Abstract: Peptides of formula I ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen or acetyl and X is an amino acid sequence of formula -Ser-Leu-Asp-Ser-Pro-Arg-Ser- (Ia) or of formula -Arg-Ile-Ile-Ala-Gln- (Ib), and salts of such compounds, can be used for the treatment of diseases involving bone degeneration.

Abstract: A holding clamp for connecting together two sheets of material, at least one of which is susceptible to expansion. The clamp has a thread leg having a thread portion for receipt of a threaded member and a pair of clamping legs integrally joined at one end to form a C-shaped structure adapted to receive therebetween a sheet of expandable material, the thread leg being connected to an opposite end of one of the legs of the clamp. Each clamping leg has a through hole in line with the thread portion of the thread leg through which can pass the threaded member and an annular flange around each through hole that extends inwardly from the inner surface of each clamping leg that faces the other clamping leg and toward said other leg, the flanges abutting each other when the two clamping legs are brought together by the threaded member to keep the two legs apart a distance greater than the thickness of the expandable sheet.

Abstract: Highly wear-resistant sliding bearings with good sliding properties are difficult to manufacture by electrochemical deposition of the sliding alloy, because the corresponding electrolyte solutions are unstable. Conventional sliding alloys are also too hard for a run-in period and wear too rapidly when used in accordance with specifications. The new sliding layer is simple to manufacture and has an extremely favorable run-in period. The soft constituent of the sliding layer is present in a concentration which decreases along a concentration gradient perpendicular to the effective surface of the sliding layer as the distance from the effective surface increases. The sliding layer is particularly suitable for use as a lead-tin-copper alloy in a multilayered bearing.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein L, M, R, T and X are set forth in the description, as well as hydrates or solvates thereof, which inhibit thrombin-induced platelet aggregation and clotting of fibrinogen in plasma, are described. The compounds of formula I are prepared by amidination or, depending on whether L is NH or O, by amide formation or esterification.

Abstract: A device collects and discharges the splashed water thrown up by a vehicle wheel, and comprises a plurality of collection channels which are disposed side by side and spaced apart. The channels are held on the wheel arch of the vehicle in a position facing a tire tread, and collection channel openings, inclined downwards in their longitudinal direction, are each covered over by a respective recessed rebound wall on which a part of the impinging splashed water is thrown back into the associated collection channel. In order to enable greater efficiency of the device in the collection of splashed water to be achieved, the rebound walls associated with the collection channels are each, as viewed in cross-section, in the form of arcuately curved guide vanes, whereby a major part of the impinging splashed water is deflected by return flushing into the collection channel openings.

Abstract: A wheel cover for catching spray water, dirt or the like, which, in its operating position, is located opposite to and at a distance from the tread periphery of the associated wheel and protrudes downwards relative to the level of the vehicle floor and which can be moved upwards into a non-operating position in which it is substantially retracted into the body of the vehicle. No complicated guide is necessary for the changeover of the wheel cover between its operating position and its non-operating position, since it is hinged on the body of the vehicle and can be pivoted to take up the non-operating position under the vehicle floor.

Abstract: Glycerine derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein the residues R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 have the significance given in the description, and their hydrates, which inhibit blood platelet activating factor (PAF), are described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for the elimination of odoriferous substances in gases or vapors produced by processes for the treatment of organic materials, for instance foodstuffs or luxury foods, in a processing plant. For the elimination of these odoriferous substances the invention proposes that the gases or vapors are supplied to a furnace installation of the processing plant and subjected therein to temperatures of at least 400.degree. C., the heat generated by the furnace installation being directly or indirectly, and at least in part, used for the respective treatment process. According to the invention, an apparatus for performing the method is characterized in that a gas or vapor discharge duct of a vessel used or heating, boiling, roasting, deep-frying, cooking and/or melting of the materials to be processed is connected to the furnace installation by a gas flow duct.

Abstract: Cells are disclosed using doped electroconductive polymer electrodes and electrolytes of alkali metal cations and soft anions in polar organic solvents. The structure of the negative electrodes comprises layers of electroconductive polymers and ion exchange resin. Conditioning the negative electrodes is effected with AC current, the energy of the negative pulses exceeding that of the positive pulses.

Abstract: The hollow guide is designed as a thin ceramic hollow tube which is guided in an outer tube while leaving a hollow space between the outer tube and the ceramic hollow tube, the outer tube being provided at its proximal end with a connecting part having a gas connection and receiving a focusing optical system. The ceramic hollow tube is guided in the outer tube through at least one mounting part arranged at the proximal end and at least one mounting part at the distal end, which in each case is supported locally with respect to the inner wall of the outer tube. The mounting parts are thus arranged so that free flow cross-sections to conduct the rinsing gas remain in the region of support, these being matched with the internal inner cross-section of the ceramic hollow tube, so that gas flow flowing past the ceramic hollow tube is produced both on the outside and on the inside.

Abstract: A rotary vibration damper for a shaft where the flywheel ring 1 and the hub 2 are connected by first resilient elements 3 uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction, and where second resilient elements 4 of an essentially column-like shape are provided between the first resilient elements 3. The second resilient elements are affixed at one end to the hub 2 and at the other end to the flywheel ring 1. When the rotary vibration damper does not rotate, these elements have a bend 7 in the intermediate zone which protrudes radially inward. This bend 7 can be reduced and eventually eliminated at higher speeds by centrifugal forces, thus causing the spring rigidity to increase.

Abstract: Novel salts of methylphosphonic acid with primary amines are described. These compounds are preferably used as extreme pressure additives in lubricant compositions.

Abstract: Glycerol derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein one of the residues R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is a group U of the formula OY.sup.1 or --X.sup.1 --CO--(A.sup.1).sub.n --Z.sup.1, another residue is a group V of the formula OY.sup.2 or --X.sup.2 --CO--(A.sup.2).sub.p --Z.sup.2, and the remaining residue is a group W of the formula --X.sup.3 T--(C.sub.2-6 -alkylene)-N.sup.+ R A.sup.- in which one of X.sup.1, X.sup.2 and X.sup.3 is oxygen or NQ.sup.1 and the other two are oxygen and the remaining symbols have the significance given below, and their hydrates are described and are prepared by introducing or generating the residues R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 in corresponding glycerol derivatives.The compounds of formula I are active as inhibitors of blood platelet activating factor or as inhibitors of the growth of tumors.

Abstract: Apparatus for introducing fluids into, and withdrawing fluids from, a hollow organ of the body, in particular a galibladder, for conducting litholysis, comprises a piston-type injection device having a multi-directional valve and which can be removably inserted into an operating mechanism. The injection device has a chamber located in front of its piston and serving as a settling chamber for a mixture of organ secretion and stone sludge removed with the solvent from the hollow organ. The valve is for the sequential connection of the pressure chamber to the hollow organ, to a tank for the solvent, and to a receiving vessel for fluid drawn off.

Abstract: In a filling-level indicator (12), especially for fuel tanks (10) of motor vehicles, flexural waves of the frequency (f) are fed into a sound conductor (11) via a transmitter (13). For the temperature compensation of the zero point of the filling-level indicator (12), the temperature coefficient of the modulus of elasticity (TKE) of the material of the sound conductor (11) will be at least of the order of magnitude of the negative amount of the temperature coefficient of the longitudinal extension (TKL). Furthermore, it has been shown to be especially advantageous to feed the flexural waves at a frequency f.sub.opt .apprxeq.50 kHzmm/d, (d) being the thickness of the sound conductor (11). A temperature compensation of the measuring sensitivity of the sound conductor is possible as a result of this measure. The filling-level indicator thereby supplies relatively accurate measurement values and is virtually independent of temperature influences within a wide temperature range.

Abstract: A clasp-like sheet metal nut for automatic fitting onto a support plate comprising a threaded leg, which has a thread profile, and a clasp leg, which is connected to said threaded leg via a cross-piece and is provided with a screw through-hole, the two legs running at an angle toward each other in the direction of their free ends and the free end of the threaded leg having an insertion plate protruding obliquely away from the clasp leg, wherein laterally outward-protruding guide fins are formed on one of the two legs.

Abstract: Hologenated 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-2H-benzotriazoles of the formula ##STR1## in which X is halogen, R.sub.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl, phenyl or phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and R.sub.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl, phenyl, phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or a group --C.sub.n H.sub.2n --COOR.sub.3, in which n is 0 to 4 and R.sub.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl, can be prepared particularly advantageously by catalytic hydrogenation of a corresponding o-nitroazo compound in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst consisting of 0.1 to 3% of Pt on a support and of an organic amine.

Abstract: Novel salts of methylphosphonic acid with primary amines are described. These compounds are preferably used as extreme pressure additives in lubricant compositions.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R represents lower alkyl, R.sub.1 represents tri-lower alkylmethylcarbonyl, and one of the radicals R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 represents tri-lower alkylmethylcarbonyl and the other represents hydrogen, and salts thereof, exhibit hypo-lipidaemic properties.

Abstract: A clip-like, C-shaped sheet-metal nut and an assembly device therefor, the nut having a thread leg with an embossed thread portion and a clip leg having a through hole, with the forward end of the thread leg having an upwardly and forwardly inclined insertion plate. A pair of guide webs are integrally formed on the two lateral edges of the thread leg that extend upwardly at right angles to the leg with the upper edges of the webs protruding above the insertion plate and running parallel to the clip leg and with their side surfaces being in a line with the lateral edges of the clip leg to provide a substantially outer rectangular perimeter to the nut.