Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining the topology of a serial asynchronous data bus, to which at least a first bus subscriber and a second bus subscriber are connected, which subscribers communicate via a prescribed bus access protocol.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining the topology of a serial asynchronous data bus, to which at least a first bus subscriber and a second bus subscriber are connected, which subscribers communicate via a prescribed bus access protocol.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transport container for shipping frozen material, particularly biological tissue samples. Said transport container comprises a jacket-shaped insulation (superinsulation) and a removable inner container (44) which is provided with at least one coolant chamber (47) with a coolant filling (47?), and at least one chilling chamber (46) that is located inside the coolant chamber (47). The coolant, e.g. mercury having a melting temperature of about ?39° C., is permanently and hermetically enclosed in the coolant chamber (47) and is solidified in a freezing process using liquid nitrogen, for example, before being shipped. The chilling chamber (46), and thus the sample, is maintained at said temperature level during shipping while the coolant or mercury melts slowly.