mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A compacted body, in particular a briquette, suitable for a use in a mineral charge in the production of man-made vitreous fibres (MMVF), said compacted body comprising a) a product obtained by treating a substrate with a method for the reduction of the carbohydrate content in a mineral wool material, said material comprising a carbohydrate-containing binder, wherein the method involves a step of treating a substrate comprising the material with one or more microorganisms capable of metabolizing the carbohydrate and/or an extract of one or more microorganisms capable of metabolizing the carbohydrate; b) a cement binder. a) a product obtained by treating a substrate with a method for the reduction of the carbohydrate content in a mineral wool material, said material comprising a carbohydrate-containing binder, wherein the method involves a step of treating a substrate comprising the material with one or more microorganisms capable of metabolizing the carbohydrate and/or an extract of one or more microorganisms capable of metabolizing the carbohydrate; b) a cement binder.
A harvesting machine for harvesting fruits from the ground, the machine comprising a cart comprising a first frame; a front axle comprising at least one front-wheel; a front suspension for coupling the front-wheel to the first frame and comprising a front actuator; and a rear axle comprising at least one rear-wheel coupled to the first frame; the machine furthermore comprising a fruit harvesting device, in turn, comprising a second frame, a movable member for picking up the fruits from the ground and coupled to said second frame, and at least one reference member configured to keep said picking member at a predefined height from the ground; the harvesting machine being characterised in that said first and second frames are firmly connected to one another to move in unison, and in that said front suspension is a suspension adjustable in height and said front actuator is configured to move said first frame from and towards said front-wheel and in that it comprises a command and control unit for said front actuator; the command and control unit comprising pressure detection means for detecting the pressure in at least one chamber of said front actuator and command and control means configured to command said front actuator according to said detected pressure and to rotate said first frame around an instantaneous rotation axis transverse to an advancing direction of the cart and to adjust the load on said reference member and on said front-wheel.
An insulin/IR complex in crystalline form wherein the complex comprises the components of the structure defined by the atomic coordinates shown in Appendix I or a subset thereof.
A method for generating by a computer system a premium finish mask image for applying a secondary finish to a product to be finished with a primary finish, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an image comprising a plurality of pixels; generating a segmented image having a plurality of pixels corresponding to the respective plurality of pixels of the received image, the segmented image comprising discrete segments each comprising a subset of pixels, wherein the generating comprises: • smoothing the received image while preserving strong edges; and • generating a color-segmented image from the smoothed image through extraction of segment labels based on color; generating a first gradient image of the received image and a second gradient image of the color-segmented image; receiving a selection of segments designated for premium finish; determining a confidence level associated with the selection based on comparing the gradient calculated across the first gradient image and the second gradient image; and automatically generating a mask image having first areas indicating non-premium finish areas and second areas indicating premium finish areas, the premium finish areas corresponding to at least a part of the selection of segments designated for premium finish based on the confidence level. receiving an image comprising a plurality of pixels; generating a segmented image having a plurality of pixels corresponding to the respective plurality of pixels of the received image, the segmented image comprising discrete segments each comprising a subset of pixels, wherein the generating comprises: • smoothing the received image while preserving strong edges; and • generating a color-segmented image from the smoothed image through extraction of segment labels based on color; • smoothing the received image while preserving strong edges; and • generating a color-segmented image from the smoothed image through extraction of segment labels based on color; generating a first gradient image of the received image and a second gradient image of the color-segmented image; receiving a selection of segments designated for premium finish; determining a confidence level associated with the selection based on comparing the gradient calculated across the first gradient image and the second gradient image; and automatically generating a mask image having first areas indicating non-premium finish areas and second areas indicating premium finish areas, the premium finish areas corresponding to at least a part of the selection of segments designated for premium finish based on the confidence level.
Method for counteracting land subsidence due to activities, such as production of resources, said activities involving transport of materials to and/or from an underground reservoir (R; R1; R2) through a well having a well bore (B; B1; B2) running in the direction of the reservoir, whereby the method comprises the steps of bringing reinforcing material into a casing present in the wellbore and making the reinforcing material flow out through perforations in the casing for forming a number of reinforcing objects (D; D1; D2) of reinforcing material around the wellbore, characterized in that the method comprises the step of forming cracks in the reservoir surrounding the wellbore and filling the cracks with the reinforcing material for forming the reinforcing objects.
A motor system, comprising a motor having: - a rack member (23; 30) provided with a structure on a surface thereof, said structure having a periodic arrangement of a gear element in at least one direction (25, 26, 27); - a tooth member accommodating a set of multiple actuators arranged for one direction (25, 26, 27) of said at least one direction (25, 26, 27), each of said actuators comprising an engaging element shaped for engaging said gear element and a drive unit for driving said engaging element to move back and forth with respect to said periodic structure, wherein the engaging element engages said gear element at least during part of the movement towards the gear element to cause a relative movement between said rack member (23; 30) and said tooth member in said one direction (25, 26, 27) of said at least one direction (25, 26, 27), and wherein each of said actuators is positioned spaced apart to engage said periodic structure at a different reduced phase thereof; a control unit for periodically controlling each drive unit of each actuator in the set of actuators to operate in a time-shifted manner with respect to each other; characterized in that the arrangement of the gear element is periodic in at least two dimensions (25, 26, 27), wherein the actuator further comprises a set of actuators for each of said at least two dimensions (25, 26, 27). - a rack member (23; 30) provided with a structure on a surface thereof, said structure having a periodic arrangement of a gear element in at least one direction (25, 26, 27); - a tooth member accommodating a set of multiple actuators arranged for one direction (25, 26, 27) of said at least one direction (25, 26, 27), each of said actuators comprising an engaging element shaped for engaging said gear element and a drive unit for driving said engaging element to move back and forth with respect to said periodic structure, wherein the engaging element engages said gear element at least during part of the movement towards the gear element to cause a relative movement between said rack member (23; 30) and said tooth member in said one direction (25, 26, 27) of said at least one direction (25, 26, 27), and wherein each of said actuators is positioned spaced apart to engage said periodic structure at a different reduced phase thereof;
A method of obtaining a magnetic resonance, "MR," spectrum of a voxel in an MR image of an object, the method comprising: generating, based on MRI data corresponding to RF signals received from the object, an MR image for display on an image outputting unit; accepting, via a user interface, a selection of a voxel of interest "VOI" or a region of interest "ROI" including the VOI, on the MR image output by the image outputting unit, for a specific portion of the object; configuring a sampling pattern of k-space data that includes the VOI in the MR image; sampling predetermined data from the k-space data based on the configured sampling pattern; obtaining an MR spectrum of the VOI by using the sampled data; and displaying the MR spectrum of the VOI on the image outputting unit, characterized in that the sampling pattern includes at least two different patterns configured according to a sine-shaped energy distribution of the k-space data to be sampled. generating, based on MRI data corresponding to RF signals received from the object, an MR image for display on an image outputting unit; accepting, via a user interface, a selection of a voxel of interest "VOI" or a region of interest "ROI" including the VOI, on the MR image output by the image outputting unit, for a specific portion of the object; configuring a sampling pattern of k-space data that includes the VOI in the MR image; sampling predetermined data from the k-space data based on the configured sampling pattern; obtaining an MR spectrum of the VOI by using the sampled data; and displaying the MR spectrum of the VOI on the image outputting unit, characterized in that the sampling pattern includes at least two different patterns configured according to a sine-shaped energy distribution of the k-space data to be sampled.
An apparatus for controlling the food flow through the stomach of an obese patient, the stomach having been surgically modified by any one of a group of operations called Vertical Banded Gastroplasty, wherein the stomach is compartmentalized into a smaller proximal compartment adjacent the esophagus and a larger distal compartment, the smaller proximal compartment communicating with the larger distal compartment through an outlet opening, the apparatus comprising: an implantable constriction device configured to engage and gently constrict a series of wall portions of the smaller proximal compartment of the patient's stomach to form a size of the outlet opening that at least restricts the food flow in a food passageway extending in the smaller proximal compartment through the outlet opening, an implantable stimulation device comprising an electrical element configured to engage and stimulate with electric pulses a wall portion in the series of wall portions of the tissue wall to further restrict the food flow, and a control device operable to simultaneously control the constriction device and the stimulation device independently of each other, such that the stimulation device can stimulate the wall portion as the constriction device constricts the wall portion, thereby causing contraction of the wall portion, such that the outlet opening is reduced to at least further restrict the food flow in the food passageway. an implantable constriction device configured to engage and gently constrict a series of wall portions of the smaller proximal compartment of the patient's stomach to form a size of the outlet opening that at least restricts the food flow in a food passageway extending in the smaller proximal compartment through the outlet opening, an implantable stimulation device comprising an electrical element configured to engage and stimulate with electric pulses a wall portion in the series of wall portions of the tissue wall to further restrict the food flow, and a control device operable to simultaneously control the constriction device and the stimulation device independently of each other, such that the stimulation device can stimulate the wall portion as the constriction device constricts the wall portion, thereby causing contraction of the wall portion, such that the outlet opening is reduced to at least further restrict the food flow in the food passageway.
Method for producing an implant with a support structure and a functional element comprising the steps of: a) providing a support structure; b) providing a three-dimensional mould of the functional element; c) positioning the mould relative to the support structure; d) placing the mould and the support structure under conditions conducive to growing bacterial cellulose on and/or in the mould so as to form the functional element and so as to embed at least a part of the support structure in at least a part of the functional element, thereby connecting the functional element to the support structure; e) optionally washing the bacterial cellulose; and f) drying the bacterial cellulose at a temperature of 60°C or air drying the bacterial cellulose at least partially at a temperature between 40°C to 70°C, wherein the three-dimensional shape of the functional element at least in part deviates from the three-dimensional shape of the support structure. a) providing a support structure; b) providing a three-dimensional mould of the functional element; c) positioning the mould relative to the support structure; d) placing the mould and the support structure under conditions conducive to growing bacterial cellulose on and/or in the mould so as to form the functional element and so as to embed at least a part of the support structure in at least a part of the functional element, thereby connecting the functional element to the support structure; e) optionally washing the bacterial cellulose; and f) drying the bacterial cellulose at a temperature of 60°C or air drying the bacterial cellulose at least partially at a temperature between 40°C to 70°C, wherein the three-dimensional shape of the functional element at least in part deviates from the three-dimensional shape of the support structure.
A movable assembly (16, 16a), which is embodied as a drawer unit, comprising a movable unit (18, 18a) and further comprising at least one fixing unit (20,20a) for reversibly fixing the moveable unit (18, 18a) in at least one guiding rail (26, 26a), wherein the fixing unit (20, 20a) is moveable parallel to a move direction (28, 28a), namely an insertion direction, which is a direction in which the movable unit (18, 18a) and/or the fixing unit (20, 20a) is inserted into at least the guiding rail (26, 26a), of the moveable unit (18, 18a) into a release position in order to release the moveable unit (18, 18a) from the guiding rail (26, 26a), characterized in that the fixing unit comprises at least one operating element, which can be pulled or pushed parallel to the move direction and which can only be pulled parallel to the move direction to release the moveable unit from the guiding rail in a pull direction, wherein if the moveable unit is in a storage position and the operating element is pushed parallel to the move direction, the operating element is intended to block a movement of the moveable unit in a push direction.
A system for cooking pasta; the system comprising: a container, which is configured to contain a given quantity of pasta; the container comprising a base wall and one single opening opposite the base wall; a pasta cooking machine comprising: a first dosing device to feed a given quantity of liquid water into the container; the first device being configured to feed a given quantity of liquid water at a temperature of at least 50°C to the container and comprising a first duct, a first nozzle arranged at an end of the first duct to release the water into the container, and a feeding assembly to convey the water along the first duct to the first nozzle; a second dosing device to feed a given quantity of water vapour into the container; the second device comprising a second duct, a second nozzle arranged at an end of the second duct to emit the water vapour, and a boiler to feed water vapour along the second duct to the second nozzle, wherein the container is separable from the machine and the first and the second nozzle (7, 16) at least partially extend inside the container through the opening. a container, which is configured to contain a given quantity of pasta; the container comprising a base wall and one single opening opposite the base wall; a pasta cooking machine comprising: a first dosing device to feed a given quantity of liquid water into the container; the first device being configured to feed a given quantity of liquid water at a temperature of at least 50°C to the container and comprising a first duct, a first nozzle arranged at an end of the first duct to release the water into the container, and a feeding assembly to convey the water along the first duct to the first nozzle; a second dosing device to feed a given quantity of water vapour into the container; the second device comprising a second duct, a second nozzle arranged at an end of the second duct to emit the water vapour, and a boiler to feed water vapour along the second duct to the second nozzle, wherein the container is separable from the machine and the first and the second nozzle (7, 16) at least partially extend inside the container through the opening. a first dosing device to feed a given quantity of liquid water into the container; the first device being configured to feed a given quantity of liquid water at a temperature of at least 50°C to the container and comprising a first duct, a first nozzle arranged at an end of the first duct to release the water into the container, and a feeding assembly to convey the water along the first duct to the first nozzle; a second dosing device to feed a given quantity of water vapour into the container; the second device comprising a second duct, a second nozzle arranged at an end of the second duct to emit the water vapour, and a boiler to feed water vapour along the second duct to the second nozzle, wherein the container is separable from the machine and the first and the second nozzle (7, 16) at least partially extend inside the container through the opening.
A tc-DNA AON for use in a method for correcting abnormal gene expression in a cell of the central nervous system of a subject or for treating a genetic disease caused by abnormal gene expression in the central nervous system of a subject, wherein said tc-DNA antisense oligonucleotide is complementary to a portion of an RNA encoded by said gene, and wherein said tc-DNA antisense oligonucleotide is administered peripherally to the subject in an amount sufficient to correct said abnormal expression.
A branch cutting saw comprising a saw body including at least a saw blade section and a grip section, and a sheath body operative to hold the saw body in a freely retractable manner and including a hook section for hooking onto a branch, the saw being configured such that the sheath body is manipulated to hook the hook section onto a branch and, while urging the hooked branch toward the saw blade section of the saw body, the saw blade section of the saw body is advanced and retreated to cut the branch, wherein the hook section of the sheath body is pivotally supported at a leading end of the sheath body and is under spring bias to have a steady-state position in a longitudinal region of the sheath body, and is configured to be rotationally displaced from the steady-state position of the hook section when a load equivalent to or greater than the spring bias is applied against the spring bias, and the saw blade section of the saw body is under spring bias to have a steady-state position at a position where a tip end of the saw blade section is retreated from the hook section and is configured to be advanced from the steady-state position of the saw blade section when the grip section of the saw body is manipulated against the spring bias. the hook section of the sheath body is pivotally supported at a leading end of the sheath body and is under spring bias to have a steady-state position in a longitudinal region of the sheath body, and is configured to be rotationally displaced from the steady-state position of the hook section when a load equivalent to or greater than the spring bias is applied against the spring bias, and the saw blade section of the saw body is under spring bias to have a steady-state position at a position where a tip end of the saw blade section is retreated from the hook section and is configured to be advanced from the steady-state position of the saw blade section when the grip section of the saw body is manipulated against the spring bias.
A compound of formula wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, -(C 1-2 alkyl)-phenyl, naphthyl, thienyl, benzofuranyl, benzothienyl, indazolyl, quinolinyl, pyrazolyl and pyridyl; wherein the phenyl, naphthyl, thienyl, benzofuranyl, benzothienyl, indazolyl, quinolinyl, pyrazolyl or pyridyl whether alone or as part of a substituent group is optionally substituted with one to more substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-6 alkyl, fluorinated C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 alkoxy and fluorinated C 1-4 alkoxy; a is in integer from 0 to 2; each R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-4 alkyl, fluorinated C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 alkoxy and fluorinated C 1-4 alkoxy; R 4 is selected from the group consisting of C 1-6 alkyl, fluorinated C 1-4 alkyl, -(C 1-2 alkyl)-O-(C 1-4 alkyl), C 3-6 cycloalkyl, -(C 1-2 alkyl)-C 3-6 cycloalkyl, phenyl and-(C 1-2 alkyl)-phenyl; wherein the phenyl, whether alone or as part of a substituent group is optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-6 alkyl, fluorinated C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 alkoxy and fluorinated C 1-4 alkoxy; Z is selected from the group consisting of C and N; or a stereoisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. R 1 is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, -(C 1-2 alkyl)-phenyl, naphthyl, thienyl, benzofuranyl, benzothienyl, indazolyl, quinolinyl, pyrazolyl and pyridyl; wherein the phenyl, naphthyl, thienyl, benzofuranyl, benzothienyl, indazolyl, quinolinyl, pyrazolyl or pyridyl whether alone or as part of a substituent group is optionally substituted with one to more substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-6 alkyl, fluorinated C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 alkoxy and fluorinated C 1-4 alkoxy; a is in integer from 0 to 2; each R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-4 alkyl, fluorinated C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 alkoxy and fluorinated C 1-4 alkoxy; R 4 is selected from the group consisting of C 1-6 alkyl, fluorinated C 1-4 alkyl, -(C 1-2 alkyl)-O-(C 1-4 alkyl), C 3-6 cycloalkyl, -(C 1-2 alkyl)-C 3-6 cycloalkyl, phenyl and-(C 1-2 alkyl)-phenyl; wherein the phenyl, whether alone or as part of a substituent group is optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-6 alkyl, fluorinated C 1-4 alkyl, C 1-4 alkoxy and fluorinated C 1-4 alkoxy; Z is selected from the group consisting of C and N; or a stereoisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.