Abstract: The application relates to a liquid distributor (1) for supplying a liquid in a pressure-free manner over a surface area, having a distributor trough (2) with a trough base (3) which, for the purpose of discharging liquid, has an arrangement of holes (5), which extends over at least part of the surface of the trough base (3), having an inflow (4), via which a liquid which is to be distributed can be introduced in the distributor trough (2) such that the liquid introduced accumulates on the trough base (3), and having a retaining device with a retaining plate (7), which is arranged opposite the trough base (3) and at a distance apart therefrom, wherein distributing elements (6), which project from the retaining plate (7) in the direction of the trough base (3), each engage through an associated hole of the arrangement of holes (5) in the trough base (3) and are accommodated loosely therein such that the liquid accumulating on the trough base (3) can be discharged through free hole regions (10), which are not a

Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the production of polymer carrier materials for solid phase synthesis, particularly for peptide synthesis. (Meth)acrylamide derivatives based on carbon hydrates, which can also contain other protective groups, are polymerized by means of suspension polymerization in an aqueous phase, optionally with the addition of pore-forming additives, and subsequently the protective groups are fully or partially cleaved. It is thus possible to obtain polymer carriers whose morphology (particle size, porosity), degree of cross-linking and swelling capability in aqueous and organic media can be adjusted in a targeted manner and whose reactive groups offer multiple opportunities for the immobilization of anchor groups and protective groups. The hydroxyl groups of the polymer carrier can be activated according to usual methods of solid phase synthesis.

Abstract: In a method for monitoring fluid flow sensing a first sensed variable such as the differential pressure of the fluid flow as at least an indirect function of the fluid flow to be sensed and a second sensed variable such as the vortex shedding frequency at a bluff body located in the flow as at least an indirect function of the fluid flow and different from the first sensed variable is detected and/or determined; the first and second sensed variable are simultaneously detected and/or determined on the basis of one and the same basic physical sensing principle; and the first and second sensed variable are compared to each other.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an implant for total hip joint replacement and a method for manufacturing such implant. In particular, the present invention relates to improved acetabular liners, total hip prosthetic assemblies comprising such liners and methods for manufacturing such liners.