There is provided an article for use by persons lying on the ground at the sea or like locations. The device serves as a head rest for the reposing person and as a sun shade. When not in use as stated, the device serves as a carrying bag.

Compounds of the general formula wherein n is 1 or 2 and, when n is 1, R<1> and R<2> are hydrogen, alkoxy or halogen, or, when n is 2, R<1> is hydrogen, alkoxy or halogen and R<2> is hydrogen; R<3>, R<4>, R<5> and R<6> are hydrogen or alkyl; R<7> is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; R<8> and R<9> are hydrogen, alkyl or halogen, and R10 is -(CH=CR<19>)m, in which m is zero or 1 and R<11> is...

Compositions hardenable by exposure to heat or electro-magnetic radiation are provided by blending from about 0% to about 50% by weight of an uncrosslinked polymer, from about 20% to about 66% of a polymerizable monomer capable of dissolving said polymer, from about 10% to about 70% of a crosslinked polymer in the form of discrete particles having average diameters of from 0.001 micron to about 50...

Method for flocculating microscopic particles in suspension in a liquid and application to the collection of phytoplankton microalgae and of zooplankton and for the purification of used water. One passes a first liquid comprising microscopic particles in suspension through a fixed granular layer (2) up to partial or complete clogging of said granular material by said microscopic particles; one unc...

There are described novel alpha -[4-(3'-fluoro-5'-halopyridyl-2'-oxy)-phenoxy]-propionic acid esters and -thioesters having a herbicidal action and an action reducing the growth of grasses, which compounds correspond to the formula I (I) wherein Q is oxygen or sulfur, Hal is halogen, and R is hydrogen, a metal cation, an ammonium group, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl,...

A duplex transceiver comprises a receiver aerial and a transmitter aerial, a pair of balanced mixers each fed from the transmitter aerial and from the receiver aerial, a phase quadrature device interposed in a signal path between one of the aerials and a first one of the balanced mixers, a multiplier fed from the mixers, an oscillator/modulator arrangement feeding the transmitter aerial and phased...

Ester derivatives of 5-O-mycaminosyl tylonolide (OMT) of the formula wherein R and R1 are selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-C5-alkanoyl or optionally substituted benzoyl, phenylacetyl, or phenylpropionyl; R2 is hydrogen or an acyl group selected from: +TR p is 0 or 1; m and n are integers from 0 to 4; R3 is hydrogen, halo, C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C8-cycloalkyl, ...