Abstract: The present disclosure provides an inspection device for continuously inspecting fed containers, in particular bottles, said inspection device comprising a feed device configured to feed containers thereto in succession, at least one inspection unit, configured to inspect the fed containers, a discharge conveying device configured to discharge the inspected containers, and a throughput station for the containers, which is arranged between the feed conveying device and the discharge conveying device, wherein the throughput station comprises a conveyor arrangement with an individual drive and a plurality of conveying units, which are movable by means of the individual drive individually and independently of one another, the conveyor arrangement being configured to convey the containers from the feed conveying device to the discharge conveying device.

Abstract: A test structure for a semiconductor device, comprising a device under test including a transistor, the transistor having a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a bulk electrode, a first fuse and a second fuse provided in series, wherein one terminal of the first fuse is connected to the gate electrode, one terminal of the second fuse is connected to the bulk electrode, the other terminal of the first fuse and the other terminal of the second fuse being connected to each other, a first input/output pad connected to the first terminal of the first fuse and to the gate electrode of the transistor, a second input/output pad connected to the first terminal of the second fuse and to the bulk electrode of the transistor, a third input/output pad connected to the second terminal of the first fuse and the second terminal of the second fuse.

Abstract: An apparatus for manipulating articles in which a multiaxial industrial robot is arranged on a travel unit and the industrial robot and the travel unit can be supplied with electrical energy via an energy storage unit. The travel unit has a control unit and at least three wheels having at least one drive unit, with the control unit being configured to rotate at least one of the wheels by the drive unit about an axis of rotation standing perpendicular on a symmetrical axis of rotation of the wheel and to rotate it about the symmetrical axis of rotation by the respective drive unit so that the apparatus can be moved in any direction by the travel unit. In addition, area monitoring sensors are arranged on at least two sides of the travel unit to monitor a virtual surface located at a predefined spacing next to and not intersecting the travel unit.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an optical scanning device with two scanning mirrors and with optical elements for imaging the two scanning mirrors one onto the other by means of an intermediate image. A control unit is provided for supplying drives which are coupled to the scanning mirrors with excitation voltages or excitation currents to initiate deflection angles ranging from zero to the maximum possible deflection angle for the two scanning mirrors. At least one of the scanning mirrors is designed for biaxial scanning, and the control unit is designed to vary the driving of the two scanning mirrors with respect to biaxial or uniaxial deflection of the beam bundle electively in quasistatic or resonant mode of operation. At least one of the two scanning mirrors is preferably designed as MEMS assembly.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a lithography apparatus for writing to substrate wafers. The apparatus includes: a light generating device including one or a plurality of light sources for generating light; a writing device; a light transferring device including a number of optical waveguides for transferring the light from the light generating device to a writing device, the writing device including a plurality of individually controllable write heads for projecting the light from the one or the plurality of light sources in different regions of a substrate wafer; a transport device for moving the substrate wafer relative to the writing device in a predefined transport direction; and a control device for controlling the writing process on the substrate wafer.

Abstract: An optical system for producing lithographic structures is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for determining relative coordinates of a position of a writing field relative to a position of a preview field in such an optical system, and a method for producing lithographic structures using such an optical system.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a test structure which includes an SOI substrate having an active semiconductor layer, a buried insulating material layer, and a base substrate, wherein the active semiconductor layer is formed on the buried insulating material layer, which, in turn, is formed on the base substrate. The test structure further includes a contact which is formed on the active semiconductor layer and electrically coupled to the active semiconductor layer. Herein, the contact has a tip portion extending through the active semiconductor layer into the buried insulating material layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a test structure which includes an SOI substrate having an active semiconductor layer, a buried insulating material layer, and a base substrate, wherein the active semiconductor layer is formed on the buried insulating material layer, which, in turn, is formed on the base substrate. The test structure further includes a contact which is formed on the active semiconductor layer and electrically coupled to the active semiconductor layer. Herein, the contact has a tip portion extending through the active semiconductor layer into the buried insulating material layer.

Abstract: A two-stroke engine is provided that has a cylinder, in which a combustion chamber is formed, and a piston, which delimits the combustion chamber and which drives a crankshaft rotatably mounted in a crankcase. The piston controls an inlet window for fuel/air mixture into the crankcase interior. A flow guide element is arranged in the crankcase interior which extends adjacent to the inlet window. The flow guide element has at least one first inflow surface by which at least a first partial quantity of the fuel/air mixture flowing in through the inlet window is diverted in the direction of the crankshaft.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for administering a hemostatic agent to the tissue surrounding an opening in a body lumen are disclosed. The apparatus can include a tissue-contacting region and an optional body lumen-penetrating region. At least one hemostatic agent is included as a component of a coating over and/or a mixture with the material of at least a portion of the tissue-contacting region.

Abstract: A trim part of a motor vehicle has a gap into which a display device with a screen can be retracted into the interior of the trim part in a covered position. The screen projects into a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle in a use position by moving through the gap from the covered position with a pivot movement. The screen is suspended in the trim part by one or more coupling mechanisms supporting the pivot movement.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a labeler for labeling objects, in particular containers in the food industry. The labeler may have at least one label magazine for providing labels having a fixing side that is activatable by moistening, and at least one palletizing unit including at least one pallet for taking up and transferring individual labels, and at least one activating unit for activating, by moistening, the activatable fixing side of a label that has been taken up by a pallet. The labeler may be configured for directly transferring labels from the pallet of the palletizing unit to an object to be labeled.

Abstract: A trim part of a motor vehicle has a gap into which a display device with a screen can be retracted into the interior of the trim part in a covered position. The screen projects into a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle in a use position by moving through the gap from the covered position with a pivot movement. The screen is suspended in the trim part by one or more coupling mechanisms supporting the pivot movement.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for manipulating articles in which a multiaxial industrial robot (1) is arranged on a travel unit (2) and the industrial robot (1) and the travel unit (2) can be supplied with electrical energy via an energy storage unit (4). The travel unit (2) has a control unit (23) and at least three wheels (5) having at least one drive unit (6), wherein the control unit (23) is configured to rotate at least one of the wheels (5) by the drive unit (6) about an axis of rotation standing perpendicular on a symmetrical axis of rotation (7) of the wheel (5) and to rotate it about the symmetrical axis of rotation (7) by the respective drive unit (6) so that the apparatus is travelable in any directions by the travel unit (2). In addition, area monitoring sensors (11) are arranged at at least two sides of the travel unit (2).

Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for treating or preventing a Gram-positive bacteria infection using an inhibitor of lipo-teichoic acid synthase (LtaS). In some embodiments, the inhibitor is a small molecule. In certain embodiments, the inhibitor is 2-oxo-2-(5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-ylamino)ethyl 2-naphtho[2,1-b]furan-1 -ylacetate, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A method for storing data in a replicated data storage system according to the invention comprises the steps of: partitioning the data into data blocks; and storing multiple replicas of a data block in a machine readable medium.

Abstract: A laser scanning microscope (SR-LSM) and a method for correcting imaging errors in a laser scanning microscope. The SR-LSM includes an illumination device for providing an illumination spot; a scanner for moving the illumination spot to consecutive scanning positions over a sample to be examined; an adaptive optics unit for controlling a wavefront of the illumination spot with a control device and a detector for determining a spatially resolved imaging spot emitted by the sample. An evaluation unit is provided for determining a point-spread function (PSF) of the imaging spot at each scanning position, whereby a wavefront correction signal determined from the point-spread function (PSF) of a scanning position is supplied to the control device of the adaptive optics unit or is used in digital post-processing of the microscope image (e.g. by means of deconvolution).

Abstract: A method, a computer-readable medium for controlling an electrical converter, and a controller are disclosed. The method for controlling an electrical converter can include receiving an actual switching state uk-1 of the electrical converter; determining a scenario tree for future switching states of the electrical converter based on the actual switching state uk-1, the scenario tree defining a plurality of future switching sequences, a switching sequence U being defined by a path from a root node of the scenario tree to a leave node of the scenario tree; calculating a weight w for a switching sequence by evaluating nodes of the scenario tree; and determining the next switching state uk to be applied to the electrical converter from a switching sequence with a best weight. The evaluation of the nodes can be performed by at least two processor cores.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to a method and system of online and dynamic distribution and configuration of applications in a Distributed Control System (DCS) of a plant. One or more applications of at least one controller of the DCS is divided into a plurality of blocks. The application is changed by managing each of the blocks. The one or more blocks is dynamically distributed to at least one other controller of the DCS. The data distributed to the at least one other controller is synchronized between the other controllers. The application associated with the distributed data is managed based on an operation schedule of the DCS.

Abstract: In an embodiment a method for position determination of an object in a spatial area is provided in which the object is illuminated with at least one light beam. The light beam does not cover the complete spatial area and is guided into a part of the spatial area in which the object is present depending on the position of the object. In another aspect a method for measuring a surface is provided.