Abstract: A steam turbine has a two-shell housing, including an outer casing and an inner casing arranged therein, as well as a pipe that extends through the outer casing for supplying and/or removing steam to or from the inner casing, the pipe being provided with a pair of apertures arranged opposite each other on the inner casing. According to the invention, a first steam supply or discharge pipe can be connected to a first aperture, and the second aperture is closed by a cover.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of dichloric acids and the derivatives thereof for producing medicaments used for disinfecting body cavities.

Abstract: N-(2-acetyl-4,6-dimethylphenyl)-3-([(3,4 dimethyl-5-isoxazolyl)aminosulfonyl}-2-thiophenecarboxamide, is provided here in the form of three polymorphs (Forms A, C and E). Forms A, C and E are specified by their peaks in their X-ray powder diffraction patterns, their absorption peaks in their infrared absorption spectra in potassium bromide, their peaks in their Raman absorption spectra, or their melting points.

Abstract: Compositions comprising Compound I, wherein the Compound I is present in one or more polymorphic forms. Also provided are kits and articles of manufacture with compositions comprising one or more polymorphs of Compound I, and methods of using the compositions to treat various diseases.

Abstract: A handle assembly for a network protector where the network protector includes a circuit breaker and a housing assembly, the circuit breaker having a trip bar structured to move between a first position and a second position corresponding to an open and closed position of the circuit breaker, respectively, the housing assembly having a sidewall with an opening. The handle assembly includes a linkage assembly, a shaft assembly, a handle member and locking assembly. The shaft assembly has a shaft, where the shaft rotatably is disposed in the opening and structured to move between a first and second position. The handle member has an elongated body and an elongated grip extending generally perpendicular to the handle body. The handle body is coupled to, and structured to rotate, the shaft. The locking assembly has an elongated release grip.

Abstract: A grooming device having a first unit and upper hand-held unit connected to the first unit is disclosed. A vacuum unit in the first unit creates a vacuum air flow in a vacuum chamber in the hand-held unit, while a heating unit in the first unit generates a heated air flow to a heat chamber in the hand-held unit. The heat chamber and vacuum chamber are contained within a vessel in the hand-held unit. The heat chamber is separated from the vacuum chamber by a wall having regularly spaced pores. When both the vacuum unit and heating unit of the device are switched on, the vacuum flow in the vacuum chamber pulls heated air from the heat chamber through pores in the wall so that dry, heated air flows along the length of the vessel. Thus, hair placed in the vacuum chamber of the hand-held unit is exposed to the combined effect of the vacuum and flow of heated air. In a further embodiment, the wall of the vacuum chamber is heated by a heating element thereby causing the vacuum flow to be heated.

Abstract: A hoop having an adjustable diameter and including a fixed portion and an adjustable portion. The adjustable portion can be disposed in an extended configuration and a collapsed configuration. A user can vary the diameter of the hoop by moving a first end of the adjustable member with respect to a second end of the adjustable member.

Abstract: A grooming device having a first unit and upper hand-held unit connected to the first unit. A vacuum unit in the first unit creates a vacuum air flow in a vacuum chamber in the hand-held unit, while a heating unit in the first unit generates a heated air flow to a heat chamber in the hand-held unit. The heat chamber and vacuum chamber are contained within a vessel in the hand-held unit. The heat chamber is separated from the vacuum chamber by a wall having regularly spaced pores. When both the vacuum unit and heating unit of the device are switched on, the vacuum flow in the vacuum chamber pulls heated air from the heat chamber through pores in the wall so that dry, heated air flows along the length of the vessel. Thus, hair placed in the vacuum chamber of the hand-held unit is exposed to the combined effect of the vacuum and flow of heated air. In a further embodiment, the wall of the vacuum chamber is heated by a heating element thereby causing the vacuum flow to be heated.

Abstract: A method of diagnosis of solid epithelial tumours or other abnormalities such as rectal colitis, which comprises size-separating stroma from epithelial cells, separating the epithelial cells from most of the other tissue still present, by reacting the tissue with a monoclonal antibody specific for epithelial cells, collecting the reacted cells bound to the antibody and releasing them from the antibody, whereby the sample contains at least 90 percent epithelial cells by volume of the total tissue of the sample and comparing at least one phenotypic or genotypic characteristic of the sample with corresponding normal epilthelial cells