Abstract: A system for accelerating database transaction processing by controlling data replication is provided. The system includes a first control unit configured to manage a first storage device and at least one second control unit configured to manage a second storage device. The first control unit writes first data to the first storage device and sends the first data to the second control unit in response to receiving from a host a first write command including the first data. The first control unit writes second data to the first storage device without sending the second data to the second control unit in response to receiving from the host a second write command. The second control unit writes the first data to the second storage device in response to receiving the first data. The second control unit writes the second data to the second storage device in response to receiving from the host a third write command.

Abstract: The present invention provides small molecules useful to affect cancer cells, along with related methods. The present compounds, formulations, kits and methods are useful for a variety of research, diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. STAT3 inhibitors, particularly LLL12, are disclosed. The STAT3 inhibitors are useful to treat breast cancer in general and breast cancer initiating cells in particular.

Abstract: A liquid crystal composition comprising at least one liquid crystal compound and at least one anthraquinone compound represented by formula (1) below: Formula (1) (wherein R2 to R8 each independently represents a hydrogen or substituent; Het is a sulfur or oxygen; B1 and B2 each independently represents an optionally substituted arylene, heteroarylene, cycloalkan-diyl or cycloalken-diyl; Q1 is a bivalent linking group; C1 is an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkokycarbonyl or acyloxy; p, q and r each represents a number from 0 to 5 and n is a number from 1 to 3 satisfying 3?(p+r)×n?10; when plural {(B1)p-(Q1)q-(B2)r} are present, these may be the same or different) was disclosed

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula I wherein R1 and R3 are each independently of the other —NHR5, NHSO2R5, —NHCOR5, —OR6 or —SR7, R2 and R4 are each independently of the other —OR6 or —SR7, with the proviso that not all of the substituents R1 to R4 are —SR7, R5 is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or a group of formula —(CnH2nX)m—H wherein X is —O—, —S—, —SO2—, —NH—, —NR8—, —CONH— or —CONR8— and R8 is alkyl or aryl, n is a number from 2 to 6 and m is a number from 1 to 10, R6 is aryl or heteroaryl and R7 is alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl or a group of formula —(CnH2nX)m—H wherein X is —O—, —S—, —SO2—, —NH—, —NR8—, CONH— or —CONR8— and R8 is alkyl or aryl, to a process for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof in a method of producing mass-coloured plastics or polymeric colour particles.

Abstract: Disclosed are thermally-stable, anthraquinone colorant compounds (dyes) which contain one or more vinyl groups which render the compounds copolymerizable with reactive vinyl monomers to produce colored, polymeric compositions such as acrylate and methacrylate polymeric materials. The compounds possess good fastness (stability) to ultraviolet (UV) light, good solubility in vinyl monomers, good color strength and excellent thermal stability. Also disclosed are (1) coating composition comprising (i) one or more polymerizable vinyl compounds, (ii) one or more of the dye compounds described above, and (iii) a photoinitiator and (2) polymeric materials, i.e., polymers derived from one or more acrylic acid esters, one or more methacrylic acid esters, one or more other polymerizable vinyl compounds or mixtures of any two or more thereof, having copolymerized therein one or more of the anthraquinone colorant compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed are thermally-stable, anthraquinone colorant compounds (dyes) which contain one or more vinyl groups which render the compounds copolymerizable with reactive vinyl monomers to produce colored, polymeric compositions such as acrylate and methacrylate polymeric materials. The compounds possess good fastness (stability) to ultraviolet (UV) light, good solubility in vinyl monomers, good color strength and excellent thermal stability. Also disclosed are (1) coating composition comprising (i) one or more polymerizable vinyl compounds, (ii) one or more of the dye compounds described above, and (iii) a photoinitiator and (2) polymeric materials, i.e., polymers derived from one or more acrylic acid esters, one or more methacrylic acid esters, one or more other polymerizable vinyl compounds or mixtures of any two or more thereof, having copolymerized therein one or more of the anthraquinone colorant compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel colorant compounds which contain one or more ethylenically-unsaturated (vinyl), photopolymerizable radicals which may be copolymewrized (or cured) with ethylenically-unsaturated monomers to produce colored compositions such as colored acrylic coatings and polymers, e.g., coatings and polymers produced from acrylate and methacrylate esters, colored polystyrenes, and similar colored polymeric materials derived from other ethylenically-unsaturated monomers. The present invention also pertains to processes for the preparation of certain of the photopolymerizable colorant compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed are thermally-stable, colored, photopolymerizable compounds containing a vinyl group which are capable of being copolymerized with reactive vinyl monomers to produce colored compositions such as polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, polystyrene, etc. The compounds exhibit good thermal stability, fastness (stability) to UV-light, good solubility in the reactive monomers and good color strength.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises, a pair of substrates having an electrode on a surface thereof, and a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal and a dichroic dye, wherein the dichroic dye is an anthraquinone dye exhibiting 0.08 or less of Y value represented by the following equation,Y={.SIGMA..DELTA.H tr,m/268-.SIGMA..DELTA.S tr,m}(kJK.sup.-1 kg.sup.-1)wherein .SIGMA..DELTA.H tr,m is a sum of an enthalpy change of transition from -5.degree. C. to the melting point of and an enthalpy change of melting per unit weight, and .SIGMA..DELTA.S tr,m is a sum of an entropy change of transition from -5.degree. C. to the melting point and an entropy change of melting per unit weight.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a tertiary non-linear optical material comprising a quinone derivative expressed by any one of the general formulas: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are as defined above, or the formula: ##STR2## The tertiary non-linear material enables the co-existence of large tertiary non-linear optical susceptibility and high-speed response.

Abstract: Hydrogen peroxide is produced by oxidizing alkylammonium salts of sulfonic acid-substituted anthrahydroquinones. As said salts are highly soluble in protic polar solvents such as water and lower aliphatic alcohols, the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in the reaction product thereby obtained may be advantageously high. The anthraquinone salt co-product generated by such oxidation may be readily converted in high yield back to the starting anthrahydroquinone salt by hydrogenation.

Abstract: The invention relates to fibre-reactive anthraquinone dyes of formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, B, U, R and n are as defined in claim 1. The anthraquinone dyes of formula (1) are suitable for dyeing or printing hydroxyl group containing or nitrogen-containing fibre materials and give dyeings or prints of good allround fastness properties.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen, hydroxyl, halo, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, acyloxy, --O-glucoside, optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted phenyl-C.sub.1-4 alkoxy;R.sup.3 istetrazolyl, orand R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each hydrogen, hydroxy, acyloxy, nitro, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, halo, optionally substituted phenyl, --SO.sub.3 H or --NR'R" where R' and R" are each hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl;provided that when R.sup.3 is --CR'R".CHR'"CO.sub.2 H or tetrazolyl, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydroxyl, halo, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, acyloxy, --O-glucoside, optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted phenyl C.sub.1-4 alkoxy; andor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof.

Abstract: Derivatives of anthraquinone and anthracene are synthesized and formulated into pharmaceutical formulations. When the formulations are administered the derivatives act as ligands binding to an interrupting the biological chain of events associated with selectin receptors in the human body.

Abstract: A compound capable of generating an acid by light irradiation selected from the group consisting of oxime sulfonic acid esters of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl group, each of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group and a cyano group, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may optionally combine to form a ring; and N-hydroxyimidesulfonic acid esters of formula (II): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 is an alkyl group, and A is a group selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group and a substituted or unsubstituted alkenylene group, wherein the compound capable of generating an acid by light irradiation is useful as an image-forming materials, etc. and has high reactivity to light of from the near ultraviolet region to the visible region.

Abstract: An organic conductive complex comprising an electron donor and an electron acceptor, the electron donor being an anthraquinone derivative represented by formula (1): ##STR1## wherein X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3 and X.sup.4, which may be the same or different, each represents an electron donating group.

Abstract: An anthraquinone type compound which is represented by the following general formula (I) and which exhibits yellow to orange-colored hue; and a composition for liquid crystal display element obtained by dissolving the compound into liquid crystal: ##STR1## (where: X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 denote sulfur or selenium; and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyridyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted pyrmidyl group or a tetrahydronaphthyl group, with the following exceptions:(1) X.sup.1 =X.sup.2 =S; R.sup.1 =R.sup.2 =a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group =(2) X.sup.1 =X.sup.2 =S; R.sup.1 =a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group; R.sup.2 =a phenyl group or a naphthyl group(3) X.sup.1 =X.sup.2 =Se; R.sup.1 =R.sup.2 =a tetrahydronaphthyl group).

Abstract: The present invention concern a process for producing .alpha.-anthraquinonesulfonic acids in the presence of a metal catalyst in oleum and recovering the metal catalyst which is solubilized in the resulting sulfonation mixture. A porous carrier is introduced into the resulting sulfonation mixture which is subsequently treated with a reducing agent thereby depositing the metal catalyst on the porous carrier.

Abstract: An anthraquinone compound represented by formula: ##STR1## wherein R and X are as defined in the specification, and a polarizing film containing the same. The anthraquinone compound exhibits satisfactory compatibility with organic polymers and high dichroism, and the polarizing films have excellent performance characteristics.