Abstract: The invention relates to new aromatic/aliphatic and/or alicyclic copolyester amides with high molecular weights, without crosslinking. A subsequent solid phase condensation is avoided or is greatly limited in time. The occurrence of thermal decomposition reactions, dark discolorations of the polymers as well as the formation of block structures are avoided.

Abstract: With the aim of increasing the yield of soybeans, compositions are disclosed which decrease the high rate of absicission of flowers and young fruit. The composition contains gibberellic acid (GA.sub.3) and salicylic acid (SA) in suitable formulations. Application of the composition to the soy plants follows before, during or after the start of blooming. With the aid of the composition according to the invention, the grain yields and length of the shoots can be increased without simultaneously diminishing the stability of the sprouts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sizing for the treatment of glass fibers, which are incorporated into thermoplastic materials as reinforcement. The sizing contains a Schiff's base, preferably in concentrations of 0.05 to 2% by weight, based on the dry matter. Through the use of a sizing with this component, the tensile and impact strength properties of the glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic materials are improved significantly.Key WordsSizing, glass fibers, roving preparation, glass fiber reinforcement, thermoplastic materials, tensile properties, tenacity properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for measuring the microstructure of technical surfaces on the principle of the interference microscope. In accordance with the invention, the virtual planes of reflection present in the object beam space and reference beam space are imaged in an optically conjugated manner by different offsets, while the point at which the beam is split and the point where it is recombined are separated in space and a correction is performed such that the object beam and reference beam propagate parallel to one another in a common beam space. In this manner it is possible, in interferometric measurement, to eliminate undesired circular interference structures and render unnecessary any physical reference surface.

Abstract: A method for treating AIDS, which comprises administering to a patient in need therefor a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymidine, uracil, 5-substituted uracil, 5-substituted cytosine derivative, 2-fluoroadenine, 2.6-diaminopurine, 2-aminopurine, 6-thioguanine, or 7-deazaadenine group;R.sub.2 is H, or a OH group;R.sub.3 is a OH, O-acyl, O-palmitoyl group, or phosphates (as free acid, or its alkali, ammonium or alkyl ammonium salts), or any other precursor group for the hydroxyl group;or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The invention refers to a device for investigating highly resolved partial spectra of an echelle spectrum, being applicable to the simultaneous determination of the intensities of different spectral elements of a radiation spectrum produced by an echelle spectrometer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a diagonal flow filter module, particularly for ultra- and microfiltration.The diagonal flow filter module consists of a cuboid stack element (5) with alternating flow channels (9) for crude solution or retentate and filtrate channels (10), which are separated from one another in each case by a filter membrane (6). The flow channels (9) are closed off at the side walls of the stack element (5), while the filtrate channels (10) have openings at the side walls for the discharge of the filtrate. The flow channels (9) are open at the end faces of the stack element (5) and the filtrate channels (10) are closed. The ends of the stack element (5) are sealed to a housing (1) with a synthetic resin composition. Sealed to the end faces there are end caps (12) with the connections for crude solutions and retentate which, together with the seal between the stack ends and the housing (1), ensures a reliable separation between retentate and filtrate space.

Abstract: A device for solid phase sequencing of nucleic acid segments comprises a plurality of sequencing blocks for storaging and processing n nucleic acid fragments immobilized on carrier segments or in homogenous phase during a sequencing process, each of a sample dosing device for immobilizing n labeled nucleic acid samples from the sequencing blocks onto areas of a carrier matrix in a simultaneous fashion and including a capillary holder and a plurality of capillaries corresponding to the number n of different nucleic acid samples to be sequences and arranged according to the distribution of the reaction vessels with a distance between capillary orifices from the capillary holder greater than a depth of the reaction vessels, a plurality of carrier holders for fixing carrier matrices in a predetermined position during the immobilization of the nucleic acid samples with the sample dosing device and each having a recess corresponding to respective dimensions of the carrier matrix and a plurality of bores with a numb

Abstract: Novel 3-sulfinatomethyl or 3-sulfonatomethyl-4-sulfomethyl-pyrrolidinium betaines are disclosed which have the formula ##STR1## These novel compounds are obtained by reacting diallyl-triallyl ammonium salts or their methallyl derivatives with hydrogen sulfite in the presence of peroxo disulfates alone or in a mixture with other oxidation agents with a pH-value-range from 1.5 to 6.0 in a watery solution, whereby in light of the selection of the amount of hydrogen sulfite in combination with the amount peroxo disulfate different SO.sub.2.sup.- --or SO.sub.3 .sup.- substituted sulfomethyl-pyrralidinium betaines are generated.The novel compounds are effective as specific tensides in a wide pH-range and can be extensively used as intermediary products.

Abstract: A process for solid phase sequencing of nucleic acid fragments is disclosed. The object of the invention is to provide a sequencing process which enables the simultaneous sequencing of large amounts of long and short nucleic acid fragments and which is optionally automated. Thus, a solid support combining mechanical stability, anion exchange characteristics, and chemical elution of nucleic acids off the support is used. Immobilized nucleic acid fragments are chemically modified and subsequently the nucleic acid backbone is cleaved and simultaneously or subsequently said fragments are eluted by chemical means. The present invention is applied to molecular biology and gene technology.

Abstract: Diborane is detected in air with high sensitivity (ppb range) and selectivity. The invention is thus suitable for the monitoring of work places and rooms, the emission of plants, etc. The detection is based on an aerosol ionization gas analysis. In addition to an amine, a reagent which does not react with amine is added to the air stream and reacts with the diborane to form a compound which forms aerosols with the amine. The aerosols obtained by this reaction constitute the main measuring effect. When using SO.sub.2 in concentration.gtoreq.3.5 ppm, disturbances due to the SO.sub.2 content of the air are eliminated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dielectric composition which, in particular, is useable in the thick layer technology for making printed condensers by means of the screen printing process. The composition contains as a dielectric active substance Bi.sub.2 [A.sub.2-x.sup.a+ Nb.sub.x ], whereby the condition a (2-x)+5x=8 is applied and A are one of a plurality of metal ions from the group Mg.sup.2+,Ni.sup.2+,Zn.sup.2+,Co.sup.2+,Ca.sup.2+,Sn.sup.2+,Mn.sup.2+,Co.s up.3+ Mn.sup.3+,Al.sup.3+ and Cr.sup.3+.

Abstract: A support composition based on triazine derivatives is prepared having high binding capacity. The support composition contains a polymer compound having no triazine groups, a polymer compound with 4,6-dihalogen-1,3,5-triazine groups, a 2,4,6-trihalogen-1,3,5-triazine filler component and an alkali metal halogenide filler component. The support is useful in molecular biology particularly for the fixing of biomacromolecules and for clinical and analytical detection of immunologically significant factors or organic or inorganic components of liquids.

Abstract: A new compound is disclosed, N-(chlorocarbonyloxy-5-norbornene-2,3-dicarboximide I, in addition to processes for its production and employment of the compound as starting product for the manufacture of non-symmetrical carbonate, urethane-protected amino acid or peptide, activated carrier and carrier-ligand-complexes. The new compound is reacted with alcohols as well as with hydroxyl-group-containing or amino-group-containing polymers.

Abstract: Novel 2-substituted 3-sulfo propyl-ammonium betaines are disclosed which have the formula ##STR1## and which are obtained in accordance with the invention by reacting allyl-or methallyl ammonium salt with hydrogen sulfite in the pH-value- of 2,0 to 4,0 in the presence of a peroxo disulfates, if need be, in combination with other oxidation agents in watery solution.The novel compounds are useable in a wide pH-value effective tensides or may be used as reactive intermediary products.

Abstract: An absorbing dressing for wounds consists of spherical particles of regenerated cellulose of the size 0.05-0.5 mm and a macroporous structure characterized by the cyclohexane regain of the dry material at least 0.2 ml/g. The dressing is prepared from the regenerated cellulose swollen with water by replacement with organic solvents and the subsequent drying of the product swollen with the said solvent and impregnated with a therapeutically active compound.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-dimensional parallel storing device, particularly for use in digital storing of picture elements scanned according to a scanning pattern. The device includes a plurality of multi-dimensional storage elements each being provided with an address-computing circuit. The address-computing circuit is assembled of a subcircuit for the recursive computation of a storage element of a distinguished or reference array point for a linear storing function after shifting of the window; a subcircuit for recursive computation of a reference array point for an isotropic addressing function; a translator for isotropic, preferably linear, storing function to determine a spacing vector of an array point for which the address computation is being performed and which is stored in a storage element pertaining to the referenced array point; and an arrangement for ascertaining the address of an arbitrary storage element.

Abstract: The invention pertains to the absorbing dressing for wounds, which consists of spherical particles of regenerated cellulose of the size 0.05-0.5 mm (preferably 0.05-0.3 mm) and a macroporous structure characterized by the cyclohexane regain of the dry material at least 0.2 ml/g. The dressing is prepared from the regenerated cellulose swollen with water by replacement with organic solvents and the subsequent drying of the product swollen with the said solvent. The porous structure of the dressing warrants that it can absorb excretions of the wound in the amount 1.5 to 5 g water per g of solids; the grainy macrostructure remains preserved during the absorption so that the material applied on the wound in the form of a powder in the layer 2-5 mm thick, in particular 2-3 mm thick, can be without difficulties and almost without pain rinsed away with water.

Abstract: The invention relates to new sulfobetaines and a process for the manufacture of cyclic sulfobetaines of a substituted 4-sulfomethyl-pyrrolidinium betaine type.Diallylammonium combinations are converted with salts of sulfurous acid, under good mixing and mild reaction conditions, in the presence of catalytic acting transition metallic ions of the first, fifth, seventh or eighth secondary groups of the Period Table and initiators at pH 2-9. The process is technologically easily carried out, requires only little energy, while the combinations according to this invention can be selectively manufactured with a nearly quantitative yield. The fact that no carcinogenic alkylates are employed, technical chemicals and tap water may be used, and hardly any by-products are formed, may be regarded as further advantages of this process.The substances can be used for multiple purposes, for instance as conductive coating and antistatic materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of N-substituted 3-sulfopropylammonium betaines.N-substituted allylammonium compounds are reacted in the presence of initiators, such as oxygen, and catalytic acting transition metallic ions of the first, fifth, seventh or eighth secondary groups of the Periodic Table, with salts of sulfurous acid under mild reaction conditions.The process can be executed with simple equipment and requires only small energy expenditures, the compounds of the present invention being produced selectively in an almost quantitative yield.Further advantages of the process: the use of carcinogenic alkylates can be avoided, chemicals of technical purity and tap water can be employed and hardly any by-products result.The substances have surface tension qualities and can be employed in many technical fields, especially in laundry agent formulations for energy-saving laundering processes.