Abstract: A combination cooking appliance has a cooking chamber and a microwave source with a microwave power. In a method for the safe operation of the combination cooking appliance, a cooking chamber temperature prevailing in the cooking chamber is detected, and a convection-relevant parameter is determined. The detected cooking chamber temperature and the convection-relevant parameter are evaluated to determine a maximum permissible microwave power. The microwave power of the microwave source is limited to the maximum permissible microwave power.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented system includes treatment apparatuses configured to be manipulated by patients while performing an exercise session, patient interfaces associated with the plurality of patients, and a server computing device configured to receive first characteristics pertaining to the patients, and initiate a virtual shared session on the patient interfaces associated with the patients. The virtual shared session includes at least a set of multimedia feeds, and each multimedia feed of the set of multimedia feeds is associated with one or more of the patients. During the virtual shared session, the server computing device may present a first layout including the set of multimedia feeds, the first characteristics, or some combination thereof.

Abstract: The present application relates to a system comprising a hearing aid, the hearing aid configured to be operated based on an estimation of a current listening effort of a hearing aid user.

Abstract: A mop system includes a flat mop holder to hold a mop cover in a first state and to release the mop cover in a second state, and which comprises an actuating kinematic system for causing a change from the first state to the second state. A mop handle is connected at a first end to the flat mop holder, and an actuating member is arranged opposite to the first end on the mop handle. At least one cable pull is adapted and arranged to transmit an activating force and/or movement from the actuating member to the actuating kinematic system. A plurality of mop handle sections are telescopically adjustable relative to one another, wherein the cable pull includes a length compensation device to variably adjust the cable pull corresponding to a telescopic position of the mop handle sections.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are polyadenosine, polythymidine, polyguanosine, and/or polycytosine nucleic acid sequences, as well as interferon stimulatory DNA and immunostimulatory herpes simplex virus sequences, that may be conjugated to an albumin-binding domain, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Furthermore, disclosed herein are methods for inducing an immune response in a subject, and methods of administering the polyadenosine, polythymidine, polyguanosine, and/or polycytosine nucleic acid sequences conjugated to an albumin-binding domain and an antigen to induce an immune response in a subject.

Abstract: Film structures and methods of forming a film structure are described herein. The film structure includes a polymeric substrate having an inorganic coating thereon. The film structure has a polymeric buffer layer positioned between the polymeric substrate and the inorganic coating. The inorganic coating comprises a wave structure characterized by an average amplitude in a range of from 0.1 ?m to 5 ?m and a wavelength in a range of from 0.3 ?m to 15 ?m. The inventors have advantageously discovered that the wave structure of the inorganic coating exhibits improved optical properties (e.g., light refraction). The film structures described herein may be used in greenhouse screens.

Abstract: A method determines a door opening request based on a pressure actuation against a door of a household appliance. A plunger is driven by an electric machine via a transmission. An electrical voltage is applied to a stator winding which is electrically coupled to a control unit at least during temporary support of the plunger head against a door inner face. When the door is in the closed state a force is applied to the plunger and by a sensor facility a stator winding-side induced voltage is detected, which has a voltage pulse depending on the pressure actuation. An amplitude of the voltage pulse is compared in a first comparison with a voltage comparison value and a temporal extent of the voltage pulse is compared in a second comparison with a time comparison value. The door opening request is determined depending on comparison results of the first and second comparison.

Abstract: A tool for loading a payload on a payload retrieval apparatus includes a support body and a guide extending outward from the support body. The guide has an elongated configuration and a cross-sectional area that is narrower than the support body. The guide is configured to be inserted into a channel of the payload retrieval apparatus and to position the support body at an end of the channel adjacent to a payload holding structure. The tool also includes a hanger configured to hold the payload. The hanger is movable with respect to the support body between a closed position and a release position.

Abstract: The application relates to a sensor data processing module including a plurality of integrated circuit devices each configured to receive and process sensor data, in particular sensor data from a PET scanner, at least some of the integrated circuit devices each comprising: at least one data input for receiving measurement data from at least one sensor; at least one data input for receiving a plurality of sensor events from at least one other integrated circuit device, wherein each sensor event comprises at least a time information and an event information; and at least one data output for sending one or more sensor events; wherein the integrated circuit devices each comprise one or more FIFO buffers for temporarily storing one or more sensor events and the integrated circuit devices are each configured: to create one or more sensor events from the measurement data, wherein each sensor event comprises at least a time information and an event information; and to process the sensor events queued in the one or mo

Abstract: The invention relates to determining a model of a cardiac implant deployed in a cardiac region of a patient. A database including a plurality of different records is provided, each record including at least data representative of an image of a cardiac region and an associated model of the cardiac implant deployed in said cardiac region. A patient-specific image of the cardiac region for which the model of the cardiac implant deployed in said cardiac region is to be determined, is received. An approximation of the patient-specific image of the cardiac region is calculated based on a weighted combination of images of the cardiac region in a plurality of records. The model of the cardiac implant deployed in the cardiac region associated to the patient-specific image of said cardiac region is determined based on weighted combination of models of the cardiac implant associated to the images of the cardiac region in the plurality of records used for approximating said patient-specific image of the cardiac region.

Abstract: A wiper blade (1) for a windshield wiper arrangement (10) includes a base body (2), which extends along a longitudinal direction (25), and a heating element (3), which is designed to heat the wiper blade (1). The base body (2) includes a fastening rail (4) having a fastening groove (5) in which the heating element (3) can be fastened. The fastening groove (5) is open on one side in an opening direction (26) orthogonal to the longitudinal direction (25), and the fastening rail (4) includes fastening arms (41) configured to retain the heating element (3) in the fastening groove (5).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antisense oligonucleotides, which target SNCA mRNA (e.g., at an intron exon junction) in a cell, leading to reduced expression of SNCA protein. Reduction of SNCA protein expression is beneficial for the treatment of certain medical disorders, e.g., a neurological disorder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary machine comprising a stator and a rotatably mounted rotor, with one or more magnetic field sensors arranged stationary relative to the stator at a radial distance from a stationary axis, at least one measuring device which is configured to detect magnetic field changes with the aid of the aforementioned magnetic field sensors, a rotor which is configured to generate one or more electrical signals in each case, said signals having signal components which correspond to the rotor rotation frequency and to the distance between magnetic field sensor and rotor in each case, wherein a demodulator unit carries out a demodulation of signals generated by or derived from the magnetic field sensors, such that a signal is generated which corresponds to the distance between the rotor and the magnetic field sensor.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for reporting of time domain channel characteristics. The apparatus receives a Doppler configuration to measure Doppler information for at least one channel path of a plurality of channel paths. The apparatus receives a tracking reference signal (TRS) to obtain the Doppler information for the at least one channel path of the plurality of channel paths based on the Doppler configuration. The apparatus transmits a Doppler report comprising the Doppler information for the at least one channel path of the plurality of channel paths based on the received TRS. The apparatus receives a downlink transmission on a predicted channel and precoder, the predicted channel and the precoder based at least on the Doppler report.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for multi-space vehicle charging. An example system may include a cord management system configured to extend across a plurality of parking spaces and configured to move a charging connector of a cord to at least one selected parking space of the plurality of parking spaces associated with at least one vehicle. The cord may extend from a charging device. An example method may include receiving a request to charge a vehicle located in a parking space of a plurality of parking spaces and/or moving a charging connector of a cord extending from a charging device to the parking space of the vehicle.

Abstract: A shopping cart includes a wheeled base and a basket. The basket is supported above a wheeled base and includes a hook. The basket defines a compartment, a top mouth open to the compartment, and an open slot positioned below the top mouth. The open slot is defined between a top edge and a bottom edge thereof, and the bottom edge is positioned opposite the top edge. The hook downwardly depends from the top edge of the open slot toward the bottom edge of the open slot to a free bottom end of the hook. The hook is configured to selectively receive a handle of a bag after the handle of the bag is wrapped around a portion of the basket defined between the open slot and the top mouth of the compartment, such that the bag selectively hangs along an outside surface of the basket opposite the compartment.

Abstract: A metrology system may include a spectroscopic metrology sub-system and a controller, the controller including one or more processors configured to execute program instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to: generate a tool-induced shift (TIS) model of a training sample by the metrology sub-system comprising: receiving training data from metrology measurements of the training sample, the training data comprising spectral data associated with at least one off-diagonal Mueller matrix element generated by one or more first measurements of the training sample at a first azimuthal angle and one or more second measurements of the training sample at a second azimuthal angle, deriving overlay spectra data and TIS spectra data from the training data, decomposing the overlay spectra data and the TIS spectra data, and inferring a TIS signature for the training sample; and to remove the TIS signature from a test sample.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing water, comprising: a water dispenser having a water inlet, a water dispensing outlet, and a water circulation outlet, wherein the water dispensing outlet can be opened or closed in order to selectively allow, in use, water to exit the water dispenser through the water dispensing outlet; a water tank; a water circuit comprising a first part from the water tank to the water inlet of the water dispenser, and a second part from the water circulation outlet of the water dispenser to the water tank; a water purification unit forming part of the water circuit; and a water pump configured to pump water continuously in use through at least the first part of the water circuit.

Abstract: An anchor device and a method of installing a pool cover with and without a surrounding deck. The anchor device having a planar portion, a bracket insert, and a downwardly projecting leg. The downwardly projecting leg is inserted into a slot between deck boards from where a user will tilt and press the anchor down such that the planar portion is partially in contact with the deck boards. If a pool is surrounded by a soft ground material, the method utilizes pool anchors having a spiral portion and a hex drive body at the first end of the spiral portion. The anchor is driven into the ground via the hex drive body to a desired depth, an anchor screw is inserted into the hex drive body, and a pool cover mount is attached to the anchor screw.

Abstract: The invention features injection pens for the subcutaneous injection of a peptide and methods of using same.