Abstract: The invention relates to a tube for a surgical microscope. The tube has a base part, an intermediate part, which is pivotable about a rotational axis on the base part, and an ocular part which is pivotable about a rotational axis on the intermediate part. The imaging beam path is guided through the base part, the intermediate part and the pivotable ocular part. The tube has a tube lens system which transfers a parallel imaging beam paths into an intermediate image. The parallel imaging beam path enters via an opening in a connecting piece of the base part. The tube has a first displaceable mirror element which can be moved about the rotational axis on the base part. The tube lens system is a telesystem which has a lens unit having positive refractive power and a lens unit having negative refractive power.

Abstract: A connecting device for a medical infusion system includes a connection piece which has a connecting profile for the connection of a functional part of the infusion system. The connecting device also has a resiliently flexible, cup-like valve body which is arranged in the connection piece and has a valve casing and cap-shaped top region which is provided with a slit arrangement. Further, the connecting device has a dimensionally stable base portion on which a base ring of the valve casing is supported and which is firmly connected to the connection piece. In the unloaded initial state, the valve casing has a convex internal contour which, starting from the cap-shaped top region, first expands in the direction of the base ring and subsequently narrows again, forming an O-like internal longitudinal section. The connecting device can be in the form of a three-way stopcock for an infusion system.

Abstract: A solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising Mg, Ti, Cl and at least an electron donor compound which is the reaction product obtained by bringing into contact a Mg compound and a Ti compound having at least a Ti-halogen bond with an electron donor selected from specific diphenol derivatives.

Abstract: Provided are new functionalized nitrile rubbers, which may optionally also be in partially or wholly hydrogenated form, and also a process for preparing them by metathesis of nitrile rubbers in the presence of a metathesis catalyst and at least one functionalized allyl compound. The new functionalized nitrile rubbers are suitable for producing vulcanizable mixtures and allow the production of vulcanizates having very stable networks. Also made possible, in particular, is the synthesis of block copolymers.

Abstract: Catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising Mg, Ti and an electron donor of formula (I) In which X and Y are selected from, R1, and —OR1 and —NR2, B is oxygen or sulphur S is sulphur, R1 is selected from C1-C15 hydrocarbon groups, optionally contain a heteroatom selected from halogen, P, S, N, O and Si, which can be fused together to form one or more cycles, R is hydrogen or R1 and A is a bivalent bridging group with chain length between the two bridging bonds being 1-10 atoms.

Abstract: A solution heat treatment method is disclosed for manufacturing metallic components of a turbo machine, which components provide a hot gas flow channel when assembled in the turbo machine after manufacturing, wherein the components are subjected to a time-temperature-cycle in a furnace. The method includes positioning the components in the furnace in a same principle as the component assembly in the turbo machine, but leaving flow areas and gaps between neighbouring components; then starting the time-temperature-cycle; and applying an inert gas during the solution heat treatment process so that the inert gas flows through flow areas and gaps for achieving a uniform temperature.

Abstract: Catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising Mg, Ti and an electron donor of formula (I) In which X and Y are selected from, R1, and —OR1 and —NR2, B is oxygen or sulphur S is sulphur, R1 is selected from C1-C15 hydrocarbon groups, optionally contain a heteroatom selected from halogen, P, S, N, O and Si, which can be fused together to form one or more cycles, R is hydrogen or R1 and A is a bivalent bridging group with chain length between the two bridging bonds being 1-10 atoms.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling system (3) for rotary furnaces (1), and also to a method for operating such a cooling system (3). The cooling system (3) comprises for this purpose an arrangement of one or more cooling modules (31, 31?, 31?), which are arranged in the portion (21) to be cooled of the furnace shell (2), at least along the axis of rotation (R) of the furnace shell (2), wherein each cooling module (31) comprises an activatable switching valve (311) and a fan nozzle (312) for issuing a pulsed fan-shaped cooling liquid jet (4) and, when there are a number of cooling modules, the neighbouring cooling modules (31, 31?, 31?) are arranged in relation to one another at a distance (A1) parallel to the axis of rotation (R) of the furnace shell (2).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalytic composition comprising a noble metal on an acidic tungsten-containing mixed oxide, a method for producing the catalytic composition and the use of the catalytic composition as oxidation catalyst. The invention further relates to a catalyst shaped body, which has the catalytic composition on a support, a washcoat containing the catalytic composition according to the invention and the use of the washcoat to produce a coated catalyst shaped body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a catalytic composition, wherein the catalytic composition has a high activity and selectivity with regard to the oxidation of CO and a reduced activity with regard to the oxidation of NO. The invention also relates to the catalyst produced using the method according to the invention. Finally, the invention is directed towards an exhaust-gas cleaning system which comprises the catalyst according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to catalysts systems for the polymerization of olefins CH2?CHR, wherein R is an alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl radical having 1-12 carbon atoms, comprising (A) a solid catalyst component comprising Ti, Mg, and halogen (B) an aluminum alkyl compound and (C) a mono or dihalogenated hydrocarbon compound. Said catalyst systems have improved polymerization activity.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising Mg, Ti and an electron donor of the general formula (I): where R1 is selected from C1-C15 hydrocarbon groups, the R2 groups are equal to or different from each other, are hydrogen, or the R1 groups can be fused together to form one or more cycles and A is a bivalent bridging group. The catalyst components of the present disclosure exhibit high activity and stereospecificity in the polymerization of olefins.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for data pulls. In some implementations, a method may be provided which includes accessing an object to determine whether a prior pull request is at least one of an a restricted type or an unrestricted type; generating, when the prior pull request is determined to be of the unrestricted type and successful, a pull request including a time stamp obtained from the object; generating, when the prior pull request is determined to be at least one of the restricted type or unsuccessful, a pull request including at least one of a selection criteria and another time stamp obtained from the object, the other time stamp representing a prior successful pull request; sending, by a first processor, the generated pull request to a second processor having master data to obtain an update to data at the first processor.

Abstract: Provided are new partially hydrogenated nitrile rubbers which are distinguished by a specific ratio of viscosity to molecular weight, and also vulcanizable mixtures and vulcanizates based on said rubbers, and also the associated preparation processes. The partially hydrogenated nitrile rubbers lead to compounded formulations having advantageous processing properties in conjunction with excellent vulcanizate properties.

Abstract: A redundantly operated industrial communication system includes communication devices that are redundantly linked to an industrial communication network and includes network infrastructure devices associated with the industrial communication network, wherein message transmission occurs wirelessly at least in sections. The industrial communication network contains a plurality of buffer memory units for message elements that are received at a network node by wire and message elements that are to be sent by the network node wirelessly. When a maximum buffer size is exceeded, an oldest message element situated in a respective buffer memory unit is erased. Until the maximum buffer size is exceeded, the oldest message element is selected as the next message element to be sent wirelessly.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising Mg, Ti and an electron donor of the general formula (I): where R1 is selected from C1-C15 hydrocarbon groups, the R2 groups are equal to or different from each other, are hydrogen, or the R1 groups can be fused together to form one or more cycles and A is a bivalent bridging group. The catalyst components of the present disclosure exhibit high activity and stereospecificity in the polymerization of olefins.

Abstract: The invention is related to a bonding wire containing a core having a surface. The core contains aluminum as a main component and scandium in an amount between 0.05% and 1.0%.

Abstract: A device for generating a multitude of loudspeaker signals based on a virtual source object which has a source signal and a meta information determining a position or type of the virtual source object. The device has a modifier configured to time-varyingly modify the meta information. In addition, the device has a renderer configured to transfer the virtual source object and the modified meta information to form a multitude of loudspeaker signals.

Abstract: An apparatus for listening room equalization is provided. A system identification adaptation unit is configured to adapt a first loudspeaker-enclosure-microphone system identification to obtain a second loudspeaker-enclosure-microphone system identification. A filter adaptation unit is configured to adapt a filter based on the second loudspeaker-enclosure-microphone system identification a predetermined loudspeaker-enclosure-microphone system identification. A filter includes a plurality of subfilters each of which receive one or more of the transformed loudspeaker signals. Each of the subfilters is adapted to generate one of a plurality of filtered loudspeaker signals based on the one or more received loudspeaker signals. At least one of the subfilters is arranged to couple the at least two received loudspeaker signals to generate one of the plurality of the filtered loudspeaker signals.

Abstract: A solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising Mg, Ti, Cl and at least an electron donor compound which is the reaction product obtained by bringing into contact a Mg compound and a Ti compound having at least a Ti-halogen bond with an electron donor selected from specific diphenol derivatives.