Abstract: The present invention is directed to oxazole derivatives represented by the formula [I]; wherein A represents a nitrogen atom or a R3-substituted carbon atom; B represents a nitrogen atom, or an unsubstituted or X-substituted carbon atom; Z represents an oxygen atom, sulfinyl or sulfonyl; R1 and R2 represent each independently hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C6 haloalkoxy, C1-C6 haloalkyl or the like; R3 represents hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, halogen, nitro, formyl or acyl; X represents hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C3-C6 alkynyl, C1-C6 haloalkyl or the like; Y represents hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C3-C6 alkynyl, C1-C6 haloalkyl or the like; m represents an integar of 1 or 2, and n represents an integar of 1, 2, 3 or 4, and the salts thereof. The compounds specified in the present invention have an excellent herbicidal activity and are useful as an active ingredients for herbicides.

Abstract: A compound represented by the general formula [I] ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group; R.sup.2 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylsulfonyl group and the like; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each independently hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub. 6 alkyl group; R.sup.5 is hydrogen or a benzyl group or the like; R.sup.7, R.sup.8, R.sup.9 and R.sup.10 are each independently hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group.) or a herbicide containing a salt thereof, intermediate preparing therefor, and the said compound.

Abstract: Triazine derivatives of general formula (I); and recording materials excellent in the storage stability of developed images, particularly the resistance thereof to plasticizers.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to oxazole derivatives represented by the formula [I]; ##STR1## wherein A represents a nitrogen atom or a R.sub.3 -substituted carbon atom;B represents a nitrogen atom, or an unsubstituted or X-substituted carbon atom;Z represents an oxygen atom, sulfinyl or sulfonyl;R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent each independently hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 haloalkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 haloalkyl or the like;R.sub.3 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, halogen, nitro, formyl or acyl;X represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkynyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 haloalkyl or the like;Y represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkynyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 haloalkyl or the like;m represents an integer of 1 or 2, andn represents an integar of 1, 2, 3 or 4, and the salts thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to recording materials characterized in that the recording materials comprise at least one of diphenyl sulfone derivatives represented by the following general formula (I); ##STR1## wherein Y represents a linear or branched (un)-saturated C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 hydrocarbon group, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 hydrocarbon group having an ether linkage, or a group represented by a general formula; ##STR2## wherein R represents methylene or ethylene; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent each independently lower alkyl or lower alkenyl; m represents 0 or an integer of 1 or 2,; and n, p, q and r represent each independently 0 or an integer of 1 to 4, provided when n, p, q and r are each 2 or above, the substituents represented by R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be each different from one another.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a benzoic acid derivative methyl 3-formyl-4-methanesulfonyl-2-methylbenzoate. The compound is useful as a starting material for herbicide manufacture.

Abstract: A blade has a proximal end and a distal end and a central axis of elongation. The proximal end is generally rectangular cubic with a flat profile having top and bottom surfaces and short sidewalls, with each sidewall made up of two edges meeting to define an angle of approximately 100.degree. to 140.degree.. The apex of this angle is unsharpened and these sidewalls comprise guide means for guiding movements of the blade through an opening created by the cutting surfaces located on the distal end thereof. The distal end of the blade includes a cutting surface made up of a sharp pointed tip with the cutting edges proximal of the tip defining an angle of 75.degree. to 85.degree.. Two angled surfaces extend laterally and proximally to either side of the tip, each making an angle of 22.degree. to 27.degree. with the bottom surface of the blade. The tip is located between the planes defined by the top and bottom surfaces of the blade. The inventive blade is made from diamond.

Abstract: A process for preparing .alpha.-hydroxy acids represented by the general formula (II): RCH(OH)COOH (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C2-C6 alkenyl group, an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkoxy group, an optionally substituted aryl group, an optionally substituted aryloxy group, or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group) by allowing a microorganism to act on .alpha.-hydroxy nitriles (I): RCH(OH)CN (wherein R is as defined above) to hydrolyze and convert the .alpha.-hydroxy nitrites to .alpha.-hydroxy acids (II), wherein the .alpha.-hydroxy acids (II) are produced and accumulated in an aqueous solvent by a microorganism having the concentration resistance to the .alpha.-hydroxy nitrites (I) and/or .alpha.-hydroxy acids (II) and durability preferably in the presence of a cyanide, and harvested. According to this process, the use of the microorganism having the concentration resistance to the .alpha.-hydroxy nitriles (I) and/or .

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing documents which automatically identifies, separates and processes different document types from a single business entity or multiple business entities is disclosed.

Abstract: A wound dressing composition and a method of using that composition to enhance the natural process of topical wound healing. The composition comprises at least one adhesive ingredient that adheres to wet skin selected from the hydrocolloid family such as a pectin, an adhesive that adheres to dry skin selected from the families of synthetic and natural elastomers such as polyisobutylene, a hydrophilic compound such as carboxymethylcellulose and a water substitute compound to protect a wound site during dehydration or desiccation, wherein the water substitute compound is trehalose.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cap for a spray can which can discharge residual liquid and gas in a spray can safely at once and sufficiently afford to discharge a great deal of residual liquid. In another embodiment, the invention includes a spray can with the cap and a method for discharging residual liquid and gas in a spray can.

Abstract: An anchor davit comprising an elongated U-shaped frame for receiving a main shank of an anchor; a roller at the outboard end of the frame for guiding the anchor line as it is lowered or raised; means at the outboard end of the U-shaped frame for providing chafe protection of an anchor line when the anchor is deployed and for providing captivity of the anchor when the anchor is being raised and secured; and means at a rear portion of the flat bottom portion juxtaposed the rear of the U-shaped frame for securing the U-shaped frame to a bow, a deck, a gunnel or another structural member of a boat. The means at the outboard end of the U-shaped frame for providing chafe protection of the anchor line and for providing captivity of the anchor comprises a smooth round rod.

Abstract: A granular hydrating agent having an excellent dispersibility wherein a tristyryl phenyl ether, with polyoxyethylene added thereto, as a dispersant and a dispersion aid are incorporated at the time of wet pulverization to improve the capability of granulation and at least one member selected among sodium alkylnaphthalenesulfonates and sodium alkylbenzenesulfonates and a dispersion aid are incorporated at the time of dilution.

Abstract: A termiticidal composition containing a compound represented by the formula [I]; ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents 2-chloro-5-pyridyl, 2-chloro-5-pyrazinyl, 2-methyl-5-pyrazinyl or 2-chloro-5-thiazolyl; R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, methoxymethyl, cyclopropyl, propynyl or methoxy; R.sub.3 represents hydrogen or methyl or chloromethyl; and R.sub.4 represents cyano or nitro, or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A low air loss therapeutic air support system which simultaneously prevents the development of pressure sores and skin maceration due to the build up of heat and moisture at points of interface between the device and the patient and has an active feedback system which provides for real time adjustments to the inflation pressure of the support surface in response to an increase in the compressive pressure on a part of the support surface from shifting of the patient's position or other causes which can be used interchangeably with a sleeping surface and a wheelchair seating system.

Abstract: A removable device for melting and preventing the accumulation of ice and snow on walkway and driveways is disclosed. The apparatus includes a series of interconnected pads of various lengths and widths which are heated to a temperature which is sufficient to prevent the accumulation of ice and snow.

Abstract: A laparoscopic electrosurgical instrument which has the capability to grasp, fulgurate, and cut tissue. The laparoscopic electrosurgical instrument has an electrically insulative longitudinal body having a proximal and distal end, and a housing at the distal end. A pair of grasping conductors extend longitudinally from the housing, the conductors being spaced apart in substantially parallel actuatable relationship, and each of the conductors also has a slot therein. A pair of scissors-like cutting members also extends from the housing from between the pair of conductors, and each of the cutting members has a proximal and distal end, with the proximal ends each pivotally connected to the housing and each distal end extending laterally through one of the slots of the pair of conductors. The proximal ends of the cutting member are in actuatable relationship to each other.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to oxazole derivatives represented by the formula ?I!; ##STR1## wherein A represents a nitrogen atom or a R.sub.3 -substituted carbon atom; B represents a nitrogen atom, or an unsubstituted or X-substituted carbon atom; Z represents an oxygen atom, sulfinyl or sulfonyl; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent each independently hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 haloalkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 haloalkyl or the like; R.sub.3 represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, halogen, nitro, formyl or acyl; X represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkynyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 haloalkyl or the like; Y represents hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkynyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 haloalkyl or the like; m represents an integar of 1 or 2, and n represents an integar of 1, 2, 3 or 4, and the salts thereof.

Abstract: A permanent-wave treatment method which can give a permanent-wave comfortably without using a cap or a turban, and a treatment auxiliary agent used in this method. The permanent-wave treatment method comprises a winding step of applying permanent-wave treatment liquid to hair and winding the hair around rollers, and a liquid drop prevention step of sprinkling a powdery treatment auxiliary agent on the wound hair so as to prevent the permanent-wave treatment liquid from dropping. The treatment auxiliary agent comprises powder which adsorbs or partially dissolves in permanent-wave treatment liquid, and serves to increase the viscosity of the powder-sprinkled permanent-wave treatment liquid and prevent the permanent-wave treatment liquid from dropping.

Abstract: A combination filter and evaporator unit for use in small engine applications includes a filter member that is screw threadedly engaged to the evaporator unit to facilitate replacement of filter media as needed. The design of the unit constrains incoming oil to flow first through the filter media and then to an evaporation chamber. A central hub and a bottom wall of the evaporation chamber are directly heated by a heating element, and the evaporation chamber is closed by an imperforate lid so that heat loss is inhibited.