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Method for production of a mechanical stable and flexible polymer based ion conducting solid state polymer electrolyte membrane for the use in lithium based accumulators.

The invention describes a combined electricity generation and storage system, preferably based on renewable burnable gases e.g. from biogas plants or biomass gasification.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disorder based on the loss of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) genes. The severity of the disease is inversely correlated with the copy number of the main disease modifying gene SMN2.
In rare cases, siblings of SMA patients do not show SMA, although they carry exactly the same SMN1 and SMN2 gene status as their SMA affected relatives. So other genetic factors are able to fully protect homozygously SMN1-deleted individuals from developing SMA. The inventors found that this phenomenon might be caused by the overexpression of plastin 3, an actin-bundling protein, and/or low expression levels of the calcium sensing protein neurocalcin delta (NCALD). In vitro and in vivo studies show that inhibitors of neurocalcin delta (NCALD) are suitable for treating and preventing such disorders in a patient. Said inhibitors are, likewise, effective tools for in vitro neuronal differentiation and maturation, and restoration of impaired endocytosis.

Light-sheet-based fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) is a powerful method to analyze 3D living or fixed biological samples – such as cell cultures, embryos, or tissue – with high temporal resolution. The novel sampling device facilitates high-throughput LSFM measurements without loss of imaging quality.

Light-sheet-based fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) is a powerful method to analyze 3D living or fixed biological samples – such as cell cultures, embryos, or tissue – with high temporal resolution. An advanced method has been developed to minimize negative effects due to bleaching and light-induced stress. Additionally, it is suited for larger sample sizes.

In orthodontics, there is a multitude of intraoral devices and wires that can be activated by bending. However, due to restricted access, wire bending is often difficult if not impossible, especially in the palatine region and lingual of the mandible. Moreover, in many cases mirror-inverted pliers would be necessary for respective bending on the other side of the oral cavity. So far, there are no orthodontic pliers available, that enable ergonomic wire bending on both sides of the oral cavity. The present invention solves this problem by connecting the two handles with an olong hole system. According to the invention, the one-prong branch can be swiveled to the other side of the two-prong branch, thus allowing mirror-inverted application. A locking mechanism is activated when the pliers are closed to prevent accidental shifting of the branches. Another aspect of the invention is an convenient working angle between branches and handle, which facilitates intraoral application. A design model is available for demonstration.