Abstract: A method of managing write-after-read (WAR) hazards in a graphics processor. A host processor when preparing a graphics processor command stream can identify possible WAR hazards between rendering jobs for example by detecting layout transitions and insert a suitable barrier into the graphics processor command stream. The graphics processor when encountering such a barrier can then determine whether it is possible to ignore the barrier and allow rendering jobs to be processed concurrently.

Abstract: The invention relates to a filling level measuring device for determining a filling level of a medium in a container, said filling level measuring device comprising a signal generating device that is configured to generate an electrical signal that comprises a step function or a pulse function; a measuring line that is connected, in particular electrically connected, to the signal generating device and that extends from a process connection up to and into the medium, wherein the measuring line serves to conduct the electrical signal into the container and towards the medium, wherein the electrical signal is at least partly reflected at the surface of the medium and the reflected signal influences the electrical signal; and an evaluation unit that is configured to determine the filling level of the medium based on the influenced electrical signal.

Abstract: Example methods and systems for image data processing for radiation therapy are provided. In one example, a computer system may obtain planning image data that is generated using an imaging source to emit an imaging beam towards a patient and a detector to image a target structure within the patient during a pre-treatment phase of radiation therapy. Based on the planning image data, the computer system may generate at least one of (a) phase-contrast image data associated with the target structure and (b) dark-field image data associated with the target structure. The computer system may generate template image data associated with the target structure by processing at least one of the following: (a) the phase-contrast image data, (b) the dark-field image data and (c) derived image data that is generated based on the phase-contrast image data or the dark-field image data.

Abstract: A dishwashing detergent may include a hydrogen peroxide source, a bleach catalyst, and a protease. The protease may include an amino acid sequence having at least 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID NO: 1 over its entire length and at least one amino acid substitution at at least one of the positions corresponding to positions 12, 43, 122, 127, 154, 156, 160, 211, 212, and 222, relating in each case to the numbering according to SEQ ID NO: 1.

Abstract: Example methods and systems for target structure tracking are provided. In one example, a computer system may obtain projection image data that is generated using an imaging source to emit an imaging beam towards a patient and a detector to image a target structure within the patient during a treatment phase of radiation therapy. Based on the projection image data, the computer system may generate at least one of (a) phase-contrast image data associated with the target structure and (b) dark-field image data associated with the target structure. The computer system may determine position data associated with the target structure by processing at least one of the following: (a) the phase-contrast image data, (b) the dark-field image data and (c) derived image data that is generated based on the phase-contrast image data or the dark-field image data, thereby tracking the target structure during the treatment phase of the radiation therapy.

Abstract: One or more example embodiments of the present invention relates to a dose control method for a mobile x-ray detector of a medical x-ray system, comprising generating a data packet having a time stamp of a clock of the mobile x-ray detector and a dose value; sending the data packet via a radio link from the mobile x-ray detector to an x-ray generator; receiving the data packet from the x-ray generator; comparing the time stamp with a clock of the x-ray generator and calculating a latency; and extrapolating an overall dose from the dose value, the time stamp and the latency.

Abstract: A liquid cleaning agent composition may include at least one suitable protease and water in an amount of at least 30 wt. % and less, preferably 25 wt. % and less, in particular 15 wt. % or less based on the total composition.

Abstract: A hand-held work apparatus includes a tool, an electric motor for driving the tool, a battery and a battery compartment for accommodating the battery. The battery can be inserted into the battery compartment in an insertion direction and has a first and second outer side which oppose each other. The work apparatus comprises a position stabilisation device having at least one first and second positioning element on the battery compartment and having at least one first counter element on the first outer side of the battery and having at least one second counter element on the second outer side of the battery on the battery. In a ready-to-use state of the work apparatus, the first positioning element corresponds to the first counter element and the second positioning element corresponds to the second counter element. The battery is arranged between the first positioning element and the second positioning element.

Abstract: A regulating apparatus for dose limitation of radiation sources configured to generate radiation via a radiation generator, the regulating apparatus comprising: a radiation sensor configured to measure an intensity of radiation from the radiation source; and a control unit configured to regulate an intensity of the radiation emitted from the radiation source. The regulating apparatus is configured to regulate the radiation from the radiation source based on a measurement of the radiation sensor within a period of time shorter than 2 ms after the measurement.

Abstract: A washing or cleaning agent may include at least one amylase and at least one protease with an amino acid sequence having at least 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence specified in SEQ ID NO:1 over the entire length thereof and has an amino acid substitution at at least one of the positions corresponding to the positions 12, 43, 122, 127, 154, 156, 160, 211, 212, or 222, in each case based on the numbering according to SEQ ID NO:1. Corresponding cleaning methods and uses of such a washing or cleaning agent for cleaning textiles and/or hard surfaces are also disclosed.

Abstract: A component arrangement for an electric high-voltage on-board power supply of a vehicle includes a shared EMC filter, a shared intermediate circuit, a plurality of electrical components, and a shared housing. The shared EMC filter and the shared intermediate circuit are provided for the plurality of electrical components. The plurality of electrical components are disposed in the shared housing together with the shared EMC filter and the shared intermediate circuit. The plurality of electrical components are interconnected in parallel with the shared intermediate circuit and the shared EMC filter and there is otherwise no electrical connection between them.

Abstract: A method for controlling an FFS X-ray system comprises: simulating a beam geometry of the X-ray beam at a specified FFS deflection onto the detector during recording of a projection image; determining whether cross-radiation is present in a region around the detector by the simulated beam geometry of the X-ray beam; generating FFS control data for the recording of the projection image, wherein the FFS control data either (i) causes FFS deflection that is reduced relative to the specified FFS deflection for the recording of the projection image in the event of the cross-radiation being present for the recording of the projection image or (ii) causes the specified FFS deflection otherwise; repeating the simulating, the determining and the generating FFS control data for at least one further recording of a projection image; and generating a control data set including the FFS control data, for controlling an FFS X-ray system.

Abstract: Cleaning compositions may include at least 0.001 ppm of a polypeptide having hexosaminidase activity. The cleaning compositions may include a polypeptide having at least 60% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide shown in one or more of the motif(s) of SEQ ID NO 7, SEQ ID 8, SEQ ID 9, SEQ ID 10, SEQ ID 11, or combinations thereof. The cleaning compositions may be or include laundry detergents, fabric finishers, acidic cleaning agents, neutral cleaning agents, alkaline cleaning agents, hand dishwashing agents, automatic dishwasher compositions, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: A method for using a processor unit of an autonomously movable vehicle involves making a computing power of the processor unit available to at least one external computer network and/or to a computer cluster during a process of charging an electrical energy storage unit of the vehicle.

Abstract: A brake element carrier body with a metallic base body is claimed, wherein a surface of the base body is at least partially, preferentially completely, coated with an alloy, wherein the alloy has diffused into the base body in a diffusion zone.

Abstract: A method of managing write-after-read (WAR) hazards in a graphics processor. A host processor when preparing a graphics processor command stream can identify possible WAR hazards between rendering jobs for example by detecting layout transitions and insert a suitable barrier into the graphics processor command stream. The graphics processor when encountering such a barrier can then determine whether it is possible to ignore the barrier and allow rendering jobs to be processed concurrently.

Abstract: A direct current converter includes a plurality of direct current converter modules having electrical input voltages and output voltages that differ from each other. The plurality of direct current converter modules are electrically connectable to one another to form a plurality of subsystems such that a high-voltage electrical voltage is convertible into different low-voltage electrical voltages. The plurality of direct current converter modules are configured as a shared integrated assembly. At least one of the plurality of subsystems is always active.

Abstract: A component arrangement for an electric high-voltage on-board power supply of a vehicle includes a shared EMC filter, a shared intermediate circuit, a plurality of electrical components, and a shared housing. The shared EMC filter and the shared intermediate circuit are provided for the plurality of electrical components. The plurality of electrical components are disposed in the shared housing together with the shared EMC filter and the shared intermediate circuit. The plurality of electrical components are interconnected in parallel with the shared intermediate circuit and the shared EMC filter and there is otherwise no electrical connection between them.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for operating an X-ray device during an imaging process on an examination object, comprises: ascertaining extension information from measurement data of at least one measuring device, the extension information describing extension of the examination object in at least one spatial direction; and parameterizing a reconstruction process based on the extension information; wherein an image dataset covering a reconstruction area is reconstructed in the reconstruction process from projection images of the examination object, which are captured in different projection geometries of an X-ray emitter relative to an X-ray detector of the X-ray device.

Abstract: A motor vehicle shell of a motor vehicle includes a frame structure that is formed by crossmembers and by longitudinal members. The frame structure is closed peripherally and protrudes downwardly in a vertical direction of the motor vehicle from a base element. A receiving chamber for receiving an electrical energy store is delimited by the frame structure. A cover is formed separately from the frame structure and is disposed opposite the base element. The receiving chamber is closed downwardly in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle by the cover. An annular and dimensionally stable intermediary element is formed separately from the frame structure and separately from the cover. The intermediary element is disposed between the frame structure and the cover and the intermediary element is fixed at least in a liquid-tight manner on the frame structure by a firmly bonded connection.