Abstract: A control device is described for rollers of a trailer. Belt supports and belt-end supports attach to the trailer, which has rollers for unloading cargo. The belt is over each of the belt supports and under each of the rollers. A belt tensioner tensions the belt so as to brake the rollers.

Abstract: The invention is directed to substituted quinoline derivatives. Specifically, the invention is directed to compounds according to Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are defined herein. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of lactate dehydrogenase A and can be useful in the treatment of cancer and diseases associated with tumor cell metabolism, such as cancer, and more specifically cancers of the breast, colon, prostate and lung. Accordingly, the invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the invention. The invention is still further directed to methods of inhibiting lactate dehydrogenase A activity and treatment of disorders associated therewith using a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention.

Abstract: The invention described herein relates to certain pyrimidinedione N-substituted glycine derivatives of formula (I) which are antagonists of HIF prolyl hydroxylases and are useful for treating diseases benefiting from the inhibition of this enzyme, anemia being one example.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of (S)— or (R)-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropionic acid and to novel microorganisms capable of utilizing the propionamide of the formula in the form of the racemate or of its optically active isomers as the sole nitrogen source.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the manufacture of antibiotic compounds of the class known as lantibiotics. Preferably, the present invention relates to the purification of those lantibiotics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of (S)— or (R)-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropionic acid and to novel microorganisms capable of utilizing the propionamide of the formula in the form of the racemate or of its optically active isomers as the sole nitrogen source.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of (S)- or (R)-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropionic acid and to novel microorganisms capable of utilizing the propionamide of the formula in the form of the racemate or of its optically active isomers as the sole nitrogen source.

Abstract: Described are new micro-organisms and a new enzyme capable of using as sole source of nitrogen the propionic acid amide of formula (VI), in racemate form or as optically active isomers. Described also is a method of preparing (S)- or (R)-3,3,2-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropionic acid of formulas (I) and (II) starting from trifluoroaceto-acetic ester. The first three process steps are chemical, the fourth process step microbiological.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method for the preparation of optically active 3,3,3-trifluoromethyl-2-alkyl propionic acid derivatives of the general formulae (I) and (II), in which R is ethyl or methyl and X is OH or NH2, provided that if R is methyl X≠—OH. The method comprises the reaction of a racemic propionic acid amide of the general formula (III) either by means of microorganisms which are able to use the propionic acid amide in the form of the racemate or one of its optically active isomers as the only nitrogen source or by means of a polypeptide with amidohydrolase activity which is able to hydrolyze the propionic acid amide. The invention also relates to new optically active representatives of this category of compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of (S)- or (R)-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-methylpropionic acid and to novel microorganisms capable of utilizing the propionamide of the formula 1

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method for the preparation of optically active 3,3,3-trifluoromethyl-2-alkylpropionic acid derivatives of the general formulae (I) and (II), in which R is ethyl or methyl and X is OH or NH2, provided that if R is methyl X≠—OH. The method comprises the reaction of a racemic propionic acid amide of the general formula (III) either by means of microorganisms which are able to use the propionic acid amide in the form of the racemate or one of its optically active isomers as the only nitrogen source or by means of a polypeptide with amidohydrolase activity which is able to hydrolyze the propionic acid amide. The invention also relates to new optically active representatives of this category of compounds.

Abstract: In DNA fragments and plasmids comprising the bioB, bioF, bioC, bioD and bioA genes responsible for biosynthesis of biotin, or their functionally equivalent genetic variants and mutants from enteric bacteria, the genes are arranged in a transcription unit. These DNA fragments and plasmids can be contained in microorganisms which can be used to produce biotin.

Abstract: Microorganisms of interest are capable of utilizing .alpha.-imino carboxamides, in the form of the racemate or of its optically active isomers, of the general formula ##STR1## wherein A together with --NH-- and --CH-- is an optionally substituted 5- or 6-membered saturated heterocyclic ring, as sole nitrogen source, and converting (RS)-.alpha.-imino carboxamides of Formula I into an S-.alpha.-imino carboxylic acid of the general formula ##STR2## These microorganisms are useful also for biconversion of an (RS)-.alpha.-imino carboxamide of Formula I into an S-.alpha.-imino carboxylic acid.

Abstract: Microorganisms of interest are capable of utilizing .alpha.-imino carboxamides, in the form of the racemate or of its optically active isomers, of the general formula ##STR1## wherein A together with --NH-- and --CH-- is an optionally substituted 5- or 6-membered saturated heterocyclic ring, as sole nitrogen source, and converting (RS)-.alpha.-imino carboximides of Formula I into an S-.alpha.-amino carboxylic acid of the general formula ##STR2## These microorganisms are useful also for biconversion of an (RS)-.alpha.-imino carboxamide of Formula I into an S-.alpha.-amino carboxylic acid.

Abstract: A hand held hair dryer housing with a relatively small open end and a relatively large opposite open end, heater means, and a reversible motor-driven fan for selectively providing either a concentrated or a diffused flow of heated air through said small or large open ends of said housing, respectively.