Novel 7-(substituted indanyl or naphthyl)-3-methyl-octa-2,4,6-triene derivatives useful as anti-tumor agents are disclosed.

Fixing tape, suitable for fastening medical instruments (8), such as catheters, drainage, probes, infusion hoses, etc. against the skin of a patient. The tape contains a bearer layer (1) with skin-friendly adhesive (2) on one side. The instrument (8) is fixed in position with great security and less risk of abrasion to the patient through a film (4, 5) in part (4) being fastened to the other side ...

PURPOSE:To obtain a positive plate for a sealed lead storage battery having improved self discharge performance and recovery performance which is seen after it is left in an overdischarged state by immersing a paste-packed plate in a formation container to subject the plate to formation before the immersed plate is left to carry out degassing, being followed by subjecting the plate to formation ag...

PURPOSE:To obtain a sealed lead-acid battery having improved self discharge performance and recovery performance after overdischarge by performing formation of a paste filled plate in a formation bath and allowing to stand it in an other dilute sulfuric acid bath for degassing and assembling a battery by using the plate obtained, then initial charge is performed. CONSTITUTION:A paste filled plate ...

PURPOSE:To obtain a sealed lead-acid battery having improved self discharge performance and recovery performance after overdischarge by assembling a battery using plates prepared by performing formation of a paste filled plate and allowing to stand a cathode plate for degassing, then completely charging the battery. CONSTITUTION:A paste filled plate prepared by filling a cathode paste in a grid is...

Method for determining the total protein content or individual amino acids in flour, cereal flour and/or leguminous products or other substances by means of fluorescence analysis. The proteins and/or the individual amino acids are treated to attain a fluorescent effect or are self-fluorescent. The proteins and/or the individual amino acids are brought into suspension in their unpretreated form. Th...

PURPOSE:To purify a 1,2-unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or its ester containing aldehyde as impurity, easily, in improved economicity and yield, by reacting the compound in the presence of an acidic catalyst and a specific compound. CONSTITUTION:A 1,2-unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or its ester containing aldehyde compounds as impurities are purified by reacting the compound in the presence of an...

1. A sheet of transparent plastics material of high optical quality comprising a layer based on polyurethane having energy-absorbing properties, characterised in that the layer having energy-absorbing properties is formed essentially of a polyurethane obtained by reactive casting on a flat horizontal support of a reaction mixture of an isocyanate component of viscosity less than 5 Pas at 40 degree...

In the representative embodiments of the new and improved methods and apparatus disclosed herein, a full-bore valve is cooperatively arranged to be tandemly coupled in a typical production string including a string of production pipe that is coupled to a packer isolating a lower well bore interval. A wireline measuring tool is lowered into the production string to land the tool in a measuring stat...

Ethylenic polymer/styrenic polymer blend foams are prepared from blends of (1) an ethylenic polymer resin having a density of from 0.915 to 0.930 g/cm<3> and a melt index of from 0.2 to 2.6 grams/10 minutes and (2) a styrenic polymer resin having a melt flow rate of from 1.4 to 18 grams/10 minutes. Foams having an excellent overall combination of properties are obtained (1) when the density, D, of...

The invention provides a process for the production of shaped bodies and semi-finished products from polyolefins in the presence of crosslink-reinforcing coagents by addition of 0.01 to 1.0 wt % of at least one organic polymer-active radical forming agent, and brief heating with shaping before radiation to above the decomposition temperature of the radical forming agent until the radical forming a...

A process for producing a multi-layer coating upon a substrate surface, in which there is first applied to the surface a pigmented basecoat composition and then there is applied to the basecoat film a transparent topcoat composition; characterized in that the basecoat composition is based upon a dispersion in an aqueous medium of crosslinked polymer microparticles which have a diameter of 0.01-10 ...

A composition and method adapted for discernibly filling and sealing pits and fissures in tooth surfaces is described. The novel compositions contain finely divided hydrophobic opaquing filler and hydrophobic suspending agent, in defined amounts, in a polymerizable resin system. Placement of the composition on dental surfaces is simplified and retention is easily verified.

Apparatus for contact thermography comprising a thermographic liquid crystal plate (11) so be placed upon the surface of a body to be examined, so that the image evidenced by the different colours taken on point-by-point by the liquid crystals because of the different temperatures may be shooted by a colour telecamera (12) arranged as desired by means of an auxiliary pointing device (13). The comp...

Targets (14) mounted on objects (12) for detection by a magnetic type theft detection system are deactivated in a target deactivator (26,64) which has magnet assembly (40,72) made up of spaced apart magnets with alternately opposed poles extending in a plane and guide walls (36, 38, 68, 70) extending perpendicular to the plane. Targets are reactivated by a reactivator (46, 76) having a magnet (52,...

A casing for protecting electronic components or circuits against ionizing radiations, comprising an alternance of layers of materials having low and high atomic charge numbers, forming a multi-layer capacitor, and a base comprising an alternation of the same type.

The invention relates to a method of handling machine-coded instruction words. The instruction words each comprise an opcode part and an operand descriptor part. The collection of opcode parts is subdivided into two classes. A first class comprises normal opcode parts which are processed in known manner, while a second class comprises virtual opcode parts which are processed in a particular manner...

A venting slide fastener stringer for use on a cushion, a pillow, etc. has a warp-knit stringer tape including a pair of laterally spaced, elongate webs with a wale-free region therebetween, and a connecting thread or threads having portions laid in opposed marginal wales in the webs and substantially parallel portions extending transversely across the wale-free region to interconnect the webs, th...