Abstract: An absorber device for absorbing signals is described. The absorber device has a housing with inner sides having an absorbing material. The housing is adaptable with regard to its geometry. The absorber device is portable. Moreover, a test system for testing radio frequency characteristics of a device under test is described.

Abstract: An apparatus has a first pressure head on a first body, a second pressure head on a second body, a mechanism between the first and the second bodies, adapting the first and the second pressure heads to close together and to open, a substantially planar sacrificial anode joined to the first pressure head on a surface facing the second pressure head, a force mechanism between the first and the second bodies providing force urging the pressure heads together, and a manually operable mechanism adapted to counteract the force mechanism to separate the pressure heads.

Abstract: An article of footwear can. Include provisions for improving the operation and use of various systems associated with the article. An automated tensioning system can be configured to provide and perform a variety of functions associated with the fastening of the article of footwear. The automated tensioning system may tighten and loosen the article of footwear through the operation of a motor. The automated tensioning system may also be able to store and recall a preset tension level.

Abstract: A surgical navigation system and method of operating the same involve a pointer tool and a localizer configured to track the pointer tool. Controller(s) is/are coupled to the localizer and are configured to generate a virtual boundary relative to a bone at a surgical site. The virtual boundary has a shape that delineates a region of the bone to be removed from a region to be avoided. The controller(s) identify, with the localizer, a position of one or more landmarks at the surgical site in response to the pointer tool touching the one or more landmarks at the surgical site. The controller(s) revise the shape of the virtual boundary based on the position of the one or more landmarks.

Abstract: Surgical systems and methods for manipulating an anatomy includes a surgical tool, a robotic manipulator configured to support and move the surgical tool, and controller(s) that generate a virtual boundaries delineating a portions of the anatomy allowed to be removed by the surgical tool. The controller(s) control the robotic manipulator to autonomously move the surgical tool in relation to a first virtual boundary and according to a first feed rate or first frequency of path oscillations to remove a first portion. The controller(s) control the robotic manipulator to autonomously move the surgical tool in relation to a second virtual boundary that is spaced from the first virtual boundary, and according to a different feed rate or different frequency of path oscillations, to remove a second portion.

Abstract: A surgical system for manipulating an anatomy includes a surgical tool, a robotic manipulator configured to support and move the surgical tool, and one or more controllers that activate a first virtual boundary delineating a first portion of the anatomy that is allowed to be removed by the surgical tool from a second portion of the anatomy that is protected from removal by the surgical tool. The one or more controllers control the robotic manipulator for enabling the surgical tool to perform fine cutting of the first portion in relation to the first virtual boundary. The one or more controllers control the robotic manipulator for enabling the surgical tool to perform bulk cutting of the second portion of the anatomy.

Abstract: A process is provided for updating user settings in an energy management system for an electric and/or non-electric device. The energy management system has a communication interface, particularly a graphic user interface, for setting points in time concerning planned uses of the device. The process includes the steps of acquiring deviations between the points in time set on the part of the user and the actual points in time of using the device; evaluating the acquired deviations and deducing a possible systematic trend in the deviations, and displaying information to the user at the communication interface concerning a correction of already set future points in time concerning planned uses of the device.

Abstract: An energy management device for controlling a charging control appliance in an electric vehicle is provided. The energy management device is designed to adjust a charging profile in the charging control appliance for the charging of a battery of the electric vehicle on a charging station or in the electric vehicle itself, the adjustment of the charging profile at least taking into account a planned time of use of the electric vehicle and a desired charging state of the battery as well as a pre-defined value for the maximum charging capacity of the electric vehicle. The energy management device is coupled to a measuring unit which is designed to measure an actual charging capacity provided for the electric vehicle by the charging station and, independently or as a result of a request from the energy management device, transmit same to the energy management device.

Abstract: An energy management device for controlling a charging control appliance in an electric vehicle is provided. The energy management device is designed to adjust a charging profile in the charging control appliance for the charging of a battery of the electric vehicle on a charging station or in the electric vehicle itself, the adjustment of the charging profile at least taking into account a planned time of use of the electric vehicle and a desired charging state of the battery as well as a pre-defined value for the maximum charging capacity of the electric vehicle. The energy management device is coupled to a measuring unit which is designed to measure an actual charging capacity provided for the electric vehicle by the charging station and, independently or as a result of a request from the energy management device, transmit same to the energy management device.

Abstract: A method for determining an operating strategy for an electrical energy store includes subdividing an operating time interval, for which the operating strategy of the energy store is intended to be determined, into a sequence of time segments such that constant power conditions are respectively present in the time segments in the sequence of time segments. For each time segment in the sequence of time segments, a limited number of possible operating powers with which the energy store can be charged and/or discharged in the respective time segment are determined. A plurality of sequences of operating points are determined, where each of the operating points indicates an operating power from the limited number of possible operating powers for a given time segment from the sequence of time segments, and where each sequence of operating points from the plurality of sequences of operating points indicates a sequence of operating powers for the sequence of time segments.

Abstract: A process is provided for updating user settings in an energy management system for an electric and/or non-electric device. The energy management system has a communication interface, particularly a graphic user interface, for setting points in time concerning planned uses of the device. The process includes the steps of acquiring deviations between the points in time set on the part of the user and the actual points in time of using the device; evaluating the acquired deviations and deducing a possible systematic trend in the deviations, and displaying information to the user at the communication interface concerning a correction of already set future points in time concerning planned uses of the device.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for improving a stereo audio signal of an FM stereo radio receiver (10). It is suggested to employ components of a standard HE-ACC v2 decoder (40) in such apparatus (1) to efficiently recover the stereo audio signal (L\R?) while also exhibiting good signal quality. To that end, parametric stereo parameters (15) shall be quantized and submitted to such decoder (40) together with a mono-downmix signal (25). The decoder (25) can then easily recover the parametric stereo parameters (15) by de-quantizing them via a simple lookup table, and finally creating the stereo output signal (L?R?) from the de-quantized parametric stereo parameters and the mono-downmix signal (25). The apparatus (1) further includes a parameter estimation stage (5) which may again be embodied on the basis of components of a standard HE-ACC v2 encoder (65).

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for improving a stereo audio signal of an FM stereo radio receiver (10). It is suggested to employ components of a standard HE-ACC v2 decoder (40) in such apparatus (1) to efficiently recover the stereo audio signal (L\R?) while also exhibiting good signal quality. To that end, parametric stereo parameters (15) shall be quantized and submitted to such decoder (40) together with a mono-downmix signal (25). The decoder (25) can then easily recover the parametric stereo parameters (15) by de-quantizing them via a simple lookup table, and finally creating the stereo output signal (L?R?) from the de-quantized parametric stereo parameters and the mono-downmix signal (25). The apparatus (1) further includes a parameter estimation stage (5) which may again be embodied on the basis of components of a standard HE-ACC v2 encoder (65).

Abstract: The present invention comprises methods and systems for identifying enhancer sequences in DNA, for example, in mammalian genomes. The enhancer sequences are identified using a trained support vector machine (SVM) as disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus rating solar units and to a method for rating solar units that comprises multiple acquisition of at least one input parameter and a corresponding multiple acquisition of at least one output parameter in acquisition intervals, at least one acquisition interval being varied for purposes of subsequently acquiring at least one output parameter as a function of the minimum of one acquired input parameter. The invention also relates to a solar unit, to a computer program and to a computer program product with means implementing the rating method.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a receptacle for a boat drain plug, the receptacle being adapted to support the boat drain plug relative to a boat trailer, the boat trailer having a boat trailer winch, the boat trailer winch including a winch handle shaft, and the receptacle including an aperture sized to receive the boat drain plug, wherein the aperture is located in the winch handle shaft of the boat trailer winch.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a receptacle for a boat drain plug, the receptacle being adapted to support the boat drain plug relative to a boat trailer, the boat trailer having a boat trailer winch, the boat trailer winch including a winch handle shaft, and the receptacle including an aperture sized to receive the boat drain plug, wherein the aperture is located in the winch handle shaft of the boat trailer winch.

Abstract: In a device for processing a stereo audio signal having a first channel and a second channel the stereo signal is at first analyzed to obtain a measure for a quantity of bits required by a coder to code the stereo audio signal using a coding algorithm. The first channel and the second channel are then modified when the measure for the quantity of bits is larger than a predetermined value, the modification being performed in such a way that the energy of a sum signal of the first and the second modified channel is in a predetermined relation to the energy of a sum signal of the first and the second channel and that a difference signal of the first and the second modified channel is attenuated in contrast to the difference signal of the first and the second channel.

Abstract: The invention concerns a composition comprising a Lactobacillus strain and a non-digestible oligosaccaride.

Abstract: The invention relates to a combination, such as a combined preparation or pharmaceutical or nutritional composition, respectively, which comprises at least one cis-polyunsaturated fatty acid, at least one amino acid, and optionally at least one diabetes medicine for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in the prevention, delay of progression or treatment of diseases, especially metabolic disorders and in particular type 2 diabetes and diseases and conditions associated with diabetes.