The invention provides a detection system for ionizing radiation, a method of manufacturing a detection system for ionizing radiation, a method of detecting ionizing radiation, a detection chamber for detecting ionizing radiation by liquid scintillation counting, and a method of detecting ionizing radiation by liquid scintillation counting. The detection system for ionizing radiation comprises a detector with a detection surface. The detector is configured to detect ionizing radiation that is incident on the detection surface. An adsorption layer is provided on said detection surface, the adsorption layer being configured to bind target particles, wherein the target particles are radioactive atoms or molecules.
A measurement apparatus is proposed for detecting the degree of crystallization of a medium and/or for detecting the disperse surface in the medium, the measurement apparatus comprising a radiation source for emitting primary radiation into the medium, in particular a light source, wherein the primary radiation is transmitted in a primary beam direction and emerges from the radiation source, wherein the radiation source is configured to radiate the primary radiation into the medium in such a way that a spatially restricted measurement volume is provided in order to generate secondary radiation in the measurement volume, and a radiation receiver for receiving at least some of the secondary radiation generated in the measurement volume, wherein the radiation receiver is located outside the primary beam direction and wherein the radiation receiver is configured to receive and transmit the secondary radiation and/or to output an output signal.
G01N 21/49 - Dispersion, c.-à-d. réflexion diffuse dans un corps ou dans un fluide
G01N 21/53 - Dispersion, c.-à-d. réflexion diffuse dans un corps ou dans un fluide dans un courant de fluide, p. ex. dans la fumée
G01N 21/84 - Systèmes spécialement adaptés à des applications particulières
G01N 21/85 - Analyse des fluides ou solides granulés en mouvement
G01N 15/00 - Recherche de caractéristiques de particulesRecherche de la perméabilité, du volume des pores ou de l'aire superficielle effective de matériaux poreux
The invention provides a detection system for ionizing radiation, a method of manufacturing a detection system for ionizing radiation, a method of detecting ionizing radiation, a detection chamber for detecting ionizing radiation by liquid scintillation counting, and a method of detecting ionizing radiation by liquid scintillation counting. The detection system for ionizing radiation comprises a detector with a detection surface. The detector is configured to detect ionizing radiation that is incident on the detection surface. An adsorption layer is provided on said detection surface, the adsorption layer being configured to bind target particles, wherein the target particles are radioactive atoms or molecules.
The invention relates to a device and a method for measuring scattered light, in particular Raman-scattered, fluorescent and/or phosphorescent light, which can in particular be used for turbid and clear fluid media and transparent or slightly turbid solids, and to the use thereof for monitoring the outflow at sewage treatment plants or other sewage. The device comprises: a light source (44) for generating a primary light beam (42) for irradiation into the medium (10) to be examined along a beam axis (18) of the primary light beam (42) in order to excite the scattering of light in the medium (10), in particular Raman scattering, fluorescence and/or phosphorescence, by way of the primary light beam (42) along the beam axis (18) so that the medium (10) emits secondary light in a secondary light spectrum due to the scattering of light along the beam axis (18); a probe assembly (50) for receiving and transmitting the secondary light emitted along the beam axis (18), wherein the probe assembly (50) comprises a plurality of optical waveguides (52) which extend at their light entry points (54) transversely to the beam axis (18) of the primary light beam (42) and are arranged next to one another in a row (56) along the beam axis (18); and a detector device (70) for detecting the secondary light collected by the plurality of optical waveguides (52) and supplied to the detector device (70).
The invention relates to a spectrometer apparatus, in particular a Raman spectrometer apparatus, a fluorescence spectrometer apparatus and/or an absorption spectrometer apparatus, a method for spectral analysis of a secondary light spectrum, in particular a Raman spectrum, a fluorescence spectrum and/or an absorption spectrum, and uses of such a spectrometer apparatus and the method. The spectrometer apparatus, in particular for Raman, fluorescence and/or absorption spectrometry comprises: a light source for generating primary light for illuminating a specimen so as to excite Raman scattering, fluorescence and/or absorption in the specimen by way of the primary light so that the specimen emits a secondary light spectrum, the secondary light spectrum being generated by Raman scattering of the primary light in the specimen, by fluorescence in the specimen and/or by absorption in the specimen; an optical system for projecting an emission region of the secondary light from the specimen; an optical filter, which filters the secondary light projected by the optical system; a control device for controlling the optical filter; a detector device which detects the secondary light filtered by the optical filter, the optical filter being formed as a variable optical filter in such a way that the wavelengths of the secondary light allowed to pass through to the detector device by the optical filter can be selected by means of controlling the variable optical filter by the control device.
G01N 21/31 - CouleurPropriétés spectrales, c.-à-d. comparaison de l'effet du matériau sur la lumière pour plusieurs longueurs d'ondes ou plusieurs bandes de longueurs d'ondes différentes en recherchant l'effet relatif du matériau pour les longueurs d'ondes caractéristiques d'éléments ou de molécules spécifiques, p. ex. spectrométrie d'absorption atomique
The invention relates to a Raman measurement system, which is particularly designed for a low light output, comprising a light source for providing coherent light, in particular a laser having an output power of less than 100 mW. The invention furthermore comprises a Raman detector for detecting the intensity of a scatter radiation back-scattered from a sample, an optical boundary, wherein the optical boundary is permeable in part, or wherein the optical boundary has a reflective region and a transmissive region, wherein the optical boundary is designed and arranged to receive the coherent light of the light source on a first side of the optical boundary and, in the further beam trajectory, to align the coherent light on the sample from the optical boundary in order to produce the scatter radiation, and furthermore to receive the scatter radiation on the same side of the optical boundary and, in the further beam trajectory, to direct the scatter radiation to the detector.
The invention relates to a method and to a plant for producing depleted liquid, in particular ion-depleted drinking water, from a primary liquid, such as sea water, for example. The method comprises the steps of supplying the primary liquid into a crystallizer, cooling the primary liquid in the crystallizer such that the primary liquid in the crystallizer is cooled to the range of a phase transition temperature of the primary liquid or below, and at least partially transitioning the primary liquid into the solid phase to produce primary ice in the crystallizer, and compressing the primary ice to separate an enriched carrier liquid (14) from the depleted liquid.
DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V. (Allemagne)
Inventeur(s)
Herter, Alexander
Schmidt, Volkmar M.
Drillet, Jean-Francois
Abrégé
The present invention relates to a method for producing an alkaline polymer electrolyte membrane for galvanic elements, polymer electrolyte membranes produced in this way and galvanic elements containing said polymer electrolyte membranes and to the use of these polymer electrolyte membranes in metal/air cells, metal/metal oxide cells, metal/metal hydride cells, and alkaline fuel cells, for example.
C08J 3/03 - Production de solutions, dispersions, latex ou gel par d'autres procédés que ceux utilisant les techniques de polymérisation en solution, en émulsion ou en suspension dans un milieux aqueux
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COMPOUNDS FOR THE MODULATION OF HUNTINGTIN AGGREGATION, METHODS AND MEANS FOR IDENTIFYING SUCH COMPOUNDS
MAX-DELBRÜCK-CENTRUM FÜR MOLEKURALE MEDIZIN (MDC) (Allemagne)
Inventeur(s)
Kioschis-Schneider, Petra
Hafner, Mathias
Ammerschläger, Manuel
Ritz, Sandra
Holloschi, Andreas
Wanker, Erich, E.
Abrégé
The present invention relates to tetranortriterpenoid compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are provided for use in the treatment, diagnosis and/or prevention of trinucleotide repeat disorders (like a polyglutamine diseases, e.g Huntingdon's disease), amyloid diseases, neurodegenerative disease, protein misfolding diseases or tumors. The tetranortriterpenoid compounds of the present invention are further provided for the reduction and/or inhibition of the aggregation of amyloidogenic proteins, preferably of polyglutamine proteins (such as huntingtin) as well as for increasing proteasome activity. The present invention furthermore relates to nucleic acids, comprising the nucleotide sequences of two huntingtin fragments, as well as to cells and kits, which are useful in methods for assessing the aggregation of huntingtin and in methods for identifying compounds, which modulate the aggregation of huntingtin.
C07K 14/47 - Peptides ayant plus de 20 amino-acidesGastrinesSomatostatinesMélanotropinesLeurs dérivés provenant d'animauxPeptides ayant plus de 20 amino-acidesGastrinesSomatostatinesMélanotropinesLeurs dérivés provenant d'humains provenant de vertébrés provenant de mammifères
C12N 15/12 - Gènes codant pour des protéines animales
C12N 5/10 - Cellules modifiées par l'introduction de matériel génétique étranger, p. ex. cellules transformées par des virus
A61P 25/00 - Médicaments pour le traitement des troubles du système nerveux
A61K 31/00 - Préparations médicinales contenant des ingrédients actifs organiques
A61K 31/352 - Composés hétérocycliques ayant l'oxygène comme seul hétéro-atome d'un cycle, p. ex. fungichromine ayant des cycles à six chaînons avec un oxygène comme seul hétéro-atome d'un cycle condensés avec des carbocycles, p. ex. cannabinols, méthanthéline
A61K 31/58 - Composés contenant des systèmes cycliques du cyclopenta[a]hydrophénanthrèneLeurs dérivés, p. ex. stéroïdes contenant des hétérocycles, p. ex. danazol, stanozolol, pancuronium ou digitogénine
The invention relates to a sensor having a conductor arrangement and an intervening dielectric to detect local sensor impedances in response to external forces. The conductor arrangement comprises elongate conductor strips between which the intervening dielectric is arranged as a compressible insulating medium.
G01L 1/14 - Mesure des forces ou des contraintes, en général en mesurant les variations de la capacité ou de l'inductance des éléments électriques, p. ex. en mesurant les variations de fréquence des oscillateurs électriques
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POLYNUCLEOTIDES FOR ENHANCING EXPRESSION OF A POLYNUCLEOTIDE OF INTEREST
The present invention relates to polynucleotides comprising a first nucleic acid sequence for a chromatin element, which is capable of enhancing expression, and at least one second nucleic acid sequence comprising a curved origin motif. Furthermore, the invention relates to a host cell, a non-human transgenic organism, a vector and a kit comprising the aforementioned polynucleotide. Moreover, the invention relates to methods for expressing a polynucleotide of interest.
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