mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a luminance estimation unit that estimates an image, lest, by executing a spline-smoothing process in luminance values of pixels of an input image, f; a surface reflected component enhancement unit which generates an image, fspec, wherein when a pixel value, fσ(i,j), of a result, fσ, obtained by executing a convolution operation process between f and a Gaussian function is equal or larger than Iest(i,j)-d the unit sets f(i,j) as the luminance value, fspec(i,j), and wherein when the result is smaller than Iest(i,j)-d the unit sets Iest(i,j) as the luminance value, fspec (i,j), wherein d is a positive integer that is smaller than the amplitude of a low frequency component of lest; a denoising processing unit that executes a denoising process on fspec; and a merging unit that generates an image by merging the image after the denoising process and the regions of fσ for which fσ(i,j) < Iest(i,j) holds. a luminance estimation unit that estimates an image, lest, by executing a spline-smoothing process in luminance values of pixels of an input image, f; a surface reflected component enhancement unit which generates an image, fspec, wherein when a pixel value, fσ(i,j), of a result, fσ, obtained by executing a convolution operation process between f and a Gaussian function is equal or larger than Iest(i,j)-d the unit sets f(i,j) as the luminance value, fspec(i,j), and wherein when the result is smaller than Iest(i,j)-d the unit sets Iest(i,j) as the luminance value, fspec (i,j), wherein d is a positive integer that is smaller than the amplitude of a low frequency component of lest; a denoising processing unit that executes a denoising process on fspec; and a merging unit that generates an image by merging the image after the denoising process and the regions of fσ for which fσ(i,j) < Iest(i,j) holds.
A pharmaceutical composition for use in a method of treating liver cancer, comprising, as an active ingredient, an antibody or a fragment thereof that binds to a CAPRIN-1 protein comprising an amino acid sequence set forth in any of even sequence numbers from SEQ ID NOs: 2 to 30 or an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of 80% or more to the amino acid sequence, or a fragment of the CAPRIN-1 protein comprising at least seven consecutive amino acid residues of the amino acid sequence of the protein.
A method for polar code puncturing, comprising: receiving a mother polar code including a sequence of coded bits, the sequence of coded bits having indices {0,..., N-1} and including at least a first block of coded bits having indices {0,..., i-1}, a second block of coded bits having indices {i,..., i+k-1}, a third block of coded bits having indices {i+k,..., i+k+k-1}, and a fourth block of coded bits having indices {i+k+k,..., N-1}; wherein the mother polar code is generated based on a generator matrix G N having a form of G N = F ⊗n, where F ⊗n denotes an n-th Kronecher product of a basis matrix F = 1 0 1 1; characterized by: interleaving the coded bits of the second block of coded bits with the coded bits of the third block of coded bits to form a rearranged sequence of coded bits including the N coded bits and having the indices {..., i, i+k,..., i+k-1, i+k+k-1,...}; and extracting the last M coded bits having indices {N-M,...,N-1} from the rearranged sequence of coded bits to generate a punctured code having a length of M. receiving a mother polar code including a sequence of coded bits, the sequence of coded bits having indices {0,..., N-1} and including at least a first block of coded bits having indices {0,..., i-1}, a second block of coded bits having indices {i,..., i+k-1}, a third block of coded bits having indices {i+k,..., i+k+k-1}, and a fourth block of coded bits having indices {i+k+k,..., N-1}; wherein the mother polar code is generated based on a generator matrix G N having a form of G N = F ⊗n, where F ⊗n denotes an n-th Kronecher product of a basis matrix F = 1 0 1 1; characterized by: interleaving the coded bits of the second block of coded bits with the coded bits of the third block of coded bits to form a rearranged sequence of coded bits including the N coded bits and having the indices {..., i, i+k,..., i+k-1, i+k+k-1,...}; and extracting the last M coded bits having indices {N-M,...,N-1} from the rearranged sequence of coded bits to generate a punctured code having a length of M. interleaving the coded bits of the second block of coded bits with the coded bits of the third block of coded bits to form a rearranged sequence of coded bits including the N coded bits and having the indices {..., i, i+k,..., i+k-1, i+k+k-1,...}; and extracting the last M coded bits having indices {N-M,...,N-1} from the rearranged sequence of coded bits to generate a punctured code having a length of M.
A method for managing production history information of a pipe or tube in a process for producing the pipe or tube to which thread cutting is performed on end portions thereof, the method comprising the steps of machining an identifier for identifying the pipe or tube in a region of the pipe or tube on which the thread cutting is to be performed by machining means before an initial production process is performed among production processes which are management targets of the production history information; reading the identifier machined on the pipe or tube with reading means before each of the production processes is performed or while each of the production processes is performed; storing the production history information of the pipe or tube obtained in each of the production processes and the identifier read from the pipe or tube while the production history information and the identifier are associated with each other; and removing the identifier machined on the pipe or tube in the process of performing the thread cutting on the end portions of the pipe or tube among the production processes which are management targets of the production history information.
A hubcap intended to be superimposed on a sheet metal of a frame of a vehicle door, wherein the hubcap comprises: • an aspect element intended to cover the sheet metal, having a proximal edge intended to be disposed opposite a window of the door and an opposite distal edge, the aspect element having an outer appearance face and an opposite inner technical face and comprising a member for receiving a seal in which the window slides; • a fastening element engaged on the distal edge of the aspect element, the fastening element having a C-shaped cross-section allowing engagement thereof on the distal portion of the sheet metal; wherein the aspect and fastening elements are assembled together; characterized in that the fastening element comprises at least one positioning wedge connected by a bridge made of a breakable material. • an aspect element intended to cover the sheet metal, having a proximal edge intended to be disposed opposite a window of the door and an opposite distal edge, the aspect element having an outer appearance face and an opposite inner technical face and comprising a member for receiving a seal in which the window slides; • a fastening element engaged on the distal edge of the aspect element, the fastening element having a C-shaped cross-section allowing engagement thereof on the distal portion of the sheet metal; wherein the aspect and fastening elements are assembled together; characterized in that the fastening element comprises at least one positioning wedge connected by a bridge made of a breakable material. wherein the aspect and fastening elements are assembled together; characterized in that the fastening element comprises at least one positioning wedge connected by a bridge made of a breakable material.
An isolated nucleic acid sequence having the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID. NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 5, at least 20 contiguous nucleotide fragment thereof, complement thereof, sequence having at least 90% nucleic acid sequence identity thereto or labeled derivative thereof, wherein said sequence, fragment, complement, or derivative is operable to hybridize to a MAP-specific target nucleotide sequence that is present in a MAP microorgansim and is absent from a non-MAP organism.
A small nuclear power generation system comprising a small nuclear reactor, a heat exchanging system for exchanging heat between a primary coolant for cooling the small nuclear reactor and a secondary coolant comprised of carbon dioxide or light water, and a turbine power generation system for generating power using heat of the secondary coolant; the small nuclear reactor, comprising: a reactor core having fuel assemblies of a plurality of fuel rods being cladding tubes containing metallic fuel including one or both of uranium (U-235, U-238) and plutonium (Pu-239); a reactor vessel containing the reactor core; the primary coolant being one of metallic (Na) sodium, lead (Pb), and lead-bismuth (Bi) loaded into the reactor vessel and heated by the reactor core; and at least one neutron reflector provided around the reactor core, wherein the neutron reflector has neutron reflection efficiency for achieving criticality in the reactor core with an effective multiplication factor of neutrons emittable from the reactor core being maintainable at or above 1, and wherein the neutron reflector is coupled to metallic members having a coefficient of thermal expansion higher than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the reflector, and the neutron reflection efficiency being changeable utilizing displacement due to thermal expansion of the metallic members in accordance with temperature in the reactor vessel, thereby achieving load following control. a reactor core having fuel assemblies of a plurality of fuel rods being cladding tubes containing metallic fuel including one or both of uranium (U-235, U-238) and plutonium (Pu-239); a reactor vessel containing the reactor core; the primary coolant being one of metallic (Na) sodium, lead (Pb), and lead-bismuth (Bi) loaded into the reactor vessel and heated by the reactor core; and at least one neutron reflector provided around the reactor core, wherein the neutron reflector has neutron reflection efficiency for achieving criticality in the reactor core with an effective multiplication factor of neutrons emittable from the reactor core being maintainable at or above 1, and wherein the neutron reflector is coupled to metallic members having a coefficient of thermal expansion higher than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the reflector, and the neutron reflection efficiency being changeable utilizing displacement due to thermal expansion of the metallic members in accordance with temperature in the reactor vessel, thereby achieving load following control.
Filling plant for producing bottles from respective pre-forms and filling the bottles with a pourable product comprising: - a pre-heating oven at least partially arranged within a first isolation chamber and configured to pre-heat the pre-forms within the first isolation chamber; - a first filter unit associated to the first isolation chamber and configured to filter a gas to be introduced into the first isolation chamber; - a molding apparatus being at least partially arranged within a second isolation chamber and configured to mold the preforms into the bottles within the second isolation chamber; - a filling apparatus being at least partially arranged within a third isolation chamber and being configured to fill the bottles within the third isolation chamber; the filling plant being characterized by: - a centralized filter unit configured to filter at least a gas for obtaining a filtered gas and to feed at least a first portion of the filtered gas into the second isolation chamber and at least a second portion of the filtered gas into the third isolation chamber; and - a suction device fluidically connected to the first isolation chamber and the centralized filter unit and configured to extract gas from the first isolation chamber and to direct at least a portion of the extracted gas to the centralized filter unit. - a pre-heating oven at least partially arranged within a first isolation chamber and configured to pre-heat the pre-forms within the first isolation chamber; - a first filter unit associated to the first isolation chamber and configured to filter a gas to be introduced into the first isolation chamber; - a molding apparatus being at least partially arranged within a second isolation chamber and configured to mold the preforms into the bottles within the second isolation chamber; - a filling apparatus being at least partially arranged within a third isolation chamber and being configured to fill the bottles within the third isolation chamber; the filling plant being characterized by: - a centralized filter unit configured to filter at least a gas for obtaining a filtered gas and to feed at least a first portion of the filtered gas into the second isolation chamber and at least a second portion of the filtered gas into the third isolation chamber; and - a suction device fluidically connected to the first isolation chamber and the centralized filter unit and configured to extract gas from the first isolation chamber and to direct at least a portion of the extracted gas to the centralized filter unit.
A perfusion catheter, comprising: an inflatable balloon (328, 428) coiled in a helical manner around a central axis into a series of windings (342, 442), wherein an inner surface of the series of windings, when inflated, defines a passage (344, 444) through the inflatable balloon (328, 428); an elongate shaft (326, 426) extending from a proximal portion to a distal portion, having an inner surface that defines a lumen (330, 430) for providing inflation fluid to, or withdrawing inflation fluid from, the inflatable balloon (328, 428); and a guidewire support tube including a lumen, separate from the lumen (330, 430) of the elongate shaft (326, 426) and the passage (344, 444) through the inflatable balloon (328, 428), for receiving a guidewire, characterized in that the lumen (330, 430) of the elongate shaft (326, 426) is for providing inflation fluid to, or withdrawing inflation fluid from, a distal end (336, 436) of the inflatable balloon (328, 428). an inflatable balloon (328, 428) coiled in a helical manner around a central axis into a series of windings (342, 442), wherein an inner surface of the series of windings, when inflated, defines a passage (344, 444) through the inflatable balloon (328, 428); an elongate shaft (326, 426) extending from a proximal portion to a distal portion, having an inner surface that defines a lumen (330, 430) for providing inflation fluid to, or withdrawing inflation fluid from, the inflatable balloon (328, 428); and a guidewire support tube including a lumen, separate from the lumen (330, 430) of the elongate shaft (326, 426) and the passage (344, 444) through the inflatable balloon (328, 428), for receiving a guidewire, characterized in that the lumen (330, 430) of the elongate shaft (326, 426) is for providing inflation fluid to, or withdrawing inflation fluid from, a distal end (336, 436) of the inflatable balloon (328, 428).
An LDPC decoder, using a Tanner graph in an LDPC coding scheme, the Tanner graph including a plurality of variable nodes, a plurality of check nodes, and a plurality of branches which connect the variable nodes and the check nodes, wherein the branches are classified into a plurality of categories, said plurality of categories being a plurality of groups classified according to column weights of a parity check matrix corresponding to the Tanner graph, said decoder is configured to perform weighting on a log-likelihood ratio, hereinafter abbreviated as "LLR", which is a message in a probability propagation calculation in iterative decoding, the decoder is adapted to determine, for each category, a different weighting coefficient in accordance with the column weights of the parity check matrix, the probability propagation calculation in the iterative decoding is a MaxLog approximation, and the message on which the weighting is performed is a check-to-variable node message.
Method for producing a cast wheel, a core that remains in the cast wheel and has a circumferential rim being inserted into a casting mould that comprises at least one lower mould part and one upper mould part, which are moved relative to one another in order to close the casting mould, the core being positioned in a predetermined position in the casting mould by means of at least one positioning element, an end region of the positioning element being fixed in the circumferential rim of the core in a force-locking or frictional manner, characterised in that a free end region of the positioning element, which end region protrudes from the circumferential rim of the core, is placed on a contact surface of the lower mould part of the casting mould, which contact surface is preferably arranged horizontally during operation, when positioning the core in the casting mould, such that the core is positioned in the predetermined position under the action of gravity.
A milk-derived oligosaccharide for use in treating inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome, wherein the milk-derived oligosaccharide is 2'-fucosyllactose, or a variant thereof, the variant being identical to 2'-fucosyllactose except that the reducing end is N-acetylglucosamine instead of glucose.
A dust collection box for a robot vacuum cleaner, comprising: a box body provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; a filter holder arranged in the box body and provided with an opening in a lateral surface of the filter holder; a separation structure configured to block dust, and arranged in the box body and located at an air inlet side of the opening; and a filter arranged to the filter holder and located at an air outlet side of the opening, characterized in that the air inlet and the air outlet are provided in a same lateral surface of the box body, and the air inlet is located below the air outlet. a box body provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; a filter holder arranged in the box body and provided with an opening in a lateral surface of the filter holder; a separation structure configured to block dust, and arranged in the box body and located at an air inlet side of the opening; and a filter arranged to the filter holder and located at an air outlet side of the opening, characterized in that the air inlet and the air outlet are provided in a same lateral surface of the box body, and the air inlet is located below the air outlet.
Snow tyre of which the tread comprises a rubber composition comprising at least: - 50 to 100 phr of a butyl rubber; - optionally, 0 to 50 phr of another diene rubber; - 50 to 200 phr of an inorganic reinforcing filler; - more than 30 phr of a liquid phosphate plasticiser having a glass transition temperature noted as Tg less than -80°C. - 50 to 100 phr of a butyl rubber; - optionally, 0 to 50 phr of another diene rubber; - 50 to 200 phr of an inorganic reinforcing filler; - more than 30 phr of a liquid phosphate plasticiser having a glass transition temperature noted as Tg less than -80°C.
A tissue reconstruction construct,comprising: a single tissue loop formed of a single tissue strand; characterised by three separate and independent fixation devices (10a, 10b, 10c) attached to the single tissue loop to be secured in three separate bone tunnels or sockets (91a, 91b, 93), each of the three fixation devices (10a, 10b, 10c) having a flexible, adjustable length to provide three independent points of tensioning of the construct, wherein the construct has a letter "Y" configuration. a single tissue loop formed of a single tissue strand; characterised by three separate and independent fixation devices (10a, 10b, 10c) attached to the single tissue loop to be secured in three separate bone tunnels or sockets (91a, 91b, 93), each of the three fixation devices (10a, 10b, 10c) having a flexible, adjustable length to provide three independent points of tensioning of the construct, wherein the construct has a letter "Y" configuration.
A system for reducing harmful emissions of an internal combustion engine comprising an AfterTreatment System having at least a first abatement device (DOC, DPF, SCR, TWC, CUC, pre-cat) for one or more pollutant types contained in exhaust gas passing through the ATS and comprising first recirculation means (R, R1, R2) of a portion of said exhaust gas through said at least first abatement without returning to the intake of the internal combustion engine the system being characterized in that said at least first abatement device comprises a Selective Catalytic Reduction and a doser of a urea-based reduction agent, and in that it comprises a second abatement device consisting of an ammonia oxidation catalyst arranged downstream of said at least first abatement device and in that said first recirculation means (R, R2) comprise a line having a first end operatively connected to a first point downstream of said SCR and a second end operatively connected upstream or downstream of said doser and in that said first point of connection is upstream or downstream of said CUC device and in that the system further comprises switching means of said first point so that it can become upstream or downstream of said CUC device in relation to a working operating condition of said ATS and/or of said internal combustion engine.
Mass and a device for cushioning said mass, which device comprises a fluid spring and a frame, the fluid spring being arranged between the mass and the frame such that the mass is mounted on the frame so as to be cushioned and/or damped, said device also comprising an additional fluid volume unit for providing an additional fluid volume for the fluid spring, the fluid spring being fluidically connected to the additional fluid volume unit by means of a fluid line, the additional fluid volume unit comprising at least two fluidically interconnectable fluid volume chambers (12, 13) that have a common displaceable chamber wall, means for reducing a required adjustment force for adjusting a piston of the additional fluid volume unit being provided, and the mass comprising a movable part of a seat, characterised in that the fluid line comprises a shut-off valve.
A method of producing a retardation film in which a lengthy resin film is stretched in a widthwise direction thereof while being conveyed in a lengthwise direction thereof to provide a retardation film satisfying a relationship of 0.70<Re /Re <0.97, the method comprising: a preheating step of heating the resin film to a temperature T1; a preliminary stretching step of stretching the resin film after the preheating while cooling the film from the temperature T1 to a temperature T2; and a main stretching step of stretching the resin film after the preliminary stretching at the temperature T2, where Re and Re each represent an in-plane retardation measured with light having a wavelength of 450 nm or 550 nm at 23°C, and a stretching ratio S1 in the preliminary stretching step is more than 1.05 times and less than 2.0 times with respect to an original length of the resin film. a preheating step of heating the resin film to a temperature T1; a preliminary stretching step of stretching the resin film after the preheating while cooling the film from the temperature T1 to a temperature T2; and a main stretching step of stretching the resin film after the preliminary stretching at the temperature T2,