Abstract: In an improved liquid phase epitaxial growth method and apparatus in which a plurality of substrates are placed in a deposition chamber having at least one first vent hole; a solution for liquid phase growth is held in a solution chamber having at least one second vent hole and at least two sub-chambers separated by a partition plate and communicated with each other via a communicating portion; and before the substrates and the solution for liquid phase growth are brought into contact with each other, the deposition chamber and the solution chamber are revolved for causing the solution for liquid phase growth to move through the communicating portion so as to increase and decrease the volume of space portions of the respective sub-chambers and thereby replacement of a heat-treatment gas in the deposition chamber and the solution chamber is undertaken to achieve heat treatment.

Abstract: In a distributed computing system consisting of a plurality of computers each holding the computer reliability of its own, one of the computers includes a reliability management program, This reliability management program manages the program reliability required for each of a plurality of programs to be executed in the system. The reliability management program includes the steps of inquiring the computer reliability of each of the other computers to receive the computer reliability held in each of the other computers thereby preparing a computer information table, searching the table to find the values of the computer reliability of the computers corresponding to those of the program reliability of the individual programs, and allocating, on the basis of the result of the search, the individual programs to the individual computers.

Abstract: In an improved liquid phase epitaxial growth method and apparatus in which a plurality of substrates are placed in a deposition chamber having at least one first vent hole; a solution for liquid phase growth is held in a solution chamber having at least one second vent hole and at least two sub-chambers separated by a partition plate and communicated with each other via a communicating portion; and before the substrates and the solution for liquid phase growth are brought into contact with each other, the deposition chamber and the solution chamber are revolved for causing the solution for liquid phase growth to move through the communicating portion so as to increase and decrease the volume of space portions of the respective sub-chambers and thereby replacement of a heat-treatment gas in the deposition chamber and the solution chamber is undertaken to achieve heat treatment.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer unit is constructed by covering a conductive cylindrical base member of drum-shape with an elastic member of belt-shape, the elastic member of belt-shape being adhesively fixed to the base member with an adhesive agent, grooves or pits being provided on the surface of the cylindrical base member, the elastic member of belt-shape being adhesively fixed by the adhesive agent filled in the grooves or pits. The adhesive agent has a resistivity smaller than at least the resistivity of the elastic member of belt-shape. By doing so, it is possible to construct and keep the uniform distribution of resistivity without change by environment and deterioration with age, and to realize proper transferring. Furthermore, since the diametrical change of the drum due to uneven application of the adhesive agent can be minimized, the effect on misalignment in color can be minimized.

Abstract: Multiplexer/de-multiplexer units 201 to 296 directly multiplexes or de-multiplexes data signals from terminals. A leased line allotting unit 20 normally allotting all time slots on a multiplexed signal bus 25 to the side of a high rate 6 Mbps digital leased line 3. Switched line allotting units 21 to 24 execute allotting, in the event of a trouble in the leased line, the multiplexed signal time slots on the multiplexed signal bus in four divisions to the side of respective 1.5 Mbps switched lines 41 to 44 through transmission rate conversion. A control unit executes a time slot allotting change.

Abstract: A distributed processing system capable of realizing efficient management of a multiplicity of objects in a large scale distributed processing comprises an objectification unit which makes it possible to handle an assembly of objects as one object and a message transfer unit by which a request for a processing to one object provided by objectification by the objectification unit is made to an optimal one of plural objects subjected to objectification.

Abstract: In an electrophotographic recording apparatus, toner images of different colors formed on a photosensitive belt are transferred in overlapping fashion to an intermediate transfer drum to form a color toner image and the color toner image is transferred to a secondary recording medium by means of a transfer unit and then fixed. The intermediate transfer drum includes an electrically conductive drum substrate and a dielectric layer whose resistance is adjusted to a predetermined range, and the drum substrate is connected to earth potential so that setting of an electric field for toner image transfer from the photosensitive belt may not interfere with setting of an electric field for toner image transfer by the transfer unit. Efficiencies of transfer at the two transfer sections can be improved to provide a color image of high quality and the apparatus can be reduced in size.

Abstract: An antitumor agent comprising (i) at least one pyrimidine type nucleic acid derivative having the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents a fluorine atom or a trifluoromethyl group, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be the same or different and represent a hydrogen atom or an acyl group, R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group, and(ii) at least one 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]uracil derivative having the general formula (II): ##STR2## wherein Y represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a methyl group, a benzyl group, a benzyloxybenzyl group, a vinyl group, a nitro group, or an amino group and R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom or an acyl group.

Abstract: A 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine derivative expressed by the following formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different from each other, each representing an alkyl group of 1 to 18 carbon atoms having a carboxyl group as a substituent, or an alkyl group of 9 to 14 carbon atoms, or its pharmacologically acceptable salt as the active ingredient.Said 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine derivative displays a high-level antitumor effect in low doses and shows outstanding safety.

Abstract: A vibration-type gyro apparatus is disclosed, which includes a vibration mass portion, a piezo-electric element for detecting the displacement of the apparatus and a preamplifier having an input resistance R and supplied with the output from the piezo-electric element, wherein the input resistance R is selected to have a value substantially expressed as R.apprxeq.1/C.omega. (where C is an electrostatic capacity of the piezo-electric element and .omega. is a vibration angular velocity of the mass portion) so that the gyro apparatus will be substantially free of variations due to temperature changes.

Abstract: 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine derivatives expressed by general formula (1) and their pharmacologically permissible salts ##STR1## wherein A indicates a saturated or unsaturated divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; the letter n indicates 0 or 1, and when n is 0, it indicates that Y is directly bound to an oxygen atom; Y represents a hydrogen atom, phenyl group, or substituted phenyl group; however, when Y is a hydrogen atom, n is 1; R indicates a hydrogen atom or alcohol-protecting group.These compounds have a very strong antitumor activity.

Abstract: A combination UHF-VHF tuner has a switching diode placed in series with a VHF high-range peaking coil so that the coil forms a parallel resonance peaking circuit when high-range VHF signals are received and the coil acts as a series impedance matching element when a UHF IF signal is coupled from a UHF mixer stage.

Abstract: In a VHF tuner, feedback capacitance between the emitter of a local oscillating transistor and the ground in a local oscillator is changed at the low band receiving state and high band receiving state by controlling a switching diode connected in series to a capacitor for feedback capacitance and, a mixer is installed to mix the output of the local oscillator and high frequency input. For an improved mixer biasing circuit, the switching diode in series connection to the capacitor for feedback capacitance is connected to one terminal of a mixing FET in the mixer, and changing of the feedback capacitance in the local oscillator is accompanied by changing of working current of the mixing FET in the local oscillator.

Abstract: A conjugate having cytotoxicity prepared by covalently binding a serum albumin having cytotoxic substance linked thereto to an immunoglobulin, or its fragment, which is able to bind selectively with a particular antigen of cells to be killed.