mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for pretreating biomasses to allow their subsequent conversion to biofuel, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: - a) causing the biomasses to pass through a first mechanical size reduction device formed by a knife mill or a hammer mill to enable the biomasses to be reduced to particles; - b) placing the particles on a particle filtering grille so that particles smaller than a predetermined size of 5mm pass through the grille and feed out of the first mechanical size reduction device; - c) making the particles which are smaller than the predetermined size pass through a first particle classifying device to allow the particles which are smaller than the predetermined size to be divided according to size into a fraction of coarse size particles and a fraction of fine size particles, wherein in the fraction of coarse size particles said particles are larger than 600 μm in size, whilst in the fraction of fine size particles said particles are smaller than 600 μm in size, said first classifying device being a vortex air classifier or a centrifugal sieve. - a) causing the biomasses to pass through a first mechanical size reduction device formed by a knife mill or a hammer mill to enable the biomasses to be reduced to particles; - b) placing the particles on a particle filtering grille so that particles smaller than a predetermined size of 5mm pass through the grille and feed out of the first mechanical size reduction device; - c) making the particles which are smaller than the predetermined size pass through a first particle classifying device to allow the particles which are smaller than the predetermined size to be divided according to size into a fraction of coarse size particles and a fraction of fine size particles, wherein in the fraction of coarse size particles said particles are larger than 600 μm in size, whilst in the fraction of fine size particles said particles are smaller than 600 μm in size, said first classifying device being a vortex air classifier or a centrifugal sieve.
A method of measuring phase and gain of a transmit signal at a transmitter, comprising: determining a first time delay having a first resolution at a measurement receiver between a reference signal from which the transmit signal is generated and a measured signal derived from the transmit signal by comparing amplitudes of the reference signal and the measured signal; determining a second time delay having a second resolution finer than the first resolution at the measurement receiver between the reference signal and the measured signal based on the first time delay; time aligning the reference signal and the measured signal at the measurement receiver based on the second time delay; and estimating the phase and gain of the transmit signal after the reference signal and the measured signal are time aligned. determining a first time delay having a first resolution at a measurement receiver between a reference signal from which the transmit signal is generated and a measured signal derived from the transmit signal by comparing amplitudes of the reference signal and the measured signal; determining a second time delay having a second resolution finer than the first resolution at the measurement receiver between the reference signal and the measured signal based on the first time delay; time aligning the reference signal and the measured signal at the measurement receiver based on the second time delay; and estimating the phase and gain of the transmit signal after the reference signal and the measured signal are time aligned.
A method of diagnosis or of quantitation of cancer comprising conducting an immunoassay on a biofluid sample obtained from a patient to measure fragments of Nidogen-1 having an N- or C-terminal neo-epitope formed by cleavage of Nidogen-1 by Cathepsin-S, said fragments being naturally present in said sample, and associating an elevation of said measure in said patient above a normal level with the presence or extent of cancer, wherein said immunoassay is conducted by a method comprising: contacting the fragments of Nidogen-1 having said N- or C-terminal neo epitope that are naturally present in said sample with an immunological binding partner specifically reactive with the N- or C-terminal neo-epitope but not reactive with intact Nidogen-1, and measuring the extent of binding of the N- or C-terminal neo-epitope to said immunological binding partner to measure therein fragments comprising said neo-epitope.
Apparatus for preparing a dialysis solution, wherein the apparatus has a dialyzate line for conducting a dialysis solution and has means that are configured to discontinuously convey a dialysis solution in the dialyzate line, wherein the apparatus has a conductivity sensor that is arranged to measure the conductivity of the dialysis solution, and wherein the apparatus has a concentrate line opening into the dialyzate line upstream of the conductivity sensor at an addition point and having a concentrate pump and has a concentrate container from which the concentrate pump conveys concentrate into the concentrate line and from this into the dialyzate line, wherein the apparatus has a controller that is connected to the conductivity sensor and to the concentrate pump and that is configured to control the concentrate pump such that the conductivity fluctuations over time in the dialysis solution downstream of the addition point are reduced with respect to a continuous concentrate conveying, characterized in that the apparatus has means for a spectral analysis of the basic pattern of the conductivity modulation with a constant concentrate supply into the dialysis solution, said means being configured to determine the harmonics of the conductivity modulation by spectral analysis; and in that the controller is configured to successively control the concentrate pump for frequencies of the harmonics such that the conductivity is modulated in phase and amplitude such that the harmonic contribution is eliminated from the conductivity spectrum.
Method for aggregation of a performance indicator of a device comprising the steps of: a) concatenating a respective first data item to each second data item of a plurality of second data items in the device; b) encrypting the plurality of concatenated second data items relevant for computing the performance indicator using a first encryption key in the device, wherein the first encryption key is based on an additive homomorphic encryption scheme; c) sending the encrypted concatenated second data items to a computation cluster; d) computing the performance indicator on the computation cluster using the encrypted concatenated second data items and computing an aggregate value regarding the performance indicator by summing up the encrypted concatenated second data items; e) sending the aggregate value to a server of a service provider of the device; f) decrypting the aggregate value using a second encryption key on the server of the service provider; and g) verifying the decrypted result by checking whether the decrypted sum computed by summing up the encrypted concatenated second data items comprises a predetermined value; and wherein each respective first data item is one number of a set of numbers {1... m} and the predefined value is m(m+1)/2 and each number 1,...,m occurs exactly once among the first data items. a) concatenating a respective first data item to each second data item of a plurality of second data items in the device; b) encrypting the plurality of concatenated second data items relevant for computing the performance indicator using a first encryption key in the device, wherein the first encryption key is based on an additive homomorphic encryption scheme; c) sending the encrypted concatenated second data items to a computation cluster; d) computing the performance indicator on the computation cluster using the encrypted concatenated second data items and computing an aggregate value regarding the performance indicator by summing up the encrypted concatenated second data items; e) sending the aggregate value to a server of a service provider of the device; f) decrypting the aggregate value using a second encryption key on the server of the service provider; and g) verifying the decrypted result by checking whether the decrypted sum computed by summing up the encrypted concatenated second data items comprises a predetermined value;
A ballistic protective helmet comprising a shell comprising a shell material that is produced from a number of textile layers (11, 12) connected in a connection matrix, characterized in that the shell has a blind hole, wherein a threaded sleeve is introduced into the blind hole, wherein the threaded sleeve has an outer thread that penetrates into the shell material which surrounds the blind hole in a peripheral direction, and wherein the threaded sleeve has an inner thread for connecting to a screwing means having an outer thread.
A gas filtering apparatus comprising: a filter formed to be planar as a whole and including a plurality of folds extending parallel to each other; a pre-filtering chamber and a post-filtering chamber partitioned by the filter; an inlet port which is arranged in the pre-filtering chamber and which draws gas into the pre-filtering chamber; and an outlet port which is arranged in the post-filtering chamber and which discharges gas out of the post-filtering chamber, with the gas in the pre-filtering chamber being circulated to the post-filtering through the filter to filter the gas; wherein the pre-filtering chamber includes a diffusion zone located outward from an end of the filter in a folding direction of the filter and biased toward one side from the center of a filtering surface of the filter in a direction orthogonal to the folding direction of the filter; the inlet port extends in a direction orthogonal to the folding direction of the filter to a position corresponding to the end of the filter in the folding direction along a plane parallel to the filter, opens in the diffusion zone at the one side from the center of the filtering surface of the filter, and further opens toward the filter in the direction orthogonal to the folding direction of the filter; and the outlet port is located at a position biased toward the one side from the center of the filtering surface of the filter in the direction in which the inlet port extends. a filter formed to be planar as a whole and including a plurality of folds extending parallel to each other; a pre-filtering chamber and a post-filtering chamber partitioned by the filter; an inlet port which is arranged in the pre-filtering chamber and which draws gas into the pre-filtering chamber; and an outlet port which is arranged in the post-filtering chamber and which discharges gas out of the post-filtering chamber, with the gas in the pre-filtering chamber being circulated to the post-filtering through the filter to filter the gas; wherein the pre-filtering chamber includes a diffusion zone located outward from an end of the filter in a folding direction of the filter and biased toward one side from the center of a filtering surface of the filter in a direction orthogonal to the folding direction of the filter; the inlet port extends in a direction orthogonal to the folding direction of the filter to a position corresponding to the end of the filter in the folding direction along a plane parallel to the filter, opens in the diffusion zone at the one side from the center of the filtering surface of the filter, and further opens toward the filter in the direction orthogonal to the folding direction of the filter; and the outlet port is located at a position biased toward the one side from the center of the filtering surface of the filter in the direction in which the inlet port extends.
A method for measuring cell viability of a biological sample, comprising: staining a sample to be measured for cell viability with a vital stain; acquiring a first static bright field image of the vital-stained sample at a first focal plane such that substantially all live cells are imaged as exhibiting a first morphological characteristic while substantially all dead cells are imaged as exhibiting a second morphological characteristic; acquiring a second static bright field image of the vital-stained sample at a second focal plane such that substantially all live cells and substantially all dead cells are imaged as exhibiting a third morphological characteristic; and measuring the first static bright field image, and the first and second morphological characteristics therein, and the second static bright field image, and the third morphological characteristic therein, to determine cell viability of the biological sample, wherein each of the first, second and third morphological characteristics is independently selected from a bright center, a dark spot, a select size, and a select shape. staining a sample to be measured for cell viability with a vital stain; acquiring a first static bright field image of the vital-stained sample at a first focal plane such that substantially all live cells are imaged as exhibiting a first morphological characteristic while substantially all dead cells are imaged as exhibiting a second morphological characteristic; acquiring a second static bright field image of the vital-stained sample at a second focal plane such that substantially all live cells and substantially all dead cells are imaged as exhibiting a third morphological characteristic; and measuring the first static bright field image, and the first and second morphological characteristics therein, and the second static bright field image, and the third morphological characteristic therein, to determine cell viability of the biological sample, wherein each of the first, second and third morphological characteristics is independently selected from a bright center, a dark spot, a select size, and a select shape.
Roof vault device for a vehicle, more particularly an omnibus, with - a socket space, - a cover structure (10.1-10.4) which is designed for covering the socket space, and - a first holding section and a second holding section which serve for mounting the cover structure (10.1-10.4) on the vehicle, wherein - the cover structure (10.1-10.4) comprises two cover parts (10.1-10.2) which are capable of opening, characterized in that - a space extends between the two cover parts (10.1-10.2) to form an air conditioning duct. - a socket space, - a cover structure (10.1-10.4) which is designed for covering the socket space, and - a first holding section and a second holding section which serve for mounting the cover structure (10.1-10.4) on the vehicle, - the cover structure (10.1-10.4) comprises two cover parts (10.1-10.2) which are capable of opening, characterized in that - a space extends between the two cover parts (10.1-10.2) to form an air conditioning duct.
A medical device with an irradiated surface having a drug delivery coating comprising a drug embedded within the interstices of a carbon matrix layer covering at least a portion of the surface for controlling drug release rate, and wherein the matrix layer consists of gas cluster ion beam irradiated material formed from the drug, and, further, wherein the drug is adhered to the surface without a polymer or other binding agent.
A refrigeration cycle device comprising: a refrigerant circuit in which at least a compressor, a heat exchanger (11, 102), a decompressor, and an evaporator are circularly connected; and a controller, wherein the refrigeration cycle device has a defrosting operation mode for defrosting frost formation of the evaporator, wherein the heat exchanger (11, 102) includes: an inner pipe in which water flows; an insertion body inserted in the inner pipe; and an outer pipe in which refrigerant flows, the outer pipe being provided at an outer periphery of the inner pipe, wherein the insertion body has a shaft portion and a spiral projection portion formed on an outer surface of the shaft portion, the water flows in a spiral flow path formed by an inner surface of the inner pipe, the shaft portion, and the spiral projection portion, and a winding direction of the outer pipe and a spiral direction of the spiral projection portion are same directions, characterized in that a flow of the water and a flow of the refrigerant are configured to be opposed flows, and wherein the insertion body is made of a resin. a refrigerant circuit in which at least a compressor, a heat exchanger (11, 102), a decompressor, and an evaporator are circularly connected; and a controller, wherein the refrigeration cycle device has a defrosting operation mode for defrosting frost formation of the evaporator, wherein the heat exchanger (11, 102) includes: an inner pipe in which water flows; an insertion body inserted in the inner pipe; and an outer pipe in which refrigerant flows, the outer pipe being provided at an outer periphery of the inner pipe, wherein the insertion body has a shaft portion and a spiral projection portion formed on an outer surface of the shaft portion, the water flows in a spiral flow path formed by an inner surface of the inner pipe, the shaft portion, and the spiral projection portion, and a winding direction of the outer pipe and a spiral direction of the spiral projection portion are same directions, characterized in that a flow of the water and a flow of the refrigerant are configured to be opposed flows, and wherein the insertion body is made of a resin. an inner pipe in which water flows; an insertion body inserted in the inner pipe; and an outer pipe in which refrigerant flows, the outer pipe being provided at an outer periphery of the inner pipe, wherein the insertion body has a shaft portion and a spiral projection portion formed on an outer surface of the shaft portion, the water flows in a spiral flow path formed by an inner surface of the inner pipe, the shaft portion, and the spiral projection portion, and a winding direction of the outer pipe and a spiral direction of the spiral projection portion are same directions, characterized in that a flow of the water and a flow of the refrigerant are configured to be opposed flows, and wherein the insertion body is made of a resin.
Acquisition apparatus, for use in a motor vehicle, for acquiring an image having a plurality of pixels with respectively assigned brightness information and assigned depth information, comprising a detector apparatus, a lighting apparatus and a control apparatus, wherein the control apparatus is designed to provide a modulation signal for controlling the detector apparatus and the lighting apparatus, and wherein the detector apparatus is designed to acquire the depth information depending on the modulation signal and a time-dependent illuminance of a region of the detector apparatus that is assigned to the respective pixel, wherein the lighting apparatus comprises at least one first and one second luminous element (3, 4, 5) which illuminate different lighting regions (18,19) from one another, wherein the position of the first and second luminous elements (3, 4, 5) with respect to the detector apparatus is fixed and known, wherein the luminosities of the first and the second luminous element (3, 4, 5) are jointly modulatable depending on the modulation signal, wherein the modulation amplitude of the modulation is predefined separately for the first and second luminous element (3, 4, 5) depending on a first and second amplitude signal (9, 10, 11) that can be provided by the control apparatus, wherein the control apparatus is designed to adapt the first and/or the second amplitude signal (9, 10, 11) depending on the depth information of at least one pixel (16, 17), wherein the control apparatus is designed to determine, for the at least one pixel (16, 17) depending on the depth information of the pixel (16, 17), whether the latter is illuminated by the first and/or by the second luminous element (3, 4, 5).
Structure with a plate, in particular a flat ceiling, the plate comprising a reinforcing element (4, 34, 44, 54, 64, 74, 84, 94) made of high-strength concrete for increasing puncture resistance, the reinforcing element (4, 34, 44, 54, 64, 74, 84, 94) being annular and having an opening (11, 41, 51), characterised in that the reinforcing element (4, 34, 44, 54, 64, 74, 84, 94) consists of a plurality of prefabricated segments (9, 39, 40, 49, 50, 60, 71, 79, 81, 89, 99) arranged around the opening (11, 41, 51) in an annular configuration.
A motor home with a wet room, including a toilet, arranged in the vehicle interior, and a closable access arranged in the transverse direction of the vehicle, which comprises a closing device (30, 32), such as a door and/or a stretchable tarpaulin and/or a sliding door and can be brought into two closed positions, wherein in both closed positions the wet room is of a different size, characterised in that the motor home can be made into an configuration having an enlarged living area comprising at least four seats (12, 42) and a table, wherein the table can be brought into a position in which it can be optimally reached from all four seats (12, 42) and wherein the wet room is not accessible when the table is in this position.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising Sulodexide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, clathrate thereof, for use in the treatment of a pathology wherein matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are involved selected from varicose veins formation, neoplastic pathologies and abdominal aortic aneurism, wherein Sulodexide is administered at a daily dosage from 20 mg to 1000 mg by intravenous, intramuscular or oral route.
A gearbox system, comprising: a gearbox having a housing, wherein the housing includes an external surface that includes a contoured shape, wherein the contoured shape includes contours formed by a plurality of flat portions and a plurality of curved portions (30, 32); an add-on cooling fin panel in thermal engagement with the external surface, wherein the cooling fin panel includes a plurality of cooling fins; an attachment feature constructed to affix the cooling fin panel to the gearbox, wherein the cooling fin panel is constructed to transfer heat from the external surface to the cooling fin panel by conduction; wherein the cooling fin panel is configured to transfer heat to an environment in which the gearbox is located by convection, and wherein the cooling fin panel includes a base and is constructed to match and engage the contoured shape of the external surface of the housing to transfer heat from the external surface through the base and to the environment via the cooling fins; characterized in that, the base of the cooling fin panels is formed to match and complement the contour of the corresponding plurality of flat portions and curved portions (30, 32) of the housing. a gearbox having a housing, wherein the housing includes an external surface that includes a contoured shape, wherein the contoured shape includes contours formed by a plurality of flat portions and a plurality of curved portions (30, 32); an add-on cooling fin panel in thermal engagement with the external surface, wherein the cooling fin panel includes a plurality of cooling fins; an attachment feature constructed to affix the cooling fin panel to the gearbox, wherein the cooling fin panel is constructed to transfer heat from the external surface to the cooling fin panel by conduction; wherein the cooling fin panel is configured to transfer heat to an environment in which the gearbox is located by convection, and wherein the cooling fin panel includes a base and is constructed to match and engage the contoured shape of the external surface of the housing to transfer heat from the external surface through the base and to the environment via the cooling fins; characterized in that, the base of the cooling fin panels is formed to match and complement the contour of the corresponding plurality of flat portions and curved portions (30, 32) of the housing.