Abstract: A medical fluid control device for a medical fluid line system includes a fluid flow housing with at least one connection port for connecting to a further functional component of the fluid line system and which has an injection port with an openable closure element, and also having an adjustment member which is mounted movably in the fluid flow housing and which has flow channel sections which, depending on an adjustment position of the adjustment member, can be moved toward the at least one connection port and/or the injection port for a fluid throughflow. Assigned to at least one flow channel section of the adjustment member and/or to the injection port is at least one mechanical flow acceleration mechanism which assists with inside flushing of the injection port during a fluid throughflow.

Abstract: A method for providing hydrogen gas includes the process steps pre-heating of an at least partially hydrogenated hydrogen carrier material, release of hydrogen gas by at least partial dehydrogenation of the hydrogen carrier material, purification of the released hydrogen gas as well as cooling and conditioning of the at least partially dehydrogenated hydrogen carrier material.

Abstract: A speech reproduction device for reproducing speech based on a received speech signal so that the reproduced speech is intelligible in a clear speech zone and unintelligible in a masked speech zone includes an audio processing module configured for receiving the speech signal; a set of speech loudspeakers configured for reproducing the speech based on one or more speech loudspeaker signals; and a set of masking sound loudspeakers configured for producing a masking sound based on one or more masking sound loudspeaker signals, wherein the masking sound masks the speech in the masked speech zone; wherein the audio processing module includes a speech signal analysis module configured for producing one or more analysis signals based on spectral and/or temporal characteristics of the speech signal; wherein the audio processing module includes a masking sound generator configured for producing one or more masking sound signals based on the one or more analysis signals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds for the treatment of diseases related to DUX4 expression, such as muscular dystrophies, wherein the disease is facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). It also relates to use of such compounds, or to methods of use of such compounds.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of pre-activated or pre-polymerized catalysts made from or containing a solid catalyst component made from or containing Ti, Mg, and halogen is disclosed. The resulting catalyst is protected from the release of flammable gases in contact with water. The process includes the steps of (a) a reaction step for yielding a catalyst precursor; (b) a reaction step in which the catalyst precursor is reacted with an organoaluminum compound for yielding a modified-catalyst precursor; (c) a treatment step in which the modified-catalyst precursor is treated with a mono or polychlorinated compound, thereby yielding the solid catalyst component; and (d) isolating and recovering the solid catalyst component.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a plurality of loudspeaker signals from two or more audio source signals is provided. Each of the two or more audio source signals shall be reproduced in one or more of two or more sound zones, and at least one of the two or more audio source signals shall not be reproduced in at least one of the two more sound zones. An audio preprocessor is configured to modify each initial audio signal of the two or more initial audio signals depending on a signal power or a loudness of another initial audio signal of the two or more initial audio signals. A filter is configured to generate the plurality of loudspeaker signals depending on in which of the two or more sound zones the two or more audio source signals shall be reproduced and depending on in which of the two or more sound zones the two or more audio source signals shall not be reproduced.

Abstract: Essentially ETU-free cross linkable compositions comprising chloroprene rubber, a cross-linker and a vulcanization accelerator, which have a defined content of ions from the second or third main group and resinate anions and thus possesses improved curing characteristics, a process for vulcanization of such compositions and vulcanizates obtained thereby.

Abstract: Essentially ethylene thiourea free cross linkable composition comprising a chloroprene rubber having defined contents of cations from the second or third main group and resinate anions are provided, which possess improved curing characteristics for increased productivity and lower vulcanization temperatures for energy-saving manufacturing methods and vulcanizates obtained by using said chloroprene rubber.

Abstract: The invention relates to: a catalytic composition that is active in the selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxides, containing an iron-containing MFI-type zeolite and an iron-containing BEA-type zeolite, wherein the weight average particle size d50 of the MFI-type zeolite and the BEA-type zeolite is different; a method for producing an SCR catalyst; and the SCR catalyst produced in this way. The adhesion of the coating is improved in that the weight average particle sizes of the MFI-type and BEA-type zeolites are different.

Abstract: Provided is a system for the maintenance of a plant with at least one input unit for inputting semantically annotated observations of a user with respect to at least one system component of the plant; and a data processing unit for determining maintenance procedures for the maintenance of the plant on the basis of a semantic plant data model of the plant and on the basis of relationship data models, which indicate relationships between plant component states and observations, as a function of the semantically annotated observations inputted by means of the input unit.

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: 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: A soundbar includes a housing, at least two transducers of a first group and at least one transducer of a second group. The at least two transducers of the first group are arranged at the front side of the housing and configured to emit sound in a first direction in accordance with two first audio signals so as to reproduce a two dimensional sound field. The at least one transducer of a second group is arranged at second side of the housing and configured to emit sound in a second direction in accordance with a second audio signal such that the sound emitted by the at least one transducer of the second group reaches a predefined listener's position in a reflected manner to extend the two dimensional sound field in a height direction. The reflection reflecting the sound emitted by the at least one transducer of the second group has an order of at least two.

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 method relates to producing a sheet metal profile, in particular consisting of steel, for a drawer pull-out guide having at least one web projecting laterally, in particular perpendicularly, from a flat surface of the sheet metal profile and extending in the longitudinal direction of the sheet metal profile. In a first method step, from at least one flat surface of a sheet metal billet, there is extruded at least one web projecting laterally, in particular perpendicularly, and extending in the longitudinal direction of the sheet metal billet. In at least one further method step, preferably in 10 to 15 further method steps, the at least one web is squeezed together, i.e. is reduced in width and increased in height. The invention further relates to a sheet metal profile produced in this manner and to a drawer pull-out guide that comprises such a profile.

Abstract: Gas turbine unit having an axis parallel to the main gas flow, the gas turbine unit comprising: a blade having a tip; a stator heat shield having an inner surface facing the blade tip; wherein the inner surface of the stator heat shield and the blade tip define a variable clearance depending on the applied thermal condition; wherein the blade tip is configured to have a cylindrical shape along the axial direction in a hot running condition starting from a conical shape along the axial direction in a cold starting condition.

Abstract: A medical fluid control device for a medical fluid line system includes a fluid flow housing with at least one connection port for connecting to a further functional component of the fluid line system and which has an injection port with an openable closure element, and also having an adjustment member which is mounted movably in the fluid flow housing and which has flow channel sections which, depending on an adjustment position of the adjustment member, can be moved toward the at least one connection port and/or the injection port for a fluid throughflow. Assigned to at least one flow channel section of the adjustment member and/or to the injection port is at least one mechanical flow acceleration mechanism which assists with inside flushing of the injection port during a fluid throughflow.

Abstract: The invention relates to: a catalytic composition that is active in the selective catalytic reduction of nitric oxides, containing an iron-containing MFI-type zeolite and an iron-containing BEA-type zeolite, wherein the weight average particle size d50 of the MFI-type zeolite and the BEA-type zeolite is different; a method for producing an SCR catalyst; and the SCR catalyst produced in this way. The adhesion of the coating is improved in that the weight average particle sizes of the MFI-type and BEA-type zeolites are different.

Abstract: A speech reproduction device for reproducing speech based on a received speech signal so that the reproduced speech is intelligible in a clear speech zone and unintelligible in a masked speech zone includes an audio processing module configured for receiving the speech signal; a set of speech loudspeakers configured for reproducing the speech based on one or more speech loudspeaker signals; and a set of masking sound loudspeakers configured for producing a masking sound based on one or more masking sound loudspeaker signals, wherein the masking sound masks the speech in the masked speech zone; wherein the audio processing module includes a speech signal analysis module configured for producing one or more analysis signals based on spectral and/or temporal characteristics of the speech signal; wherein the audio processing module includes a masking sound generator configured for producing one or more masking sound signals based on the one or more analysis signals.

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.