2088990 9202620 PCTABS00010 The present invention relates to chimeric neurotrophic factors which comprise at least a portion of a naturally occuring 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 pos...

An acetabular cup for use in a total hip prosthesis which includes an outer portion for location in a patients' pelvis and to be held in place in a cement mantle and means for allowing said portion to move further into said cement mantle and re-engage itself to accommodate creep or movement thereof.

The invention relates to a plasterboard constituting an effective protection against fire, the faces of which are covered with a reinforcement material based on threads or fibres made of mineral and/or refractory material. The core of this board is based on plaster, mineral and/or refractory fibres, silica and talcum and/or mica. The core of the plasterboard may also comprise aluminium hydroxide a...

The invention relates to a plaster board constituting an effective protection against fire, whose faces are covered with a reinforcing material based on thread and/or fibres of mineral and/or refractory material. The core of this board is made of plaster, mineral and/or refractory fibres, silica and talc and/or mica. The core of the plaster board optionally also comprises aluminium hydroxide and/o...

A lens according to the invention has diffractive power and two primary foci, where one focus is associated with the first diffractive order and one with the second diffractive order. SWBAPPl(43254FOR.ABS)

2089084 9202845 PCTABS00010 The method and apparatus function to form three-dimensional imagery on plural screen surfaces (2) which are formed by changing planes of imagery. One or more projectors (4) project a plurality of images onto the screen surface from a common axis. The planes of imagery on the screens (2) which are projected by said one or more projectors (4), change at such a speed that,...

A method for measuring and storing the state of charge of batteries, such as used in electric vehicles. The stored charge value is initially derived from the value of battery terminal voltage measured prior to connection of the battery to the load, eg. the traction motor. While the battery is connected to the load, approximated state of charge values are periodically derived by adding a correction...

Improved pleasure craft in which the control position 3 on the bridge is advanced forward and raised above the level of the stern well 6. A sun deck 4 aft includes a space containing a rigid sliding canopy 9 for closing it in the controlled position hermetically. In the stern a gangplank 16 rotatable both on a vertical plane and on a horizontal plane fulfils the function of a gangway, bathing step...

A decorative chain of the type called "rope chain", formed from pairs of open, that is to say "C"-shaped links 1 and 3, the two links of each pair being interconnected in opposite positions, slightly staggered and crossed in relation to one another, and soldered thus; the links of one pair engage those of adjacent pairs; according to the invention, the links are produced from stamped-out thin shee...

The electonic component is brought into a system (47,47A) for guiding and positioning the individual wires (T). One or more wires (T) are shaped by shaping members (43A,B) arranged in pairs, and their ends are fixed by the walls (43E,G) of the shaping members (43A,B). The ends of several wires (T) are simultaneously cut by a movable blade (49) which cooperates with a counter-blade (45) connected t...

In the region of each dispensing unit, from the hollow bracket-like neck 1 for connection to the boiler and for supporting the filter-holding unit 3, a supply pipe 24, 28, a first portion 24 of which runs outside the connecting neck 1 and contains the valve, penetrates inside the said connecting neck 1 via a terminal portion 28 which reaches into an infusion chamber 18 connected to the filter hold...