mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A transmitter unit for transmitting a series of encoded speech frames over a communications channel to a receiver unit, wherein the transmitter unit comprises: an encoder responsive to speech data input for generating the series of encoded speech frames; wherein the transmitter unit includes packet control means for resending packets in response to an ACK/NAK and/or an error rate signal from the receiver unit, wherein the error rate signal represents the frame error rate for the transmitting unit averaged over a predetermined period of time and gives an indication of the various factors that can affect signal transmission; the packet control means includes a priority means and a packet data channel control means; the priority means is responsive to at least said ACK/NAK and/or said error rate signal and to a frame importance signal from said encoder for generating and sending to said packet data channel control means a priority signal; and the packet data channel control means is responsive to said priority signal for reducing or suppressing retransmission. an encoder responsive to speech data input for generating the series of encoded speech frames; wherein the transmitter unit includes packet control means for resending packets in response to an ACK/NAK and/or an error rate signal from the receiver unit, wherein the error rate signal represents the frame error rate for the transmitting unit averaged over a predetermined period of time and gives an indication of the various factors that can affect signal transmission; the packet control means includes a priority means and a packet data channel control means; the priority means is responsive to at least said ACK/NAK and/or said error rate signal and to a frame importance signal from said encoder for generating and sending to said packet data channel control means a priority signal; and the packet data channel control means is responsive to said priority signal for reducing or suppressing retransmission.
An adjustable structure comprising an array of beams (11, 11a, 11b, 21, 21a, 21b) pivotally connected together at their ends by one or more tension joints (3, 3a, 3b, 30a, 30b, 130), the or each tension joint comprising two or more entwined or intertwined flexible lines connected to adjacent beam ends by respective beam connectors, each end of each line being received and secured to a respective beam connector, wherein at least one of the lines is adjustably connected to at least one beam end by a tension adjustor of the beam connector which has a threaded portion that threadedly engages the beam end for adjusting the tension of the line along said beam (11, 11a, 11b, 21, 21a, 21b).
An optical fiber coupler configured to receive signal beams from a plurality of input optical fibers to produce a non-circularly shaped output optical beam, the coupler comprising: an adiabatically tapered optical device having a plurality of circular cores with a first core diameter, one or more claddings, and a first mode field diameter at an input end of the tapered optical device, and a second core diameter and a second mode field diameter at an output end of the tapered optical device, the tapered optical device has a core taper ratio equal to the ratio between the second core diameter and the first core diameter, and a mode taper ratio equal to the ratio between the second mode field diameter and the first mode field diameter, the tapered optical device is configured to be directly attached to the plurality of input optical fibers at the input end and to produce the non-circularly shaped output beam at the output end, wherein the mode taper ratio is greater than the core taper ratio, wherein a spacing between adjacent cores at the output end is less than a spacing between adjacent cores at the input end by approximately the core taper ratio, thereby increasing brightness of a combined output optical signal relative to the combined brightness of the plurality of input optical fibers by a factor approximately equal to the ratio of the mode taper ratio to the core taper ratio, characterised in that the tapered optical device includes an array of adiabatically tapered optical fibers comprising a respective core of said plurality of circular cores, wherein the cladding of each of the adiabatic tapered, optical fibers includes a flat, polished surface. an adiabatically tapered optical device having a plurality of circular cores with a first core diameter, one or more claddings, and a first mode field diameter at an input end of the tapered optical device, and a second core diameter and a second mode field diameter at an output end of the tapered optical device, the tapered optical device has a core taper ratio equal to the ratio between the second core diameter and the first core diameter, and a mode taper ratio equal to the ratio between the second mode field diameter and the first mode field diameter, the tapered optical device is configured to be directly attached to the plurality of input optical fibers at the input end and to produce the non-circularly shaped output beam at the output end, wherein the mode taper ratio is greater than the core taper ratio, wherein a spacing between adjacent cores at the output end is less than a spacing between adjacent cores at the input end by approximately the core taper ratio, thereby increasing brightness of a combined output optical signal relative to the combined brightness of the plurality of input optical fibers by a factor approximately equal to the ratio of the mode taper ratio to the core taper ratio, characterised in that the tapered optical device includes an array of adiabatically tapered optical fibers comprising a respective core of said plurality of circular cores, wherein the cladding of each of the adiabatic tapered, optical fibers includes a flat, polished surface.
A food dough extending apparatus, comprising: an inclined transporting unit inclined toward the horizontal direction and configured to transport to-be-extended food dough upward; a horizontal direction transporting unit configured to transport the food dough transported from the inclined transporting unit in a horizontal direction; and an extending roller unit provided above over an area from around an upper end of the inclined transporting unit to the horizontal direction transporting unit and configured to extend the food dough, characterised in that the extending roller unit is vertically adjustable along a direction oblique to the horizontal direction and intersecting an inclination direction of the inclined transporting unit in a manner such that the extending roller unit is upwardly inclined toward the inclined transporting unit. an inclined transporting unit inclined toward the horizontal direction and configured to transport to-be-extended food dough upward; a horizontal direction transporting unit configured to transport the food dough transported from the inclined transporting unit in a horizontal direction; and an extending roller unit provided above over an area from around an upper end of the inclined transporting unit to the horizontal direction transporting unit and configured to extend the food dough, characterised in that the extending roller unit is vertically adjustable along a direction oblique to the horizontal direction and intersecting an inclination direction of the inclined transporting unit in a manner such that the extending roller unit is upwardly inclined toward the inclined transporting unit.
A non-transitory computer storage medium storing an analyte concentration measurement application to increase sample throughput, the application comprising: a sensor communication module that causes a processor to read data signals received from one or more sensors (140 A-N); a data point reporting module that causes the processor to capture and record data points from said data signals; a data point selection module that causes the processor to select predetermined data points from said data points, wherein said data point selection module is further configured to select said predetermined data points such that said predetermined data points are within a kinetic region of the response of said sensor (140 A-N); a curve fitting module that causes the processor to obtain a logarithmic function of time corresponding to the predetermined data points; the logarithmic function of time being obtained from a curve fitting equation of the form s(t)=a ∗ (log(t))^2+b ∗ log(t)+c, wherein t represents time, s(t) represents data point at time t, and a, b and c are fit parameters for a second order polynomial that are determined based on the predetermined data points; an extrapolation module that causes the processor to extrapolate an end point response of a sensor from the one or more sensors: using said obtained logarithmic function of time; a validation module that causes the processor to validate said end point response; and an analyte concentration reporting module that causes the processor to determine a concentration of an analyte within a sample using said end point response, thereby increasing sample throughput. a sensor communication module that causes a processor to read data signals received from one or more sensors (140 A-N); a data point reporting module that causes the processor to capture and record data points from said data signals; a data point selection module that causes the processor to select predetermined data points from said data points, wherein said data point selection module is further configured to select said predetermined data points such that said predetermined data points are within a kinetic region of the response of said sensor (140 A-N); a curve fitting module that causes the processor to obtain a logarithmic function of time corresponding to the predetermined data points; the logarithmic function of time being obtained from a curve fitting equation of the form s(t)=a ∗ (log(t))^2+b ∗ log(t)+c, wherein t represents time, s(t) represents data point at time t, and a, b and c are fit parameters for a second order polynomial that are determined based on the predetermined data points; an extrapolation module that causes the processor to extrapolate an end point response of a sensor from the one or more sensors: using said obtained logarithmic function of time; a validation module that causes the processor to validate said end point response; and an analyte concentration reporting module that causes the processor to determine a concentration of an analyte within a sample using said end point response, thereby increasing sample throughput.
A method of producing olefins, comprising: passing methanol and/or dimethylether into a reaction chamber; wherein the reactor comprises a catalyst that is a crystalline zeotype material in which tetrahedral [TiO 4] and [SiO 4] units are arranged in a MFI structure with a three-dimensional system of channels having a molecular dimension of 4.9 to 5.9 Å, preferably 5.1-5.6 Å, and at least 0.5 mass% Ti, more preferably at least 1% Ti, in some embodiments in the range of 1 to 5 mass%Ti; and reacting the methanol and/or DME in the reaction chamber in the presence of the catalyst to make olefins. passing methanol and/or dimethylether into a reaction chamber; wherein the reactor comprises a catalyst that is a crystalline zeotype material in which tetrahedral [TiO 4] and [SiO 4] units are arranged in a MFI structure with a three-dimensional system of channels having a molecular dimension of 4.9 to 5.9 Å, preferably 5.1-5.6 Å, and at least 0.5 mass% Ti, more preferably at least 1% Ti, in some embodiments in the range of 1 to 5 mass%Ti; and reacting the methanol and/or DME in the reaction chamber in the presence of the catalyst to make olefins.
A thermal energy and electrical energy production system comprising an absorption device comprising an absorber, a generator, a condenser, an evaporator and an absorption fluid circuit capable of receiving a working solution comprising a refrigerant and an absorbent, the fluid circuit connecting the generator to the condenser, the condenser to the evaporator, the evaporator to the absorber and the absorber to the generator where the system also comprises: - A reversible compressor arranged on the fluid circuit between the generator and the absorber bypassing the condenser and the evaporator and configured to operate alternately in compressor mode operated by a motor or in expander mode operating a generator configured to produce electricity, the reversible compressor being a turbomachine - A module for managing the circulation of the working solution in the fluid circuit so as to ensure in a first operating mode a production of electrical energy alternately with a production of cold, or heat, the reversible compressor operating in compressor mode and in a second operating mode to ensure the production of electrical energy simultaneously with the production of cold, the reversible compressor operating in expander mode. - A reversible compressor arranged on the fluid circuit between the generator and the absorber bypassing the condenser and the evaporator and configured to operate alternately in compressor mode operated by a motor or in expander mode operating a generator configured to produce electricity, the reversible compressor being a turbomachine - A module for managing the circulation of the working solution in the fluid circuit so as to ensure in a first operating mode a production of electrical energy alternately with a production of cold, or heat, the reversible compressor operating in compressor mode and in a second operating mode to ensure the production of electrical energy simultaneously with the production of cold, the reversible compressor operating in expander mode.
Aircraft head light comprising: a plurality of lighting arrangements (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70), each lighting arrangement (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70) comprising a light source (22, 42, 62) and a generally parabolic reflector (11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71) surrounding the respective light source (22, 42, 62), wherein the lighting arrangements (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70) are arranged in a side-by-side relationship, with the generally parabolic reflectors (11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71) of adjacent lighting arrangements (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70) having respective reflector contact sections (16, 17, 26, 27, 36, 37, 46, 47, 48, 49, 56, 57, 66, 67, 76, 77), wherein, for at least one adjacent pair of the plurality of lighting arrangements (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70), said adjacent pair comprising a first lighting arrangement (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) and a second lighting arrangement (30, 40, 50, 60, 70), the reflector contact section (16, 17, 26, 27, 37, 46, 49, 56) of the generally parabolic reflector (11, 21, 31, 41, 51) of the first lighting arrangement (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) is a continuation of the parabolic shape of the generally parabolic reflector (11, 21, 31, 41, 51), and the reflector contact section (36, 47, 48, 57, 66, 67, 76, 77) of the generally parabolic reflector (31, 41, 51, 61, 71) of the second lighting arrangement (30, 40, 50, 60, 70) is non-parabolic. a plurality of lighting arrangements (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70), each lighting arrangement (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70) comprising a light source (22, 42, 62) and a generally parabolic reflector (11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71) surrounding the respective light source (22, 42, 62), wherein the lighting arrangements (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70) are arranged in a side-by-side relationship, with the generally parabolic reflectors (11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71) of adjacent lighting arrangements (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70) having respective reflector contact sections (16, 17, 26, 27, 36, 37, 46, 47, 48, 49, 56, 57, 66, 67, 76, 77), wherein, for at least one adjacent pair of the plurality of lighting arrangements (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70), said adjacent pair comprising a first lighting arrangement (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) and a second lighting arrangement (30, 40, 50, 60, 70), the reflector contact section (16, 17, 26, 27, 37, 46, 49, 56) of the generally parabolic reflector (11, 21, 31, 41, 51) of the first lighting arrangement (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) is a continuation of the parabolic shape of the generally parabolic reflector (11, 21, 31, 41, 51), and the reflector contact section (36, 47, 48, 57, 66, 67, 76, 77) of the generally parabolic reflector (31, 41, 51, 61, 71) of the second lighting arrangement (30, 40, 50, 60, 70) is non-parabolic.
Bimatoprost for use in a method of growing eyelashes in chemotherapy patients, the method comprising applying 0.03% w/v bimatoprost to the eyelids before, during, or after chemotherapeutic treatment, wherein the method is applied for at least 6 months after completing chemotherapeutic treatment.
Composite comprising (a) 32 to 89 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the composite, of a heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO) comprising a polypropylene as a matrix in which an elastomeric propylene copolymer is dispersed; (b) 5.0 to 40 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the composite, of a polyethylene having a density in the range of 935 to 970 kg/m 3; (c) 5.0 to 30 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the composite, of cellulose-based filler; and (d) 1.0 to 8.0 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the composite, of an adhesion promoter, wherein the composite does not comprise (i) a further heterophasic propylene copolymer different to the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO) and (ii) a further (semicrystalline) polypropylene different to the (semicrystalline) polypropylene of the matrix of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO). (a) 32 to 89 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the composite, of a heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO) comprising a polypropylene as a matrix in which an elastomeric propylene copolymer is dispersed; (b) 5.0 to 40 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the composite, of a polyethylene having a density in the range of 935 to 970 kg/m 3; (c) 5.0 to 30 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the composite, of cellulose-based filler; and (d) 1.0 to 8.0 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the composite, of an adhesion promoter, wherein the composite does not comprise (i) a further heterophasic propylene copolymer different to the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO) and (ii) a further (semicrystalline) polypropylene different to the (semicrystalline) polypropylene of the matrix of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO). (i) a further heterophasic propylene copolymer different to the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO) and (ii) a further (semicrystalline) polypropylene different to the (semicrystalline) polypropylene of the matrix of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO).
A distributor device (100, 200, 300, 400) for use in a filling shoe for filling a mould cavity of a powder compression die, the distributor device having: - an inlet portion (110, 210, 310, 410) connectable to a powder supply; - an outlet portion (120, 220, 320, 420) with an outlet opening (121, 221, 321, 421); and - a distributor portion (130, 230, 330, 430) arranged between the inlet portion and the outlet portion, wherein the distributor portion comprises one or more guide elements (231, 232, 331, 332, 431, 432) arranged to divide the distributor portion into a plurality of distributor channels (240, 250, 340, 350, 440, 450), each distributor channel having an input (241, 251, 341, 351, 441, 451) with an input cross-sectional area at an upstream end of the distributor channel and an output (242, 252, 342, 352, 442, 452) with an output cross-sectional area at a downstream end of the distributor channel, wherein the input cross-sectional area differs from the output cross-sectional area for at least one of the distributor channels, wherein the distributor channels are disposed in a cascaded arrangement of consecutive stages ( I, II). - an inlet portion (110, 210, 310, 410) connectable to a powder supply; - an outlet portion (120, 220, 320, 420) with an outlet opening (121, 221, 321, 421); and - a distributor portion (130, 230, 330, 430) arranged between the inlet portion and the outlet portion, wherein the distributor portion comprises one or more guide elements (231, 232, 331, 332, 431, 432) arranged to divide the distributor portion into a plurality of distributor channels (240, 250, 340, 350, 440, 450), each distributor channel having an input (241, 251, 341, 351, 441, 451) with an input cross-sectional area at an upstream end of the distributor channel and an output (242, 252, 342, 352, 442, 452) with an output cross-sectional area at a downstream end of the distributor channel, wherein the input cross-sectional area differs from the output cross-sectional area for at least one of the distributor channels,
An electric heater comprising: a substrate; and a first outer pattern part (31A, 32A, 33A, 34A, 35A) disposed on one surface of the substrate connected with a pair of first electrodes (39A, 39B), a second outer pattern part (31B, 32B, 33B, 34B, 35B) spaced apart from the first outer pattern part; and an inner pattern part (51 to 56, 61 to 65) disposed on the one surface of the substrate so as to be located such that the first outer pattern part and the second outer pattern part surround the inner pattern part, to be spaced apart from the first outer pattern part and the second outer pattern part, the inner pattern part being connected with a pair of second electrodes (69A, 69B) spaced apart from the pair of first electrodes (39A, 39B), characterized in that the second outer pattern part (31B to 35B) is connected to the pair of first electrodes (39A, 39B) in parallel with the first outer pattern part (31A to 35A). a substrate; and a first outer pattern part (31A, 32A, 33A, 34A, 35A) disposed on one surface of the substrate connected with a pair of first electrodes (39A, 39B), a second outer pattern part (31B, 32B, 33B, 34B, 35B) spaced apart from the first outer pattern part; and an inner pattern part (51 to 56, 61 to 65) disposed on the one surface of the substrate so as to be located such that the first outer pattern part and the second outer pattern part surround the inner pattern part, to be spaced apart from the first outer pattern part and the second outer pattern part, the inner pattern part being connected with a pair of second electrodes (69A, 69B) spaced apart from the pair of first electrodes (39A, 39B), characterized in that the second outer pattern part (31B to 35B) is connected to the pair of first electrodes (39A, 39B) in parallel with the first outer pattern part (31A to 35A).
An electrically assisted bicycle capable of traveling with a combination of a human driving force generated by a pedal force from a pedal and an auxiliary driving force generated by a motor, the electrically assisted bicycle being configured such that a cylindrical human-power transmission member is disposed on an outer periphery of a crankshaft that receives a human driving force from the pedal, the human-power transmission member receiving the transmitted human driving force and having a magneto-striction generation portion of a torque sensor for detecting the human driving force, a combined force member that combines a human driving force transmitted through the human-power transmission member and an auxiliary driving force from the motor is disposed on the outer periphery of the crankshaft, and a resultant force of a human driving force and an auxiliary driving force that are combined by the combined force member is transmitted to a rear wheel through a driving force output wheel coaxial with the crankshaft and an endless driving force transmission member looped over the driving force output wheel, characterized in that in a driving force transmission path including the crankshaft, the human-power transmission member, and the combined force member, the crankshaft and the human-power transmission member are connected via a serration part or a spline part and the human-power transmission member and the combined force member are connected via a serration part or a spline part (28a,29a), the crankshaft being rotated so as to rotate the human-power transmission member and the combined force member accordingly regardless of rotation directions of the crankshaft.