The present invention relates to chimeric neurotrophic factors which comprise at least a portion of a naturally occurring cellular factor and a portion of at least one other molecule such that the resulting chimeric molecule has neurotrophic activity. It is based, in part, on the discovery that chimeric molecules comprising portions of both NGF and BDNF are likely to possess neurotrotrophic activi...

Method for sulphate removal from concentrated MgCl2 solutions, where the solution is subjected to a high pressure nanofiltration process applying membranes having a dominantly negative surface charge.

A method and system are provided for eroding or ablating a shaped volume of an eye's corneal tissue (10) in accordance with the treatment of a specified eye condition. To determine the laser beam shot pattern, a plurality of laser beam shots of uniform intensity are first selected to form a uniform shot pattern of uniform shot density. The laser beam shots applied in accordance with the uniform sh...

An inspection method including the steps of providing a patterned object to be inspected and compared with a reference, inspecting the patterned object and providing an output of information relating to the visual characteristics of the patterned object, comparing binary level information relating to the visual characteristics of the patterned object to binary level information relating to the vis...

A pants-type sanitary napkin or incontinence guard for women including a front part, a back part and an intermediate crotch part. An elastically stretchable waist border includes first and second side parts and central parts disposed therebetween. The opposing side edges of the front part and the back part are joined together by the first and second side parts of the waist border. The elasticized ...

Compounds of formula (I) wherein Z is (a) or (b); R1 is (c), (d), (e) or (f); X is O, NH or S; A, B, D, E, and F are each independently C, N, O, or S; R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each independently hydrogen, C1 to C6 alkyl, aryl, C1 to C3 alkyl-aryl, halogen, cyano, nitro, -NR7R8, -(CH2)mOR9, -SR9, -SO2R9, -SO2NR7R8, -NR7SO2R8, -NR7CO2R9, -NR7COR9, -CONR7R8, or -CO2R9; one of R2 and R3, R3 and R4, R...

An improved cleaning system is provided for removing impurities from a material to be cleaned. The system includes two electrodes, a positive electrode ("anode") on one side, near to or in contact with the material to be cleaned, and a negative collector electrode ("cathode") located at a distance from the second side of the material. The material and the two electrodes are placed into a chamber. ...

The invention provides a monomode optical fiber and a monomode preform (2) having a mother preform (22) housed in an outer sleeve tube (20). It is characterized in that it also includes an intermediate tube (21) between the mother preform (22) and the outer tube (20), the intermediate tube (21) possessing viscosity at fiber-drawing temperature which is less than the viscosity(ies) at fiber-drawing...

Naphthalene derivatives of the formula ÄIÜ: wherein R<1> and R<2> are the same or different and are each H, protected or unprotected OH, one of R<3> and R<4> is protected or unprotected hydroxymethyl, and the other is H, lower alkyl, or protected or unprotected hydroxymethyl, R<5> and R<6> are the same or different and are each H, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, substituted or uns...

The use of the superoxide dismutase (SOD; EC 1.15.1.1) gene system as a target for the detection and differentiation of pathogenic and non-pathogenic organisms including bacteria, fungi and protozoans is described. More particularly, there are described oligonucleotides derived from the SOD gene family which oligonucleotides are capable of hybridyzing to a single-stranded nucleic acid sequence (ta...

An inclusion complex of diclofenac, preferably as diclofenac sodium, and an unsubstituted beta-cyclodextrin has the formula 1 molecule of diclofenac to 1 molecule of the unsubstituted beta-cyclodextrin and preferably from 5 to 11 water molecules. The inclusion complex may be formulated as a pharmaceutical composition.

The present invention relates to an air spreading device for fresh outdoor air ducts, designed to introduce fresh air into the rooms in a building. The device is designed to be mounted in front of a fresh air duct, which has an opening close to the interior side of a window, preferably in or on a window board below a window and above the opening of a window apparatus, which opening is directed upw...

The present invention relates to an air spreading device for fresh outdoor air ducts, designed to introduce fresh air into the rooms in a building. The device is designed to be mounted in front of a fresh air duct, which has an opening close to the interior side of a window, preferably in or on a window board below a window and above the opening of a window apparatus, which opening is directed upw...

Earth clearing apparatus is provided which includes an apparatus (30) for moving and directing earth from a plot, an apparatus (20) for receiving, separating and sifting the earth to remove particles that are less than a predetermined size and an apparatus (40) for receiving, crushing, pulverizing and sifting the non-removed earth until it is less than a predetermined size and then returning it to...

Compounds of the formulae (I):- where A, B, D, E, G, Y, Z<1> and e are certain specified substituents, are useful for treating obesity, breast cancer, osteroporosis, endometriosis, cardiovascular disease and prostatic disease.

A 7-channel encoder and corresponding decoder is disclosed for encoding a 7-channel signal into a transmission signal which is backwards compatible, so that prior art MPEG-1 2-channel decoders are capable of decoding the transmission signal into a compatible stereo signal, prior art MPEG-2 5-channel decoders are capable of decoding the transmission signal into a compatible 5-channel signal. Furthe...

PCT No. PCT/EP96/03802 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 12, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 12, 1998 PCT Filed Aug. 29, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/08358 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 6, 1997The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a pore free powder metallurgical alloy article starting with a minor portion of Sn powder and a major portion of In2O3 powder and comprising the steps of: substantially uniformly distributing...

An apparatus for controllably registering two continuously moving layers of material is provided. One of the layers of material has a plurality of reference marks representing a plurality of separate and distinct components, and the other of the continuously moving layers has a respective plurality of different components thereon. The apparatus controls the distance between reference marks to a se...

Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing as active ingredient a compound of formula (I) wherein R' is a saturated alkyl of 3 to 5 carbon atoms, each R is independently -NO2 or -NH2 or -NHCOCH3, and n is 1 or 2. Some of these compounds are new. A process for their preparation is also disclosed, as well as their use in the manufacture of medicaments for treating conditions characterised ...

The present invention provides a method of and apparatus for producing power from solar energy wherein a solar collector heats gas supplied to a gas turbine; compressors compress the gas, the gas being compressed and stored gas during a first period of time, with the stored compressed gas being supplied to the gas turbine during a second period of time to produce power by driving an electric gener...