Abstract: A thermal recording material having a thermally color-forming thermal recording layer and a protective layer which are formed on a substrate in this order, wherein the protective layer is a layer obtained by applying an aqueous coating liquid containing a polyvinyl alcohol, a crosslinking agent, a pigment, an Arrhenius acid and a volatile amine onto the thermal recording layer and drying the applied coating liquid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for producing acetone in a high yield from hydrated ethanol derived from biomass, without requiring a large amount of energy. Hydrated ethanol derived from biomass is heated to a reaction temperature of 400° C. or higher in the presence of a Zr—Fe catalyst, thereby producing acetone. The reaction temperature is preferably from 450 to 550° C., and the Zr—Fe catalyst preferably contains 5 to 10% by mass of Zr. The present invention allows purification of hydrated acetone without requiring purification of the hydrated ethanol.

Abstract: In a thermal recording material having an intermediate layer and a thermal recording layer that are laminated on a support in this order, the above intermediate layer contains a swellable starch and a pigment and is formed by applying onto the support a coating liquid containing the swellable starch and the pigment in the state of being dispersed in a dispersing medium composed of water as a main component, whereby a number of voids are formed in the intermediate layer and there can be provided a thermal recording material excellent in thermal response and head-matching property.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel security feature in the form of a luminescent marking for integration in a recording material. The security feature comprises a radiation layer (21) with luminescent components and a masking layer (2) with cavity pigments at least partly masking the radiation layer. The pigments in the masking layer (2) are fused by locally defined heal treatment into the form of a marking. The invention particularly relates to a heat-sensitive recording material comprising, in a preferred embodiment, at least one substrate (10), a heat-sensitive recording layer (30), an intermediate layer (21), between the substrate and the heat-sensitive recording layer in the form of a radiation layer with luminescent components and a masking layer with cavity pigments (2), the pigments of the masking layer (2) being fused in the form of a marking by locally defined fusion.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a screening method of a new integrase inhibitor being able to inhibit an HIV infection before the reverse transcription step and having a pharmaceutical site of action totally different from those of traditional integrase inhibitors, a new integrase inhibitor being obtainable by the screening method, and pharmaceutical constituents containing the integrase inhibitor and DNA encoding the integrase inhibitor being greatly expected as new remedies for AIDS. A peptide which specifically binds to a peptide at N-terminal domain of retroviral integrase was screened by phage display method, and as a result of the screening, a peptide being able to inhibit the infection and the proliferation of retroviruses such as HIV-1 before the reverse transcription reaction is obtained.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inorganic separation membrane including a silicalite nanocrystalline layer formed on a porous ceramic substrate, and a porous inorganic protective layer is formed on the nanocrystalline layer. The crystal grain diameter of the silicalite nanocrystal is preferably 150 nm or less, and the thickness of the silicalite nanocrystalline layer is preferably 1.0 to 4.0 ?m. The separation membrane may be manufactured by: immersing a porous ceramic substrate in a dispersion solution of silicalite nanocrystals; laminating the silicalite nanocrystals on the surface of the porous ceramic substrate by evacuating the insider of the porous ceramic substrate; forming a porous inorganic protective layer on the silicalite nanocrystalline layer by a hydrothermal synthesis by heating after immersing the porous substrate in a zeolite synthesis solution containing a silica source; and removing organic components in the silicalite nanocrystal by liquid phase oxidation.

Abstract: There is disclosed a heat-sensitive recording material having a support and provided thereon a heat-sensitive recording layer mainly comprising a heat-sensitive recording component which forms a color by heating, the improvement wherein the heat-sensitive recording component comprises two or more kinds of compounds, and at least one of the compounds constituting the heat-sensitive recording component is contained in the heat-sensitive recording layer in the state of a particle on the surface of which is formed a color-formation controlling layer obtained by polymerizing a compound having an unsaturated carbon bond.

Abstract: Light-weight oil having a high octane number is produced from waste plastics containing phthalic polyester and/or polyvinyl chloride at a high yield without producing a phthalic sublimate or a carbonaceous residue by pyrolyzing the waste plastics in an atmosphere of steam or a steam/inert gas mixture. The resulting pyrolyzed oil and pyrolyzed gas may be catalytically cracked in an atmosphere of steam or a steam/inert gas mixture. Dechlorination may be performed before pyrolysis is carried out. Pyrolysis is preferably carried out in the presence of at least one of iron hydroxide, hydrous iron oxide and iron oxide.

Abstract: A synthetic film including a porous; the alumina substrate containing more than 90 wt % of alumina pores in the alumina substrate have a mean diameter of 0.1.about.3.0 .mu.m. A zeolite crystal body is formed in the pores and on the substrate. The synthetic film is manufactured by preparing the alumina substrate, immersing the substrate in a slurry containing zeolite crystal and its precursor prepared from a silica source using sodium silicate or water glass, and subjecting the substrate with slurry to a hydrothermal crystallization at least one.

Abstract: A heat-developable photosensitive material is disclosed having a high image sharpness. The material is comprised of a heat-developable photosensitive layer which includes an organic silver salt, a photocatalyst, and a reducing agent. An antihalation layer is provided on the opposite face of the material with respect to the side intended for imagewise exposure. The antihalation layer contains a photosensitive halogen-containing compound which reduces the pH of the antihalation layer by photolysis and is colored with a dye which causes a change of color when the pH of the antihalation layer is reduced.

Abstract: A heat-developable photosensitive material is described comprising a heat-developable photosensitive layer containing at least an organic silver salt, a photocatalyst, and a reducing agent, wherein the improvement is an antihalation layer comprising a light bleachable colored composition composed of at least (1) a photosensitive halogen-containing compound, and (2) a merocyanine dye, provided on the opposite side of said heat-developable photosensitive layer with respect to the side intended for imagewise exposure.

Abstract: A thermally developable light-sensitive material comprising a support having provided therein or thereon at least one layer containing at least (a) an organic silver salt, (b) light-sensitive silver halide or a component capable of forming a light-sensitive silver halide, and (c) a reducing agent, the support further having provided therein or thereon at least one layer containing (d) at least one thiosulfonic acid. In a highly preferred embodiment, (e) one or more benzotriazoles are also present.

Abstract: A thermally developable light-sensitive element comprising a support having in one or more layers thereon at least (a0) an organic silver salt, (b) light-sensitive silver halide grains and (c) a reducing agent, wherein the average grain size of the light-sensitive silver halide grains is not less than about 0.05 .mu. and the support is gas permeable and, in addition, carries thereon a subbing layer composed of at least one copolymer selected from the group consisting of a vinyl chloride type copolymer in which vinyl chloride is present in the copolymer in an amount of about 50 molar % or higher and a vinylidene chloride type copolymer in which vinylidine chloride is present in the copolymer in an amount of about 50 molar % or higher. The thermally-developable light-sensitive element of the invention is highly sensitive and in addition, has a good storage stability retaining on storage the properties possessed by the "fresh" photosensitive element even under high humidity and/or high temperature conditions.

Abstract: A thermally developable light sensitive material which comprises: (a) an organic silver salt; (b) a photocatalyst and (c) a reducing agent in a support or in one or more layers provided on the support additionally comprises (d) at least one cerium compound selected from trivalent and/or tetravalent cerium compounds in the support and/or in one or more of the above layers. An improvement in various characteristics such as a long green shelf life, a high degree of whiteness, low thermal fog, high sensitivity and so on is obtained.

Abstract: A heat-developable light-sensitive material comprising on a support at least one layer containing (a) an organic silver salt; (b) a light-sensitive silver halide; (c) a reducing agent; and (d) a binder; wherein the light-sensitive silver halide component (b) comprises the reaction product obtained by decomposing an N-halo compound in the presence of the organic silver salt (a) for reaction with the organic silver salt (a) before applying the layer on the support and an embodiment includes a heat-developable light-sensitive material in which the N-halo compound is decomposed in the presence of an alcohol to form the light-sensitive silver halide component (b).

Abstract: In a process for producing thermally developable light-sensitive composition which comprises heating a composition containing (a) an organic silver salt and (b) a light-sensitive silver halide, the improvement wherein the heating is conducted in the presence of (c) a sulfur-containing compound.

Abstract: In a method of producing a composition for use in thermally developable light-sensitive photographic elements comprising mixing: a composition comprising (a) an organic silver salt and (b) a light-sensitive silver halide, and (c) a reducing agent; the improvement wherein (b) is prepared by allowing a light-sensitive silver halide-yielding component to react with (a) in the presence of (d) an imino compound.The elements so produced are also described.

Abstract: A heat developable light-sensitive material comprising a support carrying at least one layer containing at least (a) an organic silver salt, (b) a light-sensitive halide or a light-sensitive silver halide-forming component, (c) a reducing agent and (d) phthalazinone, and which further has on another surface of the support opposite the above layer one layer containing a compound comprising a ##STR1## moiety, wherein M represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent metal atom. The material shows improved retention of its as manufactured properties, especially in the superposed state.

Abstract: A process for preparing a composition for use in a thermally developable light-sensitive material which comprises reacting (a) an organic silver salt with (b) a halogen atom-releasing compound to form a mixture of the organic silver salt and a silver halide wherein the reaction of components (a) and (b) is carried out while controlling the oxidation-reduction potential of the reaction solution. Silver halide grains of a uniform grain size and a narrow grain size distribution can be obtained, and, after (c) a reducing agent is added to the composition, the resulting composition can be used to produce a thermally developable light-sensitive material having superior sensitivity and contrast.

Abstract: A thermally developable light-sensitive material wherein heat fog is prevented comprising a support having therein or in one or more layers thereon (a) an organic silver salt, (b) a photo catalyst and (c) a reducing agent and containing (d) a phthalimide having at least one electron-attracting substituent, such as a halogen atom or an acyl group.