Abstract: The invention relates to an oil-in-water dispersion comprising coniferous resin acids, its preparation and use as an antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory agent in medical and non-medical products. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical product comprising the oil-in-water dispersion.

Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-inflammatory agent comprising coniferous resin acids and to pharmaceutical formulations containing said agent for use in treating and preventing sterile inflammation.

Abstract: An aqueous antimicrobial composition including coniferous resin acids a dispersing agent and an aqueous medium, a method for its preparation and its use as an antimicrobial agent in medical and non-medical field are provided.

Abstract: An antimicrobial composition containing coniferous resin acids and/or their derivates, an antimicrobial polymer composition including coniferous resin acids and/or their derivates and processes for preparing thereof, and the use of the derivates of coniferous resin acids as an antimicrobial agent.

Abstract: The press device for a paper web, such as a calender, contains a flexible moving element (1a) forming an endless structure, said element forming the shell (1) of a roll, the press device including further a counter roll. Inside the moving element (1a) there is a shoe element (3) that is arranged to support the shell (1a) against the counter roll to form a nip (N). The width and/or the surface contour of the supporting surface of the shoe element (3) guiding the shell of the roll in the nip contact varies in the machine direction and the shoe element is positionable in the machine direction to adjust the nip width and/or length.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for assessing the risk of peptic ulcer by determining the presence and topographic phenotype of gastritis in an individual, by determining quantitatively the pepsinogen I and gastin-17 concentrations in a serum sample from the said individual, selecting a method-specific reference value and cut-off value for respective analyte, assessing the topography and phenotype of gastritis based on a comparison of the pepsinogen I and gastrin-17 concentrations so determined with their respective method-specific reference and cut-off values, and correlating the so assessed gastritis phenotype with the risk for peptic ulcer. Preferably also Helicobacter antibodies are determined in the sample.

Abstract: The press device for a paper web, such as a calender, contains a flexible moving element (1a) forming an endless structure, said element forming the shell (1) of a roll, the press device including further a counter roll. Inside the moving element (1a) there is a shoe element (3) that is arranged to support the shell (1a) against the counter roll to form a nip (N). The width and/or the surface contour of the supporting surface of the shoe element (3) guiding the shell of the roll in the nip contact varies in the machine direction and the shoe element is positionable in the machine direction to adjust the nip width and/or length.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for determination of the significance of a histologically detected premalignant lesion as a risk for intestinal type gastric cancer or carcinoma in situ, comprising detecting from a patient sample comprising gastric mucosa cells a) cyclooxygenase-2 Cox-2) mRNA expression, or b) Cox-2 protein; wherein overexpression of Cox-2 is indicative of an increased risk for intestinal type gastric cancer.