mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An apparatus for depositing an extrudable substance onto a surface, the apparatus comprising: a bracket, configured to be removably coupled with a robot; a sleeve, comprising an inner tubular sleeve wall and an outer tubular sleeve wall, circumscribing the inner tubular sleeve wall, wherein the sleeve is coupled to the bracket and is rotatable relative to the bracket about a first axis; a cartridge, comprising an inner tubular cartridge wall and an outer tubular cartridge wall, circumscribing the inner tubular cartridge wall, wherein the cartridge is configured to be positioned between the inner tubular sleeve wall and the outer tubular sleeve wall; a valve, configured to be communicatively coupled with the cartridge; a nozzle, configured to be communicatively coupled with the valve; a linear actuator to control flow of the extrudable substance from the valve to the nozzle; an annular plunger, positioned between the inner tubular cartridge wall and the outer tubular cartridge wall and movable along the first axis; and a twist-lock pressure cap, configured to be hermetically coupled with the cartridge; and wherein the cartridge is configured to be positioned between the twist-lock pressure cap and the valve. a bracket, configured to be removably coupled with a robot; a sleeve, comprising an inner tubular sleeve wall and an outer tubular sleeve wall, circumscribing the inner tubular sleeve wall, wherein the sleeve is coupled to the bracket and is rotatable relative to the bracket about a first axis; a cartridge, comprising an inner tubular cartridge wall and an outer tubular cartridge wall, circumscribing the inner tubular cartridge wall, wherein the cartridge is configured to be positioned between the inner tubular sleeve wall and the outer tubular sleeve wall; a valve, configured to be communicatively coupled with the cartridge; a nozzle, configured to be communicatively coupled with the valve; a linear actuator to control flow of the extrudable substance from the valve to the nozzle; an annular plunger, positioned between the inner tubular cartridge wall and the outer tubular cartridge wall and movable along the first axis; and a twist-lock pressure cap, configured to be hermetically coupled with the cartridge; and wherein the cartridge is configured to be positioned between the twist-lock pressure cap and the valve.
A method comprising: at a text-to-speech, TTS, system, receiving a real-time streaming text string having a starting point and an ending point; at the TTS system, accumulating a first sub-string comprising a first portion of the text string received from an initial point to a first trigger point, wherein the initial point is no earlier than the starting point and is prior to the first trigger point, and the first trigger point is before the ending point; at the TTS system, applying a punctuation model of the TTS system to the first sub-string to generate a pre-processed first sub-string comprising the first sub-string with added grammatical punctuation as determined by the punctuation model; at the TTS system, applying TTS synthesis processing to at least the pre-processed first sub-string to generate first synthesized speech; and producing audio playout of the first synthesized speech; while applying TTS synthesis processing to the pre-processed first sub-string to generate the first synthesized speech, concurrently accumulating a second sub-string comprising a second portion of the text string received from the first trigger point to a second trigger point that is after the first trigger point and no further than the ending point; applying the punctuation model to the second sub-string to generate a pre-processed second sub-string; while producing the audio playout of the first synthesized speech, concurrently applying TTS synthesis processing to the pre-processed second sub-string to generate second synthesized speech; and producing audio playout of the second synthesized speech. at a text-to-speech, TTS, system, receiving a real-time streaming text string having a starting point and an ending point; at the TTS system, accumulating a first sub-string comprising a first portion of the text string received from an initial point to a first trigger point, wherein the initial point is no earlier than the starting point and is prior to the first trigger point, and the first trigger point is before the ending point; at the TTS system, applying a punctuation model of the TTS system to the first sub-string to generate a pre-processed first sub-string comprising the first sub-string with added grammatical punctuation as determined by the punctuation model; at the TTS system, applying TTS synthesis processing to at least the pre-processed first sub-string to generate first synthesized speech; and producing audio playout of the first synthesized speech; while applying TTS synthesis processing to the pre-processed first sub-string to generate the first synthesized speech, concurrently accumulating a second sub-string comprising a second portion of the text string received from the first trigger point to a second trigger point that is after the first trigger point and no further than the ending point; applying the punctuation model to the second sub-string to generate a pre-processed second sub-string; while producing the audio playout of the first synthesized speech, concurrently applying TTS synthesis processing to the pre-processed second sub-string to generate second synthesized speech; and producing audio playout of the second synthesized speech.
Kit comprising a trocar with a seal and an instrument which is designed for ophthalmology wherein the trocar comprises a cannula with a centre axis, a flange formed integrally on this cannula, an opening extending along the centre axis through the cannula, and a receiving opening that extends along the centre axis through the flange, said opening and said receiving opening forming an opening that runs all the way through the trocar, and wherein the seal is arranged in the receiving opening of the trocar, wherein the seal comprises a seal element with a seal opening and an instrument opening, which instrument opening extends along a centre axis on both sides of the seal element all the way through the seal, characterized in that the seal also comprises a clamp element for establishing a form-fit connection to an instrument that is inserted at least partially into the instrument opening and through the seal opening and in that the instrument comprising a section that is complementary or congruent to the clamp element, the clamp element and/or the instrument being designed in such a way that they can be compressed during insertion of the instrument into the seal and such that the original shape of these parts can be recovered when the predefined depth of insertion is reached, such that the surface of the clamp element is in contact with the surface of the complementary section of the instrument, such that a form-fit connection is established between seal and instrument.
A method of allocating processing tasks between members of a group of collaborating processing resources (12, 14, 16, 18), each of said processing resources having associated therewith one or more queues (13, 15, 17, 19) for holding tasks (A1, A2,..., B1, B2,...) awaiting processing, each of said tasks having a task-type indication identifying the task as belonging to one of a plurality of predetermined task-types, the group comprising a first one of said processing resources and at least one other of said processing resources from which said first processing resource may obtain information and to which said first processing resource may transfer tasks; the method comprising said first processing resource performing the following steps; monitoring the presence and withdrawal of tasks in said one or more queues associated with said first processing resource and obtaining from such monitoring, for each of a plurality of task-types, a load-value indicative of the number of tasks of that task-type awaiting processing and a withdrawal rate value indicative of a rate at which tasks of that task-type are being withdrawn from said one or more queues without having been processed by said first processing resource (s207-s212); in respect of each of said plurality of task-types, obtaining information from at least one other processing resource in the group indicating the number of tasks of that task-type awaiting processing in a queue associated with said other processing resource (s302-s309); in respect of each of a plurality of task-types for which said first processing resource has a higher number of tasks of that task-type awaiting processing in an associated queue than said other processing resource, obtaining in dependence on said obtained withdrawal rate values a relative withdrawal rate value indicative of the rate at which tasks of that task-type are being withdrawn without having been processed, relative to the rate at which tasks of one or more others of said plurality of task-types are being withdrawn without having been processed (s310-s316); selecting one of said plurality of task-types in dependence on said relative withdrawal rate values (s317-s321) and transferring one or more tasks of that task-type to said other processing resource.
A magnetorheological fluid-based device comprising an MR piston assembly including: a) a ferromagnetic MR piston core having a central longitudinal axis and having an outer circumferential surface substantially coaxially aligned with the central longitudinal axis, wherein the outer circumferential surface has a circumferential surface slot of substantially trapezoidal cross-sectional shape to allow a portion of an electric coil to be buried under the outer circumferential surface, the trapezoidal cross-sectional shape substantially coaxially aligned with the central longitudinal axis, wherein the circumferential surface slot has a portion disposed under the outer circumferential surface; and b) an electric coil substantially coaxially aligned with the central longitudinal axis and disposed in the circumferential surface slot, wherein a portion of the electric coil is buried under the outer circumferential surface; wherein the MR piston assembly also includes: c) a flux ring having an inner circumferential surface substantially coaxially aligned with the central longitudinal axis, wherein the inner circumferential surface faces and is spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface creating an MR passageway therebetween. a) a ferromagnetic MR piston core having a central longitudinal axis and having an outer circumferential surface substantially coaxially aligned with the central longitudinal axis, wherein the outer circumferential surface has a circumferential surface slot of substantially trapezoidal cross-sectional shape to allow a portion of an electric coil to be buried under the outer circumferential surface, the trapezoidal cross-sectional shape substantially coaxially aligned with the central longitudinal axis, wherein the circumferential surface slot has a portion disposed under the outer circumferential surface; and b) an electric coil substantially coaxially aligned with the central longitudinal axis and disposed in the circumferential surface slot, wherein a portion of the electric coil is buried under the outer circumferential surface; wherein the MR piston assembly also includes: c) a flux ring having an inner circumferential surface substantially coaxially aligned with the central longitudinal axis, wherein the inner circumferential surface faces and is spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface creating an MR passageway therebetween.
A compound of the formula wherein n is 0, 1 or 2 and m is 0, 1 or 2; such that the sum of m and n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; F is fluoro; X 1 represents wherein y represents 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8; wherein Z represents O (oxygen); when y is 1 or 2, then R 1 independently represents deuterium; halogen; hydroxyl; cyano; oxo (=O); mercapto; or C 1-3 -alkyl; which C 1-3 -alkyl is optionally substituted with at least one substituent selected from halogen, hydroxyl, cyano and mercapto; or when y represents 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, then R 1 represents deuterium; wherein R 2 represents -C 3-6 -cycloalkyl, -C 1-3 -alkyl-C 3-6 -cycloalkyl or -C 1-6 -alkyl, which -C 1-6 -alkyl is optionally substituted with at least one substituent selected from hydroxyl, cyano or amino; as well as pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, solvates and hydrates thereof. wherein n is 0, 1 or 2 and m is 0, 1 or 2; such that the sum of m and n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; F is fluoro; X 1 represents wherein y represents 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8; wherein Z represents O (oxygen); when y is 1 or 2, then R 1 independently represents deuterium; halogen; hydroxyl; cyano; oxo (=O); mercapto; or C 1-3 -alkyl; which C 1-3 -alkyl is optionally substituted with at least one substituent selected from halogen, hydroxyl, cyano and mercapto; or when y represents 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, then R 1 represents deuterium; wherein R 2 represents -C 3-6 -cycloalkyl, -C 1-3 -alkyl-C 3-6 -cycloalkyl or -C 1-6 -alkyl, which -C 1-6 -alkyl is optionally substituted with at least one substituent selected from hydroxyl, cyano or amino; as well as pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, solvates and hydrates thereof.
Verification device (1.4) for a vehicle-to-X, V2X, communication apparatus, designed to verify received V2X messages, characterized in that the verification device (1.4) is configured to determine a number of received V2X messages to be verified on the basis of a determined temperature value of the V2X communication apparatus and to verify the determined number of received V2X messages to be verified.
A reaction mixture for amplifying all or a portion of the CGG repeat tract in the 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) of fragile X related mental retardation gene 1 and determining the presence or absence of an expansion of said CGG repeat tract in an individual, comprising: (a) a primer pair comprising an upstream primer and a downstream primer wherein: (i) the downstream primer comprises a CCG repeat segment which contains less than four consecutive CCG triplet repeats and hybridizes to the j unction between the 3' end of the CGG repeat tract in the FMR1 gene and sequence directly 3' thereto; and/or (ii) the upstream primer comprises a CGG repeat segment which contains less than four consecutive CGG triplet repeats and hybridizes to the junction between the 5' end of the CGG repeat tract in the FMR1 gene and sequence directly 5' thereto; and (b) FMR1 encoding nucleic acid obtained from a sample from said individual. (a) a primer pair comprising an upstream primer and a downstream primer wherein: (i) the downstream primer comprises a CCG repeat segment which contains less than four consecutive CCG triplet repeats and hybridizes to the j unction between the 3' end of the CGG repeat tract in the FMR1 gene and sequence directly 3' thereto; and/or (ii) the upstream primer comprises a CGG repeat segment which contains less than four consecutive CGG triplet repeats and hybridizes to the junction between the 5' end of the CGG repeat tract in the FMR1 gene and sequence directly 5' thereto; and (i) the downstream primer comprises a CCG repeat segment which contains less than four consecutive CCG triplet repeats and hybridizes to the j unction between the 3' end of the CGG repeat tract in the FMR1 gene and sequence directly 3' thereto; and/or (ii) the upstream primer comprises a CGG repeat segment which contains less than four consecutive CGG triplet repeats and hybridizes to the junction between the 5' end of the CGG repeat tract in the FMR1 gene and sequence directly 5' thereto; and (b) FMR1 encoding nucleic acid obtained from a sample from said individual.
A reconfiguration method, performed by a first network node on a network side, characterized by comprising: sending, by the first network node on a network side, a reconfiguration request of cell change configuration information to a second network node on the network side; and obtaining, by the first network node, a reconfiguration response sent by the second network node based on the reconfiguration request; wherein the cell change configuration information comprises at least one of the following items: a trigger condition; an association relationship between a trigger condition, a cell identifier, measurement, and a cell change command; and measurement configuration. sending, by the first network node on a network side, a reconfiguration request of cell change configuration information to a second network node on the network side; and obtaining, by the first network node, a reconfiguration response sent by the second network node based on the reconfiguration request; wherein the cell change configuration information comprises at least one of the following items: a trigger condition; an association relationship between a trigger condition, a cell identifier, measurement, and a cell change command; and measurement configuration. a trigger condition; an association relationship between a trigger condition, a cell identifier, measurement, and a cell change command; and measurement configuration.
A hot runner apparatus comprising: a mold plate defining a pocket; a plurality of sub-manifolds; and a bridge manifold positioned in the pocket and between the sub-manifolds, the bridge manifold and the sub-manifolds oriented in a common plane, the bridge manifold for receiving a melt from a melt source, each of the sub-manifolds coupled to the bridge manifold to receive the melt from the bridge manifold via a junction between an opening of a network of melt channels within the bridge manifold and an opening of a network of melt channels within each of the sub-manifolds, the sub-manifolds being urged against the bridge manifold to form a seal therebetween when the bridge manifold and the sub-manifolds thermally expand urging the sub-manifolds against contact regions of a pair of opposing first walls of the pocket, characterized in that the respective opposing first walls define hollow regions, each hollow region is separated from the respective contact regions by a wall portion, the hollow regions also provide space for first walls, at contact regions, to compress into, when bridge manifold and sub-manifolds thermally expand against contact regions. a mold plate defining a pocket; a plurality of sub-manifolds; and a bridge manifold positioned in the pocket and between the sub-manifolds, the bridge manifold and the sub-manifolds oriented in a common plane, the bridge manifold for receiving a melt from a melt source, each of the sub-manifolds coupled to the bridge manifold to receive the melt from the bridge manifold via a junction between an opening of a network of melt channels within the bridge manifold and an opening of a network of melt channels within each of the sub-manifolds, the sub-manifolds being urged against the bridge manifold to form a seal therebetween when the bridge manifold and the sub-manifolds thermally expand urging the sub-manifolds against contact regions of a pair of opposing first walls of the pocket, characterized in that the respective opposing first walls define hollow regions, each hollow region is separated from the respective contact regions by a wall portion, the hollow regions also provide space for first walls, at contact regions, to compress into, when bridge manifold and sub-manifolds thermally expand against contact regions.
A suspension of pancreatic stem/progenitor cells for use in the treatment of a pancreatic dysfunction or condition, wherein the suspension is combined with one or more biomaterials to form a matrix complex, wherein the one or more biomaterials comprise collagens, adhesion molecules, proteoglycans, hyaluronans, glycosaminoglycan chains, chitosan, alginate, and synthetic, biodegradable and biocompatible polymers, or combinations thereof, wherein the treatment comprises introducing the suspension into or onto the walls of the hepato-pancreatic common duct in a subject having a pancreatic dysfunction or condition, wherein a substantial portion of the cells takes residence in the walls of hepato-pancreatic common duct, wherein the cells mature into functional pancreatic cells and migrate to pancreas, thereby treating the pancreatic dysfunction or condition.
Method for producing unidirectional carbon fibre cloth, comprising at least the following steps: - providing a number of precursors, each precursor comprising a plurality of individual filaments, - carbonizing the number of precursors to form a number of carbon fibre bundles (16a, 16b), then - producing a unidirectional carbon fibre cloth from the number of carbon fibre bundles (16a, 16b), and then - winding up the unidirectional carbon fibre cloth produced, wherein the step of producing the unidirectional carbon fibre cloth is carried out immediately after the carbonization step, and the step of producing the unidirectional carbon fibre cloth comprises a step of spreading the respective carbon fibre bundles to form a band of defined width and a step of connecting the spread carbon fibre bundles, and the spread carbon fibre bundles are connected to one another in their edge regions along the direction of their extent, wherein the connecting step is carried out by means of friction or vibrations, so that the individual filaments of two adjacent carbon fibre bundles spread out in the form of a band slide into one another or interengage. - providing a number of precursors, each precursor comprising a plurality of individual filaments, - carbonizing the number of precursors to form a number of carbon fibre bundles (16a, 16b), then - producing a unidirectional carbon fibre cloth from the number of carbon fibre bundles (16a, 16b), and then - winding up the unidirectional carbon fibre cloth produced,
A permanent magnet rotor arrangement (1, 1'), comprising a rotor, a plurality of nonmagnetic, axially extending profiled tubes, defining a closed channel and affixed circumferentially along the outer rim of the rotor, and a plurality of permanent magnet pole pieces arranged in the channels, whereby one pole piece is arranged in each channel, characterized in that the cross-sectional profile of the pole piece does not correspond to the cross-sectional profile of the channel.
A microporous film roll for a battery separator, comprising, on a microporous film for the battery separator, an indicator part different in optical characteristics from the microporous film for the battery separator, the microporous film roll being characterized in that the indicator part substantially has no thickness such that a thickness is identical in a portion of the separator having the indicator part and a portion of the separator having no indicator part, wherein the indicator part is at a predetermined distance from an end part of the microporous film near a winding core of the microporous roll film, and has a width of 0.5 to 5 centimeters in a longitudinal direction of the microporous film over a left-right end of the microporous film.