Abstract: A control unit for automatically controlling the angular position of a reversible, motorized device, such as an antenna rotor, in response to a signal from an external sensor, such as a potentiometer coupled to the rotating shaft of a windvane. The unit includes integrated circuits and other electronic components for monitoring the windvane signal and for activating the rotor, as necessary, to maintain its alignment with the sensed wind direction. The unit also comprises means for providing: a no-response zone of adjustable width about the momentary, average wind direction; an adjustable, time delayed response to changes in wind direction; an automatic reversal of rotation if the rotor approaches the .+-.180.degree. position while searching for the wind direction; an automatic disabling of the rotor for windspeeds less than a selectable, threshold value.

Abstract: An alkyd resin containing ampho-ionic groups of the formula: ##STR1## wherein A is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylene or a phenylene group, is disclosed. Said resin is prepared by reacting a polyol, a polybasic acid and an ampho-ionic compound of the formula: ##STR2## wherein A is as defined above, R.sub.1 is a hydroxyalkyl, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are H or alkyl optionally containing sulfo and/or hydroxyl group.

Abstract: Compositions curable upon exposure to atmospheric moisture at room temperature comprising (a) organic polymer having at least one hydrolyzable silicon-containing group in the molecule and having a molecular weight from about 500 to 15,000 and (b) a photocurable substance.

Abstract: Permanent-wave solution comprising an aqueous alkaline solution of cysteine and an organic acid anhydride as added thereto in a molar ratio of 0.1 to 0.5 per each mole of cysteine is disclosed. The solution is stable upon exposure to air while retaining a sufficient curling effect on the hair.

Abstract: A known antibiotic, SF-1293 substance and salts thereof have now been found to exhibit high herbicidal effects against a wide variety of herbaceous and woody plants, but they are non-phytotoxic particularly to a useful woody plant, Chamaecyparis obtusa. The herbicidal effects of these SF-1293 substances can be noticeably enhanced by applying in combination with certain known herbicides or compounds having biological activities.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating the locality of a leaking spot in a pipeline which conveys a fluid, the apparatus comprising: a pair of detectors located on the pipeline at positions spaced from each other by a certain distance l and adapted to detect pressures P.sub.1 and P.sub.2 and pressure gradients .differential.P.sub.1 /.differential.x and .differential.P.sub.2 /.differential.x at the respective positions; and an operating unit adapted to calculate the locality of a leaking spot on the basis of the pressure gradients .differential.P.sub.1 /.differential.x and .differential.P.sub.2 /.differential.x and mean pressures P.sub.1 and P.sub.2 as obtained by memory-holding the pressures P.sub.1 and P.sub.2, by an operation of ##EQU1## wherein ##EQU2## E: estimated value x: distance from upstream detector to leaking spotn: pressure drop index number (n=1 for liquid, n=2 for isothermal gas and 1<n<2 for gas-liquid mixture which is determined experimentally depending upon the gas-liquid mixture ratio).

Abstract: SiO.sub.2 -Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 -alkaline earth oxides glass compositions suitable for glass/molybdenum sealings with high thermal load capability, having coefficients of thermal expansion in the temperature range of 20.degree.-300.degree. C. of 4.6-5.1.times.10.sup.-6 /.degree. C., glass transformation temperatures (Tg) of 775.degree.-810.degree. C., softening temperatures (Ew) greater than 930.degree. C., processing temperatures (V.sub.A) of 1232.degree.-1273.degree. C. and at length of V.sub.A -Ew greater than 300.degree. C. as regards processing technology of these glasses in the mixture, which consist essentially of the following components, computed as percent by oxide weight:______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 57.00-64.00 wt % Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 12.50-16.50 wt % ZrO.sub.2 1.00-5.50 wt % Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 + ZrO.sub.2 15.00-19.00 wt % CaO 11.50-19.20 wt % BaO 0-6.50 wt % CeO.sub.2 0-8.00 wt % TiO.sub.2 0-4.50 wt % CaO + BaO + CeO.sub.2 + TiO.sub.2 18.60-25.70 wt % and As.sub.2 O.sub.3 0-0.

Abstract: A pipe joint having a radially displaceable clamp ring located within a cylindrical joint casing to circumvent a pipe passage along which a pipe is to be inserted, the clamp ring being movable between an inner concentric position and an outer eccentric position and provided with a sharp edge around the inner periphery thereof. Upon inserting a pipe into the joint casing, the clamp ring is pushed into the inner concentric position to allow passage of the pipe and, as soon as the pipe is fully inserted into a connected position, the clamp ring is pressed toward the outer eccentric position by a spring, clamping the pipe securely in the connected position by the sharp edge on the inner periphery of the ring.

Abstract: Low alkali, high phosphate and high Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 content glasses are described which are highly suitable for optical colored and filter glasses. They exhibit a glass transformation temperature Tg>450.degree. C. and have the following composition, in percent by weight:______________________________________ P.sub.2 O.sub.5 71.0-76.0 SiO.sub.2 0.25-2.5 B.sub.2 O.sub.3 2.4-3.75 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 8.6-11.6 R.sub.2 O (alkali oxide) 1.25-6.5 CaO 0.5-1.65 MgO 2.0-3.5 Refining Agent 0.2-0.6 CeO.sub.2 0.1-0.4 F' 0.2-0.4 and CuO 1.0-10.0.

Abstract: Nucleotides of nucleosides or bases having known cytotoxic activity are reacted to form corresponding cytotoxic liponucleotide analogs by phosphorylation of molecular species of phosphatidic acids. The resulting cytotoxic liponucleotide analogs exhibit an enhanced therapeutic index and broader spectrum of antitumor activity as compared to the parent nucleoside or base compounds, apparently due to an improved selective uptake thereof by metabolizing tumor cells, and are thus useful cytotoxic, antiviral and antineoplastic agents.

Abstract: 4-Amino-2-hydroxybutyric acid or 2,4-diaminobutyric acid may be readily produced by a new process comprising reacting a propionic acid compound containing a .beta.-carboxamido substituent (-CONH.sub.2) on the carbon atom at the 3-position and optionally containing hydroxyl substituent and protected or unprotected amino substituent on the .alpha.-carbon atom thereof, with an alkanoic acid anhydride in liquid pyridine to convert the carboxamido group into a nitrile group, with occasional acylation of a .alpha.-hydroxyl group, occasionally removing the alkanoyl group from the .alpha.-acyloxyl group of the resulting nitrile intermediate, and then reducing the resultant nitrile compound with hydrogen to convert the nitrile group into an aminomethyl group, and further optionally removing the residual amino-protecting group from the resultant 4-aminobutyric acid compound.

Abstract: Nucleotides of nucleosides or bases having known cytotoxic activity are reacted with steroids, preferably corticosteroids, to form corresponding cytotoxic nucleoside-corticosteroid phosphodiester analogues of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: steroid is the residue formed by removal of a hydroxyl hydrogen atom from a natural or synthetic adrenal corticosteroid containing the characteristic cyclopentanophenanthrene nucleus which is esterified to the phosphate moiety at the 21-position;sugar is a naturally occurring pentose or deoxypentose in the furanose form, preferably ribose, deoxyribose, lyxose, xylose or arabinose and especially ribose, deoxyribose or arabinose, which is esterified to the phosphate moiety at the 5'-position and covalently bonded to the heterocycle moiety at the 1'-position to form a nucleoside; andheterocycle is a purine, pyrimidine, hydrogenated pyrimidine, triazolopurine or similar nucleoside base.

Abstract: A stretched polyolefin film, suitable for use as a packaging material, comprising a uniform cellular structure produced by the use of a blowing agent and consisting essentially of a crystalline having a broad molecular weight distribution and a low Melt Flow Index wherein the film contains 0-25% by weight of fillers or pigments and wherein the film has a thickness of 11 mils or less.

Abstract: Glass compositions have been found which, with a low linear thermal expansion coefficient of 33.9-53.2.times.10.sup.-7 /.degree.C. at 20-300.degree. C. will pre-stress to a much higher extent under similar prestressing conditions than known glasses of the same thermal expansion, and which consequently result in crumbling under forced fracture. The glasses possess the following properties: the transformation temperatures (Tg) are between 566.degree. and 660.degree. C., the softening temperatures (Ew) are between 821.degree. and 845.degree. C. and working temperatures are between 1211.degree. and 1370.degree. C., the temperature differential Ew-Tg being 232.degree. to 298.degree. C., the ratio .alpha.'/.alpha. of the thermal expansion coefficient above Tg (.alpha.') to expansion below Tg (.alpha.) being between 4.1 and 9.4 and the formation comprising:______________________________________ SiO.sub.2 61.60-79.50 percent by weight B.sub.2 O.sub.3 1.00-10.50 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 2.50-14.00 Na.sub.2 O 1.50-6.

Abstract: Optical glass is disclosed which has an increased resistance to solarization and irradiation as well as little or no undesirable coloring. This glass is designed to exhibit as many properties having optimal values as possible. The silicate glass used is free of alkaline earth metal oxides and incorporates CeO.sub.2 and both zinc and strontium ions in very small concentrations. The latter two materials further improve the solarization and irradiation resistance properties of the glass. Furthermore, as the zinc and strontium ions are effective when used in low concentrations, they serve to minimize any undesirable glass coloring.

Abstract: Novel nitrosourea derivatives are provided which possess a high level of inhibitory activity against leukemia and tumors and other are therefore useful for pharmaceutical purposes. The compounds have the structure: ##STR1## wherein one of X and Y represents a hydroxyl and another of them represents a group --NHCONNOCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 Cl; R represents a hydrogen, alkyl or aryl; and .about. represents a single bond which may be in the .alpha.- or .beta.-stereochemical configuration and are prepared by nitrosating a corresponding urea compound with a nitrosating agent in a manner known per se.

Abstract: A fuel slurry comprising a mixture of a fuel oil and pulverized coal may be effectively stabilized with a small amount of adducts of alkylene oxide and an alcohol, an amine, a carboxylic acid or a phenol, or inorganic acid esters of said adducts; or cross-linked products of said adducts or said inorganic acid esters.

Abstract: A combination flashlight and circuit tester is disclosed which functions as both a conventional source of portable illumination and a circuit continuity tester employing either internal or external sources of electrical energy. An improved multidirectional support enables the flashlight/tester to be attached to a stationary structure while its flashlight beam is aimed in any one of a variety of directions. Contacts and a positively actuated switch are replaceable. A battery biasing spring is hingedly mounted to the battery casing to facilitate battery insertion and removal. A neon test lamp indicating continuity of electrical circuits is removably mounted on the exterior of the flashlight/housing to facilitate observation and replacement.

Abstract: Sheep antiserum developed against the human glycohemoglobin, Hb A.sub.1c, distinguishes this fraction from the major component Hb A.sub.o. Partial cross relativity is observed with Hb A.sub.1a and Hb A.sub.1b, as well as with analogous glycohemoglobins from mouse and dog hemolysates. The reactivity of the hemoglobins with this specific antiserum is abolished by the reduction of the keto group of the sugar ligand. The immunological specificity displayed provides the basis of a quantitative assay for Hb A.sub.1c, which is suitable for studies of clinical and experimental diabetes.

Abstract: A plasminogen proactivator and a corresponding activator has been isolated from mammalian and avian, especially human, plasma which is characterized within a given species as a single, electrophoretically and immunologically homogeneous protein. The activator acts as a catalyst to initiate fibrinolytic activity in plasma and is therefore useful in controlling clotting which occurs, e.g. in venous thrombosis or arterial occulsion, and in diagnosing conditions which predispose to thromboembolic phenomena. The proactivator has a long useful in vivo half life and can be used to provide a reservoir for maintaining the fibrolytic potential of blood.