Abstract: A liquid crystal display device in which a back light is arranged below a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of pixels arrayed on a transparent substrate surface and in which a prism plate having a plurality of stripe grooves arrayed in parallel is arranged between the liquid crystal display panel and the back light. If the stripe grooves has a pitch .lambda..sub.1 (mm) and if the pixels in parallel with the stripe grooves has a pitch .lambda..sub.2 (mm), the liquid crystal display device is constructed to satisfy a relation of .lambda..sub.1 .ltoreq.0.075.lambda..sub.2 /(.lambda..sub.2 +0.075). This construction can increase the brightness of the back light and prevent the interference fringes from being formed on the display frame.

Abstract: A novel compound useful as an intermediate for synthesizing pesticides and medicine of the formula: ##STR1## in which: R is perfluoroalkyl, R.sup.1 is hydrogen, alkyl or optionally substituted phenyl, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A fluorinated .beta.-ketonitrile of the formula: ##STR1## in which: R is alkyl having plural fluorines and R.sup.1 is hydrogen or alkyl.

Abstract: A novel herbicidal compound of the formula: ##STR1## in which R is OH, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkoxy or R.sup.3 -N-R.sup.4 ; R.sub.f is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 perfluoroalkyl; R.sup.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or optionally substituted phenyl; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl; n is an integer of 0 to 2; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl; R.sup.4 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, optionally substituted phenylalkyl where alkyl contains 1 to 3 carbons or optionally substituted phenyl; or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a cyclic amino group; or a salt thereof. A process for preparing the compound (I) and a herbicide containing the compound (I) are also disclosed.

Abstract: A novel compound useful as an intermediate for synthesizing pesticides and medicines of the formula: ##STR1## in which: R is alkyl having plural florines; R.sup.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, halogen or optionally substituted phenyl; and R.sup.2 is hydrogen or alkyl, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamp regulator for transfusing liquid and blood, and in particular to one which utilizes an adjustable wheel made integrally with an auxiliary wheel to compress a tubing on a conical surface so as to regulate the liquid flow passing through the tubing.

Abstract: Cyanopinacolone is produced by reacting pinacolone with about 1.0 to about 1.2 molar equivalents of chlorine in methanol and further reacting the resulting monochloropinacolone with about 1.0 to about 1.2 molar equivalents of an alkali metal cyanide in methanol.