Abstract: Pyrazole sulfonamides are found to have utility as preemergent and/or postemergent herbicides or plant growth regulants.

Abstract: A submerged continuous casting nozzle consists of a tubular element having an axial passage terminating in an end part having terminal conduits extending laterally and downwardly from the vertical axis of the nozzle. The lower end of each of these terminal discharge conduits has a lip protruding toward the axis of the associated conduit, this lip having a height between 0.3 and 0.6 times the diameter of the outflow port. The lip makes an angle of about 90.degree. with the axis of the associated terminal conduit.

Abstract: 7-Oxabicyclo(2.2.1)heptane hydroxamic acid derivatives are disclosed having the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or alkenyl; R.sub.2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, alkanoyl or aroyl; R.sub.3 is lower alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl; A is --CH.sub.2 --CH.dbd.CH-- or a single bond; and n is an integer from 0 to 9, with the proviso that when A is a single bond, n is an integer from 1 to 9; and including all stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.These new compounds have been found to simultaneously inhibit the arachidonic acid enzymes cyclooxygenase and 5-lipoxygenase and are therefore useful as antiinflammatory, antiasthma and antipsoriatic agents.

Abstract: Benzoylurea compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein the meaning of each of the symbols is described in the specification.

Abstract: A trigger assembly for firearms which is externally adjustable to change trigger pull forces for both hunting and competition shooting, and which includes safety features for preventing inadvertant discharge. The trigger assembly is particularly adaptable for use with Mauser-type, bolt-action firearms and includes an over-center linkage mechanism which is geometrically adjustable to vary the pull force of the trigger piece. The over-center linkage mechanism includes a rotatable lever operably connected to the trigger piece, and a collapsible block pivotally coupled to the lever. The block and lever are alignable in supporting relation to the striker locking arm, which in turn holds the striker cocked. The relative alignment of the block and lever determines the amount of trigger pull forces required with the linkage mechanism in supporting engagement with the striker lock arm.

Abstract: Method and device for realtime measurement of the state of polarization at a quasi-monochromatic light beam. Two quasi-monochromatic radiations with slightly different optical frequencies are generated. A radiation is converted into a 45.degree. linearly polarized radiation, while the other presents the polarization state imposed by a body under test. In each radiation, horizontal and vertical polarization components are separated, and then recombined into two different beams comprising radiations at both frequencies, respectively polarized in the same plane. Beatings between the two components of each beam are originated and from the two electrical signals in the radiofrequency range thus obtained the information is extracted on the relative phase and the amplitude of the two components of the radiation with polarization imposed by the body under test.

Abstract: A power-screwdriver device with variable torque adjustment consists essentially of a drive mechanism, transmission, and cutoff mechanism. In order to provide a power screwdriver that is strong and inexpensive and in which the torque can be controlled with no need for a torque clutch, there is a bearing site on a transmission shaft. The bearing allows the shaft to move radially. There is a sensor that emits a motor-cutoff signal when the shaft does move radially. The radial deviation is employed as a measure of torque. The measure is adjusted with an adjusting device.

Abstract: A carrier for supporting an electronic larynx adjacent portions of the throat of a user so that muscles of the user can be employed to switch on and off the larynx without manual action. The carrier employs a base plate to which are mounted an interfacing plate member on the inside face and a formed sheet member on the outside face. An extension on the interfacing plate member engages the plunger switch of the electronic larynx which switch extends through a cutout formed in the base plate. The formed sheet member provides a pocket for receiving and holding the electronic larynx.

Abstract: A process for preparing phosphonic acids of the structure ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is lower alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl or arylalkyl, and R.sub.2 is H, benzyl or ##STR2## by oxidizing the corresponding phosphonous acid ##STR3## employing as the oxidizing agent potassium permanganate or sodium periodate.

Abstract: Antibacterial activity is exhibited by .beta.-lactams having a 3-acylamino substituent and in the 1-position a substituent having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are the same or different and each is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, cycloalkyl or a 4,5,6 or 7-membered heterocycle, or R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached are cycloalkyl or a 4,5,6 or 7-membered heterocycle, or one of R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 is hydrogen and the other is azido, halomethyl, dihalomethyl, trihalomethyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, 2-phenylethenyl, 2-phenylethynyl, carboxyl, --CH.sub.2 X.sub.1, --S--X.sub.2, --O--X.sub.2, or ##STR2## R.sub.7 is hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, 1-(ethoxycarbonyloxy)ethyl, 1,3-dihydro-3-oxo-1-isobenzofuranyl, ##STR3## wherein R' is hydrogen or alkyl, R" is alkyl or phenyl, R"' is hydrogen, methyl or phenyl, and R.sup.iv is hydrogen or together with R"' is --(CH.sub.2).sub.

Abstract: A fluid permeator apparatus is disclosed which comprises an outer cylindrical shell having disposed therein a generally concentric outer central tube in communication with a port at one end of the cylindrical shell and a port at the opposite end of the cylindrical shell which is in communication with an inner central tube located within the outer central tube. The outer central tube is perforated so as to render it in communication with the its outer surface. A plurality of permeator hollow fiber bundles having annular cross sections are removably mounted on the outer central tube. The hollow fibers are mounted with their open ends in at least one tubesheet which is in communication with the inner central tube. The cylindrical shell has an additional port for feeding fluid to be separated or removing residue.

Abstract: Antibacterial activity is exhibited by compounds having the formula ##STR1## and salts thereof, wherein R.sub.1 is acyl;R.sub.2 is hydrogen or methoxy;R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different and each is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or a 5,6 or 7-membered heterocycle or one of R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is hydrogen and the other is azido, halomethyl, dihalomethyl, trihalomethyl, alkoxycarbonyl, 2-phenylethenyl, 2-phenylethynyl, carboxyl, ##STR2## X.sub.1 is azido, amino, hydroxy, alkanoylamino, alkylsulfonyloxy, arylsulfonyloxy, aryl, cyano, --S--X.sub.2 or --O--X.sub.2 ;X.sub.2 is alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkanoyl, substituted alkanoyl, arylcarbonyl or heteroarylcarbonyl;one of X.sub.3 and X.sub.4 is hydrogen and the other is hydrogen or alkyl, or X.sub.3 and X.sub.4 when taken together with the carbon atom to which they are attached from a cycloalkyl group;X.sub.

Abstract: An enkephalin-degrading aminopeptidase enzyme is inhibited by compounds having the formula ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl, carboxyalkyl, halo substituted alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, mercaptoalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, (cycloalkyl)alkyl, (heteroaryl)alkyl, arylalkyl, carbamoylalkyl, guanidinylalkyl, or heteroaryl;R.sub.3 is hydroxy, alkoxy, (substituted alkyl)oxy, arylalkoxy, (heteroaryl)alkoxy or --NY.sub.1 Y.sub.2, wherein Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, or arylalkyl or Y.sub.1 is hydrogen and Y.sub.2 is substituted alkyl or (heteroaryl)alkyl;A.sub.1 is glycyl, alanyl, leucyl, phenylalanyl, arginyl, sarcosyl, seryl, asparagyl, lysyl, glutamyl, histidyl, tryptophyl, cysteinyl, methionyl, threonyl, tyrosyl, leucyl, valyl, aspartyl, prolyl, norleucyl, norvalyl, or ##STR2## wherein n.sub.6 is an integer of 2 to 15;A.sub.2, A.sub.3, A.sub.4 and A.sub.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is various amino or imino acids and esters are disclosed. These compounds are useful as anti-hypertensive agents due to their angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition activity and depending upon the definition of X may also be useful as analgesics due to their enkephalinase inhibition activity.

Abstract: Process for preparation of toner particles for electrostatic imaging comprisingA. dispersing at an elevated temperature in a vessel a thermoplastic resin, a dispersant nonpolar liquid having a Kauri-butanol value of less than 30 and a colorant other than black, e.g., yellow, cyan, magenta, the temperature being maintained to plasticize and liquify the resin and below that at which the nonpolar liquid degrades and any component decomposes:B. cooling the dispersion, either(1) with or without stirring to form a gel or solid mass, the shredding and grinding the mass by means of particulate media in the presence of additional liquid;(2) with stirring to form a viscous mixture and grinding by means of particulate media in the presence of additional liquid; or(3) while grinding with particulate media thereby preventing formation of a gel or solid mass in the presence of additional liquid, andC. separating the dispersion of toner particles, average by area particle size less than 10 .mu.

Abstract: A multi-ply sheet having a center ply support matrix in which the radio opaque compound barium sulfate is distributed as a powder and is supported by the matrix. The barium sulfate is present in an amount sufficient to block scatter radiation produced by the medical radiology procedures. A base ply of a thin liquid impervious polyethylene material is fastened to one side of the support matrix ply. A third ply is composed of a typical absorptive surgical drape material and is fastened to the other side of the support matrix ply.

Abstract: A vertically-arranged rubbing finisher has a plurality of rubbing units each traversed vertically by a pair of slubbings which are directed to respective winding devices for winding on respective spools to form single-slubbing bobbins. The two winding devices receiving a respective pair of slubbings are disposed on opposite sides of a vertical, longitudinal plane of symmetry through the rubbing unit, the winding devices on each respective side forming a group including drive rollers for the respective spools arranged for rotation about a common horizontal axis. Each spool is pivotable away from its drive roller as its bobbin is formed on arms which, when the bobbin is completed, pivot further, downwardly, to deposit the bobbin on a conveyor belt for transfer from the machine before returning upwardly to collect a new, empty spool for filling from a supply device.

Abstract: An aerated grit tank is provided having a longitudinally extending control wall dividing the tank into parallel lift and settling chambers. An air discharge apparatus is provided at the bottom of the lift chamber to induce an upward flow of sewage causing a generally helical flow of sewage around the control wall. The control wall is supported in the tank by mechanisms selectively operable to vertically position the wall with a bottom longitudinally extending edge in predetermined spaced relationship to a bottom floor of the tank whereby the velocity of the cross currents may be effectively controlled. One form of the structure has a single control wall unit while a second form of the invention has two wall forming panels with an uppermost panel supported in fixed relationship to the tank and a lowermost panel supported for vertical displacement.

Abstract: Polynucleotide hydridization assays employing catalyzed luminescence.

Abstract: The device consists of a transparent container, partly filled with a ferromagnetic fluid surrounding a bubble of a transparent liquid. By an external magnetic field the ferromagnetic fluid is displaced within the container and moves the bubble making it pass between a light source and a light sensitive element.