Abstract: This invention relates to a method for treating human hepatitis B or C by the combination of a complex of polyadenylic acid and polyuridylic acid and interferon-&agr;.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a clamping roller switch gear (1) whose drive element (10) can be displaced in opposite directions out of an idling, initial position by actuation of a pivoting lever (3). A driven element (coupling ring 15) of the clamping roller switch gear (1) and the drive element (10) define, together with opposing clamping surfaces, wedge-shaped clamping gaps (37, 38) that taper in opposite directions. In these clamping gaps (37, 38) are arranged clamping rollers (39) that, in the initial position of the drive element (10), are kept out of clamping engagement with the clamping surfaces by a first housing-fixed stop (42).

Abstract: A chromium-free wood preservative consisting essentially of 1 to 35% by weight of a mixture of 25 to 75 parts by weight of a fatty amine ethoxylate and 75 to 25 parts by weight of at least one member of the group consisting of an unsaturated fatty acid of 3 to 25 carbon atoms and their copper and zinc salts and water.

Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image comprising a resin, a colorant and a releasing agent is disclosed. The releasing agent comprises a mixture of a plurality of compounds represented by formula (1) having difference carbon number of carbon atoms in R2 R1—(OCO—R2)n  (1) wherein n represents an integer of 1 to 8 carbon atoms which may has a substituent, R1 is a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 40, R2 is a hydrocarbon group having from 8 to 40 carbon atoms which may has a substituent.

Abstract: A film for a liquid crystal display comprising a fatty acid cellulose ester film having an acetyl group and a propionyl group is disclosed. The sum of degree of acetyl substitution (DSac) and degree of propionyl substitution (DSpr) of the fatty acid cellulose ester film of the film is 2.8 of less, and a retardation value (Rt value) in the thickness direction defined by Formula 1 is 60 to 300 nm.

Abstract: A subject of the invention is a modified yeast strain in which the acetyl-CoA pregnenolone acetyltransferase (APAT) activity is eliminated by altering the gene coding for this activity with resultant stabilization of 3&bgr;-hydroxysteroids.

Abstract: A sheet feeding device includes: a conveyance path along which a recording sheet is conveyed; a separation roller that separates a recording sheet and conveys it; a registration roller that stops temporarily a recording sheet separated and conveyed by the separation roller and further conveyed along the conveyance path, and conveys the recording sheet again toward the image forming position at the prescribed timing; a detector that is provided in the conveyance path between the separation roller and the registration roller, and detects the recording sheet; a recognizing device that recognizes fluctuation of conveyance timing of the recording sheet based on the results of the detection made by the detector; and a controller that conducts conveyance control for the recording sheet at the upstream side of the registration roller based on the results of the recognition made by the recognizing device.

Abstract: In the inventive arrangement of a cover strip (27) on a linear guide, the cover strip (27) is supported through its flat inner surface (32) on a flat support surface (28) of a guide rail (26), which flat support surface delimits a longitudinal groove (25) of the guide rail (26) in inward direction. Two recesses (31) made in the inner surface (32) of the cover strip (27) in the regions of the long sides of the cover strip (27), extend in longitudinal direction and lead to the formation of resilient retaining ledges (33) which serve to fix the cover strip (27) on the guide rail (26).

Abstract: Solid or semisolid pharmaceutical composition comprising a gellable and water-soluble peptide salt optionally combined with an appropriate excipient, said pharmaceutical composition being characterized in that the peptide salt has a high specific surface area and in that, once injected into a patient, it forms a gel in contact with this patient's body substances, said gel being capable of releasing the peptide over a prolonged period of at least 15 days.

Abstract: The stabilizer is able to stabilize both fat/oil and water and to improve the texture of mechanically separated meats. The stabilizer is a composite of gelatin, an acid, a sugar component and/or a starch component. The gelatin component is made by treating the gelatin in an aqueous slurry with an acid such that a pH of 1.0 to 4.5 is maintained throughout the treatment process. The stabilizer is especially suited for use in cased meats such as sausage, frankfurters, and bologna.

Abstract: A device for connecting a first tube (10) with a connection tube (14) whose end segments (22, 24) extend through an opening (12) of the first tube and to establish in a simple manner, a force-fit connection between the tubes, a tool (34) is proposed which comprises at least two segments (36, 38) axially displaceable relative to the other and extending within the connection tube(14) up to or nearly into the first tube (10), with one of the segments (36) having a radially projecting protrusion (42) which engages the end segment (22, 24) with the segments disposed within the tube (10), and external to the projecting protrusion the segments have a total effective diameter which is adapted to the inner diameter of the connection tube (14) in the region of the opening (12) of the first tube (10).

Abstract: The invention concerns compounds of formula (I) wherein: X, Y, R1, R2, Z, G are as defined in the description, the methods for preparing them and the intermediates in said method, their use as medicine and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them.

Abstract: A compound of the formula wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification and solvates and salts thereof useful for treating bone and cartilage diseases.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method of actuating a device for varying the valve timing of an internal combustion engine, said device comprising an element fixed to the camshaft and an element fixed to the crankshaft, which elements are in power-transmitting relationship with each other through at least one hydraulic working chamber formed within the device. When the internal combustion engine has been switched off, the element fixed to the camshaft can be mechanically coupled by a locking element to the element fixed to the crankshaft in a preferred basic position for starting the internal combustion engine. According to the invention, to avoid a jamming of the locking element during starting of the internal combustion engine, the solenoid of the hydraulic valve is at first subjected to a sudden energization with a current of an intensity lower that that required for the central position of the valve piston of the hydraulic valve.