mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A bi-stable oscillator circuit for detecting a load imparted to a surface comprising: an electrical amplifier; an impedance network having a resonant frequency; at least one resonator comprising an electrical transducer having a resonant frequency, characterised in that a surface of the resonator forms the surface on which the load is to be detected; and an output (Output) for detecting the frequency of oscillation of the oscillation circuit wherein the at least one resonator is arranged to be exposed to an environment under test to provide said load, and the at least one resonator and the impedance network are connected in parallel with the electrical amplifier and the resonator is configured so that a load imported to the surface causes a change in resonant frequency such that when the load imparted to the surface exceeds a pre-determined threshold value the oscillator circuit oscillates at the resonant frequency of the impedance network and when the load imparted to the surface is less than the threshold value the oscillator circuit oscillates at the resonant frequency of the at least one resonator, switching of the frequency of oscillation of the oscillation circuit being indicative of the load crossing the predetermined threshold value. an electrical amplifier; an impedance network having a resonant frequency; at least one resonator comprising an electrical transducer having a resonant frequency, characterised in that a surface of the resonator forms the surface on which the load is to be detected; and an output (Output) for detecting the frequency of oscillation of the oscillation circuit wherein the at least one resonator is arranged to be exposed to an environment under test to provide said load, and the at least one resonator and the impedance network are connected in parallel with the electrical amplifier and the resonator is configured so that a load imported to the surface causes a change in resonant frequency such that when the load imparted to the surface exceeds a pre-determined threshold value the oscillator circuit oscillates at the resonant frequency of the impedance network and when the load imparted to the surface is less than the threshold value the oscillator circuit oscillates at the resonant frequency of the at least one resonator, switching of the frequency of oscillation of the oscillation circuit being indicative of the load crossing the predetermined threshold value.
Method for managing a DNS request carried out by a DNS server, the said method comprising: - a step for reception of a DNS request for accessing a remote application accessible via a gateway, and - a step for sending a DNS response comprising the IP address of the said gateway, the said method being characterized in that it furthermore comprises: - a verification step for determining if an identifier of a range of ports is stored in the said DNS server in association with the IP address of the said gateway, and - in the affirmative, a step for inserting the said identifier into the DNS response prior to sending the said DNS response. - a step for reception of a DNS request for accessing a remote application accessible via a gateway, and - a step for sending a DNS response comprising the IP address of the said gateway, - a verification step for determining if an identifier of a range of ports is stored in the said DNS server in association with the IP address of the said gateway, and - in the affirmative, a step for inserting the said identifier into the DNS response prior to sending the said DNS response.
An optical system for directing image illumination injected at a coupling-in region (15, 200) towards a user for viewing, the optical system comprising a light-guide optical element formed from transparent material, said LOE comprising: (a) a first region (16, 207) containing a first set of planar, mutually-parallel, partially-reflecting surfaces having a first orientation; (b) a second region (18, 209) containing a second set of planar, mutually-parallel, partially-reflecting surfaces having a second orientation non-parallel to said first orientation; (c) a set of mutually-parallel major external surfaces, said major external surfaces extending across said first and second regions (16, 18, 207, 209) such that both said first set of partially-reflecting surfaces and said second set of partially-reflecting surfaces are located between said major external surfaces, wherein said second set of partially-reflecting surfaces are at an oblique angle to said major external surfaces so that a part of image illumination propagating within said LOE by internal reflection at said major external surfaces from said first region (16, 207) into said second region (18, 209) is coupled out of said LOE towards the user, and wherein said first set of partially-reflecting surfaces are oriented so that a part of image illumination propagating within said LOE by internal reflection at said major external surfaces from said coupling-in region (15, 200) is deflected towards said second region (18, 209), characterized in that the optical system further comprises a third set of planar, mutually-parallel, at least partially-reflecting surfaces deployed at said coupling-in region (15, 200), said third set of at least partially-reflecting surfaces being deployed to receive image illumination and to direct the image illumination via reflection of at least part of the image illumination at said third set of at least partially-reflective surfaces towards said first set of partially-reflective surfaces with an effective optical aperture having a second width measured parallel to said major external surfaces, wherein the optical system is configured for optical aperture expansion such that when image illumination is received from a projector with an optical aperture having a first width measured parallel to said major external surfaces, said second width is larger than said first width. (a) a first region (16, 207) containing a first set of planar, mutually-parallel, partially-reflecting surfaces having a first orientation; (b) a second region (18, 209) containing a second set of planar, mutually-parallel, partially-reflecting surfaces having a second orientation non-parallel to said first orientation; (c) a set of mutually-parallel major external surfaces, said major external surfaces extending across said first and second regions (16, 18, 207, 209) such that both said first set of partially-reflecting surfaces and said second set of partially-reflecting surfaces are located between said major external surfaces,
A hoist mechanism for lifting articles into/from an interior of an automobile vehicle, the hoist mechanism comprising: a boom arranged to be mounted on the vehicle; a length of webbing depending from the boom and configured to be attached to the article to be lifted in use; a spool; and an electric motor configured to retract the webbing to provide lifting of the article by winding the webbing onto the spool, wherein the boom comprises a first mounting bracket mounted on a first side of the boom and a second mounting bracket mounted on a second, opposing side of the boom and the spool is supported between the first and second mounting brackets, and characterised in that the electric motor is selectively mountable to each of the first mounting bracket and the second mounting bracket respectively, such that the spool is mounted to one side of the first or second mounting bracket and the electric motor is mounted on the other side of said first or second mounting bracket. a boom arranged to be mounted on the vehicle; a length of webbing depending from the boom and configured to be attached to the article to be lifted in use; a spool; and an electric motor configured to retract the webbing to provide lifting of the article by winding the webbing onto the spool, wherein the boom comprises a first mounting bracket mounted on a first side of the boom and a second mounting bracket mounted on a second, opposing side of the boom and the spool is supported between the first and second mounting brackets, and characterised in that the electric motor is selectively mountable to each of the first mounting bracket and the second mounting bracket respectively, such that the spool is mounted to one side of the first or second mounting bracket and the electric motor is mounted on the other side of said first or second mounting bracket.
Luminaire, comprising a light source, a primary lens for capturing the light emitted by the light source and emitting a light cone having a main emission direction, and an annular reflector having a central recess that deflects an outer part of the light cone obliquely to the main emission direction and allows an inner part of the light cone to pass through the recess, wherein the primary lens is designed to form all the light of the light source into an acute-angled emission cone, characterised in that the reflector is arranged so as to be spaced apart from said primary lens and retained by a sleeve-like, transparent housing part that surrounds the reflector and the primary lens, and in that a secondary lens is inserted into the recess of the reflector and is designed for widening, narrowing and/or shaping the non-reflected inner part of the light cone of the primary lens.
A connexin 43 inhibition compound that inhibits in whole or in part the expression or activity of a connexin 43 for use in a method of treating a subject for a corneal eye trauma, wherein said connexin 43 inhibition compound is selected from the group consisting of antisense oligonucleotides, antisense polynucleotides, deoxyribozymes (DNAzymes), morpholino oligonucleotides, RNAi molecules, siRNA molecules, PNA molecules, 5'-end -mutated U1 small nuclear RNAs and a peptidomimetic.
A method of diagnosing an allograft rejection in an individual who has received or will receive an organ transplant, the method comprising the steps of: a) isolating one antibody from a biological sample from the individual that forms an affinity interaction with at least a portion or peptide fragment of CTLA4, and optionally isolating at least one further antibody from the biological sample from an individual that forms an affinity interaction with at least a portion or peptide fragment at least one protein selected from the group consisting of TRIM21, HSH2D, IFI6, APEX2, CLIP4, UBXD8, ZMYM5, EDIL3, UBE2V1, PHGDH, SCEL, ZCCHC8, C22orf33, CPSF3, C20orf96, ENG, DLG3, GAK, CDC42EP3, ARFGAP1, XIAP, C2orf47, QKI, ICAM4, FLT3LG, DRICH1, PDDC1, FOXP1, NUDT16L1, UBQLN2, TOX2, AFF4, CWF19L2, GCDH, FAM184A, SUMO1, CHGB, ZNF695, LMX1A, CPLX2, MYOT, SNX13, CSPP1, GYG2, ODF2, TADA3, AQP2, DMD, GOLGA2P10, MUTED, PRELP, HLA-DPA1, and TSSK2, b) measuring the level of the at least one antibody, and optionally the level of the at least one further antibody, c) comparing the level of the at least one antibody, and optionally the level of the at least one further antibody, from the individual to a positive reference standard and comparing the level of the at least one antibody, and optionally the level of the at least one further antibody, to a negative reference; and wherein a similarity of the measured level of the at least one antibody, and optionally the measured level of the at least one further antibody, to the positive reference standard indicates increased risk of developing AR and a similarity of the measured level of the at least one antibody, and optionally the measured level of the at least one further antibody, to the negative reference standard indicates reduced risk of developing AR. a) isolating one antibody from a biological sample from the individual that forms an affinity interaction with at least a portion or peptide fragment of CTLA4, and optionally isolating at least one further antibody from the biological sample from an individual that forms an affinity interaction with at least a portion or peptide fragment at least one protein selected from the group consisting of TRIM21, HSH2D, IFI6, APEX2, CLIP4, UBXD8, ZMYM5, EDIL3, UBE2V1, PHGDH, SCEL, ZCCHC8, C22orf33, CPSF3, C20orf96, ENG, DLG3, GAK, CDC42EP3, ARFGAP1, XIAP, C2orf47, QKI, ICAM4, FLT3LG, DRICH1, PDDC1, FOXP1, NUDT16L1, UBQLN2, TOX2, AFF4, CWF19L2, GCDH, FAM184A, SUMO1, CHGB, ZNF695, LMX1A, CPLX2, MYOT, SNX13, CSPP1, GYG2, ODF2, TADA3, AQP2, DMD, GOLGA2P10, MUTED, PRELP, HLA-DPA1, and TSSK2, b) measuring the level of the at least one antibody, and optionally the level of the at least one further antibody, c) comparing the level of the at least one antibody, and optionally the level of the at least one further antibody, from the individual to a positive reference standard and comparing the level of the at least one antibody, and optionally the level of the at least one further antibody, to a negative reference; and
Process for preparing a polymer for medical purposes, especially for wound treatment, comprising the steps of i. providing an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer containing polyalkylene oxide units, ii. dissolving an alginate in an aqueous liquid in order to obtain an aqueous alginate-containing preparation, iii. mixing the prepolymer, the aqueous alginate-containing preparation and optionally one or more further components in order to obtain a reaction mixture, iv. converting the prepolymer in the reaction mixture in order to obtain the polymer, wherein the aqueous liquid is water and wherein the proportion of the prepolymer based on the total weight of the reaction mixture is 5% to 25% by weight and the proportion of the aqueous liquid based on the total weight of the reaction mixture is 72% to 90% by weight. i. providing an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer containing polyalkylene oxide units, ii. dissolving an alginate in an aqueous liquid in order to obtain an aqueous alginate-containing preparation, iii. mixing the prepolymer, the aqueous alginate-containing preparation and optionally one or more further components in order to obtain a reaction mixture, iv. converting the prepolymer in the reaction mixture in order to obtain the polymer,
A communication apparatus to transmit a plurality of frames in a network, each frame including one or more symbols having a symbol length, the apparatus comprising: a data processing unit configured to: acquire an inter-frame space between two consecutive frames from the plurality of frames, and adjust the inter-frame space between the two consecutive frames upon determination that the inter-frame space is not an integral multiple of the symbol length; and a transmitter unit to transmit the adjusted consecutive frames characterized in that the data processing unit is configured to adjust the inter-frame space by inserting padding information between the two consecutive frames to form a reduced inter-frame space between the padding information and a frame of the two consecutive frames not including the padding information, a length of the padding information and reduced inter-frame space being equal to an integral multiple of the symbol length, wherein the two consecutive frames are associated with a first user, the two consecutive frames are multiplexed with a frame associated with a second user, and a sum of the length of the two consecutive frames, the first user padding information, and the reduced inter-frame space is equal to a length of the frame associated with the second user. a data processing unit configured to: acquire an inter-frame space between two consecutive frames from the plurality of frames, and adjust the inter-frame space between the two consecutive frames upon determination that the inter-frame space is not an integral multiple of the symbol length; and acquire an inter-frame space between two consecutive frames from the plurality of frames, and adjust the inter-frame space between the two consecutive frames upon determination that the inter-frame space is not an integral multiple of the symbol length; and a transmitter unit to transmit the adjusted consecutive frames characterized in that the data processing unit is configured to adjust the inter-frame space by inserting padding information between the two consecutive frames to form a reduced inter-frame space between the padding information and a frame of the two consecutive frames not including the padding information, a length of the padding information and reduced inter-frame space being equal to an integral multiple of the symbol length, wherein the two consecutive frames are associated with a first user, the two consecutive frames are multiplexed with a frame associated with a second user, and a sum of the length of the two consecutive frames, the first user padding information, and the reduced inter-frame space is equal to a length of the frame associated with the second user.
Method of forming a security document comprising the steps of: providing a base layer having a top side, providing an image having color image elements (3',3",3"') onto an image area (Ai) of the top side providing a protective layer over the image area (Ai) in a soft or liquid state, imprinting a pattern (5,27) into the protective layer in the image area (Ai) while in its soft or liquid state by contacting the protective layer with an imprint member (16,20) that is provided with the pattern, and hardening of the protective layer by irradiating it with optical radiation, characterized in that, the pattern comprises an optical structure having dimensions smaller than 100 μm, wherein the imprint member (16,20) is transparent and flexible and the protective layer is hardened by the transmission of the optical radiation through the transparent imprint member while it is contacting the protective layer, the imprint member (16,20) being removed from the protective layer after at least partial hardening of the protective layer, followed by the step of providing a blackened pattern into the base layer by focusing a laser beam via the optical structure and laser engraving image elements into the base layer in a focal plane that is situated at a vertical distance h of between 50 μm and 150 μm from the color image elements. providing a base layer having a top side, providing an image having color image elements (3',3",3"') onto an image area (Ai) of the top side providing a protective layer over the image area (Ai) in a soft or liquid state, imprinting a pattern (5,27) into the protective layer in the image area (Ai) while in its soft or liquid state by contacting the protective layer with an imprint member (16,20) that is provided with the pattern, and hardening of the protective layer by irradiating it with optical radiation,
Hydrocarbon-based flexible packaging film with corrosion protection properties, characterized in that it has a substrate surface on which is applied a varnish layer or an adhesive layer of less than 5μm loaded with metallic nanoparticles per se acting as a gettering surface for corrosion-baring contaminants and in that said metallic nanoparticles have a specific surface area higher than 10m 2 /g and preferably 40m 2 /g.
Method for determination of the speed of the wind to be taken into account to determine the maximum authorised take-off mass of an aircraft, said aircraft waiting to take off and comprising: - at least one anemometric measurement means, - at least one receiving means (22,23) for receiving observation information and weather forecast information, - at least one consolidation means, and - at least one display means, during which, - a first heading value in a terrestrial reference frame (X t, Y t, Z t) is determined, - at least one second current value TAS inst of the speed of the local wind in a predefined direction is measured, said predefined direction being a direction corresponding to said first heading value, - first weather observation information and second weather forecast information for the area in which said aircraft is situated or for a nearby area is received, - a measured speed TAS mes of said local wind in said predefined direction is calculated from said second current value(s) TAS inst of said speed of said local wind, - an observed speed TAS obs of said local wind in said predefined direction is calculated from said first weather observation information and said first heading value, - said measured speed TAS mes and said observed speed TAS obs of said local wind are compared, - a calculated speed TAS perfo of said local wind to be taken into account to determine the maximum authorised take-off mass of said aircraft in said predefined direction is determined according to said comparison of said measured speed TAS mes and said observed speed TAS obs, and - said calculated speed TAS perfo of said local wind is displayed on a display means. - at least one anemometric measurement means, - at least one receiving means (22,23) for receiving observation information and weather forecast information, - at least one consolidation means, and - at least one display means, - a first heading value in a terrestrial reference frame (X t, Y t, Z t) is determined, - at least one second current value TAS inst of the speed of the local wind in a predefined direction is measured, said predefined direction being a direction corresponding to said first heading value, - first weather observation information and second weather forecast information for the area in which said aircraft is situated or for a nearby area is received, - a measured speed TAS mes of said local wind in said predefined direction is calculated from said second current value(s) TAS inst of said speed of said local wind, - an observed speed TAS obs of said local wind in said predefined direction is calculated from said first weather observation information and said first heading value, - said measured speed TAS mes and said observed speed TAS obs of said local wind are compared, - a calculated speed TAS perfo of said local wind to be taken into account to determine the maximum authorised take-off mass of said aircraft in said predefined direction is determined according to said comparison of said measured speed TAS mes and said observed speed TAS obs, and - said calculated speed TAS perfo of said local wind is displayed on a display means.
A process for preparing an ether, said process comprising contacting an alcohol with an alkene in the presence of an acidic ion-exchange resin etherification catalyst and/or an aluminosilicate etherification catalyst, wherein: i) the alcohol comprises a C 8+ aliphatic hydrocarbyl group having the formula: R-OH wherein R is a C 8 to C 40 branched-chain alkyl; ii) the alkene comprises a tertiary olefinic carbon atom; and iii) the alkene is present in molar excess relative to the alcohol. i) the alcohol comprises a C 8+ aliphatic hydrocarbyl group having the formula: R-OH wherein R is a C 8 to C 40 branched-chain alkyl; ii) the alkene comprises a tertiary olefinic carbon atom; and iii) the alkene is present in molar excess relative to the alcohol.