mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A rack positioning system for positioning a consumable rack (10, 10', 10") in an automated in vitro diagnostic system, the rack positioning system comprising: - a consumable rack (10, 10', 10") comprising an upper surface, the upper surface comprising a plurality of consumable holding positions, - a rack receiving compartment comprising a fixedly mounted chassis of substantially rectangular shape, comprising a front side, a rear side and two lateral sides (33b, 33c), the rack receiving compartment further comprising a rack holding structure movably coupled to the chassis such as to be movable between at least a first position and a second position (X-Δ) relative to the chassis, wherein the consumable rack (10, 10', 10") has a substantially squared shape with the upper surface having a substantially squared shape and a center, the consumable rack (10, 10', 10") further comprising sidewalls (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) on respective sides of the rack (10, 10', 10"), characterized in that at least three rack sidewalls (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) each comprise a rack alignment element (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) substantially aligned with the center of the upper surface and therefore centrally located with respect to the respective sidewalls (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d), wherein the chassis comprises three chassis alignment elements (36b, 36c, 36d), each arranged at a fixed position of the rear side and each of the two lateral sides (33b, 33d) respectively, and wherein the consumable rack holding structure comprises a rack push element arranged at a corner between the chassis front side and a chassis lateral side such as to push against a side edge of the rack (10, 10', 10") between two rack sidewalls (13a, 13b) when the rack holding structure is moved from the first position towards the second position (X-Δ), thereby forcing each of three rack alignment elements (16b, 16c, 16d) against a respective chassis alignment element (36b, 36c, 36d) and laterally holding the consumable rack (10, 10', 10") in a fixed position delimited by the three chassis alignment elements (36b, 36c, 36d). - a consumable rack (10, 10', 10") comprising an upper surface, the upper surface comprising a plurality of consumable holding positions, - a rack receiving compartment comprising a fixedly mounted chassis of substantially rectangular shape, comprising a front side, a rear side and two lateral sides (33b, 33c), the rack receiving compartment further comprising a rack holding structure movably coupled to the chassis such as to be movable between at least a first position and a second position (X-Δ) relative to the chassis,
An aircraft access door assembly for joining to an aircraft, the access door assembly comprising: an access door comprising at least one access door nonlinear edge; a support structure comprising at least one support structure nonlinear edge; and, a doubler element attached to an interior side of the support structure, wherein the support structure nonlinear edge is designed to interlace with the access door nonlinear edge, wherein the access door assembly has an interlaced nonlinear edge interface; and characterized in that the access door nonlinear edge has a scalloped edge configuration comprising a plurality of rounded scalloped projections (125a, 125b) each having an access door opening, and the support structure nonlinear edge has a scalloped edge configuration comprising a plurality of rounded scalloped projections (125 a, 125b) each having a structure opening. an access door comprising at least one access door nonlinear edge; a support structure comprising at least one support structure nonlinear edge; and, a doubler element attached to an interior side of the support structure, wherein the support structure nonlinear edge is designed to interlace with the access door nonlinear edge,
A method of operating a multi-tiered computer management architecture; the method having the steps of: operating a computer by its owner at a first tier; managing, by a control console of a hardware operator, hardware operations of the computer at a second tier; managing, by the control console of a software operator, software operations of the computer at a third tier; operating the computer by the owner at a fourth tier except when revoking the rights of the hardware operator or software operator, wherein managing hardware and software operations are performed using a plurality of key pairs, each key pair including a private key and a public key, to securely communicate between the computer and the control console of the hardware operator, as well as between the computer and the control console of the software operator. operating a computer by its owner at a first tier; managing, by a control console of a hardware operator, hardware operations of the computer at a second tier; managing, by the control console of a software operator, software operations of the computer at a third tier; operating the computer by the owner at a fourth tier except when revoking the rights of the hardware operator or software operator, wherein managing hardware and software operations are performed using a plurality of key pairs, each key pair including a private key and a public key, to securely communicate between the computer and the control console of the hardware operator, as well as between the computer and the control console of the software operator.
Method for determining the position of at least one teat of an udder of an animal for milking, comprising of: - illuminating the udder with a light source; - obtaining an image of the udder; and - determining from the image a position of a teat to be milked, characterized by: - illuminating points on the udder with at least one directed light source in a predetermined pattern for the purpose of scanning or mapping the udder, with the pattern to be followed with light coming from the light source; - detecting points illuminated with the light source in the pattern with recording means; - determining position data of illuminated points from a detection of the recording means on the basis of triangulation; - forming a three-dimensional representation of the udder from the position data and the pattern; - recognizing the teat in the three-dimensional representation; and - determining the location of the teat on the basis of the recognition and with the position data. - illuminating the udder with a light source; - obtaining an image of the udder; and - determining from the image a position of a teat to be milked, characterized by: - illuminating points on the udder with at least one directed light source in a predetermined pattern for the purpose of scanning or mapping the udder, with the pattern to be followed with light coming from the light source; - detecting points illuminated with the light source in the pattern with recording means; - determining position data of illuminated points from a detection of the recording means on the basis of triangulation; - forming a three-dimensional representation of the udder from the position data and the pattern; - recognizing the teat in the three-dimensional representation; and - determining the location of the teat on the basis of the recognition and with the position data.
A method for producing a water-absorbent resin comprising performing a reversed-phase suspension polymerization at multi-stages of two or more stages, and performing the reversed-phase suspension polymerization at the first stage by: adding an aqueous solution of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer to a petroleum hydrocarbon dispersion medium to disperse the aqueous solution in the dispersion medium, adding a surfactant to the resultant dispersion to further disperse the aqueous solution, and performing the reversed-phase suspension polymerization at the first stage using a water-soluble radical polymerization initiator, optionally in the presence of an internal-crosslinking agent. adding an aqueous solution of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer to a petroleum hydrocarbon dispersion medium to disperse the aqueous solution in the dispersion medium, adding a surfactant to the resultant dispersion to further disperse the aqueous solution, and performing the reversed-phase suspension polymerization at the first stage using a water-soluble radical polymerization initiator, optionally in the presence of an internal-crosslinking agent.
A flexible cap for a male connector of a medical fitting, the male connector having an outer locking collar and an internal tapered sealing wall that defines an internal cavity therebetween, the tapered sealing wall defining a fluid passageway, the cap comprising: a cap component defining a top surface; a cylindrical wall extending opposite from the top surface of the cap component, the cylindrical wall defining a hollow interior configured to receive the tapered sealing wall of the male connector so as to form a seal with an outer surface of the tapered sealing wall; and characterized in that it further comprises an inner sealing surface configured within the hollow interior wherein, when the tapered sealing wall of the male connector of the medical fitting is received within the hollow interior of the cylindrical wall, the inner sealing surface seals the fluid passageway of the internal tapered sealing wall; wherein the inner sealing surface comprises a dome-shaped protrusion configured to fit at least partially within the fluid passageway so as to seal the fluid passageway, wherein the dome-shaped protrusion comprises a hollow cross-section, wherein the hollow cross-section extends from the top surface of the cap component so as to define an open recess on the top surface of the cap component. a cap component defining a top surface; a cylindrical wall extending opposite from the top surface of the cap component, the cylindrical wall defining a hollow interior configured to receive the tapered sealing wall of the male connector so as to form a seal with an outer surface of the tapered sealing wall; and characterized in that it further comprises an inner sealing surface configured within the hollow interior wherein, when the tapered sealing wall of the male connector of the medical fitting is received within the hollow interior of the cylindrical wall, the inner sealing surface seals the fluid passageway of the internal tapered sealing wall; wherein the inner sealing surface comprises a dome-shaped protrusion configured to fit at least partially within the fluid passageway so as to seal the fluid passageway, wherein the dome-shaped protrusion comprises a hollow cross-section, wherein the hollow cross-section extends from the top surface of the cap component so as to define an open recess on the top surface of the cap component.
A lithium ion capacitor comprising: a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer formed on a roughened positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer containing graphite-based particles formed on a negative electrode current collector, and an electrolytic solution containing a solution of a lithium salt in an aprotic organic solvent, characterized in that a total thickness of the positive electrode active material layer is 50 μm to 140 μm, and a ratio of mass of the positive electrode active material layer to a sum of the mass of the positive electrode active material layer and that of the negative electrode active material layer is 0.4 to 0.5, wherein the positive electrode current collector is roughened by electrolytic etching such that the void ratio of the positive electrode current collector is 5 to 60%, which is calculated as follows: void ratio % = weight of untreated positive electrode current collector g − weight of positive electrode current collector after electrolytic etching g / weight of untreated positive electrode current collector g × 100. a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer formed on a roughened positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer containing graphite-based particles formed on a negative electrode current collector, and an electrolytic solution containing a solution of a lithium salt in an aprotic organic solvent, characterized in that a total thickness of the positive electrode active material layer is 50 μm to 140 μm, and a ratio of mass of the positive electrode active material layer to a sum of the mass of the positive electrode active material layer and that of the negative electrode active material layer is 0.4 to 0.5, wherein the positive electrode current collector is roughened by electrolytic etching such that the void ratio of the positive electrode current collector is 5 to 60%, which is calculated as follows: void ratio % = weight of untreated positive electrode current collector g − weight of positive electrode current collector after electrolytic etching g / weight of untreated positive electrode current collector g × 100.
A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle that includes an actuator (88, 38; 60) capable of generating a gas flow at a scavenging target portion (34; 56; 44; 12; 64; 50; 52; 38; 72; 32; 40) of an internal combustion engine during a stop of the internal combustion engine, the scavenging target portion being a portion in the interior of the internal combustion engine in which: a gas that flows through the internal combustion engine is possible to flow; a condensed water is possible to be present at a stop time point of the internal combustion engine, said stop time point being equivalent to a time point at which the rotation of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine has stopped; and a temperature increase is possible to be produced due to heat received from a main body of the internal combustion engine after the stop of the internal combustion engine, said temperature increase promoting the evaporation of water at the scavenging target portion, wherein the vehicle control device is configured, when at least one of a specified temperature condition and a specified humidity condition is met after the stop of the internal combustion engine, to execute a scavenging control, wherein the specified temperature condition is that, after the stop of the internal combustion engine, a temperature correlation value correlated with a temperature of the scavenging target portion is higher than the temperature correlation value at the stop time point, wherein the specified humidity condition is that, after the stop of the internal combustion engine, a humidity correlation value correlated with an absolute humidity of a gas at the scavenging target portion is higher than the humidity correlation value at the stop time point, and wherein the scavenging control operates the actuator (88, 38; 60) to cause the gas flow at the scavenging target portion.
A method comprising: a) providing initial starting genetic material comprising cell free polynucleotides; b) converting polynucleotides from the initial starting genetic material into tagged parent polynucleotides by ligating oligonucleotides comprising non-unique barcodes to the cell free polynucleotides such that the combination of the barcode and the sequence of the cell free polynucleotide creates a unique sequence that may be individually tracked, wherein the ligation conditions comprise the use of over an 80X molar excess of barcode oligonucleotides as compared to the cell free polynucleotides; c) amplifying the tagged parent polynucleotides to produce amplified progeny polynucleotides; d) sequencing a subset of the amplified progeny polynucleotides to produce sequence reads; e) grouping the sequence reads into families, each family generated from a unique tagged parent polynucleotide from step (b); and f) producing a representation of information in the tagged parent polynucleotides and/or initial starting genetic material with reduced noise and/or distortion compared with sequence reads within a family. a) providing initial starting genetic material comprising cell free polynucleotides; b) converting polynucleotides from the initial starting genetic material into tagged parent polynucleotides by ligating oligonucleotides comprising non-unique barcodes to the cell free polynucleotides such that the combination of the barcode and the sequence of the cell free polynucleotide creates a unique sequence that may be individually tracked, wherein the ligation conditions comprise the use of over an 80X molar excess of barcode oligonucleotides as compared to the cell free polynucleotides; c) amplifying the tagged parent polynucleotides to produce amplified progeny polynucleotides; d) sequencing a subset of the amplified progeny polynucleotides to produce sequence reads; e) grouping the sequence reads into families, each family generated from a unique tagged parent polynucleotide from step (b); and f) producing a representation of information in the tagged parent polynucleotides and/or initial starting genetic material with reduced noise and/or distortion compared with sequence reads within a family.
A method for manufacturing an epitaxial wafer having a diameter of 300 mm to 450 mm, comprising: a step of pulling a silicon single crystal from a boron-doped silicon melt in a chamber based on a Czochralski process; and a step of forming an epitaxial layer on a surface of a silicon wafer sliced from the silicon single crystal; wherein the silicon single crystal is allowed to grow while passed through a temperature region of 800 to 600°C in the chamber in 250 minutes or less and 180 minutes or more during the pulling step; wherein the grown silicon single crystal has an oxygen concentration of 10 x 10 17 to 12 x 10 17 atoms/cm 3 (ASTMF121-1979) and a resistivity of 0.03 to 0.01 Ωcm; and wherein the silicon wafer is subjected to pre-annealing prior to the step of forming the epitaxial layer on the surface of the silicon wafer, for 10 minutes to 4 hours at a predetermined temperature within a temperature region of 650 to 900°C in an inert gas atmosphere, and wherein a rate of temperature increase from room temperature to the predetermined temperature for pre-annealing is 1 to 8°C/min and a rate of temperature decrease from the predetermined temperature to the room temperature is 5 to 2°C/min. a step of pulling a silicon single crystal from a boron-doped silicon melt in a chamber based on a Czochralski process; and a step of forming an epitaxial layer on a surface of a silicon wafer sliced from the silicon single crystal; wherein the silicon single crystal is allowed to grow while passed through a temperature region of 800 to 600°C in the chamber in 250 minutes or less and 180 minutes or more during the pulling step; wherein the grown silicon single crystal has an oxygen concentration of 10 x 10 17 to 12 x 10 17 atoms/cm 3 (ASTMF121-1979) and a resistivity of 0.03 to 0.01 Ωcm; and wherein the silicon wafer is subjected to pre-annealing prior to the step of forming the epitaxial layer on the surface of the silicon wafer, for 10 minutes to 4 hours at a predetermined temperature within a temperature region of 650 to 900°C in an inert gas atmosphere, and wherein a rate of temperature increase from room temperature to the predetermined temperature for pre-annealing is 1 to 8°C/min and a rate of temperature decrease from the predetermined temperature to the room temperature is 5 to 2°C/min.
A heating unit for an exhaust-gas system of an internal combustion engine, comprising a heating-unit housing, through which gas can flow in an exhaust-gas main flow direction, and a plurality of heating elements (20, 22, 24, 26), which are arranged in the heating-unit housing and are shaped in a meandering manner, wherein each heating element (20, 22, 24, 26) comprises a plurality of heating sections which follow one another in a heating-element longitudinal direction, wherein heating sections, arranged so as to follow one another in the heating-element longitudinal direction, of each heating element (20, 22, 24, 26) are in each case connected to one another by a connecting section, wherein each heating element (20, 22, 24, 26) has two connection regions (32, 34) which are arranged at a distance from one another in the heating-element longitudinal direction, wherein, in each connection region (32, 34), the heating elements (20, 22, 24, 26) are or can be electrically conductively connected to a connection region (32, 34) of a further heating element (20, 22, 24, 26) or/and to a voltage source, wherein, for each heating element (20, 22, 24, 26), a heating-conductor length between its connection regions (32, 34) is greater than an extension length of the heating element (20, 22, 24, 26) between its connection regions (32, 34) in the heating-element longitudinal direction, wherein all the heating elements (20, 22, 24, 26) have substantially the same heating-conductor length, characterized in that the heating sections are substantially adapted plate-like and in that at least two heating elements (20, 22, 24, 26) are arranged side by side transverse to the exhaust-gas main flow direction.
A system comprising: a processor, a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving a temperature of a brake assembly; determining a peak brake assembly temperature; determining a temperature decay coefficient ("α") of the brake assembly; characterized in that the instructions cause the processor to perform the operations comprising calculating an estimated total time to cool the brake assembly to a predetermined temperature based on the peak brake assembly temperature and an ambient temperature data; and adjusting the estimated total time to cool the brake assembly to the predetermined temperature based on an amount of time elapsed after the receiving the temperature of the brake assembly. a processor, a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving a temperature of a brake assembly; determining a peak brake assembly temperature; determining a temperature decay coefficient ("α") of the brake assembly; characterized in that the instructions cause the processor to perform the operations comprising calculating an estimated total time to cool the brake assembly to a predetermined temperature based on the peak brake assembly temperature and an ambient temperature data; and adjusting the estimated total time to cool the brake assembly to the predetermined temperature based on an amount of time elapsed after the receiving the temperature of the brake assembly. receiving a temperature of a brake assembly; determining a peak brake assembly temperature; determining a temperature decay coefficient ("α") of the brake assembly; characterized in that the instructions cause the processor to perform the operations comprising calculating an estimated total time to cool the brake assembly to a predetermined temperature based on the peak brake assembly temperature and an ambient temperature data; and adjusting the estimated total time to cool the brake assembly to the predetermined temperature based on an amount of time elapsed after the receiving the temperature of the brake assembly.
A material for skin, comprising a silicone component-containing polymer obtained by polymerizing a silicone monomer having a carbon-carbon double bond, and an antibacterial agent, wherein the silicone monomer is a silicone monomer including no polyether structure, wherein the antibacterial agent contains halogen, and wherein the content of hydroxyl groups in the silicone monomer is from 0.0005 to 0.01 equivalent/g.