Abstract: A porous carbonaceous electrode substrate for a fuel cell disclosed herein has elongated holes for feeding reactant gases to the fuel cell. The holes are elongated from one side to the opposite side of the substrate and parallel to each other and to the electrode surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrode substrate for fuel cells comprising two porous, carbonaceous layers, each having a number of elongated holes for feeding reactant gases into a fuel cell which are provided near the center of the thickness in said layer, and a gas impermeable, carbonaceous separator, interposed between said layers and having a number of elongated holes for flowing coolant which are provided near the center of the thickness in the separator. The porous layer is either a uniformly porous, carbonaceous monolayer, or has a two-layer structure comprising a more porous layer, a less porous layer and elongated holes for feeding reactant gases provided between said more porous layer and said less porous layer, the less porous layer having a bulk density larger than that of the more porous layer. There are also provided according to the invention processes for preparing such an electrode substrate for fuel cells.

Abstract: An endotract antenna used for hyperthermia treatments. A microwave radiation antenna is surrounded by a balloon-like member made of a thin polymeric film. Tubes for feeding and draining a cooling liquid to and from the inside of the balloon-like member enable the device to effectively warm an endotract lesion such as a tumor by effectively supplying the energy of the microwaves emitted from the antenna to the endotract lesion.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nucleic acid-containing glycoprotein having molecular weight of 5,000 to 300,000 as determined by ultracentrifugal method; the weight ratio of protein moiety thereof determined by Lowry-Folin's method to saccharide moiety thereof determined by phenol-sulfuric acid method of in the range of 50/50 to 80/20; N-terminal amino acid thereof consisting essentially of tyrosine, leucine or alanine; leucine-phenylalanine-valine as amino acid sequence at C-terminal thereof; the elementary composition consisting essentially of 35.2 to 49.3% of C, 4.8 to 8.0% of H, 4.3 to 12.3% of N, trace to 2.5% of S, trace to 1.2% of P and the balance of O; the isoelectric point of in the range of pH 2.5 to 5.0; and nucleic acid as a component.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the treatment of hyperglycemia, hyperlipemia, inflammatory diseases, pains due to the accentuation of central nerve, pyrexia due to the accentuation of central nerve or tumor, which comprises administering to a patient suffering therefrom a pharmaceutically effective amount of p-aminobenzoic acid-N-L-rhamnoside or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A novel phenylenesulfide resin composition comprises(I) a poly-p-phenylenesulfide,(II) a poly-m-phenylenesulfide, and(III) a phenylenesulfide block copolymer consisting essentially of a repeating unit ##STR1## (A) and a repeating unit ##STR2## (B), wherein from 20 to 5,000 units on the average of the repeating units (A) linked together exist in the molecular chain in the form of the block component, and wherein the molar faction (X) of the repeating unit (A) is in the range of 0.10 to 0.95, the mixing ratio of the three components (I), (II) and (III) being in a specified range. The composition is characterized by compatibility between the components (I) and (II), whereby transparency, physical properties and other characteristics thereof are markedly enhanced.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition containing p-aminobenzoic acid-N-L-rhamonoside or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Vinylidene fluoride polymer films are provided having improved dielectric constants and tan .delta. values and which do not exhibit substantial shrinkage when heated to temperatures below the crystalline melt point. Processes for preparation of such films are presented.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a printing material set for preparing bar-code labels by pressure-sensitive printing method comprising (a) a printing tape of a film carrying on the inside surface thereof the microcapsules containing the minute particles of a pigment dispersed in a solution of an adhesive component dissolved in an organic solvent as a core material, and (b) a bar-code label tape comprising bar-code label papers having an adhesive on the undersurface thereof and a stripping tape carrying the bar-code label papers and being removably attached to the adhesive, the printing tape being superposed on the bar-code label tape, the microcapsules facing the uppersurface of the bar-code label tape.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are the derivatives of tetrahydrobenzothiazole represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a straight-chain alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or branched-chain alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms or a phenyl group and R.sup.2 represents a chemical group selected from the group consisting of: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an acetyl group and R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, methoxy group or acetoxy group and herbicidal compositions containing at least one of the derivatives of tetrahydrobenzothiazole as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the treatment of hyperglycemia, hyperlipemia, inflammatory diseases, pains due to the accentuation of central nerve, pyrexia due to the accentuation of central nerve or tumor, which comprises administering to a patient suffering therefrom a pharmaceutically effective amount of p-aminobenzoic acid-N-L-rhamnoside or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: By maintaining an arylenesulfide prepolymer with a melt viscosity of 5 to 3,000 poise at a temperature of 245.degree. to 290.degree. C. under a liquid-liquid two-phase separated state in a solvent for 1 to 50 hours, the molecular weight of said prepolymer is increased to a high to ultra-high value while the linearity of the polymer is retained.

Abstract: Compositions each comprising a copolymer of a specific allylic or (meth)acrylic compound of an iodine-substituted benzoic acid derivative and a comonomer have a refractive index n.sub.D.sup.20 of at least 1.58 and an Abbe's number of at least 28 and are excellent starting materials for the production of high quality lenses.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for producing a partially pressure-sensitive recording paper comprising dispersing microcapsules containing a solution of color-former, into a thermally melting suspension medium selected from the group consisting of Japan tallow (haze wax), Carnauba wax, Montan wax, paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax, polyethylene wax, oxidized wax and the mixtures thereof, thereby obtaining an ink comprising the microcapsules and the thermally melting suspension medium, and painting the thus obtained ink on a specified part of a surface of a sheet of paper.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are the novel 6-substituted naphthalene-2-carboxylic acids represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydroperoxy group or a hydroxy group, and a process for producing the 6-substituted naphthalene-2-carboxylic acid represented by the formula (I) by reacting 6-isopropylnaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid with molecular oxygen under heating in the presence of a salt of persulfuric acid as a catalyst in an aqueous alkaline solution.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition containing an aminobenzoic acid derivative as an active ingredient represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein .sup.1 R denotes one member selected from the group consisting of the residual groups formed by removing OH at 1(alpha) or 1(beta) position from arabinose, glucose, galactose and mannose, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition of high heat resistance and high impact resistance is described, comprising: (A) 5 to 85% by weight of a copolymer prepared from 40 to 85% by weight of a monomer mixture of 2-isopropenylnaphthalene (2-IPN) and .alpha.-methylstyrene (.alpha.-MeSt), the proportion of 2-IPN being 5 to 70% by weight based on the total weight of 2-IPN and .alpha.-MeSt, 7.

Abstract: Ultrafine fiber of an ethylene tetrafluoride copolymer having an orientation degree (.pi.) of at least 0.6 and an average fineness of 0.0001 to 0.9 denier. A process for producing such fiber or a porous membrane thereof is also disclosed.

Abstract: Cells, particularly lymphocytes in peripheral blood or lymphatic tissues such as thymus, spleen and lymph node, are examined by measuring an electrophoretic property, such as a fraction of the number of the cells having an electrophoretic mobility within a predetermined range to the total number of the cells to be examined, with the aid of an automatic electrophoretic apparatus which is operated in a medium of the physiological conditions and by reversing the electric field, and comparing the obtained pattern of the electrophoretic property of the cells to be examined with the pattern of the electrophoretic property of normal host-cells, in order to diagnose cancer.

Abstract: An electrode terminal structure for a polymer piezoelectric element is provided. The polymer piezoelectric element comprises a polymer piezoelectric film and a pair of electrode films formed on both sides of the piezoelectric film. A conductor plate and an insulating plate are successively disposed at a part near the periphery on one surface of the polymer piezoelectric film element. The thus stacked part is sandwiched between a double-layered conductor plate and the entire stacked structure is pressure bonded to form the above-mentioned electrode terminal structure.