Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing cDNA infectious clones based on the genome of an attenuated Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRSV) and uses thereof for preparing efficacious and safety-enhanced vaccines against PRRSV. The invention further comprises an infectious cDNA clone obtainable by such method. The invention further provides an attenuated modified PRRSV, and immunogenic compositions and vaccines comprising that attenuated PRRSV. The present invention further provides the attenuated PRRSV for use in the prophylaxis and/or the treatment of PRRSV infections, and the attenuated PRRSV for use as vaccine or medicament in the prophylaxis and/or the treatment of PRRSV infections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an immunogenic composition comprising one or more C. difficile toxoid for use in a medicament for animals. The invention also encompasses an immunogenic composition comprising one or more C. difficile A toxoid and one or more C. difficile B toxoid and one or more C. perfringens Type A toxoid. The invention also encompasses vaccines comprising said immunogenic compositions, vaccines for use in the treatment and/or prevention of disease caused by C. difficile and C. perfringens, and kits thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an immunogenic composition comprising one or more C. difficile toxoid for use in a medicament for animals. The invention also encompasses an immunogenic composition comprising one or more C. difficile A toxoid and one or more C. difficile B toxoid and one or more C. perfringens Type A toxoid. The invention also encompasses vaccines comprising said immunogenic compositions, vaccines for use in the treatment and/or prevention of disease caused by C. difficile and C. perfringens, and kits thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing cDNA infectious clones based on the genome of an attenuated Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRSV) and uses thereof for preparing efficacious and safety-enhanced vaccines against PRRSV. The invention further comprises an infectious cDNA clone obtainable by such method. The invention further provides an attenuated modified PRRSV, and immunogenic compositions and vaccines comprising that attenuated PRRSV. The present invention further provides the attenuated PRRSV for use in the prophylaxis and/or the treatment of PRRSV infections, and the attenuated PRRSV for use as vaccine or medicament in the prophylaxis and/or the treatment of PRRSV infections.

Abstract: A bicycle tire comprising at least one rubber composition based on at least one styrene/butadiene copolymer, SBR, having a Tg of greater than or equal to ?65° C., at a content of greater than or equal to 50 parts per hundred parts of elastomer, phr, a reinforcing filler at a content of greater than 100 phr comprising at least carbon black, and a plasticizing system at a content of greater than 100 phris provided. The content of plasticizer is greater than the content of reinforcing filler and the weight fraction of elastomer in the composition is less than or equal to 33%.

Abstract: A method for obtaining a multifunctional, heterogeneous, sectored technical fabric usable for manufacturing various finished articles or products. A multiplicity of respectively different functional areas are defined and marked on a template of a flexible part belonging to the article to be produced; a multisector fabric including a multiplicity of respectively different textile sectors is constructed, which sectors respectively correspond to the areas defined in step (a), the latter being able to be respectively contained in the different sectors; the fabric constructed according to step (b) is woven to obtain a multisector fabric part; fabric cutting means are available, able to be referenced with respect to the drawing of the fabric; and the monoblock but multifunctional flexible part is thus directly cut and obtained. The invention can find an application in different sectors, and in particular in that of footwear for which the upper has to be obtained.

Abstract: A stopper for application to a container of the type with a base, an emptying duct, a lid, mounted on the base to pivot between an open and a closed position, a hinge with elastic return which holds the lid in the open position thereof and locking means, for locking the lid on the base. The stopper comprises positive unlocking means for the lid from the base, which are manually operated to provide a force to disengage the holding means. The base is a unitary construction and made from plastic material, the lid is made from the same plastic material and the leaf of the hinge is in an elastomeric plastic material.

Abstract: A cap intended to be mounted on a container includes a base, a lid with a stopper, structure articulating the lid with respect to the base, with a hinge, a structure for locking the lid on the base, and structure for unlocking the locking structure. The lid is arranged to resist any relative movement between the lid and the base and to store mechanical energy by plastic deformation of at least one of the lid and the base and the unlocking structure is arranged in the form of a detent allowing the stored mechanical energy to be released in order to propel the lid to the open position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shoe or footwear item comprising a sole consisted of an outer face which is intended to come into contact with the ground and an inner face which is intended to come into contact with the foot of the user. According to the invention, the sole includes a dynamic support element which comprises at least two elastically-deformable elements and which is used to store and release energy when said sole is subjected to later stresses. The dynamic support element is positioned in the sole such that it expands at least partially beneath the area corresponding to the front part of the foot. In this way, a dynamic interaction is produced between the two elastically-deformable elements when the sole is subjected to stresses and two corresponding lateral ground support points are obtained, which are located on either side of the longitudinal axis of the shoe.

Abstract: The invention relates to a footwear item that is designed for racket sports. The inventive item includes a sole that includes a dynamic element that stores and releases energy when the sole is subjected to lateral stresses. The dynamic element includes at least two pair of elastically deformable support parts which are located longitudinally on either side of the metatarsus support area of the sole and which extend opposite to one another such that a first pair extend on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis of the sole and toward an arch portion of the sole and the second pair extend on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the sole and toward a front part of the sole.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cap (1) for mounting on a recipient (2), said cap comprising a base (3), a cover (6) provided with closing means (7), means for connecting the cover to the base in an articulated manner in the form of a hinge (10), means for locking (8) the cover to the base (3), and means for unlocking (9) the same. According to the invention, the cover (6) is arranged in such a way as to resist all relative displacement between the cover and the base and to store the mechanical energy by plastic deformation of the cover and/or the base, and locking means (9) are arranged in the form of a lever enabling the stored mechanical energy to be released, projecting the cover (6) towards the open position thereof.

Abstract: Improved adhesives are provided through the use of styrenic tetrablock or pentablock copolymers which have a reduced elastomeric behavior under the die-cutting conditions used in label production.

Abstract: Cap intended to be mounted on a container, comprising a base, a lid with stoppering means, means of articulating the lid with respect to the base, with a hinge, means of locking the lid on the base, and means of unlocking these locking means. According to the invention, in combination, on the one hand, the lid is arranged to resist any relative movement between the lid and the base and to store mechanical energy by plastic deformation of the lid and/or of the base and, on the other hand, unlocking means are arranged in the form of a detent allowing the stored mechanical energy to be released in order to propel the lid toward its open position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shoe or footwear item comprising a sole consisted of an outer face which is intended to come into contact with the ground and an inner face which is intended to come into contact with the foot of the user. According to the invention, the sole includes a dynamic support element which comprises at least two elastically-deformable elements and which is used to store and release energy when said sole is subjected to later stresses. The dynamic support element is positioned in the sole such that it expands at least partially beneath the area corresponding to the front part of the foot. In this way, a dynamic interaction is produced between the two elastically-deformable elements when the sole is subjected to stresses and two corresponding lateral ground support points are obtained, which are located on either side of the longitudinal axis of the shoe.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hanger for clothing, made of injection-molded plastic, comprising a hanging hook for hanging said hanger from a support external to the hanger and which comprises a head and a base, a carrying body for supporting at least one item of clothing, comprising at least a first and a second arm that extend substantially in the same longitudinal direction, but with opposite orientations, the hook and the two arms being made overall as one piece defining substantially the same plane. The arms comprise a distal end and a proximal end, the distal ends of the two arms being joined directly to the base of the hook by branching. The arms and the hook have a hollow section comprising at least one end wall and two legs that are oriented substantially transversely to the plane of the hanger. The section is inscribed within a non-angular shape.

Abstract: Improved adhesives are provided through the use of styrenic tetrablock or pentablock copolymers which have a reduced elastomeric behavior under the die-cutting conditions used in label production.

Abstract: Improved label adhesives are provided through the use of selected mixtures of styrenic di- and tri-block copolymers, which have a reduced elastic behavior under die cutting conditions.

Abstract: This is a tub intended to contain a food product, which tub is associated with a fixing means for mounting on the edge of a plate. The tub and the fixing means are made as a single piece, by molding or by injection-molding.

Abstract: A vibration reducing device for a sports racket made up of a one-piece flexible elongated block includes at least one elastically compressible viscoelastic material, the block having first and second end faces, a front face and rear face, at least three blind slots distributed along the block. Each of the slots extends substantially perpendicularly to the elongate block from the front face and terminates opposite the front face in a channel passing through the block parallel to the front and rear faces. The channels have cross dimensions adapted to receive a string, the blind slots thus dividing the block into at least two divisions, each division having, in its unconstrained form, a longitudinal dimension greater than the spacing gap between two corresponding parallel strings that enter respectively two channels on either side of the division.