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Apparatus for selectively shaping phase fronts of a first light beam incident along an optical axis and having a first linear input polarization direction running orthogonal to the optical axis, wherein the apparatus - comprises birefringent optical material (14-17, 26, 33), - delays a first phase of the first light beam differently in different partial areas of the apparatus, and - does not delay a second phase of a second light beam incident along the optical axis and having a second linear input polarization direction orthogonal to the first linear input polarization direction and to the optical axis differently in the different partial areas, - wherein the different partial areas follow to one another in a direction around the optical axis, wherein the birefringent optical material (14-17, 26, 33) is arranged in all or all bar one of the different partial areas, characterized in - that the first phase of the first light beam is delayed differently in at least three different partial areas of the apparatus, wherein the birefringent optical material (14-17, 26, 33) delays the first light beam having the first input polarization direction with regard to its phase to an extent increasing in the direction from partial area to partial area over a round around the optical axis. - comprises birefringent optical material (14-17, 26, 33), - delays a first phase of the first light beam differently in different partial areas of the apparatus, and - does not delay a second phase of a second light beam incident along the optical axis and having a second linear input polarization direction orthogonal to the first linear input polarization direction and to the optical axis differently in the different partial areas, - wherein the different partial areas follow to one another in a direction around the optical axis, wherein the birefringent optical material (14-17, 26, 33) is arranged in all or all bar one of the different partial areas, characterized in - that the first phase of the first light beam is delayed differently in at least three different partial areas of the apparatus, wherein the birefringent optical material (14-17, 26, 33) delays the first light beam having the first input polarization direction with regard to its phase to an extent increasing in the direction from partial area to partial area over a round around the optical axis.
A vacuum pump comprising: a rotor enclosed in a pump case; a rotating shaft fixed to the rotor; a supporting means (10, 11) that rotatably supports the rotating shaft; a driving means that rotates the rotating shaft; and a thread-groove-exhaust-portion stator (18A, 18B) that forms a thread grove exhaust passage between the thread-groove-exhaust-portion stator and an outer circumferential side of or an inner circumferential side of the rotor, wherein a heating portion is provided below the thread-groove-exhaust-portion stator, the heating portion including a heater spacer including a recess, a yoke disposed in the recess, a coil disposed on the yoke, and a heating plate in contact with the thread-groove-exhaust-portion stator and attached to the heater spacer to cover the recess, and a seal means (24, 52) capable of setting the inside of the recess to a pressure that does not cause insulating coating breakage of the coil due to the vacuum electric discharge, wherein the heating portion is configured to heat the yoke and the heating plate with electromagnetic induction heating by feeding an alternating current to the coil. a rotor enclosed in a pump case; a rotating shaft fixed to the rotor; a supporting means (10, 11) that rotatably supports the rotating shaft; a driving means that rotates the rotating shaft; and a thread-groove-exhaust-portion stator (18A, 18B) that forms a thread grove exhaust passage between the thread-groove-exhaust-portion stator and an outer circumferential side of or an inner circumferential side of the rotor, wherein a heating portion is provided below the thread-groove-exhaust-portion stator, the heating portion including a heater spacer including a recess, a yoke disposed in the recess, a coil disposed on the yoke, and a heating plate in contact with the thread-groove-exhaust-portion stator and attached to the heater spacer to cover the recess, and a seal means (24, 52) capable of setting the inside of the recess to a pressure that does not cause insulating coating breakage of the coil due to the vacuum electric discharge, wherein the heating portion is configured to heat the yoke and the heating plate with electromagnetic induction heating by feeding an alternating current to the coil.
Composition comprising or consisting essentially of or consisting of Salbutamol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, an aldosterone receptor antagonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and N Acetyl DL Leucine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in a method of preventing and/or treating one or several ophthalmic disease(s) involving a deterioration of the eye and/or of the visual function, wherein said ophthalmic diseases is(are) selected from the group comprising: age related macular degeneration, uveitis, diabetic retinopathy, and central serous chorio retinopathy.
An actuator for setting and maintaining a desired position of a component such as a rotor blade, a crane tower, a superstructure and the like, having a drive source for adjusting the component via at least two mutually meshing drive elements (6, 7), of which at least one is driven from the drive source and of which the other forms a drive element that is connectable to the component; and having a lubrication apparatus associated with at least one drive element for lubricating the drive elements (6, 7), also in a stationary position, characterized in that at least one lubricant passage is guided through at least one of the drive elements for supplying lubricant to at least one meshing tooth pair and opens into a dedendum region of the drive element, with the lubrication apparatus having a distributor having at least one supply passage that is connectable to the at least one lubricant passage in the at least one drive element, with the drive element being movable relative to the distributor such that the at least one lubricant passage of the at least one drive element is connected to the at least one supply passage of the distributor or is cut off from the at least one named supply passage of the distributor in dependence on the position of the drive element relative to the distributor.
A method of controlling access by a subscriber of a mobile network (15; 25) to a first service in a second network via a gateway node between the mobile network (15; 25) and the second network, the method comprising: receiving, at the gateway node, a request by the subscriber for access to the first service, identifying the subscriber and the requested first service, selecting for the subscriber a second service in the second network and a release condition relating to the second service, the second network being the Internet and the second service being a service provided in the Internet at a location defined by a Uniform Resource Locator, URL, providing the second service to the subscriber, and monitoring the release condition, characterized in that it further comprises: the gateway node sending a service request to an advertisement server over a network element interface for the selection of the second service and the release condition, wherein the second service is provided at a content server different from the advertisement server, redirecting and locking the subscriber to the selected second service and thereby granting access only to the selected second service in the second network, wherein the redirecting and locking includes setting a redirection command by the advertisement server to the gateway node to the -URL, and when the release condition is fulfilled, releasing the locking of the subscriber and granting access to the first service in the second network via the gateway node. receiving, at the gateway node, a request by the subscriber for access to the first service, identifying the subscriber and the requested first service, selecting for the subscriber a second service in the second network and a release condition relating to the second service, the second network being the Internet and the second service being a service provided in the Internet at a location defined by a Uniform Resource Locator, URL, providing the second service to the subscriber, and monitoring the release condition, the gateway node sending a service request to an advertisement server over a network element interface for the selection of the second service and the release condition, wherein the second service is provided at a content server different from the advertisement server, redirecting and locking the subscriber to the selected second service and thereby granting access only to the selected second service in the second network, wherein the redirecting and locking includes setting a redirection command by the advertisement server to the gateway node to the -URL, and when the release condition is fulfilled, releasing the locking of the subscriber and granting access to the first service in the second network via the gateway node.
An optical device (200, 600) comprising an image sensor (220, 620) and a collecting entrance lens (205, 605), the optical device having a predetermined field of view, the optical device further comprising a dynamically configurable light barrier (210, 610) having at least two masking elements, the dynamically configurable light barrier being configured so that at least one of the masking elements can be set in a state in which light passes through, the at least two masking elements being configured so that images acquired by the image sensor when one of the at least two masking elements is configured in a state in which light passes through represent different portions of the predetermined field of view than images acquired by the image sensor when another one of the at least two masking elements is configured in a state in which light passes through, the optical device further comprising a micro-prism array (215, 615), each micro-prism of the micro-prism array being associated with a different masking element, each micro-prism aims at directing light passing through the associated masking element to the image sensor.
Polyamide molding compound comprising - a first semi-crystalline polyamide having a melting point T-1 of at least 200°C, - a second semi-crystalline polyamide having a melting point T-2, which is at least 25°C lower than T-1, wherein the second polyamide is present in an amount of from 10 wt.% to 35 wt.% based on the total weight of the first and second semi-crystalline polyamides, and - a di-functional epoxy resin in an amount such that the molar ratio of the epoxy groups in the di-functional epoxy resin to acid and amine chain end groups in the first and second semi-crystalline polyamides is in the range of 0.05 to 1; wherein the molding compound does not contain any lysine, wherein the melting point is measured by differential scanning calorimetry according to ISO 11 357-3 with a heating rate of 10°C/min. - a first semi-crystalline polyamide having a melting point T-1 of at least 200°C, - a second semi-crystalline polyamide having a melting point T-2, which is at least 25°C lower than T-1, wherein the second polyamide is present in an amount of from 10 wt.% to 35 wt.% based on the total weight of the first and second semi-crystalline polyamides, and - a di-functional epoxy resin in an amount such that the molar ratio of the epoxy groups in the di-functional epoxy resin to acid and amine chain end groups in the first and second semi-crystalline polyamides is in the range of 0.05 to 1; wherein the molding compound does not contain any lysine, wherein the melting point is measured by differential scanning calorimetry according to ISO 11 357-3 with a heating rate of 10°C/min.
A method for preparing a plant-based solid substrate derived from fruit or vegetable seeds, wherein the method comprises: mixing the fruit or vegetable seeds with a caustic agent and water at a pressure of 0-10 bar, to generate a preparation having a pH of about 7.5 to about 10.5; drying the preparation; combining the dried preparation with one or more plant oils to generate a mixture; milling the mixture to obtain ground particles having a size less than about 75 microns; and sieving the particles to yield the solid substrate. mixing the fruit or vegetable seeds with a caustic agent and water at a pressure of 0-10 bar, to generate a preparation having a pH of about 7.5 to about 10.5; drying the preparation; combining the dried preparation with one or more plant oils to generate a mixture; milling the mixture to obtain ground particles having a size less than about 75 microns; and sieving the particles to yield the solid substrate.
A method for the manufacture of a partially transparent thin-layer solar module in a substrate configuration, comprising at least the following steps: - providing a substrate - applying a transparent or opaque back contact layer - applying a photovoltaically active semiconductor layer which is opaque or only very slightly transparent - applying a transparent front contact layer - structuring the layers by means of parallel structuring strips and dividing the coating into individual solar cell strips which are connected in series, characterized in that - defined surface regions (19, 22) are removed from the back contact layer and the semiconductor layer prior to depositing the front contact layer - the removed surface regions (19, 22) are filled in with a transparent or coloured transparent plastic and then the transparent front contact layer is deposited over the transparent and opaque surface regions (19, 22; 21). - providing a substrate - applying a transparent or opaque back contact layer - applying a photovoltaically active semiconductor layer which is opaque or only very slightly transparent - applying a transparent front contact layer - structuring the layers by means of parallel structuring strips and dividing the coating into individual solar cell strips which are connected in series, - defined surface regions (19, 22) are removed from the back contact layer and the semiconductor layer prior to depositing the front contact layer - the removed surface regions (19, 22) are filled in with a transparent or coloured transparent plastic and then the transparent front contact layer is deposited over the transparent and opaque surface regions (19, 22; 21).
Oven, having: - a cooking compartment, - a humidity sensor that is arranged in the cooking compartment, - an air circulation heater (9, 10) with an air circulation fan and a ring heating element and - an air management system for ventilating and/or venting the cooking compartment, - which air management system is configured to control the ventilating and/or venting on the basis of a humidity measurement by the humidity sensor, and - the air management system is configured to control the ventilating and/or venting on the basis of the humidity measurement during a run-on operation of the oven, characterised in that the air management system is configured, - during a first subsection of the run-on operation, to reduce a temperature in the cooking compartment by actuating the air circulation fan without activating the ring heating element, until a predetermined temperature threshold value is reached or fallen below, - when the predetermined temperature threshold value is reached or fallen below, to check whether the humidity content in the cooking compartment is at or above a predetermined humidity threshold value and, if this is the case, - during a second subsection following on from the first subsection, to switch on a cooling fan in order to push fresh air into the cooking compartment until the humidity in the cooking compartment reaches or falls below the predetermined humidity threshold value. - a cooking compartment, - a humidity sensor that is arranged in the cooking compartment, - an air circulation heater (9, 10) with an air circulation fan and a ring heating element and - an air management system for ventilating and/or venting the cooking compartment, - which air management system is configured to control the ventilating and/or venting on the basis of a humidity measurement by the humidity sensor, and - the air management system is configured to control the ventilating and/or venting on the basis of the humidity measurement during a run-on operation of the oven, characterised in that the air management system is configured, - during a first subsection of the run-on operation, to reduce a temperature in the cooking compartment by actuating the air circulation fan without activating the ring heating element, until a predetermined temperature threshold value is reached or fallen below, - when the predetermined temperature threshold value is reached or fallen below, to check whether the humidity content in the cooking compartment is at or above a predetermined humidity threshold value and, if this is the case, - during a second subsection following on from the first subsection, to switch on a cooling fan in order to push fresh air into the cooking compartment until the humidity in the cooking compartment reaches or falls below the predetermined humidity threshold value.
A method of obtaining an ultrasound perfusion image of tissues perfused with blood containing microbubbles, the method comprising: transmitting a single unfocused plane wave beam (32, 52) of microbubble-destroying ultrasound into the tissues by means of an ultrasound scanhead having a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array (30, 50, 112) of transducer elements, wherein for generating the unfocused plane wave beam (32, 52) no delays are used between different transducer elements of the transducer array (30, 50, 112), the unfocused plane wave beam (32, 52) encompassing a first area of the tissues, the microbubble-destroying ultrasound having an intensity that is sufficient to destroy all of the microbubbles in the tissues that are insonified by the microbubble-destroying ultrasound; repetitively transmitting a plurality of beams of imaging ultrasound into the tissues, each beam of imaging ultrasound having a second area that is smaller than the first area, the imaging ultrasound having an intensity that is insufficient to destroy microbubbles in the tissues that are insonified by the imaging ultrasound; receiving reflections from each of the transmitted imaging ultrasound beams in respective receive beams, each of the receive beams having a third area that is smaller than the first area; and processing the received reflections over a sufficient period to allow reperfusion of the tissues to provide an ultrasound perfusion image. transmitting a single unfocused plane wave beam (32, 52) of microbubble-destroying ultrasound into the tissues by means of an ultrasound scanhead having a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array (30, 50, 112) of transducer elements, wherein for generating the unfocused plane wave beam (32, 52) no delays are used between different transducer elements of the transducer array (30, 50, 112), the unfocused plane wave beam (32, 52) encompassing a first area of the tissues, the microbubble-destroying ultrasound having an intensity that is sufficient to destroy all of the microbubbles in the tissues that are insonified by the microbubble-destroying ultrasound; repetitively transmitting a plurality of beams of imaging ultrasound into the tissues, each beam of imaging ultrasound having a second area that is smaller than the first area, the imaging ultrasound having an intensity that is insufficient to destroy microbubbles in the tissues that are insonified by the imaging ultrasound; receiving reflections from each of the transmitted imaging ultrasound beams in respective receive beams, each of the receive beams having a third area that is smaller than the first area; and processing the received reflections over a sufficient period to allow reperfusion of the tissues to provide an ultrasound perfusion image.
A method for rate matching in a communications system, comprising: obtaining a starting position k 0 (i) of an output bit sequence in a low-density parity-check, LDPC, coded block, wherein the output bit sequence is a redundancy version for an i th transmission; and determining the output bit sequence in the coded block based on a length E(i) of the output bit sequence and the starting position k 0 (i), wherein the coded block is stored in a circular buffer, i is an integer greater than or equal to 0, a value of k 0 (i) is p k, p k is one of { p 0, p 1, p 2,..., p k max - 1}, 0≤p k <N CB, p k is an integer, k is an integer, 0≤ k<k max, N CB is the size of the coded block, and k max is an integer greater than or equal to 4, and wherein differences between adjacent values in { p 0, p 1, p 2,..., p k max -1} are different; characterized in that p m+1 is a demarcation point, where k max -m-2 values after p m+1 are set in a manner in which differences between adjacent values are in ascending order and p m + 2 − p m + 1 < p m + 3 − p m + 2, 0≤ m<k max -3. obtaining a starting position k 0 (i) of an output bit sequence in a low-density parity-check, LDPC, coded block, wherein the output bit sequence is a redundancy version for an i th transmission; and determining the output bit sequence in the coded block based on a length E(i) of the output bit sequence and the starting position k 0 (i), wherein the coded block is stored in a circular buffer, i is an integer greater than or equal to 0, a value of k 0 (i) is p k, p k is one of { p 0, p 1, p 2,..., p k max - 1}, 0≤p k <N CB, p k is an integer, k is an integer, 0≤ k<k max, N CB is the size of the coded block, and k max is an integer greater than or equal to 4, and wherein differences between adjacent values in { p 0, p 1, p 2,..., p k max -1} are different; characterized in that p m+1 is a demarcation point, where k max -m-2 values after p m+1 are set in a manner in which differences between adjacent values are in ascending order and p m + 2 − p m + 1 < p m + 3 − p m + 2, 0≤ m<k max -3.