mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for testing the authenticity of the reaction time achieved by a test subject, characterized in that a stimulus device, a reaction device, a reaction time measuring instrument, an EEG and a computer are provided and a stimulus is given to the test subject by means of the stimulus device by deriving evoked potentials from his brain wave curves measured by means of the EEG or by visualizing his brain areas by means of functional imaging methods such as near-infrared spectroscopy or fMRI (functional magnetic resonance tomography) and the testing subject is simultaneously given a reaction time task with the reaction device and the reaction time of the test subject is measured with the reaction device by deriving his readiness potentials, wherein by deriving the evoked potentials from the brain wave curve or displaying the activities of the brain areas by means of functional imaging methods, it is first checked whether the stimulus has entered the subject's consciousness and wherein the evaluation by means of the computer is carried out in such a way that the absolute values of the reaction times and their variances are set in relation to the readiness potentials and the readiness potentials are compared with the values known from other investigations in order to check the authenticity of the reaction times.
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving audio data representing a voice input; identifying a first user as providing the voice input, the identification being based on a comparison of characteristics of the received audio data with speaker profile data of a plurality of speakers, including the first user, for whom speaker profile data is stored; determining an instruction from the received audio data, wherein the instruction references a second user other than the first user and includes a speaker-relative signifier, and wherein determining the instruction includes determining a referent of the speaker-relative signifier based on second stored speaker profile data comprising data related to customization information associated with the second user; and causing an action indicated by the instruction to be performed. receiving audio data representing a voice input; identifying a first user as providing the voice input, the identification being based on a comparison of characteristics of the received audio data with speaker profile data of a plurality of speakers, including the first user, for whom speaker profile data is stored; determining an instruction from the received audio data, wherein the instruction references a second user other than the first user and includes a speaker-relative signifier, and wherein determining the instruction includes determining a referent of the speaker-relative signifier based on second stored speaker profile data comprising data related to customization information associated with the second user; and causing an action indicated by the instruction to be performed.
An anthropomorphic test device comprising: a base member having a base inner surface and an opposing base outer surface with said base inner surface defining a first cavity; and an abdomen component having a first portion defining a first width and a second portion defining a second width larger than said first width with said first portion contained within said first cavity, characterized by a resilient flange coupled to and extending from said base member with said resilient flange having a flange inner surface, an opposing flange outer surface and a flange peripheral edge with said flange defining a second cavity, with said second cavity extending from and open to said first cavity, with said second portion being contained within said second cavity and with said resilient flange directly engaging said second portion of said abdomen component to resiliently retain said abdomen component to said base member. a base member having a base inner surface and an opposing base outer surface with said base inner surface defining a first cavity; and an abdomen component having a first portion defining a first width and a second portion defining a second width larger than said first width with said first portion contained within said first cavity, characterized by a resilient flange coupled to and extending from said base member with said resilient flange having a flange inner surface, an opposing flange outer surface and a flange peripheral edge with said flange defining a second cavity, with said second cavity extending from and open to said first cavity, with said second portion being contained within said second cavity and with said resilient flange directly engaging said second portion of said abdomen component to resiliently retain said abdomen component to said base member.
A chemically amplified photoresist composition comprising a polymer component, a photoacid generator, a photoactive diazonaphthoquinone compound, and a solvent, wherein the polymer component is a mixture of (A-1) a Novolak derivative and (A-2) a polymer comprising hydroxystyrene repeat units; wherein (A-1) the Novolak derivative comprises Novolak repeat units with free phenolic hydroxy moieties and phenolic hydroxy moieties protected with an acid cleavable acetal moiety; and (A-2) the polymer comprising hydroxystyrene repeat units with free phenolic hydroxy moieties and phenolic hydroxy moieties protected with an acid cleavable acetal moiety. the polymer component is a mixture of (A-1) a Novolak derivative and (A-2) a polymer comprising hydroxystyrene repeat units; wherein (A-1) the Novolak derivative comprises Novolak repeat units with free phenolic hydroxy moieties and phenolic hydroxy moieties protected with an acid cleavable acetal moiety; and (A-2) the polymer comprising hydroxystyrene repeat units with free phenolic hydroxy moieties and phenolic hydroxy moieties protected with an acid cleavable acetal moiety.
A thin-film transistor (10, 10'), comprising: a gate electrode; a gate dielectric disposed on the gate electrode; a channel layer having a first surface (S F) and an opposed second surface (S B), the first surface (S F) being disposed over at least a portion of the gate dielectric, the channel layer having a first oxide composition including at least one predetermined cation element; and a passivation layer disposed adjacent to at least a portion of the opposed second surface (S B) of the channel layer, the passivation layer including a second oxide composition including the at least one predetermined cation element of the first oxide composition and at least one additional cation element that increases the bandgap of the passivation layer relative to the channel layer, characterized in that the at least one predetermined cation element of the first oxide composition is selected from: indium, gallium, tin, zinc, and combinations thereof, and in that the at least one additional cation element of the second oxide composition is selected from one of: aluminum, boron, hafnium, magnesium, niobium, silicon, tantalum, yttrium, zirconium, and combinations thereof. a gate electrode; a gate dielectric disposed on the gate electrode; a channel layer having a first surface (S F) and an opposed second surface (S B), the first surface (S F) being disposed over at least a portion of the gate dielectric, the channel layer having a first oxide composition including at least one predetermined cation element; and a passivation layer disposed adjacent to at least a portion of the opposed second surface (S B) of the channel layer, the passivation layer including a second oxide composition including the at least one predetermined cation element of the first oxide composition and at least one additional cation element that increases the bandgap of the passivation layer relative to the channel layer, characterized in that the at least one predetermined cation element of the first oxide composition is selected from: indium, gallium, tin, zinc, and combinations thereof, and in that the at least one additional cation element of the second oxide composition is selected from one of: aluminum, boron, hafnium, magnesium, niobium, silicon, tantalum, yttrium, zirconium, and combinations thereof.
A method for measuring a thrust margin of a turbomachine, in which data are acquired comprising the thrust margin (y, y i) which is determined as a function of a specified thrust and a measured thrust, the measured thrust being determined on a measuring bench, which comprises at least one bench equipment (k) and on which the turbomachine is, characterized in that by an automatic calculation unit a time evolution of the thrust margin (y, y i) is modelled by at least one linear or affine function (Φ, φ j (t i)), which is calculated for at least one determined time interval (INT l) of the thrust margin (y, y i), the at least one time interval (INT l) covering a duration of several days and corresponding to one or more time intervals (INTl), where the test conditions are constant, or to at least one time interval, during which the at least one bench equipment (k) is present on the measuring bench, or to at least one time interval of use of the component (k) on the measuring bench, at least one bias (b k) of the bench equipment (k) is calculated relative to the at least one linear or affine function (Φ, φ j (t i)) having been calculated, the thrust margin (y, y i) is corrected by subtracting from it the at least one bias (b k) of the bench equipment (k) in the at least one determined time interval (INT l). data are acquired comprising the thrust margin (y, y i) which is determined as a function of a specified thrust and a measured thrust, the measured thrust being determined on a measuring bench, which comprises at least one bench equipment (k) and on which the turbomachine is, characterized in that by an automatic calculation unit a time evolution of the thrust margin (y, y i) is modelled by at least one linear or affine function (Φ, φ j (t i)), which is calculated for at least one determined time interval (INT l) of the thrust margin (y, y i), the at least one time interval (INT l) covering a duration of several days and corresponding to one or more time intervals (INTl), where the test conditions are constant, or to at least one time interval, during which the at least one bench equipment (k) is present on the measuring bench, or to at least one time interval of use of the component (k) on the measuring bench, at least one bias (b k) of the bench equipment (k) is calculated relative to the at least one linear or affine function (Φ, φ j (t i)) having been calculated, the thrust margin (y, y i) is corrected by subtracting from it the at least one bias (b k) of the bench equipment (k) in the at least one determined time interval (INT l).
A composition comprising: an effective amount of an isolated acidic fraction of mastic gum, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, for use in the treatment of stroke, wherein the isolated acidic fraction is obtained from an isolated fraction of mastic gum that is soluble in at least one polar organic solvent and at least one non-polar organic solvent by an acid-base extraction, thereby separating the isolated acidic fraction from the non-acidic fraction of the isolated fraction of mastic gum that is soluble in at least one polar organic solvent and one non-polar organic, wherein said isolated acidic fraction is substantially devoid of compounds which are soluble in said polar organic solvent but insoluble in said non-polar organic solvent, and wherein the mastic gum is derived from a plant of the genus Pistacia. an effective amount of an isolated acidic fraction of mastic gum, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, for use in the treatment of stroke, wherein the isolated acidic fraction is obtained from an isolated fraction of mastic gum that is soluble in at least one polar organic solvent and at least one non-polar organic solvent by an acid-base extraction, thereby separating the isolated acidic fraction from the non-acidic fraction of the isolated fraction of mastic gum that is soluble in at least one polar organic solvent and one non-polar organic, wherein said isolated acidic fraction is substantially devoid of compounds which are soluble in said polar organic solvent but insoluble in said non-polar organic solvent, and wherein the mastic gum is derived from a plant of the genus Pistacia.
Apparatus for measuring the earth surface movement by means of SAR images, said apparatus comprising at least a SAR radar placed on a satellite or an aeroplane and at least one electromagnetic wave reflector placed on a earth surface portion to be measured, said at least one SAR radar comprising means for transmitting an electromagnetic signal onto said reflector and means for acquiring the electromagnetic signal reflected from the reflector, said SAR radar being adapted to acquire reflected signals along ascendant and descendant orbits, said reflector comprising in a single piece a first trihedron configured for reflecting the signal transmitted by the SAR radar along ascendant orbits and a second trihedron configured for reflecting the signal transmitted by the SAR radar along descendant orbits, each one of said first trihedron and said second trihedron comprising two side surfaces (21, 22, 31, 32) and a base (23, 33), said side surfaces (21, 22, 31, 32) being orthogonal to each other and to the base (23, 33), characterized in that said first trihedron and said second trihedron have an edge and a vertex in common but no side surface or base in common.
An exhaust manifold comprising: exhaust gas inlet sections connected to exhaust ports of cylinders of an engine; a main pipe section communicated with the exhaust gas inlet sections and collecting exhaust gas flowing from the exhaust gas inlet sections; an EGR gas taking-out section taking out a part of the collected exhaust gas as EGR gas; and an exhaust gas discharge section discharging the other part of the exhaust gas, wherein, in the main pipe section, a curved section projectingly curved oppositely to the exhaust gas inlet sections is formed between the exhaust gas inlet sections, wherein, in the curved section, a recess is formed by recessing a part of an outer peripheral surface of the curved section toward an inside of the main pipe section, and the EGR gas taking-out section is extendingly provided from a part of the outer peripheral surface opposite to the recess, and wherein a center of an inlet opening of the EGR gas taking-out section is offset from an axis in lengthwise direction of the main pipe section, characterized in that a center of an opening of the exhaust gas discharge section is offset from the axis in the lengthwise direction of the main pipe section. exhaust gas inlet sections connected to exhaust ports of cylinders of an engine; a main pipe section communicated with the exhaust gas inlet sections and collecting exhaust gas flowing from the exhaust gas inlet sections; an EGR gas taking-out section taking out a part of the collected exhaust gas as EGR gas; and an exhaust gas discharge section discharging the other part of the exhaust gas, wherein, in the main pipe section, a curved section projectingly curved oppositely to the exhaust gas inlet sections is formed between the exhaust gas inlet sections, wherein, in the curved section, a recess is formed by recessing a part of an outer peripheral surface of the curved section toward an inside of the main pipe section, and the EGR gas taking-out section is extendingly provided from a part of the outer peripheral surface opposite to the recess, and wherein a center of an inlet opening of the EGR gas taking-out section is offset from an axis in lengthwise direction of the main pipe section, characterized in that a center of an opening of the exhaust gas discharge section is offset from the axis in the lengthwise direction of the main pipe section.
Headlamp for vehicles with a lighting arrangement including a light source, light guidance means (1, 5) for directing the light emitted by the light source and a plastic optical element located downstream of the light guidance means (1, 5) for generating a predetermined illuminance distribution, characterized in that means for temperature compensation are provided based on the current temperature of the plastic optical element such that the illuminance distribution in the area of a predetermined cut-off-line is always below a predetermined glare threshold.
A method performed by a transmitting device (102, 400, 500), for transmitting wirelessly to a receiving device in a wireless network, the method comprising: obtaining information which is indicative of a level of wireless activity caused by interfering transmissions by one or more interfering devices (154, 156), experienced by one or more receiving devices (104, 106) on one or more first channels configured for transmissions by the one or more receiving devices (104, 106); characterized by determining, based on the information indicative of the level of wireless activity experienced by the one or more receiving devices (104, 106) on the one or more first channels, whether the one or more receiving devices (104, 106) will be prevented from transmitting an acknowledgement or response message in response to a transmission by the transmitting device; and determining whether to transmit to a receiving device of the one or more receiving devices (104, 106) using one or more second channels based on the determination whether the receiving device will be prevented from transmitting the acknowledgement or response message. obtaining information which is indicative of a level of wireless activity caused by interfering transmissions by one or more interfering devices (154, 156), experienced by one or more receiving devices (104, 106) on one or more first channels configured for transmissions by the one or more receiving devices (104, 106); characterized by determining, based on the information indicative of the level of wireless activity experienced by the one or more receiving devices (104, 106) on the one or more first channels, whether the one or more receiving devices (104, 106) will be prevented from transmitting an acknowledgement or response message in response to a transmission by the transmitting device; and determining whether to transmit to a receiving device of the one or more receiving devices (104, 106) using one or more second channels based on the determination whether the receiving device will be prevented from transmitting the acknowledgement or response message.
A system for the delivery and deployment of an endovascular graft comprising: a. a delivery device comprising a pusher catheter having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and a lumen extending therebetween; a cannula having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion extending longitudinally within the lumen of the pusher catheter; a nose cone dilator proximal of the proximal end portion of the cannula, the nose cone having a proximal tip; an extension sheath extending from the proximal tip of the nose cone dilator, the sheath having a lumen extending therethrough; b. a stent graft carried on the delivery device, the stent graft comprising: a main tubular body of a biocompatible graft material defining a main lumen having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; a side branch extending from the main tubular body, the side branch defining a lumen and being in fluid communication with the main lumen, whereby the stent graft is configured to be deployed into the vasculature of a patient with the main tubular body being located in the ipsilateral common iliac artery and the side branch being directed towards an internal iliac artery of the common iliac artery; c. a pre-loaded guide wire extending through the lumen of the pusher catheter, through the side branch lumen and extending out of the proximal end portion of the main graft body, the guide wire further extending at least partially through the lumen of the extension sheath. a. a delivery device comprising a pusher catheter having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and a lumen extending therebetween; a cannula having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion extending longitudinally within the lumen of the pusher catheter; a nose cone dilator proximal of the proximal end portion of the cannula, the nose cone having a proximal tip; an extension sheath extending from the proximal tip of the nose cone dilator, the sheath having a lumen extending therethrough; b. a stent graft carried on the delivery device, the stent graft comprising: a main tubular body of a biocompatible graft material defining a main lumen having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; a side branch extending from the main tubular body, the side branch defining a lumen and being in fluid communication with the main lumen, whereby the stent graft is configured to be deployed into the vasculature of a patient with the main tubular body being located in the ipsilateral common iliac artery and the side branch being directed towards an internal iliac artery of the common iliac artery; c. a pre-loaded guide wire extending through the lumen of the pusher catheter, through the side branch lumen and extending out of the proximal end portion of the main graft body, the guide wire further extending at least partially through the lumen of the extension sheath.
A method of observing biomarkers in human skin and/or blood cells that correlate with an age of an individual, the method comprising: (a) obtaining genomic DNA from human skin cells and/or blood cells that have been derived from the individual; (b) observing the individual's genomic DNA cytosine methylation status in all 391 methylation markers of SEQ ID NO: 1-SEQ ID NO: 391; wherein said observing comprises performing a bisulfite conversion process on the genomic DNA so that cytosine residues in the genomic DNA are transformed to uracil, while 5-methylcytosine residues in the genomic DNA are not transformed to uracil; (c) comparing the CG locus methylation observed in (b) to the CG locus methylation observed in genomic DNA from human skin and/or blood cells derived from a group of individuals of known ages; and (d) correlating the CG locus methylation observed in (b) with the CG locus methylation and known ages in the group of individuals; so that biomarkers in human skin and/or blood cells that correlate with an age of an individual are observed. (a) obtaining genomic DNA from human skin cells and/or blood cells that have been derived from the individual; (b) observing the individual's genomic DNA cytosine methylation status in all 391 methylation markers of SEQ ID NO: 1-SEQ ID NO: 391; wherein said observing comprises performing a bisulfite conversion process on the genomic DNA so that cytosine residues in the genomic DNA are transformed to uracil, while 5-methylcytosine residues in the genomic DNA are not transformed to uracil; (c) comparing the CG locus methylation observed in (b) to the CG locus methylation observed in genomic DNA from human skin and/or blood cells derived from a group of individuals of known ages; and (d) correlating the CG locus methylation observed in (b) with the CG locus methylation and known ages in the group of individuals;