Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing a respiratory tract infection in a subject, comprising determining in a sample from said subject the level of High-Mobility-Group-Protein B1 (HMGB1), and/or determining in a sample from said subject the level of a histone protein, and/or determining in a sample from said subject the level of Insulin-like growth factor binding protein, acid labile subunit (IGFALS), wherein the subject is diagnosed with a bacterial respiratory tract infection when the level of IGFALS is below a predetermined threshold level and/or the level of the histone protein is above a predetermined threshold value, and/or wherein the subject is diagnosed with a respiratory tract infection when the level of HMGB1 is above a predetermined threshold level.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining whether a subject diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease should be prescribed a remote patient management, the method comprising measuring particular biomarkers in a sample from said patient. The invention therefore relates to a method for therapy guidance, stratification and/or monitoring of a remote patient management for a patient diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease, comprising providing at least one sample of a patient, determining a level of at least one biomarker selected from the group consisting of proADM, proBNP and proANP or fragment(s) and comparing said level of the at least one biomarker to one or more reference values, wherein said level is indicative of prescribing or not prescribing a remote patient management for said patient.

Abstract: A pipette device having a pipette unit (1), a positioning unit (4), a micro-dosing unit (5) and a control device (6). The micro-dosing unit (5) is implemented separately from the pipette unit (1). However, it can be coupled to the pipette unit (1) in a precisely defined relative position. The pipette unit (1) thus has a coupling device (10) and the micro-dosing unit (5) has a corresponding counter-coupling device (11). One of the two devices can be switched. By switching the coupling device (10) and/or the counter-coupling device (11), the micro-dosing unit (5) can be coupled to the pipette unit (1) or decoupled from the pipette unit (1) as desired. If the micro-dosing unit (5) is coupled to the pipette unit (1), it can be moved to different operating positions together with the pipette unit (1).

Abstract: Readings of a characteristic of the yarn along the longitudinal direction of the yarn are detected. Values of a yarn parameter are determined from the readings. An event field contains a quadrant of a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, whose abscissa defines an extension of yarn parameter values in the longitudinal direction and whose ordinate defines a deviation of the yarn parameter from a desired value. Densities of events in the event field are determined from the values of the yarn parameter and their extensions in the longitudinal direction. A yarn body is represented as an area in the event field. The area on the one hand is delimited by the abscissa, on the other hand by the ordinate and further by a line in the event field that substantially follows a constant event density. The representation of the yarn body permits a clearing limit to be defined in a rapid and rational manner.

Abstract: The measured values of a property of a yarn along its longitudinal direction are detected for the characterization of a yarn moved along its longitudinal direction. The values of a parameter of the yarn are determined from the measured values. An event field is provided, whose abscissa indicates an extension of parameter values in the longitudinal direction and whose ordinate indicates a deviation of the parameter from a set point value. Densities of events in the event field are determined from the values of the parameter and its extension in the longitudinal direction. A test material body is calculated in the event field as an area, which is delimited by the abscissa on the one hand, by the ordinate on the other hand, and further by a line which substantially follows a constant event density. The area is specified numerically. At least one value of the numerical specification is output as a characteristic of the yarn.

Abstract: A method for characterizing a yarn moved along its longitudinal direction. Readings of a characteristic of the yarn along the longitudinal direction of the yarn are detected. Values of a yarn parameter are determined from the readings. An event field is provided, which contains a quadrant of a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, whose abscissa defines an extension of yarn parameter values in the longitudinal direction and whose ordinate defines a deviation of the yarn parameter from a desired value. Densities of events in the event field are determined from the values of the yarn parameter and their extensions in the longitudinal direction. A yarn body is represented as an area in the event field. The area on the one hand is delimited by the abscissa, on the other hand by the ordinate and further by a line in the event field that substantially follows a constant event density. The representation of the yarn body permits a clearing limit to be defined in a rapid and rational manner.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting objects on a pixel plane. Said movable object detection is frequently possible only by tracking the pre-segmented objects or the parts thereof. in this relation, the spatially adjacent objects often provoke problems, in particular in the case when a camera system or more precisely an observer is movable. The inventive method consists in determining a two-dimensional position of the relevant pixels inside a first image and in determining an associated remote value for each relevant pixel. Said pixels are tracked and localized on two ore more successive images, wherein the two-dimensional position or the pixel offset and the associated remote value are again determined for each pixel. The position and movement of the relevant pixels are also determined with the aid of a suitable filter. Finally, the relevant pixels are combined into objects under predefined conditions with respect to the position, moving direction and motion ratio thereof.

Abstract: Spray nozzle for piston cooling of an internal combustion engine, whose cooling fluid outlet opening is formed with a discharge geometry which prevents the discharge of cooling fluid in an inner region lying within a hypothetical extension of the outlet opening and being surrounded by the cooling fluid otherwise being sprayed out, by a plurality of webs (10) penetrating the discharge cross-section of the outlet opening (15) in such a manner that the cooling fluid nozzle stream (12) being discharged fragments into individual partial jets (17), these being disposed around the inner region (7) being kept free of cooling fluid.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a space of a vehicle. The method includes sensing the space using a first sensor including at least one surveillance camera so as to produce an image data, performing an evaluation of the image data, selecting at least one area of the space using the evaluation of the image data, sensing the at least one area using a second alignable sensor having a restricted spatial sensing range so as to produce a second data, and evaluating the second data. In addition, a vehicle that includes a first sensor having at least one surveillance camera disposed in an interior of the vehicle, the first sensor having a field of view at least partially covering at least one of the interior and an exterior of the vehicle, and a second alignable sensor having a restricted spatial sensing range, an alignment of the second sensor being controllable using the first sensor.