Abstract: A method of using 3,7-diazabicyclo[3,3,1]nonane compounds, preferably of 9,9-alkylene-3,7-diazabicyclo[3,3,1]nonane compounds, and most preferably to the use of tedisamil, and the physiologically acceptable acid addition salts and/or solvates thereof, in the form of a liquid pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment and/or inhibition of arrhythmic events in human patients, preferably in conversion of recent onset of atrial fibrillation or flutter to normal sinus rhythm in humans, as well as related methods and pharmaceutical products or packages.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for access, exchange, analyses and design of information relating to industrial plants having a substantial complexity like petrochemical sites or production facilities for semiconductors, the system comprising at least a set of mutually connected computers containing the information and at least a client computer functioning as user station to enable the user to access the information to the information, wherein the system is adapted to create a virtual reality for the user on the client computer representing the premisses of said industrial plant and that access to the information is obtained through objects in said virtual reality which bear a relation to the information concerned. The virtual reality aspect has the substantial advantage that a person looking for information is automatically urged to the location where he or she would expect the required information to be in real life, thus shortening the look up time.

Abstract: A method of treating or inhibiting anti-arrhythmic events in male human patients by administering to a patient in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a 3,7-diazabicyclo[3,3,1]nonane compound, preferably a 9,9-alkylene-3,7-diazabicyclo[3,3,1]nonane compound, and especially preferably tedisamil, or a physiologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof or a solvate thereof. The method is particularly useful in converting recent onset of atrial fibrillation (Afib) or flutter to normal sinus rhythm (NSR) in male human patients.

Abstract: In a projection system a pattern plane on a reticle is illuminated to have a projection image focussed on an image plane. The presence of a pellicle in the optical path causes a virtual shift of the position of the pattern plane on the reticle. Depending on the presence or absence of the pellicle the image plane of the projection image needs to be adapted for proper focussing. A compensator counteracts the virtual shift of pattern plane due to the pellicle, by shifting the position of the pattern plane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of 3,7-diazabicyclo[3,3,1]nonane compounds, preferably of 9,9-alkylene-3,7-diazabicyclo[3,3,1]nonane compounds, and most preferably to the use of tedisamil, and the physiologically acceptable acid addition salts and/or solvates thereof, in the form of a liquid pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment and/or inhibition of anti-arrhythmic events in human patients, preferably in conversion of recent onset of atrial fibrillation or flutter to normal sinus rhythm in humans. Furthermore, the invention concerns related methods of treatment and pharmaceutical products.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a preform, which is substantially free of OH impurities, for an optical fiber, wherein one or more quartz layers, which may or may not be doped, are deposited on the internal surface of a quartz glass support tube, in which method a furnace is moved axially with respect to the support tube, and after the quartz layers have been deposited the support tube is contracted into a bar-shaped preform while being heated, wherein the furnace comprises an electrical resistance furnace, in which furnace the support tube is rotated, with the space between the rotating support tube and the furnace being washed with an inert gas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a perform, which is substantially free of PH impurities, for an optical fibre, wherein one or more quartz layers, which may or may not be doped, are deposited on the internal surface of a quartz glass support tube, in which method a furnace is move axially with respect to the support tube, and after the quartz layers have been deposited the support tube is contracted into a bar-shaped perform while being heated, wherein the furnace comprises an electrical resistance furnace, in which furnace the support tube is rotated, with the space between the rotating support tube and the furnace being washed with an inert gas.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for manufacturing a preform, wherein a carrier tube is collapsed to a preform, which device comprises a heating element forming a cylindrical envelope, which envelope defines an annular inlet opening and an annular outlet opening at opposite ends of the envelope, a carrier tube being present within the cylindrical envelope, between said openings, the heating element being movable in axial direction with respect to the carrier tube, and means for supplying a non-oxidizing gas to the space between the carrier tube and the envelope.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for manufacturing a preform, wherein a carrier tube is collapsed to a preform, which device comprises a heating element forming a cylindrical envelope, which envelope defines an annular inlet opening and an annular outlet opening at opposite ends of the envelope, a carrier tube being present within the cylindrical envelope, between said openings, the heating element being movable in axial direction with respect to the carrier tube, and means for supplying a non-oxidizing gas to the space between the carrier tube and the envelope.

Abstract: Network communication system (10) comprising a computer (13) having a power supply (28) and a data interface (24), an outdoor unit (21) having an antenna (15) and transceiver means (25), for establishing a wireless connection between the computer (13) and further equipment (30). The outdoor unit (21) is connected to the data interface (24) of the computer (13) via a four-wire cable (26), the four-wire cable (26) providing power from the power supply (28) and a data signal from the computer (13) to the outdoor unit (21). The present invention also relates to an outdoor unit (21) for use in a network communication system, the outdoor unit (21) being arranged to receive supply power via a four-wire connector (17) and to transform a data signal received from the four-wire connector (17) into a RF signal to be provided to an antenna (15).

Abstract: A holder for at least one compact disk. The holder is made completely of an environmentally safe material and at the same time permits the compact disk to be fastened safely and with simple handling. The holder includes a case having at least one front side and a back side and at least one fastening element or fastening frame being disposed on an inside face of the case. The fastening element or fastening frame having dimensions which are adapted to accommodate a compact disk. The case and the fastening elements and/or fastening frames are made of a cardboard material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rod-shaped preform for manufacturing an optical fibre therefrom, as well as to a method for manufacturing such a rod-shaped preform. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for manufacturing an optical fibre, wherein one end of a rod-shaped preform is subjected to a heat treatment, after which the thus softened end of the rod-shaped preform is subjected to a pulling force for the purpose of drawing an optical fibre therefrom.

Abstract: Method for knitting a sock, wherein for casting on the yarn the feeder is brought behind the knitting point, while the clamping means retaining the yarn end is before the knitting point as viewed in the direction of rotation of the needle cylinder, and after engagement of the knitting yarn by the first needles, the clamping means is moved to a yarn feeding position for knitting. After the first needle, one or a plurality of needles is brought into a position in which the yarn is not engaged at the knitting point, so that the yarn initially present between the feeder and the first needle is included in the fabric by the needles initially not engaging the yarn during the knitting of the subsequent courses.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for knitting socks by means of a circular knitting machine in which the socks are knitted in a continuous string wherein a few courses are knitted with a soluble yarn between the toe portion of each sock and the welt portion of each subsequent sock, during which the string of socks is drawn rotatingly in downward direction out of the knitting cylinder, with the string of socks being passed from the circular knitting machine directly into a liquid flow wherein the soluble yarn with which the successive socks in the string are interconnected dissolves.

Abstract: The invention provides an easy to assemble stabile building construction having wall portions provided with a sheet of synthetic material, which at the edges of the wall portions is inturned to form a ledge or a groove, the thickness of the sheet being considerably smaller than that of the wall portions.

Abstract: In knitting socks in a string of such socks on a circular knitting machine, a double fabric is knitted in order to close the toe, further courses then being knitted with a heat-shrinking yarn, followed by knitting courses with a washable yarn, after which a start is made with knitting the welt of the next sock to be knitted. Thus by immersion of a string of such socks in a hot bath the washable yarn disappears to separate the socks and the shrinkable yarn shrinks to provide a run-free cast off.