Abstract: The present invention relates to an X-ray tensor tomography (XTT) system (34), comprising a source (12) for providing a beam with coherent X-rays, a first grating (16) with first grating lines and a second grating (18) with second grating lines, the second grating lines being parallel to the first grating lines and the XTT-system (34) being configured to relatively shift the first grating (16) and/or the second grating (18) in a shifting direction (32) being parallel to the planes of the gratings (16, 18), a stage (36) for rotating the specimen about a first axis of rotation and about not more than two axes of rotation (26), the first axis of rotation lying in a plane (38) being tilted by an angle ? with respect to the to the planes of the gratings (16, 18), wherein 0°<??90°, and by an angle ? with respect to a plane being orthogonal to the direction of the beam path at a location of the stage (36), wherein 0°<?<90°, a detector (22), a reconstruction unit configured to reconstruct scattering tensors

Abstract: A fuel cell system comprising at least one fuel cell arranged for a reformation of a hydrocarbon and a hydrocarbon generation unit connected to an anode outlet of the fuel cell for generating the hydrocarbon from carbon monoxide and hydrogen included in a partially unconverted exhaust stream of the anode outlet of the fuel cell, where the fuel cell is thermally decoupled from the hydrocarbon generation unit so that the exothermal hydrocarbon generation reaction and the endothermal reformation reaction proceed without one reaction thermally interfering the other.

Abstract: A processor comprises an execution unit and a detection unit which are functionally connected. The execution unit is configured to execute computer programs, and the detection unit is configured to detect infinite loops during the execution of a computer program in the execution unit during run-time. The computer program has a plurality of go-to instructions, and each go-to instruction is characterized by a corresponding branch address. The detection unit is configured to calculate a detection function of the branch addresses of a branch sequence, the branch sequence including a sequence of executed go-to instructions. The detection function is chosen such that an increased value of the detection function is characteristic of an infinite loop in the branch sequence in which at least one go-to instruction is repeated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrophobic cement-based material composition comprising a bacterial biofilm, or at least one hydrophobicity-conveying component of a bacterial biofilm, an additive for a cement-based material composition comprising a bacterial biofilm or at least one hydrophobicity-conveying component of a bacterial biofilm and the use of such biofilm or component therefore for decreasing the wettability of a cement-based material.

Abstract: The disclosure refers to a synthesis filter bank, comprising: a transform module which is configured to receive a plurality of input signals, transform the plurality of input signals, and output a plurality of transformed signals, a plurality of filter modules, which are coupled to the transform module, and wherein each filter module of the plurality of filter modules is configured to receive two transformed signals from the transform module, process the two received transformed signals and output two processed signals, and a parallel-to-serial module which is coupled to the plurality of filter modules and which is configured to receive the processed signals from the plurality of filter modules, combine the received processed signals and output a combined signal. Furthermore, an analysis filter bank, a filter bank and methods for operating a synthesis filter bank and for operating an analysis filter bank are disclosed.

Abstract: An energy-efficient thermal management system for an electric or hybrid vehicle is provided. The system has a first coolant circuit for controlling the temperature of electric components of an electric powertrain, an air-conditioning unit being provided for air-conditioning an interior. A second coolant circuit air-conditions the interior and is operable independently of the first coolant circuit. Each coolant circuit comprises a pump and a respective ambient heat exchanger. In order to control the temperature of the interior, a temperature control device which can be designed as a Peltier module is integrated into the second coolant circuit, said temperature control device operating in the manner of a heat pump for heating purposes. The two coolant circuits can be coupled to each other in order to exchange heat. An additional temperature control device can be integrated in order to air-condition an interior component in a decentralized manner, in particular a seat.

Abstract: An electronic amplifier for amplifying an input signal has a branching node, a supply branch, a balance branch, an auxiliary branch and a load branch. All of the branches are connected in parallel to each other relative to the branching node and a reference potential. The supply branch supplies a DC voltage to the branching node. The balance branch absorbs and/or storing electric energy. A current supply device supplies a DC current. The control switch, the current valve and the current source are in different branches. The control switch, in a pass current state, establishes a current flow from the supply branch into either the auxiliary branch or the balance branch. In the block current state, current flows from the current supply device to the balancing device. The supply, balance and auxiliary branches provide an amplified signal to the load, controlled only by the input signal at the control switch.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a secretion-competent mutein of the ?-subunit of human Interleukin 27 and to a human heterodimeric Interleukin 27. The present invention further refers to a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a secretion-competent mutein of the ?-subunit of human Interleukin 27 or the human heterodimeric Interleukin 27, to a host cell containing a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a secretion-competent mutein of the ?-subunit of human Interleukin 27 or of the human heterodimeric Interleukin 27. The invention also refers to an immune modulator comprising a secretion-competent mutein of the ?-subunit of human Interleukin 27 or of the human heterodimeric Interleukin 27, to the respective use thereof as well as to a method of producing said secretion-competent muteins and to a secretion-incompetent mutein of the ?-subunit of mouse Interleukin 27 and a secretion-competent mutein of the ?-subunit of mouse Interleukin 27.

Abstract: A method (C) for converting a data signal (U), comprising (i) providing an input symbol stream (B) representative of the data signal (U), (ii) demultiplexing (DMX) the input symbol stream (B) to consecutively decompose the input symbol stream (B) into a number m of decomposed partial symbol streams (B_1, . . . , B_m), (iii) applying on each of the decomposed partial symbol streams (B_1, . . . , B_m) an assigned distribution matching process (DM_1, . . . , DM_m), thereby generating and outputting for each decomposed partial symbol stream (B_1, . . . , B_m) a respective pre-sequence (bn_1, . . . , bn_m) or n_j symbols as an intermediate output symbol sequence, and (iv) supplying the pre-sequences (bn_1, . . . , bn_m) to at least one symbol mapping process (BM) to generate and output a signal representative for a final output symbol sequence (S) as a converted data signal. Each of the distribution matching processes (DM_1, . . .

Abstract: The present invention relates to a prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-specific binding protein, wherein the PSMA-specific binding protein is a lipocalin 2 (Lcn2)-derived binding protein and binds to PSMA with a KD of 10 nM or lower. The present invention also relates to a nucleic acid molecule encoding the PSMA-specific binding protein of the invention, a vector comprising said nucleic acid molecule of the invention and a host cell transformed with the vector. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of producing the PSMA-specific binding protein of the invention, the method comprising culturing the host cell of the invention under suitable conditions and isolating the PSMA-specific binding protein produced. The present invention further relates to a protein conjugate comprising the PSMA-specific binding protein of the invention, or the PSMA-specific binding protein produced by the method of the invention.

Abstract: A method which is implemented by an access point, and in which requests are received from a number of user devices, in which each of the requests specifies one or multiple requested file blocks of at least one file. A set of multicast groups is determined based on the received requests, and each multicast group contains a set of indices of one or multiple of the user devices and a set of indices of the file blocks which are to be transmitted to the user devices indicated in the multicast group. For each multicast group of the set the file blocks indicated in the multicast group are retrieved and encoded, and a forward error correction process is used. For each of the multicast groups of the set the encoded file blocks indicated in the multicast group are transmitted to the user devices indicated in the multicast group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides for use in treating diseases or disorders of energy homeostasis such as obesity, dyslipidemia, diabetes, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia or the metabolic syndrome. The invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides for use in treating diseases or disorders of energy homeostasis. Also provided by the present invention are pharmaceutical compositions comprising said polypeptides and polynucleotides for use in treating diseases or disorders of energy homeostasis. Said polypeptides, polynucleotides and pharmaceutical compositions may be administered locally, in particular locally into the visceral adipose tissue. Another aspect of the invention relates to a cosmetic product and the use of said cosmetic product for reducing body weight, in particular for reducing abdominal adipose tissue.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of determining a distance or location of a remote device or reflector, the method comprising: receiving a signal from a remote signal transmitter associated with or contained in or attached to the remote device; estimating a first propagation delay associated with the received signal, wherein the first propagation delay represents a first candidate for a correct propagation delay; deriving a relationship between the first candidate and one or more other candidates for a correct propagation delay from the received signal; determining a plurality of other candidates for a correct propagation delay based on said relationship; generating a likelihood histogram based on said candidates for a correct propagation delay; selecting a propagation delay from said candidates based on the likelihood histogram; and determining a distance or location of the remote device or reflector using the selected propagation delay.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a nanostructure comprises the steps of growing a first nanowire on a substrate, forming a dielectric layer on the substrate, the dielectric layer surrounding the first nanowire, wherein a thickness of the dielectric layer is smaller than a length of the first nanowire, and removing the first nanowire from the dielectric layer, thereby exposing an aperture in the dielectric layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides means and methods for selectively detecting activated MALT1 in a sample. Moreover, the present invention provides a method for diagnosing diseases, which are characterized by an increased MALT1 activity. Finally, the present invention provides methods for identifying patients which are amenable to treatment with a therapeutic agent capable of inhibiting MALT1 activity.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a manually operable tactile input/output device for a data processing system, in particular a tactile computer mouse, which is configured with a housing and a plurality of actuators in operative connection with the housing and in which the actuators are arranged and jointly controlled in the housing to cause at least temporarily a tactile perception by a user in manual contact with the housing, by which simultaneously at least two and in particular all five tactile perception dimensions of microscopic roughness, macroscopic roughness, friction, hardness and heat are simulated. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to an operating method for a manually operable tactile input/output device and a data processing system.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for generating a mesh, wherein the method is performed by a processor of a computing device and comprises steps of: receiving a model, constructing a function representing geometric properties of the model, determining a total number of particles to be distributed on the model, distributing the particles on the model until the particles reach a final position, wherein constraints provided by the function are taken into account when distributing the particles, and triangulating the particles in the final position for generating an unstructured mesh. Further, a system for generating a mesh is disclosed.

Abstract: A device for coating cylinder walls of an internal combustion engine forming a plurality of cylinders. A coating device is provided for each cylinder, the coating devices are controlled in such a way that the cylinder walls of all the cylinders are coated simultaneously.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-specific binding protein, wherein the PSMA-specific binding protein is a lipocalin 2 (Lcn2)-derived binding protein and binds to PSMA with a KD of 10 nM or lower. The present invention also relates to a nucleic acid molecule encoding the PSMA-specific binding protein of the invention, a vector comprising said nucleic acid molecule of the invention and a host cell transformed with the vector. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method of producing the PSMA-specific binding protein of the invention, the method comprising culturing the host cell of the invention under suitable conditions and isolating the PSMA-specific binding protein produced. The present invention further relates to a protein conjugate comprising the PSMA-specific binding protein of the invention, or the PSMA-specific binding protein produced by the method of the invention.

Abstract: The present disclosure presents a visuo-haptic sensor, which is based on a passive, deformable element whose deformation is observed by a camera. In particular, the improved simplified sensor may determine the force and/or torque applied to a point of the sensor in multiple spatial dimensions.