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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160142797 | OPTICAL CROSS-CONNECT - An optical add-drop apparatus dropping a signal in input optical fibers in an optical cross-connect apparatus or adding a signal into output optical fibers from the cross-connect apparatus, optical cross-connect portions of the cross-connect apparatus connected such that a cross-connect portion internal connection output port is directly connected to an internal connection input port of another cross-connect portion and is indirectly connected via the other cross-connect portion to an internal connection output port of a further cross-connect portion, the add-drop apparatus having: photocouplers connected to part or all of the input fibers connected to each cross-connect portion; and drop signal receiving apparatuses each having optical switches each receiving and alternately selecting a signal output from photocouplers connected to respective different cross-connect portions of the cross-connect portions out of the photocouplers, the drop signal receiving apparatuses selecting a signal of a wavelength for each signal respectively output from the optical switches. | 05-19-2016 |
20160137706 | OXIDIZED A BETA PEPTIDE - The invention provides an Aβ peptide aggregation inhibitor, an Aβ peptide toxicity reducing agent, and a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for Alzheimer's disease. The oxidized Aβ peptide in which one or more amino acid residues of Aβ peptide have been oxidized (excluding an oxidized Aβ peptide in which only Met has been oxidized). | 05-19-2016 |
20160111262 | Nanocluster Production Device - Improvement of control of size and structure of nanoclusters with a nanocluster production apparatus is intended. Increase of an obtained amount and a yield of nanoclusters having size and structure, at least one of which is selected, is intended. A nanocluster production apparatus has a vacuum chamber, a sputtering source that generates plasma by pulse discharge, a pulse power supply that supplies a pulsed power to the sputtering source, a first inert gas supply device that supplies a first inert gas to the sputtering source, a cluster growth cell stored in the vacuum chamber and a second inert gas introduction device that introduces a second inert gas into the cluster growth cell. | 04-21-2016 |
20160027908 | LOGICAL OPERATION ELEMENT - Provided is a logical operation element that performs logical operations on three or more inputs using a single unique device. The logical operation element | 01-28-2016 |
20160020311 | ELECTRONIC ELEMENT - Provided is an electronic element that functions as a switch or memory without using metal nanoparticle. The electronic element comprises: one electrode | 01-21-2016 |
20160005974 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING ORGANIC THIN FILM, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CONTAINING THE SAME - The present invention provides a high-performance, highly homogeneous, highly stable electronic device by forming an extremely uniform interface between an insulator and an organic semiconductor, as well as an electronic apparatus using the same. The present invention relates to an electronic device which contains, as a component, an organic thin film in which a geometric two-dimensional arrangement is formed regularly by interdigitating skeletal structures of a positive three-pronged shape of triptycene and by adding a first molecule extending out of one plane of a two-dimensional molecular structure of the triptycene skeletal structure. The invention also relates to an electronic apparatus and the like which contains the electronic device in the interior of the electronic apparatus. | 01-07-2016 |
20150363904 | DIGITAL FILTER FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING MEDIUM, RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to an aspect of the present invention, processed image data in which distortion due to breast cancer is enhanced is generated by performing, on mammographic image data, image processing using a filter that relatively amplifies medium band components between high and low frequency bands and/or a filter that increases or reduces components having predetermined orientations. According to an aspect of the invention, a processed image for supporting breast cancer diagnosis is printed or recorded on a printing medium or a computer-readable recording medium and, in the processed image, band components between high and low frequency bands in a mammographic original image are relatively amplified and/or components having predetermined orientations in the mammographic original image are increased or reduced. | 12-17-2015 |
20150311428 | SPIN VALVE ELEMENT - A spin valve element | 10-29-2015 |
20150303334 | MULTI-QUANTUM WELL SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTI-QUANTUM WELL SOLAR CELL - Provided at low cost is a multi-quantum well solar cell such that recombination of carriers generated by light absorption is suppressed and a high photoelectric conversion efficiency is achieved. This multi-quantum well solar cell comprises a substrate, a p-type semiconductor layer, a barrier layer, a well layer, an n-type semiconductor layer, and electrodes, and is characterized in that the barrier layer and the well layer comprise crystals having a wurtzite crystal structure, the well layer is composed of a metal-oxynitride that comprises Zn and at least one element selected from a group consisting of In, Ga, and Al, and a piezoelectric electric field is generated in the well layer. This allows for the provision of a multi-quantum well solar cell such that recombination of carriers generated by light absorption is suppressed and a high photoelectric conversion efficiency is achieved. | 10-22-2015 |
20150302237 | CELL MONITORING DEVICE, CELL MONITORING METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A cell monitoring device includes an outline detecting section that detects edge pixels from a cell image in a captured image of cells arranged in a single layer and generates an edge image including the detected edge pixels; a pigmented region detecting section that detects pixels of a pigmented region of the cell image in the captured image, and generates a pigmented region image including the detected pixels of the pigmented region; and an image merging section that, in a merged image obtained by overlaying the edge image and the pigmented region image together, detects a cell image region and a background image region in the captured image based on the pixel intensity variance and thus detects the cell image region in the captured image. | 10-22-2015 |
20150299722 | NOVEL IRON-ZINC BINDING CONTROL FACTOR, AND TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVING IRON DEFICIENCY TOLERANCE OF PLANT AND ENHANCING IRON AND ZINC ACCUMULATION IN EDIBLE PART THEREOF BY CONTROLLING EXPRESSION OF NOVEL IRON-ZINC BINDING CONTROL FACTOR - According to the present invention, a transformant and a gene-disrupted strain are provided which exhibit growth superior to that of ordinary plants in calcareous soil, and which can accumulate iron and zinc in large quantities in both calcareous soil and good soil; also provided are a gene, vector, protein, and antibody used for constructing these, and a method of construction, a composition for construction, a kit for construction, and a breeding method for a plant with improved iron deficiency tolerance, and enhanced iron and zinc accumulation in an edible part. The protein of the present invention is an iron- and zinc-binding regulatory factor, and includes any one of the following amino acid sequences of (a) to (c): (a) an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 or 2; (b) an amino acid sequence obtained by deletion, substitution, or addition of one to several amino acids in the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 or 2; or (c) an amino acid sequence which has 80% or more identity with the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 or 2. | 10-22-2015 |
20150299262 | CYCLIC PEPTIDE AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT CONTAINING SAME - Provided is a novel compound which has excellent inhibitory activity for Aβ aggregation, and which is useful as a drug. | 10-22-2015 |
20150298387 | RESIN FOR NANOIMPRINTING, LAMINATE CONTAINING RESIN FOR NANOIMPRINTING, PRINTED BOARD CONTAINING RESIN FOR NANOIMPRINTING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING NANOIMPRINT SUBSTRATE - Provided is a resin for nanoimprinting, which is capable of preventing removal of a transfer-receiving resin from a substrate when a mold is separated during nanoimprinting, and which is also capable of transferring a pattern on a mold to a transfer-receiving resin with high accuracy during thermal nanoimprinting, while improving the throughput. A resin for nanoimprinting, which is represented by formula (1). | 10-22-2015 |
20150276751 | REAGENT FOR IMAGING INTRACELLULAR ACETYLATION - A reagent for imaging an advancing intracellular acetylation, for example, an acetylation that is advanced by the action of acetyl-CoA in the mitochondria, at high sensitivity and high efficiency, which comprises a combination of a rhodamine derivative that is substantially non-fluorescent before being acetylated, and emits strong fluorescence after being acetylated, and an acylation catalyst and/or an acylation reaction-promoting agent. | 10-01-2015 |
20150276430 | SIGNAL DETECTION DEVICE AND SIGNAL DETECTION METHOD - A signal detection device according to an aspect of the invention includes a laminated structure of a first circuit layer ( | 10-01-2015 |
20150264222 | ILLUSION ANALYZING APPARATUS, APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ILLUSION-CONSIDERED IMAGE FOR WHICH ILLUSION IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION TO ALLOW PERCEPTION ACCORDING TO ORIGNIAL IMAGE, ILLUSION ANALZING METHOD, METHOD OF GENERATING ILLUSION-CONSIDERED IMAGE FOR WHICH ILLUSION IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION TO ALLOW PERCEPTION ACCORDING TO ORIGINAL IMAGE, AND PROGRAM - According to the present invention, multiresolution decomposition is performed on a color component of image data by using a wavelet frame with orientation selectivity or a filter bank with orientation selectivity and subband signals are obtained; and when reconstructing an image by summing the obtained subband signals, coefficient processing is performed, between a decomposition phase and a synthesis phase in the multiresolution decomposition, on decomposition detail coefficients that are output from the decomposition phase such that the larger the energy of the decomposition detail coefficients is, the more small values are further reduced, and the smaller the energy of the decomposition detail coefficients is, the more small values are increased, or vise versa. | 09-17-2015 |
20150260756 | SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING OBSERVATION IMAGE - A scanning tunneling microscope includes a probe, a control unit that controls a distance between that probe and a sample, a voltage applying unit that supplies a direct current voltage between the probe and the sample, a measurement unit that measures a tunneling current that flows between the probe and the sample by the direct current voltage, an extraction unit that extracts as an observation value a specified frequency component from instantaneous values of the tunneling current measured by the measurement unit, and an observation information generation unit that generates observation information that includes information relating to at least one of a chemical state and an internal structure of a surface of the sample on the basis of the observation value extracted by the extraction unit. | 09-17-2015 |
20150248377 | METHOD FOR WORD REPRESENTATION OF FLOW PATTERN, APPARATUS FOR WORD REPRESENTATION, AND PROGRAM - The present invention assigns, in order to form a word representation for a flow pattern in a multiply connected exterior domain having N holes topologically, any one of words that define two types of flow patterns that can be topologically applied to a simply connected exterior domain having a hole, and repeatedly assigns, to the assigned word, any one of words that define five types of operations that can be topologically applied to add a hole to the flow pattern, so that a word representation corresponding to the multiply connected exterior domain having N holes is formed. | 09-03-2015 |
20150242752 | APPROVAL PREDICTION APPARATUS, APPROVAL PREDICTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an aspect of the present invention, similarity centrality measures that are centrality measures of proteins that a protein similarity network includes are calculated, interaction centrality measures that are centrality measures of the proteins that the protein-protein interaction network includes are calculated, a rejection score that represents probability of a compound to be validated to be classified as a rejected drug is calculated using classifiers that use, as training data, the approval attributes of the respective drugs, the sum and average of the similarity centrality measures per target for each drug, and the sum and average of the interaction centrality measures per target for each drug, and the rejection score is output. | 08-27-2015 |
20150219533 | GUEST-COMPOUND-ENVELOPING POLYMER-METAL-COMPLEX CRYSTAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, METHOD FOR PREPARING CRYSTAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS SAMPLE, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF ORGANIC COMPOUND - The present invention is: a guest-compound-enveloping polymer-metal-complex crystal characterized by at least one selected from an aliphatic hydrocarbon, an alicyclic hydrocarbon, an ether, an ester, an aromatic hydrocarbon, a halogenated hydrocarbon, and a nitrile being enveloped as a guest compound (A) in the minute pores or the like of a polymer-metal complex that contains a metal ion as a central metal and a ligand having at least two ligating sites, has a 3D network structure formed by the ligand being ligated to the metal ion, and has the minute pores or the like regularly arranged three-dimensionally within the 3D network structure, the amount of the guest compound (A) present within the minute pores or the like being at least 60 mol % of all the guest compounds enveloped in the minute pores or the like; a method for producing the guest-compound-enveloping polymer-metal-complex crystal; a method for preparing a crystal structure analysis sample using the crystal; and a method for determining the molecular structure of an organic compound using the sample obtained by said method. | 08-06-2015 |
20150200282 | SPIN POLARIZATION TRANSISTOR ELEMENT - There are provided with a source part made of a ferromagnetic material magnetized in a first direction, a drain part made of a ferromagnetic material magnetized in the first direction, and separated from and arranged in parallel to the source part, a channel part arranged between the source part and the drain part, and bonded with the source part and the drain part directly or through a tunnel layer, and a circularly polarized light irradiation part that irradiates the channel part with circularly polarized light for controlling a direction of spin of the channel part. | 07-16-2015 |
20150196244 | EMOTION IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, EMOTION IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND EMOTION IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM - An emotion identification device includes: a first detection unit which detects a central nervous system reaction of a user; a second detection unit which detects an autonomic nervous system reaction of the user; and an identification unit which identifies aggressiveness in anger of the user based on the central nervous system reaction and the autonomic nervous system reaction. | 07-16-2015 |
20150192590 | Method and Apparatus for Analyzing Biomolecules Using Raman Spectroscopy - The present invention provides an apparatus having a sample separation unit, a Raman spectroscopy unit, and a mass spectrometry unit. The present invention further provides a method for specifying a biomolecule and a method for identifying the binding site of the biomolecule and the low-molecular-weight compound, comprising a combination of Raman spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The present invention further provides a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy method with improved sensitivity. | 07-09-2015 |
20150154758 | POINT-OF-GAZE DETECTION DEVICE, POINT-OF-GAZE DETECTING METHOD, PERSONAL PARAMETER CALCULATING DEVICE, PERSONAL PARAMETER CALCULATING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A point-of-gaze detection device according to the present invention detects a point-of-gaze of a subject toward a surrounding environment. The device includes: an eyeball image obtaining means configured to obtain an eyeball image of the subject; a reflection point estimating means configured to estimate a first reflection point, at which incoming light in an optical axis direction of an eyeball of the subject is reflected, from the eyeball image; a corrected reflection point calculating means configured to calculate a corrected reflection point as a corrected first reflection point by correcting the first reflection point on the basis of a personal parameter indicative of a difference between a gaze direction of the subject and the optical axis direction of the eyeball; and a point-of-gaze detecting means configured to detect the point-of-gaze on the basis of light at the corrected reflection point and light in the surrounding environment. | 06-04-2015 |
20150148529 | NUCLEIC ACID COMPLEX AND NUCLEIC ACID-POLYSACCHARIDE COMPLEX - As a means for solving the problem of providing a nucleic acid conjugate that does not undergo degradation at a DNA-RNA bonding site even in vivo, provided is a nucleic acid conjugate comprising a single-stranded DNA and a double-stranded RNA, wherein the 3′ position of the 3′-terminal deoxyribonucleotide residue of the single-stranded DNA is bonded to the 5′ position of the 5′-terminal ribonucleotide residue of one of the ribonucleotide strands of the double-stranded RNA, and the hydroxyl group at the 2′ position of the 5′-terminal nucleotide of the ribonucleotide strand, which is bonded to the single-stranded DNA, is substituted with an alkoxy group or a halogen atom, and/or the phosphate diester group between the 3′ position of the first ribonucleotide bonded to the single-stranded DNA and the 5′ position of the adjacent ribonucleotide is substituted with any of phosphorothioate group, dithiophosphate diester group and trithiophosphate diester group. | 05-28-2015 |
20150129543 | METHOD FOR ETCHING METAL OR METAL OXIDE BY OZONE WATER, METHOD FOR SMOOTHING SURFACE OF METAL OR METAL OXIDE BY OZONE WATER, AND PATTERNING METHOD USING OZONE WATER - Provided are a method for etching a metal or metal oxide without using a reagent, etc., that affects the environment, a method for smoothing a surface of a metal or metal oxide on an atomic level, and a method for patterning on an atomic level. Etching of a metal or metal oxide, or smoothing of a surface of a metal or metal oxide is possible using ozone water in which only ozone is dissolved. Patterning can also be performed by providing a metal that does not dissolve in the ozone water as a resist on a metal or metal oxide that can be etched by ozone water in which only ozone is dissolved, and etching using the ozone water. | 05-14-2015 |
20150102340 | METHOD OF FORMING A CONDUCTIVE FILM - A method of forming a conductive film, comprising the steps of:
| 04-16-2015 |
20150102283 | FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR, SINGLE-ELECTRON TRANSISTOR AND SENSOR USING THE SAME - A sensor capable of detecting detection targets that are necessary to be detected with high sensitivity is provided. | 04-16-2015 |
20150087547 | METHOD FOR SEALING SUBSTANCES, METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET MOLECULE, ARRAY, KIT, AND TARGET MOLECULE DETECTION DEVICE - [Problem to be Solved] | 03-26-2015 |
20150064203 | ANTICANCER AGENT - According to the present invention, an anticancer agent is provided that has as an active ingredient thereof a human antibody light chain that demonstrates cytotoxicity against cancer cells and particularly lung cancer cells. The anticancer agent of the present invention primarily comprises: a human antibody κ-type light chain in the form of a dimer in which the variable region is composed of a polypeptide represented by the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 9 or 13 or an amino acid sequence in which one or a plurality of amino acids have been added, deleted or substituted in these amino acid sequences; or, a human antibody κ-type light chain in the form of a monomer in which the variable region is composed of a polypeptide represented by the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19 or an amino acid sequence in which one or a plurality of amino acids have been added, deleted or substituted in the amino acid sequence. | 03-05-2015 |
20150043819 | FEATURE EXTRACTION METHOD, OBJECT CLASSIFICATION METHOD, OBJECT IDENTIFICATION METHOD, FEATURE EXTRACTION DEVICE, OBJECT CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, OBJECT IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, FEATURE EXTRACTON/OBJECT CLASSIFICATION/OBJECT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH THE PROGRAM IS RECORDED - Provided are: a feature extraction method that is a method of extracting a feature that represents a characteristic of a subject, said feature being extracted from an image that has imaged the subject, said feature being extracted without relation to the shape of said subject; and methods that use the extracted feature to classify and identify the subject. The feature extraction method extracts the feature from the image of the subject, said subject having been imaged by an imaging means. From the image that has imaged the subject, said feature extraction method extracts the feature by means of containing: a step in which a filter bank is created from the image; a step in which a maximum brightness image is created from the filter bank; a step in which a circular image region of the maximum brightness image is set, and the center (Cc) and the radius (Rc) of the circular image region are set; a step in which a pixel of the maximum brightness image is projected into a three-dimensional space having as the axes thereof, (a) the ratio of the radius (Rc) and the distance (L | 02-12-2015 |
20150014624 | NANODEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - This invention is to provide a nanodevice, which is combined with an electronic device such as a diode, tunnel device and MOS transistor, integrated circuit and manufacturing method of the nanodevice. A nanodevice includes: a first insulating layer | 01-15-2015 |
20150011930 | BUBBLE-SPRAYING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, GAS-LIQUID- SPRAYING MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, LOCAL ABLATION DEVICE AND LOCAL ABLATION METHOD, INJECTION DEVICE AND INJECTION METHOD, PLASMA-BUBBLE-SPRAYING MEMBER, AND HEALING DEVICE AND HEALING METHOD - Provided are a device whereby, during process of a process target such as a cell or the like, localized process of a process part is possible without inflicting damage due to heat, and rejoining and regeneration may proceed readily subsequent to process, and whereby an injection substance may be introduced efficiently; and a device for generating bubbles containing a plasma. | 01-08-2015 |
20140377126 | RUTHENIUM NANOPARTICLES WITH ESSENTIALLY FACE-CENTERED CUBIC STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed are ruthenium nanoparticles having an essentially face-centered cubic structure. Disclosed is a method for producing ruthenium nanoparticles having an essentially face-centered cubic structure. This production method includes a step (i) of maintaining a solution containing ruthenium (III) acetylacetonate, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and triethylene glycol at a temperature of 180° C. or higher. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375317 | NMR IMAGING DEVICE AND NMR IMAGING METHOD - In order to provide an NMR imaging device capable of distinguishing substances that cannot be distinguished by T | 12-25-2014 |
20140370496 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE FOR HIV DETECTION, HIV DETECTION KIT, AND HIV DETECTION METHOD - The present invention provides an oligonucleotide for HIV detection including a base sequence which is at least 80% identical to a base sequence composed of 10 or more continuous bases in a base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO. 1 or 6, and an HIV detection kit and an HIV detection method that uses the oligonucleotide for HIV detection. | 12-18-2014 |
20140367674 | PROCESS FOR FORMING AN AMORPHOUS CONDUCTIVE OXIDE FILM - A process for forming an amorphous conductive oxide film, comprising the steps of: applying a composition which comprises (A1) a×y parts by mole of at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of carboxylate salts, alkoxides, diketonates, nitrate salts and halides of a metal selected from among lanthanoids (excluding cerium), (A2) a×(1−y) parts by mole of at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of carboxylate salts, alkoxides, diketonates, nitrate salts and halides of a metal selected from among lead, bismuth, nickel, palladium, copper and silver, (B) 1 part by mole of at least one metal compound selected from the group consisting of carboxylate salts, alkoxides, diketonates, nitrate salts, halides, nitrosylcarboxylate salts, nitrosylnitrate salts, nitrosylsulfate salts and nitrosylhalides of a metal selected from among ruthenium, iridium, rhodium and cobalt, and (C) a solvent containing at least one selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids, alcohols, ketones, diols and glycol ethers to a substrate to form a coating film; and heating the coating film in an oxidizing atmosphere. | 12-18-2014 |
20140355630 | RAMAN SCATTERING PHOTOENHANCEMENT DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RAMAN SCATTERING PHOTOENHANCEMENT DEVICE, AND RAMAN LASER LIGHT SOURCE USING RAMAN SCATTERING PHOTOENHANCEMENT DEVICE - A Raman scattered light enhancement device including a waveguide provided in a photonic crystal ( | 12-04-2014 |
20140350286 | Method for Making Two-Phase Solution of which Phase State Changes as aResult of Temperature Conversion React, and Apparatus for Implementing This - A method for making a number (N) of samples react under the same reaction conditions, wherein the samples have a solution where the phase state of a reaction solvent changes in a reversible manner between a two-phase solution state and a uniform solution state when the temperature fluctuates over or under a certain constant temperature, and the processes are carried out sequentially in the following steps: (A) the constant container heating step of heating a number of reaction containers simultaneously and maintaining the reaction containers at a predetermined temperature; (B) the sample heating step of putting a sample in each heated reaction container and of maintaining a two-phase solution at a predetermined temperature; (C) the reaction step of stirring the sample that has been heated to the predetermined temperature so as to gain a uniform solution, which is maintained for a predetermined period of time; (D) the cooling step of cooling the uniform solution without cooling the reaction container after the predetermined period of time has passed so as to gain a two-phase solution within the reaction container. | 11-27-2014 |
20140336414 | LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COMPOUND AND ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL - A liquid crystalline compound and an electrolyte material in which the conductivity switches between ion conductivity and non-ion conductivity depending on changes in temperature, and thus a switching function can be obtained are proposed. The liquid crystalline compound has a columnar liquid crystal phase in which an ammonium group is linked with an alkoxyphenyl group. A structural change thereof occurs depending on changes in temperature, and the conductivity switches between ion-conducting and non-ion-conducting, and thus the switching function can be obtained. | 11-13-2014 |
20140323307 | MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR BIOMASS AT PLANT HARVEST - A method for managing plant biomass at harvest in accordance with the present invention includes the steps of: a) measuring the amount of fatty acids contained in a plant(s); b) obtaining the percentage of linolenic acid with respect to the total amount of fatty acids; and c) estimating the plant biomass at harvest from the percentage of linolenic acid thus obtained. | 10-30-2014 |
20140314077 | PACKET DATA EXTRACTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR PACKET DATA EXTRACTION DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A packet data extraction device ( | 10-23-2014 |
20140300500 | ANALOG/DIGITAL CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING ANALOG SIGNALS TO DIGITAL SIGNALS - The objective of the invention is to provide an A/D converter that exhibits fewer malfunctions due to variations in manufacturing. An A/D converter ( | 10-09-2014 |
20140299172 | Thermoelectric Material, Method for Producing the Same, and Thermoelectric Conversion Module Using the Same - A thermoelectric material includes a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor oxide film formed on the substrate, and a thermoelectric layer provided on the oxide film. The semiconductor oxide film has a first nano-opening formed therein. The thermoelectric layer has such a configuration that semiconductor nanodots are piled up on or above the first nano-opening so as to form a particle packed structure. At least some of the nanodots each have a second nano-opening formed in its surface, and are connected to each other through the second nano-opening with their crystal orientation aligned. The thermoelectric material is produced through steps of oxidizing the substrate to form the semiconductor oxide film thereon, forming the first nano-opening in the oxide film, and epitaxially growing to pile up the plurality of nanodots on the first nano-opening. | 10-09-2014 |
20140295566 | CARBOHYDRATE-LIGAND CONJUGATES AND THEIR APPLICATION FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CARBOHYDRATE-PROTEIN INTERACTION - A novel ligand conjugate which is effectively utilizable for analyzing a function of a protein; a ligand-supporting object; and a method of analyzing a protein. The ligand conjugate has a structure which comprises: a linker compound having a structure represented by the following General Formula (1): | 10-02-2014 |
20140255687 | CRYSTAL AND LAMINATE - The present invention relates to a laminate that includes: a foundation layer ( | 09-11-2014 |
20140252396 | HIGHLY EFFICIENT GALLIUM NITRIDE BASED LIGHT EMITTING DIODES VIA SURFACE ROUGHENING - A gallium nitride (GaN) based light emitting diode (LED), wherein light is extracted through a nitrogen face (N-face) of the LED and a surface of the N-face is roughened into one or more hexagonal shaped cones. The roughened surface reduces light reflections occurring repeatedly inside the LED, and thus extracts more light out of the LED. The surface of the N-face is roughened by an anisotropic etching, which may comprise a dry etching or a photo-enhanced chemical (PEC) etching. | 09-11-2014 |
20140240710 | PUMP PROBE MEASURING DEVICE - A pump probe measuring device ( | 08-28-2014 |
20140230913 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING MICRODROPLETS - A method and an apparatus for producing various types of microdroplets are provided. The apparatus has a cross intersection portion | 08-21-2014 |
20140230724 | METHOD FOR FORMING MAGNESIUM OXIDE THIN FILM AND PROCESSED PLATE - A method for depositing a magnesium oxide thin film on a substrate by a laser abrasion method using a sintered body or single crystal of magnesium oxide as a target. In this method, a flat processed film made of magnesium oxide having a (111) plane as its front surface is prepared, using a substrate made of strontium titanate having a (111) plane as its principal surface or yttria-stabilized zirconia having a (111) plane as its principal surface, by directly depositing a film on the principal surface of the substrate and epitaxially growing the film. | 08-21-2014 |
20140221292 | POLYIONIC DENDRIMER AND HYDROGEL COMPRISING SAME - Provided is a hydrogel which comprises water as the main component at a high water content and has mechanical strength suitable for practical use and which exhibits high transparency and self-healing and shape-retaining properties. Also provided are both a material for the hydrogel and a novel polyionic dendrimer. A polyionic dendrimer which comprises a hydrophilic linear polymer as the core and polyester dendrons attached to both terminals of the linear polymer and in which cationic groups are bonded to the surfaces of the dendrons, said cationic groups being selected from the group consisting of guanidine group, thiourea group, and isothiourea group; a material for a hydrogel, which comprises the polyionic dendrimer and clay; and a hydrogel prepared using the material. | 08-07-2014 |
20140211820 | TECHNIQUE FOR THE GROWTH AND FABRICATION OF SEMIPOLAR (Ga,Al,In,B)N THIN FILMS, HETEROSTRUCTURES, AND DEVICES - A method for growth and fabrication of semipolar (Ga,Al,In,B)N thin films, heterostructures, and devices, comprising identifying desired material properties for a particular device application, selecting a semipolar growth orientation based on the desired material properties, selecting a suitable substrate for growth of the selected semipolar growth orientation, growing a planar semipolar (Ga,Al,In,B)N template or nucleation layer on the substrate, and growing the semipolar (Ga,Al,In,B)N thin films, heterostructures or devices on the planar semipolar (Ga,Al,In,B)N template or nucleation layer. The method results in a large area of the semipolar (Ga,Al,In,B)N thin films, heterostructures, and devices being parallel to the substrate surface. | 07-31-2014 |
20140210452 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING ORGANIC MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC SOLAR CELL - An evaluation system | 07-31-2014 |
20140190403 | METHOD FOR GROWING GROUP III-NITRIDE CRYSTALS IN SUPERCRITICAL AMMONIA USING AN AUTOCLAVE - A method of growing high-quality, group-III nitride, bulk single crystals. The group III-nitride bulk crystal is grown in an autoclave in supercritical ammonia using a source material or nutrient that is a group III-nitride polycrystals or group-III metal having a grain size of at least 10 microns or more and a seed crystal that is a group-III nitride single crystal. The group III-nitride polycrystals may be recycled from previous ammonothermal process after annealing in reducing gas at more then 600° C. The autoclave may include an internal chamber that is filled with ammonia, wherein the ammonia is released from the internal chamber into the autoclave when the ammonia attains a supercritical state after the heating of the autoclave, such that convection of the supercritical ammonia transfers source materials and deposits the transferred source materials onto seed crystals, but undissolved particles of the source materials are prevented from being transferred and deposited on the seed crystals. | 07-10-2014 |
20140183579 | MISCUT SEMIPOLAR OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for improved growth of a semipolar (Al,In,Ga,B)N semiconductor thin film using an intentionally miscut substrate. Specifically, the method comprises intentionally miscutting a substrate, loading a substrate into a reactor, heating the substrate under a flow of nitrogen and/or hydrogen and/or ammonia, depositing an In | 07-03-2014 |
20140183169 | METALLIC PROBE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A sharpened metallic probe having a top of main body including a carbon-containing metal and a method and an apparatus for fabricating the metallic probe. A metallic probe with an extremely sharpened tip is obtained by inducing a field emission from the tip of the main body of the metallic probe where a nanotube is joined thereto, heating and melting locally the tip of the main body of the metallic probe by a Joule heating, and tearing the nanotube toward a counter electrode by a Coulomb attractive force. | 07-03-2014 |
20140166985 | RECTIFYING DEVICE, TRANSISTOR, AND RECTIFYING METHOD - A rectifying device includes: a one-dimensional channel ( | 06-19-2014 |
20140107331 | PHOTORESPONSIVE NUCLEIC ACID MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention provides a manufacturing method that can easily manufacture a compound known as photoresponsive (photocoupling) nucleic acids at high yield in a shorter period of time than that of the conventional technology. The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a photoresponsive nucleic acid which includes a step of reacting a nucleic acid having groups represented by the Formula I, the Formula III, the Formula IV, or the Formula V and a compound represented by the Formula II, or reacting a nucleic acid having groups represented by the Formula VI, the Formula VIII, the Formula IX, or the Formula X and a compound represented by the Formula VII by heating them by microwaves in the presence of a metal catalyst, a basic substance, and a solvent. | 04-17-2014 |
20140099385 | INHIBITION OF FATTY ACID AND CHOLESTEROL UPTAKE BY CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) - An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for inhibiting fatty acid and cholesterol uptake in a living cell which is an inhibitor for fatty acid or cholesterol uptake by a living cell, comprising carbon monoxide (CO) or a compound capable of releasing CO in vivo. | 04-10-2014 |
20140088890 | METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION IN SENSOR, COMPUTATION PROGRAM FOR METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION, COMPUTATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SENSOR - Temperature compensation is performed using a computation program for temperature compensation, a computation processing, and a sensor. Deformation in a diaphragm caused by a pressure change due to the temperature of the gas in a cavity is cancelled out, and deformation of the diaphragm is minimized within the target temperature range, thereby allowing an optimum temperature compensation to be performed. The temperature compensation in a capacitance-type sensor executes calculation steps which include including a calculation step (S | 03-27-2014 |
20140054788 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING NANOGAP ELECTRODES, NANOGAP ELECTRODES ARRAY, AND NANODEVICE WITH THE SAME - A substrate | 02-27-2014 |
20140030707 | SMALL RNA-DEPENDENT TRANSLATIONAL REGULATORY SYSTEM IN CELL OR ARTIFICIAL CELL MODEL - An object of the present invention is to construct an mRNA which specifically responds to a short RNA sequence and can activate, repress, and regulate the translation of the desired gene, and to construct an artificial cell model system using a liposome comprising the mRNA and a cell-free translational system encapsulated therein. The present invention provides: an mRNA comprising a target RNA-binding site located immediately 5′ to the ribosome-binding site, and a nucleotide sequence located 5′ to the target RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence being complementary to the ribosome-binding site; an mRNA comprising a small RNA-binding site located 3′ to the start codon, and a nucleotide sequence located 3′ to the small RNA-binding site, the nucleotide sequence encoding a protein; and a liposome comprising any of these mRNAs encapsulated therein. | 01-30-2014 |
20140012016 | DIAMINO ACID DERIVATIVE STARTING MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DIAMINO ACID DERIVATIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is an efficient technology for synthesizing diamino acids (diamino acid derivatives). Disclosed is a manufacturing method for diamino acid derivatives wherein the fluorenyl groups of the diamino acid derivative starting materials represented by General Formula [II] or [IV] are removed. | 01-09-2014 |
20140004699 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | 01-02-2014 |
20130345088 | BEAD SEALING METHOD, METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET MOLECULE, ARRAY, KIT, AND TARGET MOLECULE DETECTION DEVICE - This invention provides a technique enabling to detect target molecules of low concentration with high sensitivity. This invention includes (i) a step of introducing a hydrophilic solvent ( | 12-26-2013 |
20130342217 | MODELING DEVICE, PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD OF ESTABLISHING CORRESPONDENCE - A modeling device is disclosed that easily projects characteristic information obtained from an object onto a differently-shaped object, even if the object, from which the characteristic information is obtained, has a complex shape. A modeling device in one embodiment of the present invention includes a virtually electrifying section to calculate an electric potential at a spot in a heart at the time when a predetermined voltage is applied to the heart, and a projecting section to project a fiber orientation onto a heart model created on the basis of shape information that is input to the input section. The projecting section specifies a spot to be a target of projection on the basis of the electric potential obtained by the virtually electrifying section. Use of the electric potential in specifying the spot makes it possible to easily project the fiber orientation onto any heart having complex and various shapes. | 12-26-2013 |
20130341792 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE, GRAPHENE PRODUCED ON SUBSTRATE, AND GRAPHENE ON SUBSTRATE - A production method for producing graphene on a substrate, and the like are provided. According to the method, in a forming step heating is conducted to a solid solution temperature at which a solid solution of carbon dissolved in a metal is able to be formed, and a solid solution layer ( | 12-26-2013 |
20130333759 | THIN FILM SOLAR CELL - [Object] A thin-film solar cell which can be produced using an inexpensive raw material and has improved conversion efficiency has been desired. | 12-19-2013 |
20130330842 | MULTIPLE SUBSTANCES-RESPONSIVE GEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND UTILIZATION OF SAME - A multiple-substance-responsive substance is disclosed, which is capable of simultaneously detecting a plurality of detection target substances by a single measurement. By a multiple-substance-responsive gel including: a plurality of kinds of complexes including (i) specifically binding substances, and (ii) binding partners each specifically and reversibly binding to a corresponding one of the specifically binding substances; and a polymer gel to which the plurality of kinds of complexes are immobilized so as to form cross-links, the plurality of kinds of complexes each being formed by binding between (i) a specifically binding substance among the specifically binding substances and (ii) a corresponding binding partner among the binding partners, a plurality of detection target substances can be simultaneously detected by a single measurement. | 12-12-2013 |
20130323926 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Proposed are a composite material having a high adhesiveness, wherein non-penetrating pores that are formed in a silicone surface layer are filled up with a metal or the like without leaving any voids by using the plating technique and the silicone surface layer is coated with the metal or the like, and a method of producing the composite material. A composite material, which has a high adhesiveness between a second metal or an alloy of the second metal ( | 12-05-2013 |
20130323769 | ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM ATPASE KINETICS INDICATOR AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a fusion protein including sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase, a fluorescence donor for FRET, and a fluorescence acceptor, one of the fluorescence donor and the fluorescence acceptor being linked to the N-terminus side of the ATPase, the other of the fluorescence donor and the fluorescence acceptor being inserted between the above one of the fluorescence donor and the fluorescence acceptor and the ATPase or being inserted in an amino acid sequence of the ATPase, the amino acid sequence corresponding to (i) amino acids 1 through 6 in SERCA2a, (ii) amino acids 369 through 380 in the SERCA2a or (iii) amino acids 572 through 583 in the SERCA2a. | 12-05-2013 |
20130315872 | NEURON-SPECIFIC RETROGRADE TRANSPORT VECTOR - The present invention provides a lentiviral vector system having a higher titer, while sustaining an excellent retrograde transport ability, particularly, in the brain. | 11-28-2013 |
20130297972 | DEPENDABILITY MAINTENANCE SYSTEM, CHANGE ACCOMMODATION CYCLE EXECUTION DEVICE, FAILURE RESPONSE CYCLE EXECUTION DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEPENDABILITY MAINTENANCE SYSTEM, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE CONTROL PROGRAM - A workspace computer and/or a runtime computer of the present invention determines a D value quantitatively indicative of a value of dependability of a target system, in accordance with dependability description data indicative of a requirement and specification regarding the dependability of the target system. | 11-07-2013 |
20130264540 | FABRICATION OF NONPOLAR INDIUM GALLIUM NITRIDE THIN FILMS, HETEROSTRUCTURES, AND DEVICES BY METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION - A method for the fabrication of nonpolar indium gallium nitride (InGaN) films as well as nonpolar InGaN-containing device structures using metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOVCD). The method is used to fabricate nonpolar InGaN/GaN violet and near-ultraviolet light emitting diodes and laser diodes. | 10-10-2013 |
20130251788 | Method of Inducing a Phase Transition of a Bilayer Membrane Vesicle - Provided is a bilayer membrane vesicle capable of undergoing a phase transition. The bilayer membrane vesicle includes: (a) a fatty acid salt having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; (b) an alcohol or an amine compound having an aliphatic chain of 6 to 20 carbon atoms; and (c) an artificial synthetic lipid or a phospholipid capable of forming a bilayer membrane. Preferably, this bilayer membrane vesicle further contains (d) a tertiary amine as a component of the membrane. Also provided is a method of inducing a phase transition of a bilayer membrane vesicle, the method including the step of adding a dehydrating condensing agent or a dehydrating condensing agent precursor having the property of accumulating at an interface to the bilayer membrane vesicle. By causing the lipids that form a molecular aggregate to chemically change, it is possible to change the physical property and the morphology of the molecular aggregate and control the timing of phase transitions such as membrane fusion. In the membrane fusion, for example, fusion can occur without leakage of the contents of the bilayer membrane vesicle. | 09-26-2013 |
20130240871 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF FUNCTIONAL DEVICE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL LAYER, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR, AND PIEZOELECTRIC INKJET HEAD - A method of producing a functional device according to the present invention includes, in this order: the functional solid material precursor layer formation step of applying a functional liquid material onto a base material to form a precursor layer of a functional solid material; the drying step of heating the precursor layer to a first temperature in a range from 80° C. to 250° C. to preliminarily decrease fluidity of the precursor layer; the imprinting step of imprinting the precursor layer that is heated to a second temperature in a range from 80° C. to 300° C. to form an imprinted structure on the precursor layer; and the functional solid material layer formation step of heat treating the precursor layer at a third temperature higher than the second temperature to transform the precursor layer into a functional solid material layer. | 09-19-2013 |
20130230744 | ELECTRODE FOR MICROBIAL FUEL CELL AND MICROBIAL FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - Provided is an electrode for a microbial fuel cell, which is capable of generating high-power electric current in the microbial fuel cell and the microbial fuel cell using the electrode. Specifically, the invention relates to an electrode (as an anode of a microbial fuel cell) for a microbial fuel cell which contains a carbon-containing electrode base and carbon nanowires formed across the whole or a part of the surface of the electrode base is provided. Consequently, the electrode surface area is significantly increased and the affinity between an electron conductive microorganism and the electrode is increased. The efficiency of charge transfer from the microorganism to the electrode can thus be dramatically increased. | 09-05-2013 |
20130229493 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY APPARATUS AND FOCAL PLANE SCANNING AND ABERRATION CORRECTION UNIT - Provided is a 3-dimensional confocal microscopy apparatus which is manufactured by combining a confocal microscope and an optical tweezers technique, wherein a pair of lenses for focal plane displacement where one lens is movable in the optical axis direction is arranged between a fixed objective lens and a fluorescent light imaging camera, and the 3-dimensional confocal microscopy apparatus also includes a mean which corrects the aberration of a fluorescent confocal image obtained by the fluorescent imaging camera. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a 3-dimensional confocal microscopy apparatus which can acquire a 3-dimensional image of a specimen during a manipulation of the specimen using optical tweezers without affecting an optical trap. | 09-05-2013 |
20130228883 | Magnetic Tunnel Junction Device - The output voltage of an MRAM is increased by means of an Fe(001)/MgO(001)/Fe(001) MTJ device, which is formed by microfabrication of a sample prepared as follows: A single-crystalline MgO (001) substrate is prepared. An epitaxial Fe(001) lower electrode (a first electrode) is grown on a MgO(001) seed layer at room temperature, followed by annealing under ultrahigh vacuum. A MgO(001) barrier layer is epitaxially formed on the Fe(001) lower electrode (the first electrode) at room temperature, using a MgO electron-beam evaporation. A Fe(001) upper electrode (a second electrode) is then formed on the MgO(001) barrier layer at room temperature. This is successively followed by the deposition of a Co layer on the Fe(001) upper electrode (the second electrode). The Co layer is provided so as to increase the coercive force of the upper electrode in order to realize an antiparallel magnetization alignment. | 09-05-2013 |
20130224889 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS, THIN FILM FORMING METHOD, DEFECT CORRECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FORMING METHOD - A charged particle beam apparatus is provided that enables faster semiconductor film deposition than the conventional deposition that uses silicon hydrides and halides as source gases. The charged particle beam apparatus includes a charged particle source | 08-29-2013 |
20130220021 | Modified Fluorescent Protein - Provided is a modified fluorescent protein which enables the detection of a power applied to a liquid where the fluorescent protein exists. A modified fluorescent protein, wherein a peptide linker is inserted into a position homologous to the position between the 144th and 145th amino acids in the amino acid sequence of a wild type fluorescent protein from jellyfish or a fluorescent protein derived from said wild type fluorescent protein, characterized in that the fluorescence properties of said modified fluorescent protein change depending on a change in a pressure that is applied to a liquid where said modified fluorescent protein exists. | 08-29-2013 |
20130202711 | Substance-encapsulating vesicle and process for producing the same - Provided is a method for easily and efficiently producing encapsulated substance vesicles wherein a substance is encapsulated in the cavity of vesicles obtained by polymer self-assembly. Empty vesicles that have membranes comprising a first polymer that is a block copolymer with uncharged hydrophilic segments and a first kind of charged segments and a second polymer with a second kind of charged segments that carry a charge that is the opposite of said first kind of charged segments as well as spaces that are enclosed by said membranes are mixed in an aqueous medium with the substance that is to be encapsulated in the spaces. | 08-08-2013 |
20130183348 | Inhibitor of HMGB Protein-Mediated Immune Response Activation, and Screening Method - Provided are an inhibitor of activation of an immune response mediated by an HMGB protein, the inhibitor containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphorothioate oligonucleotide and a derivative thereof, and a method of screening for an inhibitor or enhancer of activation of an immune response mediated by an HMGB protein, the method including a mixing step of mixing an HMGB protein and a labeled nucleic acid in the presence and absence of a test substance; a quantifying step of quantifying the HMGB protein bound to the labeled nucleic acid; and a determination step of determining that the test substance is an inhibitor of activation of an immune response mediated by the HMGB protein when the amount of the HMGB protein bound to the labeled nucleic acid in the presence of the test substance is less than the amount of the HMGB protein bound to the labeled nucleic acid in the absence of the test substance and determining that the test substance is an enhancer of activation of an immune response mediated by the HMGB protein when the amount of the HMGB protein bound to the labeled nucleic acid in the presence of the test substance is higher than the amount of the HMGB protein bound to the labeled nucleic acid in the absence of the test substance. | 07-18-2013 |
20130153760 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING STRUCTURE OF SUBSTANCE - A method for analyzing a structure of a substance of interest uses triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry (TQ-MS), and allows for acquisition of MS | 06-20-2013 |
20130144071 | METHOD OF PRODUCING IODIZING AGENT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING AROMATIC IODINE COMPOUND - A method of the present invention, for producing an iodizing agent, includes the step of electrolyzing iodine molecules in a solution by using an acid as a supporting electrolyte. This realizes (i) a method of producing an iodine cation suitable for use as an iodizing agent that does not require a sophisticated separation operation after iodizing reaction is completed, and (ii) an electrolyte used in the method. Further, a method of the present invention, for producing an aromatic iodine compound, includes the step of causing an iodizing agent, and an aromatic compound whose nucleus has one or more substituent groups and two or more hydrogen atoms, to react with each other under the presence of a certain ether compound. This realizes such a method of producing an aromatic iodine compound that position selectivity in iodizing reaction of an aromatic compound is improved. | 06-06-2013 |
20130143260 | ALGA IN WHICH PRODUCTION OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTS IS IMPROVED, AND USE FOR SAID ALGA - Provided are an alga in which productivity of a photosynthate is increased, and use of the alga. The alga of the present invention has an increased glutathione concentration in its chloroplast. A method of the present invention for producing biomass is a method for producing biomass with the use of the alga of the present invention or an alga produced by a method of the present invention for producing an alga. | 06-06-2013 |
20130140188 | METHOD OF PRODUCING IODIZING AGENT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING AROMATIC IODINE COMPOUND - A method of the present invention, for producing an iodizing agent, includes the step of electrolyzing iodine molecules in a solution by using an acid as a supporting electrolyte. This realizes (i) a method of producing an iodine cation suitable for use as an iodizing agent that does not require a sophisticated separation operation after iodizing reaction is completed, and (ii) an electrolyte used in the method. Further, a method of the present invention, for producing an aromatic iodine compound, includes the step of causing an iodizing agent, and an aromatic compound whose nucleus has one or more substituent groups and two or more hydrogen atoms, to react with each other under the presence of a certain ether compound. This realizes such a method of producing an aromatic iodine compound that position selectivity in iodizing reaction of an aromatic compound is improved. | 06-06-2013 |
20130137758 | AKT ACTIVITY SPECIFICALLY INHIBITING POLYPEPTIDE - The present invention is to provide a polypeptide specifically inhibiting the activity of Akt (Protein Kinase B), the DNA thereof, the antibody thereof, an inhibitor of Akt activity or an antitumor agent, and the like. The polypeptide comprises polypeptides (SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 of the sequence listing) that contain an amino acid sequence corresponding to any of the position of amino acid residue 10-24 of human TCL1, amino acid residue 8-22 of human TCL1B, amino acid residue 5-19 of human MTCP1, and amino acid residue 9-24 of mouse or rat TCL1; and the derivatives. Further, the present invention includes DNA encording the polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10 of the sequence listing), and the antibodies specifically binding to the polypeptides. The polypeptide of the present invention can be used for an inhibitor of Akt activity, an antitumor agent, or the like. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136924 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL POLYMER-METAL COMPLEX MICROSTRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for producing a three-dimensional polymer-metal complex microstructure including forming a polymer structure by stereolithography using a photocurable resin having a reactive group X and dipping it in a liquid of a metal-containing nanoparticle having a reactive group X′ which is bound to the reactive group X, thereby forming a metal-containing layer on the polymer structure through binding the reactive group X and the reactive group X′. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136311 | THREE DIMENSIONAL POSITION OBSERVATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A three-dimensional position observation apparatus provided with a lens system having focusing and diaphragm mechanisms, for forming an image on an imaging plane by light from an observation object includes a beam steering member disposed in a light path extending from the observation object to the imaging plane, for changing a traveling direction of observation light into a plurality of different directions, and an image analyzing unit for analyzing a position of the observation object based on a positional relation between a plurality of images on the imaging plane formed by light passing through the beam steering member. | 05-30-2013 |
20130118645 | METALLIC GLASS, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a metallic glass having a chemical composition represented by any one of the following formulae (1) to (3): | 05-16-2013 |
20130112973 | PRECURSOR COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR FORMING AMORPHOUS CONDUCTIVE OXIDE FILM - The present invention provides a precursor composition for forming a conductive oxide film having high conductivity and a stable amorphous structure maintained even after heated at high temperature by a simple liquid phase process. The precursor composition of the present invention contains at least one selected from the group consisting of carboxylates, nitrates and sulfates of lanthanoids (but, except for cerium); at least one selected from the group consisting of carboxylates, nitrosyl carboxylates, nitrosyl nitrates and nitrosyl sulfates of ruthenium, iridium or rhodium; and a solvent containing at least one selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids, alcohols and ketones. | 05-09-2013 |
20130096097 | PHARMACEUTICAL MULTIMERIC PARTICLES, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - [Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to provide organic particles containing pharmaceutical particles of which the particles are small and the particle size distribution is narrow, and a manufacturing method for the same. | 04-18-2013 |
20130088124 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A physical quantity sensor ( | 04-11-2013 |
20130071948 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SUPRAMOLECULAR FIBER - A method for preparing a linearly extended supramolecular fiber or a plurality of linearly aligned supramolecular fibers, which comprises the step of allowing supramolecular monomers to be self-assembled in a microfluidic channel. | 03-21-2013 |
20130059999 | GOLD-POLYMER NANOSTRUCTURE-IMMOBILIZED SCANDIUM CATALYST AND ITS USE - The present invention provides a Scandium catalyst that can be used in water or water-soluble organic solvent with no leaching of Scandium. Provided is a gold-polymer nanostructure-immobilized Scandium catalyst, which is formed by preparing, in liquid phase, a mixture comprising gold clusters with from 1 to 50 nm of diameter, disulfide monomer, sulfonic acid salt of disulfide and Lewis acid metal compound represented by ScY | 03-07-2013 |
20130027239 | DATA CONVERSION METHOD BASED ON NEGATIVE beta-MAP - There is provided a data conversion method based on negative β-map suited for an A/D converter or chaos generator, that is adapted to an integrated circuit and capable of providing stable operation of the circuit. The data conversion method based on negative β-map includes a discrete time integrator | 01-31-2013 |
20130015992 | DATA CONVERSION METHOD BASED ON SCALE-ADJUSTED B-MAPAANM Horio; YoshihikoAACI Warabi-shiAACO JPAAGP Horio; Yoshihiko Warabi-shi JPAANM Jinno; KenyaAACI Yokohama-shiAACO JPAAGP Jinno; Kenya Yokohama-shi JPAANM Kohda; TohruAACI FukuokaAACO JPAAGP Kohda; Tohru Fukuoka JPAANM Aihara; KazuyukiAACI Narashino-shiAACO JPAAGP Aihara; Kazuyuki Narashino-shi JP - There is provided a data conversion method based on β-map suited for an A/D converter or chaos generator, that is adapted to an integrated circuit and capable of providing stable operation of the circuit. The data conversion method based on scale-adjusted β-map includes a discrete time integrator | 01-17-2013 |
20130015492 | OPTO-ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES USING AN N-FACE OR M-PLANE GALLIUM NITRIDE SUBSTRATE PREPARED VIA AMMONOTHERMAL GROWTH - A method for growing III-V nitride films having an N-face or M-plane using an ammonothermal growth technique. The method comprises using an autoclave, heating the autoclave, and introducing ammonia into the autoclave to produce smooth N-face or M-plane Gallium Nitride films and bulk GaN. | 01-17-2013 |
20120326130 | JOSEPHSON QUANTUM COMPUTING DEVICE AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USING SUCH DEVICES - A Josephson quantum computing device and an integrated circuit using Josephson quantum computing devices which can realize a NOT gate operation controlled with 2 bits will be provided. The Josephson quantum computing device ( | 12-27-2012 |
20120324601 | COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCTION OF PLANT BODY HAVING IMPROVED SUGAR CONTENT, AND USE THEREOF - The composition, in accordance with the present invention, for producing a plant body having an improved sugar content includes glutathione, a polynucleotide encoding γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase, or a polynucleotide encoding glutathione-binding plastid type fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase. The composition preferably includes oxidized glutathione. This allows provision of a composition for easily producing a plant body having an improved sugar content. | 12-20-2012 |
20120322135 | ANTIVIRAL AGENT, ABZYME, PRIMER SET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYNUCLEOTIDE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYPEPTIDE - The present invention provides: a novel antiviral agent containing a human antibody κ light chain, a novel human abzyme containing a human antibody κ light chain; a polynucleotide, a vector, and a transformant, each of which relating to the containing a human antibody κ light chain of the above; a primer set for effectively obtaining a human antibody κ light chain having a function as an antiviral agent or abzyme; and a method for producing a polynucleotide and a method for producing a polypeptide, each of which method utilizes the primer set. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321798 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPRISING SILICON MATRIX AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Proposed are a composite material, wherein non-penetrating pores that are formed in a silicon surface layer are filled up with a metal or the like without leaving any voids by using the plating technique, and a method of producing the composite material. A composite material, which has been packed at a high accuracy, or in other words, in which little voids are left, can be obtained by filling up non-penetrating pores that are formed from a silicon surface ( | 12-20-2012 |
20120318052 | DETECTION DEVICE - A detection device ( | 12-20-2012 |
20120302792 | PROCESS OF MAKING ALPHA-AMINOOXYKETONE/ALPHA-AMINOOXYALDEHYDE AND ALPHA-HYDROXYKETONE/ALPHA-HYDROXYALDEHYDE COMPOUNDS AND A PROCESS MAKING REACTION PRODUCTS FROM CYCLIC ALPHA, BETA-UNSATURATED KETONE SUBSTRATES AND NITROSO SUBSTRATES - The present invention is directed to a process of making α-aminooxyketone and α-hydroxyketone compounds. The synthetic pathway generally involves reacting an aldehyde or ketone substrate and a nitroso substrate in the presence of a catalyst of the formula (IV): | 11-29-2012 |
20120301731 | METHOD FOR FORMING CRYSTALLINE COBALT SILICIDE FILM - The present invention is directed to a method for forming a crystalline cobalt silicide film, comprising the steps of:
| 11-29-2012 |
20120298402 | METHOD FOR FORMING PATTERNED CONDUCTIVE FILM - The present invention is directed to a method for forming a patterned conductive film, which comprises the step of bringing a substrate having a layer made of platinum microcrystal particles formed thereon in a pattern and a complex of an amine compound and an aluminum hydride into contact with each other at a temperature of 50 to 120° C. | 11-29-2012 |
20120296083 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The three-dimensional structure of the present invention is a three-dimensional structure formed on a base. This three-dimensional structure contains a plurality of porphyrins, a plurality of first metal ions, and a plurality of specific organic molecules. The porphyrin contains two or more functional groups. The first metal ion is a metal ion for linking the functional group of one porphyrin to the functional group of another porphyrin. The above specific organic molecule is an organic molecule that forms a coordinate bond with a metal ion contained in the two-dimensional structure and that has only one site to coordinate to the metal ion. | 11-22-2012 |
20120295964 | RETROGRADE TRANSPORT VIRAL VECTOR SYSTEM HAVING ENVELOPE COMPRISING FUSED GLYCOPROTEIN - Provided is a lentiviral vector system which sustains a high-frequency retrograde transportation ability in animal brain and has a higher titer. A kit for preparing a retrograde transport viral vector, which comprises: (1) a packaging plasmid containing the gag gene and pol gene of HIV-1; (2) a packaging plasmid containing an accessory gene of HIV-1; (3) a transfer plasmid containing a target gene; and (4) an envelope plasmid containing, as an envelope gene, a gene encoding a fused polypeptide comprising the extracellular domain of rabies virus glycoprotein (RV-G), the transmembrane domain of rabies virus glycoprotein (RV-G) or vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein (VSV-G) and the intracellular domain of vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein (VSV-G). | 11-22-2012 |
20120288883 | PROBE REAGENT FOR MEASUREMENT OF PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY - This invention relates to a probe reagent comprising, in order from the N-terminus to the C-terminus, the amino acid sequences of a fluorescent protein I, a peptide capable of terminating protein degradation (i.e., a degradation-terminating peptide), a spacer peptide, a fluorescent protein II, and a protein to be degraded, wherein the protein to be degraded is a protein degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome system, and the probe reagent is degraded from the C-terminus, but that the degradation of the probe reagent is terminated at the degradation-terminating peptide, a nucleic acid encoding the probe reagent, and use of the probe reagent or the nucleic acid. | 11-15-2012 |
20120286763 | METHOD OF USE OF A FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR, SINGLE-ELECTRON TRANSISTOR AND SENSOR - A method of detecting a detection target using a sensor requires a sensor having a transistor selected from the group of field-effect transistors or single electron transistors. The transistor includes a substrate, a source electrode disposed on the substrate and a drain electrode disposed on the substrate, and a channel forming a current path between the source electrode and the drawing electrode; an interaction-sensing gate comprising a specific substance; and a voltage gate. The method includes (a) providing the detection target on the interaction-sensing gate; (b) setting the gate voltage in the voltage gate at a predetermined level; (c) selectively interacting the specific substance with the detection target; (d) when the detection target interacts with the specific substance, changing a gate voltage in the voltage gate to adjust a characteristic of the transistor; and (e) measuring a change in the characteristic of the transistor to determine a presence of the detection target. | 11-15-2012 |
20120286243 | FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR, SINGLE-ELECTRON TRANSISTOR AND SENSOR - A field-effect transistor or a single electron transistor is used as sensors for detecting a detection target such as a biological compound. A substrate has a first side and a second side, the second side being opposed to the first side. A source electrode is disposed on the first side of the substrate and a drain electrode disposed on the first side of the substrate, and a channel forms a current path between the source electrode and the drain electrode. An interaction-sensing gate is disposed on the second side of the substrate, the interaction-sensing gate having a specific substance that is capable of selectively interacting with the detection target. A gate for applying a gate voltage adjusts a characteristic of the transistor as the detection target changes the characteristic of the transistor when interacting with the specific substance. | 11-15-2012 |
20120256629 | NUCLEAR-SPIN POLARIZATION DETECTION DEVICE AND NUCLEAR-SPIN POLARIZATION DETECTION METHOD - Provided is a total electrical nuclear-spin polarization device that is applicable to many narrow-gap semiconductor two-dimensional quantum structures such as InSb with a large g-factor and with a mobility having a normal value. A nuclear-spin polarization device | 10-11-2012 |
20120244539 | METHOD FOR SCREENING OF THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR HYPERLIPEMIA - Disclosed are a highly safe treatment method for hyperlipidemia and a therapeutic agent for hyperlipidemia. Specifically, the invention provides a novel method for screening an agent for treating hyperlipidemia, more specifically, a method for screening a substance that can inhibit the production or function of gangliosides, particularly GM3, or inhibit the activity or expression of GM3 synthase to reduce a blood lipid level. A pharmaceutical composition, which can specifically inhibit the production of gangliosides, particularly GM3, thereby effective for hyperlipidemia treatment, and others are also provided. | 09-27-2012 |
20120225970 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER MATERIAL - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a block copolymer solid in which microphase-separated structures are formed with good productivity. The present invention provides a method for producing a block copolymer solid in which a microphase-separated structure is formed, or an alloy, blend or composite solid containing a block copolymer in which a microphase-separated structure is formed, which comprises the following steps (1) to (3):
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20120220853 | METHOD OF MEASURING PROPERTIES OF AN OBJECT WITH ACOUSTICALLY INDUCED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - A measuring method and apparatus in which a measurable object ( | 08-30-2012 |
20120199809 | METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (MOCVD) GROWTH OF HIGH PERFORMANCE NON-POLAR III-NITRIDE OPTICAL DEVICES - A method of device growth and p-contact processing that produces improved performance for non-polar III-nitride light emitting diodes and laser diodes. Key components using a low defect density substrate or template, thick quantum wells, a low temperature p-type III-nitride growth technique, and a transparent conducting oxide for the electrodes. | 08-09-2012 |
20120199253 | FE-BASED SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - An Fe-based shape memory alloy comprising 25-42 atomic % of Mn, 12-18 atomic % of Al, and 5-12 atomic % of Ni, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and an Fe-based shape memory alloy comprising 25-42 atomic % of Mn, 12-18 atomic % of Al, and 5-12 atomic % of Ni, as well as 15 atomic % or less in total of at least one selected from the group consisting of 0.1-5 atomic % of Si, 0.1-5 atomic % of Ti, 0.1-5 atomic % of V, 0.1-5 atomic % of Cr, 0.1-5 atomic % of Co, 0.1-5 atomic % of Cu, 0.1-5 atomic % of Mo, 0.1-5 atomic % of W, 0.001-1 atomic % of B and 0.001-1 atomic % of C, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. | 08-09-2012 |
20120178954 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE EPOXY COMPOUND, AND COMPLEX USED THEREFOR AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A complex, and a process for producing the same, represented by any of the following formulae (I), (I′), (II), (II′), (III), (III′), (IV), and (IV′): | 07-12-2012 |
20120161287 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING GROWTH OF SEMI-POLAR (Al,In,Ga,B)N VIA METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION - A method for growing a semi-polar nitride semiconductor thin film via metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) on a substrate, wherein a nitride nucleation or buffer layer is grown on the substrate prior to the growth of the semi-polar nitride semiconductor thin film. | 06-28-2012 |
20120161262 | MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION DEVICE - The output voltage of an MRAM is increased by means of an Fe(001)/MgO(001)/Fe(001) MTJ device, which is formed by microfabrication of a sample prepared as follows: A single-crystalline MgO (001) substrate is prepared. An epitaxial Fe(001) lower electrode (a first electrode) is grown on a MgO(001) seed layer at room temperature, followed by annealing under ultrahigh vacuum. A MgO(001) barrier layer is epitaxially formed on the Fe(001) lower electrode (the first electrode) at room temperature, using a MgO electron-beam evaporation. A Fe(001) upper electrode (a second electrode) is then formed on the MgO(001) barrier layer at room temperature. This is successively followed by the deposition of a Co layer on the Fe(001) upper electrode (the second electrode). The Co layer is provided so as to increase the coercive force of the upper electrode in order to realize an antiparallel magnetization alignment. | 06-28-2012 |
20120157691 | Lewis Acid Catalyzed Halogenation of Activated Carbon Atoms - A practical and efficient method for halogenation of activated carbon atoms using readily available N-haloimides and a Lewis acid catalyst has been disclosed. This methodology is applicable to a range of compounds and any halogen atom can be directly introduced to the substrate. The mild reaction conditions, easy workup procedure and simple operation make this method valuable from both an environmental and preparative point of view. | 06-21-2012 |
20120135533 | Chemical Analytic Apparatus and Chemical Analytic Method - A chemical analytic apparatus of the present invention is the one which proposes that a miniaturization, a making low-cost and portability are possible and also the operation of each process of separation, concentration and dilution of specimen is possible, and, which includes: an introduction means (S | 05-31-2012 |
20120134377 | GENERATOR OF POLARIZATION ENTANGLED PHOTON PAIRS AND METHOD OF GENERATING THE SAME - A wavelength-multiplexed polarization entangled photon pair generator ( | 05-31-2012 |
20120126175 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE, LABELING AGENT AND USE FOR LABELING AGENT - The disclosures of the Specification provide an oligonucleotide derivative suited to practical use, as well as a fluorescent dye cluster and use therefor. The disclosures of the Specification use a labeling agent comprising a plurality of nucleotide derivative units represented by Formula (1) below: | 05-24-2012 |
20120111436 | FLOATATION SEPARATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF FLOATATION SEPARATION, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS USING THE SAME - By storing a liquid to be treated in a treatment tank main body | 05-10-2012 |
20120107228 | HYDROGEN GAS GENERATING MEMBER AND HYDROGEN GAS PRODUCING METHOD THEREFOR - There is provided a hydrogen gas generating member which safely facilitates the hydrogen gas generation reaction by bringing an Al alloy which is subjected to rolling treatment or powdering treatment into contact with water. | 05-03-2012 |
20120101041 | POLYIONIC DENDRIMER AND HYDROGEL COMPRISING SAME - Provided is a hydrogel which comprises water as the main component at a high water content and has mechanical strength suitable for practical use and which exhibits high transparency and self-healing and shape-retaining properties. Also provided are both a material for the hydrogel and a novel polyionic dendrimer. A polyionic dendrimer which comprises a hydrophilic linear polymer as the core and polyester dendrons attached to both terminals of the linear polymer and in which cationic groups are bonded to the surfaces of the dendrons, said cationic groups being selected from the group consisting of guanidine group, thiourea group, and isothiourea group; a material for a hydrogel, which comprises the polyionic dendrimer and clay; and a hydrogel prepared using the material. | 04-26-2012 |
20120095196 | POLYHEDRALTRANSITION METAL COMPLEX, TRANSITION METAL COMPLEX CONTAINING ULTRAFINE PARTICLES THEREIN, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a polyhedral transition metal complex including a hollow shell, the hollow shell including n1 (where n1 is an integer from 6 to 60) transition metal atoms and 2(n1) bidentate organic ligands, the bidentate organic ligands including a group derived from a polyhydroxy compound via a linking group, and formed so that the group derived from the polyhydroxy compound is oriented toward an inner space of the hollow shell. Also provided are: an ultrafine particle-containing transition metal complex including the polyhedral transition metal complex, and ultrafine particles of a metal oxide, the ultrafine particles being included within the hollow shell of the polyhedral transition metal complex; a method of producing the same. The invention thus provides a polyhedral transition metal complex that makes it possible to efficiently produce metal oxide particles having a uniform particle size of several nanometers, an ultrafine particle-containing polyhedral transition metal complex in which metal oxide particles are included within a polyhedral structure and the method of producing the same. | 04-19-2012 |
20120094140 | FINE SOLID SOLUTION ALLOY PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The alloy fine particles of the present invention are fine particles of a solid solution alloy, in which a plurality of metal elements are mixed at the atomic level. The production method of the present invention is a method for producing alloy fine particles composed of a plurality of metal elements. This production method includes the steps of: (i) preparing a solution containing ions of the plurality of metal elements and a liquid containing a reducing agent; and (ii) mixing the solution with the liquid that has been heated. | 04-19-2012 |
20120074525 | MISCUT SEMIPOLAR OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for improved growth of a semipolar (Al,In,Ga,B)N semiconductor thin film using an intentionally miscut substrate. Specifically, the method comprises intentionally miscutting a substrate, loading a substrate into a reactor, heating the substrate under a flow of nitrogen and/or hydrogen and/or ammonia, depositing an In | 03-29-2012 |
20120074429 | GROWTH OF NON-POLAR M-PLANE III-NITRIDE FILM USING METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (MOCVD) - A method of growing non-polar m-plane III-nitride film, such as GaN, AlN, AlGaN or InGaN, wherein the non-polar m-plane III-nitride film is grown on a suitable substrate, such as an m-SiC, m-GaN, LiGaO | 03-29-2012 |
20120074425 | GROWTH OF REDUCED DISLOCATION DENSITY NON-POLAR GALLIUM NITRIDE - Lateral epitaxial overgrowth (LEO) of non-polar gallium nitride (GaN) films results in significantly reduced defect density. | 03-29-2012 |
20120068158 | INFRARED LIGHT DETECTOR - Provided is an infrared light detector | 03-22-2012 |
20120064302 | PATTERNING METHOD - A patterning method comprising the steps of: | 03-15-2012 |
20120061647 | INFRARED LIGHT DETECTOR - Provided is an infrared light detector | 03-15-2012 |
20120061564 | SURFACE ANALYZER OF OBJECT TO BE MEASURED AND ANALYZING METHOD - A surface analyzer | 03-15-2012 |
20120041150 | INORGANIC - ORGANIC HYBRID PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An object o of the present invention is to provide an inorganic-organic hybrid particle which has a structure where an organic material composed of two or more different components forms separate phases, wherein an inorganic material is included in the phase, and a method for producing the inorganic-organic hybrid particle. The above object is solved by an inorganic-organic hybrid particle which has a structure where an organic material composed of two or more different components forms separate phases, wherein one or more inorganic materials are included in at least one phase. | 02-16-2012 |
20120036588 | METHOD FOR OBSERVING GAD67-POSITIVE CELL IN TRANSGENIC ANIMAL - A method for observing glutamate decarboxylase 67-positive cells in a transgenic mouse includes providing the transgenic mouse in which a nucleic acid sequence encoding green fluorescent protein is inserted in a frame within exon 1 of an endogenous glutamate decarboxylase 67 gene, whereby the transgenic mouse is capable of a functional expression of the green fluorescent protein in place of the endogenous glutamate decarboxylase 67 gene. Then, the glutamate decarboxylase 67-positive cells which are specifically visualized by the expression of the green fluorescent protein can be observed. The method may further include analyzing a function or morphology of the GABAergic neurons based on the observation of the glutamate decarboxylase 67-positive cells where the glutamate decarboxylase 67-positive cells are specifically visualized corresponding to a cell distribution of GABAergic neurons. | 02-09-2012 |
20120032110 | METHOD OF REACTING TWO-PHASE SOLUTION CHANGING IN PHASE STATE WITH TEMPERATURE CHANGE AND APPARATUS FOR PRACTICING THE SAME - A method for making a number (N) of samples react under the same reaction conditions that includes heating a number of reaction containers simultaneously and maintaining the reaction containers at a predetermined temperature; placing a sample in each heated reaction chamber and maintaining a two-phase solution at a predetermined temperature; stirring the sample that is heated to the predetermined temperature to create a uniform solution, which is maintained for a predetermined time; and cooling the uniform solution without cooling the reaction container after the predetermined period of time has passed so as to gain a two-phase solution within the reaction container, where the samples have a solution where the phase state of a reaction solvent changes in a reversible manner between a two-phase solution state and a uniform solution state when the temperature fluctuates over or under a certain constant temperature. | 02-09-2012 |
20120019330 | MULTI-SCREW CHAOTIC OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT - There is provided a multi-screw chaotic oscillator circuit with simple configuration, that can use various multi-hysteresis VCCS characteristics and generate a variety of multi-screw attractors. The multi-screw chaotic oscillator circuit comprises: a linear two-port VCCS circuit | 01-26-2012 |
20120016463 | GUIDE WIRE AND STENT - A guide wire includes a distal core member made of a ferrous alloy which has shape memory properties and superelasticity. The ferrous alloy preferably includes substantially two phases, and has a difference of 100° C. or less between an Af point and an Ms point in a thermal hysteresis of martensitic transformation and reverse transformation. The guide wire may include a proximal core member made of an iron-containing alloy and having a higher modulus of elasticity than the distal core member. The two core members may be joined together by welding to form a core of the guide wire. | 01-19-2012 |
20120012838 | SWITCHING ELEMENT - A switching element of LCDs or organic EL displays which uses a thin film transistor device, includes: a drain electrode, a source electrode, a channel layer contacting the drain electrode and the source electrode, wherein the channel layer comprises indium-gallium-zinc oxide having a transparent, amorphous state of a composition equivalent to InGaO | 01-19-2012 |
20120001517 | TRANSPORTATION OF MICROMETER-SIZED OBJECT AND EXTRACTION OF MECHANICAL WORK BY CONSTANT ELECTRIC FIELD - A technique capable of making an object move and transporting it without generation of a current, and extracting mechanical work. As a result of diligent effort, the present inventors have found that by arranging two electrodes for generating an electric field for a dielectric body of a micrometer-size or the like in an insulating fluid such as oil, such that the central axes of the two electrodes are not aligned, and applying an electric field (for example, constant electric field), the dielectric body can be transported three-dimensionally at will, and as a result, mechanical work can be extracted. | 01-05-2012 |
20110318939 | HIGH ORDER SILANE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FILM-COATED SUBSTRATE - A composition comprising a high order silane compound and a solvent, wherein the solvent contains a cyclic hydrocarbon which has one or two double bonds and no alkyl group, is composed of only carbon and hydrogen and has a refractive index of 1.40 to 1.51, a specific permittivity of not more than 3.0 and a molecular weight of not more than 180. | 12-29-2011 |
20110301336 | ANTIBODY PRODUCED USING OSTRICH AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - Disclosed is an antibody produced using an ostrich. Also disclosed is a method for producing the antibody. By using an ostrich, it becomes possible to produce antibodies (particularly antibodies for medical use), which have been hardly produced by using the mammals such as the mouse and the rat, homogeneously in a single body, in large quantities and in a simple manner. The method can overcome a disadvantage of lot-to-lot variation which may occur in the production of polyclonal antibodies using other animals. | 12-08-2011 |
20110300153 | ANTIBODY PRODUCED USING OSTRICH AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - Disclosed is an antibody produced using an ostrich. Also disclosed is a method for producing the antibody. By using an ostrich, it becomes possible to produce antibodies (particularly antibodies for medical use), which have been hardly produced by using the mammals such as the mouse and the rat, homogeneously in a single body, in large quantities and in a simple manner. The method can overcome a disadvantage of lot-to-lot variation which may occur in the production of polyclonal antibodies using other animals. | 12-08-2011 |
20110285376 | MULTI-HYSTERESIS VOLTAGE CONTROLLED CURRENT SOURCE SYSTEM - A multi-hysteresis voltage controlled current source system having a variety of multi-hysteresis characteristics is provided. In the multi-hysteresis voltage controlled current source system, single-hysteresis voltage controlled current source circuits | 11-24-2011 |
20110278585 | GROWTH OF REDUCED DISLOCATION DENSITY NON-POLAR GALLIUM NITRIDE - Lateral epitaxial overgrowth (LEO) of non-polar gallium nitride (GaN) films results in significantly reduced defect density. | 11-17-2011 |
20110268948 | CYTOCOMPATIBLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES FABRICATED BY MICROSTEREOLITHOGRAPHY - Three-dimensional microstereolithographic objects fabricated by microstereolithography are exposed to UV light for one hour to accelerate hardening. The structures are then heated at 175° C. or above for at least 6 hours. The heating temperature may exceed the glass transition temperature, which is the index of thermal softening temperature of materials. The present invention relates to three-dimensional microstructures formed by microstereolithography. Deformation due to a structure's own weight, which generally poses a problem in heat treatment, is reduced with microstructures due to the size effect. As a result, the dimensions of the three-dimensional structure fabricated by the present invention remain almost unchanged before and after the heat treatment. | 11-03-2011 |
20110263026 | Construction of Protein-Responsive shRNA/RNAi Control System Using RNP Motif - An object of the present invention is to provide an RNAi control system using an RNA-protein interaction motif. The present invention provides an shRNA comprising: a guide strand having a sequence complementary to a target sequence; a passenger strand which forms a duplex with the guide strand; and a linker strand which links the guide strand and the passenger strand, wherein the linker strand comprises an RNP-derived protein-binding motif sequence. The present invention also provides an RNAi control system comprising: the shRNA; and an RNP-derived protein which specifically binds to a protein-binding motif sequence in the shRNA. | 10-27-2011 |
20110262441 | METHOD FOR SELECTIVE CONTROL OF HELPER T CELL FUNCTION - The present invention relates to selectively controlling the function of a helper T cell. In the present invention, a mouse lacking a gene involved in ganglioside biosynthesis (ganglioside GM3 synthetase gene) (SAT-I KO) was produced and analyzed. As a result, the present invention provides, for example, a method for screening a substance which induces selective suppression of the function of a helper T cell in an immune response, including control of production of a sphingoglycolipid in the helper T cell, and moderation or suppression of an excessive immune response caused by the suppression of the function, that is, a substance having an immunosuppression activity, an anti-asthmatic action and/or an anti-allergic action. | 10-27-2011 |
20110242308 | MICROSCOPE AND A FLUORESCENT OBSERVATION METHOD USING THE SAME - A microscope capable of controlling the position and fluorescent recording of an object under observation such as cells is provided with the fluorescent observation method using the microscope. The microscope | 10-06-2011 |
20110236725 | MICROBIAL FUEL CELL - It is an object of the present invention to provide a microbial fuel cell capable of increasing a current density without employing a mediator. The microbial fuel cell | 09-29-2011 |
20110229953 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF MOLECULES OR FINE PARTICLES WITH ARBITRARY DISTRIBUTION FORMS AND DISTRIBUTION DENSITIES SIMULTANEOUSLY AND IN QUANTITY, AND MASKING MEMBER THEREFOR - The formation in quantity of various different populations of a substance being studied with multiple combinations of distribution form and distribution density by dripping a suspension of a single concentration of the substance onto a masking member of a certain specified structure placed on a substrate by making use of the sedimentation of said substance. | 09-22-2011 |
20110226622 | NOVEL CLEAR NATIVE ELECTROPHORESIS METHOD UTILIZING AROMATIC SULFONIC ACID COMPOUND - This invention provides a reagent for protein electrophoresis, an electrophoresis gel or buffer composition containing the reagent, and a protein separation method and an electrophoresis kit using the reagent and the composition. | 09-22-2011 |
20110224411 | Mutant tRNA for Introducing Unnatural Amino Acid Into Protein - It is an objective of the present invention to provide tRNA that has CUA or CCCG as an anticodon and is aminoacylated with an unnatural amino acid, such tRNA being capable of efficiently introducing an unnatural amino acid into a protein without competing with a termination factor. Such tRNA is a mutant tRNA for tryptophan which has G at the 5′ end, C as a base pairing with the G at the 5′ end, and A as a base next to the C on the 3′ side, such tRNA being a mutant tRNA which pairs with a stop codon and has CUA as an anticodon or a mutant tRNA which pairs with a stop codon or a 4-base codon has CUA or CCCG as an anticodon, into which a single base has been inserted just before the CCA sequence at the 3′ end. | 09-15-2011 |
20110217726 | METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTING BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELL CULTURE MATERIAL - Disclosed is a method for detecting a biological signal of a three-dimensional cell culture construct. The method for detecting a biological signal of a three-dimensional cell culture construct includes: providing a three-dimensional cell culture construct that contains at least two cell layers laminated to each other and a sensor particle capable of detecting a biological signal; and observing the sensor particle optically. Preferably, the three-dimensional cell culture construct contains an extracellular matrix including a combination of a protein or polymer having an RGD sequence and a protein or polymer that interacts with the protein or polymer having the RGD sequence, or a combination of a protein or polymer that is positively charged and a protein or polymer that is negatively charged. | 09-08-2011 |
20110212919 | PROTEIN CROSS-LINKING INHIBITOR - The present invention provides a protein cross-linking inhibitor containing a compound represented by any of the following formulas ( | 09-01-2011 |
20110206615 | PROBE REAGENT FOR MEASURING OXIDATIVE STRESS - The present invention relates to fluorescent or luminescent probe reagents for measuring oxidative stress in a cell or an organism. Examples of the probe reagents include: a fluorescent or luminescent protein and a marker protein; a fluorescent or luminescent protein, a marker protein, and a regulatory factor; or a fluorescent or luminescent protein, a marker protein, a cleavage sequence, and a regulatory factor. In the probe reagents, the marker protein makes it possible to detect the oxidative stress caused by reactive oxygen species and comprises a regulatory factor-binding site and a ubiquitin-binding site; and the regulatory factor is a protein making it possible to regulate degradation of the marker protein in response to the reactive oxygen species. The present invention also relates to a method of measuring oxidative stress in a cell or an organism, or a method of screening a substance which suppresses or promotes the oxidative stress in a cell or an organism by using the probe reagent. | 08-25-2011 |
20110201162 | AMORPHOUS OXIDE AND THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - The present invention relates to an amorphous oxide and a thin film transistor using the amorphous oxide. In particular, the present invention provides an amorphous oxide having an electron carrier concentration less than 10 | 08-18-2011 |
20110199394 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - It is possible to provide an image processing device, a method, and a program which can prevent image degradation which occurs when modifying the image magnification. The image processing device includes: an image input unit ( | 08-18-2011 |
20110196136 | CONCENTRATED ACID TREATMENT UNIT, CONCENTRATED ACID TREATMENT METHOD, PHASE-SEPARATION SYSTEM PLANT FOR BOTANICAL RESOURCE, AND CONVERSION METHOD - Provided is a Phase-Separation system plant for botanical resource, a conversion method, a concentrated acid treatment unit, and a concentrated acid treatment method by which lignin derivatives and hydrolyzed carbohydrate are manufactured out of a botanical resource efficiently and continuously. A concentrated acid treatment unit ( | 08-11-2011 |
20110193734 | SIGNAL CONVERTER, PARAMETER DECIDING DEVICE, PARAMETER DECIDING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A signal converter and the like, which can more accurately and stably realize signal conversion between an analog signal and a digital signal are proposed. In a β-encoder, when a logic value generated by at least a quantizer | 08-11-2011 |
20110193094 | GROWTH OF PLANAR REDUCED DISLOCATION DENSITY M-PLANE GALLIUM NITRIDE BY HYDRIDE VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY - A method of growing highly planar, fully transparent and specular m-plane gallium nitride (GaN) films. The method provides for a significant reduction in structural defect densities via a lateral overgrowth technique. High quality, uniform, thick m-plane GaN films are produced for use as substrates for polarization-free device growth. | 08-11-2011 |
20110188583 | PICTURE SIGNAL CONVERSION SYSTEM - A reverse filter operates for adding noise n(x,y) to an output of a deteriorated model of a blurring function H(x,y) to output an observed model g(x,y). The blurring function inputs a true picture f(x,y) to output a deteriorated picture. The reverse filter recursively optimizes the blurring function H(x,y) so that the input picture signal will be coincident with the observed picture. In this manner, the reverse filter extracts a true picture signal. A corresponding point is estimated, based on a fluency theory, on the true input picture signal freed of noise contained in it by the reverse filter ( | 08-04-2011 |
20110188526 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL LASER - A two-dimensional photonic crystal laser light is provided. The two-dimensional photonic crystal laser includes a two-dimensional photonic crystal made of a plate-shaped member provided with a periodic arrangement of identically-shaped modified refractive index areas having a refractive index different from that of the plate-shaped member; and an active layer provided on one side of the two-dimensional photonic crystal. The modified refractive index areas are arranged at lattice points of a lattice with a same period at least in two directions; each modified refractive index area is shaped so that a feedback strength is different with respect to directions of two primitive lattice vectors of the lattice; the two-dimensional photonic crystal has a periodic structure of a supercell, which contains a plurality of lattice points; and the sum of the feedback strengths by all modified refractive index areas in the supercell is identical in each direction of the two primitive lattice vectors. | 08-04-2011 |
20110187924 | FRAME RATE CONVERSION DEVICE, CORRESPONDING POINT ESTIMATION DEVICE, CORRESPONDING POINT ESTIMATION METHOD AND CORRESPONDING POINT ESTIMATION PROGRAM - For each of a plural number of pixels in a reference frame, a corresponding point estimation unit ( | 08-04-2011 |
20110184141 | POLYMER PRODUCTION PROCESS - A polymer production process comprising reacting a compound represented by the following formula (1) in the presence of a binuclear metal complex represented by the following formula (2). | 07-28-2011 |
20110183438 | Method for Sensing a Substance to be Detected in a Sample - A single-electron transistor comprising at least a substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on top of the substrate opposing to each other, and a channel arranged between the source electrode is disclosed wherein the channel is composed of ultra fine fibers. By having such a constitution, a sensor can have excellent sensitivity. | 07-28-2011 |
20110180427 | Method for Sensing a Substance to be Detected in a Sample - A single-electron transistor comprising at least a substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on top of the substrate opposing to each other, and a channel arranged between the source electrode is disclosed wherein the channel is composed of ultra fine fibers. By having such a constitution, a sensor can have excellent sensitivity. | 07-28-2011 |
20110165089 | Complex Compound and MRI Probe Made of Same - Novel gadolinium complex compounds responsive to ions and compounds other than zinc ion, as well as MRI probes made of the compounds are disclosed. Since the gadolinium complex compounds of the present invention such as that represented by the following structural formula exhibit responsiveness to potassium ion, calcium ion, glucose or the like, by using the gadolinium complex compounds of the present invention as a MRI probe, the ion or compound in a living body can be detected and concentration distribution thereof may be determined. | 07-07-2011 |
20110158886 | POLYSILANE PRODUCTION PROCESS - A polysilane production process comprising reacting a specific silane compound typified by a cyclic silane compound represented by the following formula (2) in the presence of a binuclear metal complex represented by the following formula (4). | 06-30-2011 |
20110153704 | Filter - Provided is an FIR filter capable of obtaining predetermined characteristics with a small number of input taps, delay circuits, and multipliers and achieving an improved response and low cost. In a low-pass filter, a band-pass filter, and a high-pass filter based on an FIR filter, a basic filter is configured that gives a basic impulse response function and has a filter coefficient determined from the impulse response function. Filters having different frequency characteristics are configured by changing the time scale or frequency scale of the basic filter. These filters having different frequency characteristics are combined in a cascade form or a step form, thereby constructing an FIR filter having a small number of taps. | 06-23-2011 |
20110151673 | PLASMA ETCHING METHOD, PLASMA ETCHING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOTONIC CRYSTAL - A plasma etching method capable of oblique etching with a high aspect ratio and high uniformity is provided. In the plasma etching method, a base body is etched with a high aspect ratio by the following process: An electric-field control device having an ion-introducing orifice penetrating therethrough in a direction inclined from the normal to the surface of a base body is placed on or above the surface of this base body. Plasma is generated on the surface of the base body on or above which the electric-field control is placed. A potential difference is formed between the plasma and the base body so as to attract ions in the plasma toward the base body. | 06-23-2011 |
20110151242 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPRISING SILICON MATRIX AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Proposed are a composite material, wherein non-penetrating pores that are formed in a silicon surface layer are filled up with a metal or the like without leaving any voids by using the plating technique, and a method of producing the composite material. A composite material, which has been packed at a high accuracy, or in other words, in which little voids are left, can be obtained by filling up non-penetrating pores that are formed from a silicon surface ( | 06-23-2011 |
20110144262 | SYNTHETIC POLYMERS CONTROLLED IN SPIRAL STRUCTURE, HOST-GUEST COMPOUNDS PREPARED BY USING THE SAME, AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCTION OF BOTH - The invention provides a process for producing spiral polymers controlled in the direction of spiral winding easily from inexpensive general-purpose polymers; and spiral polymers controlled in the direction of spiral winding. The invention relates to a process for the production of syndiotactic polymethacrylate- or polyacrylate-type spiral polymers controlled in the direction of spiral winding which comprises dissolving a syndiotactic polymethacrylate- or polyacrylate-type polymer and a chiral compound in a solvent preferably under heating, subjecting the obtained solution to cooling or concentration to form a solid matter, and separating the solid matter; and so on. | 06-16-2011 |
20110123813 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is a composite material wherein adhesion between a silicon surface and a plating material is enhanced. A method and an apparatus for producing the composite material are also disclosed. The method for producing a composite material comprises a dispersion/allocation step wherein the surface of a silicon substrate ( | 05-26-2011 |
20110123458 | POLYMER-METAL COMPLEX COMPOSITE HAVING MRI CONTRAST ABILITY AND MRI CONTRASTING AND/OR ANTITUMOR COMPOSITION USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a polymer-metal complex composite, which comprises a block copolymer capable of serving as a constituent member of a polymeric micelle and a metal complex having MRI contrast ability, accumulates in a tumor-specific manner, achieves high image contrast even in a small amount, and has reduced side effects and a long retention time in blood. | 05-26-2011 |
20110117373 | COMPOUND MATERIAL, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Proposed are a composite material having a high adhesiveness, wherein non-penetrating pores that are formed in a silicone surface layer are filled up with a metal or the like without leaving any voids by using the plating technique and the silicone surface layer is coated with the metal or the like, and a method of producing the composite material. A composite material, which has a high adhesiveness between a second metal or an alloy of the second metal ( | 05-19-2011 |
20110111965 | LAYERED COMPOUND, SUPERCONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provides a new non-oxide system compound material superconductor as an alternative of the perovskite type copper oxides superconductor. | 05-12-2011 |
20110106547 | AUDIO SIGNAL COMPRESSION DEVICE, AUDIO SIGNAL COMPRESSION METHOD, AUDIO SIGNAL DEMODULATION DEVICE, AND AUDIO SIGNAL DEMODULATION METHOD - When encoding an audio signal, it is possible to efficiently encode the audio signal while maintaining high register signal components, and prevent deterioration of sound quality of decoded signal. | 05-05-2011 |
20110101352 | AMORPHOUS OXIDE AND THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - The present invention relates to an amorphous oxide and a thin film transistor using the amorphous oxide. In particular, the present invention provides an amorphous oxide having an electron carrier concentration less than 10 | 05-05-2011 |
20110101286 | ALUMINUM-CONTAINING ZINC OXIDE-BASED n-TYPE THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL - ZnAlO series thermoelectric conversion materials have large thermal conductivity κ about 40 W/mK at room temperature, thus the dimensionless figure of merit ZT remains around 0.3 at 1000 deg C, which is a third of the value required in practical application. An n-type thermoelectric conversion material, comprising aluminum including zinc oxide, which is represented by a general formula: Zn | 05-05-2011 |
20110091887 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OF METHYLCYTOSINE USING PHOTORESPONSIVE PROBE - The present invention provides a method for detecting methylcytosine in DNA rapidly, conveniently, and with high sensitivity. The present invention relates to a method for detecting methylcytosine by using a methylcytosine photocoupling agent (a photoresponsive probe) consisting of nucleic acids having a group represented by the Formula (I), (II), (III) or (IV) as a base moiety. | 04-21-2011 |
20110081418 | TRANSDERMAL ABSORPTION ENHANCER - An object of the present invention is to provide a transdermal absorption enhancer by which various active ingredients are transdermally absorbed. In accordance with a transdermal absorption enhancer of the present invention which effective ingredient is lyotropic liquid crystal which has been utilized as a basic material for pharmaceutical preparations for external application and for cosmetics, transdermal absorption of a macromolecular substance and a water-soluble substance was able to be improved. | 04-07-2011 |
20110073184 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MONOCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM AND MONOCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM DEVICE MANUFACTURED THEREBY - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a monocrystalline film and a device formed by the above method, and according to the method mentioned above, lift-off of the monocrystalline silicon film is preferably performed and a high-purity monocrystalline silicon film can be obtained. A monocrystalline silicon substrate (template Si substrate) | 03-31-2011 |
20110071310 | DIAMINO ACID DERIVATIVE STARTING MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DIAMINO ACID DERIVATIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is an efficient technology for synthesizing diamino acids (diamino acid derivatives). Disclosed is a manufacturing method for diamino acid derivatives wherein the fluorenyl groups of the diamino acid derivative starting materials represented by General Formula [II] or [IV] are removed. | 03-24-2011 |
20110068324 | N-TYPE TRANSISTOR, PRODUCTION METHODS FOR N-TYPE TRANSISTOR AND N-TYPE TRANSISTOR-USE CHANNEL, AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF NANOTUBE STRUCTURE EXHIBITING N-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR-LIKE CHARACTERISTICS - An object of the present invention is to provide a new n-type transistor, different from the prior art, using a channel having a nanotube-shaped structure, and having n-type semiconductive properties. To realize this, a film of a nitrogenous compound | 03-24-2011 |
20110065780 | INSULIN RESISTANCE IMPROVING AGENT - The invention provides an insulin resistance improving agent and a therapeutic agent for type 2 diabetes, which contain a C-terminal globular domain of adiponectin, adiponectin, or a gene for the domain or adiponectin. The invention also provides a method for improving insulin resistance and treating type 2 diabetes by administering the aforementioned agent(s). | 03-17-2011 |
20110062449 | TECHNIQUE FOR THE GROWTH AND FABRICATION OF SEMIPOLAR (GA,AL,IN,B)N THIN FILMS, HETEROSTRUCTURES, AND DEVICES - A method for growth and fabrication of semipolar (Ga, Al, In, B)N thin films, heterostructures, and devices, comprising identifying desired material properties for a particular device application, selecting a semipolar growth orientation based on the desired material properties, selecting a suitable substrate for growth of the selected semipolar growth orientation, growing a planar semipolar (Ga, Al, In, B)N template or nucleation layer on the substrate, and growing the semipolar (Ga, Al, In, B)N thin films, heterostructures or devices on the planar semipolar (Ga, Al, In, B)N template or nucleation layer. The method results in a large area of the semipolar (Ga, Al, In, B)N thin films, heterostructures, and devices being parallel to the substrate surface. | 03-17-2011 |
20110056591 | BRASS ALLOY POWDER, BRASS ALLOY EXTRUDED MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE BRASS ALLOY EXTRUDED MATERIAL - Brass alloy powder has a brass composition formed by a mixed phase of α-phase and β-phase, and contains 0.5 to 5.0 mass % of chromium. The chromium includes a component that is solid-solved in a mother phase of brass, and a component that is precipitated at crystal grain boundaries. | 03-10-2011 |
20110055983 | DYNAMIC MODE AFM APPARATUS - There is provided a dynamic mode AFM apparatus that configures an automatic control system which can automatically obtain a probe-sample distance, and allows high-speed identification of atoms of the sample surface. | 03-03-2011 |
20110054190 | CATALYST AND REACTION PROCESS - Disclosed is a technology for enabling an efficient asymmetric Michael addition reaction which does not require a large amount of a malonic ester, while having a short reaction time. Specifically disclosed is a catalyst which is composed of MX | 03-03-2011 |
20110045985 | SUPERCONDUCTOR COMPRISING LAMELLAR COMPOUND AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A superconductor which comprises a new compound composition substituting for perovskite copper oxides. The superconductor is characterized by comprising a compound which is represented by the chemical formula A(TM) | 02-24-2011 |
20110041966 | FUNCTIONAL MEMBER FROM Co-BASED ALLOY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A Co-based alloy having a fundamental composition of Co—Al binary system containing 3-15% Al and having lamellar structure wherein f.c.c. structure α-phase and β(B2)-phase are superimposed on each other in layers, which Co-based alloy is modified so as to have a porous surface layer region effective for chemical retaining capability, sustained release, biocompatibility, etc. through selective removal of either the α-phase or the β-phase from the surface layer. As a third component, at least one member selected from among Ni, Fe, Mn, Ga, Cr, V, Ti, Mo, Nb, Zr, W, Ta, Hf, Si, Rh, Pd, Ir, Pt, Au, B, C and P may be contained in a total amount of 0.001 to 60%. | 02-24-2011 |
20110040083 | PHOTORESPONSIVE NUCLEIC ACID MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention provides a manufacturing method that can easily manufacture a compound known as photoresponsive (photocoupling) nucleic acids at high yield in a shorter period of time than that of the conventional technology. The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a photoresponsive nucleic acid which includes a step of reacting a nucleic acid having groups represented by the Formula I, the Formula III, the Formula IV, or the Formula V and a compound represented by the Formula II, or reacting a nucleic acid having groups represented by the Formula VI, the Formula VIII, the Formula IX, or the Formula X and a compound represented by the Formula VII by heating them by microwaves in the presence of a metal catalyst, a basic substance, and a solvent. | 02-17-2011 |
20110040077 | Protein-Responsive Translational Regulatory System Using RNA-Protein Interacting Motif - An object of the present invention is to provide a translationally regulatable mRNA which has wider application and can perform specific ON-OFF regulation, an RNA-protein complex specifically bound to the mRNA, and a translational regulatory system. The present invention provides an mRNA having an RNA-protein complex interacting motif-derived nucleotide sequence 5′ to the ribosome-binding site or within the 5′ region of the open reading frame, and an mRNA having a nucleotide sequence complementary to an RNA-protein complex interacting motif-derived nucleotide sequence 5′ to the ribosome-binding site or within the 5′ region of the open reading frame. | 02-17-2011 |
20110037052 | METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (MOCVD) GROWTH OF HIGH PERFORMANCE NON-POLAR III-NITRIDE OPTICAL DEVICES - A method of device growth and p-contact processing that produces improved performance for non-polar III-nitride light emitting diodes and laser diodes. Key components using a low defect density substrate or template, thick quantum wells, a low temperature p-type III-nitride growth technique, and a transparent conducting oxide for the electrodes. | 02-17-2011 |
20110034683 | SEQUENCE-SPECIFIC NUCLEIC ACID PURIFICATION METHOD MANNER - Disclosed is a method for the purification and collection of a nucleic acid comprising a specific nucleotide sequence, which can be carried out within an extremely short period and can achieve both high sequence-specificity and a high collection rate. Specifically disclosed is a method for the purification of a target nucleic acid comprising a specific nucleotide sequence and contained in a nucleic acid mixture. The method comprises the steps of: hybridizing a photo-ligating nucleic acid having a group represented by formula (I) as abase moiety with the target nucleic acid to form a hybrid; irradiating the hybrid of the photo-ligating nucleic acid and the target nucleic acid with light to cause the photo-ligation of the hybrid; removing any un-photo-ligated nucleic acid by washing; and irradiating the hybrid of the photo-ligating nucleic acid and the target nucleic acid with light to cause the photo-cleavage of the hybrid. | 02-10-2011 |