Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for inhibiting the formation of urinary calculus by the administration of 24,25-dihydroxycholecarciferol.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pharmaceutical composition in dosage unit form, which comprises a dosage effective for treating nephritic disease of a compound of 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol as an active ingredient and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pharmaceutical composition in dosage unit form, which comprises a dosage effective for treating osteoporosis of a compound of 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition in dosage unit form which comprises a dosage effective for the treatment of pains and pyrexia, hypertension, hypotension, hyperlipemia, inflammatory diseases or diseases due to the functional accentuation of thrombocytes of a compound of 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol and a pharmaceutical acceptable carrier or diluent therefor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition in dosage unit form which comprises a dosage effective for the treatment of myodystrophia of a compound of 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol and a pharmaceutical acceptable carrier or diluent therefor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition in dosage unit form which comprises a dosage effective for the treatment of pains and pyrexia, hypertension, hypotension, hyperlipemia, inflammatory diseases or diseases due to the functional accentuation of thrombocytes of a compound of 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol and a pharmaceutical acceptable carrier or diluent therefor.

Abstract: A pH sensor comprising a sleeve assembly having at least first and second spaces, a partition separating the two spaces from each other with a water tight seal, and a barrel including a flange, a reference electrode accommodated in the first space and including a liquid junction, a glass electrode having a sensor unit disposed adjacent to the liquid junction, liquid grounding means mounted adjacent to the liquid junction, and a cable disposed in the second space with a watertight seal, the cable being electrically connected to the reference electrode, glass electrode and liquid grounding means. The pH sensor can be used for continuous flow, immersion or submersion types of installations, and can be fabricated inexpensively and is easily maintained. The sensor unit of the pH sensor can be easily cleaned by a cleaning unit which includes a rotatable shaft to which is connected a vane and a brush at one end.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical composition in dosage unit form, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The compound of 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol has anti-hypercalcemic activity, anti-ulcer activity, activity of preventing reduction of immunity, activity of controlling magnesium-metabolism, anti-hyperphosphatemic activity, activity of controlling blood sugar level and anti-tumor activity.

Abstract: A widely applicable object grasping system for driving mechanical fingers, wherein a motion converting means for converting the rotary motion of a constant speed motor into linear motion and producing variable-speed motion so as to cause the mechanical fingers to approach an object at a higher speed and to grasp the object at a lower speed with increased moment.

Abstract: A novel thermosetting resin composition comprising at least one [(2,3-epoxypropoxy)alkyl]trialkoxysilane and at least one selected from polymers, prepolymers, copolymers and coprepolymers of epoxy-group-containing vinyl monomers, which may further contain at least one selected from polymers, prepolymers, copolymers and coprepolymers of vinyl monomers containing no epoxy group, is disclosed. This composition is cured by heating with addition of a ring-opening polymerization catalyst and remarkably improves surface hardness, abrasion resistance, weathering resistance, chemical resistances, heat resistances, etc. of acrylic resins and many other plastic materials without imparing the inherent transparency and other optical properties of these materials when it is applied on the surface of them and cured.

Abstract: Soft contact lenses comprising a copolymer comprising at least one monomer of the general formula, ##EQU1## wherein X is H or CH.sub.3 and n is 2 or 3, at least one monomer of the general formula, ##EQU2## wherein X is H or CH.sub.3 and m is an integer of 4 to 13, and optionally at least one polymerizable monomer other than the monomers of the above-mentioned two groups are disclosed. These contact lenses are soft and flexible in the non-swollen state and are tougher and less susceptible to microbiological contamination than the hitherto known soft contact lenses. Also a novel process for preparation of these soft contact lenses is disclosed, which comprises cast-polymerizing a mixture of the above-mentioned monomers, cooling the resulting copolymer to a low temperature at which it stands rigid, and shaping the copolymer body into the lens form in the cooled rigid state.