Abstract: The present invention provides novel pyridazin-3-one derivatives of general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is haloalkyl; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently hydrogen, alkl, haloalkyl, or alkoxyalkyl; X is hydrogen or halogen; Y is halogen, nitro, cyano, or trihalomethyl; Z.sup.1 is oxygen, sulfur, CH.sub.2, or NH; R.sup.4 is hydrogen, halogen, or alkyl; and R.sup.5 is cycoalkyl, formyl, benzyl, alkyl with an epoxy group, or other substituents as defined in the description, and herbicides containing them as active ingredients.

Abstract: An active carbon for use in the treatment of exhaust gas can be obtained by heat-treating a starting active carbon fiber derived from polyacrylonitrile, pitch or the like or a starting particulate active carbon in a non-oxidizing atmosphere. The heat-treating temperature is preferably in the range of 600 to 1,200.degree. C. for use in the desulfurization of exhaust gas, and in range of 600 to 1,000.degree. C. for use in the denitration of exhaust gas. By using the resulting heat-treated active carbon for the purpose of desulfurization, the sulfur oxide concentration in exhaust gas can be reduced to 5 ppm or below. Moreover, by using the heat-treated active carbon in combination with conventional denitration based on selective catalytic reduction, the nitrogen oxide concentration in exhaust gas can be reduced to 1 ppm or below.

Abstract: A laminate material and a uniaxially oriented laminate which contains an additive but does not suffer from the trouble caused by the exudation of said additive, and the laminate material comprises an inner layer composed of an orientable resin A containing an additive and coating layers composed of a resin B and being applied onto both surfaces of said inner layer to prevent the additive from exudation and the uniaxially oriented laminate is prepared by uniaxially stretching the above laminate material.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for the analysis of mixed gas components which can perform, in high precision, determination of the . quantities of components contained in a sample gas containing a plurality of the components having molecular weights close to each other and which has a Fourier transform mass spectrometric means for ionizing a sample gas, applying a high frequency electric field to the ionized gas to induce cyclotron resonance, detecting the cyclotron resonance as a high-frequency decaying electric signal, and converting the resulting high-frequency decaying electric signal to a frequency-domain signal and a wavelength variable light irradiating means for irradiating a light of a single wavelength to ionize the molecules of the components constituting the sample gas, said irradiating means being able to vary the wavelength and/or intensity of the irradiation light.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sphygmomanometer capable of highly accurately judging the maximum blood pressure and minimum blood pressure, which has a cuff 10 which is attached to an appointed portion of a patient and presses the artery by supplying air therein; an optical range sensor 12 which is located opposite said cuff 10 and is able to detect the pulsation displacement of said artery; a digital processing section 14 which is able to judge the maximum and minimum blood pressure of said patient on the basis of photoelectric volumetric pulse wave signals sent out by said optical range sensor 12; and a display section 38 which is able to display the maximum and minimum blood pressure values judged by said digital data processing section 14.

Abstract: A lid mounting structure for opening/closing and connecting/disconnecting the lid of, e.g. a pot, thermos bottle, electronic jar, and the like, wherein are provided a fastening unit and a bearing unit engaged with each other and formed at the periphery of the mouth of the vessel to which the lid is mounted; a spindle held in the bearing unit and inserted in a groove formed in the fastening unit; a fastening member disposed in the fastening unit for fastening the spindle inserted in the groove and for preventing extraction of the spindle; and an urging device provided in direction of fastening of the fastening member to the spindle inserted in the groove; thereby to securely prevent falling off of the lid from the mouth when the lid is turned, and to enable easy simple operation of connecting and disconnecting the lid from the vessel.

Abstract: Molds useful in the production of polythermal plastic resin articles are disclosed. One of the molds disclosed contains a set of a female mold member and a male mold member having opposing mold surfaces respectively, wherein at least one of the mold members has a gas passage therein; and a gas introducing member having a tip and a gas path extending therethrough, the gas introducing member being disposed in at least one of the mold members such that the tip does not protrude from its respective mold surface, the gas path being in communication with the gas passage, wherein the gas introducing member is a molded piece having at least one of grooves in a peripheral part or penetrating holes through an interior thereof, with the grooves and holes communicating with the gas passage.

Abstract: A method for purifying a transition metal compound, which comprises conducting crystallization of a transition metal compound from a solution containing the transition metal compound while stirring.According to the present invention, it is possible to purify and produce efficiently a transition metal compound at high purity under industrially and economically advantageous conditions.

Abstract: A process for producing a flame-retardant, silane-crosslinked polyolefin, characterized by melt-mixing a flame-retardant polyolefin consisting of an .alpha.-olefin polymer, a flame-retardant, a water-absorbing agent and a silanol-condensing catalyst with a substantially water-free carrier polymer comprising an organic unsaturated silane and a free-radical generator at a higher temperature than the crystalline melting point of the base polymer of the flame-retardant polyolefin to subject them to reaction and then contacting the reaction mixture with water to subject the reaction mixture to crosslinking.

Abstract: A fast, memory efficient, and accurate document image matching system is disclosed. Document image matching is based on identifying anchor points of characters in the document. The document matching process includes a feature extraction step where anchor points, e.g., points representing approximate locations of characters, are identified as features for matching. In a particularly efficient implementation, the anchor points are "pass codes" in a two-dimensionally encoded representation of a document image.

Abstract: A heterocyclic compound represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X and Y, which may be same or different, represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group or a cyano group, the formula --Z.sup.1 --Z.sup.2 --Z.sup.3 -- is a group represented by --CF.sub.2 --CF.sub.2 --O--, --CF.sub.2 --O--CF.sub.2 -- or --O--CF.sub.2 --O-- and R is represented by the formula: ##STR2## and an insecticidal and acaricidal agent comprising same as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode material for Group III-V compound semiconductor represented by the general formula In.sub.x Ga.sub.y Al.sub.z N (provided that x+y+z=1, 0.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.1, 0.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.1, and 0.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.1) doped with a p-type impurity which is capable of obtaining good ohmic contact, and an electrode using the same, thereby making it possible to reduce a driving voltage of a device using the compound semiconductor. The electrode material is a metal comprising at least Ca and a noble metal, wherein the total amount of the weight of Ca and the noble metal is not less than 50% by weight and not more than 100% by weight based on the weight of the whole electrode material.

Abstract: A concrete block has a first and a second hole passing through the concrete block in a vertically direction. An internal thread is formed in the first and the second hole. A plurality of tiles have a slipping resistivity. The tiles are arranged in order on an upper surface of the concrete block. The first and the second hole each have at a level of the upper surface an open region smaller than a respective tile.

Abstract: The present invention provides a carrier tape for electronic components comprising a flexible tape material having embossed portions for storing electronic components at regular intervals in the lengthwise direction of the tape, characterized in that each of the opposing first and third side walls of the embossed portion which are positioned at both sides of the lengthwise direction of the tape, has a pair of first protrusions A for preventing the electronic component from transverse shaking which protrude inwardly in the embossed portion, and optionally further has, between the protrusions A, a plurality of second protrusions B for preventing the electronic component from longitudinal shaking which differ in shape from the protrusions A. According to one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the carrier tape for electronic components has, at the bottom surface of the embossed portion, two or more central protuberances in the direction perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the carrier tape.

Abstract: A method for the rapid, high-sensitivity detection of bacteria in a malt beverage comprising liquid and solid components, wherein the method comprises the steps of:aseptically sampling said malt beverage;separating the solids in the sample from the liquid by means of a substrate having antibodies attached thereto;extracting DNA from the separated solids;subjecting the extracted DNA to a nested polymerase chain reaction, said reaction comprising:enzymatically amplifying at least one fragment of said extracted DNA using at least one highly conserved primer to produce a first amplified sample;enzymatically amplifying a product sequence from said first amplified sample, using a less highly conserved primer to produce a second amplified sample;examining said second amplified sample for the presence of DNA fragments associated with said bacteria.

Abstract: A pump frame (7) is secured to a bottom (1b) of a ship in such a manner that a lower opening (19) is opened into water adjacent to a stern (1a) of the ship. A mixed flow pump (8) is secured to a frame (12) provided for the bottom (1b). A suction opening (26) of the mixed flow pump (8) is connected to a connection opening (17) in the upper portion of the pump frame (7). A discharge pipe (13) is connected to a discharge opening (27)) of the mixed flow pump (8). An impeller shaft (33) is horizontally extended in a pump casing (9) of the mixed flow pump (8). The impeller shaft (33) is provided with an impeller (11) for sucking and pressurizing water below the bottom (1b) through an introduction opening (19). Water pressurized by the impeller (11) is jetted to the rear of the stern through the discharge pipe (13) so that a ship (1) is propelled. The foregoing water jet propulsion apparatus (5) enables sucking performance free from cavitation and excellent propelling performance to be obtained.

Abstract: A transmitting system including a controller for supervising an address polling system; and a plurality of transmitting modules; connected in cascade to a pair of transmitting paths extending from the controller, for executing polling transmissions from the controller by using a logical address set in each transmitting module; wherein the controller sends a command message for setting the logical address and each transmitting module includes: a switching element circuit for opening and closing between input and output terminals connected to the transmitting paths; and a signal processing circuit for setting the logical address to an address assigned by the command message when a polling address of the command message is identical to the logical address, and for providing a signal to the switching element circuit according to the logical address.

Abstract: A backing film for incorporation as a backing layer in a resilient floor covering or a floor tile having at least two laminae and a method for making such a backing layer whereby wastage is reduced when the color of the upper lamina is changed. Where there are two backing films having two or three laminae making up the backing layer the intermediately colored film resulting from a change in the color of the upper lamina can be utilized without further processing on the second backing film where color is not essential. Where there are three laminae making up a backing film the desired color is introduced and established in the bottom lamina before the supply of the original color to the upper lamina is stopped. The film can then be turned over for use with the former bottom lamina becoming the upper lamina.

Abstract: Phenylalkylcarboxylic acid compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group and the like, R.sup.2 represents an alkylene group, R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom and the like, X represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group and the like, Y represents an oxygen atom and the like, Z represents an alkylene group and the like, and W represents an alkyl group and the like),the pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof or the pharmacologically acceptable esters thereof are useful as therapeutic or preventive agents for hyperglycemia and the like.

Abstract: An .alpha.-olefin polymer well balanced between stiffness, stickiness, processability, etc., which intrinsic viscosity [.eta.] is in the range of from 0.5 to 10 and which 20.degree. C. xylene-soluble fraction (CXS) content (% by weight) and 105.degree. C. xylene-insoluble fraction (XIS) content (% by weight) satisfy a condition of XIS.ltoreq.70.00-3.64CXS, provided that CXS is not smaller than 0 and not greater than 15; a specified .alpha.-olefin polymerizing catalyst for producing the polymer; a process for producing the polymer using the specified .alpha.-olefin polymerizing catalyst; a polypropylene for use in the production of a biaxially oriented film excellent in stretchability and satisfying the conditions (1)-(3) mentioned below; and a biaxially oriented film excellent in stiffness and dimensional stability obtained by stretching the polypropylene:(1) the content of 20.degree. C. xylene-soluble fraction (CXS) is 3.5% by weight or less,(2) the content of 20.degree. C.