Abstract: A method determines an assignment rule in order to combine test results from different tests of the same semiconductor device. The method includes fitting a model, such as a linear regression model, using the model to predict the test data, calculating a cost matrix based on the predictions, and applying the Hungarian method to the cost matrix to obtain a new assignment rule and repeating these steps multiple times.

Abstract: In a device and method for determining a contact between a tool and a workpiece, which are displaceable relative to each other, the tool or workpiece being rotationally fixedly connected to a shaft, the device includes a measuring arrangement including a measuring scale rotationally fixedly disposed on the shaft and at least one position encoder disposed in a stationary manner relative to the shaft, and a processing device. The position encoder is adapted to scan the measuring scale and to generate position values indicating a position of the shaft. The position values are fed to the processing device, which determines contact between the tool and the workpiece by evaluating a progression of the position values and signals the result of the evaluation by the status of a displacement signal.

Abstract: A method is for providing respiratory information. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving imaging data relating to a lung; calculating a perfusion fraction for each respective region of a set of regions of the lung, based on the imaging data; calculating a respective ventilation value for each respective region of the set of regions of the lung based on the imaging data; calculating a weighted average of respective ventilation values across all respective regions of the set of regions of the lung, wherein for each respective region of the set of regions of the lung, the respective ventilation value of the respective region is weighted with the perfusion fraction of the respective region; generating the respiratory information based on the weighted average of the respective ventilation values; and providing the respiratory information.

Abstract: A method is for providing decision-supporting data. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving photon-counting computed tomography data relating to an examination region; determining a location of a thrombus in the examination region, based on the photon-counting computed tomography data received; generating the decision-supporting data, relating to at least one of the thrombus and a vascular wall in a region of the thrombus, based on the photon-counting computed tomography data received and the location of the thrombus determined; and providing the decision-supporting data generated.

Abstract: A data management device for a two-wheeled vehicle, in particular an e-bike, pedelec, or the like, for the management and/or the diagnosis of operating data of the two-wheeled vehicle. The device includes a first communication interface for wireless communication with wireless two-wheeled vehicle devices of the two-wheeled vehicle, a second communication interface designed for communication with at least one two-wheeled vehicle system device, a third communication interface for the in particular authenticated and/or encrypted communication with a diagnostic device for the at least partial provision, modification, deletion, and/or retrieval of operating data of the two-wheeled vehicle, and a data management component for the management of operating data of wireless two-wheeled vehicle devices. The data management component being connected to the third communication interface and being designed to receive, to modify, to delete, and/or to provide operating data.

Abstract: Portable and interchangeable marine tiles, marine pods and tanks are disclosed. The marine tile typically contains a first face, a second face, and one or more sites for supporting one or more marine organisms, such as coral, and. may contain a tracking device. The marine pod typically contains a first panel having a first slit and a second panel having a second slit. The first panel and the second panel can be interlocked via sliding the first slit into the second slit. The marine pod can have one or more marine tiles attached thereto. The marine tank typically contains one or more coral reef organisms. Water can be pumped into and through the marine tank to flow in the form of a river stream. Typically, the flow of the seawater is controlled such that a consistent temperature is maintained in the marine tank.

Abstract: Compositions for making native-like marine structures are provided. The compositions include materials, typically a limestone and/or ceramic composite, for 3D printing of marine structures. Environmentally-friendly 3D printing and coating methods are also provided. The methods can be used to print structures/objects composed of a 3D printing material such as the compositions described herein, and/or coat formed structures/objects with an adhesive, such as a peptide-based bioorganic adhesive. Compositions and methods for supporting the attachment and growth of marine organisms such as coral to a substrate are also provided. The compositions contain one or more self-assembling peptides suitable for use as bioorganic adhesives. The peptide compositions are suitable for adhesive applications in the marine environment such as supporting coral growth and restoration. Methods of using the peptide-based adhesive compositions are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing processed cheese portions, comprising a plurality of modules that are arranged successively in the direction of production, in which the processed cheese is formed into a band, cooled, and divided into portions, wherein the modules define a production space through which the processed cheese travels during the production of the processed cheese portions. The production space is enclosed by a spray-proof casing, wherein the casing comprises a frame structure and a plurality of sheet metal elements which are detachably connected to the frame structure, and wherein a sealing hose is arranged between a sheet metal element and the area of the frame structure opposite thereto, and encircles the sheet metal element or the area of the frame structure opposite thereto.

Abstract: A steering drive system for a steering system of a transportation vehicle having a first control unit for actuating a first winding circuit of a steering drive motor with a test circuit to make available a defined changing test signal and a second control unit for actuating a second winding circuit of the steering drive motor, wherein a test signal reception circuit of the second control unit receives the test signal, and wherein the second control unit actuates the steering drive motor based on the presence or absence of the test signal.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for inferring a device feature of a device produced on a wafer. The method includes: providing a wafer feature model associating a wafer position indicating a position of a produced device on the wafer to a device feature, wherein the wafer feature model is configured to be trained by one or more wafer feature maps and particularly configured as a Gaussian process model, providing a sample device feature of at least one device at a sample wafer position, and inferring the device feature of at least one other device of the wafer depending on the provided wafer feature model.

Abstract: A fluid-conducting domestic appliance has a housing with a receiving container, an opening, and a door unit which has a transparent viewing window and a window element. The window element is formed opposite the viewing window and at least partly protrudes into the receiving container when the door unit is closed such that the receiving container can be viewed when the opening is closed. An electronic unit is provided and has a projection unit that is provided in the region of the viewing window. An optical unit is provided which contains at least one reflection element and is arranged in an upper region of the door unit such that emitted light is reflected by the reflection element onto the projection surface in the region of the viewing window.

Abstract: A method is for using measurement data of an object of examination for a post-processing process. In an embodiment, the method includes recording first measurement data, the first measurement data being previously determined via a medical imaging modality; automatically analyzing the first measurement data based on defined criteria and automatically inspecting a set of control parameters with aid of an analysis of the first measurement data using defined criteria with regard to second measurement data, the second measurement data being previously recorded via the modality using the set of control parameters, wherein the defined criteria include at least one of a post-processing capacity and identification of at least one image characteristic; and using at least one of the first measurement data and the second measurement data in a post-processing process. A control device and a medical imaging system are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method is for providing respiratory information. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving imaging data relating to a lung; calculating a perfusion fraction for each respective region of a set of regions of the lung, based on the imaging data; calculating a respective ventilation value for each respective region of the set of regions of the lung based on the imaging data; calculating a weighted average of respective ventilation values across all respective regions of the set of regions of the lung, wherein for each respective region of the set of regions of the lung, the respective ventilation value of the respective region is weighted with the perfusion fraction of the respective region; generating the respiratory information based on the weighted average of the respective ventilation values; and providing the respiratory information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a diagnostic device for a field device from the field of automation technology, comprising a control unit, a sensor carrier, a stereo acoustic sensor, which is fastened to the sensor carrier, a first temperature sensor, which is fastened at a first position on the sensor carrier, and a second temperature sensor, which is fastened at a second position on the sensor carrier. The first position and the second position are remote from one another owing to a first spacing. The sensor carrier is suitable for being expanded such that the first spacing is changed.

Abstract: A method and a device are for detecting an anatomical feature of a section of a blood vessel. In an embodiment, the device includes a first interface embodied to receive a medical image data record, including a region of an anatomy of a patient to be examined, which has the section of a blood vessel; a first computing unit, embodied to apply a first algorithm pretrained on an anatomical feature for detecting the anatomical feature based upon the medical image data record; and a second interface embodied to provide an item of information based upon the detection of the anatomical feature. The anatomical feature includes a change in caliber of a blood vessel. Further, the presence of the anatomical feature is indicative of vascular pulmonary disease, in particular of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Abstract: A device for processing rotation-dependent measured values includes a data converter, a sequencing control, and an output interface. Series of measured values, which are a function of the rotation of a shaft and of which at least one is an angle value that indicates the angular position of the shaft, are conveyable to the data converter at constant time intervals of a measuring interval. The data converter is adapted to subdivide a rotation of the shaft into sectors and, using one of the angle values as a reference angle value, to allocate received measured values to a sector, and per rotation of the shaft, to ascertain for each series of measured values precisely one result value for each sector. The result values are able to be output to the output interface.

Abstract: A hardware architecture for controlling a safety-relevant process having at least two microcontrollers for controlling the process in at least two control branches, wherein the respective microcontroller control the safety-relevant process. The microcontrollers process the data from at least one sensor, which detects the actual characteristic of the respective control branch. Between the two microcontrollers, the data of the respective sensor are exchanged and provided for each microcontroller and a check is made to determine whether the data from the sensors are consistent. In response to an inconsistency being detected, a majority decision is made and a model value used in forming the majority decision, is calculated in the microcontroller based on control commands so the control of the safety-relevant process by the microcontroller of the control branch, whose data were detected as erroneous in the majority decision, is disabled.

Abstract: A system and method for identifying abnormal medical images. The system can be configured to receive a medical image, segment an anatomical structure from the medical image to define a segmented dataset, register the segmented dataset to a baseline dataset defining a normal anatomical structure, classify, by an abnormality classifier, whether the anatomical structure within the medical image as either abnormal or normal, wherein the abnormality classifier comprises a machine learning algorithm trained to distinguish between normal and abnormal versions of the anatomical structure in medical images, and based on whether the anatomical structure can be segmented from the medical image, whether the segmented dataset can be registered to the baseline dataset, or a classification associated with the medical image output by the abnormality classifier, flagging the medical image as either normal or abnormal.

Abstract: A transistor device may include a semiconductor body, a plurality of cell regions each comprising a plurality of transistor cells that are at least partially integrated in the semiconductor body and that each comprise a respective gate electrode, a plurality of routing channels each arranged between two or more of the cell regions, a gate pad arranged above a first surface of the semiconductor body, and a plurality of gate runners each coupled to the gate pad and each arranged in one of the plurality of routing channels. Each of the plurality of gate runners may be associated with one of the plurality of cell regions such that the gate electrodes in each of the plurality of cell regions are connected to an associated gate runner, and each of the plurality of routing channels comprises two or more gate runners that are routed in parallel and spaced apart.

Abstract: A method is for classifying a risk for thrombus formation in an organ, in particular during an atrial fibrillation. In an embodiment, the method includes providing a medical image data set via a medical imaging device; calculating a flow parameter based on the medical image data set; assigning a risk parameter based on the flow parameter calculated; and—providing the risk parameter.