Abstract: A method and a system for using multi-modal time-series data retrieval through latent space projections to efficiently capture and store time-series data are provided. The method includes: generating a synthetic set of time-series data and a corresponding set of textual descriptions; using the synthetic data to generate a corresponding set of images; using the images to train an image encoder to learn a first multi-modal shared latent space, and using the textual descriptions to train a text encoder to learn the shared latent space; receiving historical time-series data and storing the historical data in a database; generating an index that relates to the shared latent space and is usable for identifying information stored in the database; receiving a user query that relates to a first new set of time-series data; and retrieving, from the database, information that is responsive to the query.

Abstract: A multilayer system including a first layer and a second layer is described. Each of the first layer and the second layer includes a composition having at least one specific perfume composition. A cleaner or an air freshener including the multilayer system is described. A method for fragrancing a toilet using the multilayer system is described. A method for producing the multilayer system is also described.

Abstract: An insulated winding assembly comprising an insulated foil conductor comprising a lead-in section, a lead-out section and a winding section between the lead-in and lead-out sections, wherein in the winding section, the insulated foil conductor is wound around a core material to form windings, wherein each of the lead-in and lead-out section is folded with respect to the winding section and arranged transverse to the windings of the winding section, and wherein each of the lead-in and lead-out section comprises at least one folding cut along a lengthwise direction of the foil conductor, thereby forming at least two strips. A corresponding method and a transformer comprising such a winding assembly is also presented herein.

Abstract: A device with exchangeable electronics assemblies of a motor vehicle. The device includes at least one housing for at least partially enclosing the at least two exchangeable electronics assemblies, at least one front side which is detachably connected to the housing and via which the exchangeable electronics assemblies arranged inside the housing can be accessed, wherein a rear housing cover and a rear printed circuit board, which is aligned transversely to the electronics assemblies and serves to contact the at least two exchangeable electronics assemblies, are provided, wherein at least one of the exchangeable electronics assemblies includes at least one carrier board with an infrastructure and at least one module, connected to the carrier board, with at least one computing unit, in particular a processor.

Abstract: A connector with a connector portion can be inserted into rail portions of a lighting system in each case. The rail portions are each provided with a conductor arrangement for supplying lighting devices with at least electrical operating current. The connector is configured to electrically couple the conductor arrangements of at least two of the rail portions to one another. The connector comprises a printed circuit board with conductive traces, and the connector comprises contact elements, each of which being firmly connected to the printed circuit board and configured to contact a conductor of one of the conductor arrangements in each case. In this case, the connector enables an electrical coupling of the corresponding conductors of the conductor arrangements by means of an electrical coupling of associated contact elements using at least one of the conductive traces.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating immune disorders and/or inflammation using certain modulator compounds. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of treating an immune and inflammatory disorders disorder by administering a composition comprising a therapeutically effective dosage of an ascaroside compound, or a mixture of ascaroside compounds, or a mixture containing at least one ascaroside.

Abstract: A microorganism strain has a deregulated cysteine biosynthesis pathway that is thereby suitable for fermentative production of at least one substance selected from L-cysteine, L-cystine and thiazolidine. The relative expression of the crp gene is reduced in relation to the expression of the crp gene having a wild-type promoter sequence as a result of mutation of the crp promoter sequence.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an in vitro method for producing a cannabinoid, the method comprising reacting a N prenylated aromatic compound with a flavin-dependent oxidase in a reaction mixture to form the cannabinoid, wherein the flavin-dependent oxidase is not derived from C. sativa.

Abstract: A method of analyzing includes obtaining a dataset having images of an area surrounding a vehicle and identifying at least one object in each image of the images. Eye-gaze information directed to an operator of the vehicle is obtained from an eye-gaze monitoring system. The eye-gaze information includes an eye-gaze direction of the operator corresponding to each of the images. A subset of images from the images is identified for performing additional data labeling based on a relationship between the eye-gaze direction to the at least one object identified in each image of the images.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an implant drill for producing bores in the jaw bone for dental implants, comprising a drill blade element with a blade portion and a connecting portion, which are arranged in the axial direction at opposite ends of the drill blade element; and a holding apparatus with a holding portion and an actuating portion, which are arranged in the axial direction at opposite ends of the holding apparatus, and wherein the holding portion has a slot-shaped receptacle that is mirror-symmetrical relative to the rotation axis, with two mutually parallel receptacle surfaces, wherein the connecting portion of the drill blade element is introducible in the axial direction into the receptacle of the holding portion of the holding apparatus, in order to connect the drill blade element non-rotatably to the holding apparatus.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention a delayed-release melatonin granulate, pharmaceutical compositions and dietary supplements comprising said granulate and their use in the treatment of sleep disorders and for the reduction of the time required to fall asleep, particularly of primary insomnia. It is also an object of the present invention to a combination consisting of melatonin, sodium alginate and calcium lactate and its use in the treatment of sleep disorders, particularly primary insomnia.

Abstract: Methods for centralized access control for cloud relational database management system resources are performed by systems and devices. The methods utilize a central policy storage, managed externally to database servers, which stores external policies for access to internal database resources at up to fine granularity. Database servers in the processing system each receive external access policies that correspond to users of the system by push or pull operations from the central policy storage, and store the external access policies in a cache of the database servers for databases. For resource access, access conditions are determined via policy engines of database servers based on an external access policy in the cache that corresponds to a user, responsive to a resource access request from a device of the user specifying the internal resource. Data associated with the resource is provided to the user based on the access condition being met.

Abstract: A transport assembly with a box portion including a box surface, a box front, a box back, and a pair of box sides, wherein the front, back, and sides each extend from the box surface, wherein a gap extends between the front and each of the sides; and a drawer portion including a drawer surface, a drawer front, and a pair of drawer sides, wherein the drawer front and drawer sides each extend from the drawer surface, the drawer surface and drawer sides define an open back portion that faces the drawer front, a gap extends between the drawer front and each of the drawer sides, and the box portion and drawer portion can be arranged such that an inner surface of the drawer front faces an outer surface of the box front and an inner surface of each box side faces an outer surface of a corresponding drawer side.

Abstract: A combustion engine for combustion of an air-fuel mixture containing air and fuel, comprising at least one temperature adjusting means for cooling or heating the air, fuel, and/or air-fuel mixture and a control unit configured to determine the methane number and/or hydrogen content of the fuel and/or air-fuel mixture, wherein the control unit is configured to control a temperature of the air, fuel and/or air-fuel mixture based on the determined methane number and/or hydrogen content by controlling the at least one temperature adjusting means.

Abstract: Tunable optical device comprising an optical element, an actuator and a transmission unit, wherein the transmission unit comprises a first fiber, the first fiber is arranged to transmit a tensile force from the actuator to the optical element, and the tensile force result in a change of an optical property of the optical element.

Abstract: A method for welding a flexible film (10) to a carrier component (20) having the following steps: 1) pressing the film (10) on the carrier component (20) by a volumetric flow of a fluid, and 2) laser welding the film (10) on the carrier component (20).

Abstract: Techniques are described for tracking information regarding the condition history of a vehicle battery using blockchain technology. In an example embodiment, a system comprises a vehicle battery, and one or more sensors integrated on or within the vehicle battery that capture sensor data regarding a condition of the vehicle battery over a period of time prior to installation of the vehicle battery within a vehicle. The vehicle battery further comprises a communication component that sends the sensor data to a remote device in response to capture of the sensor data by the one or more sensors. In various implementations, the remote device comprises a blockchain device part of a blockchain network, and wherein the remote device records the sensor data using the blockchain network.

Abstract: A parking brake apparatus is provided for a vehicle including a vehicle drive train that extends between a vehicle propulsion engine and a vehicle wheel. The parking brake apparatus comprises a wheel drum located away from the vehicle wheel and fixedly attached to a drivetrain shaft that extends along a portion of the vehicle drive train between the vehicle propulsion engine and the vehicle wheel. The parking brake apparatus also comprises activatable drum brake components disposed in an interior chamber of the wheel drum. When activated, the drum brake components apply a clamping force to the wheel drum to prevent the wheel drum and the drivetrain shaft fixedly attached thereto from rotating and thereby preventing the vehicle wheel from rotating to provide the vehicle with a parking brake functionality.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a steering damping requirement of a steering device of a vehicle, a steering system, a computer program product and a computer-readable storage medium. The steering device is part of a steering system of the vehicle and is coupled to at least one actuator which is configured to apply a steering torque to the steering device. The method comprises at least the step of determining the steering damping requirement based on at least one rack force of the steering system, wherein the steering damping requirement forms at least a portion of a target steering torque with which the steering device can be acted upon by the at least one actuator.

Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PLKD89 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PLKD89, cells from soybean variety 5PLKD89, plants of soybean 5PLKD89, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PLKD89. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PLKD89 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PLKD89, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PLKD89, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PLKD89. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PLKD89 are further provided.