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20160138118 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING PSA, AND A METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING PROSTATE CANCER FROM PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY USING THAT METHOD FOR ANALYZING PSA - A method for distinguishing prostate cancer from prostatic hypertrophy using the method for analyzing PSA and an analysis kit of PSA are provided. | 05-19-2016 |
20160049596 | ORGANIC THIN FILM, AND ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ORGANIC TRANSISTOR USING SAME - The present invention provides an organic thin film and an organic transistor having high performance stability and mobility. Specifically, there are provided an organic thin film including a compound containing a charge transporting molecular unit A having a structure of an aromatic fused ring system and a unit B serving as a side chain, the compound having a bilayer structure; an organic semiconductor device including the organic thin film; and an organic transistor including the organic thin film used as an organic semiconductor layer. | 02-18-2016 |
20160040197 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR COPOLYMER POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE USING GENETICALLY MODIFIED STRAIN OF FATTY ACID -OXIDATION PATHWAY - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate (P(3HB-co-3HHx)) having a high 3-hydroxyhexanoate fraction using a vegetable oil as a basic raw material. According to the present invention, a method is provided for producing P(3HB-co-3HHx) having a high 3-HHx fraction using a vegetable oil as a basic raw material by disrupting and so forth at least one gene encoding 2-enoyl-CoA hydratase or at least one gene encoding 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase on a chromosome of a recombinant | 02-11-2016 |
20160032130 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLYMER COATED FERROMAGNETIC PARTICLES - A method of manufacturing a polymer coated single ferromagnetic particle is provided. The method includes hydrophobizing one single hydrophilic ferromagnetic particle by absorbing an aliphatic acid having a hydrophobic aliphatic group and a hydrophilic acid group onto the single ferromagnetic particle to obtain a single hydrophobic ferromagnetic particle; emulsifying the one single hydrophobic ferromagnetic particle with a monomer liquid comprising a nonionic surface activating agent which re-hydrophilizes the one single hydrophobic ferromagnetic particle, to obtain an emulsified liquid; adding a radical addition initiator to the emulsified liquid; and emulsion polymerizing the monomer by radical addition polymerization. | 02-04-2016 |
20160007456 | ELECTROCONDUCTIVE NANOWIRE NETWORK, AND ELECTROCONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE AND TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE USING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROCONDUCTIVE NANOWIRE NETWORK, ELECTROCONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE, AND TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE - There are provided a conductive nanowire network, a conductive board and transparent electrode utilizing it, and a method for producing the same. The conductive nanowire network of the invention has essentially unbroken, continuous conductive nanowires randomly formed into a network. In the method for producing a conductive nanowire network according to the invention, nanofibers are applied in a random network-like fashion onto a substrate covered with a conductive layer, the conductive layer regions that are not covered with the nanofibers are removed, and then the nanofibers are removed. The network structure (wire diameter and network density) are also controlled to obtain a transparent electrode exhibiting both transparency and conductivity. | 01-07-2016 |
20160002153 | FLUORINE-CONTAINING NITRILE-OXIDE COMPOUND - A stable and easily producible compound of the formula (I): | 01-07-2016 |
20150357673 | SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL, BATTERY, AND PRODUCING METHOD FOR SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL - The problem is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material with favorable Li ion conductivity in a low-temperature environment. The problem is overcome by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising an M | 12-10-2015 |
20150344936 | COELENTERAZINE ANALOGS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There has been a need for coelenterazine analogs that exhibit luminescence properties different from those of known coelenterazine analogs. The present invention provides the compound represented by general formula (1). | 12-03-2015 |
20150313619 | Forceps Manipulator and Forceps System Comprising Forceps Manipulator - The present invention is intended to improve durability and operability of a forceps manipulator, as well as to facilitate roll motions of the forceps manipulator. In the forceps manipulator, a flexible shaft | 11-05-2015 |
20150294157 | FEATURE VALUE EXTRACTION APPARATUS AND PLACE ESTIMATION APPARATUS - A place estimation apparatus performs a place estimation process by using position-invariant feature values extracted by a feature value extraction unit. The feature value extraction unit includes local feature value extraction unit that extracts local feature values from each of input images formed from successively-shot successive images, feature value matching unit that obtains matching between successive input images based on the extracted local feature values, corresponding feature value selection unit that selects matched feature values as corresponding feature values, and position-invariant feature value extraction unit that obtains position-invariant feature values based on the corresponding feature values. The position-invariant feature value extraction unit extracts, from among the corresponding feature values, corresponding feature values whose position change is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold as the position-invariant feature values. | 10-15-2015 |
20150251995 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL NITRILEOXIDE COMPOUND - The present invention provides a compound of the formula (I): | 09-10-2015 |
20150239747 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE MAYENITE COMPOUND POWDER - If a conductive mayenite compound having a large specific surface area is obtained, the usefulness thereof in respective applications is remarkably increased. A conductive mayenite compound powder having a conduction electron density of 10 | 08-27-2015 |
20150233935 | POLYMER PARTICLE CONTAINING FLUORESCENT MOLECULE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for preparing polymer magnetic particles comprising magnetic particles and a coating polymer layer covering the magnetic particles and containing fluorescent molecules, the method includes swelling a coating polymer layer of the polymer magnetic particles in a non-aqueous solvent-containing and absorbing the fluorescent molecules inside the swelled coating polymer layer, adding water to the non-aqueous solvent in which the polymer magnetic particles adsorbing the fluorescent molecules are present, and removing the non-aqueous solvent by evaporation; where the non-aqueous solvent has affinity with water, a lower boiling point, and a higher vapor pressure than those of water, and the fluorescent molecule is selected from rare earth metal chelate complexes. | 08-20-2015 |
20150228913 | BENZOTHIENOBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE, ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL, AND ORGANIC TRANSISTOR - The present invention, the present invention relates to an organic semiconductor material having a benzothienobenzothiophene skeleton, an organic semiconductor ink containing the organic semiconductor material, and an organic transistor using the organic semiconductor material. An object of the present invention is to provide an organic semiconductor material that easily provides a film having a high carrier mobility without the need for a complicated process. It was found that a BTBT derivative having a particular arylene acetylene structure is crystallized by way of a high-order liquid crystal phase having a highly ordered molecular arrangement, and thus the BTBT derivative easily forms a film having a high mobility without requiring complicated heat treatment even when the film is formed by printing. This finding led to the achievement of the object. | 08-13-2015 |
20150217278 | CATALYST FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN - A metal-supporting catalyst for decomposing ammonia into hydrogen and nitrogen. The catalyst shows a high performance with a low cost and being advantageous from the viewpoint of resources, and an efficient method for producing hydrogen using the catalyst. The catalyst catalytically decomposes ammonia gas to generate hydrogen. The hydrogen generation catalyst includes, as a support, a mayenite type compound having oxygen ions enclosed therein or a mayenite type compound having 10 | 08-06-2015 |
20150137103 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT - A light emitting device including an organic electroluminescence element is provided. The light emitting device may be a display device or a lighting device. The organic electroluminescence element includes an anode, a light emitting layer, and a cathode that are arranged in this order. An electron injection layer is arranged between the light emitting layer and the cathode. The electron injection layer is made of an amorphous C12A7 electride. | 05-21-2015 |
20150125941 | DETECTION SYSTEM OF TEST SUBSTANCE - A detection system of a test substance, includes: a magnetic body that is modified by a first substance capable of being bound to the test substance at a first binding site of the test substance; a marker that is modified by a second substance capable of being bound to the test substance at a second binding site of the test substance, the second coupling site being a different site from the first binding site; a development medium that has a flow passage into which liquid, in which the magnetic body and the marker is dispersed, flows due to a capillary phenomenon, the development medium having a detection position for detecting the marker in a portion of the flow passage, the development medium having light transparency at least in the detection position; and a magnetic force generating portion that is equipped in the development medium. | 05-07-2015 |
20150114496 | Three-Port Valve - A three-port valve that can be more accurately controlled using a simple structure. The three-port valve is provided with the following: a first elastic tube in which a liquid circulates; a first port which is a provision and discharge opening in the first elastic tube; a second elastic tube in which a liquid circulates; a second port which is a provision and discharge opening in the second elastic tube; a third port that links the first port and the second port; first circulation control means for deforming the first elastic tube so as to control the circulation of the liquid circulating in the first elastic tube; second circulation control means for deforming the second elastic tube so as to control the circulation of the liquid circulating in the second elastic tube; and an oscillator for driving the first circulation control means and the second circulation control means. | 04-30-2015 |
20150104892 | MICROLENS FOR ORGANIC EL ELEMENT, ORGANIC EL ELEMENT USING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF - A microlens for an organic EL element, which is used by being disposed on a light-emitting surface of the organic EL element, said microlens comprising a cured resin layer having concavities and convexities formed on a surface thereof, wherein when a Fourier-transformed image is obtained by performing two-dimensional fast Fourier transform processing on a concavity and convexity analysis image obtained by analyzing a shape of the concavities and convexities by use of an atomic force microscope, the Fourier-transformed image shows a circular or annular pattern substantially centered at an origin at which an absolute value of wavenumber is 0 μm | 04-16-2015 |
20150093583 | C12A7 ELECTRIDE THIN FILM FABRICATION METHOD AND C12A7 ELECTRIDE THIN FILM - A C12A7 electride thin film fabrication method includes a step of forming an amorphous C12A7 electride thin film on a substrate by vapor deposition under an atmosphere with an oxygen partial pressure of less than 0.1 Pa using a target made of a crystalline C12A7 electride having an electron density within a range of 2.0×10 | 04-02-2015 |
20150083987 | RESISTANCE CHANGE MEMORY DEVICE - A resistance change memory device with a high ON/OFF ratio can be provided. | 03-26-2015 |
20150075614 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM AND SOLAR CELL INCLUDING COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM - A method includes the steps of performing a coating or printing of ink for producing a compound semiconductor thin film so as to form a compound semiconductor coating film, the ink including 50% by mass or more of amorphous compound nanoparticles, mechanically applying a pressure to the compound semiconductor coating film, and subjecting the compound semiconductor coating film to a heat-treatment to form a compound semiconductor thin film. | 03-19-2015 |
20150060281 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAMATERIAL - A method for manufacturing a metamaterial including an electromagnetic wave resonator that resonates with an electromagnetic wave is provided. In the method, a support including a portion where the electromagnetic wave resonator is to be formed is formed, and the electromagnetic wave resonator is arranged in the support by depositing a material to form the electromagnetic wave resonator on the portion of the support. The support is formed by forming a column structure of a hydrophilic/hydrophobic phase-separated film including a hydrophilic liquid phase area penetrating through in a thickness direction, by packing a filler into the column structure of the hydrophilic/hydrophobic phase-separated film including the hydrophilic liquid phase area so as to form the filler as high as the column structure, and by obtaining the support including the filler by removing at least a part of the hydrophilic/hydrophobic phase-separated film. | 03-05-2015 |
20150043605 | VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER DIODE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diode includes: a first resonator that has a plurality of semiconductor layers comprising a first current narrowing structure having a first conductive region and a first non-conductor region; a first electrode that supplies electric power to drive the first resonator; a second resonator that has a plurality of semiconductor layers comprising a second current narrowing structure having a second conductive region and a second non-conductive region and that is formed side by side with the first resonator, the second current narrowing structure being formed in same current narrowing layer as the layer where the first current narrowing structure is formed; and a coupling portion as defined herein; and an equivalent refractive index of the coupling portion is smaller than an equivalent refractive index of each of the first resonator and the second resonator. | 02-12-2015 |
20150024358 | STRESS ASSESSMENT DEVICE, STRESS ASSESSMENT METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - It is an object of this invention to provide a stress assessment device capable of assessing mental stress without requiring another previous knowledge or imposing a load on an observer or an employee. A stress assessment device ( | 01-22-2015 |
20140377583 | ALUMINUM OR ALUMINUM ALLOY-COATED STEEL MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An aluminum or aluminum alloy-coated steel material includes base steel; and a coating layer formed on a surface of the base steel and containing by mass % Mg: 6% to 10%, Si: 3% to 7%, Fe: 0.2% to 2%, Mn: 0.02% to 2%, and the balance as Al and incidental impurities, where-in the coating layer has pseudoternary eutectic microstructures of αAl—Mg | 12-25-2014 |
20140361226 | Negative Electrode Active Material and Use of Same - This invention relates to an anode active material comprising at least one iron oxide selected from the group consisting of amorphous iron oxides, ferrihydrite, and lepidocrocite. The invention also relates to a lithium ion secondary battery anode material comprising the anode active material as a constituent component, a lithium ion secondary battery anode comprising the lithium ion secondary battery anode material, and a lithium ion secondary battery comprising the lithium ion secondary battery anode. | 12-11-2014 |
20140306641 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus includes a reference model unit configured to generate a model output representing a desired operation of the controlled object and a model input for driving the controlled object to the desired operation, a feedback unit configured to generate a feedback for causing the control output to follow the model output, and an adder configured to add up the model input and the feedback and generate a control input to the controlled object. The reference model unit includes a storing unit configured to retain, as a vector, a present value of the target value and one or a plurality of past values of the target value, a numerical model configured to simulate a characteristic of the controlled object and generate the model output and a state variable on the basis of the model input, a model controller configured to generate the model input, and a controller determining unit configured to determine the model controller. | 10-16-2014 |
20140286978 | CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE INDUCER - The invention provides a cytotoxic T lymphocyte inducer comprising a virus-like particle composed of VP1 of simian virus 40. The T cell epitope peptide is inserted into a DE loop and/or an HI loop of the VP1. | 09-25-2014 |
20140250124 | DATA EDITING DEVICE AND DATA EDITING METHOD - A data storage unit of a data editing apparatus stores both a base indicating a data attribute and a data value in association with each other as data to be edited. A code acquisition unit acquires a user code, which is a code described in a first program language for describing data editing details by intensive notation and which describes editing details for the data to be edited that are based on the base. A code generation unit generates, in accordance with a predetermined correspondence relationship between a second program language for describing data editing details by extensive notation and the first program language, an execution code described in the second program language based on the user code. An editing processing unit edits the data to be edited in accordance with the execution code. | 09-04-2014 |
20140242388 | METHOD OF PRODUCING METAL COMPLEX-SUPPORTING MESOPOROUS MATERIAL - A method of producing a metal complex-supporting mesoporous material that can support a metal complex in the pores thereof without causing aggregation of the metal complex. A metal complex-supporting mesoporous material supporting a metal complex in the pores thereof without causing aggregation of the metal complex. A method of producing a mesoporous material supporting metal-containing nanoparticles using the metal complex supported in the pores of the mesoporous material as a template. A solution of a metal complex prepared by a phenyl azomethine dendrimer compound having a specific structure is brought into contact with a mesoporous material so that the metal complex of the phenyl azomethine dendrimer compound is supported by the mesoporous material. | 08-28-2014 |
20140238954 | METHOD OF PRODUCING STRUCTURE CONTAINING PHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE, METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN, AND TOP COAT MATERIAL - A method of producing a structure containing a phase-separated structure, including forming, on a substrate, a layer containing a block copolymer having a block of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane structure-containing structural unit; forming a top coat film by applying, to the layer containing the block copolymer, a top coat material which undergoes a change in polarity upon heating, and controls a surface energy of the layer containing the block copolymer; and subjecting the layer containing the block copolymer on which the top coat film is formed to phase separation by thermal annealing. | 08-28-2014 |
20140222653 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DETECTING CHANGE-POINT OF TIME-SERIES DATA, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR PREDICTING PROBABILITY DENSITY DISTRIBUTION OF FUTURE TIME-SERIES DATA VALUES - The present invention applies a particle filter method to the PUCK model for calculating a true market price. First, a probability density function of a parameter is obtained by generating a group of particles having parameters representing the state of the PUCK model each having different values. Then, the degree of conformity of each of the particles is evaluated and the particles are resampled as follows in accordance with the degree of conformity. A random number is compared with a predetermined value, where particles are regenerated in accordance with probability density function such as a normal distribution for making a parameter value of the model at time (t) into a mean value when the random number is greater than the predetermined value, and where the particles are regenerated taking a uniform distribution as the probability density function when the random number is less than the predetermined value. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222208 | Maneuvering system having inner force sense presenting function - A compact, lightweight manipulation system that excels in operability and has a force feedback capability is provided. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222204 | MANEUVERING SYSTEM HAVING INNER FORCE SENSE PRESENTING FUNCTION - A compact, lightweight manipulation system that excels in operability and has a force feedback capability is provided. | 08-07-2014 |
20140209174 | INK FOR FORMING COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A method for producing a nanoparticle for forming a CZTS compound semiconductor thin film is provided which includes the step of reacting a solution including a metal salt or a metal complex with a solution including a chalcogenide salt to produce a CZTS compound nanoparticle. A CZTS compound semiconductor thin film is formed by coating or printing the nanoparticle for forming the CZTS compound semiconductor thin film, and subjecting it to a heat treatment. A solar cell including the CZTS compound semiconductor thin film as the light-absorbing layer is provided. | 07-31-2014 |
20140192936 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, AND RECEIVING PROGRAM - To provide a receiving device, a receiving method, and a receiving program, which are capable of reducing performance degradation in a case where the spatial correlation of a channel becomes high. | 07-10-2014 |
20140189895 | TECHNIQUE FOR CLEAVING OUT PART OF POLY(A) CHAIN AND/OR 3'-TERMINAL SEQUENCE OF mRNA TO INHIBIT TRANSLATION REACTION - The present invention provides a method of artificially repressing gene expression, which is simpler to design than conventional methods (the RNAi, ribozyme and antisense methods) and which allows for easier confirmation of the effect. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186853 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING MUCIN 1 USING PROBE CAPABLE OF BINDING TO 3'-SULFONATED CORE 1 CARBOHYDRATE CHAIN, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OR MONITORING BREAST CANCER - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for detecting even mucin 1 derived from breast cancer, which cannot be detected by a CA15-3 measurement method. | 07-03-2014 |
20140152107 | PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM | 06-05-2014 |
20140142717 | POROUS COMPOSITE WITH GRADED BIOABSORBABILITY, ARTIFICIAL BONE USING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The object of the present invention is to provide a calcium phosphate-collagen fiber composite which has an excellent mechanical property, can induce bone replacement by rapid bone remodeling, and can be used in a high-load region. The object can be solved by a porous composite comprising a calcium phosphate crystal and a collagen fiber at a weight ratio of 80:20 to 20:80, wherein (1) a bioabsorbability of the porous composite is graded, and (2) the density of the porous composite determined by gravimetric method is 300 to 1500 mg/cm | 05-22-2014 |
20140128252 | PEROVSKITE OXIDE CONTAINING HYDRIDE ION, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - [Problem] Many oxide-ion conductors exhibit high functionality at high temperatures due to the large weight and charge of oxide ions, and it has been difficult to achieve the functionality at low temperatures. | 05-08-2014 |
20140118586 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus has a color filter array, an image sensor, and a differential information acquisition unit. In the color filter array, including five or more types of color filters are arranged in a two dimensional form. The image sensor has a plurality of pixels covered by the color filters, and the plurality of pixels generate pixel signals. The acquisition unit designates one of the pixels covered by the color filters of interest as a pixel of interest one pixel at a time in order. The acquisition unit calculates first differential information based on pixel signals generated by two of the pixels arranged on both sides of the pixel of interest along the first direction. The acquisition unit calculates second differential information based on pixel signals generated by two of the pixels arranged on both sides of the pixel of interest along the second direction. | 05-01-2014 |
20140087289 | PARTICULATE CARBON CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A particulate carbon catalyst in which particles having a particle diameter of 20 nm-1 μm account for a volume fraction of at least 45%, and the content of nitrogen atoms is 0.1-10 atomic % relative to the amount of carbon atoms. | 03-27-2014 |
20140081028 | ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an organic semiconductor material having liquid crystallinity and high electron mobility. The present invention is an organic semiconductor material having at least a charge-transporting molecular unit (A) having a structure of an aromatic fused ring system and a cyclic structural unit (B) bonded to the aforementioned unit via a single bond, wherein the unit (A) and/or the unit (B) has a side chain composed of a unit (C), and wherein the organic semiconductor material exhibits a liquid crystal phase that is different from an N-phase, an SmA-phase or an SmC-phase. | 03-20-2014 |
20140065059 | CATALYST FOR PRODUCING AN OLEFIN FROM AN ALCOHOL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLEFIN, POLYOLEFIN, AND OLEFIN OXIDE - Disclosed are a catalyst for producing, from an alcohol, an olefin whose number of carbon atoms is at least one more than the number of carbon atoms of the alcohol, wherein at least the surface of the catalyst is substantially composed of zirconium oxide; a method for producing an olefin using the same; and so on. | 03-06-2014 |
20140056817 | PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY OR DIAGNOSTIC AGENT, USING INFRARED-SPECTRUM LIGHT - It is intended to provide a therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent that can be used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) or photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) capable of utilizing infrared-spectrum light such as near-infrared light (NIR), infrared light, or far-infrared light, which attains a deep body penetration. The present invention provides a photodynamic therapeutic or diagnostic agent or a photodynamic therapeutic or diagnostic kit for cancer or infectious disease, comprising: a particle (e.g., a lanthanide particle) that emits upconversion luminescence by infrared-spectrum light such as near-infrared light having a wavelength of 0.7 μm to 2.5 μm; and a photosensitizer (e.g., porphyrin) or a 5-aminolevulinic acid group. | 02-27-2014 |
20140054448 | COLOR FILTER ARRAY AND IMAGE SENSOR - The color filter array | 02-27-2014 |
20140047929 | FORCE CALCULATING SYSTEM - The force calculation system of the present invention is provided with: an air blowing unit for blowing air at a predetermined pressure; a flow passage for air blown from air blowing unit; a sensing unit for changing the ease of flow of air that flows through a flow passage by deforming when an external force is given; a storage unit for storing in advance the flow volume-force correspondence information showing the correspondence between the magnitude of the force received by the sensing unit and the flow volume at which air blown from air blowing unit flows through the flow passage; and a processing unit for calculating the magnitude of external force received by the sensing unit, on the basis of the flow volume of air flowing through the flow passage as measured by a flow volume meter; and the flow volume-force correspondence information stored in the storage unit. | 02-20-2014 |
20140044948 | HIGH-STRENGTH COLLAGEN FIBER MEMBRANE AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The object of the present invention is to provide a collagen fiber membrane, which has sufficient strength and can be used as a cell culture substrate, a scaffold material for regenerative medicine (for example, material for tissue engineering of cartilage, bone, ligament, corneal stroma, skin, or liver), an implantation material (for example, wound dressing material, bone grafting material, hemostatic material, anti-adhesive material) or a carrier for drug delivery. The object of the present invention can be solved by a fish-derived collagen fiber membrane, characterized in that (1) a tensile strength is 30 MPa or more, (2) a density determined by the gravimetric method, is 0.4 g/cm | 02-13-2014 |
20140036258 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION LINE CONNECTION SYSTEM AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION LINE CONNECTION METHOD - An optical transmission line connection system includes a light source unit that outputs laser light, a pump light generation unit that allows the laser light outputted from the light source unit to pass through one end of an optical transmission line and be made incident on one end of another optical transmission line as pump light, a measurement unit that measures non-linear scattered light components contained in reflected light, and a control unit that evaluates a spectrum of the non-linear scattered components observed by the measurement unit, and controls positions of optical axes of the one end of the one optical transmission line and the one end of the other optical transmission line so as to position the optical axes and maximize an intensity of the non-linear scattered light components. | 02-06-2014 |
20140024058 | COELENTERAZINE ANALOGS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There has been a need for coelenterazine analogs that exhibit luminescence properties different from those of known coelenterazine analogs. The present invention provides the compound represented by general formula (1). | 01-23-2014 |
20140017692 | METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID - [Problem] To provide a method for detecting a nucleic acid (such as DNA and RNA) under isothermal conditions, in particular a method by which a short-chain nucleic acid can be directly detected. [Solution] A method for detecting a target nucleic acid in a sample of the present invention comprises: (a) a step of preparing a first oligonucleotide which comprises, in the direction from 5′ to 3′, a first arbitrary sequence, an endonuclease recognition site that is used in a nicking reaction, and a sequence complementary to the target nucleic acid; (b) a step of carrying out a nucleic acid amplification reaction using the target nucleic acid contained in the sample as a primer in the presence of an endonuclease which recognizes the endonuclease recognition site that is used in a nicking reaction; and (c) a step of detecting an oligonucleotide which is obtained by the nucleic acid amplification reaction and comprises a sequence complementary to the first arbitrary sequence. | 01-16-2014 |
20130337227 | NON-FIBROGENESIS COLLAGEN MATERIAL AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The object of the present invention is to provide a non-fibrogenesis collagen material which has a sufficient strength and can be used as a cell culture substrate, a scaffold material for regenerative medicine (for example, material for tissue engineering of cartilage, bone, ligament, corneal stroma, skin, or liver), an implantation material (for example, wound dressing material, bone grafting material, hemostatic material, anti-adhesive material) or a carrier for drug delivery. The object of the present invention can be solved by a non-fibrogenesis collagen material characterized by comprising a fish-derived collagen. | 12-19-2013 |
20130330541 | METAL OXIDE - Provided is a piezoelectric material excellent in piezoelectricity. The piezoelectric material includes a perovskite-type complex oxide represented by the following General Formula (1). | 12-12-2013 |
20130324684 | DIACETYLENE DERIVATIVE AND LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER HAVING DIACETYLENE STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a diacetylene derivative represented by the following formula (A) which exhibits liquid crystallinity by itself and has a large refractive index anisotropy or does not exhibit liquid crystallinity by itself but exhibits a large refractive index anisotropy when added to a liquid crystalline compound: | 12-05-2013 |
20130322588 | NUCLEAR REACTOR AND POWER GENERATION FACILITY - A nuclear reactor provided with a core which is provided with a new fuel part which contains uranium and a burning part in which fuel burns, wherein power is generated by fission of plutonium and wherein the burning part moves in a direction toward the new fuel part from the beginning to end of the operation cycle. The nuclear reactor is provided with a reactivity applying mechanism to apply the reactivity which can change the power of the core when the temperature of the coolant which flows through the inside of the core changes and performs control to change the temperature of the coolant which flows through the inside of the core in accordance with the change of power which is demanded for the core. | 12-05-2013 |
20130312563 | MANEUVERING SYSTEM HAVING INNER FORCE SENSE PRESENTING FUNCTION - A compact, lightweight manipulation system that excels in operability and has a force feedback capability is provided. When automatic operation of a slave manipulator | 11-28-2013 |
20130310580 | Method For Producing Optically Active Fluorine-Containing Oxeten - A method for producing an optically active fluorine-containing oxeten, the method being provided to include the steps of causing a fluorine-containing α-ketoester and an internal alkyne to react with each other in the presence of a transition metal complex that has an optically active ligand. | 11-21-2013 |
20130307352 | INVERTER APPARATUS AND SOLAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - An inverter apparatus comprising a first switch group that is connected to a DC power source and includes a first switch and a second switch connected in series; a capacitor that has one end thereof connected to a first connection point between the first switch and the second switch; a second switch group that is connected in parallel with the capacitor and includes a third switch and a fourth switch that are connected in series; a switch control section that controls an ON/OFF state of the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, and the fourth switch to convert DC voltage from the DC power source into AC voltage and output the AC voltage from a second connection point between the third switch and the fourth switch; and a smoothing circuit that is connected to the second connection point and normalizes a pulse waveform of the AC voltage. | 11-21-2013 |
20130288959 | SCREENING METHOD FOR ANTIDIABETIC AGENT USING NEWLY IDENTIFIED INSULIN SECRETION REGULATION FACTOR - It is an object of the present invention to provide a newly identified insulin secretion regulation factor that can control blood sugar in the normal range, and a method for screening an antidiabetic drug using said factor. | 10-31-2013 |
20130274090 | LIGHT CONVERSION ELEMENT CONTAINING IONIC LIQUID, A PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME, AND AN APPARATUS COMPRISING THE LIGHT CONVERSION ELEMENT - To provide a light conversion element which has solved the problems of the reduced intensity of upconverted light, etc., due to the flammability, volatility or high viscosity of a medium used in the conventional photon upconversion elements. | 10-17-2013 |
20130269681 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING SOLAR HEAT - The invention provides a solar thermal storage method capable of supplying heat of about 1000-1300 K to an external facility for 24 hours. Disclosed is a solar thermal storage method for storing heat using solar light energy, comprising a concentrated beam irradiation step S | 10-17-2013 |
20130254143 | ATTRIBUTE VALUE ESTIMATION DEVICE, ATTRIBUTE VALUE ESTIMATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides an attribute value estimation device capable of yielding highly accurate estimation results even when people from multiple races are estimation targets. The attribute value estimation device for estimating, from data input thereto, an attribute value of the data includes: a data acquisition unit ( | 09-26-2013 |
20130235290 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT - Provided is a liquid crystal display element having an improved response speed by using a liquid crystal compound having a high K | 09-12-2013 |
20130222482 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - The piezoelectric element includes, on a substrate: a piezoelectric film; and a pair of electrodes provided in contact with the piezoelectric film; in which the piezoelectric film contains a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the general formula (1) as a main component: | 08-29-2013 |
20130217913 | Antimalarial Drug Comprising Alaremycin or Derivative Thereof as Active Ingredient - Provided is a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for malaria, comprising, as an active ingredient, 5-acetamido-4-oxo-5-hexenoic acid (Alaremycin) or a derivative thereof. A preventive and/or therapeutic agent for malaria is used which comprises, as an active ingredient, Alaremycin or a derivative thereof represented by formula (I) (wherein R | 08-22-2013 |
20130216098 | MAP GENERATION APPARATUS, MAP GENERATION METHOD, MOVING METHOD FOR MOVING BODY, AND ROBOT APPARATUS - Performing map construction under a crowded environment where there are a lot of people. It includes a successive image acquisition unit that obtains images that are taken while a robot is moving, a local feature quantity extraction unit that extracts a quantity at each feature point from the images, a feature quantity matching unit that performs matching among the quantities in the input images, where quantities are extracted by the extraction unit, an invariant feature quantity calculation unit that calculates an average of the matched quantities among a predetermined number of images by the matching unit as an invariant feature quantity, a distance information acquisition unit that calculates distance information corresponding to each invariant feature quantity based on a position of the robot at times when the images are obtained, and a map generation unit that generates a local metrical map as a hybrid map. | 08-22-2013 |
20130186462 | TRANSPARENT ELECTROCONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE FOR SOLAR CELL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SUBSTRATE, AND SOLAR CELL USING THE SUBSTRATE - A transparent electroconductive substrate for a solar cell, comprising:
| 07-25-2013 |
20130183224 | AMMONIA SYNTHESIS CATALYST AND AMMONIA SYNTHESIS METHOD - The present invention provides a catalyst substance that is stable and performs well in the synthesis of ammonia, one of the most important chemical substances for fertilizer ingredients and the like. The catalyst substance exhibits catalytic activity under mild synthesis conditions not requiring high pressure, and is also advantageous from a resource perspective. Further provided is a method for producing the same. This catalyst comprises a supported metal catalyst that is supported on a mayenite type compound including conduction electrons of 10 | 07-18-2013 |
20130141546 | ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION APPARATUS - An apparatus capable of improving the estimation accuracy of information on a subject including a distance up to the subject is provided. According to an environment recognition apparatus | 06-06-2013 |
20130139577 | RIGID BODY CHARACTERISTIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND RIGID BODY CHARACTERISTIC IDENTIFICATION METHOD - A rigid body characteristic identification system which identifies rigid body characteristics of a measurement target including its mass and center of gravity position, provided with an immovable stationary part | 06-06-2013 |
20130130276 | METHOD FOR DETECTING GASTRIC CANCER - The object of the present invention is to provide a method for detecting gastric cancer, and a kit for detecting gastric cancer. The object can be solved by a method for detecting gastric cancer characterized by analyzing β1,4-N-acetylgalactosamine transferase 1. According to the present invention, gastric cancer patients can be detected at high rates, even early stage gastric cancer patients without a subjective symptom. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129581 | MICRODROPLET-PRODUCING APPARATUS - [Name of the Document] The present invention provides an apparatus for producing micro liquid drops through fine channels which can produce a large amount of micro liquid drops at low costs in an efficient manner. The apparatus for producing micro liquid drops according to the present invention includes a fine channel substrate and a holder for holding the fine channel substrate. The fine channel substrate has a micro liquid drop discharge outlet formed at the center thereof; a plurality of micro liquid drop producing sections which are connected to the micro liquid drop discharge outlet via the fine channels and disposed on the respective circumference of M circles or polygons arranged around the micro liquid drop discharge outlet; first-liquid drawing inlets which are disposed on the circumference of a circle or polygon arranged around the micro liquid drop discharge outlet; up-to-Nth-liquid drawing inlets (N is an integer equal to two or greater, M≦N−1) which are disposed on the respective circumference of circles or polygons arranged sequentially outward; and the fine channels through which the first- to Nth-liquids are supplied to the plurality of micro liquid drop producing sections. The holder for holding the fine channel substrate has a multi-pipe structure which includes N annular channels for distributing an equal flow of the first- to Nth-liquids to the drawing inlet for each liquid in the fine channel substrate. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127298 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND DEVICES USING THE SAME - Provided is a Bi-based piezoelectric material having good piezoelectric properties. The piezoelectric material includes a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the following general formula (1): | 05-23-2013 |
20130115612 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING MUCIN 1 HAVING SIAALPHA2-8SIAALPHA2-3GALBETA GLYCANS - The object of the present invention is to provide a clinical marker capable of distinguishing breast cancer from interstitial pneumonia; and a clinical marker for detecting malignancy or progress level of breast cancer, and for monitoring effects of the treatment of breast cancer. The object can be solved by a method for analyzing mucin 1 having Siaα2-8Siaα2-3Galβ-R, characterized by comprising the step of bringing a first probe specifically binding to a mucin 1 having Siaα2-8Siaα2-3Galβ-R into contact with a sample to be tested. | 05-09-2013 |
20130108172 | Position Estimation Device, Position Estimation Method, And Program | 05-02-2013 |
20130101503 | Process For The Production Of A Core/Shell Zeolitic Material Having A CHA Framework Structure - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a zeolitic material having a CHA framework structure, said zeolitic material comprising zeolite crystals having a core-shell structure, wherein said process comprises the steps of
| 04-25-2013 |
20130095004 | LIQUID INTRODUCING PLASMA SYSTEM - A liquid introducing plasma system including a plasma chamber in which a plasma is produced, a plasma generator device which creates the plasma in the chamber, and a spouting device for linearly ejecting a liquid in a linear jet to thereby introduce the liquid into the plasma chamber is disclosed. The plasma system is capable of supplying an ultra-small volume of sample liquid to the plasma while reducing consumption of electrical power required for generation of the plasma. | 04-18-2013 |
20130092888 | Thermochromic Resin Composite, Method For Adjusting Clouding Point Of Thermochromic Resin Composite, And Dimmer - Disclosed are a thermochromic resin composite and a dimmer allowing easy adjustment of a clouding point. The thermochromic resin composite is predominantly composed of an aqueous medium, an amphiphilic linear polymer changeable between a transparent state and an opaque state in the aqueous medium depending on temperature, and an amphiphilic endless polymer changeable between a transparent state and an opaque state in the aqueous medium depending on temperature, and the amphiphilic linear polymer and the amphiphilic endless polymer in the aqueous medium have one clouding point, the clouding point changing in accordance with a mixing ratio of the amphiphilic linear polymer to the amphiphilic endless polymer. | 04-18-2013 |
20130086704 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION UTILIZING PANCREATIC BETA CELL PROLIFERATION FACTOR - Disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition, a screening method, and the like which use UDP-glucose glycoprotein glycosyl transferase 1 (UGGT1) or a gene encoding the same. UGGT1 has an extremely high proliferative activity compared to known pancreatic β-cell proliferation factors; thus, UGGT1 can act as a useful therapeutic agent for diabetes without any modification and is also useful as a target substance for the development of a new therapeutic agent for diabetes. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084027 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | 04-04-2013 |
20130083304 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER, VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER APPARATUS, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A vertical cavity surface emitting laser includes a first semiconductor multilayer reflector, a resonator, and a second semiconductor multilayer reflector. The first semiconductor multilayer reflector is formed on a substrate and is configured by stacking a high refractive index layer having a relatively high refractive index and a low refractive index layer having a relatively low refractive index. The resonator includes an active layer formed on the first semiconductor multilayer reflector. The second semiconductor multilayer reflector is configured by stacking the high refractive index layer and the low refractive index layer. The resonator includes a pair of spacer layers disposed vertically on the active layer and a resonator extension area formed at one side of the pair of spacer layers. The resonator extension area contains a material in which an energy level with a crystal defect is higher than a general energy level without the crystal defect. | 04-04-2013 |
20130081692 | SOLAR CELL HAVING POROUS STRUCTURE IN WHICH METAL NANOPARTICLES ARE CARRIED IN PORES - The present invention intends to provide a solar cell that has, by an increase in the absorbance of light of a surface of a solar cell, a reduction in the reflectance, and so on, a high energy conversion efficiency. The problem was solved by a pn junction type semiconductor solar cell that has a porous structure on a surface thereof, characterized in that metal nanoparticles having a surface plasmon absorption are supported in pores present in the porous structure, further, by a pn junction type semiconductor solar cell in which the porous structure is formed in a photoelectric material itself in a pn junction type semiconductor solar cell, or, the porous structure is formed in a light transmission layer disposed on a surface of a pn junction type semiconductor solar cell. | 04-04-2013 |
20130071892 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID USING GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISM HAVING ENOYL-CoA HYDRATASE GENE INTRODUCED THEREIN - The present invention intends to produce poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) [P(3HB-co-3HHx)] with a high 3-hydroxyhexanoic acid fraction using a vegetable oil as a basic raw material. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of producing a microorganism that produces poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) with a high 3-hydroxyhexanoic acid fraction using a vegetable oil as a basic raw material, by introducing a gene encoding R-hydratase that converts a fatty acid β-oxidation system intermediate to a monomer, (R)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA [R-3HA-CoA], into a recombinant | 03-21-2013 |
20130071619 | METAL FINE-PARTICLE COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A nano-composite | 03-21-2013 |
20130044017 | PIPELINE A/D CONVERTER AND A/D CONVERTING METHOD - An A-type converter circuit compares an input voltage with multiple threshold voltages, judges which segment it belongs to, and generates first and second voltages with the input voltage segment between them. The A-type converter circuit generates third and fourth voltages by amplifying the differences between the first and the input voltages and between the second and the input voltages. A B-type converter circuit divides the range between the third and fourth voltages into multiple segments, and judges which segment includes the common voltage. Subsequently, the B-type converter circuit generates fifth and sixth voltages with the common voltage segment between them. The B-type converter circuit generates a seventh (the next stage's third voltage) and an eighth voltage by amplifying the differences between the fifth and the common voltages and between the sixth and the common voltages. | 02-21-2013 |
20130040208 | SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL, BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL - The problem of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material having excellent ion conductivity. The present invention solves the problem by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising an M | 02-14-2013 |
20130040107 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATE HAVING DISPERSED PARTICLES OF DENDRIMER COMPOUND ON THE SURFACE THEREOF, AND SUBSTRATE HAVING DISPERSED PARTICLES OF DENDRIMER COMPOUND ON THE SURFACE THEREOF - A method for producing a substrate having dispersed particles of a dendrimer compound on the surface thereof, the method including: an application step including dissolving a phenyl azomethine dendrimer compound in a solvent to prepare a solution, and applying the solution on the surface of a substrate; and a volatilization step including volatilizing the solvent from the solution applied on the surface of the substrate, the phenyl azomethine dendrimer compound included in the solution having a concentration of no greater than 5 μmol/L is employed. | 02-14-2013 |
20130037207 | METHOD OF ADHERING HARD SILICONE RESIN, METHOD OF ADHERING SUBSTRATE HAVING FINE STRUCTURE, AND PREPARATION METHOD OF MICRO FLUIDIC DEVICE UTILIZING ADHESION METHOD - A method for adhering a major substrate to which nano sized concave and convex structures are formed without damaging the concave and convex structures can be used in a production method of a microfluidic device including nano sized fluidic channels. The substrates may be adhered under heat free and adhesive agent free environment by exciting the substrate surface including hard silicone resin with atmospheric plasma or vacuum ultraviolet light, then juxtaposing and pressurizing the surface of the hard silicone resin substrate and glass substrate. The silicone rubber composition is applied on the contact face of the cover substrate and then the silicone rubber composition is cured to form the silicone rubber layer and then the ultraviolet light is exposed under the condition that the surface of the major substrate being formed with concave and convex structures is contacted closely to the silicone rubber layer of the cover substrate. | 02-14-2013 |
20130032778 | ELECTRON EMITTING SOURCE AND SUBSTRATE FOR THIN FILM GROWTH | 02-07-2013 |
20130019598 | STEAM GENERATOR AND ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a steam generator capable of greatly improving energy efficiency, and an energy supply system that uses the steam generator. The steam generator of the present invention includes a high-temperature chamber to which heat of 250° C. to 800° C. is supplied; a low-temperature chamber arranged adjacent to the high-temperature chamber and configured to produce low-temperature steam of 50° C. to 185° C. from water using the heat of the high-temperature chamber; and at least one thermoelectric element arranged between the high-temperature chamber and the low-temperature chamber. | 01-24-2013 |
20120329968 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING 18F-LABELED COMPOUND AND HIGH MOLECULAR COMPOUND TO BE USED IN THE METHOD - The present invention aims at solving the problems of conventional methods for producing an | 12-27-2012 |
20120325941 | ODOR GENERATOR - The present invention provides an odor generator capable of providing a wide range of odors including the odor of a low volatile fragrance ingredient. The odor generator comprises a plurality of electroosmotic flow pumps, each of which typically includes a storage section for storing a liquid containing a volatile fragrance ingredient, and an outlet section having a porous material arranged for discharging the stored liquid through the porous material when a voltage is applied to the porous material and a surface acoustic wave (SAW) or other element for atomizing or vaporizing the liquid discharged from the outlet section. | 12-27-2012 |
20120317354 | STORAGE DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME AND SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A storage device has plural data disks including a primary data area and a backup data area. Performance and reliability are secured while conserving power. A system management means includes a disk rotational state detection means, a disk rotational state control means for rotating or stopping a data disk, and a data placement control means for accessing the data disk to move the data. The data placement control means, if the data disk of the primary or backup side has been stopped at writing time, spins up and accesses thereof, and if the data disk of the primary or backup side has been stopped at reading time, prioritizes the side that is being rotated and accesses thereto, and if the data disk of the primary and backup side have both been stopped at reading time, spins up and accesses the side that has been stopped for the longer time. | 12-13-2012 |
20120314269 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR MECHANISM - A piezoelectric actuator mechanism including: a screw-driven feeding mechanism that has a feed screw ( | 12-13-2012 |
20120308470 | METHOD OF PREPARING CARBON NANOTUBES AND CATALYST FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBES - A method for preparing carbon nanotubes including attaching a catalyst consisting of a compound in which a transition metal element of Group 8, 9 or 10 is coordinated to a nitrogen-containing dendrimer compound having at least one nitrogen atom, to which a metal element may be coordinated, on a surface of a substrate, and thermally decomposing a carbon compound in the vicinity of the substrate while supplying the carbon compound on the surface of the substrate to which the catalyst is attached. The catalyst for producing the carbon nanotubes is a compound in which a transition metal element of Group 8, 9 or 10 is coordinated to a nitrogen-containing dendrimer compound having at least one nitrogen atom to which a metal element may be coordinated. | 12-06-2012 |
20120298932 | METAL COMPLEX, COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME AND LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT USING SAME - The invention provides a metal complex having a structure represented by the following formula (1): | 11-29-2012 |
20120293043 | TRANSDUCER FOR ULTRASONIC MOTOR - Electrodes ( | 11-22-2012 |
20120282612 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING PSA, AND A METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING PROSTATE CANCER FROM PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY USING THAT METHOD FOR ANALYZING PSA - A method for distinguishing prostate cancer from prostatic hypertrophy using the method for analyzing PSA and an analysis kit of PSA are provided. | 11-08-2012 |
20120269737 | POLYMER COATED FERRITE FINE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PREPARING POLYMER COATED FERRITE FINE PARTICLES - [Object] To provide a polymer coated ferrite fine particles being possible to control a particle size uniformly while having high aqueous dispersibility and preferred biomolecule immobilization ability and an easy method for preparing the same. | 10-25-2012 |
20120264034 | FUEL CELL ELECTRODE AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF - A fuel cell electrode that contains a support layer and a catalyst layer, wherein the catalyst layer does not contain a noble metal catalyst and is formed of carbon nanotubes, wherein the carbon nanotubes have pores in sidewalls thereof, and have a pore size distribution of 0.1 nm to 30 nm and a BET specific surface area of 100 to 4,000 m | 10-18-2012 |
20120259148 | Process For The Alkylation Of Organic Compounds - The present invention relates to a process for the alkylation of an organic compound comprising: (a) providing a catalyst comprising one or more zeolitic materials having a BEA framework structure, wherein the BEA framework structure comprises YO | 10-11-2012 |
20120259141 | Process for the Production of an Acylation Catalyst - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure comprising the steps of: (i) providing one or more zeolitic materials having a BEA framework structure, wherein the BEA framework structure comprises YO | 10-11-2012 |
20120251392 | Biosensor Using Magnetic Microparticles - Provided is a biosensor using magnetic microparticles whereby a biomaterial can be detected at a high sensitivity. The biosensor using magnetic microparticles is provided with a light source ( | 10-04-2012 |
20120248428 | THIENOPYRAZINE COMPOUND AND FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR CONTAINING THE SAME - A thienopyrazine compound which is useful for an organic semiconductor material. An organic field effect transistor, which includes an organic semiconductor layer that is easily produced from an organic semiconductor material containing the thienopyrazine compound by a coating method or a printing method, and which exhibits high carrier mobility and high on/off current ratio; and an organic field effect transistor which has ambipolar characteristics. The thienopyrazine compound is represented by chemical formula (I): | 10-04-2012 |
20120227731 | SOLAR LIGHT CONDENSING SYSTEM - Provided is a solar light concentrating system which realizes suppression of power generation costs by applying a receiver | 09-13-2012 |
20120219720 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SURFACE-COATED CUTTING TOOL WITH EXCELLENT ABRASION RESISTANCE - A method of manufacturing a surface-coated cutting tool includes: forming an aluminum oxide layer having a layer thickness of 0.05 to 5 μm and an α-alumina structure with a corundum type crystal structure on a cutting tool body using a sol-gel method. The step of forming includes adding an alcohol to aluminum alkoxide; adding an acid; stirring the mixture at 10° C. or lower to form a sol; applying the sol on a surface of the cutting tool body or an outer-most surface of a hard-coating layer formed on the surface of the cutting tool body; performing a drying process at least once, the applied sol being dried at 100 to 400° C. in the drying process; and annealing the cutting tool body with a dried sol layer at 500 to 1000° C. | 08-30-2012 |
20120207630 | DISPOSABLE CENTRIFUGAL BLOOD PUMP WITH MAGNETIC COUPLING - A disposable centrifugal blood pump with magnetic coupling provides a centrifugal blood pump with magnetic coupling which is simple in structure of disposable parts with low cost. Therefore, a housing as the disposable part includes a rotor having pole faces extending on the outer-peripheral surface and projecting inward from the inner-peripheral surface and an impeller attached to the rotor, and a stator as a reusable part includes three or more electromagnets for electromagnetic coupling for forming a magnetic coupling between the stator and the rotor, a torque transmission disk formed by sandwiching a ring-shaped permanent magnet between two upper and lower ring members and having pole faces corresponding to the pole faces projecting from the inner-peripheral surface of the rotor formed to project for generating a magnetic coupling between stator and rotor, a motor for rotating the torque transmission disk, and a displacement gauge for measuring displacement of the rotor. | 08-16-2012 |
20120200808 | Polymer compound and polymer light emitting device - To provide a polymer compound which is useful as a light emitting material or charge transport material having a boron atom. | 08-09-2012 |
20120200217 | HIGH-FREQUENCY ACCELERATOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH-FRQUENCY ACCELERATOR, QUADRUPOLE ACCELERATOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING QUADRUPOLE ACCELERATOR - A method of production of a radio frequency accelerator which has a tubular part | 08-09-2012 |
20120196206 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STRONGLY ACIDIC ZIRCONIUM PARTICLES, PROTON CONDUCTING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANE, PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANE, ELECTRODE FOR FUEL CELL, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, FUEL CELL - The disclosed methods enable zirconium sulfophenyl phosphonate, zirconium sulfate, or zirconia sulfate, which has high performance as a proton conducting material and high catalytic activity, to be produced at low temperature by reaction by adding sulfophenyl phosphonic acid or sulfuric acid to zirconium nanoparticles, the zirconium nanoparticles being a precursor of strongly acidic zirconium particles obtained by reacting zirconium alkoxide with zirconium butoxide as a chelating agent and nitric acid as a catalyst in isopropyl alcohol as a solvent. | 08-02-2012 |
20120196130 | SPHERICAL FERRITE NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Spherical ferrite nanoparticles produced by a method that includes the steps of: preparing a first aqueous solution containing a disaccharide, an alkaline, an oxidation agent, seed particles and divalent iron ions; and conducting particle growth in the first aqueous solution to produce the spherical ferrite nanoparticles. | 08-02-2012 |
20120190749 | STERILIZATION METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel sterilization method capable of killing not only microorganisms in water, but also microorganisms in a gas. Specifically, the present invention provide a method for sterilizing a gas or liquid, comprising contacting a microorganism in a gas or liquid with a material containing an amorphous carbon having a sulfo group introduced therein. | 07-26-2012 |
20120164232 | CONSTRUCT COATED WITH VIRUS COAT-CONSTITUTING PROTEIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Disclosed is a construct comprising a virus coat protein usable as a carrier for drug delivery adaptable to various drugs. Specifically disclosed is a construct coated with a virus coat protein, comprising a virus coat protein and a construct coated therewith, wherein the virus coat protein is attached to the surface of the construct to form a layer of the protein thereon. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162039 | RADIAL LINE SLOT ARRAY ANTENNA - A radial line slot array antenna has a slotted conductor plate in which a plurality of slots are formed and arranged in a spiral. The plurality of slots are arranged in the slotted conductor plate such that the arrangement distance in a radial direction between the slots varies gradually between a first portion determined based on a first frequency and a second portion determined based on a second frequency that is different from the first frequency. | 06-28-2012 |
20120156071 | Disposable Magnetically-Levitated Centrifugal Pump - A magnetically-levitated centrifugal pump, in which permanent magnets are not used for disposable sections, is provided with a pump head section and a pump section. The pump section comprises a stator, a torque transmission disc, a motor, a displacement sensor, and a pump housing. The stator has longer depth than protrusion length of a rotor accommodation section in which permanent magnets are not used, is equipped with a rotor insertion section, in which the rotor accommodation section is disposed so as to be able to be inserted and removed, on the side of one end section, and disposes three or more than three electromagnets for magnetic bearings, which magnetically couple with the rotor, at equal intervals. The torque transmission disc, which is disposed inside the rotor insertion section and which magnetically couples with the rotor, is formed by bonding ring components, which are made from magnetic material and are provided with protrusions at positions opposite protrusions on the rotor, between plural ring-shaped permanent magnets, which are magnetized in the thickness direction thereof, such that like-poles face each other, and then by placing another ring component on top of the uppermost ring-shaped permanent magnet. The motor rotationally drives the torque transmission disc. The displacement sensor measures radial displacement of the rotor. | 06-21-2012 |
20120145930 | LLP EUV LIGHT SOURCE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An LPP EUV light source includes a vacuum chamber | 06-14-2012 |
20120132897 | DIFFRACTION GRATING, ORGANIC EL ELEMENT USING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF - A diffraction grating having a transparent supporting substrate; and a cured resin layer which is stacked on the transparent supporting substrate and which has concavities and convexities formed on a surface thereof, wherein when a Fourier-transformed image is obtained by performing two-dimensional fast Fourier transform processing on a concavity and convexity analysis image obtained by analyzing a shape of the concavities and convexities formed on the surface of the cured resin layer by use of an atomic force microscope, the Fourier-transformed image shows a circular or annular pattern substantially centered at an origin at which an absolute value of wavenumber is 0 μm | 05-31-2012 |
20120121058 | CORE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR AND NUCLEAR REACTOR - A core of a nuclear reactor wherein the core is provided with a new fuel part at which new fuel is loaded and a burning part where the fuel burns, plutonium which is produced from uranium fissions to generate output, and the burning part moves from the beginning to end of the burning cycle, wherein when dividing the core, which is substantially circular when viewed by a plan view, into a center part and a peripheral part, the new fuel part is formed so that the weight of uranium per unit volume at the center part becomes smaller than the weight of uranium per unit volume at the peripheral part. | 05-17-2012 |
20120119157 | THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND POLYMER OF THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE - A novel polymer which has high solubility and good processability and is suitable as an electrically conductive material, and a novel compound which is a starting material of the polymer. The novel compound to be used as a starting material is a thiophene derivative represented by formula (I) shown below, | 05-17-2012 |
20120116024 | SELF-SUPPORTING THIN POLYMER FILM - [Object] To provide a self-supporting thin polymer membrane having a large surface area, a high strength, and a perpendicularly oriented cylindrical structure, and to provide a method of producing the membrane. | 05-10-2012 |
20120099679 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD - A receiving apparatus and reception method reduces degradation due to multipath interference without increasing the amount of computation even in a system that has a large number of subcarriers. A signal detector, using the symbol replica generated by symbol replica generator and the channel estimate which a channel estimator estimated based on the received pilot signal, suppresses interference attributed to delayed waves exceeding the GI and outputs a suppressed signal for the received signal. A demodulator decodes the signal of which interference has been alleviated, to determine code bit LLR as bit likelihood information. A decoder performs an error correction decoding process on the input code bit LLR. If no error exists in the result of error correction decoding, the decoder outputs information bits to complete the reception process. If there is an error in the decoded result, the decoder outputs the code bit LLR to symbol replica generator. | 04-26-2012 |
20120086943 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NANOPARTICLE MONOLAYERS - There is provided a method that can curtail the time for forming a particle layer and that can permit the production of a nanoparticle monolayer having stable optical characteristics at a high coating ratio and homogeneity in a reproducible and an efficient manner. | 04-12-2012 |
20120067050 | COMPOSITE MAGNETIC RING AND ENERGY CONVERTER - A composite magnetic ring has a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in a ring shape at a prescribed spacing, and low-temperature Curie point magnetic substances sandwiched between each adjacent permanent magnets. An energy converter, that converts exhaust heat energy or sunlight heat energy to mechanical or electrical energy by alteration of the magnetic permeability of low-temperature Curie point magnetic substances in the composite magnetic ring near their Curie point, includes a composite magnetic ring and a rotor situated inside the composite magnetic ring and having a plurality of magnetic poles, at least one of the low-temperature Curie point magnetic substances in the composite magnetic ring being heated to a temperature near its Curie point and a magnetic field being generated in the vicinity of the heated low-temperature Curie point magnetic substance, to rotate the rotor. | 03-22-2012 |
20120046418 | CROSSLINKABLE POLYMER MATERIAL, CROSSLINKED POLYMER MATERIAL, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a production method of a crosslinkable polymer material which includes adding 2-(glycidyloxy)-1-naphthonitrile oxide or 2-[5-(ethoxycarbonyl)pentyloxy]-1-naphthonitrile oxide by an addition reaction to a polymer material having a multiple bond to which a nitrile oxide is added by an addition reaction so as to introduce a glycidyl group or an ethoxycarbonyl group into the polymer material. | 02-23-2012 |
20120045137 | AGE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, AGE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND AGE ESTIMATION PROGRAM - Provided are an age estimation apparatus, an age estimation method, and an age estimation program capable of obtaining a recognition result closely matching the result perceived by human. An age estimation apparatus | 02-23-2012 |
20120035070 | COELENTERAZINE ANALOGS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There has been a need for coelenterazine analogs that exhibit luminescence properties different from those of known coelenterazine analogs. The present invention provides the compound represented by general formula (1). | 02-09-2012 |
20120016045 | Process For The Preparation Of Layered Silicates - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a layered silicate containing at least silicon and oxygen, comprising (1) providing a mixture containing silica and/or at least one silica precursor, water, at least one tetraalkylammonium compound selected from the group consisting of diethyldimethylammonium compound, a triethylmethylammonium compound, and a mixture of a diethyldimethylammonium and a triethylmethylammonium compound, and at least one base, and optionally at least one suitable seeding material; and (2) heating of the mixture obtained according to (1) under autogenous pressure (hydrothermal conditions) to a temperature in the range of from to 120 to 160° C. for a period in the range of from 5 to 10 days to give a suspension containing the layered silicate. | 01-19-2012 |
20120004465 | Process For The Preparation Of An Isomorphously Substituted Silicate - A process for the preparation of an isomorphously substituted layered silicate comprising (1) providing a mixture containing silica or a precursor thereof, at least one structure directing agent (SDA) allowing for the crystallization of the layered silicate, and water; (2) heating the mixture obtained according to (1) under hydrothermal conditions; (3) adding at least one source at least one element suitable for isomorphous substitution; (4) heating the mixture obtained according to (3) under hydrothermal conditions. | 01-05-2012 |
20110319250 | Process For The Preparation Of Pillared Silicates - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a silicate compound, comprising (1) providing at least one layered silicate; and (2) mixing said layered silicate with water and at least one silicon containing compound according to formula R | 12-29-2011 |
20110313226 | Zeolitic Materials of the LEV-Type Structure And Methods For Their Production - Described is a process for the production of a zeolitic material having an LEV-type framework structure comprising YO | 12-22-2011 |
20110312486 | Alkali-Free Synthesis of Zeolitic Materials of the LEV-Type Structure - Described is a process for the production of a zeolitic material having an LEV-type framework structure comprising YO | 12-22-2011 |
20110306781 | Method for Producing Optically Active Fluorinated Oxetane - Disclosed is a method of producing an optically active fluorinated oxetane, which can be an important pharmaceutical or agricultural intermediate, by reaction of a fluorinated α-keto ester with an acyl alkenyl ether in the presence of a transition metal complex with an optically active ligand. This method utilizes a catalytic asymmetric synthesis process and does not require a stoichiometric amount of chiral source. It is thus possible to dramatically reduce the amount of use of the asymmetric catalyst especially when the reaction is performed at a high concentration of substrate (with the use of a small amount of reaction solvent) or in the absence of a reaction solvent (under neat conditions). Further, the target optically active fluorinated oxetane can be obtained with high yield and with very high optical purity. The product contains almost no difficult-to-separate impurity and shows high chemical purity. | 12-15-2011 |
20110306049 | METHOD FOR DETECTING GYNECOLOGIC CANCER - The object of the present invention is to provide a method for detecting gynecologic cancer and a kit for detecting the same. | 12-15-2011 |
20110294850 | INDOLINE DERIVATIVES - The present invention provides a novel indoline derivative or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate of the derivative or a salt thereof represented by the following formula (1) that has an excellent butyrylcholinesterase inhibitory activity. In the formula, R | 12-01-2011 |
20110292310 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device to display moving and still images with superior image quality, comparable to common LCDs and to display memory images by a voltage lower than conventional electronic paper, and a method for operating the same. The liquid crystal display device comprises: a pair of electrode substrates facing each other; an orientation film of a polymer material on the pair of electrode substrates; a liquid crystal material between the pair of electrode substrates, wherein the liquid crystal display device displays an image by varying orientation of the liquid crystal material and a surfacial region of the orientation film, depending on temperature and voltage. | 12-01-2011 |
20110288280 | COELENTERAMIDE ANALOGS - There has been a need for coelenteramide analogs or the like that produce fluorescent proteins which exhibit different fluorescent characteristics from those of the existing fluorescent proteins. Disclosed is a compound represented by general formula (1) (wherein R | 11-24-2011 |
20110278548 | MICROLENS FOR ORGANIC EL ELEMENT, ORGANIC EL ELEMENT USING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF - A microlens for an organic EL element, which is used by being disposed on a light-emitting surface of the organic EL element, said microlens comprising a cured resin layer having concavities and convexities formed on a surface thereof, wherein when a Fourier-transformed image is obtained by performing two-dimensional fast Fourier transform processing on a concavity and convexity analysis image obtained by analyzing a shape of the concavities and convexities by use of an atomic force microscope, the Fourier-transformed image shows a circular or annular pattern substantially centered at an origin at which an absolute value of wavenumber is 0 μm | 11-17-2011 |
20110273925 | NONVOLATILE SRAM/LATCH CIRCUIT USING CURRENT-INDUCED MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL MTJ - The present invention is a memory circuit that includes a bistable circuit that stores data, and a ferromagnetic tunnel junction device that nonvolatilely stores the data in the bistable circuit according to a magnetization direction of a ferromagnetic electrode free layer, the data nonvolatilely stored in the ferromagnetic tunnel junction device being able to be restored in the bistable circuit. According to the present invention, writing data to and reading data from the bistable circuit can be performed at high speed. In addition, even though a power source is shut down, it is possible to restore data nonvolatilely stored in the ferromagnetic tunnel junction devices to the bistable circuit. | 11-10-2011 |
20110268965 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL - Provided is a piezoelectric material having a high Curie temperature and satisfactory piezoelectric characteristics, the piezoelectric material being represented by the following general formula (1): | 11-03-2011 |
20110248635 | PLASMA LIGHT SOURCE AND PLASMA LIGHT GENERATION METHOD - A plasma light source includes a pair of coaxial electrodes | 10-13-2011 |
20110245441 | POLYMER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A polymer and a method for producing same are provided, which includes a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1): | 10-06-2011 |
20110245440 | COPOLYMER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A copolymer and method for providing it are provided, which includes a monomer unit represented by the following formula (1) and an olefin unit: | 10-06-2011 |
20110237807 | ROTAXANE COMPOUND AND ANTITUMOR AGENT - An antitumor agent which is not easily excreted from tumor cells and is suitable for a topical treatment. Specifically disclosed is a rotaxane compound with contains a compound represented by chemical formula 1 as the base structure. (In chemical formula 1, m≧2, n≧3, and X represents an anionic molecule or an anionic atom | 09-29-2011 |
20110233820 | MOLD FOR NANOIMPRINT - A mold for nanoimprint including a liquid-crystalline polysilane and having a raised and recessed surface formed by the formation of a smectic phase due to the orientation of the liquid-crystalline polysilane. | 09-29-2011 |
20110224380 | CROSSLINKER, CROSSLINKED POLYMER MATERIAL, AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE CROSSLINKED POLYMER MATERIAL - The present invention provides a crosslinker used for crosslinking a polymer material having, in the molecule thereof, a multiple bond reactable with a nitrile oxide, the crosslinker including a bifunctional nitrile oxide having an aromatic nitrile oxide derivative structure in which one hydrogen atom of an aromatic ring is substituted with a nitrile oxide group and all hydrogen atoms at an ortho-position of the nitrile oxide group are substituted with a substituent other than a nitrile oxide group, wherein two such aromatic nitrile oxide derivative structures are bonded to either two oxy groups of a di-oxy structure having the two oxy groups or two carbonyl groups of a di-carbonyl structure having the two carbonyl groups. | 09-15-2011 |
20110215959 | COMPARATOR AND ANALOG/DIGITAL CONVERTER - To provide a comparator and an A/D converter having the comparator. The comparator includes a differential amplifier circuit section and a differential latch circuit section. A first input voltage signal, a second input voltage signal and a clock signal are inputted to the differential amplifier circuit section. The differential amplifier circuit section operates base on the clock signal to output a first output voltage signal and a second output voltage signal which respectively correspond to the value the input voltage signal and the value of the reference voltage signal and are amplified. The differential latch circuit section operates based on the first and second output voltage signals to keep and output a comparison result between the first input voltage signal and the second input voltage signal. | 09-08-2011 |
20110206932 | SURFACE-MODIFIED CARBON NANOTUBE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A carbon nanotube (CNT) is provided having micropores with a diameter of 1 to 10 nm in the side wall and in turn, having a large specific surface area. A production method of a surface-modified CNT (DMWCNT), comprises heating CNT having supported on the surface thereof a metal oxide or metal nitrate fine particle at a temperature of 100 to 1000° C., such as, 200 to 500° C., in an atmosphere containing oxygen. A cyclical solid phase oxidation-reduction reaction between the metal oxide and CNT occurs on the surface of the metal oxide fine particle supported on CNT, and carbon of CNT is oxidized to open a micropore. The metal oxide is preferably cobalt oxide, and the metal nitrate is preferably cobalt nitrate. | 08-25-2011 |
20110183355 | POLYMER PARTICLE CONTAINING FLUORESCENT MOLECULE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Polymer particles are provided which contain fluorescent molecules with high presence ratio in a polymer layer thereof and a method for preparing thereof. Polymer particles are swelled in a non-aqueous solution excluding exclusively water preferably promotes selling of the polymer layer and transfer of the fluorescent molecules to the polymer layer could not protected by water molecules such that much more fluorescent molecule may be introduced into inside of the polymer layer. Furthermore, since the water is added to the reaction system prior to evaporation removal of the non-aqueous solvent, dry-up of the polymer particles is prevented by the water remained in the reaction system and the polymer particles including fluorescent molecules with high presence ratio of the fluorescent molecules preferably keep high dispersibility using the above described procedures. | 07-28-2011 |
20110181821 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT AND MEHTOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed are a liquid crystal display element exhibiting a continuous gradation memory property as well as different display properties substantially similar to those of a liquid crystal display element having nematic liquid crystals, while enabling continuous tone display, and a method for manufacturing the same. | 07-28-2011 |
20110170784 | IMAGE REGISTRATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, REGION EXPANSION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS - [Problem]An object of the present invention is to provide an image registration processing apparatus that is capable of performing a robust and high-accuracy registration processing with respect to an entire image between images including multiple motions. | 07-14-2011 |
20110128763 | POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS - A power converting apparatus is provided with three sets of half-bridge inverters ( | 06-02-2011 |
20110113224 | EXECUTION TIME ESTIMATION METHOD, EXECUTION TIME ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND EXECUTION TIME ESTIMATION DEVICE - An execution time estimation device includes a program partitioning section that extracts partial programs partitioned by a conditional branch instruction or a function call instruction from a target program, a partial program execution time estimation calculating section that calculates the execution time of each of the partial programs to associate the leading instruction and the end instruction of each of the partial programs, and the calculated execution time with one another, a branch history information generating section that generates a branch history bit sequence which is a sequence of the true-false of the conditional branch instruction of when the target program is executed, an execution trace reproducing section that generates the execution sequences of the partial programs based on the branch history bit sequence, and an execution time estimation calculating section that adds the execution time of the partial programs based on the execution sequences of the partial programs. | 05-12-2011 |
20110092747 | Practical Method for Reducing Esters or Lactones - Esters and lactones can be respectively reduced to alcohols and diols in the presence of the Group 8 (VIII) transition metal complex, base and hydrogen gas (H | 04-21-2011 |
20110082295 | NOVEL CURCUMIN DERIVATIVE - To develop a highly safe measure to treat Alzheimer's disease using a secretase-inhibiting substance, there is provided a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof: | 04-07-2011 |
20110081692 | POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID COPOLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING SAME - A PHA copolymer comprising (R)-3-hydroxy-4-methyl valeric acid units and a production method thereof are provided. | 04-07-2011 |
20110079883 | FERROELECTRIC THIN FILM - Provided is a ferroelectric thin film formed on a substrate and having an amount of remanent polarization increased in its entirety. The ferroelectric thin film contains a perovskite-type metal oxide formed on a substrate, the ferroelectric thin film containing a column group formed of multiple columns each formed of a spinel-type metal oxide, in which the column group is in a state of standing in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, or in a state of slanting at a slant angle in a range of −10° or more to +10° or less with respect to the perpendicular direction. | 04-07-2011 |
20110054134 | Modified polymer material modified by nitrile oxide, and production method thereof - The present invention provides a production method of a modified polymer material produced by modifying a polymer material having in a molecule thereof a multiple bond that reacts with a nitrile oxide, includes reacting the polymer material with an aromatic nitrile oxide derivative having a substituent at an ortho-position of a nitrile oxide group of an aromatic nitrile oxide in which the nitrile oxide group is bonded to an aromatic ring. | 03-03-2011 |
20110033705 | CARBON FIBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A carbon fiber having a lattice spacing (d | 02-10-2011 |
20110024741 | INTEGRATED CIRCUITS UTILIZING AMORPHOUS OXIDES - Semiconductor devices and circuits with use of transparent oxide film are provided. The semiconductor device having a P-type region and an N-type region, wherein amorphous oxides with electron carrier concentration less than 10 | 02-03-2011 |
20110019958 | Polarization-Independent Optical Isolator - It is provided a polarization-independent optical isolator without depending on the polarized wave of the light being input to the waveguide-type optical isolator, in particular, it is able to completely isolate the propagating light of the backward direction. | 01-27-2011 |
20110017996 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - An Object of the Present Invention is to provide a new light-emitting device with the use of an amorphous oxide. The light-emitting device has a light-emitting layer existing between first and second electrodes and a field effect transistor, of which the active layer is an amorphous. | 01-27-2011 |
20110012107 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A novel field-effect transistor is provided which employs an amorphous oxide. In an embodiment of the present invention, the transistor comprises an amorphous oxide layer containing electron carrier at a concentration less than 1×10 | 01-20-2011 |
20110012050 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL - Provided is a piezoelectric material including a lead-free perovskite-type composite oxide which is excellent in piezoelectric characteristics and temperature characteristics and is represented by the general formula (1): | 01-20-2011 |
20100323457 | BIOSENSING METHOD USING COATED MAGNETIC FINE PARTICLES AND BIOSENSING APPARATUS FOR BIOSENSING METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel biosensing method as the novel application development of the magnetic particles in the biosensing. In an affinity reaction of biosensing, ligands are immobilized to magnetic fine particles and the magnetic fine particles are forced to reaction fields of the affinity reaction by magnetic guiding so as to bring the affinity reaction, which is the velocity controlling factor in the sensing, to high rates. According to the present invention, coated magnetic fine particles with having both of the high dispersion performance and high magnetic responsibility as the above described magnetic fine particles and the affinity reaction occurs quickly and in high density such that the present invention makes it possible to obtain relatively large signals within significantly short time duration when compared to the conventional art. | 12-23-2010 |
20100316525 | TiAl-BASED ALLOY, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND ROTOR BLADE USING SAME - A hot-forged TiAl-based alloy having excellent oxidation resistance and high strength at high temperatures, and a process for producing such an alloy. A TiAl-based alloy comprising Al: (40+a) atomic % and Nb: b atomic %, with the remainder being Ti and unavoidable impurities, wherein a and b satisfy formulas (1) and (2) below. | 12-16-2010 |
20100314995 | ORGANIC EL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ORGANIC EL ELEMENT AND ORGANIC EL ELEMENT EVALUATING METHOD - Provided are an organic EL device having improved conductivity of an anode compared with conventional organic EL devices, and a method for manufacturing such organic EL device. The organic EL device is provided with a layer-like optical element ( | 12-16-2010 |
20100308816 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTION DEVICE - Provided is a highly sensitive sensor system that can improve the S/N ratio by use of an electronic circuit without complicating the sensor body or degrading temporal resolution. A broad spectrum sensor element outputs an electric signal corresponding to a detected physical quantity, the sensor driven by multiplying a carrier signal by m-sequence code. The spread spectrum signal, after phase adjustment, is used to demodulate the sensor output signal, which corresponds to the broad spread spectrum of the physical quantity. The electrical noise generated in the sensor is a broad spread spectrum and is suppressed by low-pass filtering so as to improve the S/N ratio. | 12-09-2010 |
20100305346 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FATTY ACID MONOESTERIFIED PRODUCT USING SOLID ACID CATALYST - The present invention provides a method for producing a fatty acid monoester product by reacting an animal oil and/or a vegetable oil with an alcohol in the presence of a sulfonic acid group-introduced amorphous carbon catalyst and water. By this method, the production of a fatty acid monoglyceride, which is difficult to separate from the fatty acid monoester, can be suppressed, and the fatty acid monoester can be efficiently produced. | 12-02-2010 |
20100295972 | Ocular Motor Controller Using Principle of Vestibulo-ocular Reflex - An ocular motor controller for preventing an image blur by using the principle of vestibulo-ocular reflex in response to translational movement. The ocular motor controller comprises an image pickup section ( | 11-25-2010 |
20100295041 | DISPLAY - An active matrix display comprising a light control device and a field effect transistor for driving the light control device. The active layer of the field effect transistor comprises an amorphous. | 11-25-2010 |
20100267198 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is a novel method for manufacturing a field effect transistor. Prior to forming an amorphous oxide layer on a substrate, ultraviolet rays are irradiated onto the substrate surface in an ozone atmosphere, plasma is irradiated onto the substrate surface, or the substrate surface is cleaned by a chemical solution containing hydrogen peroxide. | 10-21-2010 |
20100262569 | DATA CONVERTING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM HAVING DATA CONVERTING PROGRAM - A data converting apparatus and a data converting program are suitable to quantitatively estimate, based on a temporal alteration of a stimulus value, a temporal alteration of a sensitivity brought to human beings. The data converting apparatus includes a decomposing unit subjecting temporal alteration data of a stimulus value to wavelet decomposition to extract plural time-frequency components contained in the temporal alteration data, a weighting unit weighting the plural extracted time-frequency components weighting coefficients which are predetermined based on a relationship between a temporal alteration of a stimulus value and a temporal alteration of a sensitivity of human beings to the stimulus value, and a synthesizing unit subjecting the plural weighted time-frequency components to wavelet synthesis to estimate a sensitivity brought to human beings when the stimulus value is subjected to temporal alteration according to the temporal alteration data. | 10-14-2010 |
20100259955 | SOFT SWITCHING POWER CONVERTER - The present invention provides a soft switching power converter that turns the switching operations of the semiconductor elements used for all the switching into soft switching operations with the use of a magnetic energy recovering switch that has a small-capacity magnetic energy storing capacitor connected between DC terminals of a bridge circuit formed with at least two reverse-conduction semiconductor switches. A high-frequency boost pulse voltage generated by the magnetic energy recovering switch is regarded as the voltage of a DC link portion. The soft switching power converter converts the voltage into DC or AC of arbitrary low frequency through a filter or a switching control unit. With this structure, the switching operations of the semiconductor elements used for all the switching are turned into soft switching operations. Accordingly, the power converter is capable of boosting or lowering the output voltage, and serves as a reversible power converter that is formed with a relatively small number of components and a simple control unit. | 10-14-2010 |
20100254908 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SURFACE-COATED INORGANIC PARTICLES - Nano-sized inorganic particles having uniform particle sizes and precisely controlled particle diameters have already been produced by synthesis in an organic solvent, but these nano-sized inorganic particles are hindered from dispersing in a polar solvent because of the adsorption of a long-chain fatty acid on the surfaces of the particles. Further, it was difficult to form nano-sized inorganic particles dispersible in a polar solvent by replacing the long-chain fatty acid coats. According to the invention, various surface-coated inorganic particles dispersible in polar solvents can be produced from fatty acid-coated inorganic particles by adding a temporary coating substance such as thiomalic acid to a nonpolar solvent containing fatty acid-coated inorganic particles dispersed therein to replace the fatty acid coats by the temporary coating substance, dispersing the inorganic particles coated with the temporary coating substance in a polar solvent, and then adding a coating substance dispersible in a polar solvent, e.g., citric acid to the obtained dispersion to replace the temporary coating substance coats covering the inorganic particles by the coating substance dispersible in a polar solvent. | 10-07-2010 |
20100240792 | Hyperbranched Polymer and Method for Producing the Same - Disclosed is a novel hyperbranched polymer having a functional group in a molecular chain of a repeating unit. Also disclosed is a method for producing such a hyperbranched polymer. Specifically disclosed is a hyperbranched polymer having a repeating unit derived from a (meth)acrylate compound as a linear structure, while having a repeating unit derived from a dithiocarbamate compound having a vinyl group structure as a branched structure. This hyperbranched polymer can be obtained by holding a dithiocarbamate compound having a vinyl group structure and a (meth)acrylate compound together and subjecting them to a living radical polymerization. | 09-23-2010 |
20100239864 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLYMER COATED FERROMAGNETIC PARTICLES AND POLYMER COATED FERROMAGNETIC PARTICLES - Polymer coated ferromagnetic particles could be obtained giving a solution to a problem of difficulty in dispersing ferromagnetic fine particles to a level of monodispersion because of their properties apt to form aggregates. Providing hydrophilic character to hydrophobic ferromagnetic particles obtained by adsorbing hydrophobizing agent to hydrophilic ferromagnetic particles, and dispersed using nonionic surface activating agent suppressing ionic strength increase of the particles. Monomer liquid was emulsified using nonionic surface activating agent and ionic surface activating agent. Mixing the dispersion liquid of ferromagnetic particles and the monomer emulsion were mixed and emulsion polymerization was conducted. Then well-dispersed homogeneous and stable polymer coated ferromagnetic particles showing good response to magnetic field were obtained. | 09-23-2010 |
20100239184 | PARAMETER CONTROL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus that is capable of effectively generating a high-resolution image with high image quality from multiple low-resolution images having displacements by an iterative reconstruction processing based on a reconstruction-based super-resolution processing method. | 09-23-2010 |
20100234546 | DIENE POLYMER AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF - A polymer comprising a unit represented by the following formula (1); and a process for producing the polymer comprising the step of polymerizing a diene compound such as 9,9-diallylfluorene in the presence of a polymerization catalyst formed by contacting a nickel compound with an organoaluminum compound and/or a boron compound: | 09-16-2010 |
20100232192 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS, POWER CONDITIONER, AND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A first chopper circuit generates a first sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to a positive side by chopping a direct current voltage at a system frequency. A second chopper circuit generates a second sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to a negative side by chopping a direct current voltage at a frequency twice as high as the system frequency. The second chopper circuit further generates a third sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to the positive and negative side in turns in the manner of sinusoidal wave by summing the first sequence of square wave voltages and the second sequence of square wave voltages. A third chopper circuit chops the third sequence of square wave voltages at a frequency determined by a timing that depends on if a voltage difference thereof to a sinusoidal wave voltage results in a positive value or a negative value and outputting the chopped third sequence of square wave voltages as a charge/discharge output. The third chopper circuit PWM-controls the charge/discharge output at a PWM frequency so that the difference is corrected to thereby generate a sinusoidal wave voltage that continuously changes to the positive and negative sides. | 09-16-2010 |
20100232191 | POWER CONDITIONER AND SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A first circuit generates a first sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to a positive side relative to a first reference potential, which is a potential on a negative-electrode side of a direct current power source, from a direct current voltage. A second circuit generates a second sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level lower than the voltage level of the first sequence of square wave voltages on the positive side that changes to a negative side relative to a second reference potential. The second chopper circuit further generates a third sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to the positive and negative side in turns in the manner of sinusoidal wave relative to the first reference potential by summing the first sequence of square wave voltages and the second sequence of square wave voltages. A third circuit outputs the third sequence of square wave voltages as a charge/discharge output. The third circuit further PWM-controls the charge/discharge output so that a difference of the third sequence of square wave voltages to a sinusoidal wave voltage is corrected and thereby generates a sinusoidal wave voltage that continuously changes to the positive and negative sides relative to the first reference potential from the third sequence of square wave voltages and the PWM-controlled output, and outputs the generated sinusoidal wave voltage to a load. | 09-16-2010 |
20100216953 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SULFONIC ACID GROUP-CONTAINING CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL, SOLID ACID CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALKYLATION REACTION PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OLEFIN POLYMER - The method for producing a sulfonic acid group-containing carbonaceous material of the present invention comprises the step of carbonizing and sulfonating a polymer having a structural unit derived from resorcinol by heating in an inert gas atmosphere to obtain a sulfonic acid group-containing carbonaceous material. A catalyst comprising the resulting sulfonic acid group-containing carbonaceous material is useful for producing a target substance with high efficiency in various reactions in hydrophobic media such as alkylation reaction and polymerization reaction of olefins. | 08-26-2010 |
20100216024 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - The object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing simply a positive electrode active material which can further increase charge-discharge capacity of secondary batteries when the positive electrode active material is used for positive electrode of secondary batteries, particularly non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries. A method for producing a positive electrode active material includes the step of heat-treating a lithium mixed metal oxide represented by the formula Li | 08-26-2010 |
20100210742 | MICROPHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE MEMBRANE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a microphase-separated structure membrane including a block copolymer in which a hydrophilic polymer component and a hydrophobic polymer component are coupled to each other via a structural unit having a reactive group, an electron acceptor or electron donor, or a dye. In the microphase-separated structure membrane, a cylinder structure composed of the hydrophilic polymer component lies in a matrix composed of the hydrophobic polymer component and is oriented in the direction perpendicular to the membrane surface, and the structural unit having a reactive group, an electron acceptor or electron donor, or a dye lies between the matrix and the cylinder structure. | 08-19-2010 |
20100183075 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing method includes: a frame selection step; a motion vector calculation step for calculating a motion vector value from one frame image to another frame image by tracking each pixel of one or a plurality of frame images; and a motion vector correction step for calculating an imaginary motion vector when a motion vector that can be tracked to a tracking destination pixel corresponding to a pixel tracked up to a midway point does not exist due to an encoding type of a block including the pixel tracked up to the midway point. | 07-22-2010 |
20100183074 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing method includes: a frame selection step for selecting a base frame and a reference frame; an image displacement amount calculation step for calculating an image displacement amount between the reference frame and the base frame; a weighting coefficient generation step for generating a weighting coefficient using at least one of an encoding type of the reference frame and the motion information of the encoded moving image data; and an image quality improvement step for improving an image quality of the base frame using the image displacement amount calculated in the image displacement amount calculation step and the weighting coefficient generated in the weighting coefficient generation step. | 07-22-2010 |
20100171158 | METHOD OF FORMING FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL, TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method of forming a ferromagnetic material, characterized by including: forming a magnetic element layer | 07-08-2010 |
20100159353 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE, POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - Disclosed are: a polymer electrolyte which comprises, as the main component, a block/graft copolymer comprising, as constituent components, polymer blocks (A), (B) and (C) which cause phase-separation from one another, wherein the polymer block (A) comprises a vinyl compound unit as the main repeating unit and has an ion-conductive group, the polymer block (B) comprises a vinyl compound unit capable of forming a flexible phase as the main repeating unit and forms a flexible phase, and the polymer block (C) comprises a styrene derivative unit carrying an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having a polycyclic structure as the main repeating unit and forms a restrained phase; a membrane; a membrane-electrode assembly; and a solid polymer fuel cell. The polymer electrolyte has excellent durability and heat resistance, and shows little change in properties, such as the change in dimension between a dried state and a wet state, the change in mechanical properties and the change in methanol cross-over before and after the immersion in a methanol solution. The polymer electrolyte can be used stably in a solid polymer fuel cell during the long-term operation of the solid polymer fuel cell and enables excellent start-up performance of the solid polymer fuel cell. | 06-24-2010 |
20100156689 | A-D CONVERT APPARATUS, D-A CONVERT APPARATUS AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An A/D conversion device including a first A/D conversion section and a second A/D conversion section that each include a D/A converter that has a plurality of bit capacitors corresponding to bits of input data, a comparing section that compares a reference voltage with a difference voltage obtained by subtracting an analog input voltage from an output voltage of the D/A converter, and a control section that detects a data value of the input data at which the difference voltage is substantially the same as the reference voltage and outputs the data value as digital data according to the input voltage, and an adjusting section that serially connects the bit capacitors of the D/A converter of the first A/D conversion section and the bit capacitors of the D/A converter of the second A/D conversion section that correspond to the same bits, and adjusts a capacity of at least one of the bit capacitors so that a voltage between the two bit capacitors approaches a middle point of voltages of the two bit capacitors. | 06-24-2010 |
20100155647 | OXYNITRIDE PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided are an oxynitride piezoelectric material which exhibits ferroelectricity and has good piezoelectric properties and a method of producing the oxynitride piezoelectric material. The oxynitride piezoelectric material includes a tetragonal perovskite-type oxynitride represented by the following general formula (1): | 06-24-2010 |
20100148123 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BILAYER MEMBRANE AND PLANAR BILAYER MEMBRANE - The present invention provides a bilayer membrane produced using a microchannel capable of easily forming bilayer membranes such as planar lipid bilayer membranes in large quantities, and a production method thereof. | 06-17-2010 |
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20100137490 | RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT AND OPTICAL PARTS - It is provided for a resin composition including (A) at least one polyamic acid having the structure represented by the following formula (1): | 06-03-2010 |
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20100067362 | MIMO MESH NETWORK - The present invention provides MIMO mesh networks which construct wireless networks with fast transmission rate and high reliability by applying MIMO technology to relay nodes. | 03-18-2010 |
20100054579 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE GENERATION METHOD - The present invention provides a three-dimensional surface generation method that directly and efficiently generates a three-dimensional surface of the object surface from multiple images capturing a target object. | 03-04-2010 |
20100048901 | NOVEL CURCUMIN DERIVATIVE - The present invention provides a novel compound that is structurally similar to curcumin and has a suppressive effect on Aβ aggregation, a degradative effect on Aβ aggregates, an inhibitory effect on β-secretase, and a protective effect on neurons. The novel compound is a compound represented by the following general formula (Ia) or a salt thereof: | 02-25-2010 |