Abstract: A material suitable for the reconstruction of an individual's tissue, particularly supportive tissue such as bone tissue, insertable into the tissue. The material is characterized by being composed of wood heat-treated within the temperature range of 100-220° C. in the presence of water vapor. The invention also relates the use of the wood.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and silicone product for shaping a fibre product used in dentistry to reinforce a prosthetic appliance or a similar structure under construction to conform to the final location. The fibre product containing fibres and curable material is pressed by means of silicone material against the final location or a model thereof followed by curing the curable material present in the fibre product. The invention is characterized in that the silicone material is a polymerised, elastic and soft silicone material that has been shaped to a piece (10,11) corresponding to the size and shape of the fibre product to be shaped, and that when pressed, the silicone material adopts the shape of the final location or the model thereof.

Abstract: An ?SiH/?SiOH silicone composition polymerizable/crosslinkable by dehydrogenating condensation in the presence of a catalyst judiciously selected to achieve at least one of the following: kinetics, concentration/efficiency ratio of the catalyst, cost, lowering of the catalyst activation temperature (room temperature), control of the release of gaseous hydrogen and the quality of the polymerized product and the crosslinked network, and finally limitation of the secondary reactions. This composition includes: —A— at least one ?SiH POS; —B— at least one ?SiOH POS; —C— at least one metal catalyst selected from the group of organometallic complexes including at least one of the following metals: Ir, Ru, Mn; —D— optionally at least one crosslinking inhibitor; —E— optionally at least one POS resin; and —F— optionally at least one filler. Also disclosed is the catalyst —C— and processes which involve crosslinking of silicone by dehydrogenating condensation (non-stick coating on paper).

Abstract: A device (1) for actuating at least one piston (2) moving axially in the bore (3) of a body (4), the piston (2) being driven by the longitudinal or curved movement (F2) of a control arm (5). Also disclosed is a method for detecting a failure in a device (1) having an intermediary element (6), located between the piston (2) and the control arm (5), this intermediary element (6) being also used as an alarm means should the intermediary element (6) be missing between the piston (2) and the arm (5). The invention is particularly applicable in the field of diagnosis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to plastic containers or moldings which have been produced by blow molding and have improved antistatic properties. The containers or moldings have an outer wall and an inner wall and contain webs of electrically conducting material running along the inner wall. The invention also relates to a process for the production of the containers or moldings and to their use.

Abstract: A smart card including an antenna (18) on a support made of paper type fibrous material (12), two card bodies on each side of the support each consisting of at least one layer of plastic material having a low flow temperature, and an electronic module (26) featuring a chip connected to the antenna, the assembly made up of the antenna support and the two card bodies being welded together by hot-lamination under pressure. The support made of fibrous material includes at least one opening (14, 16) such that the plastic layers (23, 25) of the card body come into near perfect contact during the lamination operation, the opening forming a weld between the card bodies thus reinforcing the connection of the module.

Abstract: A method and device for processing sewage which contains coating paste from a paper or board mill with a device operating on the principle of a double action impact mill. The device includes a first rotor (11) equipped with blades; a second rotor (12) concentric with the first rotor, equipped with blades and arranged to rotate in a direction opposite to the direction of the first rotor, or a stator concentric with the first rotor and equipped with blades. The sewage is led to a feed opening (14) which opens out to the nave of rotors (11, 12) or to the nave of the rotor and the stator. In the device, the material flow is brought to flow as a flow-off through the blades of the rotors (11, 12) arranged within each other, or of the rotor and the stator arranged within each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a service stand (1), which is positioned beneath the rear part of a motorcycle and which extends from there to both sides of the motorcycle, the service stand having a lever member (2) for lifting the rear part of the motorcycle so that the rear wheel (3) is lifted off the ground (4), and members for connecting the service stand (1) to the rear part of the motorcycle. According to the invention the service stand (1) placed beneath a motorcycle leaning on its side stand has a connecting member (5), on the opposite side from the side stand, the connecting member being pre-adjustable in the height direction, whereas the height position of the connecting member (6) on the same side as the side stand can be adjusted in the height direction by the lever member (2).

Abstract: An energy-saving light marking device with low power consumption including a head transformer (10) where the primary winding (12) is powered by an alternating current source and several marking lamps in series (14-1 to 14-3) connected to the terminals of the secondary winding (13) of the head transformer, each of the marking lamps being a fluorescent lamp (16-1 to 16-3) powered by the secondary winding of a second transformer (18-1 to 18-3), the primary windings of all the secondary transformers of the marking lamps being connected in series between the terminals of the head transformer's secondary winding (13). The starting of each of the fluorescent lamps (16-1 to 16-3) is provided by the voltage surge generated at the terminals of the secondary winding of the secondary transformers (18-1 to 18-3) when the primary winding of the secondary transformers is powered while the lamps are not yet started.

Abstract: A airport runway lighting system, including a power source (10) supplying a constant current to a primary circuit (12) and several marking lights (14-1 to 14-6) each being connected to the primary circuit by a current transformer (16-1 to 16-6), the secondary winding of which supplies the lamp current. At least several adjacent transformers form a multiple assembly without a connection cable. Each transformer features a built-in male connector and a female plug or two built-in female plugs. The transformers are stacked to form the multiple assembly, the male connector of one of the transformers being inserted into the female plug of the immediately adjacent transformer, the male connector of the first transformer and the female plug of the last transformer being connected in series to the primary circuit.

Abstract: A method for measuring reading ability in which the test subject reads passages at a predetermined distance from the eyes of the test subject, the text size of the passages varying in steps in the reading order, the measurer assessing the test subject's reading ability on the basis of what the measurer hears. Each text passage contains at least one numeral word, indicating the visual acuity required by the passage. An auxiliary device for positioning the test subject's eyes at a desired distance from the object being viewed includes a plurality of parts of different lengths, linkable to one another in succession, from which parts the length corresponding to each desired distance is obtained by selecting and, when necessary, by linking the parts together.

Abstract: A kidney perfusion solution which includes at least one gluconate salt; glutathione; a nitric oxide donor chemical and a chemical inhibitor selective for the inducible isoform of the enzyme nitric oxide synthase; optionally further containing a reagent that causes the reduction of oxidized glutathione. A process for preserving a kidney for transplantation is also disclosed, which includes perfusing the kidney with an amount of a nitric oxide donor chemical in an amount sufficient to mimic enzymatic production of NO by NOS3 or NOS1, while preventing generation of an excessive amount of nitric oxide by the NOS2 isoform of nitric oxide synthase, with or without a reagent that causes the reduction of oxidized glutathione. The invention also includes a process wherein a deceased donor's body is perfused with a solution containing an NO donor, with or without a reagent that causes the reduction of oxidized glutathione, prior to removal of the organs for transplantation.

Abstract: A peripheral display device for a portable contactless object such as a smart card (10) enabling information associated with the use of this portable object to be displayed. This peripheral device includes at least one chip, a display (16) and a receiver for receiving energy and information (18), not connected by an ohmic contact to the portable object. This receiver is a flat coil which plays the role of the secondary of a transformer, the primary of which is formed by the antenna (14) of the portable object, when the latter receives energy and information from a portable object reader via electromagnetic coupling.

Abstract: A membrane or matrix for controlling the permeation rate of a drug, where the membrane or matrix includes a siloxane-based elastomer composition which contains at least one elastomer and optionally a non-crosslinked polymer. The elastomer composition includes poly(alkylene oxide) groups, and the poly(alkylene oxide) groups are present as blocks in a chain of the elastomer or the polymer, or as blocks and alkoxy-terminated grafts of polysiloxane units, the blocks or blocks and grafts being linked to the polysiloxane units by silicon-carbon bonds, with at least three blocks being present in the elastomer or polymer chain. Methods for the preparation of the elastomer composition are also disclosed.

Abstract: An overmolding insert includes a base having at least one opening in a first surface, the opening communicating with a second surface opposite the first surface, at least one hollow projection extending from the first surface, the hollow projection having a first opening communicating with the opening of the first surface and a second opening located at a terminal portion of the hollow projection, the insert further having two opposed side walls, each side wall being joined to the first surface, two opposed end walls being joined to an opposite end of the first surface and extending from one side wall to the other side wall. The side walls, the end walls, and the first surface define a partially closed space, with the terminal portion of the hollow projection extending beyond the partially closed space.

Abstract: The invention concerns a contactless smart card comprising an antenna (12) on an antenna support (10) made of fibrous material, this antenna consisting of a turn and two contacts (14 and 16) screen printed on the antenna support, a card body (32 and 34) on each side of the antenna support, and a chip (26) provided with contacts (28 and 30), connected to the antenna. This card also features a chip support (20) made of fibrous material having two conductive strips (22 and 24), screen printed on the chip support (20), and to which the contacts (28 and 30) of the chip (26) are connected, the chip support (20) being positioned on the antenna support (10) so that the conductive strips (22 and 24) come into contact with the contacts (14 and 16) of the antenna and connect with the latter, and in such a way that the chip (26) is positioned in a cavity (18), made for this purpose in the antenna support (10).

Abstract: A method for connecting a chip (10) to a contactless smart card antenna having deformable contacts (18), the antenna being printed using conductive ink on an antenna support (16) made of deformable material. This method includes the steps of positioning the chip (10) provided with contacts (12) made of a non-deformable material, on the antenna support so that the contacts (12) are facing the contacts (18) of the antenna, and exerting a force on the chip (10) so that the contacts (12) deform the antenna support (16) and the contacts (18) of the antenna as a result of the pressure, the support (16) and the contacts (18) maintaining their deformation after the pressure is released, thus enabling a significant contact surface to be obtained between the contacts (12) of the chip (10) and the contacts (18) of the antenna.

Abstract: A compound, suitable as an alpha-2B-adrenoceptor antagoist, having a structure of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently of each other H, a straight or branched alkyl or alkoxy group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a halogen; X is H, a straight or branched alkyl chain with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, phenyl, —OH or ═O; Z is H, acetyl, —CH2—Ph—O—CF3 or —CH2—Ph—CF3, Y is a ring structure optionally linked to formula (I) with an alkyl chain having one or two carbon atoms. The compound is suitable for use in a method for treatment or prevention of a disease mediated by the alpha-2B-adrenoceptor in a mammal.

Abstract: Controllably dissolvable silica-xerogels prepared via sol-gel process and their use. A delivery device including controllably dissolvable silica-xerogel into which structure a biologically active agent is incorporated. Pharmaceutical preparations including this device. Medical devices for orthopedic and surgical purposes which contain controllably dissolvable silica-xerogels, which may further include a biologically active agent.

Abstract: A method for recovery of branch knot wood and/or normal wood from oversize chips in which the oversize chips are ground to splinter, which then is dried and mixed with water, and then the sedimented splinter containing high concentrations of extractive substances and having a high specific weight is recovered and extracted in order to recover valuable extractive substances, particularly lignans. The lighter splinter floating up to the water surface is recovered in order to recover normal wood material for the pulp production.