mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of monitoring operation of a reverse-voltage protection circuit in an electrical system, the system including an electric load and the reverse-voltage protection circuit in a series-type configuration with a power source, the reverse-voltage protection circuit including a reverse-voltage protection switch having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal, the first terminal being coupled to the electric load, the second terminal being coupled to the power source, the reverse-voltage protection switch opening and closing a connection between the first terminal and the second terminal based on an input to the control terminal, and a ground switch connected between the first terminal of the reverse-voltage protection switch and ground, the method comprising: disconnecting the second terminal of the reverse-voltage protection switch from the power source; closing the ground switch to connect the first terminal of the reverse-voltage protection switch to ground; applying a biasing voltage to the second terminal of the reverse-voltage protection switch; opening the reverse-voltage protection switch; and determining that an improper short-circuit condition exists across the reverse-voltage protection switch when the voltage at the second terminal of the reverse-voltage protection switch is less than a threshold while the second terminal of the reverse-voltage protection switch is disconnected from the power source, the ground switch is closed, the reverse-voltage protection switch is opened, and the bias voltage is applied to the second terminal of the reverse-voltage protection switch. disconnecting the second terminal of the reverse-voltage protection switch from the power source; closing the ground switch to connect the first terminal of the reverse-voltage protection switch to ground; applying a biasing voltage to the second terminal of the reverse-voltage protection switch; opening the reverse-voltage protection switch; and determining that an improper short-circuit condition exists across the reverse-voltage protection switch when the voltage at the second terminal of the reverse-voltage protection switch is less than a threshold while the second terminal of the reverse-voltage protection switch is disconnected from the power source, the ground switch is closed, the reverse-voltage protection switch is opened, and the bias voltage is applied to the second terminal of the reverse-voltage protection switch.
An electret web comprising: a thermoplastic resin; and a charge-enhancing additive comprising at least one substituted triazine phenolate salt. a thermoplastic resin; and a charge-enhancing additive comprising at least one substituted triazine phenolate salt.
A method for the conservative treatment of at least one symptomatic fruit plant showing symptoms of a disease, comprising the steps of: - identifying the symptomatic plant which has undergone a pruning step; - identifying a period of quiescence of the symptomatic plant; and - during the period of quiescence, making at least one hole in the trunk of the symptomatic plant until reaching a non-necrotic portion of the xylem; - introducing during the period of quiescence into the non-necrotic portion of the xylem, by means of said at least one hole, an amount of treatment fluid such as to provoke the discharge of the same treatment fluid from the pruned portions of the symptomatic plant and/or the discharge of sap from the same symptomatic plant. - identifying the symptomatic plant which has undergone a pruning step; - identifying a period of quiescence of the symptomatic plant; and - during the period of quiescence, making at least one hole in the trunk of the symptomatic plant until reaching a non-necrotic portion of the xylem; - introducing during the period of quiescence into the non-necrotic portion of the xylem, by means of said at least one hole, an amount of treatment fluid such as to provoke the discharge of the same treatment fluid from the pruned portions of the symptomatic plant and/or the discharge of sap from the same symptomatic plant.
A method for providing guidance in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy comprising: a) receiving image data sets of the heart of a patient; b) creating a three-dimensional anatomical model of the cardiac structures from at least one of the image data sets; c) calculating myocardium infarct scar distribution using at least one of the image data sets; d) calculating heart mechanical activation data using at least one of the image data sets; e) superimposing the scar distribution and the mechanical activation data on the 3D anatomical model to obtain a 3D roadmap model including anatomical geometry, mechanical activation data and scar distribution wherein the calculating of c) comprises: segmenting myocardium infarct scar to provide a 3D surface mesh of the scar or receiving data comprising myocardium infarct scar segmentation; and computing myocardium scar distribution by weighting infarct transmurality, endocardial transmurality, epicardial transmurality and infarct homogeneity, wherein infarct transmurality is calculated as a percentage of a total infarct area inside a region covering an infarct, endocardial transmurality is calculated as the infarct transmurality weighted with a distance value from an endocardial boundary, the epicardial transmurality is the infarct transmurality weighted with a distance value from an epicardial border, and infarct homogeneity is calculated as an area of the detected infarct related to an area enclosed by a morphological close operator of a detected infarct. a) receiving image data sets of the heart of a patient; b) creating a three-dimensional anatomical model of the cardiac structures from at least one of the image data sets; c) calculating myocardium infarct scar distribution using at least one of the image data sets; d) calculating heart mechanical activation data using at least one of the image data sets; e) superimposing the scar distribution and the mechanical activation data on the 3D anatomical model to obtain a 3D roadmap model including anatomical geometry, mechanical activation data and scar distribution segmenting myocardium infarct scar to provide a 3D surface mesh of the scar or receiving data comprising myocardium infarct scar segmentation; and computing myocardium scar distribution by weighting infarct transmurality, endocardial transmurality, epicardial transmurality and infarct homogeneity, wherein infarct transmurality is calculated as a percentage of a total infarct area inside a region covering an infarct, endocardial transmurality is calculated as the infarct transmurality weighted with a distance value from an endocardial boundary, the epicardial transmurality is the infarct transmurality weighted with a distance value from an epicardial border, and infarct homogeneity is calculated as an area of the detected infarct related to an area enclosed by a morphological close operator of a detected infarct.
A conjugate for use in medicine, the conjugate comprising an L-asparaginase from Erwinia chrysanthemi having at least 90% identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and polyethylene glycol, wherein the PEG has a molecular weight less than or equal to about 5000 Da.
Display system for a motor vehicle having a display device with multiple display elements arranged on a top side of a dashboard so that a display image is reflected from a reflection region into an eye region of a driver and/or another vehicle occupant, characterized in that the multiple display elements are in the form of micro-LED display devices set up by field arrangement of individually actuatable micro-LED elements, wherein the display elements are arranged adjacently to one another over at least a subregion of the width of the dashboard, wherein the display elements adjoin a lower edge of the windscreen, wherein the display elements have a rectangular surface area, which means that each of the display elements has at least one corner adjoining the windscreen or at an equal distance therefrom, wherein a control unit is designed to adjust the brightness of the display by the display elements individually on the basis of an ambient brightness of a portion of the vehicle surroundings so that it is possible to see the display, by each of the display elements, that overlaps the relevant portion of the vehicle surroundings. wherein the display elements are arranged adjacently to one another over at least a subregion of the width of the dashboard, wherein the display elements adjoin a lower edge of the windscreen, wherein the display elements have a rectangular surface area, which means that each of the display elements has at least one corner adjoining the windscreen or at an equal distance therefrom, wherein a control unit is designed to adjust the brightness of the display by the display elements individually on the basis of an ambient brightness of a portion of the vehicle surroundings so that it is possible to see the display, by each of the display elements, that overlaps the relevant portion of the vehicle surroundings.
A lighting appliance for the hardening of an orthopedic bandage material placed on or built up on the body or on a body member in human beings or animals, which lighting appliance includes a shell-like structure including at least one wholly or partly synthetic polymer, which shell-like structure includes two principal surfaces and possibly one or more edge surfaces, which connect the principal surfaces, and which shell-like structure has embedded in its interior and/or attached to its one principal surface one or more primary light sources, of which primary light sources at least one is capable of emitting light having at least one wavelength in the range 200 - 750 nm, and which lighting appliance further includes means for supplying electric energy to the primary light sources, characterized in that the shell-like structure has a maximum thickness of 1.5 - 40 mm and in that the shell-like structure has a shape approximating that of a piece of gutter or the shell-like structure is flexible, so that it is suited for application around a section of an arm or a leg, and that the shell-like structure preferably has an extent in one direction of 6 - 60 cm and an extent in another direction of 15 - 170 cm.
A ligand-functionalized substrate comprising: a. A substrate having carboxylic (-COOH), hydroxy (-OH), thio (-SH), amino groups (-NH 2), C-C double bonds (-ene) or C-C triple bonds (-yne) at the surface thereof, wherein the substrate is a solid substrate; b. Covalently bound to said carboxylic (-COOH), hydroxy (-OH), thio (-SH), amino groups (-NH 2), C-C double bonds (-ene), C-C triple bonds (-yne) of said substrate a linker and c. A ligand-functional group wherein said ligand-functional group and said linker are selected from the group consisting of: and a. A substrate having carboxylic (-COOH), hydroxy (-OH), thio (-SH), amino groups (-NH 2), C-C double bonds (-ene) or C-C triple bonds (-yne) at the surface thereof, wherein the substrate is a solid substrate; b. Covalently bound to said carboxylic (-COOH), hydroxy (-OH), thio (-SH), amino groups (-NH 2), C-C double bonds (-ene), C-C triple bonds (-yne) of said substrate a linker and c. A ligand-functional group
A tyre for vehicle wheels comprising: - a carcass structure; - a tread band applied in radially outer position with respect to said carcass structure; characterized in that said tread band comprises a crosslinked elastomeric material obtained by crosslinking a crosslinkable elastomeric composition, wherein said elastomeric composition comprises at least a (iso-styrene/trans-butadiene):diene-terminated copolymer. - a carcass structure; - a tread band applied in radially outer position with respect to said carcass structure;
Mechatronic assembly for driving a member intended to be connected on the one hand to a continuous electric power source and on the other hand to an electronic control unit comprising a computer for the execution of a servo algorithm outputting a pulse width modulation input signal having discrete states and a duty cycle encoding the direction and torque/speed information, said assembly comprising a polyphase brushless electric motor having P phases, where P > 1, binary sensors for detecting the position of the rotor of said motor, a power bridge for supplying the P phases of the motor, and an on-board electronic control circuit, the output of which controls said power bridge ensuring the self-switching of the motor by combining the information coming from the direction and torque/speed signal, binary sensors for detecting the rotor position and a switching logic directly modulating the current of the continuous electric power source applied to each of said phases of the motor, the direction and torque/speed information provided by the electronic control unit being separate from the power signal outputted only by the power source, characterized in that said mechatronic assembly comprises a frequency multiplier placed upstream of the electronic control circuit and producing, for each discrete state of said input signal, X N high-frequency discrete states of direction and torque/speed information having the same duty cycle as the discrete input state, of duration X N times less than the duration of the discrete state of the input signal, where X and N are integers ≥ 1, and the output frequency of which is greater than or equal to the electric frequency of the spatial phasers of the controlled motor.
Method for scanning along a continuous 3-dimensional scanning trajectory with a scanner system comprising a first pair of acousto-optic deflectors for deflecting a focal spot of an electromagnetic beam generated by a consecutive lens system defining an optical axis (z) in an x-z plane, and a second pair of acousto-optic deflectors for deflecting the focal spot in a y-z plane being substantially perpendicular to the x-z plane, characterised by passing the electromagnetic beam through the first and second pairs of acousto-optic deflectors (10, 20) while providing time dependent acoustic frequency chirps, which change with time continuously and non-linearly in the deflectors (12, 12') of the first pair of deflectors and in the deflectors (22, 22') of the second pair of deflectors so as to cause the focal spot of the electromagnetic beam to move continuously along the scanning trajectory.
Method for preventing the unintended operation of a cooking appliance with at least one hotplate, the heat source of which, for safety reasons, after actuation, is automatically switched off by means of a time-switch apparatus after a predetermined heating time has elapsed, wherein with the activation of the at least one heat source, the time-switch apparatus is set to a predetermined, in other words, prespecified, short control heating time and a shutdown of the heat source which is dependent thereupon, which is automatically carried out without further action, wherein the control heating time is automatically activated when the desired hotplate is activated and the desired cooking level is set, characterised in that the control heating time is indicated in a digital display facility of the cooking appliance when the desired hotplate is activated and the desired cooking level is set and the user is therefore compelled to perform a manipulation on a control unit if the desire is to extendthe control heating time, or not.
A gas generant composition, comprising guanidine nitrate, basic copper nitrate, strontium nitrate and ammonium perchlorate, characterized by further comprising a slag-forming agent and a lubricant, wherein the slag-forming agent is at least one zirconate, at least one silicate or a mixture of at least one zirconate and at least one silicate, wherein contents, in percent by mass, of respective components are as follows: guanidine nitrate 40% to 55%; basic copper nitrate 25% to 45%; strontium nitrate 1% to 8%; ammonium perchlorate 1% to 7%; slag-forming agent 1% to 10%; and lubricant 0.5% to 5%.
A lock comprising: a shackle having a first portion, a second portion and a curved portion which is connected between the first and second portions, the first portion being shorter than the second portion, the second portion having a groove defined in outside thereof; a body having a first hole and a second hole, the first portion located in the first hole and the second portion located in the second hole, a passage defined in outside of the body and perpendicularly communicating with the second hole, and a positioning unit located in the passage and having a securing member, characterized in that said positioning unit also has a pin and a resilient member, the securing member having a path defined therethrough and being located at an opening of the passage, the pin having a narrowed section extending from a first end thereof, the narrowed section inserted in the path of the securing member, the resilient member biasing a second end of the pin, the second end of the pin engaged with the groove, when the end face of the narrowed section is pushed by the user, the pin is moved to compress the resilient member, the second end of the pin is removed from the groove and the narrowed section is located corresponding to the groove so as to allow the second portion to be removed from the second hole. a shackle having a first portion, a second portion and a curved portion which is connected between the first and second portions, the first portion being shorter than the second portion, the second portion having a groove defined in outside thereof; a body having a first hole and a second hole, the first portion located in the first hole and the second portion located in the second hole, a passage defined in outside of the body and perpendicularly communicating with the second hole, and a positioning unit located in the passage and having a securing member, characterized in that said positioning unit also has a pin and a resilient member, the securing member having a path defined therethrough and being located at an opening of the passage, the pin having a narrowed section extending from a first end thereof, the narrowed section inserted in the path of the securing member, the resilient member biasing a second end of the pin, the second end of the pin engaged with the groove, when the end face of the narrowed section is pushed by the user, the pin is moved to compress the resilient member, the second end of the pin is removed from the groove and the narrowed section is located corresponding to the groove so as to allow the second portion to be removed from the second hole.
A chewing gum product comprising: a) encapsulated de-oiled lecithin material comprising: i) a first component comprising de-oiled lecithin; ii) a second component selected from the group consisting of corn syrup solids, gum acacia, hydrocolloids, polysaccharides, proteins, and mixtures thereof encapsulating the first; wherein the first component has been fluid bed coated with the second component; and iii) a third component selected from the group consisting of polyols, sugars, and mixtures thereof included with the second component as a processing aid during the fluid bed coating; the encapsulated lecithin material comprising between 30% and 70% by weight de-oiled lecithin, between 20% and 50% by weight of the second component, and between 5% and 20% by weight of the third component; b) a water-insoluble chewable gum base portion; c) a water-soluble bulk portion; and d) water-insoluble flavoring agents, wherein the encapsulated de-oiled lecithin material provides between 1% to 12% de-oiled lecithin material in the chewing gum product. a) encapsulated de-oiled lecithin material comprising: i) a first component comprising de-oiled lecithin; ii) a second component selected from the group consisting of corn syrup solids, gum acacia, hydrocolloids, polysaccharides, proteins, and mixtures thereof encapsulating the first; wherein the first component has been fluid bed coated with the second component; and iii) a third component selected from the group consisting of polyols, sugars, and mixtures thereof included with the second component as a processing aid during the fluid bed coating; the encapsulated lecithin material comprising between 30% and 70% by weight de-oiled lecithin, between 20% and 50% by weight of the second component, and between 5% and 20% by weight of the third component; i) a first component comprising de-oiled lecithin; ii) a second component selected from the group consisting of corn syrup solids, gum acacia, hydrocolloids, polysaccharides, proteins, and mixtures thereof encapsulating the first; wherein the first component has been fluid bed coated with the second component; and iii) a third component selected from the group consisting of polyols, sugars, and mixtures thereof included with the second component as a processing aid during the fluid bed coating; the encapsulated lecithin material comprising between 30% and 70% by weight de-oiled lecithin, between 20% and 50% by weight of the second component, and between 5% and 20% by weight of the third component; b) a water-insoluble chewable gum base portion; c) a water-soluble bulk portion; and d) water-insoluble flavoring agents, wherein the encapsulated de-oiled lecithin material provides between 1% to 12% de-oiled lecithin material in the chewing gum product.
A signal processing system comprising a plurality of signal output devices (3, 4), a signal input device and a control device connected to a prescribed network for establishing a signal path for audio visual data between any signal output device out of said plurality of signal output devices and said signal input device in response to a request of said control device and for inputting data signals outputted from said signal output device into said signal input device through said signal path, wherein said signal input device comprises: registration means for registering as sources of audio visual data said signal output devices; and establishment means for, when an establishment request signal (PATH.CHANGE) requesting the establishment of said signal path is sent from any signal output device out of said plurality of signal output devices, judging whether said signal output device, which sent said establishment request signal, is registered in said signal input device, and establishing said signal path between said signal output device and said signal input device depending on the judged result; characterized in that: the signal input device is responsive to at least one command (CONNECT; SELECT; DISCONNECT; STATUS; PLUG INFO) other than said establishment request signal to perform a function independently of whether or not a signal output device that sent said at least one command is registered in said signal input device. registration means for registering as sources of audio visual data said signal output devices; and establishment means for, when an establishment request signal (PATH.CHANGE) requesting the establishment of said signal path is sent from any signal output device out of said plurality of signal output devices, judging whether said signal output device, which sent said establishment request signal, is registered in said signal input device, and establishing said signal path between said signal output device and said signal input device depending on the judged result; characterized in that: the signal input device is responsive to at least one command (CONNECT; SELECT; DISCONNECT; STATUS; PLUG INFO) other than said establishment request signal to perform a function independently of whether or not a signal output device that sent said at least one command is registered in said signal input device. the signal input device is responsive to at least one command (CONNECT; SELECT; DISCONNECT; STATUS; PLUG INFO) other than said establishment request signal to perform a function independently of whether or not a signal output device that sent said at least one command is registered in said signal input device.