mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of providing directive transitions between audio signals, comprising the steps of: associating a first browsing direction, for transitioning from a current audio signal to a first alternative audio signal, with a first transition effect template; associating a second browsing direction, for transitioning from a current audio signal to a second alternative audio signal, with a second transition effect template, which is perceptually different from the first transition effect template; and playing, in response to a browsing action in one of said browsing directions, a transition in which an exit segment (S0-out1, S0-out2), extracted from the current audio signal, and an entry segment (S1-in, S2-in), extracted from the alternative audio signal, are mixed in accordance with the associated transition effect template; and subsequently playing the alternative audio signal from the end of the entry segment. associating a first browsing direction, for transitioning from a current audio signal to a first alternative audio signal, with a first transition effect template; associating a second browsing direction, for transitioning from a current audio signal to a second alternative audio signal, with a second transition effect template, which is perceptually different from the first transition effect template; and playing, in response to a browsing action in one of said browsing directions, a transition in which an exit segment (S0-out1, S0-out2), extracted from the current audio signal, and an entry segment (S1-in, S2-in), extracted from the alternative audio signal, are mixed in accordance with the associated transition effect template; and subsequently playing the alternative audio signal from the end of the entry segment.
A method of identifying whether or not an individual has Parkinson's Disease rather than a neurodegenerative disease which is not PD selected from Alzheimers Disease, Dementia with Lewy bodies and Fronto-temporal Dementia, which method comprises: (i) measuring the concentration of α-synuclein (α-syn) in a cerebrospinal fluid sample taken from the individual; (ii) measuring the concentration of unphosphorylated tau (tau) and / or phosphorylated (p-tau) present in the sample; and (iii) calculating the ratio of: total concentration of tau concentration of α - syn or concentration of p - tau concentration of α - syn wherein the total concentration of tau is the cumulative concentration of p-tau and tau measured in the sample; and (iv) thereby determining whether or not the individual has PD. (i) measuring the concentration of α-synuclein (α-syn) in a cerebrospinal fluid sample taken from the individual; (ii) measuring the concentration of unphosphorylated tau (tau) and / or phosphorylated (p-tau) present in the sample; and (iii) calculating the ratio of: total concentration of tau concentration of α - syn or concentration of p - tau concentration of α - syn wherein the total concentration of tau is the cumulative concentration of p-tau and tau measured in the sample; and (iv) thereby determining whether or not the individual has PD.
A method of packaging a product within a bag, said method including the steps of: a) providing for at least one product security means to be present on or within the bag, in a region of where the bag will be sealed, b) filling the bag with the product, c) subsequently sealing the bag using heat sealing apparatus, characterized in that the seal thus formed passes through at least a portion of the at least one product security means, thereby permanently heat sealing the product security means to the bag, wherein the at least one product security means comprises an Optically Variable Device. a) providing for at least one product security means to be present on or within the bag, in a region of where the bag will be sealed, b) filling the bag with the product, c) subsequently sealing the bag using heat sealing apparatus,
A method for generating an electronic signed document, the method being implemented using an electronic device that includes a processor, an image capturing component and an input/output module that includes a display component, the method including: displaying, by the display component, an original electronic document; recording, by the image capturing component, a real-time video of a user as the user inputs a set of signature strokes that constitute a signature on the input/output module; displaying, by the display component, a pop-up window that superimposes a part of the original electronic document, and that includes a signature area for enabling the user to input the set of signature strokes therein, and a video area for displaying the real-time video; displaying, by the display component, the real-time video as the user inputs the set of signature strokes; recording a screencast of the display component during a time period in which the user is inputting the set of signature strokes, wherein the screencast includes the real-time video, the set of signature strokes, and at least a part of the original electronic document; generating the electronic signed document by embedding the signature and the screencast in the original electronic document. displaying, by the display component, an original electronic document; recording, by the image capturing component, a real-time video of a user as the user inputs a set of signature strokes that constitute a signature on the input/output module; displaying, by the display component, a pop-up window that superimposes a part of the original electronic document, and that includes a signature area for enabling the user to input the set of signature strokes therein, and a video area for displaying the real-time video; displaying, by the display component, the real-time video as the user inputs the set of signature strokes; recording a screencast of the display component during a time period in which the user is inputting the set of signature strokes, wherein the screencast includes the real-time video, the set of signature strokes, and at least a part of the original electronic document; generating the electronic signed document by embedding the signature and the screencast in the original electronic document.
A method for preparing a carbon nanotube-metal composite comprising: preparing a dispersion solution by dispersing carbon nanotube in a reductive solvent; preparing a mixed solution by adding a stabilizer and a metal precursor to the dispersion solution; and reducing the metal precursor by heating the mixed solution, wherein the stabilizer is selected from the group consisting of hydrophilic polymers, amines, and a mixture thereof, the hydrophilic polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylicacid, polyvinyl sulfonic acid, and polyvinyl pyrrolidone, and the amine is selected from the group consisting of propylamine, butylamine, hexylamine, heptylamine, octylamine, decylamine, dodecylamine, octadecylamine, oleylamine, and a mixture thereof. preparing a dispersion solution by dispersing carbon nanotube in a reductive solvent; preparing a mixed solution by adding a stabilizer and a metal precursor to the dispersion solution; and reducing the metal precursor by heating the mixed solution, wherein the stabilizer is selected from the group consisting of hydrophilic polymers, amines, and a mixture thereof, the hydrophilic polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylicacid, polyvinyl sulfonic acid, and polyvinyl pyrrolidone, and the amine is selected from the group consisting of propylamine, butylamine, hexylamine, heptylamine, octylamine, decylamine, dodecylamine, octadecylamine, oleylamine, and a mixture thereof.
A method of protecting memory employed by a partition adjunct (320,420,421,422,1610), the method comprising: instantiating by a hypervisor (110,330,430,530) a partition adjunct (320,420,421,422,1610) within a data processing system (100,200,300) employing virtual address space donated to the partition adjunct (320,420,421,422,1610) by a logical partition (310,410,1600) of the data processing system (100,200,300), and wherein the instantiating includes associating a memory protection key with the donated virtual address space of the logical partition (100,200,300) which allows access to the donated virtual address space by the partition adjunct (320,420,421,422,1610) and prevents access to the donated virtual address space by the logical partition (310,410,1600); and locking by the hypervisor (110,330,430,530) the memory protection key from being modified by the logical partition (310,410,1600); wherein the partition adjunct (320,420,421,422,1610) is a functionally-limited child partition of said logical partition and the partition adjunct (320,420,421,422,1610) (310,410,1600) runs in a static effective address space and in problem state. instantiating by a hypervisor (110,330,430,530) a partition adjunct (320,420,421,422,1610) within a data processing system (100,200,300) employing virtual address space donated to the partition adjunct (320,420,421,422,1610) by a logical partition (310,410,1600) of the data processing system (100,200,300), and wherein the instantiating includes associating a memory protection key with the donated virtual address space of the logical partition (100,200,300) which allows access to the donated virtual address space by the partition adjunct (320,420,421,422,1610) and prevents access to the donated virtual address space by the logical partition (310,410,1600); and locking by the hypervisor (110,330,430,530) the memory protection key from being modified by the logical partition (310,410,1600); wherein the partition adjunct (320,420,421,422,1610) is a functionally-limited child partition of said logical partition and the partition adjunct (320,420,421,422,1610) (310,410,1600) runs in a static effective address space and in problem state.
A method of cryopreserving an organotypically cultured skin equivalent to maintain viable tissue comprising: a) treating an organotypically cultured skin equivalent in a cryoprotectant solution in a single step, wherein said organotypically cultured skin equivalent comprises stratified squamous epithelia on a dermal layer comprising fibroblast, and wherein said cryoprotectant is provided in a solution comprising 21% to 70%, preferably 21% to 45% or 37.5% to 62.5%, more preferably 25% to 40% or 42.5% to 57.5% of said solution by volume and said cryoprotectant is glycerol; b) separating the treated organotypically cultured skin equivalent from excess cryoprotectant solution, and packaging said treated organotypically cultured skin equivalent in the absence of additional cryoprotectant to provide a packaged skin equivalent, wherein said packaging preferably further comprises enclosing said cryopreserved skin equivalent in a sterile bag and enclosing said sterile bag in a second bag; and c) freezing said packaged organotypically cultured skin equivalent to provide a cryopreserved skin equivalent. a) treating an organotypically cultured skin equivalent in a cryoprotectant solution in a single step, wherein said organotypically cultured skin equivalent comprises stratified squamous epithelia on a dermal layer comprising fibroblast, and wherein said cryoprotectant is provided in a solution comprising 21% to 70%, preferably 21% to 45% or 37.5% to 62.5%, more preferably 25% to 40% or 42.5% to 57.5% of said solution by volume and said cryoprotectant is glycerol; b) separating the treated organotypically cultured skin equivalent from excess cryoprotectant solution, and packaging said treated organotypically cultured skin equivalent in the absence of additional cryoprotectant to provide a packaged skin equivalent, wherein said packaging preferably further comprises enclosing said cryopreserved skin equivalent in a sterile bag and enclosing said sterile bag in a second bag; and c) freezing said packaged organotypically cultured skin equivalent to provide a cryopreserved skin equivalent.
A process for producing a cation exchange membrane comprising; a) forming a first suspension of a metal salt of styrene sulfonate in an organic solvent, b) adding a pyridinium salt to said first suspension to form a mixture suspension, c) causing the mixture suspension to react to form a monomer solution comprising the pyridine salt of styrene sulfonic acid or mixtures of the pyridine salt of styrene sulfonic acid and styrene sulfonic acid in said organic solvent, under conditions that generate a metal salt by-product precipitate, d) optionally removing volatile pyridine by-products and other volatile species such as water from the solution under conditions that volatilize less than 5% of said organic solvent by weight, e) and collecting the reactant solution, optionally after separation from the by-product precipitate, choosing a suitable porous substrate, saturating the porous regions of the substrate with a solution comprising the pyridine salt of styrene sulfonic acid or mixtures of the pyridine salt of styrene sulfonic acid and styrene sulfonic acid in an organic solvent, each made by the process comprising the steps a) through e), a crosslinking monomer, a polymerization initiator and optionally at least one secondary monomer, or, with a solution of, one or more monomers of the pyridine salt of styrene sulfonic acid or mixtures of the pyridine salt of styrene sulfonic acid and styrene sulfonic acid in an organic solvent made by steps a) through e), a neutral monomer, a crosslinking monomer, and a polymerization initiator, removing excess solution from the surfaces of the substrate while leaving the porous volume saturated with solution, initiating polymerization by the application of heat, ultraviolet light, or ionizing radiation, optionally in the absence of substantially all oxygen, to form a crosslinked ion transferring polymer substantially completely filling the pores of the substrate. a) forming a first suspension of a metal salt of styrene sulfonate in an organic solvent, b) adding a pyridinium salt to said first suspension to form a mixture suspension, c) causing the mixture suspension to react to form a monomer solution comprising the pyridine salt of styrene sulfonic acid or mixtures of the pyridine salt of styrene sulfonic acid and styrene sulfonic acid in said organic solvent, under conditions that generate a metal salt by-product precipitate, d) optionally removing volatile pyridine by-products and other volatile species such as water from the solution under conditions that volatilize less than 5% of said organic solvent by weight, e) and collecting the reactant solution, optionally after separation from the by-product precipitate,
An isolated humanized antibody or antibody fragment that specifically binds to Chikungunya virus, comprising: a. a heavy chain amino acid sequence that comprises the CDRH1 of SEQ ID NO: 10, the CDRH2 of SEQ ID NO: 12, and the CDRH3 of SEQ ID NO: 14, and a light chain amino acid sequence that comprises the CDRL1 of SEQ ID NO: 16, the CDRL2 of SEQ ID NO: 18, and the CDRL3 of SEQ ID NO: 20; or b. a heavy chain amino acid sequence that comprises the CDRH1 of SEQ ID NO: 30, the CDRH2 of SEQ ID NO: 32, and the CDRH3 of SEQ ID NO: 34, and a light chain amino acid sequence that comprises the CDRL1 of SEQ ID NO: 36, the CDRL2 of SEQ ID NO: 38, and the CDRL3 of SEQ ID NO: 40. a. a heavy chain amino acid sequence that comprises the CDRH1 of SEQ ID NO: 10, the CDRH2 of SEQ ID NO: 12, and the CDRH3 of SEQ ID NO: 14, and a light chain amino acid sequence that comprises the CDRL1 of SEQ ID NO: 16, the CDRL2 of SEQ ID NO: 18, and the CDRL3 of SEQ ID NO: 20; or b. a heavy chain amino acid sequence that comprises the CDRH1 of SEQ ID NO: 30, the CDRH2 of SEQ ID NO: 32, and the CDRH3 of SEQ ID NO: 34, and a light chain amino acid sequence that comprises the CDRL1 of SEQ ID NO: 36, the CDRL2 of SEQ ID NO: 38, and the CDRL3 of SEQ ID NO: 40.
A television housing having a structure comprising: a stainless steel frame; and a plastic member adjoining at least one surface of the stainless steel frame, wherein the plastic member comprises a base resin comprising 60 wt% to 95 wt% of a polycarbonate resin; and 5 wt% to 40 wt% of a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl graft copolymer resin; and 5 parts by weight to 25 parts by weight of bondable glass fibers based on 100 parts by weight of the base resin including the polycarbonate resin and the rubber-modified aromatic vinyl graft copolymer resin, wherein the plastic member has a tensile strength from 70 MPa to 130 MPa at 23°C, as measured on a tensile test specimen under conditions of 50 mm/min in accordance with ASTM D638. a stainless steel frame; and a plastic member adjoining at least one surface of the stainless steel frame, wherein the plastic member comprises a base resin comprising 60 wt% to 95 wt% of a polycarbonate resin; and 5 wt% to 40 wt% of a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl graft copolymer resin; and 5 parts by weight to 25 parts by weight of bondable glass fibers based on 100 parts by weight of the base resin including the polycarbonate resin and the rubber-modified aromatic vinyl graft copolymer resin, wherein the plastic member has a tensile strength from 70 MPa to 130 MPa at 23°C, as measured on a tensile test specimen under conditions of 50 mm/min in accordance with ASTM D638.
Parking brake device having a bi-stable parking brake valve, a relay valve, a spring brake and electrically actuated valves (25, 28, 30), wherein the electrically actuated valves (25, 28, 30) connect the parking brake valve selectively to supply pressure or atmospheric pressure, an outlet of the parking brake valve controls the relay valve and the relay valve controls the spring brake, wherein the parking brake valve has a movable piston loaded by a spring, characterised in that the piston has two coaxial piston faces (3, 4), which delimit a first space and a second space, the first space, in dependence upon the position of the piston, can be impacted with supply pressure, atmospheric pressure or a pressure lying between these two pressures, which can be fed to the outlet of the parking brake valve and the second space can be connected by an electrically actuated valve selectively to supply pressure or atmospheric pressure.
A liquid-crystal antenna apparatus, comprising: a liquid-crystal antenna unit, configured to receive a wireless signal, wherein the liquid-crystal antenna unit comprises a plurality of microwave elements, and each of the microwave elements comprises a first electrode, a second electrode opposite to the first electrode, and a liquid-crystal cell disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the plurality of microwave elements are divided into a first portion and a second portion; and the liquid-crystal antenna apparatus is characterized in that: a control unit, electrically connected to the liquid-crystal antenna unit, is configured to control the second portion of the microwave elements of the liquid-crystal antenna unit to form a first beam having a first direction, wherein the control unit is configured to determine a source orientation of the wireless signal according to the wireless signal received by the first portion of the microwave elements of the liquid-crystal antenna unit, wherein the plurality of microwave elements in the first portion are divided into at least three regions, and each of the regions has a directivity, and the control unit is further configured to control the first direction of the first beam to direct toward the source orientation. a liquid-crystal antenna unit, configured to receive a wireless signal, wherein the liquid-crystal antenna unit comprises a plurality of microwave elements, and each of the microwave elements comprises a first electrode, a second electrode opposite to the first electrode, and a liquid-crystal cell disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the plurality of microwave elements are divided into a first portion and a second portion; and the liquid-crystal antenna apparatus is characterized in that: a control unit, electrically connected to the liquid-crystal antenna unit, is configured to control the second portion of the microwave elements of the liquid-crystal antenna unit to form a first beam having a first direction, wherein the control unit is configured to determine a source orientation of the wireless signal according to the wireless signal received by the first portion of the microwave elements of the liquid-crystal antenna unit, wherein the plurality of microwave elements in the first portion are divided into at least three regions, and each of the regions has a directivity, and the control unit is further configured to control the first direction of the first beam to direct toward the source orientation.
Process for producing a polyalkenamer-containing composition, comprising the steps of: a) converting at least one cycloalkene by ring-opening metathetic polymerization to obtain a polyalkenamer-containing product mixture, and b) working up the product mixture to remove monomers and oligomers of the cycloalkenes to obtain the polyalkenamer-containing composition by extraction with CO 2, characterized in that the extraction comprises at least two stages: b1) an extraction with liquid CO 2 without presence of supercritical CO2 and then b2) an extraction with supercritical CO 2. a) converting at least one cycloalkene by ring-opening metathetic polymerization to obtain a polyalkenamer-containing product mixture, and b) working up the product mixture to remove monomers and oligomers of the cycloalkenes to obtain the polyalkenamer-containing composition by extraction with CO 2, b1) an extraction with liquid CO 2 without presence of supercritical CO2 and then b2) an extraction with supercritical CO 2.
A humidification device configured to humidify a feed gas to be fed to a user, the humidification device comprising: a heating unit configured to heat and vaporize a liquid to be used for humidifying the feed gas; a liquid supply unit configured to supply the liquid to the heating unit; a power supply configured to supply energy to the heating unit; and an input power measurement unit configured to measure an input power to be inputted from the power supply to the heating unit, characterized by a heating control unit configured to control the input power by referring to a temperature of the feed gas in the humidification device or in a respiratory circuit connected to the humidification device; a target input power calculation unit configured to calculate a target input power, as a target, corresponding to a target heated and humidified state of the feed gas; and a liquid supply control unit configured to decrease a supply amount of the liquid when the measured input power is greater than the target input power and increase the supply amount of the liquid when the measured input power is less than the target input power. a heating unit configured to heat and vaporize a liquid to be used for humidifying the feed gas; a liquid supply unit configured to supply the liquid to the heating unit; a power supply configured to supply energy to the heating unit; and an input power measurement unit configured to measure an input power to be inputted from the power supply to the heating unit, characterized by a heating control unit configured to control the input power by referring to a temperature of the feed gas in the humidification device or in a respiratory circuit connected to the humidification device; a target input power calculation unit configured to calculate a target input power, as a target, corresponding to a target heated and humidified state of the feed gas; and a liquid supply control unit configured to decrease a supply amount of the liquid when the measured input power is greater than the target input power and increase the supply amount of the liquid when the measured input power is less than the target input power.