Abstract: Method and thermal analysis device including a sample holder and at least one temperature detector which is assigned to the holder. The invention further relates to a production method for a temperature detector. A heat flow to be detected is conveyed to the temperature detector between a support surface and the sample holder, wherein the support surface and/or the sample holder include elevations or depressions forming contact points, which define a relevant heat flow zone assigned to the support surface. A thermocouple, which includes at least two elements made of different metals, a first metallic element A, with a higher expansion coefficient compared to a second metallic element B, is introduced in a precisely fitting manner into second metallic element B constituted as a hollow profile and the two elements A, B are heated in a first operational step and then cooled again in a second operational step.

Abstract: A slide element for a wedge drive, with a slide element receptacle and a drive element between which the slide element is to be placed. In order to achieve a high wear resistance and a simple design, it is proposed for the slide element to have a head rail, which is detachably fastened to the slide element and, as part of the dovetail-shaped side of the slide element, forms the second sliding surfaces on the dovetail-shaped section, by means of which forces are transmitted during the return stroke during which the slide element receptacle is moved away from the drive element.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device are disclosed. The method comprises forming a trench in a substrate, partially filling the trench with a first semiconductive material, forming an interface along a surface of the first semiconductive material, and filling the trench with a second semiconductive material. The semiconductor device includes a first electrode arranged along sidewalls of a trench and a dielectric arranged over the first electrode. The semiconductor device further includes a second electrode at least partially filling the trench, wherein the second electrode comprises an interface within the second electrode.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a measurement result of a thermal analysis. A program-controlled computer unit is used to calculate at least one probability of the agreement of the measurement result with at least one dataset previously stored in the computer unit, wherein this calculation is based on a comparison of effect data previously extracted from a measurement curve of the thermal analysis with corresponding stored effect data of the dataset. The evaluation can advantageously include, an automatic recognition and classification of measurement curves and can be carried out in particular more efficiently, more economically and more quickly than previously, with at the same time a high quality of evaluation.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a multi-joint crank drive wherein the multi-joint crank driver includes a plurality of coupling members which are rotatably supported on crank pins of a crank shaft and a plurality of hinged connecting rods which are rotatably supported on crank pins of an eccentric shaft wherein each of the coupling members is pivotally connected to a piston connecting rod of a piston of the internal combustion engine and one of the articulation connecting rods. In order to enable to largely or completely compensate inertia forces, it is proposed according to the invention to equip the internal combustion engine with a single balance which serves for neutralizing second order inertia forces.

Abstract: The invention relates to improved cardiac pacemakers and methods of use thereof. In particular the cardiac pacemakers are useful for normalizing heart rates over resting heart rates in order to condition the heart to improve overall cardiac output.

Abstract: A multi-joint crank drive of an internal combustion engine includes at least one coupling member rotataby supported on a crankpin of a crankshaft for rotation about a coupling member rotation axis; and at least one connecting rod supported on a crankpin of an eccentric shaft for rotation about an eccentric rotation axis, wherein the coupling member is connected with a piston rod of a piston of the internal combustion engine for pivoting about a piston rod rotation axis and with the connecting rod for rotation about a connecting rod rotation axis, said coupling member having a bearing eye receiving the crankpin of the crankshaft, wherein a coupling angle between an imagined straight line though the coupling member rotation axis and the connecting rod rotation axis and an imagined straight line through the coupling member ration axis and the piston rod rotation axis is at least 140° and at most 180°, wherein a center point of the coupling member is arranged outside the bearing eye, and on a side of a first plan

Abstract: In one embodiment a method of forming a compressive polycrystalline semiconductive material layer is disclosed. The method comprises forming a polycrystalline semiconductive seed layer over a substrate and forming a silicon layer by depositing silicon directly on the polycrystalline silicon seed layer under amorphous process conditions at a temperature below 600 C.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a piston axially displaced in a cylinder over a maximal stroke and a connecting rod device for adjusting the compression of the internal combustion engine and having a transverse lever with one end connected by a first joint with a connecting rod articulately arranged in the piston and another end connected by a second joint with an actuatable control lever pivotal about a third joint. The transverse lever is connected between the first joint and the second joint by a fourth joint with a crankpin of the crankshaft which is spaced apart from a rotation axis of the crankshaft, wherein a lateral distance between the rotation axis of the crankshaft and the third joint in relation to the maximal stroke of the piston is at least ?1.0.

Abstract: A tool slide, in particular a wedge drive, including at least one slide bed and one slide body. The slide body is arranged on the slide bed in sliding fashion with a prism guide, and a groove and a stud protruding into the groove are provided. Between the stud and the groove, at least one sliding element is provided. A driver that can be removed from the slide body is provided and between the slide body and the driver in the contacting state, there is likewise a prism guide composed of inclined elements of the slide body and corresponding inclined surfaces of the driver. Between the slide bed and the slide body, a prism guide or flat guide is embodied so that the sliding elements of the slide bed and corresponding sliding elements of the slide body are inclined relative to an x axis in a prism guide or are perpendicular in a flat guide.

Abstract: A tool slide, in particular a wedge drive, including at least one slide bed and one slide part. The slide part is arranged on the slide bed in sliding fashion and in order to absorb transverse forces, a groove and a stud protrudcvfording into the groove are provided, which restrict a transverse motion of the slide part in the slide bed. Between the stud and the groove, at least one sliding element is provided. A driver that can be removed from the slide part is provided and between the slide part and the driver in the contacting state, there is a prism guide composed of inclined elements of the slide body and corresponding inclined surfaces of the driver. Between the slide bed and the slide body, a flat guide is embodied so that the sliding elements of the slide bed and corresponding sliding elements of the slide body are perpendicular to an x axis, thus enabling a movement transverse to the x axis.

Abstract: A tool slide, having at least one slide bed and one slide body. The slide body is axially movable in a restricted guiding fashion on the slide bed. A groove is provided in the slide body or in the slide bed and as a corresponding means, a guide body of the slide body or slide bed is supported in an axially movable, guiding fashion in the groove. The guide body is embodied as rail-like or slat-like and is positioned with part of its width inserted in a secured fashion into a groove in the slide body or slide bed.

Abstract: A method for the thermomechanical analysis of a sample (P) of a material including (a) controlling the temperature of the sample (P), (b) recording data representative for a length variation (dL) of the sample (P), (c) evaluating the data in order to determine a reversible component (dLrev), (d) calculating a corrected reversible component (dLrev-corr; ?rev-corr) and/or of the coefficient of thermal expansion (?).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a natriurectic peptide, such as urodilatin, for treating a patient suffering from heart failure, such as acute decompensated heart failure. Preferably, a composition comprising an effective amount of urodilatin is intravenously administered to the patient continuously through a time period of at least 24 hours and up to 120 hours, preferably at least 48 hours.

Abstract: The invention relates to improved cardiac pacemakers and methods of use thereof. In particular the cardiac pacemakers are useful for normalizing heart rates over resting heart rates in order to condition the heart to improve overall cardiac output.

Abstract: A method and a device for holding in readiness, transporting, processing and archiving thermoanalytical samples are disclosed. The sample containers, into which the thermoanalytical samples to be investigated are to be introduced, are provided in a magazine.

Abstract: A multi-joint crank drive of an internal combustion engine, comprising a plurality of coupling members rotatably supported on crank pins of a crankshaft and a plurality of articulation connecting rods rotatably supported on crank pins of an eccentric shaft, wherein each of the coupling members is pivotably connected to a piston connecting rod of a piston of the internal combustion engine and to one of the articulation connecting rods. In order to reduce second order inertia forces, the multi-joint crank drive is designed or adjusted in such a way that a crankshaft rotational angle range of an intake phase is greater than 180 degrees; a crankshaft rotational angle range of a compression phase is less than 180 degrees; a crankshaft rotational angle range of an expansion phase is greater than 180 degrees; and a crankshaft rotational angle range of an exhaust phase is less than 180 degrees.

Abstract: Cardiac output is measured using a non-invasive method comprised of administering hyperbaric or hypobaric gas to the subject then after a time measuring the resultant changes in central or peripheral oxygen saturation times using a pulse oximeter located at a peripheral body site. Preferably the device is portable and is comprised of a gas cartridge, with one or more doses, and a mouth-piece, a microprocessor for performing the analysis, a pulse oximeter probe and a display for reporting the cardiac output.

Abstract: The invention relates to improved cardiac pacemakers and methods of use thereof. In particular the cardiac pacemakers are useful for normalizing heart rates over resting heart rates in order to condition the heart to improve overall cardiac output.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a natriurectic peptide, such as urodilatin, for treating a patient suffering from heart failure, such as acute decompensated heart failure. Preferably, a composition comprising an effective amount of urodilatin is intravenously administered to the patient continuously through a time period of at least 24 hours and up to 120 hours, preferably at least 48 hours.