Abstract: A method of updating a playlist for a first user includes identifying a client device associated with the first user of a content sharing platform that comprises a plurality of media items, identifying a first playlist of the first user, the first playlist including a first subset of media items, identifying a second subset of media items of the second user, detecting an action performed by the first user with respect to at least one media item of the second subset of media items of the second user, the action performed by the first user indicates interest of the first user in the at least one media item of the second user, and automatically adding the at least one media item of the second user to the first playlist of the first user.

Abstract: A pressing device for pressing meat products, in particular frozen and/or partly frozen meat products, preferably fresh meat products and/or bacon, comprises a pressing chamber which extends along a longitudinal axis and into which a product to be pressed can be inserted, wherein the pressing chamber comprises at least one counter-element and at least one contact element, which is movable in the direction of the counter-element, that cooperate such that the product inserted into the pressing chamber can be compressed between the at least one counter-element and the at least one contact element; and wherein the pressing device comprises at least one servomotor that is configured to move the at least one contact element.

Abstract: In a method of pressing and processing meat products, in particular frozen and/or partly frozen meat products, preferably fresh meat products and/or bacon, the products are inserted into a pressing chamber of a pressing device and are pressed in the pressing chamber by at least one displaceable contact element, with the contact element being moved by means of a servomotor.

Abstract: A movable contact element for a pressing device for pressing meat products, in particular frozen and/or partly frozen meat products, preferably fresh meat products and/or bacon, comprises a base part; an attachment part; a transverse sliding part; and a height part that are connected to one another at respective connection points and that form a contact surface for a product at one side of the contact element during the pressing. The contact surface has an effective length along a first direction of extent and an effective width along a second direction of extent perpendicular to the first direction of extent, with the effective length and the effective width of the contact surface being variable.

Abstract: In order to provide a control unit which can cooperate with a great variety of operating units and/or status acquisition units, it is proposed that the control unit comprises a base module which has at least one processor and at least one memory store for the required program code for operating the processor and terminals for operating units carrying out basic functions and/or status acquisition units and that the processor and the program code stored in the memory store are configured such that therewith additional functions of an additional module connectable to the base module are also executable.

Abstract: A refrigerant compressor for refrigeration plants having a compressor unit driven by a drive unit. At least one of the compressor and drive units has a control unit which is controllable by delivery rate control system to control the refrigerant compressor at different delivery rates. An external delivery rate setpoint value is communicated to the delivery rate control system to prevent critical operating states. The delivery rate control system is configured to acquire, via a sensor, a compressor unit reference temperature. The delivery rate control system is configured to ascertain an operating state value group to acquire an operating state of the refrigerant compressor, and specify a delivery rate for operation of the refrigerant compressor outside of the critical operating states, if the value of the ascertained operating state value group based upon the compressor reference temperature permits a critical operating state of the refrigerant compressor.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for including information in an invitation from a first to connect with a second user that identifies a context regarding how the first user found the second user. A system can include a request component configured to receive, at a first network source, information identifying a second user that a first user has selected to send an invitation to connect with at the first network source, a context component configured to determine a context regarding selection of the second user by the first user, including where the first user found the information identifying the second user, and a generation component configured to generate an invitation that invites the second user to connect with the first user at the first network source. The invitation comprises first user identification information and context information identifying the context regarding the selection of the second user by the first user.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for removing a stain from a surface. A first solution is applied to the stain, wherein the first solution comprises a combination of an ammoniated substance such as ammonium hydroxide and an alcohol such as isopropanol. A second solution is then applied to the stain treated with the first solution, wherein the second solution comprises between approximately 6% and approximately 15% hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: Vibration damper, including a piston rod, axially movably guided in a work cylinder, with a piston, wherein the work cylinder is closed at the end by a piston rod guide, and the vibration damper has a securing device during an assembly process so that at least a length portion of the piston rod passes through the piston rod guide. The securing device is formed by a supporting ring that is guided axially displaceably in the work cylinder and, in the fully assembled vibration damper, assumes an axial position inside the work cylinder in a length region which is delimited on one side by the piston and on the other side by a base part of the work cylinder.

Abstract: A system for negotiating a purchase of a pharmaceutical treatment between a provider of the pharmaceutical treatment and a plurality of purchasers of the pharmaceutical treatment. The method receives one or more assumptions associated with a patient. An input field in a graphical user interface of a first computing device is displayed where the first computing device received an offer to purchase the pharmaceutical treatment from the purchaser. The offer to purchase is received from the first computing device via a network. The offer to purchase is modified. The modified offer to purchase is displayed on a second computing device that is associated with a provider of the pharmaceutical treatment via a graphical user interface on the second computing device. An input field in the graphical user interface of the second computing device that is configured to receive, from the provider, an offer to provide the pharmaceutical treatment is displayed.

Abstract: A system for customizing user parameters relating to a pharmaceutical treatment, receives, a first set of parameters associated with the pharmaceutical treatment, that indicate factors associated with the pharmaceutical treatment, in a first format. The system determines a subset of the set of first parameters based on the one or more factors and converts them into a second format. The system provides the second set of parameters to a second computing device, receives from the second computing device, a third set of parameters, wherein the third set of parameters are based on the one or more factors, the third set of parameters being provided in a third format, converts the third set of parameters from the second third format to the first format based on a second set of parameters, and present the converted third set of parameters received from the second computing device to the first computing device party.

Abstract: A method of updating a playlist for a first user includes identifying a client device associated with the first user of a content sharing platform that comprises a plurality of media items, identifying a first playlist of the first user, the first playlist including a first subset of media items, identifying a second subset of media items of the second user, detecting an action performed by the first user with respect to at least one media item of the second subset of media items of the second user, the action performed by the first user indicates interest of the first user in the at least one media item of the second user, and automatically adding the at least one media item of the second user to the first playlist of the first user.

Abstract: A system for processing food products to be sliced or to be divided comprises a processing line that comprises a plurality of work stations and a single-track or multi-track transport device for transporting the products along a transport path from work station to work station, wherein at least one of the work stations has a means for determining at least one parameter, and wherein the means is connected to an evaluation and control device that is configured to generate a control signal in dependence on the at least one parameter.

Abstract: A method of generating a playlist for a first user includes identifying a client device associated with the first user, determining that the first user has requested to add a second user to a set of social connections of the first user, and in response to determining that the first user has requested to add the second user to the set of social connections of the first user, updating one or more playlists associated with the first user to add a media item of the second user, and transmitting to the client device a signal that causes the client device to present at least one of the updated playlists to the first user and provide the first user with access to the media item.

Abstract: In a method for processing products, in particular for processing fresh meat, in a processing line comprising a plurality of work stations, the products are transported along a transport path on one track or multiple tracks from work station to work station and at least one parameter is determined at at least one work station and is considered at another position of the processing line.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for including information in an invitation from a first to connect with a second user that identifies a context regarding how the first user found the second user. A system can include a request component configured to receive, at a first network source, information identifying a second user that a first user has selected to send an invitation to connect with at the first network source, a context component configured to determine a context regarding selection of the second user by the first user, including where the first user found the information identifying the second user, and a generation component configured to generate an invitation that invites the second user to connect with the first user at the first network source. The invitation comprises first user identification information and context information identifying the context regarding the selection of the second user by the first user.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for including information in an invitation from a first to connect with a second user that identifies a context regarding how the first user found the second user. A system can include a request component configured to receive, at a first network source, information identifying a second user that a first user has selected to send an invitation to connect with at the first network source, a context component configured to determine a context regarding selection of the second user by the first user, including where the first user found the information identifying the second user, and a generation component configured to generate an invitation that invites the second user to connect with the first user at the first network source. The invitation comprises first user identification information and context information identifying the context regarding the selection of the second user by the first user.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel hydrogels through peptides, which are designed to self-assemble and produce magnetic resonance (MR) contrast through chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST). The location and integrity of these gels could consequently be tracked using MR imaging. The self-assembly of the peptides into hydrogels can be brought about by a change in pH, ionic strength, temperature, and concentration of ions.

Abstract: In a refrigerant compressor for refrigeration plants, comprising a compressor unit driven by a drive unit, wherein at least one of these units is provided with a control unit which is controllable by means of a delivery rate control system in order to control the refrigerant compressor at different delivery rates, wherein an external delivery rate setpoint value is communicated to the delivery rate control system, in order to prevent critical operating states, it is proposed that the delivery rate control system acquires, by means of a sensor, a compressor reference temperature of the compressor unit, that the delivery rate control system ascertains an operating state value group for the acquisition of an operating state of the refrigerant compressor and, taking account of specified reference values, if the value of the ascertained operating state value group based upon the compressor reference temperature permits a critical operating state of the refrigerant compressor, specifies a delivery rate which has as

Abstract: A method of generating a playlist for a first user includes identifying a client device associated with the first user, determining that the first user has requested to add a second user to a set of social connections of the first user, and in response to determining that the first user has requested to add the second user to the set of social connections of the first user, updating one or more playlists associated with the first user to add a media item of the second user, and transmitting to the client device a signal that causes the client device to present at least one of the updated playlists to the first user and provide the first user with access to the media item.