g y u ν = I u, ν + 1 − I u ν if u < Height − 1 0 if u = Height − 1; g x b u ν = g x u − 1, ν if u > 0 0 if u = 0; g y b u ν = g y u, ν − 1 if ν > 0 0 if ν = 0; wherein, ( u, v) is a coordinate of the pixel, I is the pixel value, g is the gradient information of the pixel, Width is a width of an image, and Height is a height of an image; wherein the deconvolution transformation is performed with a template: 0 1 0 1 -4+ ε 1. 0 1 0
A composition which comprises a modified antisense oligonucleotide consisting of 12-30 linked nucleosides, at least a 12 nucleobase sequence portion of which is complementary to nucleotides present within a region selected from nucleotides 1388-1423, 1394-1423 and 1399-1423 of SEQ ID NO: 9, or a salt or ester thereof, for use in treating a keloid, or preventing the formation, reformation, or growth of a keloid after an injury to the skin, in a subject in need thereof, wherein the composition is administered to the subject by one or more threading injections at the site of the keloid or of the injury to the skin, in an amount effective to treat, or to prevent the formation, reformation, or growth of, the keloid, wherein the effective amount is from 0.1 to 50 mg of the modified oligonucleotide per injection per linear centimeter of the keloid or of the injury to the skin.
A core metal fitted into a fitting hole of an outer peripheral resin member and subjected to induction heating to allow the outer peripheral resin member to be welded to a peripheral surface of the core metal, including: a through hole having a given cross-sectional shape provided along a central axis of the core metal, a plurality of streaky protrusions formed in a direction crossing the circumferential direction and arranged in the circumferential direction, and smooth portions placed on both ends of the streaky protrusions, and a gap formed between the streaky protrusions lying next to each other when fitted into the fitting hole of the outer peripheral resin member, wherein a distance from the central axis of the core metal to the smooth portions is smaller than the distance from the central axis to the top parts of the streaky protrusions over the entire circumference, characterized by: a height of the plurality of streaky protrusions is 1 mm or lower, and the gap between the streaky protrusions lying next to each other is 2 mm or smaller. a through hole having a given cross-sectional shape provided along a central axis of the core metal, a plurality of streaky protrusions formed in a direction crossing the circumferential direction and arranged in the circumferential direction, and smooth portions placed on both ends of the streaky protrusions, and a gap formed between the streaky protrusions lying next to each other when fitted into the fitting hole of the outer peripheral resin member, wherein a distance from the central axis of the core metal to the smooth portions is smaller than the distance from the central axis to the top parts of the streaky protrusions over the entire circumference, characterized by: a height of the plurality of streaky protrusions is 1 mm or lower, and the gap between the streaky protrusions lying next to each other is 2 mm or smaller. a height of the plurality of streaky protrusions is 1 mm or lower, and the gap between the streaky protrusions lying next to each other is 2 mm or smaller.
A method of making a composite comprising mixing an oxidized cellulose comprising at least one carboxyl with at least one component selected from a diamine, a diol, or mixture thereof to form a composite, wherein the oxidized cellulose is formed by a method comprising at least one step comprising catalytic oxidation with iron and hydrogen peroxide at an acidic pH.
A tinting system comprising a tinting machine which is pre-programmed for preparation of paint mixtures of various target colors in paint containers having a size selected from a set of various sizes designated for various target volumes of paint mixtures, which target volumes being pre-programmed to said tinting machine; the system further comprises such paint container which is pre-loaded with a base having a certain volumetric amount designated in accordance with said size, and the system further comprises in said tinting machine, a plurality of pigment paste reservoirs containing pigment pastes having various colors, and arranged for transferring said pigment pastes into paint containers the tinting system further comprises in the tinting machine, a complementary paste reservoir containing an aqueous complementary paste, and arranged for transferring said complementary paste into paint containers, wherein the system is arranged to, in use, disperse the complementary paste in a pre-programmed complementary volumetric amount and thereby obtaining same final volume of paint mixture, said final volume being equal to the target volume, and being valid for paint mixtures of all colors; and characterized in that the complementary paste comprises 50 to 70 weight percent of filler with respect to its total weight, the complementary paste has a pH value ranging between 7 and 9; and the quotient of hiding powers of base and of the complementary paste is within the range between 0.9 and 1.1. the system further comprises such paint container which is pre-loaded with a base having a certain volumetric amount designated in accordance with said size, and the system further comprises in said tinting machine, a plurality of pigment paste reservoirs containing pigment pastes having various colors, and arranged for transferring said pigment pastes into paint containers the tinting system further comprises in the tinting machine, a complementary paste reservoir containing an aqueous complementary paste, and arranged for transferring said complementary paste into paint containers, wherein the system is arranged to, in use, disperse the complementary paste in a pre-programmed complementary volumetric amount and thereby obtaining same final volume of paint mixture, said final volume being equal to the target volume, and being valid for paint mixtures of all colors; and characterized in that the complementary paste comprises 50 to 70 weight percent of filler with respect to its total weight, the complementary paste has a pH value ranging between 7 and 9; and the quotient of hiding powers of base and of the complementary paste is within the range between 0.9 and 1.1.
A grant-free transmission method, wherein the method comprises: sending, by a network device to a terminal, information about P transmission resources dedicated to the terminal used for grant-free transmission, wherein P is a positive integer and P ≥ 2, wherein each transmission resource dedicated to the terminal corresponds to a transmission parameter set; sending, by the network device, information about a common transmission resource for grant-free transmission; receiving, by the network device, a pilot and data on a grant-free transmission resource, detecting, by the network device, the dedicated transmission resource, and if grant-free transmission is detected, detecting data based on the transmission parameter set corresponding to the dedicated transmission resource. sending, by a network device to a terminal, information about P transmission resources dedicated to the terminal used for grant-free transmission, wherein P is a positive integer and P ≥ 2, wherein each transmission resource dedicated to the terminal corresponds to a transmission parameter set; sending, by the network device, information about a common transmission resource for grant-free transmission; receiving, by the network device, a pilot and data on a grant-free transmission resource, detecting, by the network device, the dedicated transmission resource, and if grant-free transmission is detected, detecting data based on the transmission parameter set corresponding to the dedicated transmission resource.
A method of making a shapeable composite comprising: forming a mixture by (i) treating an aqueous composition comprising one or more aqueous thermoplastic acrylic or vinyl polymer emulsion to increase the particle size of the polymer to a weight average particle size of 1 μm or more, and, optionally, subjecting the treated aqueous polymer to dewatering to form a crumb mixture; and, (ii) combining the one or more acrylic or vinyl polymer with one or more waste rubber vulcanizate having a sieve particle size ranging from 10 to 600 μm in the amount of from 15 to 95 wt.%, based on the total weight of polymer and rubber to form a crumb slurry or, if the polymer has been subject to dewatering, a crumb mixture, wherein, the combining can take place before the treating of the aqueous composition, during the treating of the aqueous composition, after the treating of the aqueous composition but before any dewatering, and after any dewatering; and, (iii) thermoplastic processing the mixture to form the shapeable composite. forming a mixture by (i) treating an aqueous composition comprising one or more aqueous thermoplastic acrylic or vinyl polymer emulsion to increase the particle size of the polymer to a weight average particle size of 1 μm or more, and, optionally, subjecting the treated aqueous polymer to dewatering to form a crumb mixture; and, (ii) combining the one or more acrylic or vinyl polymer with one or more waste rubber vulcanizate having a sieve particle size ranging from 10 to 600 μm in the amount of from 15 to 95 wt.%, based on the total weight of polymer and rubber to form a crumb slurry or, if the polymer has been subject to dewatering, a crumb mixture, wherein, the combining can take place before the treating of the aqueous composition, during the treating of the aqueous composition, after the treating of the aqueous composition but before any dewatering, and after any dewatering; and, (iii) thermoplastic processing the mixture to form the shapeable composite.
A method for the in vitro activation and maturation of ovarian follicles comprising the use of one or more inhibitors of PTEN, wherein the inhibitor of PTEN is selected from; Bisperoxo(bipyridine)oxovanadate, Bisperoxo(1,10-phenanthroline)oxovanadate, Bisperoxo(picolinato)oxovanadate, Bisperoxo(5-hydroxypyridine-2-carboxyl)oxovanadate, Di-(picolinate) oxovanadate, Di-(3-hydroxypicolinate) oxovanadate, Bisperoxo(phenylbiguanide)oxovanadate, Di-(phenylbiguanide)oxovanadate, and Bisperoxo(isoquinolinecarboxylic acid)oxovanadate.
A heat exchanger, comprising: a mixing and redistribution header at one end of the heat exchanger; multiple heat exchange tubes in communication with the mixing and redistribution header; wherein an upper cavity and a lower cavity in communication with each other are disposed in the mixing and redistribution header; a fluid entering the heat exchanger first of all flows into a part of the lower cavity of the mixing and redistribution header, then is collected and mixed in the upper cavity of the mixing and redistribution header, and is distributed into another part of the lower cavity and flows out through a heat exchange tube in communication with the lower cavity, wherein in that a cross-sectional area of the upper cavity is equal to or greater than a cross-sectional area of the lower cavity, characterized in that the upper cavity and lower cavity are separated by a partition plate, and the upper cavity is partitioned into at least two sub-cavities, two of the at least two sub-cavities being in communication with each other via a jump tube (54', 54"). a mixing and redistribution header at one end of the heat exchanger; multiple heat exchange tubes in communication with the mixing and redistribution header; wherein an upper cavity and a lower cavity in communication with each other are disposed in the mixing and redistribution header; a fluid entering the heat exchanger first of all flows into a part of the lower cavity of the mixing and redistribution header, then is collected and mixed in the upper cavity of the mixing and redistribution header, and is distributed into another part of the lower cavity and flows out through a heat exchange tube in communication with the lower cavity, wherein in that a cross-sectional area of the upper cavity is equal to or greater than a cross-sectional area of the lower cavity, characterized in that the upper cavity and lower cavity are separated by a partition plate, and the upper cavity is partitioned into at least two sub-cavities, two of the at least two sub-cavities being in communication with each other via a jump tube (54', 54").
A system, having: - A driver circuit for the operation of an LED series supplied by the driver circuit with an LED current, which operation is dimmable over a dimmer area, - an LED series supplied by the driver circuit and - a sensor connected to the driver circuit, wherein the drive circuit changes the LED current: - Over a first area of the dimmer area by means of an amplitude change, and - in a second area of the dimmer area not overlapping with the first area in addition or alternatively to the amplitude change by means of PWM modulation, wherein the second area is located below adjacent to the first area, characterized in that the driver circuit detects by means of the sensor at least one test dimming curve and based thereon determines and sets an adjustable dimming value, in which the transition from the first to the second dimming area takes place. - A driver circuit for the operation of an LED series supplied by the driver circuit with an LED current, which operation is dimmable over a dimmer area, - an LED series supplied by the driver circuit and - a sensor connected to the driver circuit, - Over a first area of the dimmer area by means of an amplitude change, and - in a second area of the dimmer area not overlapping with the first area in addition or alternatively to the amplitude change by means of PWM modulation,
A high-strength hot rolled steel sheet free from peeling and excellent in surface properties and burring properties, consisting of, in terms of mass %, C: 0.01 to 0.1%, Si: 0.01 to 0.1%, Mn: 0.1 to 3%, P: not more than 0.1%, S: not more than 0.03%, Al: 0.001 to 1%, N: not more than 0.01%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.08%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.2%, and optionally one or more elements selected from Cu: 0.2 to 1.2%, Ni: 0.1 to 0.6%, Mo: 0.05 to 1%, V: 0.02 to 0.2%, and Cr: 0.01 to 1%; further optionally either or both of Ca: 0.0005 to 0.005% and REM: 0.0005 to 0.02%, and further optionally B: 0.0002 to 0.002%, further optional one or more of Zr, Sn, Co, Zn, W and Mg at a total amount of not more than 1%, the Sn content preferably within a range of not more than 0.05%, with a remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities, wherein if said Nb content is represented by [Nb] and said C content is represented by, then said steel sheet satisfies a formula below: Nb × C ≤ 4.34 × 10 − 3, a grain boundary density of solid solution C is not less than 1 atom/nm 2 and not more than 4.5 atoms/nm 2, and a grain size of cementite precipitated at grain boundaries within said steel sheet is not more than 1 μm. C: 0.01 to 0.1%, Si: 0.01 to 0.1%, Mn: 0.1 to 3%, P: not more than 0.1%, S: not more than 0.03%, Al: 0.001 to 1%, N: not more than 0.01%, Nb: 0.005 to 0.08%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.2%, and
A piston rod unit for an administration device for administering a medical substance, wherein the piston rod unit can delay a release of a mechanism of the administration device, the piston rod unit comprising: a. an outer piston rod with a contact face at a distal end of the outer piston rod for interacting with a stopper in order to discharge the substance from a product container b. an inner piston rod, which is mounted in the outer piston rod in such a way that a cavity is formed at the distal end of the outer piston rod, said cavity being at least partially filled with a viscous fluid, c. a fluid displacement element which is located at least partially in the cavity and interacts with the inner piston rod or is embodied integrally with the inner piston rod and wherein the fluid displacement element is moveable relative to the outer piston rod during a delaying movement, d. wherein during a relative movement between fluid displacement element and outer piston rod by a displacement of the fluid, a movement resistance occurs, such that the fluid displacement element achieves a release position releasing the mechanism in delayed manner, characterized in that the outer piston rod is configured in two parts with a distal, first piston rod part, which comprises the contact face, forms the cavity, and is sealed in fluid-tight manner by means of a seal and the fluid displacement element and a second piston rod part adjoining the first piston rod part. a. an outer piston rod with a contact face at a distal end of the outer piston rod for interacting with a stopper in order to discharge the substance from a product container b. an inner piston rod, which is mounted in the outer piston rod in such a way that a cavity is formed at the distal end of the outer piston rod, said cavity being at least partially filled with a viscous fluid, c. a fluid displacement element which is located at least partially in the cavity and interacts with the inner piston rod or is embodied integrally with the inner piston rod and wherein the fluid displacement element is moveable relative to the outer piston rod during a delaying movement, d. wherein during a relative movement between fluid displacement element and outer piston rod by a displacement of the fluid, a movement resistance occurs, such that the fluid displacement element achieves a release position releasing the mechanism in delayed manner,
An elevator control device, which causes a cage to be raised and lowered by a motor driven by an inverter, the cage being connected to one end of a rope having the other end connected to a counterweight through a sheave, the elevator control device comprising: a current detector for detecting a current that is supplied to the motor from the inverter; a speed detector for detecting the rotation speed of the motor; speed pattern generating means for generating an elevator speed pattern; a motor speed control device for controlling a speed so that a speed detection value from the speed detector follows a speed command value of the speed pattern from the speed pattern generating means; and a motor current control device for controlling a current that is supplied to the motor with respect to the inverter by using a current detection value from the current detector and the speed detection value from the speed detector on the basis of the speed command value from the motor speed control device, characterised in that the motor current control device has duty detecting means for detecting a duty that is a ratio of an on-time of the inverter within a given sampling period, and wherein the speed pattern generating means changes the speed pattern of the motor on the basis of a duty detection value that is detected by the duty detecting means. a current detector for detecting a current that is supplied to the motor from the inverter; a speed detector for detecting the rotation speed of the motor; speed pattern generating means for generating an elevator speed pattern; a motor speed control device for controlling a speed so that a speed detection value from the speed detector follows a speed command value of the speed pattern from the speed pattern generating means; and a motor current control device for controlling a current that is supplied to the motor with respect to the inverter by using a current detection value from the current detector and the speed detection value from the speed detector on the basis of the speed command value from the motor speed control device, characterised in that the motor current control device has duty detecting means for detecting a duty that is a ratio of an on-time of the inverter within a given sampling period, and wherein the speed pattern generating means changes the speed pattern of the motor on the basis of a duty detection value that is detected by the duty detecting means.
A method for alternately sifting and blending powders in a single operation comprising the steps of: a. placing a powder batch to be sifted and blended into a closed rotatable tumbler having a semi-tubular screen fixedly mounted and an agitator rotatably mounted therewithin; b. rotating the tumbler continuously to cause the powder batch to drop alternately between a top and a bottom of the tumbler; c. catching a portion of the powder on the screen as the powder is being dropped toward the bottom of the tumbler; wherein the method includes the step of: d. rotating the agitator independently to the rotation of the tumbler to spread the powder on the screen and promote sifting as the tumbler is rotated. a. placing a powder batch to be sifted and blended into a closed rotatable tumbler having a semi-tubular screen fixedly mounted and an agitator rotatably mounted therewithin; b. rotating the tumbler continuously to cause the powder batch to drop alternately between a top and a bottom of the tumbler; c. catching a portion of the powder on the screen as the powder is being dropped toward the bottom of the tumbler; wherein the method includes the step of: d. rotating the agitator independently to the rotation of the tumbler to spread the powder on the screen and promote sifting as the tumbler is rotated.