Abstract: A mixture contains at least one polyether block amide (PEBA) and at least one poly(meth)acrylate, selected from poly(meth)acrylimides, poly-alkyl(meth)acrylates, and mixtures thereof. The mass ratio of PEBA to poly(meth)acrylate is 95:5 to 60:40. The polyalkyl(meth)acrylate contains 80% by weight to 99% by weight of methyl methacrylate (MMA) units and 1% by weight to 20% by weight of C1-C10-alkyl acrylate units, based on the total weight of polyalkyl(meth)acrylate. The mixture can be processed to give foamed mouldings. The mouldings can be used in footwear soles, stud material, insulation or insulating material, damping components, lightweight components, or in a sandwich structure.

Abstract: Examples of the systems and methods described herein relate to reducing latency issues associated with playing online digital video on client devices. An example method includes: determining a likelihood that a user will trigger presentment of video content within a portion of digital content, and when the likelihood is determined to exceed a threshold, obtaining a video tag that identifies the video content or caching a portion of the video content prior to presentment of the video content.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for filling a container with bulk material, having a storage container for the bulk material with a closable lid and an outlet, a metering device arranged below the storage container, a pneumatic conveying device for conveying the bulk material with the aid of compressed air into the container to be filled via a conveying hose with a blow-out lance at the free end, wherein a control device for controlling the filling process is provided.

Abstract: A system comprises an intraoral scanner configured to generate scan data comprising a plurality of images of a first and second dental site, wherein each of the plurality of images comprises a time stamp and height information. The system further comprises a computing device configured to: receive the scan data; determine a first subset of the images to use for the first dental site based at least in part on a) time stamps of images in the first subset and b) geometrical data of the images in the first subset; determine a second subset of the images to use for the second dental site based at least in part on a) time stamps of images in the second subset and b) geometrical data of the images in the second subset; and generate a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of a dental arch.

Abstract: A rear derailleur is configured as a hierarchical, at least two-level modular construction system and comprises at least several of the modules: “base element module”, “swivel formation module”, “shifting element module”, and “chain guiding device module”. At least one of the modules is replaceable and handleable in one piece. At least one of the modules includes at least one sub-assembly that is replaceable and handleable in one piece. In an embodiment the modular construction system is configured to use at least one family of sub-assemblies comprising at least two family members within at least one of the modules.

Abstract: Features relating to a vaporizer body are provided. The vaporizer body may include an outer shell that includes an inner region defined by an outer shell sidewall. A support structure is configured to fit within the inner region of the outer shell. The support structure includes a storage region defined by a top support structure, a bottom support structure, a bottom cap, and a gasket. An integrated board assembly is configured to fit within the storage region of the support structure. The integrated board assembly may include a printed circuit board assembly formed of multiple layers that form a rigid structure and that include an inner, flexible layer. A first antenna is integrated at a proximal end of the flexible layer, and a second antenna is integrated at a distal end of the flexible layer.

Abstract: A vaporizer device may include a pressure sensor and an ambient pressure sensor. The pressure sensor may be configured to measure a first pressure in an air flow path in the vaporizer device. The ambient pressure sensor may be configured to measure a second pressure corresponding to an atmospheric pressure. The vaporizer device may further include a controller. The controller may be configured to transition the vaporizer device to a first standby mode when the first pressure is equal to or greater than the second pressure for a first threshold quantity of time. While the vaporizer device is in the first standby mode, the controller may be further configured to transition the vaporizer device to a second standby mode when the second pressure is a threshold quantity greater than the first pressure and no motion event is detected for a second threshold quantity of time.

Abstract: A method is useable for correcting a spherical aberration of a microscope having an objective and a cover slip or object carrier, the objective having a correction element for correcting the spherical aberration. The method includes: ascertaining, by the microscope, an index of refraction of an optical medium bordering the cover slip or object carrier and/or a thickness of the cover slip or object carrier along an optical axis of the objective, ascertaining the spherical aberration based on the index of refraction of the optical medium and/or the thickness of the cover slip or object carrier, and ascertaining, based on the spherical aberration, a positioning variable, by which the correction element is adjusted so that the spherical aberration is corrected.

Abstract: A cartridge (650) includes an atomizer assembly, a reservoir (658A), and a mouthpiece (652). The atomizer assembly may heat a vaporizable material to generate an inhalable vapor. The reservoir may store the vaporizable material and includes a wick housing (688) around an atomizer assembly configured to heat a vaporizable material to generate an inhalable vapor. The wick housing includes a headspace vent (6059) positioned at a proximal end of the wick housing. The headspace vent may allow air to pass from the reservoir. The cartridge also includes a vent rod (6061) positioned over the headspace vent.

Abstract: Examples of the systems and methods described herein relate to reducing latency issues associated with playing online digital video on client devices. An example method includes: determining a likelihood that a user will trigger presentment of video content within a portion of digital content, and when the likelihood is determined to exceed a threshold, obtaining a video tag that identifies the video content or caching a portion of the video content prior to presentment of the video content.

Abstract: A current measuring device for generating an output current proportional to a current to be measured includes at least two Hall sensors arranged on a circular path and oriented identically in relation to a center point. The current measuring device includes an adding circuit summing measurement signals of the Hall sensors, a subtracting circuit for eliminating an offset, a voltage-controlled current source, and a current supply with a toroidal coil having a paramagnetic and/or diamagnetic core and a DC/DC converter supplying the Hall sensors. In a method for measuring a current, a current measuring device has an adding circuit for adding the measurement signals of the Hall sensors and generating a voltage proportional to the current to be measured. An offset of the voltage is subtracted by a subtracting circuit, generating an output current with a predefined transformation ratio relative to the measured current.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an Al—Ce—Ni alloy for use in additive manufacturing. The disclosed alloy embodiments provide fabricated objects, such as bulk components, comprising a heterogeneous microstructure and having good mechanical properties even when exposed to conditions used during the additive manufacturing process. Methods for making and using alloy embodiments also are disclosed herein.

Abstract: In embodiments, a processing device generates a three-dimensional model of a dental site from scan data, the three-dimensional model comprising a representation of a tooth, wherein a portion of the three-dimensional model comprises an interfering surface that obscures a portion of the tooth. The processing device receives or generates an image of the tooth, wherein the image depicts the interfering surface. The processing device processes the image to generate a modified image, wherein the portion of the tooth that was obscured by the interfering surface in the image is shown in the modified image. The processing device updates the three-dimensional model of the dental site by replacing, using the modified image, the portion of the three-dimensional model that comprises the interfering surface that obscures the portion of the tooth, wherein the portion of the tooth that was obscured in the three-dimensional model is shown in an updated three-dimensional model.

Abstract: A method reduces false-positive particle counts detected by an interference particle sensor module, which has a laser and a light detector. The method including: emitting laser light; providing a high-frequency signal during the emission of the laser light, a modulation frequency of the high-frequency signal being between 10-500 MHz; detecting an optical response by the light detector in reaction to the emitted laser light while providing the high-frequency signal, which is arranged such that a detection signal caused by a macroscopic object positioned between a first and second distance is reduced in comparison to a detection signal caused by the macroscopic object at the same position without providing the high-frequency signal. The high-frequency signal is provided to a tuning structure of the particle sensor module which is arranged to modify a resonance frequency of an optical resonator comprised by the laser sensor module upon reception of the high-frequency signal.

Abstract: A confocal microscope includes an illumination unit configured to generate an illumination light bundle, an imaging optics configured to receive detection light, a scanner configured to deflect the illumination light bundle to generate a scanning illumination and to direct the detection light into a detection beam path, a sensor disposed in the detection beam path, a pinhole diaphragm arranged in the detection beam path upstream of the sensor, an adjustable light deflector arranged in the detection beam path and configured to direct the detection light through the pinhole diaphragm onto the sensor, and a controller configured to control the scanner to adjust the confocal microscope in such a manner that the illumination light bundle is directed onto a test object, and control the light deflector in such a manner that an intensity of the detection light coming from the test object, as detected by the sensor, is optimized.

Abstract: An apparatus for conductive charging has a vehicle part fixed on a vehicle and a fixed robot part movable relative to the vehicle part the parts being fittable together for charging. Respective sets of vehicle and robot contacts are provided in housing the robot and vehicle parts. The robot contacts in the robot part are recessed in the housing of the robot part and the vehicle contacts are nonmovably mounted in the housing of the vehicle part. A robot base carries the robot contacts of the robot part. A contact tab extends from the robot base. A vehicle base carries the contacts of the vehicle part and is formed by a plurality of base sections surrounding a cylindrical sleeve. A contact spring extends from between two of the base sections of the vehicle base.

Abstract: A microscope includes: an optical system including an immersion objective for an immersion medium of a predetermined refractive index; an aperture stop; and a processor for setting an immersion-free imaging mode in which the optical system is operated without immersion medium. The processor controls the aperture stop in the immersion-free imaging mode to set a numerical aperture of the immersion objective to a reduced value which is lower than a nominal value of the numerical aperture, the numerical aperture being equal to the nominal value when the optical system is operated using the immersion medium without reducing the numerical aperture by the aperture stop. The processor controls the optical system in accordance with the reduced value of the numerical aperture in the immersion-free imaging mode to generate at least one image representing the overview image of the sample.

Abstract: Features relating to a vaporizer device including a vaporizer body and a cartridge for connecting to the vaporizer body are provided. The cartridge includes a wireless transceiver positioned proximate a distal end of the cartridge. The wireless transceiver is configured to transmit, receive, and/or store data and to communicate with a subset of remote devices, which may include the vaporizer body and one or more additional devices such as manufacturing, assembly, and filling equipment. The vaporizer body includes wireless communication circuitry that enables communication with remote devices, which may include the cartridge and user devices such as a wireless device. The vaporizer body is configured to identify the cartridge and implement operational instructions and/or apply configuration parameters received from an application and/or based on preset configuration parameters associated with the cartridge.

Abstract: A method for providing hydrogen gas includes providing a liquid hydrogen carrier material, removing oxygen-carrying and/or sulfur-carrying and/or halogen-containing components from the liquid hydrogen carrier material, releasing hydrogen gas by catalytic dehydrogenation of the purified hydrogen carrier material, and conditioning the released hydrogen gas.

Abstract: A method for determining a state of a hydrogen carrier material comprises using the hydrogen carrier material in a cyclic storage process, wherein each storage cycle comprises charging the hydrogen carrier material with hydrogen, releasing hydrogen from the hydrogen carrier material and producing a mixture by adding a defined amount of an indicator material to the hydrogen carrier material. Further, determining a proportion of the indicator material in the mixture and determining a number of storage cycles for the hydrogen carrier material on the basis of the determined proportion of the indicator material and/or a degradation of the hydrogen carrier material on the basis of the determined proportion of the indicator material as a state of the hydrogen carrier material are provided.