Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining a wavefront gradient, the method involving irradiating a transmission filter unit with a light and measuring the intensity of light transmitted, followed by another irradiating and measuring of the light transmitted, and calculating a spatial contrast K from a difference of the first intensity and the second intensity and also calculating a local wavefront gradient from the K value and a calibration factor c.

Abstract: Methods of implantation are provided including the following steps: providing a substrate, which contains or consists of a semiconductor material; producing at least one raised structure on the substrate; implanting a dopant at least in a partial region of the raised structure; wherein the ion beam used for implantation is incident at an angle from about 80° to about 90° in relation to the normal vector of the substrate.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and techniques for acquiring output signals associated with different sources (such as audio sources) are presented. A first input signal is combined with a delayed and scaled version of a second input signal, to acquire a first output signal. A second input signal is combined with a delayed and scaled version of the first input signal, to acquire a second output signal. Using a random direction optimization, scaling values (forming a candidates' vector) are determined by iteratively modifying the candidates' vector. A Kullback-Leibler divergence is measured. The first output signal and the second output signal are selected to be those measurements associated with the candidate parameters associated with Kullback-Leibler divergence which indicates lowest similarity.

Abstract: A wireless communications network includes a base station configured for operating a wireless communications network cell of the wireless communications network so as to provide communication in a plurality of slots. Each slot includes a plurality of associated physical resources. The wireless communications network includes at least one transmitter configured for transmitting a signal in the wireless communications network cell by mapping the signal into a number of part signals and for transmitting the number of part signals with a corresponding number of associated slots using a corresponding number of sets of physical resources, each set containing at least a subset of the associated plurality of physical resources of the slot. Each set of physical resources is received at the base station shifted with a set-individual offset and with respect to a synchronized start of the slot.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing an audio signal having associated therewith a pitch lag information and a gain information, includes a domain converter for converting a first domain representation of the audio signal into a second domain representation of the audio signal; and a harmonic post-filter for filtering the second domain representation of the audio signal, wherein the post-filter is based on a transfer function including a numerator and a denominator, wherein the numerator includes a gain value indicated by the gain information, and wherein the denominator includes an integer part of a pitch lag indicated by the pitch lag information and a multi-tap filter depending on a fractional part of the pitch lag.

Abstract: A process for electrocatalytic hydrogenation of organic compounds in an electrochemical cell in which the reducible organic compound is present in liquid form or at least partially in dissolved form and wherein the reducible organic compound may be hydrogenated at the cathode. The cathode comprises a transition metal chalcogenide selected from sulfides, selenides and tellurides as catalyst. The application further relates to an electrode comprising a carrier material and a layer of the catalyst arranged thereupon and to an electrochemical cell comprising such an electrode and to the use of the transition metal chalcogenide catalyst for electrochemical hydrogenation of organic compounds.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing an audio input signal having one or more audio channels to obtain an audio output signal according to an embodiment is provided. The apparatus has a reverberation gain determiner configured to determine reverberation gain information depending on the audio input signal. Moreover, the apparatus has a signal processor configured to obtain the audio output signal depending on the reverberation gain information by adding artificial reverberation to the audio input signal or to a preprocessed audio signal, which depends on the audio input signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing coated substrates. In the process, first at least one region of a surface of a porous substrate is provided with at least one surface sealing layer. At least one aqueous suspension is then applied onto the at least one surface sealing layer, the at least one aqueous suspension containing at least one refractory metal carbide and water. The substrate is then subjected to a sintering process. The present invention also relates to a coated substrate, which can be produced or is produced by the method according to the invention, and to the use of such a coated substrate.

Abstract: A photovoltaic, PV, apparatus for the conversion of light into electrical energy is described. The PV apparatus has a surface to receive incident light, one or more PV elements in or at the surface, the PV element to convert light incident on the surface into electrical energy by the photovoltaic effect, and one or more reconfigurable intelligent surface, RIS, elements in or at the surface, the RIS element operating as reconfigurable intelligent surface, RIS, to direct or reflect one or more incident electromagnetic, EM, waves or one or more incident EM beams incident on the surface from an incident first direction into one or more outgoing EM waves or one or more outgoing EM beams propagating along at least one second direction.

Abstract: A method for determining the shape of an optical waveguide (1) having a plurality of fiber Bragg gratings (15) includes the following steps: coupling light (20) of a light source (2) into the optical waveguide (1), coupling the reflected light out of the optical waveguide (1), determining a spectrum (35) of the reflected light by measuring the intensity (I) versus the wavelength (?), the spectrum (35) being fed to a self-learning neural network (4) and the shape of the optical waveguide (1) being determined by the neural network. A device for determining the shape of an optical waveguide (1) may be used in a catheter or an endoscope or a biopsy needle or an aerodynamic profiled element. A device for producing training data for a neural network to implement the above is also contemplated.

Abstract: An apparatus for synthesizing a spatially extended sound source includes: a spatial information interface for receiving a spatial range indication indicating a limited spatial range for the spatially extended sound source within a maximum spatial range; a cue information provider for providing one or more cue information items in response to the limited spatial range; and an audio processor for processing an audio signal representing the spatially extended sound source using the one or more cue information items.

Abstract: A dental article including a dental article body made of a ceramic material and a coating formed on the surface of said dental article body. The coating includes crystalline nanostructures made of yttria-stabilized zirconia YSZ1, the crystal habitus of at least a portion of the nanostructures having at least approximately the shape of a regular convex polyhedron.

Abstract: An audio analyzer configured to obtain spectral domain representations of two or more input audio signals. Additionally the audio analyzer is configured to obtain directional information associated with spectral bands of the spectral domain representations and to obtain loudness information associated with different directions as an analysis result. Contributions to the loudness information are determined in dependence on the directional information.

Abstract: A wireless communication system, including: a plurality of time variant transmission points for communicating with a user device, UE, wherein the UE is in a tracking region, wherein the UE is configured to receive and store a list including identifiers, IDs, of time variant transmission points for the tracking region, and wherein the list includes IDs of time variant transmission points which are available or visible for the UE in the one tracking region at different times or time periods.

Abstract: A method for detecting anomalies has the following steps: Obtaining a long-term recording having a plurality of first audio segments associated to respective first time windows; analyzing the plurality of the first audio segments to obtain, for each of the plurality of the first audio segments, a first characteristic vector describing the respective first audio segment; obtaining a further recording having one or more second audio segments associated to respective second time windows; analyzing the one or more second audio segments to obtain one or more characteristic vectors describing the one or more second audio segments ABCD; matching the one or more second characteristic vectors with the plurality of the first characteristic vectors to recognize at least one anomaly, like a temporal, sound or spatial anomaly.

Abstract: A semiconductor component having at least one emitter, at least one base, and a pn junction formed between emitter and base, having at least one non-metallic transverse conduction layer for the transverse conduction of majority charge carriers of the emitter. The emitter includes the transverse conduction layer and/or the transverse conduction layer is formed parallel to the emitter and in a manner electrically conductively connected thereto, and having a break side, at which the semiconductor component was singulated. A transverse conduction avoidance region is formed and arranged at the break side such that the transverse conductivity is reduced by at least a factor of 10, wherein the transverse conduction avoidance region has a depth (TQ) in the range of 5 ?m to 500 ?m, in particular 10 ?m to 200 ?m, perpendicular to the break side. A method for singulating a semiconductor component is also provided.

Abstract: A device configured for transmitting a command signal as an instructing device and to an instructed device forming a command chain with the instructing device includes an interface configured for transmitting the command signal. The device further includes a control unit configured for providing an instruction signal including an instruction associated to a target behavior of the instructed device. The device is configured for accessing/using contextual information indicating a context of the command chain and for generating a command from the instruction based on the contextual information. The command is associated with an operation of the instructed device. Alternatively or in addition, the device is configured for providing contextual information indicating a context of the command chain for interpretation of a command belonging to the command chain. The device is configured for transmitting the command signal including the command using the interface.

Abstract: Embodiments according to the invention are related to methods and apparatuses for spectrotemporally improved spectral gap filling in audio coding using a filtering. Embodiments according to the invention are related to methods and apparatuses for spectrotemporally improved spectral gap filling in audio coding using different noise filling methods. Embodiments according to the invention are related to methods and apparatuses for spectrotemporally improved spectral gap filling in audio coding using a tilt.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing an audio signal includes a separator for separating a first portion of a spectrum of the audio signal from a second portion of the spectrum of the audio signal, the first portion having a first signal characteristic and the second portion having a second signal characteristic. The apparatus includes a first bandwidth extender for extending a bandwidth of the first portion using first parameters associated with the first signal characteristic, for obtaining a first extended portion and includes a second bandwidth extender for extending a bandwidth of the second portion using second parameters associated with the second signal characteristic, for obtaining a second extended portion. The apparatus includes a combiner configured for using the first extended portion and the second extended portion for obtaining an extended combined audio signal.

Abstract: The methods and apparatuses for signaling framework for flexible beam management in a wireless communications network. A method performed by a UE comprises: receiving, from a network node, via a higher layer, a configuration of at least one information element (IE), said configuration comprising at least: an identifier (ID) unique to each IE and ID(s) of one or more uplink (UL) resource(s) and/or downlink (DL) resource(s) that is/are used to indicate at least a spatial filter or beam direction for transmission of at least a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) resource and/or a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource, and/or a Sounding reference Signal (SRS) resource; and applying the configuration provided in the at least one IE for the transmission of the PUSCH resource, and/or the PUCCH resource and/or the SRS resource. There is also provided a method performed by a network node, a UE and a network node.