Abstract: A peat paper used to improve the quality of the soil in connection with planting, sowing or weed-control. The paper consists of peat fibres (4), cellulose fibres (1), and a bonding agent. The disclosure also teaches the method of producing said peat paper. The peat paper is characterized in that in a lower layer the cellulose fibres (1) support the peat fibres (4) and in that the cellulose fibres and peat fibres (1,4) are bonded together by means of the bonding agent in a dry-formation process so as to form paper-like sheets or webs. The resulting peat paper is soft and owing to its method of production controlled amounts and/or layers of additives, such as fertilizers, seeds, hormones, and similar additives may be incorporated into the paper.

Abstract: The invention concerns a machine design to fill hollow profile rods, such as spacer rods for insulating window panes, with a granular material which serves as a desiccating agent.The purpose of the machine is to mechanize to a large extent the filling operation which has hitherto been performed manually.

Abstract: A portable electric drill guide in the form of a plurality of legs attached to two rings, the upper of which is attachable to a drill head and the lower of which is adapted to be placed in contact with an object to be drilled at right angles to the drill bit.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing bulk, particulate material in a controlled choked flow in which the particulate material is fed through a vertical hopper having a closure which has its opening controlled by the weight of material in the hopper.

Abstract: A catalyst consisting essentially of reduced cobalt which is dispersed on a high surface area support is highly efficient in the reductive amination of ethyl alcohol to ethyl amines.

Abstract: A class of tetrapeptides having opiate activity having the formulaH-Tyr-X-Y-Zwherein X is D-amino acid radical; Y is Phe, DPhe, MePhe, DMePhe, Trp or DTrp; Z is Met-OH, Met-ol, Met(O)-ol, Met-OR, Met-NH.sub.2, MetHNR, DMet-OH, DMet-ol, DMet(O)-ol, DMet-OR, DMet-NH.sub.2, DMetNHR, Leu-OH, Leu-ol, Leu-OR, Leu-NH.sub.2, Leu-NHR, DLeu-OH, DLeu-ol, DLeu-OR, DLeu-NH.sub.2 or DLeu-NHR, and R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -hydroxyalkyl, are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for preparing novel peptide alcohols exemplified by the reduction of enkephalins and particularly the met-enkephalin to produce pentapeptides and tetrapeptides of the following formulaH-Tyr-DAla-Gly-Phe-Methioninol (1)H-Tyr-DAla-Phe-Methioninol (2)Additional alcohols having a carbon or C-number exceeding or less than 4 or 5 may also be prepared. These compounds are produced by solid phase peptide synthesis developed by R. B. Merrifield in Advances in Enzymology, 32:221 (1969 ) in which the terminal carboxyl group is reduced to the alcohol under the influence of lithium borohydride.

Abstract: The invention provides novel amides of (2-pyrimidinyl-thio)-alkanoic acids having antilipemic activity combined with a lower toxicity than the corresponding acids.