Abstract: A semiconductive polymer composition comprising: (a) an ethylene alkyl (meth) acrylate copolymer; (b) 15 to 48 wt % carbon black having an iodine adsorption number of 85 to 140 mg/g (ASTM D 1510-19a), an oil absorption number of 90 to 110 ml/100 g (ASTM D 2414-19) and an average primary particle size of 29 nm or less (ASTM D 3849-14a); and (c) 0.05 to 2.0 wt % of 4,4?-bis(1,1?-dimethylbenzyl)diphenylamine; all weight percentages being based on the total weight of the semiconductive polymer composition.

Abstract: A semiconductive polymer composition comprising: (a) an ethylene C1-2-alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer having an MFR2 of 4.5 g/10 min or more and a C1-2-alkyl (meth)acrylate content of at least 9.0 wt % based on the total weight of the ethylene C1-2-alkyl alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer; (b) 35.0 to 48 wt % carbon black having an iodine adsorption number of 85 to 140 mg/g (ASTM D 1510-19a), an oil absorption number of 90 to 110 ml/100 g (ASTM D 2414-19) and an average primary particle size of 29 nm or less (ASTM D 3849-14a); and (c) 0.05 to 2.0 wt % of at least one antioxidant; all weight percentages being based on the total weight of the semiconductive polymer composition, unless mentioned otherwise.

Abstract: An interface may receive user input, wherein two or more interactive shapes are shown on the interface, wherein each interactive shape represents a query of scoring an attribute, and wherein a size parameter of a first of the two or more interactive shapes is indicative of the scoring of the represented attribute. The method comprises retrieving a user selection of one interactive shape of the two or more interactive shapes so that the one interactive shape becomes a selected master shape and the remaining of the two or more interactive shapes becomes non-selected slave shapes, retrieving a user request for increasing or decreasing of the size parameter of the selected master shape, and resealing the size parameter of the non-selected slave shapes such that a sum of the size parameters of the two or more interactive shapes is kept at a constant value.

Abstract: A method for repairing a damaged leading or trailing edge region of a metallic turbine blade, which has a suction-side blade wall, a pressure-side blade wall and a leading edge and a trailing edge, includes: removing the damaged leading or trailing edge region, with a cutout being formed; providing a replacement part which can be inserted in form-fitting fashion into the cutout and which restores the intended geometry of the turbine blade; inserting the replacement part in form-fitting fashion into the cutout in a predetermined insertion direction, and cohesively connecting the replacement part to the turbine blade, wherein mechanical connection of the replacement part and turbine blade using separate fastening elements is performed in addition to the cohesive connection.

Abstract: A method and system for determining a route map and a route for a vehicle. Generating the route map comprises obtaining historical data comprising a plurality of data points for each of a plurality of vehicles from storage and determining a plurality of nodes each representing a subset of the data points. The historical data is applied to the plurality of nodes to determine the closest node for each vehicle. The nodes are ordered for each of the plurality of vehicles in the historical data by time; and a directed edge is generated between a first and second node of the plurality of ordered nodes, based on when the historical data indicates that a given vehicle has transited from the first node and the second node. A route is determined for the vehicle based on the generated route map and outputted route to a control system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a semiconductive polymer composition comprising a polymer component, a conducting component and a crosslinking agent, wherein the polymer component comprises a polar polyethylene and the crosslinking agent comprises an aliphatic mono- or bifunctional peroxide or, alternatively, a monofunctional peroxide containing an aromatic group, and the crosslinking agent is present in an amount which is Z wt %, based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polymer composition, and Z1?Z?Z2, wherein Z1 is 0.01 and Z2 is 5.0, an article being e.g. a cable, e.g. a power cable, and processes for producing a semiconductive polymer composition and an article; useful in different end applications, such as wire and cable (W&C) applications.

Abstract: A 5G Fixed Mobile Interworking Function Database entity, FMIF-DB, in a system including a Wireline 5G Access Network, W-5GAN, connects to a Fixed Network Residential Gateway, FN-RG, the W-5GAN including a Wireline Access Node, AN, and a 5G Fixed Mobile Interworking Function, FMIF. The FMIF connects to Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF, and to an User Plane Function, UPF, and the FMIF DN. The wireline Access Node, couples to a Fixed Network Residential Gateway, FN-RG providing services such as TV, Internet and voice, the database apparatus being adapted for holding—User entity, UE, credentials for providing an identity of an FN-RG as a User Entity, UE, and—UE configuration data for the FN-RG.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, entities, and computer readable media for non-3GPP access authentication. The method (1600) at a protocol translation entity includes: receiving (S1601), from a Non-3GPP access point, an authentication request message of a first protocol type for a UE that includes an identity of the UE; translating (S1603) the authentication request message of the first protocol type to a corresponding authentication request message of a second protocol type; and transmitting (S1605), to an entity for authentication, the corresponding authentication request message of a second protocol type that includes the identity of the UE.

Abstract: A method performed by an Access and mobility Management Function (AMF). The method includes receiving from a Session Management Function (SMF) a request to establish User Plane (UP) for a user equipment's (UE's) protocol data unit (PDU) session. The request includes information indicating an access type. The method also includes, in response to the request, performing the steps of: determining that the UE is in the idle state with respect to both a 3GPP access and a non-3GPP access and, as a result of determining that the UE is in the idle state with respect to both a 3GPP access and a non-3GPP access, the AMF initiates paging of the UE by the 3GPP access, the paging initiation comprising transmitting to a Radio Access Network, RAN, node a page request to page the UE.

Abstract: The invention relates to a semiconductive polymer composition comprising a polymer component, a conducting component and a crosslinking agent, wherein the polymer component comprises a polar polyethylene and the crosslinking agent comprises an aliphatic mono- or bifunctional peroxide or, alternatively, a monofunctional peroxide containing an aromatic group, and the crosslinking agent is present in an amount which is Z wt %, based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polymer composition, and Z1?Z?Z2, wherein Z1 is 0.01 and Z2 is 5.0, an article being e.g. a cable, e.g. a power cable, and processes for producing a semiconductive polymer composition and an article; useful in different end applications, such as wire and cable (W&C) applications.

Abstract: A method performed by a serving Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) serving a wireless communication device. The method includes receiving, from a target AMF, a request for information regarding the wireless communication device. The method also includes submitting, in reply to the request for information, a current user equipment (UE) context of the wireless communication device and an identifier of an ongoing non 3rd Generation Partnership Project (non-3GPP) access Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session for the wireless communication device. The method further includes notifying a Non-3GPP Interworking Function (N3IWF) to remove the current UE context, wherein the N3IWF is configured to enable the wireless communication device to attach to the core network over non-3GPP access.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging system, including a target; an electron beam source configured to provide an electron beam for interaction with the target to generate X-ray radiation; electron optics configured to alternately direct the electron beam to at least a first and a second location on the target; an X-ray detector array configured to receive X-ray radiation generated at the first and second locations on the target; a sample position region for receiving a sample to be exposed to generated X-ray radiation, the sample position region being located in a region where X-ray radiation generated at the first location overlaps with X-ray radiation generated at the second location; and a processing unit coupled to the X-ray detector array, the processing unit being configured to create an image of a sample, positioned in the sample position region, based on the X-ray radiation originating from the first location and from the second location.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer composition comprising a polyethylene and a crosslinking agent, wherein the polymer composition contains a total amount of vinyl groups which is B vinyl groups per 1000 carbon atoms, and B1?B, wherein B1 is 0.88, when measured prior to crosslinking according to method ASTM D624898; and wherein the crosslinking agent is present in an amount which Z wt %, based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polymer composition, and Z?Z2, wherein Z2 is 0.60, an article being e.g. a cable, e.g. a power cable, and processes for producing a polymer composition and an article; useful in different end applications, such as wire and cable (W&C) applications.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer composition comprising a polyethylene and a crosslinking agent, characterized in that the polymer composition contains a total amount of vinyl groups which is B vinyl groups per 1000 carbon atoms, and B1?B, wherein B1 is 0.88, when measured prior to crosslinking according to method ASTM D6248-98; and in that the crosslinking agent is present in an amount which is Z wt %, based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polymer composition, and Z?Z2, wherein Z2 is 0.30, an article being e.g. a cable, e.g. a power cable, and processes for producing a polymer composition and an article; useful in different end applications, such as wire and cable (W&C) applications.

Abstract: A method for determining an electrolyte level in electrochemical cells of a battery or of a plurality of batteries, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing one battery or a plurality of batteries, each battery comprising a container having at least one wall; each battery consisting of one or several electrochemical cells; b) recording an image of the infrared radiations emitted by the wall and by the electrolyte through the wall of the battery or in case of a plurality of batteries recording an image of the infrared radiations emitted by the walls and by the electrolyte through the walls of the plurality of batteries; c) processing the image to locate in each electrochemical cell a boundary between two zones exhibiting a temperature difference thereby determining the electrolyte level in each electrochemical cell.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for policy based selection of a network. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a user equipment (UE) includes obtaining a transfer policy from a policy node of a first network, the transfer policy being associated with a network selection for an application; and determining whether the application is to be transferred from using the first network to using a second network based at least in part on the obtained transfer policy, the first network being one of a standalone non-public network, SNPN, and a public land mobile network, PLMN and the second network being another one of the SNPN and the PLMN and the transfer policy being based at least in part on at least one of: (i) Quality-of-service, QoS, information associated with the application and (ii) whether the UE has a subscription to the second network.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer composition comprising a polyethylene, a crosslinking agent and antioxidant(s), wherein the polymer composition contains a total amount of vinyl groups which is B vinyl groups per 1000 carbon atoms, and B1?B, wherein B1 is 0.12, when measured prior to crosslinking according to method ASTM D6248-98, the crosslinking agent is present in an amount which is Z wt %, based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polymer composition, and Z1?Z?Z2, wherein Z1 is 0.005 and Z2 is 2.0, and the antioxidant(s) is/are nitrogen containing antioxidant(s) being present in an amount which is W wt %, based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polymer composition, and W1?W?W2, wherein W1 is 0.005 and W2 is 1.0, an article being e.g. a cable, e.g. a power cable, and processes for producing a polymer composition and an article; useful in different end applications, such as wire and cable (W&C) applications.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cable comprising layer(s), which layer(s) is/are obtained from a polymer composition comprising a polyethylene, a crosslinking agent and antioxidant(s), characterized in that the polymer composition contains a total amount of vinyl groups which is B vinyl groups per 1000 carbon atoms, and B1?B, wherein B1 is 0.12, when measured prior to crosslinking according to method ASTM D6248-98, the crosslinking agent is present in an amount which is Z wt %, prior to crosslinking, based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polymer composition, and Z1?Z?Z2, wherein Z1 is 0.005 and Z2 is 2.0, and that the antioxidant(s) is/are nitrogen containing antioxidant(s) being present in an amount which is W wt %, prior to crosslinking, based on the total amount (100 wt %) of the polymer composition, and W1?W?W2, wherein W1 is 0.005 and W2 is 1.0, the cable, e.g.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for information synchronization. A method at a data management node comprises receiving a first message including an identity of a first gateway from the first gateway. The first gateway serves a session of a terminal device. The terminal device accesses to a network from a second gateway. The method further comprises sending a second message including the identity of the first gateway to an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server. The first message further includes a first indication that the terminal device accesses to the network from the second gateway.

Abstract: An interface may receive user input, wherein two or more interactive shapes are shown on the interface, wherein each interactive shape represents a query of scoring an attribute, and wherein a size parameter of a first of the two or more interactive shapes is indicative of the scoring of the represented attribute. The method comprises retrieving a user selection of one interactive shape of the two or more interactive shapes so that the one interactive shape becomes a selected master shape and the remaining of the two or more interactive shapes becomes non-selected slave shapes, retrieving a user request for increasing or decreasing of the size parameter of the selected master shape, and rescaling the size parameter of the non-selected slave shapes such that a sum of the size parameters of the two or more interactive shapes is kept at a constant value.