Abstract: The present invention describes a method of treating an aqueous system with a hydrodynamic water treatment device in conjunction with a surfactant.

Abstract: The present invention describes a method of treating an aqueous system with a hydrodynamic water treatment device in conjunction with a biocide.

Abstract: A method for controlling a braking system of a vehicle is described, in which the braking system has at least a first control unit for controlling a first braking force on at least one wheel brake of a wheel of the vehicle, and an accumulator for receiving a pressurized medium, the method including generating the first braking force by at least one of a first hydraulic component and a first pneumatic component, filling the accumulator with the medium independently of the at least one of the first hydraulic component and the first pneumatic components via a relative movement between at least one wheel and a vehicle body, and generating a second braking force at predefinable times on the at least one wheel brake as a function of the filling of the accumulator.

Abstract: An in-car navigation device depicts dynamic travel information (congestions, weather, etc.) in the context of a schematic display of the actual roads that the information relates to. In one implementation, the schematic view is a linear representation of the route and that schematic linear representation is displayed at the same time but separate from a map of a 2-D or 3-D representation of the actual road being traveled along and the current location of the device on that road. The device can send a request to a remote server over a wireless communications network for dynamic travel information relevant to a defined route and receive and display that information.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for detecting the assembly of complexes include providing a solution where a first portion is separated from a second portion via a submicrometer pore, submicrometer tube or channel, nanopore, or nanotube or channel. One or more submicrometer or nanometer sized object(s) is added to the first portion of the solution. Due to molecular interactions, these objects assemble to form complexes consisting of two or more submicrometer or nanometer sized objects. Passage of a complex from the first portion of the solution through the submicrometer pore, submicrometer tube or channel, nanopore, or nanotube or channel to the second portion of the solution is detected using resistive pulse sensing. This sensing methodology may comprise detecting formation of complexes in real-time and/or may comprise detecting preassembled complexes.

Abstract: Synergistic mixtures of haloamines and their use to control the growth of microorganisms in aqueous systems are disclosed. The method of using the synergistic mixtures entails adding an effective amount of a monohaloamine and an effective amount of a dihaloamine to an aqueous system.

Abstract: An apparatus and methods to produce synergistic mixtures (or combinations) of haloamines to control growth of microorganisms in aqueous systems are disclosed. The apparatus and methods to produce synergistic mixtures entails producing a batch quantity of a haloamine and converting part of the haloamine to a second haloamine species to form the synergistic mixture.

Abstract: A chuck is described, in particular for a hammer drill or chisel hammer, having a chuck body having an insertion opening for holding a tool shank, and a locking element for axially locking the tool shank in the insertion opening, the locking element being movable betveen a locked position and an unlocked position, and having an arresting pin, mounted in the locking element and radially displaceable between an arresting position and a release position, which axially arrests the locking element in its arresting position and axially releases it in its release position.

Abstract: A device for treating spinal stenosis having an implant body structure sized and configured to be positioned between the spinous processes of two adjacent vertebrae. The device may have a body portion having a first end portion, a second end portion and a sleeve between the first and second end portions. The device may also have at least two retainers positioned in and extendable from the body portion. A mechanism positioned within the body portion may be used to move the retainers between a retracted position and a deployed position. When the retainers are in the deployed position, the retainers may be positioned around the spinous process of at least one of two adjacent vertebrae. A plurality of installation tools may be used to install the device.

Abstract: A mandrel and accessory and related combination for use with a rotary tool are disclosed. For instance, the mandrel and accessory combination includes a mandrel assembly and an accessory. The mandrel assembly includes (i) a shaft component defining an axis and having a first portion configured to be received in a chuck of a power tool, and a second portion having a first shaft tooth and a second shaft tooth each extending in a perpendicular manner with respect to the axis, and (ii) a collar component defining a passage through which the shaft component extends, the collar component having a first collar tooth and a second collar tooth. The accessory includes an outer wall structure defining a circular outer periphery; and an inner wall structure defining a coupling opening. The accessory is configured to be releasably coupled to the mandrel assembly.

Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a spatially distributed multimode optical fiber; a photodetector configured to detect optical signals provided from said fiber; a wireless digital module coupled to said photodetector and adapted to wirelessly transmit a wireless signal encoding a plurality of detected variables of the optical signals; a wireless receiver adapted to receive the wireless signal; and a signal processing module coupled to said wireless receiver and adapted to decode and interpret the plurality of detected variables of the optical signals.

Abstract: In a sensor device in electric power tools and/or electrical appliances which have a mains-operated electric drive motor in a housing, a sensor device is provided, which monitors a properly closed state of the housing and upon a deviation from the properly closed state switches the drive motor to be voltage-free.

Abstract: Synergistic mixtures of haloamines and non-oxidizing biocides and their use to control the growth of microorganisms in aqueous systems is provided. The methods entail adding an effective amount of at least one haloamine and at least one non-oxidizing biocide to an aqueous system thereby producing a biocidal synergistic effect.

Abstract: Diagnostic systems and methods that can be used to perform direct tests on immune system or other proliferative cells, which are capable of identifying abnormal cell function associate with disease without use of labeled reagents; that also permit, but do not require provision of an autoantigen; that are capable of routine use; and that can be used to make early detection of autoimmune diseases or disorders, of epitope spreading pursuant to an autoimmune disease or disorder, or of non-autoimmune proliferative diseases or disorders.

Abstract: In an implant in the form of a plug for closing an opening in the annulus fibrosus, in order to ensure as reliable a fixing of the plug as possible and a secure closure, it is proposed that the plug have rigid anchoring elements for the end plates of adjacent vertebrae on its upper face and on its lower face, and a deformable structure in the area between upper face and lower face.

Abstract: A process for making a biomembrane array comprising providing a first substrate having a discrete zone and a second substrate. A first ink having a proteoliposome is then loaded onto the discrete zone to form a loaded zone. The loaded zone is then contacted to the second substrate such that the first ink is deposited from the loaded zone on the second substrate, thereby forming a biomembrane array on the second substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a commonplace object with an outer surface (4) that encircles the commonplace object (2) and with at least one cylindrical section (6) of the surface (4), in which the technical problem of specifying a commonplace object to whose surface a relatively large amount of information can be applied is solved in that the cylindrical section (4) of the surface (6) consists of a material which can be changed optically, and in that a data bit sequence is written along at least one track (8) on the cylindrical section (4).

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for early detection and prediction of damage to assemblies in machine plants, including mobile machine plants, structure-borne sound of the machine system is sensed by a sensor, output as an acceleration signal and analyzed in a digital signal processor. For this purpose, the acceleration signal is first transformed into the frequency domain by means of a fast-Fourier transformation, and the data obtained in this manner are then transformed back into the time domain by means of cepstrum analysis, so that resonance data relating to individual shock pulses (a cepstrum) is obtained in the time domain. This cepstrum is then compared with a reference cepstrum that is selected in accordance with load signals and rotational speed signals for the present operating state in a new machine plant in a storage device.

Abstract: A method for transmitting signaling information, such as cryptographic key synchronization information, over a data path of a network, the data path having an originating end and a terminating end. The method uses in-band signaling to transmit the signaling information from the originating end of the data path to the terminating end of the data path without consuming any bandwidth of the data path. More specifically, the method includes the steps of receiving user data to be transmitted over the data path and encrypting this user data with a cryptographic key, thereby generating cipher data. The method next includes processing the cipher data such that the cipher data includes the signaling information, and mapping the cipher data including the signaling information into a traffic unit for transmission over the data path.