Abstract: A power supply for an x-ray emitter is disclosed. A voltage source of the power supply is configured to provide an acceleration voltage or a heating voltage between a first internal contact and a second internal contact to, in a first operating mode, supply the x-ray emitter with power. The power supply includes a control device configured, in a second operating mode, to detect a voltage between the first and the second internal contact and/or to detect a current via the first and/or second internal contact. As a function of the detected voltage and/or of the detected current, the control device is configured to activate a warning device for giving a warning and/or to transmit a warning signal. A method is further disclosed.

Abstract: A method of compressing image data is described in which a difference value is formed for a respective pixel, said difference value corresponding to a predetermined relation between the pixel value and the estimated pixel value of the respective pixel and being represented by a first binary word that has a first length. The first binary word is encoded by at least one second binary word that has a second predetermined length. the first length is compared with the second length to determine whether the first length is smaller than the second length, with the first binary word otherwise being completely encoded by a single second binary word when the first length is smaller than the second length, and with the first binary word otherwise being completely encoded by a plurality of second binary words. A method of decompressing image data is furthermore described that corresponds to a reversal of the compression method.

Abstract: The present invention refers to an airborne system (100?) and in particular to an airborne power generation system (100). The airborne power generation system (100) comprises an airborne unit (10) configured (i) as an aerial vehicle (10?), in particular as a kite or a multicopter, and (ii) to harvest and convert wind power into electrical power, a ground unit (50) configured to send and/or receive electrical power to and from the airborne unit (10), respectively, and a coupling and tether unit (30) for mechanically and electrically coupling the airborne unit (10) to the ground unit (50) and configured to transmit electrical power between the airborne unit (10) and the ground unit (50).

Abstract: The invention relates to a foundation element in the ground and to a method for producing the foundation element which is formed of a hardenable mass, wherein, prior to hardening, at least one heat exchanger element is inserted. According to the invention a transition region towards the surrounding ground is provided, in which the foundation element is formed of crushed ground material of the surrounding ground with a hardening suspension.

Abstract: A method for operating a transmission device and a transmission with at least one oil chamber, in which is arranged a wheelset of the transmission device. At the same time, in order to determine the temperature in the oil chamber, an overall level is determined for the oil chamber, wherein an initial value is determined from the overall energy level at the start of the operation of the transmission device with the following steps: determination of a standardized shutdown time as a function of an external temperature and of the overall energy level that is present with the shutdown of the transmission device, determination of a corrected shutdown time as a function of the standardized shutdown time and a measured shutdown time, and determination of the initial value as a function of the corrected shutdown time and of the momentary external temperature.

Abstract: A method of compressing image data that comprise a plurality of pixel values that are associated with a respective pixel is described, wherein the pixel values are compressed for at least some pixels in accordance with the following steps: associating the respective pixel with one of a plurality of pixel groups in accordance with a predetermined grouping scheme, with each of the plurality of pixel groups being defined by the pixels of a plurality of predetermined pixel alignments or by a subset of pixels of a plurality of predetermined pixel alignments; determining an estimated pixel value of the respective pixel in dependence on the pixel value of at least one predetermined other pixel while using at least one estimation rule, with the at least one predetermined other pixel being selected in dependence on the pixel group of the respective pixel; forming a difference value of the respective pixel that corresponds to a predetermined relation between the pixel value and the estimated pixel value of the respecti

Abstract: A method of compressing image data is described in which a difference value is formed for a respective pixel, said difference value corresponding to a predetermined relation between the pixel value and the estimated pixel value of the respective pixel and being represented by a first binary word that has a first length. The first binary word is encoded by at least one second binary word that has a second predetermined length. the first length is compared with the second length to determine whether the first length is smaller than the second length, with the first binary word otherwise being completely encoded by a single second binary word when the first length is smaller than the second length, and with the first binary word otherwise being completely encoded by a plurality of second binary words. A method of decompressing image data is furthermore described that corresponds to a reversal of the compression method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanical seal assembly comprising a mechanical seal (2) comprising a rotating mechanical seal (20) and a stationary mechanical seal (21) defining a sealing gap (22) therebetween, and a one-piece safety seal (3) provided as a redundant seal in the event of failure of the mechanical seal (2) and adapted to seal at a rotating component, the safety seal (3) comprising a base body (30) and a sealing area (31) projecting from the base body (30) in the axial direction (X-X) and being flexible, a thickness of the sealing area (31) in the radial direction being smaller than a thickness of the base body (30) in the radial direction, and the safety seal (3) being arranged in a stationary manner and comprising a sealing surface (32) on an inner circumference.

Abstract: The invention relates to a foundation element in the ground and to a method for producing the foundation element which is formed of a hardenable mass, wherein, prior to hardening, at least one heat exchanger element is inserted. According to the invention a transition region towards the surrounding ground is provided, in which the foundation element is formed of crushed ground material of the surrounding ground with a hardening suspension.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of binder compositions containing one or more polymers based on ethylenically unsaturated monomers for producing textile sheet products, characterized in that the polymers are based on a) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing epoxy groups, b) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing silane groups and c) one or more other ethylenically unsaturated monomers differing from the monomers a) and b), where the % by weight data are always based on the total weight of the polymers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a floor covering adhesive composition, based on an aqueous, emulsifier-stabilized polymer dispersion of vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer, containing A) tackifying resin, B) one or more fillers, and C) a vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer in the form of an emulsifier-stabilized aqueous dispersion, characterized in that the vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer is obtained by radical-initiated emulsion polymerization in an aqueous medium, of a) 60 to 89.9% by weight of vinyl acetate, b) 10 to 36% by weight of ethylene, c) 0 to 2% by weight of one or more monomers selected from the group of vinyl esters of carboxylic acids having 8 to 12 C atoms and acrylic acid alkyl esters having a C1 to C8 alkyl radical, d) 0.

Abstract: In a method for operating a fuel tank system for a motor vehicle, with the fuel tank system having a fuel tank and an accumulation tank to which a suction side of a fuel pump is connected, at least one sensor determines a geodetic orientation of the fuel tank when a fill level of the fuel tank is below a predetermined minimum fill level. A fueling parameter is read out from a characteristic curve field based on the geodetic orientation, and the fueling parameter is displayed by a signaling device.

Abstract: A method for determining the dry weight of a patient after dialysis therapy, wherein the patient's blood volume is monitored and blood volume values are output. The blood volume values are recorded and evaluated for a predetermined period of time after reaching an ultrafiltration volume appropriately predetermined for the patient, wherein the dry weight of the patient then is determined on the basis of the rate of change of the blood volume during the predetermined period of time.

Abstract: A method for operating a transmission device and a transmission with at least one oil chamber, in which is arranged a wheelset of the transmission device. At the same time, in order to determine the temperature in the oil chamber, an overall level is determined for the oil chamber, wherein an initial value is determined from the overall energy level at the start of the operation of the transmission device with the following steps: determination of a standardized shutdown time as a function of an external temperature and of the overall energy level that is present with the shutdown of the transmission device, determination of a corrected shutdown time as a function of the standardized shutdown time and a measured shutdown time, and determination of the initial value as a function of the corrected shutdown time and of the momentary external temperature.

Abstract: The invention relates to a floor covering adhesive composition, based on an aqueous, emulsifier-stabilized polymer dispersion of vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer, containing A) tackifying resin, B) one or more fillers, and C) a vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer in the form of an emulsifier-stabilized aqueous dispersion, characterized in that the vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer is obtained by radical-initiated emulsion polymerization in an aqueous medium, of a) 60 to 89.9% by weight of vinyl acetate, b) 10 to 36% by weight of ethylene, c) 0 to 2% by weight of one or more monomers selected from the group of vinyl esters of carboxylic acids having 8 to 12 C atoms and acrylic acid alkyl esters having a C to C8 alkyl radical, d) 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of binder compositions containing one or more polymers based on ethylenically unsaturated monomers for producing textile sheet products, characterized in that the polymers are based on a) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing epoxy groups, b) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing silane groups and c) one or more other ethylenically unsaturated monomers differing from the monomers a) and b), where the % by weight data are always based on the total weight of the polymers.

Abstract: In a method for operating a fuel tank system for a motor vehicle, with the fuel tank system having a fuel tank and an accumulation tank to which a suction side of a fuel pump is connected, at least one sensor determines a geodetic orientation of the fuel tank when a fill level of the fuel tank is below a predetermined minimum fill level. A fueling parameter is read out from a characteristic curve field based on the geodetic orientation, and the fueling parameter is displayed by a signaling device.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of polymers on the basis of renewable resources as LPA, characterized in that the polymers on the basis of renewable resources can be obtained by the radically initiated polymerization of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of one or more renewable resources selected from the group consisting of carbohydrates and natural rubbers.

Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle having at least one electric drive component which is cooled via at least one coolant circuit which is coupled thermally to a refrigerant circuit. In a first operating mode of the motor vehicle, an inlet temperature of a coolant of the at least one coolant circuit is set to a first value by active cooling by means of the refrigerant circuit. In a second operating mode, in particular a sports operating mode of the motor vehicle, the inlet temperature is lowered with respect to the first operating mode. As a result, more pronounced cooling of the components is made possible in the second operating mode, as a result of which the maximum driving power of the motor vehicle is increased.

Abstract: The invention provides graft copolymers obtainable by A) free-radically initiated polymerization of one or more vinyl esters a), one or more further ethylenically unsaturated monomers b) comprising at least one further functional group, B) subsequent polymer-analogous reaction of the copolymers from stage A) by joining the monomer units b) thereof to one or more further monomers b) such that at least one free-radically polymerizable group is introduced into the copolymers from stage A), characterized in that C) one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers are polymerized onto the products from stage B) by free-radically initiated polymerization.