mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A gas turbine engine comprising: (a) a fan comprising at least two stages of rotating fan blades surrounded by a fan casing, the fan operable to produce a flow of pressurized air at a fan exit; (b) a heat exchanger having a first flowpath, the first flowpath in fluid communication with the fan upstream of the fan exit such that the first flowpath receives an airflow bled from the fan; (c) at least one heat source (120,122) disposed in the engine remote from the heat exchanger; and; (d) a fluid circuit coupled between the heat source (120,122) and a second flowpath of the heat exchanger, and operable to circulate a working fluid between the at least one heat source and the heat exchanger, wherein the first and second flowpaths are thermally coupled within the heat exchanger to remove heat from the working fluid; a further heat exchanger positioned after an exit of the heat exchanger for transferring heat from the working fluid to a fuel or from the fuel to the working fluid. (a) a fan comprising at least two stages of rotating fan blades surrounded by a fan casing, the fan operable to produce a flow of pressurized air at a fan exit; (b) a heat exchanger having a first flowpath, the first flowpath in fluid communication with the fan upstream of the fan exit such that the first flowpath receives an airflow bled from the fan; (c) at least one heat source (120,122) disposed in the engine remote from the heat exchanger; and; (d) a fluid circuit coupled between the heat source (120,122) and a second flowpath of the heat exchanger, and operable to circulate a working fluid between the at least one heat source and the heat exchanger, wherein the first and second flowpaths are thermally coupled within the heat exchanger to remove heat from the working fluid;
An audio decoder for decoding an encoded audio stream representing a sampled audio signal to obtain a sequence of segments of coefficients being subsequent to each other in time and representing the sampled audio signal by using different transform lengths such that segments of coefficients for which different transform lengths are used, spectrally represent the sampled audio signal at different frequency resolutions, comprising a processor for deriving a coding context for a currently decoded coefficient of a current segment based on a previously decoded coefficient of a previous segment, the previous and current segments corresponding to different frequency resolutions and different transform lengths, respectively; and an entropy decoder for entropy decoding the current coefficient based on the coding context and the encoded audio stream, wherein the processor is adapted for deriving the coding context per spectral band for the current coefficient, based on neighbouring spectral coefficients previously decoded in the previous segment and optionally in the present segment, wherein the entropy decoder is adapted for decoding a group index from the encoded audio stream based on a probability distribution derived from the coding context, wherein the group index represents a group of one or more codewords, and for, based on a uniform probability distribution, decoding an element index from the encoded audio stream if the group index indicates a group comprising more than one codeword, and for deriving a tuple of spectral coefficients of the current segment based on the group index and the element index, thereby obtaining the spectral domain representation in tuples of spectral coefficients.
An ocular implant (10a,10b), which comprises: - an optical portion; and, - at least two polymer haptics (12a, 12b) for fixation of the ocular implant (10a, 10b) to tissue inside an eye; characterised in that: - at least one portion of the haptics (12a, 12b) contains a photoinitiating agent delivery means for providing a photoinitiating agent activatable by light for creating a photochemical bond between the polymer haptic (12a, 12b) and the tissue inside the eye. - an optical portion; and, - at least two polymer haptics (12a, 12b) for fixation of the ocular implant (10a, 10b) to tissue inside an eye; - at least one portion of the haptics (12a, 12b) contains a photoinitiating agent delivery means for providing a photoinitiating agent activatable by light for creating a photochemical bond between the polymer haptic (12a, 12b) and the tissue inside the eye.
A human monoclonal anti-lipoarabinomannan (anti-LAM) antibody, or an antigen-binding portion thereof, that specifically binds to a LAM epitope comprising an Ara4 structure, an Ara6 structure, or a combination thereof, wherein the anti-LAM antibody comprises a CDR1 light chain variable region having SEQ ID NO: 1, a CDR2 light chain variable region having SEQ ID NO: 2, a CDR3 light chain variable region having SEQ ID NO: 3 or SEQ ID NO: 26, a CDR1 heavy chain variable region having SEQ ID NO: 4, a CDR2 heavy chain variable region having SEQ ID NO: 5, and a CDR3 heavy chain variable region having SEQ ID NO: 6 or SEQ ID NO: 23.
A vacuum cleaner comprising a main separating unit, a vacuum source for creating a negative air pressure, a downstream filter, and wherein the main separating unit comprises a cyclone separator; the vacuum cleaner being configured to operate in a vacuum cleaning mode, wherein the vacuum source is connected to the main separating unit to force a dust laden airstream therethrough in order to separate dust from the airstream, and the downstream filter is connected between the main separating unit and the vacuum source to receive the airstream in a forward direction for filtering remaining dust therefrom; and the vacuum cleaner being switchable to a filter cleaning mode, wherein the vacuum source is connected to the downstream filter to force an airstream therethrough in a reverse direction in order to remove dust from the downstream filter; characterized by an auxiliary separating unit comprising a cyclone separator, wherein in the vacuum cleaning mode, the auxiliary separating unit is bypassed, and in the filter cleaning mode, the auxiliary separating unit is connected between the downstream filter and the vacuum source to separate dust, released by the downstream filter, from the airstream.
A quick vehicle check system adopting multi-dose regional scanning for scanning a vehicle with a cab and a carriage, the system comprising: a radiation source configured to produce a first X ray with a first dose and a second X ray with a second dose, wherein the first dose is smaller than the second dose, and the first X ray is used for checking a first part of the checked vehicle having a predetermined distance and the second X ray is used for checking a second part of the checked vehicle; a first sensor configured to detect a set position of the checked vehicle; a second sensor configured to detect the passing distance of the checked vehicle which is a distance travelled by the checked vehicle since the detection of the set position of the checked vehicle; and a control unit coupled with the first sensor and the second sensor, configured to receive the set position of the checked vehicle from the first sensor and receive the passing distance of the checked vehicle from the second sensor, wherein the set position of the checked vehicle is the rear edge of a cab, front edge of a carriage or an arbitrary position therebetween and when it is determined that the set position of the checked vehicle reaches a scanning region, the control unit informs the radiation source to emit the first X ray such that the vehicle is scanned with the first X-ray immediately behind the cab; and when the passing distance of the checked vehicle reaches the predetermined distance, the control unit informs the radiation source to emit the second X ray so as to scan the second part. a radiation source configured to produce a first X ray with a first dose and a second X ray with a second dose, wherein the first dose is smaller than the second dose, and the first X ray is used for checking a first part of the checked vehicle having a predetermined distance and the second X ray is used for checking a second part of the checked vehicle; a first sensor configured to detect a set position of the checked vehicle; a second sensor configured to detect the passing distance of the checked vehicle which is a distance travelled by the checked vehicle since the detection of the set position of the checked vehicle; and a control unit coupled with the first sensor and the second sensor, configured to receive the set position of the checked vehicle from the first sensor and receive the passing distance of the checked vehicle from the second sensor, wherein the set position of the checked vehicle is the rear edge of a cab, front edge of a carriage or an arbitrary position therebetween and when it is determined that the set position of the checked vehicle reaches a scanning region, the control unit informs the radiation source to emit the first X ray such that the vehicle is scanned with the first X-ray immediately behind the cab; and when the passing distance of the checked vehicle reaches the predetermined distance, the control unit informs the radiation source to emit the second X ray so as to scan the second part.
A cooker characterised in that, it comprises: at least one input electric terminal and at least one output electric terminal arranged to be electrically shorted by a heating resistor of a cooking vessel when said cooking vessel is placed on the cooker; and a control unit configured to adjust a voltage supplied to the at least one input electric terminal and the at least one output electric terminal. at least one input electric terminal and at least one output electric terminal arranged to be electrically shorted by a heating resistor of a cooking vessel when said cooking vessel is placed on the cooker; and a control unit configured to adjust a voltage supplied to the at least one input electric terminal and the at least one output electric terminal.
A suction nozzle for cleaning apparatuses, such as vacuum cleaners, for removing hair from a textile surface, comprising: - a housing, the housing comprising a pipe socket for connecting a pipe of a cleaning apparatus with the suction nozzle; - a base section having an outer edge, a first face attached to the housing, and a second face comprising a plurality of projections and one or more inlets for airflow; wherein the plurality of projections are resilient bendable, which plurality of projections are so mounted on the second face that when they are brought into contact with the textile surface to be cleaned during a sweeping motion, they are bent away from their initial position, away from the direction of sweep and, when said projections lose contact with said textile surface, said projections rebound to their initial position; wherein the plurality of projections are aligned in a plurality of parallel rows, and wherein the plurality of parallel rows are mounted on the second face of the base section so as to define a passage running from the outer edge towards the one or more inlets for airflow, said passage having a distal end facing the outer edge and a proximal end facing the one or more inlets; wherein at least the outer layer or coating of the plurality of projections are made from elastomer for accumulating said hair on the surface; wherein the width of the distal end of said passage is at least 1 cm, and wherein the width of the proximal end of said passage is narrower than the width of the distal end, for guiding the accumulated hair at the surface towards the one or more inlets. - a housing, the housing comprising a pipe socket for connecting a pipe of a cleaning apparatus with the suction nozzle; - a base section having an outer edge, a first face attached to the housing, and a second face comprising a plurality of projections and one or more inlets for airflow;
A method of diagnosing or prognosing an early stage of Alzheimer's disease in an individual with mild cognitive impairment, comprising: providing a sample obtained from the individual; preparing the sample to be assayed by a serological test to determine the presence or absence of low PACAP expression levels; and diagnosing or prognosing an early stage of Alzheimer's disease in the individual with mild cognitive impairment based on the presence of low PACAP expression levels relative to those levels found in a healthy subject, wherein the sample assayed is cerebrospinal fluid. providing a sample obtained from the individual; preparing the sample to be assayed by a serological test to determine the presence or absence of low PACAP expression levels; and diagnosing or prognosing an early stage of Alzheimer's disease in the individual with mild cognitive impairment based on the presence of low PACAP expression levels relative to those levels found in a healthy subject,
Compounds NH 4 MgPO 4 × 6H 2 O, (NH 4) 2 MgH 2 (PO 4) 2 × 4H 2 O, (NH 4) 2 Mg 3 (HPO 4) 4 × 8H 2 O and NH 4 MgPO 4 × H 2 O associated or not to hydrolytic enzymes for use in the treatment of cancer.
A tissue transplantation kit for extracting tissue from a first site of the body and implanting the tissue to a second site of the body, characterized by an implantation kit, having an implantation tube, a penetration rod and a container, the penetration rod being positionable inside the implantation tube for making a cavity in the body, the implantation tube maintains the made cavity, and the container, for housing tissue to be implanted into the made cavity, is insertable into the implantation tube when the penetration rod is not present therein, wherein the penetration rod has a blunt penetration tip and wherein the transplantation kit comprises an extraction kit having an extraction tube, having a razor or scalpel sharp entrance end, for extraction of tissue, and a cutting member or avulsion member for cutting off the tissue to be extracted at the entrance end when the extraction tube is positioned in the body, the extraction tube constituting said container.
A machine for machining a workpiece having a first central longitudinal axis, the machine being characterised by comprising: a grinding spindle having a body, a wheel with a tip to which is attached abrasive, and an insulator electrically isolating the wheel from the body, the wheel being operable to remove material from the workpiece, the grinding spindle having a second central longitudinal axis about which the grinding spindle rotates and being disposed with the first and second central longitudinal axes (110, 300) intersecting one another so as to be suitable to create a gap-less, continuous gear tooth on the workpiece; and an electrochemical grinding, ECG, element electrically connected to the wheel and the workpiece, the ECG element being configured to execute ECG processing on the grinding spindle and the workpiece to soften the workpiece as the gear tooth is being created by the grinding spindle. a grinding spindle having a body, a wheel with a tip to which is attached abrasive, and an insulator electrically isolating the wheel from the body, the wheel being operable to remove material from the workpiece, the grinding spindle having a second central longitudinal axis about which the grinding spindle rotates and being disposed with the first and second central longitudinal axes (110, 300) intersecting one another so as to be suitable to create a gap-less, continuous gear tooth on the workpiece; and an electrochemical grinding, ECG, element electrically connected to the wheel and the workpiece, the ECG element being configured to execute ECG processing on the grinding spindle and the workpiece to soften the workpiece as the gear tooth is being created by the grinding spindle.
A handwriting input method using a touch pen on a portable terminal comprising a touch screen, the method comprising: displaying on the touch screen at least one input field provided by an application by executing the application; receiving a handwriting image in the at least one input field from a user using the touch pen; converting the received handwriting image to text; and displaying the at least one input field with the inserted text; wherein the receiving of the handwriting image comprises: providing a handwriting input layer overlapping the input field based on a withdrawal, by the user, of the touch pen from the portable terminal; and receiving the handwriting image in the handwriting input layer; wherein, if the application includes a plurality of the input fields, the providing of the handwriting input layer comprises providing a plurality of handwriting input layers corresponding to the plurality of input fields, and wherein the conversion of the received handwriting image comprises converting a handwriting image received in each of the plurality of handwriting input layers to text; and wherein the conversion of the received handwriting image to text is based on a text type of the respective handwriting input layer. displaying on the touch screen at least one input field provided by an application by executing the application; receiving a handwriting image in the at least one input field from a user using the touch pen; converting the received handwriting image to text; and displaying the at least one input field with the inserted text; wherein the receiving of the handwriting image comprises: providing a handwriting input layer overlapping the input field based on a withdrawal, by the user, of the touch pen from the portable terminal; and receiving the handwriting image in the handwriting input layer; wherein, if the application includes a plurality of the input fields, the providing of the handwriting input layer comprises providing a plurality of handwriting input layers corresponding to the plurality of input fields, and wherein the conversion of the received handwriting image comprises converting a handwriting image received in each of the plurality of handwriting input layers to text; and wherein the conversion of the received handwriting image to text is based on a text type of the respective handwriting input layer. providing a handwriting input layer overlapping the input field based on a withdrawal, by the user, of the touch pen from the portable terminal; and receiving the handwriting image in the handwriting input layer; wherein, if the application includes a plurality of the input fields, the providing of the handwriting input layer comprises providing a plurality of handwriting input layers corresponding to the plurality of input fields, and wherein the conversion of the received handwriting image comprises converting a handwriting image received in each of the plurality of handwriting input layers to text; and wherein the conversion of the received handwriting image to text is based on a text type of the respective handwriting input layer.
A speech decoding apparatus comprising: an acquiring section that acquires first layer coded data obtained by encoding a speech signal of a wideband region and band extension layer coded data obtained by encoding a speech signal of an extension band region that is a higher band than the wideband region; a decoding section (302, 303) that decodes the first layer coded data acquired by the acquiring section to generate a first layer decoded signal and decodes the band extension layer coded data acquired by the acquiring section to generate a band extension layer decoded signal; a determining section that determines for each frame of the band extension layer decoded signal whether or not to apply a low-pass filter to the band extension layer decoded signal based on an energy change of the band extension layer decoded signal; and a filter processing section that performs filter processing on the band extension layer decoded signal of the frame to which the low-pass filter is determined by the determining section to be applied, characterized in that the determining section calculates energy of the band extension layer decoded signal for each of the frames and determines, when a difference between energy of the band extension layer decoded signal of the current frame and average energy of the band extension layer decoded signal up to the current frame is equal to or greater than a threshold, that the low-pass filter is applied to the band extension layer decoded signal of the current frame. an acquiring section that acquires first layer coded data obtained by encoding a speech signal of a wideband region and band extension layer coded data obtained by encoding a speech signal of an extension band region that is a higher band than the wideband region; a decoding section (302, 303) that decodes the first layer coded data acquired by the acquiring section to generate a first layer decoded signal and decodes the band extension layer coded data acquired by the acquiring section to generate a band extension layer decoded signal; a determining section that determines for each frame of the band extension layer decoded signal whether or not to apply a low-pass filter to the band extension layer decoded signal based on an energy change of the band extension layer decoded signal; and a filter processing section that performs filter processing on the band extension layer decoded signal of the frame to which the low-pass filter is determined by the determining section to be applied, the determining section calculates energy of the band extension layer decoded signal for each of the frames and determines, when a difference between energy of the band extension layer decoded signal of the current frame and average energy of the band extension layer decoded signal up to the current frame is equal to or greater than a threshold, that the low-pass filter is applied to the band extension layer decoded signal of the current frame.
A method for tuning a spring element used in a resonant driving system for an appliance which includes a work piece and which has a driving frequency, comprising the steps of: measuring the frequency dependent amplitude of the work piece, which vibrates by means of operation of the spring element, wherein the measured frequency of the appliance is either above or below a driving frequency; and changing the spring rate of the spring element, and hence its resonant frequency, by removing a portion of the spring element to decrease its spring rate or adding material to the spring element to increase its spring rate sufficiently that it closely approximates the driving frequency of the appliance, characterised in that the work piece has a rotatable action. measuring the frequency dependent amplitude of the work piece, which vibrates by means of operation of the spring element, wherein the measured frequency of the appliance is either above or below a driving frequency; and changing the spring rate of the spring element, and hence its resonant frequency, by removing a portion of the spring element to decrease its spring rate or adding material to the spring element to increase its spring rate sufficiently that it closely approximates the driving frequency of the appliance, characterised in that the work piece has a rotatable action.