mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Catalyst particles comprising a M core /M shell structure with M core = metal of inner particle core M shell = metal of outer particle shell wherein the medium diameter of said catalyst particles (d core+shell) is in the range of 20 to 100 nm, preferably in the range of 20 to 50 nm, wherein the outer particle shell (M shell) comprises of platinum or a platinum alloy, and wherein the metal of the outer particle shell (M shell) comprises at least 3 atomic layers, and the surface of the catalysts particles is polycrystalline and has the characteristics of a bulk precious metal surface and wherein the thickness of the outer particle shell (t shell) is about 5 to 20 % of the diameter of the inner particle core (d core): t shell ∼ 0.05 − 0.2 d core wherein t shell = d core + shell − d core / 2 M core = metal of inner particle core M shell = metal of outer particle shell
A method for wireless communications by a user equipment, UE, comprising: determining resources allocated for providing one or more acknowledgement, ACK, bits, wherein the determining comprises determining a first resource pool based on a mapping that maps different numbers of ACK bits to different resource pools, wherein the mapping maps a number of the one or more ACK bits to the first resource pool, and wherein the allocated resources comprise one or more resources of the first resource pool; and sending, to a base station, a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, with the one or more ACK bits using the allocated resources. determining resources allocated for providing one or more acknowledgement, ACK, bits, wherein the determining comprises determining a first resource pool based on a mapping that maps different numbers of ACK bits to different resource pools, wherein the mapping maps a number of the one or more ACK bits to the first resource pool, and wherein the allocated resources comprise one or more resources of the first resource pool; and sending, to a base station, a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, with the one or more ACK bits using the allocated resources.
Device for generating steam, in particular a supply device for an external cleaning machine which can be connected via at least one flexible hose line and which operates with steam, wherein the device for generating steam has at least one pump as well as a steam generator to which water originating from the pump can be fed during normal operation under a - preferably adjustable - operating pressure and which outputs pressurized steam, in particular dry steam, wherein water from the pump with a cleaning pressure above the operating pressure can be fed intermittently to the steam generator in order to remove deposits, in particular limestone, from the steam generator, characterized in that two line sections (5 to 10, 14 to 19) lead from the pump to the steam generator, which can either be activated via a switch valve or at least two separate pumps (2, 2'), preferably with a uniform construction, are provided, one each of which is allocated to one of the two line sections.
A method for increasing terpenoid production in an E. coli cell that produces one or more terpenoids, comprising controlling the accumulation of indole in the cell or in a culture of the cells at less than 100 mg/L and overexpressing in the cell one or more components of the nonmevalonate pathway, thereby increasing terpenoid production in the cell, wherein the step of controlling the accumulation of indole in the cell or in a culture of the cells comprises (i) balancing an upstream MEP pathway with a downstream terpenoid synthesis pathway and/or modifying or regulating an indole pathway, or (ii) removing the accumulated indole from the cell culture through chemical methods.
A hydrostatic test device for a high pressure turbine comprising a plurality of feeding holes defined in upper and lower casings (52, 53) of the high pressure turbine, the feeding holes having grooves which are orientated in a circumferential direction on the cylindrical inner surface of the feeding hole with a diameter greater than that of the internal diameter of the feeding hole itself; wherein the hydrostatic test device comprises: a plurality of sealing members that fit into the feeding holes to seal the feeding holes, wherein each sealing member comprises: an O-ring assembly that seals to a respective feeding hole; a fitting plate that fits into the groove of a respective feeding hole when disposed on a first surface of the O-ring assembly, and a fixing plate that fixes the O-ring assembly to the fitting plate, and wherein the O-ring assembly, the fitting plate, and the fixing plate have a plurality of bolt holes for integrally fixing them to each other in a state in which at least two divided members of the fitting plate are disposed in the groove. a plurality of sealing members that fit into the feeding holes to seal the feeding holes, wherein each sealing member comprises: an O-ring assembly that seals to a respective feeding hole; a fitting plate that fits into the groove of a respective feeding hole when disposed on a first surface of the O-ring assembly, and a fixing plate that fixes the O-ring assembly to the fitting plate, and an O-ring assembly that seals to a respective feeding hole; a fitting plate that fits into the groove of a respective feeding hole when disposed on a first surface of the O-ring assembly, and a fixing plate that fixes the O-ring assembly to the fitting plate, and wherein the O-ring assembly, the fitting plate, and the fixing plate have a plurality of bolt holes for integrally fixing them to each other in a state in which at least two divided members of the fitting plate are disposed in the groove.
Method for producing a steel sheet having a thickness of less than 3 millimetres, having a completely martensitic structure and having a yield strength of more than 1300 MPa, comprising the successive steps, in this order, according to which: - a steel semi-finished product is provided, the composition of which comprises, the contents being expressed by weight, 0.15 % ≤ C ≤ 0.40 % 1.5 % ≤ Mn ≤ 3 % 0.005 % ≤ Si ≤ 2 % 0.005 % ≤ Al ≤ 0.1 % S ≤ 0.05 % P ≤ 0.1 % 0.025 % ≤ Nb ≤ 0.1 % and optionally: 0.01 % ≤ Ti ≤ 0.1 % 0 % ≤ Cr ≤ 4 % 0 % ≤ Mo ≤ 2 % 0.0005 % ≤ B ≤ 0.005 % 0.0005 % ≤ Ca ≤ 0.005 %, the remainder of the composition consisting of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from production, - said semi-finished product is heated to a temperature T 1 between 1050°C and 1250°C, then - said heated semi-finished product is rough-rolled at a temperature T 2 between 1050 and 1150°C, with a cumulative reduction rate ε a greater than 100%, so as to obtain a sheet with an austenitic structure, not fully recrystallized, with an average grain size of less than 40 micrometres, then - said sheet is cooled, not completely, to a temperature T 3 between 970°C and Ar3+30°C, at a rate V R1 greater than 2°C/s, then - said sheet, which is not completely cooled, is subjected to hot finish-rolling at said temperature T 3, with a cumulative reduction rate ε b greater than 50%, so as to obtain a sheet having a thickness of less than 3 millimetres, then - said sheet is cooled at a rate V R2 which is greater than a critical martensitic quenching rate. - a steel semi-finished product is provided, the composition of which comprises, the contents being expressed by weight, 0.15 % ≤ C ≤ 0.40 % 1.5 % ≤ Mn ≤ 3 % 0.005 % ≤ Si ≤ 2 % 0.005 % ≤ Al ≤ 0.1 % S ≤ 0.05 % P ≤ 0.1 % 0.025 % ≤ Nb ≤ 0.1 % and optionally: 0.01 % ≤ Ti ≤ 0.1 % 0 % ≤ Cr ≤ 4 % 0 % ≤ Mo ≤ 2 % 0.0005 % ≤ B ≤ 0.005 % 0.0005 % ≤ Ca ≤ 0.005 %, the remainder of the composition consisting of iron and inevitable impurities resulting from production, - said semi-finished product is heated to a temperature T 1 between 1050°C and 1250°C, then - said heated semi-finished product is rough-rolled at a temperature T 2 between 1050 and 1150°C, with a cumulative reduction rate ε a greater than 100%, so as to obtain a sheet with an austenitic structure, not fully recrystallized, with an average grain size of less than 40 micrometres, then - said sheet is cooled, not completely, to a temperature T 3 between 970°C and Ar3+30°C, at a rate V R1 greater than 2°C/s, then - said sheet, which is not completely cooled, is subjected to hot finish-rolling at said temperature T 3, with a cumulative reduction rate ε b greater than 50%, so as to obtain a sheet having a thickness of less than 3 millimetres, then - said sheet is cooled at a rate V R2 which is greater than a critical martensitic quenching rate.
A gas turbine engine disposed about a longitudinal engine axis, the engine comprising: a fan; an exterior housing including an interior compartment disposed adjacent to the fan; a fan shaft disposed inside the compartment, the fan shaft configured to drive the fan, the fan shaft comprising an elongated pole and a bowl, the bowl including an outer surface and an inner surface; a forward bearing assembly; a fan bearing support structure disposed inside the compartment; and a fan thrust bearing assembly disposed forward of the bowl, the fan thrust bearing assembly including a bearing, the bearing and the outer surface of the bowl defining in the axial direction a fan thrust bearing gap; characterised in that the engine comprises: a speed sensor pickup mounted on the outer surface of the bowl; and a speed sensor mounted on the fan bearing support structure, the speed sensor and the sensor pickup defining a sensor gap in the axial direction, wherein the sensor gap is less than the fan thrust bearing gap. a fan; an exterior housing including an interior compartment disposed adjacent to the fan; a fan shaft disposed inside the compartment, the fan shaft configured to drive the fan, the fan shaft comprising an elongated pole and a bowl, the bowl including an outer surface and an inner surface; a forward bearing assembly; a fan bearing support structure disposed inside the compartment; and a fan thrust bearing assembly disposed forward of the bowl, the fan thrust bearing assembly including a bearing, the bearing and the outer surface of the bowl defining in the axial direction a fan thrust bearing gap; a speed sensor pickup mounted on the outer surface of the bowl; and a speed sensor mounted on the fan bearing support structure, the speed sensor and the sensor pickup defining a sensor gap in the axial direction, wherein the sensor gap is less than the fan thrust bearing gap.
A process for producing polylactic acid-based resin expanded beads, comprising a step of impregnating resin particles, dispersed in an aqueous dispersing medium in a closed vessel, with a physical blowing agent to obtain foamable particles, and a step of releasing the foamable particles, which are in a softened state, to an atmosphere having a pressure lower than that in the closed vessel together with the dispersing medium to foam and expand the foamable particles, wherein the resin particles are epoxide-modified polylactic acid-based resin particles that satisfy the following formulas and: 20 mN ≤ MT ≤ 200 mN logMT ≥ 0.93 logη − 1.90 wherein MT represents a melt tension [mN] of the epoxide-modified polylactic acid-based resin particles at 190°C, η represents a melt viscosity [Pa·s] of the epoxide-modified polylactic acid-based resin particles at 190°C and a shear speed of 20 sec -1.
Use of a stem cell in the preparation of a tooth-like structure, wherein the tooth-like structure is produced in a mammalian animal by means of xenograft transplantation, and wherein the stem cell is induced to form an epithelial-like cell and the epithelial-like cell is recombined with a dental mesenchyme of another animal and cultured to form a reconstituted explant prior to the xenograft transplantation, wherein the stem cell is an embryo stem cell or an induced pluripotent stem cell, and wherein the animal is selected from the group consisting of mouse and rat.
Method for producing a lithium-ion cell for an energy storage unit of a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: - Providing an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte and a separator arranged/to be arranged between anode and cathode, - Providing a reference electrode produced from lithium titanate, characterized in that the reference electrode is produced by pressing lithium titanate powder, wherein the reference electrode is pressed directly onto the separator. - Providing an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte and a separator arranged/to be arranged between anode and cathode, - Providing a reference electrode produced from lithium titanate,
A cryogenically-cooled HTS wire comprising: a stabilizer having a total thickness in a range of 200-600 micrometers and a resistivity in a range of 0.8-15.0 microOhm cm at approximately 90 K; and a first HTS layer thermally-coupled to at least a portion of the stabilizer. a stabilizer having a total thickness in a range of 200-600 micrometers and a resistivity in a range of 0.8-15.0 microOhm cm at approximately 90 K; and a first HTS layer thermally-coupled to at least a portion of the stabilizer.
A vaccine composition comprising: (i) a peptide hydrogel that is a liquid at room temperature and a gel at physiological pH, physiological salt concentrations and/or physiological temperatures; and (ii) one or more antigens; wherein the peptide hydrogel comprises the self-assembling peptide RADARADARADARADA (SEQ ID NO:2). (i) a peptide hydrogel that is a liquid at room temperature and a gel at physiological pH, physiological salt concentrations and/or physiological temperatures; and (ii) one or more antigens;
A substrate transport apparatus (200 - 204) for transporting substrates, the substrate transport apparatus comprising: a frame; at least one transfer arm connected to the frame; at least one end effector mounted to the at least one transfer arm; and at least one substrate support pad disposed on the at least one end effector so as to hold a substrate on a predetermined contact area of the at least one substrate support pad along a common contact plane defined by the substrate on the at least one substrate support pad; characterized in that the at least one substrate support pad comprises one or more arrays of small hair-like features, all of the hair-like features being angled by a same amount with respect to a vertical axis and being all angled in a predetermined direction of increased friction, this configuration producing a predetermined coefficient of friction that is directionally variable so that the predetermined coefficient of friction, on a common portion of the at least one predetermined contact area contacting the common contact plane, has a passive variance in magnitude with respect to different coplanar directions coincident with the common contact plane to provide an increased friction force (611-613, 630-633), resulting from an increased friction coefficient, in at least the predetermined direction that is larger than a coefficient of friction in another direction. a frame; at least one transfer arm connected to the frame; at least one end effector mounted to the at least one transfer arm; and at least one substrate support pad disposed on the at least one end effector so as to hold a substrate on a predetermined contact area of the at least one substrate support pad along a common contact plane defined by the substrate on the at least one substrate support pad; characterized in that the at least one substrate support pad comprises one or more arrays of small hair-like features, all of the hair-like features being angled by a same amount with respect to a vertical axis and being all angled in a predetermined direction of increased friction, this configuration producing a predetermined coefficient of friction that is directionally variable so that the predetermined coefficient of friction, on a common portion of the at least one predetermined contact area contacting the common contact plane, has a passive variance in magnitude with respect to different coplanar directions coincident with the common contact plane to provide an increased friction force (611-613, 630-633), resulting from an increased friction coefficient, in at least the predetermined direction that is larger than a coefficient of friction in another direction.
A device (410; 510) for delivery of a flowable agent to anal and perianal tissue, comprising: a) an elastic anchor (412; 512) having a first interior (431; 531) adapted to be filled with the flowable agent, the anchor (412; 512) is configured to expand from a first configuration to an enlarged second configuration upon being filled with the agent (437; 537); b) a shaft (414; 514) having an outer porous wall (432; 532) at least partly defining a second interior (430; 530) adapted to receive the agent from the first interior (431; 531) of the anchor and release the agent to the anal tissue, the first interior (431; 531) of the anchor in fluid communication with the second interior (430; 530) of the shaft; c) an external bumper that externally anchors the device to prevent uncontrolled inward migration of the device; and d) a one-way valve (424; 524) integrated with the device and through which to inject the agent (437; 537) into the first interior (431; 531) of the anchor, wherein when the anchor (412; 512) is expanded with the agent, a contractile force of the anchor (412; 512) urges the agent into the second interior (430; 530) of the shaft and out of the outer porous wall (432; 532); wherein the elastic anchor (412; 512) is configured to collapse to the first configuration upon depletion of the agent from the first interior (431; 531). a) an elastic anchor (412; 512) having a first interior (431; 531) adapted to be filled with the flowable agent, the anchor (412; 512) is configured to expand from a first configuration to an enlarged second configuration upon being filled with the agent (437; 537); b) a shaft (414; 514) having an outer porous wall (432; 532) at least partly defining a second interior (430; 530) adapted to receive the agent from the first interior (431; 531) of the anchor and release the agent to the anal tissue, the first interior (431; 531) of the anchor in fluid communication with the second interior (430; 530) of the shaft; c) an external bumper that externally anchors the device to prevent uncontrolled inward migration of the device; and d) a one-way valve (424; 524) integrated with the device and through which to inject the agent (437; 537) into the first interior (431; 531) of the anchor, wherein when the anchor (412; 512) is expanded with the agent, a contractile force of the anchor (412; 512) urges the agent into the second interior (430; 530) of the shaft and out of the outer porous wall (432; 532);
A dedicated mobile PET imager for imaging the prostate and surrounding organs in a patient comprising: a patient bed for accepting the patient; an open rotating gantry for providing torso-wide 3D images of the prostate and surrounding tissue and organs, said rotating gantry mounted around said patient bed; a high resolution outside PET imager adapted to be placed close to the patient's torso, wherein said outside PET imager includes two mechanically separate detector modules secured to said rotating gantry above the patient bed and two mechanically separate detector modules secured to said rotating gantry below the patient bed; an insertable compact transrectal PET probe adapted to be placed in the patient in close proximity to the prostate, wherein said transrectal PET probe in coincidence with the outside PET imager is configured to provide at least 1.0-1.5 mm 2D reconstruction resolution over the small field of view of the transrectal PET probe, wherein said outside PET imager and said transrectal PET probe are spatially co-registered to each other; and a high speed data acquisition system for collecting data simultaneously from said outside PET imager and said transrectal PET probe; wherein a distance between the two mechanically separate detector modules secured above the patient bed and the two mechanically separate detector modules secured below the patient bed can be adjusted to place said detector modules (43, 44) as close as possible to the patient's body. a patient bed for accepting the patient; an open rotating gantry for providing torso-wide 3D images of the prostate and surrounding tissue and organs, said rotating gantry mounted around said patient bed; a high resolution outside PET imager adapted to be placed close to the patient's torso, wherein said outside PET imager includes two mechanically separate detector modules secured to said rotating gantry above the patient bed and two mechanically separate detector modules secured to said rotating gantry below the patient bed; an insertable compact transrectal PET probe adapted to be placed in the patient in close proximity to the prostate, wherein said transrectal PET probe in coincidence with the outside PET imager is configured to provide at least 1.0-1.5 mm 2D reconstruction resolution over the small field of view of the transrectal PET probe, wherein said outside PET imager and said transrectal PET probe are spatially co-registered to each other; and a high speed data acquisition system for collecting data simultaneously from said outside PET imager and said transrectal PET probe; wherein a distance between the two mechanically separate detector modules secured above the patient bed and the two mechanically separate detector modules secured below the patient bed can be adjusted to place said detector modules (43, 44) as close as possible to the patient's body.
A receiver comprising: a time-interleaved charge sampler comprising a charge sampler switch in series with a charge sampler capacitor; and a current buffer configured to drive the time-interleaved charge sampler, wherein the current buffer is differential and drives a first differential input path and a second differential input path of the time-interleaved charge sampler; and a reset switch coupled between the first differential input path and the second differential input path of the time-interleaved charge sampler. a time-interleaved charge sampler comprising a charge sampler switch in series with a charge sampler capacitor; and a current buffer configured to drive the time-interleaved charge sampler, wherein the current buffer is differential and drives a first differential input path and a second differential input path of the time-interleaved charge sampler; and a reset switch coupled between the first differential input path and the second differential input path of the time-interleaved charge sampler.
Tyre (1, 21, 31) comprising at least one carcass-type reinforcing structure formed of at least one layer (6, 26, 36) of mutually parallel reinforcing elements and anchored on each side of the tyre to a bead (4, 24, 34) via at least one circumferential reinforcing element (5, 25, 35), each bead extending radially outwards in the form of a sidewall (3, 23, 33), the sidewalls radially towards the outside meeting a tread (2, 22, 32), and comprising, under the tread, a crown reinforcing structure consisting of at least one layer (8, 28, 38) of reinforcing elements making angles of between 10° and 60° with the circumferential direction and known as a working layer, at least two working layers (8, 28, 38) being radially on the inside of at least one carcass layer (6, 26, 36), in the sidewalls (3, 23, 33), the tyre comprising at least two axially adjacent carcass reinforcing layer portions (6, 7; 26, 27; 36, 37) extending over a radial distance at least equal to 50% of the radial distance between one end of a shoulder and the radially inner end of the radially innermost circumferential reinforcing element (5, 25, 35), at least in the equatorial plane, the reinforcing elements of the carcass reinforcement (6, 26, 36) making an angle of less than 80° with the circumferential direction, at least in the equatorial plane, the reinforcing elements of at least one working layer (8, 28, 38) crossing the reinforcing elements of the carcass-type reinforcing structure (6, 26, 36) at an angle greater than 40°, characterized in that the reinforcing elements of the said at least two working layers are crossed from one layer to the next by an angle of at most 5°.