Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a carrier, an optoelectronic arrangement, and a potting material, wherein the optoelectronic arrangement includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip, the optoelectronic arrangement is arranged above a top side of the carrier, the potting material is arranged above the top side of the carrier such that the optoelectronic arrangement is embedded into the potting material, a radiation emission face of the optoelectronic arrangement is not covered by the potting material, and a surface of the potting material is formed above the radiation emission face in relation to the top side of the carrier.

Abstract: A screw connector for medical hose systems is configured for catch engagement in a half-open sterilization position. The connector includes a first connecting element having a first lumen and an outside thread, and a second connecting element having a second lumen, and an elastically deformable union nut having an inside thread. The inside thread and the outside thread are configured to be screwed together, with the outside thread having a first formation and the inside thread a second formation, with deformation of the nut via the first formation in a predetermined first angle-of-rotation range without engaging the second formation. The inside thread and the outside thread, and the first formation and the second formation, are configured for catch engagement of the first formation in the second formation when the inside thread and the outside thread are screwed together in a predetermined second angle-of-rotation range to provide the half-open sterilization position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for testing at least one function of a medical functional device which is inserted in and connected and compressed with a medical treatment apparatus, and/or a function of this treatment apparatus, wherein between a hydraulic device or a pneumatic unit of the treatment apparatus and the functional device at least one fluid communication is established. It further relates to a detection device which is programmed and/or configured for executing the method according to the invention as well as a medical treatment apparatus which comprises at least one detection device and/or is in signal transmission or is connected for signal transmission with it, a digital storage medium, a computer program product as well as a computer program.

Abstract: An illumination system for EUV projection lithography has a beam shaping optical unit for generating an EUV collective output beam from an EUV raw beam of a synchrotron-radiation-based light source. An output coupling optical unit serves for generating a plurality of EUV individual output beams from the EUV collective output beam. In each case a beam guiding optical unit serves for guiding the respective EUV individual output beam toward an object field in which a lithography mask is arrangable. The result is an illumination system with which EUV light of a synchrotron-radiation-based light source is guided to the greatest possible extent without losses and at the same time flexibly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for testing at least one function of a medical functional device which is inserted in and connected and compressed with a medical treatment apparatus, and/or a function of this treatment apparatus, wherein between a hydraulic device or a pneumatic unit of the treatment apparatus and the functional device at least one fluid communication is established. It further relates to a detection device which is programmed and/or configured for executing the method according to the invention as well as a medical treatment apparatus which comprises at least one detection device and/or is in signal transmission or is connected for signal transmission with it, a digital storage medium, a computer program product as well as a computer program.

Abstract: A method for determining the aging of an oxidation catalyst in an exhaust gas aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine, having the following steps: ascertaining a soot burn rate of a particle filter of the exhaust gas aftertreatment system; adapting a function having at least one adaptation parameter to the soot burn rate dependent on at least one variable, a value of the adaptation parameter depending on an aging of the oxidation catalyst; and determining the aging of the oxidation catalyst using the adaptation parameter value ascertained by adapting the function.

Abstract: An apparatus has a circuitry which detects a first biometric feature of a user; detects a second biometric feature of the user, wherein the second biometric feature is detected based on image data representing the second biometric feature, and wherein the second biometric feature differs from the first biometric feature; and estimates an illumination indication for the second biometric feature, based on the image data.

Abstract: A catadioptric projection objective for images an object field onto an image field via imaging radiation. The projection objective includes at least one reflective optical component and a measuring device. The reflective optical component, during the operation of the projection objective, reflects a first part of the imaging radiation and transmits a second part of the imaging radiation. The reflected, first part of the imaging radiation at least partly contributes to the imaging of the object field. The transmitted, second part of the imaging radiation is at least partly fed to a measuring device. This allows a simultaneous exposure of the photosensitive layer at the location of the image field with the imaging radiation and monitoring of the imaging radiation with the aid of the measuring device.

Abstract: A method of operating a projection exposure tool for microlithography is provided. The projection exposure tool has a projection objective for imaging object structures on a mask into an image plane using electromagnetic radiation, during which imaging the electromagnetic radiation causes a change in optical properties of the projection objective.

Abstract: A reflectometer has a depth sensor which obtains distance information between the depth sensor and an object, a light source which emits light having a calibrated light spectrum, a spectral sensor which collects spectral information from light reflected from the object, and a circuitry. The circuitry calculates a reflectance spectrum for the object based on the distance information and the spectral information collected from light being reflected from the object, wherein the light originates from the light source.

Abstract: A method for regenerating a particle filter during the operation of an internal combustion engine, having the following steps: detecting at least one loading parameter which is characteristic of a present loading of the particle filter, wherein an active regeneration measure can be carried out recurrently in a manner dependent on the loading parameter; determining a time window for a regeneration of the particle filter; and determining a prediction for an operating state of the internal combustion engine expected within the time window, wherein the active regeneration measure at a time indicated for it by the loading parameter is skipped if the prediction predicts that, within the time window, an operating state of the internal combustion engine will arise in which a regeneration of the particle filter takes place without an active regeneration measure.

Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a reflective material, wherein the reflective material includes a surface, at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip is embedded into the reflective material such that at least a top side of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, the top side being configured to emit electromagnetic radiation and is not covered by the reflective material, the surface of the reflective material is formed in a manner extending parallel to the top side of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip and facing away from an underside of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip, the surface of the reflective material includes a contrast region, and the reflective material is superficially removed in the contrast region.

Abstract: A catadioptric projection objective for images an object field onto an image field via imaging radiation. The projection objective includes at least one reflective optical component and a measuring device. The reflective optical component, during the operation of the projection objective, reflects a first part of the imaging radiation and transmits a second part of the imaging radiation. The reflected, first part of the imaging radiation at least partly contributes to the imaging of the object field. The transmitted, second part of the imaging radiation is at least partly fed to a measuring device. This allows a simultaneous exposure of the photosensitive layer at the location of the image field with the imaging radiation and monitoring of the imaging radiation with the aid of the measuring device.

Abstract: An imaging optical unit for imaging an object field in an image field is disclosed. The imaging optical unit has an obscured pupil. This pupil has a center, through which a chief ray of a central field point passes. The imaging optical unit furthermore has a plurality of imaging optical components. A gravity center of a contiguous pupil obscuration region of the imaging optical unit lies decentrally in the pupil of the imaging optical unit.

Abstract: An agricultural machine, such as a tractor, includes a control or regulating system for controlling and regulating a working assembly in order to perform an agricultural work order. The control and regulating system includes at least one control unit with a control program. The control program is configurable and/or loadable as a function of any one, any combination or all of: the agricultural work order; the attachable working assembly; or operator input relating to an agricultural work order.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for testing at least one function of a medical functional device which is inserted in and connected and compressed with a medical treatment apparatus, and/or a function of this treatment apparatus, wherein between a hydraulic device or a pneumatic unit of the treatment apparatus and the functional device at least one fluid communication is established. It further relates to a detection device which is programmed and/or configured for executing the method according to the invention as well as a medical treatment apparatus which comprises at least one detection device and/or is in signal transmission or is connected for signal transmission with it, a digital storage medium, a computer program product as well as a computer program.

Abstract: An electronic device including a processor configured to receive a first radiation measurement and determine a skin surface condition information based on the first radiation measurement.

Abstract: An illumination system for EUV projection lithography has a beam shaping optical unit for generating an EUV collective output beam from an EUV raw beam of a synchrotron-radiation-based light source. An output coupling optical unit serves for generating a plurality of EUV individual output beams from the EUV collective output beam. In each case a beam guiding optical unit serves for guiding the respective EUV individual output beam toward an object field in which a lithography mask is arrangable. The result is an illumination system with which EUV light of a synchrotron-radiation-based light source is guided to the greatest possible extent without losses and at the same time flexibly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dialysis machine having a hydraulic system that is intended for providing a dialysis solution or an element of the dialysis solution, wherein the hydraulic system has a degassing pump for degassing the dialysis solution or an element of the dialysis solution, and having a pneumatic system in which a vacuum is present at least at times for operating a component of the dialysis machine, wherein there is a connection line between the suction side of the degassing pump and the pneumatic system for a vacuum generation in the pneumatic system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for testing at least one function of a medical functional device which is inserted in and connected and compressed with a medical treatment apparatus, and/or a function of this treatment apparatus, wherein between a hydraulic device or a pneumatic unit of the treatment apparatus and the functional device at least one fluid communication is established. It further relates to a detection device which is programmed and/or configured for executing the method according to the invention as well as a medical treatment apparatus which comprises at least one detection device and/or is in signal transmission or is connected for signal transmission with it, a digital storage medium, a computer program product as well as a computer program.