Abstract: Crystalline, anhydrous hydrochloride salts of 4,5?-epoxy-3,14-dihydroxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-one (oxymorphone) are disclosed and three polymorphic forms of these salts are reported. The invention further relates to a method for the production of such salts, a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of such a salt and such a salt as a medicament and for the treatment and/or prevention of pain.

Abstract: There is provided pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of e.g. opioid dependency comprising microparticles of a pharmacologically-effective amount of buprenorphine, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, in associative admixture with particles comprising a weak acid, or particles comprising weakly-acidic buffer forming materials. The composition may further comprise a disintegrant and/or particles of a pharmacologically-effective amount of naloxone, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof. The compositions are useful in the treatment of opioid dependency/addiction and/or pain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine comprising an electrochemical cell, to a process for electrochemical cleaning of fibers, to laundry detergents for electrochemical cleaning of fibers and to the fibers thus cleaned.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing payment network transactions to a group account associated with a group are disclosed. One example system includes a memory including a data structure. The data structure includes transaction data representing multiple payment network transactions to the group account. Each of the multiple transactions is identified, in the transaction data, to one of multiple members of the group. The system includes a processor coupled to the memory and configured to cause a member interface to be displayed at a computing device associated with a first member of the group. The member interface includes a first indicator associated with the first member and representative of transactions identified to the first member, and the member interface includes a second indicator associated with a second member of the group and representative of one or more transactions identified to the second member.

Abstract: There is provided pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of e.g. opioid dependency comprising microparticles of a pharmacologically-effective amount of buprenorphine, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, in associative admixture with particles comprising a weak acid, or particles comprising weakly-acidic buffer forming materials. The composition may further comprise a disintegrant and/or particles of a pharmacologically-effective amount of naloxone, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof. The compositions are useful in the treatment of opioid dependency/addiction and/or pain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition having the activity of degrading the cell wall of a Mycobacterium species comprising: (a) a first fusion protein including (i) a domain with a first enzymatic activity, the enzymatic activity being at least one or more of the following: N-acetyl-b-D-muramidase (lysozyme, lytic transglycosylase), N-acetyl-b-D-glucosaminidase, N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase, L-alanoyl-D-glutamate (LD) endopeptidase, c-D-glutamyl-meso-diaminopimelic acid (DL) peptidase, D-Ala-m-DAP (DD) endopeptidase, or m-DAP-m-DAP (LD) endopeptidase, (ii) at least one peptide stretch fused to the N- or C-terminus of the domain with the first enzymatic activity; and (iii) a protein transduction domain (PTD) being at the N- or C-terminus of the first fusion protein; and (b) a second fusion protein including (i) a domain with a second enzymatic activity, the enzymatic activity being at least one or more of the following: lipolytic activity, cutinase, mycolarabinogalactanesterase, or alpha/beta hy

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of adjusting the emission of vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) radiation from a plasma in a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include generating a plasma in the processing chamber which includes a VUV-emitter gas and a collisional energy absorber gas, and adjusting the emission of VUV radiation from the plasma by altering the concentration ratio of the VUV-emitter gas to collisional energy absorber gas in the plasma. In some embodiments, the VUV-emitter gas may be helium and the collisional energy absorber gas may be neon, and in certain such embodiments, adjusting VUV emission may include flowing helium and/or neon into the processing chamber in a proportion so as to alter the concentration ratio of helium to neon in the plasma. Also disclosed are apparatuses which implement the foregoing methods.

Abstract: A hitherto unknown crystalline form of (?)-(1R,2R)-3-(3-dimethylamino-1-ethyl-2-methylpropyl)-phenol hydrochloride, pharmaceutical compositions containing the new crystalline form, methods of producing the new crystalline form, and a related method of use including treatment of, e.g., pain and/or urinary incontinence.

Abstract: Stationary training bicycle having a pedal crank mechanism coupled to a transmission by a flywheel. A magnetic braking device interacts with the flywheel and is variable in its braking action. A calibration table stored in a computing device contains a plurality of braking device settings with reference rundown times of the flywheel not loaded via the pedal crank mechanism and relating to the speed reduction from a first speed to a second speed. The actual rundown time of the flywheel is ascertained at least once by means of a measuring device or the computing device and compared to the reference rundown times. If actual setting and target setting do not correspond, information relating to the actual setting can be output on the display device.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for controlling plasma generation in a plasma processing chamber to reduce an effective residence time of by-product gases or to control in real time the concentration of certain polymer pre-cursors or reaction by-products in the plasma processing chamber are disclosed. The gas residence time is “effectively” reduced by reducing the plasma reaction for at least a portion of the process time. Thresholds can be provided to control when the plasma reaction is permitted to proceed at the full rate and when the plasma reaction is permitted to proceed at the reduced rate. By reducing the rate of plasma by-product generation at least for a portion of the process time, the by-product gas residence time may be effectively reduced to improve process results.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and apparatuses for cleaning wafers by coating an active surface of the wafer with a film of water to clean the wafer, delivering gas from a gas nozzle to the center of the active surface to break a film of water on the active surface to form a wet-dry boundary while spinning the wafer, and moving the gas nozzle radially outward from the center to the edge of the active surface of the wafer by following the wet-dry boundary. Tracking devices, such as cameras or charge-coupled devices, and systems may be used with an apparatus for cleaning wafers by tracking the wet-dry boundary on the wafer to move the gas nozzle to follow the wet-dry boundary. Cleaning apparatuses provided herein may be integrated with etching tools.

Abstract: In order to provide a high impedance between two sensor terminals, for instance for connecting a Rogowski transducer to a circuit breaker, but to prevent the coupling-in of interference signals in the case of a non-connection to the terminals, two auxiliary terminals are connected. In at least one embodiment, they are connected in such a manner that in the basic state, the sensor terminals are short circuited but in the case of a connection, for example of a plug to the sensor terminals and simultaneously to the auxiliary terminals, the short circuit is canceled with external short circuiting of the auxiliary terminals.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for plasma processing of a substrate to improve process results are proposed. The apparatus pertains to multi-layer segmented electrodes and methods to form and operate such electrodes. The multi-layer segmented electrode includes a first layer comprising a first plurality of electrode segments, whereby electrode segments of the first plurality of electrode segments spatially separated from one another along a first direction. There is also included a second layer comprising a second plurality of electrode segments, whereby the second layer is spatially separated from the first layer along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and whereby at least two segmented electrodes of the first plurality of electrode segments are individually controllable with respect to one or more electrical parameters.

Abstract: A spinning unit of an air-jet spinning machine for the spinning of a fiber composite has a pair of delivery rollers and a spinning nozzle, whereas the spinning nozzle has a yarn formation element and a fiber guide element. The fiber guide element has a front turned towards the pair of delivery rollers and an end turned away from the pair of delivery rollers. The fiber composite is fed to the spinning nozzle with the pair of delivery rollers, and is introduced into the spinning nozzle through the fiber guide element, and subsequently a yarn is formed from the fiber composite through the yarn formation element. A tool for feeding an additive to the fiber composite is provided between the pair of delivery rollers and the end of the fiber guide element.

Abstract: Apparatus for use with a vessel used to generate plasma are provided. One apparatus includes a first comb structure configured to partially wrap around a circumference of the vessel. The first comb structure has a first end and a second end, and a first separation is defined between the first end and the second end. The first comb structure defines a first plurality of fingers oriented perpendicular to the circumference of the vessel. The first comb structure is configured to be connected to a first end of a radio frequency (RF) coil. Also provided is a second comb structure configured to partially wrap around the circumference of the vessel. The second comb structure has a first end and a second end. A second separation is defined between the first end and the second end the second comb structure. The second comb structure defines a second plurality of fingers oriented perpendicular to the circumference of the vessel. The second comb structure is configured to be connected to a second end of the RF coil.

Abstract: There is provided pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of e.g. opioid dependency comprising microparticles of a pharmacologically-effective amount of buprenorphine, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, in associative admixture with particles comprising a weak acid, or particles comprising weakly-acidic buffer forming materials. The composition may further comprise a disintegrant and/or particles of a pharmacologically-effective amount of naloxone, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof. The compositions are useful in the treatment of opioid dependency/addiction and/or pain.

Abstract: A capacitively-coupled plasma processing system having a plasma processing chamber for processing a substrate is provided. The plasma processing system includes at least an upper electrode and a lower electrode for processing the substrate, the substrate being disposed on the lower electrode during plasma processing. The plasma processing system further includes means for providing at least a first RF signal to the lower electrode, the first RF signal having a first RF frequency. The first RF signal couples with a plasma in the plasma processing chamber, thereby inducing an induced RF signal on the upper electrode. The plasma processing system further includes means for rectifying the induced RF signal to generate a rectified RF signal such that the rectified RF signal is more positively biased than negatively biased, wherein the substrate is configured to be processed while the rectified RF signal is provided to the upper electrode.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an air spinning machine, whereas the air spinning machine features at least one spinning unit with one spinning nozzle (2) for producing a yarn (6), whereas, during the operation of the spinning unit, the spinning nozzle (2) feeds a fiber composite (3) through an inlet (4) and in a predefined transport direction (T), whereas the fiber composite (3) within a vortex chamber (5) of the spinning nozzle (2) receives a twist with the assistance of a vortex air flow, such that a yarn (6) is formed from the fiber composite (3), which ultimately leaves the spinning unit (2) through an outlet (7), whereas, with the assistance of at least one sensor system (11), the yarn (6) leaving the outlet (7) is monitored with regard to defined yarn flaws (26), and whereas the production of yarn (6) is interrupted upon the detection of a corresponding yarn flaw (26).

Abstract: The invention refers to a method to operate an air spinning machine, in which the air spinning machine has at least one spinning unit with a spinning nozzle (2) for manufacturing yarn (6), in which a fiber strand (3) is fed to the spinning nozzle (2) through an inlet (4) during the operation of the spinning unit, in which the fiber strand (3) is imparted a twist inside a swirl chamber (5) of the spinning nozzle (2) by means of a swirled air current, so that a yarn (6) is formed from the fiber strand (3) that finally leaves the spinning nozzle (2) through an outlet (7), and in which an additive (9) is added with the help of an additive dispenser (9), at least temporarily, to the spinning unit while the air spinning machine is operating and applied on the fiber strand (3) and/or the yarn (6) or on sections of the spinning nozzle.