Abstract: Anthracycline glycosides W, X, Y and Z which are prepared by the fermentation of mutant F.I. 416 of Streptomyces peucetius var. caesius. The new compounds are useful against both gram positive and gram negative bacteria and as antitumor agents.

Abstract: An interactive telephone answering system (20) connectable to a captured telephone line (26) is responsive to the detection (32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42) of tones transmitted by the calling party from the keypad of a Touch-Tone phone for enabling caller selectable routing of an incoming call to a desired receiving phone (110) in accordance with a verbally interactive prerecorded decision tree format. The various selectable decision trees are prerecorded on a multitrack endless loop tape for playback (60, 62) of the channels selected (52, 54, 56, 58) by the calling party with the ultimate branches thereof each having a prerecorded arming signal which, when detected, activates the appropriate relay (50) to connect the caller to the desired telephone extension. The receiving party may also screen calls or have calls forwarded to another number by use of prerecorded codes on the tape.

Abstract: In an improved bowling alley resilient or non-resilient deflection means are removably disposed along both sides of the lane bed for preventing balls from dropping into the gutters of the bowling alley. Exemplary deflection means of the invention are tubes, springs, elastic bands removably disposable in the gutters and conveniently storable elsewhere when removed.

Abstract: Process for chemically binding organic compounds containing carbohydrate residues, onto a support bearing at least one reactive --NH.sub.2, in which at least one --CH.sub.2 OH group of the carbohydrate residue is transformed in a --CHO group, by oxidation and then the --CHO groups thus obtained are reacted with at least a reactive --NH.sub.2 carried by the side chains covalently bound on a solid, insoluble support, the side chains are chosen from among amines, polyamines, diacids, amino-acids, hydrazines, and are eventually coupled, by the intermediary of their reactive --NH.sub.2, with a nitrogen-containing compound chosen from aliphatic or aromatic amines, aliphatic or aromatic hydrazines, or amino acids, comprising eventually jointly a --SH group and a --NH.sub.2 group.Products resulting from this process and biological reagents containing said products as their active constituents.

Abstract: A process for recovering omega-amino-dodecanoic acid by separating the byoducts from the crude acid that comprises, in the sequence indicated (a) treating the crude acid in the presence of water with an acid (A) in such an amount as to obtain an acid (A)/amino acid molar ratio comprised of between 2:1 and 1:1, the amount of water being such as to dissolve at least part of the salt obtained and not to dissolve at least part of the by-products, (b) separating the phases into one containing most of the salt and another containing most of the by-products, (c) decomposing the salt by treatment with an organic or inorganic base (B) and isolating the amino acid in the free state.

Abstract: A reverse blue screen process for travelling matte cinematography, which comprises the formation of travelling mattes by pre-coating models or other foreground subjects utilized in composite cinematography with one or more phosphor materials which are invisible upon exposure to visible light, but which emit light of predetermined wavelengths upon excitation by ultraviolet light, and exposing the models through appropriate filters to produce mattes of the predetermined portions of the models coated with the phosphorescing materials, by thus reversing the conventional blue screen process for travelling matte cinematography and exposing an illuminating foreground subject against an opaque background rather than an opaque foreground subject against an illuminated background, it is possible for the first time to successfully matte finely detailed models or other foreground subjects displaying specular reflectance in a single film process.

Abstract: An isotachophoretic apparatus which is equipped with means for discriminating whether each of the zones of a sample having been separated by electrophoresis is a completely separate one having already been separated into a single component or an incompletely separate one. The discriminating means is constructed of means for detecting zones at different instants, e.g., two usual detectors, means for detecting the length of the zones, e.g., a time counter and means for comparing the lengths of the two corresponding zones and judging the completion of separation, e.g., a microcomputer.

Abstract: A drinking glove (10) for facilitating handling of a drinking vessel (52) includes a glove portion (12) and a pocket portion (14) secured to the palm (22) of the glove portion (12), the pocket portion (14) defining a volume (16) dimensioned to receive a drinking vessel (52).

Abstract: An apparatus for analyzing biological liquids comprises a measuring block including measuring means for measuring characteristics of said liquids. The measuring block is mounted within a thermal shield or housing by means of a base member interconnecting a minor part of the inner wall of the housing and the measuring block so as to define a space between the inner walls of the housing and the measuring block, said space being filled with air or another medium having a poor thermal conductivity.The thermal shield or housing and the base member are made of a material with good thermal conductivity, and heating and/or cooling means are arranged in heat conductive contact with the said shield. The function of the heating and/or cooling means is controlled by a temperature sensor arranged in heat conductive contact with the measuring block, so as to maintain the temperature of said block at a substantially constant predetermined value.

Abstract: Anthracycline antibiotics of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is --CO--CH.sub.2 OH, --CHOH--CH.sub.3, --CO--CH.sub.3 or --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.3 having antitumor and antibacterial activity are prepared by culturing a new mutant strain of microorganism designated as Micromonospora peucetica sp. nova and which has been deposited with the American Type Culture Collection under number No. 31366 ATCC.

Abstract: An easily dispersible polymer composition which comprises a powder of a water soluble polymer having floculating property and a sodium sulfate hydrate, and optionally a magnesium sulfate hydrate and a hydroscopic agent and which shows a high degree of granularity and free-fluidity.

Abstract: The present invention is a universal blending system and method for blending the material contents of a silo having a predetermined interior cross-sectional area by layer blending or across vertical columns, column blending, or a combination of layer and column blending.The presently preferred method of the present invention employs either vertical displacement of a partial vertical column of the silo content to provide a representative mixture in every horizontal cross-section in order to reduce the number of necessary recycles to a minimum or substantially simultaneous multilevel displacement, with subsequent uniform discharge over the whole horizontal cross-section of the silo to remix material that may have been segregated during the filling or recycling.

Abstract: There discloses a matrix liquid-crystal display device which is effective for the display of images particularly in a TV set and in which the liquid-crystal layer contains a dopant in a specific range of quantity which is far greater than a quantity of dopant employed in any known device.

Abstract: There provides a liquid crystal display device which comprises a pair of opposed substrates, a transparent electrode on at least one of the substrates, a liquid crystal composition and a characteristic orienting film of a polyimide-siloxane copolymer resin formed at least over the surface of the electrode, and which shows an excellent orientation.

Abstract: New thermoplastic polyester resins having a low melting point which are useful as a molding material, especially as an orthopedic cast material; said resin having the formula (I):[A].sub.1 [B].sub.m [C].sub.n (I)where A denotes a residue of a straight or branched aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 12 or 36 carbon atoms; B denotes a residue of a straight or branched aliphatic diol having 2 to 18 carbon atoms; C denotes a residue of 6-hydroxycaproic acid; these residues are linked through the ester bond and distributed randomly and/or in block in the molecule; 1, m, and n each has a value greater than 0; the residue of the 6-hydroxycaproic acid is 60 to 98 wt % and the sum of the residues of the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and aliphatic diol is 40 to 2 wt %; the residue of the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and the residue of the aliphatic diol are present in equimolar amount; and having a number-average molecular weight of 5,000 to 200,000.