Abstract: A light-emitting hand-held surface profiler for scanning and profiling the surfaces of objects has a transparent housing, a focusable light source, a conical mirror aligned to redirect light emitted by the light source onto a surface to be profiled, an imaging sensor and a lens aligned to redirect toward the imaging sensor light reflected by the surface onto the lens. The light source, conical mirror, imaging sensor and lens are mounted within the housing and positionally referentially coupled to the housing.

Abstract: A light-emitting hand-held surface profiler for scanning and profiling the surfaces of objects has a transparent housing, a focusable light source, a conical mirror aligned to redirect light emitted by the light source onto a surface to be profiled, an imaging sensor and a lens aligned to redirect toward the imaging sensor light reflected by the surface onto the lens. The light source, conical mirror, imaging sensor and lens are mounted within the housing and positionally referentially coupled to the housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antihypertensive composition comprising N-desmethyl, deacetyl diltiazem in association with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: Plant growth-regulating compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X and Y are separately oxygen, sulfur, N-B where B is hydrogen, lower alkyl, or acyl; R and R' are separately lower alkyl, acyl, amido, or form a cycle with ##STR2## corresponding to the formula ##STR3## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are separately hydrogen, lower alkyl, halogen-substituted lower alkyl, NO.sub.

Abstract: Plant growth-regulating compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X and Y are separately oxygen, sulfur, N-B where B is hydrogen, lower alkyl, or acyl; R and R' are separately lower alkyl, acyl, amido, or form a cycle with ##STR2## corresponding to the formula ##STR3## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are separately hydrogen, lower alkyl, halogen-substituted lower alkyl, NO.sub.

Abstract: Plant growth-regulating compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X and Y are separately oxygen, sulfur, N--B where B is hydrogen, lower alkyl, or acyl; R and R' are separately lower alkyl, acyl, amido, or form a cycle with ##STR2## corresponding to the formula ##STR3## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are separately hydrogen, lower alkyl, halogen-substituted lower alkyl, NO.sub.

Abstract: Compounds having an effect on modifying the physiology of plants in various ways have the formula ##STR1## wherein R is H, alkyl, halogenated alkyl, cycloalkyl, naphthyl, phenyl or halogenated phenyl, and R is preferably alkyl of 2-5 carbons, naphthyl, phenyl or chlorinated phenyl.

Abstract: Compounds corresponding to the general formula: ##STR1## in which R represents hydrogen, an alkyl radical, a halogenated alkyl radical, a cycloalkyl radical, an optionally substituted aryl radical, an optionally substituted aralkyl radical, an acyl radical, aroyl radical or an optionally substituted heterocycle;R.sub.3 represents hydrogen, aralkyl radical containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms;R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, an alkyl radical (optionally halogenated or substituted by a hydroxyl), a formyl radical, an acyl radical, a carbamoyl radical monosubstituted or disubstituted on the nitrogen;R and R.sub.2 cannot both represent hydrogen;X represents oxygen or sulphur, and their salts, especially their sulphonium salts. Such compounds are useful for modifying the growth of plants.

Abstract: An optical device for lighting including a plurality of combined reflectors to control a beam of light from a lamp and to direct it forward, so no reflected beam passes through the lamp and the light leaving the opening of the reflector forms a parallel beam.

Abstract: Compounds corresponding to the general formulae: ##EQU1## in which R represents hydrogen, an alkyl radical, a halogenated alkyl raal, a cycloalkyl radical, an optionally substituted aryl radical, an optionally substituted aralkyl radical, an acyl radical, aroyl radical or an optionally substituted heterocycle;R.sub.1 and R.sub.3, which may be the same or different, represent hydrogen, aralkyl radical containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms;R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, an alkyl radical (optionally halogenated or substituted by a hydroxyl), a formyl radical, an acyl radical, a carbamoyl radical monosubstituted or disubstituted on the nitrogen;R and R.sub.2 cannot both represent hydrogen;R.sub.4 is the carboxylic acid radical or one of its ester, amide, nitrile derivatives or a salt of an alkaline metal, alkaline-earth metal or heavier metal, in which case several molecules (1) can be associated with the metal atom;X represents oxygen or sulphur, and their salts, especially their sulphonium salts.