Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes a liquid substance storing container and an aerosol generating device. The liquid substance storing container has a porous body for storing a liquid substance and the aerosol generating device includes a heater having at least two heating sections configured to heat the porous body, The aerosol generating device comprises has a heating cavity for housing the porous body and the at least two heating sections of the heater are located on the bottom of the heating cavity. The aerosol generating device may be used as a e-cigarette.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a capsule for use with an electronic smoking device The capsule includes: a shell having an outer housing and a receiving portion, wherein the receiving portion is configured to receive a connecting portion of a vaporization engine structure of the electronic smoking device, and a vaporizable material encapsulated within the shell The receiving portion is made at least partially of an elastic material and comprises at least one opening that can be brought into an open state, in which the vaporizable material encapsulated in the shell is allowed to flow through the opening, and a closed state, in which the vaporizable material is not allowed to flow through the opening, and the at least one opening is brought into the open state by elastic elongation of the receiving portion, which can occur in a substantially axial direction of the capsule.

Abstract: A liquid substance storing container for an aerosol generating device includes a porous body for storing liquid substance. The porous body includes a closed internal cavity further storing a volume of the liquid substance. The aerosol generating device including the liquid substance storing container may be used as an e-cigarette.

Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes a liquid substance storing container and an aerosol generating device such as a e-cigarette. The liquid substance storing container includes a porous body for storing liquid substance, and the aerosol generating device includes a heating element configured to fit into a hole of the porous body. The hole is tapered or frusto-conical, and the heating element has external surfaces tapered to match the internal surfaces of the tapered or frusto-conical hole.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for use in preventing migration of cancer cells in a subject known or suspected to suffer from cancer, the composition comprising at least one metal complex having the structure (I), formula (I), wherein M is a metal, preferably selected from the group consisting of copper, iron, manganese and zinc, X is Xa or Xb, wherein Xa is selected from the group consisting of O, S and —N(R1)—, wherein R1 is H or alkyl, and wherein Xb is a group forming a coordinate covalent bond to a second metal M?, preferably a group O, S or —N(R1)—, wherein M? is preferably selected from the group consisting of copper, iron, manganese and zinc, and wherein M? and M may be the same or different and are preferably the same, Z1 and Z2 are independently of each other a, substituted or unsubstituted, -Aryl-O—, -Aryl-N— or heteroaryl group, Y is Ya or Yb, wherein Ya is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, —OH, —SH, halogen, and —NR3R4, wherein R3 and R4, are independently of each ot

Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes an external housing and display unit configured to receive user input and display operational status of the electronic cigarette. The external housing includes an aperture for receiving the display unit. A sensor is integrated into the display unit to detect user characteristics. A controller of the electronic cigarette is configured to retrieve information from the sensor and control the operation of the electronic cigarette.

Abstract: A device (110) and a method for monitoring a treatment of a body part (112) of a patient (114) with a beam (116) comprising particles (118) are disclosed.

Abstract: A detector and a method for tracking an arrival time of single particles in an ion beam are disclosed, wherein the single particles are provided as a bunch of ions by a synchrotron. Herein, the detector comprises a detector segment comprising a scintillating material, the scintillating material being designated for generating radiation upon passing of a single particle comprised by the bunch of ions through the scintillating material, wherein the scintillating material comprises a plurality of scintillating fibers, the scintillating fibers being provided as a fiber layer, wherein the fiber layer is located perpendicularly with respect to a direction of the incident ion beam; at least one detector element, the detector element being designated for generating a detector signal from the radiation; and at least one evaluation device, the evaluation device being designated for determining information about the single particles from the detector signals provided by the at least one detector element.

Abstract: A detector and a method for tracking an arrival time of single particles in an ion beam are disclosed, wherein the single particles are provided as a bunch of ions by a synchrotron. Herein, the detector comprises a detector segment comprising a scintillating material, the scintillating material being designated for generating radiation upon passing of a single particle comprised by the bunch of ions through the scintillating material, wherein the scintillating material comprises a plurality of scintillating fibers, the scintillating fibers being provided as a fiber layer, wherein the fiber layer is located perpendicularly with respect to a direction of the incident ion beam; at least one detector element, the detector element being designated for generating a detector signal from the radiation; and at least one evaluation device, the evaluation device being designated for determining information about the single particles from the detector signals provided by the at least one detector element.