Abstract: Described herein are methods for decreasing triglyceride synthesis and/or decreasing triglyceride accumulation in the liver of a subject, wherein the methods comprise administering to the subject a compound of Formula (I): a metabolite thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A method of dusting-preventive treatment in which a powder having dusting property is treated with fibril-forming PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) to impart non-dusting property thereto and the non-dusting property of the powder, after having been reduced during transportation, are economically and advantageously recovered or improved through a relatively simple step. The method comprises: a first dusting-preventive treatment step in which fibril-forming polytetrafluoroethylene is added to a powder having dusting property, and a compression/shear force is exerted to the mixture at a temperature in the range of 20 to 200° C. to thereby regulate powder so as to have a flow value of 150 mm to 200 mm; and a second dusting-preventive treatment step in which a compression/shear force is exerted again at a temperature in the range of 50 to 150° C.

Abstract: A method of dusting-preventive treatment in which a powder having dusting property is treated with fibril-forming PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) to impart non-dusting property thereto and the non-dusting property of the powder, after having been reduced during transportation, are economically and advantageously recovered or improved through a relatively simple step. The method comprises: a first dusting-preventive treatment step in which fibril-forming polytetrafluoroethylene is added to a powder having dusting property, and a compression/shear force is exerted to the mixture at a temperature in the range of 20 to 200° C. to thereby regulate powder so as to have a flow value of 150 mm to 200 mm; and a second dusting-preventive treatment step in which a compression/shear force is exerted again at a temperature in the range of 50 to 150° C.

Abstract: A method of dusting-preventive treatment in which a powder having dusting property is treated with fibril-forming PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) to impart non-dusting property thereto and the non-dusting property of the powder, after having been reduced during transportation, are economically and advantageously recovered or improved through a relatively simple step. The method comprises: a first dusting-preventive treatment step in which fibril-forming polytetrafluoroethylene is added to a powder having dusting property, and a compression/shear force is exerted to the mixture at a temperature in the range of 20 to 200° C. to thereby regulate powder so as to have a flow value of 150 mm to 200 mm; and a second dusting-preventive treatment step in which a compression/shear force is exerted again at a temperature in the range of 50 to 150° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dusting-inhibited cement composition, which hardly forms dust and further capable of improving strength of concrete or mortar obtained therefrom. A dusting-inhibited cement composition according to the present invention comprises 100 weight parts of cement, 0.01˜0.1 weight parts of fibrillatable polytetrafluoroethylene and 0.001˜1.0 weight parts of alcohol base antifoamer and/or silicone base antifoamer.

Abstract: An aqueous emulsion of fluorine-containing polymer according to the present invention contains an emulsion stabilizer represented by the formula:R--Ph--O--(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.n --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --SO.sub.3 M(Ph is a phenyl radical; R is an alkyl radical having 8-12 carbon atoms; n is a number of 1-6; and M is Na, K or NH.sub.4). The resulting emulsion has excellent mechanical stabilities and thermal stabilities as well as decreased possibility of causing ground water contamination.

Abstract: In a method for preventing dust of a powdery material by mixing the powdery material with a polytetrafluoroethylene and subjecting the mixture to a compression-shearing action taken at temperatures from about 20.degree. to 200.degree. C. thereby the polytetrafluoroethylene is fibrillated to prevent dusting of the powdery material, the method is characterized by that polytetrafluoroethylene is an aqueous emulsion of a homopolymer of tetrafluoroethylene, the homopolymer has a specific gravity of not larger than 2.20 and an average particle size of 0.10-0.50.mu., and the emulsion contains a hydrocarbon-base anionic surfactant of not less than 1.0 wt % of the polytetrafluoroethylene as the emulsion stabilizer. The emulsion is highly stable and a less possible contaminant of underground water.

Abstract: An aqueous emulsion of fluorocarbon polymer according to the present invention is characterized by that the emulsion comprises a sodium dialkylsulfosuccinic acid of not less than 1.5% by weight relative to the fluorocarbon polymer, and an alkyleneglycol. A method for producing a stabilized aqueous emulsions of fluorocarbon polymer according to the present invention comprises mixing an aqueous emulsion of fluorocarbon polymer obtained by an emulsion polymerization process with a sodium dialkylsulfosuccinic acid dissolved in an alkyleneglycol or an aqueous solution of the alkyleneglycol. A novel aqueous emulsion of fluorocarbon polymer having excellent mechanical stability and thermal stability is obtainable.

Abstract: Dust-control treatment of dusty powder, which mainly passes through a 100 mesh sieve, such as pigment and fertilizer, is achieved by, firstly blending the dusty powder with fibrillatable polytetrafluoroethylene and a pair of materials capable of initiating an exothermic reaction upon contact, and then subjecting the blended material to compression-shear under the exothermic reaction and raising the temperature of the blended material to 50.degree.-300.degree. C. The polytetrafluoroethylene fibrillates during the compression-shear and the formed fibrils enclose the dusty powder to turn it to a dust-controlled one.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a soil-stabilizing agent with less emission of dust, good reactivity, good behavior at mixing and good dispersibility and a method for soil stabilizing treatment capable of restraining the emission of dust in the procedure of sprinkling and mixing of the soil-stabilizing agent to soil.The soil-stabilizing agent according to the present invention comprises a mixture of a material mainly composed of quick lime and/or calcined dolomite and fibrillatable polytetrafluoroethylene resin.And the method for soil-stabilizing treatment according to the present invention comprises the following steps; adding a mixture of a material mainly composed of quick lime and/or calcined dolomite and fibrillatable polytetrafluoroethylene resin to soil, and mixing them under the hydration heat generated by the reaction between the quick lime and/or calcined dolomite with moisture in the soil to form hydrated material.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a soil-stabilizing agent with less emission of dust, good reactivity, good behavior at mixing and good dispersibility and a method for soil stabilizing treatment capable of restraining the emission of dust in the procedure of sprinkling and mixing of the soil-stabilizing agent to soil.The soil-stabilizing agent according to the present invention comprises a mixture of a material mainly composed of quick lime and/or calcined dolomite and fibrillatable polytetrafluoroethylene resin.And the method for soil-stabilizing treatment according to the present invention comprises the following steps; adding a mixture of a material mainly composed of quick lime and/or calcined dolomite and fibrillatable polytetrafluoroethylene resin to soil, and mixing them under the hydration heat generated by the reaction between the quick lime and/or calcined dolomite with moisture in the soil to form hydrated material.

Abstract: A partially fluorinated alumina catalyst having a determined component, which is obtained by calcining an Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.nH.sub.2 O(n=0 to 3) containing fibril of polytetrafluoroethylene, provides an excellent catalyst for the isomerization of HCFCs.