mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A portable apparatus for clarification and disinfection of wastewater produced by the washing of road drainage inlets and drains and tunnels, the apparatus being mountable to a vehicle, comprising - a sludge collecting tank, which is divided by means of two partitions (12, 13) into three compartments (14, 15, 16), a first compartment for aspirated sludge, a second compartment for first filtration sludge, and a third compartment for separated sludge, - a first filter for coarse filtering of the sludge in the tank sludge collecting tank, the first filter being positioned in the sludge collecting tank, - a second filter for finer filtration with respect to said first filter, the second filter being positioned in the sludge collecting tank, - a dosage unit for pH adjustment additives, - mixing means for the addition of additives for purifying and disinfecting the sludge, - a sludge transfer pump for transfer of the sludge, - a hydraulic line connecting said second filter and said mixing means, with the sludge transfer pump, - a cyclone device for separating the water from the sludge, - collection and settling means for the water separated from the sludge, - a hydraulic line for the separated water, for connection between said separation cyclone and said collection and settling means for said separated water, a dosage unit for disinfection additives being provided on said hydraulic line for the separated water, - a high-pressure pump for propelling the treated water toward uses, - a hydraulic line for connection between said collection and settling means with the high-pressure pump, - a hydraulic line for discharging treated water with a turbidity control sensor. - a sludge collecting tank, which is divided by means of two partitions (12, 13) into three compartments (14, 15, 16), a first compartment for aspirated sludge, a second compartment for first filtration sludge, and a third compartment for separated sludge, - a first filter for coarse filtering of the sludge in the tank sludge collecting tank, the first filter being positioned in the sludge collecting tank, - a second filter for finer filtration with respect to said first filter, the second filter being positioned in the sludge collecting tank, - a dosage unit for pH adjustment additives, - mixing means for the addition of additives for purifying and disinfecting the sludge, - a sludge transfer pump for transfer of the sludge, - a hydraulic line connecting said second filter and said mixing means, with the sludge transfer pump, - a cyclone device for separating the water from the sludge, - collection and settling means for the water separated from the sludge, - a hydraulic line for the separated water, for connection between said separation cyclone and said collection and settling means for said separated water, a dosage unit for disinfection additives being provided on said hydraulic line for the separated water, - a high-pressure pump for propelling the treated water toward uses, - a hydraulic line for connection between said collection and settling means with the high-pressure pump, - a hydraulic line for discharging treated water with a turbidity control sensor.
A composition for scavenging hydrogen sulphide and mercaptans from hydrocarbon streams, said composition comprising at least an oxazolidine compound and at least an additive comprising at least one reaction product of a poly(C2-20-carboxylic acid) having at least one tertiary amino group with secondary amines, wherein the composition comprises from 50 to 99%wt of oxazolidine compound(s) and from 1 to 50°/wt of said additive(s), based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the oxazolidine compound replies to formula: wherein - n is an integer ranging from 1 to 6; - R1 and R2, identical or different, are selected from a hydrogen atom and a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or alkenyl groups having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and wherein the additive is an amide, an amidoammonium salt or ammonium salt, or a mixture thereof, of aminoalkanecarboxylic acids of formulae or: where - X is a radical of 1 to 19 carbon atoms, - Y is a straight-chain or branched alkylene of 2 to 6 carbon atoms. wherein the oxazolidine compound replies to formula: wherein - n is an integer ranging from 1 to 6; - R1 and R2, identical or different, are selected from a hydrogen atom and a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or alkenyl groups having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and wherein the additive is an amide, an amidoammonium salt or ammonium salt, or a mixture thereof, of aminoalkanecarboxylic acids of formulae or: where - X is a radical of 1 to 19 carbon atoms, - Y is a straight-chain or branched alkylene of 2 to 6 carbon atoms. - n is an integer ranging from 1 to 6; - R1 and R2, identical or different, are selected from a hydrogen atom and a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or alkenyl groups having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and wherein the additive is an amide, an amidoammonium salt or ammonium salt, or a mixture thereof, of aminoalkanecarboxylic acids of formulae or: where - X is a radical of 1 to 19 carbon atoms, - Y is a straight-chain or branched alkylene of 2 to 6 carbon atoms. - X is a radical of 1 to 19 carbon atoms, - Y is a straight-chain or branched alkylene of 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
A method performed by a system comprising a network equipment, a User Equipment, UE,, and a target network node for controlling a handover of the User Equipment, UE,, between cells or beams, from a source network node to the target network node, wherein the method comprises: - providing, by the network equipment, to the UE and the target network node, an information comprising a representation of the UE specific sequence, - obtaining by the UE, from the network equipment, the information comprising the representation of the UE specific sequence; wherein the UE specific sequence comprises a binary sequence, or a sequence of digits, or other sequence that is used to identify a particular UE; - receiving at the UE a signal comprising the representation of the UE specific sequence from the target network node; - identifying by the UE, the signal that is received from the target network node based on the obtained information, wherein the identified signal is interpreted, by the UE, as a handover command; and - transmitting a message, from the UE to the target network node, for establishing the radio link with the target network node based on the identified signal. - providing, by the network equipment, to the UE and the target network node, an information comprising a representation of the UE specific sequence, - obtaining by the UE, from the network equipment, the information comprising the representation of the UE specific sequence; wherein the UE specific sequence comprises a binary sequence, or a sequence of digits, or other sequence that is used to identify a particular UE; - receiving at the UE a signal comprising the representation of the UE specific sequence from the target network node; - identifying by the UE, the signal that is received from the target network node based on the obtained information, wherein the identified signal is interpreted, by the UE, as a handover command; and - transmitting a message, from the UE to the target network node, for establishing the radio link with the target network node based on the identified signal.
A method for implementing a physically unclonable function using an array of magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) cells having magnetic tunnel junctions, characterised in that the method comprises: issuing a challenge by applying a physically unclonable function challenge signal to a particular array ofmagnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) cells having a plurality of magnetic tunnel junctions with randomly varying resistances, the challenge signal specifying a plurality of MRAM cell addresses of at least some of the magnetic tunnel junctions of the particular array; and obtaining a physically unclonable function response to the challenge by ascertaining a resistance of the magnetic tunnel junctions of the plurality of MRAM cell addresses of the particular array to generate a physically unclonable function signal representative of at least a partial map of the particular array that identifies the particular array and distinguishes the particular array from other similar arrays. issuing a challenge by applying a physically unclonable function challenge signal to a particular array ofmagnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) cells having a plurality of magnetic tunnel junctions with randomly varying resistances, the challenge signal specifying a plurality of MRAM cell addresses of at least some of the magnetic tunnel junctions of the particular array; and obtaining a physically unclonable function response to the challenge by ascertaining a resistance of the magnetic tunnel junctions of the plurality of MRAM cell addresses of the particular array to generate a physically unclonable function signal representative of at least a partial map of the particular array that identifies the particular array and distinguishes the particular array from other similar arrays.
An in-vitro method of detecting liver cancer in a mammalian subject by detecting an antibody in a test sample comprising a bodily fluid from the mammalian subject, wherein the antibody is an autoantibody immunologically specific for a tumour marker protein selected from the group consisting of MMP9, AIF1, EpCAM and CDKN1B, which method comprises the steps of: (a) contacting the test sample with a tumour marker antigen selected from the group consisting of MMP9, AIF1, EpCAM and CDKN1B; and (b) determining the presence or absence of complexes of the tumour marker antigen bound to autoantibodies present in the test sample; whereby the presence of said complexes is indicative of the presence of liver cancer. (a) contacting the test sample with a tumour marker antigen selected from the group consisting of MMP9, AIF1, EpCAM and CDKN1B; and (b) determining the presence or absence of complexes of the tumour marker antigen bound to autoantibodies present in the test sample;
A method of synthesizing (-)-huperzine A, said method comprising the following steps: 1) Suspending 7.3 g of (±)-huperzine A in acetone-water with a ratio of 1:1 (v:v); 2) Adding 17.8 g of D-(-)-dibenzoyl tartaric acid at 20 °C; 3) Stirring for 1h; 4) Filtering the resulting salt to obtain a solid; 5) Recrystallizing the solid from anhydrous ethanol; 6) Adjusting the pH value to 10.0-10.3 by using a solution of 40% sodium hydroxide; 7) Stirring for 1h; 8) Filtering the suspension and washing the solid with 10 ml of water; 9) Recrystallizing the solid from 95% ethanol, drying the solid under vacuum to give (-)-huperzine A. 1) Suspending 7.3 g of (±)-huperzine A in acetone-water with a ratio of 1:1 (v:v); 2) Adding 17.8 g of D-(-)-dibenzoyl tartaric acid at 20 °C; 3) Stirring for 1h; 4) Filtering the resulting salt to obtain a solid; 5) Recrystallizing the solid from anhydrous ethanol; 6) Adjusting the pH value to 10.0-10.3 by using a solution of 40% sodium hydroxide; 7) Stirring for 1h; 8) Filtering the suspension and washing the solid with 10 ml of water; 9) Recrystallizing the solid from 95% ethanol, drying the solid under vacuum to give (-)-huperzine A.
An apparatus for segmenting medical images comprising: a memory configured to store a medical intensity image to be segmented; a volume limiting unit to apply a model-based segmentation algorithm to the intensity image to estimate a surface of a target volume and enlarge the estimated target volume surface to obtain a limited volume; one or more processors programmed to operate on the intensity image in the limited volume with an enhancement filter based on a pool of features to generate an enhanced image which differentiates the target volume from neighboring tissue, a memory for storing the enhanced image, wherein the enhanced image is a 3D image including a 3D array of voxels, a value of each voxel representing a probability that each voxel belongs to the target volume, a segmentation model memory having stored therein segmentation models for each of a plurality of potential target volumes, and a segmentation processor for selecting a model corresponding to the target volume from the plurality of models and performing a model-based segmentation of the enhanced image, based on the selected model. a memory configured to store a medical intensity image to be segmented; a volume limiting unit to apply a model-based segmentation algorithm to the intensity image to estimate a surface of a target volume and enlarge the estimated target volume surface to obtain a limited volume; one or more processors programmed to operate on the intensity image in the limited volume with an enhancement filter based on a pool of features to generate an enhanced image which differentiates the target volume from neighboring tissue, a memory for storing the enhanced image, wherein the enhanced image is a 3D image including a 3D array of voxels, a value of each voxel representing a probability that each voxel belongs to the target volume, a segmentation model memory having stored therein segmentation models for each of a plurality of potential target volumes, and a segmentation processor for selecting a model corresponding to the target volume from the plurality of models and performing a model-based segmentation of the enhanced image, based on the selected model.
Tyre comprising a tread, the tyre comprising at least one channel that is intended to open up after a given amount of wear in order to form a groove, this channel comprising two opposite walls connected by a bottom and at least one wear indicator on this bottom, the wear indicator comprising a contact face that is intended to come into contact with a road surface when the tyre reaches a wear limit, this tread being characterized in that the contact face of the wear indicator comprises means that give it lightness known as first lightness (L*1), the bottom of the channel comprising means that give it lightness known as second lightness (L*2), the lightness being expressed using a scale that ranges from 0 to 100 according to the L*a*b* colour model established by the International Commission on Illumination, this tread being such that the first lightness is less than the second lightness in order to create a contrast between the bottom of the channel and the contact face of the wear indicator, the means for obtaining the first lightness corresponding to a texture formed by integrally formed motifs with a repetitive mean spacing at least equal to 0.1 mm and at most equal to 0.6 mm.
A method for calculating a creep elongation of a rotor, the method comprising a. providing a correlation for a given cross section of the rotor among o a reference temperature (T Ref) indicative of the temperature of the rotor, o a creep elongation ( U r), o a rate of creep elongation ( ΔU r / Δt), b. measuring the reference temperature (T Ref) at a sampling moment i; c. calculating on the basis of the correlation the creep elongation (U ri) of the rotor at the sampling moment i on the basis of the measured reference temperature (T Ref) at the sampling moment i and the creep elongation at the sampling moment i-1; wherein the creep elongation (U r) of the rotor is calculated as: U r = ∑ i = 0 i = n ΔU r Δt T Ref i U r i − 1 × Δt i if an effect of reference temperature (T Ref) and load on the rate of creep elongation ( ΔU r / Δt) of the rotor is judged to be the same, or the creep elongation (U r) of the rotor is calculated as: U r = ∑ i = 0 i = n ΔU r Δt T R e f i Load i U r i − 1 × Δt i if the effect of reference temperature (T Ref) and load on the rate of creep elongation (ΔU r / Δt) of the rotor is judged to be different,wherein the load of the gas turbine engine (Load i) is included in the correlation. a. providing a correlation for a given cross section of the rotor among o a reference temperature (T Ref) indicative of the temperature of the rotor, o a creep elongation ( U r), o a rate of creep elongation ( ΔU r / Δt), o a reference temperature (T Ref) indicative of the temperature of the rotor, o a creep elongation ( U r), o a rate of creep elongation ( ΔU r / Δt), b. measuring the reference temperature (T Ref) at a sampling moment i; c. calculating on the basis of the correlation the creep elongation (U ri) of the rotor at the sampling moment i on the basis of the measured reference temperature (T Ref) at the sampling moment i and the creep elongation at the sampling moment i-1;
A method comprising: etching a trench in a body, the body having an embedded waveguide; depositing a material in the trench having a variable refractive index along a depth of the trench, the variable refractive index configured to focus light rays propagating from the waveguide along an axis parallel to the depth of the trench onto an area of a surface of the body, wherein the material in the trench is Silicon-Oxynitride, SiON, and wherein the relative amounts of Oxygen and Nitrogen in the material vary along the axis parallel to the depth of the trench; and forming a surface of the material in the trench into a curve, the curve configured to focus the light rays along an axis parallel to a length of the trench onto the area of the surface of the body, wherein the trench further comprises a curved surface, and wherein forming the surface of the material into a curve comprises filling the trench with the material such that the curve in the surface of the material is formed by the curved surface of the trench. etching a trench in a body, the body having an embedded waveguide; depositing a material in the trench having a variable refractive index along a depth of the trench, the variable refractive index configured to focus light rays propagating from the waveguide along an axis parallel to the depth of the trench onto an area of a surface of the body, wherein the material in the trench is Silicon-Oxynitride, SiON, and wherein the relative amounts of Oxygen and Nitrogen in the material vary along the axis parallel to the depth of the trench; and forming a surface of the material in the trench into a curve, the curve configured to focus the light rays along an axis parallel to a length of the trench onto the area of the surface of the body, wherein the trench further comprises a curved surface, and wherein forming the surface of the material into a curve comprises filling the trench with the material such that the curve in the surface of the material is formed by the curved surface of the trench.
A method for synchronizing multiple processor cores performing spinning attempts to request a lock, wherein the lock is allocated to at most one of the multiple cores (C1 - C3) for a mutually exclusive operation thereof, the method comprising the steps of: allocating the lock to the first core requesting it; establishing for each core (C1 - C3) an indication of a waiting time for receiving the lock; after the lock has been allocated to the first requesting core, selecting at least one of the spinning cores (C1, C3) based on the waiting time indications; upon return of the lock, conditionally allocating the lock to the selected core during a predefined time window (Δt 1), the predefined time window (Δt 1) starting with the return of the lock; if the selected core performs a spinning attempt within the predefined time window (Δt 1), allocating the lock to the selected core; and repeating the preceding steps after the predefined time window (Δt 1) expires. allocating the lock to the first core requesting it; establishing for each core (C1 - C3) an indication of a waiting time for receiving the lock; after the lock has been allocated to the first requesting core, selecting at least one of the spinning cores (C1, C3) based on the waiting time indications; upon return of the lock, conditionally allocating the lock to the selected core during a predefined time window (Δt 1), the predefined time window (Δt 1) starting with the return of the lock; upon return of the lock, conditionally allocating the lock to the selected core during a predefined time window (Δt 1), the predefined time window (Δt 1) starting with the return of the lock; if the selected core performs a spinning attempt within the predefined time window (Δt 1), allocating the lock to the selected core; and repeating the preceding steps after the predefined time window (Δt 1) expires.
A method for automatically connecting a playback device (102-124; 200-204; 400; 602-606; 764, 774; 902) to a secure network, the method comprising: receiving, by a controller device (130; 300; 500; 608; 762, 772; 930), a configuration table from a server over a wide area network, the configuration table including entries corresponding to devices permitted to join the secure network; determining (834; 862) that the configuration table includes an entry corresponding to a particular playback device that is not yet joined to the secure network; and in response to the determination, listening for a first message from the particular playback device indicating that the particular playback device is available to join the secure network; receiving (802; 838; 864), by the controller device, the first message from the particular playback device over an unsecure network, wherein the particular playback device is not joined to the secure network and corresponds to an entry in the configuration table, wherein the first message indicates that the particular playback device is available to join the secure network; transmitting (806; 840; 866), by the controller device, in response to the first message, a second message comprising a security parameter to be used by the particular playback device to connect to the secure network; and establishing (808; 842) a connection between the particular playback device and the secure network using the security parameter. receiving, by a controller device (130; 300; 500; 608; 762, 772; 930), a configuration table from a server over a wide area network, the configuration table including entries corresponding to devices permitted to join the secure network; determining (834; 862) that the configuration table includes an entry corresponding to a particular playback device that is not yet joined to the secure network; and in response to the determination, listening for a first message from the particular playback device indicating that the particular playback device is available to join the secure network; receiving (802; 838; 864), by the controller device, the first message from the particular playback device over an unsecure network, wherein the particular playback device is not joined to the secure network and corresponds to an entry in the configuration table, wherein the first message indicates that the particular playback device is available to join the secure network; transmitting (806; 840; 866), by the controller device, in response to the first message, a second message comprising a security parameter to be used by the particular playback device to connect to the secure network; and establishing (808; 842) a connection between the particular playback device and the secure network using the security parameter.