mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of graphics processing, the method comprising: performing, with a graphics processing unit, a hardware binning pass on one or more bins of a frame, to identify, for each of the one or more bins, primitives that are visible in the bin; rendering, with the GPU, the one or more bins using one or more graphics operations on the primitives identified as being visible in the respective bin; writing, with the GPU, color data directly to a color buffer in a system memory in accordance with the one or more graphics operations; writing, with the GPU, depth data to a depth buffer in a graphics memory in accordance with the one or more graphics operations, wherein the graphics memory is on the same integrated circuit as the GPU; and transferring, with the GPU, the depth buffer in the graphics memory to the system memory when the rendering of the one or more bins is complete. performing, with a graphics processing unit, a hardware binning pass on one or more bins of a frame, to identify, for each of the one or more bins, primitives that are visible in the bin; rendering, with the GPU, the one or more bins using one or more graphics operations on the primitives identified as being visible in the respective bin; writing, with the GPU, color data directly to a color buffer in a system memory in accordance with the one or more graphics operations; writing, with the GPU, depth data to a depth buffer in a graphics memory in accordance with the one or more graphics operations, wherein the graphics memory is on the same integrated circuit as the GPU; and transferring, with the GPU, the depth buffer in the graphics memory to the system memory when the rendering of the one or more bins is complete.
A force-countering system for a vehicle, comprising: a. a first sensor configured for direct or indirect connection to or integration into the vehicle; b. a processor directly or indirectly communicating with the sensor so as to receive data therefrom; c. an arming device directly or indirectly communicating with the processor so as to receive data therefrom; and d. a first countermeasure (i) configured for direct or indirect connection to or integration into the vehicle and (ii) comprising a first mass ejectable relative to the vehicle following command of the arming device; characterised in that the force-countering system further comprises e. a power control assembly comprising plural switches (58, 66, 74) which, when closed in a pre-determined sequence during a pre-determined time period, provide power directly or indirectly to the arming device. a. a first sensor configured for direct or indirect connection to or integration into the vehicle; b. a processor directly or indirectly communicating with the sensor so as to receive data therefrom; c. an arming device directly or indirectly communicating with the processor so as to receive data therefrom; and d. a first countermeasure (i) configured for direct or indirect connection to or integration into the vehicle and (ii) comprising a first mass ejectable relative to the vehicle following command of the arming device; characterised in that the force-countering system further comprises e. a power control assembly comprising plural switches (58, 66, 74) which, when closed in a pre-determined sequence during a pre-determined time period, provide power directly or indirectly to the arming device.
A method of diagnosing, monitoring progression of, or monitoring treatment of inflammatory bowel disease comprising determining the levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes in a sample obtained from a subject, wherein: (i) increased levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes compared to: (a) a control sample obtained from a healthy subject; or (b) a control sample obtained from a diseased subject; or (c) a pre-determined threshold value calculated by statistical analysis of levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes obtained from diseased patients and comparing with levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes obtained from healthy subjects; indicate the presence of inflammatory bowel disease; (ii) increased levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes compared to: (a) a sample obtained from the subject at an earlier time point; or (b) a control sample obtained from a healthy subject; or (c) a control sample obtained from a diseased subject; or (d) a pre-determined threshold value calculated by statistical analysis of levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes obtained from diseased patients and comparing with levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes obtained from healthy subjects; indicate the progression of inflammatory bowel disease; or (iii) decreased levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes correlate with successful treatment. (i) increased levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes compared to: (a) a control sample obtained from a healthy subject; or (b) a control sample obtained from a diseased subject; or (c) a pre-determined threshold value calculated by statistical analysis of levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes obtained from diseased patients and comparing with levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes obtained from healthy subjects; indicate the presence of inflammatory bowel disease; (a) a control sample obtained from a healthy subject; or (b) a control sample obtained from a diseased subject; or (c) a pre-determined threshold value calculated by statistical analysis of levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes obtained from diseased patients and comparing with levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes obtained from healthy subjects; (ii) increased levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes compared to: (a) a sample obtained from the subject at an earlier time point; or (b) a control sample obtained from a healthy subject; or (c) a control sample obtained from a diseased subject; or (d) a pre-determined threshold value calculated by statistical analysis of levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes obtained from diseased patients and comparing with levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes obtained from healthy subjects; indicate the progression of inflammatory bowel disease; or (a) a sample obtained from the subject at an earlier time point; or (b) a control sample obtained from a healthy subject; or (c) a control sample obtained from a diseased subject; or (d) a pre-determined threshold value calculated by statistical analysis of levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes obtained from diseased patients and comparing with levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes obtained from healthy subjects; (iii) decreased levels of CD14 + HLA-DR hi monocytes correlate with successful treatment.
A tangential flow separator element for separating a fluid medium for treatment into a filtrate and a retentate, said separator element comprising a monolithic rigid porous support of rectilinear structure with a single channel formed therein for passing a flow of the fluid medium for treatment between an inlet and an outlet for the retentate, in order to recover a filtrate from the peripheral surface of the support, the outside surface of the support presenting a profile that is constant such that all of the outside generator lines parallel to the central axis of the support are straight lines that are all parallel to one another, characterized in that the monolithic rigid porous support defines obstacles to the flow of the fluid for filtering, which obstacles extend from the inside wall (3 1) of said channel, are identical in material and porous texture to the support, and present continuity of material and of porous texture with the support such that said obstacles form integral portions of the support, at least one separator layer being deposited continuously on the inside wall (3 1) of the channel and completely covering the obstacles, said obstacles generating variations along the longitudinal axis of at least one of the following three criteria: the area of the right section, the shape of the right section, and the dimensions of the right section of the channel, said obstacles corresponding to discontinuous portions in relief formed on the inside wall of the channels and being of one of the following shapes - bars extending diametrically inside the channel from two facing portions of its wall, - obstacles having a sphere, egg-shaped or oblong shape in its central portion, which is attached to two symmetrically opposite portions of the wall via two respective connection arms, and - obstacles extending axially inside the channel, being connected from time to time firstly to the inside wall (3 1) of the support by connection bridges,and secondly to each neighbouring obstacle situated upstream and/or downstream from said obstacle. - bars extending diametrically inside the channel from two facing portions of its wall, - obstacles having a sphere, egg-shaped or oblong shape in its central portion, which is attached to two symmetrically opposite portions of the wall via two respective connection arms, and - obstacles extending axially inside the channel, being connected from time to time firstly to the inside wall (3 1) of the support by connection bridges,and secondly to each neighbouring obstacle situated upstream and/or downstream from said obstacle.
A method to monitor the progress of a viral infection and/or to monitor the efficacy of a therapy for a viral infection in a biological sample comprising T cell obtained from a subject affected by said viral infection comprising the steps of: a) incubating the isolated biological sample with at least one peptide consisting of a sequence selected from SEQ ID No.1 to SEQ ID No. 252 under appropriate conditions to generate a T cell response; b) measuring the T cell response; c) comparing the measured T cell response to the measured T cell response of a suitable control sample, wherein said viral infection is caused by a virus selected from the group of HCV, HBV, thereby discriminating patients experiencing chronic infection and those undergoing infection resolution. a) incubating the isolated biological sample with at least one peptide consisting of a sequence selected from SEQ ID No.1 to SEQ ID No. 252 under appropriate conditions to generate a T cell response; b) measuring the T cell response; c) comparing the measured T cell response to the measured T cell response of a suitable control sample,
An optical system for assisting image positioning, the optical system comprising a light source and an interface beam splitting pattern in a light emergent optical path of the light source, wherein the light source emits emergent light, and the emergent light is incident on the interface beam splitting pattern, thereby generating interface beam splitting projected light for aiming at characters or images, wherein the light source is a laser module, and the optical system further comprises a diffractive optical element, DOE, lens having a light incident surface and a light emergent surface, wherein the DOE lens is disposed in the light emergent optical path of the laser module, and the interface beam splitting pattern is provided on the light incident surface of the DOE lens,and wherein the interface beam splitting pattern is a light receiving pattern for generating a straight line or a cross line pattern on the characters or images at which the interface beam splitting light is aimed, and the light emergent surface of the DOE lens is a spherical or aspheric surface. a light source and an interface beam splitting pattern in a light emergent optical path of the light source, wherein the light source emits emergent light, and the emergent light is incident on the interface beam splitting pattern, thereby generating interface beam splitting projected light for aiming at characters or images, wherein the light source is a laser module, and the optical system further comprises a diffractive optical element, DOE, lens having a light incident surface and a light emergent surface, wherein the DOE lens is disposed in the light emergent optical path of the laser module, and the interface beam splitting pattern is provided on the light incident surface of the DOE lens,and wherein the interface beam splitting pattern is a light receiving pattern for generating a straight line or a cross line pattern on the characters or images at which the interface beam splitting light is aimed, and the light emergent surface of the DOE lens is a spherical or aspheric surface.
A method for controlling brightness of a reticle on an optical reflex sight, the method comprising: illuminating, by a light source, a reticle on an optical element; and controlling, by a controller, a brightness of the illuminating by the light source according to an output from a light sensor and a first brightness curve, the first brightness curve being stored in a memory of the controller, characterized by switching, by the controller, from the first brightness curve to a second brightness curve based on a user input, the second brightness curve being stored in the memory of the controller; and controlling, by the controller, the brightness of the illuminating by the light source according to the output from the light sensor and the second brightness curve when the first brightness curve is switched by the controller to the second brightness curve. illuminating, by a light source, a reticle on an optical element; and controlling, by a controller, a brightness of the illuminating by the light source according to an output from a light sensor and a first brightness curve, the first brightness curve being stored in a memory of the controller, characterized by switching, by the controller, from the first brightness curve to a second brightness curve based on a user input, the second brightness curve being stored in the memory of the controller; and controlling, by the controller, the brightness of the illuminating by the light source according to the output from the light sensor and the second brightness curve when the first brightness curve is switched by the controller to the second brightness curve.
A system for constructing filter graph-based media processing pipelines directly in a web browser, the system comprising: a media processing functionality determiner configured to determine a processing function of media data received by a web browser; and a main application thread configured to construct a filter graph directly in the web browser that includes a first filter and a second filter that are each configured to execute a respective function for the processing function of the media data, wherein the main application thread is configured to: instantiate the first and second filters of the filter graph as web workers for performing the respective functions; assess a compatibility between the first and second filters; and connect the first filter and the second filter via a message channel if the main application thread determines that the respective filters are compatible with each other; wherein the first filter is configured to process and transmit media to the second filter; and wherein the second filter is configured to enter the media in a queue and render media content in the browser based on the queued media. a media processing functionality determiner configured to determine a processing function of media data received by a web browser; and a main application thread configured to construct a filter graph directly in the web browser that includes a first filter and a second filter that are each configured to execute a respective function for the processing function of the media data, wherein the main application thread is configured to: instantiate the first and second filters of the filter graph as web workers for performing the respective functions; assess a compatibility between the first and second filters; and connect the first filter and the second filter via a message channel if the main application thread determines that the respective filters are compatible with each other; instantiate the first and second filters of the filter graph as web workers for performing the respective functions; assess a compatibility between the first and second filters; and connect the first filter and the second filter via a message channel if the main application thread determines that the respective filters are compatible with each other; wherein the first filter is configured to process and transmit media to the second filter; and wherein the second filter is configured to enter the media in a queue and render media content in the browser based on the queued media.
An image coding method comprising: performing context arithmetic coding to consecutively code (i) second information indicating whether or not to use, in the SAO processing for the first region, information on SAO processing for a region other than the first region, and after the second information is coded, code (ii) first information indicating whether or not to perform sample adaptive offset processing for a first region of an image, the context arithmetic coding being arithmetic coding using a variable probability, the SAO processing being offset processing on a pixel value; and coding other information which is information on the SAO processing for the first region and different from the first information or the second information, after the first information and the second information are coded, wherein the other information includes third information indicating whether the SAO processing for the first region is edge offset processing performed according to an edge, or band offset processing performed according to the pixel value, the first information is corresponding to a value of an initial bit in a parameter of a type of the SAO processing for the first region, and the other information starts at a value of a next bit following the initial bit in the parameter of the type of the SAO processing for the first region, characterised in that the step of coding other information performs bypass arithmetic coding to code the other information, the bypass arithmetic coding being arithmetic coding using a fixed probability. performing context arithmetic coding to consecutively code (i) second information indicating whether or not to use, in the SAO processing for the first region, information on SAO processing for a region other than the first region, and after the second information is coded, code (ii) first information indicating whether or not to perform sample adaptive offset processing for a first region of an image, the context arithmetic coding being arithmetic coding using a variable probability, the SAO processing being offset processing on a pixel value; and coding other information which is information on the SAO processing for the first region and different from the first information or the second information, after the first information and the second information are coded, wherein the other information includes third information indicating whether the SAO processing for the first region is edge offset processing performed according to an edge, or band offset processing performed according to the pixel value, the first information is corresponding to a value of an initial bit in a parameter of a type of the SAO processing for the first region, and the other information starts at a value of a next bit following the initial bit in the parameter of the type of the SAO processing for the first region, characterised in that the step of coding other information performs bypass arithmetic coding to code the other information, the bypass arithmetic coding being arithmetic coding using a fixed probability.
An electronic apparatus (200,610) comprising: a communicator configured to communicate with a first external device and a second external device; and a controller configured to receive, from the first external device through the communicator, sound data generated based on a sound output from the second external device, receive audio data from the second external device, the audio data corresponding to the sound output from the second external device, and transmit, through the communicator, a command to the second external device to adjust an intensity of the sound output from the second external device based on a result of comparing the sound data with the audio data; wherein the audio data is an audio file corresponding to the sound output from the second external device or a graph indicating audio characteristics corresponding to the sound output from the second external device. a communicator configured to communicate with a first external device and a second external device; and a controller configured to receive, from the first external device through the communicator, sound data generated based on a sound output from the second external device, receive audio data from the second external device, the audio data corresponding to the sound output from the second external device, and transmit, through the communicator, a command to the second external device to adjust an intensity of the sound output from the second external device based on a result of comparing the sound data with the audio data; wherein the audio data is an audio file corresponding to the sound output from the second external device or a graph indicating audio characteristics corresponding to the sound output from the second external device.
An aircraft, comprising: a fixed wall structure; and a seat with self-stowage capability, the seat comprising: a seat pan comprising a lever which is rotatable between stowed and open positions; a fixed seat structure fixed to the fixed wall structure and comprising an annulus; and an elastic assembly comprising a damper and an arc-spring disposable within the annulus to permit first rotations of the seat pan lever from the stowed position to the open positions and to urge second rotations of the seat pan lever from the open positions to the stowed position, and characterized in that the aircraft further comprises a boss coupled with the lever and defining an axis about which the lever is rotatable relative to the fixed wall structure between the stowed and open positions and a fully open position is 90° from the stowed position. a fixed wall structure; and a seat with self-stowage capability, the seat comprising: a seat pan comprising a lever which is rotatable between stowed and open positions; a fixed seat structure fixed to the fixed wall structure and comprising an annulus; and an elastic assembly comprising a damper and an arc-spring disposable within the annulus to permit first rotations of the seat pan lever from the stowed position to the open positions and to urge second rotations of the seat pan lever from the open positions to the stowed position, and characterized in that the aircraft further comprises a boss coupled with the lever and defining an axis about which the lever is rotatable relative to the fixed wall structure between the stowed and open positions and a fully open position is 90° from the stowed position. a seat pan comprising a lever which is rotatable between stowed and open positions; a fixed seat structure fixed to the fixed wall structure and comprising an annulus; and an elastic assembly comprising a damper and an arc-spring disposable within the annulus to permit first rotations of the seat pan lever from the stowed position to the open positions and to urge second rotations of the seat pan lever from the open positions to the stowed position, and characterized in that the aircraft further comprises a boss coupled with the lever and defining an axis about which the lever is rotatable relative to the fixed wall structure between the stowed and open positions and a fully open position is 90° from the stowed position.
A nucleic acid that suppresses NEK6 (NIMA-related serine/ threonine kinase 6) gene expression for use in treating fibrosis selected from pulmonary fibrosis, hepatic fibrosis or kidney fibrosis.