mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for activating a fluid solenoid valve in a fluid system of a vehicle, in which an activation voltage is applied to a coil arrangement of the fluid solenoid valve in order to set a switching mode (S0, S1, S2), wherein the activation voltage is set in at least two different operating modes (BM1, BM2) depending on an operating criterion, wherein, in a first operating mode, current control of the coil current flowing through the coil arrangement is carried out, and in a second operating mode which is different from the first operating mode, the activation voltage is set without current control, characterized in that the operating criterion comprises a comparison of the current activation voltage with a limit voltage, or is formed by the comparison, wherein in a first case, where the activation voltage exceeds the limit voltage, the first operating mode is set, and in a second case, where the activation voltage falls below the limit voltage, the second operating mode is set. in which an activation voltage is applied to a coil arrangement of the fluid solenoid valve in order to set a switching mode (S0, S1, S2), wherein the activation voltage is set in at least two different operating modes (BM1, BM2) depending on an operating criterion, wherein, in a first operating mode, current control of the coil current flowing through the coil arrangement is carried out, and in a second operating mode which is different from the first operating mode, the activation voltage is set without current control, characterized in that the operating criterion comprises a comparison of the current activation voltage with a limit voltage, or is formed by the comparison, wherein in a first case, where the activation voltage exceeds the limit voltage, the first operating mode is set, and in a second case, where the activation voltage falls below the limit voltage, the second operating mode is set.
A nozzle for dispensing cooled lubricant comprising: a nozzle gas bore for receiving cooled compressed gas from a source of cooled compressed gas, a nozzle lubricant bore for receiving cooled lubricant from a source of cooled lubricant, a junction at which the nozzle lubricant bore joins the nozzle gas bore to produce the mixture of cooled compressed gas and cooled lubricant, and an aperture through which the mixture of cooled compressed gas and cooled lubricant is dispensed; wherein the nozzle gas bore and the nozzle lubricant bore are parallel, the center of the nozzle gas bore and the center of the nozzle lubricant bore are offset from one another, resulting in parallel overlapping bores, and the junction is formed by an overlap between the nozzle lubricant bore and the nozzle gas bore; and wherein, in use, the cooled lubricant is siphoned into the junction by the cooled compressed gas. a nozzle gas bore for receiving cooled compressed gas from a source of cooled compressed gas, a nozzle lubricant bore for receiving cooled lubricant from a source of cooled lubricant, a junction at which the nozzle lubricant bore joins the nozzle gas bore to produce the mixture of cooled compressed gas and cooled lubricant, and an aperture through which the mixture of cooled compressed gas and cooled lubricant is dispensed; wherein the nozzle gas bore and the nozzle lubricant bore are parallel, the center of the nozzle gas bore and the center of the nozzle lubricant bore are offset from one another, resulting in parallel overlapping bores, and the junction is formed by an overlap between the nozzle lubricant bore and the nozzle gas bore; and wherein, in use, the cooled lubricant is siphoned into the junction by the cooled compressed gas.
An apparatus, comprising: a medical device having a first lumen, a second lumen, and an expandable member; and a syringe device coupleable to a proximal end of the medical device, the syringe device configured to deliver a first material to the first lumen of the medical device and into a cavity within a bone-related structure while simultaneously withdrawing a second material from the second lumen such that the expandable member is moved from an expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration. a medical device having a first lumen, a second lumen, and an expandable member; and a syringe device coupleable to a proximal end of the medical device, the syringe device configured to deliver a first material to the first lumen of the medical device and into a cavity within a bone-related structure while simultaneously withdrawing a second material from the second lumen such that the expandable member is moved from an expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration.
A method for analyzing the effect of a polyribonucleotide on ciliogenesis, wherein said polyribonucleotide encodes a protein involved in and/or required for ciliogenesis, said method comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a nose brush of a subject having a ciliopathy, said nose brush comprising undifferentiated basal cells and differentiated ciliated cells, (b) culturing the cells obtained from step (a) as a submerse cell culture for obtaining undifferentiated basal cells and dedifferentiated ciliated cells, (c) culturing undifferentiated basal cells and dedifferentiated ciliated cells obtained from step (b) as an air liquid interface cell culture and performing an air lift, (d) transfecting cells obtained from step (c) with a polyribonucleotide encoding a protein involved in and/or required for ciliogenesis, (e) culturing the transfected cells obtained from step (d) for obtaining differentiated ciliated cells, and (f) determining the effect of said polyribonucleotide on ciliogenesis using a lactate dehydrogenase measurement, a NucGreen assay, a high speed video microscopy, a ciliary beat frequency measurement, a mucociliary clearance assay, and/or immunofluorescence staining. (a) obtaining a nose brush of a subject having a ciliopathy, said nose brush comprising undifferentiated basal cells and differentiated ciliated cells, (b) culturing the cells obtained from step (a) as a submerse cell culture for obtaining undifferentiated basal cells and dedifferentiated ciliated cells, (c) culturing undifferentiated basal cells and dedifferentiated ciliated cells obtained from step (b) as an air liquid interface cell culture and performing an air lift, (d) transfecting cells obtained from step (c) with a polyribonucleotide encoding a protein involved in and/or required for ciliogenesis, (e) culturing the transfected cells obtained from step (d) for obtaining differentiated ciliated cells, and (f) determining the effect of said polyribonucleotide on ciliogenesis using a lactate dehydrogenase measurement, a NucGreen assay, a high speed video microscopy, a ciliary beat frequency measurement, a mucociliary clearance assay, and/or immunofluorescence staining.
A system for providing neck suction therapy, comprising: a neck suction device configured to apply suction to an area on a neck of a patient proximal to a hyoid bone of the patient; a sensor portion configured to measure a characteristic; and a processing device configured to: receive information regarding the measured characteristic, and adjust a suction intensity of the neck suction device using the information regarding the measured characteristic; characterized in that the sensor portion is configured to measure a characteristic of the area on the neck of the patient during application of suction by the neck suction device. a neck suction device configured to apply suction to an area on a neck of a patient proximal to a hyoid bone of the patient; a sensor portion configured to measure a characteristic; and a processing device configured to: receive information regarding the measured characteristic, and adjust a suction intensity of the neck suction device using the information regarding the measured characteristic; receive information regarding the measured characteristic, and adjust a suction intensity of the neck suction device using the information regarding the measured characteristic; characterized in that the sensor portion is configured to measure a characteristic of the area on the neck of the patient during application of suction by the neck suction device.
Method for fixing a thin-film material on a planar surface of a slide for a microscopy apparatus by means of a liquid, the method comprising the following steps: - applying a quantity of the liquid to the planar surface of the slide, - applying the thin-film material to the surface of the slide which has been wetted at least in part, preferably in full, with liquid, - applying a specimen to be examined by microscopy to the surface of the thin-film material facing away from the surface of the slide wetted with liquid, characterized in that the surface of the thin-film material facing away from the surface of the slide wetted with liquid is hydrophilic and the liquid consists of water. - applying a quantity of the liquid to the planar surface of the slide, - applying the thin-film material to the surface of the slide which has been wetted at least in part, preferably in full, with liquid, - applying a specimen to be examined by microscopy to the surface of the thin-film material facing away from the surface of the slide wetted with liquid,
A communication method implemented by a first communication gateway interfacing between a local area network and a communication network, comprising the following steps: - identifying a data stream to be transmitted to the local area network; - detecting that a second communication gateway is receiving the data stream coming from the communication network; - sending an access request to the second communication gateway to establish a wireless connection between the first communication gateway acting as a client and the second communication gateway acting as an access point for the communication network; and - receiving, via said wireless connection, at least part of said data stream transmitted by the second communication gateway. - identifying a data stream to be transmitted to the local area network; - detecting that a second communication gateway is receiving the data stream coming from the communication network; - sending an access request to the second communication gateway to establish a wireless connection between the first communication gateway acting as a client and the second communication gateway acting as an access point for the communication network; and - receiving, via said wireless connection, at least part of said data stream transmitted by the second communication gateway.
Plasma source on a vacuum chamber for generating a plasma in the vacuum chamber, wherein the plasma source comprises a source housing with an opening protruding into the vacuum chamber and in the source housing a filament is provided to which a heater voltage (V heiz) can be applied through electric lines running insulated through the source housing, so that the filament can be heated by means of the current flow, wherein the source housing is placed on the vacuum chamber in a manner electrically insulated therefrom, characterized in that: • means are provided which allow to measure the potential drop U float between the supply line to the filament and the source housing as characteristic for the state of the potential drop between the filament and a plasma ignited inside the source housing and • means are provided for regulating the heater voltage (V heiz) that are designed in such a manner that they can process the measured value U float as control signal in such a manner that the voltage drop U float can be maintained constantly and thus the temperature of the filament can be maintained almost constantly. • means are provided which allow to measure the potential drop U float between the supply line to the filament and the source housing as characteristic for the state of the potential drop between the filament and a plasma ignited inside the source housing and • means are provided for regulating the heater voltage (V heiz) that are designed in such a manner that they can process the measured value U float as control signal in such a manner that the voltage drop U float can be maintained constantly and thus the temperature of the filament can be maintained almost constantly.
A magnetic sheet comprising: a magnetic layer formed of a magnetic body in a sheet shape crushed into a plurality of pieces to improve flexibility of the magnetic sheet; and a thin film coating layer formed on at least one surface of the magnetic layer, wherein a thickness of the thin film coating layer is 10 μm or less, and the thin film coating layer is single-layer formed by solidifying an ethylene propylene diene monomer, EPDM, rubber to maintain the magnetic layer in a sheet shape and buffer an external force applied to the plurality of pieces of the magnetic body. a magnetic layer formed of a magnetic body in a sheet shape crushed into a plurality of pieces to improve flexibility of the magnetic sheet; and a thin film coating layer formed on at least one surface of the magnetic layer, wherein a thickness of the thin film coating layer is 10 μm or less, and the thin film coating layer is single-layer formed by solidifying an ethylene propylene diene monomer, EPDM, rubber to maintain the magnetic layer in a sheet shape and buffer an external force applied to the plurality of pieces of the magnetic body.
A communication device for inclusion in a daisy chain connection and configured to perform optical communication, the communication device comprising: a receiver configured to receive a first signal from a preceding device in the daisy chain connection not destined to the communication device; a transmitter configured to transmit the first signal received in the receiver to a succeeding device in the daisy chain connection; and a generation unit configured to generate, when the receiver receives a third signal from the preceding device in the daisy chain connection and destined to the communication device, a second signal starting from the communication devices to respond to the third signal; an acceptor configured to accept the second signal from the generation unit and determine the transmission rate of the second signal; wherein the transmitter is configured to accept the second signal from the acceptor and transmit the second signal to the succeeding device at a transmission rate higher than the transmission rate of the first signal. a receiver configured to receive a first signal from a preceding device in the daisy chain connection not destined to the communication device; a transmitter configured to transmit the first signal received in the receiver to a succeeding device in the daisy chain connection; and a generation unit configured to generate, when the receiver receives a third signal from the preceding device in the daisy chain connection and destined to the communication device, a second signal starting from the communication devices to respond to the third signal; an acceptor configured to accept the second signal from the generation unit and determine the transmission rate of the second signal;
A method for predicting cardiovascular mortality risk in a patient suffering from end stage renal disease, comprising determining the level of endothelial microparticles in a blood sample obtained from said patient and comparing said level of endothelial microparticles with a predetermined value.
An electrochromic display device, comprising: a pair of electrodes (2, 8) facing each other: an electrochromic layer provided to one of the pair of electrodes (2, 8); and an electrolytic solution layer provided between the electrodes (2, 8) facing each other, and arranged between the electrochromic layer and the other one of the pair of electrodes; wherein the electrochromic display device comprises a metal oxide layer wherein the metal oxide layer is between the electrochromic layer and the electrode to which the electrochromic layer is provided, characterized in that the metal oxide layer comprises yttrium oxide and the content of the yttrium oxide in the metal oxide layer is 10 mol% or more. an electrochromic layer provided to one of the pair of electrodes (2, 8); and an electrolytic solution layer provided between the electrodes (2, 8) facing each other, and arranged between the electrochromic layer and the other one of the pair of electrodes; wherein the electrochromic display device comprises a metal oxide layer wherein the metal oxide layer is between the electrochromic layer and the electrode to which the electrochromic layer is provided, characterized in that the metal oxide layer comprises yttrium oxide and the content of the yttrium oxide in the metal oxide layer is 10 mol% or more.
A track-laying mechanism comprising at least two runner wheels (14, 15) and an endless track belt which passes around peripheral surfaces (27, 31, 32, 33) as active surfaces of the runner wheels (14, 15), wherein an inside of the track belt has two strips which are flat in cross-section and which are separated from each other by a row of inwardly projecting guide blocks and wherein wheel discs of the runner wheels (14, 15) are mounted on a wheel hub at such a spacing from each other that between said peripheral surfaces (27, 31, 32, 33) of two elements of mirror-image configuration of each runner wheel (14, 15) a groove remains free, into which the guide blocks engage with play, characterised in that the peripheral surface (27, 31, 32, 33) of at least one of the runner wheels (14, 15) is of a spherical configuration.
A liquid-phase process for preparing Degarelix having the formula Ac-AA 1 -AA 10 -NH 2: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof; comprising the step of coupling (P 4)Ac-AA 1 -AA 4 with (Pε)AA 5 -AA 10 NH 2 or coupling Ac-AA 1 -AA 3 with (P 4)(Pε)AA 4 -AA 10 NH 2 in an organic solvent comprising the two peptides, a peptide coupling reagent and an organic amine base dissolved therein wherein Pε is an ε-amino protecting group and P4 is a hydroxyl protecting group or hydrogen, wherein the peptide coupling agent in the case of coupling (P 4)Ac-AA 1 -AA 4 with (Pε)AA 5 -AA 10 NH 2 is selected from one or more of o-(7-azabenzotriazol-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate (HATU) and 2-(benzotriazol-1-yl)oxy-1,3-dimethylimidazolidinium hexfluorophosphate, and the peptides being represented below: to provide a protected Degarelix precursor having the formula (P 4)(Pε)A C -AA 1 -AA 10 -NH 2: and comprising the step of cleaving the ε-amino protecting group Pε from a Degarelix precursor according to formula (P 4)(Pε)Ac-AA 1 -AA 10 -NH 2 in an organic solvent comprising the precursor and a cleaving agent dissolved therein to provide Degarelix.
Method for producing a micromechanical pressure sensor, comprising the following steps: - providing a MEMS wafer comprising a silicon substrate and a first cavity formed therein between a sensor membrane and bulk silicon; - providing a second wafer; - eutectic bonding of an underside of the MEMS wafer having metallization elements for forming the eutectic bond connection to a first side of the second wafer, wherein the sensor membrane is arranged on the underside of the MEMS wafer; and - freeing a sensor core (12, 13, 13a) comprising bulk silicon, the sensor membrane and the first cavity from the top side of the MEMS wafer, wherein a second cavity is etched in the bulk silicon between the sensor core (12, 13, 13a) and the surface of the silicon substrate through the access openings on the top side of the first wafer. - providing a MEMS wafer comprising a silicon substrate and a first cavity formed therein between a sensor membrane and bulk silicon; - providing a second wafer; - eutectic bonding of an underside of the MEMS wafer having metallization elements for forming the eutectic bond connection to a first side of the second wafer, wherein the sensor membrane is arranged on the underside of the MEMS wafer; and - freeing a sensor core (12, 13, 13a) comprising bulk silicon, the sensor membrane and the first cavity from the top side of the MEMS wafer, wherein a second cavity is etched in the bulk silicon between the sensor core (12, 13, 13a) and the surface of the silicon substrate through the access openings on the top side of the first wafer.
A phone (103, 203, 303, 403, 503, 603, 703, 803) that is adapted to interact with a television system (205, 305, 505, 605, 1057), the television system having a screen (125, 231, 325, 531), the phone comprising: a communication interface(121, 223, 241, 420, 445); a user input interface (117, 217, 319, 428, 451, 909) adapted to receive a user input identifying a video selection; and processing circuitry (113, 213, 313, 417) adapted to: retrieve from a media source via the communication interface, a first video stream according to the video selection; and transmit a control signal via the communication interface, wherein the control signal is adapted to cause the display of a second video stream according to the video selection on the screen of the television system; wherein the first video stream is identified for a video display (111, 211, 311, 414, 521) of the phone and the second video stream is identified for the screen of the television system and delivered to the television from the media source. a communication interface(121, 223, 241, 420, 445); a user input interface (117, 217, 319, 428, 451, 909) adapted to receive a user input identifying a video selection; and processing circuitry (113, 213, 313, 417) adapted to: retrieve from a media source via the communication interface, a first video stream according to the video selection; and transmit a control signal via the communication interface, wherein the control signal is adapted to cause the display of a second video stream according to the video selection on the screen of the television system; wherein the first video stream is identified for a video display (111, 211, 311, 414, 521) of the phone and the second video stream is identified for the screen of the television system and delivered to the television from the media source. retrieve from a media source via the communication interface, a first video stream according to the video selection; and transmit a control signal via the communication interface, wherein the control signal is adapted to cause the display of a second video stream according to the video selection on the screen of the television system; wherein the first video stream is identified for a video display (111, 211, 311, 414, 521) of the phone and the second video stream is identified for the screen of the television system and delivered to the television from the media source.
Method for the expression and/or production in Pichia pastoris of secreted polypeptides comprising one or more immunoglobulin single variable domains, the secretion of which is induced by fusing the polypeptides to a secretion signal sequence, said method comprising the steps of: a) maintaining a P. pastoris host under conditions that are such that said host expresses and/or produces the polypeptides; b) isolating and/or purifying the secreted polypeptides from the medium; wherein the secretion of the polypeptides is induced by fusing the polypeptides to a secretion signal sequence that is different from the native S. cerevisiae mating pheromone alpha factor (aMF) secretion signal sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; and wherein the aMF secretion signal sequence is modified by one of the following amino acid modifications: K76R, K76H, K76A, K76P, K76del, E77T, E77A and 76KEE/AGI or the secretion signal sequence comprises or consists of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17. a) maintaining a P. pastoris host under conditions that are such that said host expresses and/or produces the polypeptides; b) isolating and/or purifying the secreted polypeptides from the medium;