mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A modular LED lamp structure comprising: - an LED light source, - a heat sink element having a flat supporting face for the LED light source and a central axis which is perpendicular to the flat face, - means (2, 20) for conditioning the beam of light emitted by the light source, - a mask for blocking the light source designed to press the light source by keeping it pressed against the flat supporting face of the sink element, the mask comprising an engaging area for the conditioning means (2, 20), - means for removably fastening the mask to the sink element, wherein the engaging area extends circumferentially inside an outer cylindrical portion of the mask to define, together with a suitably matched end portion of the conditioning means (2, 20), a bayonet coupling designed to guarantee stable positioning of the conditioning means (2, 20) relative to the sink element, - snap-on means for fastening the bayonet coupling, characterised in that it comprises an interchangeable adapter element interposed between the light source and the mask to make the mask compatible with different light sources, and in that the blocking mask and the adapter element have respective matching faces designed to engage with each other to define a shape coupling, the shape defining the coupling having asymmetrical profile to define a single angular coupling position relative to the central axis. - an LED light source, - a heat sink element having a flat supporting face for the LED light source and a central axis which is perpendicular to the flat face, - means (2, 20) for conditioning the beam of light emitted by the light source, - a mask for blocking the light source designed to press the light source by keeping it pressed against the flat supporting face of the sink element, the mask comprising an engaging area for the conditioning means (2, 20), - means for removably fastening the mask to the sink element, wherein the engaging area extends circumferentially inside an outer cylindrical portion of the mask to define, together with a suitably matched end portion of the conditioning means (2, 20), a bayonet coupling designed to guarantee stable positioning of the conditioning means (2, 20) relative to the sink element, - snap-on means for fastening the bayonet coupling, characterised in that it comprises an interchangeable adapter element interposed between the light source and the mask to make the mask compatible with different light sources, and in that the blocking mask and the adapter element have respective matching faces designed to engage with each other to define a shape coupling, the shape defining the coupling having asymmetrical profile to define a single angular coupling position relative to the central axis.
A method for diagnosing or prognosing heptacellular carcinoma comprising: detecting the concentration of long-chain specific acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (ACADVL), and actin-binding protein, anillin (ANLN), and brain acid-soluble protein 1 (BASP1) at a nucleic acid and/or protein level in a sample from a subject in need thereof; and comparing the detection result to that of a corresponding marker from a control sample wherein the change in the concentration of the biomarker at a nucleic acid and/or protein level in the subject from the control sample indicates the presence of HCC in the subject, wherein the change is the increased concentration of the biomarkers ACADVL, and ANLN and the decreased concentration of biomarker BASP1 in the subject compared to the control. detecting the concentration of long-chain specific acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (ACADVL), and actin-binding protein, anillin (ANLN), and brain acid-soluble protein 1 (BASP1) at a nucleic acid and/or protein level in a sample from a subject in need thereof; and comparing the detection result to that of a corresponding marker from a control sample wherein the change in the concentration of the biomarker at a nucleic acid and/or protein level in the subject from the control sample indicates the presence of HCC in the subject, wherein the change is the increased concentration of the biomarkers ACADVL, and ANLN and the decreased concentration of biomarker BASP1 in the subject compared to the control.
A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal module; a backlight member arranged under the liquid crystal module and having a first through hole; a light guide member having a second through hole, the light guide member comprising a light incident surface and a first light emergent surface on a wall surrounding the second through hole, and the first light emergent surface being obliquely arranged towards the liquid crystal module; and a light emission member arranged opposing the light incident surface and configured to emit light into the light guide member through the light incident surface, wherein a part of the light entering the light guide member is projected on a portion of the liquid crystal module corresponding to a center area of the first through hole after being emitted from the first light emergent surface characterized in that the light guide member is arranged in the first through hole. a liquid crystal module; a backlight member arranged under the liquid crystal module and having a first through hole; a light guide member having a second through hole, the light guide member comprising a light incident surface and a first light emergent surface on a wall surrounding the second through hole, and the first light emergent surface being obliquely arranged towards the liquid crystal module; and a light emission member arranged opposing the light incident surface and configured to emit light into the light guide member through the light incident surface, wherein a part of the light entering the light guide member is projected on a portion of the liquid crystal module corresponding to a center area of the first through hole after being emitted from the first light emergent surface characterized in that the light guide member is arranged in the first through hole.
A method for absorbing acid compounds contained in a gaseous effluent, wherein the gaseous effluent is contacted with an aqueous solution comprising at least one amine, said amine being selected from the group containing N,N,N',N',N"-pentamethylethylenetriamine, piperazine, monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, methyldiethanolamine, diisopropanolamine, diglycolamine, a glycine salt and a taurine salt, and wherein the degradation of said amine is controlled by introducing at least one degradation inhibiting compound for limiting the degradation of said amine, the degradation inhibiting compound having the general formula as follows: where X is selected from the group containing: • a hydrogen atom, • a hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, • an alkaline element, • an alkaline-earth element, • a monovalent metal, • a multivalent metal, • an ammonium, and where: y ranges between 1 and 4, n ranges between 0 and 4, said solution comprising between 10 wt.% and 80 wt.% of said amine, between 10 wt.% and 90 wt.% water, and between 5 ppm and 5 wt.% of said degradation inhibiting compound. • a hydrogen atom, • a hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, • an alkaline element, • an alkaline-earth element, • a monovalent metal, • a multivalent metal, • an ammonium, y ranges between 1 and 4, n ranges between 0 and 4,
A control unit which controls the operation of an engine which powers a hydraulic pump; the control unit configured to selectively vary the power supplied to the hydraulic pump, the control unit further configured to; determine an amount of excess engine performance available at a current engine speed, wherein the excess engine performance is the difference between a maximum engine performance available at a current engine speed and the engine performance at idle at said current engine speed, determine a desired demand of engine performance from the hydraulic pump, compare the amount of excess engine performance with the desired demand, and if the amount of excess engine performance is less than the desired demand, provide the hydraulic pump with an amount of engine performance that is less than the desired demand and increase the engine performance at the engine speed.
A positioning system capable of operating for example over the temperature range between -250°C and 70°C, including a frame and a plate, said plate being movably mounted relative to the frame, said plate being able to support an object to be positioned, means for displacing the plate relative to the frame to a desired position, and a system for position indexing the plate relative to the frame, the displacement means including a stepper motor and a reduction gear, said reduction gear having an angular play and the indexing system including means for rendering the position indexing of said plate inactive during the operation of the displacement means, the angular play of the reduction gear being selected such that the plate does not exert a counter-reaction on the stepper motor via the reduction gear when the means for rendering the indexing inactive are deactivated, wherein the angular play of the reduction gear is greater than the angular resolution of the motor and reduction gear assembly.
A method of electrolytic reduction of a feedstock, the feedstock comprising oxygen and a first metal, the method comprising the steps of, arranging the feedstock in contact with a cathode and a molten salt within an electrolysis cell, arranging an anode in contact with the molten salt within the electrolysis cell, the anode comprising a molten second metal, the second metal being aluminium or an aluminium alloy, and applying a potential between the anode and the cathode such that oxygen is removed from the feedstock to form a reduced feedstock, the oxygen removed from the feedstock reacting with the molten second metal to form an oxide comprising the second metal.
System for multicast communication from an Application Server to at least two User Equipments, the system being configured for an LTE cellular network and comprising an Evolved Packet Core having a first interface (SGi) for receiving unicast user messages and a second interface (S1-u) for outputting unicast user messages; a Broadcast Multicast Service Center and a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Gateway for multicast communication; at least one eNodeB for communicating with the User Equipments via an LTE air interface, the eNodeB being connected to the second interface (S1-u) of the Evolved Packet Core for receiving unicast user messages and having an M1 interface for receiving multicast user messages; a multicast server connected to the first interface (SGi) of the Evolved Packet Core and having an interface for receiving messages, which are to be sent to the at least two User Equipments, from the Application Server; and a proxy User Equipment connected to the M1 interface of the eNodeB, the proxy User Equipment being registered with the Evolved Packet Core; wherein the multicast server hosts the Broadcast Multicast Service Center and the Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Gateway and is configured to generate multicast user messages from the messages received from the Application Server by means of the Broadcast Multicast Service Center and the Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Gateway, to wrap the generated multicast user messages in at least one unicast user message, to establish a bearer with the proxy User Equipment via the Evolved Packet Core, and to communicate the unicast user messages to the proxy User Equipment via said bearer; wherein the proxy User Equipment is configured to extract the multicast user messages from the unicast user messages received via said bearer and to output the generated multicast user messages to the M1 interface of the eNodeB; and wherein the eNodeB is further configured to transmit the multicast user messages received from the proxy User Equipment to at least two User Equipments via the LTE air interface.
Decoder for reconstructing a picture from a datastream into which the picture is coded in units of slices into which the picture is partitioned, wherein the decoder is configured to decode the slices from the datastream in accordance with a slice order and the decoder is responsive to a syntax element portion within a current slice of the slices, so as to decode the current slice in accordance with one of at least two modes (20, 22), and in accordance with a first of the at least two modes, decode the current slice from the datastream using context adaptive entropy decoding including a derivation of contexts across slice boundaries, a continuous update of symbol probabilities of the contexts and an initialization (38, 40) of the symbol probabilities depending on saved states of symbol probabilities of a previously decoded slice, and predictive decoding across the slice boundaries, and in accordance with a second of the at least two modes, decode the current slice from the datastream using context adaptive entropy decoding with restricting the derivation of the contexts so as to not cross the slice boundaries, a continuous update of symbol probabilities of the contexts and an initialization of the symbol probabilities independent on any previously decoded slice, and predictive decoding with restricting the predictive decoding so as to not cross the slice boundaries, wherein the picture is partitioned in coding blocks arranged in rows and columns and having a raster scan order defined among each other, and the decoder is configured to associate each slice with a continuous subset of the coding blocks in the raster scan order so that the subsets follow each other along the raster scan order in accordance with the slice order, and wherein the decoder is configured to save symbol probabilities as obtained in context adaptive entropy decoding the previously decoded slice up to a second coding block in a row in accordance with the raster scan order, and, in initializing the symbol probabilities for the context adaptive entropy decoding of the current slice in accordance with the first mode, check as to whether a first coding block of the continuous subset of coding blocks associated with the current slice is a first coding block in a row in accordance with the raster scan order, and, if so, initialize the symbol probabilities for the context adaptive entropy decoding of the current slice depending on the saved symbol probabilities as obtained in context adaptive entropy decoding the previously decoded slice up to a second coding block in a row in accordance with the raster scan order, and, if not, initialize the symbol probabilities for the context adaptive entropy decoding of the current slice depending on symbol probabilities as obtained in context adaptive entropy decoding the previously decoded slice up to the end of the previously decoded slice, wherein the decoder is configured to process samples of the picture in units of coding treeblocks partitioned into coding blocks using recursive quadtree partitioning.
Domestic appliance (1;40) comprising - a base frame (3; 41), - an actuator, - the actuator being provided with a drive member, the actuator being arranged for reciprocating movement of the drive member, wherein the domestic appliance further comprises a sub frame whereby the actuator is mounted on the sub frame, characterised by a resilient member (21,23,25,27;46) arranged between the sub frame and the base frame for moveably mounting the sub frame to the base frame. - a base frame (3; 41), - an actuator, - the actuator being provided with a drive member, the actuator being arranged for reciprocating movement of the drive member, wherein the domestic appliance further comprises a sub frame whereby the actuator is mounted on the sub frame, characterised by a resilient member (21,23,25,27;46) arranged between the sub frame and the base frame for moveably mounting the sub frame to the base frame.
A computer-implemented method for video conferencing, the method comprising: establishing a one-way or two-way videoconference between a service provider at a first client device and a customer at a second client device, wherein a video including a sequence of images is captured on a customer side; receiving the video; detecting at least one object of interest in one or more of the images, the object of interest including a face of the customer; locating feature reference points of the at least one object of interest; aligning a virtual face mesh to the at least one object of interest in one or more of the images based at least in part on the feature reference points; finding over the sequence of images at least one deformation of the virtual face mesh, wherein the at least one deformation is associated with at least one face mimic; determining that the at least one deformation refers to a facial emotion selected from a plurality of reference facial emotions; and generating a communication bearing data associated with the facial emotion, the method further comprising: transmitting the communication over a communications network to a third party at a third client device; and characterized in that the method further comprises: entering the third party into the videoconference between the customer and the service provider in dependence on the facial emotion associated with the at least one deformation of the virtual face mesh relating to a negative facial emotion. establishing a one-way or two-way videoconference between a service provider at a first client device and a customer at a second client device, wherein a video including a sequence of images is captured on a customer side; receiving the video; detecting at least one object of interest in one or more of the images, the object of interest including a face of the customer; locating feature reference points of the at least one object of interest; aligning a virtual face mesh to the at least one object of interest in one or more of the images based at least in part on the feature reference points; finding over the sequence of images at least one deformation of the virtual face mesh, wherein the at least one deformation is associated with at least one face mimic; determining that the at least one deformation refers to a facial emotion selected from a plurality of reference facial emotions; and generating a communication bearing data associated with the facial emotion, the method further comprising: transmitting the communication over a communications network to a third party at a third client device; and characterized in that the method further comprises: entering the third party into the videoconference between the customer and the service provider in dependence on the facial emotion associated with the at least one deformation of the virtual face mesh relating to a negative facial emotion.
A method to transport an unmanned aerial vehicle, "UAV", on a transportation vehicle, the method comprising: instructing the UAV to take off from a departure location and begin flying toward a destination; evaluating routes for a plurality of transportation vehicles for which one or more agreements have been made to allow for the landing of UAVs on the plurality of transportation vehicles; selecting a transportation vehicle from the plurality of transportation vehicles to bring the UAV closer to the destination based at least in part on the evaluation; and instructing the UAV to land on the selected transportation vehicle to transport the UAV during a portion of a route of a selected transportation vehicle. instructing the UAV to take off from a departure location and begin flying toward a destination; evaluating routes for a plurality of transportation vehicles for which one or more agreements have been made to allow for the landing of UAVs on the plurality of transportation vehicles; selecting a transportation vehicle from the plurality of transportation vehicles to bring the UAV closer to the destination based at least in part on the evaluation; and instructing the UAV to land on the selected transportation vehicle to transport the UAV during a portion of a route of a selected transportation vehicle.
Container for packaging a cosmetic-type product, comprising at least one refill vessel arranged in a removable manner in a covering pot, said covering pot being formed by a body delimiting an open internal volume configured to house the vessel, the body comprising a substantially circular neck centred on a vertical central axis and bearing a means for fixing a lid, the vessel being formed by a bottom surmounted by a side wall delimiting a configured open internal volume, characterised in that: - the covering pot comprises at least one cavity hollowed out non-through in the thickness of the neck, the cavity opening onto the rim of the pot and having an upper abutment edge extending in a first circumferential direction (Dlock) about the vertical central axis; - the vessel comprises at least one grippable tab extending from the free edge of the side wall in a circumferential plane substantially parallel to the side wall of the vessel, the contour of the tab in the circumferential plane has a portion extending in said first circumferential direction (Dlock), said portion bearing a bearing surface; - the tab is configured to be received in the cavity and to slide in the cavity between a locked position and an unlocked position by rotation of the vessel about the vertical central axis; - in the locked position, said upper abutment edge is flush with the bearing surface preventing movement of the tab in an axial extraction direction (Dextract) substantially parallel to the vertical central axis; and - in the unlocked position, said bearing surface is opposite the opening of the cavity formed in the rim, allowing the movement of the tab in the axial extraction direction (Dextract). - the covering pot comprises at least one cavity hollowed out non-through in the thickness of the neck, the cavity opening onto the rim of the pot and having an upper abutment edge extending in a first circumferential direction (Dlock) about the vertical central axis; - the vessel comprises at least one grippable tab extending from the free edge of the side wall in a circumferential plane substantially parallel to the side wall of the vessel, the contour of the tab in the circumferential plane has a portion extending in said first circumferential direction (Dlock), said portion bearing a bearing surface; - the tab is configured to be received in the cavity and to slide in the cavity between a locked position and an unlocked position by rotation of the vessel about the vertical central axis; - in the locked position, said upper abutment edge is flush with the bearing surface preventing movement of the tab in an axial extraction direction (Dextract) substantially parallel to the vertical central axis; and - in the unlocked position, said bearing surface is opposite the opening of the cavity formed in the rim, allowing the movement of the tab in the axial extraction direction (Dextract).
A process for the production of octreotide acetate microparticles comprising the steps of: a) mixing octreotide acetate in methanol with methylene chloride containing a dissolved linear poly (lactide-co-glycolide) to form a solution; and b) emulsifying said solution with the extraction medium, wherein said extraction medium is water or an aqueous buffered solution with a stabilizer; c) immediately after the formation of emulsion, adding all at once said emulsion to an effective amount of an extraction medium to extract methylene to form said microparticles, wherein said extraction medium is water or an aqueous phase; and d) collecting and drying the microparticles, e.g. freeze-drying or drying under vacuum. a) mixing octreotide acetate in methanol with methylene chloride containing a dissolved linear poly (lactide-co-glycolide) to form a solution; and b) emulsifying said solution with the extraction medium, wherein said extraction medium is water or an aqueous buffered solution with a stabilizer; c) immediately after the formation of emulsion, adding all at once said emulsion to an effective amount of an extraction medium to extract methylene to form said microparticles, wherein said extraction medium is water or an aqueous phase; and d) collecting and drying the microparticles, e.g. freeze-drying or drying under vacuum.