mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for determining the potency of a supernatant of a mammalian cell culture to be used in the treatment of an inflammatory condition comprising the steps of a) incubating SH-SY5Y cells in a culture medium comprising or consisting of said supernatant, b) measuring a promoter activity of an activator protein 1 (AP-1) promoter, wherein the supernatant of the mammalian cell culture has the potential to be used in the treatment of an inflammatory condition, if the promoter activity of the AP-1 promoter is at least 50% higher compared to the promoter activity measured when the SH-SY5Y cells are cultivated in a culture medium lacking said supernatant. a) incubating SH-SY5Y cells in a culture medium comprising or consisting of said supernatant, b) measuring a promoter activity of an activator protein 1 (AP-1) promoter,
A semiconductor lamp having a light-emitting semiconductor device, the semiconductor device comprising a carrier and at least one light-emitting semiconductor component on the carrier, a heatsink and a control unit, wherein the heatsink has a first main face, the semiconductor device is located adjacent to the first main face, the carrier facing the first main face, the semiconductor device is thermally coupled to the heatsink, and the heatsink has at least one feedthrough for electrical connection of the semiconductor device, and the control unit is electrically connected to the light-emitting device through the feedthrough and in operation supplies a current to the light-emitting device wherein the first main face has a first recess, wherein the light-emitting semiconductor device is located in the first recess and the carrier is mounted on a flat bottom region of the first recess and is thermally coupled to the heatsink in the bottom region; and the lamp has a base for use with standard sockets used for conventional light bulbs, characterized in that the heatsink has a second recess in its second main face, opposite of the first main face, the control unit is at least partially located in the second recess, the heat sink also serves as a heat sink for the control unit, the lamp comprises an insulating part, the insulating part establishing a mechanically stable connection between the heatsink and the base, and electrically insulating the heatsink from the base, and the insulating part extends into the second recess.
Spin transfer torque magnetic memory device comprising: - a first layered structure and a second layered structure, the layered structures (6,7) comprising alternating layers of topological insulator layers and insulator layers; and - a magnetic material, for having a direction of magnetization representing a value of the device, sandwiched in between the first layered structure and the second layered structure, such that each topological insulator layer of the first and the second layered structure is in direct contact with the magnet material. - a first layered structure and a second layered structure, the layered structures (6,7) comprising alternating layers of topological insulator layers and insulator layers; and - a magnetic material, for having a direction of magnetization representing a value of the device, sandwiched in between the first layered structure and the second layered structure, such that each topological insulator layer of the first and the second layered structure is in direct contact with the magnet material.
An evaluation method for evaluating the quantity of fluid that is lost in a fluid distribution network that comprises a main pipe to which a main fluid meter is connected, and secondary pipes depending from the main pipe and to which secondary fluid meters (CCi) are connected, the evaluation method comprising the following steps that are repeated over successive measurement periods, themselves subdivided into time intervals: · for each time interval of a given measurement period, acquiring a main measurement taken by the main fluid meter and representative of a quantity of fluid distributed via the main pipe during said time interval, and, for each secondary fluid meter (CCi), acquiring a secondary measurement taken by said secondary fluid meter and representative of a quantity of fluid that is distributed during said time interval via the secondary pipe to which said secondary fluid meter is connected; · for each time interval of the given measurement period, calculating a measurement difference equal to a difference between the main measurement and the sum of the secondary measurements; · determining a minimum value of the measurement differences over the given measurement period; · evaluating the quantity of fluid lost over the given measurement period on the basis of the minimum value. · for each time interval of a given measurement period, acquiring a main measurement taken by the main fluid meter and representative of a quantity of fluid distributed via the main pipe during said time interval, and, for each secondary fluid meter (CCi), acquiring a secondary measurement taken by said secondary fluid meter and representative of a quantity of fluid that is distributed during said time interval via the secondary pipe to which said secondary fluid meter is connected; · for each time interval of the given measurement period, calculating a measurement difference equal to a difference between the main measurement and the sum of the secondary measurements; · determining a minimum value of the measurement differences over the given measurement period; · evaluating the quantity of fluid lost over the given measurement period on the basis of the minimum value.
A method of configuring an illumination optical system for an exposure apparatus, the illumination optical system being arranged to illuminate a pattern on a mask with light and comprising a distribution optical system for forming a predetermined light intensity distribution on an illumination pupil and including: an optical integrator arranged in an optical path of the light; and a replaceable first optical system arranged in the optical path on an incidence side of the optical integrator, the method comprising the step of: replacing the first optical system with a second optical system by retracting the first optical system from the optical path with a retraction means and then inserting the second optical system in the optical path with an insertion means at the position where the first optical system was located in the optical path, wherein the first optical system comprises one of a spatial light modulator and a diffractive optical element arranged in the optical path, and wherein the second optical system comprises the other of the spatial light modulator and the diffractive optical element. an optical integrator arranged in an optical path of the light; and a replaceable first optical system arranged in the optical path on an incidence side of the optical integrator, replacing the first optical system with a second optical system by retracting the first optical system from the optical path with a retraction means and then inserting the second optical system in the optical path with an insertion means at the position where the first optical system was located in the optical path, wherein the first optical system comprises one of a spatial light modulator and a diffractive optical element arranged in the optical path, and wherein the second optical system comprises the other of the spatial light modulator and the diffractive optical element.
A catalyst comprising nanostructured element comprising microstructured whiskers having an outer surface at least partially covered by a catalyst material having the formula Pt x Ni y Au z, wherein x is in a range from 27.3 to 29.9, y is in a range from 63.0 to 70.0, and z is in a range from 0.1 to 9.6.
An orbital sander in which a main body including a motor is provided with a rotary shaft that is rotatable by driving the motor and an eccentric shaft that is positioned eccentrically with respect to a center of rotation of the rotary shaft and that performs circular orbital motion along with rotation of the rotary shaft, and a portion of the eccentric shaft that projects downward from the main body is provided with a base coupled via two bearings that are upper and lower bearings, and a balancer projecting to a side opposite a side of eccentricity of the eccentric shaft, characterized in that: the center of gravity of the base is positioned between the two upper and lower bearings,. the center of gravity of the base is positioned between the two upper and lower bearings,.
A method for treating an aqueous fluid comprising contacting the aqueous fluid with a fluidized bed of coagulated and optionally flocculated powdered activated carbon and a separation of the aqueous fluid from the coagulated and optionally flocculated powdered activated carbon bed, said method of treating being characterized in that it comprises a step of managing the fluidized bed of coagulated and optionally flocculated powdered activated carbon, said management step comprising: (a) an extraction of a fraction of the coagulated and optionally flocculated powdered activated carbon fluidized bed in the form of sludge; (b) at least one separation of the sludge extracted from step (a) so as to obtain a fraction having an insoluble HCl index higher by at least 5 percentage points than that of the sludge before separation, said separation step (b) being carried out by means of at least one hydrocyclone; (c) a reinjection of said fraction obtained in step (b) into the coagulated and optionally flocculated powdered activated carbon fluidized bed, the powdered activated carbon having a mean diameter less than 100 μm. (a) an extraction of a fraction of the coagulated and optionally flocculated powdered activated carbon fluidized bed in the form of sludge; (b) at least one separation of the sludge extracted from step (a) so as to obtain a fraction having an insoluble HCl index higher by at least 5 percentage points than that of the sludge before separation, said separation step (b) being carried out by means of at least one hydrocyclone; (c) a reinjection of said fraction obtained in step (b) into the coagulated and optionally flocculated powdered activated carbon fluidized bed,
A fluidizing plate, comprising a supporting structure and plate segments, the plate segments respectively having openings through which gas flows during operation, characterized in that the plate segments are respectively releasably connected to the supporting structure and two neighboring plate segments respectively overlap and are releasably connected to one another in the region of the overlap.
Optical sensor arrangement, comprising - a first to a fourth light sensor (35 - 38), sensitive in four respective directions noted N, S, W, E, for providing a first to a fourth sensor signal (S1, S2, S3, S4), and - an evaluation circuit that comprises an input coupled to the first to the fourth light sensor (35 - 38) and is designed to generate an entry vector indicating the position of an object relative to the first to the fourth light sensor (35 - 38) at the start of a gesture and an exit vector indicating the position of the object relative to the first to the fourth light sensor (35 - 38) at the end of the gesture, characterized in that the first coordinate of said vectors is a north to south strength (NSs) and the second coordinate of said vectors is an east to west strength (EWs), wherein the north to south strength (NSs) and the east to west strength (EWs) are calculated according to the following equations: NSs = N − S / N + S and EWs = E − W / E + W or are calculated according to the following equations: NSs = 2 •(N - S) / (N + S + E + W) and EWs = 2 • (E - W) / (N + S + E + W), whereby N, S, W and E correspond to the first to fourth sensor signal (S1, S2, S3, S4). - a first to a fourth light sensor (35 - 38), sensitive in four respective directions noted N, S, W, E, for providing a first to a fourth sensor signal (S1, S2, S3, S4), and - an evaluation circuit that comprises an input coupled to the first to the fourth light sensor (35 - 38) and is designed to generate an entry vector indicating the position of an object relative to the first to the fourth light sensor (35 - 38) at the start of a gesture and an exit vector indicating the position of the object relative to the first to the fourth light sensor (35 - 38) at the end of the gesture, characterized in that the first coordinate of said vectors is a north to south strength (NSs) and the second coordinate of said vectors is an east to west strength (EWs), wherein the north to south strength (NSs) and the east to west strength (EWs) are calculated according to the following equations: NSs = N − S / N + S and EWs = E − W / E + W or are calculated according to the following equations: NSs = 2 •(N - S) / (N + S + E + W) and EWs = 2 • (E - W) / (N + S + E + W), whereby N, S, W and E correspond to the first to fourth sensor signal (S1, S2, S3, S4). NSs = 2 •(N - S) / (N + S + E + W) and EWs = 2 • (E - W) / (N + S + E + W),
A method for a network device of a powerline communications network, the method comprising: in accordance with indications provided within a MAP, Media Access Plan, selecting, from time to time, between a network-specific preamble signal specific to said network but not to a neighboring network and a default preamble signal used to generate and transmit specific messages needed for admission of new nodes to said network; and transmitting a PHY, physical layer, frame having said selected preamble signal including a preamble, a PHY frame header and a payload. in accordance with indications provided within a MAP, Media Access Plan, selecting, from time to time, between a network-specific preamble signal specific to said network but not to a neighboring network and a default preamble signal used to generate and transmit specific messages needed for admission of new nodes to said network; and transmitting a PHY, physical layer, frame having said selected preamble signal including a preamble, a PHY frame header and a payload.
A continuous fiber-reinforced molded resin comprising continuous reinforcing fibers with approximately circular cross-sections and a synthetic resin, wherein at the interface between each single continuous reinforcing fiber and the synthetic resin in a cross-section perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the continuous reinforcing fiber, the number of continuous reinforcing fibers in which a void percentage within the region of the outer peripheral edge separated from the perimeter of the continuous reinforcing fiber by 1/10 of the radius of a single continuous reinforcing fiber is 10% or lower, is at least 90% of the total number of continuous reinforcing fibers, wherein the void percentage within the region of the outer peripheral edge separated from the perimeter of the continuous reinforcing fiber by 1/10 of the radius of a single continuous reinforcing fiber is determined by the following formula: Void percentage (%) = (area of voids in region of outer peripheral edge separated from perimeter of continuous reinforcing fiber by 1/10 of radius of continuous reinforcing fiber)/(area of region of outer peripheral edge separated from perimeter of continuous reinforcing fiber by 1/10 of radius of continuous reinforcing fiber) × 100, after rotating a lengthwise-perpendicular cross-section of a continuous reinforcing fiber of the continuous fiber-reinforced molded resin cut to 1 cm-square with a band saw, on a polishing table rotating at 100 rpm, with a force of 400 g/cm 2 applied to the polishing surface, polishing it at approximately 7 mL/min in the order: 10 minutes with #220 waterproof paper, 2 minutes with #400 waterproof paper, 5 minutes with #800 waterproof paper, 10 minutes with #1200 waterproof paper, 15 minutes with #2000 waterproof paper, 15 minutes with 9 μm silicon carbide film particles, 15 minutes with 5 μm alumina film particles, 15 minutes with 3 μm alumina film particles, 15 minutes with 1 μm alumina film particles and 10 minutes with 0.1 μm colloidal silica particles with buffing paper foamed polyurethane, while adding water, observing the polished sample with a scanning electron microscope and performing image analysis.
A networking system, comprising: a data communication network; an entertainment device operable to communicate over the data communication network and operable to run a first application; a social networking server operable to communicate over the data communication network and operable to supply a second application to a social networking client over the data communication network; and a social networking client operable to communicate over the data communication network and operable to run the second application once received from the social networking server, but inoperable to run the first application; and in which in response to a first predetermined event during operation of the first application, the entertainment device is arranged to communicate an alert message (306, 308) to the social networking server over the network, the alert message identifying a user of the social networking client to receive the second application; the social networking server is arranged to supply the second application to the social networking client of the identified user in response to the alert message from the entertainment device; in response to a second predetermined event during operation of the second application, the social networking client is arranged to communicate an acknowledgement message to the entertainment device; and in response to receipt of the acknowledgement message, the entertainment device is arranged to modify the operation of the first application. a data communication network; an entertainment device operable to communicate over the data communication network and operable to run a first application; a social networking server operable to communicate over the data communication network and operable to supply a second application to a social networking client over the data communication network; and a social networking client operable to communicate over the data communication network and operable to run the second application once received from the social networking server, but inoperable to run the first application; and in which in response to a first predetermined event during operation of the first application, the entertainment device is arranged to communicate an alert message (306, 308) to the social networking server over the network, the alert message identifying a user of the social networking client to receive the second application; the social networking server is arranged to supply the second application to the social networking client of the identified user in response to the alert message from the entertainment device; in response to a second predetermined event during operation of the second application, the social networking client is arranged to communicate an acknowledgement message to the entertainment device; and in response to receipt of the acknowledgement message, the entertainment device is arranged to modify the operation of the first application.
Drawing press, with a first slide, which is mounted in a press frame to be movable in a working direction by a first slide drive, with a second slide, which is mounted in a press frame to be movable in a working direction by a second slide drive, characterised in that the two slide drives (25, 20) respectively have an electric motor (26, 31) and are capable of being driven independently of one another, that a control unit is provided for actuation of the two slide drives (25, 20), and that a coupling element is provided, which can be switched over between a decoupled state that permits independent slide movements and a coupled state that prevents a relative movement of the two slides (17, 18).
A method for handling workpieces (1, 2) that are sterile at least in certain regions and have a fillable internal volume, in which the workpieces (1, 2) are each being connected to a closing device (9, 59, 69) with which the workpieces (1, 2) are passed through a plurality of treatment stations (3, 24, 25, 27, 28, 42, 44), wherein one of the stations is a sterilising facility and wherein, in at least one of the treatment stations (3, 24, 25, 27, 28, 42, 44), a treatment element is moved through a through opening of the closing device (9, 59, 69) and into the internal volume of the workpiece (1, 2), characterised in that - the through opening of the closing device (9, 59, 69) is closed by a closing element (56, 70) that is opening when the treatment element is moving therethrough and that closes again when the element is removed, wherein the closing device (9, 59, 69) closes the internal volume of the workpiece (1, 2) against an outside region in a sealing manner. - the through opening of the closing device (9, 59, 69) is closed by a closing element (56, 70) that is opening when the treatment element is moving therethrough and that closes again when the element is removed, wherein the closing device (9, 59, 69) closes the internal volume of the workpiece (1, 2) against an outside region in a sealing manner.
An applicator for a cosmetic product comprising: - a core having a first end, referred to as the proximal end, and a second free end, referred to as the distal end, and - a plurality of protrusions extending from the core, wherein said protrusions are moulded with the core and are arranged in a plurality of rows (R1-R12) extending along the direction of extension of a sleeve extending the core and wherein the free ends of said protrusions form two distinct envelopes (E1, E2), a first of said envelopes having an external size (dE1, DE1) smaller than that of the second envelope, the number of rows, known as first rows (R3, R6, R9, R12), forming the first envelope being less than the number of rows, called second rows (R1, R2, R4, R5, R7, R8, R10, R11), forming the second envelope, characterised in that the core has a longitudinal extension which comprises a first portion curved from the proximal end to the central portion of the applicator and a second portion curved from said central portion to the distal end, the curvatures of said first and second portions (X1, X2) being opposite, and in that said first and second envelopes (E1, E2) have a circular cross-section. - a core having a first end, referred to as the proximal end, and a second free end, referred to as the distal end, and - a plurality of protrusions extending from the core,
A battery module comprising: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a module frame for housing the battery cell stack; and a partition wall portion located between the battery cell stack and the module frame, wherein the partition wall portion comprises a first partition wall member located between the upper portion of the battery cell stack and the module frame, and wherein the partition wall portion comprises at least two second partition wall members extending in a vertical direction from the first partition wall member, wherein the at least two second partition wall members are extended up to a lower portion of the module frame,the second partition wall members are located separately from each other so as to have a predetermined interval in the stacking direction of the battery cell stack, and the second partition wall members in a central region of the battery stack are spaced apart by a narrower interval than in an outer region of the battery stack. a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a module frame for housing the battery cell stack; and a partition wall portion located between the battery cell stack and the module frame, wherein the partition wall portion comprises a first partition wall member located between the upper portion of the battery cell stack and the module frame, and wherein the partition wall portion comprises at least two second partition wall members extending in a vertical direction from the first partition wall member, wherein the at least two second partition wall members are extended up to a lower portion of the module frame,the second partition wall members are located separately from each other so as to have a predetermined interval in the stacking direction of the battery cell stack, and