Abstract: A vehicle air suspension system includes at least two spring bellows assigned to pneumatic springs on opposite vehicle sides of a vehicle axle. The springs can be connected via connection lines, each of which is provided with a level-regulating valve, to a main pressure line and can be shut off with respect thereto. The main pressure line can be connected via a main pressure valve alternately to a compressed air source and to a compressed air sink. The connection lines of the spring bellows are connected to each other via a connection line provided with a throttle and can be shut off by a shut-off valve. A mechanically activatable shut-off valve is coupled to one of the level-regulating valves arranged on the offside of the vehicle such that the shut-off valve is open when the level-regulating valve is closed and is closed when the level-regulating valve is open.

Abstract: Systems and methods are presented for providing a visualization that is capable for displaying trade activity for one or more client accounts for a broker. The visualization includes one or more trade objects representing trades for one or more financial instruments and connectivity between one or more trade objects to show an event history for a particular trade. The visualization also provides a display for account activity including account withdrawals, deposits, and balance. The systems and method described below allow for automatic and/or manual detection of suspicious activity for a client account by virtue of information provided in the visualization.

Abstract: A display device can have at least one imaging unit and at least one combiner. The location of the imaging unit and/or of the combiner can be provided to be locationally variable. The display device can be used such that information can be represented on a plurality of planes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to regulation of the p H of a liquefaction process. Presented is a method for treatment of a biomass feedstock wherein the biomass feedstock is subjected to liquefaction, at a p H of at most 4, by treatment with hot compressed liquid water (HCW) at subcritical and/or supercritical conditions to improve the conversion efficiency. The present invention is also directed to quenching of a liquefaction process according to above, preventing, minimizing or eliminating clogging and/or fouling of sticky biomass components in process equipment during processing as according to above, and to the use of additives in a biomass liquefaction process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to core-shell microcapsules comprising photolabile 2-oxoacetate pro-fragrance molecules capable of liberating an active molecule such as, for example, an aldehyde or ketone upon exposure to light. The present invention concerns also the use of said microcapsules in perfumery as well as the perfuming compositions or perfumed articles comprising the invention's microcapsules to provide a prolonged release of fragrant aldehydes and/or ketones.

Abstract: A multipart gas pipe flange for connecting to a counter-flange of an internal combustion engine, having at least one flange plate designed as an outer flange, and having a flange inner part that can be received in said flange plate and is used for attaching a gas pipe which is connected downstream of the inner part in the flow direction and which is fluidically connected. The flange plate has at least one recess for the flange inner part, said recess having at least one inner surface and an inner diameter Di, and a mounting surface which can be placed at least indirectly on the counter-flange. The flange inner part has an outer surface which corresponds to the inner surface and which has an outer diameter Da.

Abstract: A method includes: receiving, at a computing device, diabetes management data from a diabetes management device, wherein the diabetes management data does not include a blood glucose (bG) measurement; using the computing device, transmitting an indicator of an account and the diabetes management data to a diabetes management server. The method further includes, using the diabetes management server: creating a bG measurement entry for the account in a database, leaving empty a field of the bG measurement entry for a bG measurement in the bG measurement entry based on the diabetes management data not including a bG measurement; and storing the diabetes management data in one or more respective fields of the bG measurement entry. The method further includes, using the diabetes management server, generating a user interface for displaying data stored in the bG measurement entry and at least one other bG measurement entry associated with the account.

Abstract: Patients having a chronic or acute disease or acute condition may be in need for stabilizing the circulation. Subject matter of the present invention is an anti-Adrenomedullin (ADM) antibody or an anti-adrenomedullin antibody fragment or an anti-ADM non-Ig scaffold for use in therapy of acute disease or condition of a patient for stabilizing the circulation. In a preferred embodiment anti-ADM antibody or an anti-adrenomedullin antibody fragment or an anti-ADM non-Ig scaffold according to the present invention reduces the vasopressor requirement, e.g. catecholamine requirement of said patient. The catecholamine requirement of a patient is an indicator for the condition of the circulation and hemodynamic function of said patient.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating, ameliorating or preventing a disorder comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition to a subject in need thereof, which composition contains a lipocalin mutein or a fragment or a variant thereof capable of increasing the bioavailability of iron in the subject.

Abstract: An optical security device can be used to view sensitive information provided in an obscured format via a potentially untrusted and/or compromised computer. The techniques described herein enable use of untrusted computers for access to sensitive information. The optical security device employs one or more forms of visual cryptography such as spatial cryptography and/or temporal cryptography in some instances via a programmable mask and/or a programmable color filter to reveal sensitive information that is provided in an obscured form by a potentially untrusted computer.

Abstract: A method for encoding screen outputs of an application to a series of video sequences, in which each video sequence can comprise an intra-frame (I-frame) and inter-frames (P-frames) relating to the I-frame, and each video sequence is formed for one screen output. The method can comprise forming a first video sequence for a first screen output, wherein the first video sequence can include an I-frame and (p-frames), and forming a second video sequence including an I-frame and (P-frames) for a second screen output, wherein the I-frame of the second video sequence can be obtained by encoding a changed area of the second screen output compared to the first screen output. A device for encoding, encoder, a device for decoding, and a decoding are also provided. The video data can be reduced according to the present invention.

Abstract: Support bearing which comprises a first ring and a second ring disposed inside the first ring and substantially coaxial thereto. The first ring and the second ring define between them an annular hollow space in which a cage structure is disposed comprising two circular crowns disposed distanced from each other and between which a plurality of rolling elements are disposed, provided to allow the reciprocal rotation of the first ring and the second ring. The bearing is suitable to support a roll which is used particularly, but not exclusively, in coating processes of a metal product, such as for example strip, wire, bars, by means of metal coating methods such as those known such as galvanization, aluminizing or other similar coating processes.

Abstract: A waste heat utilization system including a generator configured to receive a flow of an organic working fluid and a method of manufacturing the generator component is provided. The method includes preheating the generator component. The method also includes applying a varnish or an encapsulating layer to the generator component. The method further includes baking the generator component with the varnish applied thereto. The method yet further includes cooling the generator component.

Abstract: An optical security device can be used to view sensitive information provided in an obscured format via a potentially untrusted and/or compromised computer. The techniques described herein enable use of untrusted computers for access to sensitive information. The optical security device employs one or more forms of visual cryptography such as spatial cryptography and/or temporal cryptography in some instances via a programmable mask and/or a programmable color filter to reveal sensitive information that is provided in an obscured form by a potentially untrusted computer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control system for distributed organizational structures, comprising one or more organizations with one or more organizational units; users are assigned to at least one organization; and roles are assigned to the users, and the roles determine the available functionalities within the organization that is assigned to the user. The invention also relates to the use of the control system for identifying inventories from locally available database systems and remote database systems, preferably umbilical cord blood data.

Abstract: Ball valve with a housing which forms an inlet, an outlet and an obturator seat, an obturator which forms an inner cavity with an inlet aperture, an outlet aperture opposite the inlet aperture, an auxiliary aperture between the inlet aperture and the outlet aperture, as well as a closed side opposite the auxiliary aperture. The inlet aperture and the outlet aperture connect the inlet with the inner cavity and with the obturator seat and an outer channel is formed in an outer surface of the closed side which, when the obturator is rotated from a closed position towards an open position, opens a first outer flow passage between the obturator seat and the outlet before the outlet aperture opens a second inner flow passage between the inner cavity and the outlet.

Abstract: A reaching apparatus is provided for allowing a user to utilize gross motor skills to actuate the reaching apparatus. The reaching apparatus includes a fixed and a sliding handle on a shaft. An internal pulley system is connected between the first and second handles such that sliding of the second handle activates the pulley system to move the claw of the reaching apparatus between an open and closed configuration. The claw may be locked in an open and/or closed configuration by rotation of the handle on the shaft. The pulley system can be set to specific resistance to activate the claw upon different gross motor levels.

Abstract: A portable hearing assistance device comprises an input unit, an output unit, a forward path between the input unit and the output unit, and an energy source for energizing components of the hearing assistance device. The hearing assistance device further comprises a control unit to control activation (or deactivation) of a low-power mode of operation of the hearing assistance device. When the low-power mode is activated—the draw of current from said energy source is reduced compared to a normal mode of operation of the device, the activation (or deactivation) being influenced by a combination of at least two different control input signals to the control unit, each control input signal being a signal selected from 1) signals relating to current physical environment, 2) signals relating to current acoustic environment, 3) signals relating to current wearer state, and 4) signals relating to current state or operation mode.

Abstract: Systems and methods are presented that provide a visualization for displaying an order life-cycle for one or more orders. The visualization includes one or more order objects representing orders for financial instruments (e.g., stocks, bonds, securities) and connectivity between the one or more order objects to help show an order history for the order objects. The visualization shows how orders develop over time by allowing a more specific order life-cycle to be emphasized in the visualization. The systems and methods described below allow for direct visibility for the development of orders over time using a unique and interactive visualization.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for establishing an end-to-end communication between two networks, wherein: a message is received from one first network, this message having a first header and an application-data part; data of said first header is coded into a second header within the application data part, with the aid of a first coding scheme, so as to produce a modified application data part; said modified application data part is coded with the aid of a second coding scheme so as to produce a coded message; and this coded message is transmitted to a second network.