Abstract: The invention relates to a method for locally determining at least one characteristic value of a battery cell, wherein time series of voltages and time or another measure of a state-of-health indicator of a cell are supplied to a further neural network, wherein the further neural network is a network designed for sequence-to-sequence deep learning, and for obtaining a second indicator from the further neural network, wherein the second indicator is a further measure for the expected degradation of the cell. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method.

Abstract: Method for making surface water drinkable, which method is aimed at reducing the suspended matter content, turbidity, organic matter content and colour of the water, and is characterised in that it comprises: ?a step of nanofiltering the water (2) through at least one nanofiltration membrane (2) which has a breakdown capacity between 800 Da and 2000 Da, preferably between 800 and 1000 Da, the nanofiltration step leading to the acquisition of a permeate (7) and a concentrate (5), ?wherein the nanofiltration step is carried out with a conversion rate greater than 95%, ?the method being carried out without any step of adding an anti-scaling agent or any step of remineralising the permeate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for enhancing N-acetylglucosamine production by usage of a recombinant Bacillus subtilis with a glcK knockout. This invention enhanced the production of GlcNAc by knocking out the glcK gene which encodes a glucokinase, thus eliminating the GlcNAc phosphorylation to GlcNAc-6-P. The specific growth rate and content of GlcNAc in the supernatant of the recombinant Bacillus subtilis with the glcK knockout were 0.15 h?1 and 3.0 g/L, respectively, which were 2.32 times and 2.14 times of those of the control strain without glcK knockout. The recombinant Bacillus subtilis of the present invention would be potentially useful for industrial production of GlcNAc.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for enhancing N-acetylglucosamine production by usage of a recombinant Bacillus subtilis with a glcK knockout. This invention enhanced the production of GlcNAc by knocking out the glcK gene which encodes a glucokinase, thus eliminating the GlcNAc phosphorylation to GlcNAc-6-P. The specific growth rate and content of GlcNAc in the supernatant of the recombinant Bacillus subtilis with the glcK knockout were 0.15 h?1 and 3.0 g/L, respectively, which were 2.32 times and 2.14 times of those of the control strain without glcK knockout. The recombinant Bacillus subtilis of the present invention would be potentially useful for industrial production of GlcNAc.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel genes mediating the carbon catabolite repression (CCR) of gluconeogenic genes. Furthermore, the polypeptides encoded by said genes as well as the use of said genes in a process for the production of a target fermentation product is provided. Processes for generating such microorganisms are also provided by the present invention. The invention is also related to a genetically engineered microorganism and its use for the production of a target fermentation product, wherein the gluconeogenic genes are relieved from CCR within said microorganism.

Abstract: There is provided a method for the activation of a fuel cell. An exemplary method comprises operating the fuel cell entirely or partially at least briefly in an electrolysis regimen during galvanic operation.

Abstract: There is provided a method for the activation of a fuel cell. An exemplary method comprises operating the fuel cell entirely or partially at least briefly in an electrolysis regimen during galvanic operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to microorganisms and methods for producing at least one sulfur-containing compound.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel genes mediating the carbon catabolite repression (CCR) of gluconeogenic genes. Furthermore, the polypeptides encoded by said genes as well as the use of said genes in a process for the production of a target fermentation product is provided. Processes for generating such microorganisms are also provided by the present invention. The invention is also related to a genetically engineered microorganism and its use for the production of a target fermentation product, wherein the gluconeogenic genes are relieved from CCR within said microorganism.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a target fermentation product comprising cultivation of an aerobic microorganism to produce such product, wherein in the microorganism the efficiency of the respiratory chain is increased, transformed and novel nucleotide sequences.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an ethanol producing, xylose utilizing strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae comprising genes for overexpression of xylose reductase, xylitol dehydrogenase and xylulokinase, wherein in addition to said genes for production o phosphoacetyltransferase, and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase are introduced and optionally overexpressed.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a target fermentation product comprising cultivation of an aerobic microorganism to produce such product, wherein in the microorganism the effi-ciency of the respiratory chain is increased, transformed microorganisms and novel nuc-leotide sequences.

Abstract: Plasmid vectors for expression in Caenorhabditis elegans harbouring a heat inducible promoter nucleotide sequence, a synthetic intron nucleotide sequence optionally containing a Shine-Dalgarno sequence for efficient shuttling between C. elegans and E. coli, optionally a nucleotide sequence coding for a nuclear localisation signal or secretion signal, a nucleotide sequence coding for a recognisable tag, optionally a nucleotide sequence coding for a fluorescent protein, a nucleotide sequence coding for a protease cleavage site, a multiple cloning site containing a nucleotide sequence coding for an eukaryotic, such as human, protein or a nucleic acid molecule and a nucleotide sequence coding for termination of translation, are described. Methods of particularly large scale production of eukaryotic, such as human, proteins and nucleic acid molecules in nematodes are also described. The methods comprise injection one or several different plasmid vectors into the gonad of C.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (2) for determining the density of an electrolyte (4). Said device (2) comprises at least two immersion tubes (9, 10) provided with an open orifice (52) and immerging at different depths in the electrolyte (4), whereby said immersion tubes can be respectively filled with gas to a depth (21, 22) which is allocated thereto and each tube has a different gas depth (d) with respect to the other. A least one differential pressure sensor (16) is used to define the difference in pressure inside the immersion tubes (9, 10). An electrode (11, 19) is respectively provided inside the immersion tubes (9, 10), whereby said electrode is connected to a voltage source (5, 35) in order to produce the required depth (21, 22) of gas so that said immersion tubes (9, 10) can be filled therewith upon contact with the electrolyte(4).

Abstract: In a process for the partial desalination of water, especially of drinking water, with a mixture of weakly acid cation exchangers and strongly basic anion exchangers, whereby the charged ion exchangers are regenerated by CO.sub.2 -containing water, if required, with the addition of CaCO.sub.3, CaCO.sub.3 /MgO, Ca(OH).sub.2 or the like. Simultaneous with the partial desalination, the organic carbon compounds present in the water are reduced, whereby the charged ion exchangers are intermittently regenerated with HCl, NaCl, NaOH, or a mixture of NaCl and NaOH.

Abstract: A dental apparatus is provided with a group of standard preparation instruments that are held in deposit devices having sensors allocated to each device to determine the configuration and deposit condition of the preparation instrument in the deposit device, the apparatus has a second group of non-preparation instruments which include image-acquiring instruments for diagnostic purposes. Both instrument groups or types share a personal computer with a keyboard and a monitor in common through one interface data where the instrument-related functions can be read in and read out so that the installed program of the personal computer is activated dependent on the particular instrument being used.