Abstract: In a heat exchanger for use with a refrigerant under a pressure of 140 bar or more, channels for the refrigerant and another fluid are formed directly two or more plates, and at least one manifold for the refrigerant is formed outside the plates, which is connected to the channels by openings.

Abstract: A gas turbine power generation plant (100; 200; 300; 400; 500; 600) comprising: a gasifier (102) for producing a fuel gas stream (104); a treatment arrangement (110) for treating the fuel gas of the fuel gas stream (104); a combustor (114) for receiving the treated fuel gas stream (116) and for producing a flue gas stream (118); a gas expander unit (120) for receiving the flue gas stream (118), the gas expander unit (120) being configured to be coupled to an electric generator (122); a compressor unit (126a, 126b) for supplying air to one or more of the combustor (114), solid fuel gasifier (102) and gas expander unit (120), one or more of the combustor (114), solid fuel gasifier (102) and gas expander unit (120) being configured to receive an air stream (130) from the compressor unit (126a, 126b); a sensor (134a, 134b, 134c, 134d, 134e, 134f, 134g, 134h, 134i, 134j, 134k) for determining a value of a varying physical quantity; a water fluid injector unit (136a, 136b) for injecting water fluid into one or more

Abstract: A chamber body includes a ceramic weldment having a lower wall, a sidewall, and an upper wall. The sidewall is coupled to the lower wall by a sidewall-to-lower wall weld and the upper wall is coupled to the sidewall by a sidewall-to-upper wall weld. The upper wall has an upper wall plate portion and an upper wall rib portion extending therefrom formed from a singular quartz workpiece using a subtractive manufacturing technique, the upper wall further having a unwelded ribbed region overlying the lower wall. Chamber arrangements, semiconductor processing systems and related methods of making chamber bodies and depositing material layers onto substrates supported within chamber bodies are also described.

Abstract: A component of a system, including: processor circuitry; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the processor circuitry to: receive image data of an object captured by a camera; analyze a visual feature of the object based on the received image data; generate illumination patterns based on the analyzed visual feature; and control arrays of light sources integrated into a plurality of fingers of a robotic gripper to project the illumination patterns within a grasp volume defined by the plurality of fingers during object manipulation to enhance detection of the visual feature of the object, wherein each light source in the arrays of light sources is individually controllable.

Abstract: A method for quality testing of brushes (2) is provided, in which method a trained, AI-based, classifier (4) is used. After corresponding training using a training data set which shows images of defective brushes, the classifier (4) is configured to classify brushes (2) to be checked as defective brushes based on images of the brushes (2).

Abstract: In at least one embodiment an X-ray source includes an electron source configured to emit electrons, an acceleration set-up configured to accelerate the emitted electrons and a transmission window downwards of the acceleration set-up, the transmission window configured to let through X-rays generated by the accelerated electrons, wherein the transmission window incudes a carbon carrier, and wherein the carbon carrier includes sp2-hybridized carbon.

Abstract: A battery management system for a high-voltage battery of a motor vehicle monitors battery cells of the high-voltage battery. The battery management system can be arranged in a battery housing of the high-voltage battery and has an electronic circuit which is arranged on a circuit carrier and has a processor and a communication interface for communication with at least one vehicle-side unit external to the high-voltage battery. The electronic circuit has at least one pressure sensor, which is designed to detect pressure signals in the battery housing and transmit same to the processor. The processor is designed to detect, on the basis of the transmitted pressure signals, a thermal runaway of at least one battery cell of the high-voltage battery, to generate a signal in the event that a thermal runaway is detected, and to provide the signal of the communication interface for transmission to the unit.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a personal care device (52) for performing a light-based hair removal or photo-epilation operation on a body of a subject. The personal care device (52) comprises a housing (54) that includes a first window or opening (68), a light source configured to generate light to perform the light-based hair removal or photo-epilation operation, wherein the light source is arranged in the housing such that light emitted by the light source illuminates a part of the body, a receiving member in or on the housing (54) for receiving and retaining a consumer electronic device (62) in or on the personal care device (52), and an optical system (80) in the housing (54) for enabling an imaging unit (78) of a consumer electronic device (62) retained in the recess (60) to obtain images of a part of the body via the first window or opening (68).

Abstract: Some aspects are directed to an all-on-chip, optoelectronic device for sampling arbitrary, low-energy, near-infrared waveforms under ambient conditions. This solid-state integrated detector uses optical-field-driven electron emission from resonant nanoantennas to achieve petahertz-level switching speeds by generating on-chip attosecond electron burst. Also disclosed is a cross-correlation technique based on perturbation of local electron field emission rates that allows for the full characterization of arbitrary electric fields down to 1 femtojoule, and/or on the order of 500 kV/m, using plasmonic nanoantennas.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a measurement cell assembly for determining a pressure in a pressure cell (2) are given, wherein the method consists in that a measurement signal (x) is determined, which is at least proportional to a measured pressure in the pressure cell (2), and in that the measurement signal (x) is filtered by means of a first filter unit (10) having a low-pass characteristic in order to produce an output signal (y), wherein the low-pass characteristics of the first filter unit (10) is defined by means of a first damping factor (?1).

Abstract: Absorbable implants for breast surgery that conform to the breast parenchyma and surrounding chest wall have been developed. These implants support newly lifted breast parenchyma, and/or a breast implant. The implants have mechanical properties sufficient to support a reconstructed breast, and allow the in-growth of tissue into the implant as it degrades. The implants have a strength retention profile allowing the support of the breast to be transitioned from the implant to regenerated host tissue, without significant loss of support. Three-dimensional implants for use in minimally invasive mastopexy/breast reconstruction procedures are also described, that confer shape to a patient's breast. These implants are self-reinforced, can be temporarily deformed, implanted in a suitably dissected tissue plane, and resume their preformed three-dimensional shape. The implants are preferably made from poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB) and copolymers thereof.

Abstract: A hybrid power generation plant system and method are disclosed, the system including but not limited to a plurality of diesel engines; an electrical bus switchably attached to the diesel engines, batteries switchably attached to the electrical bus; a tug boat propulsion load attached to the electrical bus; a diesel engine and a battery; a processor the executes a computer program; instructions to determine a current system load serviced by power provided from the hybrid power source; instructions to determine a current operating state for the diesel engine and the battery; instructions to determine a new operating state for the diesel engine and the battery to reduce power consumption servicing the current system load the diesel engine and the battery; and instructions to replace the current operating state for the diesel engine and the battery to the new operating state for the diesel engine and the battery.

Abstract: Sensor-based privacy-event detection for a mounted electronic device is described. In aspects, a security system includes a head assembly removably and magnetically coupled to a mounting device having a magnet. The electronic device also includes a camera module and a sensor disposed within the housing. The sensor detects a magnetic field associated with the magnet when the head assembly is coupled to the mounting device. When a user detaches the head assembly from the mounting device (e.g., to recharge the electronic device), the sensor no longer detects the magnetic field and determines the occurrence of a privacy event, which is used to deactivate the camera module to prevent unintentional recordings during the privacy event.

Abstract: Physiological monitoring can be provided through a lightweight wearable monitor that includes two components, a flexible extended wear electrode patch and a reusable monitor recorder that removably snaps into a receptacle on the electrode patch. The wearable monitor sits centrally on the patient's chest along the sternum oriented top-to-bottom. The placement of the wearable monitor in a location at the sternal midline, with its unique narrow “hourglass”-like shape, significantly improves the ability of the wearable monitor to cutaneously sense cardiac electrical potential signals, particularly the P-wave and the QRS interval signals indicating ventricular activity in the ECG waveforms. In particular, the ECG electrodes on the electrode patch are tailored to be positioned axially along the midline of the sternum for capturing action potential propagation in an orientation that corresponds to the aVF lead used in a conventional 12-lead ECG that is used to sense positive or upright P-waves.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a CNP prodrug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof comprising a CNP moiety -D; and a carrier moiety —Z that is conjugated through a moiety -L1- to a reversible prodrug linker moiety -L1-, which reversible prodrug linker moiety -L1- is covalently and reversibly conjugated to -D; wherein -L1- is a chemical bond or a spacer; and —Z is a polymer having a molecular weight of at least 10 kDa. It further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the CNP prodrug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, their use as a medicament and to methods of treatment.

Abstract: Systems, storage mediums comprising instructions, and methods of training a neural network to determine solutions to an optimization problem are provided. The methods involve obtaining training data representing a plurality of instances of an optimization problem, each instance being represented by a set of state parameters. For each instance of the optimization problem, a plurality of solutions are generated, each solution being generated using a neural network conditioned on an N-dimensional vector. Training the neural network conditioned on an N-dimensional vector associated with the highest performing solution is performed. Systems, storage mediums, and methods of using an neural network trained to be conditioned on an N-dimensional vector are also provided. These methods involve a search process for identifying an N-dimensional vector selected from a vector latent space to obtain a solution for the instance of the optimization problem.

Abstract: A method for analysing the change between two frames of an uncompressed video stream, including estimating a shift and statistical deviation between all or part of the frames in at least one direction, and using the one or more computed shifts and statistical deviations to detect a significant change between the frames. A method for coding an uncompressed video stream, wherein information relating to a significant change is used to modify the uncompressed video stream or coding parameters of the uncompressed video stream, in order to avoid peaks in rate. A device implementing either of the methods, to a complete transmitting system, to a computer program product comprising program instructions allowing the steps of the methods to be executed, and to a recording medium comprising the computer program product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a prodrug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof comprising a drug linker conjugate D-L, wherein -D is an amine containing biologically active moiety; and -L is a non-biologically active linker moiety -L1 represented by formula (I): wherein the dashed line indicates the attachment to the amine of the biologically active moiety and wherein R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3, R3a, X, X1, X2, X3 have the meaning as indicated in the description and the claims and wherein L1 is substituted with one to four groups L2-Z and optionally further substituted, provided that the hydrogen marked with the asterisk in formula (I) is not replaced by a substituent; wherein L2 is a single chemical bond or a spacer; and Z is a carrier group. The invention also relates to A-L, wherein A is a leaving group, pharmaceutical composition comprising said prodrugs and their use as medicaments.

Abstract: A disc brake is proposed with a brake carrier and brake linings consisting of a friction lining and a lining rear plate. The brake carrier has a lining well with mutually facing first supporting surfaces and with second supporting surfaces. Angle brackets with tabs are situated between the brake lining and the lining well, of which tabs an inner tab is supported against the inner side and the other tab is supported against the outer side of the brake carrier.

Abstract: A method for calculating a parameterization of a controller for a technical system. The method includes: determining a characteristic of the controller, wherein the characteristic includes at least a description of a structure of the controller and at least one differential equation to represent a dynamic behavior of the technical system; defining an objective function which is based on at least one requirement for a safety characteristic and/or for a performance characteristic of the controller and/or of the technical system; formulating an optimization problem, wherein the optimization problem is formulated on the basis of the objective function and at least one additional condition, wherein the at least one additional condition ensures at least one restriction of at least one state of the technical system; calculating the parameterization of the controller based on the determined optimization problem.