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It is the task of the following invention to indicate a method for the construction of a class of one way-functions. One-way functions are fundamental tools for cryptography, personal identification, authentication, universal hashing and other data security applications (i.e. the password-problem). Beside the use for authentication, the implementation of one-way functions in conditional access systems and payment systems is possible. For Internet applications the one-way functions can be used for generate session-IDs.

The DMIR system is both a process and a device for recording the tire state as forces, inflation and others, especially for pneumatic radial tires. During the process, the current rolling condition of the tire is measured and compared with condition data records that were prepared with a number of preliminary calculations, measurements, and/or test results and then saved in a database. This process is suitable for the determination of interior tire pressure, wheel speed, normal and tangential forces, tire stability, state of wear, and the friction coefficients and will support interior pressure and vehicle stability control systems.

Scientists from Goethe University Frankfurt am Main synthesized the isolable ion-like silylium compound tBu3Si-F-Al(OC(CF3)3)3. The compound represents one of the strongest Lewis acids and acts as supersilylium cation source in solution. Additionally, it exhibits improved solid-state stability in comparison to similar compounds.

A new method for biological hydrogen storage uses parts of the natural metabolism of acetic acid bacteria to convert hydrogen and carbon dioxide into formic acid. Additionally, the newly developed technology can be used to remove toxic carbon monoxide from hydrogen containing gas mixtures (e.g. synthesis gas) and to convert it to carbon dioxide, and consequently into formic acid.

Researchers from Goethe University and the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt have developed new functionalized nanomembranes as smart transmission electron microscopy support films. These nanomembranes facilitate and accelerate structure analysis by enabling in situ separation/ isolation of tagged biomolecules from raw mixtures.

According to the invention the approach of an easy risk assessment of patients with diagnosed cardiac insufficiency is based on the measurement of concentration of a pro-tein in whole blood called MD-2 by using the ELISA-technology. ELISA (Enzyme-Linked-Immunosorbent-Assay) is a common and standardized immunological assay for the detection of specific molecules in body liq-uids. It is well known that for cardiac degen-eration the activation of toll-like receptor-4 (TLR 4) is important. TLR 4 and MD-2 then form a receptor complex.
By the additional use of MD-2 biomarker to the “gold-standard” biomarker BNP for risk stratification of cardiac insufficiency, an in-crease of sensitivity and specificity regarding to the long-term survival can be realized. The used biomarker for this assay, is a MD-2 protein (also called LY96) which relates to the group of so-called “Immune response receptors”.