Abstract: In a method of controlling a lithography-based additive manufacturing device capable of manufacturing a three-dimensional component from a plurality of volume elements, a check is made to determine whether the volume elements are entirely within the three-dimensional virtual model by identifying at least first and second boundary points of the volume element or virtual model in x-y planes spaced apart in the z-direction, and the volume element in question is provided for the manufacturing process only if it is within the model with respect to the first and second boundary points.

Abstract: A method for demodulation including the following steps: exciting a vibrationally mounted, at least sectionally bar-shaped oscillating element for oscillating in the range of a resonance frequency of the oscillating element, wherein a temporally varying, in particular periodic, excitation signal is used for excitation, and wherein at least the temporal variation of the excitation signal is known or determined; detecting a modulated oscillation of the oscillating element by means of at least one sensor, wherein the sensor supplies a sensor measurement variable that varies versus time as a function of an amplitude and a phase of the modulated oscillation of the oscillating element. According to the present teaching, it is provided that the method includes the following step: generate a first comparison signal by amplitude modulating a known temporally varying, in particular periodic, demodulation signal by means of the temporally varying sensor measurement variable.

Abstract: A redirecting rotating mirror arrangement includes a directional antenna subcomponent having a direction of maximum received or transmitted beam intensity. The redirecting rotating mirror arrangement also includes a rotatable mirror that reflects an electromagnetic beam to or from the directional antenna subcomponent. The rotatable mirror is inclined at an inclination angle with respect to a horizontal plane. The arrangement also includes a motor that rotates the rotatable mirror about the direction of maximum received or transmitted beam intensity such that the electromagnetic beam is either received from or transmitted to a range of angles as the rotatable mirror rotates.

Abstract: A laser assembly comprising: a semiconductor laser with a fast gain medium, wherein the gain relaxation time of the gain medium is smaller than the round-trip time in a standing wave cavity; a DC source coupled to the standing wave cavity; and an AC injection device for injecting an electrical AC signal within a range and/or within an integer multiple of the range into the standing wave cavity, the range within ±1% of the natural round-trip frequency in the standing wave cavity, comprising at least a first and second electric contact section extending along a first longitudinal side of the longitudinal extension of the standing wave cavity, the AC injection device coupled to the first and/or second electric contact section such that the complex amplitude of the electrical AC signal differs for the first and second longitudinal electric contact section.

Abstract: A device for attaching a primary implant as a fixation point for a vascular prosthesis on a vessel wall of a blood vessel, the device at least including a carrier element, which is designed to drive a plurality of penetration elements, for penetrating the vessel wall, radially outwards in relation to a longitudinal axis of the carrier element. In the device, a limiting element is formed on the carrier element as a radial stop for the penetration elements.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tunnel lining segment of reinforced concrete, wherein the tunnel lining segment has a load transfer area for a longitudinal joint, with at least one steel bar with an end face being installed in the tunnel lining segment, the steel bar being arranged in the tunnel lining segment in such a way that a tangent to a centroidal axis of the steel bar encloses an angle of between 0° and 45° in the end face with a normal to the load transfer area, and wherein the end face is arranged at a distance (a) from the load transfer area which is between 0 mm and 50 mm, preferably between 0 mm and 10 mm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing shaped bodies (5) from a building material, in which a layered structure of a shaped body (5) takes place by successively solidifying layers of the building material by exposure to electromagnetic radiation in a layer area having a contour specified for the respective layer. The method provides that together with the shaped body (5), a sleeve-like frame (6) surrounding the shaped body at a distance is constructed layer by layer from the building material, and that in addition, a plurality of pin-like connections (10) are constructed integral with the frame (6) and the shaped body (5), which are distributed around the shaped body (5) and which connect the shaped body (5) with the frame (6).

Abstract: Method for producing a light-curable resin composition capable of producing a magnetic resonance imaging-signal, in particular for the lithography-based additive production of magnetic resonance imaging phantoms, the method comprising at least the following steps: providing particles at least partially filled with a magnetic resonance imaging-signal producing liquid, and mixing the at least partially filled particles with a light-curable resin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for connecting a cannula to a container under reduced pressure, in particular a blood culture flask, including an inflow opening for connecting to the cannula or to a connection tube connected to the cannula, an outflow opening for connecting to a hollow pin for piercing a closure of the container, and a tight fluidic connection of the inflow opening to the outflow opening. According to the invention, a reservoir which is separated from the fluidic connection and contains a specified gas quantity is connected to the fluidic connection with the interposition of a valve which is preferably open towards the fluidic connection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the in vitro detection of a latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in a subject, wherein said method comprises determining at least one nucleotide sequence and/or at least one polypeptide of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in a blood cell population of said subject, and wherein the presence of said at least one nucleotide sequence and/or said at least one polypeptide is indicative for said latent tuberculosis infection. In particular, the blood cell population is enriched for hematopoietic stem cells. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of the LTBI in the subject, wherein it is determined if the nucleotide sequence and/or the polypeptide of Mtb is/are present in the blood cell population. Further, the invention relates to kits for carrying out the methods of the invention. The invention also relates to the use of the kits.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stoichiometric salt of a tetracarboxylic acid and a diamine of the following general formula (I), wherein R1 is selected from tetravalent residues of butane, cyclobutane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, tetrahydrofurane and benzophenone and R2 is selected from divalent residues of unbranched, branched or cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbons with 3 to 15 carbon atoms, with the proviso that the salt of the formula (I) is water-soluble and is selected from compounds (1) to (28); and to the polyimides prepared from these salts by polycondensation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing polybenzimidazoles of formula (1) or (2) below, wherein n is ?2: by polycondensation of corresponding dicarboxylic acids or dialdehydes and tetraamines by jointly heating the reactants, characterized in that the preparation of polybenzimidazoles of formula (1) or (2) is carried out by using the dialdehydes as starting material and substantially without the formation of any intermediates, wherein a) first, the dialdehyde and the tetraamine are mixed in water at room temperature, which results in the formation of a polyimine by-product; whereafter b) polycondensation is carried out under hydrothermal conditions by heating, in water as a solvent and under pressure, to temperatures above 100° C.

Abstract: A safety system is provided for a machine tool which has a frame and a tool. The safety system has a clamping device and a motion device. The clamping device is movable by the motion device from a working position, in which the tool is extended and can be used for working, to a safety position, in which the tool is retracted. The motion device has a first magnetic means connected to or arranged on the tool and a second magnetic means connected to or arranged on the frame, such that movement of the tool by the motion device from the working position to the safety position can be triggered and/or at least partially performed by magnetic force.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are photoinitiators or photosensitizers in a photopolymerizable composition: R1 represents a monovalent, linear, branched or cyclic, aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally substituted with substituent(s) selected from —Cl, —Br, —OH, ?O, —NH—CO—OR2, —NH—CO—R2 or free-radically or ionically polymerizable groups. Each R2 is independently —H or C1-6 alkyl; n is ?1. If n=1, Z and Y are absent and X represents —OR3; if n is >1, Z represents —OR4—, Y represents —OR5— and X represents —H or —OH. R3 represents —H or R1; and R4 and R5 each independently represent a bivalent hydrocarbon group. The polymerizable moieties as optional substituents of R1 are polymerizable double or triple bonds, lactam, lactone and epoxide moieties, which are subjectable to ring-opening polymerization; and two of R1 to R5 may be linked to one another to form a ring or a dimer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for validating a hardware system by a model thereof, which method comprises: providing reference structures and determining, in the model, sub-structures, each of which is structurally equivalent to one of the reference structures; extracting, from the model, input cones for each sub-structure; creating monopartite candidate graphs by mapping the bipartite sub-structure and the respective input cones to one of the candidate graphs; creating, for each candidate graph, a match vector, each dimension of the match vector comprising a count of occurrences, in the candidate graph, of a different one of predetermined graphlets; clustering, on the basis of similarity of the match vectors, the candidate graphs in clusters; and selecting, from each of the clusters, one candidate graph and determining a functional behaviour of the respective sub-structure of the selected candidate graph for validating the hardware system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody specifically binding the carboxymethylated catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2Ac). Also provided are diagnostic uses of said antibody and screening methods employing the inventive antibody.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel monomaleimide-functionalized platinum compounds of formula (I), including in particular novel monomaleimide-functionalized oxaliplatin and carboplatin derivatives, as well as their use as medicaments, particularly for the treatment or prevention of cancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new pestivirus useful in the fields of veterinary virology and vaccines. Specifically, it relates to an isolated polynucleotide originating from pestivirus and a pestivirus, to vaccines and medical uses thereof, to chimeric virus comprising the polynucleotide and to expression vectors for heterologous expression of polypeptides.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) are photoinitiators or photosensitizers in a photopolymerizable composition: R1 represents a monovalent, linear, branched or cyclic, aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, optionally substituted with substituent(s) selected from —Cl, —Br, —OH, ?O, —NH—CO— OR2, —NH—CO—R2 or free-radically or ionically polymerizable groups. Each R2 is independently —H or C1-6 alkyl; n is ?1. If n=1, Z and Y are absent and X represents —OR3; if n is >1, Z represents —OR4—, Y represents —ORs— and X represents —H or —OH. R3 represents —H or R1; and R4 and R5 each independently represent a bivalent hydrocarbon group. The polymerizable moieties as optional substituents of R1 are polymerizable double or triple bonds, lactam, lactone and epoxide moieties, which are subjectable to ring-opening polymerization; and two of R1 to R5 may be linked to one another to form a ring or a dimer.

Abstract: A light-curable composition is provided which may be used as a photopolymerizable material in an additive manufacturing process. The additive manufacturing process involves heating the light-curable composition which has a viscosity at 20° C. of at least 20 Pa·s. The light-curable composition includes a photopolymerizable matrix material, at least one thermoplastic polymer dissolved therein, and at least one photoinitiator. Polycaprolactone or a derivative thereof is used as the dissolved thermoplastic polymer.