Abstract: Radically polymerizable composition which contains at least one vinyl ether according to general formula I:

Abstract: A photoconducting layered material arrangement for producing or detecting high frequency radiation includes a semiconductor material including an alloy comprised of InGaAs, InGaAsSb, or GaSb, with an admixture of Al, which material is applied to a suitable support substrate in a manner such that the lattices are suitably adjusted, wherewith the semiconductor material comprised of InGaAlAs, InGaAlAsSb, or GaAlSb has a band gap of more than 1 eV, as a consequence of the admixed proportion of Al. The proportion x of Al in the semiconductor material InyGa1-y-xAlxAs is between x=0.2 and x=0.35, wherewith the proportion y of In may be between 0.5 and 0.55. The support substrate is InP or GaAs.

Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to an optical semiconductor amplifier (10), in which a plurality of quantum dots (QD) are arranged in at least one quantum dot layer (21-24) of a semiconductor element (11) of the semiconductor amplifier (10), wherein die semiconductor element (11) has a preferred direction (X) located in the quantum dot layer plane, and elongated quantum dots (QD) are present, each of which is longer in the said preferred direction (X) than in a transverse direction (Y) perpendicular thereto and is likewise located in the quantum dot layer plane.

Abstract: The present invention describes a method for producing de novo papillae comprising the steps of a) providing isolated dermal papilla fibroblasts (DPF) from at least one dermal papilla (DP) from at least one hair follicle, b) providing isolated connective tissue sheath fibroblasts (CTSF) from at least one hair follicle and c) co-culturing the DPF with the CTSF under substantially non-adherent cell culture conditions to form spheroid cell aggregates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing lignin particles, comprising the steps of: a) extracting lignin from a lignincontaining starter material, using a mixture that comprises at least one organic solvent and water, and b) precipitating the lignin in the solution from step a).

Abstract: Processes produce a compound material structure by producing a composite material which extends along an axis of elongation from carbon nanostructures anchored in a matrix of a first metal extending along the axis of elongation of the composite material. The processes comprise dividing the composite material into segments of the composite material, arranging the segments in a plane of a die matrix, filling free spaces in the die matrix with a filler material and subsequently sintering in the die matrix to form a compound material structure or squeeze casting in the die matrix, and exposing the carbon nanostructures of the composite material on at least one surface of the compound material structure such that the carbon nanostructures protrude out of this surface. Compound material structures and uses thereof as a heat conductor and/or a heat exchanger are also provided.

Abstract: The invention provides a fusion protein for use in the treatment of HvG disease in a patient having received a transplant, for use in suppressing the host's immune response directed against the transplant. The fusion protein is adapted for use in suppressing the immune rejection of a transplant which contains or expresses HLA-A*02 or SLA-01*0401 in a recipient patient who is negative for HLA-A*02 or SLA-01*0401, i.e. the patient prior to transplantation does not express HLA-A*02 or SLA-01*0401. The fusion protein is a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), which upon expression in regulatory T-cells (Treg) causes a specific suppressor activity of the regulatory T-cells in the presence of HLA-A*02 or SLA-01*0401.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multicore processor and a method for dynamically adjusting a supply voltage and a clock frequency, with which an individual supply voltage and dock frequency adjustment, which depends on a current computing load, is facilitated for each processor core of a multicore processor. Thus, an assembly is disclosed where a local queue memory unit which is connected to the processor core, the internal memory unit, and the level converter is arranged in a voltage-variable region of the processor element in order to store events to be processed by the processor core. The invention is also directed to a method in that the required supply voltage U and the required clock frequency f are adjusted for each cycle in a controlled manner by the processor core of the respective processor element depending on the detection of a number of events to be processed which are stored in an internal queue memory unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a Gunn diode comprising a first contact layer (110); a second contact layer (120); an active layer (130) based on a gallium nitride (GaN)-based semiconductor material, said active layer being formed between the first contact layer (110) and the second contact layer (120); a substrate (140) on which the active layer (130) is formed together with the first contact layer (110) and the second contact layer (120); and an optical inlet (150) for a laser (50) in order to facilitate or trigger a charge carrier transfer between extrema (210, 220) of the energy bands of the active layer (130) by means of laser irradiation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a dry film (3), wherein a dry powder mixture is processed into the dry film (3) by a rolling device comprising a first roller (2a) and a second roller (2b). The first roller (2a) has a higher circumferential rotational speed than the second roller (2b), and the dry film (3) is placed on the first roller (2a).

Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray CT method and in particular a registration-based dark-field tensor tomography method for testing a sample (60) by means of X-rays, with which method a sample (60) is consecutively scanned by means of X-rays in at least two fixed orientations differing from one another while rotating about a fixed rotation axis, in every orientation of the sample (60) on the basis of dark-field signals a plurality of scatter data sets is recorded, and the scatter data sets for different orientations are matched to one another by registration and combined into a common scatter data set reflecting a possible angular dependence of the scatter present due to the sample (60).

Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a method for enantiomeric enrichment of a mixture of two enantiomers of a chiral compound, the method comprises the application of the mixture of two enantiomers of a chiral compound onto a surface of a support material for producing a coated support, the determination a first value of an optical activity (OA0) of the coated support, the irradiation of the coated support with a light beam having an intensity at least higher than a desorption threshold of one of the enantiomers from the coated support, wherein, if the support material is achiral, the light beam is circularly polarized and, if the support material is chiral, the light beam is unpolarized, linearly polarized or circularly polarized, and the determination of a second value of the optical activity (OAe) of the coated support after said irradiation, wherein the second value of the optical activity (OAe) differs from the first value of the optical activity (OA0).

Abstract: A first arch and second arch are produced in respective first and second structural portions. Each arch has a tie rod interconnecting the foot points of the arch, where a foot point of the arch is displaceably mounted. Each tie rod is tensioned so that horizontal forces caused by the weight of the arches at the foot points of the corresponding arch, are taken up by the tie rods. A first end point of the tie rod of the first arch is connected in a force-fitting manner to the first abutment, and a second end point of the tie rod of a last arch is connected in a force-fitting manner to the second abutment. The remaining adjoining end points of the tie rods are connected to one another in a force-fitting manner, and corresponding foot points of the arches are connected in a force-fitting manner to the abutments and pillar.

Abstract: A structural subassembly for a compressor of a turbomachine, which has a rotor having a plurality of blades, which extend radially in a flow path of the turbomachine, and a compressor casing, which forms a flow path boundary, which delimits the flow path through the turbomachine radially on the outside. In this subassembly, the compressor casing has casing structuring adjoining the rotor. It is envisaged that the compressor casing has a plurality of circumferential segments, which extend in the circumferential direction, wherein only one or only some of the circumferential segments forms or form casing structuring.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of automated noninvasive determining the sex of an embryo of a bird's egg (14) as well as a corresponding apparatus.

Abstract: A micro-electronic electrode assembly having a first electrode arranged on a substrate is provided, wherein the first electrode has a thin layer made of a first electrode material having a solid state lattice, wherein the first electrode material oxidizes upon contact with oxygen-containing compounds and has a perovskite or perovskite-derived crystal structure, and wherein the electrode has a functional surface facing away from the substrate, a separation layer is arranged on the functional surface of the electrode, which prevents an oxidation of the electrode material in the region of the functional surface, the oxidation changing the properties of the electrode. An electrically insulating functional layer is arranged on the separation layer and a second electrode is arranged on the electrically insulating functional layer.

Abstract: Shown herein is a method of automated noninvasive determining the fertility of a bird's egg (14), comprising the following steps: conveying a plurality of bird eggs (14) sequentially or in parallel into an NMR apparatus (18), subjecting the bird eggs (14) to an NMR measurement, such as to generate a 3-D NMR image of at least a part of each of said eggs (14), said 3-D NMR image having a spatial resolution in at least one dimension of 1.0 mm or less, preferably of 0.

Abstract: The bipolar plate of the invention for electrochemical cells, especially for proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, is made with a metallic substrate and on the surface is made with an electrical contact resistance-reducing, carbon-based layer, a layer system or a boundary layer which is made of a near-surface, primarily sp2-bonded, carbon-based layer having a carbon fraction ranging from 50% to 100%, this layer being applied on a metallic substrate surface that is modified relative to the starting material. There may also be a surface region of the substrate in the form of an edge layer made with nitride and/or carbon by nitriding and/or carburizing. On the surface which is in touching contact with a gas-permeable element within the electrochemical cell, the metallic substrate may have a structuring made with elevations and/or depressions in the respective surface.

Abstract: Novel compounds with thermoelectric properties are presented. The novel compounds belong to the group of phosphides. They are characterized by excellent thermoelectric properties, in particularly in the temperature range of 400° C. to 700° C. Also a production method for the production of the compounds is presented, with which the thermoelectric substances can be prepared with high yield and quality.

Abstract: An encoding apparatus for encoding a vibrotactile signal includes a first transforming unit configured to perform a discrete wavelet transform of the signal, a second transforming unit configured to generate a frequency domain representation of the signal, a psychohaptic model unit configured to generate at least one quantization control signal based on the generated frequency domain representation of the sampled signal and on a predetermined perceptual model based on human haptic perception, a quantization unit configured to quantize wavelet coefficients resulting from the performed discrete wavelet transform and adapted by the quantization control signal, a compression unit configured to compress the quantized wavelet coefficients, and a bitstream generating unit configured to generate a bitstream corresponding to the encoded signal based on the compressed quantized wavelet coefficients.