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| 20120114517 | Thermoelectric material formed of Mg2Si-based compound and production method therefor - A thermoelectric material (and a method for producing the same) is essentially formed of an Mg | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120109360 | MACHINE TOOL - In a machine tool which includes a rotary shaft configured to allow a tool or a workpiece to be attached thereto, a driving unit for causing the rotary shaft to rotate is regulated to change a rotation speed of the rotary shaft in such a manner that the rotation speed oscillates with a given amplitude and a given period with respect to a given mean rotation speed, so that chatter vibrations can be suppressed. A parameter display control unit configured to cause a display device to display parameter information related to predetermined parameters for changing at least one of the mean rotation speed, the amplitude and the period is provided so that the parameters can be changed based upon the parameter information displayed in the display device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120092478 | INCUBATED STATE EVALUATING DEVICE, INCUBATED STATE EVALUATING METHOD, INCUBATOR, AND PROGRAM - An incubated state evaluating device includes an image reading unit, a feature value calculating unit, a frequency distribution calculating unit, and an evaluation information generating unit. The image reading unit reads a plurality of images in which a plurality of cells incubated in an incubation container are image-captured in time series. The feature value calculating unit obtains each of feature values representing morphological features of cells from the images for each of the cells included in the images. The frequency distribution calculating unit obtains each of frequency distributions of the feature values corresponding to the respective images. The evaluation information generating unit generates evaluation information evaluating an incubated state of cells in the incubation container based on a variation of the frequency distributions between images. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120088650 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CATALYST CARRIER - After placing inside a reactor second container a substrate to which a CNT not yet carrying a catalyst is adhered under a sealed environment of supercritical carbon dioxide through which a Pt catalyst complex is dispersed, a temperature of the supercritical carbon dioxide is maintained below a decomposition temperature of the Pt catalyst complex, and a temperature of the CNT not yet carrying a catalyst is maintained at or above the decomposition temperature of the Pt catalyst complex by heating the substrate. Further, a pressure of the supercritical carbon dioxide is maintained at 7.5 MPa, which is slightly higher than a supercritical pressure (7.38 MPa) of carbon dioxide. The supercritical carbon dioxide is then caused to contact the CNT adhered to the substrate, and as a result, a Pt catalyst is carried on the CNT. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120082986 | CELL PROLIFERATION INHIBITOR - The present inventors revealed a TTF-1-specific oncogenic process by elucidating the molecular mechanism regulated by the master regulatory factor TTF-1. The present inventors focused on the elucidation of the essence of the lineage-specific survival signal which is a novel canceration signal. Thus, the present inventors found that the expression of ROR1, which is a receptor tyrosine kinase, is induced by the master regulatory factor TTF-1, and demonstrated the presence of a characteristic canceration signal transduction system. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120075733 | Light collector and light collecting device - A light collector includes a light guide having a refractive index larger than a refractive index of air and a reflecting surface configured to reflect light output from a conic surface of the light guide back to the light guide. The light guide is made of transparent material through which light passes. The light guide has an entering portion from which light enters and an exiting portion from which the light exits. The light guide has a circular cone shape and has a cross-sectional area that decreases in a direction from the entering portion to the exiting portion. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120074361 | SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Copper(II) acetate, zinc(II) acetate, and tin(IV) acetate are weighed so that the total amount of metal ions is 2.0×10 | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120068603 | PLASMA GENERATING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - An apparatus for generating plasma, comprises: a microwave generator configured to generate a microwave; a wave guide which is connected to the microwave generator, wherein the wave guide is elongated in a traveling direction of the microwave and has a hollow shape having a rectangular section in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction; a gas feeder which is connected to the wave guide and feeds process gas into the wave guide; and an antenna unit which is a part of the wave guide and discharges plasma generated by the microwave to the outside, wherein the antenna unit has one or more slots formed on a wall constituting a short side in a section of the antenna unit, plasmarizes the process gas fed into the wave guide under an atmospheric pressure in the slots by the microwave, and discharges the plasma out of the slots. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120038091 | VIBRATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR BEAM-AND-COLUMN FRAME - To set up such a constitution that no compression forces act on braces, alternatively, to set up a constitution that makes it possible to make compression forces to be applied to braces smaller extremely; and to provide a vibration control device for beam-and-column frame that can demonstrate high vibration control performance. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120035111 | Therapeutic Application of Adiponectin in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction - A therapeutic method for cardiac diseases such as angina, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia (ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation and atrial fibrillation) is provided. The method is characterized by intracoronary administration of adiponection to mammals. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120027291 | MULTI-VIEW IMAGE CODING METHOD, MULTI-VIEW IMAGE DECODING METHOD, MULTI-VIEW IMAGE CODING DEVICE, MULTI-VIEW IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, MULTI-VIEW IMAGE CODING PROGRAM, AND MULTI-VIEW IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM - The disclosed multi-view image coding/decoding device first obtains depth information for an object photographed in an area subject to processing. Next, a group of pixels in an already-coded (decoded) area which is adjacent to the area subject to processing and in which the same object as in the area subject to processing has been photographed is determined using the depth information and set as a sample pixel group. Then, a view synthesis image is generated for the pixels included in the sample pixel group and the area subject to processing. Next, correction parameters to correct illumination and color mismatches in the sample pixel group are estimated from the view synthesis image and the decoded image. A predicted image is then generated by correcting the view synthesis image relative to the area subject to processing using the estimated correction parameters. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20110319620 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDE AND ARYLBORONIC ACID COMPOUND - When phthalic acid is heated in heptane under azeotropic reflux conditions in the presence of a catalytic amount of an arylboronic acid compound (such as 2,6-(diisopropylaminomethyl)phenylboronic acid or 2,6-bis(diisopropylaminomethyl)phenylboronic acid), phthalic anhydride is obtained in high yield. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110288792 | MEMBRANE TENSION MEASURING APPARATUS - A membrane tension measuring apparatus comprises: a rectangular frame ( | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110275137 | IMPROVING AGENT FOR NEUROPATHIC PAIN - An object of the present invention is to provide a substance which can be used as an active ingredient for improving neuropathic pain having a novel mechanism of action different from those of currently available agents and, therefore, provide an improving agent for neuropathic pain which rarely interacts with currently available agents and also does not have adverse reactions similar to those of currently available agents. An improving agent for neuropathic pain due to a hyperalgesic response of the present invention as a means for resolution is characterized by comprising, as an active ingredient, a lyase (an elimination enzyme) which has an activity of degrading a chondroitin sulfate chain of a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, and is typified by chondroitinase ABC which selectively removes chondroitin sulfate and dermatan sulfate of a proteoglycan. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110229980 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE AND USE THEREOF - The present teaching provides a fluorescent oligonucleotide probe having a high degree of design flexibility and wide applicability, as well as the use thereof. This is an oligonucleotide probe capable of forming a stem and loop, comprising at least one fluorophore located between adjacent nucleotides in the stem and is linked to a unit represented by Formula (1) and at least one quencher located at a site capable of pairing up with the at least one fluorophore located between the adjacent nucleotides in the stem and is linked to a unit represented by Formula (2). (In the formulae, X represents the fluorophore, Y represents the quencher, R1 represents an optionally substituted C | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110163744 | CELLULAR TISSUE MAGNETIC SIGNAL DETECTING APPARATUS - A cellular tissue magnetic signal detecting device for detecting a magnetic signal locally generated in a cellular tissue including an excitable cell generating an electrical excitation, the cellular tissue magnetic signal detecting device includes: a magnetic sensor head operative to approach the cellular tissue within 1000 μm; and a magnetic detecting section detecting the magnetic signal with a resolution of 1000 μm or less at a noise level of 1 nT or less, and a response speed of 1 ms or less based on an output signal from the magnetic sensor head; the magnetic sensor head including magneto impedance sensor. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110143093 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE/SiC COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND GRAPHENE/SiC COMPOSITE MATERIAL OBTAINED THEREBY - A process for advantageously producing a graphene/SiC composite material is provided in which a large-area graphene layer that is flat in an atomic level is formed on a SiC single crystal substrate. The process for producing a graphene/SiC composite material in which at least one graphene layer is formed on a SiC single crystal substrate, comprising the steps of: removing an oxide film that is formed by natural oxidation and covers a surface of the SiC single crystal substrate, thereby exposing a Si surface of the SiC single crystal substrate, heating the SiC single crystal substrate with the Si surface exposed under an oxygen atmosphere, thereby forming a SiO | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110125075 | METHOD FOR CONTROL OF ELECTROPORATION APPARATUS - A method for controlling an electroporation apparatus for use in an animal such as human and a non-human animal, the method comprising a step of applying a voltage to an electrode of the electroporation apparatus placed in/on a biological sample of the animal in the presence of a nucleic acid construct capable of inhibiting the expression of a gene in the animal. In this manner, a nucleic acid construct can be introduced into a cell of a living body with good efficiency. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110117054 | USE OF RIBAVIRIN IN BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDER - To provide a pharmaceutical agent that is effective for the amelioration or the like of a condition where the prothrombin time is prolonged or a condition where the INR (international normalized ratio) is increased. Disclosed is a pharmaceutical agent comprising ribavirin or a derivative thereof as an active ingredient. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110111499 | MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for producing a mesenchymal stem cell having an ability to differentiate into a myoblast by culturing a pluripotent stem cell derived from a human or animal, including: i) preparing the pluripotent stem cell that has been cryopreserved, ii) sub-culturing the prepared pluripotent stem cell in an undifferentiated state for a prescribed number of times, iii) culturing the subcultured pluripotent stem cell under conditions that enable induction of differentiation into an adipocyte in vitro, and iv) separating and collecting a CD105-positive cell during the culturing process. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110105017 | RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The relay devices store data received from an ECU connected to each of the relay devices in the first reception buffers, respectively. During a synchronizing period, the relay devices perform transmission and reception by mainline frames including attribute value groups mutually received from the ECUs. Data read out from the databases are transmitted to the ECUs. The databases are synchronized with one another only when the relay device receives the final frame from the relay device which received all the mainline frames and issues COMMIT. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110092690 | LINKER AND SUPPORT FOR SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS OF NUCLEIC ACID - The invention provides a universal linker capable of synthesizing nucleic acid having a phosphate group at the 3′ terminal, a universal support carrying the linker, and a synthesis method of nucleic acid using the universal support. The linker for solid phase synthesis of nucleic acid contains a compound represented by at least one of the following formulae | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110085547 | RELAY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Relay apparatuses read the attribute values of data, i.e., numerical information representing measurement values, calculation values, control values, etc., from receive buffers in which data received from ECUs connected thereto is stored, and create trunk frames containing the numerical information and transmit and receive trunk frames via trunk lines. The relay apparatuses derive numerical information from trunk frames received from the other relay apparatuses and renew the numerical information on the data stored in their respective databases using the derived numerical information. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110079765 | INFRARED DETECTOR, INFRARED DETECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INFRARED DETECTOR - An infrared detector comprises: a reflection portion which transmits far- and middle-infrared rays and which reflects near-infrared and visible rays; a photo-current generating portion having a plurality of layered quantum dot structures in each of which electrons are excited by the far- and middle-infrared rays having passed through the reflection portion so as to generate photo-current; a light emitting portion having a plurality of layered quantum well structures into each of which electrons of the photo-current generated by the photo-current generating portion are injected and in each of which the electrons thus injected thereinto are recombined with holes so as to emit near-infrared and visible rays; and a photo-detecting portion which detects the near-infrared and visible rays emitted from the light emitting portion and which detects the near-infrared and visible rays emitted from the light emitting portion and then reflected by the reflection portion. The reflection portion, the photo-current generating portion, and the light emitting portion are made of group III-V compound semiconductors that are layered on top of a semiconductor substrate. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110065941 | Plant body with modified program related to accumulation of storage material and the use thereof - The object of the invention is to provide a plant body in which the program for accumulating storage products has been modified, and applications of the same. In the invention, the plant body is constructed so as to have a B3 DNA-binding domain and an EAR motif, and so as to be capable of repressing the expression of two or more genes which code for two or more proteins having a sugar-inducible promotor function-suppressing activity. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110065094 | METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTION/IDENTIFICATION OF VIRUS-INFECTED CELL - Disclosed is a means for specifically detecting and identifying a virus-infected cell in a floating cell system by a simple manipulation and with high sensitivity. A virus-infected cell can be detected and identified by the following steps (1) to (5): (1) adding a first labeled antibody which has been labeled with a first labeling substance and is directed against a cell surface antigen specific to a target cell to a sample and allowing the mixture to react; (2) immobilizing a protein in the presence of an RNAstabilizing agent; (3) treating the protein with a surfactant; (4) adding a labeled nucleic acid probe for a nucleic acid specific to a target virus to cause the hybridization; and (5) detecting a cell labeled with both the first labeled antibody and the labeled nucleic acid probe by flow cytometry. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110059508 | IMPROVING AGENT FOR DYSFUNCTION DUE TO NEUROPATHY AND RHO KINASE ACTIVATION INHIBITOR - An object of the present invention is to provide a substance which is able to be an active ingredient for the improvement of dysfunction caused by nerve damage. An improving agent for dysfunction due to nerve damage of the present invention as a means for resolution thereof is characterized in that it comprises an endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase type enzyme which hydrolyzes an N-acetylglucosamide bond in a keratan sulfate backbone as an active ingredient. When the improving agent of the present invention is administered, clinical improvement is achieved in motor neuron dysfunction and sensory neuron dysfunction such as neuropathic pain represented by a pain caused by allodynia and hyperalgesic reaction of the object to be treated. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110059102 | Therapeutic Method Targeting Midkine - Provided is a therapeutic method targeting midkine for treating mammalian kidney disorders, primary kidney disorders, hypertension that follows secondary kidney disorders such as diabetic nephropathy, and hypertension secondary to chronic kidney disease. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110047244 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - When sending data, an ECU sends time lag information indicating a time lag that is a difference between time of generating time point at which the data is generated and time of sending start time point at which the ECU actually starts sending the data. When transferring the data, a relay apparatus adds time lag information indicating a time lag that is a difference between time of receiving start time point at which the relay apparatus starts receiving the data and time of transferring start time point at which the relay apparatus starts transferring the data, onto the time lag added on the received data. When receiving the data, an ECU determines for the received data the time of the generating time point that is earlier the time lag indicated by the time lag information of the received data than the time at which the ECU starts receiving the data. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110045535 | Activator for Blood Coagulation Factor VII Promoter and Utilization of the Same - It is intended to provide an activator for blood coagulation factor VII. Ribavirin or its derivative is used as an activator for blood coagulation factor VII promoter. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110033365 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CARBONACEOUS FILM - This invention provides a process and apparatus for producing a carbonaceous film such as a DLC film using a solid raw material without the need to supply a high energy radiation such as a laser beam. The process comprises providing a solid organic material as a raw material, applying a discharge energy to the material to form plasma, and depositing the plasma onto a base material to form a carbonaceous film. This process is preferably carried out by using a film production apparatus ( | 02-10-2011 |
| 20100331216 | CELL CULTURE METHOD - To provide a cell culture method capable of sustaining in-vivo functions for a long time by suppressing dedifferentiation. A cell culture method in accordance with the present invention is to culture cells in a multi-layered state in a minute partitioned space and to obtain a tissue structure having a function resembling an in-vivo function. When the cells are mammary gland epithelial cells, a hollow acinus-like structure can be formed. The minute partitioned space is particularly preferably a micro container in a cell culture container having a plurality of such micro containers on the surface. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100324283 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LAUROLACTAM - Disclosed is a method for producing laurolactam from cyclododecanone and hydroxylamine in a simple process and with high efficiency. The method comprises the following steps (a) to (e): (a) reacting cyclododecanone with hydroxylamine in an aqueous solution in the presence of an excess amount of cyclododecanone or a solvent to produce cyclododecanone oxime; (b) separating the reaction mixture obtained after the oxime-forming step into an oil and an aqueous phases and collecting a solution of cyclododecanone oxime of the oil phase as; (c) removing dissolved water from the solution of cyclododecanone oxime which is collected as an oily phase in the oil/aqueous phase separation step; (d) producing laurolactam from cyclododecanone oxime by rearrangement reaction using an aromatic-ring containing compound as a rearrangement catalyst; and (e) separating the produced laurolactam from the reaction mixture after the rearrangement step and purifying the laurolactam. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100308313 | Organic Material Containing Oligophenylene Skeleton and Light-Emitting Device Using the Same - [Object] To provide a wide band-gap material capable of forming a stable amorphous thin film and an organic electroluminescent device using such a compound and having a high light emission efficiency. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100297613 | Nucleic acid, amino acid encoded by said nucleic acid, probe comprising said nucleic acid or said amino acid, and screening method using said probe - A nucleic acid involved in the control of the biological clock comprising following (a) or (b):
| 11-25-2010 |
| 20100292332 | RAPID-ACTING, BLOOD-ARGININE-LEVEL-INCREASABLE ORAL PREPARATION COMPRISING CITRULLINE AND ARGININE - The present invention provides a rapid-acting, blood arginine level-increasing oral preparation containing citrulline or a salt thereof and arginine or a salt thereof as active ingredients. The rapid-acting, blood arginine level-increasing oral preparation of the present invention can rapidly and effectively increase blood arginine level after ingestion, and can rapidly provide an arginine ingestion effect. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100292186 | Pharmaceutical Composition for Treatment or Prevention of Liver Cancer - An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent liver cancer treatment agent or prevention agent. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing liver cancer, comprising menatetrenone, which is one species of vitamin K, and a phospholipid, said phospholipid being preferably egg yolk lecithin or soybean lecithin. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100286363 | CYCLIC HEPTAPEPTIDE AND USE OF THE SAME - A novel cyclic heptapeptide that is useful as a preadipocyte differentiation-inhibitory agent or an adipocyte fat accumulation-inhibitory agent, and the use of such agents, are provided. A novel cyclic heptapeptide represented by the following formula is provided. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100286049 | POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE-RELATED GENE AND USE THEREOF - A major gene of a pc mutant of a Japanese Medaka fish ( | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100279402 | Expression Construct for Digesting Aggregating Protein and Method of Inhibiting the Aggregation of Aggregating Protein - It is intended to provide a means which is efficacious in digesting a protein forming aggregates in a eukaryotic cell such as mutant superoxide dismutase 1 or an androgen receptor having an abnormally extended polyglutamine chain. Namely, an expression construct for digesting an aggregating protein which has a nucleic acid encoding an archaeal proteasome and being connected in an operable manner to a promoter for eukaryotic cells. By transferring this expression construct into a eukaryotic cell, the aggregating protein is digested owing to the action of the archaeal proteasome. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100276275 | METHOD OF GENERATING FINE METAL PARTICLES, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL-CONTAINING PASTE, AND METHOD OF FORMING THIN METAL FILM INTERCONNECTION - There is provided a method or the like which safely generates fine metal particles at a low cost without using a chlorine gas. Fine copper particles ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100260722 | Material for ameliorating skin tissue and method for producing the same - A material for ameliorating skin tissue provided by the invention comprises, as a main component, a culture obtained by culturing cells or tissue fragments derived from human or other mammalian alveolar mucosa. Typically, 50% or more of the cells contained in the culture are fibroblasts, and having a high growth rate and a high productivity in vascular endothelial cell growth factor (VEDF) and/or keratinocyte growth factor (KGF). | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100249431 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING DISULFONIC ACID COMPOUND, ASYMMETRIC MANNICH CATALST, PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING BETA-AMINOCARBONYL DERIVATIVE, AND NOVEL DISULFONATE - Hexamethylphosphoramide (HMPA) was added to a reaction vessel containing (R)-1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′-dithiol and potassium hydroxide. The vessel was purged with oxygen and stirred at 80° C. for 5 days under 7 atmospheres of oxygen. After being cooled to room temperature, the reaction product was purified to yield potassium (R)-1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′-disulfonate. The (R)-1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′-disulfonic acid obtained from the disulfonate and 2,6-diphenylpyridine were stirred in acetonitrile, and then the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. Subsequently, magnesium sulfate and distilled CH | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100248373 | METHOD FOR INTRODUCING FOREIGN SUBSTANCE INTO CELL HAVING CELL WALL - Disclosed is a method for introducing a foreign substance ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100232559 | ION GENERATING DEVICE AND NEUTRON GENERATING APPARATUS - A neutron generating apparatus includes an ion generating device. The ion generating device includes an ion generating tube to which deuterium gas or tritium gas is supplied, a magnet arranged outside of the ion generating tube for generating a magnetic field in the ion generating tube, a plasma generating antenna arranged outside of the ion generating tube for generating an electric field in the ion generating tube, and an RF power source that supplies high frequency power to the plasma generating antenna. The RF power source supplies the high frequency power to the plasma generating antenna by controlling the pulse thereof so that an unsteady state of plasma is generated repetitively in the ion generating tube. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100220784 | Video Encoding Method and Decoding Method, Apparatuses Therefor, Programs Therefor, and Storage Media for Storing the Programs - By using parallax compensation which performs prediction by using parallax between video images, the video images are encoded as a single video image. Reference parallax for a target image to be encoded is set, wherein the reference parallax is estimated using a reference image; area division in an image frame is set; parallax displacement for each divided area is set, wherein the parallax displacement is the difference between the reference parallax and parallax for the parallax compensation; data of the area division is encoded; and data for indicating the parallax displacement is encoded. During decoding, reference parallax for a target image to be decoded is set, wherein it is estimated using a reference image; data for indicating area division, which is included in encoded data, is decoded; and data of parallax displacement, which is included in the encoded data, is decoded for each area indicated by the area division data. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100215366 | ROUTING METHOD OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK NODE APPARATUS AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK NODE APPARATUS - An optical communication network node apparatus is provided that considerably reduces the node apparatus in scale, especially, a switch device in scale relative to increase in the number of wavelength multiplexes. With a routing operation on the basis of a wavelength at an intra-ring traffic step, light output from a plurality of demultiplexers is subjected to add/drop and routing processes and is directly or indirectly distributed to a plurality of multiplexers, and at an inter-ring traffic step (including a routing operation on the basis of a wavelength group), among lights output from a plurality of demultiplexers, light of another wavelength preliminarily set for inter-ring transmission and different from the light of the wavelength preliminarily set for the intra-ring transmission is subjected to the routing process, and, therefore, the node apparatus is considerably reduced to a smaller scale as compared to a node apparatus that achieves concatenation in a manner capable of routing lights of all the wavelengths to arbitrary optical rings. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100211676 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - When communication is performed with the upstream and downstream sides being defined in the order of relay apparatuses, the relay apparatuses each transmit a keepalive message representing that they are effectively performing communication. When no keepalive message can be received from the relay apparatus and an abnormality is detected thereby, the relay apparatus transmits a keepalive message including abnormality information representing that the abnormality is detected. By receiving the keepalive message including the abnormality information, the relay apparatus detects the abnormality on the upstream side, changes a communication path, and transmits a master candidate notification to the relay apparatus on the downstream side in order that the relay apparatus itself becomes a master. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100197789 | ANTI-OBESITY AGENT AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed is a novel anti-obesity agent. Also disclosed is a therapeutic method using the anti-obesity agent. The anti-obesity agent comprises a GABA | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100197726 | INHIBITOR OF THE DIFFERENTIATION OF T CELLS INTO TH1 CELLS - The present invention is to provide an inhibitor that inhibits differentiation of T cells into Th1 cells. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100190196 | D-SERINE DEHYDRATASE AND USE THEREOF - A novel D-serine quantification method that can overcome various disadvantages of a conventional D-serine quantification method; a novel enzyme that can be used in the D-serine quantification method; a gene encoding the enzyme; and the like. Specifically, a novel D-serine dehydratase including (a) a protein having an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or (b) a protein having an amino acid sequence homologous to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 and having a D-serine dehydratase activity; and a D-serine quantification method including the steps of reacting a sample with the enzyme, quantifying ammonia or pyruvic acid produced by the reaction, and calculating the amount of D-serine in the sample based on a value produced by the quantification. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100169991 | Biopesticide comprising insect belonging to family coccinellidae - Disclosed is a biopesticide utilizing an insect belonging to the family Coccinelidae, which has excellent durability of effect, which can control a insect pest effectively, and which has little influence on an ecosystem. An insect belonging to the family Coccinelidae having abnormality in the wing formation can be produced by suppressing the expression of a vestigial gene and/or a scalloped gene in the insect. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169278 | DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMUNICATION METHOD - Distribution apparatuses include databases for storing data received from ECUs, and further include receiving buffers and sending buffers. The distribution apparatus continuously performs, in parallel, an operation for storing received data on the receiving buffer, operation for synchronizing contents of the database with the databases, and an operation for sending data from the sending buffer. Further, the distribution apparatus periodically copies data of the receiving buffer onto the database and data of the database onto the sending buffer. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100143482 | METHOD OF PRODUCING MICROCAPSULES - It is intended to provide a method whereby various kinds of microcapsules, which are usable in, for example, a gene vector, can be produced in a small amount. This production method comprises: feeding a fluid containing a substance to be encapsulated into at lease one ( | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100131816 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ADAPTING FOR CAR, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS ADAPTING FOR CAR, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD ADAPTING FOR CAR - It is provided about a communication system adapting for car, communication apparatus adapting for car and a communication method adapting for car that can perform data transmission under extensive range from a low speed communication to high speed communication, without generating data delay, data dropout and the like, caused by the data sending collision. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100129914 | Tol1 FACTOR TRANSPOSASE AND DNA INTRODUCTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An object is to provide a Tol1 element transposase and a use thereof. Provided is a Tol1 element transposase containing (a) a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 1 or (b) a protein having an amino acid sequence homologous to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and having an enzymatic activity for transferring Tol1 element. Further, provided are a polynucleotide encoding the transposase and an expression construct containing the polynucleotide therein. The present invention also provides a DNA introduction system including (a) a donor factor having such a structure that a desired DNA is inserted in a transposase gene-defected Tol1 element and (b) a helper factor containing the transposase or the polynucleotide. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100124232 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - GW apparatuses send messages including data being sent from ECUs to a distribution apparatus without sending to an ECU. The distribution apparatus stores the messages on a database, and sends the messages to an ECU, and an ECU. In a case, the distribution apparatus sends the messages in a message sending order and the GW apparatuses relays the messages being sent from the distribution apparatus to the ECUs. The message sending order may be an order in which the distribution apparatus receives the messages an ascending (descending) order of values corresponding to message IDs applied to the messages, or an ascending order of message received time of the messages. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100113786 | PHOSPHORAMIDE COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, LIGAND, COMPLEX, CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE ALCOHOL - Disclosed is a method for highly efficiently obtaining an optically active alcohol from a carbonyl compound highly enantioselectively. Also disclosed is a ligand used in such a method. Specifically, an optically active alcohol is obtained by reacting a carbonyl compound and an organozinc compound by using a ligand (L) shown below. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100104388 | VIBRATION SUPPRESSING METHOD AND VIBRATION SUPPRESSING DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL - A vibration suppressing method and a vibration suppressing device are disclosed. After a tool is attached to a main spindle, a modal parameter of the tool or a workpiece is computed. Thereafter, a relation between chatter frequency and phase difference is calculated as an approximation formula based on the obtained modal parameter and machining conditions. If chatter vibration occurs after initiation of the machining, a chatter frequency corresponding to a target phase difference is obtained using the approximation formula, and based on the obtained chatter frequency, the number of tool flutes and the main spindle rotation speed, the optimum rotation speed is calculated. The rotation speed of the main spindle is then changed in accordance with the obtained optimum rotation speed. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100093646 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING MEMORY IN NORMAL INDIVIDUAL - The present invention provides a method for enhancing memory in a normal individual, particularly in an individual of middle or advanced age who is regarded as clinically normal. The method for enhancing memory in a normal individual comprises administration of a peptide consisting of Leu and Ile or a modified form thereof. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100093179 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A pattern forming method includes preparing a target object including silicon with an initial pattern formed thereon and having a first line width; performing a plasma oxidation process on the silicon surface inside a process chamber of a plasma processing apparatus and thereby forming a silicon oxide film on a surface of the initial pattern; and removing the silicon oxide film. The pattern forming method is arranged to repeatedly perform formation of the silicon oxide film and removal of the silicon oxide film so as to form an objective pattern having a second line width finer than the first line width on the target object. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100087383 | INTRACEREBRAL OXIDATION INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to an intracerebral oxidation inhibitor for preventing the onset of mental deterioration, which has early therapeutic effects. Specifically, the present invention relates to: an intracerebral oxidation inhibitor comprising a peptide consisting of Leu and Ile or a modified form thereof as an active ingredient; and a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for mental deterioration comprising the peptide consisting of Leu and Ile or a modified form thereof as an active ingredient and having effects of inhibiting intracerebral oxidation. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100063598 | BONE FILLING MATERIAL AND KIT FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE SAME - A bone filling material prepared from both a cement material for bone filling and a crimpled fibrous material, which is filled into an affected part in such a state that the crimpled fibrous material is dispersed in a cement base material consisting of the above cement material. It is preferable that the cement material contain calcium phosphate cement and the crimpled fibrous material have a mean diameter of 10 to 500 μm. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100051458 | CARBON QUANTITY DETECTING SENSOR WITH INCREASED DETECTING PRECISION - A carbon quantity detecting sensor for continuously detecting a carbon quantity of measuring gases with increased precision using a simplifier structure is disclosed. The sensor includes at least a proton conductive body composed of a solid electrolyte body having a proton conductivity, an electrode pair composed of a measuring electrode and a reference electrode formed on the proton conductive body at opposing surfaces thereof respectively, and a power source for applying at least one of a given current or a given voltage across the electrode pair. The measuring gases electrode is exposed to the measuring gases and the reference electrode is isolated from the measuring gases. This enables the carbon quantity of measuring gases to be detected with increased precision for a long period of time without causing a carbon component to accumulate on a surface of the measuring electrode due to an electrochemical reaction. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100050278 | Application of Actin-Binding Protein to Disease Associated With Cell Motility - It is intended to identity a protein involved in a molecular mechanism between Akt and cell motility as well as to elucidate its function and find its application. In the present teachings, for achieving the above object, protein or partial peptide thereof containing an amino acid sequence identical or substantially identical to the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID: 2 is utilized in the screening of a compound or a salt thereof that activates or inhibits any of cell motility, cell migration and angiogenesis. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045580 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An original monochrome image recorded with an FPD (flat panel detector) which comprises an array, m rows and n columns, of pixels is reduced and converted into a display image which comprises an array, q rows and (3*n*q/m) columns, of pixels before the display image is transferred to a monochrome liquid crystal display equipped with a monochrome LCD which comprises an array, q rows and P columns, of pixels, where m, n, q, and P are natural numbers and m≦n, qq are given. The monochrome liquid crystal display drives the three sub pixels of each pixel independently aligned along the row of the monochrome LCD to display the display image of the pixels in q rows and (3*n*q/m) columns. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100042027 | POSITIVE PRESSURE CHAMBER FOR EXTREMITIES - The present invention provides a positive pressure chamber for treating extremities, which is used for treating extremity swelling or edema, rehabilitation, prophylaxis for deep venous thrombosis, relieving extremity pain, improvement of extremity skin, and the like. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100041917 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF CARBONYL COMPOUND AND PRO-OXIDANT FOR PREPARATION OF CARBONYL COMPOUND - The invention provides a process for the preparation of a carbonyl compound in high efficiency by oxidizing an alcohol. The process for the preparation of a carbonyl compound of the present invention includes a step of oxidizing an alcohol in the presence of a compound of the formula (I) or a derivative or a salt thereof, and an oxidant, | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100037328 | CD20-NEGATIVELY CONVERTED B CELL MALIGNANT LYMPHOCYTE CELL LINE AND UTILIZATION OF THE SAME - It is intended to provide a tool, a procedure and so on which are useful in developing a therapeutic strategy efficacious in inhibiting or overcoming the resistance against a CD20-directed molecular-targeted drug. Thus, a CD20-negatively converted B-cell malignant lymphocyte cell line is provided. Also, a model animal indicating the pathological conditions of CD20-negatively converted B-cell malignant lymphocyte is provided. Further, a method of screening a substance, which is efficacious against CD20-positive B-cell malignant lymphocyte or CD20-negatively converted B cell malignant lymphocyte, is provided. Furthermore, a drug against CD20-positive B-cell malignant lymphocyte or CD20-negatively converted B-cell malignant lymphocyte, which is characterized by being used together with a CD20-directed molecular-targeted drug, is provided. In one embodiment, a DNA methylase inhibitor or a histone deacetylase inhibitor is employed as the active ingredient. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20090324467 | MAGNETIC CHEMICAL ABSORBENT, PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THE SAME AND RECYCLING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AS WELL AS WASTE-LIQUID TREATING METHOD - A magnetic chemical absorbent according to the present invention is provided with a composite, which is constituted of a core substance comprising magnetite fine particles and schwertmannite being precipitated around the core substance to chemically bond therewith. This magnetic chemical absorbent can be produced in a hydrolysis reaction step, in which crystal of schwertmannite is precipitated by means of hydrolysis reaction by heating a solution of ferric salt and thereafter adding a reactive substance thereto, by means of adding magnetite fine particles into the solution after the solution is heated and before the precipitation of the crystal begins. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090306504 | IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM - The image display method comprises a three-dimensional image creating step that creates a three-dimensional image based on volume data; a cutting plane setting step that sets a cutting plane that cuts the three-dimensional image at an arbitrary position; and a positional relationship display image creating step that creates a positional relationship display image representing the mutual positional relationship between the three-dimensional image and the cutting plane, in which the opacity of the cutting plane in the positional relationship display image is adjusted so that a portion of the three-dimensional image that is hidden by the cutting plane is visually recognizable through the cutting plane in the positional relationship display image. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090304712 | Neuronal Cell Death Inhibitor and Screening Method - A neuronal cell death inhibitor comprising a compound having an inhibitory activity on the production and/or release of glutamic acid in a microglia; by inhibiting the production and/or release in a microglia, neurite bead-like degeneration or neuronal cell death can be inhibited. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090287212 | EXTERNAL FIXATOR - A work for fixing a bone by an external fixator is facilitated. The external fixator comprises a plurality of ball joints each comprising a plurality of pins inserted into a bone, a coupling member, a rotary member that fixes pins to the coupling member relatively, is coupled by the coupling member and forms a ball at least partially, a supporting member in which a first supporting member and a first screw for supporting the ball rotatably are formed, and a tubular fastening member that contains the ball, has openings at the opposite ends, is provided at one end with a second screw corresponding to the first screw, and is provided at the other end with a second supporting portion for pushing the ball against the first supporting portion when the second screw is driven into the first screw, wherein the pins and the coupling member are fixed to the supporting member and the rotary member. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090286011 | Plasma Processing Device, Plasma Processing Method, and Plasma Surface Processing Method - To generate plasma inside a tube of a small opening diameter and perform plasma processing inside the tube. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090278094 | Semiconductor nanoparticle and method of producing the same - The present invention provides semiconductor nanoparticles which emit light at room temperature and include a sulfide or oxide containing zinc, a Group 11 element in the periodic table, and a Group 13 element in the periodic table as a main component or a sulfide or oxide containing a Group 11 element in the periodic table and a Group 13 element in the periodic table as a main component. For example, the semiconductor nanoparticles are represented by Zn | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090274627 | Composition for Regeneration of Periodontal Soft Tissue and Method for Producing the Same - It is intended to provide a composition for regeneration of periodontal soft tissue less invasively and a method for producing the composition. The composition for regeneration of periodontal soft tissue is prepared so as to contain a cell selected from an undifferentiated/stem cell or a blast cell having an ability to form gingiva, a matrix material and blood platelet plasma. With the composition, free gingiva as well as attached gingiva can be regenerated less invasively with an effective and good aesthetics. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090263919 | PLASMA OXIDATION PROCESSING METHOD - A plasma oxidation process is performed to form a silicon oxide film on the surface of a target object by use of plasma with an O( | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090255005 | Method for Preparing Fish Embryo - An object of the invention is to effectively prepare a fish embryo with a correct chromosomal ploidy by nuclear transplantation in which an exogenous fish nucleus is transplanted in a cytoplasmic recipient. For this object, the invention comprises a step of preparing a fish embryo by transplanting a fish cell nucleus to an unfertilized egg. The step of preparing a fish embryo comprises a step of imposing physical and/or chemical stress to the unfertilized egg after activation. By imposing such stress, the stage of haplosis in a female nucleus which happens at the early stage of a series of developmental steps occurring in an unfertilized egg is suppressed and the correct ploidy of an obtained embryo is at least secured. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090249513 | Method for Expression and Accumulation of Peptide in Plant - The present invention relates to a method for expressing and accumulating a low-molecular peptide in plant seeds; a vector therefore; and a plant transformed with the vector. In the present invention, an intended peptide composed of 3 to 40 amino acid residues is expressed and accumulated in seeds of a plant by transforming the plant with a fusion protein expression vector comprising a gene encoding a member of the glutelin multigene family and two or more copies of a gene encoding the intended peptide ligated downstream of the gene under the control of a promoter. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090246542 | PLASMA PROCESS APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESS METHOD, AND OBJECT PROCESSED BY THE PLASMA PROCESS METHOD - A disclosed plasma process apparatus includes an electromagnetic wave generator that generates electromagnetic waves; a vacuum vessel configured to be hermetically connected with an object to be processed, and evacuated to reduced pressures along with the object to be processed hermetically connected to the vacuum vessel; an electromagnetic wave guiding portion configured to guide the electromagnetic waves generated by the electromagnetic wave generator so that plasma is ignited in the vacuum vessel; a gas supplying portion configured to supply a process gas to the object to be processed hermetically connected to the vacuum vessel; an evacuation portion configured to evacuate the object to be processed hermetically connected to the vacuum vessel; and a voltage source configured to apply a predetermined voltage to the object to be processed hermetically connected to the vacuum vessel so that the plasma ignited in the vacuum vessel is guided to the object to be processed. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090234552 | Driving Action Estimating Device, Driving Support Device, Vehicle Evaluating System, Driver Model Creating Device, and Driving Action Determining Device - A driver model with higher precision is created as an evaluation standard for a driving condition in a normal condition. Further, a driving action is estimated using a driver model which can be created easily and can represent driving characteristics of a driver more precisely. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090232769 | Pharmaceutical Composition For Treatment Of Blood Clotting Disorder - Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of blood clotting disorder which can reduce a burden on a patient. The pharmaceutical composition comprises an effective amount of ribavirin or a derivative thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of ribavirin or the derivative. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090230973 | PLANAR TYPE FREQUENCY SHIFT PROBE FOR MEASURING PLASMA ELECTRON DENSITIES AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING PLASMA ELECTRON DENSITIES - A planar type frequency shift probe that utilizes resonance of electromagnetic waves and includes a main body with a conductor plate and a coaxial cable. The main body includes a long narrow space, which has predetermined width and length and has an opening on the periphery of the main body, as well as the first surface part and the second surface part. The surface conductor of the coaxial cable is connected to the first surface part while the core conductor of the coaxial cable is connected to the second surface part via a lead wire. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090220312 | MACHINE TOOL WITH CHIP PROCESSING FUNCTION - The present invention provides a machine tool which allows a chip to be guided in a desired direction and which enables consecutive chip processing, the machine tool further enabling a reduction in cutting resistance, required power, resulting heat, friction of a tool, and the like. The machine tool includes a chip processing means | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090220311 | CUTTING TOOL WITH CHIP GUIDING FUNCTION AND CUTTING METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides a cutting tool and a cutting method for the cutting tool which enable curl of a chip to be corrected without causing the chip to be jammed and which also allow the chip to be guided by correcting the direction of the chip to a desired one. A cutting tool | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090220234 | Optical Waveband Demultiplexer, Optical Waveband Multiplexer, and Optical Waveband Selective Switch - A simple optical waveband multiplexer/demultiplexer operable to separate a wavelength-division multiplexed light beam WDM consisting of a plurality of wavebands WB each including a plurality of optical channels, into a predetermined plurality of wavebands WB, and output the separated plurality of wavebands WB from a plurality of output ports, wherein the wavelength-division multiplexed light beam WDM is transmitted through two array waveguides each capable of performing a demultiplexing function with a resolution corresponding to wavelengths of the optical channels, and a characteristic of sequentially shifting the output ports by one position with shifting of input ports by one position, whereby the wavelength-division multiplexed light beam WDM is separated into a plurality of wavebands WB each including the mutually different optical channels selected from the optical channels included in the wavelength-division multiplexed light beam WDM, and the separated wavebands WB are outputted from the plurality of output ports, respectively. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090210366 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING MULTIPLE PARAMETERS BY HYBRID GA, METHOD OF DATA ANALYSYS BY PATTERN MATCHING, METHOD OF ESTIMATING STRUCTURE OF MATERIALS BASED ON RADIATION DIFFRACTION DATA, PROGRAMS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND VARIOUS APPARATUS RELATED THERETO - The present invention provides a Hybrid GA (HGA) in which local optimization operation is performed to only a few individual with lower fitness selected from each population of widely distributed generations in genetic algorithm (GA). Since this HGA shows very powerful global searching ability even in a vast multi-dimensional parameter space with strong multi-peak feature, the present invention may efficiently determine a number of structural parameters from a little information included in X-ray diffraction circles. As a result, the present invention may determine a complicated material structure from powder specimen even though it is hard to make a single crystal specimen. Thus, the development of new materials would be highly accelerated in the field of medicines or materials, etc. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090209720 | Beta-PINENE POLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - To provide a β-pinene polymer excellent in heat resistance while having thermoplasticity, and further also having excellent strength, without impairing the inherent characteristics of small specific gravity and excellent transparency. A desired β-pinene polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 90,000 to 1,000,000 and a glass transition temperature of 80° C. or more was obtained by polymerizing β-pinene in the presence of a bifunctional vinyl compound. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090197333 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANIC MATERIAL AND CULTURE VESSEL - Disclosed is a method for producing a biological organic material in a liquid droplet comprising a culture medium composed of specified ingredient. The method comprises the steps of: providing a substantially spherical liquid droplet on a substrate in an unadhered state, the substrate preferably having such a water-repellent surface that the water contact angle becomes 150° or greater; and culturing a biological organic material in the liquid droplet. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090183281 | Use of histone chaperone activity of agrobacterium 6b protein - The present invention provides a technology for modifying the gene expression of a plant body in combination with using histone-chaperon-activity of protein 6b. According to the invention, gene expression is changed or modified globally. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090174120 | Injection Molding Apparatus With Plasma Generator, and Method for Injection Molding and Surface Processing - [Object] To provide an injection molding apparatus with a plasma generator, using no high-frequency power. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090173932 | Thermoelectric Material, Infrared Sensor and Image Forming Device - A thermoelectric conversion material includes a superlattice structure produced by laminating a barrier layer containing insulating SrTiO | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090161927 | Medical Image Observation Assisting System - [Means for Achieving the Object] Medical image observation assisting system | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090155216 | Grafting Material and Agent for Improvement in bone Quality - The present invention has an object to provide a transplant material allowing systemic bone substance improvement to be realized by cell transplant. The present invention teaches to use a transplant material comprising a cell selected from the group consisting of an embryonic stem cell, a mesenchymal stem cell, an osteoblast cell, a preosteoblast, a chondrocyte and a cell having a capability of bone formation through systemic or topical administration for the improvement in bone quality. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090131716 | CHIRAL TETRAAMINOPHOSPHONIUM SALTS, CATALYST FOR ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHIRAL beta-NITROALCOHOL - A chiral tetraaminophosphonium salt represented by formula (1) and a method for producing chiral β-nitroalcohol comprising reacting an aldehyde or a ketone and a nitroalkane in the presence of the chiral tetraaminophosphonium salt represented by formula (1) and a base, or in the presence of a conjugated base of the chiral tetraaminophosphonium salt represented by formula (1): | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090069927 | VIBRATION SUPPRESSING DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL - A calculating member carries out Fourier analysis of a vibrational acceleration to calculate a maximum acceleration and frequency thereof. The calculating member then compares the maximum acceleration with a threshold value, and when the acceleration exceeds the threshold value, the calculating member calculates a k-value and phase information, and stores each calculated value. When retrying is selected, the calculating member determines a type of a current chatter vibration from the phase information, determines the existence of a chatter vibration which is different from the determined chatter vibration, and calculates each new phase information according to the determined chatter vibration and an existence of a different chatter vibration which had been generated before generation of the current vibration. The calculating member then calculates a k1-value from new phase information, calculates the optimum rotation speed by using the k1-value, and changes the rotation speed to the optimum rotation speed. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090031441 | Regulatory Genes for Plant Differentiation and Growth, and Use of the Same - An objective of the present invention is to provide gibberellin-binding proteins, genes encoding such proteins, and applications therefor. The proteins of the present invention function as cytoplasmic receptors for gibberellin and mediate gibberellin response in plants. Plants overexpressing such genes exhibited gibberellin-hypersensitive phenotypes, such as increased plant height. In contrast, plants in which the genes were mutated exhibited gibberellin-insensitive phenotypes, and thus became dwarfed. Accordingly, plant differentiation and growth can be regulated by introducing the gibberellin-binding genes of the present invention or by suppressing the expression of same. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090028248 | Video Encoding Method and Decoding Method, Apparatuses Therefor, Programs Therefor, and Storage Media for Storing the Programs - A video encoding method for encoding video images as a single video image by using parallax compensation which performs prediction by using parallax between the video images, and a corresponding decoding method. The number of parameters as parallax data used for the parallax compensation is selected and set for each reference image. Data of the set number of parameters is encoded, and parallax data in accordance with the number of parameters is encoded. During decoding, parallax-parameter number data, which is included in encoded data and designates the number of parameters as parallax data for each reference image, is decoded, and parallax data in accordance with the number of parameters is decoded, where the parallax data is included in the encoded data. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090015818 | Catheter Surgery Simulation - It is possible to observe a state of stress applied to a region around a cavity replicating a body cavity such as a blood vessel and the like in a three-dimensional model. In catheter insert simulation, when stress is applied to the region around the cavity in the three-dimensional model, it is possible to observe the catheter state together with a photoelastic effect corresponding to the stress state in the surrounding region caused by the catheter. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090012751 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR STRUCTURE ANALYSIS BY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD - In a structure analysis method by the finite element method, based on a characteristic that when a load is applied to a structure, an arbitrary point of the structure describes an ellipsoidal shape in accordance with a direction of the load, an equation of the ellipsoidal shape formed by the arbitrary point of the structure when being displaced is formulated based on a constraint condition, a load condition and a stiffness matrix for the structure; and a displacement of the arbitrary point when an arbitrary load is applied to the structure is obtained based on the formulated equation of the ellipsoidal shape. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090002801 | ELECTROCHROMIC MIRROR - An electrochromic mirror includes a transparent electrode film, an electrochromic film formed at one thickness direction side of the transparent electrode film, a light reflective film that reflects light that has transmitted through the transparent electrode film and the electrochromic film, a lithium ion transmissive film provided between the electrochromic film and the light reflective film, an electrically conductive film provided at the one thickness direction side of the transparent electrode film and at a side of the light reflective film opposite from the lithium ion transmissive film, and an electrolytic solution that comprises lithium ions and is enclosed between the light reflective film and the electrically conductive film. The lithium ion transmissive film transmits lithium ions and imposed diffusion of silver from the side of the light reflective film to the side of the electrochromic film. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002799 | ELECTROCHROMIC MIRROR - An electrochromic mirror includes an electrically conductive reflective film capable of reflecting light that is incident thereto and having electrical conductivity in which plural fine penetration holes are formed, an electrochromic film that is provided at a side of the electrically conductive reflective film at which the light is incident and reflected, an electrically conductive film that is provided at a side of the electrically conductive reflective film that is opposite from the electrochromic film, and an electrolytic solution that contains lithium ions and is enclosed between the electrically conductive film and the electrically conductive reflective film. The plural penetration holes formed in the electrically conductive reflective film penetrate in a thickness direction thereof, and a ratio between a distance between respective centers of the penetration holes and an inner peripheral diameter dimension of the penetration holes is 7 or more. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20080289923 | VIBRATION SUPPRESSING DEVICE AND VIBRATION SUPPRESSING METHOD FOR MACHINE TOOL - A vibration suppressing device and a vibration suppressing method that are capable of obtaining an accurate optimum rotation speed and shortening a time period from generation of chatter vibration to calculation of the optimum rotation speed are provided. The vibration suppressing device | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080288693 | Parallel Processing Device and Exclusive Control Method - To provide a processor capable of achieving high processing efficiency by performing the exclusive control between task processing and interrupt handling properly even in a multiprocessor. An interrupt processor that includes a plurality of unit processors, in which at least of the plurality of unit processors is capable of performing interrupt handling requested from the outside is configured such that the unit processor P | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080258952 | Delta Sigma Modulator and Delta Sigma Analog-Digital Converter - The present invention provides a ΔΣ modulator of a frequency modulation system that can lessen the requirement of linearity for an oscillator. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080217485 | Smart Vortex Generator, and Aircraft, Vessel, and Rotary Machine Being Equipped with the Same - A smart vortex generator including a main body, disposed on a body surface, such as a main wing of aircraft, making a boundary to a flow of fluid, and at least a part of which includes a shape memory alloy. A form of the main body, depending on a temperature increment/decrement of the fluid, changes between (1) a first form capable of suppressing a flow separation by a vortex generation and (2) a second form capable of suppressing a turbulent flow, by a phenomenon that the shape memory alloy undergoes a phase transformation between a high-temperature-side stable phase and a low-temperature-side stable phase. The smart vortex generator demonstrates a multi-directional characteristic depending on a temperature change, such that no energy supply from the outside is required. The structure is simple, and repairs and maintenance as well as installation to existing wings are easy. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080210285 | Thermoelectric Conversion Material And Production Method For Thermoelectric Conversion Material - A thermoelectric conversion material having a novel composition is provided. The thermoelectric conversion material comprises a first dielectric material layer, a second dielectric material layer, and an electron localization layer that is present between the first dielectric material layer and the second dielectric material layer and that has a thickness of 1 nm. | 09-04-2008 |
