mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Optically variable surface pattern divided into at least one first partial region having a plurality of first pixel sections and one second partial region having a plurality of second pixel sections, wherein the two partial regions (8, 9) offer two different views of the same motif depending on the viewing angle so that a three-dimensional image impression is produced for a viewer, wherein the surface pattern is embodied as a reflective and/or refractive surface pattern and is divided into a plurality of overpixels in which in each case at least one of the pixel sections (4, 5) is contained, wherein in each case a screened halftone representation of the corresponding view is realized by means of the pixel sections (4, 5) of the two partial regions (8, 9), wherein the pixel sections (4, 5) for the halftone representation represent only bright and dark pixels produced with a halftone screening method, and wherein in each case one reflective and/or refractive facet or a plurality of reflective and/or refractive facets that form a sawtooth grid and have dimensions of between 2 μm and 300 μm are present in the pixel sections (4, 5).
A system for decoding an audio signal, the system comprising: a core decoder for decoding a low frequency component of the audio signal; an analysis filter bank for providing a plurality of analysis subband signals of the low frequency component of the audio signal; a subband selection reception unit for receiving information associated with a fundamental frequency Ω of the audio signal, and for selecting, in response to the information, a first and a second analysis subband signal from the plurality of analysis subband signals, from which a synthesis subband signal is generated; a non-linear processing unit to generate the synthesis subband signal with a synthesis frequency by modifying the phase of the first and the second analysis subband signals and by combining the phase-modified analysis subband signals; and a synthesis filter bank for generating a high frequency component of the audio signal from the synthesis subband signal; wherein the information associated with a fundamental frequency Ω of the audio signal is received in an encoded bit stream. a core decoder for decoding a low frequency component of the audio signal; an analysis filter bank for providing a plurality of analysis subband signals of the low frequency component of the audio signal; a subband selection reception unit for receiving information associated with a fundamental frequency Ω of the audio signal, and for selecting, in response to the information, a first and a second analysis subband signal from the plurality of analysis subband signals, from which a synthesis subband signal is generated; a non-linear processing unit to generate the synthesis subband signal with a synthesis frequency by modifying the phase of the first and the second analysis subband signals and by combining the phase-modified analysis subband signals; and a synthesis filter bank for generating a high frequency component of the audio signal from the synthesis subband signal; wherein the information associated with a fundamental frequency Ω of the audio signal is received in an encoded bit stream.
A composition comprising at least 500 ppm vitamin E, at least 100 ppm L-carnitine, at least 25 ppm α-lipoic acid, and at least 40 ppm vitamin C, and at least 1% by weight of at least one of dried spinach, dried carrot, dried citrus pulp and dried grape pomace for use in preventing or treating kidney disease or for use in improving kidney function in an animal.
A fixing device comprising: an endless belt that is driven to perform a circulating motion; a pressing member and a fixing roller that face each other with the endless belt therebetween, the pressing member being caused to press the fixing roller, which is preliminarily heated, via the belt to form a fixing nip in which a toner image can be thermally fixed onto a recording sheet passing through therein; and a cooler that can cool at least a paper-contact range of the belt within which the recording sheet passing through the fixing nip contacts; characterised in that: a temperature-decrease controller is arranged, upon receipt of a print instruction specifying a type of recording sheet on which a printing is to be made, to identify the type of recording sheet based on the print instruction, and to identify a preset target temperature of the endless belt and a target temperature of the fixing roller that correspond to the identified type of recording sheet, the temperature-decrease controller is further arranged to cause the cooler to cool at least the paper-contact range of the belt before the toner image is thermally fixed onto the recording sheet, wherein when the endless belt is cooled to the preset target temperature, the temperature-decrease controller is arranged to stop the cooler and to start to fix a toner image onto the recording sheet by thermal fixing. an endless belt that is driven to perform a circulating motion; a pressing member and a fixing roller that face each other with the endless belt therebetween, the pressing member being caused to press the fixing roller, which is preliminarily heated, via the belt to form a fixing nip in which a toner image can be thermally fixed onto a recording sheet passing through therein; and a cooler that can cool at least a paper-contact range of the belt within which the recording sheet passing through the fixing nip contacts; characterised in that: a temperature-decrease controller is arranged, upon receipt of a print instruction specifying a type of recording sheet on which a printing is to be made, to identify the type of recording sheet based on the print instruction, and to identify a preset target temperature of the endless belt and a target temperature of the fixing roller that correspond to the identified type of recording sheet, the temperature-decrease controller is further arranged to cause the cooler to cool at least the paper-contact range of the belt before the toner image is thermally fixed onto the recording sheet, wherein when the endless belt is cooled to the preset target temperature, the temperature-decrease controller is arranged to stop the cooler and to start to fix a toner image onto the recording sheet by thermal fixing.
A thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition, comprising: 100 parts by weight of a resin component formed of 58.1 parts by weight or more and 73.9 parts by weight or less of a thermoplastic polyurethane resin, and 26.1 parts by weight or more and 41.9 parts by weight or less of core-shell polymer particles; and 42 parts by weight or more and 87 parts by weight or less of a phosphoric acid ester-based flame retardant. 100 parts by weight of a resin component formed of 58.1 parts by weight or more and 73.9 parts by weight or less of a thermoplastic polyurethane resin, and 26.1 parts by weight or more and 41.9 parts by weight or less of core-shell polymer particles; and 42 parts by weight or more and 87 parts by weight or less of a phosphoric acid ester-based flame retardant.
A field adjustable piston actuator (200, 500) comprising: a housing (202, 520) having opposing openings (210, 214) and a chamber (204, 514); a first plate (212, 518) coupled to the housing (202, 520) and adjacent one of the opposing openings (210, 214), wherein the first plate (212, 518) covers the one opening; a second plate (216, 502) coupled to a yoke and the housing (202, 520), wherein the second plate (216, 502) is adjacent the other one of the opposing openings; and a volume adjuster to provide field adjustment to change a volume of the chamber (204, 514); characterized in that; the volume adjuster comprises the yoke having a first rib (230, 513) and a second rib (234, 604) along an exterior surface (226, 508) of the yoke configured to be engaged by a lug (222, 504) of the second plate (216, 502), wherein positioning the lug (222, 504) of the second plate (216, 502) adjacent the first rib (230, 513) is associated with a first chamber volume and positioning the lug (222, 504) of the second plate (216, 502) adjacent the second rib (234, 604) is associated with a second chamber volume that is different than the first chamber volume. a housing (202, 520) having opposing openings (210, 214) and a chamber (204, 514); a first plate (212, 518) coupled to the housing (202, 520) and adjacent one of the opposing openings (210, 214), wherein the first plate (212, 518) covers the one opening; a second plate (216, 502) coupled to a yoke and the housing (202, 520), wherein the second plate (216, 502) is adjacent the other one of the opposing openings; and a volume adjuster to provide field adjustment to change a volume of the chamber (204, 514); characterized in that; the volume adjuster comprises the yoke having a first rib (230, 513) and a second rib (234, 604) along an exterior surface (226, 508) of the yoke configured to be engaged by a lug (222, 504) of the second plate (216, 502), wherein positioning the lug (222, 504) of the second plate (216, 502) adjacent the first rib (230, 513) is associated with a first chamber volume and positioning the lug (222, 504) of the second plate (216, 502) adjacent the second rib (234, 604) is associated with a second chamber volume that is different than the first chamber volume.
A main fastener comprising: a front side, a rear side, a left side, and a right side, wherein a clamp portion is formed at the front side of the main fastener, characterized in that the main fastener further comprises a dovetail for interlocking a retaining member of a communications equipment which is disposed at the rear side of the main fastener; and wherein the main fastener further comprises a first buckling portion and/or a second buckling portion, wherein the first buckling portion is positioned at the left side of the main fastener; and wherein the second buckling portion is positioned at the right side of the main fastener. a front side, a rear side, a left side, and a right side, wherein a clamp portion is formed at the front side of the main fastener, characterized in that the main fastener further comprises a dovetail for interlocking a retaining member of a communications equipment which is disposed at the rear side of the main fastener; and wherein the main fastener further comprises a first buckling portion and/or a second buckling portion, wherein the first buckling portion is positioned at the left side of the main fastener; and wherein the second buckling portion is positioned at the right side of the main fastener.
An injectable composition comprising a botulinum neurotoxin and a mucopolysaccharide, said mucopolysaccharide being chitosan, and a physiologically acceptable excipient; wherein the weight ratio of botulinum neurotoxin to chitosan is from about 1:10 3 to about 1:10 9, wherein the chitosan has a deacetylation degree from of about 85 % to about 100% and an average molecular weight (Mw) of about 100 kg/mol to about 1'000 Kg/mol.
A fluid control device, the device comprising: a housing having an inlet fluidically coupleable to a bodily fluid source and an outlet fluidically coupleable to a fluid collection device, the housing defining a containment channel between the inlet and the outlet and defining a sampling channel between the inlet and the outlet; a first flow controller configured to allow a gas but not a bodily fluid to flow therethrough from the containment channel; and a second flow controller (775/776) disposed within the housing between the inlet and the outlet, the second flow controller configured to prevent the gas and the bodily fluid from flowing through the sampling channel to the outlet when in a first operating mode such that a negative pressure differential generated by the outlet fluidically coupling to the fluid collection device draws a volume of the bodily fluid into the containment channel, in response to the volume of the bodily fluid in the containment channel, the first flow controller configured such that the negative pressure differential in a portion of the sampling channel between the second flow controller and the outlet increases and transitions the second flow controller from the first operating mode to a second operating mode in which the second flow controller allows bodily fluid to flow through the sampling channel from the inlet toward the outlet. a housing having an inlet fluidically coupleable to a bodily fluid source and an outlet fluidically coupleable to a fluid collection device, the housing defining a containment channel between the inlet and the outlet and defining a sampling channel between the inlet and the outlet; a first flow controller configured to allow a gas but not a bodily fluid to flow therethrough from the containment channel; and a second flow controller (775/776) disposed within the housing between the inlet and the outlet, the second flow controller configured to prevent the gas and the bodily fluid from flowing through the sampling channel to the outlet when in a first operating mode such that a negative pressure differential generated by the outlet fluidically coupling to the fluid collection device draws a volume of the bodily fluid into the containment channel, in response to the volume of the bodily fluid in the containment channel, the first flow controller configured such that the negative pressure differential in a portion of the sampling channel between the second flow controller and the outlet increases and transitions the second flow controller from the first operating mode to a second operating mode in which the second flow controller allows bodily fluid to flow through the sampling channel from the inlet toward the outlet.
A deforming press with a device for controllably supplying a metal wire, including bottom guide discs (3, 4) and top guide discs (7, 8) for the metal wire to be supplied, said discs (3, 4, 7, 8) having a circumferential slot (5, 6, 9, 10), wherein said device comprises wire supplying tubular guides and said bottom (3, 4) and top (7, 8) discs are supported by gear wheels (19, 20) driven supporting bottom and top shafts, characterized in that each bottom shaft is operatively coupled to a respective controllable driving motor (15, 16) and that each of said top discs (7, 8) is supported by a respective slide (11, 12) which may slide with respect to a body of said device and that each slide (11, 12) may be upward and downward driven (m) by a respective driving cylinder-piston unit (13, 14).
A rut testing apparatus for testing the susceptibility of a pavement specimen to rutting, the apparatus comprising: a specimen holder for supporting the specimen to be tested, the specimen holder arranged to support the specimen from below and to support two opposite ends of the specimen, the specimen holder arranged so that one or more lateral sides of the specimen are substantially unsupported or supported by a moveable support member to allow the specimen to deform in a lateral direction that is transverse to a direction that extends between the opposite ends for substantially an entire test; a wheel that is arranged to move along at least part of the specimen in the direction that extends between the opposite ends; and a sensor to determine deformation of the specimen in the lateral direction. a specimen holder for supporting the specimen to be tested, the specimen holder arranged to support the specimen from below and to support two opposite ends of the specimen, the specimen holder arranged so that one or more lateral sides of the specimen are substantially unsupported or supported by a moveable support member to allow the specimen to deform in a lateral direction that is transverse to a direction that extends between the opposite ends for substantially an entire test; a wheel that is arranged to move along at least part of the specimen in the direction that extends between the opposite ends; and a sensor to determine deformation of the specimen in the lateral direction.
Fixing device for a trackless swimming pool cover, comprising a roof fixing for fixing to the swimming pool cover and a floor fixing for fixing to a floor, wherein the roof fixing and the floor fixing are configured to engage with one another in a fixing position, wherein a securing member is provided which is configured to secure the roof fixing to the floor fixing in the fixing position, wherein the securing member comprises a bolt or is configured as a bolt, characterised in that the securing member engages with the floor fixing. a roof fixing for fixing to the swimming pool cover and a floor fixing for fixing to a floor, wherein the roof fixing and the floor fixing are configured to engage with one another in a fixing position, wherein a securing member is provided which is configured to secure the roof fixing to the floor fixing in the fixing position, wherein the securing member comprises a bolt or is configured as a bolt, characterised in that the securing member engages with the floor fixing.
A subtilisin variant comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1 and comprising the substitutions T056Y-S099R-S126A-D127E-F128G or S039E-S099R-S126A-D127E-F128G; wherein the variant has improved egg stain cleaning performance or improved creme brûlée stain cleaning performance compared to a reference subtilisin having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, when measured in accordance with the assays described in Example 2; and wherein the amino acid positions of the variant are numbered by correspondence with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1. wherein the variant has improved egg stain cleaning performance or improved creme brûlée stain cleaning performance compared to a reference subtilisin having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, when measured in accordance with the assays described in Example 2; and wherein the amino acid positions of the variant are numbered by correspondence with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1.
Terminal bushing sealing element (201, 401, 501', 501", 601, 701), adapted to be fitted between a terminal bushing (402, 502, 602, 702) and a barrier element (403, 503, 603), which sealing element (201, 401, 501', 501 ", 601, 701) is elastic, has an annular shape, and comprises a wall (204, 404, 504, 704) with an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein a first opening (206, 406, 506) is provided at a first end (207, 407, 507) of the sealing element and a second opening (208, 408, 508) is provided at a second end (209, 409, 509) of the sealing element, which is opposite to the first end, the wall (204, 404, 504, 704) extending between the first end (207, 407, 507) and the second end (209, 409, 509), wherein the wall (204, 404, 504, 704) comprises a first wall portion (205, 405, 505) that is inclined such that a diameter of the sealing element (201, 401, 501', 501", 601, 701) increases from the first end (207, 407, 507) in the direction towards the second end (209, 409, 509), characterized in that the first wall portion (205, 405, 505) adjacently to the first end (207, 407, 507) of the sealing element (201, 401, 501', 501", 601, 701) is provided with a radially (r) inwardly extending circumferential protrusion (212, 412, 512, 712) and the protrusion (212, 412, 512, 712) is arc shaped and extends essentially in the direction away from the first end (207, 407, 507) towards the second end (209, 409, 509) and forms a circumferential open channel (214, 414, 514) with the first wall portion (205, 405, 505).
An arrangement for the removal of waste products during the ablation of biological tissue of the cornea of a patient's eye by laser radiation, the said removal being performed by means of a gas stream fed to an ablation area, the arrangement featuring two discharge openings (1, 2) for the gas streams and a suction opening, which are located at some distance from an operating plane in which the ablation area lies and arranged in a V configuration in such a way that gas streams emitted by the discharge openings (1, 2) meet symmetrically in the ablation area and are superimposed there to form a resulting gas stream that is directed away from the discharge openings (1,2) and toward the suction opening, by which the gas stream is taken up; characterized in that light sources are arranged in the vicinity of the discharge openings (1, 2) and the suction opening, these light sources being directed essentially at the ablation area and forming constructional units with the discharge openings (1, 2) or the suction opening, respectively.
An electrode assembly comprising: (i) an assembly including an active material section, a solid electrolyte section and a multiple oxide section; and (ii) a collector is in contact with the assembly, wherein the active material section includes an active material constituted of a transition metal oxide, the solid electrolyte section includes a solid electrolyte having an ion-conducting property, the multiple oxide section includes a metal multiple oxide represented by Formula, and the collector is in contact with at least one of the active material section and the multiple oxide section: Ln 2 Li 0.5 M 0.5 O 4 wherein in the formula, Ln represents a lanthanoid element, and M represents a transition metal. (i) an assembly including an active material section, a solid electrolyte section and a multiple oxide section; and (ii) a collector is in contact with the assembly,
A method for wireless communications, comprising: determining a contention window size associated with a first listen-before-talk, LBT, procedure to access a first channel of a shared radio frequency spectrum band; and applying the contention window size for a second LBT procedure to access a second channel of the shared radio frequency spectrum band, wherein determining the contention window size comprises: determining one or more of a service priority or a channel type for data to be transmitted using the first channel; and the method further comprising determining the contention window size based at least in part on the service priority or the channel type associated with the first channel. determining a contention window size associated with a first listen-before-talk, LBT, procedure to access a first channel of a shared radio frequency spectrum band; and applying the contention window size for a second LBT procedure to access a second channel of the shared radio frequency spectrum band, wherein determining the contention window size comprises: determining one or more of a service priority or a channel type for data to be transmitted using the first channel; and the method further comprising determining the contention window size based at least in part on the service priority or the channel type associated with the first channel. determining one or more of a service priority or a channel type for data to be transmitted using the first channel; and the method further comprising determining the contention window size based at least in part on the service priority or the channel type associated with the first channel.