mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A field flow fractionation apparatus comprising: a detector for detecting sample particles; a separation channel comprising an inlet port and an outlet port at respective ends, wherein the separation channel forms a space through which, in use, a carrier fluid flows between the inlet port and the outlet port, wherein the outlet port communicates with the detector; a semipermeable separation membrane which is a wall surface that defines the separation channel and is parallel to a channel flow, wherein, in use, a carrier fluid flows in the separation channel from the inlet port toward the outlet port, and has a property of permeating the carrier fluid and not permeating particles to be separated; and a discharge port that is configured to discharge carrier fluid that has permeated through the separation membrane to outside of the separation channel; characterized in that at least a part of the surface of the separation membrane is an ion-exchangeable region obtained by functionalization with ion-exchange groups. a detector for detecting sample particles; a separation channel comprising an inlet port and an outlet port at respective ends, wherein the separation channel forms a space through which, in use, a carrier fluid flows between the inlet port and the outlet port, wherein the outlet port communicates with the detector; a semipermeable separation membrane which is a wall surface that defines the separation channel and is parallel to a channel flow, wherein, in use, a carrier fluid flows in the separation channel from the inlet port toward the outlet port, and has a property of permeating the carrier fluid and not permeating particles to be separated; and a discharge port that is configured to discharge carrier fluid that has permeated through the separation membrane to outside of the separation channel; characterized in that at least a part of the surface of the separation membrane is an ion-exchangeable region obtained by functionalization with ion-exchange groups.
Method for the production of a microstructured molded object, comprising following steps: - preparing a plastically deformable first film, which has a plurality of pores; - preparing a deformable second film; - preparing a deformable first sacrificial film; - placing the first film, the second film and the first sacrificial film in a stack of films (01, 02, 03), where the first film and the second film together lie opposite the first sacrificial film; - subjecting the first sacrificial film to a pressure to press the stack of films (01, 02, 03) into a mold, whereby deformed regions (07, 09) in the form of cavities are produced in the first sacrificial film, in the first film and in the second film, and undeformed regions (08, 11) remain, and whereby the first film and the second film are joined to each other and form a composite film (01, 02); - removing the first sacrificial film from the composite film (01, 02); and - etching at least portions of the deformed regions of the second film so as to chemically dissolve sections of the deformed regions of the second film, whereby sections in the deformed regions of the first film are opened up; wherein the second film is thinned out during the pressing into the mold in the deformed regions so that the chemical dissolution is confined to the sections in the deformed regions of the second film. - preparing a plastically deformable first film, which has a plurality of pores; - preparing a deformable second film; - preparing a deformable first sacrificial film; - placing the first film, the second film and the first sacrificial film in a stack of films (01, 02, 03), where the first film and the second film together lie opposite the first sacrificial film; - subjecting the first sacrificial film to a pressure to press the stack of films (01, 02, 03) into a mold, whereby deformed regions (07, 09) in the form of cavities are produced in the first sacrificial film, in the first film and in the second film, and undeformed regions (08, 11) remain, and whereby the first film and the second film are joined to each other and form a composite film (01, 02); - removing the first sacrificial film from the composite film (01, 02); and - etching at least portions of the deformed regions of the second film so as to chemically dissolve sections of the deformed regions of the second film, whereby sections in the deformed regions of the first film are opened up;
Method for controlling a power source at a rock drilling apparatus, said power source being arranged to drive at least a first load (8,10,15) at the rock drilling apparatus, wherein said first load (8,10,15), in operation, provides power to a first consumer (11, 21), and where the power that can be delivered by said first load (8,10,15) depends on the rotation speed of the power source, the method including: - by means of a representation of said first consumer (11, 21), determining a power demand of said first consumer (11, 21), - based on said determined power demand, determine a rotation speed demand of said first load (8,10,15), wherein, a determined relation between the rotation speed of the power source and the power that can be delivered by said first load (8,10,15) is used, and - controlling the rotation speed of said power source based at least on said determined rotation speed demand of said first load (8,10,15). - by means of a representation of said first consumer (11, 21), determining a power demand of said first consumer (11, 21), - based on said determined power demand, determine a rotation speed demand of said first load (8,10,15), wherein, a determined relation between the rotation speed of the power source and the power that can be delivered by said first load (8,10,15) is used, and - controlling the rotation speed of said power source based at least on said determined rotation speed demand of said first load (8,10,15).
A personal electronic device holder for a seat back, comprising: (a) a support housing adapted to be positioned on an upper shroud portion of the seat back; (b) an upper support positioned in the support housing, mounted for movement between a lowered, stowed position in the support housing and a raised, deployed position extending out of and above the support housing; (c) a lower support positioned for movement between a stowed position proximate the support housing and a deployed, lower position; (d) the upper support and lower support having respective engaging elements defining between them a user-determined space for engaging and holding a respective top edge and bottom edge of an electronic device in a use position; (e) the lower support comprising a hinged cover which is positioned over the support housing when in the stowed position, and the engaging element of the lower support comprises a top edge of the lower support adapted for supporting an electronic device of a first size; characterized in that the engaging element of the lower support comprises a laterally-extending raised strip positioned on an inner surface of the lower support at a position between the top edge and a bottom edge of the lower support and adapted for supporting an electronic device of a second size, the second size being smaller than the first size. (a) a support housing adapted to be positioned on an upper shroud portion of the seat back; (b) an upper support positioned in the support housing, mounted for movement between a lowered, stowed position in the support housing and a raised, deployed position extending out of and above the support housing; (c) a lower support positioned for movement between a stowed position proximate the support housing and a deployed, lower position; (d) the upper support and lower support having respective engaging elements defining between them a user-determined space for engaging and holding a respective top edge and bottom edge of an electronic device in a use position; (e) the lower support comprising a hinged cover which is positioned over the support housing when in the stowed position, and the engaging element of the lower support comprises a top edge of the lower support adapted for supporting an electronic device of a first size; characterized in that the engaging element of the lower support comprises a laterally-extending raised strip positioned on an inner surface of the lower support at a position between the top edge and a bottom edge of the lower support and adapted for supporting an electronic device of a second size, the second size being smaller than the first size.
A device for performing magnetic drug targeting on a patient, comprising: a magnetic element configured to provide a magnetic field configured to retain magnetic microbubbles within a target volume; and an ultrasound element configured to provide an acoustic field configured to excite the magnetic microbubbles while the magnetic microbubbles are retained by the magnetic field within the target volume, characterized in that: the device is a hand-held device and wherein the ultrasound element is mounted to the magnetic element so as to have a fixed spatial relationship to the magnetic element. a magnetic element configured to provide a magnetic field configured to retain magnetic microbubbles within a target volume; and an ultrasound element configured to provide an acoustic field configured to excite the magnetic microbubbles while the magnetic microbubbles are retained by the magnetic field within the target volume, characterized in that: the device is a hand-held device and wherein the ultrasound element is mounted to the magnetic element so as to have a fixed spatial relationship to the magnetic element.
Roller bearing comprising an outer member, an inner member and rolling bodies arranged in a bearing space formed between said members in order to allow for the relative rotation thereof, said bearing being provided with a sealing device comprising a frame (12e, 12i) having a fitting surface (13e, 13i) on a wall (14e, 14i) of one of said members, said frame further having an axial bearing surface (15e, 15i) on said wall by defining a mounting position of the frame (12e, 12i) relatively to the member (1, 2), said fitting surface being provided with snap-fit lugs (18e, 18i) and said wall having a radial threshold (19e, 19i) whereon said lugs are intended to bear axially back, said bearing being characterised in that the bearing surfaces (15e, 15i) and fitting surfaces (13e, 13i) are connected by a fillet (27e, 27i) that is arranged to form a clearance with the wall (14e, 14i), said clearance being adapted so that a bearing on said fillet in the mounting position induces a reversible displacement of the fitting surface (13e, 13i) relatively to the wall (14e, 14i), with said reversible displacement being arranged to make reliable the arrangement of the snap-fit lugs (18e, 18i) bearing axially back against the threshold (19e, 19i).
A method implemented by a host computing device (104, 106) including at least one field-programmable gate array, FPGA, and an FPGA virtualization manager configured to virtualize the at least one FPGA, the method comprising: receiving a request from a virtual machine to load an FPGA program on the host device to program the at least one FPGA to provide hardware-implemented functionality; obtaining, in response to receiving the request, an FPGA program that is configured to program the at least one FPGA of the host computing device to provide the requested hardware-implemented functionality as a hardware-implementation of a respective program or of a respective device; determining whether the FPGA program is trusted to program the at least one FPGA by verifying a digital signature associated with the FPGA program based on at least one of a list of trusted host providers or a list of trusted program providers maintained by the host device to make trust determinations; responsive to a determination that the FPGA program is trusted, configuring virtual machines of other host devices to request an FPGA program to program the at least one FPGA of the host device to enable the virtual machines to migrate across different host devices (104, 106) based on the availability of the at least one FPGA to be programmed; further comprising loading the FPGA program to program the at least one FPGA to provide the functionality (406, 408); and generating a virtual device to expose the programmed at least one FPGA as the virtual device to provide the requested functionality to a plurality of virtual machines by relaying data between the virtual machines and at least one programmed FPGA (412, 500). receiving a request from a virtual machine to load an FPGA program on the host device to program the at least one FPGA to provide hardware-implemented functionality; obtaining, in response to receiving the request, an FPGA program that is configured to program the at least one FPGA of the host computing device to provide the requested hardware-implemented functionality as a hardware-implementation of a respective program or of a respective device; determining whether the FPGA program is trusted to program the at least one FPGA by verifying a digital signature associated with the FPGA program based on at least one of a list of trusted host providers or a list of trusted program providers maintained by the host device to make trust determinations; responsive to a determination that the FPGA program is trusted, configuring virtual machines of other host devices to request an FPGA program to program the at least one FPGA of the host device to enable the virtual machines to migrate across different host devices (104, 106) based on the availability of the at least one FPGA to be programmed; further comprising loading the FPGA program to program the at least one FPGA to provide the functionality (406, 408); and generating a virtual device to expose the programmed at least one FPGA as the virtual device to provide the requested functionality to a plurality of virtual machines by relaying data between the virtual machines and at least one programmed FPGA (412, 500).
A method for non-invasive determination of fetal genetic content in a maternal cell-free nucleic acid sample, comprising: obtaining maternal genotypes or haplotypes from a maternal cellular sample comprising a set of chromosomes having genomic DNA; obtaining paternal genotypes or haplotypes from a paternal cellular sample comprising a set of chromosomes having genomic DNA; determining sequences of a maternal cell-free nucleic acid sample; determining fetal allele fractions of both transmitted and untransmitted maternal and paternal alleles from the sequences of the maternal cell-free nucleic acid sample using neighboring fetal alleles in an enumeration window, wherein (i) enumeration refers to a listing of bases determined from the sequences of the maternal cell-free nucleic acid sample, (ii) the bases are categorized by their allele-type, enumerated, and averaged together, (iii) enumeration is performed for each fetal allele from neighboring fetal alleles of the same allele-type on the same parental haplotypes, and (iv) enumeration window size is about 100 kilobases to about 20 megabases; and inputting the fractions into a Hidden Markov Model to determine fetal genetic content, wherein fetal genetic content is a whole fetal genome, a fetal -ome, a fetal locus, or genotypes and haplotypes. obtaining maternal genotypes or haplotypes from a maternal cellular sample comprising a set of chromosomes having genomic DNA; obtaining paternal genotypes or haplotypes from a paternal cellular sample comprising a set of chromosomes having genomic DNA; determining sequences of a maternal cell-free nucleic acid sample; determining fetal allele fractions of both transmitted and untransmitted maternal and paternal alleles from the sequences of the maternal cell-free nucleic acid sample using neighboring fetal alleles in an enumeration window, wherein (i) enumeration refers to a listing of bases determined from the sequences of the maternal cell-free nucleic acid sample, (ii) the bases are categorized by their allele-type, enumerated, and averaged together, (iii) enumeration is performed for each fetal allele from neighboring fetal alleles of the same allele-type on the same parental haplotypes, and (iv) enumeration window size is about 100 kilobases to about 20 megabases; and inputting the fractions into a Hidden Markov Model to determine fetal genetic content, wherein fetal genetic content is a whole fetal genome, a fetal -ome, a fetal locus, or genotypes and haplotypes.
An article having at least one surface having switchable adhesion, wherein this surface comprises at least one shape memory alloy coated at least partly with at least one Elastomer, characterized in that the at least one shape memory alloy is capable of forming a surface structure changing the surface area available for dry-adhesion, wherein the surface structure is formed by elevations and/or depressions, wherein the reversible surface structure is a microstructure, which has at least one dimension of below 500 μm parallel to the surface of the article, and the height of the surface structure formed is more than 0.5 μm, and the coating of at least one Elastomer at its thickest place is preferably less than 15 μm in thickness, and the shape memory alloy is a nickel-titanium shape memory alloy.
A turbomachine rotor blade comprising a plurality of blade sections stacked along a Z axis between a blade root and a blade tip defining the blade height therebetween, each blade section having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side, and a suction side, the blade sections having a chord defined by the length of a chord line which is the segment connecting the leading edge and the trailing edge and a maximum sweep defined by the maximum length of a segment perpendicular to the chord line and connecting a point on the chord line and a point on a camber line formed by all points located at equal distance from the upper surface and the lower surface in the section, characterized in that: - the ratio between the maximum sweep and the chord at mid-blade height is between 25% and 40% of the ratio between a maximum sweep and a chord at the foot of the blade, - the ratio between a maximum sweep and a chord at the blade tip is between 25% and 40% of the ratio between a maximum sweep and a chord at the blade root. - the ratio between the maximum sweep and the chord at mid-blade height is between 25% and 40% of the ratio between a maximum sweep and a chord at the foot of the blade, - the ratio between a maximum sweep and a chord at the blade tip is between 25% and 40% of the ratio between a maximum sweep and a chord at the blade root.
A magnetic flux pad for generating or receiving magnetic flux, the pad comprising a magnetically permeable core, two flat partially overlapping coils (2, 3) magnetically associated with the core whereby there is substantially no mutual coupling between the coils (2, 3), wherein the magnetically permeable core includes a plurality of individual lengths of permeable material which are arranged parallel to, but spaced apart from, each other and which extend under the entire coils (2, 3).
A guide vane assembly of a turbomachine on the basis of a modular structure, wherein the guide vane comprises at least one airfoil, an inner platform, an outer platform, wherein the guide vane airfoil and/or platforms have at its one ending provisions for the purpose of a connection of the guide vane elements among each other, wherein the connections of guide vane elements among each other are configured as a detachable, permanent or semi-permanent fixation with respect to the radial or quasi-radial extension of the airfoil compared to the rotor axis of the turbomachine, wherein the assembling of the airfoil with respect to at least one platform is based on a force-fit and/or a form-fit connection, or the assembling of the airfoil with respect to at least one platform is based on the use of a metallic and/or ceramic fitting surface, or the assembling of the airfoil with respect to at least one platform is based on force closure means with a detachable, permanent or semi-permanent fixation, characterized in that at least the guide vane airfoil comprises at least one flow-charged outer hot gas path liner, which encases at least one part of the guide vane airfoil, wherein the flow-charged outer hot gas path liner is connected to the guide vane airfoil by using a shrinking joint.
A verification system that verifies functions of a plurality of information processing systems, the verification system comprising: a verification center; and a plurality of function management systems that are coupled through a network to the verification center, wherein the verification center has a first processor and a first storage device accessed by the first processor, wherein each of the function management systems has a second processor and a second storage device accessed by the second processor, wherein the second storage device retains function management information for associating a function of each of the information processing systems corresponding to each of the function management systems with a range of parameter values that can be set for the function; with a range of parameter values, among the range of parameter values that can be set, for the functions that have been verified for when the parameter values have been set; and with actually set parameter values, wherein, if the actually set parameter value is modified to a value outside of the verified range, then prior to the modification, the second processor transmits to the verification center a verification request of the function in which a parameter value in a range including the modified value is set, and wherein the first processor executes verification on the basis of the verification request, and transmits results thereof to the function management system from which the verification request was transmitted.