mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for auto-calibration of a sorter, the method comprising: transmitting, by a carrier transmit board of a sorter, a short discharge command to a first section of the sorter, wherein the short discharge command is generated based on a first clock offset; in response to the transmitting of the short discharge command, receiving at the carrier transmit board a status message indicative of a status of a first motor control board associated with the first section of the sorter; the method being characterized by: in response to the status message indicating that the first motor control board did not receive the short discharge command, modifying the first clock offset to a second clock offset and retransmitting, by the carrier transmit board, the short discharge command based on a second clock offset; and in response to the status message indicating that the first motor control board received the short discharge command, configuring a sorter control system of the sorter based on the first clock offset. transmitting, by a carrier transmit board of a sorter, a short discharge command to a first section of the sorter, wherein the short discharge command is generated based on a first clock offset; in response to the transmitting of the short discharge command, receiving at the carrier transmit board a status message indicative of a status of a first motor control board associated with the first section of the sorter; the method being characterized by: in response to the status message indicating that the first motor control board did not receive the short discharge command, modifying the first clock offset to a second clock offset and retransmitting, by the carrier transmit board, the short discharge command based on a second clock offset; and in response to the status message indicating that the first motor control board received the short discharge command, configuring a sorter control system of the sorter based on the first clock offset. in response to the status message indicating that the first motor control board did not receive the short discharge command, modifying the first clock offset to a second clock offset and retransmitting, by the carrier transmit board, the short discharge command based on a second clock offset; and in response to the status message indicating that the first motor control board received the short discharge command, configuring a sorter control system of the sorter based on the first clock offset.
An assistance system based on electronic data exchange for enabling an autonomous vehicle to act as an autonomous agricultural working machine and to execute an operational plan specified by a user, wherein the operational plan comprises target data, characterized in that the assistance system is configured to assure a guarantee of success for the completion of the operational plan in that the assistance system is configured to - extract the target data from the operational plan, - assign nominal thresholds to the extracted target data, - determine the actual thresholds for the target data and the deviation of these actual thresholds from the defined nominal thresholds, - in the event of exceeding or dropping below a nominal threshold, initiating actions (84a..n) which hold the respective actual threshold in the region of the defined nominal threshold. - extract the target data from the operational plan, - assign nominal thresholds to the extracted target data, - determine the actual thresholds for the target data and the deviation of these actual thresholds from the defined nominal thresholds, - in the event of exceeding or dropping below a nominal threshold, initiating actions (84a..n) which hold the respective actual threshold in the region of the defined nominal threshold.
A spinal implant, comprising: an upper portion having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; a lower portion having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; [[and]] a hinge portion coupling the upper and lower portion distal ends (112, 122), wherein the hinge portion has a hinge axis disposed transverse and at a non-orthogonal angle to both the longitudinal axes of the upper and lower portions (110, 120); and an expansion element disposed between the upper and lower portions (110, 120), the expansion element adapted for slidable movement between the upper and lower portions (110, 120), wherein the expansion element includes a first angled portion positioned adjacent to a second angled portion, and wherein the expansion element has a variable height along a length of the expansion element. an upper portion having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; a lower portion having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween; [[and]] a hinge portion coupling the upper and lower portion distal ends (112, 122), wherein the hinge portion has a hinge axis disposed transverse and at a non-orthogonal angle to both the longitudinal axes of the upper and lower portions (110, 120); and an expansion element disposed between the upper and lower portions (110, 120), the expansion element adapted for slidable movement between the upper and lower portions (110, 120), wherein the expansion element includes a first angled portion positioned adjacent to a second angled portion, and wherein the expansion element has a variable height along a length of the expansion element.
A method of producing a rubber molded article, comprising a crosslinking step of crosslinking a rubber component by decomposing a compound to be used as a crosslinking agent for the rubber component, the compound having a structure represented by the following formula, in a rubber composition containing the rubber component and the compound, the rubber composition having a sulfur content of 2.0 wt% or less: α-β-γ ··· in the formula, α represents a monovalent organic group, β represents -N=N-, and γ represents hydrogen or a monovalent organic group, wherein the rubber composition is free of any crosslinking agent other than the compound, wherein the crosslinking step is performed under an atmospheric atmosphere, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of azodicarbonamide, 4-aminoazobenzene, 1-[(1-cyano-1-methylethyl)azo]formamide, 1,1'-(azodicarbonyl)dipiperidine and 2,2'-azobis(isobutyronitrile), and wherein the rubber component is selected from the group consisting of nitrile rubber, isoprene rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, and butadiene rubber. in the formula, α represents a monovalent organic group, β represents -N=N-, and γ represents hydrogen or a monovalent organic group, wherein the rubber composition is free of any crosslinking agent other than the compound, wherein the crosslinking step is performed under an atmospheric atmosphere, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of azodicarbonamide, 4-aminoazobenzene, 1-[(1-cyano-1-methylethyl)azo]formamide, 1,1'-(azodicarbonyl)dipiperidine and 2,2'-azobis(isobutyronitrile), and wherein the rubber component is selected from the group consisting of nitrile rubber, isoprene rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, and butadiene rubber.
Method for the automated repair of components using an additive manufacturing system, comprising the following steps: - a) defining a repair region which comprises the surface of a component to be repaired and defining a tool path within the repair region; - b) determining the nature of the component in the repair region in a measuring cycle by means of a measuring instrument of the additive manufacturing system by determining data values along the defined tool path for the deviation of the surface of the component from a predefined dimension; and - c) selectively applying filler along the defined tool path by means of a tool of the additive manufacturing system in at least one filling cycle, wherein, in a filling cycle, part or all of the tool path is traversed and, in the process, the manufacturing system is selectively activated to apply the filler, depending on the difference between the data value and a predeterminable threshold value, wherein the tool path corresponds to the travel path which the tool of the manufacturing system traverses in at least one filling cycle and at the same time corresponds to the travel path which the measuring instrument traverses for the determination of the deviation. - a) defining a repair region which comprises the surface of a component to be repaired and defining a tool path within the repair region; - b) determining the nature of the component in the repair region in a measuring cycle by means of a measuring instrument of the additive manufacturing system by determining data values along the defined tool path for the deviation of the surface of the component from a predefined dimension; and - c) selectively applying filler along the defined tool path by means of a tool of the additive manufacturing system in at least one filling cycle, wherein, in a filling cycle, part or all of the tool path is traversed and, in the process, the manufacturing system is selectively activated to apply the filler, depending on the difference between the data value and a predeterminable threshold value,
A method for diagnosing in a subject a syndrome characterized by a group of features, said features comprising diabetic retinopathy, massive human obesity, maculopathy, endocochlear deafness, and early type II diabetes mellitus, said method comprising a step of detecting the transversion 97 G->C in exon 7 in the TUB gene, in a biological sample of the said subject.
Foot prosthesis, comprising an upper part, and a lower part that is placed on the ground when walking, wherein the upper part and the lower part are connected to each other via an elastic damping element which is fixed on the upper part and on the lower part and is arranged in the heel area, and the upper part and the lower part, forming a spring, extend one above the other and spaced apart from each other as far as the area of the forefoot, wherein at least one filling piece is inserted between the upper part and the lower part in the area between the damping element and the forefoot, which filling piece, during walking, comes into contact with one or with both mutually facing surfaces of the upper and lower part (3,4), and which filling piece increases the flexural stiffness of the upper and lower part coupled via the filling piece during walking, characterized in that the filling piece is a planar component with at least one adhesive contact surface.
A method for adjusting bandwidth in a communications network including a plurality of nodes connected over multiple links and having a plurality of services running on the links, the method comprising the steps of: detecting an impairment of a link, the impairment invoking a reduction in bandwidth available to the services running on the link; communicating information about the impairment to other nodes in the network; and redistributing services between the links to limit a bandwidth required by services running on the impaired link to a value not exceeding the bandwidth available on the impaired link, wherein the redistributing is on a per service basis and comprises keeping a high priority service on the impaired link, if the impaired link can sustain the high priority service, and switching a low priority service from the impaired link to another link. detecting an impairment of a link, the impairment invoking a reduction in bandwidth available to the services running on the link; communicating information about the impairment to other nodes in the network; and redistributing services between the links to limit a bandwidth required by services running on the impaired link to a value not exceeding the bandwidth available on the impaired link, wherein the redistributing is on a per service basis and comprises keeping a high priority service on the impaired link, if the impaired link can sustain the high priority service, and switching a low priority service from the impaired link to another link.
An antigenic composition for use in treating a human patient for Crohn's disease, wherein the antigenic composition comprises whole killed or attenuated pathogenic Escherichia coli cells, and wherein the antigenic composition is administered intradermally or subcutaneously at an administration site in successive doses given at a dosage interval of between one hour and one month, over a dosage duration of at least 1 week.
An underwater connector arrangement comprising a first component and a second component, wherein the components are arranged to be disposed in a mutually abutting manner when the connector arrangement is mated, for transmitting data from the first component to the second component, the first component comprising a first non-coil antenna and the second component comprising a corresponding receiver, wherein the first non-coil antenna is adapted to transmit data to the receiver by means of an electromagnetic carrier wave having a frequency of between 300 MHz and 300 GHz, wherein the first non-coil antenna is received in a submersible encapsulation having a maximum external dimension equal to or greater than one eighth of the wavelength of said carrier wave, wherein said receiver is provided by a second non-coil antenna, adapted to receive data from the first non-coil antenna of the first component by means of said electromagnetic carrier wave, wherein the second non-coil antenna is received in a second submersible encapsulation having a maximum external dimension which is equal to or greater than one eighth of the wavelength of said carrier wave.
A method for determining a topology for service offering in a network, the method comprising: receiving a service level description, SLD, from a costumer, wherein the received SLD specifies an application function; identifying a set of network functions, NFs, in accordance with the SLD associated with the service offering from a set of virtual network functions, wherein the set of virtual network functions comprises operator added network functions and one or more virtual functions provided as part of customer supplied service function chains; selecting (1020, 1108) service level graph, SLG, primitives in accordance with each identified NF, and an ordering associated with the identified set of NFs, the primitive defining data flow between initial and terminating resource entities; and in accordance with the selected SLG primitives, and a known logical topology, mapping at least one resource entity associated with an SLG primitive to a logical node within the network; wherein the selecting SLG primitives is performed in accordance with the specified application function; wherein selecting the SLG primitives further includes linking the selected SLG primitives in accordance with the ordering of the network functions. receiving a service level description, SLD, from a costumer, wherein the received SLD specifies an application function; identifying a set of network functions, NFs, in accordance with the SLD associated with the service offering from a set of virtual network functions, wherein the set of virtual network functions comprises operator added network functions and one or more virtual functions provided as part of customer supplied service function chains; selecting (1020, 1108) service level graph, SLG, primitives in accordance with each identified NF, and an ordering associated with the identified set of NFs, the primitive defining data flow between initial and terminating resource entities; and in accordance with the selected SLG primitives, and a known logical topology, mapping at least one resource entity associated with an SLG primitive to a logical node within the network; wherein the selecting SLG primitives is performed in accordance with the specified application function;
A system for recovering liquid or free-flowing chemicals in a chemical plant for producing (meth)acrolein, (meth)acrylic acid and/or (methy)acrylic ester, comprising - at least two plant sections (3a, 3b) of the plant, wherein the plant sections (3a, 3b) are at least two reactors operated in parallel, - for each plant section (3a, 3b) at least one connecting device (5a, 5b) arranged at the lowest point in each plant section (3a, 3b), - at least one common collecting line which runs beneath the connecting devices (5a, 5b) and connects them to one another, - at least one collecting vessel arranged at the same height as or higher than the at least two plant sections (3a, 3b) and above the collecting line, - at least one pump provided in the collecting line between the connecting devices (5a, 5b) and the collecting vessel for drawing off the at least one liquid or free-flowing chemical combined in the collecting line and introducing it into the collecting vessel, wherein the liquid or free-flowing chemical encompasses (meth)acrolein, (meth)acrylic acid, (meth)acrylic ester, scrubbing water, solvents such as biphenyl, biphenyl ether, dimethyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate and/or mixtures thereof. - at least two plant sections (3a, 3b) of the plant, wherein the plant sections (3a, 3b) are at least two reactors operated in parallel, - for each plant section (3a, 3b) at least one connecting device (5a, 5b) arranged at the lowest point in each plant section (3a, 3b), - at least one common collecting line which runs beneath the connecting devices (5a, 5b) and connects them to one another, - at least one collecting vessel arranged at the same height as or higher than the at least two plant sections (3a, 3b) and above the collecting line, - at least one pump provided in the collecting line between the connecting devices (5a, 5b) and the collecting vessel for drawing off the at least one liquid or free-flowing chemical combined in the collecting line and introducing it into the collecting vessel,
A method for assaying a blood sample obtained from a subject, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a first and a second anticoagulant-treated blood sample that have been previously frozen and thawed; b) contacting the second anticoagulant-treated blood sample with: i) plasmin or plasminogen and a plasminogen activator; or ii) an enzyme that will break down a phospholipid bilayer; c) passing light from an artificial source through the first anti-coagulant treated blood sample and through the second anti-coagulated treated blood sample after the contacting in step b); d) measuring transmittance of the light through the first and second anti-coagulant treated blood samples; and e) identifying the presence, absence and/or type of infection in the blood, if any, based on the transmittance of the light through the first anti-coagulant treated blood sample and the transmittance of the light through the second anti-coagulant treated blood sample. a) providing a first and a second anticoagulant-treated blood sample that have been previously frozen and thawed; b) contacting the second anticoagulant-treated blood sample with: i) plasmin or plasminogen and a plasminogen activator; or ii) an enzyme that will break down a phospholipid bilayer; i) plasmin or plasminogen and a plasminogen activator; or ii) an enzyme that will break down a phospholipid bilayer; c) passing light from an artificial source through the first anti-coagulant treated blood sample and through the second anti-coagulated treated blood sample after the contacting in step b); d) measuring transmittance of the light through the first and second anti-coagulant treated blood samples; and e) identifying the presence, absence and/or type of infection in the blood, if any, based on the transmittance of the light through the first anti-coagulant treated blood sample and the transmittance of the light through the second anti-coagulant treated blood sample.
A selective antagonist of the β 2 -adrenergic receptor for use in the treatment and/or prevention of von Hippel-Lindau disease, wherein the antagonist is an alkanolamine derivative of formula wherein R 1 is an alkyl group of up to 6 carbon atoms which is branched at the α-carbon atom, wherein R 2 is an alkyl of up to 3 carbon atoms, wherein R 3 is hydrogen, an halogen or an alkyl of up to three carbon atoms and wherein n is 1 or 2, or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid-addition salt thereof. wherein R 1 is an alkyl group of up to 6 carbon atoms which is branched at the α-carbon atom, wherein R 2 is an alkyl of up to 3 carbon atoms, wherein R 3 is hydrogen, an halogen or an alkyl of up to three carbon atoms and wherein n is 1 or 2,
A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a chemical composition comprising C: not more than 0.005 mass%, Si: 2.0 to 5.0 mass%, Mn: 0.01 to 0.30 mass%, optionally one or more selected from Ni: 0.01 to 1.00 mass%, Sb: 0.005 to 0.50 mass%, Sn: 0.005 to 0.50 mass%, Cu: 0.01 to 0.50 mass%, Cr: 0.01 to 0.50 mass%, P: 0.005 to 0.50 mass%, Mo: 0.005 to 0.10 mass%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.010 mass%, Nb: 0.001 to 0.010 mass%, V: 0.001 to 0.010 mass%, B: 0.0002 to 0.0025 mass%, Bi: 0.005 to 0.50 mass%, Te: 0.0005 to 0.010 mass% and Ta: 0.001 to 0.010 mass%, and the residue being Fe and inevitable impurity, and a secondary recrystallization structure that has an average diameter value of crystal grains equivalent to a circle of 10 to 100 mm, an average value of an aspect ratio represented by (length in the rolling direction)/(length in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction) of less than 2.0, and a standard deviation of the aspect ratio of not more than 1.0. C: not more than 0.005 mass%, Si: 2.0 to 5.0 mass%, Mn: 0.01 to 0.30 mass%, optionally one or more selected from Ni: 0.01 to 1.00 mass%, Sb: 0.005 to 0.50 mass%, Sn: 0.005 to 0.50 mass%, Cu: 0.01 to 0.50 mass%, Cr: 0.01 to 0.50 mass%, P: 0.005 to 0.50 mass%, Mo: 0.005 to 0.10 mass%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.010 mass%, Nb: 0.001 to 0.010 mass%, V: 0.001 to 0.010 mass%, B: 0.0002 to 0.0025 mass%, Bi: 0.005 to 0.50 mass%, Te: 0.0005 to 0.010 mass% and Ta: 0.001 to 0.010 mass%, and the residue being Fe and inevitable impurity, and a secondary recrystallization structure that has an average diameter value of crystal grains equivalent to a circle of 10 to 100 mm, an average value of an aspect ratio represented by (length in the rolling direction)/(length in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction) of less than 2.0, and a standard deviation of the aspect ratio of not more than 1.0.