Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to underwater user interfaces.

Abstract: A solid oral pharmaceutical formulations of novel pyridone carboxylic acid compounds and esters or salts thereof having powerful antibacterial activities is disclosed.

Abstract: Pyridone carboxylic acid compounds or physiologically hydrolyzable esters thereof are provided which are represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a lower alkyl, a halogen-substituted lower alkyl, a lower alkenyl, a cycloalkyl, or a substituted- or unsubstituted-phenyl group; R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom, or a lower alkyl or an amino group; A is a nitrogen atom or the group C-X wherein X is a hydrogen or a halogen atom, or an alkoxy group; and Z is a group having the formula: ##STR2## wherein n is 1 or 2; R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, with proviso that, if n is 2, one of R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom; R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represent a hydrogen atom, or a hydroxy, a lower alkoxy or an amino group which is unsubstituted or substituted by a lower alkyl group, with proviso that one of R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 is a hydrogen atom; and R.sub.7 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel organic acid addition salts of a quinolone-carboxylic acid of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Z is 5-oxotetrahydrofuran-2-carboxylic acid or 2-hydroxyglutaric acid. The salts are highly soluble in water and are thus suitable to prepare a stable injection in storage for a long period of time.

Abstract: A method for imaging with low frequency electromagnetic fields, and for interpreting the electromagnetic data using ray tomography, in order to determine the earth conductivity with high accuracy and resolution. The imaging method includes the steps of placing one or more transmitters, at various positions in a plurality of transmitter holes, and placing a plurality of receivers in a plurality of receiver holes. The transmitters generate electromagnetic signals which diffuse through a medium, such as earth, toward the receivers. The measured diffusion field data H is then transformed into wavefield data U. The traveltimes corresponding to the wavefield data U, are then obtained, by charting the wavefield data U, using a different regularization parameter .alpha. for each transform. The desired property of the medium, such as conductivity, is then derived from the velocity, which in turn is constructed from the wavefield data U using ray tomography.

Abstract: A barcode communication interface system and method capable of transmitting to a host computer barcode information received from a barcode decoder that is properly formatted and decoded without any error in an asynchronous manner. In this interface system, a microcontroller receives properly formatted barcode information data from the barcode decoder, converts the barcode information data into serial data through the asynchronous communication controller, and transmits this data to the host computer through an inverting line driver (ICL-232) and serial communication interface (RS-232C). The interface system of the present invention is compatible with various types of barcode readers, and enables the RS-232C serial communication interface to be driven by the power source for the barcode decoder.

Abstract: A barcode information recognizing and processing method enabling a high speed scanning to be obtained and no error in reading the barcode information to occur.The method comprises storing to an accumulator by a microprocessor (15) a parity discrimination signal (PRT), count signals of one character (CTa, CTb, CTc), a count signal (CTa+CTb) indicating the total length of one character, and a similar character discrimination signal (VAMB) which are outputted in turn from a FIFO memory 14 of a barcode reader decoding system.Storing shares (M1)(M2)(M3) obtained by dividing the count signal (CTa+CTc)by the count signals (CTa), (CTb), (CTc), respectively; andtransmitting through a transmitting/receiving unit 16 a denary data according to a result obtained by recognizing an original barcode information from said shares (M1), (M2), (M3).