Abstract: A method supplies a lighting device with electrical energy, wherein the lighting device includes at least two integrated circuits with at least one LED group by a current source associated with this LED group. The method includes generating a supply voltage by a voltage regulator, adjusting a LED group current passing the LED groups by one of the respective current sources , detecting the voltage drops across the current sources, selecting one voltage drop of each integrated circuit as a characteristic voltage drop, generating a control value of the respective integrated circuit, according to the characteristic voltage drop, reducing the control voltage when the control voltage is greater than a control value of the respective integrated circuit, and controlling the output voltage in accordance with the control voltage and/or in accordance with a control bus voltage derived from the control voltage.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining one or more tractor units for a tractor-trailer in a system including a plurality of electrically driven tractor units. Each tractor unit is configured to form a tractor-trailer with a respective trailer and to tow the respective trailer. The method includes: receiving a first item of transport order information, representing a loading position and an unloading position, receiving first items of tractor unit information representing a current position of the respective tractor unit and an estimated current range of the respective tractor unit, determining the first tractor unit in order to form a first tractor-trailer for transporting the goods along a first section of a transport route, the determination of the first tractor unit being performed while considering the first item of transport order information and the first items of tractor unit information.

Abstract: A plug connector, having a housing that has at least one slot for accommodating an exchangeable function module. The housing is configured for accommodating a supply unit and/or a locking unit in order to fasten the function module to the housing in a form-fit and/or force-fit manner.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating non-inflammatory lesions and symptoms thereof comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of (4S,4aS,5aR,12aS)-4-dimethylamino-3,10,12,12a-tetrahydroxy-7-[(methoxy(methyl)amino)-methyl]-1,11-dioxo-1,4,4a,5,5a,6,11,12a-octahydro-naphthacene-2-carboxylic acid amide or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In certain embodiments, a crystalline mono hydrochloride, mono mesylate, or mono sulfate salt of (4S,4aS,5aR,12aS)-4-(dimethylamino)-3,10,12,12a-tetrahydroxy-7-[(methoxy(methyl)amino)methyl]-1,11-dioxo-1,4,4a,5,5a,6,11,12a-octahydro-naphthacene-2-carboxylic acid amide is administered.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel cell-based and animal-based assays for determining antagonists of PKC? and uses of the isolated antagonist compounds for modulating insulin clearance and secretion. The invention also provides novel animals and cells such as animals and cells suitable for use in the assays.

Abstract: A method and a device for detecting the state of a driver are described. In the process, the curve of a signal which characterizes the state of the driver is evaluated, and a signal indicating the state of the driver is generated in response to a typical curve.

Abstract: A method and a device for driver assistance in which the warning threshold at which the driver is warned for example of a departure from the lane is adaptively adjusted as a function of the driver's state and/or the driving situation.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for driver assistance, in which a distinction is made, with the aid of operating variables and a classifier, between an intentional and unintentional lane change by the vehicle.

Abstract: A method and a device for detecting the state of a driver are described. In the process, the curve of a signal which characterizes the state of the driver is evaluated, and a signal indicating the state of the driver is generated in response to a typical curve.

Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for driver state detection, a signal characterizing the driver state is derived from the frequency of minima in the time profile of a variable that represents the lane-holding behavior of the driver, in particular the “time to line crossing,” the time required until the lane marking is crossed.

Abstract: A method and a device for driver assistance in which the warning threshold at which the driver is warned for example of a departure from the lane is adaptively adjusted as a function of the driver's state and/or the driving situation.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel cell-based and animal-based assays for determining antagonists of PKC? and uses of the isolated antagonist compounds for modulating insulin clearance and secretion. The invention also provides novel animals and cells such as animals and cells suitable for use in the assays.

Abstract: In a method and a device for driver support, a directional indicator, e.g., the blinker of the vehicle, is actuated when there is a recognized lane change and a lane-change intention is present.

Abstract: A method and a device for driver assistance are described, a warning signal being output as a function of the driver status and the lane change intention in the event of a lane change.

Abstract: A composite tube includes at least two linings, wherein the first lining is an inert lining and wherein the second lining is placed radially outside of the first lining. A technical goal is to make available a composite tube, which provides an inert conduit for the transported medium and which, upon bending, does not prematurely kink itself. This technical goal is achieved in that a third deformable lining is provided and in that the third lining is placed radially outside of the first lining and is bound to the intervening second lining.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for driver assistance, in which a distinction is made, with the aid of operating variables and a classifier, between an intentional and unintentional lane change by the vehicle.

Abstract: A pontoon includes a plurality of side-by-side arranged buoyant bodies articulated to one another to allow the pontoon to be placed in a collapsed or in an extended state. Each flanking buoyant body has a bottom face sloping upwardly in an outwardly direction, a top face and a wall element arranged at an outer portion of the flanking buoyant body. The wall element has a position in which it slopes upwardly and projects beyond the top face in an upward direction.