Abstract: An alighting assistance device D of the present disclosure may be a device moving a driver seat rearward in a case where a determination may be made that an occupant seated on the driver seat of a vehicle alights. The device may include a height changer which changes a height of a steering wheel, a sitting height acquirer which acquires a sitting height of the occupant, and a steering wheel controller 33 as one example of a height controller which controls the height changer such that the height of the steering wheel becomes lower as the sitting height acquired by the sitting height acquirer may be higher in the case where a determination is made that the occupant alights.

Abstract: Quinolinecarboxylic acid derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, straight or branch chain lower alkyl or phenyl unsubstituted or substituted by one or more halo moieties; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or straight or branch chain lower alkyl; and R.sup.3 is hydrogen, halo or straight or branch chain lower alkoxy, are useful for treating bacterial infections in humans and animals.

Abstract: Quinolinecarboxylic acid derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, straight or branch chain lower alkyl or phenyl unsubstituted or substituted by one or more halo moieties; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or straight or branch chain lower alkyl; and ##STR2## is a 5- or 6-membered ring wherein the nitrogen atom is the only heteroatom or where there is a second heteroatom selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, said 5- or 6-membered ring being unsubstituted or substituted by lower alkyl, amino or mono- or di-lower alkyl amino are useful for treating bacterial infections in humans and animals.