mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A surgical robotic system, comprising: - a suspension structure comprising a rail (4, 5); - a manipulator unit comprising: - a carriage arranged to be mounted to the suspension structure, wherein the carriage comprises an electric actuator for movement of the carriage along the rail; and - a manipulator arm arranged to be detachably docked to the carriage via a docking mechanism; - the docking mechanism comprising a first docking connector on the manipulator arm and a second docking connector on the carriage, wherein the first and the second docking connector establish an electrical connection between the manipulator arm and the carriage when the manipulator arm is docked; wherein the manipulator arm comprises a connector for connecting the manipulator arm via a cable to an electric power supply, wherein the manipulator arm is configured to supply the carriage with electrical power via the electrical connection when the manipulator arm is docked. - a suspension structure comprising a rail (4, 5); - a manipulator unit comprising: - a carriage arranged to be mounted to the suspension structure, wherein the carriage comprises an electric actuator for movement of the carriage along the rail; and - a manipulator arm arranged to be detachably docked to the carriage via a docking mechanism; - the docking mechanism comprising a first docking connector on the manipulator arm and a second docking connector on the carriage, wherein the first and the second docking connector establish an electrical connection between the manipulator arm and the carriage when the manipulator arm is docked; wherein the manipulator arm comprises a connector for connecting the manipulator arm via a cable to an electric power supply, wherein the manipulator arm is configured to supply the carriage with electrical power via the electrical connection when the manipulator arm is docked. - a carriage arranged to be mounted to the suspension structure, wherein the carriage comprises an electric actuator for movement of the carriage along the rail; and - a manipulator arm arranged to be detachably docked to the carriage via a docking mechanism; - the docking mechanism comprising a first docking connector on the manipulator arm and a second docking connector on the carriage, wherein the first and the second docking connector establish an electrical connection between the manipulator arm and the carriage when the manipulator arm is docked;
A method for providing media content in a computer network, the method comprising: storing the media content, the media content including a segment comprising a group of frames; determining a transmission rate for traffic between an apparatus and a client device; selecting a subset of frames to drop from the group of frames based on (i) the transmission rate and (ii) a frame difference distortion, FDIFF, metric, of each frame in the group of frames; shaping the segment by dropping the selected subset of frames from the group of frames, wherein the shaped segment has a lower bit rate than the segment; and transmitting the shaped segment to the client device, characterized in that the FDIFF metric is calculated according to a math figure: d f j f k = S ⋅ f j − S ⋅ f k T A T A S ⋅ f j − S ⋅ f k, where f j denotes a frame actually being displayed, f k denotes a frame scheduled to be displayed, S denotes a bi-cubicle filtering and down-sampling function that scales the frames to a thumbnail of a predetermined height and width, and A denotes a distance metric, wherein the distance metric is an Eigen appearance space metric. storing the media content, the media content including a segment comprising a group of frames; determining a transmission rate for traffic between an apparatus and a client device; selecting a subset of frames to drop from the group of frames based on (i) the transmission rate and (ii) a frame difference distortion, FDIFF, metric, of each frame in the group of frames; shaping the segment by dropping the selected subset of frames from the group of frames, wherein the shaped segment has a lower bit rate than the segment; and transmitting the shaped segment to the client device, characterized in that the FDIFF metric is calculated according to a math figure: d f j f k = S ⋅ f j − S ⋅ f k T A T A S ⋅ f j − S ⋅ f k, where f j denotes a frame actually being displayed, f k denotes a frame scheduled to be displayed, S denotes a bi-cubicle filtering and down-sampling function that scales the frames to a thumbnail of a predetermined height and width, and A denotes a distance metric, wherein the distance metric is an Eigen appearance space metric.
A method of inferring fluid flow speed through a passage comprising: - receiving a first signal having a frequency and phase corresponding to that of a detected first ultrasonic wave, the first ultrasonic wave having been detected after passing through the fluid in a direction with a component opposed or aligned to a main direction of the fluid's flow; - receiving a second signal having a frequency and phase corresponding to that of a detected second ultrasonic wave, the second ultrasonic wave having been detected after passing through the fluid in a direction with a component different to that of the first ultrasonic wave with respect to the main direction of the fluid's flow; - converting the first and second signals to respective first and second square wave signals; - performing gated logic to the first and second square wave signals using a logic gate having a first input to which the first square wave signal is applied and a second input to which the second square wave signal is applied where the logic gate used gives an output signal indicative of the relative phase shift between the first and second signals; - integrating over an output signal from the gated logic process, the result of the integration thereby varying with the relative phase shift between the first and second signals; and - inferring the fluid flow speed through the passage in accordance with the relative phase shift between the first and second signals, where the frequencies of the first and second ultrasonic waves are substantially the same or are substantially harmonics of one another. - receiving a first signal having a frequency and phase corresponding to that of a detected first ultrasonic wave, the first ultrasonic wave having been detected after passing through the fluid in a direction with a component opposed or aligned to a main direction of the fluid's flow; - receiving a second signal having a frequency and phase corresponding to that of a detected second ultrasonic wave, the second ultrasonic wave having been detected after passing through the fluid in a direction with a component different to that of the first ultrasonic wave with respect to the main direction of the fluid's flow; - converting the first and second signals to respective first and second square wave signals; - performing gated logic to the first and second square wave signals using a logic gate having a first input to which the first square wave signal is applied and a second input to which the second square wave signal is applied where the logic gate used gives an output signal indicative of the relative phase shift between the first and second signals; - integrating over an output signal from the gated logic process, the result of the integration thereby varying with the relative phase shift between the first and second signals; and - inferring the fluid flow speed through the passage in accordance with the relative phase shift between the first and second signals, where the frequencies of the first and second ultrasonic waves are substantially the same or are substantially harmonics of one another.
Knife having a casing and having an actuating arrangement, wherein a blade-carrier with a blade can be moved, by means of said actuating arrangement, forwards and backwards within the casing between at least one safety position and at least one cutting position, wherein, in the safety position, the blade held on the blade-carrier is arranged inside the casing and wherein, in the cutting position, said blade-carrier is arranged in such a way that the blade protrudes from said casing, wherein the blade-carrier is loaded by a spring, wherein said spring is connected to the casing and to a first coupling element and there is associated with the blade-carrier or the actuating arrangement a second coupling element which can be brought into engagement in a releasable manner with the first coupling element, and wherein said first coupling element can be entrained by the second coupling element, characterised in that, for a change of blade, the second coupling element can be released from the first coupling element by a backward movement of the blade-carrier, and said blade-carrier can be removed from the casing with the second coupling element, the first coupling element remaining in the casing with the spring.
A curing agent composition comprising (a) at least one benzylated polyalkylene polyamine having at least three nitrogen atoms, at least three active amine hydrogen atoms and at least one benzyl group and (b) at least one multifunctional amine having 3 or more active amine hydrogens.
A combination comprising: (a) CAR peptide of SEQ ID NO: 1; and (b) imatinib or sildenafil for use in treating pulmonary arterial hypertension, wherein the CAR peptide is administered orally and imatinib or sildenafil are administered intravenously. (a) CAR peptide of SEQ ID NO: 1; and (b) imatinib or sildenafil
An tap for controlling both a gas burner and an electric/electronic apparatus, said tap comprising: - a body, wherein there is accommodated a shutter for regulating the gas flow towards said burner, and - a knob which is operatively associated with said shutter for operating the tap itself and which also is configured so that the rotation thereof simultaneously controls both the gas flow towards said burner and the activation of said electric/electronic apparatus, - at least two switches (42, 44), preferably microswitches, which are applied to said body, which are operable by a rotating element rotationally integral with said knob and which have contacts for acting on an electric circuit of, or associated with, said electric/electronic apparatus, characterized in that: - said at least two switches (42, 44) and said rotating element are arranged and configured so that, according to the activated or deactivated condition of said switches (42, 44), correlated with the angular position of said knob, they provide a number of activation output signals (V 1, V 2, V 3) for said apparatus which is greater than the number of said switches (42, 44). - a body, wherein there is accommodated a shutter for regulating the gas flow towards said burner, and - a knob which is operatively associated with said shutter for operating the tap itself and which also is configured so that the rotation thereof simultaneously controls both the gas flow towards said burner and the activation of said electric/electronic apparatus, - at least two switches (42, 44), preferably microswitches, which are applied to said body, which are operable by a rotating element rotationally integral with said knob and which have contacts for acting on an electric circuit of, or associated with, said electric/electronic apparatus, characterized in that: - said at least two switches (42, 44) and said rotating element are arranged and configured so that, according to the activated or deactivated condition of said switches (42, 44), correlated with the angular position of said knob, they provide a number of activation output signals (V 1, V 2, V 3) for said apparatus which is greater than the number of said switches (42, 44).
A soot particle sensor with a ceramic support, on which there is arranged at least one conductor track with parallel portions arranged at a distance from one another, the ends (3a, 3b) of which are connected to an electronics unit for determining the electrical resistance of the conductor track, characterised in that the ceramic support is formed from an aluminium silicate and the conductor track is formed from an intermetallic compound, wherein the ceramic support contains ceramic reinforcement fibres, and the ceramic reinforcement fibres are formed by mullite fibres and the aluminium silicate is doped with zirconium dioxide.
A high flow nasal therapy system comprising: a gas supply (3, 4), a humidifier, a nebulizer, a flow line (11, 10), a nasal interface or a coupler for connection to an external interface, and a controller configured to control the system in real time to vary the aerosol delivery to the nasal interface on a temporal basis, wherein the system comprises a sensor for detecting flow conditions and the controller is adapted to vary the aerosol output at least partly in response to sensed flow conditions, characterized in that the controller is configured to: temporarily reduce gas flow rate in said flow line for the duration of active aerosol generation. a gas supply (3, 4), a humidifier, a nebulizer, a flow line (11, 10), a nasal interface or a coupler for connection to an external interface, and a controller configured to control the system in real time to vary the aerosol delivery to the nasal interface on a temporal basis, wherein the system comprises a sensor for detecting flow conditions and the controller is adapted to vary the aerosol output at least partly in response to sensed flow conditions, characterized in that the controller is configured to: temporarily reduce gas flow rate in said flow line for the duration of active aerosol generation. temporarily reduce gas flow rate in said flow line for the duration of active aerosol generation.
A trialkoxysilane having structure I wherein: R 1 is independently at each occurrence a C 1 -C 3 alkyl group; R 3 is independently at each occurrence a hydrogen or a C 1 -C 3 alkyl group; R 4 is a C 1 -C 5 aliphatic radical, a C 7 -C 12 aromatic radical, or a C 5 -C 10 cycloaliphatic group; or, R 1 is methyl, each R 3 is hydrogen, and R 4 is tertiary butyl; or, R 1 is ethyl, each R 3 is methyl, R 4 is tertiary butyl, n is 1 and q is 1; or, each R 1 is methyl, each R 3 is hydrogen, and R 4 is 2-methyl-2-butyl; and, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; q is 1, 2 or 3; t is 0, 1 or 2; and X - represents a charge balancing counterion. R 1 is independently at each occurrence a C 1 -C 3 alkyl group; R 3 is independently at each occurrence a hydrogen or a C 1 -C 3 alkyl group; R 4 is a C 1 -C 5 aliphatic radical, a C 7 -C 12 aromatic radical, or a C 5 -C 10 cycloaliphatic group; or, R 1 is methyl, each R 3 is hydrogen, and R 4 is tertiary butyl; or, R 1 is ethyl, each R 3 is methyl, R 4 is tertiary butyl, n is 1 and q is 1; or, each R 1 is methyl, each R 3 is hydrogen, and R 4 is 2-methyl-2-butyl; and, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; q is 1, 2 or 3; t is 0, 1 or 2; and X - represents a charge balancing counterion.
Process for producing multilayer metal strip packs, with the following steps: - feeding a metallic strip material having an upper side and a lower side by a feeding arrangement, - longitudinally dividing of the fed strip material in a longitudinal direction of the fed strip material into a plurality of metal strips (8, 8', 8") in a continuous process by a strip dividing arrangement, and - continuously superimposing of at least some of the metal strips (8, 8', 8") to form a metal strip pack (12, 12') by a guiding arrangement. - feeding a metallic strip material having an upper side and a lower side by a feeding arrangement, - longitudinally dividing of the fed strip material in a longitudinal direction of the fed strip material into a plurality of metal strips (8, 8', 8") in a continuous process by a strip dividing arrangement, and - continuously superimposing of at least some of the metal strips (8, 8', 8") to form a metal strip pack (12, 12') by a guiding arrangement.
A category of naphthalene-based two-photon fluorescent probes having a general formula I as follows: wherein: X is selected from the X 1, X 2, X 3 and X 4; X connected to the general formula I by a dotted line; R 1 and R 2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of -OCH 3, -OCOCH 3 and halogen; R 3 is selected from the group consisting of -CH 2 -, -(CH 2) 2 -, -(CH 2) 3 -, -(CH 2) 4 -, -(CH 2) 5 -, -(CH 2) 6 -, -(CH 2) 7 - and -(CH 2) 8 -; R 4 is selected from the group consisting of C 1-6 alkyl, HOCH 2 -, HO(CH 2) 2 -, HO(CH 2) 3 -, HO(CH 2) 4 -, HO(CH 2) 5 - and HO(CH 2) 6 -; R 5 is selected from the group consisting of -H, -CN, -COOH, -NH 2, -NO 2, -OH and -SH. X is selected from the X 1, X 2, X 3 and X 4; X connected to the general formula I by a dotted line; R 1 and R 2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of -OCH 3, -OCOCH 3 and halogen; R 3 is selected from the group consisting of -CH 2 -, -(CH 2) 2 -, -(CH 2) 3 -, -(CH 2) 4 -, -(CH 2) 5 -, -(CH 2) 6 -, -(CH 2) 7 - and -(CH 2) 8 -; R 4 is selected from the group consisting of C 1-6 alkyl, HOCH 2 -, HO(CH 2) 2 -, HO(CH 2) 3 -, HO(CH 2) 4 -, HO(CH 2) 5 - and HO(CH 2) 6 -; R 5 is selected from the group consisting of -H, -CN, -COOH, -NH 2, -NO 2, -OH and -SH.
Composition of styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer-based or acrylic-divinylbenzene copolymer-based ion-exchange resins loaded with at least one lipoamino acid of formula: in which R 1 represents the characterising chain of a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated fatty acid comprising from 7 to 21 carbon atoms, R 2 represents the characterising chain of an amino acid and m is between 1 and 50, or of a mixture of said compounds of formula,
A loudspeaker arrangement (101-107; 109-112; 201; 202; 301-305; 501-508) for a car-interior, the arrangement comprising a loudspeaker array with a multiplicity of array loudspeakers, wherein: the array loudspeakers are mounted in the surface of a rigid hemisphere that encloses an acoustic volume, and are regularly or quasi-regularly distributed over the surface of the hemisphere; at least some of the array loudspeakers are midrange or broadband loudspeakers (301 - 305); the distance between the floor and the ceiling of the car interior comprises three equal sections, in which a section close to the floor comprises lower level positions, a section close to the ceiling comprises higher level positions and a section between the two other sections comprises middle level positions; the arrangement further comprises a multiplicity of first additional loudspeakers, the first additional loudspeakers are midrange or broadband loudspeakers; and the first additional loudspeakers are disposed at lower or medium level positions and at least some of the first additional loudspeakers are disposed in or on the sides of the interior lateral to a passenger seating position. the array loudspeakers are mounted in the surface of a rigid hemisphere that encloses an acoustic volume, and are regularly or quasi-regularly distributed over the surface of the hemisphere; at least some of the array loudspeakers are midrange or broadband loudspeakers (301 - 305); the distance between the floor and the ceiling of the car interior comprises three equal sections, in which a section close to the floor comprises lower level positions, a section close to the ceiling comprises higher level positions and a section between the two other sections comprises middle level positions; the arrangement further comprises a multiplicity of first additional loudspeakers, the first additional loudspeakers are midrange or broadband loudspeakers; and the first additional loudspeakers are disposed at lower or medium level positions and at least some of the first additional loudspeakers are disposed in or on the sides of the interior lateral to a passenger seating position.
A method in a computing device for determining temporal importance of documents having links to and from other documents, wherein the temporal importance is an importance score for a document that is based on multiple snapshots, wherein each snapshot corresponds to a web graph at a snapshot time, wherein the snapshot time is the time at which the snapshot is crawled, the method comprising: providing link information for various snapshots, the link information for each snapshot indicating links to and from the documents at the snapshot time; for each snapshot, calculating (216, 301, 401) importance scores for the documents based on the link information of the snapshot; and aggregating (215, 306, 414) the calculated importance scores for the snapshots for a document to provide a temporal importance score for the document, wherein the temporal importance is calculated as a weighted sum of the importance score of the document derived from the snapshot with the latest snapshot time, and the accumulated importance scores of the document from several past snapshots, wherein in the process of aggregating the calculated importance scores, importance scores for more recent snapshots are more heavily weighted than for less recent snapshots. providing link information for various snapshots, the link information for each snapshot indicating links to and from the documents at the snapshot time; for each snapshot, calculating (216, 301, 401) importance scores for the documents based on the link information of the snapshot; and aggregating (215, 306, 414) the calculated importance scores for the snapshots for a document to provide a temporal importance score for the document, wherein the temporal importance is calculated as a weighted sum of the importance score of the document derived from the snapshot with the latest snapshot time, and the accumulated importance scores of the document from several past snapshots, wherein in the process of aggregating the calculated importance scores, importance scores for more recent snapshots are more heavily weighted than for less recent snapshots.
A client transceiver operating in a wireless local area network, WLAN, system that includes a wireless access point, WAP, serving a plurality of client transceivers in a plurality of sectors, the client transceiver configured to: obtain a reference timing of the WAP while operating in a first sector out of the plurality of sectors of the WAP; receive at least one announcement from the WAP while operating in the first sector; determine a sector configuration of the WAP from the at least one announcement, wherein the sector configuration includes at least one of a number of channels, a number of sectors, and a number of sectors per channel used at the WAP; determine a sector beacon timing of the WAP from the at least one announcement; calculate a virtual target beacon transmission time, TBTT, for a sector of interest based on the determined sector configuration and the sector beacon timing; and listen to a sector beacon signal from the sector of interest at the calculated virtual TBTT; characterized in that, the sector of interest is a sector different from the first sector currently serving the client transceiver. obtain a reference timing of the WAP while operating in a first sector out of the plurality of sectors of the WAP; receive at least one announcement from the WAP while operating in the first sector; determine a sector configuration of the WAP from the at least one announcement, wherein the sector configuration includes at least one of a number of channels, a number of sectors, and a number of sectors per channel used at the WAP; determine a sector beacon timing of the WAP from the at least one announcement; calculate a virtual target beacon transmission time, TBTT, for a sector of interest based on the determined sector configuration and the sector beacon timing; and listen to a sector beacon signal from the sector of interest at the calculated virtual TBTT; characterized in that, the sector of interest is a sector different from the first sector currently serving the client transceiver.