Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for solubilising arabinoxylan-containing material (particularly insoluble arabinoxylan-containing material), comprising admixing a xylan-containing material with a xylanase comprising a polypeptide sequence shown herein as SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10. SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15, or a variant, homologue, fragment or derivative thereof having at least 75% identity with SEQ ID No. 3 or SEQ ID No. 2 or SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 9 or SEQ ID No. 10 or SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15; or a polypeptide sequence which comprises SEQ ID No. 3, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 9, SEQ ID No. 10. SEQ ID No. 11 or SEQ ID No. 15 with a conservative substitution of at least one of the amino acids; or a xylanase which is encoded by a nucleotide sequence shown herein as SEQ ID No. 6, SEQ ID No. 5, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 12. SEQ ID No. 13. SEQ ID No. 14. SEQ ID No. 16. SEQ ID No. 17 or SEQ ID No.

Abstract: A wafer including a mask on one face and at least one layer on an opposite face, wherein the mask has at least one scribeline which overlies at least a portion of the opposite face which is substantially free of the at least one layer is described. Also described is a method of preparing a pellicle, the method including: providing a wafer having a mask on one face and at least one layer on an opposite face, defining a scribeline in the mask, and selectively removing a portion of the at least one layer which at least partially overlies the scribeline as well as a method of preparing a pellicle, the method including: providing a pellicle core, and removing at least some material from at least one face of the pellicle core in a non-oxidising environment. In any aspect, the pellicle may include a metal nitride layer.

Abstract: An actuator for motor vehicle applications, in particular a motor vehicle door actuator, includes a manually or electromotively operating drive. Furthermore, a flexible drive means which is connected to the drive and can be acted upon by the latter is realized. Additionally provided is an actuating member driven by the drive means. According to the invention, the drive means is produced predominantly from plastic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a part of a luggage system, in particular a shell of a hard-shell case or trolley, comprising a natural fiber material. The present invention further relates to a method for the manufacture and a method for the repair of such a part. A part of a luggage system is provided which comprises a fiber-reinforced material, wherein the fiber-reinforced material comprises a natural fiber material and a matrix material. The natural fiber material comprises at least one set of unidirectional fibers which are embedded in and/or impregnated with the matrix material.

Abstract: The invention deals with an augmented reality (AR) system that comprises a pair of AR glasses to view both the real world and a virtual world, where the system is provided with a sensor to indicate the position and the viewing direction of a user of the AR glasses and where the system can be used to simulate a surgical operation on a patient with an autonomous robot arm comprising a tool. The AR system can slow down, stop, increase or wind back the progress of the simulated operation. The invention also relates to a method for simulating an operation on a patient using such an AR system.

Abstract: A method for providing a user agent (UA) with service identification data. The method includes an application server (AS) transmitting Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) data. The SIP data comprises an identifier of the AS and a service identifier for at least one service supported by the AS. The method further includes the UA receiving the SIP data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a binder polymer obtainable by copolymerizing a monomer mixture comprising a vinyl monomer M1 and a butenolide monomer M2, wherein the vinyl monomer M1 is a vinyl ether, a vinyl ester, or a combination thereof, and wherein the butenolide monomer M2 is a 5-alkoxy-2(5H)-furanone. The invention further relates to a coating composition comprising such binder polymer and to a substrate coated with a coating deposited from such coating composition.

Abstract: A method for performing initial registration is provided. The method includes receiving a server timeout message, the server timeout message including at least a field set to a value equal to a value received during a first registration. The method further includes initiating restoration procedures by performing an initial registration.

Abstract: A gearbox for an electric powertrain, said gearbox comprising a primary shaft, on which are arranged a first primary gear which is fixed in rotation with respect to the primary shaft, a second primary gear and a third primary gear and a secondary shaft, on which are arranged a first secondary gear that is meshing with the first primary gear and that is by default free to rotate around the secondary shaft, a second secondary gear meshing with the second primary gear and a third secondary gear meshing with the third primary gear. The gearbox further includes a first coupling member, which is arranged along the secondary shaft and which can be moved between an engaged position, in which it couples the first secondary gear in rotation with the secondary shaft and a neutral position.

Abstract: A method for training a neural network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a board for sport equipment and the board for sport equipment thereof. The method comprises the steps of molding a substrate on a first mold; transferring the substrate to a second mold; and injecting a thermoplastic material into a cavity provided between at least a part of an edge side of the substrate and the second mold to form the board with a board bumper on the at least a part of the edge side of the substrate.

Abstract: A method for controlling an aircraft, in particular a VTOL multirotor aircraft, in which flight influencing units of the aircraft a) are supplied with control commands via a first/control channel from a first computer (COM), which control commands originate or are derived from a pilot input (PE), and b) the control commands are monitored by a second/monitoring channel and a second computer (MON), which checks whether the control commands are suitable for a given physical state of the aircraft and the pilot input, c) the second computer determines whether a current navigation state of the aircraft coincides with the pilot input, which has been transformed into a desired navigation state of the aircraft, preferably by the second computer, within a prescribed deviation, and d) a control signal for controlling the aircraft is generated in dependence on a determination result of step c).

Abstract: There is provided a method of determining a scan sequence for magnetic resonance imaging—MRI. The method comprises: receiving an indication of one or more selected imaging parameters for the MRI; and based on the selected imaging parameters, determining the scan sequence usable by an MRI apparatus to perform the MRI, wherein determining the scan sequence comprises configuring the scan sequence to modulate gradient noise arising from the MRI apparatus during the MRI to deliver a first audible signal to the patient, wherein the first audible signal is configured to perform auditory stimulation of slow wave activity in the patient.

Abstract: A device and computer-implemented method for determining a class of an element of an image in particular for operating a technical system. The method includes providing a first set of elements representing the image, providing a set of masks, determining a set of predictions for the class, and determining the class of the element depending on the set of predictions, wherein determining the set of predictions comprises determining a second set of elements representing the image depending on the first set of elements and a mask of the set of masks, wherein the mask indicates unmasked elements of the image and/or masked elements of the image, and determining a prediction for the set of predictions depending on the second set of elements.

Abstract: A method for operating a higher-level automated vehicle (HAV), in particular a highly automated vehicle, is provided, including: S1 for providing a digital map, which may be a highly accurate digital map, in a driver assistance system of the HAV; S2 for determining an instantaneous vehicle position and localizing the vehicle position in the digital map; S3 for providing an expected setpoint traffic density at the vehicle position; S4 for ascertaining an instantaneous actual traffic density in the surroundings of the HAV; S5 for comparing the actual traffic density to the setpoint traffic density and ascertaining a difference value as the result of the comparison; S6 for checking the vehicle position of the HAV for plausibility at least partially based on the difference value and/or S7 for updating the digital map at least partially based on the difference value. Also described are a corresponding driver assistance system and a computer program.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery assembly for a vehicle comprising a pair of longitudinally extending frame rails, the battery assembly comprising a first and a second vehicle battery module, the first vehicle battery module being stacked vertically on top of the second vehicle battery, wherein the battery assembly is configured to be connected to the vehicle vertically below the frame rails by attaching an upper surface of the first vehicle battery module to a horizontally extending portion of a pair of brackets, the pair of brackets being attachable to a respective one of the longitudinally extending frame rails.

Abstract: A server-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a request from an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network node of an IMS network; and in response to receiving the request, providing NAS registration state information associated with a user equipment (UE) to the IMS network node, the NAS registration state information indicating at least one of fourth-generation (4G) single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) capability of the UE or fifth-generation (5G) SRVCC capability of the UE that is applicable when using an access network supported by a core network, wherein the server is configured to store separate instances of UE SRVCC capabilities, the separate instances including indications of at least one of 4G UE SRVCC capability or 5G UE SRVCC capability that is applicable when using the access network supported by the core network, and wherein the UE is registered with the IMS network using a session initiation protocol (SIP) via the access network.

Abstract: A projection arrangement includes a composite pane including transparent outer and inner panes, a thermoplastic intermediate layer, and a reflection layer, the outer pane having an outer side facing away from the thermoplastic intermediate layer and an inner side facing the thermoplastic intermediate layer and the inner pane has an outer side facing the thermoplastic intermediate layer and an inner side facing away from the thermoplastic intermediate layer, the reflection layer being arranged between the outer and inner panes and reflecting p-polarized light, the reflection layer being opaque or arranged spatially in front of an opaque background when viewed through the composite pane, and an image display device directed at the reflection layer and irradiates it with p-polarized light through the inner pane, wherein the reflection layer reflects the p-polarized light.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for flushing a body cavity with a fluid, the fluid being pumped by means of two lines from the body cavity. The respective pumping capacity is regulated via controllable pinch valves, the two pinch valves being coupled in an antiparallel manner.

Abstract: An acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive was to be provided that finds use especially in a reversible adhesive tape that is redetachable without leaving any residue, the adhesive tape having a particularly flat paper backing with high air permeability, and thus gives rise to particularly precise and flat paint edges when applied. This is achieved by an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive based on polymers having the following monomer composition: (a) 97% to 99% by weight of monomers from the group comprising 2-ethylhexyl acrylate or 2-octyl acrylate or n-heptyl acrylate or mixtures of at least two of said monomers, (b) 1% to 3% by weight of (meth)acrylic acid and further comprising a crosslinking system, wherein the ratio of the reactive crosslinking groups and the carboxy groups of (meth)acrylic acid (b) is less than or equal to 7% and wherein the polymers are produced by emulsion polymerization.