mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for production of a recombinant peptide (PeOI) or protein of interest (PrOI), wherein the method comprises: (a) introducing a nucleic acid molecule encoding a fusion protein comprising at least one PeOI or PrOI, and at least one allocrite of a type 1 secretion system (T1SS) or a fragment thereof, into a host cell, wherein the host cell does not express a heterologous ATP-binding cassette transporter, a heterologous membrane fusion protein and/or a heterologous outer membrane protein of the T1SS, wherein said fragment has a length of at least 50 nucleotides; (b) cultivating the host cell under conditions that allow expression of the fusion protein, wherein the fusion protein is expressed in the form of inclusion bodies; (c) isolating the recombinant fusion protein from said host cells; and (d) subjecting the recombinant fusion protein to conditions that allow the PeOI or PrOI to fold into a functional three-dimensional conformation. (a) introducing a nucleic acid molecule encoding a fusion protein comprising at least one PeOI or PrOI, and at least one allocrite of a type 1 secretion system (T1SS) or a fragment thereof, into a host cell, wherein the host cell does not express a heterologous ATP-binding cassette transporter, a heterologous membrane fusion protein and/or a heterologous outer membrane protein of the T1SS, wherein said fragment has a length of at least 50 nucleotides; (b) cultivating the host cell under conditions that allow expression of the fusion protein, wherein the fusion protein is expressed in the form of inclusion bodies; (c) isolating the recombinant fusion protein from said host cells; and (d) subjecting the recombinant fusion protein to conditions that allow the PeOI or PrOI to fold into a functional three-dimensional conformation.
A carbon substrate for a gas diffusion layer, as a porous carbon substrate with first and second surfaces opposite to each other, the carbon substrate comprising: at least two types of carbon fibers having different lengths and randomly disposed to form a non-woven fabric; and a carbide of an organic polymer disposed between the carbon fibers to bind the same, wherein first carbon fibers having shorter lengths are predominantly disposed to be closer to the first surface of the carbon substrate in a thickness direction of the carbon substrate, and second carbon fibers having longer lengths than the first carbon fibers are predominantly disposed to be closer to the second surface of the carbon substrate, so that the carbon substrate has a porosity gradient in the thickness direction of the carbon substrate that increases toward the second surface from the first surface of the carbon substrate. at least two types of carbon fibers having different lengths and randomly disposed to form a non-woven fabric; and a carbide of an organic polymer disposed between the carbon fibers to bind the same, wherein first carbon fibers having shorter lengths are predominantly disposed to be closer to the first surface of the carbon substrate in a thickness direction of the carbon substrate, and second carbon fibers having longer lengths than the first carbon fibers are predominantly disposed to be closer to the second surface of the carbon substrate, so that the carbon substrate has a porosity gradient in the thickness direction of the carbon substrate that increases toward the second surface from the first surface of the carbon substrate.
A method of treatment of a surface to improve the resistance of the surface to fouling from a photosynthetic organism, the method comprising treatment of a surface prone to fouling from a photosynthetic organism with a composition comprising a lactam, wherein the composition comprises from 0.0001 to 5 wt.% of a lactam; wherein the surface to be treated is selected from metal, plastic or composites; and, wherein the lactam is:
A combination oven (600, 30, 250), comprising: an oven chamber having a plurality of vertical walls (80, 82); a microwave generator disposed to provide microwave energy into said oven chamber through at least one of said plurality of vertical walls (80,82) of said oven chamber; a vent connected to said oven chamber; and a steam generation apparatus that is mounted at least in part in one of said vertical walls (80, 82) of said oven chamber such that steam is provided to said oven chamber through said one of said vertical walls (80,82), wherein said steam generation apparatus comprises a steam vent valve in fluid communication with said vent, wherein said vent and said steam vent valve are positioned between said oven chamber and an external environment outside of the combination oven, and wherein water that is external of said oven chamber is introduced and converted into the steam inside said oven chamber by said steam generation apparatus; characterized by at least one impingement air generator (85, 87, 74, 150, 152) disposed in said oven chamber to provide impingement air that flows via an impingement plate from a top of the combination oven in substantially a vertical direction within said oven chamber and an oven controller that operates said oven (600, 30, 250) in a microwave mode, an impingement mode and a steam mode, and wherein said controller controls said steam vent valve to open and close said vent. an oven chamber having a plurality of vertical walls (80, 82); a microwave generator disposed to provide microwave energy into said oven chamber through at least one of said plurality of vertical walls (80,82) of said oven chamber; a vent connected to said oven chamber; and a steam generation apparatus that is mounted at least in part in one of said vertical walls (80, 82) of said oven chamber such that steam is provided to said oven chamber through said one of said vertical walls (80,82), wherein said steam generation apparatus comprises a steam vent valve in fluid communication with said vent, wherein said vent and said steam vent valve are positioned between said oven chamber and an external environment outside of the combination oven, and wherein water that is external of said oven chamber is introduced and converted into the steam inside said oven chamber by said steam generation apparatus; characterized by at least one impingement air generator (85, 87, 74, 150, 152) disposed in said oven chamber to provide impingement air that flows via an impingement plate from a top of the combination oven in substantially a vertical direction within said oven chamber and an oven controller that operates said oven (600, 30, 250) in a microwave mode, an impingement mode and a steam mode, and wherein said controller controls said steam vent valve to open and close said vent.
An automated sampling and reaction system comprising: an external sampling valve connected to a priming valve wherein the external sampling valve is configured to draw sample from a reactor or a reactor stream, in use, and the priming valve is configured to discharge wash to the external sampling valve, in use; a microreactor in fluidic communication with the external sampling valve and connected to a reagent valve, wherein the reagent valve is configured to discharge reagent to the microreactor, in use, and the external sampling valve is configured to discharge sample to the microreactor to form a secondary sample in use; and an injection valve connected to the microreactor and in fluidic communication with a chromatography column or a detector, wherein the injection valve is configured to discharge the secondary sample into a solvent composition stream in use. an external sampling valve connected to a priming valve wherein the external sampling valve is configured to draw sample from a reactor or a reactor stream, in use, and the priming valve is configured to discharge wash to the external sampling valve, in use; a microreactor in fluidic communication with the external sampling valve and connected to a reagent valve, wherein the reagent valve is configured to discharge reagent to the microreactor, in use, and the external sampling valve is configured to discharge sample to the microreactor to form a secondary sample in use; and an injection valve connected to the microreactor and in fluidic communication with a chromatography column or a detector, wherein the injection valve is configured to discharge the secondary sample into a solvent composition stream in use.
Wheelchair comprising a supporting frame and moving means configured to move said wheelchair, said supporting frame comprising a seating area for a wheelchair user, said wheelchair comprising first actuation means configured to translate said seating area laterally and externally with respect to said supporting frame and, at least partially, with respect to said moving means, in a configuration of transfer of said user, supporting elements being operationally associated to said seating area, said supporting elements being able to be activated in said transfer configuration of said seating area to support said seating area with respect to the ground, said seating area being defined, in said transfer configuration, by a main seat and a secondary seat able to be activated in said transfer configuration of said seating area to increase the extension of said main seat.
A brake arrangement for a gearbox, wherein the gearbox comprises an input shaft, a counter shaft, a main shaft and a plurality of gear wheels pairs which each comprises a primary gear wheel arranged on the counter shaft and a secondary gear wheel arranged on the main shaft, wherein the brake arrangement comprises at least two brake units (24a-c) each configured to act with a braking torque (T 1-3) on the counter shaft or a component connected to the counter shaft, and a control unit configured to control the activation of the brake units (24a-c), characterized in that the control unit is configured to activate the at least two brake units (24b-c) one at a time or both simultaneously during an upshift process in the gear box when a secondary gear wheel of a gear wheel pair to be engaged in the gear box is retarded to a synchronous speed with the main shaft.
A method of assembling a flexible pipe, comprising: bending armour wires (105,106) of a flexible pipe body about 10 to 50 degrees from a longitudinal axis of the pipe body using a temporary collar member; inserting a further collar member radially inwards of the bent armour wires (105,106) such that a portion of the armour wires lay over the further collar member; and mating the flexible pipe body and further collar member with an end fitting body. bending armour wires (105,106) of a flexible pipe body about 10 to 50 degrees from a longitudinal axis of the pipe body using a temporary collar member; inserting a further collar member radially inwards of the bent armour wires (105,106) such that a portion of the armour wires lay over the further collar member; and mating the flexible pipe body and further collar member with an end fitting body.
A housing, wherein the housing comprises a housing substrate and at least one double-sided composite texture film located on one side of an inner surface of the housing substrate; the double-sided composite texture film comprises a first substrate, a first texture layer located on a first surface of the first substrate, and a second texture layer located on a second surface of the first substrate; the first surface of the first substrate is closer to the housing substrate, and the second surface is further away from the housing substrate; the first texture layer has a first texture pattern that comprises a plurality of grooves and a plurality of bosses; and the second texture layer has a second texture pattern that comprises a plurality of grooves and a plurality of bosses, wherein the inner surface of the housing substrate has a fourth texture pattern, and the fourth texture pattern comprises a plurality of grooves and a plurality of bosses; and the housing further comprises a first bonding layer located on the inner surface of the housing substrate, and a refractive index of the first bonding layer is different from a refractive index of the housing substrate. the double-sided composite texture film comprises a first substrate, a first texture layer located on a first surface of the first substrate, and a second texture layer located on a second surface of the first substrate; the first surface of the first substrate is closer to the housing substrate, and the second surface is further away from the housing substrate; the first texture layer has a first texture pattern that comprises a plurality of grooves and a plurality of bosses; and the second texture layer has a second texture pattern that comprises a plurality of grooves and a plurality of bosses, wherein the inner surface of the housing substrate has a fourth texture pattern, and the fourth texture pattern comprises a plurality of grooves and a plurality of bosses; and the housing further comprises a first bonding layer located on the inner surface of the housing substrate, and a refractive index of the first bonding layer is different from a refractive index of the housing substrate.
A three-phase power converting apparatus for connecting a DC power supply to a three-phase power system, said three-phase power converting apparatus comprising: - a smoothing capacitor connected between positive and negative terminals of the DC power supply; - - a three-phase inverter circuit for converting DC power fed from said smoothing capacitor into three-phase AC power; and - - single-phase inverters (5a-5c) which are connected in series with AC output lines of individual phases of said three-phase inverter circuit; - - said three-phase power converting apparatus being characterized in that said three-phase inverter circuit outputs one, or more, reverse-polarity voltage pulses (10ua, 10va, 10wa), (10ub, 10vb, 10wb) in a specific region within each half cycle of basic voltage pulses of which pulse frequency corresponds to that of a system voltage, and - - said individual single-phase inverters (5a-5c) output voltages by PWM control operation in such a manner as to make up for differences between phase voltages of the power system and outputs of said respective three-phase inverter circuit, and correct the outputs of said three-phase inverter circuit by subtracting a common voltage (Vo) from target output voltages of the individual phases set in the PWM control operation during periods when said three-phase inverter circuit generates the reverse-polarity voltage pulses (10ua, 10va, 10wa), (10ub, 10vb, 10wb). - a smoothing capacitor connected between positive and negative terminals of the DC power supply; - - a three-phase inverter circuit for converting DC power fed from said smoothing capacitor into three-phase AC power; and - - single-phase inverters (5a-5c) which are connected in series with AC output lines of individual phases of said three-phase inverter circuit; - - said three-phase power converting apparatus being characterized in that said three-phase inverter circuit outputs one, or more, reverse-polarity voltage pulses (10ua, 10va, 10wa), (10ub, 10vb, 10wb) in a specific region within each half cycle of basic voltage pulses of which pulse frequency corresponds to that of a system voltage, and - - said individual single-phase inverters (5a-5c) output voltages by PWM control operation in such a manner as to make up for differences between phase voltages of the power system and outputs of said respective three-phase inverter circuit, and correct the outputs of said three-phase inverter circuit by subtracting a common voltage (Vo) from target output voltages of the individual phases set in the PWM control operation during periods when said three-phase inverter circuit generates the reverse-polarity voltage pulses (10ua, 10va, 10wa), (10ub, 10vb, 10wb).
A method for processing voiceprint authentication, being characterized by: from a training set comprising one or more first speech segments and a corresponding pre-labeled first gender label for each first speech segment in the training set, extracting a first feature vector for each first speech segment of the training set by a gender-mixed voiceprint baseline system based on Deep Neural Network; the method further comprising: training a gender classifier according to the first feature vector for each first speech segment and the corresponding pre-labeled first gender label; training Deep Neural Network models for different genders respectively according to speech data of different genders of the training set; and training uniform background models, feature vector extracting models and linear probability discriminant analysis models for different genders respectively according to the Deep Neural Network models for different genders and the speech data of different genders of the training set. training a gender classifier according to the first feature vector for each first speech segment and the corresponding pre-labeled first gender label; training Deep Neural Network models for different genders respectively according to speech data of different genders of the training set; and training uniform background models, feature vector extracting models and linear probability discriminant analysis models for different genders respectively according to the Deep Neural Network models for different genders and the speech data of different genders of the training set.
A method for improving IP fragmentation and transmission of user payload between a User Equipment, UE, and a Peer Node, PN, the payload being transmitted through a transmission path enabled by at least a first (17,18) and a second (17,18) consequent established GPRS Tunnelling Protocol, GTP, tunnels, said tunnels connecting a first (11,13) and a second (11,13) node in a Packet Core Network, PCN, the method comprising the steps of: - the first node (11,13) fragmenting at least one received payload packet into fragments on the basis of a minimum Maximum Transmission Unit, MTU, for an upper IP layer of the transmission path, - the first node (11,13) encapsulating said fragments at the entry of the first tunnel (17,18), characterized in the method further comprising the step of: - the first node (11,13) determining the minimum MTU for the upper IP layer of the transmission path on the basis of an MTU of a lower IP layer of the transmission path and on the basis of the size of at least one additional tunnel header, associated with the at least first or second tunnel, for the encapsulated fragments. - the first node (11,13) fragmenting at least one received payload packet into fragments on the basis of a minimum Maximum Transmission Unit, MTU, for an upper IP layer of the transmission path, - the first node (11,13) encapsulating said fragments at the entry of the first tunnel (17,18), - the first node (11,13) determining the minimum MTU for the upper IP layer of the transmission path on the basis of an MTU of a lower IP layer of the transmission path and on the basis of the size of at least one additional tunnel header, associated with the at least first or second tunnel, for the encapsulated fragments.
A method of generating a pipe assembly, comprising: securing a plurality of mooring lines to a pipe end member; slidably coupling a pipe segment (20-B) of a plurality of pipe segments to the plurality of mooring lines at a plurality of locations on an exterior pipe wall of the pipe segment; iteratively extending the plurality of pipe segments to form a pipe assembly of a desired length by: fusing a next pipe segment to a previous pipe segment to extend the pipe assembly; and lowering the pipe end member and the pipe assembly by extending the plurality of mooring lines; and slidably coupling at least some of the pipe segments to the plurality of mooring lines at a plurality of locations on a respective exterior pipe wall of the at least some of the pipe segments by positioning the plurality of mooring lines in respective notches about the exterior pipe wall, and positioning a band about the pipe segment to maintain the plurality of mooring lines within the notches. securing a plurality of mooring lines to a pipe end member; slidably coupling a pipe segment (20-B) of a plurality of pipe segments to the plurality of mooring lines at a plurality of locations on an exterior pipe wall of the pipe segment; iteratively extending the plurality of pipe segments to form a pipe assembly of a desired length by: fusing a next pipe segment to a previous pipe segment to extend the pipe assembly; and lowering the pipe end member and the pipe assembly by extending the plurality of mooring lines; and fusing a next pipe segment to a previous pipe segment to extend the pipe assembly; and lowering the pipe end member and the pipe assembly by extending the plurality of mooring lines; and slidably coupling at least some of the pipe segments to the plurality of mooring lines at a plurality of locations on a respective exterior pipe wall of the at least some of the pipe segments by positioning the plurality of mooring lines in respective notches about the exterior pipe wall, and positioning a band about the pipe segment to maintain the plurality of mooring lines within the notches.
An electronic vapour provision device comprising a power cell and a vaporiser, where the vaporiser comprises a heating element and a heating element support, wherein one or more gaps are provided between the heating element and the heating element support, and wherein the heating element support is a flat planar substrate.
A method, comprising the steps of: acquiring first electroanatomic data at first locations and second electroanatomic data at second locations on an epicardial surface of a heart; acquiring a closed 3-dimensional image of the epicardial surface in the approximate form of a convex-concave lens; modeling the image as a 3-dimensional mesh of triangles, the triangles including rear-facing triangles and front-facing triangles; placing the first locations and the second locations in registration with the mesh wherein the first locations align with first front-facing triangles and the second locations align with rear-facing triangles; projecting the second locations onto second front-facing triangles; and displaying the first electroanatomic data on the first front-facing triangles and the second electroanatomic data on the second front-facing triangles, wherein projecting the second locations comprises: identifying respective closest front-facing triangles to the rear-facing triangles; and associating the second locations with the closest front-facing triangles. acquiring first electroanatomic data at first locations and second electroanatomic data at second locations on an epicardial surface of a heart; acquiring a closed 3-dimensional image of the epicardial surface in the approximate form of a convex-concave lens; modeling the image as a 3-dimensional mesh of triangles, the triangles including rear-facing triangles and front-facing triangles; placing the first locations and the second locations in registration with the mesh wherein the first locations align with first front-facing triangles and the second locations align with rear-facing triangles; projecting the second locations onto second front-facing triangles; and displaying the first electroanatomic data on the first front-facing triangles and the second electroanatomic data on the second front-facing triangles, wherein projecting the second locations comprises: identifying respective closest front-facing triangles to the rear-facing triangles; and associating the second locations with the closest front-facing triangles. identifying respective closest front-facing triangles to the rear-facing triangles; and associating the second locations with the closest front-facing triangles.
A reed for a mouthpiece of a wind instrument, the reed comprising a vibration plate and a support plate the reed being characterized in that a tunnel-type hole is formed across the support plate in a lengthwise direction from one end surface of the support plate toward the vibration plate; and wherein the tunnel-type hole is a long blind hole whose one end on the one end surface is open and whose remaining end is closed, and is disposed in a lateral direction.