Abstract: Method of decreasing the production of thyroid hormones in animals by parenteral administration of defined quantities of cobalt protoporphyrin or cobalt mesoporphyrin.

Abstract: Cobalt protoporphyrin and cobalt mesoporphyrin are administered to animals to achieve weight loss and improve protein to fat ratio.

Abstract: A system and method for the operant conditioning of subjects using biofeedback includes means to measure a variable condition, such as posture, which is controllable by the subject. The apparatus sets criteria which, if not met, may result in a negative reinforcement, such as unpleasant audio tone or, if the criteria is met, will reward the subject. The criteria is automatically adjusted, upwards or downwards, in accordance with the subject's history of reaching, or not reaching, the criteria.One embodiment is a device for the training of patients with idiopathic scoliosis (curvature of the spine), as a replacement for a brace. The device includes two cables, one about the chest to measure breathing and the other longitudinally about the trunk to measure spine length. The variable lengths of the cables are converted to digital signals by rotary-to-digital converters.

Abstract: A novel and efficient method is proposed for the synthetic preparation of a long-chain alkynyl compound in a one-pot reaction without isolating the intermediate from the reaction mixture. The inventive method comprises the steps of: (a) a Grignard coupling reaction of an .omega.-halogeno-1-alkynyl magnesium halide compound of the general formula X.sup.1 MgC.tbd.C(CH.sub.2).sub.n X.sup.2, in which X.sup.1 is a halogen atom, X.sup.2 is an atom of Br or I and n is 3 to 10, and a Grignard reagent of the general formula RMgX.sup.1, in which R is a group selected from the class consisting of alkyl groups, alkenyl groups, alkynyl groups, alkapolyenyl groups, aryl groups and hydrocarbon groups having protected hydroxy group to give an intermediate compound of the general formula X.sup.1 MgC.tbd.C(CH.sub.2).sub.n R; (b) subjecting the intermediate compound to a reaction with a reactant selected from the class consisting of C.sub.2 -synthons, C.sub.

Abstract: A glass fiber-reinforced synthetic resin composition is proposed which is particularly suitable as a molding material of chassis of electric and electronic instruments to satisfy the various requirements in this particular application. The resin composition comprises: (A) 100 parts by weight of a copolymeric resin of styrene and maleic anhydride or a derivative thereof, of which the molar fraction of the moiety of maleic anhydride or a derivative thereof is in the range from 3 to 20%; (B) from 1 to 30 parts by weight of a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer, of which the weight fraction of the moiety of styrene is in the range from 5 to 50%; (C) from 5 to 80 parts by weight of glass fibers, (D) from 5 to 30 parts by weight of a bromine-containing organic compound as a flame retardant; and (E) from 2 to 15 parts by weight of antimony trioxide.

Abstract: Aqueous deodorizing and cleaning compositions having a pH of from about 4 to 11 containing defined quantities of an alkali metal halogenite together with a salt of a transition or post-transition metal.

Abstract: A cart for collection and safe disposal of low level radioactive wastes (LLRW) comprised of a compartment which is shielded to protect against exposure to radioactivity. The unique construction of the cart includes a sandwich construction of the compartment walls and ceiling wherein a thin layer of lead is sandwiched between coextensively bonded layers of methyl methacrylate polymer (Lucite).

Abstract: A radiation-curable surface-releasing agent is proposed which is capable of giving surface releasability to a substrate surface by irradiation with electron beams or ultraviolet light exhibiting outstandingly low peeling resistance against peeling of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes applied and bonded to the release-treated surface and very small migration of the releasing ingredient toward the adhesive surface. The surface-releasing agent is a composition comprising a linear diorganopolysiloxane having, only at one of the molecular chain ends, at least one (meth)acryloxy groups and a poly(meth)acrylate compound such as trimethylol propane tri(meth)acrylate, diethylene glycol di(meth)acrylate, pentaerithritol tri(meth)acrylate and the like.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for the preparation of a calcium carbonate powder of which the particles have a platelet-like particulate configuration and which is useful as a pigment or filler in various products with superiority to kaolin clays and mica powders. The method is a two-step carbonation method of a milk of lime of which the first step is performed by blowing carbon dioxide into the milk of lime until 10 to 70% of the calcium hydroxide is carbonated and the second step is performed by admixing the thus partially carbonated milk of lime with an aqueous carbonating solution containing an alkali metal carbonate or ammonium carbonate and an alkali metal hydroxide or ammonium hydroxide in specified concentrations to complete the carbonation of the calcium hydroxide.

Abstract: Provided is a process for producing hydroxylapatite suitable for chromatographic separation of biopolymers. The process comprises allowing hexagonal prismatic or acicular monetite to react with potassium hydroxide and/or lithium hydroxide under heating.

Abstract: A novel fluorine-containing polymeric compound represented by the general formula--CH.sub.2 --CH[(CH.sub.2).sub.a --NH.sub.2 ]--CH.sub.2 --CH[(CH.sub.2).sub.a --NH--CO--NH--CH.sub.2).sub.a Rf]).sub.n,in which Rf is a perfluoroalkyl group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms, m is a positive integer in the range from 10 to 1500, n is a positive integer smaller than 0.7 m and a is 0 or 1, is prepared by the reaction of, when a is 0, a polyvinylamine of the formula --CH.sub.2 --CHNH.sub.2 ].sub.m, with an alkyl perfluoroalkanoate of the formula Rf--CO--OR, in which R is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or, when a is 1, a polyallylamine of the formula [CH.sub.2 --CH(CH.sub.2 --NH.sub.2)].sub.m, with a perfluoroalkylmethyl isocyanate of the formula RfCH.sub.2 --NCO. Despite the high fluorine content, the polymer is soluble in at least one kind of organic solvents so that Langmuir-Blodgett's films can be prepared from a solution of the polymer.

Abstract: Halogenated N-sulfamyl propionamidine addition salts corresponding to the formula ##STR1## are provided, in which X represents halogen and A represents an acid selected from sulfuric acid, nitric acid, benzenesulfonic acid; toluenesulfonic acid; 2,4,5-trichlorobenzenesulfonic acid; trichloroacetic acid; trifluoroacetic acid or methanesulfonic acid. They are useful as intermediates in the preparation of famotidine. They are prepared by reacting a halogenated propionitrile with the respective acid.

Abstract: Method for limiting the production of estrogenic steroids by parenteral administration of selected amounts of cobalt protoporphyrin or cobalt mesoporphyrin.

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: A novel morpholino-substituted tertiary amine compound is proposed which is tris[2-(4-morpholino)ethyl] amine or a derivative thereof by optionally substituting methyl and/or ethyl groups for a part or all of the hydrogen atoms at the 2- and 6-positions of the morpholine rings. The amine compound can be synthesized by heating tris[N,N-di(2-hydroxyethyl)aminoethyl] amine or a corresponding derivative thereof in a mixture with sulfuric acid. The amine compound is useful as a catalyst for the urethane-forming reaction between a polyisocyanate compound and a polyol compound without the problems of environmental pollution or unpleasant odor as in the use of methyl or ethyl morpholine for the same purpose.

Abstract: A credit card imprinter has a flat imprinter base on which a merchant plate, a credit card and a form set are positioned. A hand operated carriage is pulled back-and-forth over the form set and imprints the merchant plate, in one direction, and the credit card, in the opposite direction, on the form set. The carriage contains two independent platen rollers each rotatably mounted on a separate axle. The axles and their rollers are urged upwards by springs and are automatically shifted from an upward idle position to a downward print position by a unitary one-piece plastic slider. The slider has four outwardly extending arm portions which act on the axles to shift their heights.

Abstract: Method of reducing the production of gonadal estrogenic steroidal hormones in animals by parenteral administration of defined quantities of cobalt protoporphyrin or cobalt mesoporphyrin.

Abstract: A method for reducing the copper burden in mammals without zincuresis utilizing cobalt salts or chelates.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of curing liver diseases by administration of pyrrolo quinoline quinon triesters (PQQ triesters). The PQQ triesters include PQQ triallyl ester and PQQ tribenzyl ester which are novel. The PQQ triesters being ester form, they have no toxicity and can be orally adminstered.

Abstract: A rubber composition based on a rubbery polymer and a silica-based reinforcing filler can be imparted with a greatly improved workability in roll milling and molding as well as in the mechanical properties of the vulcanizates prepared therefrom when the rubber composition is admixed with an acetylene alcohol or an alkylene-oxide adduct of acetylene alcohol presumably by virtue of the improvement in the dispersibility of the reinforcing filler in the rubbery matrix. The improvement obtained by the addition of the acetylene alcohol compound is not limited to the dispersibility of silica fillers but also to the dispersibility of carbon black when the rubbery polymer is an organopolysiloxane-modified acrylic polymer.