mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A hemodialysis machine including a main body and a door, the door being capable of opening and closing relative to the main body so as to receive and retain a disposable cartridge therebetween, the machine further including a controller and a pneumatic pump, the cartridge having a chassis with a platen side covered by a first deformable membrane and a door side covered by a second deformable membrane, the chassis and membranes defining a dialysate flow path for delivering a flow of dialysate solution through a dialyser, the main body having a platen for in use sealing against the platen side of the cartridge and the door having an interface plate for in use sealing against the door side of the cartridge, characterised by the pneumatic pump being fluidically connected to an interface plate cavity between the interface plate and the cartridge by a pneumatic supply line, the pump being controlled by the controller to selectively generate a vacuum in the plate cavity so as to affix the cartridge to the door prior to operation of the machine, wherein the platen is configured to apply a pressure to the first deformable membrane in order to selectively pump fluid through the cartridge.
A method of providing a Packet Flow Descriptor, PFD, to a session management function, SMF, in a telecommunication network, wherein said telecommunication network comprises network slices, wherein said telecommunication network comprises a Packet Flow Description Function, PFDF, for hiding a topology of said telecommunication network from Application Service Providers, ASPs, and wherein said PFDF is shared among the network slices of said telecommunication network, said method comprises the steps of: - receiving, by said PFDF, from an ASP, a PFD; - storing, by said PFDF, said PFD in a Unified Data Repository, UDR, comprised by said telecommunication network, wherein said PFD is stored with identifications of corresponding network slices in said UDR; - receiving, by said PFDF, from a Session Management Function, SMF, a request for PFDs that apply to a particular network slice, wherein said received request comprises an identification of said particular network slice; - retrieving, by said PFDF, from said UDR said PFD that applies to said particular network slice; and - providing, by said PFDF, said retrieved PFD to said SMF. - receiving, by said PFDF, from an ASP, a PFD; - storing, by said PFDF, said PFD in a Unified Data Repository, UDR, comprised by said telecommunication network, wherein said PFD is stored with identifications of corresponding network slices in said UDR; - receiving, by said PFDF, from a Session Management Function, SMF, a request for PFDs that apply to a particular network slice, wherein said received request comprises an identification of said particular network slice; - retrieving, by said PFDF, from said UDR said PFD that applies to said particular network slice; and - providing, by said PFDF, said retrieved PFD to said SMF.
A polythiol composition comprising sulfur-containing compounds having formula: wherein: G 1 is each R independently is a C 3 to C 15 hydrocarbon group; each R 1 independently is a C 1 to C 30 hydrocarbon group; n is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and m is an integer from 0 to 6, wherein an average value of m in the composition is from greater than 0 to 3. G 1 is each R independently is a C 3 to C 15 hydrocarbon group; each R 1 independently is a C 1 to C 30 hydrocarbon group; n is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and m is an integer from 0 to 6, wherein an average value of m in the composition is from greater than 0 to 3.
A method of correcting colour errors in a decoded video signal or data derived from a coding method using periodic phase reversal of a colour difference signal, wherein colour difference values from reversed and un-reversed parts of an image are used to determine a measure of chrominance vector phase rotation error characterised in that: the chrominance vector phase rotation error is determined by evaluating the equation: tan 2 ⁢ φ = - Σ ⁢ U +. V - - V +. U - / Σ ⁢ U +. U - + V +. V - + C Where: φ is the phase rotation error; U + V + are chrominance values at a phase un-reversed point; U- V- are chrominance values at a phase reversed point; and, C is a constant. the chrominance vector phase rotation error is determined by evaluating the equation: tan 2 ⁢ φ = - Σ ⁢ U +. V - - V +. U - / Σ ⁢ U +. U - + V +. V - + C Where: φ is the phase rotation error; U + V + are chrominance values at a phase un-reversed point; U- V- are chrominance values at a phase reversed point; and, C is a constant. φ is the phase rotation error; U + V + are chrominance values at a phase un-reversed point; U- V- are chrominance values at a phase reversed point; and, C is a constant.
A fitting arrangement for a lift and slide element, such as a lift and slide door or a lift and slide window, which comprises a fixed-position frame and a leaf which is displaceable with respect to the frame in a raised position along a lower track in a displacement direction, wherein a rail strip having the track is provided at the frame side and is adjustably supported between a lowered position and a raised position in a movement transverse to the displacement direction, wherein an adjustment element is provided at the frame side and is movably supported in the displacement direction between a lowering position and a raising position, and wherein at least one deflection element is formed or arranged at the adjustment element, by which deflection element a movement of the adjustment element from the lowering position into the raising position can be deflected into an adjustment of the rail strip from the lowered position into the raised position, characterized in that the rail strip is adjustably supported in a rectilinear movement perpendicular to the displacement direction between the lowered position and the raised position. wherein at least one deflection element is formed or arranged at the adjustment element, by which deflection element a movement of the adjustment element from the lowering position into the raising position can be deflected into an adjustment of the rail strip from the lowered position into the raised position, characterized in that the rail strip is adjustably supported in a rectilinear movement perpendicular to the displacement direction between the lowered position and the raised position.
Composite material comprising at least one cross-linked polymer and a first filler fraction, the first filler fraction comprising 10-80 % of filler A having a hardness on the Mohs scale of < 5.5 and a particle diameter d50 of < 100 μm, characterised in that the cross-linked polymer in the composite material has a gradient of the degree of cross-linking.
A solar cell, comprising: a conductive substrate; a hole blocking layer, a mesoporous nanocrystalline layer, a mesoporous spacer layer and a mesoporous back electrode sequentially deposited in that order on the conductive substrate; and a photoactive material filled in mesopores of at least one of the mesoporous nanocrystalline layer, the mesoporous spacer layer and the mesoporous back electrode characterized in that: at least one of the hole blocking layer, the mesoporous nanocrystalline layer and the mesoporous spacer layer comprises a ferroelectric material or a ferroelectric nanocomposite; when the hole blocking layer or the mesoporous nanocrystalline layer comprises the ferroelectric material, the ferroelectric material is BaSnO 3; and when the mesoporous spacer layer comprises the ferroelectric material, the ferroelectric material is one or more of CaTiO 3, PbZrO 3, PbTiO 3, PbZrO 3, ZnTiO 3, BaZrO 3, Pb(Zr 1-x Ti x)O 3, (La y Pb 1-y)(Zr 1-x Ti x)O 3, (1-x)[Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3)O 3]·x[PbTiO 3], BiFeO 3, Pb(Zn 1/3 Nb 2/3)O 3, Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3)O 3, (Na 1/2 Bi 1/2)TiO 3, (K 1/2 Bi 1/2)TiO 3, LiNbO 3, KNbO 3, KTaO 3, Pb(Sr x Ta 1-x)O 3 and Ba x Sr 1-x TiO 3; wherein x in Pb(Zn 1-x Ti x)O 3 and (1-x)[Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3)O 3]·x[PbTiO 3] satisfies 0 ≤ x ≤ 1; in (La y Pb 1-y)(Zr 1-x Ti x)O 3, x satisfies 0 ≤ x ≤ 1, and y satisfies 0 ≤ y ≤ 1; x in Pb(Sr x Ta 1-x)O 3 satisfies 0 ≤ x ≤ 1; x in Ba x Sr 1-x TiO 3 satisfies 0 ≤ x s 1. a conductive substrate; a hole blocking layer, a mesoporous nanocrystalline layer, a mesoporous spacer layer and a mesoporous back electrode sequentially deposited in that order on the conductive substrate; and a photoactive material filled in mesopores of at least one of the mesoporous nanocrystalline layer, the mesoporous spacer layer and the mesoporous back electrode at least one of the hole blocking layer, the mesoporous nanocrystalline layer and the mesoporous spacer layer comprises a ferroelectric material or a ferroelectric nanocomposite; when the hole blocking layer or the mesoporous nanocrystalline layer comprises the ferroelectric material, the ferroelectric material is BaSnO 3; and when the mesoporous spacer layer comprises the ferroelectric material, the ferroelectric material is one or more of CaTiO 3, PbZrO 3, PbTiO 3, PbZrO 3, ZnTiO 3, BaZrO 3, Pb(Zr 1-x Ti x)O 3, (La y Pb 1-y)(Zr 1-x Ti x)O 3, (1-x)[Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3)O 3]·x[PbTiO 3], BiFeO 3, Pb(Zn 1/3 Nb 2/3)O 3, Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3)O 3, (Na 1/2 Bi 1/2)TiO 3, (K 1/2 Bi 1/2)TiO 3, LiNbO 3, KNbO 3, KTaO 3, Pb(Sr x Ta 1-x)O 3 and Ba x Sr 1-x TiO 3; wherein x in Pb(Zn 1-x Ti x)O 3 and (1-x)[Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3)O 3]·x[PbTiO 3] satisfies 0 ≤ x ≤ 1; in (La y Pb 1-y)(Zr 1-x Ti x)O 3, x satisfies 0 ≤ x ≤ 1, and y satisfies 0 ≤ y ≤ 1; x in Pb(Sr x Ta 1-x)O 3 satisfies 0 ≤ x ≤ 1; x in Ba x Sr 1-x TiO 3 satisfies 0 ≤ x s 1.
A method of monitoring an optical access network comprising an optical network unit connected to a node, the method comprising, at a monitoring unit remote from the optical network unit: determining (104, 112) information indicative of energy consumption at the optical network unit over a period of time, wherein the optical network unit comprises a plurality of different operating states and the step of determining information indicative of energy consumption at the optical network unit comprises determining a time spent in at least one of the operating states. determining (104, 112) information indicative of energy consumption at the optical network unit over a period of time, wherein the optical network unit comprises a plurality of different operating states and the step of determining information indicative of energy consumption at the optical network unit comprises determining a time spent in at least one of the operating states.
A method for receiving requested quality of service, QoS, parameters at a communications device in a wireless communications environment, comprising: receiving, at the communication device, quality of service parameters with respect to a first traffic flow between the communication device and a first network entity, wherein quality of service resources for the received quality of service parameters are controlled by a base station based at least in part upon QoS parameters defined within the first request made by a first requester; simultaneously receiving, at the communication device, quality of service parameters with respect to a second traffic flow between the communication device and a second network entity, wherein the quality of service resources for the received quality of service parameters are controlled by the base station based at least in part upon QoS parameters defined within the second request made by a second requester, wherein at least one of the requesters is on a network operator side of an access link; and characterized by: detecting an incorrect treatment of the first or second traffic flows at the communication device and relaying a request for updated QoS parameters from the communication device to the base station. receiving, at the communication device, quality of service parameters with respect to a first traffic flow between the communication device and a first network entity, wherein quality of service resources for the received quality of service parameters are controlled by a base station based at least in part upon QoS parameters defined within the first request made by a first requester; simultaneously receiving, at the communication device, quality of service parameters with respect to a second traffic flow between the communication device and a second network entity, wherein the quality of service resources for the received quality of service parameters are controlled by the base station based at least in part upon QoS parameters defined within the second request made by a second requester, wherein at least one of the requesters is on a network operator side of an access link; and characterized by: detecting an incorrect treatment of the first or second traffic flows at the communication device and relaying a request for updated QoS parameters from the communication device to the base station.
An illusion image generating apparatus comprising at least a storing unit and a control unit, wherein the storing unit includes an image data storing unit configured for storing image data and a filter storing unit configured for storing a wavelet frame with orientation selectivity or a filterbank with orientation selectivity that is a set of an approximate filter with no orientation and a plurality of detail filters with respective orientations, wherein the control unit includes a decomposing unit configured for obtaining subband signals by performing a multiresolution decomposition by the wavelet frame with orientation selectivity or the filterbank with orientation selectivity on the image data, and a reconstructing unit configured for obtaining reconstructed image data by reconstructing an image by summing the subband signals obtained by the decomposing unit, characterized in that the reconstructing unit is configured for generating the reconstructed image data that creates an illusion of floating in presence of movement of the image or the viewer by attenuating or amplifying a subband signal corresponding to at least one of detail filters with a predetermined orientation among the detail filters.
A hot melt adhesive composition comprising: (a) a polymer blend containing at least one semicrystalline LMW SSC-PP polymer and at least one essentially amorphous HMW SSC-PP copolymer; both of which are either homopolypropylene or copolymers of propylene with an α-olefin comonomer prepared by using SSC catalysts; the weight ratio of the LMW SSC-PP polymer to the HMW SSC-PP polymer in the blends ranges from 9:1 to 1:9 and the total amount of the polymer blend in the composition of the present invention is from 20% to 80% by weight; the LMW SSC-PP having a weight average molecular weight from 10,000 g/mole to 100,000 g/mole, a crystallinity of 18% to 50%, and a Brookfield viscosity at 190 °C ranging from 800 mPa.s to 100,000 mPa.s; and the HMW SSC-PP polymer a weight average molecular weight greater than 100,000 g/mole, and a crystallinity of 0% to 18%, wherein the molecular weight of the HMW PP polymer is at least double, preferably at least three times, and even more preferably at least five times the molecular weight of the LMW SSC-PP; (b) a compatible tackifier in the amount of 15% by weight to 75% by weight; (c) 1% to 35% by weight of a plasticizer; (d) 0.1% to 3% by weight of a stabilizer or antioxidant; and (e) optionally 0% to 20% by weight of a wax. (a) a polymer blend containing at least one semicrystalline LMW SSC-PP polymer and at least one essentially amorphous HMW SSC-PP copolymer; both of which are either homopolypropylene or copolymers of propylene with an α-olefin comonomer prepared by using SSC catalysts; the weight ratio of the LMW SSC-PP polymer to the HMW SSC-PP polymer in the blends ranges from 9:1 to 1:9 and the total amount of the polymer blend in the composition of the present invention is from 20% to 80% by weight; the LMW SSC-PP having a weight average molecular weight from 10,000 g/mole to 100,000 g/mole, a crystallinity of 18% to 50%, and a Brookfield viscosity at 190 °C ranging from 800 mPa.s to 100,000 mPa.s; and the HMW SSC-PP polymer a weight average molecular weight greater than 100,000 g/mole, and a crystallinity of 0% to 18%, wherein the molecular weight of the HMW PP polymer is at least double, preferably at least three times, and even more preferably at least five times the molecular weight of the LMW SSC-PP; (b) a compatible tackifier in the amount of 15% by weight to 75% by weight; (c) 1% to 35% by weight of a plasticizer; (d) 0.1% to 3% by weight of a stabilizer or antioxidant; and (e) optionally 0% to 20% by weight of a wax.
Protective grip sleeve for a syringe equipped with a needle, sleeve comprising firstly a shielding tube fitted around a reservoir of the syringe, and secondly a base, characterised in that said sleeve comprises two trunnion supports fixed with respect to a shielding tube, said trunnions delimiting a cylindrical bearing surface in the housings of a cradle, the cradle delimiting a reception receptacle for said sleeve and a blocking element (150, 151) for the base with respect to the cradle, a return element tending to drive the blocking element (150, 151) into a position in which it blocks the translation of the base with respect to the cradle.
Welding electrode unit, comprising - a readjusting device, - and a welding electrode kinematically connected in an operative manner to the readjusting device and arranged in such a way that it can be moved linearly, - the readjusting device having pretensioned or pretensionable force-storing means, which can be used to apple a predetermined force to the welding electrode, and the force-storing means being operatively connected to a source of force and a force being applied to it by this source, characterized in that - the force-storing means in the pretensioned state can be operatively decoupled from the source of force by means of an actuating element in such a way that the force-storing means no longer has a force applied to it by the source of force. - a readjusting device, - and a welding electrode kinematically connected in an operative manner to the readjusting device and arranged in such a way that it can be moved linearly, - the readjusting device having pretensioned or pretensionable force-storing means, which can be used to apple a predetermined force to the welding electrode, and the force-storing means being operatively connected to a source of force and a force being applied to it by this source, characterized in that - the force-storing means in the pretensioned state can be operatively decoupled from the source of force by means of an actuating element in such a way that the force-storing means no longer has a force applied to it by the source of force.
Apparatus comprising: an antenna array (102 1...102 N); a plurality of units (104 1...104 N), each unit configured to mix a radio frequency signal from one or more of the antennas with oscillating signals having phases defined by a common reference source and to provide in-phase and quadrature-phase signals (I, Q); a constellation rotation system configured to, for each unit, rotate a constellation point associated with the in-phase and quadrature-phase signals by a rotation angle (α) to provide adjusted in-phase and quadrature-phase signals (I', Q'); signal buses (106, 107) for global in-phase and quadrature-phase signals configured to receive the adjusted in-phase and quadrature-phase signals (I", Q"), respectively, from a plurality of the units; and a feedback system configured to, for each unit, compare one or more of the adjusted in-phase and quadrature-phase signals with one or more of the global in-phase and quadrature-phase signals to determine an error (Δα) in the rotation angle. an antenna array (102 1...102 N); a plurality of units (104 1...104 N), each unit configured to mix a radio frequency signal from one or more of the antennas with oscillating signals having phases defined by a common reference source and to provide in-phase and quadrature-phase signals (I, Q); a constellation rotation system configured to, for each unit, rotate a constellation point associated with the in-phase and quadrature-phase signals by a rotation angle (α) to provide adjusted in-phase and quadrature-phase signals (I', Q'); signal buses (106, 107) for global in-phase and quadrature-phase signals configured to receive the adjusted in-phase and quadrature-phase signals (I", Q"), respectively, from a plurality of the units; and a feedback system configured to, for each unit, compare one or more of the adjusted in-phase and quadrature-phase signals with one or more of the global in-phase and quadrature-phase signals to determine an error (Δα) in the rotation angle.
Sensor device for measuring the flow of a fluid and/or the presence or level of a substance, of the type which comprises a support being equipped with a sensor of a temperature difference based on the Seebeck thermoelectric effect, characterized in that said support is a multi-layer printed circuit board support including at least one first insulating support and a second insulating support, said first and second insulating supports (13A, 13B) being separated by an inner conductive layer of a first conductive material and having their respective exposed surfaces coated with a first conductive layer of a second conductive material and with a second conductive layer of said second conductive material, through and metallised holes being provided in said first and second support elements (13A, 13B) to connect conductive tracks which are obtained in said first and second conductive layers (15A, 15B) with conductive tracks which are realized in said inner conductive layer, thus creating at least one thermocouple of said sensor, said sensor being also associated with a heating element which is internally realized in said multi-layer printed circuit board support in said inner conductive layer of said first conductive material.
A vacuum interrupter comprising a pair of contact electrodes mounted on electrically conductive rods inside a vacuum-tight enclosure so as to define opposed contact surfaces, each of the electrically conductive rods including an elongate, tubular wall portion supporting a respective one of the contact electrodes at a first end and being connectable at a second end to an electrical circuit and at least one of the electrically conductive rods being movable to open or close a gap between the opposed contact surfaces, wherein the wall portion of each rod is defined by an array of elongate elements arranged so that the outer surfaces of the elongate elements define a broken outer surface of the elongate, tubular wall portion, characterized in that each of the elongate elements is formed by two or more sub-elements connected end to end, including a first sub-element extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the respective rod and further includes a second sub-element extending from an axial end of the first sub-element and being shaped to curve about the longitudinal axis of the respective rod, the second sub-elements of the elongate elements defining the first end of the elongate, tubular wall portion of the respective rod.
A method for processing communication data at a user equipment in a wireless communication system, comprising: deriving a spatial correlation matrix R of multiple transmit antennas of a base station based on an obtained downlink channel transmission matrix H; transforming a precoding codebook F according to the spatial correlation matrix R; selecting a precoding matrix F s based on the transformed precoding codebook; and feeding back information about the spatial correlation matrix R and information about the selected precoding matrix F s to the base station. deriving a spatial correlation matrix R of multiple transmit antennas of a base station based on an obtained downlink channel transmission matrix H; transforming a precoding codebook F according to the spatial correlation matrix R; selecting a precoding matrix F s based on the transformed precoding codebook; and feeding back information about the spatial correlation matrix R and information about the selected precoding matrix F s to the base station.