mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Semiconductor nanoparticle comprising a core, one or more shell layers and at least one ligand that is attached to the outermost surface of the one or more shell layers, wherein the at least one ligand is selected from a compound of formula comprising in the given order an anchor group, X, being capable of binding to the surface of a semiconductor nanoparticle, followed by an electronically inert and conjugating interrupting linker group followed by an organic functional group, FG and wherein the compound has a molecular weight of 1000 g/mol or less, wherein the following applies to the symbols and indices X is selected from -SH, -C(=O)OH, -NH 2, -P(=O), -SeH,-P(R'R"), -S - Y +, -S(=O)OH, -S(=O)O - Y +, -C(=O)O - Y +,-OC(=O)R′′′SH, -OC(=O)R′′′S - Y +, -P(=O) (O - Y +), -Se - Y +,-C(=S)SH, -C(=S)S - Y +, -B 2, -B O - Y +, -B(O - Y +) 2, -B(O -) 2 Z 2+,-P(=O)(O - Y +)(O - Y +) or -P(=O)(O -)(O -)Z 2+; Y + is selected from Na +, K +, Li +, 1⁄2 Cd 2+, 1⁄2 Zn 2+, 1⁄2 Mg 2+, 1⁄2 Ca 2+, 1⁄2 Sr 2+, 1⁄3 In 3+, 1⁄3 Ga 3+; Z 2+ is Cd 2+, Zn 2+, Mg 2+, Ca 2+, Sr 2+; R',R" are, identically or differently, selected from H, linear or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 20 C atoms; R′′′ is selected from linear or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 10 C atoms; n is an integer from 0 to 20; group FG is an electron transporting group selected from triazines, pyrimidines, pyridines, pyrazines, pyrazoles, pyridazines, quinolines, isoquinolines, quinoxalines, quinazolines, tiazoles, benzothiazoles, oxazoles, benzoxazoles, benzimidazoles, oxadiazoles, phenoxazines, lactames, phenanthrolines and dibenzofurans, or is a hole transporting group selected from carbazoles, biscarbazoles, indenocarbazoles, indolocarbazoles, amines, triarylamines, fluoreneamines and spirobifluoreneamines, or is selected from biphenyls, terphenyls, quaterphenyls, and fluorenes. X is selected from -SH, -C(=O)OH, -NH 2, -P(=O), -SeH,-P(R'R"), -S - Y +, -S(=O)OH, -S(=O)O - Y +, -C(=O)O - Y +,-OC(=O)R′′′SH, -OC(=O)R′′′S - Y +, -P(=O) (O - Y +), -Se - Y +,-C(=S)SH, -C(=S)S - Y +, -B 2, -B O - Y +, -B(O - Y +) 2, -B(O -) 2 Z 2+,-P(=O)(O - Y +)(O - Y +) or -P(=O)(O -)(O -)Z 2+; Y + is selected from Na +, K +, Li +, 1⁄2 Cd 2+, 1⁄2 Zn 2+, 1⁄2 Mg 2+, 1⁄2 Ca 2+, 1⁄2 Sr 2+, 1⁄3 In 3+, 1⁄3 Ga 3+; Z 2+ is Cd 2+, Zn 2+, Mg 2+, Ca 2+, Sr 2+; R',R" are, identically or differently, selected from H, linear or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 20 C atoms; R′′′ is selected from linear or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 10 C atoms; n is an integer from 0 to 20; is a hole transporting group selected from carbazoles, biscarbazoles, indenocarbazoles, indolocarbazoles, amines, triarylamines, fluoreneamines and spirobifluoreneamines, or is selected from biphenyls, terphenyls, quaterphenyls, and fluorenes.
A pump assembly, comprising: a pump comprising a pump main body that has a length extending in a first direction, a width extending in a second direction, and a height extending in a third direction, and a coupling shaft that protrudes from the pump main body at one side and the other side in the first direction; a first supporter that has a surface intersecting the first direction and is disposed at one side in the first direction of the pump, and is coupled to the coupling shaft provided at one side in the first direction; a second supporter that has a surface intersecting the first direction and is disposed at the other side in the first direction of the first supporter with the pump between the first supporter and the second supporter and is coupled to the coupling shaft provided at the other side in the first direction; and a coupling surface that is connected to the first supporter and the second supporter, respectively, and is configured to be coupled to an installation target surface on which the pump assembly is installed, wherein the pump assembly further comprises a third supporter that is disposed at one side and the other side in the second direction of the pump and is configured to connect the first supporter and the second supporter across the first supporter and the second supporter, at least a portion of the first supporter and the second supporter are disposed between the third supporter and the coupling surface in the third direction, characterized in that at least one of the first supporter, the second supporter, and the third supporter is flexible. a pump comprising a pump main body that has a length extending in a first direction, a width extending in a second direction, and a height extending in a third direction, and a coupling shaft that protrudes from the pump main body at one side and the other side in the first direction; a first supporter that has a surface intersecting the first direction and is disposed at one side in the first direction of the pump, and is coupled to the coupling shaft provided at one side in the first direction; a second supporter that has a surface intersecting the first direction and is disposed at the other side in the first direction of the first supporter with the pump between the first supporter and the second supporter and is coupled to the coupling shaft provided at the other side in the first direction; and a coupling surface that is connected to the first supporter and the second supporter, respectively, and is configured to be coupled to an installation target surface on which the pump assembly is installed, wherein the pump assembly further comprises a third supporter that is disposed at one side and the other side in the second direction of the pump and is configured to connect the first supporter and the second supporter across the first supporter and the second supporter, at least a portion of the first supporter and the second supporter are disposed between the third supporter and the coupling surface in the third direction, characterized in that at least one of the first supporter, the second supporter, and the third supporter is flexible.
A Digital Phase Locked Loop, DPLL, for phase locking an output signal to a reference clock signal, the DPLL comprising: a phase detector configured for detecting a phase error of a feedback signal with respect to the reference clock signal, wherein the feedback signal is the output signal of the DPPL fed back to the input of the phase detector; and a digitally controlled oscillator, DCO, configured for generating the output signal based at least on a frequency control word and at least one control signal (11, 13) representative of the phase error detected by the phase detector; wherein the phase detector comprises: an integer circuit configured for generating a first control signal representative of an integer phase error; and a fractional circuit comprising a Time-to-Digital Converter, TDC, configured for processing the feedback signal and a delayed reference clock signal, wherein the fractional circuit is configured for generating from the TDC output a second control signal representative of a fractional phase error; characterized in that the DPLL comprises an unwrapping unit configured for unwrapping the TDC output by shifting the TDC output by a predetermined unwrap value in a direction opposite of the change in the TDC output when the absolute change in the TDC output is larger than a predetermined limit value. a phase detector configured for detecting a phase error of a feedback signal with respect to the reference clock signal, wherein the feedback signal is the output signal of the DPPL fed back to the input of the phase detector; and a digitally controlled oscillator, DCO, configured for generating the output signal based at least on a frequency control word and at least one control signal (11, 13) representative of the phase error detected by the phase detector; wherein the phase detector comprises: an integer circuit configured for generating a first control signal representative of an integer phase error; and a fractional circuit comprising a Time-to-Digital Converter, TDC, configured for processing the feedback signal and a delayed reference clock signal, wherein the fractional circuit is configured for generating from the TDC output a second control signal representative of a fractional phase error; an integer circuit configured for generating a first control signal representative of an integer phase error; and a fractional circuit comprising a Time-to-Digital Converter, TDC, configured for processing the feedback signal and a delayed reference clock signal, wherein the fractional circuit is configured for generating from the TDC output a second control signal representative of a fractional phase error; characterized in that the DPLL comprises an unwrapping unit configured for unwrapping the TDC output by shifting the TDC output by a predetermined unwrap value in a direction opposite of the change in the TDC output when the absolute change in the TDC output is larger than a predetermined limit value.
A device for treating metal workpieces with cooling gas, consisting of a horizontally arranged cylindrical housing with at least one closable opening for inserting and removing the workpieces to be treated, with a quenching chamber located within the housing for receiving the workpieces to be treated, with two blowers (5 and 6) arranged laterally and outside of the quenching chamber for guiding a cooling gas through the quenching chamber and with two heat exchangers (11 and 12) for cooling the cooling gas, characterized in that each heat exchanger (11 and 12 respectively) is associated with one blower (5 and 6 respectively), and in that guiding devices (17 and 18 respectively) are arranged above and below the quenching chamber which each consist of a guiding box (19 and 20 respectively) and a guiding element (21 and 22 respectively) associated in each case therewith, the guiding boxes (19 and 20) being connected to one another via connecting struts (27 and 28), being movable via a displacement device and being provided for closing and opening intake openings for each blower (5 and 6), which are arranged laterally above and below the quenching chamber, and in that the respectively associated guiding element (21 or 22 respectively) serves on the one hand to deflect one part of a cooling gas flow to the quenching chamber and on the other hand to alternately close the associated guiding box (19 or 20).
A partition wall structure having at least two adjacent multilayered building elements extending the height of the partition wall and joined to each other, said building elements having a core, and surface layers on its two opposite main surfaces (2, 3), said core being composed of lamellae (5, 5', 5") of mineral wool in the vertical direction of the building element, said surface layers (2, 3) being bonded to the core by fixing them with the aid of an adhesive to the opposite main surfaces of the core, wherein in the lamellae of the core are formed grooves, which form, at a transverse distance from each other, several channels in the longitudinal direction of the element and extending across the entire length of the element for placing electrical wiring and pipes with great freedom at selected sites in the partition wall, said channels being located substantially in the middle area parallel with the thickness of the core.
A carrier (90; 190) for packaging at least one article, the carrier (90; 190) comprising at least four panels (14, 16, 18, 20; 114, 116, 118, 120) hingedly connected together to form a tubular structure, and a locking device (L1/L2) for locking the tubular structure in a flat collapsed form, in which a first one (20; 118, 120) of the at least four panels (14, 16, 18, 20; 114, 116, 118, 120) is in an overlapping arrangement with a second one (18; 120, 118) of the at least four panels (14, 16, 18, 20; 114, 116, 118, 120), wherein the locking device comprises at least one male locking tab (42; 150A, 150B) formed from the first one (20; 118, 120) of the at least four panels (14, 16, 18, 20; 114, 116, 118, 120) and at least one female locking opening for engaging with the at least one male locking tab (42; 150A, 150B), characterised by the at least one female locking opening being defined in the second one (18; 120, 118) of the at least four panels (14, 16, 18, 20; 114, 116, 118, 120) so as to be in registry with the at least one male locking tab (42; 150A, 150B) when the tubular structure is in the collapsed form.
A method for producing an acidified milk product selected from the group consisting of a fermented milk drink, a fermented set-type product (e.g. a set-type yoghurt), and a fermented spoonable product (e.g. a spoonable yoghurt), said method comprising: a) providing a milk substrate; b) treating the milk substrate with an enzyme having transglutaminase activity; and c) fermenting the milk substrate with a microorganism; wherein a protease in purified form is added to the milk substrate, and wherein the fermentation time is reduced compared to a fermentation where no protease is added, wherein step b) is performed before step c), and wherein the protease is added during or after step b). a) providing a milk substrate; b) treating the milk substrate with an enzyme having transglutaminase activity; and c) fermenting the milk substrate with a microorganism;
A system, comprising: a computing device having a display; an instruction interface configured to receive an instruction from a user to restrict access to user data stored on the computing device; and a transmission interface configured to wirelessly transmit a computing command executable by the computing device, wherein the computing command is generated in response to the instruction to restrict access to the user data, wherein execution of the computing command results in the computing device carrying out the restriction of the accessibility to the user data, the computing command being executed regardless of whether the computing device is connected to a service network, wherein execution of the computing command results in the computing device locking the user data from being accessible through use of the computing device and wherein a phone functionality of the computing device is accessible during a restriction of the accessibility to the user data by locking the user data from being accessible through use of the computing device, the phone functionality comprising dialling a user-specified phone number, wherein the user-specified phone number is received with the instruction. a computing device having a display; an instruction interface configured to receive an instruction from a user to restrict access to user data stored on the computing device; and a transmission interface configured to wirelessly transmit a computing command executable by the computing device, wherein the computing command is generated in response to the instruction to restrict access to the user data, wherein execution of the computing command results in the computing device carrying out the restriction of the accessibility to the user data, the computing command being executed regardless of whether the computing device is connected to a service network, wherein execution of the computing command results in the computing device locking the user data from being accessible through use of the computing device and wherein a phone functionality of the computing device is accessible during a restriction of the accessibility to the user data by locking the user data from being accessible through use of the computing device, the phone functionality comprising dialling a user-specified phone number, wherein the user-specified phone number is received with the instruction.
A method for a first playback device of a media playback system comprising at least the first playback device configured as part of a first playback zone, and a second playback device configured as part of a second playback zone, the method comprising: based on determining, by the first playback device, that the second playback device has entered within a proximity of the first playback device: determining that the second playback device is part of the second playback zone; detecting a placement of the second playback device; transmitting, to the second playback device, a command to cause the second playback device to join the first playback zone of which the first playback device is a part, wherein the first playback device is playing back a media item as part of the first playback zone and wherein detecting the placement of the second playback device occurs before transmitting the command; and playing, by the first playback device, the media item in synchrony with the second playback device. determining that the second playback device is part of the second playback zone; detecting a placement of the second playback device; transmitting, to the second playback device, a command to cause the second playback device to join the first playback zone of which the first playback device is a part, wherein the first playback device is playing back a media item as part of the first playback zone and wherein detecting the placement of the second playback device occurs before transmitting the command; and playing, by the first playback device, the media item in synchrony with the second playback device.
A soluble ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase for use in a method for reducing vascular calcification, the method comprising administering to a subject with below normal plasma pyrophosphate (PPi) or above normal serum phosphate (Pi) two or more doses of soluble NPP1, wherein each dose contains an amount of soluble NPP1 that is sufficient to achieve a transient increase in plasma PPi in the subject, the transient increase in plasma PPi characterized by a peak plasma PPi level that is at least 40% of the normal plasma PPi level and a return to base-line plasma PPi level within 48 hours after administration of the dose; and wherein (a) the time period between doses is at least 2 days; (b) the normal level of plasma PPi is 2.63 ± 0.47 micromolar; and (c) the normal level of serum Pi is 1.5 ± 0.5 millimolar.
A process for making anagrelide of formula, or an acid addition salt thereof, including any hydrated or solvated form thereof, comprising reacting a compound of formula, or an acid addition salt thereof, wherein R is a C1-C4 alkyl group, with chloroformamidine hydrochloride of formula, in an inert solvent, followed by treatment of the reaction mixture with a base.
A control device for a variable compression-ratio internal combustion engine, the control device comprising: a variable compression-ratio means capable of varying a mechanical compression ratio of the internal combustion engine; a control unit including an oxygen storage-amount obtaining means configured to calculate an oxygen storage amount (rOS) of an exhaust-emission purification catalyst provided in an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine; and means for sensing a temperature parameter (Tw) which correlates with a temperature of the exhaust-emission purification catalyst, wherein the control unit is configured to perform a certain operation such that the mechanical compression ratio is varied according to the oxygen storage amount (rOS), and to prohibit the certain operation, when the temperature parameter (Tw) indicates a temperature level lower than a predetermined threshold value, wherein the certain operation is to set a basic value (btCR) of the mechanical compression ratio according to an engine operating condition and to reduce the mechanical compression ratio (tCR) below the basic value (btCR) such that a reduction width of the mechanical compression ratio (tCR) from the basic value (btCR) is greater as the oxygen storage amount (rOS) becomes larger, when the oxygen storage amount (rOS) is larger than a threshold value. a variable compression-ratio means capable of varying a mechanical compression ratio of the internal combustion engine; a control unit including an oxygen storage-amount obtaining means configured to calculate an oxygen storage amount (rOS) of an exhaust-emission purification catalyst provided in an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine; and means for sensing a temperature parameter (Tw) which correlates with a temperature of the exhaust-emission purification catalyst, wherein the control unit is configured to perform a certain operation such that the mechanical compression ratio is varied according to the oxygen storage amount (rOS), and to prohibit the certain operation, when the temperature parameter (Tw) indicates a temperature level lower than a predetermined threshold value, to perform a certain operation such that the mechanical compression ratio is varied according to the oxygen storage amount (rOS), and to prohibit the certain operation, when the temperature parameter (Tw) indicates a temperature level lower than a predetermined threshold value, wherein the certain operation is to set a basic value (btCR) of the mechanical compression ratio according to an engine operating condition and to reduce the mechanical compression ratio (tCR) below the basic value (btCR) such that a reduction width of the mechanical compression ratio (tCR) from the basic value (btCR) is greater as the oxygen storage amount (rOS) becomes larger, when the oxygen storage amount (rOS) is larger than a threshold value.
Lipidated neuropeptides based on prolactin-releasing peptide, selected from prolactin-releasing peptide 20 (PrRP20), prolactin-releasing peptide 31 (PrRP31) and their analogs, wherein in the C-terminal sequence I RP V GR F -NH 2, one or more of isoleucine, valine and phenylalanine can be replaced by another amino acid; said PrRP-based neuropeptide containing C14 and/or C16 fatty acid chain, said fatty acid is bound in position 1 or 11 for PrRP31 or its analogs and in position 1 or 7 for PrRP20 or its analogs; said fatty acid being bound by a bond between an amino acid having at least one free NH 2, OH or SH group and the carboxylic group of the fatty acid or through a hydrophilic linker X 2 selected from the group comprising polyoxyethylene moiety, arylalkyl moiety, or a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched C 3 -C 8 hydrocarbon chain, wherein some carbon atoms may be replaced by heteroatoms selected from a group comprising N, S, and O; said chain carrying at least one and preferably two amino groups or carboxylic acid groups, one of which may be substituted to form a group selected from: CONH 2; NH-polyoxyethylene; COOM 1 wherein M 1 is alkali metal, preferably Na or K; CN; COOR 1, COR 1, or CONHR 1 wherein R 1 is selected from a group comprising lower alkyl, arylalkyl, polyoxyethylene, methylpolyoxyethylene, and aminoethylpolyoxyethylene; (CHOH) n R 2 wherein R 2 is H or COOH and n is an integer from 2 to 10; or n N + R 3, wherein R 3 is the same or different, selected from H and C 1 -C 4 alkyl; for use in a method of treatment and prevention of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, cognitive impairment no dementia (CIND), brain trauma, and neurodegenerative changes and disorders.