A magnetic display panel that excels in display and erasure performance, being free from any change of writing and display performance even upon repetition of display and erasure and that facilitates inhibition of thixotropic property and specific gravity control for dispersion medium vs. magnetic display substance, etc., ensuring low toxicity and low pollution. In particular, a magnetic substance display panel comprising a dispersion with yield value composed mainly of a magnetic display substa...

An abrasion device and method for delivery of substances into the skin using a microabrader for delivering a substance into the skin are disclosed. An abrasion device with a cover is also disclosed. Such devices and methods can be effectively used to deliver bioactive substances into skin.

A device for applying a substance, in some examples, may include an applicator element including a surface and being configured to be loaded with a substance, and an electrical exciter including at least two electrodes permanently in contact with the applicator element and enabling electric current to flow to the applicator element via the electrodes.

Various embodiments of a device for applying a substance to, for example, eyelashes and/or eyebrows are disclosed. The device may include a support extending along a longitudinal axis, and a first row of teeth and a second row of teeth integrally formed as a single piece with the support. Teeth in the first and second rows of teeth may extend from a common side of the support, and the first and second rows of teeth may extend over at least one fourth of a length of the support. At least two teet...

A container for a substance including a coupling element for coupling the container to an administering device for administering the substance, wherein the container has an associated identifying element, and wherein the administering device includes a coupling device for accommodating the coupling element of the container and a sensor element for at least one of reading and writing the identifying element and the state of the container. The invention is intended to encompass methods for providi...

The antibiotic of the invention is produced from a novel strain belonging to Streptomyces hygroscopicus, acts against various bacteria and is useful, for example, as active components of antibacterial compositions.

There is disclosed a macrolide isolated from the fermentation broth of a microorganism identified as MA-5285 which morphological analysis reveals to be a strain of Streptomyces hygroscopicus. The compound's structure is presented based upon analytical studies. The compound has insecticidal and antiparasitic activity.

A piece of internal tissue of the sclerotium of Poria cocos (Fr.) Wolf is transplanted into an artificial culture medium to subject it to pure culture of hyphae of said microorganism, thereby obtaining mycelia, and the thus obtained mycelia are extracted with at least one medium selected from the group consisting of water and water-soluble organic media. The resultant substance has an excellent ani-tumor activity and is low in toxicity.

A device and method are disclosed for holding a flowable substance and applying the flowable substance to an orifice of a body comprising a nozzle, a plunger section, and a void area, with the void area sized and shaped to fit between the nozzle and the plunger section, wherein the nozzle is placed into the orifice and the plunger section pressed in order to force the flowable substance through a plurality of openings in the nozzle into the orifice.

A machine for dispensing a doughy substance comprises a container capable of receiving gas under pressure and an outlet through which the doughy substance can be pushed on subjecting it to the pressure of the gas in the container. A rotor is disposed adjacent the outlet of the container and has a cavity in its external periphery. On rotation of the rotor, the cavity is capable of being brought into a position of alignment with the outlet to be filled with doughy substance pushed through the outl...