Abstract: A method for shaping a thin-film photovoltaic cell module from a photovoltaic cell sheet according to a predetermined contour of the module, where the cell sheet includes a flexible substrate based on a polymer or metal foil and a photovoltaic stack including one or more photo-active layers arranged on a front surface of the substrate. The method includes: providing the cell sheet, directing a laser beam towards a rear surface of the substrate; creating, by the laser beam, a trench in the rear surface, the trench shaped according to the contour such that the cell sheet is “divided” in a first portion within the contour and a second portion outside the contour; affixing a handling tool to one of the portions of the cell sheet on the rear surface of the substrate; selectively separating the portions by displacing the handling tool and one portion relative to the other portion.

Abstract: A communication system (1) comprising a first and a second underwater wearable device to be worn by a swimmer at mutually distant locations is disclosed herein. The communication system is configured to derive information pertaining to the swimmer from properties of a version of the acoustic signal transmitted from a first communication module of the first underwater wearable device to a second communication module of the second underwater wearable device.

Abstract: Method for restoration performances of aged nickel-rich NMC cathode material for lithium-ion secondary battery, the method including: forming a cathode with the aged nickel-rich NMC cathode material and carbon black; and exposing the cathode to diethyl phosphoramidate at an exposure temperature below 160° C. so as to obtain a lithium phosphate protective layer on the cathode.

Abstract: Semiconductor element, method of reading out a quantum dot device and system. The present document relates to a semiconductor element for providing a source reservoir for a charge sensor of a quantum dot device. The element comprises a semiconductor heterostructure (2, 3, 5) including a quantum well layer (5) contiguous to a semiconductor functional layer (3), one or more ohmic contacts (9) for providing charge carriers, and a first accumulation gate electrode (13) located opposite the quantum well layer and spaced apart therefrom at least by the semiconductor functional layer for enabling to form a two dimensional charge carrier gas (14) in a first area of the quantum well layer upon applying a first biasing voltage to the first accumulation gate electrode.

Abstract: A sensor system, the manufacturing of such system, and the use of such system for optical detection of a target analyte in a gaseous medium are described. The sensor system includes a hollow waveguide that is provided with a reflective mirror layer along its inner wall and a concentrating coating of an inorganic sorption material. The mirror layer defines a light path for guiding light between a light inlet and a light outlet that are provided on opposing terminal ends of the hollow waveguide. The concentrating coating increases an effective concentration of target analytes, if present, and allows optical, preferably spectroscopic, analysis of the medium by recording transmission of light, preferably infrared light, guided through the hollow waveguide.

Abstract: A method of rendering a virtual object by a rendering device includes establishing a communication channel with a mobile device; determining or receiving initial pose information of the mobile device, the pose information defining an initial position and an initial orientation; receiving device information via the communication channel, the device information including orientation, motion, and/or position information for updating the initial pose of the mobile device; using the initial pose information and the device information to determine a current pose of the mobile device, the current pose defining a current position and orientation; receiving first content data from a server system, the first content data representing a virtual object; and, rendering the first content data in the viewport of the rendering device based on the current pose information, the current pose information being used to render the virtual object in spatial alignment with the mobile device.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a propellant charge for guns, to a combination of a propellant charge and a primer, to a firearms cartridge, and to a method for modifying the surface of a propellant charge. The propellant charge of the invention comprises multiple propellant grains, wherein an exterior part of part of the propellant grains has been subjected to a surface modification treatment comprising the successive steps of suspending propellant grains in water to prepare a slurry, adding an organic solvent to the propellant grains before, after and/or during the preparation of the slurry, mixing the slurry that comprises water and organic solvent for a period of 120 minutes or less, lowering the concentration of organic solvent, removing organic solvent, and drying the propellant grains to remove water; wherein part of the propellant grains has not been subjected to the surface modification treatment.

Abstract: The present invention enables a network operator to select a gateway that provides desirable operational parameters to access a network node function in a network node requested by a client. A network service provider detects what service a client device is requesting or using and selects a gateway (e.g. PDN-GW) to deliver the service. The client device is signaled to make a new connection to the network using the selected gateway, e.g. by connecting to the APN associated with the PDN-GW that delivers the service.

Abstract: A method is described of manufacturing an optical sensing element for detecting a presence and/or determining a concentration of an analyte in a fluid medium, in particular in an aqueous medium. The optical sensing element includes an optical waveguide (e.g. an optical fiber) comprising an optically transparent material for guiding light through the sensing element along a flightpath. The optical sensing element further includes an inorganic coating for adsorbing the analyte from the fluid medium and an adhesion promotion layer formed between the optical waveguide and the inorganic coating. The adhesion promotion layer includes an adhesion promotion material for promoting adhesion of the inorganic material.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a salt composition for use in a thermochemical energy storage device, said salt composition comprising a base and a hygroscopic salt that can produce a gas by reacting with an acid. In further aspects the invention is directed to ab energy storage compartment and a thermochemical energy storage device comprising the salt composition.

Abstract: A control system enables re-registration of user equipment (UE) on an alternative network in the event of a partial failure of a network (VPLMN) for wireless communication. An access and mobility management function (AMF) manages the communication to user equipment (UE) via network slices (1,2,3). A slice priority management function (SPM) receives data indicative of a change in the network's ability to maintain the instantiated network slices and determines to reduce services via affected network slices. Before said slice reduction, the access and mobility management function is informed and sends a slice reduction message to the user equipment.

Abstract: Next generation network architectures enable instantiation of network slices in which traffic may be transported via one or more virtual networks overlaying the physical network infrastructure. Multiple of such network slices may share a resource of a particular network function, such as a bandwidth, switching capacity, computing capacity and/or storage capacity of the network function. It may be desirable to provide guarantees on the minimum resource availability of the shared resource per network slice. Accordingly, a slice resource distribution function (SRDF) may be provided which may be configured manage the resource utilization of the shared resource which may safeguard guarantees on the minimum resource availability per network slice.

Abstract: A device for mounting a load to a carrier is described. The device includes a first support configured for fixation to the carrier; a second support configured for fixation to the load. The first and second supports are spaced away from each other viewed along a main load bearing axis of the device. The device further includes an outer shell extending along the main load bearing axis, and an inner member that is within the outer shell. The device includes a damping material connecting the inner member to at least the outer shell, wherein one of the outer shell and the inner member connects the first support and the second support to each other.

Abstract: A gateway device between a first and second communication network outside the gateway device handles communication between a first device in the first network and a second device in the second network. When the gateway receives a communication request from the first device, directed to the second device, for performing a first cryptographic data communication protocol, the gateway determines whether the first cryptographic data communication protocol is registered as unsafe in the gateway device, and/or registered as safe, in particular whether it is safe against key reconstruction by a quantum computer. When the first cryptographic data communication protocol is not registered as unsafe in the gateway device, and/or registered as safe, the gateway device forwards messages exchanged as part of execution of the first cryptographic data communication protocol between the first and second device.

Abstract: A deformable mirror device has a flexible layer with a front surface that forms a mirror surface or to which a mirror layer forming mirror surface is attached. The flexible layer consists homogeneously of a first material. Protrusions extend from the back surface of the flexible layer. The protrusions consist homogeneously of the first material or a material with substantially the same thermal expansion coefficient. A plurality actuators are coupled to the protrusions and via the protrusions to the flexible layer, to deform the flexible layer. The flexible layer and the protrusions may be part of an integral body of the first material, or bonded to the flexible layer. The distal end of each protrusion has a curved surface that at least partly has a spherical shape.

Abstract: A method is described for forming output video frames by a decoder device, comprising: receiving a bitstream comprising bitstream parts representing encoded media data of video tiles and tile positioning information associated with the encoded video tiles; extracting tile positioning information from the bitstream, the tile positioning information comprising tile identifiers for identifying encoded video tiles, a tile identifier being associated with one or more boundary identifiers, each identifying a boundary of a video tile identified by a tile identifier; determining a tile map based on the boundary identifiers, the tile map representing a spatial layout of video tiles in an output video frame; and forming an output video frame, including identifying parts of the bitstream representing encoded media data of video tiles identified in the tile map, decoding the identified encoded media data and copying the decoded media data in the output video frame buffer according to spatial layout.

Abstract: Provided herein are one or more heating structures within a reactor for inductive heating, which greatly improve(s) the heating within the reactor. Placing the heating structure results in a more homogenous temperature distribution throughout the reactor interior, which may lead to higher yields, better selectivities, faster adsorbent regeneration, reduced catalyst degradation rates and higher heating rates. The heating structure is formed by connected strands of material which have a diameter of 0.5-100 mm. The heating structure has areas that are susceptible to induction heating. The volume of the total heating structures in the reactor is less than 20 vol. % of the total empty reactor volume. At least a part of the network is formed by strands with a thermal conductivity of 10 W·m?1·K?1 or more at the operating temperature of the reactor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture of strains of Lactobacillus crispatus, which mixture comprises strains that have a different carbohydrate degradation profile, comprising at least one strain of L. crispatus that is able to degrade glycogen, and at least one strain of L. crispatus that is able to degrade lactose. Such a mixture is of use in the treatment or prevention of bacterial vaginosis, preferably to decrease recurrence of bacterial vaginosis after treatment with antibiotics.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a reactor and a process for the hydrothermal treatment of an aqueous mixture, such as watery biomass. The reactor has an inlet for receiving the aqueous mixture, a tube-shaped reactor interior, which is inclined at an angle in the range of 1-45°; a first zone in the reactor interior with means for heating the aqueous mixture; a second zone in the reactor interior for keeping the aqueous mixture at the predetermined temperature; a third zone in the reactor interior for cooling the aqueous mixture; an outlet for discharging a hydrothermally treated aqueous mixture, and an outlet for discharging gas. The inlet and outlet for discharging gas are positioned at the top part of the reactor and the outlet for discharging aqueous mixture is at the bottom part of the reactor. The inclined nature of the reactor ensures that all gases are efficiently removed from the liquid effluent, and the CO2 formed during the process is used to improved efficacy of the hydrothermal treatment.

Abstract: A detector system for spatially resolved detection of a gas substance in an area is described. The detector system includes a detector comprising an image sensor; a band filter arranged in an optical beam path before the detector for transferring a beam with a wavelength spectrum including an absorption wavelength corresponding to the gas substance, a telescope, a polarizing beam splitter, and an interferometric stage including a retarder for creating an optical path difference for measuring absorption dips due to the presence of the gas substance. The retarder includes multiple birefringent media arranged with the optical axes relative to each other so that at least one increases an optical path difference and at least one decreases an optical path difference between the polarized beam components, and the thicknesses of the birefringent media are tuned to minimize a focal shift between the polarized beam components.