mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An oligonucleotide comprising at least one phosphorodithioate internucleoside linkage of formula or wherein one of the two oxygen atoms is linked to the 3'carbon atom of an adjacent nucleoside (A 1) and the other one is linked to the 5'carbon atom of another adjacent nucleoside (A 2), wherein at least one of the two nucleosides (A 1) and (A 2) is a LNA nucleoside and wherein in R is hydrogen or a phosphate protecting group, and in M+ is a cation, such as a metal cation, such as an alkali metal cation, such as a Na+ or K+ cation; or M+ is an ammonium cation; wherein the oligonucleotide comprises between 1 and 5 internucleoside linkages of formula or and wherein the further internucleoside linkages are all phosphorothioate internucleoside linkages. wherein one of the two oxygen atoms is linked to the 3'carbon atom of an adjacent nucleoside (A 1) and the other one is linked to the 5'carbon atom of another adjacent nucleoside (A 2), wherein at least one of the two nucleosides (A 1) and (A 2) is a LNA nucleoside and wherein in R is hydrogen or a phosphate protecting group, and in M+ is a cation, such as a metal cation, such as an alkali metal cation, such as a Na+ or K+ cation; or M+ is an ammonium cation; wherein the oligonucleotide comprises between 1 and 5 internucleoside linkages of formula or and wherein the further internucleoside linkages are all phosphorothioate internucleoside linkages.
A device for trapping the end of at least one fascicle of soft material in a bone tunnel, wherein it comprises: - a ferrule having an outer diameter similar to that of the bone tunnel, - a screw having an outer thread and - a washer having an outer face, the ferrule comprising: - a longitudinal conduit extended along in a first longitudinal axis, - a distal end, - a proximal end, - a proximal edge, - a proximal upper rim having an inner face and - screwing elements with an inner thread, extended along in a second longitudinal axis, with the second longitudinal axis inclined α degrees in relation to the first longitudinal axis of the ferrule, and the inner thread being reciprocal to the outer thread of the screw, wherein the device for trapping is configured such that as the screw, with the washer, screws into the inner thread, the outer face of the washer approaches the inner face of the proximal upper rim, an upper passage being configured between both of them, whereby the soft material projects, said soft material being thereby trapped. - a ferrule having an outer diameter similar to that of the bone tunnel, - a screw having an outer thread and - a washer having an outer face, - a longitudinal conduit extended along in a first longitudinal axis, - a distal end, - a proximal end, - a proximal edge, - a proximal upper rim having an inner face and - screwing elements with an inner thread, extended along in a second longitudinal axis,
A portable computer terminal comprising an operating system configured to switch from a first state to a second state in response to a first command (13, 14) from a user and to switch from the second state to the first state in response to a second command from the user, the second command including the introduction of an identification code of the user, the operating system being capable, in the first state, of commanding the interactive execution of an application (A1, A2, A3) selected from a set of applications, the operating system being capable, in the second state, of commanding the interactive execution of an application (A1, A2, A3) from said set of applications according to an access condition, said access condition being determined as a function of said first command (13, 14), said access condition defining a subset of said set of applications whereof the operating system can command the interactive execution in the second state, characterized in that in the second state, the operating system is able to command the noninteractive execution of an application not belonging to said subset of said set of applications.
Swimming pool having an integrated countercurrent swimming system, which has a device for generating a strong adjustable flow by means of a flow-channel in a liquid medium, e.g. water, and is arranged in a housing, and the outlet surface of the flow-channel of the device (1 ') being almost in alignment with the plane of a shaped end-element which is arranged on the front side of the housing, characterized in that the surface of the shaped end-element is divided into at least two areas (37, 49, 49 ') through which the liquid medium can flow, and a first area having at least one recess for the outlet opening of the flow-channel, which is arranged approximately centrally in the surface of the shaped end-element; and at least one second area has a plurality of recesses for the sucked-in liquid medium, so that the total area of which ensures a volume flow of 50-160 m3 / h and a flow velocity v of the individual openings of not greater than 0.40 m / s.
Ultrasound measuring system, in particular for distance measurement and/or as a parking assistant in vehicles, comprising - an electro-acoustic ultrasound transducer without a voltage converter and comprising a vibrating element, which transducer is configured to be operated alternately as an ultrasound transmitter and as an ultrasound receiver, and a signal terminal which serves either as an input or as an output of the ultrasound transducer, and a ground terminal connected to ground or connected to ground with low resistivity, and - a control and evaluation unit for exciting the vibrating element of the ultrasound transducer for transmitting ultrasound waves for the operation of the ultrasound transducer during a transmission interval for the subsequent deactivation of the excitation of the vibrating element as well as for damping the same during a decay phase and for receiving, as well as for processing ultrasound waves in a receiving interval, - wherein the control and evaluation unit comprises a bridge circuit connected to a supply DC voltage, said circuit comprising controllable switches (30 to 40) and a reversible charge storage capacitance for alternately outputting a positive and a negative excitation voltage for the signal terminal of the ultrasound transducer during the transmission interval at an output terminal of a driver stage of the control and evaluation unit, and - wherein the control and evaluation unit outputs a voltage pulse of 0 V at the end of the transmission interval for the signal terminal of the ultrasound transducer by connecting the output terminal to ground. - an electro-acoustic ultrasound transducer without a voltage converter and comprising a vibrating element, which transducer is configured to be operated alternately as an ultrasound transmitter and as an ultrasound receiver, and a signal terminal which serves either as an input or as an output of the ultrasound transducer, and a ground terminal connected to ground or connected to ground with low resistivity, and - a control and evaluation unit for exciting the vibrating element of the ultrasound transducer for transmitting ultrasound waves for the operation of the ultrasound transducer during a transmission interval for the subsequent deactivation of the excitation of the vibrating element as well as for damping the same during a decay phase and for receiving, as well as for processing ultrasound waves in a receiving interval, - wherein the control and evaluation unit comprises a bridge circuit connected to a supply DC voltage, said circuit comprising controllable switches (30 to 40) and a reversible charge storage capacitance for alternately outputting a positive and a negative excitation voltage for the signal terminal of the ultrasound transducer during the transmission interval at an output terminal of a driver stage of the control and evaluation unit, and - wherein the control and evaluation unit outputs a voltage pulse of 0 V at the end of the transmission interval for the signal terminal of the ultrasound transducer by connecting the output terminal to ground.
An inhaler comprising: a housing having one surface, the other surface opposite to the one surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the one surface and the other surface; a mouthpiece which is disposed on the one side of the housing; a reservoir which is disposed inside the housing and stores an inhalable composition; a nozzle which extends from the mouthpiece to the reservoir; a needle valve which is movably disposed inside the nozzle, a piston which has one surface coupled to the needle valve, and vertically reciprocates in a first direction from the other surface to the one surface of the housing or a second direction from the one surface to the other surface of the housing; and a spring which is provided below the piston in a preloaded state, wherein, when a suction force is not applied to the mouthpiece, the needle valve is maintained in a first state in which the nozzle is closed, wherein, when a suction force is applied through the mouthpiece, the needle valve is switched into a second state in which the nozzle is opened, wherein, when a suction force is not applied to the mouthpiece, the spring pushes the piston up in the first direction to maintain the first state, and wherein, when a suction force is applied through the mouthpiece, the piston overcomes preload of the spring and moves in the second direction to switch the state into the second state. a housing having one surface, the other surface opposite to the one surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the one surface and the other surface; a mouthpiece which is disposed on the one side of the housing; a reservoir which is disposed inside the housing and stores an inhalable composition; a nozzle which extends from the mouthpiece to the reservoir; a needle valve which is movably disposed inside the nozzle, a piston which has one surface coupled to the needle valve, and vertically reciprocates in a first direction from the other surface to the one surface of the housing or a second direction from the one surface to the other surface of the housing; and a spring which is provided below the piston in a preloaded state, wherein, when a suction force is not applied to the mouthpiece, the needle valve is maintained in a first state in which the nozzle is closed, wherein, when a suction force is applied through the mouthpiece, the needle valve is switched into a second state in which the nozzle is opened, wherein, when a suction force is not applied to the mouthpiece, the spring pushes the piston up in the first direction to maintain the first state, and wherein, when a suction force is applied through the mouthpiece, the piston overcomes preload of the spring and moves in the second direction to switch the state into the second state.
A method to be performed in a system comprising a User Equipment, UE, and a Broadcast Multicast Service Centre, BM-SC, for initiating a file repair procedure following a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast service session, characterized in that, the method comprises: - receiving, from the BM-SC, a status update message comprising information on load and capacity of available File Repair Servers for the UE, wherein the status update message is received by means of an Association Delivery Procedure Description, ADPD, instance, wherein the ADPD instance is transmitted by the BM-SC to the UE when there is a change associated with at least one of the available File Repair Servers, and wherein the change comprises that a new File Repair Server is made available due to load corresponding to the new File Repair Server dropping below a threshold, - selecting at least one File Repair Server from the available File Repair Servers, to send a file repair request for the file repair procedure, based on the information carried in the status update message, and - sending the file repair request to the selected at least one File Repair Server. - receiving, from the BM-SC, a status update message comprising information on load and capacity of available File Repair Servers for the UE, wherein the status update message is received by means of an Association Delivery Procedure Description, ADPD, instance, wherein the ADPD instance is transmitted by the BM-SC to the UE when there is a change associated with at least one of the available File Repair Servers, and wherein the change comprises that a new File Repair Server is made available due to load corresponding to the new File Repair Server dropping below a threshold, - selecting at least one File Repair Server from the available File Repair Servers, to send a file repair request for the file repair procedure, based on the information carried in the status update message, and - sending the file repair request to the selected at least one File Repair Server.
A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying a plurality of paths from a source switch to a destination switch, wherein: each of the plurality of paths comprises one or more data links; and each of the one or more data links has a link bandwidth; determining, for each of the plurality of paths, a minimum available bandwidth of the path based on the lowest link bandwidth of the one or more data links in the path; and balancing network traffic that is transmitted from the source switch to the destination switch across the plurality of paths based on the minimum available bandwidth of each of the plurality of paths, wherein balancing the network traffic across the plurality of paths comprises, for each of the plurality of paths: assigning a relative weight to the path based on a ratio of the minimum available bandwidth of the path to the smallest of the minimum available bandwidth of any path of the plurality of paths; and allocating a portion of the network traffic to the path in accordance with the relative weight of the path. identifying a plurality of paths from a source switch to a destination switch, wherein: each of the plurality of paths comprises one or more data links; and each of the one or more data links has a link bandwidth; each of the plurality of paths comprises one or more data links; and each of the one or more data links has a link bandwidth; determining, for each of the plurality of paths, a minimum available bandwidth of the path based on the lowest link bandwidth of the one or more data links in the path; and balancing network traffic that is transmitted from the source switch to the destination switch across the plurality of paths based on the minimum available bandwidth of each of the plurality of paths, wherein balancing the network traffic across the plurality of paths comprises, for each of the plurality of paths: assigning a relative weight to the path based on a ratio of the minimum available bandwidth of the path to the smallest of the minimum available bandwidth of any path of the plurality of paths; and allocating a portion of the network traffic to the path in accordance with the relative weight of the path. assigning a relative weight to the path based on a ratio of the minimum available bandwidth of the path to the smallest of the minimum available bandwidth of any path of the plurality of paths; and allocating a portion of the network traffic to the path in accordance with the relative weight of the path.
A method performed in a network having a plurality of switch domains, comprising: obtaining addresses of end hosts at one of the plurality of switch domains, the switch domain located on at least two different network devices (12A, 12B) and being configured with a primary virtual local area network and a secondary virtual local area network; creating a private virtual local area network access list comprising said addresses of end hosts permitted to communicate on said secondary virtual local area network; and applying said private virtual local area network access list to interfaces connected to the end hosts permitted to communicate on said secondary virtual local area network; wherein said private virtual local area network access list restricts communication on said secondary virtual local area network to said switch domain. obtaining addresses of end hosts at one of the plurality of switch domains, the switch domain located on at least two different network devices (12A, 12B) and being configured with a primary virtual local area network and a secondary virtual local area network; creating a private virtual local area network access list comprising said addresses of end hosts permitted to communicate on said secondary virtual local area network; and applying said private virtual local area network access list to interfaces connected to the end hosts permitted to communicate on said secondary virtual local area network; wherein said private virtual local area network access list restricts communication on said secondary virtual local area network to said switch domain.
A fitting, comprising: a hollow body that includes an opening at a first end; a sealing member positioned on an interior surface of the hollow body; a draw mechanism including a primary actuation element coupled with the hollow body at the first end, and a plurality of secondary actuation elements coupled to the sealing member, the plurality of secondary actuation elements positioned in an interior of the hollow body and circumferentially spaced from each other, characterized in that the plurality of secondary actuation elements engaged with the primary actuation element such that actuation of the primary actuation element draws the plurality of secondary actuation elements axially towards the opening at the first end of the hollow body, thereby translating the sealing member from an open position to a sealing position. a hollow body that includes an opening at a first end; a sealing member positioned on an interior surface of the hollow body; a draw mechanism including a primary actuation element coupled with the hollow body at the first end, and a plurality of secondary actuation elements coupled to the sealing member, the plurality of secondary actuation elements positioned in an interior of the hollow body and circumferentially spaced from each other, characterized in that the plurality of secondary actuation elements engaged with the primary actuation element such that actuation of the primary actuation element draws the plurality of secondary actuation elements axially towards the opening at the first end of the hollow body, thereby translating the sealing member from an open position to a sealing position.
A device for acquisition of images for a biometric system, comprising an optical assembly and at least one imager (3, 3a, 3b) for acquisition of an image of an object to be analysed presented in front of said assembly at a non-determined distance from the latter, wherein said device comprises at least one diaphragm with coded aperture, the optical assembly being adapted to allow acquisition by the sensor (s): • on one hand, of an image of the object capable of being exploited to deduce therefrom the searched biometric information, and • on the other hand, of an image of the object acquired via the coded aperture of a diaphragm, said device further comprising a processing unit adapted to determine the distance of the object to be analysed as a function of the image of the object acquired via the coded aperture of said diaphragm, characterized in that the image of the object acquired via the coded aperture serving to determine the distance is acquired in one or more frequency bands separated from the work frequency band(s) used for acquisition of the image carrying the searched biometric information, and in that the optical assembly comprises two colour filters (4a, 4b), one transmitting in the work frequency band used for acquisition of the image carrying the searched biometric information, the other transmitting in another frequency band, at least one of these two filters carrying a diaphragm with coded aperture. • on one hand, of an image of the object capable of being exploited to deduce therefrom the searched biometric information, and • on the other hand, of an image of the object acquired via the coded aperture of a diaphragm,
A method for creating, using a gum that changes its color according to mastication, a color scale for assessing the number of times of mastication in a subject based on a color presented by the gum after mastication, comprising, a first step of having a plurality of subjects masticate a gum that changes its color according to mastication a certain number of times, a second step of obtaining a regression equation representing a correlation between a coordinate value of a color presented by the gum after mastication and a color difference between the gum before and the gum after mastication in a color coordinate system, a third step of obtaining a regression equation representing a correlation between the color difference and the number of times of mastication, wherein a model of the regression equation is a 4-parameter logistic curve, and a fourth step of determining an average number of times of mastication with respect to the color presented by the gum after mastication using the regression equations obtained in the second and third steps. a first step of having a plurality of subjects masticate a gum that changes its color according to mastication a certain number of times, a second step of obtaining a regression equation representing a correlation between a coordinate value of a color presented by the gum after mastication and a color difference between the gum before and the gum after mastication in a color coordinate system, a third step of obtaining a regression equation representing a correlation between the color difference and the number of times of mastication, wherein a model of the regression equation is a 4-parameter logistic curve, and a fourth step of determining an average number of times of mastication with respect to the color presented by the gum after mastication using the regression equations obtained in the second and third steps.