Abstract: A very effective method is proposed for the shrink-proof treatment of a fabric material of keratinous fibers, e.g., wool, in which the fabric material is first soaked with an aqueous solution of a persulfate compound followed by drying to effect surface oxidation of the fibers and then finished with a curable organopolysiloxane composition. Preferably, the curable organopolysiloxane composition comprises, as a dispersion in an aqueous medium, (A) an organopolysiloxane having hydroxyl or alkoxyl groups, (B) silica or an organopolysilsesquioxane in a finely divided form, (C) an alkoxy silane having an amido group and a carboxyl group in a molecule, (D) an alkoxy silane having an amino group or an epoxy group in a molecule, and (E) a curing catalyst, each in a specified proportion.

Abstract: An acrylic rubbery polymer having remarkably improved cold resistance can be prepared by modification with an organopolysiloxane by the emulsion copolymerization of a monomeric mixture of two acrylic monomers, of which one is, for example, an alkyl acrylate and the other is an acrylic compound having, in a molecule, at least one ethylenically unsaturated group other than acrylic group in an aqueous emulsion of an organopolysiloxane having a substantial amount of mercapto-substituted monovalent hydrocarbon groups bonded to the silicon atoms.

Abstract: A calcium-magnesium carbonate composite consisting of particles of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate hydroxide and having excellent properties, for example, as a pigment for paper coating is proposed, which is a uniform blend of:(A) particles of calcium carbonate having a crystalline structure of aragonite with a columnar particle configuration having a length in the range from 0.5 to 3 .mu.m and a diameter in the range from 0.1 to 0.3 pm with an aspect ratio in the range from 5 to 15; and(B) particles of magnesium carbonate hydroxide having a plate-like particle configuration with a particle diameter in the range from 2 to 7 .mu.m and a thickness in the range from 0.05 to 0.5 .mu.m,the blend having an overall specific surface area in the range from 15 to 30 m.sup.2 /g and the weight proportion of the particles of calcium carbonate to the particles of magnesium carbonate hydroxide being in the range from 95:5 to 50:50 calculated as the respective hydroxides.

Abstract: Multiple antigen peptide systems are described in which a large number of antigens are bound to the functional groups of a dendritic core molecule providing a high concentration of antigen in a low molecular volume. The products are useful for producing chemically defined univalent or multivalent vaccines and in diagnostic tests.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel fluorine-containing epoxide compound 6-iodo-undecafluoro-1,2-epoxy hexane which can be prepared by the epoxidation reaction of 6-iodo-undecafluoro-1-hexene with a hypochlorite such as sodium hypochlorite in a two-phase reaction system consisting of an organic phase and an aqueous phase in the presence of a quaternary ammonium compound as the catalyst.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for joining two ends of plastic optical fibers after the ends have been formed, preferably cut at a bias. The ends are pushed together within a tightly fitting quartz tube and their juncture is heated, by a resistance wire filament which surrounds the tube, to melt the ends and form a splice. The quartz tube is split into a top member and a bottom member and the spliced optical fiber is removed from the tube by opening the two tube members.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for oral administration to control heme oxygenase comprising mettaloprotoporhyrins and mettalomesoporphyrins.

Abstract: The silicone oil compound of the invention has a high thermal conductivity by virtue of compounding of a relatively large amount of a heat-conductivity improver such as zinc oxide, aluminum nitride and the like in a powdery form but still has an adequate and stable consistency suitable for application. This unique characteristic is obtained by the use of a specific silicone fluid as the base of the compound, which is a diorganopolysiloxane of which from 5 to 50% by moles of the silicon atoms at the molecular chain ends each have a hydroxy group bonded thereto.

Abstract: An improved method is proposed for the manufacture of a very fine high-carbon steel wire having a diameter of 50 .mu.m or smaller. In the wire drawing process by repeating a plural number of cycles each consisting of a patenting treatment and a cold-drawing treatment starting from a base steel wire rod, the final drawing treatment is preceded by a heat treatment of the intermediate wire having a diameter of about 100-500 .mu.m in an atmosphere of a gaseous mixture of 90-98% by volume of nitrogen and 2-10% by volume of hydrogen at 750.degree.-900.degree. C. for 1-30 seconds so that the final drawing can be safely conducted without breaking of the fine wire.

Abstract: The polypropylene-based resin composition of the invention consists basically of (a) a polypropylene resin or a block copolymer of propylene and ethylene of specified ethylene content specified in terms of the melt index and the isotacticity relative to the isotactic pentad of the propylene moiety and (b) a talc powder specified in terms of the average particle diameter and the average aspect ratio of particles. The resin composition has good blow-moldability and is capable of giving molded articles having excellent mechanical strengths and dimensional accuracy to be useful, for example, as a material of automobile bumper beams.

Abstract: A photostable cyanine dye possessing a structure represented by the general formula I or II:.phi..sup.+ L=.PSI..multidot.Q.sup.- (I).phi.=L-.PSI..sup.+ .multidot.Q.sup.- (II)wherein .phi. denotes a monovalent or divalent residue of thiazole ring, oxazole ring, selenazole ring, imidazole ring, pyridine ring, indolenine ring, benzoindolenine ring or dibenzoindolenine ring which may have an aromatic ring condensed thereto, .PSI. denotes a divalent or monovalent residue of thiazole ring, oxazole ring, selenazole ring, imidazole ring, pyridine ring, indolenine ring, benzoindolenine ring or dibenzoindolenine ring which may have an aromatic ring condensed thereto, L denotes a polymethine connecting group for the formation of a cyanine dye, and Q.sup.- denotes an anion represented by the general formula III: ##STR1## wherein M denotes a transition metal atom, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.

Abstract: A lithium cell having excellent discharging and recharging characteristics is proposed which is characteristic in the unique formulation of the polymeric solid electrolyte composition having a high ionic conductivity to fill the space between the anode and the cathode. The electrolyte composition comprises: (a) a block copolymer of styrene and 4-hydroxystyrene, of which the phenolic hydroxy groups in the 4-hydroxystyrene moiety are substituted by the grafting chains of poly(ethylene oxide) moiety having a specified chain length, (b) an ionic lithium salt and (c) a poly(ethylene oxide) in a specified weight proportion.

Abstract: A denine derivatives represented by the following formula: ##STR1## (wherein n is 1 or 2 and R and R' represent hydrogen or a methyl, ethyl, allyl, or propargyl group) and agriculturally acceptable acid addition salts thereof, which have cytokinin activity and besides, excellent rooting action, is applied to as plant growth regulators.

Abstract: A finely divided metal-containing compound can be efficiently prepared by irradiating a mixed vapor phase of an organometallic compound in a concentration to exceed a specified lower limit and a reactant gaseous compound with laser beams having an incident energy density to exceed a specified lower limit. When the reactant gaseous compound in the vapor phase is an oxygen-containing compound, e.g., air, the resultant powdery product is an oxide of the metallic element of the organometallic compound. When the reactant gaseous compound in the vapor phase is a halogen-containing compound, e.g., methyl halides, the resultant powdery product is a halide of the metallic element of the organometallic compound.

Abstract: The rubber-modified styrene-based resin composition, which is a composite of a styrene-based resin as a continuum of the matrix phase and a diene-based rubbery polymer as a dispersed particulate phase in the matrix, is characterized by the parameters including an average particle diameter of the particles of the rubbery polymer in the range from 0.08 to 1.00 .mu.m, peripheral parameter thereof in the range from 0.1 to 2.5 (.mu.m).sup.-1. (% by weight).sup.-1 and relaxation time T.sub.2 thereof in the range from 300 to 2000 .mu. seconds as the determinant factors of the moldability of the resin composition as well as the impact strength and surface gloss of the shaped articles prepared from the composition.

Abstract: Describes IgA binding protein isolatable from Group B streptococci, methods of isolation and use in immunological testing procedures.

Abstract: The adhesive composition of the invention exhibits an adequately controlled adhesive bonding strength when paper sheets coated therewith are bonded together to be adaptable to subsequent separation of the bonded sheets of paper by peeling. The essential ingredients of the adhesive composition include: (a) a rubber latex; (b) a silica gel powder having a specified average particle diameter; and (c) a starch, preferably, having a specified particle diameter, e.g. wheat starch, each in a specified weight proportion. In addition to the good balance between the reliability of the adhesive bonding and subsequent peelability, the paper sheet coated with the adhesive composition is prevented from a decrease in the adhesiveness even when the surface is contaminated with a silicone oil and from the troubles due to blocking when adhesive-coated sheets are stacked one on the other with the adhesive-coated surfaces in direct contact with each other.

Abstract: An efficient therapeutic medicament in a powdery form for thrombosis and related diseases is prepared by the steps of: removing dirty matters on the body surface and fecal mud in the digestive tracts from live earthworms by keeping them in a slightly acidified water bath at a specified temperature; mashing the cleaned earthworms into a mushy paste; and vacuum-drying the mushy paste of the earthworms by the stepwise temperature elevation up to 70.degree. to 80.degree. C. The results of the clinical tests of the medicament are presented.

Abstract: This invention relates to treating vetrovirus of the leutivirous group with colchicine.

Abstract: This invention relates to transforming growth factor alpha modified by replacement of an L-amino acid residue with a D-amino acid residue and pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful in wound healing, ulcer treatment or trauma.