Abstract: The invention relates to a tablet, capsule, or granule for oral administration comprising desogestrel wherein desogestrel is mixed or dissolved in a solid selected from a lubricant free from organic solvents, and a waxy substance not being a lubricant.

Abstract: A C-11 substituted steroid and a method of use of a C-11 substituted steroid to treat osteoporosis.

Abstract: A coated bleach composition for laundering which contains from 1-97 weight percent of an amidoperoxyacid, and 0-98 weight percent of a hydratable amidoperoxyacid compatible material, less than 2.0 weight percent of water, and a coating of 2-30 weight percent of a water-soluble salt applied by spray coating on a fluidized bed, is disclosed.Also disclosed is a process for the coating of an amidoperoxyacid-containing bleach composition characterized by the steps of spraying, at a temperature below the decomposition temperature of the amidoperoxyacid, a sufficient amount of an atomized spray of an aqueous solution of a water-soluble salt onto a fluidized bed of bleach composition containing an amidoperoxyacid to provide 2-30 weight percent of the water-soluble salt to the composition, and drying the coated composition to a water content of less than 2.0 weight percent. The coating of the composition eliminates caking problems encountered with the uncoated composition.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for predicting the presence of at least one congenital or acquired imbalance or therapeutic condition associated with thrombosis/hemostasis from at least one time-dependent measurement profile. At least one time-dependent measurement on an unknown sample is performed and a respective property of said sample is measured over time so as to derive a time-dependent measurement profile. A set of a plurality of predictor variables are defined which sufficiently define the data of the time-dependent measurement profile. A model is then derived that represents the relationship between the congenital or acquired imbalance or therapeutic condition, and the set of predictor variables. Subsequently, the model is utilized to predict the existence of the congenital or acquired imbalance or therapeutic condition in the unknown sample.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tuneable bisconjugate comprising two saccharides and a spacer, each saccharide being the same or different and comprising two to six monosaccharide units, at least one unit being uronic acid, characterized in that at least one of the saccharides per se has anti-thrombotic activity, and that the spacer connects at least one saccharide to the other through its non-reducing end, the chain length of the spacer being 20-120 atoms.

Abstract: An apparatus for optical monitoring of at least one thread for irregularities, in particular for filament breaks in multifilament yarns, with a radiation source, a radiation detector, and a ray beam transmitted by the radiation source and received by the radiation detector and directed past the thread perpendicular to and at a defined distance to it, whereby the radiation source and radiation detector are situated next to the thread, characterized in that the radiation source and radiation detector are situated on the same side of the thread and that on the opposite side of the thread means for displaced reflection of the ray beam are situated such that the transmitted ray beam is directed past the thread on one side and the displaced reflected ray beam is directed past the thread on the other side, whereby the transmitted ray beam and the displaced reflected ray beam are as equidistant as possible from the thread and are at least approximately parallel to one another is disclosed.

Abstract: A process for the synthesis of a catalyst for the polymerization of carbon monoxide and at least one olefin which comprises treating a mixture of a compound of palladium, such as tetrakis(acetonitrile) palladium, and a Lewis acid anion, such as a fluoride of a metal selected from Group III to Group V of the Periodic Table (e.g., boron trifluoride), with carbon monoxide and an olefin followed by reaction of the resulting composition with a bidentate ligand reagent, such as a 1,3-bis(diphenyl-phosphino) alkane (e.g., 1,3-bis(diphenyl-phosphino) propane).

Abstract: Benzene phosphorus dichloride can be prepared by the reaction of benzene and phosphorus trichloride in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst, such as aluminum trichloride or ferric trichloride, at elevated temperature, such as from about 200.degree. C. to about 250.degree. C., and superatmospheric pressure, such as no less than the vapor pressure of the components at the chosen reaction temperature, to insure a liquid reaction medium.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a process of agglomerating particulate material in the presence of water which comprises mixing said particulate matreial with a binding effective amount of at least one water soluble polymer, and a binder enhancing effective amount of caustic, to produce a mixture, and forming said mixture into agglomerates.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with European strains of the Porcine Reproductive Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus, which are attenuated, and show a characteristic reaction pattern with two monoclonal antibodies against wild-type PRRSV.The invention also relates to vaccines for the protection of pigs against PRRS, to monoclonal antibodies reactive with PRRS virus and monoclonal antibodies specifically non-reactive with the attenuated strains.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an asbestos-free roof coating composition which comprises roof-coating asphalt cutback, an amine-based dispersion aid and various optional ingredients including fillers to obtain the desired bulk. The dispersion aid is an organic or inorganic acid neutralized salt of a polyamine of the formula:R--NH.sub.2wherein R is a C.sub.3 C.sub.26 coco-alkyl radical.

Abstract: Activity promoting additives (alkoxylated amines and alkoxylated quaternary ammonium compounds) for rest-breaking agents are disclosed. Further, rest-breaking compositions comprising these additives and a rest-breaking agent are also disclosed. Finally, a process for breaking the rest of deciduous fruit trees is disclosed. The activity promoting additives enhance the activity of rest-breaking agents thereby leading to improvements in the yields and quality of fruit from deciduous fruit trees in regions which have mild winter weather conditions.

Abstract: Filament-reinforced nonwoven-fabric sheeting reinforced by sheets of parallel reinforcement yarns integrated into the nonwoven-fabric sheeting, whereby a binder is used to bind the filaments A forming the nonwoven fabric to filaments B of the reinforcement yarns at the crossing points of filaments A and B, and to bind filaments B to each other at least at some points, wherein the filaments A of the nonwoven fabric are also bound to each other at their crossing points by the same binder is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to solid diacyl organic peroxide formulations in liquid or paste form having improved thermal stability. The formulations generally comprise solid diacyl organic peroxide, a dispersing plasticizer having a solid organic peroxide solubility of from about 3-10%, a phlegmatizer vehicle having minimal or no solid organic peroxide solubility, and optional ingredients such as surfactants, thixotropic agents, mixtures thereof and the like.

Abstract: The invention is related to a nucleic acid sequence encoding a MD06 Marek's Disease Virus protein. Such a protein can be used for the immunization of poultry against MDV infection or disease. The nucleic acid sequence encoding the MD06 MDV protein can be applied for the preparation of the protein by means of genetic engineering techniques or can be applied for the preparation of vector vaccines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to gonadotropins consisting of an .alpha. and .beta. subunit, said gonadotropins comprising non-native disulfide bridges, preferably non-native intersubunit disulfide bridges. The gonadotropins according to the invention have improved stability. The present invention furthermore provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising said gonadotropins.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a non-linear optically active (NLO) side chain polycarbonate and to NLO active waveguides containing said polycarbonate. Waveguides containing this NLO polycarbonate have a low loss of signal. Polycarbonates based on bischloroformates of hexafluorobisphenol A, hexafluorotetrabromobisphenol A and bisphenol S or deuterated bisphenol A or sulphonylbiphenol are especially preferred within the framework of the invention: they were found to give an exceptionally low loss of signal. The invention further pertains to cross-linkable and already cross-linked polycarbonates. Especially preferred polycarbonates according to the invention are those where the diol comprises a rigid donor group. These polycarbonates have a high Tg, which renders them thermally stable.

Abstract: The present invention provides a live and inactivated Chicken Anaemia Agent vaccine capable of evoking an immune response in a vaccinated chicken. The CAA virus of the vaccine is attenuated by serial passages in embryonated eggs.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a new strain of Mareks Disease Virus and to a vaccine for the protection of poultry against Mareks Disease containing the novel strain. The invention also relates to bivalent or polyvalent vaccines comprising in addition other viruses of the Mareks Disease virus group, i.e. HVT.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gD-negative Bovine Herpesvirus mutant, that has the property of direct cell-to-cell transmission. The invention also relates to a DNA-fragment capable of conferring this property to Bovine Herpesviruses, not possessing the direct cell-to-cell transmission capability. Also, the invention relates to a vaccine based on this mutant, and a method for the protection of animals against Bovine Herpesvirus.