Abstract: The invention features a replaceable cartridge for a plasma arc torch. The cartridge includes a cartridge body having a first section and a second section. The first and second sections are joined at an interface to form a substantially hollow chamber. The interface provides a coupling force that secures the first and second sections together. The cartridge also includes an arc constricting member located in the second section; an electrode included within the substantially hollow chamber; and a contact start spring element affixed to the electrode. The spring element imparts a separating force that biases the electrode toward at least one of the first section or the second section of the body. The separating force has a magnitude that is less than a magnitude of the coupling force.

Abstract: A system for mounting insulating elements on structural elements in motor vehicles includes a plurality of insulating elements that are provided in at least one stack. The system further includes at least one structural element of a motor vehicle and a robot. Said robot is designed to be able to take each individual insulating element from the stack and arrange it on the structural element.

Abstract: An apparatus for and a method of operating a fleet of vehicles. The apparatus provides a set of routes for moving entities of the fleet of vehicles, provides a request for at least two stops of an entity of the fleet of vehicles including at least one pick up location and at at least one drop off location, selecting a route from the set of routes for that a measure for a distance of one or more stops included in the request to the route meets a condition, inserting the at least one pick up location and at at least one drop off location as stops into the route and instructing to operate an entity according to the route.

Abstract: Method for distributing multimedia public warning alerts in a mobile telecommunications network, including: creating an alert message by an emergency authority computer in the network, the message including a textual message and a multimedia object; sending by a content distributor server parameters for a content delivery session; sending by the computer the created message to the server; sending by the computer a request for a cell broadcast message to a cell broadcast center in the network, the message including the textual message and content delivery session parameters; broadcasting by the cell broadcast center the message through a radio access network; receiving by mobile user equipment in the network the message through the radio access network; setting up by the multicast content distributor server a transparent IP multicast session between the server and at least some of the user equipment; sending the multimedia object though the session to the user equipment.

Abstract: A cargo hold comprises at least one luggage holder having at least one luggage compartment, wherein, when the hatch is in the closed state, the luggage holder is arranged in the cargo hold, and wherein, when the hatch is in the opened state, the luggage holder can be brought out of the cargo hold and can be introduced therein again by means of a guide mechanism in such a manner that the luggage holder, when it is brought out of the cargo hold, is arranged substantially radially to the substantially elliptical cross section of the fuselage.

Abstract: A disruption device for fixing to an aerial vehicle. The disruption device is adapted to disrupt at least one radio path between at least one receiving unit of an unmanned flying body and at least one transmitting unit provided for controlling the flight path of the unmanned flying body. An aerial vehicle having the disruption device is further provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for and a method of operating a fleet of vehicles. The apparatus provides a set of routes for moving entities of the fleet of vehicles, provides a request for at least two stops of an entity of the fleet of vehicles including at least one pick up location and at at least one drop off location, selecting a route from the set of routes for that a measure for a distance of one or more stops included in the request to the route meets a condition, inserting the at least one pick up location and at at least one drop off location as stops into the route and instructing to operate an entity according to the route.

Abstract: Method for distributing multimedia public warning alerts in a mobile telecommunications network, including: creating an alert message by an emergency authority computer in the network, the message including a textual message and a multimedia object; sending by a content distributor server parameters for a content delivery session; sending by the computer the created message to the server; sending by the computer a request for a cell broadcast message to a cell broadcast center in the network, the message including the textual message and content delivery session parameters; broadcasting by the cell broadcast center the message through a radio access network; receiving by mobile user equipment in the network the message through the radio access network; setting up by the multicast content distributor server a transparent IP multicast session between the server and at least some of the user equipment; sending the multimedia object though the session to the user equipment.

Abstract: Techniques are described for efficient execution of analytical queries on large amounts of data in a parallel database cluster while making maximal use of the available hardware.

Abstract: An adhesive element including a cover layer and a self-adhering sealant, wherein the self-adhering sealant is a thermoactive or thermoactivated rubber compound.

Abstract: A method for applying, in particular for evenly pressing across a surface, a component to a construction part by way of a manipulator, by receiving the component to be applied by means of a first vacuum pressure in a first interstice between a supporting member and the component, displacing the manipulator with the component towards the construction part, disposing the component at at least one partial surface of the construction part by way of the manipulator, where, during disposing, a second vacuum pressure is generated in a second interstice between the supporting member and the construction part, and mounting the component at the construction part by increasing the difference between the first and second vacuum pressures, where the manipulator continuously maintains the first vacuum pressure until completion of arrangement and at least partial attachment of the component at the construction part.

Abstract: A device for the automated removal of an adhesive element from a support element extending along a main extension plane, including a deposition device to deposit the support element and a fixing device to fix the support element to the deposition device, wherein the fixing device and/or the deposition device are configured such that the fixed support element, at least in certain areas, especially in an area with one or more adhesive elements, is stretchable spaced apart from the deposition device along the main extension plane.

Abstract: Innovations for adaptive compression and decompression for dictionaries of a column-store database can reduce the amount of memory used for columns of the database, allowing a system to keep column data in memory for more columns, while delays for access operations remain acceptable. For example, dictionary compression variants use different compression techniques and implementation options, Some dictionary compression variants provide more aggressive compression (reduced memory consumption) but result in slower run-time performance. Other dictionary compression variants provide less aggressive compression (higher memory consumption) but support faster run-time performance. As another example, a compression manager can automatically select a dictionary compression variant for a given column in a column-store database.

Abstract: A pattern can be identified in at least part of a query whose definition is received in a query request. The identified pattern can be matched with a set of pre-defined patterns, each of which has associated therewith at least one pre-compiled query execution sub-component of a plurality of pre-compiled query execution sub-components retained in a library. A plan for executing the query can be generated, for example by incorporating the pre-compiled query execution sub-component associated with the matched pattern into the plan based on a pseudo code representation of the plan derived from the definition.

Abstract: Innovations for adaptive compression and decompression for dictionaries of a column-store database can reduce the amount of memory used for columns of the database, allowing a system to keep column data in memory for more columns, while delays for access operations remain acceptable. For example, dictionary compression variants use different compression techniques and implementation options, Some dictionary compression variants provide more aggressive compression (reduced memory consumption) but result in slower run-time performance. Other dictionary compression variants provide less aggressive compression (higher memory consumption) but support faster run-time performance. As another example, a compression manager can automatically select a dictionary compression variant for a given column in a column-store database.

Abstract: A cargo hold comprises at least one luggage holder having at least one luggage compartment, wherein, when the hatch is in the closed state, the luggage holder is arranged in the cargo hold, and wherein, when the hatch is in the opened state, the luggage holder can be brought out of the cargo hold and can be introduced therein again by means of a guide mechanism in such a manner that the luggage holder, when it is brought out of the cargo hold, is arranged substantially radially to the substantially elliptical cross section of the fuselage.

Abstract: Innovations for adaptive compression and decompression for dictionaries of a column-store database can reduce the amount of memory used for columns of the database, allowing a system to keep column data in memory for more columns, while delays for access operations remain acceptable. For example, dictionary compression variants use different compression techniques and implementation options. Some dictionary compression variants provide more aggressive compression (reduced memory consumption) but result in slower run-time performance. Other dictionary compression variants provide less aggressive compression (higher memory consumption) but support faster run-time performance. As another example, a compression manager can automatically select a dictionary compression variant for a given column in a column-store database.

Abstract: A device for the automated removal of an adhesive element from a support element extending along a main extension plane, including a deposition device to deposit the support element and a fixing device to fix the support element to the deposition device, wherein the fixing device and/or the deposition device are configured such that the fixed support element, at least in certain areas, especially in an area with one or more adhesive elements, is stretchable spaced apart from the deposition device along the main extension plane.

Abstract: A method for applying, in particular for evenly pressing across a surface, a component to a construction part by way of a manipulator, by receiving the component to be applied by means of a first vacuum pressure in a first interstice between a supporting member and the component, displacing the manipulator with the component towards the construction part, disposing the component at at least one partial surface of the construction part by way of the manipulator, where, during disposing, a second vacuum pressure is generated in a second interstice between the supporting member and the construction part, and mounting the component at the construction part by increasing the difference between the first and second vacuum pressures, where the manipulator continuously maintains the first vacuum pressure until completion of arrangement and at least partial attachment of the component at the construction part.

Abstract: A disruption device for fixing to an aerial vehicle. The disruption device is adapted to disrupt at least one radio path between at least one receiving unit of an unmanned flying body and at least one transmitting unit provided for controlling the flight path of the unmanned flying body. An aerial vehicle having the disruption device is further provided.