1. Salazar, Jaime; Müller, Rainer H.; Möschwitzer, Jan P., (2009), “Systematic investigationto establish optimal process parameters for a novel particle size reduction method”, AnnualMeeting of the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG), Jena/Germany, September 28 –October 1, 2009. Poster presentation, abstract C48, booklet page 45. 2. Salazar, Jaime; Ghanem, Antoine; Müller, Rainer H...

Fluorescent foils are used with silicon photodiodes for large-area detection of objects, when combined with lasers forming a light curtain. An object entering the detection area penetrates the light curtain and casts shadows onto the fluorescent foils. Using a simple mathematical algorithm, the position of the object is detected with high speed. The device is suitable for security applications ...

After mechanical harvesting of 'Concord' grapes was totally implemented, the most time-consuming vineyard operation in Arkansas became pruning. Grape producers complain of decreasing availability of qualified labor for pruning and tieing, and feel that pruning should be the next operation mechanized. Single and double curtain vines were established in a 14-year-old vineyard at the Main Station,...

MARC HENSEL ROLF-RAINER GRIGAT Hamburg University of Technology Institute for Vision Systems Harburger Schloßstraße 2

MARC HENSEL ROLF-RAINER GRIGAT Hamburg University of Technology Institute for Vision Systems Harburger Schloßstraße 2

Editorial Hepcidin: inflammation's iron curtain Rheumatologists and their patients are the beneficiaries of a recently identified peptide, hepcidin (Table 1). Isolated from human urine and plasma in the year 2000 [1, 2], hepcidin appears to be the long-sought iron-regulatory hormone responsible for the anaemia of chronic disease [3, 4]. It is more than that: it is an acute-phase reactant, respo...