Abstract: A process of treatment of internal organ oedema is using an electric current delivering electrode system comprising electrodes to be positioned at two places on the outer surface of the internal organ and/or in a liquid carrying vessel of the internal organ and delivering electric current to induce electro-osmosis between the electrodes. An electrode assembly system for this treatment by electro-osmosis includes, in addition to the two electrodes, a control unit adapted to control the current flow between the two electrodes.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an air guide control system with a flap arrangement including flaps which can be rotatably inserted into a joining partner. An actuator drives a damper and a coupling rod transmits the torque of this driven damper to the remaining dampers of the damper arrangement. In the event of a flap fracture of at least one flap, a spring, locks the flap arrangement against further movement, so that error information is reported to the actuator via the coupling rod.

Abstract: An IC structure includes an MFMIS memory cell on a semiconductor substrate, and a CMOS transistor adjacent the MFMIS memory cell on the same semiconductor substrate. A method provides co-integration of the MFMIS memory cell with the CMOS transistor. The method may optionally co-integrate an MFIS memory cell. The IC structure and method provide a lower cost approach to forming MFMIS memory cells, which provide a number of advantages over MFIS memory cells.

Abstract: A testing device for testing segments that are suitable for forming a cell stack for the energy cell producing industry, wherein a conveying apparatus having a plurality of receiving portions is provided for receiving and transporting one segment in each case, wherein the receiving portions can be moved relative to a stationary part of the testing device by a movement of the conveying apparatus, wherein the receiving portions each comprise at least two contact surfaces for electrical and/or signalling contact of a segment received in the corresponding receiving portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a measurement system for measuring energy cells, for example battery cells, in particular dry monocells, wherein the measurement system has an alternating voltage measuring bridge or a self-balancing measuring bridge (auto-balancing bridge) and is designed to measure the electrical capacitance (C) and/or the ohmic resistance (R) of an energy cell by means of a high-frequency measurement. The invention further relates to a corresponding method.

Abstract: Testing device for testing segments that are suitable for forming a cell stack for the energy cell producing industry, wherein: a conveying apparatus with a plurality of receiving portions is provided for receiving and transporting a segment in each case, wherein the receiving portions are movable relative to a stationary part of the testing device by a movement of the conveying apparatus, characterized in that the receiving portions each comprise at least two contact surfaces for contacting, electrically and/or by signal, a segment received in the respective receiving portion, wherein at least two of the contact surfaces of one of the receiving portions can be connected to at least one measuring device by means of a switching matrix.

Abstract: A method for optically evaluating an operating accuracy of a digital microscope includes: placing a photo mask on a movable table of the digital microscope, the photo mask including an orthogonal grid of line structures, wherein the orthogonal grid of line structures forms a two-dimensional array of photo mask subfields and wherein at least a subset of the two-dimensional array of photo mask subfields and wherein at least a subfield identifiers; taking a digital image of a portion of the photo mask with a digital camera of the digital microscope; determining a relative position of the orthogonal grid of line structures in the digital image of the portion of the photo mask; analyzing at least one unique subfield identifier in the digital image of the portion of the photo mask; and on the basis of said relative position of the orthogonal grid of line structures and said at least one unique subfield identifier, analyzed in the digital image of the portion of the photo mask, determining an absolute position withi

Abstract: A device for controlling a flow and distributing a fluid, in particular a refrigerant, in a fluid circuit. The device exhibits a housing with connections for connection to fluid lines that are connected to one internal volume of the housing via a pass-through opening, and one valve element that is arranged in the internal volume of the housing and exhibits a drive element for moving the valve element relative to the housing. The valve element exhibits one pass-through opening and is mounted in such a way that it can be moved linearly in the axial direction along a longitudinal axis such that a passage for the fluid is opened between a first connection produced as an inlet and a second connection produced as a primary outlet or a third connection produced as a secondary outlet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new aptamer molecules for use in treating, curing or preventing disease symptoms associated with long COVID in a patient having overcome an infection with a virus from the Coronaviridae family, a pharmaceutical composition and a kit comprising such aptamer molecules.

Abstract: A device for sequentially switching at least one first and at least one second Venetian blind, the slats of which can each be synchronously rotationally moved by means of at least one coupling rod in order to open and close the blinds. The device includes an actuator for generating a rotational movement of the slats through 80° to 90°, a coupling for rotatably coupling the actuator to a slat of the first blind, a link rod which has a partially-circular link, and a transmission rod. The actuator has an eccentric pin parallel to its axis of rotation which engages in the partially-circular link of the link rod, and the linear movement of the link rod is transmitted to the coupling rod of the at least second blind.

Abstract: An air guidance control unit having a frame, which surrounds at least one air opening for air flowing along an air flow direction to flow through, a closing device including adjustable flaps, which closing device can be adjusted by means of an adjusting element between an open position in which the air opening is exposed and a closed position in which the air opening is at least partly closed. The invention devises various solutions for especially compact and reliable flap arrangements.

Abstract: A device for regulating a throughflow and distributing a fluid in a fluid circuit, in particular a refrigerant. The device has a housing with ports for connecting to fluid lines which are connected to at least one inner volume of the housing designed as a valve chamber via a respective through opening, and at least one valve element arranged in the valve chamber with a drive element for moving the valve element relative to the housing. The at least one valve element is mounted such that it can be displaced in a linear manner in the axial direction along a longitudinal axis such that a passage for the fluid is opened between a first port designed as an inlet and a second port designed as a first outlet and/or a third port designed as a second outlet.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an air guide control system with a flap arrangement including flaps which can be rotatably inserted into a joining partner. An actuator drives a damper and a coupling rod transmits the torque of this driven damper to the remaining dampers of the damper arrangement. In the event of a flap fracture of at least one flap, a spring, locks the flap arrangement against further movement, so that error information is reported to the actuator via the coupling rod.

Abstract: Air flow control insertable into an air opening for controlling air flowing along an air flow direction, with a closure device including a cloth or fabric adjustable between an opening position releasing the air opening and a closing position at least partially closing the air opening by means of an adjustment device for selectively releasing and closing the air opening to change the air resistance and/or for thermal management of a downstream unit in the air flow direction. Various solutions are proposed to integrate the air control system in or behind an air grille, especially in very limited installation space.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device is provided, the device comprising a ferroelectric memory capacitor arranged over a first active region contact of a first transistor and a gate contact of a second transistor, whereby the ferroelectric memory capacitor at least partially overlaps a gate of the first transistor.

Abstract: A process of treatment of internal organ oedema is using an electric current delivering electrode system comprising electrodes to be positioned at two places on the outer surface of the internal organ and/or in a liquid carrying vessel of the internal organ and delivering electric current to induce electro-osmosis between the electrodes. An electrode assembly system for this treatment by electro-osmosis includes, in addition to the two electrodes, a control unit adapted to control the current flow between the two electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly system for treatment of internal organ oedema by electro-osmosis and/or electrophoresis by delivering an electric field, the system comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a control unit, wherein the first electrode and second electrode are electrically connected to the control unit, the control unit being adapted to charge the first electrode negatively and the second electrode positively, and to directly control a strength of an electric field induced by the first electrode and the second electrode to a preset value for generating a treatment-specific electric flux. The present invention also relates to the use of such system, as well as a process of treatment of internal organ oedema using such system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new aptamer molecules for use in therapy of infections caused by viruses from the Coronaviridae family, a method of preventing infection caused by viruses from the Coronaviridae family in vitro/ex vivo, a pharmaceutical composition and a kit comprising such aptamer molecules, and the use of aptamer molecules for preventing infection of somatic cells with a virus from the Coronaviridae family. The present invention also relates to affinity molecules binding to specific and newly identified epitopes of a key enzyme of Coronaviridae viruses.

Abstract: A composite material, especially for use in a stator stack and/or rotor stack is disclosed. The composite material includes a first and a second electrical steel strip layer and a polymeric layer arranged in between, wherein the polymeric layer consists of a crosslinked acrylate-based copolymer of high molecular weight and has a layer thickness in the range from 3 to 20 ?m.

Abstract: A device for regulating a throughflow and distributing a fluid in a fluid circuit, in particular a refrigerant. The device has a housing with ports for connecting to fluid lines which are connected to at least one inner volume of the housing designed as a valve chamber via a respective through opening, and at least one valve element arranged in the valve chamber with a drive element for moving the valve element relative to the housing. The at least one valve element is mounted such that it can be displaced in a linear manner in the axial direction along a longitudinal axis such that a passage for the fluid is opened between a first port designed as an inlet and a second port designed as a first outlet and/or a third port designed as a second outlet.