mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for evaluating a value characterizing the diameter of a wheel of a vehicle when the latter is in movement, method comprising the following steps: - acquisition of a first value representing the derivative of the angular acceleration (α"') of the wheel; - acquisition of a second value representing the derivative of the acceleration of the vehicle; - evaluation of the value characterizing the diameter of the wheel based on the first and second values. - acquisition of a first value representing the derivative of the angular acceleration (α"') of the wheel; - acquisition of a second value representing the derivative of the acceleration of the vehicle; - evaluation of the value characterizing the diameter of the wheel based on the first and second values.
A method for determining whether a putative antigen contains an epitope that will generate an HLA class I restricted immune response comprising exposing a genetically modified rodent to the antigen or a portion thereof, allowing the rodent to mount an immune response, and detecting in the rodent a cell that specifically binds an antigen presenting cell that expresses a humanized MHC I complex presenting a peptide sequence of the antigen or the portion thereof; wherein the rodent expresses (i) a chimeric human/rodent MHC I polypeptide from an endogenous Major Histocompatibility Complex I (MHC I) locus that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding α1, α2, and α3 domains of a human MHC I polypeptide operably linked to transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains of a rodent MHC I polypeptide, and (ii) a human or humanized β2 microglobulin polypeptide from an endogenous β2 microglobulin locus that comprises a nucleic acid sequence comprising exons 2, 3, and 4 of a human β2 microglobulin gene; wherein the humanized MHC I complex comprises the chimeric human/rodent MHC I polypeptide and the human or humanized β2 microglobulin polypeptide, and wherein the rodent is a rat or a mouse. exposing a genetically modified rodent to the antigen or a portion thereof, allowing the rodent to mount an immune response, and detecting in the rodent a cell that specifically binds an antigen presenting cell that expresses a humanized MHC I complex presenting a peptide sequence of the antigen or the portion thereof; wherein the rodent expresses (i) a chimeric human/rodent MHC I polypeptide from an endogenous Major Histocompatibility Complex I (MHC I) locus that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding α1, α2, and α3 domains of a human MHC I polypeptide operably linked to transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains of a rodent MHC I polypeptide, and (ii) a human or humanized β2 microglobulin polypeptide from an endogenous β2 microglobulin locus that comprises a nucleic acid sequence comprising exons 2, 3, and 4 of a human β2 microglobulin gene; (i) a chimeric human/rodent MHC I polypeptide from an endogenous Major Histocompatibility Complex I (MHC I) locus that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding α1, α2, and α3 domains of a human MHC I polypeptide operably linked to transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains of a rodent MHC I polypeptide, and (ii) a human or humanized β2 microglobulin polypeptide from an endogenous β2 microglobulin locus that comprises a nucleic acid sequence comprising exons 2, 3, and 4 of a human β2 microglobulin gene; wherein the humanized MHC I complex comprises the chimeric human/rodent MHC I polypeptide and the human or humanized β2 microglobulin polypeptide, and wherein the rodent is a rat or a mouse.
A videoconferencing system comprising a first control device (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d), a second control device (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d), and a plurality of processing devices (8a, 8b, 8b', 8c, 8c', 8d, 8d', 8d", 8d"'), all mutually connected by a packet-based transport network, wherein each processing device is configured to receive data packets for a videoconferencing session, process the data, and send the data across the transport network to other processing devices participating in the same videoconferencing session, characterised in that both control devices are configured to advertise the same external anycast network address to videoconferencing terminals (16b, 16b', 16c, 16d) on one or more external networks, and wherein each control device is configured to receive a session initiation request from a respective videoconferencing terminal on an external network, addressed to the advertised anycast network address, and to designate a processing device to receive data from that videoconferencing terminal during a respective videoconferencing session.
A disc/brake friction couple for railway vehicles consisting of at least one pad comprising at least one friction element and a disc; said disc/brake friction couple being characterized in that said friction element is made of a sintered material comprising copper, iron, graphite, 0.02 to 1.5 % by weight of molybdenum, 1 to 3 % by weight of chrome and a porosity ranging from 20 to 35%; and in that said disc is made of cast iron comprising 0.05 to 2 % by weight of chrome, 0.05 to 2 % by weight of molybdenum, 0.1 to 2 % by weight of nickel.
A wireless communication method between a plurality of end-points and a plurality of base stations, comprising: issuing an uplink message, by at least one of said plurality of end-points and sending said uplink message to at least one of said plurality of base stations, said uplink message being modulated according to a chirp spread spectrum format and comprising a series of frequency chirps; sending a response message from said at least one of said plurality of base stations to the at least one of said plurality of end-points upon receiving said uplink message, said response message comprising a sequence of chirps that is not used by the protocol in the uplink messages, characterized in that the frequency chirps of the uplink message comprises chirps of opposite direction, with a predominant up or down direction, and the chirps of the response message have a direction opposed to the predominant direction of the frequency chirps in the uplink message. issuing an uplink message, by at least one of said plurality of end-points and sending said uplink message to at least one of said plurality of base stations, said uplink message being modulated according to a chirp spread spectrum format and comprising a series of frequency chirps; sending a response message from said at least one of said plurality of base stations to the at least one of said plurality of end-points upon receiving said uplink message, said response message comprising a sequence of chirps that is not used by the protocol in the uplink messages, characterized in that the frequency chirps of the uplink message comprises chirps of opposite direction, with a predominant up or down direction, and the chirps of the response message have a direction opposed to the predominant direction of the frequency chirps in the uplink message.
A method for modifying steelmaking slag by blowing oxygen-containing gas into a molten steelmaking slag, the method comprising dipping a lance provided as a metal pipe around which is installed a refractory having a thickness of 5 mm or more and blowing the oxygen-containing gas into a steelmaking slag to be modified having an internal temperature of 1,450°C or more, wherein the oxygen-containing gas has an oxygen concentration of 20 volume% or more, and is blown at a linear velocity of 30 m/sec or more as measured at a tip portion of the lance. the method comprising dipping a lance provided as a metal pipe around which is installed a refractory having a thickness of 5 mm or more and blowing the oxygen-containing gas into a steelmaking slag to be modified having an internal temperature of 1,450°C or more, wherein the oxygen-containing gas has an oxygen concentration of 20 volume% or more, and is blown at a linear velocity of 30 m/sec or more as measured at a tip portion of the lance.
An optical system (400, 500) comprising: a light source (402, 502) emitting a converging source light beam (404, 504); and a beam adjuster optical element (407, 507, 602, 702, 802) located between the light source and an image focus plane configured to receive the source light beam and to modify it into an adjusted light beam before it passes through the image focus plane, wherein the center to edge intensity ratio of the adjusted light beam after passing through the beam adjuster optical element is in the range 3:1 to 7:1, the beam adjuster optical element comprising: an outer portion (604, 704, 804) configured to receive an outer portion of the source light beam and to cause light rays of the outer portion of the source light beam to diverge in a corresponding outer portion of the adjusted light beam; and an inner portion (606, 706, 806) configured to receive an inner portion of the source light beam and to cause light rays of the inner portion of the source light beam to converge in a corresponding inner portion of the adjusted light beam. a light source (402, 502) emitting a converging source light beam (404, 504); and a beam adjuster optical element (407, 507, 602, 702, 802) located between the light source and an image focus plane configured to receive the source light beam and to modify it into an adjusted light beam before it passes through the image focus plane, wherein the center to edge intensity ratio of the adjusted light beam after passing through the beam adjuster optical element is in the range 3:1 to 7:1, the beam adjuster optical element comprising: an outer portion (604, 704, 804) configured to receive an outer portion of the source light beam and to cause light rays of the outer portion of the source light beam to diverge in a corresponding outer portion of the adjusted light beam; and an inner portion (606, 706, 806) configured to receive an inner portion of the source light beam and to cause light rays of the inner portion of the source light beam to converge in a corresponding inner portion of the adjusted light beam. an outer portion (604, 704, 804) configured to receive an outer portion of the source light beam and to cause light rays of the outer portion of the source light beam to diverge in a corresponding outer portion of the adjusted light beam; and an inner portion (606, 706, 806) configured to receive an inner portion of the source light beam and to cause light rays of the inner portion of the source light beam to converge in a corresponding inner portion of the adjusted light beam.
A lighting device, comprising an exit window, and a light source substrate arranged to carry at least one solid-state light source, said at least one light source being arranged to emit light through said exit window, wherein said exit window is shaped to allow a front surface of said light source substrate to be brought into physical contact with a surface of said exit window facing said light source substrate, and wherein said light source substrate is held in physical contact with said exit window, thereby enabling thermal contact between the light source substrate and said exit window, thereby facilitating the heat transfer from the solid state light source towards and through the exit window, said lighting device further comprising a funnel-shaped body arranged to surround said at least one light source and to reflect light emitted from said light source towards said exit window, a driver substrate arranged to carry a light source driver circuitry and a biasing element being sandwiched between said light source substrate and said driver substrate, thereby pressing said driver substrate into thermal contact with said funnel-shaped body.
A method of improving the transfer of service experience of a subscriber from one telecommunications network to another, which comprises a first telecommunications network and a second telecommunications network, and a network node connected to the first and the second telecommunications network, properties of the first telecommunications network enabling a first set of value added services in the first telecommunications network, and properties of the second telecommunications network enabling a second set of value added services in the second telecommunications network, each value added service of the first set comprising a combination of functional telecommunications network properties of the first network and each value added service of the second set comprising a combination of functional telecommunications network properties of the second network, the functional telecommunications network properties being adaptable through value added service actions activated in a subscriber-specific manner, the method comprising performing a procedure activating a value added service action of a value added service of the first set in the first telecommunications network, producing in the first telecommunications network an action record which comprises at least data for identifying the value added service and a value added service action to be activated in the first telecommunications network; transferring the action record to the network node; mapping in the network node the value added service of the first set into a value added service of the second set, and the value added service action of the value added service of the first set into a value added service action of the value added service of the second set; transferring data on the value added service action of the value added service of the second set resulting from mapping into the second telecommunications network; and adapting the functional telecommunications network properties of the second telecommunications network comprised in the value added service of the second set by performing the value added service action in the service platform of the second telecommunications network; wherein the method comprises separating, in the network node, the data needed to identify the subscriber from the action record, and utilizing, in the network node, said data for checking whether the subscriber's value added service needs to be processed considering improved transfer of subscriber experience.
A dirt detection system for detecting dirt adhering to an outer cover of a vehicle lamp equipped with a sensor for detecting a surrounding environment of a vehicle, the dirt detection system comprising a lamp cleaner configured to remove dirt adhering to the outer cover, characterised in that the dirt detection system further comprises: a thermal imaging camera configured to acquire thermal image data indicating the outer cover; and a lamp cleaner control unit configured to determine based on the thermal image data whether there is dirt adhering to the outer cover, and to drive the lamp cleaner in response to a determination that there is dirt adhering to the outer cover, wherein the lamp cleaner control unit is configured to determine based on the thermal image data whether there is dirt adhering to the outer cover when there is no pedestrian present within a predetermined range from the vehicle. a thermal imaging camera configured to acquire thermal image data indicating the outer cover; and a lamp cleaner control unit configured to determine based on the thermal image data whether there is dirt adhering to the outer cover, and to drive the lamp cleaner in response to a determination that there is dirt adhering to the outer cover, wherein the lamp cleaner control unit is configured to determine based on the thermal image data whether there is dirt adhering to the outer cover when there is no pedestrian present within a predetermined range from the vehicle.
A method for receiving downlink data by a user equipment, UE, in wireless communication, the method comprising: receiving configuration information related to a plurality of control resource sets for Downlink Control Information, DCI; receiving, via a higher layer signaling, rate matching information allowing reception of the downlink data through rate matching in a control resource set in which DCI is detected among the plurality of control resource sets; and receiving the downlink data in a first resource region based on the rate matching information; wherein when the DCI is detected in the first control resource set among the plurality of control resource sets, the first resource region includes a part of the first control resource set, and wherein when the DCI is not detected in the first control resource set, the first resource region does not include the first control resource set. receiving configuration information related to a plurality of control resource sets for Downlink Control Information, DCI; receiving, via a higher layer signaling, rate matching information allowing reception of the downlink data through rate matching in a control resource set in which DCI is detected among the plurality of control resource sets; and receiving the downlink data in a first resource region based on the rate matching information; wherein when the DCI is detected in the first control resource set among the plurality of control resource sets, the first resource region includes a part of the first control resource set, and wherein when the DCI is not detected in the first control resource set, the first resource region does not include the first control resource set.
Use of a composition in hot-melt extrusion, the composition comprising a drug and hypromellose acetate succinate having a hydroxypropoxy molar substitution of 0.40 or more.
A method for making a force sensor of the kind comprising the following steps of: a) providing a deformation measuring device and a test body having a flat receiving surface; b) providing a reactive viscous adhesive; c) applying said reactive viscous adhesive to said receiving surface of said test body; d) bringing said deformation measuring device on said applied viscous adhesive in order to enclose a layer of said reactive viscous adhesive between said deformation measuring device and said receiving surface of said test body; and, e) causing the reaction of said reactive viscous adhesive of said layer to seal said deformation measuring device on said receiving surface of said test body; characterized in that, at step a), it is provided a deformation measuring device comprising at least a deformation gauge; and in that it is further provided a calibrating device adapted, on the one hand, to be applied to said test body on each side of said deformation measuring device and, on the other hand, to bear against said deformation measuring device to be able to apply a pressure to said deformation measuring device between step d) and step e), until said deformation measuring device is carried at a given distance from said receiving surface, while said reactive viscous adhesive layer reach a given thickness. a) providing a deformation measuring device and a test body having a flat receiving surface; b) providing a reactive viscous adhesive; c) applying said reactive viscous adhesive to said receiving surface of said test body; d) bringing said deformation measuring device on said applied viscous adhesive in order to enclose a layer of said reactive viscous adhesive between said deformation measuring device and said receiving surface of said test body; and, e) causing the reaction of said reactive viscous adhesive of said layer to seal said deformation measuring device on said receiving surface of said test body;
Buffer storage for a flat web material, having at least two roller registers (3, 4) comprising a plurality of freely rotating rollers (11, 12) and displaceable relative to each other at least in one axis direction radial to the axis of the rollers (11, 12), and specifically for forming variable partial lengths or loops of the flat web material between the rollers (11, 12) of the roller register (3, 4), having at least one piston-cylinder arrangement, the cylinder chamber thereof being able to be acted upon by a compressible pressure medium, such as compressed air, and acting like a pressure or gas spring between the at least two roller registers (3, 4) for generating a tension of the flat web material guided through the buffer storage, and having a control device for applying a constant or substantially constant operating pressure of the pressure medium to the at least one piston-cylinder arrangement, wherein the control device comprises a first control valve arrangement, which in a first state under normal operation connects the cylinder chamber of the at least one piston-cylinder arrangement with a device for providing the constant or substantially constant operating pressure, characterised in that the control device, in the event of machine standstill and/or in the event of a fault, switches into a second state and closes the cylinder chamber of the at least one piston-cylinder arrangement and connects it to a pressure-relief valve, which causes the relief of the pressure in the cylinder chamber to a residual pressure which is substantially lower than the operating pressure.
An electrolytic solution for a magnesium battery comprising: a compound represented by the general formula; a Lewis acid or a compound represented by the general formula; and a solvent that are mixed together; wherein two X's each independently represent a halogeno group, and R 1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a phenoxy group, an -OMgX group, an aryl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms that has, as a substituent, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a vinyl group, a phenyl group, a phenoxy group, a halogeno group, or a -B(OMgX) 2 group or is unsubstituted; or a monocyclic or bicyclic heterocyclic group that has, as a substituent, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a vinyl group, a phenyl group, a phenoxy group, a halogeno group, or a -B(OMgX) 2 group or is unsubstituted, X in the -OMgX group and the -B(OMgX) 2 group is the same as X described above; and Mg [N(SO 2 R 6) 2] 2 wherein four R 6 's each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, or a perfluorophenyl group.