Abstract: A formulation for a casting compound is provided that includes a base slip with a proportion between 18% and 36% by weight, quartz glass particles with a proportion between 40% and 70% by weight, and particles of an admixture having at least one multicomponent glass with a proportion between 10% and 40% by weight. The base slip contains water as dispersion medium with a content between 30% and 50% by weight and ultrafine Si0 2 particles colloidally distributed therein with a content between 50% and 70% by weight, and wherein the total water content in the formulation is 10% to 20% by weight. A composite material is also provided that has a largely crystalline Si0 2 matrix and particles of a multicomponent glass embedded therein.

Abstract: A formulation usable to produce plates and shaped bodies has a base slip, quartz glass particles and multicomponent glass particles that are crystallizable or at least partly crystallized. The base slip contains water as dispersion medium with a content between 30% and 50% by weight and ultrafine SiO2 particles distributed, preferably colloidally therein, with a proportion between 50% and 70% by weight. The proportion of quartz glass particles in the formulation is in the range from 40% to 70% by weight and the proportion the multicomponent glass particles in the formulation is in the range from 5% to 37% by weight. The formulation can be used in a composite material. Firing aids can be made from the composite material.

Abstract: An electronic unit, in particular for an electric fluid pump of a motor vehicle, having a functional element for holding electronics, and a heat sink arranged on the functional element, wherein the functional element and the heat sink are sealed from one another in fluid-tight fashion by means of a cured sealing compound of a liquid seal, and wherein the functional element has at least one ventilation opening, which is open in the course of a curing process for the sealing compound, and which, after the curing process, is sealed in fluid-tight fashion by means of a closure element.

Abstract: The present invention describes the combination of topically inhaled medicinal formulations comprising an anticholinergic component and a glucocorticosteroid component and its use in the symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of diseases of the respiratory tract, especially with an obstructive component or underlying inflammation like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It further comprises the presentation of this combination in a locally applied (inhaled) formulation and application in an inhalation device for instance in the NOVOLIZER®.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-speed transmission, comprising a power split device, an input shaft of the transmission being connected or connectable to prime mover, an output shaft, two shiftable sub-transmissions, each providing a plurality of different gear ratios, and at least one rotating electric machine, connected to said power split device, wherein the two sub-transmissions can be connected alternatively to the output shaft, and a control system, connecting said electric machine with an electric battery and auxiliary electrical consumers. The electric machine is connected to the power split device in a way to reduce torque value down to zero on either an input shaft of the first sub-transmission or on an input shaft of the second sub-transmission by applying different shaft torque levels, and the internal heat generation capacity of the electric machine exceeds the power capacity of the control system power line.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-speed transmission (10, 110), comprising a power split device (11; 111), an input shaft (12, 112) of the transmission (10, 110) being connected or connectable to prime mover (18, 118), an output shaft (13; 113), two shiftable sub-transmissions (14, 114; 15, 115), each providing a plurality of different gear ratios, and at least one rotating electric machine (16; 116, 116a), connected to said power split device (11; 111), wherein the two sub-transmissions (14, 114; 15, 115) can be connected alternatively to the output shaft (13, 113), and a control system (26; 126, 126a), connecting said electric machine (16; 116, 116a) with an electric battery (27; 127) and auxiliary electrical consumers (31, 131).

Abstract: The invention relates to novel combinations based on anticholinergics, ?2-adrenoceptor agonists, PDE 4 Inhibitors, glucocorticoids, and leukotriene-receptor antagonists, process for their production and their use for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, preferably respiratory diseases as bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) or rheumatic or autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination of an inhaled/oral PDE 4 inhibitor in combination with inhaled anticholinergic bronchodilators (muscarinic receptor antagonists), preferentially Roflumilast or AWD-12-281 and R,R-glycopyrrolate, for symptomatic or prophylactic treatment of respiratory diseases, especially those accompanied by obstruction or inflammation such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma. It further comprises the presentation of this combination in a locally applied (inhaled) formulation and application in an inhalation device for instance in the Novolizer®.

Abstract: Novel combinations based on anticholinergics, ?2-adrenoceptor agonists, PDE 4 Inhibitors, glucocorticoids, and leukotriene-receptor antagonists, process for their production and their use for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, preferably respiratory diseases as bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) or rheumatic or autoimmune diseases. A particular combination comprises R,R-glycopyrrolate, rolipram, and budesonide, or physiologically acceptable salts thereof, wherein dosage amounts are such that a synergistic therapeutic effect is achieved.

Abstract: A system and method generate artistic multimedia representations of user-input texts, spoken or loaded narratives, theatrical scripts, or other linguistic corpus types, via a user interface, or batch interface, by classifying component words, and/or phrases into lexemes and/or parts of speech, and interpreting said classifications to construct playable structures. A database of natural language grammatical rules, a set of media objects, parameters, and rendering directives, and an algorithm facilitate the generation of sequential scenes from grammatical representations, convert user-input texts into playable structures of graphics, sounds, animations, and modifications, where playable structures may be combined to create a scene, or multiple scenes, and may be played in the order of occurrence in the input text as a sequential and timed multimedia representation of the input, and subsequently output, in real-time, or stored in memory for later output, via output devices such as a monitor and/or speakers.

Abstract: This invention relates to the field of metallurgy, in particular to high strength weldable alloys with low density, of aluminium-copper-lithium system. These alloys can be used in air- and spacecraft engineering. The alloy comprises copper, lithium, zirconium, scandium, silicon, iron, beryllium, and at least one element from the group including magnesium, zinc, manganese, germanium, cerium, yttrium, titanium. A method for fabricating semiproducts is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination of an inhaled/oral PDE 4 inhibitor in combination with inhaled anticholinergic bronchodilators (muscarinic receptor antagonists), preferentially Roflumilast or AWD-12-281 and R, R-glycopyrrolate, for symptomatic or prophylactic treatment of respiratory diseases, especially those accompanied by obstruction or inflammation such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma. It further comprises the presentation of this combination in a locally applied (inhaled) formulation and application in an inhalation device for instance in the Novolizer®.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for detecting soft errors in non-dataflow circuits. In a preferred embodiment, input is received at a latch system. The latch system consists of two pairs of latches. The second pair of latches is parallel to the first pair of latches. Both pairs of latches capture the input. However, the second pair of latches captures the input later in time relative to the first pair of latches latch. The captured input is then transferred from the first latch in each pair of latches to the second latch in each pair of latches. A comparison is made of the input in the two second latches. If the input captured in the two second latches is not the same, then a message is sent to a recovery unit.

Abstract: This invention relates to the field of metallurgy, in particular to high strength weldable alloys with low density, of aluminium-copper-lithium system. These alloys can be used in air- and spacecraft engineering. The alloy comprises copper, lithium, zirconium, scandium, silicon, iron, beryllium, and at least one element from the group including magnesium, zinc, manganese, germanium, cerium, yttrium, titanium. A method for fabricating semiproducts is also provided.

Abstract: A dynamic logic gate has a dynamic node pre-charged in response to a pre-charge phase of a clock signal and a logic tree with a plurality of logic inputs for evaluating the dynamic node during an evaluate phase of the clock signal in response to a Boolean combination of the logic inputs. The dynamic node is coupled to an output with an inverting logic circuit. A hybrid keeper circuit, coupled to the dynamic node, uses a parallel NFET and a first PFET to produce the same current as a larger PFET when operated with a high voltage power supply. The common node of the combination is coupled to the dynamic node by second PFET larger than the first PFET in one embodiment. At high voltage, the hybrid keeper provides a strong keeper current when potential noise is highest. The hybrid keeper current is automatically reduced at low voltage allowing performance to be maintained while keeping the effective noise immunity of the high voltage operation.

Abstract: A processor including a register file and method for computing flush masks in a multi-threaded processing system provides fast and low-logic-overhead computation of a flush result in response to multiple flush request sources. A flush mask register file is implemented by multiple cells in an array where cells are absent from the diagonal where the column index is equal to the row index. Each cell has a vertical write enable and a horizontal write enable. When a row is written to validate that row's tag value, the column having an index equal to the row selector is automatically reset (excepting the absent cell mentioned above) . On a read of a row, a wired-AND circuit provided at each column provides a bit field corresponding to other rows that have been written since a last reset of the row, which is a flush mask indicating newer tags and the selected tag.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for ensuring proper operation of a dynamic circuit is provided. A dynamic circuit instance has a plurality of outputs connected to a respective one of a plurality of leakage detector circuits. An output of each leakage detector circuit is connected with a respective one of a plurality of keeper circuits that reside at the dynamic circuit. Each of the plurality of keeper circuits has a unique size ratio with respect to a logic element size of the dynamic circuit.

Abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease, leading to joint destruction. Conventional therapy is based on pain-reduction and an improvement in the frictional properties of joints, in order to delay the time for operative intervention. A lack of specifically-acting agents for drug-based therapy for arthritis exists. The formulations comprise sulphated hyaluronic acids with varying degrees of sulphation, or the pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof and, optionally, hyaluronic acid and/or hyaluronic acid uronide. The pharmaceutical formulations are highly concentrated injection preparations with an aqueous, viscous, gel-like, or paste-like form, or a low-concentration rinsing fluid for intra-articular application.