Abstract: An eliminating agent used for the measurement of the amount of glycosylated hemoglobins in a blood sample is provided. The eliminating agent comprises condensed phosphoric acids and/or the salts thereof as the main ingredient, wherein the agent eliminates labile glycosylated hemoglobin A.sub.1c into non-glycosylated hemoglobin and glucose. There is also provided a reagent comprising the eliminating agent and a hemolysis agent, which is used for the measurement of the amount of glycosylated hemoglobins; and an eluent comprising the eliminating agent, which is used for the separation of glycosylated hemoglobins in blood samples by ion-exchange chromatography to measure the amount of the glycosylated hemoglobins. A method for measuring the amount of glycosylated hemoglobin A.sub.1c in a blood sample involves the use of the eliminating agent, the reagent comprising the eliminating agent and the hemolysis agent, and/or the eluent.

Abstract: In a method for making a joined pipe, a main pipe is cut so that two V-shaped edges of a right angle are formed in the diametrical positions on the periphery of the main pipe, and a branch pipe is cut so that two peaked edges of a right angle are formed in the diametrical positions on the periphery of the branch pipe. Then, the facets of the V-shaped edges and the peaked edges are fused by heating, and butt-welded under pressure.

Abstract: A film for a first-aid sticking plaster consisting of polypropylene resin having a weight average molecular weight within a range of 80,000 to 500,000, with resin elution quantities according to cross fractionation chromatograph in ranges of 45 to 80 percent by weight at 0.degree. to 10.degree. C., 5 to 35 percent by weight at 10.degree. to 70.degree. C., 1 to 30 percent by weight at 70.degree. to 95.degree. C., and 5 to 35 percent by weight at 95.degree. to 125.degree. C.

Abstract: A pipe fitting or coupling is used for connecting at least two pipes. The pipe fitting is basically formed of a coupling main body and a slit ring integrally formed together. The coupling main body is formed of an inner layer of good heat resisting property, an intermediate layer containing glass fibers, and an outer layer having large tensile elongation and impact strength. The slit ring is formed at an edge portion of the outer circumferential surface of the coupling main body.

Abstract: An apparatus for feeding a long adhesive sheet material protected with parting films on both side into a forming machine by a specified portion each without any manual labor. An adhesive sheet material (10) let off through pinch rolls (102, 102) in a sheet cutter (100) is measured of its length by an encoder, and is cut in a preset length. A cut segment (15) of the adhesive sheet material is conveyed by a sheet cutter conveyor (200) to a specified position, where it is stacked up on a stacking truck (400) waiting above a weighing scale (500) by a suction and transfer device (300). When stacking of segments (15) is over, the weight is measured by the weighing scale (500). When this measurement agrees with the necessary weight, the specified number of segments (15) are carried up to the waiting position of a charger (600) by the stacking truck (400), and are charged into the specified position of a forming machine (20) by the charging machine (600).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a resin composition for toner mainly composed of a graft polymer which is formed by (a) 90 to 99.9 percent by weight of a copolymer formed by copolymerizing a styrene monomer and (meth)acrylic ester to contain at least 50 percent by weight of the styrene monomer and (b) 0.1 to 10 percent by weight of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a saponification value of 10 to 30 and a softening point of 70.degree. to 200.degree. C. This resin composition is prepared by graft-polymerizing the copolymer (a) and the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (b) under presence of a peroxide polymerization initiator. When a polyvalent metal compound (c) is employed, 85 to 99.9 percent by weight of the copolymer (a) and 0.1 to 10 percent by weight of the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (b) are graft-polymerized under presence of 0.01 to 5 percent by weight of the polyvalent metal compound (c) and a peroxide polymerization initiator.

Abstract: Blood coagulation is accelerated by contacting blood with an accelerator of hydrolase activity. The activation of the precursors of serine protease including Factor XII and the enzyme activity of serine protease is accelerated. The accelerator is a metal complex containing a ligand which is a cyclic compound having a five- or six-membered ring containing carbonyl groups adjacent to each other. Examples of such ligands are oxidized alkylgallate, partially or totally oxidized ellagic acid, partially or completely oxidized 1,4- di(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) 2,3-dimethylbutane, 1,2,3-triketohydroindene and isatin. The metal of the complex is preferably Fe, Co, Ni, or Al. The complex may be combined with a hydrolase as a co-accelerator of coagulation, an organic acid having an amino salt and/or a quaternary nitrogen or an antifibrinolysis agent and/or an anti-plasmin agent.

Abstract: A method for assessing the prognosis of a patient undergoing therapy for cancer by measuring the granulocyte/lymphocyte ratio of the patient's blood and comparing the ratio to a normal range of 1.6.+-.0.6. The prognosis is considered improved when the G/L value is within the range as compared to when it is greater than the same.

Abstract: A pipe connecting member which includes a cylindrical receiving member has a first end and a second end. The first end of the cylindrical receiving member has a fusion part into which an end portion of a resin pipe can be received, and also has a coil buried therein. The coil has two energization terminals to allow the coil to be heated by energization thereof. The second end has a connecting part. A conduit composing part having at least one opening is provided, and the connecting part of the second end of the receiving member is connected to one opening of the conduit composing part.

Abstract: A light adjusting sheet for a planar lighting device includes a plurality of convex and concave streaks arranged alternately and approximately parallel to each other on one surface. The streaks may have a cross section of a sine curve. Another light adjusting sheet consists of a plurality of single sheets each having the above configulation, stacked together. A planar lighting device includes the light adjusting sheet of the above configulation, wherein peak lines of the convex streaks and bottom lines of the concave streaks are arranged to make a predetermined angle with an axis of a linear light source. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display element placed on front of the planar lighting device of the above configulation.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a surface of a molding is provided with soft touch feeling by making a sheet for covering a substrate having a soft touch layer adhere to the surface of the molding. A covering film having soft touch feeling can easily be formed even on surfaces of products with unevenness and curves. This sheet for covering a substrate has a soft touch layer formed from a resin composition containing at least one substrate selected from the group consisting of elastic beads and a porous inorganic material, and a urethane resin as its main components. This sheet is placed in a mold and a resin is molded in the mold, whereby a molding having soft touch feeling can be obtained. The sheet for covering a substrate has extensibility and is not likely to be broken during the molding.

Abstract: An interlayer film for laminated glass comprising laminated layers of at least one layer (A) which comprises a plasticizer and polyvinyl acetal resin for which the number of carbon atoms in the acetal group is 4, 5 or 6 and the mole ratio of the average amount of the ethylene groups bonded to acetyl groups is 8-30 mole % of the total amount of the main chain ethylene groups, and at least one layer (B) which comprises a plasticizer and polyvinyl acetal resin for which the number of carbon atoms in the acetal group is 3 or 4 and the mole ratio of the amount of the average ethylene groups bonded to acetyl groups is 4 mole % or less of the total amount of the main chain ethylene groups.

Abstract: A formed piece continuous manufacturing apparatus formed by four endless belts. At least three of the endless belts are movably supported by a movable device, and the sectional shape of the forming passage is freely controlled by arbitrarily moving at least three endless belts.

Abstract: A branched valve includes a main flow passage and a branch flow passage provided in a main body, a weir provided between the main and branch flow passages, and a valve disc which can contact with and come off from the weir and which selectively connects and disconnects the main and branch flow passages, wherein a branch flow entrance wall of the branch flow passage integrated with the weir has either a flat surface or a convex surface. The outer wall of the branch flow exit of the main flow passage may rise vertically from the outer wall of the main flow passage, and the side wall of the weir is located approximately on the center line of the main flow passage. The branch flow passage may be provided so that the center line thereof is located higher than the center line of the main flow passage. The valve disc may be a diaphragm.

Abstract: A thermosetting covering sheet comprising an unhardened or semihardened layer made of a thermosetting resin composition is provided. The thermosetting resin composition comprises, as main ingredients, a reactive acrylic resin, which is in a solid state at ordinary temperatures, and a blocked isocyanate, the reactive acrylic resin containing a plurality of at least one kind of functional group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, amino, and carboxyl, and the weight average molecular weight of the reactive acrylic resin being in the range of 100,000 to 1,000,000.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a production method of a carrier appropriate for cation exchange liquid chromatography and a method for determining glycosylated hemoglobins using the carrier obtained by the production method are provided.The production method of the carrier comprises the steps of providing hydrophobic particles to which a polymerization initiator is adhered; and adding a polymerizable monomer having a carboxyl group to an aqueous dispersion in which the hydrophobic crosslinked polymer particles are dispersed and polymerizing the monomer on surfaces of the hydrophobic crosslinked polymer particles, thereby obtaining polymer particles the surfaces of which are coated with polymer layers having carboxyl groups.

Abstract: An eliminating agent used for the measurement of the amount of glycosylated hemoglobins in a blood sample is provided. The eliminating agent comprises condensed phosphoric acids and/or the salts thereof as the main ingredient, wherein the agent eliminates labile glycosylated hemoglobin A.sub.1c into non-glycosylated hemoglobin and glucose. There is also provided a reagent comprising the eliminating agent and a hemolysis agent, which is used for the measurement of the amount of glycosylated hemoglobins; and an eluent comprising the eliminating agent, which is used for the separation of glycosylated hemoglobins in blood samples by ion-exchange chromatography to measure the amount of the glycosylated hemoglobins. A method for measuring the amount of glycosylated hemoglobin A.sub.1c in a blood sample involves the use of the eliminating agent, the reagent comprising the eliminating agent and the hemolysis agent, and/or the eluent.

Abstract: A sprayable adhesive composition superior in removability from a surface of paper and making it difficult to cause an adhesive transfer phenomenon to a surface to be affixed, which is constructed by dispersing adhesive microspheres having an average particle diameter of 10 to 100 .mu.m obtained by subjecting a composition containing a (meth)acrylate, a water-soluble monomer copolymerizable with the (meth)acrylate, and an oil-soluble polyfunctional monomer having two or more polyumerizalbe unsaturated groups in a molecule to aqueous suspension copolymerization under the presence of an oil-soluble polymerization initiator and a surface-active agent in an aerosol-dispersion medium containing a first solvent for maintaining dispersion properties of the adhesive microspheres so as to exhibit sprayable properties, a second solvent for restraining the swelling of the adhesive microspheres, and an aerosol propellant.

Abstract: A resin composition for toners with excellent characteristics is provided. The composition comprises, as principal components, a resin (A) containing carboxyl groups and a resin (B) containing glycidyl or .beta.-methylglycidyl groups, wherein the resin (A) is obtained by a reaction between a multivalent metal compound (m) and copolymer .alpha., said copolymer .alpha. being obtained from a styrene type monomer (a), a (meth)acrylic ester monomer (b), and a vinyl type monomer (c) containing carboxyl groups, and the resin (B) is copolymer .beta. obtained from a vinyl type monomer (d) containing glycidyl or .beta.-methylglycidyl groups and another vinyl type monomer (e).

Abstract: A percutaneous-administration-type pharmaceutical preparation of nitroglycerin is provided. The preparation comprises a backing that is impervious to medicines, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that is placed on one surface of said backing, wherein said pressure-sensitive adhesive layer contains an alkyl (meth)acrylate (co)polymer in the concentration of 35-85% by weight, nitroglycerin in the concentration of 10-30% by weight, and a silicic acid anhydride in the concentration of 5-20% by weight, said (co)polymer contains as major (co)polymer components alkyl (meth)acrylates with alkyl groups having 6 or more carbon atoms, which alkyl (meth)acrylates include 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate in the concentration of 40-100% by weight based on the total weight of said alkyl (meth)acrylates. The preparation makes it possible for nitroglycerin to be absorbed percutaneously at a controlled rate for a long period of time. Also, even a compact preparation can supply a sufficient amount of nitroglycerin.