mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Use of a composition comprising pea protein hydrolysate for the preparation of a composition for the treatment and/or prevention of infection by Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and/or a disease associated with infection by Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in mammals, wherein the said composition comprising pea protein hydrolysate is administered to a mammal.
A spinal implant device comprises: a synthetic or metallic implant body structure for insertion on or into the skeletal spinal structure; stem cells applied to the exterior surfaces on the synthetic or metallic implant body structure, said stem cells being applied in a wrap laden with stem cells, said wrap is a sheet wrap or a membrane wrap, which, when hydrated, conforms to the outer surface of said implant body structure. a synthetic or metallic implant body structure for insertion on or into the skeletal spinal structure; stem cells applied to the exterior surfaces on the synthetic or metallic implant body structure, said stem cells being applied in a wrap laden with stem cells, said wrap is a sheet wrap or a membrane wrap, which, when hydrated, conforms to the outer surface of said implant body structure.
A method of filling a chamber with buoyant spheres, comprising: placing a mass of the spheres into a mould cavity; in the mould cavity, optimising packing of the spheres to form an optimally-packed mass and then fixing the spheres in the optimally-packed mass to form a block (28; 68; 72); characterised in that the method comprises the steps of transferring the block (28; 68; 72) from the mould cavity into the chamber while the spheres of the block (28; 68; 72) remain fixed in the optimally-packed mass; and flooding the chamber in use to surround the spheres with water. placing a mass of the spheres into a mould cavity; in the mould cavity, optimising packing of the spheres to form an optimally-packed mass and then fixing the spheres in the optimally-packed mass to form a block (28; 68; 72); characterised in that the method comprises the steps of transferring the block (28; 68; 72) from the mould cavity into the chamber while the spheres of the block (28; 68; 72) remain fixed in the optimally-packed mass; and flooding the chamber in use to surround the spheres with water.
A method for reducing the viscosity of a liquid pharmaceutical formulation comprising a therapeutic protein at a concentration of at least 70 mg/ml, comprising the step of combining the therapeutic protein with a viscosity-reducing concentration of an excipient selected from the group consisting of the n-acetyl arginine, n-acetyl lysine, n-acetyl histidine, n-acetyl proline and mixtures thereof.
A method for monitoring at a management terminal events occurring in a communication network, said communication network comprising a plurality of network elements (NE1, NE2, NE3), said management terminal having a browser adapted to support a web like management graphic interface, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing a monitoring module at one of said plurality of network elements (NE1, NE2, NE3); b) transmitting, from said browser to said monitoring module, a request for monitoring said events, said request including an access token (Token) adapted to obtain authorization to access a monitoring channel between said monitoring module and said management terminal; c) at said monitoring module, listening for possible management information relative to said events transmitted from one or more of said plurality of network elements (NE1, NE2, NE3); d) at said monitoring module, each time said management information are received, processing it to generate updating data and using said access token (Token) for accessing said monitoring channel and transmitting said updating data to said management terminal through said monitoring channel. a) providing a monitoring module at one of said plurality of network elements (NE1, NE2, NE3); b) transmitting, from said browser to said monitoring module, a request for monitoring said events, said request including an access token (Token) adapted to obtain authorization to access a monitoring channel between said monitoring module and said management terminal; c) at said monitoring module, listening for possible management information relative to said events transmitted from one or more of said plurality of network elements (NE1, NE2, NE3); d) at said monitoring module, each time said management information are received, processing it to generate updating data and using said access token (Token) for accessing said monitoring channel and transmitting said updating data to said management terminal through said monitoring channel.
A method for generating a shallow depth of field effect for a digitally captured image (400, 400b), at least one region of interest and at least one non-interest region being defined in the captured image (400, 400b), the method comprising: retrieving a previously stored captured image (400, 400b) from a memory (120, 212), metadata having been stored with the captured Image (400, 400b); wherein the metadata contains region definition information defining the at least one region of interest and the at least one non-interest region, wherein the metadata further contains focus information for each of the at least one region of interest and the at least one non-interest region, wherein the focus information includes respective optimal lens positions for each of the at least one region of interest and the at least one non-interest region; calculating, for each non-interest region, a difference in focus or object distance between the at least one region of interest and the non-interest region using the focus information contained in the metadata, wherein the calculated difference in focus or object distance is calculated as a difference in optimal lens position for each region (405, 410); determining, for each non-interest region, a degree of blur to be applied to the non-interest region, based on the calculated difference in focus or object distance; applying the determined degree of blur to each non-interest region, to generate a blurred image; and displaying the blurred image on a display. retrieving a previously stored captured image (400, 400b) from a memory (120, 212), metadata having been stored with the captured Image (400, 400b); wherein the metadata contains region definition information defining the at least one region of interest and the at least one non-interest region, wherein the metadata further contains focus information for each of the at least one region of interest and the at least one non-interest region, wherein the focus information includes respective optimal lens positions for each of the at least one region of interest and the at least one non-interest region; calculating, for each non-interest region, a difference in focus or object distance between the at least one region of interest and the non-interest region using the focus information contained in the metadata, wherein the calculated difference in focus or object distance is calculated as a difference in optimal lens position for each region (405, 410); determining, for each non-interest region, a degree of blur to be applied to the non-interest region, based on the calculated difference in focus or object distance; applying the determined degree of blur to each non-interest region, to generate a blurred image; and displaying the blurred image on a display.
A method of mitigating cell outage in a radio base station of a wireless communication network, performed by a base station comprising: monitoring whether a cell serviced by the radio base station is expected to be disabled; automatically generating a cell status message directed to one or more neighbor radio base stations for indicating whether the cell is expected to be disabled; and sending the cell status message directly to the one or more neighbor radio base stations; wherein sending the cell status message to the one or more neighbor radio base stations comprises sending the cell status message over a preexisting interface interconnecting the radio base stations. monitoring whether a cell serviced by the radio base station is expected to be disabled; automatically generating a cell status message directed to one or more neighbor radio base stations for indicating whether the cell is expected to be disabled; and sending the cell status message directly to the one or more neighbor radio base stations; wherein sending the cell status message to the one or more neighbor radio base stations comprises sending the cell status message over a preexisting interface interconnecting the radio base stations.
A connecting device for door and window frames, said connecting device comprising mortise means formed on a head portion of a first element, and tenon means formed on a head portion of a second element to be associated with said first element, said mortise and tenon means (2, 5) having a substantially T shape, each said mortise and tenon means (2, 5) comprising a stem (23, 53) and a first wing (21, 51) merging with a second wing (22, 52) characterized in that said first wing (21, 51) is merged or fitted to said stem (23, 53) through a first bend (24, 54), and said second wing (22, 52) is fitted or merged to said stem (23, 53) through a second bend (25, 55)
A method for polymer chromatography, comprising introducing a solution, comprising a polymer, into a liquid flowing through a first stationary phase, and wherein the first stationary phase comprises one of the following: A) a material comprising molybdenum sulfide and/or tungsten sulfide or combinations thereof, or B) glass, or a metal, or combinations thereof, and a material comprising molybdenum sulfide and/or tungsten sulfide. A) a material comprising molybdenum sulfide and/or tungsten sulfide or combinations thereof, or B) glass, or a metal, or combinations thereof, and a material comprising molybdenum sulfide and/or tungsten sulfide.
A motorised assembly comprising an actuator, a valve consisting of a duct, a valve support and a shutter able to close off the duct, the shutter being configured so as to be moved by the actuator by means of a transmission spindle, a seal and a fixing means securing the actuator to the valve, the seal being positioned in a groove in the valve support and in contact with the base of the actuator, the impermeability of the valve being provided by a crushing of the seal under a force F j, the assembly consisting of actuator, transmission spindle and shutter having a mass M and being configured so as to be subjected to an acceleration relative to the valve of X g, g being the acceleration due to gravity, characterised in that the fixing means is in the form of a clamping collar consisting solely of one or more identical deformable bands (106a, 106b, 206), in that the clamping collar has a shape complementary to the base of the actuator on the one hand and to the valve support on the other hand, in that the clamping collar grips the base of the actuator and at least partly the valve support, and in that the deformable band or bands are deformable locally in a reversible elastic fashion in order to compress the seal by applying an axial contact force F a between the actuator and the valve greater than S 1 × (F j + M × X × g), with S 1 a safety factor greater than 1, and deformable locally in a non-reversible plastic fashion in order to lock the position.
A perfusion imaging system, comprising: an imaging device configured to collect perfusion information from a target area during treatment activities performed on the target area, wherein the target area includes a tumor and healthy tissue, and wherein the treatment activities include fractionated radiation therapy; a processing module configured to determine perfusion levels of the target area based on the perfusion information; and a planning module configured to provide a treatment plan for the target area by correlating the perfusion levels with the treatment activities performed on the target area, characterised in that the treatment activities are adjusted by the planning module by intra-fractionally adapting the radiation therapy administered during a fraction of the fractionated radiation therapy, based upon characteristics of the perfusion levels in the target area determined from the perfusion information collected from the target area during the fraction such that a dosage of the radiation therapy to the tumor is reduced in response to a reduction in perfusion levels in the tumor, or such that a dosage of the radiation therapy to the healthy tissue is reduced in response to an increase in perfusion levels in the healthy tissue. an imaging device configured to collect perfusion information from a target area during treatment activities performed on the target area, wherein the target area includes a tumor and healthy tissue, and wherein the treatment activities include fractionated radiation therapy; a processing module configured to determine perfusion levels of the target area based on the perfusion information; and a planning module configured to provide a treatment plan for the target area by correlating the perfusion levels with the treatment activities performed on the target area, characterised in that the treatment activities are adjusted by the planning module by intra-fractionally adapting the radiation therapy administered during a fraction of the fractionated radiation therapy, based upon characteristics of the perfusion levels in the target area determined from the perfusion information collected from the target area during the fraction such that a dosage of the radiation therapy to the tumor is reduced in response to a reduction in perfusion levels in the tumor, or such that a dosage of the radiation therapy to the healthy tissue is reduced in response to an increase in perfusion levels in the healthy tissue.
A device for guiding a fleece strip in a sliver-forming unit of a carding machine having a guide funnel, with an end funnel and with a pair of pressure rollers consisting of an upper pressure roller and a lower pressure roller, wherein the guide funnel is arranged upstream from the end funnel, and the end funnel is arranged upstream from the pair of pressure rollers (27, 28), and the end funnel has a compressed air feed, whereby a pre-funnel is provided between the guide funnel and the end funnel, characterized in that the distance between the upper pressure roller and a lower pressure roller is adjustable and that the end funnel is designed with double walls for the feed of compressed air.
An endoscope having an endoscope head with a working channel for guiding microtools, and an Albarran lever that is insertable on and detachable from the endoscope head, and having a tool guide surface with which a tool that is guidable through the working channel may come into contact in order to be deflected in the lateral direction of the endoscope head, wherein an Albarran lever arrangement space is delimited by two flank sections (12, 13) of the endoscope head that extend in the distal direction, wherein an Albarran lever pivot shaft, from which a shaft section protrudes with respect to the Albarran lever arrangement space with a length, is supported in one of the flank sections (12, 13), wherein the Albarran lever has a shaft insertion hole for inserting the shaft section, and has a width (a) in a direction that is parallel to the shaft insertion hole, that is less than the width of the Albarran lever arrangement space, only by a dimension of a movement gap, in a direction parallel to the shaft section, the movement gap being a gap that prevents the Albarran lever from rubbing against the flank sections (12, 13) while pivoting in the Albarran lever arrangement space, and wherein the Albarran lever has a proximal base section in which the shaft insertion hole is formed, characterized in that the base section has a width (b), in a direction that is parallel to the shaft insertion hole, that corresponds to the width (a) of the Albarran lever minus the length of the shaft section. an endoscope head with a working channel for guiding microtools, and an Albarran lever that is insertable on and detachable from the endoscope head, and having a tool guide surface with which a tool that is guidable through the working channel may come into contact in order to be deflected in the lateral direction of the endoscope head, wherein an Albarran lever arrangement space is delimited by two flank sections (12, 13) of the endoscope head that extend in the distal direction, wherein an Albarran lever pivot shaft, from which a shaft section protrudes with respect to the Albarran lever arrangement space with a length, is supported in one of the flank sections (12, 13), wherein the Albarran lever has a shaft insertion hole for inserting the shaft section, and has a width (a) in a direction that is parallel to the shaft insertion hole, that is less than the width of the Albarran lever arrangement space, only by a dimension of a movement gap, in a direction parallel to the shaft section, the movement gap being a gap that prevents the Albarran lever from rubbing against the flank sections (12, 13) while pivoting in the Albarran lever arrangement space, and wherein the Albarran lever has a proximal base section in which the shaft insertion hole is formed, characterized in that the base section has a width (b), in a direction that is parallel to the shaft insertion hole, that corresponds to the width (a) of the Albarran lever minus the length of the shaft section.
A method of identifying an antagonist or inverse agonist of the signaling activity of an isolated polypeptide which comprises an amino acid sequence having more than 60%, preferably more than 80%, identity with the amino acid sequence of SlitOR5 from Spodoptera littoralis defined in SEQ ID NO:1, comprising: a) contacting said SlitOR5 polypeptide with Z9,E11-14:OAc in the presence or in the absence of a candidate agent or a sample containing a candidate agent under conditions permitting the binding of said Z9,E1 1-14:OAc to said SlitOR5 polypeptide; and b) measuring the binding of said SlitOR5 polypeptide to said Z9,E11-14:OAc or a signaling activity of said SlitOR5 polypeptide, c) comparing the binding or the signaling activity in the presence of said candidate agent or sample with the binding, respectively the signaling activity, in the absence of said agent or sample. a) contacting said SlitOR5 polypeptide with Z9,E11-14:OAc in the presence or in the absence of a candidate agent or a sample containing a candidate agent under conditions permitting the binding of said Z9,E1 1-14:OAc to said SlitOR5 polypeptide; and b) measuring the binding of said SlitOR5 polypeptide to said Z9,E11-14:OAc or a signaling activity of said SlitOR5 polypeptide, c) comparing the binding or the signaling activity in the presence of said candidate agent or sample with the binding, respectively the signaling activity, in the absence of said agent or sample.
A MEMS microphone, comprising - an input pin for applying an external reference clock signal - a digital frequency detector for detecting the frequency of the applied external reference clock signal - an internal memory for storing a number of frequency thresholds and a number of mode setting signals each being assigned to one the frequency thresholds - an evaluation circuit adapted for comparing the detected frequency with the stored frequency thresholds and for selecting the respective mode setting signals according to the detected frequency threshold - an adjustment circuit for adjusting the operation of the microphone according to the mode setting signals. - an input pin for applying an external reference clock signal - a digital frequency detector for detecting the frequency of the applied external reference clock signal - an internal memory for storing a number of frequency thresholds and a number of mode setting signals each being assigned to one the frequency thresholds - an evaluation circuit adapted for comparing the detected frequency with the stored frequency thresholds and for selecting the respective mode setting signals according to the detected frequency threshold - an adjustment circuit for adjusting the operation of the microphone according to the mode setting signals.
Method for testing the leak-tightness of a fuel tank system of an internal combustion engine, wherein the fuel tank system comprises - a fuel tank, - a fuel vapour filter which is connected in fluid-conducting fashion to an opening to surroundings, - a ventilation line which leads from the fuel tank to the fuel vapour filter, - a scavenging-air line which leads from the fuel vapour filter to a fresh-gas tract of the internal combustion engine, - a compressor which is integrated into the scavenging-air line, and - a shut-off valve which is integrated into the scavenging-air line and which is arranged between an opening of the scavenging-air line into the fresh-gas tract and the compressor, characterized in that a distinction between adequate and inadequate leak-tightness is made by way of a comparison of at least one value or value profile, ascertained in a defined operating state of the fuel tank system, of an operating parameter of the compressor with an associated setpoint value or setpoint value range which represents said operating state and which corresponds to an adequate leak-tightness. - a fuel tank, - a fuel vapour filter which is connected in fluid-conducting fashion to an opening to surroundings, - a ventilation line which leads from the fuel tank to the fuel vapour filter, - a scavenging-air line which leads from the fuel vapour filter to a fresh-gas tract of the internal combustion engine, - a compressor which is integrated into the scavenging-air line, and - a shut-off valve which is integrated into the scavenging-air line and which is arranged between an opening of the scavenging-air line into the fresh-gas tract and the compressor,
A mounting station for releasably holding a computer terminal, the mounting station comprising: a housing; a power input port disposed on the side of the housing; an electrical connector that is in communication with the power input port and comprising a plurality of electrically conductive members disposed in an area defined by an indentation of the housing; a tab disposed on the housing; and a ridge disposed on the housing, the mounting station being configured such that when the tab has engaged a slot of the computer terminal and a locking member 161) of the computer terminal has engaged the ridge, the plurality of electrically conductive members contact respective electrically conductive elements of the computer terminal. a housing; a power input port disposed on the side of the housing; an electrical connector that is in communication with the power input port and comprising a plurality of electrically conductive members disposed in an area defined by an indentation of the housing; a tab disposed on the housing; and a ridge disposed on the housing, the mounting station being configured such that when the tab has engaged a slot of the computer terminal and a locking member 161) of the computer terminal has engaged the ridge, the plurality of electrically conductive members contact respective electrically conductive elements of the computer terminal.
Device for affixing at least one temperature sensor to an animal, to be placed in an animal's auditory canal, comprising: - a first portion (41, 51) defining at least one housing (411, 511) configured to receive at least one temperature sensor and means for transmitting at least one temperature value, and, - a second portion (42, 52) forming a spring, said first portion and/or said second portion being configured to take support on at least two distinct zones of said auditory canal, characterized in that said second portion (42, 52) comprises at least one spring leaf and in that said first portion (41, 51) is a helicoidal element connected to said at least one spring leaf. - a first portion (41, 51) defining at least one housing (411, 511) configured to receive at least one temperature sensor and means for transmitting at least one temperature value, and, - a second portion (42, 52) forming a spring,