Abstract:
Prostanoic acid derivatives having the formula ##STR1## wherein A represents ethylene group or cis-vinylene group, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be the same or different and each represents hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be the same or different and each represents an alkyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms and R.sup.5 represents hydrogen atom or hydroxyl group and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and a process for the preparation thereof.The compounds are useful as anti-ulcerogenic or bronchodilating agents and may be prepared by oxidizing 9.xi.-hydroxy-15.xi.-protected-hydroxy-20-alkylideneprost-13(trans)-enoic acid derivatives.
Abstract:
Prostacyclin derivatives of formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sup.2 represents an alkenyl group having from 8 to 12 carbon atoms; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 8, inclusive) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are valuable pharmaceuticals, showing excellent thrombocyte agglutination inhibitory, coronary blood vessel dilatory and bronchodilatory effects, and may be prepared by introducing the .dbd.CH(CH.sub.2).sub.n COOR.sup.1 side chain onto an appropriate compound by means of a Wittig reaction.
Abstract:
Prostanoic acid derivatives having the formula ##STR1## wherein A represents an alkylene group having from 4 to 8 carbon atoms, R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group having from one to 5 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be the same or different and each represents hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from one to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.4 represents hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from one to 4 carbon atoms and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and also relates to a process for the preparation thereof.The compounds are useful as anti-ulcerogenic agents and may be prepared by reducing a compound having the formula ##STR2## wherein A, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are the same above and Z represents a carbonyl-protecting group to give a compound having the formula ##STR3## wherein A, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and Z are the same as above and removing the carbonyl-protecting group from the latter compound.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a damaged part treatment composition for repairing a damaged part of a target tissue that includes a stem cell-conditioned medium obtained by culturing stem cells; a damaged part treatment method for repairing or restoring a damaged part of a target tissue that includes administering the damaged part treatment composition to a patient having the target tissue for the damaged part treatment composition in an amount therapeutically effective for repairing the damaged part of the target tissue; a method of treating cerebral infarction that includes administering the damaged part treatment composition to a cerebral infarct patient in an amount effective for repairing a damaged part of the brain; and a method of treating a CNS disease that includes administering, as a CNS disease treatment composition, the damaged part treatment composition to a CNS disease patient in a therapeutically effective amount.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a video coding method which includes, as one of a plurality of coding modes, a direct mode generating a piece of motion information of each of Macro Blocks, which are obtained by dividing a first picture, by predicting from motion information of a coded Macro Block of other plurality of second pictures, including: a first step for selecting the direct mode as the coding mode by using a variable selection criterion; and a second step for coding the Macro Blocks based on the selected coding mode.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus including a plurality of imaging units each for forming an image on a recording medium, an image carrier provided in each of the plurality of imaging unit, a development unit for visualizing an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier by toner in each of the plurality of imaging units, and a supporting device configured to integrate at least two imaging units of the plurality of imaging units into a unit, wherein the supporting device has a plurality of pressing members configured to press upper portions of the at least two imaging units, respectively, and a plurality of supporting members configured to support lower portions of the at least two imagining units, respectively.
Abstract:
Aqueous protein-containing solutions, in which a protein is dissolved at a high concentration at a pH near the isoelectric point of the protein by adding an anionic polymer or a salt thereof to the solution. Pharmaceutical formulations using a physiologically active protein are prepared using this technique.
Abstract:
An image encoding control system includes an orthogonal transform encoder for carrying out orthogonal transform coding for each block which includes transform coefficients related to a plurality of blocks, each block obtained by dividing one picture of an input image signal into the plurality of blocks, a code control for controlling the transform coefficients obtained for each block so that the number of variable-length code words obtained for each block is equal to or smaller than a predetermined number of variable-length code words, a variable-length encoder for converting the transform coefficients obtained for each block into variable-length code words, and a buffer memory for temporarily storing the variable-length code words output by the variable-length encoder for each block.
Abstract:
A two-dimensional discrete cosine transform computing circuit has a transform block, formed by a multiplication unit and a Hadamard transform unit, which performs computations in a sequence of Hadamard transforms followed by multiplications in a two-dimensional discrete cosine transform, and in a sequence of multiplication followed by Hadamard transforms in an inverse two-dimensional discrete cosine transform. A memory block temporarily stores input/output data of the transform block; an input/output processing block performs pre-processing and post-processing such as cumulative addition and subtraction of input/output data of the transform block. A control block controls, when performing processing for either a two-dimensional discrete cosine transform or inverse two-dimensional discrete cosine transform, multiplications of coefficients in the transform block, read/write of the memory block, and the input/output processing block. This configuration achieves high-speed processing and a reduction in scale of the circuitry.
Abstract:
A transfer material carrying member has a copolymer and conductive particles; the copolymer has a component unit represented by the Formula (I) and a component unit represented by the Formula (II), and the component unit represented by Formula (II) is in an amount of from 0.1% by weight to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the copolymer.