The gamma camera equipment according to the invention comprises two detector heads 10, 30 which are capable either of being combined for an examination of the whole-body type, in which the two detector heads cooperate, or of being separated for a tomography type examination, only one head 10 being used, while the other 30 is in a stand-by position but continues to be fed with current. To strengthe...

FIELD: energy generation. SUBSTANCE: process increasing energy produced by system of gas turbine includes compression of ambient air by main compressor and preliminary compression of air during hot humid weather above flow from main compressor to pressure value not higher than 115% of pressure of ambient air. Prior to feed of preliminarily compressed air to main compressor it is cooled. Air compre...

A nonwoven fabric made with multicomponent polymeric strands includes a blend of a polyolefin and ethylene alkyl acrylate in one side or the sheath of the multicomponent polymeric strands. The fabric has improved abrasion resistance, strength, toughness and softness properties. Composite materials including such multicomponent material bonded to both sides of an inner meltblown layer are also disc...

A hydrophilic surface is imaged by writing (eg using an ink-jet printer) with a photocurable oleophilic ink, and subsequently curing the ink by exposure to radiation of an appropriate wavelength. The imaging may be performed "on-machine" (by a printing head mounted on the press itself) or "off-machine" upon either a cylindrical surface of a plated roller, or by using an X - Y plotter on a flat pla...

The present invention provides a process for making a cured plastics moulding by introducing a pre-heated curable resin composition to a hotter mould which is at a temperature high enough to initiate curing of the resin, and supplying further resin under pressure to compensate for shrinkage of the composition, wherein the curable resin is an epoxy resin formulation comprising an epoxy resin contai...

Treatment and/or prophylaxis of protozoal parasitic infections, or infections caused by P.carinii, in mammals, comprises admin. of 2-(4-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclohexyl)-3-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (I) and prognanil (II). Also claimed are combinations of (I) and (II).

An identification system comprises an interrogator and a plurality of transponders. The interrogator includes a transmitter which transmits at least two independent interrogation signals to the transponders, and a receiver for receiving response signals from the transponders. The interrogator also includes processor means for identifying the transponders from data in the received response signals....

A pressure jet cleaning appliance having a pressure pump (10) driven by a drive (11). The appliance includes a conduit having a primary line (14) for directing fluid into a spray gun (15) and a bypass line (19) for recycling fluid through the conduit when the spray gun is turned off. A control valve (18) has a reciprocal piston (28) responsive to fluid pressure within the primary line such that th...

Despite the extremely flat construction, it is intended significantly to reduce the tendency of the semiconductor chip (1), which is embedded in the plastic housing (10) of the electronics module (M), to fracture. The chip is mounted on the chip island (22) of a system support (20) in the form of a sheet-metal structure (lead frame). The external contacts (21) - which can be partially covered by t...

This invention relates to 4-substituted catechol diether compounds which are selective inhibitors of phosphodiesterase (PDE) type IV. The compounds of the present invention are useful in inhibiting PDEIV and in the treatment of AIDS, asthma, arthritis, bronchitis, chronic obstructive airways disease, psoriasis, allergic rhinitis, dermatitis and other inflammatory diseases. This invention also rela...

The connections (35) are positioned near end surfaces next to the side surfaces (3-6) corresponding to the lengthwise and crosswise side surfaces (7) and formed by a coupling (38). The coupling protrudes towards a covering part (31) of the other side wall and has centring and or lock assemblies (37). Between the side walls and or between them and the base (2) is a fixture (47) exerting a pre-tensi...

The invention relates to a method for the production of a fibrous composite material, wherein a mixture of fibrous starting materials is formed into a material web on the dry-forming principle or the like, and to a fibrous composite material produced by the method. In the invention, the composite material is produced through the steps of mixing glass or mineral wool fibres with thermoplastic binde...

The invention relates to a technetium-99m complex of the general formula (I) wherein Z is a sulphur atom or an amino group of the general formula R17-N-(R18)k, in which k is 0 or 1 and R17 and R18 have the same meanings as the symbols R1-R16; each of the symbols R1-R16 is individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, straight or branched, unsubstituted or substituted al...

The present invention relates to total and partial esters of alginic acid with alcohols of the aliphatic, araliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aliphatic-cycloaliphatic and heterocyclic radicals, and salts of said partial esters with inorganic and organic bases. The said partial ester are not a partial ester of bivalent aliphatic alcohols. These compounds are intended to be used in pharmaceutical. applicat...

A dosage unit for dosing a number of measured quantities of a liquid, such as an insulin preparation, from a separate cartridge (2), where the dosage unit comprises a cylindrical casing for the cartridge (2). At the distal end the casing (1) is provided with means for fastening a liquid outlet needle (5). The dosage unit comprises furthermore a piston rod (8) activating a piston (4) in the cartrid...

The invention involves the use of at least two different absorbable and at least two different nonabsorbable components to fabricate tubular articles of all sizes and specifically for repair of the peripheral vascular system and for coronary bypass use.

A syringe holder for administering the contents of prefilled cartridge-cannula units (1) comprises generally a cartridge holding barrel (20) rotatably connected to a push rod guiding sleeve (24), and a push rod (26) slidably mounted in the sleeve.

The present invention relates to novel derivatives of LL-F28249 compounds. These LL-F28249 compounds preferably are derived via a controlled microbiological fermentation of Streptomyces cyaneogriseus subsp. noncyanogenus having deposit accession number NRRL 15773. The 23-deoxy derivatives have the 23-hydroxy group replaced by hydrogen. The novel derivatives of the present invention possess activit...

New polyether antibiotic A82810, its acyl and alkyl ester, acyl ester and urethane derivatives, and salts thereof, are useful antibacterial and anticoccidial agents and increase feed-utilization efficiency in animals. Methods of making A82810 by culture of Actinomodura fibrosa sp. nov. NRRL 18348 and synergistic compositions of the A82810 compounds with nicarbazin, 4,4 min -dinitrocarbanilide, cer...

This invention relates to certain novel 2 min -halomethylidene, 2 min -ethenylidene and 2 min -ethynyl adenosine derivatives, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful in inhibiting AdoMet-dependent transmethylation and in the treatment of patients afflicted with neoplastic or viral disease states.