mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A modular electrical connector assembly comprising: a first housing having first electrical contacts inserted therein, the first housing having first contact isolation walls positioned between adjacent first electrical contacts; a second housing having second electrical contacts inserted therein, the second housing having second contact isolation walls positioned between adjacent second electrical contacts; a third housing having a first opening for positioning the first housing therein and a second opening for positioning the second housing therein, the third housing having third contact isolation walls; characterised in that when the first housing and the second housing have been inserted into the third housing, the first contact isolation walls, second contact isolation walls and third contact isolation walls align with each other to provide a continuous wall or partition which separates or isolates respective first electrical contacts and respective second electrical contacts. a first housing having first electrical contacts inserted therein, the first housing having first contact isolation walls positioned between adjacent first electrical contacts; a second housing having second electrical contacts inserted therein, the second housing having second contact isolation walls positioned between adjacent second electrical contacts; a third housing having a first opening for positioning the first housing therein and a second opening for positioning the second housing therein, the third housing having third contact isolation walls; characterised in that when the first housing and the second housing have been inserted into the third housing, the first contact isolation walls, second contact isolation walls and third contact isolation walls align with each other to provide a continuous wall or partition which separates or isolates respective first electrical contacts and respective second electrical contacts.
A method for processing MR relaxometry data of visceral tissue of a subject, comprising: a) obtaining a T1 measurement of a subject's visceral tissue for extracellular fluid; b) determining an iron content for the visceral tissue; characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: c) simulating T1 measurements of the subject's visceral tissue for extracellular fluid for the determined iron content; d) comparing the measurement of the subject's visceral tissue for extracellular fluid of step (a) to the simulated measurements of the subject's visceral tissue for extracellular fluid of step (c) and to simulated T1 measurements for various proportions or fractions of extracellular fluid and iron content in the visceral tissue, and determining from said comparison the extracellular fluid fraction value used in the simulation which produces the measured T1 measurement in the presence of that iron content; and e) determining from the simulated T1 measurements for various proportions or fractions of extracellular fluid and iron content in the visceral tissue of step (d) a T1 value of the subject's visceral tissue for the extracellular fluid fraction value determined in step (d) based on a normal iron content for the visceral tissue. a) obtaining a T1 measurement of a subject's visceral tissue for extracellular fluid; b) determining an iron content for the visceral tissue; characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: c) simulating T1 measurements of the subject's visceral tissue for extracellular fluid for the determined iron content; d) comparing the measurement of the subject's visceral tissue for extracellular fluid of step (a) to the simulated measurements of the subject's visceral tissue for extracellular fluid of step (c) and to simulated T1 measurements for various proportions or fractions of extracellular fluid and iron content in the visceral tissue, and determining from said comparison the extracellular fluid fraction value used in the simulation which produces the measured T1 measurement in the presence of that iron content; and e) determining from the simulated T1 measurements for various proportions or fractions of extracellular fluid and iron content in the visceral tissue of step (d) a T1 value of the subject's visceral tissue for the extracellular fluid fraction value determined in step (d) based on a normal iron content for the visceral tissue.
A surgical instrument, comprising: a shaft; an end effector extending from said shaft; an input shaft; a first output shaft configured to drive a first function of said surgical instrument; a second output shaft configured to drive a second function of said surgical instrument; and a clutch configured to selectively couple said input shaft with said first output shaft when said clutch is in a first configuration and said second output shaft (12505°) when said clutch is in a second configuration, wherein said clutch comprises a bi-stable compliant mechanism configured to assure that said clutch is always in one of said first configuration and said second configuration, characterized in that said clutch comprises a translatable clutch element slideable between a proximal position in said first configuration and a distal position in said second configuration. a shaft; an end effector extending from said shaft; an input shaft; a first output shaft configured to drive a first function of said surgical instrument; a second output shaft configured to drive a second function of said surgical instrument; and a clutch configured to selectively couple said input shaft with said first output shaft when said clutch is in a first configuration and said second output shaft (12505°) when said clutch is in a second configuration, wherein said clutch comprises a bi-stable compliant mechanism configured to assure that said clutch is always in one of said first configuration and said second configuration, characterized in that said clutch comprises a translatable clutch element slideable between a proximal position in said first configuration and a distal position in said second configuration.
A complex, for use in an in vivo method for targeting cells for discriminating, in a population of cells, between live cells and cells whose plasma membrane has lost integrity, such as dead cells, of a first compound and a first protein of the cell whose plasma membrane has lost integrity, wherein the first compound is non-activated extracellularly applied and is substantially unable to cross a healthy cell membrane, wherein the first compound is selected from one or more of a fluorescent compound, being a cyanine, and a conjugate thereof, preferably non-activated or de-activated compound, such as a carboxylate thereof; wherein the first protein is selected from the group consisting of fibrous proteins, fibrous structural proteins, metalloenzymes, Hsp90p co-chaperone, isomers thereof, complexes thereof, and decay products thereof, wherein the first compound and the first protein chemically/physically/biologically interact, wherein discriminating is by targeting the cells whose plasma membrane has lost integrity and by performing a measurement to determine an amount of interaction between the first compound and the cell whose plasma membrane has lost integrity, and by (e) performing one or more further measurements on the sample with a first technique suitable for detecting the first compound to provide a value or values of the first compound, (f) in addition to determining an amount of interaction analysing the value or values to determine one or more values of one or more parameters of the cells whose plasma membrane has lost integrity of the biological sample, wherein a value or values above a threshold value indicate binding of the compound to the first cell protein.
A furniture arrangement, comprising at least two pieces of furniture (1,1') with one respective electromotive furniture drive (100, 100') for the adjustment of at least one movable part (4, 5) of each of the at least two pieces of furniture (1, 1'), wherein each electromotive furniture drive (100, 100') comprises a) at least one adjusting drive (7, 7'; 8, 8') with at least one respective electric motor, a revolution speed reducing gear mechanism which is coupled thereto and with which an output element is drivingly coupled and can be linearly displaced and/or rotatably moved, and b) at least one control device (9, 9'), wherein c) the furniture arrangement comprises an operating unit (10, 10') for actuating all electric motors of the adjusting drives (7, 7'; 8, 8') of the electromotive furniture drives (100, 100'), characterized in that d) the control devices (9, 9') of the electromotive furniture drives (100, 100') are equipped with detection means for detecting drive-specific values of the at least one associated adjusting drive (7, 7'; 8, 8') and with at least one final control device for the variable setting of the operating voltage of the electric motor of the at least one associated adjusting drive (7, 7'; 8, 8') for parallel control of the at least one adjusting drive (7, 8) of the one electromotive furniture drive and the at least one adjusting drive (7', 8') of the other electromotive furniture drive, wherein f) the control devices (9, 9') are arranged for communication with the operating unit (10, 10') and among each other, or for communication among each other via the operating unit (10, 10') with at least one transmission link (21, 22, 23, 23a, 23'). a) at least one adjusting drive (7, 7'; 8, 8') with at least one respective electric motor, a revolution speed reducing gear mechanism which is coupled thereto and with which an output element is drivingly coupled and can be linearly displaced and/or rotatably moved, and b) at least one control device (9, 9'), wherein c) the furniture arrangement comprises an operating unit (10, 10') for actuating all electric motors of the adjusting drives (7, 7'; 8, 8') of the electromotive furniture drives (100, 100'), characterized in that d) the control devices (9, 9') of the electromotive furniture drives (100, 100') are equipped with detection means for detecting drive-specific values of the at least one associated adjusting drive (7, 7'; 8, 8') and with at least one final control device for the variable setting of the operating voltage of the electric motor of the at least one associated adjusting drive (7, 7'; 8, 8') for parallel control of the at least one adjusting drive (7, 8) of the one electromotive furniture drive and the at least one adjusting drive (7', 8') of the other electromotive furniture drive, wherein f) the control devices (9, 9') are arranged for communication with the operating unit (10, 10') and among each other, or for communication among each other via the operating unit (10, 10') with at least one transmission link (21, 22, 23, 23a, 23').
A laser processing machine for processing an elongate workpiece (41, 4), the machine comprising a fixture for fixing the elongate workpiece (41, 42) relative to a machine part, the fixture comprising a pair of first clamping members (3, 4) and a pair of second clamping members (5, 6), wherein at least the first clamping members each comprise a retractable jaw, characterized in that the first clamping members and the second clamping members each have a clamping face, the clamping members of each pair being movable in mutually opposite clamping directions towards each other to clamp the workpiece between their clamping faces, and in that the retractable jaw are movable relative to the clamping face.
A lead-acid battery comprising: a power generating element; a container accommodating the power generating element; a lid member having a rib welded to be joined to an outer wall of the container and sealing an opening of the container; and an outer peripheral wall provided at the lid member, located to be spaced apart from the rib, and surrounding the outer wall of the container, wherein the lead battery further comprises a spacer located between the outer wall of the container and the outer peripheral wall of the lid member, the spacer is provided on at least one of the outer wall of the container and the outer peripheral wall of the lid member, and is configured to contact the other of the outer wall and the outer peripheral wall when the container is strainded by bulging outward, characterized in that the spacer has a contact portion configured to contact the other member, and the contact portion is provided at a position distant from a joint portion between the outer wall of the container and the rib in an extending direction of the outer wall of the container. a power generating element; a container accommodating the power generating element; a lid member having a rib welded to be joined to an outer wall of the container and sealing an opening of the container; and an outer peripheral wall provided at the lid member, located to be spaced apart from the rib, and surrounding the outer wall of the container, wherein the lead battery further comprises a spacer located between the outer wall of the container and the outer peripheral wall of the lid member, the spacer is provided on at least one of the outer wall of the container and the outer peripheral wall of the lid member, and is configured to contact the other of the outer wall and the outer peripheral wall when the container is strainded by bulging outward, characterized in that the spacer has a contact portion configured to contact the other member, and the contact portion is provided at a position distant from a joint portion between the outer wall of the container and the rib in an extending direction of the outer wall of the container.
A method for quantifying nucleic acids in real time comprising: a) labelling a reference oligonucleotide having a predetermined length with a detectable marker; b) generating a standard curve using serial dilutions of the labelled reference oligonucleotide by plotting the intensity of the detectable marker against concentration of labelled reference oligonucleotide; c) amplifying a target nucleic acid in the presence of the detectable marker which labels the amplified target nucleic acid, d) comparing in real time the intensity of the detectable marker associated with the labelled amplified target nucleic acid, with the standard curve and determining the quantity of the amplified target nucleic acid, wherein said standard curve is not amplified or co-amplified with the target nucleic acid. a) labelling a reference oligonucleotide having a predetermined length with a detectable marker; b) generating a standard curve using serial dilutions of the labelled reference oligonucleotide by plotting the intensity of the detectable marker against concentration of labelled reference oligonucleotide; c) amplifying a target nucleic acid in the presence of the detectable marker which labels the amplified target nucleic acid, d) comparing in real time the intensity of the detectable marker associated with the labelled amplified target nucleic acid, with the standard curve and determining the quantity of the amplified target nucleic acid, wherein said standard curve is not amplified or co-amplified with the target nucleic acid.
An elliptically polarizing plate comprising a linear polarizer, a first retardation film, a second retardation film, a third retardation film and a fourth retardation film sequentially, wherein the first retardation film is a -B plate having an Nz value of more than 1 in the following Equation 1, or a -C plate satisfying the following Expression 1, the second retardation film is a +B plate or a -A plate having an Nz value of less than 1 in the following Equation 1, the third retardation film has an Nz value of 0.8 to 1.2 in the following Equation 1, where its in-plane slow axis forms 43 degrees to 47 degrees with the absorption axis of the linear polarizer, and the fourth retardation film is a +B plate having a Nz value of -4.0 or less in the following Equation 1, or a +C plate satisfying the following Expression 2, and wherein the sum of the thickness direction retardation value of the first retardation film and the thickness direction retardation value of the second retardation film is in a range of 0 nm to 180 nm and the thickness direction retardation (Rth) is defined by the following Equation 2: Nz = nx − nz / nx − ny Rth = nz − ny × d nx = ny > nz nx = ny < nz wherein, nx, ny and nz are refractive indexes of a retardation film in x-axis, y-axis and z-axis directions, respectively, the x-axis is the direction parallel to the in-plane slow axis of a retardation film, the y-axis is the direction parallel to the in-plane fast axis of a retardation film, the z-axis is the thickness direction of a retardation film, and d is the thickness of a retardation film. wherein the first retardation film is a -B plate having an Nz value of more than 1 in the following Equation 1, or a -C plate satisfying the following Expression 1, the second retardation film is a +B plate or a -A plate having an Nz value of less than 1 in the following Equation 1, the third retardation film has an Nz value of 0.8 to 1.2 in the following Equation 1, where its in-plane slow axis forms 43 degrees to 47 degrees with the absorption axis of the linear polarizer, and the fourth retardation film is a +B plate having a Nz value of -4.0 or less in the following Equation 1, or a +C plate satisfying the following Expression 2, and wherein the sum of the thickness direction retardation value of the first retardation film and the thickness direction retardation value of the second retardation film is in a range of 0 nm to 180 nm and the thickness direction retardation (Rth) is defined by the following Equation 2: Nz = nx − nz / nx − ny Rth = nz − ny × d nx = ny > nz nx = ny < nz wherein, nx, ny and nz are refractive indexes of a retardation film in x-axis, y-axis and z-axis directions, respectively, the x-axis is the direction parallel to the in-plane slow axis of a retardation film, the y-axis is the direction parallel to the in-plane fast axis of a retardation film, the z-axis is the thickness direction of a retardation film, and d is the thickness of a retardation film.
An eyepiece (105, 500) for a head mountable display HMD, comprising: a viewing region (155, 560) to emit computer generated image CGI light out of the eyepiece along an eye-ward direction; an input end (150, 550) peripherally located from the viewing region, the input end configured to receive the CGI light into the eyepiece; light bending optics disposed internal to the eyepiece to redirect the CGI light received at the input end out of the viewing region along the eye-ward direction; an ambient scene side through which ambient scene light is received into the eyepiece; an eye-ward side opposite the ambient scene side out of which the ambient scene light and the CGI light are passed along the eye-ward direction; characterized in that the eyepiece comprises a photo-chromic coating disposed on the ambient scene side and the eye-ward side, the photo-chromic coating configured to darken in the presence of UV light. a viewing region (155, 560) to emit computer generated image CGI light out of the eyepiece along an eye-ward direction; an input end (150, 550) peripherally located from the viewing region, the input end configured to receive the CGI light into the eyepiece; light bending optics disposed internal to the eyepiece to redirect the CGI light received at the input end out of the viewing region along the eye-ward direction; an ambient scene side through which ambient scene light is received into the eyepiece; an eye-ward side opposite the ambient scene side out of which the ambient scene light and the CGI light are passed along the eye-ward direction; characterized in that the eyepiece comprises a photo-chromic coating disposed on the ambient scene side and the eye-ward side, the photo-chromic coating configured to darken in the presence of UV light.
Use of an oligonucleotide of sequence C m -X-C n (SEQ ID No: 1), wherein m and n are integers comprised between 2 and 7, preferably between 3 and 7, m≠n and X is selected in the group consisting of A, T, G, a modified deoxynucleotide and a diol spacer, for obtaining, by self-assembly, a supramolecular structure comprising at least 8 oligonucleotides of SEQ ID No: 1, wherein each oligonucleotide is part of an i-motif tetramer.
Power-split axle drive for an agricultural vehicle, comprising a first additional drive element, a first vehicle axle, a second vehicle axle and a primary drive element for providing a torque which by way of a first shaft is able to be transmitted to a primary transmission and from the primary transmission by way of a third shaft to the second vehicle axle, wherein the primary transmission by way of the third shaft is connected to the second vehicle axle, and at least the second vehicle axle is able to be driven by the torque of the primary drive element by way of the primary transmission, and the power-split axle drive has a power-split transmission, wherein the power-split transmission by way of a first gear set, which comprises a first and a second fixed gear, and by way of the third shaft is connected to the second vehicle axle and the primary transmission, wherein the first fixed gear is connected to the third shaft, and the second fixed gear is connected to the power-split transmission, and the power-split transmission by way of a second shaft is connected to the first vehicle axle, wherein the first additional drive element by way of a first switching element is able to be connected to the power-split transmission, and the power-split axle drive comprises a layshaft, wherein the first switching element is disposed on the layshaft, wherein the power-split axle drive comprises a second gear set, and the second gear set comprises a first control gear and a third fixed gear, wherein the third fixed gear is connected to the first additional drive element, and the first control gear is connected to one side of the first switching element, characterized in that the power-split drive comprises a third gear set, and the third gear set comprises a fourth and a fifth fixed gear (98, 100), wherein the fourth fixed gear is connected to the layshaft, and the fifth fixed gear is connected to the power-split transmission, so that, with the first switching element being closed, a rotating movement and/or a torque is transmitted from the first additional drive element to the second gear set, and from the second gear set to the layshaft by the first switching element, and from the layshaft to the power-split transmission by the third gear set, or vice versa.