Abstract: A comminuting device for breaking-up charge bodies of frangible material to free their value content and to reduce it to a desired size employs an upright enclosure into which charge bodies are fed so as to minimize in-air flow and to provide a steady stream of the bodies into the upper end of a centrally positioned downflow feed duct from which a series of horizontally, radially outwardly extending and vertically spaced-apart discs of a rotating assembly are suspended to define a central chamber selection passageway that is open at its upper end to the lower end of the duct, and at its bottom end through a grating to a motor drive compartment into which a fluid is introduced under positive pressure.

Abstract: A novel black coloring material is obtained by treating a chitosan with a dyestuff of the lithospermum root. If a water-insoluble chitosan is used as the chitosan, a finely divided black coloring material is obtained, and if a gelatinous chitosan salt is used as the chitosan, a gelatinous black coloring material is obtained. If a water-soluble chitosan, chitosan oligosaccharide or D-glucosamine, or a salt thereof is used as the chitosan, a liquid black coloring material is obtained. If a powdery polymeric substance is treated with such a black coloring material, a polymer-based black coloring material is obtained, and if a fiber is dyed with such a black coloring material, the fiber is dyed to a black color having a low lightness.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is disclosed in which image information read by image information read-out means is reduced by reducing encoding means and simultaneously compressed by compressing means to be displayed as an image, or encoded image information is decoded by decoding means to be stored in a memory and simultaneously is reduced by reducing means to be displayed as an image, thus the apparatus can implement rapid processings, and reducing circuit for image information which reduces image information in the main scanning direction and makes storage means store reduced image information sequentially and simultaneously further reduces this reduced image information in the subscanning direction.

Abstract: In a method for plasma ashing a resist film coated on a substrate, the temperature of the substrate is controlled initially at temperatures below that at which explosion of the resist film occurs until a surface portion of a resist film has been removed. Thereafter, the substrate temperature is increased to remove the remaining portions of the resist film. An apparatus for conducting the method includes a plurality of supports, which may be movably disposed within a vacuum treatment chamber for moving the substrate away from a source of heat and for moving the substrate into contact with the heating source.

Abstract: A treatment apparatus for removing a coagulum such as a calculus or the like produced in an organism by dissolving it comprises irrigation with a medical fluid by using an irrigation pump and suction of the medical fluid by using a suction pump. In this apparatus, when a switch for stopping treatment is operated, the apparatus is not immediately stopped, but the apparatus is stopped after the medical fluid introduced into the organism has been completely discharged so that no medical fluid harmful to the organism remains in the organism.

Abstract: A composition for debridement of retained lens materials is disclosed. The composition comprises a viscoelastic material and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid or salts thereof dissolved in a physiologically acceptable solution.Preferably the viscoelastic material is sodium hyaluronate.

Abstract: A hydroxystyrene derivative represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : phenyl group, benzyl group or phenethyl group, or R.sup.1 : R.sup.5 O- (R.sup.5 : H, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.5 alkyl group or benzyl group) and R.sup.2 : benzyl group or PhSCH.sub.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are taken together to represent --CONH--CS--S--, ##STR2## (X.sup.1 : H, a halogen, methyl group, ethyl group, R.sup.7 O-- (R.sup.7 : methyl or ethyl group), nitro group, aminosulfonyl group or amino group, m.sup.1 : 1 or 2), pyridyl group, furyl group or thienyl group, n.sup.1 : an integer of 0 to 3); when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : phenyl group, benzyl group or phenethyl group, or R.sup.1 : R.sup.5 O-- (R.sup.5 : as defined above) and R.sup.2 : benzyl group, R.sup.3 : cyano group and R.sup.4 : a carbamoyl group, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are taken together to represent --CO--Y--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 -- (Y: O or --NH--) or ##STR3## and when R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 : a C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 alkyl group, R.sup.3 and R.sup.

Abstract: A process for removing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide from flue gases in a wet scrubbing system using lime to remove the sulfur dioxide and ferrous-EDTA to remove the nitrogen oxides, where an initial reducing agent, such as sodium sulfide, and an antioxidant, such as hydrazine, are added to the scrubbing system, with oxidation of the ferrous-EDTA to ferric-EDTA curtailed while removal of nitrogen oxides is increased.

Abstract: A percutaneous pharmaceutical preparation in tape form is provided. The preparation comprises a flexible backing, which is not permeable to an active ingredient, and an adhesive layer formed on the flexible backing, the adhesive layer comprising an adhesive base material and an active ingredient compatible with the adhesive base material, wherein the adhesive base material consists essentially of a copolymer containing 2-ethylhexyl acrylate in a concentration of 45 to 80 mol % and N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone in a concentration of 20 to 55 mol %, and the active ingredient is estradiol and/or the esters thereof which are contained in a concentration of 6 to 25% by weight of the total amount of the adhesive base material and the active ingredient.

Abstract: This invention relates to a functional polypeptide containing the binding domain of human fibronectin and the heparin-binding domain of human fibronectin.

Abstract: A method for performing liquid scintillation counting by the liquid scintillation counter that measures radioactive samples on a measurement support, such as a filter plate or alike, which has the sample associated therein. According to the method, the detection material, such as scintillator, is added to the measurement support before the measurement. The method according to the invention is characterized by adding detection material, such as scintillator, in melted form into the measurement support and performing the measurement after the detection material has solidified. On the filter plate is added for instance a mixture of paraffin and scintillator. One component in the detection material can be plastic scintillator.

Abstract: The invention relates to inclusion complexes of Silybinin with a cyclodextrin selected from the group consisting of .alpha.-, .beta.- and .gamma.-cyclodextrin and a suitable derivative thereof and to the method for the preparation thereof. The inclusion complexes of Silybinin showed a highly improved bioavailability in comparison to Silybinin which makes them particularly interesting in the treatment of various hepatotoxic conditions.

Abstract: Zinc powder, which contains a coloring element, e.g., Ti, Mn, or V, is heated to a temperature of from 350.degree. to 700.degree. C. so as to oxidize the surface of the powder and hence to develop such colors as brown, navy blue, blue, greenish-brown, green, and coffee brown. The colored zinc powder is sprayed onto a steel, aluminum, or ceramic article to produce a colored article. The colored zinc powder is also used as a pigment.

Abstract: A multi-mode Raman laser system wherein Raman conversion is performed by injecting exciting laser beam from transversely excited atmospheric pressure CO.sub.2 laser system into a Raman cell. Unstable resonator type oscillator is used as transversely excited atmospheric pressure CO.sub.2 laser system; and multi-mode Raman cell is used as the Raman cell. The quantity required for an excited CO.sub.2 laser system can thus be extensively reduced. Also, it is possible to reduce the input electric required for obtaining the same energy of 16 .mu.m light which is scattered light, because saturated conversion of excited light, can be achieved by multi-mode Raman cell, and system efficiency can be increased.

Abstract: A vinyl chloride resin composition having an improved impact resistance with a good transparency which includes (A) a graft copolymer reinforcing agent prepared by emulsion-polmerizing 15 to 35 parts by weight of a monomer mixture in the presence of 85 to 65 parts by weight of a butadiene homopolymer or copolymer having a butadiene content as high as 82% by weight or more, said monomer mixture containing of 50 to 95% by weight of an aromatic vinyl monomer such as styrene, 0.1 to 40% by weight of a vinyl cyanide monomer such as acrylonitrile and 0 to 40% by weight of other vinyl monomer copolymerizable therewith, and (B) a vinyl chloride resin.

Abstract: A method of repairing stator blades in a turbine comprises the steps of making a pre-shaped insert of a material the same as or compatible with the material of the stator blade, the size of the insert is such that it forms a substantial part of the stator blade, the method including the step of removing a piece of material from the stator blade including the damaged part or part that it is required to modify and welding in the new insert.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adsorbent agent with special advantages to heavy metals, proteins, etc. and is based upon a ligand with an atom sequence (A): N--C--C.sub.n --N, wherein n is 1 or 2, and one terminal, a ring atom N in a heteroaromatic ring system, together with a proximal ring atom C forms a first terminal. The second terminal --C.sub.n --N-- can be an integral part of a heteroaromatic ring system with one or more heteroatoms and through a crosslinking bridge D is attached to P. The first terminal N--C-- can be included in a pyridine or imidazole core. The polymer P is organic and hydrophilic such as polysaccharide, polyvinylalcohol, polyacrylamide, polyacrylester, polyethyleneimide or derivatives thereof, and can also be immobilized by crosslinking, binding or adsorption or inclusion in an inorganic bearer.

Abstract: A self-cleaning strainer comprises a vertically disposed housing which contains a rotatable strainer basket. The housing has an open top, closed by a closure plate, an inlet adjacent the top of the housing and an outlet adjacent a closed bottom of the housing, the closed bottom having a flush discharge opening. The components used to rotate the strainer basket are disposed outside the flow of any water containing particulates that enters the housing. Cleaning devices such as a scraper blade supported in the strainer basket, a rotatable brush supported in the strainer basket, and a water jet manifold disposed between the housing sidewall and the sidewall of the strainer basket are used to clean the rotatable strainer basket.

Abstract: A solid-state battery having a solid electrolyte represented by [A].sub.u.({[=N(Z).sub.2 ].(MX).sub.v }.sub.w), a positive electrode, and a negative electrode. A is a single ionic polymer of at least one of an oligoethylene oxypolyphosphazene compound having a sulfone group and an oligoalkylene oxpolyphosphazene compound having a fluorolakylsulfone group. The respective oxypolyphosphazenes have the structure of one of formulas (I) to (IV): ##STR1## R is at least one of methyl, ethyl and propyl. R' is hydrogen or methyl. h, k, h' and k' are each the average number of repeating ethyleneoxy unite or alkyleneoxy units and are each a real number from 0 to 20. l, n, l' and n' are each an integer of 0 or greater in the range of 3.ltoreq.l+n+l'+n'.ltoreq.200,000. Z is a group represented by Y--(OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.y --O--. Y is at least one of methyl, ethyl and propyl. y is a real number from 1 to 30.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nectarine (Prunus persia) tree of a medium vigor and spreading, foliated with large elongated leaves, and producing uniform, medium size, round to round-elliptic shaped clingstone fruit having a yellow ground color and deep red overcolor skin, and a yellow flesh which is slightly red near the pit.