Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an antimicrobially effective amount of at least one snake venom obtainable from a snake selected from the group of snakes consisting of: Naja kaouthia, Bungarus fasciatus, Ophiophagus hannah, Bungarus candidus, Lapemis hardwickii, Hydrophis cyanocinctus, Enhydrina schistosa, Aipysurus eydouxii, Bothrops atrox, Lachesis muta, Bitis arietans, Trimersurus albolabris or combinations thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The composition may further comprise one or more fractions or one or more components of the above venoms. The present invention also relates to medical use of snake venoms and use of said venoms for the manufacture of medicaments for the prevention, management or treatment of bacterial, fungal, protozoan or viral diseases. Also the present invention also relates to a composition above further including a plant extract.

Abstract: A semi-hybrid electric automobile includes a compartment, adapted to receive an easily removable fuel propulsion unit therein, and a transmission, adapted to establish a torque-transmitting connection between an output shaft of a fuel propulsion unit, placed in a predetermined position in the compartment, and a drive axle of the automobile.

Abstract: In order to drive an electrically operated vehicle provided with an electric drive motor supplied with energy by a plurality of rechargeable batteries carried by the vehicle, in a manner to achieve high electric power utilization efficiency, the feed voltage for the driving motor is increased in steps by successive connection of a progressively increasing number of batteries in series with the driving motor, a load-dependent steady state of the motor corresponding to each feed voltage and to a constant rate of motor rotation, and the batteries are switched to provide a lower feed voltage when the motor, and thus also the vehicle, has achieved a selected steady state, at which time the driving motor, due to the dynamic inertia of the moving vehicle, acts as a generator which changes the batteries until the voltage generated by the motor acting as a generator drops to the lower feed voltage value, whereby a large portion of the energy used for propelling the vehicle is recovered.