NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
NAGOYA-SHI, AICHI, JP
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY Patent applications | ||
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20160128561 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE - An optical tomography device is an optical tomography device that includes a first light source; and an optical device configured to guide first light from the first light source to a measurement target eye and detect interference light obtained from reflected light from the measurement target eye. The optical tomography device further includes: a second light source configured to emit aiming light indicative of a position to which the first light is applied; and an optical probe having an opening at a distal end and configured capable of being inserted in an eyeball. The optical probe applies the first light, into the measurement target eye through the opening, guides the reflected light to the optical device, and applies, through the opening, the aiming light to the position to which the first light is applied. | 05-12-2016 |
20160122809 | METHOD FOR AMPLIFYING NUCLEIC ACID - The present invention relates to a method for amplifying a nucleic acid. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for amplifying a nucleic acid in a light irradiation dependent manner under a substantially isothermal condition using a photo-responsive nucleic acid. | 05-05-2016 |
20160107151 | LIGAND, METAL COMPLEX CONTAINING LIGAND, AND REACTION USING METAL COMPLEX CONTAINING LIGAND - A hydrogen transfer reaction may be more efficiently promoted by using a metal complex represented by Formula (2): | 04-21-2016 |
20160047760 | Method and Device for Measuring Energy of Electrons Excited by Sunlight - A technique of measuring energy of electrons excited by exposing a semiconductor material to solar ray is proposed. A surface layer having a negative electron affinity is formed on the surface of a semiconductor material. The semiconductor material is placed in a vacuum environment and exposed to solar ray. Photoelectrons emitted from the surface layer having the negative electron affinity are guided to an energy analyzer, and the energy of electrons excited by the solar ray is measured. Since the surface layer having the negative electron affinity is used, the photoelectrons are obtained from the electrons excited by the solar ray, and thereby energy measurement becomes possible. | 02-18-2016 |
20160024658 | FILM-FORMING DEVICE - A film-forming device includes: a microwave supplying unit, which supplies microwaves for generating plasma along a treatment surface of a central conductor comprising at least a conductive workpiece material; a negative voltage applying unit, which applies to the workpiece material a negative bias voltage for expanding a sheath layer along the treatment surface of the workpiece material; a microwave transmitting window, which make the microwave, which is supplied by the microwave supplying unit, propagate to the expanded sheath layer through a microwave transmitting surface thereof, and a surrounding wall, which surrounds the microwave transmitting surface of the microwave transmitting window and protrudes beyond the microwave transmitting surface in a propagation direction in which the microwaves propagate. | 01-28-2016 |
20160018794 | CONTROL DEVICE - A control device according to the present invention includes a plurality of arithmetic units that operate in parallel. A sensor value of the control amount is input to the first arithmetic unit in a signal transmission sequence, and a correction amount for the manipulation amount is output from the last arithmetic unit in the signal transmission sequence. The first arithmetic unit has a controller that produces an output by processing the input sensor value, and the arithmetic units other than the first arithmetic unit has a delay element that delays an input by a predetermined number of steps and a controller that produces an output by processing the delayed input. | 01-21-2016 |
20150378335 | CONTROL DEVICE DESIGN METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE - The present invention relates to a control device design method for a control device that determines a manipulation amount of a control object having a dead time by feedback control so as to bring a control amount of the control object closer to a target value. The method according to the present invention includes a step of designing a feedback loop that computes a correction amount for the manipulation amount using a plurality of controllers including a prediction model of the control object, a step of deriving the same number of delay elements as the plurality of controllers from a dead time element of the prediction model, and a step of allocating the plurality of controllers associated with the delay elements to a plurality of arithmetic units so that the computation of the feedback loop is performed by parallel computation by the plurality of arithmetic units that operate in parallel. | 12-31-2015 |
20150325380 | HYDROGEN-RELEASING FILM - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a hydrogen-releasing film and a hydrogen-releasing laminated film which are less susceptible to embrittling at an ambient operating temperature of an electrochemical element. This hydrogen-releasing film comprises a Pd—Ag alloy and is characterized in that the content of Ag in the Pd—Ag alloy is 20 mol % or higher. | 11-12-2015 |
20150292974 | CALIBRATION DEVICE AND CALIBRATION METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - It is a calibration device for a measurement instrument for measuring a compressive force or a tensile force in a longitudinal direction exerted to a linear body from a predetermined correlation. A stopper part for fixing the linear body is fixed at a one end side entrance and a push/pull movable part for enabling the linear body to be pushed and pulled in an insertion/withdrawal direction at an other end entrance is fixed, so that the relative positions of the stopper part and the push/pull movable part with respect to a sensor main body cannot be changed. A force detector measures the force in the insertion/withdrawal direction exerted from the push/pull movable part to the linear body. The force detector is interposed between the push/pull movable part and the linear body. | 10-15-2015 |
20150246353 | MICROCHANNEL CHIP FOR MICROPARTICLE SEPARATION, MICROPARTICLE SEPARATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MICROPARTICLE SEPARATION USING CHIP - Provided is a microchannel chip, for microparticle separation, which can continuously separate microparticles, from a solution in which microparticles of different particle diameter are mixed, without needing to use an antibody or similar, and without causing clogging. Also provided are a microparticle separation method and a system for microparticle separation using the chip. Microparticles can be captured by using the microchannel chip for microparticle separation, the microchannel chip being characterised by being provided with a plurality of main channels and capture portions that are wider than the main channels and at least one of which is provided to each main channel. | 09-03-2015 |
20150246147 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING METAL-CONTAINING FULLERENE - A method for recovering an endohedral metallofullerene comprises a complexation step of adding a Lewis acid comprising titanium halide or tin halide to a reaction solution formed by dissolving crude fullerenes in a solvent, thereby forming a complex of the endohedral metallofullerene and the Lewis acid, a filtering step of filtering the reaction solution to separate the complex, and a washing step of removing the Lewis acid from the complex to obtain the endohedral metallofullerene. The obtained endohedral metallofullerene is soluble in a solvent. This method provides a high recovery yield of the endohedral metallofullerene. | 09-03-2015 |
20150241775 | PRETREATMENT METHOD FOR PARTIAL PLATING, PARTIAL PLATING METHOD FOR ALUMINUM MATERIALS, AND RESIST FOR PLATING ALUMINUM MATERIALS - A self-assembled monolayer is formed, as a resist, from a mixture of nonafluorohexyltrimethoxysilane and trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane on a substrate constituted by an aluminum material. A zincate treatment is carried out on the substrate. | 08-27-2015 |
20150224483 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CORE-SHELL TYPE METAL NANOPARTICLES - A method and apparatus for producing core-shell type metal nanoparticles which are excellent in productivity are provided, in particular, the present invention provides a method of production of core-shell type metal nanoparticles including (a) a step of introducing a solution of a salt of a first metal to a first flow path of a flow type reaction apparatus and applying plasma to the solution of the salt of the first metal in the first flow path to obtain a solution which contains metal nanoparticles of the first metal and (b) a step of introducing a solution of a salt of a second metal to a second flow path of the flow type reaction apparatus, making it merge with the solution which contains metal nanoparticles of the first metal to obtain a mixed solution, and applying plasma to the mixed solution to cover the metal nanoparticles of the first metal by the second metal. | 08-13-2015 |
20150221850 | METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF CORE/SHELL TYPE NANOPARTICLES, METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SINTERED BODY USING THAT METHOD, AND THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL PRODUCED BY THAT METHOD - A method of production of core/shell type nanoparticles includes the following steps: a first step of applying a first power to cause the generation of the plasma so as to selectively cause the precipitation of a first metal so as to form nanoparticles as cores and a second step of applying a second power which is larger than the first power to cause the generation of the plasma so as to cause the precipitation of a second metal which has a smaller oxidation reduction potential than the first metal on the core surface so as to form shells which are comprised of the second metal which cover the cores which are comprised of the first metal. | 08-06-2015 |
20150216860 | THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR SYSTEMIC BONE DISEASE AND USE THEREOF - The object is to provide a novel therapeutic strategy achieving high therapeutic effect on a skeletal dysplasia caused by excessive activation of FGFR3, particularly achondroplasia and hypochondroplasia. Provided is a therapeutic agent for a skeletal dysplasia, including meclizine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt as an active ingredient. | 08-06-2015 |
20150214423 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A method for manufacturing an optical device includes forming a mask on main surface of a first GaN layer such that the mask has one or more openings in first region on the main surface of the first layer, selectively growing first GaN in the opening such that core including the first GaN is formed on exposed portion of the first layer, forming an active layer on the core such that active region is formed, forming a second GaN layer on the active region, removing a portion of the mask covering second region, forming a first electrode in the second region on the first layer, forming a second electrode covering the second layer and extending onto the mask in third region on the first layer, forming a first pad on the first electrode, and forming a second pad in a pad-forming region of the second electrode in the third region. | 07-30-2015 |
20150203573 | MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AGAINST HUMAN MIDKINE - A monoclonal antibody, which recognizes at least two amino acids among amino acids located at position 69, position 79, position 81 and position 102 of human midkine, has been found to have excellent reactivity with and excellent neutralizing activity against human midkine. Moreover, the activity of suppressing the proliferation of tumor has been observed in the antibody having excellent neutralizing activity. The use of the antibody of the present invention makes it possible to treat cancer effectively and to detect or purify midkine efficiently. | 07-23-2015 |
20150174605 | FILM FORMING DEVICE AND FILM FORMING METHOD - A film forming device includes: a microwave supplying unit configured to supply microwave pulses to generate plasma along a processing surface of a workpiece material; an applying unit configured to apply negative bias voltage pulses to spread a sheath layer along the processing surface of the workpiece material, and a control unit configured to control an applying timing of the negative bias voltage pulses and a supplying timing of the microwave pulses, wherein the control unit is configured to control the applying timing of the negative bias voltage pulses and the supplying timing of the microwave pulses so that a ratio of an applying time period of one negative bias voltage pulse in a supplying time period of one microwave pulse to the supplying time period of one microwave pulse is equal to or greater than 0.9. | 06-25-2015 |
20150160209 | BIOMARKER FOR LYMPHOCYTIC INFUNDIBULONEUROHYPOPHYSITIS, AND USE APPLICATIONS THEREOF - The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a biomarker specific to lymphocytic infundibuloneurohypophysitis; and use applications of the biomarker. Provided are: a biomarker comprising an anti-rabphilin 3a antibody; and a test method using the biomarker. | 06-11-2015 |
20150152267 | NOVEL INDOCYANINE COMPOUND, SYNTHESIS METHOD AND PURIFICATION METHOD THEREOF, DIAGNOSTIC COMPOSITION USING THE INDOCYANINE COMPOUND, AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING BIOKINETICS AND DEVICE FOR VISUALIZING CIRCULATION USING THE DIAGNOSTIC COMPOSITION - The present invention aims at providing a novel indocyanine compound solving problems of conventionally used indocyanine green, such as solubility in water or physiological saline, a synthesis method and a purification method thereof, and a diagnostic composition including the novel indocyanine compound. Further, provided are a method for evaluating biokinetics of the novel indocyanine compound and a device for measuring biokinetics, and a method and a device for visualizing circulation of fluid such as blood in a living body, which utilize the diagnostic composition. Also, found are a novel indocyanine compound in which a hydrophobic moiety in a near-infrared fluorescent indocyanine molecule is included in a cavity of a cyclic sugar chain cyclodextrin to cover the hydrophobic moiety in the indocyanine molecule with the glucose, and a synthesis method and a purification method thereof. Furthermore, found are a method for fluorescence-imaging an organ other than liver by intravenous administration, a method for evaluating biokinetics of the novel indocyanine compound, a device for measuring biokinetics, and a method and a device for visualizing circulation of fluid such as blood in a living body, utilizing the diagnostic composition including the novel indocyanine compound. | 06-04-2015 |
20150093836 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISSOCIATION OF DOUBLE STRANDED NUCLEIC ACID, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STRAND EXCHANGE REACTION OF DOUBLE STRANDED NUCLEIC ACID AND METHOD FOR AMPLIFYING NUCLEIC ACID - The present invention relates to a method for controlling dissociation of a double stranded nucleic acid. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling strand exchange reaction of a double stranded nucleic acid. The present invention further relates to a method for amplifying a nucleic acid. | 04-02-2015 |
20150087799 | METHOD TO PRODUCE SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYLACTIDES - This invention provides a method for synthesizing semi-crystalline polylactides (PLA) even from a lactide mixture including meso-LA and rac-LA. According to the invention, when a mixture of racemic lactide and meso-lactide ispolymerized using a catalyst capable of iso-selectively polymerizing L-lactide and D-lactide, an amorphous poly (meso-lactide) block is formed from meso-lactide and a semi-crystalline poly (racemic lactide) block is formed from racemic lactide by separately polymerizing racemic lactide and meso-lactide by taking advantage of a difference in physicochemical properties between racemic lactide and meso-lactide, whereby polylactide which is semi-crystalline as a whole is produced. | 03-26-2015 |
20150057669 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE PRODUCED FROM A MATERIAL CONTAINING POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE, KIT FOR PREPARATION OF BONE FILLER, AND INTRAMEDULLARY ROD - Provided is a material for preventing bone cement from leaking out from bone during packing of the bone cement into a bone fracture site. The bone cement can be prevented from leaking out from the bone by employing a three-dimensional structure produced from a material containing a polyhydroxyalkanoate, when packing the bone cement into the bone fracture site. | 02-26-2015 |
20140363832 | MOLECULAR MARKER FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA AND THE METHODS OF ITS EXPRESSION ANALYSIS USING BLOOD AND PLEURAL EFFUSION SAMPLES - The present invention provides a method for testing mesothelioma comprising a step of determining a concentration of a human periostin protein in at least one type of sample of blood or pleural fluid of a subject. In the step of determining the concentration of human periostin protein, an antibody directed against human periostin protein may be used. The present invention further provides a kit for diagnosing mesothelioma, said kit comprising an antibody directed against human periostin protein. In the kit for diagnosing mesothelioma, the antibody directed against a human periostin protein may be an antibody that binds to a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence set out in SE ID NO: 2. | 12-11-2014 |
20140343104 | OSTEOGENESIS PROMOTER AND USE THEREOF - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an osteogenesis promoter that can be administered locally and systemically and that is suitable for clinical application. Provided is an osteogenesis promoter that contains, as an active ingredient, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of phenazopyridine hydrochloride, riluzole hydrochloride, tranilast, rabeprazole, indoprofen, nabumetone, luteolin, leflunomide, lansoprazole, methiazole, thiabendazole, albendazole, tiaprofenic acid, balsalazide sodium salt, and cyclosporin A, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Preferably, rabeprazole or lansoprazole, which are proton pump inhibitors, is used as an active ingredient. | 11-20-2014 |
20140340670 | METHOD OF CLASSIFYING AND DISCERNING WOODEN MATERIALS - A score of each of multiple pieces of reflection spectrum information included in a population is calculated using a first second principal component loading acquired by a principal component analysis, and a first group is classified based on the calculated score. Then, a score of each of multiple pieces of reflection spectrum information included in the population is calculated using a second second principal component loading acquired by a principal component analysis on a second population in which the reflection spectrum information of the first group is not included, and a second group is classified based on the calculated score. By performing a second principal component analysis using the second population, the second group can be accurately classified based on minute characteristics of each type of material included in the reflection spectrum information and the classification can be performed with a high accuracy. | 11-20-2014 |
20140286598 | SLIDING MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A sliding member is integrally formed of fluororesin as a whole, and a sliding surface to be slid with a slid member is made hydrophilic. A manufacturing method includes a step of exposing the sliding surface | 09-25-2014 |
20140275549 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHENYL-SUBSTITUTED HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVE - The present invention is a method for producing a phenyl-substituted heterocyclic derivative represented by general formula (1), which has a step wherein a heteroaromatic compound represented by general formula (2) is reacted with a phenol derivative represented by general formula (3) in the presence of a nickel compound, 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane, and a base. | 09-18-2014 |
20140251955 | MICROWAVE WAVEGUIDE APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A microwave waveguide apparatus for generating plasma includes a waveguide which has first and second ends and propagates microwave from input end such that the microwave propagates from the first end to the second end, a circulator device having a first port, a second port coupled to the first end, and a third port coupled to the second end, the circulator device being structured such that the microwave is received at the first port, propagates from the second port to the first end, is received at the third port from the second end and is returned toward the input end, and a matching device which is interposed between the input end and the circulator device and reflects part of the microwave received at the third port and returned toward the input end to the first port. The waveguide has a slot-hole extending along the microwave propagation direction in the waveguide. | 09-11-2014 |
20140206908 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND SUBSTITUTED BY ARYL GROUP - PAH is subjected to C—H/C—B coupling using a specific boron compound, a palladium compound, and o-chloranil to produce a compound in which a C—H bond of the PAH is directly arylated regioselectively in a simple manner. When the substrate and the boron compound are appropriately selected, a larger PAH can also be obtained by further performing an annulation reaction after the coupling reaction. Similarly, when PAH is subjected to C—H/C—H cross-coupling using a specific aromatic compound, a palladium compound, and o-chloranil, a compound in which a C—H bond of the PAH is directly arylated regioselectively can be produced in a simple manner. When the substrate and the aromatic compound are appropriately selected in this case, a larger PAH can also be obtained by further performing an annulation reaction after the cross-coupling reaction. | 07-24-2014 |
20140199930 | VEHICLE GRILLE - A base panel member | 07-17-2014 |
20140178068 | SPACE SWITCH DEVICE - Disclosed is a spatial switching apparatus having a plurality of input terminals, an input optical signal of a single wavelength being input to each of the plurality of the input terminals, and a plurality of output terminals an output optical signal of a single wavelength being output from each of the plurality of the output terminals. The apparatus includes a signal wavelength converting portion having an electric signal converting element converting the input optical signal into an electric signal and a variable wavelength laser, the signal wavelength converting portion using the variable wavelength laser to convert an electric signal converted by the electric signal converting element into an optical signal of an arbitrary wavelength; and a spatial switching portion having a plurality of first cyclic AWGs performing output from a plurality of output ports corresponding to wavelengths of a plurality of input signals input from the variable wavelength laser. | 06-26-2014 |
20140171687 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR 2-ALKENYLAMINE COMPOUND - Provided is a method for producing a 2-alkenylamine compound efficiently and at low cost, using a primary or secondary amine compound and a 2-alkenyl compound as the starting materials therefor. The 2-alkenylamine compound is produced by adding Bronsted acid when 2-alkenylating by reacting the primary or secondary amine compound with the 2-alkenyl compound, and 2-alkenylating in the presence of a catalyst comprising a complexing agent and a transition metal precursor stabilized by a monovalent anionic five-membered conjugated diene. | 06-19-2014 |
20140163499 | DISIMPACTION BAG - A disimpaction bag includes a bag-shaped main body, an adhesive portion, and at least one finger insertion portion. The at least one finger insertion portion protrudes from either of a lateral surface and a bottom surface of the main body toward inside of the main body, and has a closed tip. The at least one finger insertion portion is configured so as to accommodate at least one finger inserted therein from outside of the main body, and to insert at least one portion thereof into an anus through the opening of the main body. | 06-12-2014 |
20140134519 | ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR FUEL CELL, ELECTRODE FOR FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL EMPLOYING THE SAME - An electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell includes: an inorganic ionic conductor including a trivalent metal element, a pentavalent metal element, phosphorous, and oxygen; and a polymer. | 05-15-2014 |
20140127805 | METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTES - The invention is intended to further improve the operability, economic efficiency and safety in the preparation of antigen-specific CTLs. The invention provides a preparation kit used for a method for preparing antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, the method comprising: a first step for inducing antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, wherein the components of the first step include a culture medium contained in an injection vessel, a hermetically scaled culture vessel, and the like; a second step for preparing an activated T cell for antigen presentation, wherein the components of the second step include a culture medium contained in an injection vessel, a hermetically sealed culture vessel, and the like.; and a third step for proliferating antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, wherein the components of the third step include a culture medium contained in an injection vessel, a hermetically sealed separation vessel, a hermetically sealed culture vessel, and the like. | 05-08-2014 |
20140100284 | RAPID-ACTING, BLOOD-ARGININE-LEVEL-INCREASABLE ORAL PREPARATION COMPRISING CITRULLINE AND ARGININE - The present invention provides a rapid-acting, blood arginine level-increasing oral preparation containing citrulline or a salt thereof and arginine or a salt thereof as active ingredients. The rapid-acting, blood arginine level-increasing oral preparation of the present invention can rapidly and effectively increase blood arginine level after ingestion, and can rapidly provide an arginine ingestion effect. | 04-10-2014 |
20140094981 | AVAILABILITY PREDICTION APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC POWER STORAGE DEVICE - An availability prediction apparatus includes an access section that accesses a storage section and a prediction section. The storage section stores availability specified periods occurred before a present time associated with respective frequencies of the availability specified periods, and the access section acquires the availability specified periods from the storage section. The prediction section predicts at least one target availability specified period within a prediction term, which begins at the present time and ends at a time later than the present time by a predetermined term. The prediction section includes a correlating section that correlates the availability specified periods with candidate periods included in the prediction term, and a selection section that specifies and selects one of the candidate periods having a highest occurrence probability as the target availability specified period. | 04-03-2014 |
20140088303 | PHOSPHORAMIDE COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, LIGAND, COMPLEX, CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE ALCOHOL - Disclosed is a method for highly efficiently obtaining an optically active alcohol from a carbonyl compound highly enantioselectively. Also disclosed is a ligand used in such a method. Specifically, an optically active alcohol is obtained by reacting a carbonyl compound and an organozinc compound by using a ligand (L) shown below. | 03-27-2014 |
20140066661 | CYCLOPOLYARYLENE COMPOUND AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A cyclopolyarylene compound represented by Formula (1): | 03-06-2014 |
20140051899 | HYDROCARBON FUEL PRODUCTION METHOD - The present invention provides a method for producing a hydrocarbon fuel, comprising a first step of holding a mixture containing an aliphatic compound produced by algae, and a hydrocarbon solvent in which critical temperature is 90° C. or higher, in a supercritical state, with temperature and pressure adjusted so that a solubility of the aliphatic compound in the hydrocarbon solvent is 15 g or less per 100 g of the hydrocarbon solvent, and then recovering a soluble portion of the aliphatic compound in the hydrocarbon solvent; and a second step of subjecting the soluble portion recovered in the first step to hydrotreatment using a catalyst. | 02-20-2014 |
20140051637 | BRAIN-TARGETING FUNCTIONAL NUCLEIC ACID AND USE THEREOF - The purpose of the invention is to provide a novel therapeutic agent for Alzheimer's disease and use thereof. Provided is a therapeutic agent for Alzheimer's disease, which contains a CpG oligodeoxynucleotide structure having a brain migration and improved stability or a salt thereof as an active ingredient. | 02-20-2014 |
20140038292 | Tol1 FACTOR TRANSPOSASE AND DNA INTRODUCTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An object is to provide a Tol1 element transposase and a use thereof. Provided is a Tol1 element transposase containing (a) a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 1 or (b) a protein having an amino acid sequence homologous to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and having an enzymatic activity for transferring Tol1 element. Further, provided is a polynucleotide encoding the transposase and an expression construct containing the polynucleotide therein. The present invention also provides a DNA introduction system including (a) a donor factor having such a structure that a desired DNA is inserted in a transposase gene-defected Tol1 element and (b) a helper factor containing the transposase or the polynucleotide. | 02-06-2014 |
20140035715 | Heat Float Switch - A heat float switch includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a base member and a carbon nanotube layer formed on a surface of the base member. The heat float switch switches states between a connected state in which the carbon nanotube layer of the first member is in contact with the second member and an unconnected state in which the carbon nanotube layer of the first member is not in contact with the second member. | 02-06-2014 |
20140030183 | CARBON NANOTUBE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) having a desired diameter are selectively produced by reacting a carbon source with a cyclic compound in which multiple aromatic rings are continuously bonded. The reaction is preferably performed by supplying a gaseous carbon source under reduced pressure and heating. The cyclic compound in which multiple aromatic rings are continuously bonded is preferably a cyclic compound in which bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon groups are continuously bonded, or a modified cycloparaphenylene compound in which a cycloparaphenylene compound or at least one phenylene group of the cycloparaphenylene compound is substituted with a condensed cyclic group such as a naphthylene group. | 01-30-2014 |
20140029944 | OPTICAL CROSS-CONNECT APPARATUS - An optical cross-connect apparatus includes: a plurality of optical cross-connect portions each having an inter-node connection input port and an inter-node connection output port respectively connected to each of the plurality of the inter-node connection optical fibers, an internal connection input port, and an internal connection output port, wherein for each of the plurality of the optical cross-connect portions, the internal connection output port of a predetermined optical cross-connect portion is directly connected to the internal connection input port of another optical cross-connect portion, or the internal connection output port of a predetermined optical cross-connect portion is directly connected to the internal connection input port of another optical cross-connect portion and is indirectly connected via the another optical cross-connect portion to the internal connection input port of yet another optical cross-connect portion. | 01-30-2014 |
20140029942 | OPTICAL TERMINATING APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL PATH NETWORK - An optical signal terminating apparatus for an optical path network includes: a variable filter selecting an optical signal of a predetermined wavelength path making up any one of a plurality of wavebands included in one wavelength division multiplexing light selected from a plurality of wavelength division multiplexing lights respectively transmitted in parallel via a plurality of optical fibers to a relay node in the optical path network, the variable filter dropping the optical signal to an electric layer, the variable filter including a waveband separator separating the wavelength division multiplexing light into a plurality of wavebands, a waveband selector selecting one waveband from a plurality of wavebands separated by the waveband separator, a wavelength separator separating one waveband selected by the waveband selector into wavelengths, and a drop wavelength selector. | 01-30-2014 |
20140027666 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a piezoelectric ceramics, including a perovskite compound of a non-stoichiometric composition represented by a composition formula (K | 01-30-2014 |
20140008326 | PLASMA GENERATION DEVICE, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A plasma generation device has a microwave generation device which generates microwave, a waveguide tube having hollow interior and connected to the microwave device such that the tube has longitudinal direction in transmission direction of microwave and rectangular cross section in direction orthogonal to the transmission direction, a phase-shifting device which cyclically shifts phase of standing wave generated in the tube by microwave, and a gas supply device which supplies processing gas into the tube. The tube has antenna portion having one or more slot holes which release plasma generated by microwave to the outside, the slot hole is formed on wall forming short or long side of the antenna portion, and the tube plasmatizes the gas in atmospheric pressure state supplied into the tube by the microwave in the slot hole and releases the plasma to the outside from the slot hole. | 01-09-2014 |
20130342197 | MAGNETIC-FIELD DETECTING DEVICE - A magnetic-field detecting device includes a pair of magneto-sensors including respective magnetism sensing portions that sense magnetism, and respective coils sensing changes of magnetic fluxes in the magnetism sensing portions, and an elongate connecting member cooperating with the magnetism sensing portions to constitute a magnetic circuit. A magnetism sensing direction of the magnetism sensing portions coincides with a longitudinal direction of the connecting member to an extent that permits the coils to equally sense a magnetic field applied to the coils the connecting member being formed of a magnetic material having a relative magnetic permeability of at least 100, a magnetic material having a relative magnetic permeability which is at least 1/100 of that of a magnetic material of the magnetism sensing portions, or the same magnetic material as the magnetism sensing portions the magnetic-field sensor measuring the magnetism on the basis of a difference between outputs of the coils. | 12-26-2013 |
20130338371 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC COMPOUND HAVING RING STRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES NITROGEN ATOM OR OXYGEN ATOM - The invention is a method for efficiently producing an aromatic compound by an intramolecular cyclization reaction, the aromatic compound having a ring structure that includes a nitrogen atom or oxygen atom. An aromatic compound composed of tert-butyl-2-(3-oxo-3-phenylpropyl)phenyl carbamate or another aniline derivative or the like, or an aromatic compound composed of 3-(1-hydroxynaphthalene-2-yl)propionic acid or another naphthol derivative or the like is made to react in a system to which an oxidizing agent and a quaternary ammonium salt represented by general formula (1) are fed. In the formula, X is an iodine atom; and R | 12-19-2013 |
20130338364 | IODOARENE DERIVATIVE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICALLY ACTIVE SPIROLACTONE COMPOUND BY USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICALLY ACTIVE CYCLOADDUCT - An optically active spirolactone compound is highly enantioselectively produced by using an iodoarene derivative which can be synthesized easily and which is not racemized easily. A hypervalent iodine compound precursor (iodoarene derivative) which was able to be designed flexibly was synthesized from 2,6-dihydroxyiodoarene by using 1,2-aminoalcohol as a chiral source in short steps, a hypervalent iodine compound was prepared in a reaction system (in situ) by using a catalyst quantity of the resulting precursor in the presence of a stoichiometric quantity of m-CPBA, and a spirolactonization reaction of 3-(1-hydroxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid was induced. As a result, a corresponding spirolactone compound was obtained at a high enantiomeric excess. | 12-19-2013 |
20130338214 | METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE-MEDIATED PRO-SURVIVAL SIGNALING IN CANCER CELL - In order to provide a screening method for a compound capable of suppressing a mechanism of ROR1 by targeting ROR1 and to provide a drug comprising as an active ingredient a compound capable of suppressing the mechanism, it has been found out that suppressing a function of ROR1 makes it possible to suppress receptor tyrosine kinase-mediated pro-survival signaling in a cancer cell. Further, it has been found out that suppressing a function of ROR1 also effectively suppresses growth of cancer cell lines having acquired resistance to inhibitors of receptor tyrosine kinases such as EGFR and MET. | 12-19-2013 |
20130324821 | DEVICE FOR DIAGNOSING CONDITION OF LIVER AND METHOD OF EXAMINING CONDITION OF LIVER - The diagnostic device disclosed in this application is a device for diagnosing liver condition. The diagnostic device comprises a nitric oxide sensor and an information output unit. The nitric oxide sensor can be brought into contact with hepatocytes making up the liver and detects the concentration of nitric oxide produced by the hepatocytes. The information output unit, based on the nitric oxide concentration detected by the nitric oxide sensor, outputs information for diagnosing the condition of the liver. The information output unit can, for example, output a graph showing the change over time in the nitric oxide concentration detected by the nitric oxide sensor. | 12-05-2013 |
20130324768 | CARBON NANORING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A RING-SHAPED COMPOUND SUITABLE AS A STARTING MATERIAL FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME - The present invention produces Cyclic Compound (1) in which organic ring groups including cyclohexane rings and benzene rings are continuously bonded, using a compound having at least one cyclohexane ring and benzene rings with halogen atoms at the two terminuses, in the presence of a nickel compound (bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)nickel, etc.). Thereafter, by converting the cyclohexane rings in Cyclic Compound (1) into benzene rings, a desired carbon nanoring can be obtained. Thereby, the present invention efficiently produces a carbon nanoring made of a compound having a cyclic structure in which a desired number of organic ring groups are continuously bonded, with a short production process. | 12-05-2013 |
20130300007 | FUEL CARBURETOR - A fuel carburetor includes a fuel passage, a heat medium passage, a space part, and an absorbent material. Ammonia as fuel flows through the fuel passage. The heat medium passage is arranged adjacent to the fuel passage, and a heat medium flows through the heat medium passage. Ammonia gas leaking out of the fuel passage flows into the space part. The absorbent material is provided in the space part for absorbing the ammonia gas. The fuel carburetor is configured to exchange heat between the fuel flowing through the fuel passage and the heat medium flowing through the heat medium passage so as to heat and vaporize the fuel. | 11-14-2013 |
20130298914 | IMPACT-ABSORBING PAD, CLOTHING FURNISHED WITH SAME AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING FEMORAL FRACTURES - To provide an impact-absorbing pad fully satisfying impact absorbability for preventing femoral neck fractures, wearing comfort and breathability not to cause discomfort for all-day use, a small thickness not to impair external appearance, and flexibility in a surface direction not to cause uncomfortable feeling at the time of putting on and taking off, which are required for the impact-absorbing pad used in a hip protector, clothing furnished with the impact-absorbing pad, and a method for preventing femoral fractures. A pad main body having impact absorbability includes an impact-deflecting part having a through hole or concavity with a maximum length of 80 mm or less and an area of 600 mm | 11-14-2013 |
20130284944 | INSULATOR AND USE THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to provide an insulator which can suppress quenching between fluorescent dyes and enhance fluorescence intensity. The present invention provides, in order to achieve this object, an insulator which contains a ring entity of nonplanar structure and suppresses reduction in fluorescence intensity of one or two or more fluorescent labels adjacent to the insulator. | 10-31-2013 |
20130236813 | INORGANIC ION CONDUCTOR, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE INORGANIC ION CONDUCTOR - An inorganic ion conductor including a trivalent metallic element, a pentavalent metallic element, phosphorus, and oxygen. | 09-12-2013 |
20130230509 | AGENT FOR NEUROPATHIC PAIN - An object of the present invention is to provide a substance which can be used as an active ingredient for improving neuropathic pain having a novel mechanism of action different from those of currently available agents and, therefore, provide an improving agent for neuropathic pain which rarely interacts with currently available agents and also does not have adverse reactions similar to those of currently available agents. An improving agent for neuropathic pain due to a hyperalgesic response of the present invention as a means for resolution is characterized by comprising, as an active ingredient, a lyase (an elimination enzyme) which has an activity of degrading a chondroitin sulfate chain of a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, and is typified by chondroitinase ABC which selectively removes chondroitin sulfate and dermatan sulfate of a proteoglycan. | 09-05-2013 |
20130225797 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE AND USE THEREOF - Provided is an oligonucleotide containing an azobenzene derivative, represented by Formula (1) or (2) below: | 08-29-2013 |
20130221227 | RADIATION DETECTOR - Provided is a radiation detector with improved n/γ discrimination and usable even under high counting rate conditions with a reduced load on a signal-processing system. The detector capable of distinguishing neutron and gamma-ray events includes: a scintillator; an optical filter; a first photodetector to which a first part of light emitted from the scintillator is introduced via the optical filter; and a second photodetector to which a second part of light emitted from the scintillator is introduced not via the optical filter, wherein, for a set of two wavelengths A and (A+B) nm, the scintillator emits at least a light of A nm and a light of (A+B) nm when irradiated by gamma-ray, and emits a light of A nm and does not emit a light of (A+B) nm when irradiated by neutrons; and the optical filter blocks the light of A nm and transmits the light of (A+B) nm. | 08-29-2013 |
20130217898 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ESTER - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an ester from a ketone or an aldehyde, which is a reactive substrate, by a Baeyer-Villiger oxidation reaction using hydrogen peroxide, and in this method, as a catalyst, M(BAr | 08-22-2013 |
20130217627 | THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION OF ADIPONECTIN IN PATIENTS WITH VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION - A therapeutic method for cardiac diseases such as angina, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia (ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation and atrial fibrillation) is provided. The method is characterized by intracoronary administration of adiponection to mammals. | 08-22-2013 |
20130206996 | NEUTRON DETECTOR - Provided is a scintillation neutron detector capable of measuring neutrons with precision even under a high amount of γ rays as background noise and excellent in neutron counting precision, the scintillation neutron detector comprising a neutron scintillator crystal containing | 08-15-2013 |
20130197117 | LINKER AND SUPPORT FOR SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS OF NUCLEIC ACID - The invention provides a universal linker capable of synthesizing nucleic acid having a hydroxy group at the 3′ terminal, a universal support carrying the linker, and a synthesis method of nucleic acid using the universal support. The linker contains a compound represented by the formula | 08-01-2013 |
20130195991 | Composition for Treatment of Damaged Part - The present invention provides a damaged part treatment composition for repairing a damaged part of a target tissue that includes a stem cell-conditioned medium obtained by culturing stem cells; a damaged part treatment method for repairing or restoring a damaged part of a target tissue that includes administering the damaged part treatment composition to a patient having the target tissue for the damaged part treatment composition in an amount therapeutically effective for repairing the damaged part of the target tissue; a method of treating cerebral infarction that includes administering the damaged part treatment composition to a cerebral infarct patient in an amount effective for repairing a damaged part of the brain; and a method of treating a CNS disease that includes administering, as a CNS disease treatment composition, the damaged part treatment composition to a CNS disease patient in a therapeutically effective amount. | 08-01-2013 |
20130178598 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYLACTIC ACID - To provide a method capable of producing stereocomplex polylactic acid, the method being capable of using carbon neutral materials that are not competitive from foods, such as saccharides, without the use of a method for designing optical resolution, which requires complicated operations and high cost and is difficult to perform mass production. The production method of the present invention comprises: a step of reacting glycerin with sodium hydroxide in high-temperature and high-pressure water to produce a racemic sodium lactate aqueous solution; a step of separating sodium from the racemic sodium lactate aqueous solution to recover racemic lactic acid; a step of dimerizing the racemic lactic acid to produce a lactide mixture containing meso lactide and racemic lactide; a step of separating meso lactide from the mixture to recover racemic lactide; and a step of polymerizing the racemic lactide with a salen-metal complex as a catalyst to produce stereocomplex polylactic acid. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177714 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board includes forming an interlayer insulation layer on a conductive circuit, applying laser to a portion of the interlayer insulation layer such that an opening reaching to the conductive circuit is formed for a via conductor, subjecting the opening to a plasma treatment using a processing gas which includes a reactive gas including a fluorovinyl ether gas having a double bond of two carbon atoms and a fluoroalkyl ether group, forming an upper conductive circuit on the interlayer insulation layer, and forming a via conductor in the opening such that the via conductor connects the conductive circuit and the upper conductive circuit. | 07-11-2013 |
20130177660 | POTENTIATOR OF ACTIVITY OF ANTI-CANCER AGENT AND USE THEREOF, AND BIOMARKER FOR PREDICTION OF PROGNOSIS IN CANCER PATIENT AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed is a means for improving the clinical outcomes of cancer therapy. Specifically disclosed is an activity potentiator comprising a compound capable of inhibiting the expression of RFP (RET finger protein) gene or the activity of RFP as an active ingredient. The activity of an anti-cancer agent having an oxidative stress inducing ability can be potentiated by using the anti-cancer agent in combination with the activity potentiator. Further specifically disclosed are a biomarker useful for the recognition of prognosis in a cancer patient and use of the biomarker. | 07-11-2013 |
20130174984 | REACTIVE-SPECIES SUPPLY DEVICE AND SURFACE TREATMENT APPARATUS - A reactive-species supply device is configured to supply a treatment gas to an electric discharge space, for thereby supplying at least a reactive species formed in a plasma, to an object. The reactive-species supply device includes (a) at least one pair of electrodes configured to form the electric discharge space and (b) an electrode protection device configured to protect the electrodes from the treatment gas. Also disclosed is a surface treatment apparatus that includes the reactive-species supply device. | 07-11-2013 |
20130168361 | REACTIVE-SPECIES SUPPLY DEVICE AND SURFACE TREATMENT APPARATUS - A reactive-species supply device is configured to supply a treatment gas to an electric discharge space that is formed by at least one pair of electrodes, for thereby supplying at least a reactive species formed in a plasma, to an object through a reactive-species output port. The reactive-species supply device includes (a) a reactive-species outlet passage disposed between the electric discharge space and the reactive-species output port and (b) an earth ground member disposed in a portion of the reactive-species outlet passage. The portion of the reactive-species outlet passage is distant, by a given distance, from the reactive-species output port. Also disclosed is a surface treatment apparatus that includes the reactive-species supply device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130164276 | AGENT FOR DYSFUNCTION DUE TO NEUROPATHY AND Rho KINASE ACTIVATION INHIBITOR - An object of the present invention is to provide a substance which is able to be an active ingredient for the improvement of dysfunction caused by nerve damage. An improving agent for dysfunction due to nerve damage of the present invention as a means for resolution thereof is characterized in that it comprises an endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase type enzyme which hydrolyzes an N-acetylglucosamide bond in a keratan sulfate backbone as an active ingredient. When the improving agent of the present invention is administered, clinical improvement is achieved in motor neuron dysfunction and sensory neuron dysfunction such as neuropathic pain represented by a pain caused by allodynia and hyperalgesic reaction of the object to be treated. | 06-27-2013 |
20130139018 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - In a network in which a plurality of ECUs are connected to one another with a common bus, one or more slots are allocated to each ECU in advance, and the plurality of ECUs cyclically transmit messages in an order prescribed in relation to the slots. When each ECU transmits the message related to one slot, each ECU creates and transmits a message including data to be transmitted to other ECUs, and information representing respectively a success/failure of the message reception related to other slots. Each ECU checks information of ACK field included in a message received during one cycle from message transmission related to one slot to a next message transmission related to said one slot. When the message related to one slot is not accurately received by the other ECUs, retransmits the message in the next transmission related to said one slot. | 05-30-2013 |
20130119280 | BROADBAND INFRARED LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - [PROBLEM] There is provided a broadband infrared light emitting device that radiates infrared light having a band broader than a conventional broadband infrared light emitting device. | 05-16-2013 |
20130102499 | METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF ACTIVITY OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA POLYMERASE OF FALCIPARUM MALARIA, AND METHOD FOR SCREENING FOR ANTI-MALARIA COMPOUND - An object is to provide a means which is useful for the development of an anti-malaria agent. It was found that a mitochondrial DNA polymerase of falciparum malaria shows a bivalent iron ion requirement. Thus, disclosed is a method for measuring the activity of a DNA polymerase, including the steps of: (1) incubating a solution containing a bivalent iron ion, a mitochondrial DNA polymerase of falciparum malaria, template DNA, and at least one deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate or deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate derivative; (2) detecting the synthesized double-stranded DNA; and (3) calculating the activity of the DNA polymerase from the result of the detection carried out in step (2). | 04-25-2013 |
20130079543 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING beta-AMINOCARBONYL COMPOUND - An optically active β-aminocarbonyl compound is obtained by a Mannich reaction between an aldimine in which: nitrogen is protected and a malonic acid diester, in the presence of optically active BINOL and dialkyl magnesium (in which two alkyl groups are the same or different) in an amount 1 to 2 molar times the amount of the BINOL. | 03-28-2013 |
20130046405 | TOOL PATH GENERATION DEVICE, TOOL PATH CALCULATION METHOD, AND TOOL PATH GENERATION PROGRAM - A tool path generation device that calculates a tool path to be used by a machine tool device, and that provides a high machining efficiency with suppressed occurrence of chatter vibration by calculating machining conditions in consideration of a chatter vibration increase and decrease affecting value that affects increase and decrease in chatter vibration. | 02-21-2013 |
20130041155 | CARBON NANORING, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, COMPOUND SUITABLE AS STARTING MATERIAL FOR PRODUCING THE CARBON NANORING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPOUND - This invention provides: a compound for accurately forming a carbon nanoring that contains a specific number of organic rings and has a definite diameter; a method for producing the compound; a method for efficiently producing a carbon nanoring; and a cycloparaphenylene obtained by the production method. The carbon nanoring of the present invention is a compound obtained by bonding a specific number of organic ring groups. The method for producing a carbon nanoring of the present invention comprises a modification step wherein a halogen atom in a U-shaped compound is modified into a boron compound, and a coupling step wherein the U-shaped compound is subjected to a coupling reaction. The U-shaped compound is a novel compound that has cyclohexane rings, benzene rings, and specific organic ring groups. | 02-14-2013 |
20130024035 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A power supply system for supplying a grid power to a building includes a power generator, a power storing device, and a power controller. The power generator generates off-grid power from a predetermined energy. The power storing device stores the grid power and the off-grid power and supplies the stored power to the building. The power controller controls consumptions of the grid power and the off-grid power. The power controller calculates predicted consumption data related to power consumed in the building and predicted generation data related to power generated by the power generator. The power controller calculates a charging-discharging schedule for the power storing device based on the predicted consumption data and the predicted generation data by formulating the charging-discharging schedule as a mixed integer programming problem. | 01-24-2013 |
20130014539 | VAPOR VALVE ADSORPTION REFRIGERATOR AND ADSORPTION REFRIGERATORAANM Kobayashi; NoriyukiAACI Nagoya-cityAACO JPAAGP Kobayashi; Noriyuki Nagoya-city JPAANM Sumiya; TadayoshiAACI Nagoya-cityAACO JPAAGP Sumiya; Tadayoshi Nagoya-city JP - A vapor valve includes a partitioning member for partitioning a space containing gaseous vapor into two spaces, wherein a communication mouth for communicating the two spaces with each other is formed at the partitioning member; and a valve element for opening and closing the communication mouth, wherein the valve element is formed by a board for opening and closing the communication mouth in accordance with a pressure difference between the two spaces, a slanted board portion sloping with respect to a horizontal direction and having a shape of a board is formed at the partitioning member, and the communication mouth makes a hole penetrating both sides of the slanted board portion. | 01-17-2013 |
20130009058 | ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - An electron microscope which utilizes a polarized electron beam and can obtain a high contrast image of a sample is provided. The microscope includes: a laser; a polarization apparatus that polarizes a laser beam into a circularly polarized laser beam; a semiconductor photocathode that is provided with a strained superlattice semiconductor layer and generates a polarized electron beam when irradiated with the circularly polarized laser beam; a transmission electron microscope that utilizes the polarized electron beam; an electron beam intensity distribution recording apparatus arranged at a face reached by the polarized electron beam that has transmitted through the sample. An electron beam intensity distribution recording apparatus records an intensity distribution before and after the polarization of the electron beam is reversed, and a difference acquisition apparatus calculates a difference therebetween. | 01-10-2013 |
20120328506 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AMMONIUM TUNGSTATE AQUEOUS SOLUTION - A method for producing an ammonium tungstate aqueous solution includes the steps of: adding sulfuric acid to a solution containing tungstate ions; bringing the solution having the sulfuric acid added therein, into contact with an anion exchange resin; and bringing the anion exchange resin into contact with an aqueous solution containing ammonium ions. | 12-27-2012 |
20120323014 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALPHA-ACYLOXYCARBONYL COMPOUND AND NOVEL ALPHA-ACYLOXYCARBONYL COMPOUND - A method for producing an α-acyloxycarbonyl compound of the present invention includes performing an intermolecular reaction between a carboxylic acid and a carbonyl compound selected from the group consisting of ketones, aldehydes, and esters, which have a hydrogen atom at the α-position, using a hydroperoxide as an oxidizer and an iodide salt as a catalyst precursor, thereby introducing an acyloxy group derived from the carboxylic acid into the α-position of the carbonyl compound. | 12-20-2012 |
20120302881 | NOVEL INDOCYANINE COMPOUND, SYNTHESIS METHOD AND PURIFICATION METHOD THEREOF, DIAGNOSTIC COMPOSITION USING THE INDOCYANINE COMPOUND, AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING BIOKINETICS AND DEVICE FOR VISUALIZING CIRCULATION USING THE DIAGNOSTIC COMPOSITION - The present invention aims at providing a novel indocyanine compound solving problems of conventionally used indocyanine green, such as solubility in water or physiological saline, a synthesis method and a purification method thereof, and a diagnostic composition including the novel indocyanine compound. Further, provided are a method for evaluating biokinetics of the novel indocyanine compound and a device for measuring biokinetics, and a method and a device for visualizing circulation of fluid such as blood in a living body, which utilize the diagnostic composition. Also, found are a novel indocyanine compound in which a hydrophobic moiety in a near-infrared fluorescent indocyanine molecule is included in a cavity of a cyclic sugar chain cyclodextrin to cover the hydrophobic moiety in the indocyanine molecule with the glucose, and a synthesis method and a purification method thereof. Furthermore, found are a method for fluorescence-imaging an organ other than liver by intravenous administration, a method for evaluating biokinetics of the novel indocyanine compound, a device for measuring biokinetics, and a method and a device for visualizing circulation of fluid such as blood in a living body, utilizing the diagnostic composition including the novel indocyanine compound. | 11-29-2012 |
20120244520 | D-SERINE DEHYDRATASE AND USE THEREOF - A novel D-serine quantification method that can overcome various disadvantages of a conventional D-serine quantification method; a novel enzyme that can be used in the D-serine quantification method; a gene encoding the enzyme; and the like. Specifically, a novel D-serine dehydratase including (a) a protein having an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or (b) a protein having an amino acid sequence homologous to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and having a D-serine dehydratase activity; and a D-serine quantification method including the steps of reacting a sample with the enzyme, quantifying ammonia or pyruvic acid produced by the reaction, and calculating the amount of D-serine in the sample based on a value produced by the quantification. | 09-27-2012 |
20120220780 | LIGAND FOR ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS CATALYST, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ALPHA-ALKENYL CYCLIC COMPOUND USING SAME - Disclosed are: a ligand for an asymmetric synthesis catalyst; and a process for producing an α-alkenyl cyclic compound using the ligand. Specifically disclosed are: a ligand for an asymmetric synthesis catalyst, which is represented by any one of formulae (1) to (4) [wherein R | 08-30-2012 |
20120219800 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW NANOPARTICLE, HOLLOW NANOPARTICLE, AND DISPERSION LIQUID THEREOF - First, an ionic liquid is placed on a glass slide, which is then installed in an evaporation apparatus, and a metal (for example, indium) is mounted as a target material at a position facing the ionic liquid, followed by sputter deposition of the metal. After sputtering, the ionic liquid containing nanoparticles dispersed therein is recovered. The nanoparticles are solid nanoparticles. Next, the ionic liquid containing the solid nanoparticles dispersed therein is placed in a test tube and then oxidized by heating in air at 250° C. for 1 hour. As a result, hollow nanoparticles having cavities formed in core portions of the solid nanoparticles are produced. | 08-30-2012 |
20120215127 | IN VIVO FLOW SENSOR - A flow sensor measures an amount of flow of a medium flowing inside a tubular organ of an organism by mounting a flexible substrate, upon which heaters are formed, inside a tube disposed in a manner so as to follow the tubular organ of the organism through which the medium is flowing, and by detecting a state of heat quantity generated from the heaters on the mounted flexible substrate being transmitted to the medium. In the flow sensor, at least the two heaters, formed upon the flexible substrate, respectively form symmetrical structures with identical heating capabilities under identical conditions, and the linear members, which supply power to the heaters from outside the organism, form symmetrical structures with identical heating capabilities under identical conditions, thereby allowing temperature distribution of the heaters and linear members inside the tube to he symmetrical. The plurality of linear members protrude in a manner so as to intersect from inside the tubular organ to outside the organism. | 08-23-2012 |
20120214988 | PHOSPHORAMIDE COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, LIGAND, COMPLEX, CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE ALCOHOL - Disclosed is a method for highly efficiently obtaining an optically active alcohol from a carbonyl compound highly enantioselectively. Also disclosed is a ligand used in such a method. Specifically, an optically active alcohol is obtained by reacting a carbonyl compound and an organozinc compound by using a ligand (L) shown below. | 08-23-2012 |
20120207790 | IMMUNOSUPPRESSING AGENT COMPRISING MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL DERIVED FROM ADIPOSE TISSUE, AND USE THEREOF - To provide an immunosuppressing agent having high therapeutic effect and uses thereof. The immunosuppressing agent includes adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells obtained by low-serum culture. | 08-16-2012 |
20120192712 | HYDROGEN SEPARATION MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING HYDROGEN - Provided is a novel hydrogen separation membrane formed of a Nb—W—Mo-based alloy. A method for separating hydrogen using the hydrogen separation membrane and hydrogen separation conditions are selected by a particular procedure. A hydrogen separation membrane formed of the Nb—W—Mo-based alloy membrane. A method for separating hydrogen using the Nb—W—Mo-based alloy membrane and the conditions for separating hydrogen using the Nb —W—Mo-based alloy membrane are set by measuring the hydrogen pressure P of a hydrogen atmosphere for the Nb—W—Mo-based alloy membrane and the dissolved hydrogen content C of the Nb—W—Mo-based alloy membrane at a temperature T; generating a PCT curve associating the temperature T, the hydrogen pressure P, and the dissolved hydrogen content C on the basis of actual measurement data about the three requirements; and setting operating temperature and primary and secondary hydrogen pressure conditions by determining the relationship between the dissolved hydrogen content C and the brittle fracture of the Nb—W—Mo-based alloy membrane on the basis of the PCT curve to evaluate critical dissolved hydrogen content related to hydrogen embrittlement resistance. | 08-02-2012 |
20120190868 | SUBSTITUTED BENZOCHALCOGENOACENE COMPOUND, THIN FILM COMPRISING THE COMPOUND, AND ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE THIN FILM - Provided are a novel compound suitable as an organic semiconductor material, the compound being a substituted benzochalcogenoacene compound represented by the formula (1), a thin film comprising the compound, and an organic semiconductor device having the thin film as a component. In the formula (1), each E independently represents a sulfur or selenium atom, and R | 07-26-2012 |
20120185959 | GENE REGULATING NUMBER OF PRIMARY PANICLE BRANCHES AND USE THEREOF - Isolation and identification of a gene associated with the number of primary panicle branches in a plant, and use of the gene. A gene encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2 is isolated as a gene associated with the number of primary panicle branches in a plant. By using the gene, it is possible to readily create a plant which has a large number of primary panicle branches and a large number of grains. | 07-19-2012 |
20120175515 | SAMPLE SUBSTRATE FOR LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION-MASS SPECTROMETRY, AND METHOD AND DEVICE BOTH USING THE SAME FOR LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION-MASS SPECTROMETRY - An object of the present invention is to provide a sample substrate for laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry for LDI-MS which substrate enables mass spectrometric analysis of a sample correctly at high sensitivity without generating interference peaks upon irradiation of the sample to laser light and uniform application of the sample onto a base. Another object of the invention is to provide a mass spectrometer (device) employing the sample substrate. | 07-12-2012 |
20120165516 | FILLER FOR OPTICAL ISOMER SEPARATION - A filler for optical isomer separation which: allows a polymer compound derivative to be immobilized on the surface of a carrier at a high ratio and is excellent in optical separation ability. The filler is characterized in that the filler is obtained by modifying part of the hydroxy or amino groups of a polymer compound having hydroxy or amino groups with molecules of a compound represented by the following general formula (I): A-X—Si(Y) | 06-28-2012 |
20120151631 | INSECT PEST CONTROL METHOD - The present invention is intended to provide means of pest control which achieve marked pest control effect. The pest control effect is achieved by the incorporation of an inhibitor (IAP inhibitor) against inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) into the body of the target pest. The expression of the IAP is preferably inhibited by RNAi. | 06-14-2012 |
20120145070 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE/SiC COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND GRAPHENE/SiC COMPOSITE MATERIAL OBTAINED THEREBY - A process for advantageously producing a graphene/SiC composite material is provided in which a large-area graphene layer that is flat in an atomic level is formed on a SiC single crystal substrate. The process for producing a graphene/SiC composite material in which at least one graphene layer is formed on a SiC single crystal substrate, comprising the steps of: removing an oxide film that is formed by natural oxidation and covers a surface of the SIC single crystal substrate, thereby exposing a Si surface of the SiC single crystal substrate, heating the SiC single crystal substrate with the Si surface exposed under an oxygen atmosphere, thereby forming a SiO | 06-14-2012 |
20120141016 | VIRTUAL VIEWPOINT IMAGE SYNTHESIZING METHOD AND VIRTUAL VIEWPOINT IMAGE SYNTHESIZING SYSTEM - Provided is a virtual viewpoint image synthesizing method in which a virtual viewpoint image viewed from a virtual viewpoint is synthesized based on image information obtained from a plurality of viewpoints. The virtual viewpoint image is synthesized through a reference images obtaining step, a depth maps generating step, an up-sampling step, a virtual viewpoint information obtaining step, and a virtual viewpoint image synthesizing step. | 06-07-2012 |
20120114517 | Thermoelectric material formed of Mg2Si-based compound and production method therefor - A thermoelectric material (and a method for producing the same) is essentially formed of an Mg | 05-10-2012 |
20120109360 | MACHINE TOOL - In a machine tool which includes a rotary shaft configured to allow a tool or a workpiece to be attached thereto, a driving unit for causing the rotary shaft to rotate is regulated to change a rotation speed of the rotary shaft in such a manner that the rotation speed oscillates with a given amplitude and a given period with respect to a given mean rotation speed, so that chatter vibrations can be suppressed. A parameter display control unit configured to cause a display device to display parameter information related to predetermined parameters for changing at least one of the mean rotation speed, the amplitude and the period is provided so that the parameters can be changed based upon the parameter information displayed in the display device. | 05-03-2012 |
20120092478 | INCUBATED STATE EVALUATING DEVICE, INCUBATED STATE EVALUATING METHOD, INCUBATOR, AND PROGRAM - An incubated state evaluating device includes an image reading unit, a feature value calculating unit, a frequency distribution calculating unit, and an evaluation information generating unit. The image reading unit reads a plurality of images in which a plurality of cells incubated in an incubation container are image-captured in time series. The feature value calculating unit obtains each of feature values representing morphological features of cells from the images for each of the cells included in the images. The frequency distribution calculating unit obtains each of frequency distributions of the feature values corresponding to the respective images. The evaluation information generating unit generates evaluation information evaluating an incubated state of cells in the incubation container based on a variation of the frequency distributions between images. | 04-19-2012 |
20120088650 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CATALYST CARRIER - After placing inside a reactor second container a substrate to which a CNT not yet carrying a catalyst is adhered under a sealed environment of supercritical carbon dioxide through which a Pt catalyst complex is dispersed, a temperature of the supercritical carbon dioxide is maintained below a decomposition temperature of the Pt catalyst complex, and a temperature of the CNT not yet carrying a catalyst is maintained at or above the decomposition temperature of the Pt catalyst complex by heating the substrate. Further, a pressure of the supercritical carbon dioxide is maintained at 7.5 MPa, which is slightly higher than a supercritical pressure (7.38 MPa) of carbon dioxide. The supercritical carbon dioxide is then caused to contact the CNT adhered to the substrate, and as a result, a Pt catalyst is carried on the CNT. | 04-12-2012 |
20120082986 | CELL PROLIFERATION INHIBITOR - The present inventors revealed a TTF-1-specific oncogenic process by elucidating the molecular mechanism regulated by the master regulatory factor TTF-1. The present inventors focused on the elucidation of the essence of the lineage-specific survival signal which is a novel canceration signal. Thus, the present inventors found that the expression of ROR1, which is a receptor tyrosine kinase, is induced by the master regulatory factor TTF-1, and demonstrated the presence of a characteristic canceration signal transduction system. | 04-05-2012 |
20120075733 | Light collector and light collecting device - A light collector includes a light guide having a refractive index larger than a refractive index of air and a reflecting surface configured to reflect light output from a conic surface of the light guide back to the light guide. The light guide is made of transparent material through which light passes. The light guide has an entering portion from which light enters and an exiting portion from which the light exits. The light guide has a circular cone shape and has a cross-sectional area that decreases in a direction from the entering portion to the exiting portion. | 03-29-2012 |
20120074361 | SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Copper(II) acetate, zinc(II) acetate, and tin(IV) acetate are weighed so that the total amount of metal ions is 2.0×10 | 03-29-2012 |
20120068603 | PLASMA GENERATING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - An apparatus for generating plasma, comprises: a microwave generator configured to generate a microwave; a wave guide which is connected to the microwave generator, wherein the wave guide is elongated in a traveling direction of the microwave and has a hollow shape having a rectangular section in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction; a gas feeder which is connected to the wave guide and feeds process gas into the wave guide; and an antenna unit which is a part of the wave guide and discharges plasma generated by the microwave to the outside, wherein the antenna unit has one or more slots formed on a wall constituting a short side in a section of the antenna unit, plasmarizes the process gas fed into the wave guide under an atmospheric pressure in the slots by the microwave, and discharges the plasma out of the slots. | 03-22-2012 |
20120038091 | VIBRATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR BEAM-AND-COLUMN FRAME - To set up such a constitution that no compression forces act on braces, alternatively, to set up a constitution that makes it possible to make compression forces to be applied to braces smaller extremely; and to provide a vibration control device for beam-and-column frame that can demonstrate high vibration control performance. | 02-16-2012 |
20120035111 | Therapeutic Application of Adiponectin in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction - A therapeutic method for cardiac diseases such as angina, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia (ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation and atrial fibrillation) is provided. The method is characterized by intracoronary administration of adiponection to mammals. | 02-09-2012 |
20120027291 | MULTI-VIEW IMAGE CODING METHOD, MULTI-VIEW IMAGE DECODING METHOD, MULTI-VIEW IMAGE CODING DEVICE, MULTI-VIEW IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, MULTI-VIEW IMAGE CODING PROGRAM, AND MULTI-VIEW IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM - The disclosed multi-view image coding/decoding device first obtains depth information for an object photographed in an area subject to processing. Next, a group of pixels in an already-coded (decoded) area which is adjacent to the area subject to processing and in which the same object as in the area subject to processing has been photographed is determined using the depth information and set as a sample pixel group. Then, a view synthesis image is generated for the pixels included in the sample pixel group and the area subject to processing. Next, correction parameters to correct illumination and color mismatches in the sample pixel group are estimated from the view synthesis image and the decoded image. A predicted image is then generated by correcting the view synthesis image relative to the area subject to processing using the estimated correction parameters. | 02-02-2012 |
20110319620 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDE AND ARYLBORONIC ACID COMPOUND - When phthalic acid is heated in heptane under azeotropic reflux conditions in the presence of a catalytic amount of an arylboronic acid compound (such as 2,6-(diisopropylaminomethyl)phenylboronic acid or 2,6-bis(diisopropylaminomethyl)phenylboronic acid), phthalic anhydride is obtained in high yield. | 12-29-2011 |
20110288792 | MEMBRANE TENSION MEASURING APPARATUS - A membrane tension measuring apparatus comprises: a rectangular frame ( | 11-24-2011 |
20110275137 | IMPROVING AGENT FOR NEUROPATHIC PAIN - An object of the present invention is to provide a substance which can be used as an active ingredient for improving neuropathic pain having a novel mechanism of action different from those of currently available agents and, therefore, provide an improving agent for neuropathic pain which rarely interacts with currently available agents and also does not have adverse reactions similar to those of currently available agents. An improving agent for neuropathic pain due to a hyperalgesic response of the present invention as a means for resolution is characterized by comprising, as an active ingredient, a lyase (an elimination enzyme) which has an activity of degrading a chondroitin sulfate chain of a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, and is typified by chondroitinase ABC which selectively removes chondroitin sulfate and dermatan sulfate of a proteoglycan. | 11-10-2011 |
20110229980 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE AND USE THEREOF - The present teaching provides a fluorescent oligonucleotide probe having a high degree of design flexibility and wide applicability, as well as the use thereof. This is an oligonucleotide probe capable of forming a stem and loop, comprising at least one fluorophore located between adjacent nucleotides in the stem and is linked to a unit represented by Formula (1) and at least one quencher located at a site capable of pairing up with the at least one fluorophore located between the adjacent nucleotides in the stem and is linked to a unit represented by Formula (2). (In the formulae, X represents the fluorophore, Y represents the quencher, R1 represents an optionally substituted C | 09-22-2011 |
20110163744 | CELLULAR TISSUE MAGNETIC SIGNAL DETECTING APPARATUS - A cellular tissue magnetic signal detecting device for detecting a magnetic signal locally generated in a cellular tissue including an excitable cell generating an electrical excitation, the cellular tissue magnetic signal detecting device includes: a magnetic sensor head operative to approach the cellular tissue within 1000 μm; and a magnetic detecting section detecting the magnetic signal with a resolution of 1000 μm or less at a noise level of 1 nT or less, and a response speed of 1 ms or less based on an output signal from the magnetic sensor head; the magnetic sensor head including magneto impedance sensor. | 07-07-2011 |
20110143093 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE/SiC COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND GRAPHENE/SiC COMPOSITE MATERIAL OBTAINED THEREBY - A process for advantageously producing a graphene/SiC composite material is provided in which a large-area graphene layer that is flat in an atomic level is formed on a SiC single crystal substrate. The process for producing a graphene/SiC composite material in which at least one graphene layer is formed on a SiC single crystal substrate, comprising the steps of: removing an oxide film that is formed by natural oxidation and covers a surface of the SiC single crystal substrate, thereby exposing a Si surface of the SiC single crystal substrate, heating the SiC single crystal substrate with the Si surface exposed under an oxygen atmosphere, thereby forming a SiO | 06-16-2011 |
20110125075 | METHOD FOR CONTROL OF ELECTROPORATION APPARATUS - A method for controlling an electroporation apparatus for use in an animal such as human and a non-human animal, the method comprising a step of applying a voltage to an electrode of the electroporation apparatus placed in/on a biological sample of the animal in the presence of a nucleic acid construct capable of inhibiting the expression of a gene in the animal. In this manner, a nucleic acid construct can be introduced into a cell of a living body with good efficiency. | 05-26-2011 |
20110117054 | USE OF RIBAVIRIN IN BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDER - To provide a pharmaceutical agent that is effective for the amelioration or the like of a condition where the prothrombin time is prolonged or a condition where the INR (international normalized ratio) is increased. Disclosed is a pharmaceutical agent comprising ribavirin or a derivative thereof as an active ingredient. | 05-19-2011 |
20110111499 | MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for producing a mesenchymal stem cell having an ability to differentiate into a myoblast by culturing a pluripotent stem cell derived from a human or animal, including: i) preparing the pluripotent stem cell that has been cryopreserved, ii) sub-culturing the prepared pluripotent stem cell in an undifferentiated state for a prescribed number of times, iii) culturing the subcultured pluripotent stem cell under conditions that enable induction of differentiation into an adipocyte in vitro, and iv) separating and collecting a CD105-positive cell during the culturing process. | 05-12-2011 |
20110105017 | RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The relay devices store data received from an ECU connected to each of the relay devices in the first reception buffers, respectively. During a synchronizing period, the relay devices perform transmission and reception by mainline frames including attribute value groups mutually received from the ECUs. Data read out from the databases are transmitted to the ECUs. The databases are synchronized with one another only when the relay device receives the final frame from the relay device which received all the mainline frames and issues COMMIT. | 05-05-2011 |
20110092690 | LINKER AND SUPPORT FOR SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS OF NUCLEIC ACID - The invention provides a universal linker capable of synthesizing nucleic acid having a phosphate group at the 3′ terminal, a universal support carrying the linker, and a synthesis method of nucleic acid using the universal support. The linker for solid phase synthesis of nucleic acid contains a compound represented by at least one of the following formulae | 04-21-2011 |
20110085547 | RELAY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Relay apparatuses read the attribute values of data, i.e., numerical information representing measurement values, calculation values, control values, etc., from receive buffers in which data received from ECUs connected thereto is stored, and create trunk frames containing the numerical information and transmit and receive trunk frames via trunk lines. The relay apparatuses derive numerical information from trunk frames received from the other relay apparatuses and renew the numerical information on the data stored in their respective databases using the derived numerical information. | 04-14-2011 |
20110079765 | INFRARED DETECTOR, INFRARED DETECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INFRARED DETECTOR - An infrared detector comprises: a reflection portion which transmits far- and middle-infrared rays and which reflects near-infrared and visible rays; a photo-current generating portion having a plurality of layered quantum dot structures in each of which electrons are excited by the far- and middle-infrared rays having passed through the reflection portion so as to generate photo-current; a light emitting portion having a plurality of layered quantum well structures into each of which electrons of the photo-current generated by the photo-current generating portion are injected and in each of which the electrons thus injected thereinto are recombined with holes so as to emit near-infrared and visible rays; and a photo-detecting portion which detects the near-infrared and visible rays emitted from the light emitting portion and which detects the near-infrared and visible rays emitted from the light emitting portion and then reflected by the reflection portion. The reflection portion, the photo-current generating portion, and the light emitting portion are made of group III-V compound semiconductors that are layered on top of a semiconductor substrate. | 04-07-2011 |
20110065941 | Plant body with modified program related to accumulation of storage material and the use thereof - The object of the invention is to provide a plant body in which the program for accumulating storage products has been modified, and applications of the same. In the invention, the plant body is constructed so as to have a B3 DNA-binding domain and an EAR motif, and so as to be capable of repressing the expression of two or more genes which code for two or more proteins having a sugar-inducible promotor function-suppressing activity. | 03-17-2011 |
20110065094 | METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTION/IDENTIFICATION OF VIRUS-INFECTED CELL - Disclosed is a means for specifically detecting and identifying a virus-infected cell in a floating cell system by a simple manipulation and with high sensitivity. A virus-infected cell can be detected and identified by the following steps (1) to (5): (1) adding a first labeled antibody which has been labeled with a first labeling substance and is directed against a cell surface antigen specific to a target cell to a sample and allowing the mixture to react; (2) immobilizing a protein in the presence of an RNAstabilizing agent; (3) treating the protein with a surfactant; (4) adding a labeled nucleic acid probe for a nucleic acid specific to a target virus to cause the hybridization; and (5) detecting a cell labeled with both the first labeled antibody and the labeled nucleic acid probe by flow cytometry. | 03-17-2011 |
20110059508 | IMPROVING AGENT FOR DYSFUNCTION DUE TO NEUROPATHY AND RHO KINASE ACTIVATION INHIBITOR - An object of the present invention is to provide a substance which is able to be an active ingredient for the improvement of dysfunction caused by nerve damage. An improving agent for dysfunction due to nerve damage of the present invention as a means for resolution thereof is characterized in that it comprises an endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase type enzyme which hydrolyzes an N-acetylglucosamide bond in a keratan sulfate backbone as an active ingredient. When the improving agent of the present invention is administered, clinical improvement is achieved in motor neuron dysfunction and sensory neuron dysfunction such as neuropathic pain represented by a pain caused by allodynia and hyperalgesic reaction of the object to be treated. | 03-10-2011 |
20110059102 | Therapeutic Method Targeting Midkine - Provided is a therapeutic method targeting midkine for treating mammalian kidney disorders, primary kidney disorders, hypertension that follows secondary kidney disorders such as diabetic nephropathy, and hypertension secondary to chronic kidney disease. | 03-10-2011 |
20110047244 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - When sending data, an ECU sends time lag information indicating a time lag that is a difference between time of generating time point at which the data is generated and time of sending start time point at which the ECU actually starts sending the data. When transferring the data, a relay apparatus adds time lag information indicating a time lag that is a difference between time of receiving start time point at which the relay apparatus starts receiving the data and time of transferring start time point at which the relay apparatus starts transferring the data, onto the time lag added on the received data. When receiving the data, an ECU determines for the received data the time of the generating time point that is earlier the time lag indicated by the time lag information of the received data than the time at which the ECU starts receiving the data. | 02-24-2011 |
20110045535 | Activator for Blood Coagulation Factor VII Promoter and Utilization of the Same - It is intended to provide an activator for blood coagulation factor VII. Ribavirin or its derivative is used as an activator for blood coagulation factor VII promoter. | 02-24-2011 |
20110033365 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CARBONACEOUS FILM - This invention provides a process and apparatus for producing a carbonaceous film such as a DLC film using a solid raw material without the need to supply a high energy radiation such as a laser beam. The process comprises providing a solid organic material as a raw material, applying a discharge energy to the material to form plasma, and depositing the plasma onto a base material to form a carbonaceous film. This process is preferably carried out by using a film production apparatus ( | 02-10-2011 |
20100331216 | CELL CULTURE METHOD - To provide a cell culture method capable of sustaining in-vivo functions for a long time by suppressing dedifferentiation. A cell culture method in accordance with the present invention is to culture cells in a multi-layered state in a minute partitioned space and to obtain a tissue structure having a function resembling an in-vivo function. When the cells are mammary gland epithelial cells, a hollow acinus-like structure can be formed. The minute partitioned space is particularly preferably a micro container in a cell culture container having a plurality of such micro containers on the surface. | 12-30-2010 |
20100324283 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LAUROLACTAM - Disclosed is a method for producing laurolactam from cyclododecanone and hydroxylamine in a simple process and with high efficiency. The method comprises the following steps (a) to (e): (a) reacting cyclododecanone with hydroxylamine in an aqueous solution in the presence of an excess amount of cyclododecanone or a solvent to produce cyclododecanone oxime; (b) separating the reaction mixture obtained after the oxime-forming step into an oil and an aqueous phases and collecting a solution of cyclododecanone oxime of the oil phase as; (c) removing dissolved water from the solution of cyclododecanone oxime which is collected as an oily phase in the oil/aqueous phase separation step; (d) producing laurolactam from cyclododecanone oxime by rearrangement reaction using an aromatic-ring containing compound as a rearrangement catalyst; and (e) separating the produced laurolactam from the reaction mixture after the rearrangement step and purifying the laurolactam. | 12-23-2010 |
20100308313 | Organic Material Containing Oligophenylene Skeleton and Light-Emitting Device Using the Same - [Object] To provide a wide band-gap material capable of forming a stable amorphous thin film and an organic electroluminescent device using such a compound and having a high light emission efficiency. | 12-09-2010 |
20100297613 | Nucleic acid, amino acid encoded by said nucleic acid, probe comprising said nucleic acid or said amino acid, and screening method using said probe - A nucleic acid involved in the control of the biological clock comprising following (a) or (b): | 11-25-2010 |
20100292332 | RAPID-ACTING, BLOOD-ARGININE-LEVEL-INCREASABLE ORAL PREPARATION COMPRISING CITRULLINE AND ARGININE - The present invention provides a rapid-acting, blood arginine level-increasing oral preparation containing citrulline or a salt thereof and arginine or a salt thereof as active ingredients. The rapid-acting, blood arginine level-increasing oral preparation of the present invention can rapidly and effectively increase blood arginine level after ingestion, and can rapidly provide an arginine ingestion effect. | 11-18-2010 |
20100292186 | Pharmaceutical Composition for Treatment or Prevention of Liver Cancer - An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent liver cancer treatment agent or prevention agent. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing liver cancer, comprising menatetrenone, which is one species of vitamin K, and a phospholipid, said phospholipid being preferably egg yolk lecithin or soybean lecithin. | 11-18-2010 |
20100286363 | CYCLIC HEPTAPEPTIDE AND USE OF THE SAME - A novel cyclic heptapeptide that is useful as a preadipocyte differentiation-inhibitory agent or an adipocyte fat accumulation-inhibitory agent, and the use of such agents, are provided. A novel cyclic heptapeptide represented by the following formula is provided. | 11-11-2010 |
20100286049 | POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE-RELATED GENE AND USE THEREOF - A major gene of a pc mutant of a Japanese Medaka fish ( | 11-11-2010 |
20100279402 | Expression Construct for Digesting Aggregating Protein and Method of Inhibiting the Aggregation of Aggregating Protein - It is intended to provide a means which is efficacious in digesting a protein forming aggregates in a eukaryotic cell such as mutant superoxide dismutase 1 or an androgen receptor having an abnormally extended polyglutamine chain. Namely, an expression construct for digesting an aggregating protein which has a nucleic acid encoding an archaeal proteasome and being connected in an operable manner to a promoter for eukaryotic cells. By transferring this expression construct into a eukaryotic cell, the aggregating protein is digested owing to the action of the archaeal proteasome. | 11-04-2010 |
20100276275 | METHOD OF GENERATING FINE METAL PARTICLES, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL-CONTAINING PASTE, AND METHOD OF FORMING THIN METAL FILM INTERCONNECTION - There is provided a method or the like which safely generates fine metal particles at a low cost without using a chlorine gas. Fine copper particles ( | 11-04-2010 |
20100260722 | Material for ameliorating skin tissue and method for producing the same - A material for ameliorating skin tissue provided by the invention comprises, as a main component, a culture obtained by culturing cells or tissue fragments derived from human or other mammalian alveolar mucosa. Typically, 50% or more of the cells contained in the culture are fibroblasts, and having a high growth rate and a high productivity in vascular endothelial cell growth factor (VEDF) and/or keratinocyte growth factor (KGF). | 10-14-2010 |
20100249431 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING DISULFONIC ACID COMPOUND, ASYMMETRIC MANNICH CATALST, PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING BETA-AMINOCARBONYL DERIVATIVE, AND NOVEL DISULFONATE - Hexamethylphosphoramide (HMPA) was added to a reaction vessel containing (R)-1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′-dithiol and potassium hydroxide. The vessel was purged with oxygen and stirred at 80° C. for 5 days under 7 atmospheres of oxygen. After being cooled to room temperature, the reaction product was purified to yield potassium (R)-1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′-disulfonate. The (R)-1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′-disulfonic acid obtained from the disulfonate and 2,6-diphenylpyridine were stirred in acetonitrile, and then the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. Subsequently, magnesium sulfate and distilled CH | 09-30-2010 |
20100248373 | METHOD FOR INTRODUCING FOREIGN SUBSTANCE INTO CELL HAVING CELL WALL - Disclosed is a method for introducing a foreign substance ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100232559 | ION GENERATING DEVICE AND NEUTRON GENERATING APPARATUS - A neutron generating apparatus includes an ion generating device. The ion generating device includes an ion generating tube to which deuterium gas or tritium gas is supplied, a magnet arranged outside of the ion generating tube for generating a magnetic field in the ion generating tube, a plasma generating antenna arranged outside of the ion generating tube for generating an electric field in the ion generating tube, and an RF power source that supplies high frequency power to the plasma generating antenna. The RF power source supplies the high frequency power to the plasma generating antenna by controlling the pulse thereof so that an unsteady state of plasma is generated repetitively in the ion generating tube. | 09-16-2010 |
20100220784 | Video Encoding Method and Decoding Method, Apparatuses Therefor, Programs Therefor, and Storage Media for Storing the Programs - By using parallax compensation which performs prediction by using parallax between video images, the video images are encoded as a single video image. Reference parallax for a target image to be encoded is set, wherein the reference parallax is estimated using a reference image; area division in an image frame is set; parallax displacement for each divided area is set, wherein the parallax displacement is the difference between the reference parallax and parallax for the parallax compensation; data of the area division is encoded; and data for indicating the parallax displacement is encoded. During decoding, reference parallax for a target image to be decoded is set, wherein it is estimated using a reference image; data for indicating area division, which is included in encoded data, is decoded; and data of parallax displacement, which is included in the encoded data, is decoded for each area indicated by the area division data. | 09-02-2010 |
20100215366 | ROUTING METHOD OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK NODE APPARATUS AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK NODE APPARATUS - An optical communication network node apparatus is provided that considerably reduces the node apparatus in scale, especially, a switch device in scale relative to increase in the number of wavelength multiplexes. With a routing operation on the basis of a wavelength at an intra-ring traffic step, light output from a plurality of demultiplexers is subjected to add/drop and routing processes and is directly or indirectly distributed to a plurality of multiplexers, and at an inter-ring traffic step (including a routing operation on the basis of a wavelength group), among lights output from a plurality of demultiplexers, light of another wavelength preliminarily set for inter-ring transmission and different from the light of the wavelength preliminarily set for the intra-ring transmission is subjected to the routing process, and, therefore, the node apparatus is considerably reduced to a smaller scale as compared to a node apparatus that achieves concatenation in a manner capable of routing lights of all the wavelengths to arbitrary optical rings. | 08-26-2010 |
20100211676 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - When communication is performed with the upstream and downstream sides being defined in the order of relay apparatuses, the relay apparatuses each transmit a keepalive message representing that they are effectively performing communication. When no keepalive message can be received from the relay apparatus and an abnormality is detected thereby, the relay apparatus transmits a keepalive message including abnormality information representing that the abnormality is detected. By receiving the keepalive message including the abnormality information, the relay apparatus detects the abnormality on the upstream side, changes a communication path, and transmits a master candidate notification to the relay apparatus on the downstream side in order that the relay apparatus itself becomes a master. | 08-19-2010 |
20100197789 | ANTI-OBESITY AGENT AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed is a novel anti-obesity agent. Also disclosed is a therapeutic method using the anti-obesity agent. The anti-obesity agent comprises a GABA | 08-05-2010 |
20100197726 | INHIBITOR OF THE DIFFERENTIATION OF T CELLS INTO TH1 CELLS - The present invention is to provide an inhibitor that inhibits differentiation of T cells into Th1 cells. | 08-05-2010 |
20100190196 | D-SERINE DEHYDRATASE AND USE THEREOF - A novel D-serine quantification method that can overcome various disadvantages of a conventional D-serine quantification method; a novel enzyme that can be used in the D-serine quantification method; a gene encoding the enzyme; and the like. Specifically, a novel D-serine dehydratase including (a) a protein having an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or (b) a protein having an amino acid sequence homologous to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and having a D-serine dehydratase activity; and a D-serine quantification method including the steps of reacting a sample with the enzyme, quantifying ammonia or pyruvic acid produced by the reaction, and calculating the amount of D-serine in the sample based on a value produced by the quantification. | 07-29-2010 |
20100169991 | Biopesticide comprising insect belonging to family coccinellidae - Disclosed is a biopesticide utilizing an insect belonging to the family Coccinelidae, which has excellent durability of effect, which can control a insect pest effectively, and which has little influence on an ecosystem. An insect belonging to the family Coccinelidae having abnormality in the wing formation can be produced by suppressing the expression of a vestigial gene and/or a scalloped gene in the insect. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169278 | DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMUNICATION METHOD - Distribution apparatuses include databases for storing data received from ECUs, and further include receiving buffers and sending buffers. The distribution apparatus continuously performs, in parallel, an operation for storing received data on the receiving buffer, operation for synchronizing contents of the database with the databases, and an operation for sending data from the sending buffer. Further, the distribution apparatus periodically copies data of the receiving buffer onto the database and data of the database onto the sending buffer. | 07-01-2010 |
20100143482 | METHOD OF PRODUCING MICROCAPSULES - It is intended to provide a method whereby various kinds of microcapsules, which are usable in, for example, a gene vector, can be produced in a small amount. This production method comprises: feeding a fluid containing a substance to be encapsulated into at lease one ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100131816 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ADAPTING FOR CAR, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS ADAPTING FOR CAR, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD ADAPTING FOR CAR - It is provided about a communication system adapting for car, communication apparatus adapting for car and a communication method adapting for car that can perform data transmission under extensive range from a low speed communication to high speed communication, without generating data delay, data dropout and the like, caused by the data sending collision. | 05-27-2010 |
20100129914 | Tol1 FACTOR TRANSPOSASE AND DNA INTRODUCTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An object is to provide a Tol1 element transposase and a use thereof. Provided is a Tol1 element transposase containing (a) a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 1 or (b) a protein having an amino acid sequence homologous to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and having an enzymatic activity for transferring Tol1 element. Further, provided are a polynucleotide encoding the transposase and an expression construct containing the polynucleotide therein. The present invention also provides a DNA introduction system including (a) a donor factor having such a structure that a desired DNA is inserted in a transposase gene-defected Tol1 element and (b) a helper factor containing the transposase or the polynucleotide. | 05-27-2010 |
20100124232 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - GW apparatuses send messages including data being sent from ECUs to a distribution apparatus without sending to an ECU. The distribution apparatus stores the messages on a database, and sends the messages to an ECU, and an ECU. In a case, the distribution apparatus sends the messages in a message sending order and the GW apparatuses relays the messages being sent from the distribution apparatus to the ECUs. The message sending order may be an order in which the distribution apparatus receives the messages an ascending (descending) order of values corresponding to message IDs applied to the messages, or an ascending order of message received time of the messages. | 05-20-2010 |
20100113786 | PHOSPHORAMIDE COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, LIGAND, COMPLEX, CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE ALCOHOL - Disclosed is a method for highly efficiently obtaining an optically active alcohol from a carbonyl compound highly enantioselectively. Also disclosed is a ligand used in such a method. Specifically, an optically active alcohol is obtained by reacting a carbonyl compound and an organozinc compound by using a ligand (L) shown below. | 05-06-2010 |
20100104388 | VIBRATION SUPPRESSING METHOD AND VIBRATION SUPPRESSING DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL - A vibration suppressing method and a vibration suppressing device are disclosed. After a tool is attached to a main spindle, a modal parameter of the tool or a workpiece is computed. Thereafter, a relation between chatter frequency and phase difference is calculated as an approximation formula based on the obtained modal parameter and machining conditions. If chatter vibration occurs after initiation of the machining, a chatter frequency corresponding to a target phase difference is obtained using the approximation formula, and based on the obtained chatter frequency, the number of tool flutes and the main spindle rotation speed, the optimum rotation speed is calculated. The rotation speed of the main spindle is then changed in accordance with the obtained optimum rotation speed. | 04-29-2010 |
20100093646 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING MEMORY IN NORMAL INDIVIDUAL - The present invention provides a method for enhancing memory in a normal individual, particularly in an individual of middle or advanced age who is regarded as clinically normal. The method for enhancing memory in a normal individual comprises administration of a peptide consisting of Leu and Ile or a modified form thereof. | 04-15-2010 |
20100093179 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A pattern forming method includes preparing a target object including silicon with an initial pattern formed thereon and having a first line width; performing a plasma oxidation process on the silicon surface inside a process chamber of a plasma processing apparatus and thereby forming a silicon oxide film on a surface of the initial pattern; and removing the silicon oxide film. The pattern forming method is arranged to repeatedly perform formation of the silicon oxide film and removal of the silicon oxide film so as to form an objective pattern having a second line width finer than the first line width on the target object. | 04-15-2010 |
20100087383 | INTRACEREBRAL OXIDATION INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to an intracerebral oxidation inhibitor for preventing the onset of mental deterioration, which has early therapeutic effects. Specifically, the present invention relates to: an intracerebral oxidation inhibitor comprising a peptide consisting of Leu and Ile or a modified form thereof as an active ingredient; and a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for mental deterioration comprising the peptide consisting of Leu and Ile or a modified form thereof as an active ingredient and having effects of inhibiting intracerebral oxidation. | 04-08-2010 |
20100063598 | BONE FILLING MATERIAL AND KIT FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE SAME - A bone filling material prepared from both a cement material for bone filling and a crimpled fibrous material, which is filled into an affected part in such a state that the crimpled fibrous material is dispersed in a cement base material consisting of the above cement material. It is preferable that the cement material contain calcium phosphate cement and the crimpled fibrous material have a mean diameter of 10 to 500 μm. | 03-11-2010 |
20100051458 | CARBON QUANTITY DETECTING SENSOR WITH INCREASED DETECTING PRECISION - A carbon quantity detecting sensor for continuously detecting a carbon quantity of measuring gases with increased precision using a simplifier structure is disclosed. The sensor includes at least a proton conductive body composed of a solid electrolyte body having a proton conductivity, an electrode pair composed of a measuring electrode and a reference electrode formed on the proton conductive body at opposing surfaces thereof respectively, and a power source for applying at least one of a given current or a given voltage across the electrode pair. The measuring gases electrode is exposed to the measuring gases and the reference electrode is isolated from the measuring gases. This enables the carbon quantity of measuring gases to be detected with increased precision for a long period of time without causing a carbon component to accumulate on a surface of the measuring electrode due to an electrochemical reaction. | 03-04-2010 |
20100050278 | Application of Actin-Binding Protein to Disease Associated With Cell Motility - It is intended to identity a protein involved in a molecular mechanism between Akt and cell motility as well as to elucidate its function and find its application. In the present teachings, for achieving the above object, protein or partial peptide thereof containing an amino acid sequence identical or substantially identical to the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID: 2 is utilized in the screening of a compound or a salt thereof that activates or inhibits any of cell motility, cell migration and angiogenesis. | 02-25-2010 |
20100045580 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An original monochrome image recorded with an FPD (flat panel detector) which comprises an array, m rows and n columns, of pixels is reduced and converted into a display image which comprises an array, q rows and (3*n*q/m) columns, of pixels before the display image is transferred to a monochrome liquid crystal display equipped with a monochrome LCD which comprises an array, q rows and P columns, of pixels, where m, n, q, and P are natural numbers and m≦n, q q are given. The monochrome liquid crystal display drives the three sub pixels of each pixel independently aligned along the row of the monochrome LCD to display the display image of the pixels in q rows and (3*n*q/m) columns. | 02-25-2010 |
20100042027 | POSITIVE PRESSURE CHAMBER FOR EXTREMITIES - The present invention provides a positive pressure chamber for treating extremities, which is used for treating extremity swelling or edema, rehabilitation, prophylaxis for deep venous thrombosis, relieving extremity pain, improvement of extremity skin, and the like. | 02-18-2010 |
20100041917 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF CARBONYL COMPOUND AND PRO-OXIDANT FOR PREPARATION OF CARBONYL COMPOUND - The invention provides a process for the preparation of a carbonyl compound in high efficiency by oxidizing an alcohol. The process for the preparation of a carbonyl compound of the present invention includes a step of oxidizing an alcohol in the presence of a compound of the formula (I) or a derivative or a salt thereof, and an oxidant, | 02-18-2010 |
20100037328 | CD20-NEGATIVELY CONVERTED B CELL MALIGNANT LYMPHOCYTE CELL LINE AND UTILIZATION OF THE SAME - It is intended to provide a tool, a procedure and so on which are useful in developing a therapeutic strategy efficacious in inhibiting or overcoming the resistance against a CD20-directed molecular-targeted drug. Thus, a CD20-negatively converted B-cell malignant lymphocyte cell line is provided. Also, a model animal indicating the pathological conditions of CD20-negatively converted B-cell malignant lymphocyte is provided. Further, a method of screening a substance, which is efficacious against CD20-positive B-cell malignant lymphocyte or CD20-negatively converted B cell malignant lymphocyte, is provided. Furthermore, a drug against CD20-positive B-cell malignant lymphocyte or CD20-negatively converted B-cell malignant lymphocyte, which is characterized by being used together with a CD20-directed molecular-targeted drug, is provided. In one embodiment, a DNA methylase inhibitor or a histone deacetylase inhibitor is employed as the active ingredient. | 02-11-2010 |
20090324467 | MAGNETIC CHEMICAL ABSORBENT, PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THE SAME AND RECYCLING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AS WELL AS WASTE-LIQUID TREATING METHOD - A magnetic chemical absorbent according to the present invention is provided with a composite, which is constituted of a core substance comprising magnetite fine particles and schwertmannite being precipitated around the core substance to chemically bond therewith. This magnetic chemical absorbent can be produced in a hydrolysis reaction step, in which crystal of schwertmannite is precipitated by means of hydrolysis reaction by heating a solution of ferric salt and thereafter adding a reactive substance thereto, by means of adding magnetite fine particles into the solution after the solution is heated and before the precipitation of the crystal begins. | 12-31-2009 |
20090306504 | IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM - The image display method comprises a three-dimensional image creating step that creates a three-dimensional image based on volume data; a cutting plane setting step that sets a cutting plane that cuts the three-dimensional image at an arbitrary position; and a positional relationship display image creating step that creates a positional relationship display image representing the mutual positional relationship between the three-dimensional image and the cutting plane, in which the opacity of the cutting plane in the positional relationship display image is adjusted so that a portion of the three-dimensional image that is hidden by the cutting plane is visually recognizable through the cutting plane in the positional relationship display image. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304712 | Neuronal Cell Death Inhibitor and Screening Method - A neuronal cell death inhibitor comprising a compound having an inhibitory activity on the production and/or release of glutamic acid in a microglia; by inhibiting the production and/or release in a microglia, neurite bead-like degeneration or neuronal cell death can be inhibited. | 12-10-2009 |
20090287212 | EXTERNAL FIXATOR - A work for fixing a bone by an external fixator is facilitated. The external fixator comprises a plurality of ball joints each comprising a plurality of pins inserted into a bone, a coupling member, a rotary member that fixes pins to the coupling member relatively, is coupled by the coupling member and forms a ball at least partially, a supporting member in which a first supporting member and a first screw for supporting the ball rotatably are formed, and a tubular fastening member that contains the ball, has openings at the opposite ends, is provided at one end with a second screw corresponding to the first screw, and is provided at the other end with a second supporting portion for pushing the ball against the first supporting portion when the second screw is driven into the first screw, wherein the pins and the coupling member are fixed to the supporting member and the rotary member. | 11-19-2009 |
20090286011 | Plasma Processing Device, Plasma Processing Method, and Plasma Surface Processing Method - To generate plasma inside a tube of a small opening diameter and perform plasma processing inside the tube. | 11-19-2009 |
20090278094 | Semiconductor nanoparticle and method of producing the same - The present invention provides semiconductor nanoparticles which emit light at room temperature and include a sulfide or oxide containing zinc, a Group 11 element in the periodic table, and a Group 13 element in the periodic table as a main component or a sulfide or oxide containing a Group 11 element in the periodic table and a Group 13 element in the periodic table as a main component. For example, the semiconductor nanoparticles are represented by Zn | 11-12-2009 |
20090274627 | Composition for Regeneration of Periodontal Soft Tissue and Method for Producing the Same - It is intended to provide a composition for regeneration of periodontal soft tissue less invasively and a method for producing the composition. The composition for regeneration of periodontal soft tissue is prepared so as to contain a cell selected from an undifferentiated/stem cell or a blast cell having an ability to form gingiva, a matrix material and blood platelet plasma. With the composition, free gingiva as well as attached gingiva can be regenerated less invasively with an effective and good aesthetics. | 11-05-2009 |
20090263919 | PLASMA OXIDATION PROCESSING METHOD - A plasma oxidation process is performed to form a silicon oxide film on the surface of a target object by use of plasma with an O( | 10-22-2009 |
20090255005 | Method for Preparing Fish Embryo - An object of the invention is to effectively prepare a fish embryo with a correct chromosomal ploidy by nuclear transplantation in which an exogenous fish nucleus is transplanted in a cytoplasmic recipient. For this object, the invention comprises a step of preparing a fish embryo by transplanting a fish cell nucleus to an unfertilized egg. The step of preparing a fish embryo comprises a step of imposing physical and/or chemical stress to the unfertilized egg after activation. By imposing such stress, the stage of haplosis in a female nucleus which happens at the early stage of a series of developmental steps occurring in an unfertilized egg is suppressed and the correct ploidy of an obtained embryo is at least secured. | 10-08-2009 |
20090249513 | Method for Expression and Accumulation of Peptide in Plant - The present invention relates to a method for expressing and accumulating a low-molecular peptide in plant seeds; a vector therefore; and a plant transformed with the vector. In the present invention, an intended peptide composed of 3 to 40 amino acid residues is expressed and accumulated in seeds of a plant by transforming the plant with a fusion protein expression vector comprising a gene encoding a member of the glutelin multigene family and two or more copies of a gene encoding the intended peptide ligated downstream of the gene under the control of a promoter. | 10-01-2009 |
20090246542 | PLASMA PROCESS APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESS METHOD, AND OBJECT PROCESSED BY THE PLASMA PROCESS METHOD - A disclosed plasma process apparatus includes an electromagnetic wave generator that generates electromagnetic waves; a vacuum vessel configured to be hermetically connected with an object to be processed, and evacuated to reduced pressures along with the object to be processed hermetically connected to the vacuum vessel; an electromagnetic wave guiding portion configured to guide the electromagnetic waves generated by the electromagnetic wave generator so that plasma is ignited in the vacuum vessel; a gas supplying portion configured to supply a process gas to the object to be processed hermetically connected to the vacuum vessel; an evacuation portion configured to evacuate the object to be processed hermetically connected to the vacuum vessel; and a voltage source configured to apply a predetermined voltage to the object to be processed hermetically connected to the vacuum vessel so that the plasma ignited in the vacuum vessel is guided to the object to be processed. | 10-01-2009 |
20090234552 | Driving Action Estimating Device, Driving Support Device, Vehicle Evaluating System, Driver Model Creating Device, and Driving Action Determining Device - A driver model with higher precision is created as an evaluation standard for a driving condition in a normal condition. Further, a driving action is estimated using a driver model which can be created easily and can represent driving characteristics of a driver more precisely. | 09-17-2009 |
20090232769 | Pharmaceutical Composition For Treatment Of Blood Clotting Disorder - Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of blood clotting disorder which can reduce a burden on a patient. The pharmaceutical composition comprises an effective amount of ribavirin or a derivative thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of ribavirin or the derivative. | 09-17-2009 |
20090230973 | PLANAR TYPE FREQUENCY SHIFT PROBE FOR MEASURING PLASMA ELECTRON DENSITIES AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING PLASMA ELECTRON DENSITIES - A planar type frequency shift probe that utilizes resonance of electromagnetic waves and includes a main body with a conductor plate and a coaxial cable. The main body includes a long narrow space, which has predetermined width and length and has an opening on the periphery of the main body, as well as the first surface part and the second surface part. The surface conductor of the coaxial cable is connected to the first surface part while the core conductor of the coaxial cable is connected to the second surface part via a lead wire. | 09-17-2009 |
20090220312 | MACHINE TOOL WITH CHIP PROCESSING FUNCTION - The present invention provides a machine tool which allows a chip to be guided in a desired direction and which enables consecutive chip processing, the machine tool further enabling a reduction in cutting resistance, required power, resulting heat, friction of a tool, and the like. The machine tool includes a chip processing means | 09-03-2009 |
20090220311 | CUTTING TOOL WITH CHIP GUIDING FUNCTION AND CUTTING METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides a cutting tool and a cutting method for the cutting tool which enable curl of a chip to be corrected without causing the chip to be jammed and which also allow the chip to be guided by correcting the direction of the chip to a desired one. A cutting tool | 09-03-2009 |
20090220234 | Optical Waveband Demultiplexer, Optical Waveband Multiplexer, and Optical Waveband Selective Switch - A simple optical waveband multiplexer/demultiplexer operable to separate a wavelength-division multiplexed light beam WDM consisting of a plurality of wavebands WB each including a plurality of optical channels, into a predetermined plurality of wavebands WB, and output the separated plurality of wavebands WB from a plurality of output ports, wherein the wavelength-division multiplexed light beam WDM is transmitted through two array waveguides each capable of performing a demultiplexing function with a resolution corresponding to wavelengths of the optical channels, and a characteristic of sequentially shifting the output ports by one position with shifting of input ports by one position, whereby the wavelength-division multiplexed light beam WDM is separated into a plurality of wavebands WB each including the mutually different optical channels selected from the optical channels included in the wavelength-division multiplexed light beam WDM, and the separated wavebands WB are outputted from the plurality of output ports, respectively. | 09-03-2009 |
20090210366 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING MULTIPLE PARAMETERS BY HYBRID GA, METHOD OF DATA ANALYSYS BY PATTERN MATCHING, METHOD OF ESTIMATING STRUCTURE OF MATERIALS BASED ON RADIATION DIFFRACTION DATA, PROGRAMS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND VARIOUS APPARATUS RELATED THERETO - The present invention provides a Hybrid GA (HGA) in which local optimization operation is performed to only a few individual with lower fitness selected from each population of widely distributed generations in genetic algorithm (GA). Since this HGA shows very powerful global searching ability even in a vast multi-dimensional parameter space with strong multi-peak feature, the present invention may efficiently determine a number of structural parameters from a little information included in X-ray diffraction circles. As a result, the present invention may determine a complicated material structure from powder specimen even though it is hard to make a single crystal specimen. Thus, the development of new materials would be highly accelerated in the field of medicines or materials, etc. | 08-20-2009 |
20090209720 | Beta-PINENE POLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - To provide a β-pinene polymer excellent in heat resistance while having thermoplasticity, and further also having excellent strength, without impairing the inherent characteristics of small specific gravity and excellent transparency. A desired β-pinene polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 90,000 to 1,000,000 and a glass transition temperature of 80° C. or more was obtained by polymerizing β-pinene in the presence of a bifunctional vinyl compound. | 08-20-2009 |
20090197333 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANIC MATERIAL AND CULTURE VESSEL - Disclosed is a method for producing a biological organic material in a liquid droplet comprising a culture medium composed of specified ingredient. The method comprises the steps of: providing a substantially spherical liquid droplet on a substrate in an unadhered state, the substrate preferably having such a water-repellent surface that the water contact angle becomes 150° or greater; and culturing a biological organic material in the liquid droplet. | 08-06-2009 |
20090183281 | Use of histone chaperone activity of agrobacterium 6b protein - The present invention provides a technology for modifying the gene expression of a plant body in combination with using histone-chaperon-activity of protein 6b. According to the invention, gene expression is changed or modified globally. | 07-16-2009 |
20090174120 | Injection Molding Apparatus With Plasma Generator, and Method for Injection Molding and Surface Processing - [Object] To provide an injection molding apparatus with a plasma generator, using no high-frequency power. | 07-09-2009 |
20090173932 | Thermoelectric Material, Infrared Sensor and Image Forming Device - A thermoelectric conversion material includes a superlattice structure produced by laminating a barrier layer containing insulating SrTiO | 07-09-2009 |
20090161927 | Medical Image Observation Assisting System - [Means for Achieving the Object] Medical image observation assisting system | 06-25-2009 |
20090155216 | Grafting Material and Agent for Improvement in bone Quality - The present invention has an object to provide a transplant material allowing systemic bone substance improvement to be realized by cell transplant. The present invention teaches to use a transplant material comprising a cell selected from the group consisting of an embryonic stem cell, a mesenchymal stem cell, an osteoblast cell, a preosteoblast, a chondrocyte and a cell having a capability of bone formation through systemic or topical administration for the improvement in bone quality. | 06-18-2009 |
20090131716 | CHIRAL TETRAAMINOPHOSPHONIUM SALTS, CATALYST FOR ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHIRAL beta-NITROALCOHOL - A chiral tetraaminophosphonium salt represented by formula (1) and a method for producing chiral β-nitroalcohol comprising reacting an aldehyde or a ketone and a nitroalkane in the presence of the chiral tetraaminophosphonium salt represented by formula (1) and a base, or in the presence of a conjugated base of the chiral tetraaminophosphonium salt represented by formula (1): | 05-21-2009 |
20090069927 | VIBRATION SUPPRESSING DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL - A calculating member carries out Fourier analysis of a vibrational acceleration to calculate a maximum acceleration and frequency thereof. The calculating member then compares the maximum acceleration with a threshold value, and when the acceleration exceeds the threshold value, the calculating member calculates a k-value and phase information, and stores each calculated value. When retrying is selected, the calculating member determines a type of a current chatter vibration from the phase information, determines the existence of a chatter vibration which is different from the determined chatter vibration, and calculates each new phase information according to the determined chatter vibration and an existence of a different chatter vibration which had been generated before generation of the current vibration. The calculating member then calculates a k1-value from new phase information, calculates the optimum rotation speed by using the k1-value, and changes the rotation speed to the optimum rotation speed. | 03-12-2009 |
20090031441 | Regulatory Genes for Plant Differentiation and Growth, and Use of the Same - An objective of the present invention is to provide gibberellin-binding proteins, genes encoding such proteins, and applications therefor. The proteins of the present invention function as cytoplasmic receptors for gibberellin and mediate gibberellin response in plants. Plants overexpressing such genes exhibited gibberellin-hypersensitive phenotypes, such as increased plant height. In contrast, plants in which the genes were mutated exhibited gibberellin-insensitive phenotypes, and thus became dwarfed. Accordingly, plant differentiation and growth can be regulated by introducing the gibberellin-binding genes of the present invention or by suppressing the expression of same. | 01-29-2009 |
20090028248 | Video Encoding Method and Decoding Method, Apparatuses Therefor, Programs Therefor, and Storage Media for Storing the Programs - A video encoding method for encoding video images as a single video image by using parallax compensation which performs prediction by using parallax between the video images, and a corresponding decoding method. The number of parameters as parallax data used for the parallax compensation is selected and set for each reference image. Data of the set number of parameters is encoded, and parallax data in accordance with the number of parameters is encoded. During decoding, parallax-parameter number data, which is included in encoded data and designates the number of parameters as parallax data for each reference image, is decoded, and parallax data in accordance with the number of parameters is decoded, where the parallax data is included in the encoded data. | 01-29-2009 |
20090015818 | Catheter Surgery Simulation - It is possible to observe a state of stress applied to a region around a cavity replicating a body cavity such as a blood vessel and the like in a three-dimensional model. In catheter insert simulation, when stress is applied to the region around the cavity in the three-dimensional model, it is possible to observe the catheter state together with a photoelastic effect corresponding to the stress state in the surrounding region caused by the catheter. | 01-15-2009 |
20090012751 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR STRUCTURE ANALYSIS BY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD - In a structure analysis method by the finite element method, based on a characteristic that when a load is applied to a structure, an arbitrary point of the structure describes an ellipsoidal shape in accordance with a direction of the load, an equation of the ellipsoidal shape formed by the arbitrary point of the structure when being displaced is formulated based on a constraint condition, a load condition and a stiffness matrix for the structure; and a displacement of the arbitrary point when an arbitrary load is applied to the structure is obtained based on the formulated equation of the ellipsoidal shape. | 01-08-2009 |
20090002801 | ELECTROCHROMIC MIRROR - An electrochromic mirror includes a transparent electrode film, an electrochromic film formed at one thickness direction side of the transparent electrode film, a light reflective film that reflects light that has transmitted through the transparent electrode film and the electrochromic film, a lithium ion transmissive film provided between the electrochromic film and the light reflective film, an electrically conductive film provided at the one thickness direction side of the transparent electrode film and at a side of the light reflective film opposite from the lithium ion transmissive film, and an electrolytic solution that comprises lithium ions and is enclosed between the light reflective film and the electrically conductive film. The lithium ion transmissive film transmits lithium ions and imposed diffusion of silver from the side of the light reflective film to the side of the electrochromic film. | 01-01-2009 |