Abstract: A centrifugal pump which includes a tubular structure which extends into an eye of an impeller and which directs a medium to be pumped into the eye, and wherein an axially extending annular cylindrical sealing clearance is formed between opposing surfaces of the impeller and the structure.

Abstract: A solid block detergent composition is described which can be dispensed with a water spray to form an aqueous detergent for cutting and removing grease, removing and suspending soils and rinsing easily leaving cleaned ware. The solid block detergent contains a neutralized sulfonated anionic surfactant in combination with various processing aids to optimize soil removal in a formulation that can be pressed for form a solid.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for optical image recognition and classification, comprising an optical setup (10) to split the optical image into n = 1, 2, N local optical power values Pn, a detector array (1) with n = 1, 2,... N photoactive pixels (2, 2?, 2?) to pick up the local optical power values Pn, wherein each pixel (2, 2?, 2?) is segmented into m = 1, 2,... M subpixels (3), and each subpixel (3) comprises a semiconductor photodiode which, under optical illumination, delivers a photocurrent Imn depending on its photoresponsivity Rmn and the local optical power Pn received at the pixel (2, 2?, 2?), and wherein the photoresponsivity values Rmn are not identical, and the outputs of each subpixel (3) are connected to form M output lines (4), wherein each output line (4) sums the photodetector currents produced by the m-th subpixels (3) in all N pixels (2, 2?, 2?) and delivers a detector current of Formel (I), to be used for recognizing and classifying the optical image.

Abstract: At a switch terminal of a flyback converter in a discontinuous conduction mode in a power meter, an apparatus determines a resonant frequency of the flyback converter. The apparatus determines whether the resonant frequency satisfies a condition. Through a controller, the apparatus triggers an event responsive to determining that the resonant frequency satisfies the condition.

Abstract: A dental material dispensing device has a plunger means which for dispensing the dental material is movable for urging at least one component of a dental material toward a dispensing area. The device further has cure control means with an energy source and a flow path on which the dental composition and/or the dental material flows past the energy source during dispensation. The device is operable for exposing the dental composition and/or the dental material to a specific energy by control of the energy source and/or by control of the speed of the flow of the dental composition and/or the dental material on the flow path. The device is configured for dispensing a coherent strand of dental material in a dispensing cycle. The device is further configured for operating in a first dispensing mode and additionally in a second dispensing mode during the same dispensing cycle. The ratio between the specific energy in the second dispensing mode and the specific energy in the first dispensing mode is smaller than 1.

Abstract: A method and machine for cutting and removing a workpiece part from a plate-shaped material includes cutting the workpiece part with a beam or jet directed onto the material and separating the workpiece part and material. The workpiece part is removed as a scrap skeleton removal part. The cut-free workpiece part is lifted out of a workpiece supporting plane by a lifting device and removed by a gripping device, or the cut-free workpiece part is removed downwards from the plane through a gap between workpiece supporting surfaces by an ejection device, or gravity removes the cut-free workpiece part downwards through the gap. Before cutting the workpiece part free, a sacrificial part adjoining the workpiece part and partially having a common cutting line with the workpiece part is cut free from the material before cutting the workpiece part free in the material or scrap skeleton.

Abstract: The present invention provides triazolone compounds of general formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases, in particular hyperproliferative disorders, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.

Abstract: A fully-connected neural network may be configured for execution by a processor as a fully-fused neural network by limiting slow global memory accesses to reading and writing inputs to and outputs from the fully-connected neural network. The computational cost of fully-connected neural networks scale quadratically with its width, whereas its memory traffic scales linearly. Modern graphics processing units typically have much greater computational throughput compared with memory bandwidth, so that for narrow, fully-connected neural networks, the linear memory traffic is the bottleneck. The key to improving performance of the fully-connected neural network is to minimize traffic to slow “global” memory (off-chip memory and high-level caches) and to fully utilize fast on-chip memory (low-level caches, “shared” memory, and registers), which is achieved by the fully-fused approach.

Abstract: A component for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a component housing (22) elongated in the direction of a housing axis with an exhaust gas inlet (21) and with an exhaust gas outlet (24) and a carrier assembly unit (28) for connecting the component (16) to a carrier structure. The carrier assembly unit (28) includes a carrier rod (46), the carrier rod (46) being fixed to the component housing (22) in at least two fastening areas (60, 62) located at spaced locations from one another along the carrier rod (46). The carrier assembly unit (28) has at least one carrier rod connection area (52, 54) for connection to the carrier structure.

Abstract: Data storage system conflict management techniques are described. In one example, data is sent by client devices to both a repository system and a search index system of a data storage system. Each of the client devices maintains, locally, records of changes to data of the repository system, e.g., through use of an invertible Bloom lookup table. The records are used as a basis by the client devices to send reports to an arbiter system and used to detect conflicts When detected, a conflict request is communicated to client devices involved in the conflict as well as to the repository system and responses used to generate a correction that is communicated to update the repository system and search index system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel, herbicidally active, substituted 1-pyrazinylpyrazolyl-3-oxyalkyl acids and their derivatives of the general formula (I) and their agrochemically compatible salts, N-oxides, hydrates, and hydrates of the salts and N-oxides, to processes for preparation thereof and to the use thereof for control of broadleaved weeds and weed grasses in crops of useful plants, and for general control of broadleaved weeds and weed grasses in areas of the environment where plant growth is troublesome.

Abstract: A lysis buffer comprising one non-ionic surfactant is provided which can be used as a one-step reagent of the preparation, storage, amplification, and/or detection of nucleic acids. Various embodiments of the lysis buffer of the invention comprise other substances that are compatible or useful in lysing cells, storing nucleic acids, amplifying nucleic acids, purifying nucleic acids, detecting nucleic acids, and/or other procedures for analysis of nucleic acids. Methods and kits based on the lysis buffer are also provided, including those for rapid lysis of cells and direct use of the resulting cell lysates in RT-PCR.

Abstract: A technique is described for extracting or constructing a three-dimensional (3D) model from multiple two-dimensional (2D) images. In an embodiment, a foreground segmentation mask or depth field may be provided as an additional supervision input with each 2D image. In an embodiment, the foreground segmentation mask or depth field is automatically generated for each 2D image. The constructed 3D model comprises a triangular mesh topology, materials, and environment lighting. The constructed 3D model is represented in a format that can be directly edited and/or rendered by conventional application programs, such as digital content creation (DCC) tools. For example, the constructed 3D model may be represented as a triangular surface mesh (with arbitrary topology), a set of 2D textures representing spatially-varying material parameters, and an environment map. Furthermore, the constructed 3D model may be included in 3D scenes and interacts realistically with other objects.

Abstract: A fully-connected neural network may be configured for execution by a processor as a fully-fused neural network by limiting slow global memory accesses to reading and writing inputs to and outputs from the fully-connected neural network. The computational cost of fully-connected neural networks scale quadratically with its width, whereas its memory traffic scales linearly. Modern graphics processing units typically have much greater computational throughput compared with memory bandwidth, so that for narrow, fully-connected neural networks, the linear memory traffic is the bottleneck. The key to improving performance of the fully-connected neural network is to minimize traffic to slow “global” memory (off-chip memory and high-level caches) and to fully utilize fast on-chip memory (low-level caches, “shared” memory, and registers), which is achieved by the fully-fused approach.

Abstract: The present application relates to novel substituted heterocyclic carboxamides, to processes for their preparation, to their use alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and to their use for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prevention of breathing difficulties including sleep-induced breathing difficulties such as central and obstructive sleep apnoea, snoring (primary and obstructive snoring), dysphagia, peripheral and cardiac vascular disorders including diabetic microangiopathies and disorders of the peripheral and central nervous system including neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory disorders.

Abstract: Data storage system conflict management techniques are described. In one example, data is sent by client devices to both a repository system and a search index system of a data storage system. Each of the client devices maintains, locally, records of changes to data of the repository system, e.g., through use of an invertible Bloom lookup table. The records are used as a basis by the client devices to send reports to an arbiter system and used to detect conflicts When detected, a conflict request is communicated to client devices involved in the conflict as well as to the repository system and responses used to generate a correction that is communicated to update the repository system and search index system.

Abstract: A real-time neural radiance caching technique for path-traced global illumination is implemented using a neural network for caching scattered radiance components of global illumination. The neural (network) radiance cache handles fully dynamic scenes, and makes no assumptions about the camera, lighting, geometry, and materials. In contrast with conventional caching, the data-driven approach sidesteps many difficulties of caching algorithms, such as locating, interpolating, and updating cache points. The neural radiance cache is trained via online learning during rendering. Advantages of the neural radiance cache are noise reduction and real-time performance. Importantly, the runtime overhead and memory footprint of the neural radiance cache are stable and independent of scene complexity.

Abstract: A frame lock for a two-wheeler comprises a housing; a locking apparatus that is received in the housing; and a closing hoop that is movably supported at the housing between an open position and a closed position and that can be blocked in the closed position by means of the locking apparatus. The frame lock in this respect has two fastening sections having at least one respective hole and is configured to be fastened to the two-wheeler by screwing screws in a screw-in direction through the holes into threaded bushings provided at the two-wheeler. Each of the two fastening sections is configured as a fastening piece which is formed separately from the housing, in which the respective hole is formed, and which is displaceably supported at the housing linearly guided along a displacement direction.

Abstract: The present invention covers substituted 6-(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyrimidin-4-amine compounds of general formula (I) as described and defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds, and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular and renal diseases, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel herbicidally active, substituted 1,5-diphenylpyrazolyl-3-oxyalkyl acids and 1-phenyl-5-thienylpyrazolyl-3-oxyalkyl acids and derivatives thereof according to the general formula (I) or agrochemically acceptable salts thereof, to processes for preparation thereof and to the use thereof for control of broadleaved weeds and weed grasses in crops of useful plants and for general control of broadleaved weeds and weed grasses in areas of the environment where plant growth is troublesome. The derivatives of the 1,5-diphenylpyrazolyl-3-oxyalkyl acids and 1-phenyl-5-thienylpyrazolyl-3-oxyalkyl acids especially include the esters, salts and amides thereof.