Abstract: A method for allocating operating parameters to at least two local control units intended to control a door movement for a motor vehicle, wherein: a plurality of parameter records of operating parameters is stored in each local control unit; a plurality of values of a detection criterion is stored in each local control unit, said detection criterion being based on at least two values of an electric variable; for at least one local control unit, a value of the detection criterion is prepared using the electric variable; in each local control unit the detection criterion is queried; and, a parameter record is selected in accordance with the value of the detection criterion determined during the query, and the corresponding operating parameters are allocated to the local control unit.

Abstract: A method for installing door components includes at least the following steps: a. providing at least one preconfigured door system type by way of an electronic configuration system for selection by a user, wherein the at least one preconfigured door system type is able to be retrieved from a database by way of the electronic configuration system, wherein at least one preconfigured door system type is able to be preselected by the configuration system by way of at least one technical and/or functional user specification, wherein the door system type contains stipulated door component types, and b. electronically providing preconfigured technical data of the selected door system type in order to carry out the installation on site.

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising NPN compound coated with a bypass agent allowing ruminal bypass of the composition and a method for increasing fiber digestibility, a method for increasing feed intake, a method for increasing somatic growth, a method for increasing milk production, a method for reducing N excretion in a ruminant, a method for improving rumen pH stability in a ruminant, a method for preventing or reducing ammonia toxicity in the rumen. The compositions and methods of the invention are particularly suitable for ruminants that are held in harsh climates and/or at remote locations from a farm.

Abstract: A layer stack is formed that includes a device layer and an insulator layer. The device layer includes electronic elements. The insulator layer is adjacent to a back surface of the device layer. A spacer disk is adhesive bonded on the layer stack on a side opposite the device layer. The spacer disk and the layer stack form a wafer composite. The wafer composite is divided into a plurality of individual semiconductor chips. Each semiconductor chip includes a portion of the layer stack and a portion of the spacer disk.

Abstract: A composition is provided comprising: a) polyvinylchloride, b) inorganic solid particles, and c) a polymer having a polyether segment, wherein at least 60 mol-% of the end groups of the polymer are selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid groups and hydroxyl groups, and wherein at least a part of the end groups of the polymer is a carboxylic acid group, wherein the carboxylic acid end groups are linked to the polyether segment via a linking segment comprising an ester group.

Abstract: A measurement setup for measuring attenuation through an irregular surface of a device under test is described. The measurement setup includes a positioning system, a reference reflector, and a three dimensional imaging system. The measurement setup has a reference state and a measurement state, wherein respective images are taken in the different states. The imaging system is configured to compare the images taken in the reference state and the measurement state to determine the attenuation of the device under test. Further, a reference reflector as well as a method for measuring attenuation are described.

Abstract: A chemical indicator solution, an apparatus, and a method for determining concentration of a chemical analyte is provided. In particular, the apparatus provides a simplified and low cost way to determine that a fluid sample contains a minimum recommended concentration of a chemical. Rather than using complex and expensive components or error-prone manual methods to prepare the solution and measure chemical concentrations, the apparatus may allow for the automatic measuring and mixing of the chemical components of the resulting solution through the unique geometry and layout of the apparatus. The resulting solution may contain a chemical indicator which allows for the detection of the concentration of the chemical analyte within the resulting solution using techniques such as color analysis.

Abstract: An assembly includes a frame and a conveyor mat configured to transition between a retracted state in which the conveyor mat is disposed within a footprint of the frame, and a deployed state in which the conveyor mat is disposed at least partially disposed outside the footprint of the frame. The conveyor mat has a plurality of linkages, a plurality of rollers, a plurality of supports, and a plurality of axles. Individual axles couple to individual linkages of the plurality of linkages, individual rollers of the plurality of rollers, and individual supports of the plurality of supports together. A tensioning system is configured to control the conveyor mat transitioning between the retracted state and the deployed state.

Abstract: A device for monitoring an eye position of a user's eye in a virtual retinal display. The device includes a laser projector unit generating a collimated scanned infrared laser beam, and an optical system optically guiding the scanned infrared laser beam to the user's eye. The optical system includes an optical element for the scanned infrared laser beam to pass through, or diverting the scanned infrared laser beam. The optical element forms a region in which the collimation of the infrared laser beam is maintained, to generate a bright pupil effect and/or a retina speckle pattern. The optical element forms a second region in which the infrared laser beam is focused on an iris of the user's eye, a center of the user's eye, or a cornea of the user's eye, to generate a glint.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus of attaching a dental component having an angulated screw channel to a dental implant. The present disclosure also relates to a dental component having an angulated screw channel and a metal adapter.

Abstract: A measurement illumination optical unit guides illumination light into an object field of a projection exposure apparatus for EUV lithography. The illumination optical unit has a field facet mirror with a plurality of field facets and a pupil facet mirror with a plurality of pupil facets. The latter serve for overlaid imaging in the object field of field facet images of the field facets. A field facet imaging channel of the illumination light is guided via any one field facet and any one pupil facet. A field stop specifies a field boundary of an illumination field in the object plane. The illumination field has a greater extent along one field dimension than any one of the field facet images. At least some of the field facets include tilt actuators which help guide the illumination light into the illumination field via various field facets and one and the same pupil facet.

Abstract: A method of adding a first publisher to a security group includes receiving a key request for keys for the first publisher, wherein the key request has at least one credential associated with the first publisher and a key parameter index indicative of a bandwidth of the first publisher, includes modifying a lifetime value of the at least one key of the security group based on the key parameter index of the received key request, wherein an expiry of the at least one key is based on the lifetime value of the one or more keys; and includes transmitting the at least one key and the modified lifetime value of the at least one key to the first publisher, where the first publisher is configured to publish at least one message encrypted using the at least one key, prior to expiry of the at least one key.

Abstract: The invention relates inter alia to a turn-bolt device for a transporting star wheel, preferably a sorting star, for transporting containers. The turn-bolt device has a bearing body and a rotary member having an actuating region for actuating the rotary member, a bolt region for holding a container and a shaft region which integrally interconnects the actuating region and the bolt region and is rotatably mounted in the bearing body. The bearing body and the rotary member are formed from a plurality of adjoining material layers which are preferably manufactured additively.

Abstract: A method for performing a path finding operation in graph data stored in a database is provided. The method may include receiving, from a client, a request to perform a weighted path operation on at least portion of the graph data. The portion of the graph data may correspond to a graph. The request may specify attributes associated with vertices and/or edges included in the graph. In response to the request, the weighted path operation may be performed by at least identifying a shortest path between two endpoints in the graph. The shortest path may minimize the one or more attributes of vertices and/or edges included in the shortest path. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.

Abstract: A package includes: an electronic component that includes a dielectric layer as a base and a semiconductor die attached on top of the dielectric layer, the semiconductor die having an active area with monolithically integrated circuit elements; and an encapsulant encapsulating the dielectric layer and the semiconductor die. The encapsulant is a mold compound having different material properties than the dielectric layer. A method of manufacturing package is also described.

Abstract: In an embodiment a method includes placing a wafer on a receptacle comprising a chuck base, wherein a light port for emitting light from a source of light is an opening located in a surface of the chuck base, and wherein the light port is located underneath the wafer, shining the light from the light port at an edge of the wafer so that light passes by the edge of the wafer and processing the wafer on the receptacle based on the light that passed by the edge of the wafer and that is received by a light sensitive element.

Abstract: The Kerr effect depends very strongly on the temperature and is associated with high operating voltages. The present invention relates to an electrically controllable optical element which comprises a cell (D) filled with a starting mixture (K) and having two substrates (1a, 1b) and a conductive layer (2a, 2b) applied onto the inner surface of the respective substrate (1a, 1b), wherein the starting mixture (K) comprises a mixture of dipolar, rod-shaped molecules (5) and semi-mesogenes (4) as active constituents, and wherein the starting mixture (K) forms a thin layer having a wide-meshed, anisotropic network (9) produced by photo-polymerization between the structured or/and flat conductive layers (2a, 2b), which are applied onto a substrate (1a, 1b), in a thin-film cell (D). According to the invention, an optically active surface profile (O) is incorporated on the inner surface of a substrate (1a or 1b) or into the substrate (1a or 1b) or both substrates (1a and 1b).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a set of at least 100 single-stranded oligonucleotide probes directed against (or complementary to) portions of a genomic target sequence of interest. The present disclosure also relates to a method of detecting a genomic target sequence of interest using the set of oligonucleotide probes and a method of generating the set of oligonucleotide probes. Further, the present disclosure relates to a kit comprising the set of oligonucleotide probes and at least one further component.

Abstract: In an embodiment an apparatus includes a receptacle configured to receive a wafer, a light port configured to emit light from a source of light so as to shine the light on an edge of the wafer, wherein the light port is an opening located on a surface of the receptacle and a light sensitive element configured to receive light that passed the edge of the wafer and to form a detection signal based on the received light, wherein the light port is located underneath the wafer.