Abstract: An ultrasonic Doppler blood flow meter apparatus includes a wall filter for eliminating clutter from an echo signal of an ultrasonic pulse signal sent to a living being under test. The wall filter includes a switch for cutting a part of input data and a control unit for controlling the switch such that the switch is opened during a period in which first m data (where m is integer) is inputted to undergo filtering by the wall filter while the switch is closed during a period in which data following the (m+1)-th data inclusive thereof are inputted.

Abstract: A thiophene-silole copolymer represented by the formula below and its method of manufacture are disclosed; ##STR1## wherein, R is a monofunctional hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or hydrogen, A and B are alkyl groups, aromatic groups, alkenyl groups, or represent an aliphatic group forming a ring wherein A is bonded to B, m and p are integers no less than 1, n is a natural number which can be 0, X is a hydrogen or halogen atom, and Y is a hydrogen atom, halogen atom or thiophene.

Abstract: A polyester film having a coating layer provided with excellent mold release property, slipperiness, heat resistance and flatness is disclosed.The laminated polyester film is prepared by applying at least on one surface of a polyester film an aqueous solution or dispersion containing a polysiloxane-polyvinyl graft copolymer which comprises a silane comprising structural units of the formulas (1) and (2) indicated below or the hydrolysate thereof and in which not less than 80 wt % of the siloxane portions are dimethylsiloxane, and, thereafter, stretching and drying.R.sup.1.sub.n SiO.sub.(4-n)/2 (1)R.sup.2.sub.m SiO.sub.(3-m)/2 --A--B (2)wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are respectively and independently an unsubstituted or substituted hydrocarbyl group which has a carbon atom directly connected to the Si atom and has no radical polymerizability; n is 1 or 2 and when n is 2 R.sup.

Abstract: A hard facing chromium-base alloy consisting essentially of 30.0 to 48.0% by weight of nickel, 1.5 to 15.0% by weight of tungsten and/or 1.0 to 6.5% by weight of molybdenum, the balance being more than 40.0% by weight of chromium, and the maximum sum of tungsten and molybdenum being 15.0% by weight. The alloy may also contain one or more of iron, cobalt, carbon, boron, aluminum, silicon, niobium and titanium. When the alloy is used in powder form as a material for hard facing by welding, the alloy may further contain 0.01 to 0.12% by weight of aluminum, yttrium, misch metal, titanium, zirconium and hafnium. 0.01 to 0.1% by weight of oxygen may also be added to the alloy. The alloy has a high degree of toughness, wear resistance and corrosion resistance. The alloy can be used as a hard facing material to be applied to various objects, such as automobile engine valves.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a printed laminate comprising a printed matter and a polyester film having at least on its outer air side a coating layer composed of a water-soluble or water-dispersible resin and a lubricant, said polyester film being laminated on the printing surface of said printed matter.

Abstract: A valve moving device for a combustion engine wherein a hole engagement part pivotally mounts a rocker arm on a rocker shaft. The axial centerline of the hole engagement part is provided on a slant with respect to the axial centerline of the rocker shaft, so that the axial centerline of the pivot hole of the rocker arm is slanted relative to the axial centerline of the camshaft.

Abstract: The novel indole derivatives and salts thereof represented by the general formula (1) ##STR1## possess, for example, an inhibitory effect against superoxide (O.sub.2.sup.-) released from the macrophage cells of guinea pig by stimulation and an anti-albuminuria activity against Masugi nephritis, and are useful in various clinical fields as an agent for preventing and treating diseases and cases associated with the above superoxide radical, for example, autoimmune diseases (e.g. rheumatism), arteriosclerosis, ischemic disease, ischemic encephalopathia, hepatic insufficiency and renal insufficiency, and also as an agent for preventing and treating nephritis.

Abstract: A thermal ink transfer printing material having a specific coating layer on one surface of the base polyester film is described. By providing the specific coating layer, sticking to a thermal head of a printer can be prevented in the thermal ink transfer printing material according to the present invention, and it shows good printing properties.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a magnetic recording medium comprising a polyester film layer, a coating type magnetic layer provided on one side of said polyester film layer, and a back-coat layer provided on the other side of said polyester film layer.

Abstract: Optically active oxazoline-carboxylic acid derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkykl group which is substituted and has 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkyl group which is substituted, a phenyl group, a phenyl group which is substituted, a vinyl group, a vinyl group which is substituted, an ethynyl group or an ethynyl group which is substituted;R.sup.2 represents a lower alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a benzyl group;R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or a benzyl group,and a method for preparing the above compounds and derivatives thereof involving a reaction between an aldehyde and an isocyano-carboxylate in the presence of a catalyst mixture.

Abstract: A process for preparing a poly(silvinylene) represented by the following general formula [III]: ##STR1## characterized in that (A) a polysilane represented by the following general formula [I]: ##STR2## and (B) an acetylene represented by the following general formula [II]:R.sup.5 --C.ident.C--R.sup.6 tm [II]are reacted in the presence of a catalyst comprising an isocyanide compound and a palladium compound. This poly(silvinylene) is useful as a photosensitive material and a crosslinking agent. This poly(silvinylene) is obtained generally in high yield irrespective of the type of the substituent possessed by the silane that is a raw material.

Abstract: There is disclosed a sublimation type thermal ink transfer recording material comprising a biaxially drawn film substrate consisting of a polyester base film and an applied primer layer of a reaction product of a polymerizable compound having carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds and a polyester, said substrate being drawn after a solution containing said reaction product is applied on the polyester film; a layer of sublimation type ink formed on said applied layer; and a slippery layer formed on the side opposite to said ink layer. This material has an ink layer which is not easily peeled off and has excellent image-forming ability.

Abstract: An optically active arylacetic acid derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and are each an hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a phenyl group; and Ar is a group of the formula: ##STR2## a group of the formula: ##STR3## wherein R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different and are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a difluoromethoxy group, a trifluoromethyl group or a phenyl group is prepared in good conversion and optical yield by asymmetrically reducing an ethylenically unsaturated compound of the formula: ##STR4## wherein R.sub.1, and R.sub.2 and Ar are the same as defined above with hydrogen in the presence of a metal catalyst modified with a ligand selected from the group consisting of a specific optically active metallocenyl phosphine derivative and a specific optically active binaphthyl derivative.