mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Vehicle comprising: - a chassis supported on wheels (6, 8) so as to be movable in a travel direction for carrying a driver, - a steering element for presetting the travel direction by the driver, - a display element arranged in front of the driver in his field of vision as seen in the travel direction, which is arranged to display a menu with a number of menu elements arranged in a grid, and - an input interface with a pressure plate arranged on the steering element, which pressure plate comprises an upper side and a lower side opposite the upper side, wherein a number of haptically detectable segments arranged to the grid are formed on the upper side of the pressure plate and wherein the number of menu elements corresponds to the number of haptically detectable segments, so that each menu element of the menu is associated with a haptically detectable segment on the printing plate, and - a sensor arranged on the underside of the printing plate, which sensor is arranged to output a key selection signal to the reproduction element as a function of the position of a finger on the upper side of the printing plate, characterized in that - the haptically detectable segments are spherical segment-shaped troughs recessed into the upper side of the pressure plate, wherein a capacitor plate is located below each trough on the underside of the pressure plate, which together form the sensor. - a chassis supported on wheels (6, 8) so as to be movable in a travel direction for carrying a driver, - a steering element for presetting the travel direction by the driver, - a display element arranged in front of the driver in his field of vision as seen in the travel direction, which is arranged to display a menu with a number of menu elements arranged in a grid, and - an input interface with a pressure plate arranged on the steering element, which pressure plate comprises an upper side and a lower side opposite the upper side, wherein a number of haptically detectable segments arranged to the grid are formed on the upper side of the pressure plate and wherein the number of menu elements corresponds to the number of haptically detectable segments, so that each menu element of the menu is associated with a haptically detectable segment on the printing plate, and - a sensor arranged on the underside of the printing plate, which sensor is arranged to output a key selection signal to the reproduction element as a function of the position of a finger on the upper side of the printing plate, - the haptically detectable segments are spherical segment-shaped troughs recessed into the upper side of the pressure plate, wherein a capacitor plate is located below each trough on the underside of the pressure plate, which together form the sensor.
In vitro method for predicting the risk of developing radiation induced toxicity comprising the steps of: a. obtaining mitochondrial DNA from a sample of a subject, b. determining the number of non-synonymous variations present in at least one gene encoding a mitochondrial protein, c. determining whether the non-synonymous variations occur at positions that are less than 90% conserved, d. attributing a value to the number of non-synonymous variations that occur at positions that are less than 90% conserved, wherein a higher value corresponds to a higher risk for developing radiation induced toxicity. a. obtaining mitochondrial DNA from a sample of a subject, b. determining the number of non-synonymous variations present in at least one gene encoding a mitochondrial protein, c. determining whether the non-synonymous variations occur at positions that are less than 90% conserved, d. attributing a value to the number of non-synonymous variations that occur at positions that are less than 90% conserved,
An apparatus comprising a chemical field effect transistor array in a circuit-supporting substrate, such transistor array having disposed on its surface an array of sample-retaining regions capable of retaining a chemical or biological sample from a sample fluid, wherein such transistor array has a pitch of 10 μm or less and each sample-retaining region is positioned on at least one chemical field effect transistor which is configured to generate at least one output signal related to a characteristic of a chemical or biological sample in such sample-retaining region, wherein said characteristic of said chemical or biological sample is a concentration of a charged species and wherein each of said chemical field effect transistors is an ion-sensitive field effect transistor having a floating gate with a dielectric layer on a surface thereof, the dielectric layer contacting said sample fluid and being capable of accumulating charge in proportion to a concentration of the charged species in said sample fluid, wherein the dielectric layer has a thickness of 20 to 60 nm and wherein said dielectric layer comprises a bilayer consisting of a charge-sensitive layer in fluid contact with said sample fluid and an adhesion layer disposed on said floating gate for bonding the charge-sensitive layer to said floating gate and said charge-sensitive layer is tantalum oxide and said adhesion layer is aluminum dioxide.
Holding device for an elongated object, the holding device having two holding parts (2, 3) and at least one fastening element having a head, characterized in that each holding part (2, 3) has a clamping end (4, 9) and an angled closure end (6, 11) each having at least one hole (8, 13), wherein the clamping ends (4, 9) correspond with an elongated object to be fixed and the clamping ends (4, 9) are connected to each other in the manner of a hinge, the two holding parts (2, 3) can be placed with their clamping ends (4, 9) around the elongated object, wherein the angled closure ends (6, 11) come to lie in such a way that the holes (8, 13) are aligned with each other, the fastening element can be inserted through the aligned holes (8, 13) so that the angled closure ends (6, 11) can be secured against unfolding, and in that the closure end associated with the head of the fastening element has a sprung element which, when the fastening element is inserted through the head of the fastening element, is temporarily displaced elastically out of its rest position, wherein the rest position is formed in such a way that the spring element comes to lie behind the head of the fastening element when the fastening element is finally inserted, wherein the fastening element can be prevented from falling out of the holes (8, 13).
An electronic package comprising: a first die; a second die stacked onto the first die; and a first encapsulant positioned between the first die and the second die, the first encapsulant including a first material comprising a filler, the first encapsulant occupying a plurality of separate non-contiguous volumes between the first die and the second die; a second encapsulant positioned between the first die and the second die, the second encapsulant including a second material comprising a filler, the second material surrounding each of the plurality of separate and non-contiguous volumes between the first die and the second die, wherein the first material has a higher thermal conductivity than the second material, and the second material has a lower filler loading than the first material; and a third encapsulant positioned between the first die and the second die, the third encapsulant including a third material, the third encapsulant occupies a separate and non-contiguous volume between the first die and the second die, wherein the third material has a different thermal conductivity than the first material and the second material. a first die; a second die stacked onto the first die; and a first encapsulant positioned between the first die and the second die, the first encapsulant including a first material comprising a filler, the first encapsulant occupying a plurality of separate non-contiguous volumes between the first die and the second die; a second encapsulant positioned between the first die and the second die, the second encapsulant including a second material comprising a filler, the second material surrounding each of the plurality of separate and non-contiguous volumes between the first die and the second die, wherein the first material has a higher thermal conductivity than the second material, and the second material has a lower filler loading than the first material; and a third encapsulant positioned between the first die and the second die, the third encapsulant including a third material, the third encapsulant occupies a separate and non-contiguous volume between the first die and the second die, wherein the third material has a different thermal conductivity than the first material and the second material.
Method of manufacturing ceramic parts comprising: - the implementation of a ceramic mixture of particles comprising as components, a major portion by weight of sinterable ceramic particles and particles of at least one additive, wherein at least one of the at least one additives is an inorganic solid material, characterized in that the inorganic solid material absorbs laser radiation emitting a predetermined energy flux at a predetermined wavelength, and has, at this wavelength, a specific absorptivity that is greater than that of the other components of the ceramic mixture, wherein the ceramic mixture contains the dispersed inorganic solid particles in proportions of less than 5% by weight and greater than 1% by weight of the dry mixture, wherein the inorganic solid material comprises carbon selected from graphite, anthracite, carbon black, activated carbon, carbon nanotubes, graphene sheets and mixtures thereof and wherein the method further comprises: - a raw shaping of this ceramic mixture to obtain a dry raw ceramic blank, - raw machining of the raw ceramic blank by removal of ceramic material through its exposure to pulsed laser radiation emitting a predetermined energy flux at the predetermined wavelength, wherein the pulse duration lasts less than 150 ns, and the wavelength is between 200nm and 3μm, and - while, during the exposure to this laser radiation, there is a direct selective absorption of the energy of the laser radiation by the particles of absorbent dispersed inorganic solid material which degrades abruptly, with gaseous emission, local dislocation of ceramic material from the raw ceramic blank, ejection of this dislocated ceramic material, and the obtaining of a machined ceramic piece in the raw state. - the implementation of a ceramic mixture of particles comprising as components, a major portion by weight of sinterable ceramic particles and particles of at least one additive, wherein at least one of the at least one additives is an inorganic solid material, - a raw shaping of this ceramic mixture to obtain a dry raw ceramic blank, - raw machining of the raw ceramic blank by removal of ceramic material through its exposure to pulsed laser radiation emitting a predetermined energy flux at the predetermined wavelength, wherein the pulse duration lasts less than 150 ns, and the wavelength is between 200nm and 3μm, and - while, during the exposure to this laser radiation, there is a direct selective absorption of the energy of the laser radiation by the particles of absorbent dispersed inorganic solid material which degrades abruptly, with gaseous emission, local dislocation of ceramic material from the raw ceramic blank, ejection of this dislocated ceramic material, and the obtaining of a machined ceramic piece in the raw state.
An arrangement, comprising a teat rubber, a milk hose connected to the teat rubber, and a ventilation device, wherein the arrangement has a flow path for discharging milked milk, and wherein said flow path communicates with the external atmosphere via the ventilation device, wherein the ventilation device comprises an annular body with a nozzle opening which engages around the milk hose and is fixed thereon, wherein the nozzle opening communicates with the flow path in a hose interior of the milk hose, wherein the annular body is fixed in one position on a straight section of the milk hose, wherein the nozzle opening of the annular body communicates with the hose interior of the milk hose via a passage integrally formed in the milk hose, characterized in that the passage integrally formed in the milk hose extends radially through a nozzle elevation protruding from the outer side of the milk hose.
A pill inspection apparatus comprising: an illumination portion for irradiating light to a medical envelope in which at least a translucent pill is enclosed; an imaging portion for acquiring a transmission image of the irradiated medical envelope; and an image processing portion for detecting, as the translucent pill, a pill having a brightness value of its outer periphery lower than that of its center using the transmission image, wherein the illumination portion includes a light emitting portion and a light-collecting portion for collecting the light, characterized in that the light-collecting portion is provided between the light emitting portion and the medical envelope, wherein the light collected in the light-collecting portion is collected toward the imaging portion, wherein the light emitting portion emits diffusion light, and a parallel light converting portion for converting the diffusion light into parallel light is provided between the light emitting portion and the light-collecting portion, wherein the light-collecting portion is a convex lens or a Fresnel lens. an illumination portion for irradiating light to a medical envelope in which at least a translucent pill is enclosed; an imaging portion for acquiring a transmission image of the irradiated medical envelope; and an image processing portion for detecting, as the translucent pill, a pill having a brightness value of its outer periphery lower than that of its center using the transmission image, wherein the illumination portion includes a light emitting portion and a light-collecting portion for collecting the light, characterized in that the light-collecting portion is provided between the light emitting portion and the medical envelope, wherein the light collected in the light-collecting portion is collected toward the imaging portion, wherein the light emitting portion emits diffusion light, and a parallel light converting portion for converting the diffusion light into parallel light is provided between the light emitting portion and the light-collecting portion, wherein the light-collecting portion is a convex lens or a Fresnel lens.
Method for decoding a digital audio signal, comprising the steps of: - decoding according to an inverse transform decoding of a previous frame of samples of the digital signal, received and coded according to a transform coding; - decoding according to a predictive decoding of a current frame of samples of the digital signal, received and coded according to a predictive coding, the method being characterized in that the predictive decoding of the current frame is a transition predictive decoding which does not use any adaptive dictionary arising from the previous frame and in that it furthermore comprises: - a step of reinitialization of at least one state of the predictive decoding to a predetermined default value; - an overlap-add step which combines a signal segment synthesized by predictive decoding of the current frame and a signal segment synthesized by inverse transform decoding, corresponding to a stored segment of the decoding of the previous frame. - decoding according to an inverse transform decoding of a previous frame of samples of the digital signal, received and coded according to a transform coding; - decoding according to a predictive decoding of a current frame of samples of the digital signal, received and coded according to a predictive coding, the method being characterized in that the predictive decoding of the current frame is a transition predictive decoding which does not use any adaptive dictionary arising from the previous frame and in that it furthermore comprises: - a step of reinitialization of at least one state of the predictive decoding to a predetermined default value; - an overlap-add step which combines a signal segment synthesized by predictive decoding of the current frame and a signal segment synthesized by inverse transform decoding, corresponding to a stored segment of the decoding of the previous frame. the method being characterized in that the predictive decoding of the current frame is a transition predictive decoding which does not use any adaptive dictionary arising from the previous frame and in that it furthermore comprises: - a step of reinitialization of at least one state of the predictive decoding to a predetermined default value; - an overlap-add step which combines a signal segment synthesized by predictive decoding of the current frame and a signal segment synthesized by inverse transform decoding, corresponding to a stored segment of the decoding of the previous frame. - a step of reinitialization of at least one state of the predictive decoding to a predetermined default value; - an overlap-add step which combines a signal segment synthesized by predictive decoding of the current frame and a signal segment synthesized by inverse transform decoding, corresponding to a stored segment of the decoding of the previous frame.
A rolling container having a body with an upper opening, a lid pivotally coupled to the body, a wheel coupled to the body and configured for rolling the body thereon, a maneuvering handle pivotally coupled to the body, and a handle pivot mechanism configured to pivot the maneuvering handle away from the body when the lid is opened; and characterized in that the handle pivot mechanism comprises a linkage between a pivot pin associated with the lid and a guide path associated with the maneuvering handle.
A genetically modified bacterium; wherein the bacterium has an enhanced production of biotin or lipoic acid or thiamine; wherein said bacterium comprises: a) genetically modified endogenous iscR gene encoding a mutant IscR polypeptide, wherein the amino acid sequence of said mutant IscR polypeptide has at least 80% amino acid sequence identity to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14, and wherein said amino acid sequence has at least one amino acid substitution selected from the group consisting of: i) L15X, C92X, C98X, C104X, and H107X; wherein X is any amino acid other than the corresponding amino acid residue in SEQ ID No.: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14; and b) at least one transgene encoding a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: ii) a polypeptide having biotin synthase activity (EC2.8.1.6); iii) a polypeptide having lipoic acid synthase activity (EC2.8.1.8); iv) a polypeptide having HMP-P synthase activity (EC4.1.99.17); and v) a polypeptide having tyrosine lyase activity (EC4.1.99.19). a) genetically modified endogenous iscR gene encoding a mutant IscR polypeptide, wherein the amino acid sequence of said mutant IscR polypeptide has at least 80% amino acid sequence identity to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14, and wherein said amino acid sequence has at least one amino acid substitution selected from the group consisting of: i) L15X, C92X, C98X, C104X, and H107X; wherein X is any amino acid other than the corresponding amino acid residue in SEQ ID No.: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14; and i) L15X, C92X, C98X, C104X, and H107X; wherein X is any amino acid other than the corresponding amino acid residue in SEQ ID No.: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14; b) at least one transgene encoding a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: ii) a polypeptide having biotin synthase activity (EC2.8.1.6); iii) a polypeptide having lipoic acid synthase activity (EC2.8.1.8); iv) a polypeptide having HMP-P synthase activity (EC4.1.99.17); and v) a polypeptide having tyrosine lyase activity (EC4.1.99.19). ii) a polypeptide having biotin synthase activity (EC2.8.1.6); iii) a polypeptide having lipoic acid synthase activity (EC2.8.1.8); iv) a polypeptide having HMP-P synthase activity (EC4.1.99.17); and v) a polypeptide having tyrosine lyase activity (EC4.1.99.19).
A thermal barrier coating applied to a substrate for managing the flow of heat traveling through the substrate, comprising: at least two layers (30a, 30b, 30c) each including an array of metal nano-particles held in a glass matrix, wherein the layers have characteristics respectively tailored to reduce thermal transport in two ranges of temperatures, wherein the characteristics include at least one of: the spacing between the metal nano-particles in each of the arrays, the ratio of masses of the metal nano-particles to the glass matrix in each of the arrays, and the ratio of elastic constant of the metal nano-particles to the glass matrix in each of the arrays. the spacing between the metal nano-particles in each of the arrays, the ratio of masses of the metal nano-particles to the glass matrix in each of the arrays, and the ratio of elastic constant of the metal nano-particles to the glass matrix in each of the arrays.
A device for delivery of remote ischemic conditioning treatment to a subject, said device comprising a cuff configured for placement over a limb of the subject and a controller operably connected to said cuff, said cuff comprises a single inflatable bladder and is further configured to at least partially reduce blood flow in said limb upon inflation thereof; wherein said controller is configured upon activation to deliver said remote ischemic conditioning treatment by performing a plurality of remote ischemic conditioning treatment cycles, each treatment cycle comprising: a period of cuff inflation when said controller is causing said cuff to be inflated to and maintained at or above a pressure sufficient to cause a partial reduction of blood flow in said limb to produce an ischemic stress therein for at least about one minute, or a period of cuff inflation when said controller is causing said cuff to alternate between partial and complete blood flow cessation states in said limb to produce an ischemic stress therein for at least about one minute, whereby said each treatment cycle further comprising: a period of cuff deflation when said controller is causing said cuff to deflate so as to increase blood flow in said limb and relieve said ischemic stress, wherein said controller is configured to inflate the cuff to a pressure exceeding diastolic blood pressure to cause said remote ischemic conditioning treatment, said controller is further configured to avoid complete blood flow cessation of said limb by said cuff lasting more than about one minute during at least one of said treatment cycles and wherein said controller is configured to inflate said cuff during at least a portion of said period of cuff inflation to a pressure below a lesser pressure of either the systolic blood pressure of said subject or the pressure of complete blood flow cessation of said subject. a period of cuff inflation when said controller is causing said cuff to be inflated to and maintained at or above a pressure sufficient to cause a partial reduction of blood flow in said limb to produce an ischemic stress therein for at least about one minute, or a period of cuff inflation when said controller is causing said cuff to alternate between partial and complete blood flow cessation states in said limb to produce an ischemic stress therein for at least about one minute, whereby said each treatment cycle further comprising: a period of cuff deflation when said controller is causing said cuff to deflate so as to increase blood flow in said limb and relieve said ischemic stress,