mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of making a polymer blend comprising: melt mixing (a) a pre-polymer having a component selected from the group consisting of free amine groups, free anhydride groups, and combinations thereof and comprising structural units derived from a first dianhydride and a first diamine, wherein the pre-polymer is an incompletely imidized oligomer having a total reactive end group concentration of 0.5 to 20 mol% resin, and (b) a polyimide comprising a reactive member selected from the group consisting of structural groups, end groups, and combinations thereof, wherein the reactive member is reactive with the free anhydride groups, the free amine groups, or combinations thereof and wherein a molded article made from the polymer blend is non-delaminated. melt mixing (a) a pre-polymer having a component selected from the group consisting of free amine groups, free anhydride groups, and combinations thereof and comprising structural units derived from a first dianhydride and a first diamine, wherein the pre-polymer is an incompletely imidized oligomer having a total reactive end group concentration of 0.5 to 20 mol% resin, and (b) a polyimide comprising a reactive member selected from the group consisting of structural groups, end groups, and combinations thereof, (a) a pre-polymer having a component selected from the group consisting of free amine groups, free anhydride groups, and combinations thereof and comprising structural units derived from a first dianhydride and a first diamine, wherein the pre-polymer is an incompletely imidized oligomer having a total reactive end group concentration of 0.5 to 20 mol% resin, and (b) a polyimide comprising a reactive member selected from the group consisting of structural groups, end groups, and combinations thereof, wherein the reactive member is reactive with the free anhydride groups, the free amine groups, or combinations thereof and wherein a molded article made from the polymer blend is non-delaminated.
A method for making a fabricated snack product comprising the steps of preparing a dough by mixing from 50% to 85% by weight of a dry blend and 15% to 50% by weight of added water; forming a dough sheet; forming the dough sheet into a snack piece; and frying the snack piece until crisp to form a fabricated snack product, wherein said dry blend comprises from 15% to 100% of a rice flour composition, said rice flour composition consisting of: a) from 20% to 95%, by weight, of a rice flour that has a Water Absorption Index of from 2.6 to 9; and a Peak Viscosity from 4 Rapid Viscosity Units to 130 RVU; and b) from 5% to 80%, by weight, of rice starch materials that have a WAI of below 2.2; a Peak Viscosity from 100 RVU to 900 RVU and a soluble amylose content of less than 10%; wherein the rice flour comprises a mixture of long grain rice flour and medium grain rice flour; and wherein the rice flour in the rice flour composition has been gelatinized to an extent of from 25% to 100% gelatinization; and wherein the rice starch materials consist of acetylated rice starch, wherein the dry blend has a Water Absorption Index of from 3 to 7, and wherein the rice flour composition has a peak viscosity of from 135 to 250 Rapid Viscosity Units, a final viscosity from 140 RVU to 350 RVU and a Water Absorption Index from 2 to 5. a) from 20% to 95%, by weight, of a rice flour that has a Water Absorption Index of from 2.6 to 9; and a Peak Viscosity from 4 Rapid Viscosity Units to 130 RVU; and b) from 5% to 80%, by weight, of rice starch materials that have a WAI of below 2.2; a Peak Viscosity from 100 RVU to 900 RVU and a soluble amylose content of less than 10%;
Method for biometric authentication of a user through a biometric authentication system comprising a medium and a reading and communication device adapted to communicate with the medium, the medium comprising an electronic calculation device and a storage device in which a biometric datum of the user is stored, the reading and communication device comprising a biometric sensor and a media reader connected to each other, said method comprising the following steps: - detecting a biometric datum of the user through a biometric sensor; - sending the biometric datum, detected by the biometric sensor, through the media reader to the medium without performing any storage of the biometric datum in the reading and communication device, which transmits the raw data detected by the biometric sensor directly through the media reader to the medium, wherein the reading and communication device comprises a volatile service memory which is automatically erased after each reading and communication operation; - comparing the detected biometric datum, through the electronic calculation device, with the biometric datum stored in the storage device, after a transformation, performed internally by the medium, of the detected biometric datum into a mathematical template; - in the case of matching between the biometric datum stored in the storage device and the biometric datum detected by the sensor, sending a positive response through the medium to the reading and communication device, or in the case of mismatch between the biometric datum stored in the storage device and the biometric datum detected by the sensor, sending a negative response through the medium to the reading and communication device; - in the case of a positive response, considering the user as correctly authenticated. - detecting a biometric datum of the user through a biometric sensor; - sending the biometric datum, detected by the biometric sensor, through the media reader to the medium without performing any storage of the biometric datum in the reading and communication device, which transmits the raw data detected by the biometric sensor directly through the media reader to the medium, wherein the reading and communication device comprises a volatile service memory which is automatically erased after each reading and communication operation; - comparing the detected biometric datum, through the electronic calculation device, with the biometric datum stored in the storage device, after a transformation, performed internally by the medium, of the detected biometric datum into a mathematical template; - in the case of matching between the biometric datum stored in the storage device and the biometric datum detected by the sensor, sending a positive response through the medium to the reading and communication device, or in the case of mismatch between the biometric datum stored in the storage device and the biometric datum detected by the sensor, sending a negative response through the medium to the reading and communication device; - in the case of a positive response, considering the user as correctly authenticated.
An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the absorbent core comprises channels, and an acquisition layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core, characterized in that it further comprises a printed adhesive layer printed onto the acquisition layer disposed between the topsheet and the absorbent core; wherein the printed adhesive layer is a different color than that of the acquisition layer; and wherein the printed adhesive layer is visible through the topsheet and appears as a pattern.
An antibody for use in a method of treating a fetal and neonatal alloimmune and/or autoimmune disorder, the method comprising administering the antibody to a pregnant subject, wherein the antibody comprises: a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19 and a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 24.
Method for operating a motor vehicle having an energy store for the intermediate storage of electrical energy, wherein a first electrical pole, which is present as a positive pole, and a second electrical pole, which is present as a negative pole, of the energy store are electrically connected via a DC/DC converter to a DC charging connection of the motor vehicle, via which the energy store can be electrically connected to an external energy source for charging, wherein the DC/DC converter has a first input connection connected to a first charging connection of the DC charging connection, a second input connection connected to a second charging connection of the DC charging connection, a first output connection connected to the first electrical pole and a second output connection connected to the second electrical pole, wherein the DC charging connection is connected via the first input connection and the first output connection to the first electrical pole and via the second input connection and the second output connection to the second electrical pole, and wherein the first input connection can be electrically disconnected from the first output connection by means of at least one switch (15, 16, 17, 18) of the DC/DC converter, so that, in at least one switching position of the DC/DC converter, the first electrical pole is electrically disconnected from the DC charging connection, wherein the second input connection is permanently electrically connected to the second output connection, wherein the second electrical pole can be electrically disconnected from the DC charging connection by means of a charging contactor electrically connected between the DC/DC converter and the DC charging connection, characterised in that the charging contactor is single-phase so that the DC charging connection is permanently electrically connected to the first input connection, and in that, after the connection of the external energy source and before the closing of the charging contactor, potential equalisation is carried out between the external energy source and the motor vehicle by means of the DC/DC converter by operating the DC/DC converter in a clocked manner, wherein the DC charging connection has a protective conductor connection which is electrically connected to the second output connection of the DC/DC converter via at least one capacitance (31, 32, 33) and is electrically connected to a negative pole of the energy source via at least one further capacitance (35, 36, 37).
Use of a nanoparticle system, wherein the nanoparticles comprise: - at least one nucleic acid; - at least one solid lipid at room temperature; - at least one cationic surfactant; - at least one non-ionic surfactant; and - at least one polysaccharide; for preparing a medicament for the prevention or treatment of an eye disease, wherein the eye disease is selected from glaucoma; macular degeneration; retinopathy, including diabetic retinopathy and ischemic retinopathy; corneal infections or inflammations, such as herpes simplex; Leber's congenital amaurosis; corneal surface opacity; retinitis pigmentosa; albinism; choroideremia; X-linked juvenile retinoschisis; Stargardt's disease; retinoblastoma; granular corneal dystrophy; Fuchs' corneal dystrophy; gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy; corneal transplant rejection, and corneal surface opacity associated with mucopolysaccharidosis. - at least one nucleic acid; - at least one solid lipid at room temperature; - at least one cationic surfactant; - at least one non-ionic surfactant; and - at least one polysaccharide;
A computer-implemented method for packet switching in a Transparent Interconnect of Lots of Links, TRILL, network, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a data packet at a first data switching device, the data packet having an existing header and being received from a customer network, the first data switching device being an ingress RBridge of a TRILL network; encapsulating the data packet using a TRILL header, the TRILL header having a data structure that includes a transport device address space and a TRILL device address space; encapsulating the data packet includes setting a first portion of bits, within the transport device address space, such that the first portion of bits indicates a data switching device address that is a node within the TRILL network; encapsulating the data packet includes setting bits within TRILL device address spaces such that the bits indicate an ingress RBridge nickname and an egress RBridge nickname; and forwarding the data packet via the TRILL network; characterized by: encapsulating the data packet includes setting a second portion of bits, within at least one of the MAC destination address field and the MAC source address field within the transport device address space, such that the second portion of bits indicates non-addressing information distinct from the data switching device address that is a node within the TRILL network. receiving a data packet at a first data switching device, the data packet having an existing header and being received from a customer network, the first data switching device being an ingress RBridge of a TRILL network; encapsulating the data packet using a TRILL header, the TRILL header having a data structure that includes a transport device address space and a TRILL device address space; encapsulating the data packet includes setting a first portion of bits, within the transport device address space, such that the first portion of bits indicates a data switching device address that is a node within the TRILL network; encapsulating the data packet includes setting bits within TRILL device address spaces such that the bits indicate an ingress RBridge nickname and an egress RBridge nickname; and forwarding the data packet via the TRILL network; encapsulating the data packet includes setting a second portion of bits, within at least one of the MAC destination address field and the MAC source address field within the transport device address space, such that the second portion of bits indicates non-addressing information distinct from the data switching device address that is a node within the TRILL network.
A thickness measurement method of measuring a thickness of a measurement object, comprising: heating a surface of the measurement object in a dot shape by a heating device; generating a thermal image corresponding to a temperature of the surface of the measurement object by capturing an image of the heated surface of the measurement object at a predetermined time interval by an imaging device; acquiring temperature data indicating temporal changes in temperature at multiple positions on the surface of the measurement object based on the thermal image generated by the imaging device; fitting a solution function indicating a solution of a heat conduction equation corresponding to a point heat source and including a parameter related to the thickness of the measurement object to the temperature data; and calculating the thickness of the measurement object based on a value of the parameter included in the fitted solution function. heating a surface of the measurement object in a dot shape by a heating device; generating a thermal image corresponding to a temperature of the surface of the measurement object by capturing an image of the heated surface of the measurement object at a predetermined time interval by an imaging device; acquiring temperature data indicating temporal changes in temperature at multiple positions on the surface of the measurement object based on the thermal image generated by the imaging device; fitting a solution function indicating a solution of a heat conduction equation corresponding to a point heat source and including a parameter related to the thickness of the measurement object to the temperature data; and calculating the thickness of the measurement object based on a value of the parameter included in the fitted solution function.
A method for device-to-device, D2D, communications by a first user device characterized by: the UE participating in a random access procedure to obtain a (D2D) resource and an uplink resource grant, wherein the UE initiates the random access procedure by selecting a preamble out of a plurality of preambles allocated for use in random access procedures and sending the selected preamble to an eNB; receiving, at the UE, from the eNB a first message including information about an uplink resource grant that the eNB has allocated in response to receiving the preamble; transmitting by the UE a second message using the uplink resource grant as specified in the first message including a proximity services, ProSe, buffer status report, BSR; receiving a device-to-device D2D resource grant indicating a successful contention resolution process by indicating to the UE that the second message including the ProSe BSR was successfully received by the eNB, and further indicating that the UE may cancel any pending ProSe BSRs; canceling all pending ProSe BSRs; and engaging in D2D communications directly with a second user device utilizing the resource grant. the UE participating in a random access procedure to obtain a (D2D) resource and an uplink resource grant, wherein the UE initiates the random access procedure by selecting a preamble out of a plurality of preambles allocated for use in random access procedures and sending the selected preamble to an eNB; receiving, at the UE, from the eNB a first message including information about an uplink resource grant that the eNB has allocated in response to receiving the preamble; transmitting by the UE a second message using the uplink resource grant as specified in the first message including a proximity services, ProSe, buffer status report, BSR; receiving a device-to-device D2D resource grant indicating a successful contention resolution process by indicating to the UE that the second message including the ProSe BSR was successfully received by the eNB, and further indicating that the UE may cancel any pending ProSe BSRs; canceling all pending ProSe BSRs; and engaging in D2D communications directly with a second user device utilizing the resource grant.
An environmental control system (ECS, 12) for an aircraft, the environmental control system comprising: an ECS refrigeration unit (14, 14') configured to receive ambient air and a first portion and a second portion of hot bleed air, wherein the ECS refrigeration unit (14, 14') is operable to: indirectly exchange heat between the first portion of the hot bleed air and the ambient air to form a partially cooled, hot air stream; and compress, further indirect heat exchange, and expand the partially cooled, hot air stream to form a cooled and expanded air stream having a temperature of less than -3.33°C (26°F), the ECS refrigeration unit (14, 14') comprising a low limit valve configured to introduce the second portion of the hot bleed air to the cooled and expanded air stream; and characterized in that the ECS comprises a low limit valve control configured to regulate the low limit valve to control the rate of introduction of the second portion of the hot bleed air to the cooled and expanded air stream to form a combined air stream that when exiting the ECS refrigeration unit is a sub-freezing air stream having a temperature of less than 0°C (32°F) but greater than the cooled and expanded air stream, and a duct that is disposed downstream from the ECS refrigeration unit (14, 14') and that is configured to receive the sub-freezing air stream, and wherein the duct has an inner surface that comprises an ice-phobic treatment. indirectly exchange heat between the first portion of the hot bleed air and the ambient air to form a partially cooled, hot air stream; and compress, further indirect heat exchange, and expand the partially cooled, hot air stream to form a cooled and expanded air stream having a temperature of less than -3.33°C (26°F), the ECS refrigeration unit (14, 14') comprising a low limit valve configured to introduce the second portion of the hot bleed air to the cooled and expanded air stream; and characterized in that the ECS comprises a low limit valve control configured to regulate the low limit valve to control the rate of introduction of the second portion of the hot bleed air to the cooled and expanded air stream to form a combined air stream that when exiting the ECS refrigeration unit is a sub-freezing air stream having a temperature of less than 0°C (32°F) but greater than the cooled and expanded air stream, and a duct that is disposed downstream from the ECS refrigeration unit (14, 14') and that is configured to receive the sub-freezing air stream, and wherein the duct has an inner surface that comprises an ice-phobic treatment.
A method for decoding a video bitstream comprising: (a) receiving a base bitstream representative of a coded video sequence; (b) receiving a plurality of enhancement bitstreams representative of said coded video sequence; (c) receiving a video parameter set containing syntax elements that apply to said base bitstream and said plurality of enhancement bitstreams, wherein said video parameter set contains a syntax element signaling a video parameter set extension; (d) receiving said video parameter set extension containing syntax elements related to at least one of said enhancement bitstreams, wherein the syntax elements comprise a first syntax element indicating a number of output layer sets specified for the video bitstream; (e) receiving syntax elements indicating a change in at least one output layer set, characterized in that: the syntax elements indicating a change in at least one output layer set comprise a second syntax element indicating a number of additional layer sets for which output layers are specified in addition to the number of layer sets specified for the video bitstream indicated by the first syntax element for which output layers are specified. (a) receiving a base bitstream representative of a coded video sequence; (b) receiving a plurality of enhancement bitstreams representative of said coded video sequence; (c) receiving a video parameter set containing syntax elements that apply to said base bitstream and said plurality of enhancement bitstreams, wherein said video parameter set contains a syntax element signaling a video parameter set extension; (d) receiving said video parameter set extension containing syntax elements related to at least one of said enhancement bitstreams, wherein the syntax elements comprise a first syntax element indicating a number of output layer sets specified for the video bitstream; (e) receiving syntax elements indicating a change in at least one output layer set,