Abstract: A particulate material and a process for the production thereof are provided, which particulate material comprises zeolitic particles having a crystalline structure, which contain as the main component a zeolite material having a zeolitic framework structure formed from Si, O and optionally Al, and/or a zeolite-like material having a zeolitic framework structure which is formed not only from Si, O and optionally Al, wherein the zeolitic particles are in the form of essentially spherical particles with nanometer dimensions.

Abstract: A transmitter is configured to operate in a mobile communication system according to a mobile communication standard (e.g., 3GPP), wherein resources of the communication system are divided into resources elements. The transmitter is also configured to transmit an additional telegram by separating the telegram into a plurality of data packets, each of the data packets being shorter than the telegram, and transmitting each of the data packets respectively in one of the resource elements.

Abstract: The present invention describes a compound of formula (I) which can be used in the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of neurotensin receptor-related conditions such as tumors and hematological malignancies.

Abstract: A data receiver configured to receive a signal having at least two partial data packets, the data receiver being configured to estimate a state of a transmission channel, to obtain first channel state information, to demodulate a first set of received symbols from different data packets, to obtain a first set of received encoded bits, wherein the data receiver is configured to decode the first set of received encoded bits to determine, a first set of estimated encoded bits which corresponds more likely to a first set of transmitted encoded bits than the received encoded bits, and to map the first set of estimated bits to estimated transmission symbols using a mapping rule matching a transmitter-side mapping rule to obtain a first set of estimated transmission symbols, and to determine second channel state information using the first set of estimated transmission symbols.

Abstract: A transmitter is configured to transmit at least one signal with a pilot sequence having a plurality of pilot symbols, wherein the transmitter has a signal generator, wherein the signal generator provides the pilot sequence, wherein the signal generator provides the pilot sequence such that the pilot sequence has at least two symbol groups each having at least two pilot symbols, and the symbol groups, when evaluating a signal received by a receiver as a result of the transmission of the signal with respect to a phase, the symbol groups generate phase errors that depend on a temporal off-set between a reference point in time of the transmission of the signal by the transmitter and a value assumed and/or estimated for the evaluation for the reference point in time, said phase errors essentially mutually compensating each other across the symbol groups in the evaluation.

Abstract: The present invention describes a compound of formula (I) which can be used in the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of neurotensin receptor-related conditions such as tumors and hematological malignancies.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a time difference of arrival-based local positioning system for k?D localization, k=2 or 3, includes collecting N sets of time difference of arrival measurements related to a mobile node, N?2, each nth set of measurements being performed by Bn beacon nodes among B beacon nodes of the positioning system while the mobile node is located is a nth position within a region covered by the positioning system, Bn?k+2, and determining optimal beacon positions that minimize an objective function depending on N residual error vectors, the calculation of each nth position of the mobile node using beacon positions and the nth set of measurements, the calculation allowing the calculation of the nth residual error vector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for in vitro detection and/or monitoring of a disease in a sample, based on measurement of enzymatic activity of proteases activated and secreted upon disease development, to modified peptides used for the enzymatic detection of the proteases, the use of the peptides, a kit comprising such peptides and the use of ADAM-protease activity as a surrogate marker for disease burden and activity in infectious, inflammatory, and malignant diseases, such as HIV infection and melanoma.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a receiver having a receiving unit and a synchronization unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a data packet having a pilot sequence. The synchronization unit is configured to separately correlate the pilot sequence with at least two partial reference sequences corresponding to a reference sequence for the pilot sequence of the data packet, in order to obtain a partial correlation result for each of the at least two partial reference sequences, wherein the synchronization unit is configured to non-coherently add the partial correlation results in order to obtain a coarse correlation result for the data packet.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds, tautomers, stereoisomers, and chemically modified compounds thereof, and their use in preventing and/or treating tumors of metastasis and/or cartilage defect, and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorophenyl substituted muscarinic receptor ligands with selectivity for M3 over M2 and to the use of these compounds in the treatment of various diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and urinary incontinence.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fast, simple and very sensitive method for the detection of bacteria, comprising the steps of providing one or more suspensions each comprising at least one species of labeled test bacteriophages which specifically bind to a bacterial species to be detected; adding a sample to be tested for the presence of at least one bacterial species to be detected to the one or more suspensions; filtering the reaction mixture; detecting bacteria-bacteriophages-complexes on the surface of the filter in the retentate, provided that at least one bacterial species to be detected is present, wherein the complexes consist of bacteria of the at least one bacterial species to be detected and test bacteriophages of the at least one species of test bacteriophages bound thereto; detecting unbound test bacteriophages in the filtrate; processor-aided processing of received detection signals and output of detection results.

Abstract: A method for calculating a position of an object of interest in an environment. The method includes: predicting a position and an orientation of the object of interest in the environment; selecting a subset of base stations among a set of base stations located within the environment, by using the predicted position and orientation, and a radiation pattern of a system including the object of interest and a mobile transponder attached to the object of interest; and calculating an actual position of the object of interest, using time of arrival or time difference of arrival measurements between the base stations of the subset and the mobile transponder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method (MTH) for estimating the coverage area of a directive antenna of a local positioning system while setting up said system, said antenna being located in the vicinity of an area of interest, the method (MTH) comprising the following steps: —Distributing (DIS_TR) a plurality of transponders over the area of interest—Performing (MSD_SS) measurements of signal strength between the antenna and said transponders—Estimating (EST_CV) the coverage area by using said measurements.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for implementing a parametric down-conversion (PDC)-based calibration comprising calibrating a measuring instrument; disposing a pinhole at a position of a light-emitting sample for which the measuring instrument needs to be calibrated; irradiating a nonlinear crystal with a light source; setting the nonlinear crystal by ensuring a phase-matching wavelength of the nonlinear crystal is set at one boundary of a desired bandwidth; acquiring one or more PDC spectrums by the measuring instrument; obtaining peak values and their corresponding wavelengths from each acquired spectrum; and obtaining a response function based on the peak values and corresponding wavelengths.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to the identification of novel biomarkers for the characterization of melanocytic lesions as can be found in skin diseases such as melanomas and psoriasis. In particular, the present invention is directed to a method for characterizing melanocytic lesions and their use in an automated or semi-automated device for the diagnosis and/or monitoring of benign, pre-malignant, and malignant melanocytic lesions, as further defined in the claims.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the frequency error correction of an oscillator of a sensor node in a sensor network, comprising the following steps: receiving a transmission signal of a transmitter, the signal being modulated by orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); determining the frequency deviation of the oscillator using the received transmission signal; determining a correction signal for correcting the frequency deviation of the oscillator and correcting the frequency of the oscillator by means of the correction signal.

Abstract: What is described is an Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag configured for communicating with an Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader, wherein the RFID tag is configured to receive a query command from the RFID reader, to measure a duration of a TRcal signal comprised by the query command, and to determine an individual Backscatter Link Frequency for communicating with the RFID reader based on the measured duration of the TRcal signal. The invention also refers to an RFID reader and to a corresponding method.

Abstract: The invention relates to method for calculating a position of a transponder within an area of interest, by means of a local positioning system comprising a set of directive antennae located in the vicinity of the area of interest, each antenna having a coverage area, the method comprising the following steps: assessing an approximate position of the transponder selecting at least one antenna of the set of antennae that is such that the transponder is within range but not in the effective coverage area of said antenna, according to the approximated position of the transponder and the positions and orientations of the antennae redirecting the focus of the selected antenna so that the transponder is in the effective coverage area of said antenna, according to the approximated position of the transponder performing time-of-arrival or time-difference-of-arrival measurements with respect to the transponder, by the set of antennae calculating the effective position of the transponder by using said timing measurem

Abstract: A method and system for motion estimation modeling for cardiac and respiratory motion compensation is disclosed. Specifically, a coronary sinus catheter is tracked in a plurality of frames of a fluoroscopic image sequence; and cardiac and respiratory motion of a left atrium is estimated in each of the plurality of frames based on tracking results of the coronary sinus catheter using a trained motion estimation model.