Abstract: An enclosure for a gage including a housing and cover. The cover includes one or more mounting lugs and the housing includes one or more mounting mechanisms. Each mounting mechanism includes an inclined ramp to facilitate removal of the cover from the housing by rotational movement of the cover with respect to the housing.

Abstract: A method is provided for characterizing a scientific material, such as a silicate material, a polymer material and/or nanomaterial. The method can include the steps of irradiating a measuring light of a predetermined wavelength range into material specimens, recording the measuring light reflected and/or reemitted by the material specimens, determining a ratio depending on the wave lengths of irradiated to detected measuring light (spectrum), and numerical-mathematical processing of spectral data of single material specimens for determining the characteristic features of the material specimens.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum distillation plant and a process for concentrating organic aqueous solutions, especially spissum extracts, using said plant. The vacuum distillation plant of the invention comprises a flash evaporator, a means for vapor concentration and a multi-stage condenser positioned down-stream of said means for vapor concentration, means for recycling at least part of the condensate from a condensation stage into the bottoms product being provided. In addition, the present invention relates to a process for concentrating organic aqueous solutions such as concentrated extracts using said plant.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a use of an extract from Gentiana lutea (yellow gentian) as a drug for the treatment of bacterial infections. It has been found that the extract exhibits an anti-microbial effect that corresponds to the effectivity of ampicillin. The novel drug may be made into any customary galenic formulations and is quite particularly suited for the treatment of infections of the upper and lower respirational tracts, such as rhinosinusitises and bronchitises.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating a mitral valve, comprising an elongate member having a spiral shape, the elongate member having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, an expandable proximal anchor joined to the proximal end portion of the elongate body, and an expandable distal anchor joined to the distal end portion of the elongate body. The elongate member is configured to adjust from an elongated state to a shortened state after delivery at least partially into a coronary sinus for reshaping a mitral annulus.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a medical implant, and method for deploying the same, configured for placement in a body lumen such as a coronary sinus, as may be desired to treat a regurgitant mitral valve. The implant includes a proximal anchor, a distal anchor, and an elongate bridge extending between the proximal and distal anchors. The anchors are configured to be delivered to a desired deployment site within the body lumen in a collapsed or contracted condition and then expanded to engage the walls of the body lumen. The bridge is preferably a shape-changing member configured to contract after delivery into the coronary sinus for applying a compressive force to the annulus of the mitral valve. The proximal and distal anchoring mechanisms preferably overlap the proximal and distal end portions of the bridge, thereby providing the implant with a longer bridge having greater contraction.

Abstract: A method for classifying beverages of natural origin, such as wine or coffee. Classification is carried out by means of NIR spectroscopy and corresponding numerical-mathematical conditioning of the spectral data of the individual beverage samples, wherein respective obtained spectra are then correlated with a predetermined beverage, class. By means of the method of the invention it is possible to classify wines by sort of wine, growing regions, grape, vine, vintage, kind of material or wood of the wine cask used, and varying degree of maturity of the wine, and by other chemical parameters. Coffee, for example, may be classified by coffee sort, country of origin, coffee growing region, roasting method and defined chemical parameters, e.g., caffeine content, or chlorogenic acid content.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of extracts from Cimicifuga racemosa, and of tectorigenin as an estrogen-type, organoselective medicament for the selective treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular diseases, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis and climacteric disorders, e.g. for preventing or alleviating hot flushes. Uterotrophic effects are practically not observed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of phytoestrogen-containing extracts that selectively modulate estrogen receptor beta (ER-beta) without producing any uterotropic effect, for the treatment of clinical situations and pathophysiological conditions that are selected from the group consisting of: Obesity and thereby to possibly influence the metabolic syndrome, particularly hypertension, asterosclerosis, cardiac infarct, hyperandrogenemia; Menopausal continence disorders; Menopausal heat surges associated with hyperstimulation of the hypothalamic gonadotropin releasing hormone pulse generator; steroid hormonal synthesis disorder, particularly that of progesterone synthesis of the human corpus luteum, resulting in luteal insuffeciency; Alzheimer's disease associated with elevated expression of estrogen receptor beta in hippocampal neurons.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of extracts from Iridaceae and from Cimicifuga racemosa, and of tectorigenin as an estrogen-type, organoselective medicament for the selective treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular diseases, in particular atherosclerose, osteoporose and climacteric disorders, e.g. for preventing or alleviating hot flushes. Uterotrophic effects are practically not observed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for classifying beverages of natural origin such as wine or coffee. Classification is carried out by means of NIR spectroscopy and corresponding numerical-mathematical conditioning of the spectral data of the individual beverage samples, wherein respective obtained spectra are then correlated with a predetermined beverage class. By means of the method of the invention it is possible to classify wines by sort of wine, growing regions, grape, vine, vintage, kind of material or wood of the wine cask used, and varying degree of maturity of the wine, and by other chemical parameters. Coffee, for example, may be classified by coffee sort, country of origin, coffee growing region, roasting method and defined chemical parameters, e.g., caffeine content, or chlorogenic acid content.

Abstract: The present invention relates to extracts from the lridaceae plant Belamcanda chinensis for producing a ready-formulated medicament suited for the selective treatment and/or prophylaxis of sexual hormone-related disorders of the uro-genital tract. The inventive extracts are moreover suited for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of post-menopausal bladder infections and of urinary incontinence. The are moreover indicated for the treatment of benign and malignant prostate hyperplasies. It was moreover found that the ingredient tectorigenin as well as its glycosides, isolated from Belamcanda chinensis, essentially has the same effects as the whole extract.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical formulation, its use, and method for its manufacture The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation of a calcium salt and a dry plant extract in the form of a coated tablet, wherein it has a core of at least one dry plant extract, enveloped by at least one coating of at least one calcium salt. The plant extracts for the core may be selected from: Vitex agnus castus (chaste tree); Belamcanda chinensis (leopard lily); Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh); Trifolium pratense L. (purple trefoil); Oenothera biennis hom. (primrose); Glycine soja (soy bean); Serenoa repens (saw-palmetto); Urtica dioica (stinging nettle), in particular its root; Cucurbita pepo (pumpkin), in particular its seed; Pygeum africanum; as well as suitable mixtures of these.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a prolactin lowering drug containing at least one bicyclic diterpene of the labdane type.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a prolactin lowering drug containing at least one bicyclic diterpene of the labdane or clerodane type: wherein R1=H, C1 to C3 alkyl or C1 to C3 acyl.

Abstract: A flowmeter for measuring fluid flow including a body having a receptacle including a cavity formed by a threadless cylindrical side wall, a stopper adapted to be inserted into the cavity of the receptacle including a generally cylindrical threadless shank having an annular groove, and a clip member slidably located in a passage of the body. The clip member is slidable between a first position wherein the clip member is located within the annular groove of the stopper to prevent removal of the stopper from the body, and a second position wherein the clip member is located outside of the annular groove of the stopper whereby the stopper may be longitudinally removed from the receptacle of the body.

Abstract: A flowmeter for measuring fluid flow including a body having a receptacle including a cavity formed by a threadless cylindrical side wall, a stopper adapted to be inserted into the cavity of the receptacle including a generally cylindrical threadless shank having an annular groove, and a clip member slidably located in a passage of the body. The clip member is slidable between a first position wherein the clip member is located within the annular groove of the stopper to prevent removal of the stopper from the body, and a second position wherein the clip member is located outside of the annular groove of the stopper whereby the stopper may be longitudinally removed from the receptacle of the body.

Abstract: Cooling of engine walls with fuel, wherein the walls have a structure which has an inner wall, to which hot gas is admitted during the operation, a colder outer wall, as well as a plurality of webs which connect the walls and divide the hollow space present there into a plurality of cooling ducts.The fuel is introduced in the cold state into the wall structure, is delivered through the cooling ducts while absorbing heat via the inner wall, and is subsequently used to generate thrust.A hot fluid flow taken from the engine is admitted during the operation from the outside to the "cold" outer wall of the wall structure, through which fuel flows, and this "cold" outer wall thermally expands as a result, or its thermal contraction is reduced.