Abstract: Impact instrument for joining prosthetic implants, comprising a housing which accommodates a striker pin, a first spring element associated with the striker pin, a release device and, at least in part, a striking piece, wherein the striking piece projects from the housing at an end face, wherein the release device is movable between a fixing position and a release position, wherein the striker pin is spaced apart from the striking piece the fixing position, wherein the release device moves automatically from the fixing position to the release position when the striking piece moves axially into the housing, in order to release the striker pin once the release position has been reached, so that the latter moves in the direction of the striking piece, accelerated by the first spring element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a drug delivery composition comprising colloidal drug carriers, the composition and a polypeptide for use as a medicament, and in the treatment of neural and neurovascular diseases such as Alzheimer's diseases, and the use of colloidal drug carriers for the production of a drug delivery composition.

Abstract: Impact instrument for joining prosthetic implants, comprising a housing which accommodates a striker pin, a first spring element associated with the striker pin, a release device and, at least in part, a striking piece, wherein the striking piece projects from the housing at an end face, wherein the release device is movable between a fixing position and a release position, wherein the striker pin is spaced apart from the striking piece the fixing position, wherein the release device moves automatically from the fixing position to the release position when the striking piece moves axially into the housing, in order to release the striker pin once the release position has been reached, so that the latter moves in the direction of the striking piece, accelerated by the first spring element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination of one or more nucleic acids encoding, (a) in a first open reading frame (i) a promoter, (U) an amyloid peptide, (iii) a cell surface targeting signal, (iv) a transmembrane anchoring domain and (b) in a second open reading frame (i) a group specific antigen (gag). Also the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and a vaccine comprising A?-retrop articles.

Abstract: A data storage method comprises the steps of selecting a data set from a data base (104), assigning the selected data set a cache time attribute defining a cache storage period, and storing the data set in a cache memory (106) for a time period defined by said cache time attribute. A storage time period in the cache memory can so be assigned individually to every data set depending on parameters as the data volume of the data set, the access frequency, etc. independently of an output medium as e.g. an HTML.

Abstract: A new fermentative process for the preparation of D-p-hydroxyphenylglycine (D-HPG) or D-henylglycine (D-pG) in enantiomerically pure form is disclosed. Precursors for the formation of D-HPG and D-pG are withdrawn form the common aromatic amino acid pathway, converted to p-hydroxyphenylglyoxylate or phenylglyoxylate, and are finally converted to D-HPG or D-pG by the action of a stero-inverting D-aminotransferase.

Abstract: A method of processing an online transaction over a communication network comprises the steps of storing a plurality of objects comprising object data and object attributes containing further information about the object in a catalog server accessible by a plurality of clients, displaying, upon request from a client, an object including object attributes on a client display, and executing, on a transaction server, a transaction relating to an object selected by the client using the information contained in the object attributes, wherein the object attributes are transmitted directly from the catalog server to the transaction server without client interaction. All information necessary for the transaction can therefore be transmitted from the catalog server to the transaction server. The user, however, has no possibility to change these transmitted data.