Abstract: A method for determining safety-critical output values by way of a data analysis device for a technical entity. The method includes receiving data and/or measured values for the entity by way of the data analysis device. The method further includes processing the input values (x) by way of the data analysis device using a software application in order to determine at least one first output value (y1). The method further includes using a neural network having a plurality of layers (h?(x)) with first learnable parameters (?); modifying a layer of the neural network using a function (?) so that the output value (y1) is located within a defined value range (C(s)) of at least one target parameter (s); and determining the target parameter (s) and/or the value range (C(s)) of the target parameter (s) using further additional layers (k?(x)) of the neural network with second learnable parameters (?).

Abstract: An exhaust-gas burner for an exhaust-gas system of a motor vehicle includes a combustion chamber, which is surrounded by an outer wall, for a channel section in an exhaust-gas system. A dosing unit is provided for the controlled feed of a fuel into the combustion chamber. An ignition unit is provided for the ignition of a combustible mixture in the combustion chamber. A cooling circuit is provided for the exchange of heat with the dosing unit, and is arranged within the outer wall of the exhaust-gas burner.

Abstract: A holding device for an injection valve of an exhaust-gas burner of a motor vehicle includes a receiving section and a cooling-water jacket. The receiving section is shaped such that it can receive a front end of the injection valve. The cooling-water jacket extends around the receiving section and is shaped such that, after the holding device has been mounted on the exhaust-gas burner, the cooling-water jacket, together with a corresponding cooling-water jacket of the exhaust-gas burner, forms a cooling-water chamber of the exhaust-gas burner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for an accurate quantification in intestinal samples of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii phylogroup I members (PHGI) and/or Faecalibacterium prausnitzii phylogroup II members (PHGII). It further relates to a method for detecting intestinal diseases, including the screening, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and/or monitoring of disease activity or progression in a human subject comprising determining the abundance of PHGI and/or PHGII in an intestinal sample from said subject. Moreover, it relates to a method for the prediction of the efficacy of a drug in the therapeutic treatment of an intestinal disease in a human subject comprising determining the abundance of PHGI and/or PHGII in an intestinal sample from said subject.

Abstract: Electrical or electronic control device has an electrical or electronic assembly, which includes a printed circuit board composed of an electrically insulating carrier material, electrically conductive conductor tracks formed on the printed circuit board, and electrical or electronic modules connected to the printed circuit board and via the conductor tracks. A coating is applied at least in sections to the electrical or electronic assembly. The coating includes at least the following layers: a first electrical conductor layer, a second electrical conductor layer, a dielectric layer arranged between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer, an insulator layer applied to the second conductor layer in such a way that the second conductor layer is arranged between the dielectric layer and the insulator layer. An evaluation unit is connected to the conductor layers and detects a change in capacitance of the coating.

Abstract: Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for generating assisted driving test and evaluation data. According to one embodiment, video and non-video data are collected asynchronously through video and non-video data interface from an image acquisition device and a non-video data source collocated with the vehicle. Timing information received with the data is used to synchronize the video and non-video data into synchronized vehicle data. Specific labels indicating ground truths are identified to be applied to the synchronized vehicle data. Labeled vehicular data is generated from the synchronized vehicle data and the specific labels. At least a portion of the labeled vehicular data is to be used to test and evaluate assisted driving functionality.

Abstract: The present application relates to solid state forms of Lumateperone p-Tosylate and processes for preparation thereof. The present application provides amorphous Lumateperone p-tosylate and a solid dispersion comprising amorphous Lumateperone p-tosylate and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable polymers and processes for preparation thereof. The compounds are useful as 5-HT2 receptor agonists and antagonists used in treating disorders of the central nervous system including a disorder associated with 5HT2C or 5HT2A receptor modulation.

Abstract: A cooling segment for controlling the temperature of a battery module of a motor vehicle battery. The cooling segment includes an inflow channel for feeding of a cooling fluid, an outflow channel for discharge of the cooling fluid, which runs spaced apart from the inflow channel, and a plurality of cooling channels which communicate with the inflow channel and the outflow channel. The respective cooling channel has a first channel portion which is connected directly to the inflow channel and which partially runs to the outflow channel. A second channel portion is connected directly to the first channel portion and runs away from the outflow channel and partially toward the inflow channel. A final portion is connected directly or indirectly to the second channel portion and connected directly to the outflow channel.

Abstract: Using a step editor for data preparation includes: receiving an indication of a user input with respect to at least some of a set of sequenced data preparation operations on a set of data; generating, using one or more processors, a signature based at least in part on the set of sequenced data preparation operations, references to the set of data, and the user input; using the generated signature to determine whether there exists a cached result associated with the set of sequenced data preparation operations, the references to the set of data, and the user input; based at least in part on the determination, obtaining a data traversal program representing a result associated with the set of sequenced operations, the references to the set of data, and the user input; and providing output based at least in part on the result represented by the obtained data traversal program.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing a musical instrument string includes positioning an elongate wrap wire in a position to be wound about an elongate core wire having a round cross-sectional shape, the core wire including a core, a coating surrounding the core and a cylindrical outer surface. Winding of the wrap wire about the core wire is performed under winding conditions to cause the wrap wire to form a helical impression in the coating in which the wrap wire is situated. Material of the coating is selected to enable the coating to flow and form the impression and move upward into spaces between adjacent wrap wire windings. The winding conditions include tension on the core wire, tension on the wrap wire, winding speed and a temperature to which the core wire and/or wrap wire are heated. Glue or another adhesive is not used to bond the wrap wire and the core wire.

Abstract: A body rear structure of a battery electric motor vehicle includes a rear bottom part. A bottom side of the body rear structure has at least one plastics sacrificial part which is fastened to the rear bottom part and extends downwards away from the rear bottom part and which is so configured that it forms a deformation element in the event of mechanical contact with a wheel stop at an electric charging station.

Abstract: A kit for supporting health of a user throughout the user's menstrual cycle may include at least two daily supplements of a first type, and at least two daily supplements of a second type, the second type different from the first type, wherein the daily supplements of the first type and the daily supplements of the second type are packaged in a single kit according to menstrual cycle phase. A method for supporting health of a user throughout the user's menstrual cycle may include providing at least two daily supplements of a first type, providing at least two daily supplements of a second type, and instructing the user to ingest the daily supplements of the first type during at least two days of a first time period of the menstrual cycle, and to ingest the daily supplements of the second type during at least two days of a second time period of the menstrual cycle.

Abstract: A position measuring device includes a scale carrier with a measuring scale. A scanner is configured to generate position signals by scanning the measuring scale. A processor is configured to process the position signals into a digital position value. An interface is configured to communicate with downstream electronics. At least one collision sensor is assigned to the position measuring device, and is configured to generate analog or digital measured values from a time characteristic of which collision events are determinable. The measured values are fed to an evaluator configured to determine the collision events by evaluating the time characteristic of the measured values in a controller.

Abstract: A separating column for use with a filling tube to prepare for chromatography is disclosed. The separating column includes an axially movable spring stamp; and a plurality of springs coupled to the stamp. Moreover, the stamp is depressed directly into the column tube during column packing via the filling tube. Additionally, the stamp is fixed in the column tube while maintaining the packing pressure so that the springs are compressed during the packing process and press the stamp permanently and dynamically onto a chromatographic bed.

Abstract: A rectifier arrangement (20) for rectifying an AC voltage into a DC voltage has a first connection (21), a second connection (22), a third connection (23) and a fourth connection (24), which rectifier arrangement (20) has an intermediate circuit (50) with a first line (51), a second line (52) and a node point (53), which node point (53) is connected to the first line (51) via at least one first capacitor (61) and to the second line (52) via at least one second capacitor (62), which first connection (21), second connection (22) and third connection (23) are each connected to a star point (40) via an associated circuit arrangement (31, 32, 33), which fourth connection (24) is likewise connected to the star point (40), and which star point (40) is connected to the node point (53) via a controllable switch (45).

Abstract: A process prepares a rapidly disintegrating tablet with a disintegration time of at most 15 minutes for the peroral administration of a dry extract of the leaves of Ginkgo biloba, and with a total weight of the tablet of between 150 mg and 300 mg per 100 mg of ginkgo extract contained. Rapidly disintegrating tablets containing dry extract of the leaves of Ginkgo biloba can be prepared, which, due to their smaller dimensions, are easier to take than the tablets used hitherto. In a preferred form, the tablets do not contain lactose and are therefore also well tolerated.

Abstract: A flow meter for measuring the flow rate of a fluid, with a measuring tube that forms a measurement chamber through which the fluid can flow and with at least one bluff body that is disposed in the measurement chamber and wherein, additionally, a measuring body, which can be displaced due to the formation of vortices at the bluff body, is disposed downstream of the bluff body in the measurement chamber. The flow meter has at least one protrusion protruding into the measurement chamber and is formed upstream of the bluff body at an inner wall delimiting the measurement chamber.

Abstract: A cooling air feeding apparatus is for a motor vehicle, which has a motor vehicle body and a drive train, the drive train being assigned a cooler, and at least the cooler being arranged in a rear region of the motor vehicle body. The cooling air feeding apparatus has a throughflow opening, which is in the rear region and which is configured to receive air from surroundings of the motor vehicle and to feed the received air to the cooler. In order to regulate a driving state of the motor vehicle, the throughflow opening is configured with a variable throughflow cross section with the aid of a closing element, which is assigned to the cooling air feeding apparatus. The throughflow opening is configured to be controllably closed individually completely or partially and to be opened completely.

Abstract: A method for detecting a malfunction of a component of a motor vehicle and/or a state change of the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle has a plurality of wheels, a plurality of active wheel suspension systems, a plurality of sensors, a control unit, an evaluation unit and a body, wherein the wheels are each fastened to the body via one of the active wheel suspension systems. The sensors capture sensor information which is used by the control unit to control the active wheel suspension systems. The sensor information is likewise used by the evaluation unit to detect the malfunction and/or the state change.

Abstract: A drive train (10) for driving a motor vehicle has a combustion engine (12) for providing purely mechanical drive for the motor vehicle. A transmission (16) can be coupled to the combustion engine (12) via a shaft unit (14) for transmitting torque between the motor vehicle transmission (16) and the combustion engine (12). A reserve volume (18) is between the combustion engine (12) and the motor vehicle transmission (16) and is penetrated by the shaft unit (14). The reserve volume (18) can accommodate a high-voltage electric machine for purely electric drive of the motor vehicle or a low-voltage electric machine (32) for applying an electrically generated assistance torque to the motor vehicle transmission (16). As a result, a hybrid functionality can be made available to an at least limited degree, with the result that a cost-effective drive train (10) configured for a hybrid motor vehicle is made possible.