mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A ground circuit in a low-energy system, in which the ground circuit comprises a connection pipeline, a collection pipe system and a return pipeline for circulating a transfer fluid, and which ground circuit is arranged for being utilized in transferring the energy recovered from its surroundings to a place where used, whereby the collection pipe system of the ground circuit consists of a hollow profile that is arranged on coils having substantially uniform cross section in order to form a coiled, double-walled pipe such that the hollow profile surrounds at least one flow space formed in the collection pipe system and the hollow profile is connected at its first end to the connection pipeline in order to convey the transfer fluid along the hollow profile from the first end of the coil to its second end, in which second end of the coil the second end of the hollow profile is connected to the return pipe for conveying the transfer fluid from the hollow profile towards the place where used, and the opposite ends of the hollow profile comprise means for controlling the fluid flow provided therein, characterized in that the ground circuit collection pipe system comprises further: two or more coiled pipes of different cross sections arranged in a nested and substantially concentric manner such that the adjacent pipes form between them separate flow spaces, and the innermost pipe cavity forms a flow space, said flow spaces extending throughout the length of the collection pipe system, whereby both the outer surface and the inner surface provided by the hollow profile on each pipe is arranged to be in contact with the surrounding, energy-containing source material to be flown through the flow spaces of the collection pipe system, and a substantially vertical head pipe portion for conveying a substantially steady flow of the energy-containing source material into at least one flow space defined inside the ground circuit. two or more coiled pipes of different cross sections arranged in a nested and substantially concentric manner such that the adjacent pipes form between them separate flow spaces, and the innermost pipe cavity forms a flow space, said flow spaces extending throughout the length of the collection pipe system, whereby both the outer surface and the inner surface provided by the hollow profile on each pipe is arranged to be in contact with the surrounding, energy-containing source material to be flown through the flow spaces of the collection pipe system, and a substantially vertical head pipe portion for conveying a substantially steady flow of the energy-containing source material into at least one flow space defined inside the ground circuit.
A thermal transport structure including at least two graphite sheets or at least two graphite composite sheets each including a graphite sheet and a covering layer, the covering layer covering at least part of (i) a surface and (ii) an edge of the graphite sheet, the at least two graphite sheets or the at least two graphite composite sheets being stacked on top of each other as layers, the thermal transport structure comprising: at least two fixing portions; and a thermally conductive portion between the fixing portions, in each of the fixing portions, the graphite sheets or the graphite composite sheets being kept in a state in which the graphite sheets or the graphite composite sheets are in contact with each other or bonded to each other, and in the thermally conductive portion, the graphite sheets or the graphite composite sheets being at least partially out of contact with each other or at least partially not bonded to each other, wherein the bonding layer or the covering layer has a thickness of not less than 0.1 μm and not more than 20 μm. at least two fixing portions; and a thermally conductive portion between the fixing portions, in each of the fixing portions, the graphite sheets or the graphite composite sheets being kept in a state in which the graphite sheets or the graphite composite sheets are in contact with each other or bonded to each other, and in the thermally conductive portion, the graphite sheets or the graphite composite sheets being at least partially out of contact with each other or at least partially not bonded to each other, wherein the bonding layer or the covering layer has a thickness of not less than 0.1 μm and not more than 20 μm.
A self-regenerating proton exchange membrane for fuel cell, said membrane comprising an anode surface on the anode side and a cathode surface on the cathode side, said membrane comprising two layers: A conducting and self-regenerating cathodic layer, ensuring the cathode surface and comprising at least one polymer (iii) carrying SO 3 H functions; and A conducting anodic layer ensuring the anode surface and comprising at least one polymer (iii') carrying SO 3 H functions; Said polymers (iii) and (iii') possibly being the same or different. Said membrane being characterized in that said cathodic layer contains at least one polymer (i) carrying thiol (-SH) functions. A conducting and self-regenerating cathodic layer, ensuring the cathode surface and comprising at least one polymer (iii) carrying SO 3 H functions; and A conducting anodic layer ensuring the anode surface and comprising at least one polymer (iii') carrying SO 3 H functions; Said polymers (iii) and (iii') possibly being the same or different. Said membrane being characterized in that said cathodic layer contains at least one polymer (i) carrying thiol (-SH) functions.
A polypeptide, for use in suppressing or treating cancer by inhibiting autocrine secretion from a cancer cell in a patient, wherein the polypeptide comprises: (i) a non-cytotoxic protease, which protease is capable of cleaving a SNARE protein expressed in said cancer cell; (ii) a Targeting Moiety that is capable of binding to a Binding Site on a cancer cell, which Binding Site is capable of undergoing endocytosis to be incorporated into an endosome within the cancer cell; and (iii) a translocation domain that is capable of translocating the protease from within an endosome, across the endosomal membrane and into the cytosol of the cancer cell; wherein the polypeptide lacks the natural binding function of a clostridial neurotoxin H CC domain which enables the clostridial neurotoxin to bind to nerve terminals at the neuromuscular junction; with the proviso that the cancer cell is not a neuroendocrine tumour cell; and with the proviso that the polypeptide is not a naturally-occurring clostridial neurotoxin molecule; and wherein said SNARE protein expression is-up-regulated in the cancer cell type when compared with SNARE protein expression in the same cell type in a non-cancerous state. (i) a non-cytotoxic protease, which protease is capable of cleaving a SNARE protein expressed in said cancer cell; (ii) a Targeting Moiety that is capable of binding to a Binding Site on a cancer cell, which Binding Site is capable of undergoing endocytosis to be incorporated into an endosome within the cancer cell; and (iii) a translocation domain that is capable of translocating the protease from within an endosome, across the endosomal membrane and into the cytosol of the cancer cell;
Valve, comprising a base element and a snap ring or snap fingers extending there from, positioned around an opening through the base element, wherein within the snap ring or between the snap fingers a valve housing is provided, having at least one inlet opening and a spring loaded valve body, biased towards the base element and closing off the opening, wherein the valve body is operable through the opening for opening a fluid connection between the inlet opening or openings and the opening in the base element.
A pre-vapor formulation of an e-vaping device, the pre-vapor formulation comprising: one or more polyol compounds, wherein the one or more polyol compounds are one or more of mannitol, erythritol, xylitol and sorbitol, and wherein the concentration of the one or more polyol compounds is equal to or greater than 0.2 percent and equal to or smaller than 8 percent by weight; one or more chelating agents comprising one or more of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA), and nitrilotriacetic acid, wherein the concentration of the one or more chelating agents is equal to or greater than 0.001 percent and equal to or smaller than 0.05 percent by weight; nicotine; and a vapor former configured to form a vapor of the pre-vapor formulation, wherein the vapor former is at least one of propylene glycol and glycerol or glycerine. one or more polyol compounds, wherein the one or more polyol compounds are one or more of mannitol, erythritol, xylitol and sorbitol, and wherein the concentration of the one or more polyol compounds is equal to or greater than 0.2 percent and equal to or smaller than 8 percent by weight; one or more chelating agents comprising one or more of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA), and nitrilotriacetic acid, wherein the concentration of the one or more chelating agents is equal to or greater than 0.001 percent and equal to or smaller than 0.05 percent by weight; nicotine; and a vapor former configured to form a vapor of the pre-vapor formulation, wherein the vapor former is at least one of propylene glycol and glycerol or glycerine.
A scanning optical beam imaging system for imaging a surface with convex curvature, the system characterized by comprising: a sphero-telecentric objective including an aspheric optical element and a path equalizing element, wherein the path equalizing element includes a curved lens group, wherein the curved lens group is configured to image the surface with convex curvature onto a flat plane, such that optical path length difference over a predetermined sub region of the field of view is within a predetermined range.
A conjugate according to Formula I comprising (a) an amatoxin; (b) a BCMA-binding moiety comprising (i) the variable domains of the heavy chain according to SEQ ID NO: 1 and the light chain according to SEQ ID NO: 2 of antibody J22.9-ISY, and (ii) a heavy chain constant region comprising a D265C mutation; and (c) a protease-cleavable linker, wherein said BCMA-binding moiety is attached to said linker via the thiol group of the cysteine residue at position 265 in the antibody heavy chain; wherein said amatoxin is characterized by comprising (i) an amino acid 4 with a 6'-deoxy position; and (ii) an amino acid 8 with an S-deoxy position.
A steering wheel, applied in an automobile, and comprising a steering wheel rim with an extended extremity protruding outwards along a mounting center, an operating part arranged on a radial inner side of the steering wheel rim, and an actuating rod fixedly connected to the extended extremity; wherein a central shaft extends from the bottom of the operating part; the central shaft runs through the extended extremity and is inserted into a cavity of the actuating rod; a bearing component is arranged between an inner wall of the extended extremity and an outer wall of the central shaft; by fitting the central shaft with the bearing component and fitting the bearing component with the extended extremity, an isolation between the operating part and the steering wheel rim is achieved, and the steering wheel rim may be rotated around the central shaft, characterized in that a hollow transmission link rod is inserted in a cavity of the actuating rod, the transmission link rod arranged to perform a concertina movement inside the cavity of the actuating rod, and the steering wheel performs 0°∼16° swings forward and backward, using the central shaft 3 as a radius.
An electric power generation system of a ship comprising one or more generators (1, 2, 3, 4) for producing electrical energy, each generator (1, 2, 3, 4) being driven with a corresponding prime mover, wherein the generators are multiphase AC generators adapted to generate multiphase voltage and the phase outputs of the generators are connectable to a common multiphase bus for distributing the electrical energy generated by the AC generators, the generated multiphase voltage having a frequency, wherein the system further comprises means adapted to provide an adjustable frequency reference for the generated multiphase voltage and the frequency of the generated voltage is adapted to follow the adjustable frequency reference, characterized in that, the electric power generation system comprises means adapted to optimize a property relating to the prime movers by adjusting the adjustable frequency reference of the multiphase voltage, wherein the means adapted to optimize a property relating to the prime movers comprise a readable database indicating the optimized property as a function of rotational speed of the prime movers and loading level of the prime movers, and means adapted to read the database on the basis of a known loading level of the prime movers and adapted to output a rotational speed optimizing the property relating to the prime movers.
Cleaner with hot plate for floors composed by one handgrip, a handle, a tank for containing the water, a main body shaped as a brush, into which the handgrip is pivoted preferably by means of an universal joint, a heating plate fixed below the body shaped as a brush and provided with an electrical resistance for heating the plate and at least one thermostat for regulating the temperature as well as an electrical supplying cable for such component parts, and composed also by cleaning fabrics for the floor, applied to and supported below said heating plate, said cleaning fabrics being hooked below a sealing frame, adapted to be hooked and unhooked below said body shaped as a brush, with the interposition of a sandwich panel kept into direct contact with the heating plate, characterized in that said sandwich panel is composed of at least a layer of polyurethane foam having a suitable thickness and density, placed between two polyester fabrics and coupled thereto, and of a waterproof element applied centrally to the panel onto the surface coming into contact with the heating plate, in order to let to drain the water coming from the tank, through a connection pipe and at least a central passage of the heating plate, in a scattered manner onto the same sandwich panel, in such a way that this latter is wetted by the water drained uniformly on to the entire surface thereof and not only in the central point of waterfall; that said sandwich panel is adapted to retain the water, by acting as a tank, and to attain in a very short time the same temperature of the heating plate, by maintaining the same temperature up to the same panel is dried and namely at approximately 100° C and by transmitting gradually this temperature to the underlying cleaning fabric; and characterized in that said water tank is provided with a plug and a filter, into which a ball valve is installed and is operating by gravity, which valve may be displaced from a vertical position thereof, by closing the water passage from the tank toward the connection pipe and by preventing the sandwich panel to become wet, to an oblique position thereof, by letting free said water passage and allowing the sandwich panel to become wet, and vice versa.
Device for correction of a medical breast image, said device comprising: - a medical image input for obtaining a medical breast image of subject's breast potentially showing artificial deformations of the breast, - a scan image input for obtaining a scan image of the same subject's breast showing the breast in a predetermined position of the subject and comprising surface information of the breast surface, - a simulation unit for generating a simulated medical breast image from the obtained medical breast image, said simulated medical breast image showing the breast in the same predetermined position of the subject as the scan image and representing the breast surface by a surface mesh, wherein said simulation unit is configured to generate said simulated medical breast image based on a volumetric biomechanical model, and wherein material parameters of the biomechanical model are varied for aligning the biomechanical model with the breast surface extracted from the scan image, and - a correction unit for determining corrections for correcting the simulated medical breast image for said artificial deformations by use of the scan image by applying a surface matching between said surface mesh and said scan image and for applying the determined corrections to the obtained medical breast image to obtain a corrected medical breast image. - a medical image input for obtaining a medical breast image of subject's breast potentially showing artificial deformations of the breast, - a scan image input for obtaining a scan image of the same subject's breast showing the breast in a predetermined position of the subject and comprising surface information of the breast surface, - a simulation unit for generating a simulated medical breast image from the obtained medical breast image, said simulated medical breast image showing the breast in the same predetermined position of the subject as the scan image and representing the breast surface by a surface mesh, wherein said simulation unit is configured to generate said simulated medical breast image based on a volumetric biomechanical model, and wherein material parameters of the biomechanical model are varied for aligning the biomechanical model with the breast surface extracted from the scan image, and - a correction unit for determining corrections for correcting the simulated medical breast image for said artificial deformations by use of the scan image by applying a surface matching between said surface mesh and said scan image and for applying the determined corrections to the obtained medical breast image to obtain a corrected medical breast image.
A glare shield adapted to be mounted in a cockpit, the glare shield being equipped with an emergency vision apparatus and comprising: a) a compartment recessed into the glare shield; b) a blower within the compartment; c) an inflatable first enclosure made of airtight material and having an expanded form when deployed and a deflated form when not in use, the first enclosure when in the deflated form is stored within the compartment; d) first and second clear members (12, 14) disposed at respective first and second ends of the enclosure to enable a user to see through the first enclosure when expanded and observe a source of information at a distal end of the first enclosure while smoke or other particulate matter is in the environment; e) a switch operably associated with the blower to activate the blower and thereby inflate the first enclosure to the expanded form when the first enclosure is to be deployed; f) the switch is operably associated with the inflatable first enclosure; and g) the switch is automatically activated when the inflatable first enclosure is taken from the compartment; h) a tubular air passageway connecting said blower and said enclosure. a) a compartment recessed into the glare shield; b) a blower within the compartment; c) an inflatable first enclosure made of airtight material and having an expanded form when deployed and a deflated form when not in use, the first enclosure when in the deflated form is stored within the compartment; d) first and second clear members (12, 14) disposed at respective first and second ends of the enclosure to enable a user to see through the first enclosure when expanded and observe a source of information at a distal end of the first enclosure while smoke or other particulate matter is in the environment; e) a switch operably associated with the blower to activate the blower and thereby inflate the first enclosure to the expanded form when the first enclosure is to be deployed; f) the switch is operably associated with the inflatable first enclosure; and g) the switch is automatically activated when the inflatable first enclosure is taken from the compartment; h) a tubular air passageway connecting said blower and said enclosure.
A television apparatus, comprising: a receiver that receives an input stream of packets comprising: a plurality of unencrypted elementary stream packets identified by a first packet identifier; and a plurality of pairs of dual encrypted packets, wherein one packet of each pair of encrypted packets is identified by the first packet identifier and is encrypted under a first encryption algorithm and the other packet of each pair of encrypted packets is identified by a second packet identifier and is encrypted under a second encryption algorithm, and wherein a television signal is comprised of both the unencrypted and one of each pair of encrypted packets; a packet identifier reader that reads the packet identifiers of the packets in the input stream of packets, and that discards the encrypted packets having a selected one of the packet identifiers; a decrypter that decrypts the encrypted packets not discarded by the packet identifier reader to produce decrypted packets; and a decoder that decodes the unencrypted and the decrypted packets to produce the television signal. a receiver that receives an input stream of packets comprising: a plurality of unencrypted elementary stream packets identified by a first packet identifier; and a plurality of pairs of dual encrypted packets, wherein one packet of each pair of encrypted packets is identified by the first packet identifier and is encrypted under a first encryption algorithm and the other packet of each pair of encrypted packets is identified by a second packet identifier and is encrypted under a second encryption algorithm, and wherein a television signal is comprised of both the unencrypted and one of each pair of encrypted packets; a plurality of unencrypted elementary stream packets identified by a first packet identifier; and a plurality of pairs of dual encrypted packets, wherein one packet of each pair of encrypted packets is identified by the first packet identifier and is encrypted under a first encryption algorithm and the other packet of each pair of encrypted packets is identified by a second packet identifier and is encrypted under a second encryption algorithm, and wherein a television signal is comprised of both the unencrypted and one of each pair of encrypted packets; a packet identifier reader that reads the packet identifiers of the packets in the input stream of packets, and that discards the encrypted packets having a selected one of the packet identifiers; a decrypter that decrypts the encrypted packets not discarded by the packet identifier reader to produce decrypted packets; and a decoder that decodes the unencrypted and the decrypted packets to produce the television signal.
Method for recycling plastic, preferably recycling plastic toys, wherein the method comprises the steps of: - grinding the plastic into plastic pieces; - washing the plastic pieces after grinding the plastic into plastic pieces; - sorting the plastic pieces based on type of plastic; - sorting the plastic pieces based on colour; - after sorting of the plastic pieces, shredding the sorted plastic pieces into plastic flakes; - processing the plastic flakes into a recycled good by means of rotational moulding, wherein, during the rotational moulding, a micronized plastic is added. - grinding the plastic into plastic pieces; - washing the plastic pieces after grinding the plastic into plastic pieces; - sorting the plastic pieces based on type of plastic; - sorting the plastic pieces based on colour; - after sorting of the plastic pieces, shredding the sorted plastic pieces into plastic flakes; - processing the plastic flakes into a recycled good by means of rotational moulding, wherein, during the rotational moulding, a micronized plastic is added.