Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having a ROR?t inhibitory action. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification. or a salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having a ROR?t inhibitory action. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification. or a salt thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a compound having an AMPA receptor function enhancing action, and useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic drug for depression, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the like. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pyarzoloquinolone derivative having kinase inhibitory activity. The derivative is represented by the formula: wherein R1 is an aryl group which may be substituted, or an aromatic heterocyclic group which may be substituted; R2 is a hydrogen atom, an amino group which may be substituted, a hydroxy group which may be substituted, or a thiol group which may be substituted; R3, R4, R5 and R6, which may be identical or different, are each (1) a hydrogen atom, (2) a nitro group, (3) a cyano group, (4) a halogen atom, (5) a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, (6) an amino group which may be substituted, (7) a hydroxy group which may be substituted, or (8) a thiol group which may be substituted; and R3 and R4, R4 and R5, and R5 and R6 may respectively form a ring together with the adjacent carbon atom, or salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification. The compound has a superior mineralocorticoid receptor antagonistic action and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of a disease or condition mediated by the mineralocorticoid receptor activation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification. The compound has a superior mineral corticoidreceptorantagonistic action and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of hypertension, cardiac failure and the like, a compound having a fused heterocycle, or a prodrug thereof, or a salt thereof; and an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of hypertension, cardiac failure and the like.

Abstract: A nasal preparation comprising a compound represented by the formula: wherein Ring A is an optionally substituted 5- or 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring, Ring B is an optionally substituted 5- or 6-membered aromatic homocyclic or heterocyclic ring, R1 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a lower alkyl group, and n is 0 or 1, which has an Na—H exchange inhibiting activity, or a salt thereof exhibits excellent bioabsorbability and an Na—H exchange inhibiting activity superior to that of an oral preparation, thus being useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for ischemic heart diseases such as myocardial infarct and arrhythmia.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a compound of the formula: wherein the ring A is an optionally substituted 5- to 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring, the ring B an optionally substituted 5- to 6-membered aromatic homocyclic ring or an optionally substituted 5- to 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring, R1 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group or a lower alkyl group, and n is 0 or 1, or a salt thereof, which is effective for the prevention or treatment of ischemic cardiac disease, etc., and which is useful as an agent for preventing or treating ischemic cardiac disease, etc. such as myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, etc.

Abstract: An optically active tri-substituted methane compound having, as substituents, an aromatic ring group and a phenyl group having hydroxyl group at ortho or para position can be obtained by allowing a phenol compound unsubstituted at the ortho- or/and para-position to react with an optically active secondary carbinol compound having an aromatic ring group at the alpha-position in the presence of tri-substituted phosphine and diazodicarboxylate or diazodicarboxamide. These and other optically active tri-substituted methane compounds are useful as active ingredients for medicines or as intermediate compounds for preparing medicines.

Abstract: An optically active tri-substituted methane compound having, as substituents, an aromatic ring group and a phenyl group having hydroxyl group at ortho or para position can be obtained by allowing a phenol compound unsubstituted at the ortho- or/and para-position to react with an optically active secondary carbinol compound having an aromatic ring group at the alpha-position in the presence of tri-substituted phosphine and diazodicarboxylate or diazodicarboxamide. These and other optically active tri-substituted methane compounds are useful as active ingredients for medicines or as intermediate compounds for preparing medicines.

Abstract: Novel nitrosothiol derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon residue which may be substituted; R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, an acyl group or a hydrocarbon residue which may be substituted; X.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, an acyl group, a lower alkoxy group or a hydrocarbon residue which may be substituted; X.sup.2 is an acyl group or a carboxyl group which may be esterified or which may form an amide; with proviso that when X.sup.2 is a carboxyl group X.sup.1 is not a hydrogen atom or acetyl group and that when both R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen atoms X.sup.1 is not acetyl group or .gamma.-glutamyl group, and salts thereof, show excellent hypotensive action, antiarrhythmic action, anti-anginal action, cardiotonic action or coronary vasodilation, thus being useful as therapeutic or prophylactic agents for the cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and angina pectoris.

Abstract: An industrial process control system in which an electronic controller acts in a controlled process subject to process "dead time" to maintain a process variable at a desired value. Applied as inputs to the controller are signals representing the process variable and a set point, the controller yielding an output signal that reflects the deviation of the process variable from the set point and acts to adjust a final control element in the system to cause the process variable to conform to the set point. To effect self-tuning of the controller, a microprocessor is provided which is responsive to the process variable signal and the output signal from the controller and functions while the controller is operating to identify in a discrete-time process model parameter-identifier the process dead time and the process parameters, and to compute tuned controller parameters, and to transfer the calculated controller parameters to the controller so that the controller can be tuned to prevailing process conditions.