Abstract: A storage device (1) for bulk material intended for powdery materials, includes a flexible container (2) for bulk material and an insulating inner liner (3), of which the surface resistivity is greater than 1.0×1012?, without a static electricity conductive layer and without a static electricity dissipation layer, the inner lining (3) covering the inner walls of the container, the inner lining (3) including micro-perforations that pass there through, distributed over the whole surface of the inner lining (3) in such a way that the breakdown voltage of the inner liner (3) is lower than 4 kV and the breakdown voltage of the wall of the container is lower than 6 kV.

Abstract: A storage device (1) for bulk material intended for powdery materials, includes a flexible container (2) for bulk material and an insulating inner liner (3), of which the surface resistivity is greater than 1.0×1012 ?, without a static electricity conductive layer and without a static electricity dissipation layer, the inner lining (3) covering the inner walls of the container, the inner lining (3) including micro-perforations that pass there through, distributed over the whole surface of the inner lining (3) in such a way that the breakdown voltage of the inner liner (3) is lower than 4 kV and the breakdown voltage of the wall of the container is lower than 6 kV.

Abstract: A flexible container for packaging solid particulate materials in bulk, includes a bottom (1), four substantially rectangular outer side walls (2) and a cap, characterized in that, inside the flexible container, a tube made of a flexible material and having a height lower than the height of the outer side walls is attached by vertical attachment lines (5) on the four outer side walls (2) of the vessel in order to define a central compartment (6) and four peripheral compartments separated from the central compartment by four inner walls (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d), respectively, each of the inner walls including a central pouring element (11) at the upper edge thereof.

Abstract: A flexible container for packaging solid particulate materials in bulk, includes a bottom (1), four substantially rectangular outer side walls (2) and a cap, characterized in that, inside the flexible container, a tube made of a flexible material and having a height lower than the height of the outer side walls is attached by vertical attachment lines (5) on the four outer side walls (2) of the vessel in order to define a central compartment (6) and four peripheral compartments separated from the central compartment by four inner walls (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d), respectively, each of the inner walls including a central pouring element (11) at the upper edge thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to an analog of human .alpha..sub.1 -antitrypsin characterized in that it is all or part of the protein corresponding to human .alpha..sub.1 -antitrypsin in which, in 358 position, the amino-acid is selected from among arginine and little or non-oxidizable natural amino-acids when they are integrated into a protein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vaccinia virus, characterised in that it contains all or part of a DNA sequence (I) coding for an antigenic glycoprotein of rabies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vaccinia virus, characterized in that it contains all or part of a DNA sequence (I) coding for an antigenic glycoprotein of rabies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to vectors for cloning, in a host cell, hirudin or an analog of hirudin, characterized in that it comprises the gene for encoding hirudin or an analog of hirudin, and the elements for the expression of this gene in said host cell, said coding gene beginning, after the starting sequence, by an Ile codon and a Thr codon. This invention also relates to the process for the preparation of hirudin or analogs of hirudin as well as the hirudin or anologs of hirudin obtained.

Abstract: Functional block of DNA enabling to prepare hirudine from yeast, characterized in that it comprises at least:--the gene of hirudine or one of its variants (gene H); --A DNA sequence (S.sub.tr) comprising the signals providing for the transcription of the gene H by the yeast.

Abstract: This invention relates to an immunogenic composition comprising a viral vector. The genome of the viral vector comprises a functional origin of replication of a poxvirus, a DNA fragment encoding a non-cleavable gp160, a DNA fragment encoding a signal peptide, and a promoter for expressing DNA fragments in mammalian cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to vectors for cloning, in a host cell, hirudin or an analog of hirudin, characterized in that it comprises the gene for encoding hirudin or an analog of hirudin, and the elements for the expression of this gene in said host cell, said coding gene beginning, after the starting sequence, by an Ile codon and a Thr codon. This invention also relates to the process for the preparation of hirudin or analogs of hirudin as well as the hirudin or anologs of hirudin obtained.

Abstract: A viral vector comprising at least a portion of the genome of the HIV virus, a gene encoding gp160 glycoprotein of the envelope of the HIV virus, as well as the elements providing for the expression of the glycoprotein in cells, wherein the gp160 is expressed as a non-cleavable protein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the development of a vaccine against schistosomiasis. It relates to a protein which includes the epitopes of the p28 protein, a poxvirus containing a gene coding for the said protein, a cell incorporating a vector for the expression of the said protein, a method for preparing the said protein, a DNA sequence coding for the p28 protein, a pharmaceutical composition, antibodies raised against the said protein and their application by way of diagnostic agents for schistosomiasis.The present invention also relates to the application of the said protein by way of an agent possessing glutathione S-transferase activity.

Abstract: A viral vector comprising at least a portion of the genome of the HIV virus, a gene coding gp160 glycoprotein of the envelope of the HIV virus, as well as the elements providing for the expression of the glycoprotein in cells, wherein the gp160 is expressed as a non-cleavable protein.