Abstract: An electrical contact element for a plug connector includes an electrically conductive base body electrically connected to a mating contact element, the base body having a longitudinal axis extending along a plugging direction between the contact element and the mating contact element, and a first temperature probe and a second temperature probe arranged at a pair of different measurement regions of the contact element spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: Method of fracturing a subterranean formation by injecting an aqueous fracturing fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid, a polysaccharide and/or polysaccharide derivative, a crosslinker, which is a water-soluble, layered silicate and a proppant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an unsaturated alcohol, preferably 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienal, by contacting an alkene, preferably isobutene, with formaldehyde in the presence a condensation catalyst comprising a zeolitic material comprising the framework structure of which comprises a tetravalent element Y other than Si.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a laminate including a fabric and a thermoplastic film, wherein the thermoplastic film is a multilayer film including an adhesive layer including a thermoplastic polyester elastomer and a barrier layer that is bonded to the adhesive layer, and that has a melting point that is higher than a melting point of the adhesive layer, and that includes a polymer, and wherein the fabric includes a polyester, the method including a step of adhering a side of the multilayer film with the adhesive layer to the fabric, while heating the multilayer film at a temperature below the melting point of the barrier layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing steel slag to produce a hydraulic mineral binder with a high hardening potential and to recover iron. There is provision for this purpose to provide a feed product comprising steel slag with MnO. This feed product is further processed as a melt by introducing reducing agents into the melt. A lime saturation factor of between 90 and 110 is hereby to be achieved in the mineral melt portion. Subsequently the melt is cooled in a defined manner and elemental iron is mechanically separated from the solidified melt. The solidified melt is then supplied for use as hydraulic mineral binder.

Abstract: A multilayer film, which is used upon being adhered to a fabric, includes an adhesive layer to be a side of the multilayer film to be adhered to the fabric; and a barrier layer bonded to the adhesive layer. Each of the adhesive layer and the barrier layer includes a thermoplastic polyester elastomer. A melting point of the barrier layer is higher than a melting point of the adhesive layer. A ratio value of a content ratio of a soft segment in the thermoplastic polyester elastomer in the adhesive layer with respect to a content ratio of a soft segment in the thermoplastic polyester elastomer in the barrier layer, is 5 or less.

Abstract: A laminate includes a fabric; and a thermoplastic film, wherein the thermoplastic film is a multilayer film including an adhesive layer including a thermoplastic polyester elastomer and a barrier layer that is bonded to the adhesive layer, and that has a melting point that is higher than a melting point of the adhesive layer, and that includes a polymer, and wherein the fabric includes a polyester, and the fabric has a fabric weight of 190 g/m2 or less.

Abstract: A multilayer film, which is used upon being adhered to a fabric, includes an adhesive layer to be a side of the multilayer film to be adhered to the fabric; and a barrier layer bonded to the adhesive layer. Each of the adhesive layer and the barrier layer includes a thermoplastic polyester elastomer. A melting point of the barrier layer is higher than a melting point of the adhesive layer. A ratio value of a content ratio of a soft segment in the thermoplastic polyester elastomer in the adhesive layer with respect to a content ratio of a soft segment in the thermoplastic polyester elastomer in the barrier layer, is 5 or less.

Abstract: A multilayer film, which is used upon being adhered to a fabric, includes an adhesive layer to be a side of the multilayer film to be adhered to the fabric, the adhesive layer including a thermoplastic polyester elastomer and a polymer having a Shore D hardness of less than 80; and a barrier layer bonded to the adhesive layer, the barrier layer including a thermoplastic elastomer.

Abstract: A gas analyzer for a gas mixture with at least three components includes a channel guiding the gas mixture, a thermoelement probe with a measuring point in the interior of the channel and a cold junction in thermal contact with the channel wall, a control device for pulsed activation of the thermoelement probe, a measuring device for measuring voltage at the cold junction in pauses between current pulses, and an evaluation device for determining temperature differences and calculating the ratio of the components of the gas mixture from temperature difference values determined at different time instant pauses, wherein the control device generates current pulses with at least two different energy contents and the temperature difference values at the first time instant in the pause after a current pulse with a higher energy content and used for the calculation is higher than with a current pulse with a lower energy content.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a blocked state of an ultrasonic sensor (3) of a motor vehicle (1), wherein an actual value of at least one oscillation parameter (fR) of the ultrasonic sensor (3) is sensed and is compared with a reference value by means of an evaluation unit (4) in order to detect a blocked state, wherein a current temperature (T) to which the ultrasonic sensor (3) is exposed is detected by means of a temperature detecting device (8), and the reference value is determined as a function of the current temperature (T) by means of the evaluation unit (4).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an unsaturated alcohol, preferably 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienal, by contacting an alkene, preferably isobutene, with formaldehyde in the presence a condensation catalyst comprising a zeolitic material comprising the framework structure of which comprises a tetravalent element Y other than Si.

Abstract: A measuring device in which a non-electrical variable is converted into an electrical measurement signal via an electrical alternating current having a frequency, wherein the measurement signal contains a signal portion dependent on the non-electrical variable and is double the frequency, and a fault signal portion dependent on the alternating current and is at the frequency, where the measurement signal is pre-processed and digitized to generate a digital signal that is detected and processed to generate a measured value proportional to the non-electrical variable and to generate a fault signal value, wherein the fault signal value is utilized to normalize the measured value that is normalized in a normalizing stage, by forming the quotient using the square of the fault signal value, and is output as a normalized measured value.

Abstract: With the present invention, metabolomics biomarkers are used to identify subtypes within the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) population. In one embodiment, levels of the metabolite 3-carboxy-4-methyl-5-propyl-2-furanpropanoic acid (CMPF) of about six times or greater than the median level in typically developing (TD) individuals or about 2 ?M or greater place the individual in an autism subpopulation that includes less than 20% of the total ASD population. Thus, CMPF is a biomarker able to discriminate a subtype of ASD.

Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor (1) comprises a housing (2) and a diaphragm (4), to which a piezo-electric element (6) is fastened, and an electric connector region (8) which has an earth connector (24). A layer made from an electrically non-conducting material is arranged between the diaphragm (4) and the piezo-electric element (6), and the diaphragm (4) is connected to the earth connector (24) in an electrically conducting manner.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an ultrasonic sensor apparatus (3) having a multiplicity of ultrasonic sensors (5, 6, 7) arranged in the rear region (4) of a motor vehicle (1) in which the ultrasonic sensor apparatus (3) is used to perform detection of an object (11) in the surroundings of the motor vehicle (1), wherein a first ultrasonic sensor (6), in an object detection mode for detecting an object (11) that is different from a trailer apparatus (10) arranged in the rear region (4), is operated only for the purpose of receiving echo signals from transmission signals transmitted by at least one other ultrasonic sensor (5, 7), and the sending of transmission signals from this first ultrasonic sensor (6) is prevented. The invention also relates to a driver assistance device (2) and a motor vehicle (1).

Abstract: A transmission arrangement for a motor vehicle comprises a control device, a machine power electronics system, and an electric machine. The electric machine includes a plurality of windings which are connected to the machine power electronics system via particular phase conductors. The machine power electronics system is connected to the control device. The control device includes a temperature detection portion which is connected to at least one phase conductor and is designed for feeding an excitation signal into the phase conductor. The temperature detection portion is designed for capturing a response signal in the phase conductor, and from the response signal, deriving a winding temperature of the winding assigned to the phase conductor.

Abstract: Activators for supplementary cementitious material, comprising reactive belite, obtainable by hydrothermal treatment of a starting material, which contains sources for CaO and SiO2 in an autoclave at a temperature of 100 to 300° C. and tempering the obtained intermediate product at 350 to 495° C., hydraulic binders based on the supplementary cementitious material above, and by a method for activating the supplementary cementitious material by adding reactive belite obtainable by hydrothermal treatment of a starting material which contains sources for CaO and SiO2 in an autoclave at a temperature of 100 to 300° C. and tempering the obtained intermediate product at 350 to 495° C. and the use of the reactive belite containing material as activator.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing cements by hydrothermally treating a starting material containing sources of CaO and SiO2 in an autoclave at a temperature of 100 to 300° C., and tempering the obtained intermediate product at 350 to 700° C., wherein water formed during tempering is dissipated by grinding the intermediate product and/or tempering taking place under a continuous gas stream. The invention also relates to cements obtained in this manner, hydraulic binders therefrom, and building materials which contain said binders.

Abstract: A honeycomb based high temperature structural damper laminate, based on a core structure including a honeycomb laminated with a layer of a structural damping material. A method for producing the laminate, as well as the use of the laminate in various fields of application.