Abstract: Substance F-0368 of the formula: ##STR1## or salts thereof is prepared by culturing Kitasatosporia sp. F-0368 in a culture medium thereby producing substance F-0368, and then isolating and collecting substance F-0368 from the culture medium.

Abstract: A substituted benzoylurea compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a nitro group, each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, --COR.sup.6 (wherein R.sup.6 is an alkyl group or an alkoxy group) or --SO.sub.2 R.sup.6 (wherein R.sup.6 is as defined above), or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may form together with the adjacent nitrogen atom a heterocyclic ring, R.sup.4 is a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group or a nitro group, and R.sup.5 is a halogen atom, a nitro group or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or its salt.

Abstract: During printing operations, the rack of a print frame and the rack of an operation piece attached to the bottom face of the print frame are continuous. These racks are engaged by gears attached to a print cylinder. The print frame is moved in synchronization with rotations of the cylinder. When printing is stopped, a camming arrangement raises the operation piece to release the operation piece from the gears so that the print frame can be pulled from the machine base independently from the cylinder.

Abstract: 1-Azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene-2-carboxyic acids having antimicrobial activity have been prepared.

Abstract: A novel cyclomaltodextrin transferase (EC. 2, 4, 1, 19) which preferentially produces .beta.-cyclodextrin from starch or partial hydrolysate thereof and produces a carbohydrate containing .beta.-cyclodextrin as the main components, and a method for preparation thereof comprising cultivating a cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase producing microorganism belonging to a moderate thermophile B. coagulans are provided.

Abstract: A method of computing an internal potential distribution of a semiconductor device is disclosed which includes an electrically floating semiconductor layer as a floating potential region, thereby evaluating the breakdown voltage characteristic of the device by means of simulation. According to this method, when a trial value of a quasi-Fermi potential of the semiconductor layer is given, a Poisson equation is solved with use of the trial value, thus finding the potential distribution of the device. A characteristic point is obtained from the potential distribution. It is determined whether or not the relationship between the characteristic point and the trial value satisfies a specific relational expression. If the specific relational expression is satisfied, the trial value is determined to be the quasi-Fermi potential of the semiconductor layer, and the solution of the Poisson equation is output as a simulation calculation result.

Abstract: Provided are water soluble films comprising a modified polyvinyl alcohol containing 2-pyrrolidone ring. The films have excellent water solubility, which can be maintained over a long period of time and under the condition of being contacted with an alkaline or acid substance, and at the same time have an appropriate touch and flexibility.

Abstract: A method of making a molded article by injecting into a mold filled with reinforcing material a resin composition including (a) 40 to 80% by weight of a resin including an oligomer having a number average molecular weight of 900 to 3,000 in terms of polystyrene equivalent obtained by gel permeation chromatography and having two or more terminal (meth)acrylate groups and an unsaturated polyester, and (b) 20 to 60% by weight of methyl (meth)acrylate monomer.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus reads an optical image which is projected onto a predetermined plane by a slide projector. The image reading apparatus includes a scanner for optically scanning the optical image formed by the slide projector and for generating image information, a filter for eliminating a high frequency component of the image information and for outputting a low frequency component of the image information, a memory for sampling the low frequency component of the image information corresponding to each predetermined number of pixels when a predetermined reference optical image is formed by the slide projector, and for storing the sampled low frequency component of the image information as reference data, and a correcting circuit for correcting the two dimensional shading including the image information supplied from the scanner means for every pixel based on the reference data stored in the memory so that the low frequency component is deleted from the image information.

Abstract: A shift control system and method for an automatic transmission connected to an engine having engine intake controller includes a detector for detecting the start of an inertia phase at the time of a shift. An intake changing device outputs a first command signal for throttling the opening of the intake controller to such an extent that the engine torque is unvaried for a time period from the output of a command signal for the shift to the start of the inertia phase, and a second command signal for further throttling the opening of the intake controlling, simultaneously as the start of the inertia phase is detected, to drop the engine torque.

Abstract: A picking control apparatus for providing stable picking operation in a jet loom. The apparatus comprises an angle correcting section for outputting an angle correction amount of a picking start angle on the basis of an arrival angle deviation of filling yarn and a pressure correcting section for outputting a pressure correction amount of an injection pressure in a locking nozzle on the basis of a flying term deviation of filling yarn. The angle correcting section promptly corrects and controls a change of an arrival angle caused by a variation of flying characteristic of filling yarn, and thereafter the pressure correcting section corrects and controls a flying term so as to be adjusted to a set value. As a result, a stable picking operation in which only the picking start angle is not excessively deviated can be accomplished.

Abstract: Direct adhesion between a body of a thermoplastic material and a rubber mass by covulcanization is achieved by bringing a rubber body constituted of the components:100 parts by weight of an EP(D)M rubber functionalized with carboxyl groups;100-300 parts by weight filler(s);1-10 parts by weight peroxide-type vulcanizing agent;0-4 parts by weight vulcanization activators; and optionally plasticizers, in contact with a body of a thermoplastic material constituted of 30-100 wt. % of a reaction product of a thermoplastic polyester and a polyisocyanate;1-50 wt. % of a reinforcing material; and0-20 wt. % of additives.

Abstract: A field formation apparatus comprising a pair of electrodes for electric field formation, wherein at least the surface of at least one of the electrodes is made of electrical conductive ceramics containing at least 30% by voluem of at least one member selected from the group consisting of borides, carbides and nitrides of transition metals of Groups IVa and Va of the Periodic Table.

Abstract: Azolylmethyloxiranes of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, benzyl, naphthyl, biphenyl, dioxanyl, phenyl, tetrahydropyranyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, norbornyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 -cycloalkyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 -cycloalkenyl, and X is CH or N, and plant-tolerated acid addition salts and metal complexes thereof, and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Apparatus for retouching, in situ, a located defect on a component of an assembly, such as a turbomachine rotor, situated within a casing, the apparatus including an endoscope carried by a body external to the casing, a support tube carried by the body for insertion through a hole in the casing, and a control rod extending along the tube and connected to a foldable extension member pivoted at the end of the tube and carrying a retouching tool.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.6 are independently hydrogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.1-6 cycloalkyl, C.sub.1-3 alkoxy, n-botoxy, i-botoxy, sec-butoxy, R.sup.7 R.sup.8 N-- (wherein R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are independently hydrogen or C.sub.1-3 alkyl), trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, difluoromethoxy, fluoro, chloro, bromo, phenyl, phenoxy, benzyloxy, hydroxy, trimethylsilyloxy, diphenyl-t-butylsilyloxy, hydroxymethyl or --O(CH.sub.2).sub.l OR.sup.19 (wherein R.sup.19 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-3 alkyl, and l is 1,2 or 3); or when located at the ortho position to each other, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together form --CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH--; or when located at the ortho position to each other, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together form --OC(R.sup.15) (R.sup.16)O--(wherein R.sup.15 and R.sup.16 are independently hydrogen or C.sub.1-3 alkyl); Y is --CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --CH.dbd.CH--, --CH.sub.2 --CH.dbd.CH-- or -- CH.dbd.CH--CH.sub.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clutch disk comprising a clutch hub including a flange formed on an outer periphery thereof, the flange having a plurality of openings, a first side plate including a plurality of openings, a second side plate including a plurality of openings, a plurality of dampers disposed in the openings of the flange of the clutch hub, the first side plate and the second side plate, and including an elastic member tapering from wide to narrow in an axial direction thereof away from one end thereof to a central portion thereof and tapering from narrow to wide in an axial direction thereof away from the central portion thereof to another end thereof, and sheet members disposed on both ends of the elastic member, and a facing connected to one of the first side plate and the second side plate.

Abstract: A device for linear detection of radiation includes at least one thin plate (2) of a dense scintillating material, placed parallel to the direction of the beam of the radiation, the beam penetrating the plate by its edge beam, the plate having a sufficient depth in the direction of the beam to stop the major part of the radiation which has penetrated there, and at least one group of fluorescent optical fibers (4), which can be excited by the visible light emitted by the material under the impact of the radiation, these fibers having portions (6) which are parallel, adjacent and attached to one of the two faces of the plate so that these portions are parallel to the direction of the beam, thus making possible locating, along the edge of the plate, the impact of the particles of the radiation. The device has applications in medical imagery and in parts and luggage inspection.

Abstract: An oil hydraulic circuit for a hydraulic shovel with which a composite operation can be performed readily and smoothly without special skill in operation of the hydraulic shovel. The oil hydraulic circuit comprises a first actuator which can operate with pressure oil from a predetermined one or both of a pair of hydraulic directional control valve sets, a second actuator which operates only with pressure oil from the other hydraulic directional control valve set, a proportional changing over device interposed intermediately in a pipe line communicating the other hydraulic directional control valve set with a first actuator for adjusting the maximum meter-in opening value to the first actuator in response to a magnitude of a signal received at a signal receiving portion of the proportional changing over device, and a controller for arbitrarily adjusting the signal to be supplied to the signal receiving portion of the proportional changing over device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the treatment of renal toxicity, nephrosis or nephritis which comprises administering an effective amount of the pyrazolopyridine compounds of the invention.