Abstract: A mixture for treating a tumor, which includes an agent which turns into a hydrogel by addition of calcium ions, a vehicle carrying the agent in a manner allowing injection of the mixture into a tumor; and radium radionuclides bonded to the agent in a concentration sufficient to treat the tumor by radiotherapy.

Abstract: Described herein is a detector for identifying at least one material property m. The detector includes at least one sensor element including a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area. The sensor element is configured for recording at least one reflection image of a light beam originating from at least one object. The detector includes at least one evaluation device configured for determining the material property m by evaluation of at least one beam profile of the reflection image and evaluation of a material feature ?2m.

Abstract: A device for determining object data in relation to an object in the environment of at least one image camera is described. The device is configured to determine a camera-based feature tensor on the basis of at least one image from the image camera for a first point in time by means of a neural encoder network. Furthermore, the device is configured to transform and/or project the camera-based feature tensor from an image plane of the image onto a grid plane of an environment grid of the environment of the image camera in order to determine a transformed feature tensor. The device is furthermore configured to determine object data in relation to the object in the environment of the image camera on the basis of the transformed feature tensor by means of a neural evaluation network, the object data comprising one or more predicted properties of the object at a point in time succeeding the first point in time.

Abstract: A rubber composition suited for forming a truck tire tread includes 100 phr of elastomers, including 100 phr of elastomers, including at least 50 phr natural rubber, at least 10 phr of butadiene rubber and at least 10 phr styrene-butadiene rubber. The rubber composition further includes at least 45 phr of reinforcing fillers, including carbon black and a high surface area silica. A ratio of the carbon black to the high surface area silica is at least 4:1. The high surface area silica has a CTAB surface area of at least 220 m2/g. The rubber composition further includes one or more processing aids and a sulfur-containing cure package including a vulcanizing agent and an ultra-accelerator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the positioning of a laser emitted by a medical device, such as a C-arm X-ray machine. A marker is, in use, positioned on a patient's body, and includes at least one sensor that senses the presence of the laser. A signal emitter is operably coupled to the marker and emits an observable signal, such as a colored light, when the at least one sensor is struck by the laser.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for designing and generating a smart object. The technique includes receiving a first input indicating a smart object behavior of a smart object that includes a smart device embedded in a three-dimensional (3D) object; in response to the input, generating computer instructions for the smart device, wherein the computer instructions, when executed by the smart device, cause the smart object to implement the smart object behavior; and transmitting the computer instructions to the smart device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a fuel cell system (1), in particular a PEM fuel cell system, in which at least one fuel cell (2) is supplied with a hydrogen-containing anode gas via an anode gas path (3) and anode gas exiting the fuel cell (2) is returned via a recirculation path (4), wherein, in order to reduce a nitrogen content in the anode gas, a flush valve (5) arranged in the recirculation path (4) is opened and the recirculation path (4) is flushed. According to the invention, the hydrogen content of the anode gas is determined using at least one sensor (6) and used as a control variable when controlling the flushing of the recirculation path (4). The invention also relates to a control device (10) for carrying out the method according to the invention.

Abstract: A softgel capsule is provided including a fill material and a shell composition The shell composition includes a marking formulation including a marking component. The marking component includes a metal oxide. Laser irradiation may be applied to the softgel capsule at a wavelength of about 200 nm to about 400 nm, causing the marking component to change color. A method of marking and marking formulation is also provided.

Abstract: A brachytherapy device including a base adapted for being at least partially introduced into a body of a subject and a plurality of radionuclide atoms of a first alpha-emitting isotope, coupled to the base in a manner that not more than 15% of the radionuclide atoms leave the base in 24 hours, in methods other than radioactive decay. When installed in a human subject, the brachytherapy device emits radionuclide atoms of the first alpha-emitting isotope at a rate of at least 0.1% of the number of radionuclide atoms of the first alpha-emitting isotope coupled to the base, per 24 hours.

Abstract: A sound damper for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine includes a sound damper housing, at least one intermediate wall which is arranged in a housing interior and at least one sound damper connection pipe. The sound damper connection pipe is supported in a first pipe end region on the sound damper housing and is arranged in a second pipe end region on a support element which is arranged in the housing interior. The support element forms an integral component of an intermediate wall. The sound damper connection pipe introduces exhaust gas into the housing interior or directs exhaust gas out of the housing interior.

Abstract: A composition for cleaning membranes used in food processing comprising an amine oxide and an alkyl sulfate, the composition maintaining good cleaning performance whilst leaving a low residue of surfactant on the membrane that is cleaned using the composition. A method of use of the composition is also presented.

Abstract: A system to deploy virtual sensors to a machine learning project and translate data of the machine learning project is provided. The system can deploy, for a machine learning project, a plurality of virtual sensors at a first location of a plurality of locations to detect metadata of a data source of the machine learning project, at a second location of the plurality of locations to detect deployment information of a model trained for the machine learning project, and at a third location of the plurality of locations to detect learning session information for creation of the model. The system can collect, via the plurality of virtual sensors, data for the machine learning project. The system can translate, for render on a computing system, the data collected via the plurality of virtual sensors into a plurality of graphics.

Abstract: A power machine can include a frame, a power source, one or more workgroup actuators, and one or more tractive assemblies secured to the multi-piece frame. The frame can include a base frame and a bridge frame. The bridge frame can support the one or more actuators and the one or more tractive assemblies relative to the base frame. The tractive assemblies can include one or more drive actuators that is supported by the bridge frame. The base frame can support the power source relative to the bridge frame.

Abstract: A loader can include a lift arm structure coupled to a frame. The lift arm structure can move between a fully-lowered position and a fully-raised position and can include a lift arm and a connecting link. A first end of the connecting link can be pivotally coupled to the frame at a first pivot point and the lift arm can be pivotally coupled to a second end of the connecting link a second pivot point. The lift arm structure can further include a lift actuator configured to pivot the lift arm about the second pivot point and an extension actuator configured to pivot the connecting link about the first pivot point. The extension and lift actuators can be controlled to move the lift arm along a variety of travel paths between any two points within a lift envelope of the lift arm structure.

Abstract: A coaxial gear mechanism (1) includes a toothing (5) which is oriented axially with respect to an axis of rotation (3) of the coaxial gear mechanism (1), a tooth carrier (7) which in each case has axially oriented guides (9), and tooth pins (11) which each comprise a body (50), which is mounted so as to be axially displaceable in a guide (9) of the tooth carrier (7), and a head region (51), wherein the head region (51) includes at least one tooth (52) for engagement with the toothing (5), and wherein the tooth carrier (7) wherein the tooth carrier has an irregular angular pitch.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clamp that has an actuation portion and an engagement portion coupled with the actuation portion by a coupling portion. The engagement portion includes a first arm having a first engagement element arranged at an end of the first arm, and a second arm having a second engagement element arranged at an end of the second arm. A surgical system is disclosed that includes a clamp with an actuation portion and an engagement portion having a first arm and a second arm. The system includes a cutting guide and a fixation device. A surgical method is disclosed that includes aligning a retention element; releasably coupling a surgical clamp with the retention element; manipulating an actuator; manipulating the surgical clamp; coupling a stabilization wire; reducing an angle between two bones; derotating a bone; inserting a second stabilization wire; making a cut to a bone; and implanting a fusion device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for creating manufacturing data for manufacturing an orthopedic device, which is producible using the created manufacturing data in an automated manufacturing method, wherein the method comprises the following steps: providing a digital 3D body part model of a body part in a data processing facility, providing at least one digital functional component model of an orthopedic functional component in the data processing facility, which is integratable in an orthopedic device, wherein the digital functional component model contains corresponding component properties of the respective orthopedic functional component, generating at least one digital component interface by means of the data processing facility in dependence on at least one component property of at least one selected digital functional component model of an orthopedic functional component, which is to be integrated into the orthopedic device, wherein the digital component interface includes a receptacle for arrang

Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus for generating audio subband values in audio subband channels includes an analysis windower for windowing a frame of time-domain audio input samples being in a time sequence extending from an early sample to a later sample using an analysis window function including a sequence of window coefficients to obtain windowed samples. The analysis window function includes a first number of window coefficients derived from a larger window function including a sequence of a larger second number of window coefficients, wherein the window coefficients of the window function are derived by an interpolation of window coefficients of the larger window function. The apparatus further includes a calculator for calculating the audio subband values using the windowed samples.