The invention relates to an implant of a resorbable material which is characterised in that it comprises a woven or knitted tube whose filaments or fibres are made, completely or partially, of at least two different resorbable materials having different melting points or are made of one of these resorbable materials and are covered or coated, completely or partially, with an inner or outer foil-li...

A pallet serves for storing liquid substances, in particular substances which are hazardous to water, such as heating oil, industrial waste water, chemical treatment baths and the like. The pallet (10) has a tank (12) for receiving the substances, which is provided with a filling dome (15) on its top side. A container (11) essentially receives the tank (12) and is preferably of metallic or pallet-...

The intracavitary ultrasonic probe has an ultrasonic head with an inner chamber contg. an ultrasonic transducer (24) rotatable for mechanical ultrasonic sector scanning about a first fixed rotation axis (26) and a second rotation axis (28). Both rotation axes intersect perpendicularly at a point in the chamber and have a common drive axle (22). In a first working mode, the axle carrier of the seco...

A data processing system which encludes an instruction processor, a storage controller, a main storage, and an extended storage. The storage controller contains a data transfer unit for transferring data between the main storage and the extended storage by an instruction from the instruction process specifying an amount of the data to be transferred. The data transfer unit is provided in the stora...

A mildly alkaline enzymatic detergent cleaning composition adapted for use in automatic dishwashing machines comprising (a) an amylolytic enzyme, (b) sodium triphosphate, (c) sodium carbonate and/or borax, (d) sodium silicate, (e) a peroxy compound bleach, (f) a stabilizing agent, and optionally but preferably (g) a proteolytic enzyme and/or (n) a low- to non-foaming nonionic surfactant and/or (i)...

A wrist implant for stabilizing the proximal carpal row and preventing ulnar migration thereof includes a body having a generally planar, radial surface which has a teardrop shape defined by curvilinear dorsal and palmar lateral edges and a semicircular medial edge. The body further defines generally triangular or wedge-shaped dorsal and palmar surfaces which join to form a curved medial surface. ...

A container liner (40) includes an upper wall (42), a bottom wall (44), a rear wall (46), side walls (48, 50) and a front wall (52) to form a substantial hexahedron and has mounting arrangements (64, 66, 68) for mounting the line (40) to inner walls of a container. The liner (40) includes a hygroscopic waterproof member (86) provided on at least part of the outer surface of the liner (40). The wat...

A container useful in microwave heating of foods comprises a substrate with a titanium nitride film on at least a portion of the substrate, the substrate being substantially microwave transparent except where coated with the titanium nitride film and the film being adapted to absorb microwave energy so that in use the film becomes heated and transfers heat to foods carried by the container, so as ...

The present invention relates to anthracyclin derivatives of the formula I (I) in which R1 and R2 are identical or different and represent the sugar residue Roa (L-rhodosamine) of the formula or the sugar combination Roa-dF=CinB (dF=2-deoxy-L-fucose; CinB=L-cinerulose B) of the formula The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the above...

Compounds are described of formula (I) (I) and salts thereof, wherein R1 a methyl, ethyl or isopropyl group; R2 is -H, -OH, substituted -OH or a phosphate ester group and R3 is -H, or R2 and R3 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached represent a >C=0 group and OR4 is a group OR5 as defined above; with the proviso that either R2 represents a group OR5 (where OR5 is an al...

PURPOSE:To simplify the structure of the titled feeder and to diminish the installation cost by making each shutter of the every hoppers an own-weight closing type wherein the shutters are respectively turned with the pivot axes as the centers and closed in own-weight and providing the cam faces rotating with the pivot axes as the centers. CONSTITUTION:When the powdery and granular bodies are pres...

The invention relates to a method for preparing inner ester ganglioside derivates which comprises: (a) dissolving a ganglioside or a mixture of gangliosides obtained from a mammal in a non-aqueous organic solvent; (b) converting the carboxylate groups in the gangliosides to carboxyl groups or a salt thereof by means of ion exchange; and (c) reacting the resultant ganglioside or mixture of gangl...

The invention relates to nigericin derivatives of the formula in which X has the meanings indicated. The nigericin derivatives according to the invention exhibit antiviral and antibacterial activity.

The invention relates to elaiophylin derivatives of the formula I, II and III in which the substituents R(1), R(2), R(3) and R(3)' have the specified meanings. The compounds have antibacterial and antiviral activity.

A car seat comprises a frame (1), which is preferably upholstered and which forms a sitting surface (2) and a back-rest (3). For secure positioning of objects (5), at least the sitting surface (2) is connected to a retaining device (4) which prevents objects (5) placed on the sitting surface from falling or slipping off, and the retaining device (4) has a retaining element (6), at least in the fro...

A method for the amplification of a nucleic acid fragment containing a partially unknown sequence and kits therefor are provided which enable long nucleotide sequences to be rapidly and efficiently sequenced. The method comprises the formation of target nucleic acid fragment/vectorette units by cleavage of target nucleic acid followed by ligation. One of the nucleic acid fragments will contain an ...

A process for the chlorination of sucrose or a derivative thereof, comprises reaction of the sucrose or derivative thereof with thionyl chloride and a nitrogen base at a ratio of about 1 molar equivalent (ME) of thionyl chloride and about 1 ME of base for every ME of free hydroxyl, in a non-reactive moderately polar solvent. The process is particularly suitable for the preparation of sucralose.

A compound for use as an inhibitor for the enzyme dihydroorotase and which is of general formula (I) (I) where either (i) A and B together are =S or (ii) A is -H, and B is -COR2 or -SR6; and R1 and R2 which may be the same or different are -OH; alkyloxymethyl, a di-, tri- or polypeptide group, -OR where R is saturated or unsaturated C1-16 alkyl, C1-16 alkyloxymethyl, or 4-alkyl-piperi...

An image recognition system (10) and method are provided for identifying a pattern of a plurality of predetermined patterns in a video image. A plurality of feature image signatures are extracted (84) and the stored (86) corresponding to each of the plurality of predetermined patterns. A universal feature image signature is extracted (84) and is stored (88) that includes each of the stored feature...

A cutter knife comprises a recess 3 provided in a holder 2 and having an opening 8 at one end of the holder, a slider 4 movable back and forth in the recess, a blade (5, Fig. 1) mounted on the slider and retractable into the recess and a cover 6 pivotably fixed to the holder so as partially to cover and uncover the opening 8 in accordance with the back and forth movement of the slider and the blad...