Abstract: Aspects of the application provide anti-hemojuvelin antibodies and methods of using the same in treating myelofibrosis and/or conditions associated with myelofibrosis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for embossing a channel structure (3) comprising a plurality of parallel channel portions (5) in a planar metal sheet (11) to form a half-plate (2, 2?), in particular for a bipolar plate (1) of an electrochemical cell, said method having the following steps: providing the planar metal sheet (11) with a uniform initial wall thickness (d5), inserting the metal sheet (11) into a forming tool (12), wherein a base plane (BE) of the sheet (11) defined by the undeformed planar metal sheet (11) is provided to rest on a tool plane defined by a tool part (13) of the forming tool (12), forming the plurality of channel portions (5), each channel portion (5) being designed with two non-parallel flanks (7, 8) in such a way as to allow material from embossing portions (9, 10) of the metal sheet (11), which are located outside the flanks and remain in the base plane (BE) and/or a plane parallel thereto throughout the entire forming process, to be displaced into the flanks (7, 8), each fla

Abstract: Aspects of the application provide hemojuvelin antagonists and methods of using the same in treating anemias of kidney disease and conditions associated with these anemias. Methods provided in the application relate to treatment of a subject having an anemia associated with chronic kidney disease and/or kidney disease in a subject that has a level of glomerular filtration rate lower than one or more thresholds.

Abstract: A laser amplifier includes a laser-active solid-state rod, through which an input laser beam passes at least twice, and a pump device for generating at least one pump laser beam which is incoupled into the solid-state rod via a first end face of the solid-state rod in order to optically pump the solid-state rod. The input laser beam is incoupled into the solid-state rod via a second end face of the solid-state rod. The input laser beam amplified in the solid-state rod is outcoupled from the solid-state rod in order to form an output laser beam. The laser amplifier further includes a dichroic mirror arranged in a beam path of the pump laser beam between the solid-state rod and the pump device and at an right angle to the pump laser beam. The dichroic mirror is transmissive for the pump laser beam and reflective for the input laser beam.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of using the antibodies that bind to RGMc to treat and diagnose iron-related disorders.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of using the antibodies that bind to RGMc to treat and diagnose iron-related disorders.

Abstract: A ?-Ga2O3 layer is grown on a substrate by: performing a first deposition cycle at a first growth rate using oxygen and a precursor including Ga, the first deposition cycle having a thickness of at least 3 atomic layers of ?-Ga2O3 and at most 20 atomic layers of ?-Ga2O3; determining a regression curve for a layer surface reflectivity using tuples of a measured first layer surface reflectivity and having a first layer thickness; and performing a second deposition cycle including measuring a second layer thickness and a second layer surface reflectivity, with a predetermined second growth rate determined from the first growth rate multiplied by a correction factor, having a defined lower and upper limit.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of using the antibodies that bind to RGMc to treat and diagnose iron-related disorders.

Abstract: Aspects of the application provide anti-hemojuvelin antibodies and methods of using the same in treating anemias of chronic disease, iron-restricted anemias, and/or conditions associated with anemia.

Abstract: Aspects of the application provide anti-hemojuvelin antibodies and methods of using the same in treating myelofibrosis and/or conditions associated with myelofibrosis.

Abstract: A semiconductor disk chip includes a cap layer having at least one structured region for mode selection, a periodic gain structure, a Distributed Bragg reflector, and a substrate. The structured region is structured in such a way that a lateral fundamental mode of the laser radiation experiences lower losses than radiation of higher laser modes and includes at least one trench extending into the cap layer to a depth not greater than a thickness of the cap layer, and wherein the depth decreases from an outer region of an emission surface of the semiconductor chip in a direction of an inner of the emission surface of the semiconductor chip.

Abstract: A semiconductor component for emitting light includes a main body that comprises at least one mesa body. The mesa body has an emission region for emitting the light. The emission region is assigned a first mirror portion, a second mirror portion, and an active portion arranged between the two mirror portions and serving to produce the light. The semiconductor component further includes electrical contacts for feeding electrical energy into the active portion, with at least one stress element that is attached to a surface of the main body. The stress element is configured to generate in the main body a material stress which has an effect on one or more polarization properties of the emitted light.

Abstract: A system for measuring the presence and/or the concentration of an analysis substance dissolved in a bodily fluid includes a light source configured to emit an excitation light, a detection device, and an optical device defining an excitation beam path of the excitation light from the light source to a measurement region of a sample and defining a detection beam path of a detection light from the measurement region of the sample to the detection device. The detection device is configured to detect the detection light and comprises a light-sensitive sensor and at least one filter element disposed in the detection beam path. The at least one filter element being configured to suppress a transmission of light with wavelengths outside of a specified analysis wavelength range about a selected IR absorption band that is specified as being characteristic for the analysis substance.

Abstract: A method for encoding a plate-like workpiece comprising: defining an encoding area; applying a magnetic layer to the surface of the workpiece; fusing parts of the magnetic layer to the surface of the workpiece by acting on the workpiece with radiation within the encoding area; cooling the workpiece; removing the non-fused parts of the magnetic layer. The method permits the workpieces to be trackable in a simple manner, irrespective of surface treatments that may possibly be carried out or are to be carried out later.

Abstract: A system for measuring the presence and/or the concentration of an analysis substance dissolved in a bodily fluid includes a light source configured to emit excitation light and an optical device. The optical device defines, for the excitation light, an excitation beam path from the light source to a measurement region of a sample and, for scattered light from the measurement region of the sample, a detection beam path from the measurement region of the sample to a detection device. The system also includes a detection device configured to detect the scattered light. The detection device includes a light-sensitive sensor and a filter element arranged in the detection beam path, the filter element being designed to suppress a transmission of light with wavelengths outside of an analysis wavelength range around a Raman resonance of the analysis substance.

Abstract: An apparatus for carrying out spatially resolved photoacoustics includes a sample holder configured to receive a sample to be examined, an electroacoustic transducer in the region of the sample holder configured to detect acoustic waves excited by light beams on the sample, and a light beam device configured to emit a plurality of light beams that are spatially and temporally separated from one another onto the sample in order to generate acoustic waves at spatially separated positions on the sample.

Abstract: A method and a device for treating particles and nanoparticles in a suspension. A liquid jet is generated in which the particles are entrained. The liquid jet is irradiated with at least two laser beams, preferably pulsed beams, from mutually different directions. The particles are thereby comminuted. The suspension is analyzed before and/or after the irradiation. The liquid of the liquid jet is then collected in a collection vessel.

Abstract: Methods and devices for coding and identifying plate-type workpieces are provided. The methods include: coding a workpiece by producing a code with a local modification in a material structure of a base material of the workpiece within a coding region, reading out the code by performing an eddy-current measurement of a local distribution of an electrical conductivity and/or a permeability of the base material by an eddy-current sensor along a reading-out section in a reading region at least partially including the coding region, a signal calibrated to a distance of the eddy-current sensor from a surface of the reading region being determined for reading out the code, storing the read-out code in a storage device, repeating the reading out of the code by repeatedly performing the eddy-current measurement, and identifying the workpiece by comparing the stored read-out code in the storage device and the repeated read-out code.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a foam molded part, wherein a foamable material S comprising a thermoplastic polymer matrix M and at least one foaming agent F is foamed by foam injection molding. The polymer matrix M is preferably based on at least one thermoplastic styrene copolymer, such as ABS and ASA, and wherein the at least one foaming agent F is selected from chemical foaming agents, releasing carbon dioxide, and physical foaming agents, being carbon dioxide or nitrogen.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of using the antibodies that bind to RGMc to treat and diagnose iron-related disorders.