Abstract: The disclosure relates to a frictionally locking arrangement for a drive, which drive has an advancing gear mechanism, the frictionally locking arrangement having a carrier and at least one frictionally locking unit. In some embodiments at least one frictionally locking unit has a frictionally locking lever which is mounted with a first lever end pivotably on the carrier, which frictionally locking lever, on a first lever section which is spaced apart from the first lever end, has a force introduction device which is mounted on the carrier and is configured to introduce a force into the frictionally locking lever in a manner which is spaced apart from the first lever end, and which frictionally locking lever, on a second lever section which is arranged between the first lever end and the first lever section, has a first frictional element.

Abstract: A plug-in module for a modularly constructed lighting means comprising: an in particular hollow-cylindrical base with a first and a second current-conducting rail and with at least one guide element suitable for mechanically guiding at least one lighting module; a cap at one end of the base, which cap is coupled to the first and the second current-conducting rail for supplying electrical current; and a heat sink at another end of the base.

Abstract: A lamp includes a bulb comprising at least a partially light-transmissive material, a lamp base for fitting the lamp in a socket and feeding electrical energy, an illuminant arranged in the bulb and designed at least for a directed emission of light, and a means operable by a user for aligning the illuminant to vary an emission direction of the light.

Abstract: A method of managing medical documents is provided and includes receiving a plurality of medical documents and normalizing each of the plurality of medical documents. Further, the method includes selecting at least one automated text-based medical document analyst from a library system based on a specified context and/or a medical document type.

Abstract: A method of generating an automated document analyst is disclosed and includes receiving a plurality of source documents including text strings and performing an automated computer executable build operation on the plurality of source documents with respect to at least one target field associated with data to be extracted from the plurality of source documents. Further, the method includes performing a linguistic analysis, a statistical analysis, and a document structure analysis on an output file produced as a result of performing the automated computer executable build operation.

Abstract: A metering device for the conveyance of small substance quantities out of a reservoir into an application space by a diaphragm micropump that can be used, in particular, for the conveyance of small doses of gases includes the diaphragm micropump conveying an aromatic through a nozzle/diffuser system in fixed doses out of a reservoir first into a pump chamber and subsequently into an application space. As such, by the action of the diaphragm micropump, the volume and pressure of the pump chamber are varied so that aromatic is alternately drawn out of the reservoir into the pump chamber and pressed out of the pump chamber into the application space. In the event of a periodic change in the volume of the pump chamber, a substance located in the reservoir is, thus, conveyed slowly and in predetermined minimal doses into the application space in the course of time.

Abstract: A metering device for the conveyance of small substance quantities out of a reservoir into an application space by a diaphragm micropump that can be used, in particular, for the conveyance of small doses of gases includes the diaphragm micropump conveying an aromatic through a nozzle/diffuser system in fixed doses out of a reservoir first into a pump chamber and subsequently into an application space. As such, by the action of the diaphragm micropump, the volume and pressure of the pump chamber are varied so that aromatic is alternately drawn out of the reservoir into the pump chamber and pressed out of the pump chamber into the application space. In the event of a periodic change in the volume of the pump chamber, a substance located in the reservoir is, thus, conveyed slowly and in predetermined minimal doses into the application space in the course of time.

Abstract: Apparatus for illuminating a sample plate (12) which is to be examined for example by fluorescent light excitation of the samples. This apparatus has a plurality of light-emitting diodes (15), which are arranged in an array and whose radiated light is guided in a homogeneous light field through an optical arrangement (19) onto a sample field (22). The intensity of the light field suffices in particular for generating a fluorescent light excitation of the samples (23), which can be determined by a CCD camera (29). This provides a cost-effective light source for generating a light field with sufficient intensity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nonlinear-optically active copolymers which are composed of a chromophore acrylate, a glycidyl-functional acrylate, and a further acrylate unit, and to polyadducts produced from them by crosslinking with a carboxyl-functional polyester. The nonlinear-optical copolymers of the present invention, and the polyadducts prepared from them, possess an orientation stability in the crosslinked state, and a thermal stability, which makes them highly suitable for producing electrooptical and photonic components.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nonlinear-optically active copolymers which are composed of a chromophore acrylate, a glycidyl-functional acrylate, and a further acrylate unit, and to polyadducts produced from them by crosslinking with a carboxyl-functional polyester. The nonlinear-optical copolymers of the present invention, and the polyadducts prepared from them, possess an orientation stability in the crosslinked state, and a thermal stability, which makes them highly suitable for producing electrooptical and photonic components.

Abstract: The invention relates to chromophoric NLO-active compounds of the general formula and to a process for preparing such compounds. The compounds according to the invention can be used for preparing NLO-active polymers and thus for constructing electrooptical and photonic components.

Abstract: The nonlinear optically active copolymers according to the invention are polyadducts of at least one organic di- or polycyanate and a nonlinear optically active compound, i.e. a chromophore. These copolymers have outstanding thermal stability and are suitable for the fabrication of technically useful electro-optical and photonic components with long-term stability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nonlinear-optically active copolymers which are composed of a chromophore acrylate, a glycidyl-functional acrylate, and a further acrylate unit, and to polyadducts produced from them by crosslinking with a carboxyl-functional polyester. The nonlinear-optical copolymers of the present invention, and the polyadducts prepared from them, possess an orientation stability in the crosslinked state, and a thermal stability, which makes them highly suitable for producing electrooptical and photonic components.

Abstract: The invention relates to nonlinear-optically active copolymers, to crosslinked NLO polymer materials produced from them and having high orientation stability, and to electrooptical and photonic components comprising these polymer materials. The copolymers of the invention are of the general formula 1 ##STR1## in which W is preferably a chromophoric group of the general formula 2: ##STR2## The chromophores employed in accordance with the invention exhibit high thermal stability and so can be processed at elevated temperatures while retaining the optical activity.

Abstract: A method for quickly controlling the output of a power plant having a turbo-generator set with a steam turbine and a generator, activates energy storage present during a plant process in order to set an additional generator output. In order to achieve a particularly effective control, fuzzy logic is used for the controlled activation of the energy storage. Fuzzy-logic rules from experience at the plant are used in this process. An apparatus for carrying out the method includes a fuzzy-logic system having inputs which include the additional generator output and an energy situation of the activatable storage, and outputs that specify desired setting values for the degree of activation of the individual energy storage.