Abstract: Embodiments of an amplifiers and integrated circuits include a first transistor and a second transistor. A second current-carrying terminal of the first transistor may be coupled to a first current-carrying terminal of the second transistor and the control terminal of the second transistor may be coupled to a low impedance alternating current (AC) potential node. A bias network that includes a first circuit element and a second circuit element couples the second current-carrying terminal of the second transistor to the control terminal of the second transistor. The first circuit element may be configured to apply a portion of a potential at the second current-carrying terminal of the second transistor to the control terminal of the second transistor, and the second circuit element may be coupled between the control terminal of the second transistor and a fixed potential.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for prevention and treatment of alopecia or for hair growth, comprising a phytosphingosine-1-phosphate derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. Also, a medicine comprising the composition and a quasi-drug comprising the composition are provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to additives enhancing the activity of certain insecticides, to significantly increase the effect of such insecticides when applied to the exterior foliage of a plant, thus increasing the kill rate of feeding insects that are normally protected deep within other tissue structures of the plant.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wood preservative composition comprising micronized copper and copper-amine complex, wherein the copper component of the copper amine complex is from about 5% to about 50% by weight, based upon the total weight of copper in the composition. The copper amine complex serves to avoid wood surface “chalking” that is otherwise attributable to the presence of micronized copper in copper-based slurries used to treat wood products. In addition, the copper-amine complex enhances the antimicrobial efficacy of the composition when used in wood treatment applications by facilitating cell wall penetration of the treated wood.

Abstract: A method of protecting wood through enhanced penetration of wood preservatives includes providing a solution including (a) at least one amine oxide. (b) at least one organic wood preservative and (c) a buffering agent. The solution preferably has a pH of about 7 to 10. The solution is applied to the surface of the wood after which, with or without intervening storage, the materials are activated to effect enhanced penetration of the organic wood preservative into the wood. One may effect application at a solution temperature of about 30 to 75° C. and preferably about 50 to 60° C. to effect activation at a higher temperature and high relative humidity. In a preferred practice, the wood may be heated before and/or after application of the solution. The solution is also disclosed as a product.

Abstract: Various exemplary compounds, compositions and methods are disclosed. An exemplary composition includes an insecticide comprising a formula weight greater than approximately 220 and a compound comprising an insect stimulant and a formula weight less than approximately 220. An exemplary method includes applying an insecticide comprising a formula weight greater than approximately 220 and applying a compound comprising an insect stimulant and a formula weight less than approximately 220. Exemplary compounds optionally include semiochemicals of insects, plants and/or animals. Other exemplary compounds, compositions and/or methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A non-flammable aerosol composition insectidal composition comprising 0.01 to 20 weight percent of one or more insecticides; 5 to 25 weight percent of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, and C1- to C8-alcohol; 5 to 30 weight percent of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon propellants, dimethyl ether, and 1,1-difluoroethane; and 60 to 90 weight percent of one or more non-combustible hydrofluorocarbons.

Abstract: Compositions comprising lycopene, Serenoa repens, Pygeum africanum, and Urtica dioica are provided. The compositions are preferably formulated with an alcohol extract of the dried, cut plant parts. Methods of using such compositions for treating various conditions and diseases, including benign prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cancer are also provided.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel N-(4-carbamimidoyl-phenyl)-glycine derivatives of the formula: wherein R1, E, X1 to X4 and G1 and G2 are as defined in the description and the claims, as well as hydrates or solvates and physiologically usable salts thereof.

Abstract: A composition for treating a substrate to control dust mite populations thereon. The composition includes a fluoropolymer, a biocide, and an acaricide.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I ##STR1## are described, as well as the process for their production and their use in pharmaceutical agents.

Abstract: An assay for detecting microbial protease activity in clinical and laboray samples is described which comprises gathering a sample suspected of containing certain microorganisms having the desired protease activity; immobilizing the microorganisms in the sample on a solid phase substrate; contacting the immobilized microorganisms with an enzymatic substrate producing an enzymatic substrate end-product; contacting the enzymatic substrate end-product with a chemical enhancing reagent producing a detectable chromogenic reaction which varies in intensity with the level of protease activity in the sample; and detecting the chromogenic reaction whereby the semi-quantitative presence of the protease activity in the sample is determined.

Abstract: Novel adenylate analogs having the following formula are synthesized in the present invention, which are found active against herpes simplex viruses: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydroxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, an amino ester radical of --NHR.sup.3 COOR.sup.4, wherein R.sup.3 is a bivalent C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 saturated hydrocarbon and R.sup.4 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; and R.sup.2 is hydroxyl, --O.sup.+ NH.sub.

Abstract: Insecticide composition, especially a pediculicide, comprising as active agent, rotenone or reduced rotenone. The composition is characterized in that said agent is bound to small polymer spherules. The retonone and/or reduced is preferably at least 90% pure. The composition may be in the form of a suspension, an emulsion, a powder, a paste, a cream or a foam and the like. The novel composition is useful in the treatment of parasites in both humans and animals.

Abstract: Insecticidal compositions, comprising normally-employed insecticides but comprising also an effective activity-enhancing amount of capsaicin or other capsaicinoid, especially in the form of capsicum, exhibit synergistic effects against numerous insects, including especially bud worms, boll worms, cabbage loopers, army worms, beet army worms, and beetles, and are especially effective on cotton, soybeans, common garden vegetables, and flowers, when sprayed on the insect or its habitat, especially as an aqueous solution, suspension, or emulsion. Larger crop stands may be effectively treated by aerial spraying from the usual crop-dusting airplane.

Abstract: The invention relates to an insecticidal composition which comprises at least one pyrethroid, at least one UV absorbing agent and at least one antioxidant from the group consisting of tocopherol derivatives and citric acid esters. This insecticidal composition can in particular be used as an emulsion or on a powdery carrier for the control of flying and crawling insects such as flies and cockroaches.

Abstract: A composition for inducing and stimulating hair growth and/or reducing hair loss comprises at least one alkylpolyglycoside and at least one compound having formula (I) in a physiologically acceptable medium. ##STR1## In compound (I) , R.sub.1 represents the group ##STR2## where in R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may be selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl or cycloalkyl. R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 may also form a heterocycle with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded. The heterocycle may be an aziridinyl, azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, hexahydroazepinyl, heptamethyleneimine, octamethyleneimine, morpholine or 4-low alkylpiperazidinyl group. These heterocycles may be substituted at the carbon atoms by one to three alkyl, hydroxy or alkoxy groups. R.sub.2 is selected from hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkylalkoxy, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, alkylarylalkyl, alkoxyarylalkyl and/or haloarylalkyl. The physiologically acceptable acid addition salts of the compound may also be used.

Abstract: Phosphoric acid esters represented by the following formulae (I) and (IX) as well as processes for preparing them are disclosed. ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a linear or branched, alkyl or alkenyl group having a C.sub.1-36 carbon atom content, with or without the hydrogen atom(s) being substituted with fluorine atom(s), or a phenyl group with substituted linear or branched alkyl group(s) having a C.sub.1-15 carbon atom content, R.sub.2 represents an alkylene group having a C.sub.2-3 carbon atom content, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 independently denote a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a C.sub.1-3 carbon atom content, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 independently denote a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl, alkenyl, or phenyl group with or without the hydrogen atom(s) being substituted with group(s) containing hetero atom(s), excepting for a mercapto group, R.sub.7 and R.sub.

Abstract: Phosphoric acid esters represented by the following formulae (I) and (IX) as well as processes for preparing them are disclosed. ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a linear or branched, alkyl or alkenyl group having a C.sub.1-36 carbon atom content, with or without the hydrogen atom(s) being substituted with fluorine atom(s), or a phenyl group with substituted linear or branched alkyl group(s) having a C.sub.1-15 carbon atom content, R.sub.2 represents an alkylene group having a C.sub.2-3 carbon atom content, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 independently denote a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a C.sub.1-3 carbon atom content, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 independently denote a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl, alkenyl, or phenyl group with or without the hydrogen atom(s) being substituted with group(s) containing hetero atom(s), excepting for a mercapto group, R.sub.7 and R.sub.

Abstract: A number of pyrethroid insecticides are photolabile, thus limiting their use outdoors. The non-photolabile pyrethroids often have the disadvantage of lasting too long when used outdoors. Herein, certain toxicologically acceptable compounds are designated which stabilize the normally photolabile pyrethroids and allow them to be used for an extended time period out of doors. The stabilizers have an electron deficient .pi. system and serve to decrease the rate of the photochemical decomposition of the pyrethroid at a given light level.