Abstract: Communication device adapted for receiving a MIMO signal is provided. The device comprises a first detector adapted to perform a first symbol detection on the MIMO signal using a first detection method, a detection error determination unit adapted to determine a first detection error of the first symbol detection, a detection error judging unit adapted to determine if the first detection error is above or below a detection threshold, and a second detector, adapted to perform a second symbol detection on the MIMO signal using a second detection method, if the detection error judging unit has determined that the first detection error is above the detection threshold. The communication device is adapted to use results of the symbol detection as final symbol detection results, if the detection error judging unit has determined that the first detection error is below the detection threshold.

Abstract: A device and a method for controlling at least one headlight for a motor vehicle involve a control apparatus, at least one sensor configured to detect information about objects in a surrounding area of the motor vehicle and to supply the detected information to the control apparatus. The headlight can be adjusted by the control apparatus depending on at least one detected object. A range between at least one light source and at least one lens of the headlight can be adjusted by the control apparatus in order to adapt a projection of the light source to the at least one detected object.

Abstract: A method comprising, at a mobile station, transmitting a pilot message to a base station in response to determining that no signal has been received at the mobile station within a predetermined time period or that a received signal has been below a predetermined intensity within a predetermined time period, said pilot message comprising a pilot tone sent at reduced bandwidth, and receiving a response from the base station, said response beamsteered towards the receive direction and/or power of the pilot message.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described to provide computerized trajectory-based methods to represent translocon-associated protein trajectories, provide proteins or protein sequences with desired translocon-associated biogenesis features, screening proteins or protein sequences to provide proteins or protein sequences with desired translocon-associated biogenesis features, screening translocon-associated biogenesis feature determinants to provide proteins or protein sequences with desired translocon-associated biogenesis features, identifying translocon-associated biogenesis feature determinants of a given protein sequence, computer-based protein sequence identification methods, computer-based methods for identifying correlations in a set of protein sequences, computer-based methods for identifying correlations between experimental data and computer-generated data in a protein sequence, and computer-based methods for determining which modifications of a protein sequence do not substantially affect a translocon-ass

Abstract: A device and a method for controlling at least one headlight for a motor vehicle involve a control apparatus, at least one sensor configured to detect information about objects in a surrounding area of the motor vehicle and to supply the detected information to the control apparatus. The headlight can be adjusted by the control apparatus depending on at least one detected object. A range between at least one light source and at least one lens of the headlight can be adjusted by the control apparatus in order to adapt a projection of the light source to the at least one detected object.

Abstract: Communication device adapted for receiving a MIMO signal is provided. The device comprises a first detector adapted to perform a first symbol detection on the MIMO signal using a first detection method, a detection error determination unit adapted to determine a first detection error of the first symbol detection, a detection error judging unit adapted to determine if the first detection error is above or below a detection threshold, and a second detector, adapted to perform a second symbol detection on the MIMO signal using a second detection method, if the detection error judging unit has determined that the first detection error is above the detection threshold. The communication device is adapted to use results of the symbol detection as final symbol detection results, if the detection error judging unit has determined that the first detection error is below the detection threshold.

Abstract: A metering pump enables simple fluid metering, has an extended service life, and is of compact construction. The metering pump includes a piston rod in operative connection with a control body which has a circumferential sealing zone, in that the internal circumference of the sealing cylinder radially surrounds the sealing zone. On the piston rod side, a compensating zone, which is at a greater radial distance from the sealing cylinder than the sealing zone, adjoins the sealing zone at least in portions, and in that the control body, after passing beyond the control edge in the actuation direction of the actuator, at least largely severs the fluid connection.

Abstract: A method comprising, at a mobile station, transmitting a pilot message to a base station in response to determining that no signal has been received at the mobile station within a predetermined time period or that a received signal has been below a predetermined intensity within a predetermined time period, said pilot message comprising a pilot tone sent at reduced bandwidth, and receiving a response from the base station, said response beamsteered towards the receive direction and/or power of the pilot message.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described to provide computerized trajectory-based methods to represent translocon-associated protein trajectories, provide proteins or protein sequences with desired translocon-associated biogenesis features, screening proteins or protein sequences to provide proteins or protein sequences with desired translocon-associated biogenesis features, screening translocon-associated biogenesis feature determinants to provide proteins or protein sequences with desired translocon-associated biogenesis features, identifying translocon-associated biogenesis feature determinants of a given protein sequence, computer-based protein sequence identification methods, computer-based methods for identifying correlations in a set of protein sequences, computer-based methods for identifying correlations between experimental data and computer-generated data in a protein sequence, and computer-based methods for determining which modifications of a protein sequence do not substantially affect a translocon-ass

Abstract: A controller of an electromagnetically driven reciprocating pump influences velocity of the magnetic armature by switching voltage applied to the electromagnet depending on the position of the magnetic armature, its position determined from state variables of the electromagnet. A processor calculates electrical resistance of the magnetic coil from the voltage and current measured by the measuring device, and calculates the temporal change of the linked magnetic flux in the electromagnet from the electrical voltage, the current and the resistance of the magnetic coil, and calculates the linked magnetic flux in the electromagnet from an earlier magnetic flux and from the temporal change, and determines the position of the magnetic armature from the linked magnetic flux in the electromagnet and the electrical current through the magnetic coil, and switches the voltage at the magnetic coil by the switching device depending on the position of the magnetic armature.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pump for pumping a fluid, including an inlet, an outlet, and a pumping chamber, wherein a valve is arranged between the inlet and the pumping chamber or between the pumping chamber and the outlet. The valve includes a valve body having a valve seat pointing in the direction of the outlet, and a valve member that interacts with the valve seat, wherein the valve member is loaded under pre-loading against the valve seat into a closed position of the valve and allows fluid to pass through in a pumping direction due to the valve member lifting off against the pre-load, wherein the valve body is accommodated in a receptacle of a pump part. A pump for which the development of noises and vibrations is reduced in that the valve body can move axially relative to the receptacle that accommodates the valve body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reciprocating piston pump having a magnet drive and a first displacement chamber and a second displacement chamber, which are separated from each other by a piston, wherein both displacement chambers are connected to each other by a fluid-conducting channel. An overflow valve is arranged in the channel and allows a preferred flow from the first displacement chamber to the second displacement chamber, wherein an additional return valve is arranged either in a transition region between an inlet and the first displacement chamber or in a transition region between the second displacement chamber and an outlet, an armature of the magnet drive being firmly connected to the piston.

Abstract: A process for producing a porous ceramic body comprises a) mixing a coated porogen with a silicate or a oxide ceramic precursor, wherein the porogen is decomposable to gaseous decomposition products and optionally solid products upon heating, and is coated with a coating agent; b) forming a green body from the mixture obtained in step (a); and c) firing the green body obtained in step (b) to obtain the ceramic body, whereby the porogen decomposes to form pores within the ceramic body and the coating agent is deposited at the inner surface of the pores. The porogen is coated with a coating agent which, upon firing, is deposited at the inner surface of the ceramic pores, so that porous ceramics having decreased weight and improved porosity are obtained, while maintaining at the same time good mechanical strength. A green body and a porous ceramic body obtainable with the above-mentioned process are described too.

Abstract: A process for producing a porous ceramic body comprises a) mixing a coated porogen with a silicate or a oxide ceramic precursor, wherein the porogen is decomposable to gaseous decomposition products and optionally solid products upon heating, and is coated with a coating agent; b) forming a green body from the mixture obtained in step (a); and c) firing the green body obtained in step (b) to obtain the ceramic body, whereby the porogen decomposes to form pores within the ceramic body and the coating agent is deposited at the inner surface of the pores. The porogen is coated with a coating agent which, upon firing, is deposited at the inner surface of the ceramic pores, so that porous ceramics having decreased weight and improved porosity are obtained, while maintaining at the same time good mechanical strength. A green body and a porous ceramic body obtainable with the above-mentioned process are described too.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic pump comprising precisely one coil, wherein the one coil has a longitudinal axis, a ferromagnetic first core section at least partially arranged in the one coil, a ferromagnetic second core section at least partially arranged in the one coil, and a ferromagnetic armature, wherein a primary air gap is arranged between the armature and the first core section, wherein a radial secondary air gap is arranged between an insertion section of the armature and a receiving section of the second core section facing the longitudinal axis, wherein the ferromagnetic armature has a truncated cone-shaped contour narrowing in the stroke direction in a front section facing the first core section, wherein a magnetic force between the armature and the first core section is greater in a closing process of the first air gap; than a magnetic force between the armature and the second core section.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a multilayered, opaque, biaxially oriented polyolefin film of a vacuole-containing base layer and at least one inner cover layer comprising at least 30-95% by weight of a copolymer and/or terpolymer I having a seal initiation temperature I of 70-105° C. and 5 to 70% by weight of an incompatible polyethylene, each of the specifications in percent by weight being based on the weight of the inner cover layer and the inner cover layer having a seal initiation temperature II of 80 to 110° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ignition device for igniting fuel in an internal combustion engine by generating a corona discharge, comprising an insulator which carries a center electrode, a coil attached to the center electrode, the coil being wound onto a bobbin and enclosed by a tube housing. According to the invention, the coil tapers toward the insulator.

Abstract: A metering pump enables simple fluid metering, has an extended service life, and is of compact construction. The metering pump includes a piston rod in operative connection with a control body which has a circumferential sealing zone, in that the internal circumference of the sealing cylinder radially surrounds the sealing zone. On the piston rod side, a compensating zone, which is at a greater radial distance from the sealing cylinder than the sealing zone, adjoins the sealing zone at least in portions, and in that the control body, after passing beyond the control edge in the actuation direction of the actuator, at least largely severs the fluid connection.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reciprocating piston pump for delivering a liquid. The pump includes a solenoid with an actuator and an outlet port. A check valve with a seat body is assigned to the outlet port for keeping a return flow of the liquid out of the reciprocating piston pump. The seat body bears an impact damping face at a front face facing away from a valve seat of the check valve, and the valve seat of the check valve and the impact damping face are made from the same elastomer material.