Abstract: Substituted pyrazole compounds represented by formula (I), or salts thereof are disclosed, wherein R1 is —CH(OH)—CH(R4)—(A)n—Y, —CH2—CH(R4)—(A)n—Y, —CO—B1—A—Y or the like (wherein A is a lower alkylene; Y is an aryl group which may be substituted, for example, by halogen, or the like; R4 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; B1 is —CH(R4)— or —N(R4)—; and n is 0 or 1); R2 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group which may be substituted by hydroxyl or the like, or an aralkyl group; R3 is a phenyl group which may be substituted by halogen or the like, or a pyridyl group; and Q is a pyridyl or quinolyl group. These substituted pyrazole compounds or their salts have an excellent p38MAP kinase inhibiting effect and are hence useful in the prevention or treatment of tumor necrosis factor &agr;-related diseases, interleukin 1-related diseases, interleukin 6-related diseases or cyclooxygenase II-related diseases.

Abstract: A method for document manipulation which embeds additional information in document data in which layout and position of a element have been defined comprises a process of generating rendered image data by rendering a region where additional information is to be embedded in the document, a process of embedding additional information in a part of the rendered image data, and a process of merging a images of the part in which the additional information embedded in the rendered image data with a predetermined region in a original document data.

Abstract: A light source comprising a plurality of flash lamps emits flashes thereby flash-heating a semiconductor wafer held by a thermal diffuser and a hot plate. The current distance of irradiation between the thermal diffuser and the hot plate holding the semiconductor wafer and the light source is so adjusted as to attain predetermined intensity of irradiation. The distance of irradiation between the thermal diffuser and the hot plate and the light source can be changed or corrected by vertically moving the thermal diffuser and the hot plate. Thus provided is a thermal processing apparatus using the flash lamps, capable of readily controlling the intensity of irradiation.

Abstract: An electron beam melting method for a metallic material which is melted by an electron beam in a melting furnace is disclosed. The method comprises: locating an actual melting material and a pre-melting material in the melting furnace; forming a melted surface on the pre-melting material by an electron beam under a reduced pressure; and melting the actual melting material by the electron beam while maintaining the reduced pressure in the melting furnace.

Abstract: Aminopyrazole derivatives represented by formula (I), or salts thereof, wherein X1 and X2 are each a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, or X1 and X2 may be united together to form a lower alkylenedioxy group, Q is a pyridyl group or a quinolyl group, R1 is a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl or aryl group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or an aralkyl group, and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an organic sulfonyl group, or —C(═Y)—R4 in which R4 is a hydrogen atom or an organic residue and Y is an oxygen or sulfur atom, provided that, when R3 is a hydrogen atom, R1 is a group other than a hydrogen atom and R2 is a hydrogen atom. These amimopyrazole derivatives or their salts have excellent p38MAP kinase inhibiting activities and are hence useful in the prevention or treatment of diseases associated with tumor necrosis sis factor &agr;, interleukin 1, interleukin 6 or cyclooxygenase II.

Abstract: A liquid crystal cell and liquid crystal display device include: two electrode substrates facing each other through a plurality of spacers; each electrode substrate being formed by superimposing a glass substrate, a transparent electrode and an alignment film; and an antiferroelectric liquid crystal being injected between alignment films; wherein, an alignment treatment is performed to each alignment film so that an angle of layer rotation of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is defined within a predetermined allowable range.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure of a liquid crystal (LC) cell using an antiferroelectric liquid crystal. The LC cell includes: an electrode substrate with color filters; an opposite electrode substrate; a first alignment film provided on the electrode substrate with color filters; a second alignment film provided on the opposite electrode substrate; an antiferroelectric liquid crystal provided between the first and second alignment films; and the electrode substrate with color filters and the opposite electrode substrate being superimposed so as to face each other through the first alignment film, the antiferroelectric liquid crystal, and the second alignment film. In the present invention, an alignment process of the first alignment film is performed based on a rubbing density larger than the rubbing density of the second alignment film so that an angle of layer rotation of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal is defined within a predetermined allowable angle range.

Abstract: Proteinaceous microparticles are obtained by lowering pH of a liquid mixture which contains a whey protein together with a metal element by using an acid, removing insoluble materials, raising the pH, and mixing the liquid mixture with an hydrophilic organic solvent. The microparticles are useful as a fat substitute containing no fat.

Abstract: An H channel for controlling the use of network is selected to effectively use lines when a request for H communication is issued. An ISDN line channel selection method, whereby a plurality of B channels are bundled and serve as an H channel, and the B channels are selected according to a condition under which each of the B channels to be used is registered as either an H channel dedicated class or H channel shared use class. The method includes the steps of temporarily changing the b channels from the H channel shared use class to the H channel dedicated class if the B channels in the H channel shared use class are busy when a request for connection of the H channel has been received from a transmission side, queuing until the B channels that form the H channel dedicated class are idle, and connecting the transmission side to the H channel when the B channels that form the H channel dedicated class are idle.

Abstract: A document recognizing system in which a document-forming work station coupled with a scanner, a file station for storing image data, and a recognition work station for recognizing a document image are interconnected through a network. In the document recognizing system, the character image data entered from the scanner is transferred to the file station through the document-forming work station, and the recognition result of the character image data by the recognition work station is also transferred to the file station and stored therein, allowing the operator to read out a necessary recognition result at the time of forming a desired document in the document-forming work station.

Abstract: A document recognizing system in which a document-forming work station coupled with a scanner, a file station for storing image data, and a recognition work station for recognizing a document image are interconnected through a network. In the document recognizing system, the character image data entered from the scanner is transferred to the file station through the document-forming work station, and the recognition result of the character image data by the recognition work station is also transferred to the file station and stored therein, allowing the operator to read out a necessary recognition result at the time of forming a desired document in the document-forming work station.

Abstract: A process for producing proteinaceous microparticles by lowering a pH of a liquid mixture which contains a whey protein together with a metal element by using an acid, removing insoluble materials, raising the pH, and mixing the liquid mixture with an hydrophilic organic solvent. The microparticles are useful as a fat substitute containing no fat.

Abstract: Aligning films formed on electrode plates of a liquid crystal cell containing an antiferroelectric liquid crystal are each made of a polyimide film represented by the following chemical formula: ##STR1## wherein x.sub.1 and Y.sub.

Abstract: The antiferroelectric liquid crystal composition comprising at least one chiralsmectic liquid crystal compound having a positive specific rotatory power ?.alpha.!.sub.D.sup.25 and at least one chiralsmectic liquid crystal compound having a negative specific rotatory power, and the value of the specific rotatory power of the composition is between -25.degree. and +25.degree. C. This invention provides a method for blending liquid crystal compounds to form an antiferroelectric liquid crystal composition which has a decreased dark luminance of a liquid crystal display element.

Abstract: A liquid crystal orientation controlling membrane, characterized by the polyimide membrane comprising the repeating unit represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein Ar.sub.1 represents a diamine moiety which is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## Ar.sub.2 represents tetravalent carboxylic acid moiety which is selected from the group consisting of ##STR3## Another invention is a ferroelectric liquid crystal element or an antiferroelectric liquid crystal element using the polyimide orientation controlling membrane mentioned above. The present liquid crystal element is used to a large picture display with high resolution, a TV picture display with wide viewing angle and a liquid crystal optical shutter.

Abstract: A storage control apparatus contains plural request stacks for storing the access request; a stack selecting circuit for selecting a request stack by accepting the access requests one after another and for storing the access request; and a priority determining circuit for selecting the access request stored in said request stack in order of priority and makes access to a main storage unit in response to an access request from an input-output processor, instruction processor and the like. When memory access requests are issued continuously from the unit as a source of issuing the same access request to the storage control apparatus, the access request which follows can make access to a cache memory while the previous request is making access to the main storage unit, thereby preventing a reduction in a total throughput.

Abstract: There is disclosed herein a ferroelectric liquid crystal electro-optical apparatus of the maxtrix type comprising a liquid crystal cell having first and second electrode substrates which include n striped line electrodes and m striped column electrodes, respectively, facing at right angles each other. A ferroelectric liquid crystal is put in therebetween so as to form n by m indication picture elements. Also included in the apparatus a scanning drive device adapted to supply a scanning signal and a data signal to the n striped line electrodes and the m striped column electrodes, respectively. The ferroelectric liquid crystal shows three stable states in accordance with an application voltage and has a light transmittance with a hysteresis sufficient to a dynamic drive in accordance with increase or decrease in the application voltage in a predetermined voltage range.

Abstract: A compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or a methoxy group, and A is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylene group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. This compound is useful as a medicine, particularly as a lipoxygenase inhibitor for polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a lower alkyl group; each of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and each of R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkanoyloxy group, an aralkyloxy group, a lower alkylthio group, a lower haloalkyl group, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, a mono- or di-(lower alkyl or aralkyl)amino group or a group of the formula ##STR2## in which R.sub.7 represents a lower alkylene group having at least 2 carbon atoms, one of R.sub.8 and R.sub.9 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group and the other represents a lower alkyl group, and R.sub.10 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; or any two of R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 which are adjacent to each other, together, represent a lower alkylenedioxy group, and a salt thereof; and a process for production thereof.

Abstract: A compound represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydroxyl group, an alkanoyloxy group or a group of the formula ##STR2## in which R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, and R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, an alkanoyl group, a phenyl group, a carbamoyl group or a thiocarbamoyl group, or a salt thereof.The said compound can be prepared by reacting a compound represented by the formula ##STR3## with a compound of the formulaNH.sub.2 --R.sup.1 (III)wherein R.sup.1 is as defined hereinabove, or a salt thereof, and as required, alkanoylating the resulting compound of formula (I) in which R.sup.1 represents a hydroxyl group or an amino group, and as required, converting the resulting compound of formula (I) in which R.sup.1 is the group ##STR4## into its salt, and is useful for the treatment of inflammation, pain or rheumatism.