Abstract: A short arc ultra-high pressure mercury lamp, at least one of the electrodes of which has a melted part towards the electrode head and a coil part which extends from the melted part continuously and integrally with it in a direction away from the electrode head, avoids blackening of the tube wall and achieves a long service life by the provision of a power supply which supplies the discharge lamp with direct current when operation is starting and afterwards supplies it with an alternating current, the direct current supplied by the power supply to the discharge lamp being initially 0.3 to 0.6 times as great as the rated current and afterwards increasing to 1.0 to 2.0 times are great as the rated current.

Abstract: A short-arc ultra-high pressure mercury lamp in which the change in the shape of the electrodes can be suppressed and a stable arc discharge can always be produced is achieved in an arrangement in which, in the silica glass arc tube, there is a pair of opposed electrodes with a distance between them of at most 2 mm and the tube is filled with at least 0.15 mg/mm3 of mercury, a rare gas, and a halogen in the range from 1×10−6 &mgr;mole/mm3 to 1×10−2 &mgr;mole/mm3, by at least one of the electrodes having a melt part formed toward the electrode tip by winding the electrode rod with a coil and by melting the part of the coil oriented towards the electrode tip at least in the area of its surface. A part of the coil located away from the electrode tip is unmelted and the base point side area of the coil facing away from the electrode tip is rounded and does not have sharp edges.

Abstract: To prevent lamp extinction during dead time of an inverter circuit of a full bridge system, to reduce delays of the rising time and the falling time of rectangular waves which have been output by the inverter circuit and to prevent formation of a phenomenon of momentary darkening of the radiant light, the discharge lamp is operated with an alternating current with rectangular waves which is produced by an inverter circuit of a full bridge system. When the inverter circuit of the full bridge system is driven a dead time is taken in which all switching devices are turned off. In the rear stage of the inverter circuit of the full bridge system, there is an inductance. The value of the inductance is fixed such that LL≧VL/IL·Td (VL being the luminous voltage of the discharge lamp, IL being the current and Td the dead time). Current can flow in the discharge lamp during the dead time by the energy stored in this inductance.

Abstract: An emission device for an ultra-high pressure mercury lamp which maintains an electrode tip shape by which a stable discharge can always be carried out is achieved for a short arc ultra-high pressure mercury lamp with silica glass arc tube containing a pair of opposed electrodes spaced apart a distance of at most 2 mm and in which the arc tube is filled with at least 0.15 mg/mm3 of mercury, a rare gas and a halogen in the range from 1×10−6 &mgr;mole/mm3 to 1×10−2 &mgr;mole/mm3; by providing an operating device which produces a current feed by which the surface of the tip of at least one of the electrodes is shifted into a molten state during lamp operation.

Abstract: A magneto-optical recording medium comprises a recording layer 5, an intermediate layer 4, and a reproducing layer 3. The reproducing layer 3 is formed of a rare earth transition metal alloy in which rare earth metal is dominant, and each of the intermediate layer 4 and the recording layer 5 is formed of a rare earth transition metal alloy in which transition metal is dominant. The intermediate layer 4 exhibits in-plane magnetization at a temperature of not less than 140° C. Therefore, the intermediate layer 4 cuts off the exchange coupling force between the recording layer 5 and the reproducing layer 3 during the reproduction. A magnetic domain 3A, which is transferred to the reproducing layer 3, is expanded to a size of a minimum magnetic domain diameter by the magnetostatic repulsive force exerted between the magnetic domain in the intermediate layer 4 and the magnetic domain in the reproducing layer.

Abstract: An ultra-high pressure high pressure discharge lamp device in which the lamp voltage and the distance between the lamp electrodes can be kept stable is achieved by an operating device supplying an alternating current with rectangular waves to the discharge lamp and control is exercised such that a lower boundary value is set and the operating voltage is increased by reducing the operating frequency of the discharge lamp by a given amount, when the operating voltage of the discharge lamp is below the set lower boundary value. Furthermore, control can also be exercised in such a way that an upper boundary value is set and the operating voltage is reduced by increasing the operating frequency of the discharge lamp by a given amount when the operating voltage of the discharge lamp exceeds the set upper boundary value.

Abstract: Alternating current with rectangular waves is supplied from an operating device to an ultra-high pressure discharge lamp in which located within a silica glass discharge vessel is a pair of opposed electrodes separated by a distance of less than or equal to 1.5 mm. A discharge vessel is filled with greater than or equal to 0.15 mg/mm3 mercury and bromine in the range of 10−6 &mgr;mol/mm3 to 10−2 &mgr;mol/mm3. In the operating device, a multiplication device computes the discharge wattage supplied to the discharge lamp and controlled so that in the case of a reduction of the operating voltage of the discharge lamp the discharge wattage is reduced, and that in the case of an increase of the operating voltage of the discharge lamp the discharge wattage is increased.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for an angiostenosis comprising as an active ingredient a compound having a pyrimidone skeleton and having chymase inhibiting activity, for example, a compound having a structure represented by the following Formula (II) 1

Abstract: To prevent lamp extinction during dead time of an inverter circuit of a full bridge system, to reduce delays of the rising time and the falling time of rectangular waves which have been output by the inverter circuit and to prevent formation of a phenomenon of momentary darkening of the radiant light, the discharge lamp is operated with an alternating current with rectangular waves which is produced by an inverter circuit of a full bridge system. When the inverter circuit of the full bridge system is driven a dead time is taken in which all switching devices are turned off. In the rear stage of the inverter circuit of the full bridge system, there is an inductance. The value of the inductance is fixed such that LL≧VL/IL·Td (VL being the luminous voltage of the discharge lamp, IL being the current and Td the dead time). Current can flow in the discharge lamp during the dead time by the energy stored in this inductance.

Abstract: A device which improves the starting of a high pressure discharge lamp containing a large amount of mercury, in which the amount of mercury adhering to the lamp electrodes is not the same, by shortening the formation time of the glow discharge in order to reduce the sputtering of the electrodes to a minimum. When the discharge lamp starts, an AC voltage with rectangular waves produced by the full bridge circuit is applied to the discharge lamp. Next, a high voltage pulse is superimposed and applied by an igniter device; the pulse is synchronized to the polarity of the above described AC voltage with rectangular waves. As a result, an alternating current discharge is started in the discharge lamp. Then, the ON/OFF state of the switching devices in the full bridge circuit is fixed and a direct current voltage is applied to the lamp. After a pre-selected time has expired after the transition into direct current operation, the full bridge circuit is operated such that rectangular alternating current waves form.

Abstract: As a composite laser rod capable of satisfying the positional stability and output stability of a laser beam, a laser rod in which a laser active element is doped is intimately inserted into a hollow portion of a non-doped ceramic pipe that has a crystal structure the same as the laser rod followed by baking so as to remove a gap and strain at an interface between the laser rod and the ceramic pipe after the baking further followed by polishing a surface of the ceramic pipe to form a ceramic skin layer, and thereby a composite laser rod is formed. In the composite laser rod, an influence due to fluctuation in the cooling capacity of cooling water or a heat sink is averaged by a non-doped skin layer, temperature fluctuation of the laser rod is suppressed, and an influence of vibration from the cooling water or a cooling fan can be suppressed.

Abstract: An optical dispersion element for obtaining a spectrum image of an image observed via an optical microscope, has two wedge glass substrates which are formed to be overlaid so that their wedge points are directed in opposite directions, and have different dispersion properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a hot-dip plated metal strip comprising the steps of: introducing a metal strip into a molten metal bath of plating metal to adhere the molten metal onto the surface of the metal strip; taking out the metal strip, after turning the running direction of the metal strip, from the molten metal bath without applying external force from outside the surface of the metal strip; adjusting the plating weight of the molten metal adhered onto the metal strip; and controlling the shape of the metal strip using magnetic force in non-contact state directly before or after the step of adjusting the coating weight. The invention prevents adhesion of dross to the metal strip without degrading the productivity, and thus manufactures a high quality hot-dip plated metal strip.

Abstract: The present invention relates to porous calcium zirconate/magnesia composites having a thermally and chemically stable porous structure, which consist of sintered compacts having a fine composite structure stable under high temperatures due to uniformly dispersed equimolar amounts of calcium zirconate [CazrO3] and magnesia [MgO] and controlled grain growth, and a method of producing the same, and the present porous composites are useful as, for instance, a functional material for filtering highly corrosion resistant materials, lightening members used at super-high temperatures, catalyst carriers, insulation or sound-absorbing materials, and the like.

Abstract: The present Invention relates to a novel acetamide derivative represented by the following Formula 1, which has an inhibition activity for chymotrypsin type proteases and is useful as an inhibitor for the above enzyme, especially as an inhibitor for chymase, and the use thereof as a medicine, for example, an antiasthma drug or a drug for curing vascular injuries complicated with angiogenesis and atheroma. wherein R0 represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, R1 represents an aryl group, a heteroaryl or an aliphatic lower alkyl group with or without substituents, R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, an aryl alkyl, a heteroaryl alkyl, and a heteroaryloxy alkyl or the like, J represents a carbonyl group, or a methylene group or the like, L represents a methoxy, hydroxyl or acetyloxy group or the like, X and Y independently represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom, Z represents a methylene group or a polyethylene group optionally having a substituent.

Abstract: A &bgr;,&ggr;-dihydropolyprenyl alcohol derivative having the formula: wherein n is an integer of 5 to 7 and R is hydrogen, a lower alkyl group or an aliphatic or aromatic acyl group, is new and useful as a prophylactic therapeutic agent for human and animal immuno-deficiency deseases and phylactic agent against human and animal infectious deseases. Another disclosed polyprenyl compound is also useful as the same agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel acetamide compounds having a substituted heterocyclic group and consecutive dicarbonyl structures, for example, 1-pyrimidinylacetamide compounds, and these compounds have inhibitory activity on chymotrypsin type proteases and are useful as inhibitors for said enzymes, particularly as chymase inhibitors. The novel acetamide compounds of the present invention are shown in formula (I) below: wherein R0 is substituted or unsubstituted phenyl; R1 is aryl or heteroaryl which may be substituted or unsubstituted; R2 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, arylalkyl, or heteroarylalkyl; R3 is hydrogen; acyl group; sulfonyl group; isocyanate group; thiourea; a lower alkyl or a substituted lower alkyl; aryl (1-7C) alkyl, heteroaryl (1-7C) alkyl, aryl and heteroaryl; X represents a carbon atom and Y represents a nitrogen atom; and Z is a polymethylene group wherein a hydrogen atom in the polymethylene may be replaced.

Abstract: A butterfly valve comprising a cylindrical valve body (1), a sheet ring (5) fitted into the inner periphery of the valve body (1), and a discoid valve discoid valve disk (3) for opening or closing the valve. When the valve is opened by rotating the valve disk (3), a gap forms at the half of the valve disk (3) that is rotated downstream between the sheet ring (5) and the sealing surface (3c) of the valve disk (3). The gap between the sheet ring (5) and the sealing surface (3c) of the valve disk (3) expands and a second gap is formed at the half of the valve disk (3) that is rotated upstream between the sheet ring (5) and the sealing surface (3c) as the valve disk (3) further opens. The sheet ring (5) is not influenced by turbulent flow produced due to a narrowed channel (4) because the sheet ring (5) is positioned to the upstream side of a position where the channel (4) is most narrowed when a valve opening rate is approximately 15% in which the load applied to the sheet ring (5) due to fluid is maximized.

Abstract: A .beta.,.gamma.-dihydropolyprenyl alcohol derivative having the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of 5 to 7 and R is hydrogen, a lower alkyl group or an aliphatic or aromatic acyl group, is new and useful as a prophylactic therapeutic agent for human and animal immuno-deficiency deseases and phylactic agent against human and animal infectious deseases. Another disclosed polyprenyl compound is also useful as the same agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rapid-release tablet of S1452 at least containing the following components:a. a principal agent comprising (+)-(Z)-calcium 7-[(1R,2S,3S,4S)-3-benzenesulfonaidobicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl]-5-heptenoate dihydrate (S1452), andb. a dispersant in an amount enough to disperse the principal agent after the disintegration of the tablet.