Abstract: The invention relates to a bone filler comprising calcium salt particles, an organic binder having an affinity for calcium phosphate, cells chosen from the group of stem cells, osteogenic cells, and osteoprogenitor cells, and a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer. A great advantage of a bone filler, according to the invention, is that it is an injectable formulation that allows for its introduction in an osseous defect through the needle of a syringe.

Abstract: An integrated semiconductor circuit, such as an A/D converter, includes a first zone having capacitors disposed therein. The capacitors have capacitor plates being formed of a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. A second zone has circuit elements disposed therein. A planarizing layer and a cover layer insulate the first and second conductive layers from one another in the second zone, except for a possible peripheral region. A dielectric is formed only of the cover layer between the capacitor plates in the first zone, except for a possible peripheral region.

Abstract: An integrated semiconductor circuit, such as an A/D converter, includes a first zone having capacitors disposed therein. The capacitors have capacitor plates being formed of a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. A second zone has circuit elements disposed therein. A planarizing layer and a cover layer insulate the first and second conductive layers from one another in the second zone, except for a possible peripheral region. A dielectric is formed only of the cover layer between the capacitor plates in the first zone, except for a possible peripheral region.

Abstract: An apparatus for heating an air current, includes a heating coil being heated until it glows providing radiation in a given region, a device for conducting an air current past the heating coil, an electronic heating power control device connected to the heating coil, and a control sensor connected to the control device in the form of a light radiation sensitive circuit element disposed in the given region.

Abstract: A roasting chamber for roasting green coffee beans with a heated air current flowing from a lower air inlet region to an upper air outlet region of the roasting chamber, includes a roasting-waste settling chamber disposed in the air outlet region, the settling chamber being in the form of a substantially horizontal annular receiving trough having a substantially vertical central air inlet opening formed therein, an air-permeable and coffee-waste particle-impermeable filter covering the receiving trough, and a supplemental cup-shaped trough disposed concentrically below the receiving trough, the cup-shaped trough having a larger diameter than the air inlet opening and having an edge region disposed at a distance from the receiving trough defining a radial air passage therebetween.