Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compositions which contain A) one or more copolymers, said copolymers containing one or more structural units resulting from a) 19.9 to 75.9 wt.-% of glycerin, b) 0.1 to 30 wt.-% of at least one dicarboxylic acid, and c) 24 to 80 wt.-% of at least one monocarboxylic acid according to formula (I): R1—COOH, wherein R1 is (C5-C29) alkyl; (C7-C29) alkenyl; phenyl or naphthyl, and B) water for reducing drift during the application of a spray emulsion that contains one or more pesticides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a puncture device for creating a TIPS shunt, comprising a puncture needle, a sheath, the sheath being arranged to surround the puncture needle, the puncture needle being slidably arranged inside the sheath so that the puncture needle can be moved between a first position in which the puncture needle protrudes beyond the distal end of the sheath and a second position where a tip of the puncture needle is retracted into the sheath, the sheath and the puncture needle being arranged so that in the second position, blood can be aspirated into the sheath through a gap between the puncture needle and the sheath, a locking means, the locking means being arranged for releasably locking the puncture needle in the first and/or the second position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of operating a four stroke internal combustion engine system (1), the engine system (1) comprising:—a four stroke internal combustion engine (2) provided with an intake duct (5),—a turbo compressor (6?) arranged to compress intake flow in the intake duct (5), and—a displacement machine (7) provided in the intake duct (5) downstream the turbo compressor (6?), wherein the displacement machine (7) is arranged to displace intake flow from an inlet to an outlet thereof. The method comprises the step of: operating the displacement machine (7) in a first mode where a pressure ratio (PR) given by a pressure at the outlet of the displacement machine (7) divided by a pressure at the inlet of the displacement machine (7) is substantially equal to 1. The invention also relates to a four stroke internal combustion engine system arranged to be operated by the above method.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes an internal combustion engine having a cylinder, an air intake system to feed air to the cylinder, an exhaust gas system to feed exhaust gas away from the cylinder, a turbocharger including a turbocharger turbine operatively connected to a turbocharger compressor, wherein the air intake system is arranged to feed intake air via the turbocharger compressor and wherein the exhaust gas system is arranged to feed exhaust gas via the turbocharger turbine so as to drive the turbocharger compressor, and wherein the internal combustion engine system further includes a positive displacement machine arranged in the exhaust gas system downstream of the turbocharger turbine. The internal combustion engine system further includes a variable drive unit to drive the positive displacement machine. The internal combustion engine system controls the drive unit so as to control a flow of exhaust gas through the positive displacement machine.

Abstract: The use of one or more fatty acid derivatives of the formula (I) wherein R1 is an alkyl group containing 5 to 17 carbon N atoms, which is linear or branched R2, R3 are, independently, hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or hydroxymethyl with the proviso that one of R2 and R3 is hydrogen and the other is different from hydrogen m, n are numbers from 0 to 17, with the proviso that m+n?1, and m+n+p<18 where the different monomers can be arranged in statistical order, alternatingly or as a block copolymer; R4 is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which is linear or branched, can improve wettability, retention and/or the uptake of agrochemical actives in and on target organisms, wherein the agrochemical actives are different from the fatty acid derivatives of formula (I).

Abstract: A telescoping jib system of a mobile crane having a basic telescoping jib and an additional telescoping jib that can be retracted and extended via a telescoping cylinder with a securing and locking unit. In order to improve the telescoping jib system, it is proposed that a securing unit is arranged on a tip of the telescoping cylinder, the securing unit comprises exclusively at least one driving bolt, via which an additional telescoping jib separate from the basic telescoping jib can be retracted into the basic telescoping jib. The invention also relates to a method for lengthening a basic telescoping jib of a mobile crane by means of an additional telescoping jib to form a telescoping jib system.

Abstract: A herbicide combination comprising an effective amount of components (A) and (B), where (A) denotes one or more fatty acid derivatives of the formula (I), wherein R1 is an alkyl group containing 5 to 17 carbon atoms, which is linear or branched R2, R3 are, independently, hydrogen, methyl, ethyl or hydroxymethyl with the proviso that one of R2 and R3 is hydrogen and the other is different from hydrogen m, n are numbers from 0 to 17, with the proviso that m+n?1 and m+n+p<18 where the different monomers can be arranged in statistical order, alternatingly or as a block copolymer, R4 is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which is linear or branched, and (B) denotes one or more sulfonyl urea herbicides, is particularly suitable for controlling unwanted vegetation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling transient behaviour of an internal combustion engine (10) being provided with a turbocharger (110) and a variable inlet guide vanes assembly (130) arranged upstream a compressor (120) of the turbocharger (110). The method comprises determining a current operational condition indicative of transient behaviour, and, if said transient behaviour requires compressor acceleration: determining a desired operational condition of the compressor (120), and controlling the position of the variable inlet guide vanes assembly (130) based on the desired operational condition of the compressor (120).

Abstract: A method of the invention manages data stream processing tasks of an application topology in a stream processing system, the stream processing system having one or more data producers, one or more compute nodes, and one or more result consumers, includes: assigning geographic scope granularities to the data stream processing tasks of the application topology; receiving, by a task manager from a result consumer of the one or more result consumers, a subscription in order to trigger data processing for computing a result, the subscription including geographic scope related information concerning the triggered data processing]; generating, by the task manager based on the geographic scope related information of the subscription, an execution plan including task instances for performing the triggered data processing; and generating, by the task manager from the execution plan, a deployment plan for deploying the task instances of the execution plan on the compute nodes.

Abstract: A data processing method for determining a range of motion of an artificial knee joint which connects a femur and a tibia via a medial ligament and a lateral ligament, wherein at least the femur comprises an implant which forms a medial condyle and a lateral condyle, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring the maximum lengths of the lateral ligament and the medial ligament for a particular flexion angle of the knee joint; calculating a first virtual position between the femur and the tibia in which the lateral condyle of the femoral implant touches the tibia and the medial ligament is stretched to its maximum length; calculating a maximum valgus angle of the range of motion from the first virtual position; calculating a second virtual position between the femur and the tibia in which the medial condyle of the femoral implant touches the tibia and the lateral ligament is stretched to its maximum length; and calculating a maximum varus angle of the range of motion from the second virtual position.

Abstract: A data processing method for determining a range of motion of an artificial knee joint which connects a femur and a tibia via a medial ligament and a lateral ligament, wherein at least the femur comprises an implant which forms a medial condyle and a lateral condyle, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring the maximum lengths of the lateral ligament and the medial ligament: for a particular flexion angle of the knee joint; calculating a first virtual position between the femur and the tibia in which the lateral condyle of the femoral implant touches the tibia and the medial ligament is stretched to its maximum length; calculating a maximum valgus angle of the range of motion from the first virtual position; calculating a second virtual position between the femur and the tibia in which the medial condyle of the femoral implant touches the tibia and the lateral ligament is stretched to its maximum length; and calculating a maximum yarns angle of the range, of motion from the second virtual position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling engine derating of an internal combustion engine (10) being provided with a turbocharger (110) and a variable inlet guide vanes assembly (130) arranged upstream a compressor (120) of the turbocharger (110). The method comprises determining a current operational condition requiring engine derating, detecting a current operational condition of the compressor (120), and controlling the position of the variable inlet guide vanes assembly (130) based on the detected operational condition of the compressor (120).

Abstract: A method for recovering a helium product or intermediate product, wherein a first natural gas stream containing helium is supplied to a first natural gas processing unit and at least one second natural gas stream containing helium is supplied to at least one second natural gas processing unit, at least the first natural gas processing unit comprising helium recovery means via which the helium product is formed from at least a part of the first natural gas stream. At least temporarily a helium transfer from the at least one second natural gas stream to the first natural gas stream by means of a helium transfer arrangement comprising a membrane unit is performed before the first natural gas stream is provided to the first natural gas processing unit and before the at least one second natural gas stream is provided to the at least one second natural gas processing unit.

Abstract: The invention includes a method (100) and an apparatus to handle irregularly conveyed and/or irregularly aligned and/or non-upright articles of an article stream under prevention of disturbances. The method (100) comprises the following steps: identifying at least one non-upright article in an article stream as an error; performing a correction step to resolve the error, the correction step comprising removal from the article stream of the at least one irregularly aligned article, or transfer to an upright orientation of the at least one irregularly aligned article, with a defined action being exerted temporally before and/or in temporal overlap with the correction step upon the at least one irregularly aligned article or upon regularly conveyed articles of the article stream.

Abstract: In an installation for the treatment of containers, comprising at least one filling station and a packing station for processing film or packaging material blanks and having work components acting upon the packaging material and forming packages, at least one measuring device for dimensional deviations of filled containers, and a control unit for automatically adjusting at least one installation station depending on a dimensional deviation detected, work components in the packing station (P) acting upon the packaging material when the filled containers are packed are automatically adjustable by way of the control unit. In a method for packing filled containers, work components of the packing station acting upon packaging material are adjusted automatically depending on dimensional deviations measured in order to form packages of different dimensions with at least substantially the same packing density.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine system includes an internal combustion engine, a first turbine unit receiving exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine, the turbine unit having a compressor for compressing intake air and feeding the intake air by an air intake line to the internal combustion engine, and an exhaust gas recirculation line connecting the air intake line with an exhaust as line of the internal combustion engine at a position upstream the first turbine unit. A bypass line connects the exhaust gas recirculation line to the exhaust gas line at a position downstream of the turbine unit, the bypass line having an arrangement for controlling the exhaust gas flow from the exhaust gas recirculation line to the exhaust gas line.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling transient behaviour of an internal combustion engine (10) being provided with a turbocharger (110) and a variable inlet guide vanes assembly (130) arranged upstream a compressor (120) of the turbocharger (110). The method comprises determining a current operational condition indicative of transient behaviour, and, if said transient behaviour requires compressor acceleration: determining a desired operational condition of the compressor (120), and controlling the position of the variable inlet guide vanes assembly (130) based on the desired operational condition of the compressor (120).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of operating a four stroke internal combustion engine system (1), the engine system (1) comprising:—a four stroke internal combustion engine (2) provided with an intake duct (5),—a turbo compressor (6?) arranged to compress intake flow in the intake duct (5), and—a displacement machine (7) provided in the intake duct (5) downstream the turbo compressor (6?), wherein the displacement machine (7) is arranged to displace intake flow from an inlet to an outlet thereof. The method comprises the step of: operating the displacement machine (7) in a first mode where a pressure ratio (PR) given by a pressure at the outlet of the displacement machine (7) divided by a pressure at the inlet of the displacement machine (7) is substantially equal to 1. The invention also relates to a four stroke internal combustion engine system arranged to be operated by the above method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method (200-400) for extracting pure helium using a first membrane separation stage (1), a second membrane separation stage (2), and a third membrane separation stage (3), in which a first helium-containing feed mixture is supplied to the first membrane separation stage (1), a second helium-containing feed mixture is supplied to the second membrane separation stage (2), and a third helium-containing feed mixture is supplied to the third membrane separation stage (3), and in which a first permeate and a first retentate are formed in the first membrane separation stage (1), a second permeate and a second retentate are formed in the second membrane separation stage (2), and a third permeate and a third retentate are formed in the third membrane separation stage (3).

Abstract: A tank system of a motor vehicle includes a volume-modifying element, which is provided in the interior of the fuel tank at least substantially above the liquid level and which is designed as a deformable bag, which forms a compensation volume connected to the environment, and includes a valve assembly, which closes under the control of a float during the filling of the fuel tank and thus brings about a maximum fill level in the fuel tank. A measure is provided for eliminating an effect of the volume-modifying element on the maximum fill level height. This measure can be that the volume-modifying element is arranged in the fuel tank such that, when the vehicle is standing on a horizontal surface, the top side of the volume-modifying element is not significantly above the fuel fill level at which the valve assembly closes in the vertical axis direction.