mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A sensor system, comprising: a housing having a front surface and a rear surface, the housing defining a bore that extends from the front surface toward the rear surface; one or more lenses located within the bore; an image sensor adjacent at least a first lens, the image sensor being aligned with the bore; a proximity-sensing device; and a conductor element that provides an electrical connection between (i) at least one circuit board of an electronic device (102A; 102B) and (ii) the proximity-sensing device and the image sensor, wherein the proximity-sensing device is mounted on the front surface of the housing. a housing having a front surface and a rear surface, the housing defining a bore that extends from the front surface toward the rear surface; one or more lenses located within the bore; an image sensor adjacent at least a first lens, the image sensor being aligned with the bore; a proximity-sensing device; and a conductor element that provides an electrical connection between (i) at least one circuit board of an electronic device (102A; 102B) and (ii) the proximity-sensing device and the image sensor, wherein the proximity-sensing device is mounted on the front surface of the housing.
A method for reducing chemical noise in a mass spectrometry instrument, comprising the steps of: substantially excluding ions in an ion source below a selected mass-to-charge ratio value (m/z) from entering a reaction region while transmitting at least a portion of ions from the ion source with a m/z value above said selected m/z value to the reaction region, the ions in the source comprising one or more background ions and one or more analytes of interest; changing the m/z value of one or more background ions transmitted to the reaction region by reacting the one or more background ions with a neutral organic chemical species containing a disulfide functionality in the reaction region; extracting from the reaction region into a mass analyzer at least a portion of the ions with a m/z value in a selected m/z range and substantially excluding from extraction into the mass analyzer ions with a m/z value outside the selected m/z range. substantially excluding ions in an ion source below a selected mass-to-charge ratio value (m/z) from entering a reaction region while transmitting at least a portion of ions from the ion source with a m/z value above said selected m/z value to the reaction region, the ions in the source comprising one or more background ions and one or more analytes of interest; changing the m/z value of one or more background ions transmitted to the reaction region by reacting the one or more background ions with a neutral organic chemical species containing a disulfide functionality in the reaction region; extracting from the reaction region into a mass analyzer at least a portion of the ions with a m/z value in a selected m/z range and substantially excluding from extraction into the mass analyzer ions with a m/z value outside the selected m/z range.
A modified antisense compound for use in a method of treating or preventing Kennedy's Disease in a subject, wherein the modified antisense compound comprises a modified antisense oligonucleotide consisting of 16 linked nucleosides having a nucleobase sequence comprising a contiguous nucleobase portion that is complementary to an at least 15 nucleobase portion of nucleotides 58722-58737 or 58752-58767 of SEQ ID NO: 1, and wherein the modified oligonucleotide comprises: a gap segment consisting of 9 linked deoxynucleosides; a 5' wing segment consisting of three linked nucleosides; and a 3' wing segment consisting of four linked nucleosides; wherein the gap segment is positioned between the 5' wing segment and the 3' wing segment; the three linked nucleosides of the 5' wing segment each comprise a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar; the four linked nucleosides of the 3' wing segment comprise a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar, a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar, a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar, and a 2'-O-methoxyethyl sugar in the 5' to 3' direction; each internucleoside linkage is a phosphorothioate linkage; and each cytosine is a 5-methylcytosine. a gap segment consisting of 9 linked deoxynucleosides; a 5' wing segment consisting of three linked nucleosides; and a 3' wing segment consisting of four linked nucleosides; wherein the gap segment is positioned between the 5' wing segment and the 3' wing segment; the three linked nucleosides of the 5' wing segment each comprise a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar; the four linked nucleosides of the 3' wing segment comprise a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar, a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar, a constrained ethyl (cEt) sugar, and a 2'-O-methoxyethyl sugar in the 5' to 3' direction; each internucleoside linkage is a phosphorothioate linkage; and each cytosine is a 5-methylcytosine.
A method for transmitting, by a device, operating class information for two frequency segments having an equal width, the method including: transmitting, by the device, a first operating/subband sequence and a second operating/subband sequence, wherein each of the first operating/subband sequence and the second operating/subband sequence is composed of one operating triplet field followed by one subband triplet sequence field, wherein the first operating/subband sequence and the second operating/subband sequence identify the operating class information for the two frequency segments having the equal width, wherein the first operating/subband sequence includes a first operating triplet that identifies a first behavior limit of a first of the two frequency segments having the equal width, and wherein the second operating/subband sequence includes a second operating triplet that identifies a second behavior limit of a second of the two frequency segments having the equal width. transmitting, by the device, a first operating/subband sequence and a second operating/subband sequence, wherein each of the first operating/subband sequence and the second operating/subband sequence is composed of one operating triplet field followed by one subband triplet sequence field, wherein the first operating/subband sequence and the second operating/subband sequence identify the operating class information for the two frequency segments having the equal width, wherein the first operating/subband sequence includes a first operating triplet that identifies a first behavior limit of a first of the two frequency segments having the equal width, and wherein the second operating/subband sequence includes a second operating triplet that identifies a second behavior limit of a second of the two frequency segments having the equal width.
A control circuit for supplying a substantially constant DC current to an LED lamp unit which constitutes a load, said control circuit comprising AC inputs (A, N) for connection to an AC supply which is subject to variations including supply voltage fluctuations and transients, a pair of lamp outputs (+, -) for connection to said LED lamp unit, a full wave rectifying circuit (20, 200) configured for supplying a DC voltage and said substantially constant DC current to said pair of lamp outputs, and an AC control circuit, characterised in that said AC control circuit is connected between said AC inputs (A, N) and said rectifying circuit (20, 200) to reduce variations in the magnitude of an AC current supplied to said rectifying circuit from said AC control circuit to thereby reduce corresponding variations in said substantially constant DC current, said AC control circuit including a capacitor (C1, C10, Cr) in series with an inductive winding (L2, Ws) of a magnetic component (L2, T2, T10, Tr) having a magnetically permeable core that at least part of which in operation is at least partially saturated by ferro-resonance, wherein said capacitor (C1, C10, Cr), said rectifying circuit (20, 200), and said LED lamp unit are electrically connectable in series to conduct a load current therethrough which is controlled by said ferro-resonance, and said ferro-resonance is created by said load current.
An ink delivery system for at least one printing module, the system comprising a closed-loop ink recirculation circuit, the ink recirculation circuit comprising: a pressure regulating chamber; a first ink conduit configured to supply an ink from the pressure regulating chamber to the at least one printing module; a second ink conduit configured to collect the ink from the at least one printing module and to return the collected ink to the pressure regulating chamber; and a recirculation pump arranged in the second ink conduit; wherein the ink delivery system further comprises a vacuum discharge circuit connected to the second ink conduit through a valve, the vacuum discharge circuit configured to produce a vacuum condition in the at least one printing module, and the ink delivery system further comprises a backpressure generating circuit configured to connect the pressure regulating chamber with an external environment through an adjustable needle valve, characterized in that the backpressure generating circuit further comprises in parallel with the needle valve a backpressure pump configured to maintain established backpressure in the pressure regulating chamber. a pressure regulating chamber; a first ink conduit configured to supply an ink from the pressure regulating chamber to the at least one printing module; a second ink conduit configured to collect the ink from the at least one printing module and to return the collected ink to the pressure regulating chamber; and a recirculation pump arranged in the second ink conduit; wherein the ink delivery system further comprises a vacuum discharge circuit connected to the second ink conduit through a valve, the vacuum discharge circuit configured to produce a vacuum condition in the at least one printing module, and the ink delivery system further comprises a backpressure generating circuit configured to connect the pressure regulating chamber with an external environment through an adjustable needle valve, characterized in that the backpressure generating circuit further comprises in parallel with the needle valve a backpressure pump configured to maintain established backpressure in the pressure regulating chamber. wherein the ink delivery system further comprises a vacuum discharge circuit connected to the second ink conduit through a valve, the vacuum discharge circuit configured to produce a vacuum condition in the at least one printing module, and the ink delivery system further comprises a backpressure generating circuit configured to connect the pressure regulating chamber with an external environment through an adjustable needle valve, characterized in that the backpressure generating circuit further comprises in parallel with the needle valve a backpressure pump configured to maintain established backpressure in the pressure regulating chamber.
A load detecting device comprising: a sensor element arranged on a supporting member and including a function for generating and detecting a vibration within a single element, the sensor element converting a load or an acceleration applied to the supporting member into a detection signal, a driving portion configured to periodically output a driving signal for vibrating the sensor element, a vibration detecting portion configured to extract the detection signal from the sensor element and to detect a vibration characteristic value of the sensor element based on the detection signal extracted, a wiring (15, 15a, 15b) configured to electrically connect the sensor element, the driving portion and the vibration detecting portion to one another, and to transmit a superimposed signal constituted by superposition of the driving signal from the driving portion and the detection signal from the sensor element, and a calculating portion configured to calculate one of or both of a load and an acceleration applied to the sensor element based on the vibration characteristic value from the vibration detecting portion, characterized in that a cycle of the superimposed signal is divided into a driving period in association with the driving signal and a detection period in association with the detection signal. a sensor element arranged on a supporting member and including a function for generating and detecting a vibration within a single element, the sensor element converting a load or an acceleration applied to the supporting member into a detection signal, a driving portion configured to periodically output a driving signal for vibrating the sensor element, a vibration detecting portion configured to extract the detection signal from the sensor element and to detect a vibration characteristic value of the sensor element based on the detection signal extracted, a wiring (15, 15a, 15b) configured to electrically connect the sensor element, the driving portion and the vibration detecting portion to one another, and to transmit a superimposed signal constituted by superposition of the driving signal from the driving portion and the detection signal from the sensor element, and a calculating portion configured to calculate one of or both of a load and an acceleration applied to the sensor element based on the vibration characteristic value from the vibration detecting portion, characterized in that a cycle of the superimposed signal is divided into a driving period in association with the driving signal and a detection period in association with the detection signal.
A method of wireless data communication between a hearing aid and another device, comprising the steps of dividing a data package D into N data packages A 1, A 2,..., A N, forming a further data package C as a function of A 1, A 2,..., A N: wirelessly transmitting from the transmitting device each of the data packages A 1, A 2,..., A N and C in an individual frequency channel, wherein data transmission is performed in accordance with a frequency hopping scheme and, subsequent to the transmission of one data package A p, a frequency hop is performed before transmission of the next data package A p+1 of the data packages A 1, A 2,..., A N so that each of the data packages A 1, A 2,..., A N is transmitted in an individual frequency channel, activating the receiving device for performing data reception of the data packages A 1, A 2,..., A N, performing error detection in the receiving device, activating the receiving device for performing data reception of the data package C in response to detection of an error in A E, one of the received data packages A 1, A 2,..., A N, wherein activating the receiving device for performing data reception of the data package C is not performed if there is no error in the received data packages A 1, A 2,..., A N, in case of detection of an error in A E, one of the received data packages A 1, A 2,..., A N: recovering the data package A E in accordance with: wherein A 1, A 2,..., C,..., A N indicates that data package C replaces defective data package A E in the list of arguments of function wherein function and function are identical functions, and is an exclusive-or function so that C = A 1 ⊕ A 2 ⊕... ⊕ A N and A E = A 1 ⊕ A 2 ⊕... ⊕ C ⊕... ⊕ A N.
A respiratory mask arrangement to be used in CPAP therapy for the treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders having an arched member, a sealing lip device (1, 21) for resting on the facial surface of a mask user, a respiratory gas conduit unit for delivering respiratory gas to a mask interior being defined by the arched member and being in communication with the nostril and/or the oral opening of the mask user, wherein in cooperation with the arched member an air guide path is defined, the air guide path extending from a respiratory gas inlet area to a respiratory gas outlet area and extending at least in some portions along a wall that defines the arched member, characterized in that the respiratory mask arrangement comprises an insert element and the air guide path is defined by the insert member.
Device for controlling an electromechanical relay (1; 1'), the electromechanical relay (2; 2') being arranged between a load (3; 3') and an alternating signal (V A, V A ') and comprising a contact (20; 20') movable between an open position in which the alternating signal (V A, V A ') is not applied to the load (3; 3') and a closed position in which the alternating signal (V A, V A ') is applied to the load (3; 3'), the control device comprising means for controlling the electromechanical relay (2; 2') configured to control the opening or closing of the electromechanical relay taking into account a switching time (t com), so that the contact (20; 20') is in the open position or closed position when the alternating signal (V A, V A ') is substantially equal to zero, the control device (1; 1') being characterized in that it comprises: - means for detecting (C; C') the open position or closed position of the contact (20; 20'), said detection means (C') comprise a conducting surface and are configured to generate said detection signal (V D ') on said conducting surface when the contact changes from said open position to said closed position or vice versa; and - means for determining (5, 5') said switching time (t com), said switching time (t com) corresponding to the time elapsed between a first time (t 1) at which the opening or closing of the electromechanical relay (2; 2') is commanded and a second time (t 2) at which the open position or closed position of the contact (20; 20') is detected respectively by the detection means (C; C'). - means for detecting (C; C') the open position or closed position of the contact (20; 20'), said detection means (C') comprise a conducting surface and are configured to generate said detection signal (V D ') on said conducting surface when the contact changes from said open position to said closed position or vice versa; and - means for determining (5, 5') said switching time (t com), said switching time (t com) corresponding to the time elapsed between a first time (t 1) at which the opening or closing of the electromechanical relay (2; 2') is commanded and a second time (t 2) at which the open position or closed position of the contact (20; 20') is detected respectively by the detection means (C; C').
Cosmetic composition in the form of an emulsion of water-in-oil type comprising, per 100% of its mass: - from 60% to 95% by mass of a gelled aqueous phase comprising at least one crosslinked cationic polyelectrolyte which comprises a proportion of greater than or equal to 5 mol% of monomer units derived from an element from the group consisting of 2,N,N,N-tetramethyl-2-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl)amino]propanammonium chloride (AMPTAC), 2,N,N-trimethyl-2-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl)amino]propanammonium chloride and N,N,N-trimethyl-3-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl)amino]propanammonium chloride (APTAC), - from 5% to 40% by mass of a fatty phase comprising at least one oil and an emulsifying system comprising a combination of at least one emulsifying surfactant selected from the elements of the group consisting of compositions of alkylpolyglycosides, and compositions of alkylpolyglycosides and of fatty alcohols, polyglycerol esters, alkoxylated polyglycerol esters, polyglycol polyhydroxystearates, polyglycerol polyhydroxystearates, and alkoxylated polyglycerol polyhydroxystearates. - from 60% to 95% by mass of a gelled aqueous phase comprising at least one crosslinked cationic polyelectrolyte which comprises a proportion of greater than or equal to 5 mol% of monomer units derived from an element from the group consisting of 2,N,N,N-tetramethyl-2-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl)amino]propanammonium chloride (AMPTAC), 2,N,N-trimethyl-2-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl)amino]propanammonium chloride and N,N,N-trimethyl-3-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl)amino]propanammonium chloride (APTAC), - from 5% to 40% by mass of a fatty phase comprising at least one oil and an emulsifying system comprising a combination of at least one emulsifying surfactant selected from the elements of the group consisting of compositions of alkylpolyglycosides, and compositions of alkylpolyglycosides and of fatty alcohols, polyglycerol esters, alkoxylated polyglycerol esters, polyglycol polyhydroxystearates, polyglycerol polyhydroxystearates, and alkoxylated polyglycerol polyhydroxystearates.
A limit collar comprising: a limit component coupled to a surface of a wellbore tubular and an interface component engaging the limit component, characterized in that the interface component comprises a material with a compressive strength greater than that of a material used to form the limit component a limit component coupled to a surface of a wellbore tubular and an interface component engaging the limit component, characterized in that the interface component comprises a material with a compressive strength greater than that of a material used to form the limit component
A method of inspecting, for each cell, unevenness of a partition wall surface of a cylindrical honeycomb structure having a plurality of cells functioning as passages for fluid and separated from each other by partition walls, the method comprising the steps of: a) allowing a diffusion light to enter from one end face side of a honeycomb structure from a predetermined lighting means (3, 23) and to exit from the other end face side of the honeycomb structure after passing through the inside of the cells; b) obtaining an image by either b) i) allowing the exited diffusion light to pass through a translucent screen disposed on the other end face side of the honeycomb structure to provide a transmitted image on the transmitted light side of the screen, and picking up the transmitted image on the screen by an imaging means, or b) ii) allowing the exited diffusion light to be picked up by an imaging means for each cell from the direction perpendicular to the other end face of the honeycomb structure; and characterized by c) analyzing by an analyzing means (6, 26) the gray level of the obtained image to inspect for each cell the level of the surface unevenness of the partition walls of the honeycomb structure, wherein a shadow generated by the partition walls in the image is removed before the gray level of the image is analyzed by the analyzing means. a) allowing a diffusion light to enter from one end face side of a honeycomb structure from a predetermined lighting means (3, 23) and to exit from the other end face side of the honeycomb structure after passing through the inside of the cells; b) obtaining an image by either b) i) allowing the exited diffusion light to pass through a translucent screen disposed on the other end face side of the honeycomb structure to provide a transmitted image on the transmitted light side of the screen, and picking up the transmitted image on the screen by an imaging means, or b) ii) allowing the exited diffusion light to be picked up by an imaging means for each cell from the direction perpendicular to the other end face of the honeycomb structure; and characterized by b) i) allowing the exited diffusion light to pass through a translucent screen disposed on the other end face side of the honeycomb structure to provide a transmitted image on the transmitted light side of the screen, and picking up the transmitted image on the screen by an imaging means, or b) ii) allowing the exited diffusion light to be picked up by an imaging means for each cell from the direction perpendicular to the other end face of the honeycomb structure; and c) analyzing by an analyzing means (6, 26) the gray level of the obtained image to inspect for each cell the level of the surface unevenness of the partition walls of the honeycomb structure, wherein a shadow generated by the partition walls in the image is removed before the gray level of the image is analyzed by the analyzing means.