Abstract: A nonwoven fabric made of filaments, which comprises filaments formed from a fiber-forming thermoplastic polymer and satisfies all of the following conditions (A) to (D). (A) The fiber bundles are present in a range of 5-70 per centimeter in any cross-section parallel to the direction of thickness of the nonwoven fabric. (B) The total area occupied by the fiber bundles is in a range of 5-70% of the cross-sectional area of any cross-section perpendicular to the direction of thickness of the nonwoven fabric. (C) The apparent density is 0.10-0.50 g/cm3. (D) The cut ends of the fibers on the nonwoven fabric surface are present in a range of 5-100 per mm2 of surface area.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric made of filaments, which comprises filaments formed from a fiber-forming thermoplastic polymer and satisfies all of the following conditions (A) to (D).

Abstract: A circuit (20) for converting digital data representing audio as a multiplicity of sample values into an analogue audio signal includes a delay store (22) and a sample store (23). Both stores (22,23) store incoming data. The data in the sample store (23) is processed by a comparator (24) and a synthesizer (25) which generates a correcting signal (33). The same data in the delay store (22) is delayed to permit generation of the correcting signal and is output to a digital to analogue converter (27) where it is converted into a decoded analogue signal. The correcting signal is added to the decoded analogue signal in a mixer (26) to produce a combined signal for output as the analogue audio signal. The decoded analogue signal from the digital to analogue converter (27) does not include clearly defined zero crossing points.

Abstract: Elastic polyester fibers having a high anti-cohesive property (separability) include (A) a polyester elastomer and (B) 0.2 to 10%, based on the weight of the elastomer, of an anti-cohesive agent including (a) at least one alkali metal salt of organic sulfonic acid of the formula: R.sup.1 --S0.sub.3 M, wherein R.sup.1 =C.sub.5-25 hydrocarbon group, M=alkali metal, and (b) at least one compound of the formulae (2)-(6): R.sup.2 --X.sub.p --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH (2), R.sup.3 --COO--CH.sub.2 CH(OH)CH.sub.2 OH (3), R.sup.4 --COO--(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.m --H (4), R.sup.5 --O--(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n H (5) and R.sup.6 --CONHCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 NHCO--R.sup.7 (6), wherein R.sup.2 -R.sup.7 =C.sub.5-25 hydrocarbon group, X=--CONY or ##STR1## group, p=0 or 1, m, n=5 to 50.