Abstract: A method for making a bactericidal and virucidal covering material comprises the steps of preparing a web of thermoplastic polymeric material, applying a plurality of particles of photocatalytic material on the web of thermoplastic material and heating at least one portion of the web from a first, lower temperature to a second, upper temperature at least equal to the softening temperature of the thermoplastic polymeric material, in order to allow the particles of photocatalytic material to be integrated in the thermoplastic polymeric material.

Abstract: Described are an antibacterial covering panel and a method for making the panel. The panel comprises a supporting layer having a first surface for connection to a surface to be covered, for example the interior surface of an ambulance, and a second surface which is opposite to the first surface; at least one composite material is positioned outside in view at the second surface of the supporting layer and comprises at least one layer of particles of photocatalytic material.

Abstract: Polysaccharides are functionalized using a source of free radicals which forms stable radicals on the polysaccharides structure and wherein the formed radicals reacts with a functionalized unsaturated compound. The method comprises two steps: a first step, wherein the free radical on the polysaccharides chain is formed, and a second step, wherein said radical reacts with the unsaturated compound in the absence of the radical source.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the depolymerization of glycosaminoglycanes characterized by the use of electron beam radiation, optionally in the presence of an organic compound selected from the group consisting of ethers, alcohols, aldehydes, amides and formic acid. The invention also relates to the intermediate depolymerized heparin obtained by the process. The intermediate depolymerized heparin can be dissolved in a buffer solution and fractionated by gel permeation for obtaining the desired molecular weight.

Abstract: Process for the mechanical transformation of a thread (F) of vegetable, animal or artificial or synthetic origin, characterized in that it includes abrading the thread (F) when the latter is supported in the air between two supports (55, 56).

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the depolymerization of glycosaminoglycanes characterized by the use of electron beam radiation, optionally in the presence of an organic compound selected from the group consisting of ethers, alcohols, aldehydes, amides and formic acid. The invention also relates to the intermediate depolymerized heparin obtained by the process. The intermediate depolymerized heparin can be dissolved in a buffer solution and fractionated by Gel Permeation for obtaining the desired Molecular Weight.

Abstract: Process for the mechanical transformation of a thread (F) of vegetable, animal or artificial or synthetic origin, characterized in that it includes abrading the thread (F) when the latter is supported in the air between two supports (55, 56).

Abstract: A friction open-end spinning process wherein the fibers of the feeding fiber sliver, once separated into discrete fibers, are sucked by a suction slot on a revolving twister element provided with a perforated surface, to feed the free end of the yarn being formed. The process is characterized in that the fibers are fed in a direction parallel to the free end of the yarn being formed, are kept under an adjustable tension throughout the twisting operation, and are subjected to a progressively increasing twist from the open end of the yarn being formed onwards. The device embodying the above process uses a revolving flat disc provided with perforations arranged according to an annulus as the twister element. This element cooperates with a sucking slot, the edge of which, consituting the yarn formation line, is positioned according to a chord of the disc.