In a data processing system which employs a cache memory feature, a method and exemplary special purpose apparatus for practicing the method are disclosed to lower the cache miss ratio for called operands. Recent cache misses are stored in a first in, first out miss stack, and the stored addresses are searched for displacement patterns thereamong. Any detected pattern is then employed to predict a...

In a computer system the instruction decoding unit for translating program instructions to microcode instructions operates dynamically. Thus the unit receives state signals indicating the state of the computer, such as a trace enabling signal, influencing the translation process in the instruction decoding unit. These state signals are added to the operation code of the program instruction to be d...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a concrete admixture capable of imparting white wash- reducing ability with satisfying cement-dispersing performance in a small amount of addition. SOLUTION: This concrete admixture capable of reducing white wash is an aqueous solution or an aqueous emulsion obtained by dissolving or dispersing 10-80 pts.wt. of a water reducing agent and/or a high performance water ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject admixture excellent in cement-dispersing ability and capable of reducing slump loss and improving initial strengths by comprising a predetermined metal salt of a copolymer of a specific polyalkylene glycol alkenyl ether with maleic anhydride and bringing the admixture to be water soluble. SOLUTION: This powdery admixture for cement comprises a >=2 valent...

Peptides which bind to fibrinogen are disclosed. These peptides have available fibrinogen binding domains having a Phe-Leu-Leu-Val or Leu-Leu-Val-Pro sequence. The preferred peptide is a 6-mer having the sequence Phe-Leu-Leu-Val-Pro-Leu. A method of using these peptides in an affinity chromatography process to purify fibrinogen is described.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an instruction queue which can reduce the deterioration of CPI(clock cycle per instruction) by a branch penalty and can improve the performance. SOLUTION: An order controller 1300 executes scheduling so that an instruction which has no data depending relation with a branch instruction as against a valid instruction stored in the instruction storage device 810 of th...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve energy efficiency for bonding a thin metal wire to the top end of the inner lead of a lead frame having wiring terminals for electronic devices having resin-molded chips by cutting the top end of the inner lead to form an inclined face. SOLUTION: A wiring pattern of a lead frame is formed by the etching and press cutting steps. The inner lead 3 connected to a chip ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a spread spectrum communication equipment in which efficient variable speed transmission and different speed transmission are attained without the need for complicated assignment control such as slots, codes and frequencies and the increase in the hardware scale is minimized. SOLUTION: A time division multiplex means TDM (A) 110 applies time division multiplex proce...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate a jump of a count value due to deviation of a clock oscillation circuit by providing a reception node which controls a read of pieces of data according to clocked time data on a part corresponding to the clocked time of a 1st clock as to synchronized clocked time data. SOLUTION: When a crystal oscillator in a transmission-side node 10 oscillates at a frequency a ...

The improved corrosion-resistant steel plate with an organic coating comprises a steel plate having a zinc or zinc alloy plate layer which is overlaid with a chromate film which in turn is coated with an organic resin paint film. The organic resin coat comprises an epoxy resin having a dialkanolamine incorporated into its bisphenol A skeleton, an amino resin, and silica. The dialkanolamine combine...

A self-expanding endovascular stent formed of stainless steel wire which is bent into an elongated zigzag pattern (5) and helically wound about a central axis (31) to define a tubular shape (30). Adjacent bends (8) in the helix are interconnected with a filament (32). The stent (30) is capable of being radially compressed such that the straight wire sections (11, 13 and 15), and the bends (8) are ...

Le doseur est monté d'un couvercle (6) celui-ci servant à égaliser le contenu et de le maintenir à l'intérieur de la dite cuve (1) le couvercle est entraîné par un mécanisme à ressort (14) fixé au manche (5) et au prologement (7) du couvercle, le fait de tirer le bouton (9) vers l'arrière ouvre la cuve pour son remplissage. Le relâchement du bouton entraîne la fermeture automatique par contraction...

A method to enhance intercellular association between two or more cells through the linking of attachment molecules on the cellular surfaces of the cells is described. Appropriate attachment molecules include antibodies having an IgG3 isotype that can cross-associate with antibodies on other cells to bring the cells into proximity with one another. An enhanced method to kill tumor cells with effec...

Actinomadura roseorufa mutants characterized by the ability to produce by fermentation UK-61,689, an acidic polycyclic ether anticoccidial antibiotic previously available only by selective acid hydrolysis of UK-58,852; and Actinomadura roseorufa having the identifying characteristics of ATCC 53,666, ATCC 53,665, ATCC 53,664 and ATCC 53,674.

An isolated plasmalopsychosine selected from the group consisting of compound A and compound B: (A) (B) wherein n1 is 0-50 or an isolated synthetic plasmalocerebroside selected from the group consisting of compound C and compound D: (C) (D) wherein n2 and n3 each is 0-50.; An isolated plasmalopsychosine selected from the group consisting of compound A and co...

4-(Quinolin-2-yl-methoxy)-phenyl-acetic acid derivatives are prepared by reacting quinoline-methoxy-phenyl-acetic acids with the corresponding glycinol derivatives, if appropriate with activation of the carboxylic acid function. The new compounds are suitable as active compounds in medicaments, in particular in antiatherosclerotic medicaments.

The present invention relates to polymerisable derivatives of carbohydrates comprising a compound of formula (I)R1-(COO-Alk)m-(OCONH-R)n-(NHCO)pY-Z (I)wherein R1 is a radically polymerisable hydrocarbon group; m, n and p are 0 or 1; Alk is alkylene having up to 10 carbon atoms; R is a diradical, having up to 20 carbon atoms, of an organic diisocyanate; Z is a monovalent radical, minus a single hyd...

A group of reagents, as diisocyanates, dianhydrides, diacidchlorides, diepoxides, carbodiimides and the like are utilized to link a wide variety of antibiotic moities, reacted two at a time with said reagents, the said antibiotic moieties containing groups reactive with the linking reagents as carboxylic acid, alcolhol, primary amine, and secondary amine functional groups, said functional groups b...

Provided are compounds of the following formulae: A phosphonomethoxymethyoxymethyl purine/pyrimidine derivative of the formula wherein X and X' are the same or different and are hydrogen or alkyl. R and R' are the same or different and are hydrogen, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or alkanoyl and B is a purine or pyrimidine base. A 4'-phosphonomethoxytetrahydrofuranyl-1'-purine-pyrimidine of the f...

A compound of formula I where R1 and R2 are independently a C1-C10 aliphatic radical, or R1 is a C1-C10 aliphatic radical and R2 is a C6-C10 aromatic radical, and R3 is a C1-C8 aliphatic radical, a C3-C8 cycloaliphatic radical, a C6-C15 aromatic radical or a C7-C13 araliphatic radical, provided that R3 is not methyl when R1 and R2 are each methyl, that R3 is not ethyl when R1 and R2 are...