Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle has at least one headlamp having a plurality of lighting elements which are individually controllable. A method of controlling the lighting device includes detecting an activated state of the at least one headlamp; detecting a body to be protected from glare; determining a glare suppression angular range based on an extent and position of the body; and determining at least one transition angular range between the glare suppression angular range and a fully illuminated angular range. The light intensity of the glare suppression angular range is set below a specified limit The light intensity of the transition angular range depends on a distance of a beam angle of the individual lighting elements from the glare suppression angular range, wherein the light intensity increases with increasing distance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new composite comprising glass or carbon fibers and polymer-based fibers as well as to a process for the preparation of the composite and molded articles made from said composite.

Abstract: Fabricating a crystalline metal-phosphide layer may include providing a crystalline base substrate and a step of forming a crystalline metal-source layer. The method may further include performing a chemical conversion reaction to convert the metal-source layer to the crystalline metal phosphide layer. One or more corresponding semiconductor structures can be also provided.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for image processing. A plurality of correlation parameters representing degrees of correlation between two or more images of a plurality of images may be produced. An optimized correlation dependency graph may be produced according to the plurality of correlation parameters. The plurality of images may then be delta encoded according to the optimized correlation dependency graph. For example, the optimized correlation dependency graph may be used for performing a correlation encoding operation. The plurality of correlation parameters may be produced, for example, in accordance with one or more correlation metrics associated with the correlation encoding operation.

Abstract: A switching device for a coil is specified, having an input connection, for connection to a coil electronics system and/or to a resonant circuit capacitor, an output connection, for connection to an end of the coil and/or to a resonant circuit capacitor, and a disconnecting device, wherein the disconnecting device is able to be switched between an on-state and an off-state, the disconnecting device connects the input connection and the output connection to an on-impedance in the on-state, and the disconnecting device connects the input connection and the output connection to an off-impedance in the off-state, the off-impedance has an increased value compared to the on-impedance, the off-impedance permits a flow of current between the input connection and the output connection, and the off-impedance is formed so as to damp at least one external signal of a definable frequency, the external signal being coupled into the coil.

Abstract: Methods and systems for enriching an information system containing information about companies with additional competitor information. The information system, which could be a database, a knowledge base, or a knowledge graph, is assumed to contain information about a plurality of single companies, the information comprising data such as industry codes, competitors, and possibly also keywords for each company. The disclosed methods determine new competitor pairs by combining (i) the generation of new competitor candidate pairs by inference from existing competitors and other company-specific knowledge with (ii) the validation of such competitor candidates pairs by checking for joint occurrence in documents of a document repository.

Abstract: Soft tissue repair grafts are described comprising an anti-adhesion layer, a structural layer, and a localization layer. These layers may be distinct or integrated into one substrate. The term layer is used to distinguish tissue repair graft functionality rather than distinct material layers. The distinct layers of functionality may comprise a single plane of a substance.

Abstract: Constraints are stored. A plurality of processing stages is processed. For at least one of the plurality of processing stages, an input declarative requirement is utilized with at least some of the constraints to determine an output declarative requirement that is at a different level than a level of the input declarative requirement. At least a portion of the plurality of processing stages are utilized to at least in part automatically configure a computer network.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of an apparatus and system for performing a sleeve gastrectomy. The apparatus can include a bougie for insertion into an interior of a stomach, the bougie having a proximal bougie end and a distal bougie end, an inflation lumen having a proximal lumen end and a distal lumen end, the inflation lumen extending from the proximal bougie end through the distal bougie end, a fluid delivery system coupled with the proximal lumen end, the fluid delivery system being operably configured to deliver positive pressure in a predetermined positive pressure range into the stomach, and a monitor coupled with the proximal lumen end operably configured for the monitoring of pressure or volume within the stomach. The bougie can be operably configured to define a resection line for the sleeve gastrectomy when the predetermined positive pressure range is achieved within the stomach.

Abstract: Methods for implementing power delivery transactions between a buyer and a seller of electrical energy supplied to an electrical grid by an integrated renewable energy source (RES) and energy storage system (ESS) of a RES-ESS facility are provided. Estimated total potential output of the RES is compared to a point of grid interconnect (POGI) limit to identify potential RES overgeneration, and the buyer is charged if potential RES overgeneration is less than potential overgeneration during one or more retrospective time windows. The method provides a basis for the RES-ESS facility owner to be paid for an estimated amount of energy that did not get stored as a result of a grid operator not fully discharging an ESS prior to the start of a new day.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the efficient use of both local and remote computational resources and communication bandwidth to provide distributed environment mapping using a plurality of mobile sensor-equipped devices. According to a first aspect, there is provided a method of determining a global position of one or more landmarks on a global map, the method comprising the steps of determining one or more differences between sequential sensor data captured by one or more moving devices; determining one or more relative localisation landmark positions with respect to the one or more moving devices; determining relative device poses based one or more differences between sequential sensor data relative to the one or more relative localisation landmark positions; and determining a correlation between each device pose and the one or more relative localisation landmarks positions.

Abstract: A method for performing bearing defect auto-detection provides an algorithm for processing condition monitoring data including vibration harmonics of at least one bearing coupled to a rotatable shaft, the bearing having an inner and an outer ring. The algorithm is used to confirm with high degree of confidence that a bearing defect is present or not.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a light source to provide a plurality of input optical modes in a squeezed state. The apparatus also includes a network of interconnected reconfigurable beam splitters (RBSs) configured to perform a unitary transformation of the plurality of input optical modes to generate a plurality of output optical modes. An array of photon counting detectors is in optical communication with the network of interconnected RBSs and configured to measure the number of photons in each mode of the plurality of the output optical modes after the unitary transformation. The apparatus also includes a controller operatively coupled to the light source and the network of interconnected RBSs. The controller is configured to control at least one of the squeezing factor of the squeezed state of light, the angle of the unitary transformation, or the phase of the unitary transformation.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a safety assembly for preventing the opening of a trunk lock under predefined vehicle conditions, having a transmission element which is engaged by an interior-side actuating element and a trunk-side actuating element and which is coupled to a trunk lock, wherein a latch is provided which is adjustable between an actuating position, in which an actuating force can be transmitted from at least one of the actuating elements to the trunk lock, and a blocking position, in which an actuating force is not transmitted to the trunk lock, the latch having a gearing and a brushless electric motor associated with it, by means of which the latch can be transferred between the actuating position and the blocking position. The disclosure further relates to a method of controlling a latch of a safety assembly.

Abstract: A method of growing nanowires includes forming catalyst particles including a gold-indium alloy on portions of a semiconductor substrate that are exposed by openings of a template layer disposed on the substrate, and growing the nanowires including a compound semiconductor material, such as AlP, GaP, etc., under the catalyst particles. The substrate may be reused after removing the nanowires from the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a viral vector comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a complement protein, wherein the nucleotide sequence is operably linked to a podocyte-specific promoter and/or the viral vector is capable of specifically transducing podocytes.

Abstract: A method of measuring objects that are conveyed in a conveying direction comprises the steps that (i) a first object edge of a conveyed object is detected at a first measurement position by means of a first optoelectronic sensor, (ii) the first object edge or a second object edge of the object is detected at a second measurement position, which is spaced apart from the first measurement position in the conveying direction, by means of a second optoelectronic sensor that is spatially resolving at least in the conveying direction, (iii) a time difference between the detection of the first object edge at the first measurement position and the detection of the object edge detected in step (ii) at the second measurement position is determined, (iv) a transit time is determined in which the object edge detected in step (ii) moves through a predetermined measurement path, (v) the object speed is determined based on the transit time and a length of the measurement path, and (vi) the length of the object is determine

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for a neuromodulation treatment of a low urinary tract dysfunction. The neuromodulation method comprises attaching at least one active electrode to at least one leg of the patient in the back of the knee area in an expected location of a peroneal nerve of the at least one leg. Attaching a grounding electrode to the patient's body. Generating electrical pulses by a pulse generator connected to the at least one active electrode and the grounding electrode. Controlling via a control unit a flow of the generated electrical pulses to the at least one active electrode and stimulating by the at least one active electrode the peroneal nerve of the at least one leg of the patient.

Abstract: A method and system for generating a reduced complexity logical representation of a data set of sensor data, having a using of an algorithm on the second data set for reducing the complexity of the logical scenario, and an outputting of a third data set representing a reduced complexity logical scenario of the second data set. The invention additionally relates to a method for providing a trained machine learning algorithm for generating a reduced complexity representation of a data set of sensor data.

Abstract: Systems and methods for increasing the concentration of a desired COx reduction reaction product are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods include ethylene purification.