Abstract: A guided-wave circuit module includes a guided-wave circuit chip having an input waveguide part and an output waveguide part at the ends thereof, a guided-wave circuit part having a predetermined function and positioned between the input waveguide part and the output waveguide part; and a holder for supporting the guided-wave circuit chip, wherein the guided-wave circuit part of the guided-wave circuit chip does not come in contact with the chip holder; at least part of the input and output waveguide parts of the guided-wave circuit chip is fixed to the holder with a fixing agent; and the packaged chip does not have a warp which leads to deterioration of characteristics. A fixing agent having a high hardness is applied to the periphery of the endfaces of the input and output waveguide parts of the guided-wave circuit module and to the periphery of the fiber endfaces of the optical fiber array connected to the module.

Abstract: Fine and homogeneous oxide particles for superconductors which can be sintered at a low temperature are prepared in a liquid phase by the sol-gel method using alkoxides as starting materials. By forming a buffer layer between a substrate and a superconducting film, good-quality and oriented superconducting film can be fabricated. Highly c-axis-oriented superconducting film and bulk products can be prepared from particular starting compositions in Ln-Ae-Cu-O and Bi-Ae-Cu-O systems. The oriented film can be produced by painting a paste of such starting compositions on a substrate followed by sintering, and the bulk form can be produced by pressing the pre-sintered powder of such starting compositions.

Abstract: A method of producing a crosslinked, uniformly foamed article of a polypropylene resin is provided. The polypropylene resin containing a crosslinking agent and a foaming agent is extruded through a long-land die which is provided with a choking die at an intermediate portion thereof; a lubricant is provided on the inner surface of the long-land die; the crosslinking agent is decomposed in the front stage of the long-land die; and the foaming agent is decomposed in the rear stage of the long-land die.An ethylene-propylene random copolymer resin which contains 2 to 10 wt. % of ethylene and has a melt flow rate of 5 g/10 minutes or more at 230.degree. C. and a melt expansion ratio of 1.4 of less at 190.degree. C. is used as the polypropylene resin.

Abstract: A coated optical fiber comprising an optical fiber; a first layer of a thermoplastic rubber composition which is disposed around the circumference of the optical fiber, has a Young's modulus of 0.1 GPa or less, and is capable of extrusion coating; and a second layer of a thermoplastic resin composition which is disposed around the circumference of the first layer, has a linear expansion coefficient of 1.times.10.sup.-5.degree. C..sup.-1 or less and a Young's modulus of 5 GPa or more, and is capable of extrusion coating. The coated optical fiber has excellent transmission characteristics at low and high temperatures and is inexpensive.

Abstract: Cracking of a ceramic bearing fitted over a metal shaft is prevented by grooves on an inner periphery of a ceramic inner race and/or on an outer periphery of the metal shaft.

Abstract: A UV-ray curable resin composition comprising a polyurethane derived from a polyether polyol and a diene polymer having hydroxyl group, said polyurethane having polymerizable double bond different from the carbon-carbon double bonds contained in said diene polymer having hydroxyl group, and a coated optical fiber having a coated layer comprising the cured product of said resin composition. This composition has good coating characteristics, and the cured product thereof has small modulus over a wide temperature range and good hydrolysis resistance, and water absorption resistance. The coated optical fiber has small transmission loss over a wide temperature range and has high strength even in water.

Abstract: A coating material for optical glass fibers is disclosed. The material is comprised of 1,4-polybutadienes having functional groups or modified polybutadienes derived from the 1,4-polybutadienes having introduced therein polymerizable double bonds different from the double bonds present in the 1,4-polybutadienes.

Abstract: A method for producing a crosslinked, uniformly expanded article of thermoplastic resin is provided.Thermoplastic resin containing a crosslinking agent and a foaming agent is extruded through a long-land die which is provided with a choking orifice at an end and/or an intermediate portion thereof; a lubricant is provided on the inner surface of the long-land die; the crosslinking agent is decomposed in the long-land die to lower the flow rate of the resin and the foaming agent is decomposed or heated to its boiling point in the long-land die to provide an expandable resin and the crosslinked, expandable resin is then released into an atmospheric or controlled pressure zone to produce the uniform, finely expanded article.

Abstract: Coated optical glass fibers are described, wherein the coating composition comprises an unsaturated polyester containing at least one of (1) polyethylene glycol or polypropylene glycol having an average molecular weight of from 200 to 1,000 as a glycol component, (2) a long chain saturated aliphatic dibasic acid containing 12 or more carbon atoms as saturated polybasic acid component, and an acrylate or methacrylate, and (3) a long chain saturated aliphatic dibasic acid containing 6 or more carbon atoms as a saturated polybasic acid component and a long chain aliphatic dihydric alcohol containing 4 or more carbon atoms as a glycol component; and an acrylate or methacrylate.

Abstract: A process for producing an optical fiber is described, wherein a fiber that has been drawn from a glass preform is coaed with a resin composition curable with heat, ultraviolet rays, or electron beams, and then cured, wherein before the drawn fiber contacts another solid object, the fiber is cooled by being passed through a cooling means filled with a non-reactive liquid material which is the same as said resin composition except that it is free from any compound that catalyzes curing of the resin, selected from among a curing agent, a cross-linking agent, curing catalyst, curing accelerator, sensitizing agent and a reactive diluent, and then the fiber is coated and with said resin composition and cured.

Abstract: .alpha.-Substituted ureido-benzylpenicillanic acids of the formula ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1, X and Y are as defined in the description) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and a bactericidal composition comprising the above penicillanic acid or the salt and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are disclosed. The acids and salts thereof have high antibacterial activities against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, particularly those of the genus Pseudomonas.

Abstract: In a process for preparing optical fibers, an optical fiber preform is heated and softened to be drawn at a high speed into an optical fiber. The optical fiber is passed through a plastic pipe of a thermoplastic resin. As the optical fiber is passed through the plastic pipe, the lower part of the plastic pipe is gradually inserted into a heating unit to be uniformly heated. The heated plastic pipe is softened and is coated over the optical fiber.

Abstract: Cephalosporin derivatives which have an excellent antibacterial action particularly against bacteria belonging to genus Pseudomonas or Serratia and are represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and n are as defined in the specification, and salts thereof; a process for preparing the same; and an antibacterial preparation containing the same as an active ingredient are disclosed.

Abstract: Cephalosporin derivatives which have an excellent antibacterial action particularly against bacteria belonging to genus Pseudomonas or Serratia and are represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and n are as defined in the specification, and salts thereof; a process for preparing the same; and an antibacterial preparation containing the same as an active ingredient are disclosed.

Abstract: Cephalosporin derivatives which have an excellent antibacterial action particularly against bacteria belonging to genus Pseudomonas or Serratia and are represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and n are as defined in the specification, and salts thereof; a process for preparing the same; and an antibacterial preparation containing the same as an active ingredient are disclosed.

Abstract: Cephalosporin derivatives which have an excellent antibacterial action particularly against bacteria belonging to genus Pseudomonas or Serratia and are represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and n are as defined in the specification, and salts thereof; a process for preparing the same; and an antibacterial preparation containing the same as an active ingredient are disclosed.

Abstract: Penicillanic acid derivatives which have an excellent antibacterial action particularly against bacteria belonging to family Pseudomonas aeruginosa and are represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 and n are as defined above, and salts thereof; and a process for preparing the same are disclosed.