Abstract: In order to reduce the excitation of vibrations and resonances in a test bed (1) for a real component (4) and a virtual component (5), one of the following method steps is provided: a) determining a first correction value (K1) from the measured variable (M), wherein the first correction value (K1) is added to the measured variable (M) and the sum is communicated as a corrected measured variable (M*) to the virtual component (5) for calculating the control variable (S), b) determining a second correction value (K2) from the calculated control variable (S), wherein the second correction value (K2) is added to the calculated control variable (S) and the sum is transferred as a corrected control variable (S*) to the actuator (3), c) determining a third correction value (K3) from the measured variable (M), wherein the third correction value (K3) is used to modify a parameter (P) of the equation of movement.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to scaling services, transitioning from a first service version to a second version and to implementing an external system integration service. In one scenario, a computer system establishes a message broker service that maintains message queues that allow communication between services. The message queues receive messages from publishers and transfer messages to subscribers. The computer system indicates a specified message queue for each service, where the specified message queue is configured to maintain messages for that service. The computer system also moves at least one of the services to a second, different computer system, while the specified message queue maintains messages for the moved service. The computer system further allows an external system integration service to be implemented which subscribes to specified, registered messages and forwards the registered messages to selected external entities.

Abstract: One illustrative method disclosed herein includes, among other things, forming a fin that is positioned above and vertically spaced apart from an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate, the fin having an upper surface, a lower surface and first and second side surfaces, wherein an axis of the fin in a height direction of the fin is oriented substantially parallel to the upper surface of the substrate, and wherein a first side surface of the fin contacts a first insulating material, forming a gate structure around the upper surface, the second side surface and the lower surface of the fin, and forming a gate contact structure that is conductively coupled to the gate structure.

Abstract: An electrical circuit for providing electrical power for use in powering electronic devices, such as monitors, televisions, white goods, data centers, and telecom circuit boards, is described herein. The electrical circuit includes an input terminal configured to receive an input power signal, an output terminal configured to provide an output power signal, and a forward converter coupled to the input and output terminals. The forward converter includes a transformer, and a primary side regulation circuit coupled to a primary side of the transformer. The primary side regulation circuit includes a switching device coupled to the primary side, a current sense circuit configured to sense a current level on the primary side, and a controller configured to generate a pulse-width modulated control signal delivered to the switching device as a function of the sensed current level to regulate the transformer to deliver the output power signal at a desired voltage level.

Abstract: A method and a system control a drug dosing device (1) for administering a drug to a patient (19). The quantity (c0) of the drug administered from the drug dosing device (1) is determined or calculated. The concentration of the drug in the gas exhaled by the patient (19) is measured as a first patient value (c1M). A simulation calculation is carried out, in which a second patient value (cp) is calculated from the administered quantity of the drug (I), taking into account a parameter (k10). A simulated first patient value (c1?) is calculated in the simulation calculation, taking into account the parameter (k10). A comparison of the simulated first patient value (c1?) to the measured first patient value (c1M) is carried out. The parameter (k10) is adapted on the basis of the comparison. The calculated second patient value (cp) is used to generate a control signal (S).

Abstract: Circuits for programming an electrical fuse, methods for programming an electrical fuse, and methods for designing a silicon-controlled rectifier for use in programming an electrical fuse. A programming current for the electrical fuse is directed through the electrical fuse and the silicon-controlled rectifier. Upon reaching a programmed resistance value for the electrical fuse, the silicon-controlled rectifier switches from a low-impedance state to a high-impedance state that interrupts the programming current.

Abstract: A high strength, high formability and low cost 2xxx aluminum-lithium alloy is disclosed. The aluminum-lithium alloy is capable of being formed into wrought products with a thickness of from about 0.01? to about 0.249?. Aluminum-lithium alloys of the invention generally comprise from about 3.5 to 4.5 wt. % Cu, 0.8 to 1.6 wt. % Li, 0.6 to 1.5 wt. % Mg, from 0.03 to 0.6 wt. % of at least one grain structure control element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Sc, Cr, V, Hf, and other rare earth elements, and up to 1.0 wt. % Zn, up to 1.0 wt. % Mn, up to 0.12 wt. % Si, up to 0.15 wt. % Fe, up to 0.15 wt. % Ti, up to 0.05 wt. % of any other element, with the total of these other elements not exceeding 0.15 wt. %, and the balance being aluminum. Ag should not be more than 0.5 wt. % and is preferably not intentionally added. Mg is at least equal or higher than Zn in weight percent in the invented alloy.

Abstract: The instant invention provides for novel cationic lipids that can be used in combination with other lipid components such as cholesterol and PEG-lipids to form lipid nanoparticles with siRNA, to facilitate the cellular uptake and endosomal escape, and to knockdown target mRNA both in vitro and in vivo.

Abstract: An electrical circuit for providing electrical power for use in powering electronic devices, such as monitors, televisions, white goods, data centers, and telecom circuit boards, is described herein. The electrical circuit includes an input terminal configured to receive an input power signal, an output terminal configured to provide an output power signal, and a plurality of voltage reduction circuit cells coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal. Each of the voltage reduction circuit cells includes a pair of flyback capacitors, a switching circuit, and a hold capacitor. The switching device is configured to operate the corresponding voltage reduction circuit cell at a charging phase and at a discharging phase. The plurality of voltage reduction circuit cells are configured to deliver the output power signal having a voltage level that is less than the voltage level of the input power signal.

Abstract: A communication device is described comprising a first transceiver chain set to communicate signals in a first frequency range, a second transceiver chain set to communicate signals in a second frequency range or set to no communication and a controller, configured to receive an instruction for a resetting of carrier aggregation comprising a setting of the first transceiver chain or the second transceiver chain to receive signals in a third frequency range different from the first frequency range and the second frequency range, to control, in response of the reception of the instruction, the second transceiver chain to receive signals within the first frequency range simultaneously with the first transceiver chain and to control the first transceiver chain, when the communication of signals within the first frequency range by the second transceiver chain fulfills a predetermined criterion, to stop communication of signals within the first frequency range.

Abstract: An electromagnetic actuating apparatus, in particular a proportional magnet or switching magnet, comprising a magnet armature (4), which is guided in axially movable fashion in a pole tube (2), which is at least partially surrounded by a coil winding and which is adjoined by a pole core (10) via a separating region (20) forming a magnetic decoupling, wherein, on energization of the coil winding (52), a magnetic force acts on the armature (4), which magnetic force attempts to move said armature (4) in the direction of the pole core (10) within a travel area, characterized in that at least one insert (28) consisting of ferromagnetic material with a preset axial thickness can be introduced between the armature (4) and the pole core (10) in order to shorten, as desired, the axial length of the travel area.

Abstract: A drive assembly for a drug delivery device is provided, comprising a piston rod which is moveable in a distal direction in order to deliver a dose of medication, and comprising a drive element which is configured to cause a movement of the piston rod in a distal direction. The drive assembly further comprises a decelerating mechanism which is configured to decelerate the movement of the drive element such that the movement of the piston rod in a distal direction is decelerated during the dispense of a dose. The decelerating mechanism comprises a decelerating element which is fixed with respect to a housing of the drug delivery device at least during the dispense of a dose and the drive element, wherein the drive element is configured to rotate with respect to the housing during the dispense of a dose, and wherein the decelerating element and the drive element rub against each other during the dispense of a dose.

Abstract: A line connector with two mutually separate flow paths for the connection of a pipe-in-pipe line. The line connector has an inner connecting element for connecting to an inner pipe of the pipe-in-pipe line, an outer connecting element for connecting to an outer pipe of the pipe-in-pipe line, a first attachment element for attachment of the first line to the the inner pipe, and a second attachment element for attachment of the second line to the outer pipe. The inner connecting element and the first attachment element are integrally formed on a separate attachment part. The outer connecting element is integrally formed on a separate pipe adapter part. And, the second attachment element is integrally formed on a separate connecting sleeve. the connecting sleeve permits at both sides, in the unassembled state, being pushed over the outer pipe. The invention also relates to a line set including the line connector.

Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for caller authentication is disclosed. The method includes: responsive to initiation of a telephone call by a caller from a first telephone unit to a second telephone unit, retrieving an identification object comprising identification information corresponding to the caller; encrypting the identification object using an encryption key stored on the first telephone unit; and transmitting, as part of the telephone call, the encrypted caller identification object to a telephone network destined for the second telephone unit.

Abstract: An application nozzle for an application system for gel-like or pasty compositions. The application nozzle includes an inlet region and an outlet region for the composition, and a plane, extending in a longitudinal direction of the application nozzle. The outlet region includes a contact region for the application nozzle on a substrate standing perpendicular to the plane and an outlet opening for the composition. The contact region and the outlet opening are delineated from one another structurally as two separate sections that are kinked with respect to one another, and the contact region is at least partly slanted.

Abstract: A signal distributor for connecting a trunk line to branch lines, includes a plastic housing having a ceiling with passage openings, a printed circuit board with plug sockets for contacting a respective branch line. The plug sockets pass from the rear side of the ceiling through the passage openings during mounting of the circuit board. The outer wall of each plug socket and the outer wall of the passage opening edge are narrowly spaced so that, during casting of a housing cavity that receives the circuit board with a potting compound after installing the circuit board, no potting compound passes through the passage opening. The ceiling and the printed circuit board are made of a first plastic, which has low elongation at break, and the edge of the passage opening is made of a second plastic having an elasticity greater than the elongation at break of the first plastic.

Abstract: Information is stored in an optical element in the form of a glass or plastic body embodied as spectacles lens, spectacles lens blank or spectacles lens semi-finished product. The information in the form of data is stored on or in the glass or plastic body by creating at least one marking with a marking system. The marking can be read by a reading apparatus. The marking system has an interface for reading information individualizing the optical element. The marking is created permanently by the marking system on or in the optical element at a definition point of a local body-specific coordinate system set by two points on or in the optical element. In this body coordinate system, the manufacturer specifies the position of the lens horizontal and/or the far and/or the near and/or the prism reference point.

Abstract: A hub-bearing unit for rotatably is provided with a stationary radially outer ring, a radially inner ring, an annular gasket, and a second metal insert. The radially inner ring includes a flange for mounting a wheel and a sealing device having a first metal insert, annular shaped, steadily fixed at an end portion of the outer ring facing the flange. The annular gasket includes a plurality of elastomeric sealing lips and steadily fixed to the metal insert. The second metal insert is steadily fixed on an axial cylindrical surface of the inner ring. The gasket presents a first axial contacting lip. The first axial contacting lip slidingly contacts a substantially frustoconical portion of the metal insert.

Abstract: A measurement method, used when there is a fairly large distance between a vehicle and a charging station, determines a distance by way of absolute propagation time measurement. In a proximity zone between the charging station and the vehicle, a relative propagation time measurement is carried out between received signals.

Abstract: Computerized systems and methods identify deficiencies in patient data that may impact payment for services rendered to a patient and facilitates collection/correction of patient data to address the deficiencies. The deficiencies occur in two main situations: (1) a physician has confirmed a diagnosis that impacts payment but the patient data does not satisfy clinical evidence, direct evidence, and treatment requirements to support the diagnosis; and (2) the patient data satisfies clinical evidence, direct evidence, and treatment requirements to support a diagnosis but a physician has not confirmed the diagnosis. When a deficiency is identified, an electronic notice is generated and delivered over a communication network to a clinician computing device. The notice may provide the clinician access to a user interface that allows the clinician to enter additional information or clarify information in the patient data to address the deficiency.