Abstract: A corrosion inhibitor for ferrous and non-ferrous aqueous systems comprising (a) a water soluble phosphonic acid or salt thereof, preferably an amino methylene phosphonic acid; (b) a phosphonocarboxylic acid, preferably a phosphonoalkane carboxylic acid; (c) an azole, preferably benzotriazole or tolyltriazole; and (d) a water soluble molybdate salt, preferably sodium molybdate.

Abstract: A process for production of a fibrous carbon material is described, comprising contacting fibrous silicon carbide with a halogen element or a halogen compound to thereby remove a part or all of the silicon component contained in the fibrous silicon carbide. This fibrous carbon material is excellent in properties such as mechanical strength, thermal resistance and corrosion resistance and thus is useful as a plastic filler or for production of various industrial materials, for example.

Abstract: A porous, open-pore, hardened, plastic composition suitable as a replacement for plaster for use as a mold in shaping a ceramic article by any of various ceramic shaping methods prepared by subjecting a water-in-oil emulsion to hardening, without breaking the emulsion, and then drying the hardened product, the emulsion having a viscosity of 1600-5000 cP and/or containing 2-12% by weight of an alkali-reactive, water-binding material, the water phase/oil phase ratio providing an open pore volume in the composition equivalent to 10-60% of the total volume of the composition.

Abstract: Trickling sheet (2) comprising in the direction of its first side or base (3) a first zone which is greatly corrugated (5) and a second zone which is slightly corrugated or flat (6), of equal width, these zones being provided with spacer bosses (7) at the two sides of the sheet, the mean plane of the second zone or the plane of the flat zone (6) being offset in such a manner that the tops of the bosses (7) of one of the two faces of the sheet are co-planar. An assembly of such sheets juxtaposed with one another by turning one sheet out of two through 180.degree. about the median line (9) separating the two zones constitutes a packing element with rectilinear channels, without obstacles or awkward recesses or bottlenecks.

Abstract: The parenteral administration of 80-160 .mu.g per kg body weight of substituted or unsubstituted fragments of ACTH (1-39) having formula ACTH (X-Y) wherein X is an integer from 1 to 5 and Y is an integer from 10 to 39 (provided that, when X is 1, Y is not 24) restores the normal blood pressure and respiratory frequence in a patient in serious shock conditions, particularly in hypovolemic shock.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions containing a polypeptide of the cholecystokinin-cerulein group are effective in the treatment of shock conditions and of respiratory and cardiocirculatory insufficiences.The compositions of the invention may be administered by parenteral or inhalatory route at a dosage ranging from 5 to 20 .mu.g of active principle per kg of body weight.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or methyl;R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, which are the same or different, represent hydrogen or methyl, or taken together, form the amidine system to which an imidazole or imidazoline ring is bound;R.sub.4 is a linear or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl group; cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl or hetaryl group;R.sub.5 is hydrogen or methyl;A is a propylene chain optionally substituted by one or two methyl groups in one or more of the positions thereof; a chain of formula --HN--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 -- or of formula --N.dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 --; a 1,4-cyclohexylene group optionally substituted by one or more methyl groups; a 1,4- phenylene group optionally substituted by one or more halogen atoms, alkyl groups or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy group with the proviso that, when R.sub.4 is methyl or ethyl and R.sub.1 =R.sub.2 =R.sub.3 =R.sub.

Abstract: Pyrrolidin-2-one derivatives of formula I: ##STR1## wherein X=H, OH, C.sub.2 -C.sub.7 acyloxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, cycloalkoxy or phenoxy, n=0 or 1 and m=2 or 3, have a marked nootropic activity.

Abstract: Hydrosoluble pharmaceutical compositions containing, as the active principal, salts of (-)cis-1,2-epoxypropylphosphonic acid with aminoacids such as arginine, ornithine, lysine, cysteine, and the like, characterized by containing a hydrophyllic organic base.

Abstract: The optical isomers of 3-(4-phenyl-1-piperazinyl)-1,2-propanediol, a process for the stereo-selective preparation and pharmaceutical composition containing the same as active principles are described.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein: X is N or >C--F;Y is N, >C--F or >CH;R is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 alkyl or C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl group;R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of a chlorine atom, an amino group or a group of formula:R.sup.2 --CH.dbd.N--wherein R.sub.2 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.5, straight or branched aliphatic residue or an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic residue,and addition salts thereof with pharmaceutically acceptable bases or acids, prepared starting from the corresponding compounds wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, by reaction with organic hypochlorites or nitrous acid, are endowed with favorable therapeutic properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hyperfiltration membrane containing a supporting layer and a separation layer. The membrane is characterized in that the separation layer consists of a crosslinked monomolecular film of molecules, the molecules of the separation layer in the uncrosslinked state being surfactants or surfactant-like lipoids containing at least one hydrophobic chain and at least one hydrophilic group, the hydrophobic chains of these molecules being oriented mainly perpendicularly to the plan of the membrane and parallel to the diffusion direction after crosslinking and the molecules of the separation layer being crosslinked with one another through functional groups in at least one of their hydrophobic chains and/or through functional groups in at least one of their hydrophilic groups.

Abstract: An air weapon comprising a hand grip and a generally tubular-shaped housing connected thereto having front and rear ends confining a tubular pressure chamber. The pressure chamber is of non-cylindrical configuration thereby providing a pressure chamber of increased volume over that obtainable with a cylindrically shaped chamber without detrimentally affecting the external appearance of the weapon. A cylindrical barrel for discharging a projectile from the weapon is positioned within and coaxial to the pressure chamber. A piston conforming to the configuration of the pressure chamber and adapted to move within the pressure chamber along its axis surrounds the barrel with its piston head facing the rear end of the housing. A piston spring also surrounds the barrel and is positioned against the piston head at one of its ends and against the front end of the housing at its other end.

Abstract: The working fluid for traction drive use has a particularly high traction coefficient at high temperatures and the principal ingredient thereof is a decahydronaphthalene compound substituted, on either one or both of the decahydronaphthalene rings, with two or three substituent groups which may be cyclohexyl groups, cyclohexyl alkyl groups, e.g. cyclohexyl methyl, cyclohexyl ethyl, 1-methyl-1-cyclohexyl ethyl and 1-methyl-1-(methylcyclohexyl) ethyl groups, or a combination thereof. The working fluid can be a mixture of a base oil of various types and the above mentioned decahydronaphthalene compound in an amount of 5 to 250 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the base oil.

Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein: m is zero or 1;n is zero, 1, 2, 3 or 4;A is a 3,7-dimethylxanthine-1-yl or 1,3-dimethylxanthine-7-yl residue;show marked anti-platelet activity.

Abstract: A method for producing a plastic material from a water-in-oil emulsion of an unsaturated polyester resin dissolved in a hardenable compound containing an ethylenically unsaturated group. The emulsion has an adjusted viscosity of 1600-5000 cp. The plastic material is suitable as a replacement for plaster in the shaping of ceramics. The emulsion may contain an alkali-reactive water-binding material to increase the ceramic forming capability of the plastic material.

Abstract: A synergistic microbiocidal composition for inhibiting bacterial growth comprising Component (1) having the formula: ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen or a halogen atom, and alkali ammonium and amine salts thereof; and Component (2) having the formula: ##STR2## in which each R represents hydrogen, an alkyl of 1-6 carbons, phenyl, halophenyl or --(CH.sub.2 O).sub.m CH.sub.2 OH in which m is 0-2 and n is 0-4; Component 1/Component 2 being in a weight ratio of at least 1:1.

Abstract: A process for selectively separating plutonium from uranium and other metals is disclosed wherein, in order to precipitate and remove the pertaining complexes, use is made of a sufficient quantity of a cationic compound containing at least one group adapted to assert affinity to polar surfaces and containing a radical which has little affinity to water, e.g. surface active agents and the like, and use is made of the capability of Pu.sup.4+ and U.sup.4+ to form nitrato-complexes and of the capability of Pu.sup.4+ and UO.sub.2.sup.2+ to form sulfato-complexes.

Abstract: A synergistic microbiocidal composition comprising as Component (1) a 4-isothiazolin-3-one and as Component (2) a bicyclic polyoxymethyleneoxazolidine of the formula: ##STR1## in which each R represents hydrogen, an alkyl of 1-6 carbons, phenyl, halophenyl or --(CH.sub.2 O).sub.m CH.sub.2 OH in which m is 0-2 and n is 0-4; Component 1/Component 2 being in a weight ratio of at least 1:1.

Abstract: A synergistic microbiocide comprising a member selected from the group consisting of (1) an N-alkyl (C.sub.8 -C.sub.30) dimethylbenzylammonium halide and (2) a polycondensation product of acrolein/formaldehyde in a molar ratio of 1:10-10:1 in combination with (3) a bicyclic polyoxymethylene-oxaazolidine having the formula: ##STR1## in which each R represents hydrogen, an alkyl of 1-6 carbons, phenyl, halophenyl or --(CH.sub.2 O).sub.m CH.sub.2 OH in which m is 0-2 and n is 0-4, the ratio of (1) or (2) to (3) being 1:10-10:1 by weight.