PCT No. PCT/EP93/00671 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 29, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 29, 1994 PCT Filed Mar. 19, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO93/19474 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 1993Substantially spherical particles of lithium silicates with improved mechanical properties and improved surface quality are provided, which are particularly suited for use as breeding material for tritium. The particles are characterized in th...

This invention relates to a power generator for an ultrasonic welding head made up of an emitter, a mechanical amplifier and a sonotrode, to supply energy to an ultrasonic transducer in the form of a preset alternating amplitude and frequency signal. It comprises, in combination, a power feeder, a power converter, a power transformer, a phase and frequency control device for controlling the power ...

The text describes immuno absorption columns containing conjugates constituted by specifically designed modified peptides and a related support that allow the subtraction of the anitbodies responsible for multiple sclerosis with selective apheresis (plasma exchange) techniques.

A food container, particularly a hermetic container for preserving foods in refrigerators and freezers and for thawing in a microwave oven, comprising a base body (2) with which a lid (10) can be associated hermetically, the lid (10) forming a groove (11) that is open toward the edge (30) of the base body (2). The lid (10) has a substantially rigid central portion (12) with which a substantially e...

PCT No. PCT/SE96/01718 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 8, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 8, 1998 PCT Filed Dec. 19, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/23539 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 3, 1997A branched alkenyl functional polyester of a prepolymer having at least one carboxyl and at least three hydroxyl groups, which is made allylfunctional by reaction between at least one of said hydroxyl groups in the prepolymer and at least one mon...

Novel dolasstatin derivatives of the formula (I): R<1>R<2>N-CHX-CO-A-B-D-E-(F)tK, in which R<1>, R<2>, A, B, D, E, F, K, X and t have the meanings stated in the description, and the preparation thereof are described. The novel substances have an antineoplastic effect.

A food pack comprising a tray formed from card having a rectangular base with fold up side and end walls and a sheet of wrapping material extending over the tray and adhered to the side walls to receive a food item. The sheet is folded over the item across the tray and the folded ends of the sheet projecting from the ends of the tray are tucked between the base of the tray and the sheet extending ...

A mortar cement composition is composed of a cement or ground portland cement clinker, ground limestone and/or lime, sand, a sufficient amount of water to render the composition flowable, and at least one water-soluble polymer present in the amount having a lower limit of about 0.001 wt % and an upper limit of about 0.04 wt % based on total dry weight of the ingredients, with the proviso that the ...

Tamping device comprises a shaft (2) and a plate (4) positioned on its lower end and having a lower edge (3) spaced by the shaft. Hard metal inserts (8) are arranged in the plate to form a part of the plate side surface. Preferred Features: Each hard metal insert is arranged parallel with its longitudinal axis with respect to the plate front side and the plate lower edge.

Device for holding and delivery of measured amounts of liquids comprises a frame (1) with two guide rods (3, 4) of which one is constituted as a nonrotatable spindle (16) of the spindle drive unit (17) incorporating a thumb-rotatable nut (18) in the carriage (5).

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: device has multilumen body having external tube and a structure mounted inside and reducing device lumen. The internal structure is optionally represented by internal tube. The external tube and internal structure are disposed in a way to reduce at least one additional lumen positioned between internal surface of the external tube and external surface of the internal tu...

The instant invention provides novel macrolide compounds and compositions useful in treating bacterial infections. Also provided are processes for preparing same. These macrolides are substituted on the 6-O-position with X'-Y'-Z', wherein X' is selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkyl, C3-C10 alkenyl, and C3-C10 alkynyl; Y' and Z' are independently selected from the group consisting of: ...

Pharmaceutical composition which comprises an insulin sensitivity enhancer in combination with other antidiabetics differing from the enhancer in the mechanism of action, which shows a potent depressive effect on diabetic hyperglycemia and is useful for prophylaxis and treatment of diabetes.

The present invention relates to a method for the enzymatic production of alpha -glucosides, characterized by contacting at least one alcohol whose only functional group or groups is/are a hydroxyl group or groups, with starch, maltodextrines or maltose, in the presence of a purified enzymatic preparation having an alpha -transglucosylation activity. The invention relates also to an enzymatic me...

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic program guide system and an electronic program guide displaying method that allow a desired program to be selected in a short time and at a high degree of reliability. EPG data of programs received by an IRD 4 through a satellite and EPG data of programs transmitted as a ground wave and received by a TV receiver 5 are converted into...

A spool (10) for filamentary material such as optical fibers and others consists of two members (20, 22) which are locked together to form a drum with two opposed flanges (14, 16) defining a winding space. The two members (20, 22) may be separated to allow material wound on the drum to be removed at will. After the material is removed, the two parts may be locked again making the spool reusable. ...

A method of introducing a 6-position substituent into a 6,9-cyclic acetal of a 5-O-desosaminylerythronolide derivative, characterized by cleaving the cycli c acetal selectively at the 9-position C-O bond; and a process for efficiently synthesizing a 6-O-substituted ketolide derivative which comprises a combination of conversion of each of the 9- and 3-position substituents into a carbonyl group...

The invention relates to an improved method for preparing 7,16-deoxy-2-aza-1 0- O-cladinosil-12-O-desosaminil-4,5-dihydroxi-6-ethyl-3,5,9,11,13,15- hexamethylbicycle[11.2.1]hexa-deca-1(2)-en-8-ona from erythromycin A, wherei n said compound is obtained from erythromycin A with high yields and under sof t and adequate production conditions in a single-step process. Transformation of erythromycin A ...

This describes a process and device for the high-temperature treatment of wood, which is heated in a sealed chamber by using a gaseous medium which is heated under pressure, whereby the pressure in the chamber is controlled in correspondence with the appropriate processing phase. In order to create favourable processing conditions, it is proposed that the pressure required for the treatment and th...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the simple and compact constitution, and to quickly and surely transfer a cargo by arranging mutually parallelly arranged plural rotary shafts and a driving means for rotatably driving the respective rotary shafts, and providing main cams and auxiliary cams. SOLUTION: A transfer device 10 has main cams 1, auxiliary cams 2, rotary shafts 3 for fixing the main cams 1...