Abstract: A control method of a hybrid powertrain for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine, an electrical machine connected to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine via a transmission and a control unit are disclosed. The method includes acquisitioning first data representative of the efficiency of the internal combustion engine, of the electrical machine and of the transmission, acquisitioning second data representative of operating conditions of the vehicle, and processing the data, which includes calculating a distribution of the torque between the internal combustion engine and the electrical machine.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method to predict the predisposition to an exercise performance trait in a human individual comprising: a) assaying a genetic sample obtained from the human individual for the presence of at least one genetic variation in each of the following genes: ACTN3, COL5A1, MCT1, VEGF, HFE, to obtain a polymorphism profile; b) determining a regression function associated to the polymorphism profile; c) classifying the individual's predisposition to the exercise performance trait on the basis of the value of said regression function.

Abstract: A lyophilized hemoglobin composition and a method for lyophilizing hemoglobin are described. The method of the invention produces a reconstituted hemoglobin solution which is not altered in functional properties from the hemoglobin solution prior to lyophilization.

Abstract: A lyophilized hemoglobin composition and a method for lyophilizing hemoglobin are described. The method of the invention produces a reconstituted hemoglobin solution which is not altered in functional properties from the hemoglobin solution prior to lyophilization.

Abstract: Stroma-free hemoglobin intermolecularly cross-linked, i.e., polymerized, so as to transform stroma-free hemoglobin into a physiologically competent oxygen carrier which is retained in vivo for adequate periods of time, and thus can be used in fluids for transporting oxygen is described.

Abstract: Stroma-free hemoglobin cross-linked with reagents that mimic 2,3-diphosphoglycerate and transform stroma-free hemoglobin into a physiologically competent oxygen carrier which is retained in vivo for adequate periods of time, and thus can be used in fluids for transporting oxygen is described.

Abstract: Stroma-free hemoglobin cross-linked with reagents that mimic 2,3-diphosphoglycerate and transform stroma-free hemoglobin into a physiologically competent oxygen carrier which is retained in vivo for adequate periods of time, and thus can be used in fluids for transporting oxygen is described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to modified .beta.-chains of human hemoglobin having an oxygen binding affinity equal to or less than natural human hemoglobin. The modified the .beta.-chain of human hemoglobin of the invention preferably has at least one chloride binding site not present in .beta.-chain of natural human hemoglobin.

Abstract: Stroma-free hemoglobin cross-linked with reagents that mimic 2,3 diphosphoglycerate and transform stroma-free hemoglobin into a physiologically competent oxygen carrier which is retained in vivo for adequate periods of time and thus can be used in fluids for transporting oxygen; reagents for cross-linking stroma-free hemoglobin and method for cross-linking stroma-free hemoglobin.