mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A dPCR method for quantification of a target nucleic acid in a sample, the method comprising: forming a plurality of discrete sample portions, each of the plurality of discrete sample portions comprising a portion of the sample, and a reaction mixture; amplifying the plurality of discrete sample portions to form a plurality of discrete processed sample portions including at least one discrete processed sample portion containing nucleic acid amplification reaction products; detecting fluorescence signals from the at least one of the plurality of discrete processed sample portions to determine a presence of the at least one target nucleic acid; determining the respective volumes of the plurality of discrete processed sample portions wherein determining the respective volumes comprises imaging the plurality of discrete processed sample portions; and estimating the number of copies-per-unit-volume of the at least one target nucleic acid in the sample based on the number of discrete processed sample portions determined to contain the at least one target nucleic acid therein. forming a plurality of discrete sample portions, each of the plurality of discrete sample portions comprising a portion of the sample, and a reaction mixture; amplifying the plurality of discrete sample portions to form a plurality of discrete processed sample portions including at least one discrete processed sample portion containing nucleic acid amplification reaction products; detecting fluorescence signals from the at least one of the plurality of discrete processed sample portions to determine a presence of the at least one target nucleic acid; determining the respective volumes of the plurality of discrete processed sample portions wherein determining the respective volumes comprises imaging the plurality of discrete processed sample portions; and estimating the number of copies-per-unit-volume of the at least one target nucleic acid in the sample based on the number of discrete processed sample portions determined to contain the at least one target nucleic acid therein.
An oligonucleotide analogue comprising a consecutive sequence of n nucleotides and/or nucleotide analogues and at least two hydrophobic nucleotides, wherein said oligonucleotide analogue is covalently linked to a signalling pair, wherein the hydrophobic nucleotide has the general structure X-Y-Q wherein X is a nucleotide or nucleotide analogue or a backbone monomer unit capable of being incorporated into the backbone of a nucleic acid or nucleic acid analogue, Q is a hydrophobic molecule which is not taking part in Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding, wherein the hydrophobic molecule is selected from the group consisting of polyaromates and heteropolyaromates optionally substituted with one or more selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, bromo, fluoro, chloro, iodo, mercapto, thio, cyano, alkylthio, heterocycle, aryl, heteroaryl, carboxyl, carboalkoyl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, nitro, amino, alkoxyl and amido; and Y is a linker moiety linking said nucleotide or nucleotide analogue or backbone monomer unit and said hydrophobic molecule; and wherein n is an integer of at least 4; and wherein the at least two hydrophobic nucleotides are positioned at the most 9 nucleotides and/or nucleotide analogues from one end; and wherein the at least two hydrophobic nucleotides are positioned in the same distance +/- 1 nucleotide or nucleotide analogue from the respective parts of the signalling pair, and wherein the signalling pair consists of a two part system, wherein one part is positioned at the most 6 nucleotides and/or nucleotide analogues from the 5' end and the other part is positioned at the most 6 nucleotides or nucleotide analogues from the 3' end; wherein the parts of the signalling pair are not identical to the hydrophobic nucleotide, with the proviso that when one part of the signalling pair is positioned as a dangling end at the 5' end, then the first nucleotide or nucleotide analogue at the 5' end is not a hydrophobic nucleotide and when one part of the signalling pair is positioned as a dangling end at the 3' end, then the first nucleotide or nucleotide analogue at the 3' end is not a hydrophobic nucleotide.
A wind turbine blade assembly comprising: a wind turbine blade having a tip end defining an end surface of the blade; a blade lightning protection system provided inside the blade and having a blade tip receptor block inside the tip end of the blade; a blade tip connector mounted at a predetermined position to the end surface of the blade and electrically connected to the blade tip receptor block; a tip extension in the form of a sock fitted over the tip end of the blade to extend the length of the blade, the tip extension including one or more lightning receptors; a tip extension connector fixed at a predetermined position inside the tip extension and electrically connected to the one or more lightning receptors of the tip extension; wherein the predetermined positions of the blade tip connector and the tip extension connector are selected such that when the tip extension is fitted to the blade, the connecters are mutually aligned and form a push-fit connection inside the tip extension. a wind turbine blade having a tip end defining an end surface of the blade; a blade lightning protection system provided inside the blade and having a blade tip receptor block inside the tip end of the blade; a blade tip connector mounted at a predetermined position to the end surface of the blade and electrically connected to the blade tip receptor block; a tip extension in the form of a sock fitted over the tip end of the blade to extend the length of the blade, the tip extension including one or more lightning receptors; a tip extension connector fixed at a predetermined position inside the tip extension and electrically connected to the one or more lightning receptors of the tip extension; wherein the predetermined positions of the blade tip connector and the tip extension connector are selected such that when the tip extension is fitted to the blade, the connecters are mutually aligned and form a push-fit connection inside the tip extension.
A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator main body having a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber; a refrigerating chamber door positioned at the refrigerator main body to open and close at least a portion of the refrigerating chamber; an ice making chamber disposed at an inner surface of the refrigerating chamber door to make and store ice cubes; and a door basket configured to be attached to an outer surface of the ice making chamber, wherein the door basket comprises: a bottom portion; an accommodation portion forming an accommodation space therein, the accommodation portion protruding from an edge of the bottom portion and has a predetermined height; characterised by: at least one cool air through hole positioned at the bottom portion to allow a passing of cool air therethrough; a fixed surface for fixing the door basket to an ice making chamber cover, wherein the fixed surface has a cut-off portion formed by cutting off a part of the fixed surface or a concave portion configured such that part of the fixed surface is curved farther away from the ice making chamber to be concave by a preset depth, reinforcing portions disposed at both sides of a surface with the cut-off portion or at both sides of the basket when the fixed surface has a concave portion, each of the reinforcing portions having a thickness thicker than the bottom portion or the accommodation portion. a refrigerator main body having a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber; a refrigerating chamber door positioned at the refrigerator main body to open and close at least a portion of the refrigerating chamber; an ice making chamber disposed at an inner surface of the refrigerating chamber door to make and store ice cubes; and a door basket configured to be attached to an outer surface of the ice making chamber, wherein the door basket comprises: a bottom portion; an accommodation portion forming an accommodation space therein, the accommodation portion protruding from an edge of the bottom portion and has a predetermined height; a bottom portion; an accommodation portion forming an accommodation space therein, the accommodation portion protruding from an edge of the bottom portion and has a predetermined height; at least one cool air through hole positioned at the bottom portion to allow a passing of cool air therethrough; a fixed surface for fixing the door basket to an ice making chamber cover, wherein the fixed surface has a cut-off portion formed by cutting off a part of the fixed surface or a concave portion configured such that part of the fixed surface is curved farther away from the ice making chamber to be concave by a preset depth, reinforcing portions disposed at both sides of a surface with the cut-off portion or at both sides of the basket when the fixed surface has a concave portion, each of the reinforcing portions having a thickness thicker than the bottom portion or the accommodation portion.
Method for producing a joint with a housing which is provided with at least one pin opening, - a joint inner part, which has a bearing region, the housing and at least one sealing gaiter being produced, - the joint inner part being introduced into the housing, with the result that it is arranged with the bearing region in the housing and extends out of the latter in the axial direction (x) through the pin opening, - the bearing body which encloses the bearing region being produced and connected fixedly to the housing by way of overmoulding or casting plastic around the bearing region which is arranged in the housing, - the at least one sealing gaiter being guided over the joint inner part, with the result that the sealing gaiter surrounds the joint inner part and extends from a bearing body-side gaiter contact region, provided on the bearing body or housing, as far as a joint inner part-side gaiter contact region, provided on the joint inner part, - the sleeve or the at least one sleeve (10, 11) being produced as a cylindrical sleeve from plastic and being provided on the at least one gaiter contact region (8, 9), characterized in that the sleeve (10, 11) surrounds the joint inner part and extends in the axial direction (x), after which the sealing gaiter and the sleeve (10, 11) are pushed into one another during guiding of the sealing gaiter over the joint inner part, after which the sleeve (10, 11) is provided with a radial limb which supports the sealing gaiter axially by way of reshaping and/or angling away at one axial end. - a joint inner part, which has a bearing region, the housing and at least one sealing gaiter being produced, - the joint inner part being introduced into the housing, with the result that it is arranged with the bearing region in the housing and extends out of the latter in the axial direction (x) through the pin opening, - the bearing body which encloses the bearing region being produced and connected fixedly to the housing by way of overmoulding or casting plastic around the bearing region which is arranged in the housing, - the at least one sealing gaiter being guided over the joint inner part, with the result that the sealing gaiter surrounds the joint inner part and extends from a bearing body-side gaiter contact region, provided on the bearing body or housing, as far as a joint inner part-side gaiter contact region, provided on the joint inner part, - the sleeve or the at least one sleeve (10, 11) being produced as a cylindrical sleeve from plastic and being provided on the at least one gaiter contact region (8, 9),
A data transmitter (100_1) comprising: means for generating transmission data packets, configured to split a first data packet into at least three transmission data packets (104_1-104_n), wherein each of the at least three transmission data packets (104_1-104_n) is shorter than the first data packet, the means for generating data packets being configured to channel-encode the at least three transmission data packets (104_1-104_n) such that only a portion of the transmission data packets (104_1-104_n) is required for decoding the first data packet; means for transmitting data packets, configured to transmit the at least three transmission data packets (104 _ 1-104_n) in a frequency channel via a communications channel with a time gap; means for monitoring the frequency channel, configured to recognize an interference or transmission of a further data transmitter (100_2) in the frequency channel; wherein the means for transmitting data packets is configured not to transmit, transmit only partly or at a later time via the communications channel a transmission data packet, waiting for transmission, of the at least three transmission data packets (104_1-104_n) if an interference or transmission from a further data transmitter (100_2) is recognized by the means for monitoring the frequency channel at the time of transmitting the transmission data packet. means for generating transmission data packets, configured to split a first data packet into at least three transmission data packets (104_1-104_n), wherein each of the at least three transmission data packets (104_1-104_n) is shorter than the first data packet, the means for generating data packets being configured to channel-encode the at least three transmission data packets (104_1-104_n) such that only a portion of the transmission data packets (104_1-104_n) is required for decoding the first data packet; means for transmitting data packets, configured to transmit the at least three transmission data packets (104 _ 1-104_n) in a frequency channel via a communications channel with a time gap; means for monitoring the frequency channel, configured to recognize an interference or transmission of a further data transmitter (100_2) in the frequency channel; wherein the means for transmitting data packets is configured not to transmit, transmit only partly or at a later time via the communications channel a transmission data packet, waiting for transmission, of the at least three transmission data packets (104_1-104_n) if an interference or transmission from a further data transmitter (100_2) is recognized by the means for monitoring the frequency channel at the time of transmitting the transmission data packet.
A modular system of motorized conveyor rollers, comprising: - a conveyor roller tube (10, 110), - a first axle unit (20, 130a), which is integrated in a first end of the conveyor roller tube, - a second axle unit (30, 130b), which is integrated in a second end of the conveyor roller tube opposite the first end, - a first bearing unit on the first end and a second bearing unit on the second end, about which the conveyor roller tube is mounted rotatably about the first and second axle units, respectively, - an electric motor (50, 150) arranged in the conveyor roller tube and mechanically coupled between the second axle unit und the conveyor roller tube for generating a torque between the conveyor roller tube and the second axle unit, wherein the modular system comprises, as an electric motor, - a motor of a first design, which is coupled to the conveyor roller tube via a first interface and to the second axle unit via a second interface, and - a motor of a second design different from the first design, which is coupled to the conveyor roller tube via the first interface and to the second axle unit via the second interface. - a conveyor roller tube (10, 110), - a first axle unit (20, 130a), which is integrated in a first end of the conveyor roller tube, - a second axle unit (30, 130b), which is integrated in a second end of the conveyor roller tube opposite the first end, - a first bearing unit on the first end and a second bearing unit on the second end, about which the conveyor roller tube is mounted rotatably about the first and second axle units, respectively, - an electric motor (50, 150) arranged in the conveyor roller tube and mechanically coupled between the second axle unit und the conveyor roller tube for generating a torque between the conveyor roller tube and the second axle unit, - a motor of a first design, which is coupled to the conveyor roller tube via a first interface and to the second axle unit via a second interface, and - a motor of a second design different from the first design, which is coupled to the conveyor roller tube via the first interface and to the second axle unit via the second interface.
A stationary or traveling pipe cutting machine that cuts a pipe at a right angle to the center line of the pipe, comprising: rotary blades (20, 20) in a pair, with a plane at a right angle to the center line of the pipe to be cut defined as an x-y plane and the center of the pipe defined as a coordinate origin, the rotary blades being arranged to face each other on both sides of a y axis in such a manner that blade edges of the rotary blades overlap each other in the direction of an x axis; a straightforward driving mechanism that drives the rotary blades in a pair straightforward in opposite directions of a y-axis direction so as to make the rotary blades in a pair pass each other on the x axis and in the vicinity of the x axis; and characterized by a power direction conversion mechanism (46, 47) that changes part of straightforward driving force in the y-axis direction to force in the x-axis direction and moves at least one of the rotary blades (20, 20) in a pair outwardly to get farther from the y axis for avoiding interference between the blade edges when the rotary blades in a pair pass each other on the x axis and in the vicinity of the x axis. rotary blades (20, 20) in a pair, with a plane at a right angle to the center line of the pipe to be cut defined as an x-y plane and the center of the pipe defined as a coordinate origin, the rotary blades being arranged to face each other on both sides of a y axis in such a manner that blade edges of the rotary blades overlap each other in the direction of an x axis; a straightforward driving mechanism that drives the rotary blades in a pair straightforward in opposite directions of a y-axis direction so as to make the rotary blades in a pair pass each other on the x axis and in the vicinity of the x axis; and
A socket contact comprising: a tubular body having: a first end; a second end opposite the first end, the body having an opening (11, 12) at the first and/or second end; a plurality of slots (13a, 13b, 13c) forming a plurality of beam members (14a, 14b, 14c), wherein at least one of the beam members comprises at least a first section (15a, 15b, 15c) that is inwardly raised relative to the remaining section of the beam members so as to form a narrower contact section within the socket contact, wherein the slots are angled such that their longitudinal axis is at an angle to a central longitudinal axis of the tubular body; a first collar proximal the first end; a second collar proximal the second end; and a sidewall portion extending between first collar portion and the second collar portion, wherein the sidewall portion comprises the plurality of slots forming the plurality of beam members, wherein each end of the beam member is fixed and anchored in the sidewall portion adjacent each collar such that in use when a mating pin enters the socket contact, the beam members are pressed outwards and the contact section remains substantially concentric about a central longitudinal axis of the socket contact, characterized in that the inwardly raised contact section provides a ridge that includes perpendicular edges (17a, 17b) to the contact's central longitudinal axis and two angled edges (18a, 18b) based on the angled edges of a corresponding beam member. a first end; a second end opposite the first end, the body having an opening (11, 12) at the first and/or second end; a plurality of slots (13a, 13b, 13c) forming a plurality of beam members (14a, 14b, 14c), wherein at least one of the beam members comprises at least a first section (15a, 15b, 15c) that is inwardly raised relative to the remaining section of the beam members so as to form a narrower contact section within the socket contact, wherein the slots are angled such that their longitudinal axis is at an angle to a central longitudinal axis of the tubular body; a first collar proximal the first end; a second collar proximal the second end; and a sidewall portion extending between first collar portion and the second collar portion, wherein the sidewall portion comprises the plurality of slots forming the plurality of beam members, wherein each end of the beam member is fixed and anchored in the sidewall portion adjacent each collar such that in use when a mating pin enters the socket contact, the beam members are pressed outwards and the contact section remains substantially concentric about a central longitudinal axis of the socket contact, characterized in that the inwardly raised contact section provides a ridge that includes perpendicular edges (17a, 17b) to the contact's central longitudinal axis and two angled edges (18a, 18b) based on the angled edges of a corresponding beam member.
A composition comprising a stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles having a shell and a core protuberating from the shell, wherein the protuberating core comprises, based on the weight of the core: a) from 2 to 15 weight percent structural units of a phosphorous acid monomer or a salt thereof; b) from 0.2 to 20 weight percent structural units of a carboxylic acid monomer or a sulfur acid monomer or a salt thereof or a combination thereof; c) from 0.1 to 30 weight percent structural units of a multiethylenically unsaturated monomer; and d) from 50 to 95 weight percent structural units of a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated bulk monomer; wherein the shell comprises, based on the weight of the shell: a1) less than 1 weight percent structural units of a phosphorus acid monomer or salt thereof; b1) from 0.1 to 4 weight percent structural units of a sulfur acid monomer or a salt thereof, based on the weight of the shell; c1) less than 2 weight percent structural units of a carboxylic acid monomer or salt thereof; and d1) from 80 to 99 weight percent structural units of a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated bulk monomer; wherein said polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated bulk monomer is selected from a styrene monomer or an acrylate monomer or a combination thereof; wherein the ratio of structural units of the sulfur acid monomer to structural units of carboxylic acid monomer is at least 0.2:1; and wherein the weight-to-weight ratio of the shell to the core is in the range of from 3:1 to 50:1. a) from 2 to 15 weight percent structural units of a phosphorous acid monomer or a salt thereof; b) from 0.2 to 20 weight percent structural units of a carboxylic acid monomer or a sulfur acid monomer or a salt thereof or a combination thereof; c) from 0.1 to 30 weight percent structural units of a multiethylenically unsaturated monomer; and d) from 50 to 95 weight percent structural units of a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated bulk monomer; a1) less than 1 weight percent structural units of a phosphorus acid monomer or salt thereof; b1) from 0.1 to 4 weight percent structural units of a sulfur acid monomer or a salt thereof, based on the weight of the shell; c1) less than 2 weight percent structural units of a carboxylic acid monomer or salt thereof; and d1) from 80 to 99 weight percent structural units of a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated bulk monomer;