Abstract: The invention relates to a microlens arrangement (12) and an illumination device (10) for uniformly illuminating of an area (F), with a light source (11) and a microlens arrangement (12). In order to illuminate the area (F) to be illuminated as homogeneously as possible, the at least one microlens (1) of the microlens arrangement (12) has an entrance face (2) which is shaped such that monochromatic light incident on the microlens (1) and propagating parallel to the optical axis (O) is refracted by the entrance face (2) such that back focal lengths (S1, S2, S3) of the light with the optical axis (O) increase with the height of incidence (E1, E2, E3).

Abstract: The invention relates to artificial forisome bodies comprising a fusion protein of at least one SEO-F protein or an at least 50-amino acid portion thereof, and at least one additional protein or peptide, with the exception of GFP and the Venus protein, wherein (a) the additional protein or peptide has a mass of at most 30 kDa, or (b) the forisome body further comprises an unfused SEO-F protein or a form of said protein having C-terminal deletions of up to 45 amino acids and/or N-terminal deletions of up to 13 amino acids, wherein the unfused SEO-F protein is selected from proteins having the property of being capable of forming homomeric forisome bodies in the absence of additional SEO-F proteins, or (c) the further protein or peptide is a portion of a second SEO-F protein, with the proviso that one of the two SEO-F proteins in its unfused form is capable of forming homomeric forisome bodies, and the fusion protein is comprised of an N-terminal SEO-F protein portion and a C-terminal SEO-F protein portion,

Abstract: The technology provided herein relates to novel human antibodies against Plasmodium parasites, in particular against the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. The present disclosure pertains to antibodies against merozoite surface protein 10 (MSP10). These antibodies have high affinity e.g. to Plasmodium falciparum schizonts and merozoites, inhibit the reinvasion of merozoites into erythrocytes and thereby neutralize parasitic multiplication.

Abstract: Immunogenic compositions, vaccines, constructions, host cells, and vectors that include or express one or more PfGAP50 antigen or fragment thereof. The vaccine may include an adjuvant, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, an excipient, a preservative, a binder or a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid.

Abstract: A synthetic, soluble, endogenous complex formed from at least one component A and at least one component B, whereby component A comprises a binding domain for extra-cellular surface structures that internalize upon binding of component A of said complex, and component B has a constitutive catalytic kinase activity and effects cell biosynthesis/signalling including cell death after internalization. The complex allows to influence the growth and the physiology of cells. In particular said complex, nucleic acid molecules encoding it, cells transfected or transformed with these nucleic acid molecules are usable for the preparation of medicaments for the treatment of proliferative diseases, inflammatory diseases, allergies and autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: The present invention considers derivatized nanomolecules with proven effectiveness to bind to actinides, more specifically uranium, during in vivo, ex vivo, in vitro or in situ assays. When assayed in vivo, the invention showed a reduction in at least kidney damage due to exposition to uranium.

Abstract: A projector for projecting light onto a projection surface includes a first group (1) with a negative meniscus, a second group (2) with positive refractive power, a third group (3) with a single lens, a fourth group (4) with a lens with positive refractive power, and a field lens (5) with positive refractive power, such that the light passes through the projection objective from the fourth to the first group. In order to be provide a high image quality with a small number of optical components and the smallest dimensions, the projector is configured so the common focal width of the fourth group (4) and the field lens (5) is smaller than twice the image circle diameter (9) of the projection objective and the maximum free diameter (8) is smaller than the overall focal width, and in particular smaller than 0.8 times the overall focal width of the projection objective.

Abstract: Pin bosses of a piston for an internal combustion engine each have a pin bore for supporting a piston pin. In order to reduce the tangential stresses in the zenith area of the pin bores, and thus to extend the service life of the piston, the inner areas of the pin bores as viewed in the direction of the bore axis have areas on both sides of the zenith that have a greater distance from the bore axis than the zenith of the pin bore, and the outer areas of the pin bores, as viewed in the direction of the bore axis, are transversely oval relative to the piston axis.

Abstract: A process for degrading a biofilm on surfaces of objects by means of an extract of a bacterium of the genus Lysobacter, whereby the extract is obtainable by a process comprising the following steps: culturing Lysobacter on a solid or in a liquid medium; incubating at a temperature of 20° C. to 40° C. for a duration of from 1 to 15 days; extraction of at least one component, which is able to degrade a biofilm; optionally followed by further purification steps, such as ion-exchange chromatography and/or concentration.

Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine may include a piston head and a piston shaft. The piston shaft may have two shaft walls, one arranged on a pressure side and the other arranged on a counter-pressure side. Two box walls may have pin bosses and connect the shaft walls. Each of the box walls may have a first partial wall section and a second partial wall section. The first partial wall section may extend between the pin boss and the shaft wall arranged on the pressure side. The second partial wall section may extend between the pin boss and the shaft wall arranged on the counter-pressure side. A first longitudinal center line of the first partial wall section is may be convergent to a second longitudinal center line of the second partial wall section, wherein the first and second longitudinal center lines—intersect each other outside the piston.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for the generation of a monoclonal plant cell line from a heterologous population of plant cells, comprising the following steps: (a) provision of a heterologous population of plant cells; (b) preparation of protoplasts from said heterologous population of plant cells; (c) separation of single protoplasts by subjecting the preparation of protoplasts to flow cytometric sorting; (d) regeneration of a separated single transformed protoplast until the formation of a microcolony by co-cultivation in the presence of feeder cell material; (e) removal of the microcolony from the feeder cell material and cultivation of the microcolony until the formation of a monoclonal plant cell line.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical module for a cellular phone having an image sensor comprising a light sensitive upper side for detecting and converting optical signals into electrical signals, an imaging device for imaging the optical signals on the image sensor, and a circuit board comprising an upper side and a lower side electrically and mechanically connected to the image sensor. In order to create a particularly flat optical module, for example for integration into a cellular phone, the invention provides that the circuit board has a recess in which the image sensor is disposed such that a lower side of the image sensor is substantially located at the same height as the lower side of the circuit board.

Abstract: A peptide having an amino acid sequence containing at least eight consecutive amino acids of the human lactoferrin protein or of the bovine lactoferrin protein. The peptide is suitable as a cell-penetrating peptide. A complex of the peptide and a cargo molecule non-covalently bound to the peptide. The cargo molecule may be a nucleic acid, an amino acid, a peptide, a protein, a carbohydrate, a lipid, or a small molecule. A method of penetrating or transfecting a cell using the complex.

Abstract: A process is disclosed which enables the establishing of comprehensive immunoglobulin-specific reaction profiles of subjects with disorders of the immune function by the individual V gene repertoire of Ig-expressing B cells. The process comprises the isolation of B cells from body fluids, the isolation of individual B cells and their genetic material, the amplification of nucleic acids coding the variable regions of an antibody expressed by a B cell, the recombinant preparation of antibodies by expressing the amplificates, and the determination of the binding capability of the recombinant antibody to antigens.

Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine may include a piston head and a piston shaft. The piston shaft may have two shaft walls, one arranged on a pressure side and the other arranged on a counter-pressure side. Two box walls may have pin bosses and connect the shaft walls. Each of the box walls may have a first partial wall section and a second partial wall section. The first partial wall section may extend between the pin boss and the shaft wall arranged on the pressure side. The second partial wall section may extend between the pin boss and the shaft wall arranged on the counter-pressure side. A first longitudinal centre line of the first partial wall section is may be convergent to a second longitudinal centre line of the second partial wall section, wherein the first and second longitudinal centre lines—intersect each other outside the piston.

Abstract: The invention relates to pin bosses (1) of a piston (2) for an internal combustion engine, each comprising a pin bore (3) for supporting a piston pin (14). In order to reduce the tangential stresses in the zenith area of the pin bores and thus to extend the service life of the piston, the inner areas (16) of the pin bores (3) as viewed in the direction of the bore axis (13) have areas on both sides of the zenith (4) that have a greater distance from the bore axis (13) than the zenith (4) of the pin bore (3), and the outer areas (17) of the pin bores (3) as viewed in the direction of the bore axis (13) are transversely oval relative to the piston axis (7).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for washing a vehicle at a vehicle wash facility. At least one wash tool is moved along the vehicle as a function of the contour of the vehicle. In order for effective cleaning of the vehicle to be achieved even if the latter has a complicated contour, the invention proposes that at least one wash tool be moved along the vehicle during a reference run, the movement of the wash tool being controlled manually along at least a partial area of the vehicle, and that the contour of at least the vehicle area in which the movement of the wash tool is controlled manually be stored in the form of contour data on a storage medium, and that the stored contour data be used in a subsequent washing operation in order to control the same vehicle wash facility or a vehicle wash facility of identical construction. Furthermore, a vehicle wash facility is proposed for carrying out the method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fusion proteins comprising anti-Oomycotic proteins or peptides linked to an antibody or fragment thereof specifically recognising an epitope of an Oomycota. The invention is also directed to polynucleotides coding for the fusion proteins. The embodiments of the present invention are particularly useful for the protection of plants against Oomycota. The invention therefore comprises transgenic plants expressing the fusion proteins of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies which bind selectively to hair of animals and an antibody based drug delivery system in which a particular formulation can be directed to animal hair.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical module for a cellular phone having an image sensor comprising a light sensitive upper side for detecting and converting optical signals into electrical signals, an imaging device for imaging the optical signals on the image sensor, and a circuit board comprising an upper side and a lower side electrically and mechanically connected to the image sensor. In order to create a particularly flat optical module, for example for integration into a cellular phone, the invention provides that the circuit board has a recess in which the image sensor is disposed such that a lower side of the image sensor is substantially located at the same height as the lower side of the circuit board.