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A method of calibrating a cylinder pressure sensor adapted to measure pressure in an internal combustion piston engine, which method comprises during a compression phase before start of the ignition at least steps of, i. Measuring a pressure p m indicative to pressure in the cylinder at a crank angle range (θ 0 - θ 1), ii. Determining a heat release characteristic during the crank angle range (θ 0 - θ 1), iii. Calculating a change of cylinder volume at the crank angle range (θ 0 - θ 1), iv. Estimating a pressure offset Δ p of the pressure measured in the step i. using the heat release characteristic determined in the step ii, and the volume change determined in step iii. v. Calibrating the cylinder pressure measurement with the estimated pressure offset Δ p. i. Measuring a pressure p m indicative to pressure in the cylinder at a crank angle range (θ 0 - θ 1), ii. Determining a heat release characteristic during the crank angle range (θ 0 - θ 1), iii. Calculating a change of cylinder volume at the crank angle range (θ 0 - θ 1), iv. Estimating a pressure offset Δ p of the pressure measured in the step i. using the heat release characteristic determined in the step ii, and the volume change determined in step iii. v. Calibrating the cylinder pressure measurement with the estimated pressure offset Δ p.
A computer implemented method of re-encrypting encrypted records stored in a database for distribution to a plurality of clients, comprising: using at least one processor of a server hosting the database comprising a plurality of encrypted records, wherein the at least one processor is adapted for: receiving from a first client, at least one encrypted record, the at least one encrypted record is encrypted by the first client using a first key; storing in the database the at least one encrypted record received from the first client; receiving, from a second client, a request to provide the at least one encrypted record; retrieving from a repository of re-encryption keys a second key associated with the second client; re-encrypting the at least one encrypted record by applying at least one proxy re-encryption algorithm using the second key; and providing the at least one re-encrypted record to the second client, the second client decrypts the at least one re-encrypted record using a decryption key; wherein the method further comprises revoking the second key in case the second client is removed from a list of trusted computing nodes. receiving from a first client, at least one encrypted record, the at least one encrypted record is encrypted by the first client using a first key; storing in the database the at least one encrypted record received from the first client; receiving, from a second client, a request to provide the at least one encrypted record; retrieving from a repository of re-encryption keys a second key associated with the second client; re-encrypting the at least one encrypted record by applying at least one proxy re-encryption algorithm using the second key; and providing the at least one re-encrypted record to the second client, the second client decrypts the at least one re-encrypted record using a decryption key; wherein the method further comprises revoking the second key in case the second client is removed from a list of trusted computing nodes.
A bleach-containing automatic dishwashing cleaning composition comprising an amylase wherein the amylase is a variant of a parent amylase having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and the amylase has at least 90% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 wherein the amylase comprises mutations in one or more of the following positions: 51, 246 and/or 334 and wherein the position 202 comprises a methionine and wherein the amylase comprises the T246V mutation.
Hearing system comprising a first hearing device, a second hearing device, and an accessory device, wherein the hearing system is configured to perform a method of operating the hearing system comprising the first hearing device, the second hearing device, and the accessory device, the hearing system configured to: obtain sensor data, the sensor data comprising first sensor data and second sensor data, the first sensor data indicative of a first sensor signal from the first hearing device arranged at a first ear of a user and the second sensor data indicative of a second sensor signal from the second hearing device arranged at a second ear of the user; characterized in that the hearing system is configured to: detect an atrial fibrillation condition of the user based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data; and in accordance with detecting the atrial fibrillation condition, output a first output signal indicative of the atrial fibrillation condition. obtain sensor data, the sensor data comprising first sensor data and second sensor data, the first sensor data indicative of a first sensor signal from the first hearing device arranged at a first ear of a user and the second sensor data indicative of a second sensor signal from the second hearing device arranged at a second ear of the user; characterized in that the hearing system is configured to: detect an atrial fibrillation condition of the user based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data; and in accordance with detecting the atrial fibrillation condition, output a first output signal indicative of the atrial fibrillation condition. detect an atrial fibrillation condition of the user based on the first sensor data and the second sensor data; and in accordance with detecting the atrial fibrillation condition, output a first output signal indicative of the atrial fibrillation condition.
Peristaltic pump for conveying a fluid guided in a hose, comprising a hose bed having an abutment for receiving the hose, a carrier disc rotatable relative to the abutment, a plurality of squeeze rollers arranged on the carrier disc in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of guide rollers arranged on the carrier disc in the circumferential direction and having a guide groove running around their outer circumference in the circumferential direction, which forms a first guide plane facing the carrier disc, characterized in that each guide roller has, above the guide groove, a guide cylinder for guiding the hose during threading into the hose bed and/or during threading out of the hose bed, as well as an annular flange running around the outer circumference of the guide roller between the guide groove and the guide cylinder, wherein the guide cylinder together with the annular flange forms a second guide plane arranged axially offset to the first guide plane.
A medicament comprising an antagonist of a Programmed Death 1 protein (PD-1) for use in combination with a IDOl inhibitor for treating a cancer in an individual, wherein the PD-1 antagonist is a monoclonal antibody with heavy chains each having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 21 and light chains each having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 22; and the IDOl inhibitor is 4-({2-[(aminosulfonyl)amino]ethyl}amino)-N-(3-bromo-4-fluorophenyl)-N'-hydroxy-1,2,5-oxadiazole-3-carboximidamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure, the method comprising: contacting (205, 305) a semiconductor substrate with a precursor compound, the semiconductor substrate having a layer of a first metal M1 and an exposed layer of dielectric, the layer of the first metal M1 comprising exposed M1-oxygen bonds on its surface and the precursor compound comprising a second metal M2, the second metal M2 having larger bonding energy with oxygen than the first metal M1, to form (207, 307) an adhesion layer comprising M2-oxygen bonds at least over the layer of the first metal M1, the M2-oxygen bonds being formed by reaction of the precursor with oxygen on the surface of the layer of the first metal M1; and depositing (211, 311) a dielectric diffusion barrier layer in contact with the adhesion layer, characterized in that the adhesion layer comprises an atomic monolayer of the second metal, wherein the second metal is bonded at least to oxygen. contacting (205, 305) a semiconductor substrate with a precursor compound, the semiconductor substrate having a layer of a first metal M1 and an exposed layer of dielectric, the layer of the first metal M1 comprising exposed M1-oxygen bonds on its surface and the precursor compound comprising a second metal M2, the second metal M2 having larger bonding energy with oxygen than the first metal M1, to form (207, 307) an adhesion layer comprising M2-oxygen bonds at least over the layer of the first metal M1, the M2-oxygen bonds being formed by reaction of the precursor with oxygen on the surface of the layer of the first metal M1; and depositing (211, 311) a dielectric diffusion barrier layer in contact with the adhesion layer, characterized in that the adhesion layer comprises an atomic monolayer of the second metal, wherein the second metal is bonded at least to oxygen.
An attaching device for attaching a vehicle accessory to a vehicle, such as a bicycle, the attaching device comprising: - a base configured for contacting with a part of the vehicle, - a housing being configured for housing the vehicle accessory and/or for attachment to the vehicle accessory, wherein the housing is connected to the base at least in an assembled state of the attaching device, - a self-locking gear arrangement arranged inside the housing, the self-locking gear arrangement comprising a driving part and a driven part, the driving part being configured for being accessed from outside the housing by a user and for being rotated by said user, the driving part further being configured for, upon rotation, meshing with the driven part, causing the driven part to rotate in an intended angular direction, wherein the driven part is locked from rotating by its own force in an angular direction opposite to the intended angular direction, - a shaft being fixed to the driven part, so as to allow said shaft to rotate with the driven part upon rotation of the driving part, - a flexible thread being configured for attachment to the shaft, the flexible thread further being configured for exiting the housing through an opening, for being wound around a part of the vehicle, and for being fastened to the attaching device and/or to the vehicle, wherein said flexible thread is arranged to be coiled around the shaft upon rotation of the driving part, so as to tighten said flexible thread around the part of the vehicle, thereby securing the attaching device to the vehicle. - a base configured for contacting with a part of the vehicle, - a housing being configured for housing the vehicle accessory and/or for attachment to the vehicle accessory, wherein the housing is connected to the base at least in an assembled state of the attaching device, - a self-locking gear arrangement arranged inside the housing, the self-locking gear arrangement comprising a driving part and a driven part, the driving part being configured for being accessed from outside the housing by a user and for being rotated by said user, the driving part further being configured for, upon rotation, meshing with the driven part, causing the driven part to rotate in an intended angular direction, wherein the driven part is locked from rotating by its own force in an angular direction opposite to the intended angular direction, - a shaft being fixed to the driven part, so as to allow said shaft to rotate with the driven part upon rotation of the driving part, - a flexible thread being configured for attachment to the shaft, the flexible thread further being configured for exiting the housing through an opening, for being wound around a part of the vehicle, and for being fastened to the attaching device and/or to the vehicle, wherein said flexible thread is arranged to be coiled around the shaft upon rotation of the driving part, so as to tighten said flexible thread around the part of the vehicle, thereby securing the attaching device to the vehicle.
A method for manufacturing a drug-delivery composition, comprising: - providing at least one pharmaceutically active compound, a dry powder comprising at least a polymer, and an aqueous solution; and - mixing the dry powder, the pharmaceutically active compound and the aqueous solution by mechanical processing to form a paste-like or semi-solid drug-delivery composition, wherein the aqueous solution is added in an amount less than or equal to twice the total dry mass of the dry powder, and - wherein the aqueous solution is added step-wise or continuously to the dry powder comprising at least the polymer during the mechanical processing for forming the paste-like or semi-solid drug-delivery composition. - providing at least one pharmaceutically active compound, a dry powder comprising at least a polymer, and an aqueous solution; and - mixing the dry powder, the pharmaceutically active compound and the aqueous solution by mechanical processing to form a paste-like or semi-solid drug-delivery composition, wherein the aqueous solution is added in an amount less than or equal to twice the total dry mass of the dry powder, and - wherein the aqueous solution is added step-wise or continuously to the dry powder comprising at least the polymer during the mechanical processing for forming the paste-like or semi-solid drug-delivery composition.
A diffractive multiview backlight comprising: a light guide configured to guide light in a propagation direction along a length of the light guide; and an array of diffractive multibeam elements spaced apart from one another along the light guide length, a diffractive multibeam element of the array comprising a plurality of diffraction gratings configured to couple out from the light guide a portion of the guided light as a plurality of coupled-out light beams having different principal angular directions corresponding to respective view directions of a multiview display comprising multiview pixels, wherein the plurality of diffractive gratings of the diffractive multibeam element comprises a first diffraction grating configured to provide a first light beam of the plurality of coupled-out light beams and a second diffraction grating configured to provide a second light beam of the plurality of coupled-out light beams, the first light beam and the second light beam having different principal angular directions from one another, and wherein a size (s) of the diffractive multibeam element is comparable to a size of a sub-pixel in a multiview pixel of the multiview display. a light guide configured to guide light in a propagation direction along a length of the light guide; and an array of diffractive multibeam elements spaced apart from one another along the light guide length, a diffractive multibeam element of the array comprising a plurality of diffraction gratings configured to couple out from the light guide a portion of the guided light as a plurality of coupled-out light beams having different principal angular directions corresponding to respective view directions of a multiview display comprising multiview pixels, wherein the plurality of diffractive gratings of the diffractive multibeam element comprises a first diffraction grating configured to provide a first light beam of the plurality of coupled-out light beams and a second diffraction grating configured to provide a second light beam of the plurality of coupled-out light beams, the first light beam and the second light beam having different principal angular directions from one another, and wherein a size (s) of the diffractive multibeam element is comparable to a size of a sub-pixel in a multiview pixel of the multiview display.
Shifting arrangement for a motor vehicle gearbox, having a housing which defines a longitudinal axis, having a rod which is mounted axially displaceably in relation to the housing and which can be coupled to a shifting clutch arrangement, and having a shift shaft which is mounted rotatably in relation to the housing and which is oriented transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis, the shift shaft being coupled to the rod by means of a driver device in such a way that the rod is displaced in a first longitudinal direction in the case of a rotation of the shift shaft in a first rotational direction, wherein the driver device is a freewheel driver device which is configured in such a way that the rod is decoupled from the shift shaft in the case of a rotation of the shift shaft in a second rotational direction, and wherein the freewheel driver device has a shifting cam on the shift shaft and a cam follower section on the rod, the shifting cam acting on the cam follower section of the rod in the case of a rotation of the shift shaft in the first rotational direction, in order to move the said rod in the first longitudinal direction, characterized in that the cam follower section is mounted movably in relation to the rod, in such a way that the cam follower section can be moved away from the shifting cam in the case of a rotation of the shift shaft in the second rotational direction, without the rod being displaced in the axial direction.
A method of identifying a capability of a stem cell to differentiate a cell into a chondrocyte, the method comprising: culturing a stem cell in a medium; measuring a concentration of at least one selected from the group consisting of thrombospondin 1 (TSP-1), TSP-2, and interleukin 17B receptor (IL-17BR) from the culture; and identifying a capability of the cultured stem cell to differentiate into a chondrocyte, based on the measured concentration. culturing a stem cell in a medium; measuring a concentration of at least one selected from the group consisting of thrombospondin 1 (TSP-1), TSP-2, and interleukin 17B receptor (IL-17BR) from the culture; and identifying a capability of the cultured stem cell to differentiate into a chondrocyte, based on the measured concentration.
A method for producing an artificial leather having a cured product layer of a moisture-curing urethane hot-melt resin composition, characterized in that the method does not use an organic solvent and does not require a crosslinking step for a crosslinking agent, wherein the moisture-curing urethane hot-melt resin composition contains a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group and does not contain a crosslinking agent having a hydroxyl group and/or an amino group, the method comprising applying the moisture-curing urethane hot-melt resin composition to a substrate at a coating weight of 0.03 to 0.5 kg/m 2 so as to form a cured product layer of the moisture-curing urethane hot-melt resin composition. wherein the moisture-curing urethane hot-melt resin composition contains a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group and does not contain a crosslinking agent having a hydroxyl group and/or an amino group, the method comprising applying the moisture-curing urethane hot-melt resin composition to a substrate at a coating weight of 0.03 to 0.5 kg/m 2 so as to form a cured product layer of the moisture-curing urethane hot-melt resin composition.
A clamping device of the C-clamp type comprising a straight bar, a fixed dog integral with the bar and extending along a general direction perpendicular to the bar, and a slide suitable for sliding along the bar, characterized in that the fixed dog comprises an arm suitable for taking up a straight position that is a rectilinear extension of the general direction X of the fixed dog or at least an inclined position in relation to the X axis towards the slide.
A method carried out at a client terminal and comprising: retrieving, from a reputation server, reputation data of uniform resource locators of one or more web sites relating to one or more web site features that are available via a web site to be loaded, characterised by: configuring the security settings of the client terminal based upon said reputation data including defining, for each URL, which types of executable features are allowed to be loaded; and loading the website and determining (212, 216, 218) which of the executable web site features of the web site are to be loaded on the basis of said security settings. retrieving, from a reputation server, reputation data of uniform resource locators of one or more web sites relating to one or more web site features that are available via a web site to be loaded, configuring the security settings of the client terminal based upon said reputation data including defining, for each URL, which types of executable features are allowed to be loaded; and loading the website and determining (212, 216, 218) which of the executable web site features of the web site are to be loaded on the basis of said security settings.
A heel elevator device for a ski, wherein the heel elevator device is adapted for being fixed to the ski and adapted for connecting a plate element to the ski, wherein the plate element comprises a ski binding or a sole of a ski boot, the heel elevator device comprising: a supporting element with a supporting section, and a gravity based positioning element movably supported in the supporting element, characterized in that the heel elevator further comprises a force transmitting piston with a piston engaging section, wherein the force transmitting piston is slideably attached to the supporting section in such a way that, when an engagement force is exerted, the force transmitting piston moves slideably into an engagement position, wherein, in the engagement position, the piston engaging section is engaged with the gravity based positioning element for fixing the gravity based positioning element, wherein, when the gravity based positioning element is fixed, the gravity based positioning element is adapted for adjusting a fixed minimum climbing angle (α) of the plate element with respect to the ski, and, when the gravity based positioning element is movably supported in the supporting element, the gravity based positioning element is adapted for being aligned to gravity. a supporting element with a supporting section, and a gravity based positioning element movably supported in the supporting element, characterized in that the heel elevator further comprises a force transmitting piston with a piston engaging section, wherein the force transmitting piston is slideably attached to the supporting section in such a way that, when an engagement force is exerted, the force transmitting piston moves slideably into an engagement position, wherein, in the engagement position, the piston engaging section is engaged with the gravity based positioning element for fixing the gravity based positioning element, wherein, when the gravity based positioning element is fixed, the gravity based positioning element is adapted for adjusting a fixed minimum climbing angle (α) of the plate element with respect to the ski, and, when the gravity based positioning element is movably supported in the supporting element, the gravity based positioning element is adapted for being aligned to gravity.
A medical device comprising a coating, wherein the coating comprises cell-adhesive proteins having the ability to reduce fibrous reaction, which proteins are composed of collagen or composed of fibronectin or vitronectin or combinations of fibronectin and vitronectin, said coating being in the form of separate islets having an individual area which is less than 12 μm 2 and wherein the distance between the islets is between 1 μm and 50 μm.