Abstract: A nonwoven material is composed of a nonwoven batt of a plurality of bundles formed of carbon fibers. At least some of the bundles have a curved progression that includes a curved vertex area of a first curvature between the bundle ends and at least one bundle end area of a second curvature extending from said one bundle end to the vertex. The first curvature is greater than the second curvature, in particular it is greater by at least 50%.

Abstract: A fiber-based carrier structure is made of fractions of industrially produced reinforcing fibrous materials, which contains endless fibers in a tangled arrangement as a first reinforcing fiber component and which contains endless fiber bundles as a second reinforcing fiber component. The fiber-based carrier structure further has a pore system. Accordingly, the endless individual fibers and the endless fiber bundles are used as a mixture preferably in an isotropic tangled arrangement to produce a fiber-based carrier structure, the pore system of which is an open-cell pore system and is openly accessible from outside. The fiber-based carrier structure enables the absorption of liquids and/or solid particles by the selection of a defined mixture ratio of endless fiber bundles and endless individual fibers. A capacity to be impregnated with and the capacity to absorb liquid and/or solid powdery materials can be set by the mixture ratio.

Abstract: A nonwoven material is composed of a pile layer which has a plurality of bundles formed of carbon fibers. At least some of the bundles have a curved course that includes a curved vertex area of a first curvature between the bundle ends and at least one bundle end area of a second curvature, located at the bundle ends. The first curvature is greater than the second curvature, in particular it is greater by at least 50%.

Abstract: A pile layer is formed of a plurality of bundles, which are partially opened up into individual fibers and which contain carbon fibers and foreign substances. The carbon fibers have at least a mass fraction of 70% of the total mass of the pile layer and the foreign substances take up no more than 30%, but not less than 2%. The foreign substances are obtained from a recycling process.

Abstract: A flat textile structure has a reinforcing grid and at least one pile layer which is placed flat on at least one surface of the reinforcing grid. The flat textile structure has a weight per unit area of from 40 to 140 g/m2. The pile layer is formed predominantly of carbon fibers. The carbon fibers in the flat textile structure have a proportion of the weight per unit area of from 60 to 97%, the reinforcing grid has a proportionate weight per unit area of from 2.5 to 12.5 g/m2 and the flat textile structure is strengthened.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting bacterial contaminations preferably in physiological samples as well as sequences of synthetic oligonucleotides used therefor. The method comprises the steps of i) extracting the nucleic acid, particularly bacterial DNA, ii) amplification by means of primers and detection by means of oligonucleotides, particularly fluorescence-marked oligonucleotides as hybridization probes, containing a sequence that is selected from among a group encompassing SEQ ID NO:5 to SEQ ID NO:35, preferably in real-time PCR, and iii) evaluation by means of fusion curve analysis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting bacterial contaminations preferably in physiological samples as well as sequences of synthetic oligonucleotides used therefor. The method comprises the steps of i) extracting the nucleic acid, particularly bacterial DNA, ii) amplification by means of primers and detection by means of oligonucleotides, particularly fluorescence-marked oligonucleotides as hybridization probes, containing a sequence that is selected from among a group encompassing SEQ ID NO:5 to SEQ ID NO:35, preferably in real-time PCR, and iii) evaluation by means of fusion curve analysis.

Abstract: A bicycle disk brake rotor which is rigidly joined to the hub and can be brought into a frictional engagement with a caliper secured to the bicycle. The rotor has an inner annular region, which is joined positively and nonpositively to the hub, and an outer annular region, while the inner and outer annular region are connected by webs and the bicycle disk brake is made entirely of composite material consisting of silicon-infiltrated carbon fiber composite of a fabric structure consisting of endless fibers with a phase distribution of >60% C and 20-30% SiC.