mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for image processing, implemented on at least one machine each of which has at least one processor and at least one storage device, comprising: generating a preliminary image by filtering image data generated by an image acquisition device; generating an intermediate image by performing, based on a first objective function, a first iterative operation on the preliminary image, characterised by the first objective function including a first term, a second term and a third term, the first term being associated with a first difference between the intermediate image and the preliminary image, the second term being associated with continuity of the intermediate image, the third term being associated with sparsity of the intermediate image; and generating a target image by performing, based on a second objective function, a second iterative operation on the intermediate image, the second objective function being associated with a system matrix of the image acquisition device and a second difference between the intermediate image and the target image. generating a preliminary image by filtering image data generated by an image acquisition device; generating an intermediate image by performing, based on a first objective function, a first iterative operation on the preliminary image, characterised by the first objective function including a first term, a second term and a third term, the first term being associated with a first difference between the intermediate image and the preliminary image, the second term being associated with continuity of the intermediate image, the third term being associated with sparsity of the intermediate image; and generating a target image by performing, based on a second objective function, a second iterative operation on the intermediate image, the second objective function being associated with a system matrix of the image acquisition device and a second difference between the intermediate image and the target image.
A method for the site-selective cross-linking of peptides comprising the steps of: a) providing a composition comprising furan-peptides, said furan-peptides comprising at least one amino acid comprising a furan-moiety, wherein said furan-peptides are not coupled to a solid support selected from a polystyrene resin comprising an acid labile linker or a polystyrene-co-polyethyleneglycol resin comprising an acid labile linker; b) contacting said composition comprising furan-peptides with second peptides, wherein said second peptides comprise at least one amino acid comprising a sulfhydryl group, hydroxyl group, amine group, imidazole group and/or indole group, thereby obtaining a mixture comprising furan-peptides and second peptides; c) adding an activation signal to said mixture of step b), thereby oxidizing said furan-peptides to activated furan-peptides, and d) reacting said activated furan-peptides with said sulfhydryl group, hydroxyl group, amine group, imidazole group and/or indole group of said second peptides, thereby cross-linking said activated furan-peptides with said second peptides. a) providing a composition comprising furan-peptides, said furan-peptides comprising at least one amino acid comprising a furan-moiety, wherein said furan-peptides are not coupled to a solid support selected from a polystyrene resin comprising an acid labile linker or a polystyrene-co-polyethyleneglycol resin comprising an acid labile linker; b) contacting said composition comprising furan-peptides with second peptides, wherein said second peptides comprise at least one amino acid comprising a sulfhydryl group, hydroxyl group, amine group, imidazole group and/or indole group, thereby obtaining a mixture comprising furan-peptides and second peptides; c) adding an activation signal to said mixture of step b), thereby oxidizing said furan-peptides to activated furan-peptides, and d) reacting said activated furan-peptides with said sulfhydryl group, hydroxyl group, amine group, imidazole group and/or indole group of said second peptides, thereby cross-linking said activated furan-peptides with said second peptides.
A torque transmission device having a closing arrangement (151; 152) which has a pressure body (2; 30; 153; 154) for pressing a friction element (155, 156) between the pressure body (2; 30; 153; 154) and a counterbody, wherein the closing arrangement (151; 152) has a first mass moment of inertia in respect of a first radial axis running in the radial direction through a centre of gravity of the closing arrangement (151; 152) and a second mass moment of inertia in respect of a second radial axis running in the radial direction through the centre of gravity of the closing arrangement (151; 152) perpendicular to the first radial axis, which mass moment of inertia differs from the first mass moment of inertia, to represent an anisotropic mass distribution of the closing arrangement (151; 152), characterised in that at least one single part (81-86; 160) rigidly connected to the pressure body (2; 30; 153; 154), which pressure body has a substantially isotropic mass distribution, has an anisotropic mass distribution in order to represent the anisotropic mass distribution of the closing arrangement (151; 152).
A spray dispenser comprising a container for holding a liquid to be dispensed and a dispensing assembly for extracting liquid from said container, the dispensing assembly comprising a pressure-relief valve for release of excessive pressure in the container, and a filter, wherein the filter is located within a filter housing, the pressure-relief valve is a one-way-valve and the filter permits egress of gas from the container through the filter and through the pressure-relief valve, the filter inhibiting egress of liquid from the container through the filter, the pressure-relief valve being closed in the absence of excessive pressure to inhibit ingress of air and contaminants into the container, wherein the filter is in a gas flow path between the interior of the container and the pressure-relief valve, or the pressure-relief valve is in a gas flow path between the interior of the container and the filter. the filter is in a gas flow path between the interior of the container and the pressure-relief valve, or the pressure-relief valve is in a gas flow path between the interior of the container and the filter.
A contact lens system comprising: a contact lens containing a photosensitive chromophore, the photosensitive chromophore having at least one active wavelength between 250 and 400 nanometers and at least one active wavelength between 400 and 450 nanometers; and a package surrounding the contact lens, the package having a light transmittance of no more than 80 percent at each active wavelength, wherein the term "active wavelength" means a wavelength in the material's UV/Vis spectrum where the percent transmittance is 85 percent or less at that wavelength. a contact lens containing a photosensitive chromophore, the photosensitive chromophore having at least one active wavelength between 250 and 400 nanometers and at least one active wavelength between 400 and 450 nanometers; and a package surrounding the contact lens, the package having a light transmittance of no more than 80 percent at each active wavelength, wherein the term "active wavelength" means a wavelength in the material's UV/Vis spectrum where the percent transmittance is 85 percent or less at that wavelength.
A shock-absorbing bumper arrangement, suitable for being mounted on a support such as a dock, of the type comprising a base part that is intended to be secured to the support and includes a bottom wall and side walls extending perpendicular to the bottom wall, and a cover exposed to the impacts, which includes a planar outer wall and perpendicular side walls, complementary to the side walls of the base part, and is mounted on the base part, with its side walls covering the side walls of the base part, translatable under the effect of the impacts, against elastic shock absorbing means inserted between the bottom wall of the base part and the planar wall of the cover, characterized in that a side wall of the cover bears, on its lower face, at least one pin suitable for being engaged in an oblong hole formed in the side wall across from the base part and extending in the direction of the movement of the cover over the base part, under the effect of an impact, and in that the cover and the base part are connected to one another by at least two rod-forming elements each traversing holes axially aligned in a pair of side walls across from the cover and the base part, adjacent to the support wall of the pin, one of the aligned holes being an oblong hole oriented in the movement direction of the cover.
A light-emitting device comprising: (a) at least one light-emitting diode chip mounted on a (b) submount, said submount comprising a mount base, (c) electrically conducting lines (12,13,14,15,16,17) formed on said mount base to be connected electrically to said light-emitting diode chip and to an (d) electrically connection pattern layer, said layer being formed on an (e) insulator layer and (f) a metallic plate for heat transfer (g) wherein said insulator layer is formed on said metallic plate and (h) whereby a first plane of said mount base directly contacts a portion of said metallic plate, (i) at least one of said mount base and said metallic plate has a protrusion having a plane to bond thermally to the other, (j) said protrusion extending through an opening in said insulator layer and said electrical connection layer characterized in that said protrusion is integrally combined with either of the mount base or said metallic plate, (a) at least one light-emitting diode chip mounted on a (b) submount, said submount comprising a mount base, (c) electrically conducting lines (12,13,14,15,16,17) formed on said mount base to be connected electrically to said light-emitting diode chip and to an (d) electrically connection pattern layer, said layer being formed on an (e) insulator layer and (f) a metallic plate for heat transfer (g) wherein said insulator layer is formed on said metallic plate and (h) whereby a first plane of said mount base directly contacts a portion of said metallic plate, (i) at least one of said mount base and said metallic plate has a protrusion having a plane to bond thermally to the other, (j) said protrusion extending through an opening in said insulator layer and said electrical connection layer
A method of ventilating an aluminium production electrolytic cell, the aluminium production electrolytic cell comprising a bath with contents, at least one cathode electrode in contact with said contents, at least one anode electrode in contact with said contents, and a hood, defining an interior area, covering at least a portion of said bath, the method comprising: drawing vent gases from said interior area, cooling at least a portion of said vent gases to form cooled vent gases, and circulating at least a portion of said cooled vent gases to interior area via a supply duct, which has nozzles distributing the cooled vent gases in the interior area. drawing vent gases from said interior area, cooling at least a portion of said vent gases to form cooled vent gases, and circulating at least a portion of said cooled vent gases to interior area via a supply duct, which has nozzles distributing the cooled vent gases in the interior area.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions which, when executed by at least one processor (30, 32), cause the at least one processor (30, 32) to: generate a rotor flux command for operation of an induction machine; cause a flux signal to be injected into the rotor flux command so as to generate a time-variant rotor flux; determine, by way of a voltage-current flux observer, amplitudes of rotor flux variations resulting from the time-variant rotor flux, the amplitudes of the rotor flux variations comprising an amplitude of a rotor flux variation based on a current model of the voltage-current flux observer and an amplitude of a rotor flux variation based on a combined voltage-current model of the voltage-current flux observer; and estimate a rotor time constant of the induction machine based on the determined amplitudes of the rotor flux variations. generate a rotor flux command for operation of an induction machine; cause a flux signal to be injected into the rotor flux command so as to generate a time-variant rotor flux; determine, by way of a voltage-current flux observer, amplitudes of rotor flux variations resulting from the time-variant rotor flux, the amplitudes of the rotor flux variations comprising an amplitude of a rotor flux variation based on a current model of the voltage-current flux observer and an amplitude of a rotor flux variation based on a combined voltage-current model of the voltage-current flux observer; and estimate a rotor time constant of the induction machine based on the determined amplitudes of the rotor flux variations.
A method comprising: controlling an electric motor of a hybrid-electric powerplant for an aircraft using an electric powertrain controller (EPC); controlling a heat engine of the hybrid-electric powerplant using an engine control unit; and performing at least one of the following to protect the hybrid-electric powerplant: using the ECU to power down the electric motor; and/or using the EPC to power down the heat engine, characterized in that: powering down the electric motor includes powering down the electric motor using the ECU as a failsafe in an event of failure of the EPC to power down the electric motor and/or erroneous commands from the EPC; and/or powering down the heat engine includes powering down the heat engine using the EPC as a failsafe in an event of failure of the ECU to power down the heat engine and/or erroneous commands from the ECU. controlling an electric motor of a hybrid-electric powerplant for an aircraft using an electric powertrain controller (EPC); controlling a heat engine of the hybrid-electric powerplant using an engine control unit; and performing at least one of the following to protect the hybrid-electric powerplant: using the ECU to power down the electric motor; and/or using the EPC to power down the heat engine, using the ECU to power down the electric motor; and/or using the EPC to power down the heat engine, powering down the electric motor includes powering down the electric motor using the ECU as a failsafe in an event of failure of the EPC to power down the electric motor and/or erroneous commands from the EPC; and/or powering down the heat engine includes powering down the heat engine using the EPC as a failsafe in an event of failure of the ECU to power down the heat engine and/or erroneous commands from the ECU.
An axial fan comprising: a fan frame; an impeller rotatably coupled with the fan frame; a plurality of blades; and a light emitting unit mounted in the fan frame; wherein the fan is characterized in that: the impeller includes a light diffuser ring, wherein the plurality of blades is connected to the light diffuser ring, and wherein the light emitting unit shines light on the light diffuser ring. a fan frame; an impeller rotatably coupled with the fan frame; a plurality of blades; and a light emitting unit mounted in the fan frame; wherein the fan is characterized in that: the impeller includes a light diffuser ring, wherein the plurality of blades is connected to the light diffuser ring, and wherein the light emitting unit shines light on the light diffuser ring.
A method of manufacturing a press molding, comprising the following steps: Step 11: step of heating a molding material comprising discontinuous carbon fibers having a weight average fiber length of not less than 2 mm and a thermoplastic resin at a temperature not lower than the softening temperature of the thermoplastic resin, Step 21: step of carrying the molding material heated at a temperature not lower than the softening temperature between the upper mold and the lower mold of a mold for compression molding by holding it with grippers for holding at a plurality of points arranged in a carrier (3, 4) or in a linear state having a length which is not more than 10 times the thickness of the molding material and supporting it with the carrier (3, 4), Step 22: step of pushing the molding material supported by the carrier (3, 4) with pushers arranged between the grippers to preform it at a preforming rate of 80 to 100 %, Step 31: step of press molding the molding material by closing the upper mold and the lower mold and applying pressure to obtain the press molding and taking out the press molding from the mold by opening the mold for compression molding when the temperature of the press molding becomes lower than the softening temperature of the thermoplastic resin, wherein the softening temperature of the thermoplastic resin is defined as melting point when the thermoplastic resin is a crystalline resin or as glass transition temperature when the thermoplastic resin is an amorphous resin, and wherein each of the grippers has a circular arc needle with an approximate curvature radius which is the thickness of the molding material plus 5 mm to 40 times the thickness of the molding material and the circular arc needle is stuck into the molding material to hold it. Step 11: step of heating a molding material comprising discontinuous carbon fibers having a weight average fiber length of not less than 2 mm and a thermoplastic resin at a temperature not lower than the softening temperature of the thermoplastic resin, Step 21: step of carrying the molding material heated at a temperature not lower than the softening temperature between the upper mold and the lower mold of a mold for compression molding by holding it with grippers for holding at a plurality of points arranged in a carrier (3, 4) or in a linear state having a length which is not more than 10 times the thickness of the molding material and supporting it with the carrier (3, 4), Step 22: step of pushing the molding material supported by the carrier (3, 4) with pushers arranged between the grippers to preform it at a preforming rate of 80 to 100 %, Step 31: step of press molding the molding material by closing the upper mold and the lower mold and applying pressure to obtain the press molding and taking out the press molding from the mold by opening the mold for compression molding when the temperature of the press molding becomes lower than the softening temperature of the thermoplastic resin,
An emissions treatment system for an exhaust stream, comprising: a NOx storage reduction catalyst comprising a NOx sorbent at a concentration of at least 0.0061 g/cm 3 (0.1 g/in 3) and a platinum group metal component dispersed on a refractory metal oxide support; and, an SCR catalyst disposed downstream of the NSR catalyst, wherein the NSR catalyst further comprises an oxygen storage component selected from one or more oxides of cerium and praseodymium in an amount less than 0.031 g/cm 3 (0.5 g/in 3). a NOx storage reduction catalyst comprising a NOx sorbent at a concentration of at least 0.0061 g/cm 3 (0.1 g/in 3) and a platinum group metal component dispersed on a refractory metal oxide support; and, an SCR catalyst disposed downstream of the NSR catalyst, wherein the NSR catalyst further comprises an oxygen storage component selected from one or more oxides of cerium and praseodymium in an amount less than 0.031 g/cm 3 (0.5 g/in 3).
An access point, AP, (114a, 114b) comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit a polling frame to a plurality of WTRUs (102a, 102b, 102c, 102d); a receiver configured to receive a first data unit, from a first WTRU (102a, 102b, 102c, 102d) of the plurality of WTRUs (102a, 102b, 102c, 102d), in response to the polling frame, wherein the first data unit comprises first compressed channel feedback; and to receive a second data unit, from a second WTRU (102a, 102b, 102c, 102d) of the plurality of WTRUs (102a, 102b, 102c, 102d), in response to the polling frame, wherein the second data unit comprises second compressed channel feedback; wherein the receiver is configured to receive the first data unit simultaneously with the second data unit. a transmitter configured to transmit a polling frame to a plurality of WTRUs (102a, 102b, 102c, 102d); a receiver configured to receive a first data unit, from a first WTRU (102a, 102b, 102c, 102d) of the plurality of WTRUs (102a, 102b, 102c, 102d), in response to the polling frame, wherein the first data unit comprises first compressed channel feedback; and to receive a second data unit, from a second WTRU (102a, 102b, 102c, 102d) of the plurality of WTRUs (102a, 102b, 102c, 102d), in response to the polling frame, wherein the second data unit comprises second compressed channel feedback; wherein the receiver is configured to receive the first data unit simultaneously with the second data unit.
A DNA plasmid capable of expressing a polypeptide that elicits an immune response in a mammal against four subtypes of Dengue virus, comprising: an encoding nucleotide sequence that expresses the polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide includes a DIII domain from four different Dengue virus subtypes; and a promoter that regulates expression of the polypeptide in the mammal and is operably linked to the encoding nucleotide sequence; wherein the encoding nucleotide sequence comprises SEQ ID NO:5. an encoding nucleotide sequence that expresses the polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide includes a DIII domain from four different Dengue virus subtypes; and a promoter that regulates expression of the polypeptide in the mammal and is operably linked to the encoding nucleotide sequence; wherein the encoding nucleotide sequence comprises SEQ ID NO:5.