Abstract: A crystalline complex of 3-cyclohexyl-6-(dimethylamino)-1-(methyl)-s-triazine-2,4-(1H,3H)-dione and urea and improved herbicidal formulations thereof.

Abstract: A synthetic dual-purpose fluid for use as a hydraulic fluid and in metal cutting operations, particularly where hydraulic fluid leakage cannot be tolerated in hydraulically operated machines designed for metal cutting purposes. The fluid contains in combination 50-70% of an alkylene glycol, 10 to 25% of an alkanol amine, up to 10% boric acid, and 2 to 25% of a phosphate-modified condensation product of a fatty acid and a dialkanolamine.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula and their pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts ##STR1## wherein X is lower alkoxy, Cl, Br, or F; R is ##STR2## or --C.tbd.C--R.sub.4 ; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are independently selected from hydrogen and methyl; n is an integer from 1 to 3 provided that when n is 3 at least two of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are hydrogen and R.sub.4 is hydrogen, and further provided that when n is 2 at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is hydrogen; are disclosed. These compounds possess useful pharmaceutical activities due to their ability to inhibit the prostaglandin-inactivating enzyme 15-.alpha.-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for forming a non-woven web in which a bundle of untwisted filaments are charged upstream of a pair of elastomer-covered counter rotating squeeze rolls and propelled through the nip of the rolls to a moving laydown belt with the assistance of an electrostatic field developed between the rolls and the belt.

Abstract: A substrate that has a finish of a clear coat toplayer in firm adherence to a color coat layer that is in adherence with the substrate; whereinthe clear coat consists essentially of a transparent film forming binder;the color coat consists essentially of a film forming binder and pigments;both the clear coat and the color coat contain an antioxidant and an ultraviolet light stabilizer;This finish has an excellent appearance and has excellent weatherability and durability and is particularly useful as a finish for automobiles and trucks.

Abstract: Benzylpenicillin is prepared by culturing a penicillin-producing microorganism in a medium containing suitable sources of nitrogen, carbon and energy, and inorganic salts. One or more phenylalkanes of the formula ##STR1## wherein n is an integer from 6 to 13 are included within the medium as the sidechain precursor.

Abstract: Oxazole is removed from acrylonitrile monomer by contacting the oxazole-containing acrylonitrile with sulfuric acid, forming the novel sulfate salt of the oxazole, separating the oxazole sulfate from the acrylonitrile and, if desired, the oxazole from the oxazole sulfate.

Abstract: A personal dosimeter for measuring the average concentration of a gaseous contaminant over a given period of time is provided. The dosimeter comprises a sealed pouch having a reaction chamber, which contains a gas-collecting medium, and at least one compartment. Each compartment can be separately sealed and can contain a different reagent, the seals being individually breakable such that the reagents can be separately released into the reaction chamber. Into the pouch is sealed a gas diffusion device which consists of a formation of parallel, potted, hollow fibers or filaments. The diffusion device is oriented such that one end of the fibers is open to the atmosphere and the other end communicates with the interior of the reaction chamber.

Abstract: Compounds which have the general formula ##STR1## and those which can be obtained from them with a Vilsmeier type reagent and have the formula ##STR2## as well as salts thereof, are useful as anti-inflammatory agents.

Abstract: Herbicidal compounds of the formula: ##STR1## where X is oxygen or sulfur;R.sub.1 is methyl or ethyl;R.sub.2 is alkyl of 1-4 carbon atoms, methoxy or cyanomethyl; andR.sub.1 and R.sub.2 together can be (CH.sub.2).sub.4 ; provided that when R.sub.2 is alkyl of 3 or 4 carbon atoms, methoxy or cyanomethyl, R.sub.1 cannot be ethyl.

Abstract: Sensors SE and actuators AT electrically linked to groups of circuit components to be monitored, e.g. in a central office of a telephone system, are connected to a preprocessor, interfacing them with a microprocessor, which detects an incoming request signal from any group and, after evaluation, sends it on to the microprocessor, causing the latter to emit a confirmation signal which the preprocessor transmits to the corrsponding group actuator. A component-identification signal received from that group and evaluated by the preprocessor is then forwarded to the microprocessor which thereupon, through the preprocessor, instructs the corresponding component actuator to send out an enabling signal to the component thus identified. A response by that component, in the form of an error signal, also undergoes evaluation in the preprocessor and is then passed on to the microprocessor where it is classified and read out to a printer.

Abstract: New carboxyalkylacylamino acids which have the general formula ##STR1## are useful as angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors.

Abstract: A surprise action game apparatus comprising in a presently preferred form a game board defining a plurality of pathways, one for each player, and each having a starting end and extending longitudinally therefrom to a finish line. There are a plurality of play pieces, one on each player's path for longitudinal movement therealong. The play pieces are adapted to be knocked over when engaged. The game apparatus further includes a knock-down unit which may be positioned at the starting end of any selected one of the pathways. The unit includes a movable wheeled toy striker vehicle and operating mechanism for propelling the vehicle along the selected pathway, but only after random or apparently random operation of the mechanism, to engage and knock down the play piece on that pathway. In play of the game, at each player's turn, the player places the knock-down unit at the start of his or her pathway and selectively operates the mechanism.

Abstract: New carboxyalkylacylamino acids which have the general formula ##STR1## are useful as angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors.

Abstract: Particulate product containing at least 75 weight % iron (total iron content) and at least 25 weight % acicular .alpha.-iron metal, process for making said product and magnetic recording medium having said product incorporated therein, said product having a length less than 1 micron (.mu.), a length to diameter ratio of at least about 10:1, a coercivity (iH.sub.c), of greater than about 800 oersteds, a saturation magnetization (.sigma..sub.s) of at least 110 electromagnetic units/gram (emu/g), a residual (remanent) magnetization (.sigma..sub.r) of at least 50 emu/g, and a ratio (.sigma..sub.r /.sigma..sub.s) of residual (remanent) magnetization (.sigma..sub.r) to saturation magnetization of at least about 0.45.

Abstract: In an ultrasonic investigating apparatus a transducer can receive reflections from points in the body for which the position in one direction is relatively well known as a result of accurate range gating but for which the position in another direction is relatively less known in view of the relatively wide ultrasound beams used. Thus the reflections are only known as originating from lines in the body. These line integrals of reflection of ultrasonic energy are processed by methods appropriate to line integrals in general, as known for line integrals of X-ray absorption for example, to more accurately position the reflecting points in the body. A propagation velocity distribution can also be determined for the body to further improve the accuracy.

Abstract: A marking transfer sheet comprising an imaging layer of pigment, binder and a color-forming, radiation-sensitive component on a carrier film and a process for its use comprising exposing the imaging layer to a pattern of radiation to form a mark, heating the imaging layer until adhesive, and contacting the imaging layer with a support more adherent to the imaging layer than the carrier film; and optionally separating the carrier film from the imaging layer.

Abstract: New carboxyalkylacylamino acids which have the general formula ##STR1## are useful as angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors.

Abstract: Radiographic apparatus utilizing a plurality of radiation-sensitive detectors to quantify the radiation emerging from a body along respective paths is provided with means for compensating for differences between the sensitivities of the various detectors. The compensating means includes an arrangement for displacing the source of the radiation relative to the detectors and for utilizing output signals obtained from one detector when the source is in its undisplaced and displaced positions respectively to predict what the output of a second detector, closely adjacent the first, should be if the sensitivities of the two detectors were equal. By comparing the prediction with the actual output signal provided by the second detector, differences in sensitivity are evaluated and allowed for. A technique for convolving difference signals rather than net signals is also disclosed.

Abstract: In a computerized tomography (CT) apparatus, in which a fan-shaped X-ray distribution is rotated around the body of a patient, it is possible to use a ring of non-rotating detectors disposed to receive the radiation after passage through the body along a cross-sectional slice. The ring may be tilted and precessed axially so that detectors on the same side of the body as the source do not interrupt the radiation. A second source is disposed on the opposite side of the body to the first to irradiate the detectors when moved out of the radiation from the first and thereby to examine a second cross-sectional slice at the same time as the first slice.