Phosphor from the class of the oxynitridosilicates, having a cation M which is doped with divalent europium, and having the empirical formula M.sub.(1-c)Si.sub.2O.sub.2N.sub.2:D.sub.c, where M=Sr or M=Sr.sub.(1-x-y)Ba.sub.yCa.sub.x with x+y<0.5, the oxynitridosilicate completely or predominantly comprising the high-temperature-stable modification HT.

A method for identifying a substance is described. The method includes detecting, by a first scatter detector, a first set of scattered radiation, generating a first effective atomic number from the first set of scattered radiation, detecting, by a second scatter detector, a second set of scattered radiation, generating a second effective atomic number from the second set of scattered radiation, and determining whether the first effective atomic number is within a limit of the second effective a...

A method for iteratively identifying a substance is described. The method includes determining whether a function of a difference between an updated diffraction profile and an original diffraction profile of the substance exceeds a parameter.

A new test substance for use in skin testing for tuberculosis, which substance is produced from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb.) culture filtrate or bacillary extract. The culture filtrate or extract is first fractionated by means of chromatography. Resultant fractions are then further fractionated so as to produce subfractions which contain at least one M.tb. specific antigen and are substantially free of antigens crossreactive with atypical mycobacteria. At least two of these subfractions ma...

A device for applying a substance may comprise a receptacle configured to contain the substance, an applicator comprising an application member configured to be inserted into the receptacle so as to become loaded with the substance, and a magnetizable or magnetic wiper member disposed in such a manner so as to permit the application member to pass therethrough while the application member is being removed from the receptacle. The wiper member may be made of a material that is impermeable to the ...

A substance detection system having an electronic nose and classifier. The system may extract feature from the electronic signals representing the smells from the electronic nose sensing an unknown substance. The features may be formatted as smellprints that are synthesized as data. The features may be classified, and in a binary tournament fashion, as an illustrative example, may be mapped to be compared or correlated with features of known substances. The known substance or substances having t...

A semiconductor device includes a wiring substrate which includes a wiring pattern provided per each wiring with a land covering an external terminal mounting perforation for mounting an external terminal, said land being provided on a side of the wiring pattern on which side a semiconductor chip is mounted, wherein a plurality of second pads for electrically connecting the wiring and the semiconductor chip by wire bonding are provided per each wiring, and at least one of the second pads is prov...

Novel derivatives of PF1022 substance, which are cyclodepsipeptides represented by the general formula (I) shown below or their salts are useful as anthelmintic agent for prevention or treatment of parasitic infections. ##STR1##

Novel active compound combinations comprising a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## and known fungicidally active compounds, and their use for controlling phytopathogenic fungi, are described.

According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a substance delivery device (1) capable of insertion into a body cavity of an animal, including delivery apparatus (11) capable of actively being controlled to deliver a substance to an outlet, and retention apparatus (2, 3) capable of retaining the substance delivery device within the body cavity of an animal. In one embodiment, a microprocessor (18) can be remotely programmed to enable control over the delivery device after it ...