Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a device for data processing and a computer system for controlling a control device of a conveyor system to achieve an alignment and/or a defined spacing of piece goods, wherein the control of the control device is determined by an agent acting according to Reinforcement Learning methods. An individual, local state vector of predefined dimension that is the same for all the piece goods is created for each of the piece goods and an action vector is selected from an action space according to a strategy that is the same for all piece goods for the current state vector of this piece good. These action vectors are projected onto the conveying elements, wherein conflicts are resolved. After a cycle time has elapsed, state vectors are created again for each piece good and evaluated with rewards and the strategy is adjusted.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for etching at least one surface of a plastic substrate, the method comprising steps (A) to (C), wherein step (B) comprises a contacting with a pre-treatment composition comprising one or more than one fluorine-free surface-active compound, and step (C) comprises a contacting with an etching composition comprising one or more than one manganese species, wherein after step (B) and prior to step (C) no rinsing is applied, and the etching composition is substantially free of, preferably does not comprise, fluorine-containing surface-active compounds.

Abstract: The invention describes a bag (300) having a first wall and a second wall that comprise paper and that are connected to one another by lateral edges such that a fill space is provided, wherein the second wall projects above the first wall as seen in the longitudinal direction of the bag, and having two ends, wherein a bottom is arranged on one end and an opening is provided on the other end, through which the fill space is accessible, wherein the bottom comprises at least one folding region of the second wall, wherein the folding region is folded over at least parts of the first wall about a crease line, and having at least one handle opening (109, 109?). The invention is characterized by the handle opening (109, 109?) through which the second wall reaches outside of the folding region and through the folding region.

Abstract: The present application relates to a compound of the formula (I), to the use thereof in electronic devices, to processes for preparing the compound, and electronic devices comprising the compound.

Abstract: A disc brake for utility vehicles includes a brake disc, a first brake lining on a first side of the brake disc and a second brake lining on a second side of the brake disc opposite the first side. A spreading device is also provided which generates a force that moves the first and the second brake lining away from one another.

Abstract: A dual-truncated wheel Kibble balance includes: a stationary frame; a double balance wheel disposed on the stationary frame; a pair of guide members, such that one of the guide members is disposed on each opposing end of the double balance wheel; outer connector bands, such that each guide member is gravitationally suspended from the double balance wheel by at least one of the outer connector bands; inner connector bands, such that each guide member is gravitationally suspended from the double balance wheel by at least one of the inner connector bands; and a central flexural bridge in mechanical communication with the stationary frame and the double balance wheel, such that the central flexural bridge is: interposed between the stationary frame and double balance wheel, interconnects the stationary frame and the double balance wheel, and flexes in response to pivotal motion of the double balance wheel relative to the stationary frame.

Abstract: A method and system for minimizing image compression processing, transmission latency and bandwidth use by efficiently coordinating one or more distributed producers or consumers of images, sub images, macro images and their corresponding relevant data. By generalizing and coordinating distributed device compression, many disparate elements of the formerly unidirectional image compression pipeline may share additional information that allows each and every element to seek and implement improved compression and compositional optimization.

Abstract: The invention relates to non-peptidic molecules which modulate, especially inhibit, the interaction of protein kinase A (PKA) and A kinase anchor proteins (AKAP) and to a host or target organism that comprises said non-peptidic compounds or recognition molecules directed to said compounds, such as e.g. antibodies or chelating agents. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical agent, especially for use in the treatment of diseases that are associated with a disturbance of the cAMP signal path, especially insipid diabetes, hypertonia, pancreatic diabetes, duodenal ulcer, asthma, heart failure, obesity, AIDS, edema, hepatic cirrhosis, schizophrenia and others. The invention also relates to the use of the inventive molecules.

Abstract: An attachment apparatus, which represents a reconfiguration and redesign of the traditional box blade, to enable a front-end loader type machine to finish grade a land surface having a cutting edge or blade, a rigid frame, a method of attachment of rigid frame to a given front-end loader, such as a skid-steer loader, a pair of gauge wheels attached to the rigid frame just before the cutting edge, which are able to move vertically under variable tension between two limiting positions, whose exact location and resistance is either fixed or adjustable manually. To achieve its purpose the apparatus has been designed to correlate the physics of a “forward moving, pushing and lifting machine” with the requirements of the grading process and thereby extend the traditionally limited use of a front-end loader machine into the finish grading market.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for integrating multipolar confinement with permanent magnetic electron cyclotron resonance plasma sources to produce highly uniform plasma processing for use in semiconductor fabrication and related fields. In a preferred embodiment, the plasma processing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, a workpiece stage within the chamber, a permanent magnet electron cyclotron resonance plasma source directed at said chamber, and a system of permanent magnets for plasma confinement about the periphery of said chamber. The permanent magnets for plasma confinement are arranged in a multiplicity of rings with the plane of the rings perpendicular to the vacuum chamber axis and to the direction of propagation of the microwave into the vacuum chamber. The number of rings is chosen with respect to the vacuum chamber dimensions to produce a large, low magnetic field region in the region of the vacuum chamber adjacent to the workpiece stage.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for heating metal billets or other separate pieces of metal in a continuous furnace using two different burner systems. The primary burner system provides the majority of available heat at relatively high flame temperatures. The secondary high velocity burner system extrains how furnace products of combustion that impinge around on the load. Thus, heat transfer and temperature uniformity is improved by forcing hot gases between the metal pieces.

Abstract: The present invention relates to spring members positioned in an insulated housing for providing an electrical path from leadless integrated circuit package to a printed circuit board. More particularly the spring members are uniquely constructed in a complex geometric shape to exert forces on contact mating surfaces within closely specified maximum and minimum values and not distort the housing or the printed circuit board.

Abstract: This invention relates to an interconnector for retaining two vertically stacked electronic packages or the like and for electrically connecting them to a printed circuit board. More particularly the interconnector consists of a housing of insulating material and a plurality of contact members spaced around the sides of the housing. Each contact member contains two integral yet independently flexible contacts for engaging the stacked packages. In addition each contact member contains a single pin for printed circuit board interconnection.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device which electrically connects a leadless integrated circuit package to a printed circuit board. More particularly, the device includes a square frame having a plurality of contacts arranged along each side of the housing. The lower end of the contact electrically engages a circuit on the printed circuit board and the upper end electrically engages a circuit on the package. The frame further contains positioning and support clips which permits alignment of the package before engagement is made with the contacts.