Abstract: The present invention concerns a pharmaceutical composition where a checkpoint inhibitor is combined with an oncolytic virus and the use of said combination for the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: An apparatus for downmixing a multi-channel signal having at least two channels, has: a downmixer for calculating a downmix signal from the multi-channel signal, wherein the downmixer is configured to calculate the downmix using an absolute phase compensation, so that a channel having a lower energy among the at least two channels is only rotated or is rotated stronger than a channel having a greater energy in calculating the downmix signal; and an output interface for generating an output signal, the output signal having information on the downmix signal.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor component includes: deposition of a polysilicon layer on a substrate, deposition of a precursor layer on the polysilicon layer, and deposition of a protective layer on the precursor layer. A crystalline transformation occurs in the precursor layer at a first temperature to form an electrode layer. The layers are patterned to form an electrode stack, and the polysilicon layer is oxidized at a second temperature such that no crystalline transformation occurs in the electrode layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a production method for a semiconductor component, with a substrate (1) and an electrode stack (7, 9′, 11′, 13), comprising a polysilicon electrode layer (7) and a tungsten-containing electrode layer (9′) arranged thereon.

Abstract: The present connecting rod assembly has a configuration of a substantially parallel sided elongate member, and a pair of rod bolts positioned for fastening the cap to the elongate member disposed at a splayed angle with the longitudinal axis so as to decrease side-to-side movement of the connecting rod cap. The invention further includes electrochemically processing the aluminum alloy connecting rod components in order to form an aluminum oxide matrix on the surface, and sealing the interstitial cavities of the matrix with an inert fluoropolymer to thus provide a composite layer providing added surface hardness and lubricity in order to decrease seizing and deformation of the connecting rod during use.

Abstract: In a method for detecting the rotational angle (.alpha.) of a rotatable shaft, in which two sinusoidal signals are generated by rotation of the shaft, the signals having a phase shift of 90.degree. with respect to one another, and being standardized, and in which the signal values of the two signals are measured at the desired rotational angle (.alpha.), the following provisions are made:a) the signal values that are larger than the standardized maximum value or smaller than the standardized minimum value are limited to the maximum or minimum values;b) from the value of the measured signals, the quadrant is determined in which the desired angle (.alpha.) is located;c) depending on the sign of the respective curve slope, the sign of the signal value is changed or retained;d) the adapted signal values thus obtained are added to produce a first sum (S);e) the following equation is valid for the angle difference (.beta.) between the middle of the determined quadrant and the desired angle (.alpha.

Abstract: A cable window winder, particularly for installation in motor vehicles, which has at least one guide rail with a slide element guided therein and connectable with the window pane, at least one holding angle (3) connected to the guide rail and supporting at least one guide pulley (31), as well as fastening means (32) for fitting the cable window winder. According to the invention one of the fastening means (32) is mounted in the rotary axis of the guide pulley (31) and is connected directly to the metal vehicle plate.

Abstract: A solar module including an outer pane adapted to face solar radiation after its installation, a carrier panel of clear, transparent material, such as silicate glass of at least partially transparent material arranged at a distance from the outer pane and a solar energy conversion device located between the outer pane and the carrier panel, is provided with a decorative glass pane with a number of crack planes running essentially vertical to the module plane. The decorative pane may be disposed between the outer pane and the conversion device or between the carrier panel and the solar conversion device without reducing the electrical output of the solar conversion device.

Abstract: In a structural element, in particular a facade element with an outside plate sandwich, in which solar cells are arranged between an outer plate and an inner plate, and with another internal plate, which is provided at a distance from the plate sandwich by means of a spacing frame defining the interior, the solar cells are embedded in a layer of casting resin; furthermore, the inner plate recedes in its dimensions in the region of at least one edge at least partially with respect to the corresponding edge of the outer plate and forms thus a recess that also reaches over the layer of casting resin and through which the necessary electrical lines are guided, whereby the recess in the direction of the interior of the structural element is covered by the spacing frame. As an alternative, the outer plate can recede with respect to the inner plate.

Abstract: In a structural element, in particular a facade element with an outside plate sandwich, in which solar cells are arranged between an outer plate and an inner plate, and with another internal plate, which is provided at a distance from the plate sandwich by means of a spacing frame defining the interior, the solar cells are embedded in a layer of casting resin; furthermore, the inner plate recedes in its dimensions in the region of at least one edge at least partially with respect to the corresponding edge of the outer plate and forms thus a recess that also reaches over the layer of casting resin and through which the necessary electrical lines are guided, whereby the recess in the direction of the interior of the structural element is covered by the spacing frame. As an alternative, the outer plate can recede with respect to the inner plate.

Abstract: A device for controlling the output speed of a motor of a ring spinning machine, a ring twisting machine and the like in case of replacing travelers of such machines includes a speed setter for the motor and a potentiometer which is operatively connected with the speed setter to limit the output speed of the motor for allowing breaking in of replaced travelers. The potentiometer is further coupled with a speeding-up unit which is e.g. a stepper motor and which over a selected period of time increases the limited output speed to the normal operating level by automatically resetting the slider of the potentiometer from one end position to another end position.

Abstract: An immersible heater for an aquarium includes a waterproof, heat-resisting, flat plastic case which is tripartitioned in its interior, one chamber holding a flat coil carrier bonded or welded to the case; an upper chamber contains a leaf spring actuated by a bimetallic element; these chambers are separated by a thermally isolating chamber. The bias of the bimetallic actuator is adjusted by a sealed feedthrough screw. Current flow through the heating coil is indicated by a lamp covered with a thinner wall portion of the case. The front of the case carries heat-dissipating and -stiffening ribs; the rear of the case carries suction cups.

Abstract: An aquarium heater includes a tubular glass housing provided with a temperature control circuit in the upper part thereof for switching on and off a heating element disposed in the lower part of the housing and comprising an elongated non-metallic support tube on which a helical resistance heating wire is wound. A temperature responsive bimetallic breaker switch enclosed in a metallic housing is coupled within a feed line to the heating wire and is located in the interior of the support tube slightly below the upper end thereof and extends within a number of turns of the heating wire, with length of the breaker switch representing a small fraction of the length of the support tube.

Abstract: A temperature control device for use with an aquarium heater, including a control housing, a first contact fastened to the control housing, a second contact responsive to the temperature responsive movement of a bimetallic strip maintained at the control housing and movable between a closed position wherein the second contact abuts the first contact and an open position wherein the second contact is separated from the first contact, a plate spring, the second contact fastened at the free end of the plate spring and with the plate spring mounted on the control housing and movable through an unstable intermediate position between a first stable position wherein the contacts lie abuting one another and a second stable position wherein the contacts are separated from one another, and the plate spring abuting a stop on the control housing and with the bimetallic strip abuting the plate spring and moving the plate spring in response to temperature changes between the first and second positions.

Abstract: The supply magazine and the collector magazine are arranged on opposite sides of the camera exposure station, with a transport conveying one film sheet in each instance via a removal slot of the supply magazine. The transport is coupled with a slide which is movable parallel to the film plane between the supply magazine and the camera exposure station. There is coupled to the slide a tang which conveys the film sheet disposed in the exposure station into the collector magazine. The illustrated sheet film camera is adapted to use in medical examination apparatus, and particularly for rapid sequence recording of images displayed on a fluorescent screen.

Abstract: An inorganic fluorescent pigment for use in artificial teeth is provided and a method for producing the same, the pigment having the formula(X.sup.. SE+A.sup.. Ce+B.sup.. Tb+C.sup.. Mn).sub.2 O.sub.3.sup.. SiO.sub.2whereinSe is at least one of the elements yttrium, gadolinium and lanthanum,Ce is cerium,Tb is terbium,Mn is manganese,A is of from 2 to 10 mol percent,B is of from 2 to 10 mol percent,C is of from 0.5 to 2.5 mol percent,X is 100 -(A+B+C) mol percent.In artificial teeth a product is useful with a particle size according to the Coulter-Counter method of5 percent of from 0.85 to 1.35 .mu.m,50 percent of from 2.4 to 4.1 .mu.m and95 percent of from 7.8 to 18.0 .mu.m.The pigment may be produced by heating a mixture of the SE, Ce- and SiO.sub.2 compounds at a temperature of above 1000.degree. C., grinding the resulting product, mixing it with Tb and Mn compounds and heating it again at a temperature of above 1000.degree. C. in a reducing atmosphere.

Abstract: An aquarium heater including an elongated heater element including an insulating member and a wire heater extending from one end of the insulating member to the other end of the insulating member and with an outer sheath of insulating material having open and closed ends for enclosing the heater element at the closed end and having an inner dimension larger than the outer dimension of the heater element and with a pair of spacer members disposed individually at each end of the insulating member of the heater element for spacing the heater element from the inner surface of the outer sheath and with the spacer members including means for retaining the ends of the wire heater in fixed positions at each end of the insulating member and with a resilient sealing element disposed from the open end of the sheath to seal the heater element in the closed end of the sheath and with the sealing element including grooves for passing electrical wires for supplying electrical energy to the wire heater.