Particulate, expandable styrene polymers capable of being processed into hard foamed plastic materials of a small density and containing, therefore, at least one foaming agent comprise at least aluminum in a particulate form for improving their thermal insulation properties. The styrene polymer particles comprise, after their expansion, a fine cell structure and contain the aluminum particles inco...

A method of producing an extruded plastics foam of enhanced physical strength which comprises: (a) intimately mixing a blowing agent incorporating CO2 and in which the major proportion is a natural gas, in a plastics resin melt to form an homogeneous resin mix; and (b) extruding the resin mix through an exit die into a region of lower pressure; wherein the temperature of the resin mix is adjusted ...

The aim of the invention is to provide a method for simple yet secure cash-free payments, notably in different places, as well as a system for carrying out said method. According to the invention, a sum of money is read in at a point-of-sale terminal and together with a terminal identifier transmitted to a balancing device where the data are stored temporarily. The payer transmits the point-of-sal...

PCT No. PCT/GB93/01889 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 17, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 17, 1995 PCT Filed Sep. 7, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/06558 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 31, 1994A process for the removal of fluoride from a spent chromium-based fluroination catalyst by contacting the catalyst with potassium hydroxide to produce a suspension of solid hydrated chromium oxide in aqueous potassium fluoride. The solid hydrat...

The invention relates to a process for carrying out reactions in fluidized beds with transversal introduction of a reactant selected from oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas and a combustible reactant into a fluidized particle bed by transversal injection at supersonic speed by supersonic nozzles.

The present application relates to a group of novel substituted pentose and hexose monosaccharide derivatives, not previously disclosed, which exhibit potent anti-cell adhesion and anti-inflammatory activities. Methods of preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of treatment, suppression and prevention of cell adhesion mediated chronic inflammatory disorders ar...

This invention relates generally to compounds and processes for synthesizing derivatives of 2-3-O-isopropylidene-alpha-L-xylo-2-hexulofuranosonic acid. The compounds of this invention are useful, inter-alia, for the inhibition and prevention of cell adhesion and cell adhesion-mediated pathologies, including inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, such as bronchial asthma rheumatoid...

This invention relates to compounds of formula (1) and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof wherein X<1>, X<2>, R<2>, R<8>, R<9>, R<10> and R<11> are as defined herein. The compounds of formula (1) are antibacterial and antiprotozoal agents that may be used to treat various bacterial and protozoal infections and disorders related to such infections. The invention also relates ...

PCT No. PCT/SI95/00006 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 20, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 20, 1996 PCT Filed Mar. 20, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/25964 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 28, 1995According to the method for controlling the grinding of mineral raw materials, at a predetermined value i* of the impregnation level to which the fines of the specimen are impregnated by the impregnating agent, the effective spin-lattice relax...

A device for formation of layers of rock wool fibres and similar insulating materials consists of a conveyor (1) of a collecting chamber, a take-off conveyor (2), at least two two-parted swivelling belts (3, 5), at least one feed-in conveyor (4), and at least one loading conveyor (6). Fibres are transferred from the conveyor (1) to the take-off conveyor (2), from the latter between the first pair ...

The invention relates to the use of antibodies directed against human cellular membrane antigens for vaccinations against cancer.

A monoclonal antiboy that has a highly specific avidity with human-origin CETP (CETP inhibitory activity) and that is useful as a reagent for quantifying and purifying human-origin CETP and as a preventive or remedy for hyperlipemia and arteriosclerosis; and methods of quantifying and purifying human-origin CETP. The antibody permits the human-origin CETP contained in a sample to be quantified rea...

The invention provides a method for rapidly, economically and efficiently sequencing and assaying nucleotides in a liquid medium using PNA probes. The method is particularly advantageous in not requiring the use of a solid support to bind the probe or the target sequence. The method is capable of providing information regarding the nature and existence of hybridization.

In accordance with the present invention, there are provided fully human monoclonal antibodies against human cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4). Nucleotide sequences encoding and amino acid sequences comprising heavy and light chain immunoglobulin molecules, particularly contiguous heavy and light chain sequences spanning the complementarity determining regions (CDRs), specifically from wit...

An elongate spindle member having rigidity and stability against pressure and tensile loads as well as bending and torsional loads is made by winding-up a plurality of mutually interlocking chain links ( 1, 12 ), during axial advancement of the chain links, into a helical winding ( 5, 16 ) by a winding guide ( 14 ). The elongate spindle member, formed by the helical winding, extends between two ob...

For meteredly dispensing a liquid over a period of several months from a container which can be stored over a long period of time, the need is for a container which is practically diffusion-tight and in which the liquid does not come into contact with the ambient atmosphere. The cartridge according to the invention is a three-shell container comprising a collapsible bag which contains the liquid, ...

An envelope consisting of a front side and a rear side which are interconnected by side flaps, has a fold-back flap to which a layer of contact adhesive is applied. The adhesive used is a strong contact adhesive which is effective without moistening or activation by any other means. The fold-back flap is laid against the rear side of the envelope for the purposes of transport and storage, an area ...

A high memory capacity dual in-line memory modules (DIMM) for use in a directory-based, distributed shared memory multiprocessor computer system includes a data memory for storing data and a state memory for storing state or directory information corresponding to at least a portion of the data. The DIMM allows the data and the state information to be accessed independently. The DIMM can be configu...