Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the activity of nucleic acid sequences and to the use of the nucleic acid sequences identified in this way for providing diagnostic and therapeutic agents.

Abstract: A sensor for thermal mass flowmeters is described herein. The sensor includes a plate-shaped, thin-film resistor and a cylindrical holder into which the resistor is fastened. In order to fasten the thin-film resistor in a mechanically stable manner, the end surface of the holder is provided with a pocket hole which closely matches the cross section of the thin-film resistor. The thin-film resistor is suitably inserted into this pocket hole and fastened therein with an adhesive agent.

Abstract: The continuous furnace serves for the simultaneous two-sided sintering of sintered sheets upon substrates. It has a muffle and a conveyor belt longitudinally traversing the muffle and carrying the substrates and consisting of a pair of individual belts which are guided in parallel next to each other and synchronously. The belt surfaces are mutually inclined at a small angle to the horizontal in the muffle. The substrates which are self-supporting between two parallel lateral edges, lie with one lateral edge on the belt surface of one individual belt and with the second lateral edge on the belt surface of the other individual belt, so that the bottom side of the substrate does not touch the individual belts.

Abstract: An anemometer having a surface resistor disposed on a substrate and having a meander shaped current path imprinted into it. To permit presetting of the resistance value of the current path, resistance trimming lines are disposed parallel to the partition lines that limit the current path.

Abstract: An anemometer with a substrate (12) comprising glass material, the length L of the substrate being considerably greater than the width B and the thickness D. The edge areas (20, 22) of the substrate are not substantially heated by the formation of the surface resistor.

Abstract: A three-way magnetic valve as a switching device for refrigerators with two different temperature compartments operated with only one refrigeration machine, has an axial bore hole in a tubular housing with an inlet to the bore hole of the housing and an outlet at each end of the housing, a rod-like plunger with a sealing member at end, axially movable in the bore hole so as to seal one end and open the other end and vice versa, a coil of an electro-magnet mounted on the housing, an armature axially movable in the housing to engage and move, when energized, the plunger against the restoring force of a spring. A damping spring is also provided. The valve is simple in design, less expensive, smaller in dimensions, and is substantially trouble-free for long periods of time.