mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A process for concentrating a microorganism, the process comprising: (a) providing a concentration agent comprising a bismuth-containing material, wherein the bismuth-containing material is any of bismuth oxide, bismuth carbonate, bismuth oxycarbonate, bismuth oxychloride, or a mixture thereof; (b) providing a fluid sample comprising the microorganism; (c) contacting the concentration agent with the fluid sample; and (d) binding the microorganism to the concentration agent to form a bound microorganism, wherein the bound microorganism is living. (a) providing a concentration agent comprising a bismuth-containing material, wherein the bismuth-containing material is any of bismuth oxide, bismuth carbonate, bismuth oxycarbonate, bismuth oxychloride, or a mixture thereof; (b) providing a fluid sample comprising the microorganism; (c) contacting the concentration agent with the fluid sample; and (d) binding the microorganism to the concentration agent to form a bound microorganism, wherein the bound microorganism is living.
Detection circuit of the Source-Follower per Detector type comprising: - a photodiode connected to a capacitive integration node, - a biasing circuit configured so as to bias the photodiode between a first state where the photodiode is reverse-biased and a second acquisition state where the photodiode is at a floating potential and provides electrical charges stocked in the integration node, - a readout circuit connected to the integration node for generating a signal representative of the scene observed by the photodiode, - a metal shielding connected to an output of the readout circuit configured to have a potential varying in the same direction as the potential at the integration node, characterized in that the metal shielding is arranged so as to surround the integration node and the photodiode is directly connected to the integration node. - a photodiode connected to a capacitive integration node, - a biasing circuit configured so as to bias the photodiode between a first state where the photodiode is reverse-biased and a second acquisition state where the photodiode is at a floating potential and provides electrical charges stocked in the integration node, - a readout circuit connected to the integration node for generating a signal representative of the scene observed by the photodiode, - a metal shielding connected to an output of the readout circuit configured to have a potential varying in the same direction as the potential at the integration node,
A method for determining details of the morphology of blood cells, the method comprising: obtaining at least one confocal image showing at least a portion of a blood cell from a sample of said blood cells located in the focal region of an illuminating beam of a reflectance confocal microscopy system; identifying in said at least one confocal image, an imaged optical interference pattern; characterized in that the method further comprises comparing said imaged optical interference pattern with simulated optical interference patterns calculated from the interaction of an illuminating optical beam with three dimensional models of blood cells, each three dimensional model having its own known morphology; and based on said comparison, determining details of the morphology of said imaged blood cell. obtaining at least one confocal image showing at least a portion of a blood cell from a sample of said blood cells located in the focal region of an illuminating beam of a reflectance confocal microscopy system; identifying in said at least one confocal image, an imaged optical interference pattern; comparing said imaged optical interference pattern with simulated optical interference patterns calculated from the interaction of an illuminating optical beam with three dimensional models of blood cells, each three dimensional model having its own known morphology; and based on said comparison, determining details of the morphology of said imaged blood cell.
An agricultural machine assembly including: a. a fork assembly (1; 16; 42; 46) having one or more forks or tines (3; 17; 43); b. an agricultural machine (2; 25; 32) arranged to engage with the fork assembly via the one or more forks or tines; and c. a retention mechanism arranged so that: engaging the agricultural machine with the fork or tines prior to lifting latches the fork assembly to the agricultural machine; characterised in that said retention mechanism including a foot (14,18,35) extending bellow the bottom of the assembly and arranged so that lifting the foot above the ground activates an activation element; and lowering the assembly on the foot when grounded deactivates the activation element to release the retention mechanism and thereby unlatch the agricultural machine from the fork assembly. a. a fork assembly (1; 16; 42; 46) having one or more forks or tines (3; 17; 43); b. an agricultural machine (2; 25; 32) arranged to engage with the fork assembly via the one or more forks or tines; and c. a retention mechanism arranged so that: engaging the agricultural machine with the fork or tines prior to lifting latches the fork assembly to the agricultural machine; characterised in that said retention mechanism including a foot (14,18,35) extending bellow the bottom of the assembly and arranged so that lifting the foot above the ground activates an activation element; and lowering the assembly on the foot when grounded deactivates the activation element to release the retention mechanism and thereby unlatch the agricultural machine from the fork assembly. engaging the agricultural machine with the fork or tines prior to lifting latches the fork assembly to the agricultural machine; characterised in that said retention mechanism including a foot (14,18,35) extending bellow the bottom of the assembly and arranged so that lifting the foot above the ground activates an activation element; and lowering the assembly on the foot when grounded deactivates the activation element to release the retention mechanism and thereby unlatch the agricultural machine from the fork assembly.
A pair of pliers, wherein a first arm and a second arm each having a jaw portion at a front end and a grip on a back end side are coupled through a coupling shaft in an X shape, longitudinal pinching teeth (13, 13) capable of pinching a peripheral face of a screw head while being orthogonal to the screw fastened face are formed to be recessed in opposed faces of the respective jaw portions (4, 4) each of the longitudinal pinching teeth (13, 13) is formed by connecting, in shapes of peaks and troughs in a left-right direction, a plurality of streak teeth extending in a front-back direction, and characterised by flanks (16, 16) for preventing opposite corners of front ends of each of the jaw portions (4, 4) from coming in contact with a screw fastened face are formed on left and right sides of the front end of each of the jaw portions (4, 4), wherein front ends of the flanks (16, 16) are located behind front ends of the streak teeth and the longitudinal pinching teeth (13, 13) are formed between the left and right flanks (16, 16).
A porous support-zeolite membrane composite comprising an inorganic porous support and a zeolite membrane provided thereon, wherein the zeolite membrane contains a zeolite having a microporous structure composed of at most 8-membered oxygen ring, wherein the value 8 indicates the largest oxygen number of the pores each composed of oxygen and T elements other than oxygen constituting the framework, and a molar ratio of SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 in the zeolite membrane surface is larger by at least 30 than a molar ratio of SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 in the zeolite membrane itself, wherein the zeolite membrane surface is obtained from silylation treatment and wherein the molar ratio of SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 in the zeolite membrane itself is a value obtained through scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX), wherein the sample is analyzed at an X-ray accelerating voltage of 10 kV, and wherein the molar ratio of SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 in the zeolite membrane surface is a value obtained through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
A turbofan engine sound control system, comprising: a core nacelle housing a compressor (16, 26) and a turbine (18, 28); a fan nacelle housing a fan section that is arranged upstream from said core nacelle; and a bypass flow path downstream from said fan section and arranged between said core nacelle and said fan nacelle, said bypass flow path including an effective nozzle exit area; a controller programmed to manipulate said effective nozzle exit area to control sound from said engine; hinged nozzle flaps arranged circumferentially about the rear of said fan nacelle operative to control said effective nozzle exit area; actuators arranged to receive a command from said controller in response to a flight condition and based on a thrust and/or rotational speed measurement of a component of said engine, said actuators configured to manipulate the hinged nozzle flaps to change said effective nozzle exit area provided between said core nacelle and fan nacelle in response to said command, thereby controlling engine noise while maintaining a desired thrust, characterised in that: the controller is programmed to command the actuators to change the effective nozzle exit area to alter the intensity and position of lobes of fan noise. a core nacelle housing a compressor (16, 26) and a turbine (18, 28); a fan nacelle housing a fan section that is arranged upstream from said core nacelle; and a bypass flow path downstream from said fan section and arranged between said core nacelle and said fan nacelle, said bypass flow path including an effective nozzle exit area; a controller programmed to manipulate said effective nozzle exit area to control sound from said engine; hinged nozzle flaps arranged circumferentially about the rear of said fan nacelle operative to control said effective nozzle exit area; actuators arranged to receive a command from said controller in response to a flight condition and based on a thrust and/or rotational speed measurement of a component of said engine, said actuators configured to manipulate the hinged nozzle flaps to change said effective nozzle exit area provided between said core nacelle and fan nacelle in response to said command, thereby controlling engine noise while maintaining a desired thrust, characterised in that: the controller is programmed to command the actuators to change the effective nozzle exit area to alter the intensity and position of lobes of fan noise.
Turbine guide wheel of a gas turbine, having multiple guide vanes arranged spaced apart around the circumference, wherein - each guide vane has a suction side and a pressure side, - two adjacent guide vanes form, in each case between the suction side of one guide vane and the pressure side of the other guide vane and proceeding from the vane trailing edge, a passage, and - each guide vane has a convex pressure-side contour on the pressure side, characterized in that - the passage comprises a constant passage section in which the passage has a substantially constant passage cross section, - the constant passage section has an entry region and, on the vane trailing edge, an exit region in the form of a narrow cross section of the passage, - a substantially constant passage cross section is present if the passage cross section differs by no more than 5% from the narrow cross section in the region of the vane trailing edge, - each guide vane forms on the pressure side a rear region, which, proceeding from the vane trailing edge, extends as far as the entry region of the constant passage section in a manner adjacent to the constant passage section, and forms on the pressure side a front region, which is formed upstream of the rear region, and - the convex pressure-side contour establishes a transition from the rear region of the guide vane to the front region of the guide vane. - each guide vane has a suction side and a pressure side, - two adjacent guide vanes form, in each case between the suction side of one guide vane and the pressure side of the other guide vane and proceeding from the vane trailing edge, a passage, and - each guide vane has a convex pressure-side contour on the pressure side, - the passage comprises a constant passage section in which the passage has a substantially constant passage cross section, - the constant passage section has an entry region and, on the vane trailing edge, an exit region in the form of a narrow cross section of the passage, - a substantially constant passage cross section is present if the passage cross section differs by no more than 5% from the narrow cross section in the region of the vane trailing edge, - each guide vane forms on the pressure side a rear region, which, proceeding from the vane trailing edge, extends as far as the entry region of the constant passage section in a manner adjacent to the constant passage section, and forms on the pressure side a front region, which is formed upstream of the rear region, and - the convex pressure-side contour establishes a transition from the rear region of the guide vane to the front region of the guide vane.
A sheet space-detecting device (10, 19) that detects a space between a rear end of a preceding first fiber reinforced plastic sheet and a front end of a following second fiber reinforced plastic sheet in a conveyance path for fiber reinforced plastic sheets, the sheet space-detecting device comprising: a light-detecting sensor that projects detection light on an area including the rear end of the first fiber reinforced plastic sheet, the front end of the second fiber reinforced plastic sheet, and a reference surface exposed from the space and receives reflected light thereof, characterized by further comprising: a spacer (40, 40A) that supports the rear end of the first fiber reinforced plastic sheet and the front end of the second fiber reinforced plastic sheet in a state where the rear end and the front end are separated from the reference surface, in an area including at least a light-projected area on which the detection light is projected. a light-detecting sensor that projects detection light on an area including the rear end of the first fiber reinforced plastic sheet, the front end of the second fiber reinforced plastic sheet, and a reference surface exposed from the space and receives reflected light thereof, characterized by further comprising: a spacer (40, 40A) that supports the rear end of the first fiber reinforced plastic sheet and the front end of the second fiber reinforced plastic sheet in a state where the rear end and the front end are separated from the reference surface, in an area including at least a light-projected area on which the detection light is projected.
An inkjet treatment liquid, comprising: a water-soluble coagulant; a water-soluble organic solvent; water; and an amide compound represented by the following general formula: where R is a C1-C2 alkyl group. a water-soluble coagulant; a water-soluble organic solvent; water; and an amide compound represented by the following general formula: where R is a C1-C2 alkyl group.
A mutant peptide selected from: (a) the T76A, M77G, W101R, L107R quadruple mutant of the E protein of the West Nile Virus, and (b) a peptide with the sequence of SEQ ID No: 2, preferably wherein the West Nile Virus is the West Nile Virus New York 1999 strain and/or has a genome sequence according to accession number FJ151394 and/or is of lineage 1 or lineage 2, and/or wherein the peptide is produced recombinantly, preferably produced recombinantly by bacterial expression, more preferably by expression in Escherichia coli, and/or wherein the peptide is purified after an oxidative refolding protocol, and/or wherein the peptide exhibits a three-dimensional folding and/or is refolded after bacterial expression, and/or wherein the peptide is purified and/or is not part of a virus-like particle or a virus particle. (a) the T76A, M77G, W101R, L107R quadruple mutant of the E protein of the West Nile Virus, and (b) a peptide with the sequence of SEQ ID No: 2,
A method for recycling washing waste of a printing press, wherein the washing waste substantially represents a mixture of water, used and unused washing agent and other liquid and solid contaminants, wherein the washing waste is stored in a container for recycling, wherein, for separating unused solvent-based washing agent from the washing waste, - an inorganic coagulant is added to the washing waste in a first method step, characterized in that - a flocking agent is added in a second method step, - the washing waste is physically separated into the unused organic solvent, which is based on hydrocarbon base and a mixture of the remaining components in a third method step. - an inorganic coagulant is added to the washing waste in a first method step, characterized in that - a flocking agent is added in a second method step, - the washing waste is physically separated into the unused organic solvent, which is based on hydrocarbon base and a mixture of the remaining components in a third method step.
A method of transmitting data using a bus in a network comprising: transmitting the data over the bus at a first rate, wherein a sender module is transmitting said data in response to an incoming accept signal; receiving the data at a processing module in the network; storing the data in a storage module in said processing module; preventing data overrun of said storage module by monitoring a state of said storage module and stalling the data flow by shutting off said accept signal; and processing the data stored in said storage module at a second rate. transmitting the data over the bus at a first rate, wherein a sender module is transmitting said data in response to an incoming accept signal; receiving the data at a processing module in the network; storing the data in a storage module in said processing module; preventing data overrun of said storage module by monitoring a state of said storage module and stalling the data flow by shutting off said accept signal; and processing the data stored in said storage module at a second rate.
A transfer apparatus that comprises a main body and a moving unit capable of moving with respect to the main body and transferring an article with the moving unit protruding from the main body, the transfer apparatus comprising a movement regulation unit characterized in that the movement regulation unit is configured to be capable of switching between a first state in which the moving unit is restricted in a reference position and a second state in which the moving unit is allowed to move from the reference position to one of a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction and in which movement of the moving unit in the other direction is restricted.
System for the identification and inspection of pieces of laundry for a rental laundry shop by means of transponders attached to the laundry in a multi-stage working method, starting from a loading point of a conveying device to its delivery station for picking laundry bundled into piles according to conformity criteria, wherein, in a subsequent control unit belonging to the system, incorrectly bundled pieces of laundry are identified as faulty piles and are fed to a sorting station, thereby being separated from finished piles that have been identified as being fault-free, and, after passing through a correction station, they are fed back to the feeding station for being picked as finished piles, and wherein, coming from a depot belonging to the system, new pieces of laundry or pieces of laundry that have been treated during the course of processing dirty laundry, each respectively tagged with an RFID identification number, are bundled into piles to be picked as finished pieces of laundry by means of an electronic control unit belonging to the system with a central database according to readable conformity criteria and by means of one of the following assemblies belonging to the system: the aforementioned conveying device with the aforementioned loading point for laundry piled according to conformity criteria; a reading unit for reading the RFID tags of all pieces of laundry in a single pile and other data stored in the database for the respective identification number of an RFID tag and for counting the number of pieces of laundry in a single pile; a bundling device for bundling fault-free finished piles suitable for being picked as finished pieces of laundry; a labelling unit for a visually readable indication via appropriate labelling of both compliant as well as faulty piles; the aforementioned sorting station with a plurality of sorting positions (10a, 10b), one of which is for faulty piles to be separated; the aforementioned correction station with sorting table for correcting faulty piles. the aforementioned conveying device with the aforementioned loading point for laundry piled according to conformity criteria; a reading unit for reading the RFID tags of all pieces of laundry in a single pile and other data stored in the database for the respective identification number of an RFID tag and for counting the number of pieces of laundry in a single pile; a bundling device for bundling fault-free finished piles suitable for being picked as finished pieces of laundry; a labelling unit for a visually readable indication via appropriate labelling of both compliant as well as faulty piles; the aforementioned sorting station with a plurality of sorting positions (10a, 10b), one of which is for faulty piles to be separated; the aforementioned correction station with sorting table for correcting faulty piles.
A semiconductor device comprising a bipolar transistor, the bipolar transistor comprising: a collector including a laterally extending drift region; an isolation region located above the laterally extending drift region of the collector; and a base located above the collector; wherein a collector-base junction of the bipolar transistor is located at an opening in the isolation region, and wherein the vertical dimension of the collector is at its greatest in a part of the collector closest to the opening; the semiconductor device further comprising: an emitter located above the base; and a doped region having a conductivity type that is different to that of the collector, the doped region extending laterally beneath the collector to form a junction at a region of contact between the doped region and the collector, the device being characterised in that the doped region has a non-uniform lateral doping profile, and in that a doping level of the doped region is highest in a part of the doped region closest to the collector-base junction of the bipolar transistor. a collector including a laterally extending drift region; an isolation region located above the laterally extending drift region of the collector; and a base located above the collector; wherein a collector-base junction of the bipolar transistor is located at an opening in the isolation region, and wherein the vertical dimension of the collector is at its greatest in a part of the collector closest to the opening; the semiconductor device further comprising: an emitter located above the base; and a doped region having a conductivity type that is different to that of the collector, the doped region extending laterally beneath the collector to form a junction at a region of contact between the doped region and the collector, an emitter located above the base; and a doped region having a conductivity type that is different to that of the collector, the doped region extending laterally beneath the collector to form a junction at a region of contact between the doped region and the collector, the device being characterised in that the doped region has a non-uniform lateral doping profile, and in that a doping level of the doped region is highest in a part of the doped region closest to the collector-base junction of the bipolar transistor.