Abstract: A method for determining a failure rate of an electrochemical sensor type for a process, wherein the process is defined by determined values, or value intervals, of a plurality of specified process parameters, and wherein a plurality of defect types is specified for the sensor type, comprising steps as follows: assigning, by means of expert knowledge, a defect rate to each combination of one of the values, or value intervals, of the specified process parameters and one of the specified defect types; and calculating the failure rate of the sensor type according to a calculational specification with application of the defect rates assigned to the combinations of a value, or value interval, of a process parameter and a defect type.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the determination of the presence of PV-neutralizing antibodies in a sample, comprising a) contacting said sample with infectious PV particles comprising a reporter gene, wherein the gene product of said reporter gene is secreted into the growth medium, b) contacting the PV particles from a) with host cells, and c) determining PV-neutralizing antibodies based on the amount of gene product from said reporter gene, wherein, preferably, a lower amount of said gene product as compared to a reference amount is indicative of the presence of PV-neutralizing antibodies. It further relates to a host cell strongly adhering to multi-cluster plates for use in a method for diagnosing anti-PV immunity comprising the method of the present invention.

Abstract: A process for the continuous production of melamine from urea by means of a fluidized-bed reactor, wherein process gas guided in the process circuit is used as fluidizing gas and wherein the temperature of the process gas at the inlet of the conveying means for the fluidizing gas is adjusted by adjusting the mixing ratio of a process gas stream guided over a scrubber and of a process gas stream guided past the scrubber.

Abstract: A centering device (1) for flat workpieces, especially sheet-metal blanks to be processed in a press, comprises a first table, which can be rotated about a first vertical axis, for receiving a workpiece and a second table, which can be rotated about a second vertical axis, for receiving a workpiece. The second table is arranged to the side of the first table, and a support level of the first table coincides substantially with a support level of the second table. The device furthermore comprises a rotation mechanism coupled mechanically to the first table and to the second table allowing the first and the second tables to be rotated jointly about a third vertical axis to form a common supporting surface. In an alternative operating mode, the tables are rotated individually about the spaced vertical axes of rotation and thus move relative to one another.

Abstract: Natural stone cladding (10) with a plurality of strips (18.1, 18.2) for surface-parallel mounting on a surface to be clad, with a number of natural stone elements (11.1, 11.2) and a number of support holders (30.1, 30.2) and counterholders (20.1, 20.2). Each natural stone element (11.1, 11.2) comprises a visible front side and a rear side with a first machine-made longitudinal recess and a second machine-made longitudinal recess. Pairs of support holders (30.1, 30.2) are fastened to adjacent strips (18.1, 18.2) and one natural stone element (11.1, 11.2) is seated by the first longitudinal recess on these two support holders (30.1, 30.2). One each of the two support holders (30.1, 30.2) is seated a respective counterholder (20.1, 20.2), and each of the two counterholders (20.1, 20.2) engages in the second longitudinal recess (15) in order to secure the natural stone element (11.1, 11.2).

Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes at least one inorganic optoelectronically active semiconductor component having an active region that emits or receives light during operation, and a sealing material applied by atomic layer deposition on at least one surface region, the sealing material covering the surface region in a hermetically impermeable manner.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment of the optoelectronic semiconductor component (1), the latter comprises an epitaxially grown semiconductor body (2) with at least one active layer (3). Furthermore, the semiconductor body (2) of the semiconductor component (1) comprises at least one barrier layer (4), the barrier layer (4) directly adjoining the active layer (3). A material composition and/or a layer thickness of the active layer (3) and/or of the barrier layer (4) is varied in a direction of variation or a longitudinal direction (L), perpendicular to a direction of growth (G) of the semiconductor body (2). By varying the material composition and/or the layer thickness of the active layer (3) and/or of the barrier layer (4), an emission wavelength (?) of a radiation (R) generated in the active layer (3) is likewise adjusted in the direction of variation or in the longitudinal direction (L).

Abstract: A gas scrubber, equipped with heat exchanger surfaces constructed of thermoplates, suitable for cooling and cleaning a hot gas by avoiding an excessive thermal load of the washing liquid.

Abstract: A process for the continuous production of melamine from urea by means of a fluidized-bed reactor, wherein process gas guided in the process circuit is used as fluidizing gas and wherein the temperature of the process gas at the inlet of the conveying means for the fluidizing gas is adjusted by adjusting the mixing ratio of a process gas stream guided over a scrubber and of a process gas stream guided past the scrubber.

Abstract: A surface emitting semiconductor component with an emission direction that has a semiconductor body. The semiconductor body has a plurality of active regions for the generation of radiation and are spaced apart from one another, wherein between two active regions a tunnel junction is monolithically integrated in the semiconductor body. The two active regions are electrically conductively connected by means of the tunnel junction, and the semiconductor component is provided for operation with an external resonator. A laser device comprising a semiconductor component of this type and an external resonator is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method and means, the method includes selecting a plurality of data sources having attributes to be included in a view entity; defining join conditions on the selected plurality of data sources; defining a set of attributes for the view entity by selecting attributes from the attributes of the plurality of data sources; and saving the view entity. The means includes a graphical user interface having a join builder tool to define join conditions on a selected plurality of data sources each including a pre-defined business object data structure having attributes; a view field definition tool to define a set of attributes for the view entity by selecting attributes from the attributes of the plurality of data sources; and a data source tree tool to display all of the attributes of the plurality of data sources.

Abstract: The present invention refers to the manufacturing method of a holographic film and its development; the compositions of the films used in this invention are substantially solid and applied on a substrate in film or glass form; the photopolymerizable layer consists of a thickness of about 10 to 100 ?m (microns), consisting of: a) 70% to 90% over the total weight of a thermoplastic “polymer”, b) 10% to 30% over the total weight of a preferably mono-functional photopolymerizable monomer reactive to light and, c) 1% to 10% per weight of an expansion agent that when heated at a minimum of 75° C. produces a gas in the unhardened or monomer polymerized areas of the hologram; furthermore, the composition contains a photoinitiator system sensitive to visible light, surfactants, plasticizers, etc.; photopolymerizable monomers used in this invention contains at least one part unsaturated ethylene with a boiling temperature equal or higher than 100° C.

Abstract: A method for determining an estimate of a response characteristic that depends on a number of input factors includes developing a mathematical model of the response as a function of the input factors based on a statistical fit of a plurality of measured data points. The method also includes mapping the value of the response characteristic and the input factors at a plurality of conditions. The method combines the mapped data with the mathematical model to produce an estimate of the response characteristic that is more accurate over a range of conditions than either the mapped data or the model taken individually.

Abstract: Photoinitiator compounds comprising both a photoactive moiety and an amine functionality, bonded to a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, which photoinitiator is represented by formula (1) or (1?) wherein n is 2m; m is an integer of 2 to 30; the sum of n?+a is an integer 4-60; n? is an even-numbered integer; a is an even- or uneven-numbered integer; and for example different A C1-C12alkyl, or a photoactive moiety Q1, or a group of formula (2); E for example is a direct bond, L is linear or branched C1-C3alkylene, preferably propylene; R1 and R2 for example are a photoactive moiety Q, or C2-20alkyl; Q is for example a group of formula (4); Z2 is for example C1-C6alkylene which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more OR6; and R6, R12, R13 and R14 for example are hydrogen; are especially suitable as low-migrating photoinitiators.

Abstract: A monolithically integrated laser diode chip having a construction as a multiple beam laser diode, which, on a semiconductor substrate (3) comprised of GaAs, has at least two laser stacks (4a, 4b, 4c) which are arranged one above another and which each contain an active zone (7). The active zone (7) is in each case arranged between waveguide layers (8). The waveguide layers (8) each adjoin a cladding layer (6) at a side remote from the active zone. At least one of the waveguide layers (8) or cladding layers (6) of at least one laser stack (4a, 4b, 4c), comprises AlxGa1-xAs, where 0?x?1, and at least one additional material from main group III or V, such that the lattice mismatch between the at least one waveguide layer (8) or cladding layer (6) comprising the at least one additional element and the semiconductor substrate (3) composed of GaAs is reduced. This increases the lifetime of the laser diode chip.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising thermoplastic materials and crosslinked microgels which are not crosslinked by high-energy radiation, processes for its preparation, its use for the production of thermoplastically processable shaped articles and shaped articles produced from the composition.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with the provision of a method for manufacturing papillomavirus like particles (PV-VLP), comprising the steps of a) culturing a host cell lacking protease activity and comprising an expression vector, wherein said expression vector comprises at least one polynucleotide encoding a PV L1 polypeptide, and b) obtaining VLPs from the host cell. Also proposed is a host cell lacking protease activity and comprising an expression vector, wherein said expression vector comprises a polynucleotide encoding at least one PV L1 polypeptide. Furthermore, a method for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prevention of PV-related disease comprising the steps of manufacturing PV-VLPs and the further step of formulating the VLPs as a pharmaceutical composition is proposed as well as an expression vector comprising at least one polynucleotide encoding a PV L1 polypeptide but lacking a functional gene for a v-cath protease.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with the provision of diagnostic means and methods. Specifically, it relates to a composition comprising oligonucleotides selected from at least two different groups of oligonucleotides, said groups comprising at least one pair of oligonucleotides being capable of specifically amplifying polynucleotides comprised by a Bovine Papillomavirus (BPV), said BPV being selected from the group consisting of BPV-1, BPV-2, BPV-3, BPV-4, BPV-5, BPV-6, BPV-7, BPV-8, BPV-9, BPV-10, and BAPV-11 as well as uses based on said composition and kits comprising it. Moreover, contemplated is a method for the simultaneous detection and/or identification of BPV types in a sample.

Abstract: A method and device for determining the glucose level in living tissue are based on measuring the response of the tissue an electric field as well as temperature measurements. In order to improve accuracy, it has been found that measurements in at least three frequency ranges between 1 kHz and 200 kHz, 0.2 MHz an 100 MHz as well as above 1 GHz should be combined since the response of the tissue in these different frequency ranges is ruled by differing mechanisms.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an anchor transactional view may be defined for at least one business object data structure. The anchor transactional may have a plurality of anchor fields, each anchor field representing a data source and being associated with a field of an anchor search view. An indication of at least one extension field to the anchor search view may be received. The anchor search view and at least one extension field may represent, for example, a virtual fast search infrastructure view. Responsive to the received indication of the at least one extension field, an additional view may be dynamically joined at runtime to the anchor transactional view. The additional view may have at least one additional field, and each additional field may be associated with one of the extension fields.