Abstract: A spatial light modulator providing an improved contrast, has a laminated structure of multiple layers including typically a photoconductive layer, an optical modulation layer, and a pair of electrode layers interposing the photoconductive and optical modulation layers. The thickness of at least one of the electrode layers having a predetermined relationship with a wavelength of light incident to the one of the electrode layers for writing or reading-out information into or from the spatial light modulator.

Abstract: A spatial-light modulator provided with a first electrode formed by a transparent member that receives irradiation of write light corresponding to an optical image in order to form a charge image; a second electrode formed by a transparent member to receive read light irradiated in order to read a formed charge image and to discharge output light equivalent to a read charge image; an optical modulation layer provided to the first electrode side of the second electrode and formed by polymer dispersed liquid crystal material in order to change the intensity distribution of the read light irradiated via the second electrode in accordance with an electrical field intensity distribution due to the charge image; a photoconductive member provided between the first electrode and the optical modulation layer, formed with two different materials of at least amorphous silicon carbide and amorphous silicon as the primary components, and formed in a plural number of layers and having a laminated structure having an optica

Abstract: There are disclosed a .beta.-lactam compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an acyl group; M represents a hydrogen atom, a protective group or an eliminatable group which is easily hydrolyzable in a human body; B represents a group represented by the formula (b): ##STR2## where at least one of R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.9 represent a group represented by the formula: --A--OR.sub.4 where R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen or a lower alkyl group; and A represents a straight or branched alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and a remaining group or groups are each independently a hydrogen atom; a cyano group; a lower alkyl group which may be substituted by a halogen atom; a carbamoyl group which may be substituted by a lower alkyl group; a cycloalkyl group; or a carboxyl group which may be substituted by a protective group or an eliminatable group which is easily hydrolyzable in a human body, and also when R.sub.9 is --A--OR.sub.4, and R.sub.

Abstract: There are disclosed a .beta.-lactam compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; M is a hydrogen atom, a protective group or an eliminatable group which is easily hydrolyzable in a human body; R' and R" are independently a hydrogen atom or a protective group; A is a mercapto group substituted by a substituted or unsubstituted polycyclic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring or a group represented by the following formula (a):--OOCNR.sub.3 R.sub.4 (a)where R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, provided that R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are both hydrogen atoms, both R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 being hydrogen atoms are excluded,or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and a method for preparing the same , medicinal composition for microbism therapy containing the same and intermediates for synthesis of the same.

Abstract: There are disclosed a .beta.-lactam compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an acyl group; M represents a hydrogen atom, a protective group or an eliminatable group which is easily hydrolyzable in a human body; B represents a group represented by the formula (b): ##STR2## where at least one of R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.9 represent a group represented by the formula: --A--OR.sub.4 where R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen or a lower alkyl group; and A represents a straight or branced alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and a remaining group or groups are each independently a hydrogen atom; a cyano group; a lower alkyl group which may be substituted by a halogen atom; a carbamoyl group which may be substituted by a lower alkyl group; a cycloalkyl group; or a carboxyl group which may be substituted by a protective group or an eliminatable group which is easily hydrolyzable in a human body, and also when R.sub.9 is --A--OR.sub.4, R.sub.2 and R.sub.

Abstract: There are disclosed a .beta.-lactam compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an acyl group; M represents a hydrogen atom, a protective group of an eliminatable group which is easily hydrolyzable in a human body; B represents a group represented by the formula (b): ##STR2## where at least one of R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.9 represent a group represented by the formula: -A-OR.sub.4 where R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen or a lower alkyl group; and A represents a straight or branched alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and a remaining group or groups are each independently a hydrogen atom; a cyano group; a lower alkyl group which may be substituted by a halogen atom; a carbamoyl group which may be substituted by a lower alkyl group; a cycloalkyl group; or a carboxyl group which may be substituted by a protective group of an eliminatable group which is easily hydrolyzable in a human body, and also when R.sub.9 is -A-OR.sub.4, R.sub.2 and R.sub.

Abstract: There is disclosed a novel .beta.-lactam antibiotics represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein A is a group represented by the formulae -NHCO--, --NHCONHCO--, --NHCOCH.dbd.CH-- or ##STR2## where R.sub.6 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently a hydrogen atom or a protective group; R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom or a methoxy group; X is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a protected hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, a lower alkoxy group or a nitro group; n is an integer of 1 or 2; Y is a group represented by the formulae: ##STR3## provided that a carbon atom which is bonded by a carboxyl group being bonded to nitrogen atom; M is a hydrogen atom, a protective group or an easily hydrolyzable group in a human body; R.sub.7 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group a lower alkoxy-methyl group or a group represented by the formula: --CH.sub.

Abstract: A method of stopping leakage of water in a concrete structure comprising injecting a hydrophilic one component type polyurethane prepolymer or an impregnating agent which is prepared by adding cement to such polyurethane prepolymer into a hermetically sealed chamber formed in a leaking part of the concrete structure, whereby the polyurethane prepolymer foams and cures through reaction with water leaking in the concrete structure and the foamed prepolymer is forced to enter all cracks in the leaking part of the concrete structure by means of foaming pressure and volume expansion caused by the reaction, thereby caulking and hermetically sealing the cracks, and thus restoring the strength and watertightness of the concrete structure.

Abstract: A magnetic disk or like magnetic recording medium having a magnetic layer provided on a non-magnetic substrate by dry-process or wet-process plating means and allowing a head to write and read data thereinto and thereoutof, and a method or producing such a recording medium. Scratch marks are formed on the surface of a non-magnetic thin layer, which is provided on the substrate, at a predetermined pitch and a predetermined depth in a particular direction which is substantially aligned with a direction in which the head writes data. A magnetic layer is deposited on the scratched surface of the non-magnetic layer. The pitch is less than about 50 microns, preferably about 0.1 to 10 microns, while the depth is about 0.002 to 0.1 microns in terms of center line mean roughness.

Abstract: A resin composition comprising(I) a granular or powdery resin which is a condensation product of a phenol, an aldehyde and optionally a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogens and is characterized by (A) containing spherical primary particles and their secondary agglomerated particles each having a particle diameter of 0.1 to 150 microns, (B) having such a size that at least 50% by weight thereof can pass through a 100 Tyler mesh sieve, and (C) having a free phenol content, determined by liquid chromatography, of not more than 500 ppm, and(II) at least one member selected from the group consisting of (1) a rubbery elastic material, (2) a thermoplastic resin and (3) a curable resin other than said granular or powdery resin (I) and/or a filler material other than said granular or powdery resin (I).

Abstract: A resin composition comprising(I) a granular or powdery resin which is a condensation product of a phenol, an aldehyde and optionally a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogens and is characterized by (A) containing spherical primary particles and their secondary agglomerated particles each having a particle diameter of 0.1 to 150 microns, (B) having such a size that at least 50% by weight thereof can pass through a 100 Tyler mesh sieve, and (C) having a free phenol content, determined by liquid chromatography, of not more than 500 ppm, and(II) at least one member selected from the group consisting of (1) a rubbery elastic material, (2) a thermoplastic resin and (3) a curable resin other than said granular or powdery resin (I) and/or a filler material other than said granular or powdery resin (I).

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium comprising a support, a first layer formed on the support by evaporating cobalt or its alloy by an oblique-incidence vacuum evaporation technique, and a second plated layer made of cobalt or its alloy and formed by a wet plating. The cobalt alloy for the first layer substantially consists of, aside from cobalt, up to 30 wt % of Ni, Fe, Cu, W, Cr, Ru or a mixture thereof. On the other hand, the cobalt alloy for the second layer substantially consists of up to 40 wt % of Ni, up to 8 wt % of P and the balance of Co.

Abstract: A resin composition comprising(I) a granular or powdery resin which is a condensation product of a phenol, an aldehyde and optionally a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogens and is characterized by (A) containing spherical primary particles and their secondary agglomerated particles each having a particle diameter of 0.1 to 150 microns, (B) having such a size that at least 50% by weight thereof can pass through a 100 Tyler mesh sieve, and (C) having a free phenol content, determined by liquid chromatography, of not more than 500 ppm, and(II) at least one member selected from the group consisting of (1) a rubbery elastic material, (2) a thermoplastic resin and (3) a curable resin other than said granular or powdery resin (I) and/or a filler material other than said granular or powdery resin (I).

Abstract: Magnetic recording media suitable for use in vertical magnetization recording systems are described. The media comprise a magnetic layer on at least one side of a substrate. The magnetic layer is made of a specific type of quaternary alloy. The alloy essentially consists of from 3 to 42 wt % of Co, from 54 to 89 wt % of Ni, from 4 to 8 wt % of P, and from 0.1 to 3.2 wt % of Zn provided that (7.2 X.sub.P +12.8) wt %.ltoreq.X.sub.Ni .ltoreq.(7.2 X.sub.P +43.2) wt % in which X.sub.P represents a content of P and X.sub.Ni represents a content of Ni, both expressed by wt %.

Abstract: A resin composition comprising(I) a granular or powdery resin which is a condensation product of a phenol, an aldehyde and optionally a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogens and is characterized by (A) containing spherical primary particles and their secondary agglomerated particles each having a particle diameter of 0.1 to 150 microns, (B) having such a size that at least 50% by weight thereof can pass through a 100 Tyler mesh sieve, and (C) having a free phenol content, determined by liquid chromatography, of not more than 500 ppm, and(II) at least one member selected from the group consisting of (1) a rubbery elastic material, (2) a thermoplastic resin and (3) a curable reisn other than said granular or powdery resin (I) and/or a filler material other than said granular or powdery resin (I).

Abstract: A process for producing a carbon article, which comprises molding a precursor article under heat from a heat-moldable resin composition at least containing a granular or powdery resin resulting from the condensation of a phenol, an aldehyde and optionally a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogens, said resin being characterized by (A) containing spherical primary particles and their agglomerated secondary particles, each of which has a particle diameter in the range of 0.1 to 150 microns, (B) having such a size that at least 50% by weight thereof can pass through a 100 Tyler mesh sieve, and (C) having a free phenol content, determined by liquid chromatography, of not more than 500 ppm, or from a heat-moldable species of said resin alone, and thereafter carbonizing the precursor article.

Abstract: A composition having a high content of an inorganic material comprising(1) a granular or powdery phenol-aldehyde resin which is a condensation product of a phenol, an aldehyde and optionally a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogens and is characterized by (A) containing spherical primary particles and their secondary agglomerated particles each having a particle diameter of 0.1 to 150 microns, (B) having such a size that at least 50% by weight thereof can pass through a 100 Tyler mesh sieve, and (C) having a free phenol content, determined by liquid chromatography, of not more than 500 ppm, and(2) a powder of an inorganic material,the amount of the phenol-aldehyde resin being less than 11% by weight based on the total weight of the phenol-aldehyde resin (1) and the powdery inorganic material (2).

Abstract: A granular or powdery resin which is a condensation product of a phenol and an aldehyde and optionally a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogens, said granular or powdery resin being characterized by(A) containing spherical primary particles and secondary particles resulting from the agglomeration of the primary particles, each of said particles having a particle diameter of 0.1 to 150 microns,(B) having such a size that at least 50% by weight thereof can pass through a 100 Tyler mesh sieve,(C) having a free phenol content, determined by liquid chromatography, of not more than 500 ppm, and(D) having a methanol solubility (S) of more than 20% by weight when about 10 g of the resin is heated under reflux in 500 ml of substantially anhydrous methanol.

Abstract: Novel cephalosporin derivatives are described which have excellent antibiotic activity against pathogenic bacteria belonging to the Pseudomonas, Serratia and Enterobacter. The compounds have general formula ##STR1## in which R is hydrogen, acyloxy, carbamoyloxy, a substituted or unsubstituted pyridinium group or a group -S-Het in which Het represents a substituted or unsubstituted, hetero atom-containing, 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring, R' is hydrogen, alkali metal, an organic amine or an ester moiety, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and are hydrogen or a lower alkyl and B stands for a 1,4-cyclohexadienyl group, a group ##STR2## in which Y is hydrogen, --OH or ##STR3## in which R.sub.5 is an alkyl of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, aryl or alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Z stands for hydrogen or halogen and p is an integer of 1 or 2, a furan group or a thiophene group. Methods of preparation are described.

Abstract: A granular or powdery resin which is a condensation product of a phenol and formaldehyde, said granular or powdery resin being characterized by(A) containing spherical primary particles and secondary particles resulting from the agglomeration of the primary particles, each of the particles having a particle diameter of 0.1 to 150 microns,(B) having such a size that at least 50% by weight thereof can pass through a 100 Tyler mesh sieve,(C) having a free phenol content, determined by liquid chromatography, of not more than 50 ppm,(D) having a D.sub.990-1015 /D.sub.1600 ratio of from 0.2 to 9.0 and a D.sub.890 /D.sub.1600 ratio of from 0.09 to 1.0 in its infrared absorption spectrum measured by a KBr tablet method, wherein D.sub.1600 represents the absorption intensity of an absorption peak at 1600 cm.sup.-1, D.sub.990-1015 represents the highest absorption intensity of absorption peaks at 990 to 1015 cm.sup.-1, and the D.sub.890 represents the absorption intensity of an absorption peak at 890 cm.sup.