Vinylcephalosporins of the formula (I) in which the symbols R<1>, R<2>, R<3>, R<4> and R<5> have the meaning given in the description.

To reduce the occurrence of false alarms, the disclosed system incorporates an auxiliary sensor (8) for detecting the presence of a shopper passing through the electronic article surveillance device (1), such that the device is operated continuously, and the auxiliary sensor (8) is used to enable external alarms of the device only upon detecting the shopper's presence. Thus, while the device conti...

Inspection of workpieces traveling along a production line includes on-line inspection of the workpieces at an upstream inspection station to detect possible flaws without interrupting the progression of workpieces along the production line. Possible flaws in the inspected workpieces are imaged, and images of possible flaws are stored in a memory in a way that associates a stored image with the wo...

PURPOSE: To reduce the degree of double imaging of a head-up display system by projecting images onto nonparallel windshield glass wherein glass plies with inner and outer major surfaces each having a tapered thickness from one edge to the other edge are fixedly laminated using a sheet of thermoplastic interlayer material. CONSTITUTION: One or both of the glass plies 232, 234 of the windshield gla...

A film-forming composition comprises, per 100 parts by weight of at least one polyolefin: (a) 0.001 to 0.02 parts by weight of iron in the form of at least one ionic iron salt, (b) 0.001 to 0.1 parts by weight of sulphur in the form of sulphur and/or at least one dialkyl polysulphide, and (c) 5 to 40 parts by weight of at least one polysaccharide. It may also contain: - 0.5 to 5 parts by wei...

To replace chlorofluorocarbons as refrigerant fluids, the invention proposes to employ mixtures containing, on a mass basis, approximately 25 to 65 % of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane, 1 to 70% of perfluoropropane, and 5 to 34 % of propane. The mixtures according to the invention can also be employed as aerosol propellants or as blowing agents for plastic foams.

The present invention relates to an image analysis method and system for identifying objects in a background by generating a description, which in this case is a co-occurrence matrix, of the gray level space of the image by using an entropic kernel to recursively analyze the gray level space for candidate objects and validating the presence of valid objects by comparing the candidate object attrib...

Buoyant oral therapeutic dosage forms include at least one structural element with hollow cavities. Specifically the structural element may be a foamed or microporous polymer matrix, e.g. of polyolefin, polyamide, polyester, polystyrene, polyacrylate, PTFE, PVC, polyvinylidene chloride or polysiloxane, e.g in the form of a foldable or rollable film or a tablet core or layer. Alternatively, the str...

An antifouling coating composition useful for coating fish netting, boat hulls, lumber, roof shingles and the like to prevent the growth of algae or fungi. The composition comprises a vinyl polymer or copolymer emulsion containing a dialkyldimethyl ammonium compound with or without an alkylbenzyldimethyl ammonium compound. The preparation of the composition must be done with care in order to preve...

A process for the preparation of alpha-chloromethylene-triorganylphosphorane derivatives I(radicals R are C-organic substituents and A stands for CN or CO-B where B is a C-organic or O-organic radical which is inert under chlorination conditions) by chlorination of phosphoranes IIwith...

A disposable razor having a rubberized handle comprising an extruded substantially rigid inner core of thermoplastic material and a covering layer comprising a compatible thermoplastic rubber coextrudable with the inner core.

An ultrasonic probe 10 includes an elongated housing 12 which contains a window 24 surrounding a ultrasonic transducer 32. The ultrasonic transducer 32 is mounted on a first platform 36. The first platform 36 is in turn mounted on a second platform 38. A motor 44 and linkage arrangement 48 is provided for pivoting the transducer 32. A thumb wheel 16 can rotatably position the transducer 32 as it p...

The ophthalmologic apparatus comprises illuminating means (6) for directing light into an eye to be examined to illuminate an area of interest therein; a lens system (20) for viewing the region of interest of the eye to be examined; an optical magnifier assembly (22) for magnifying the viewed region of interest; and an image intensifier (26) for intensifying the image of the viewed region of inter...

The present invention relates to novel 5-acyl, 23-acyl and 5,23-diacyl derivatives of the LL-F28249 compounds. These LL-F28249 compounds (collectively) are isolates from the fermentation broth of Streptomyces cyaneogriseus subspecies noncyanogenus having deposit accession number NRRL 15773. The present 5-acyl and 5,23-diacyl compounds are prepared by selective acylation using acid chlorides or anh...

A sialic acid derivative having an active carbonyl group represented by the formula [I]: (wherein R<1> represents hydrogen or acetyl group; R<2> represents hydrogen, a metal or a lower alkyl group; R<3> represents hydrogen, hydroxyl group, or a residue removed hydrogen from an alcohol portion of an active ester; Ac represents acetyl group; and n is 1 to 20, respectively). This sialic acid d...

The present invention relates to novel derivatives of LL-F28249 compounds. These LL-F28249 compounds preferably are derived via a controlled microbiological fermentation of Streptomyces cyaneogriseus subspecies noncyanogenus having deposit accession number NRRL 15773. The 23-deoxy-27-halo(chloro or bromo) derivatives have the 23-hydroxy group of the LL-F28249 compounds replaced by hydrogen and a h...

A method of measuring blood flow through tissue in a region of interest including the steps: injecting an ultrasonic tracer into the blood upstream of the region of interest and also upstream of a specified reference region; utilizing the tracer-produced echo intensity function to compute: (i) the mean transit time of the tracer through the region of interest; and (ii) the blood volume within the ...

The invention provides an antibiotic designated LL-E19020 Gamma which is derived from the microorganism Streptomyces lydicus ssp. tanzanius NRRL 18036.

The invention provides antibiotics designated LL-E19020 Epsilon and LL-E19020 Epsilon1 which are derived from the microorganism Streptomyces lydicus ssp. tanzanius NRRL 18036.

A process for producing chlorosulfate and sulfamate esters of 2,3:4,5-bis-O-(1-methylethylidene)- beta -D-fructopyranose and (1-methylcyclohexyl)methanol is disclosed. The process involves a two step procedure involving in the first step reacting of an alcohol with sulfuryl chloride in the presence of a tertiary or heterocyclic amine base in a solvent selected from the group consisting of toluene,...