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20090155833 | SCREENING METHOD OF NESFATIN-1-ACTION REGULATING SUBSTANCE OR NESFATIN-1-LIKE ACTION SUBSTANCE WITH THE USE OF RECEPTOR PROTEIN SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF GPR3, GPR6 AND GPR12 - An object of the present invention is to identify a Nesfatin-1 receptor, and to provide a method for screening or designing a Nesfatin-1-action regulating substance or a Nesfatin-1-like action substance using the Nesfatin-1 receptor. | 06-18-2009 |
20090233325 | SCREENING METHOD OF NESFATIN-1-ACTION REGULATING SUBSTANCE OR NESFATIN-1-LIKE ACTION SUBSTANCE WITH THE USE OF RECEPTOR PROTEIN SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF GPR3, GPR6 AND GPR12 - An object of the present invention is to identify a Nesfatin-1 receptor, and to provide a method for screening or designing a Nesfatin-1-action regulating substance or a Nesfatin-1-like action substance using the Nesfatin-1 receptor. | 09-17-2009 |
20100317836 | NOVEL BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE NESFATIN AND ITS RELATED SUBSTANCES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to a novel method of obtaining a factor involved in appetite control and/or body weight control, as well as genes obtained by said method, polypeptides encoded by said genes, or novel polypeptides obtained from the information on polypeptides encoded by said genes as a means for treating, controlling or diagnosing diseases associated with eating disorders and/or body weight control. Also the present invention relates to substances that inhibit the effects of said genes or said polypeptides as a means for treating, controlling or diagnosing diseases associated with appetite control and/or body weight control. By using thiazolidine diones having a PPAR γ agonist activity, genes and polypeptides involved in appetite regulation and/or body weight reduction can be obtained. NESFATIN or the like obtained by said method can be used as a means for treating, controlling or diagnosing diseases associated with eating disorders and/or body weight control. | 12-16-2010 |
20110110949 | NESFATIN-1 SPECIFIC ANTIBODY AND THE USE THEREOF, AND NESFATIN SPECIFIC ANTIBODY AND THE USE THEREOF - The present application relates to an antibody performing an antigen-antibody reaction with Nesfatin-1, but not substantially performing the antigen-antibody reaction with Nesfatin and/or NucB1, and with the use of the antibody, an immunological detection method and a detection kit of Nesfatin-1, and further, an antibody performing an antigen-antibody reaction with Nesfatin, but not substantially performing the antigen-antibody reaction with NucB1, and an immunological detection method using the antibody, and a detection kit of Nesfatin comprising the antibody. | 05-12-2011 |
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20090213405 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDING SCAN DATA ALONG WITH ADVERTISEMENT DATA - When a user selects not to insert advertisement data into scan data when transferring the scan data from an MFP to a Web server, the MFP converts the advertisement data into an HTML format to transfer to the Web server in association with the scan data. Accordingly, a PC accessing the Web server displays a Web page showing contents of the advertisement and information including an icon functioning as means for requesting download of the scan data. The scan data inserted with no advertisement data is downloaded to the PC by operating the icon. | 08-27-2009 |
20100277762 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus comprises: an operation part having a display area and operable to receive an input from a user; a first display part operable to display, in a part of the display area, (i) a first image to be visible only from a range of a first viewing angle and (ii) a second image to be visible only from a range of a second viewing angle that does not overlap with the range of the first viewing angle; an audio output part operable to output an audio explaining the first image; and a second display part operable, while the audio explaining the first image is being output, to display, in a remaining part of the display area, a notification indicating that the audio explaining the first image does not correspond to the second image, such that the notification is visible from the range of the second viewing angle. | 11-04-2010 |
20110310412 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NOISE CANCELLATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus comprising: a sound-level meter that measures operating noise of a rotating portion; a sound data generator that generates a noise control sound data object with the same amplitude but with the inverted phase to the operating noise; a speaker that emits sound based on the noise control sound data object; a memory that stores in advance a noise control sound data object generated to cancel out operating noise measured while the rotation frequency of the rotating portion is changed from a first rate to a second rate; and a controller that measures operating noise of the rotating portion and generates a noise control sound data object to cancel out the operating noise, then emits sound based on the noise control sound data object, while the rotating portion runs in steady state, meanwhile reads out from the memory, a suitable noise control sound data object from the memory and emit sound based on the noise control sound data object, during the transition of the rotation frequency of the rotating portion. | 12-22-2011 |
20120063801 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS DISPLAYING GUIDANCE IMAGE - In an image forming apparatus, an image is formed on a sheet, a guidance image for guiding an operation procedure is displayed, and a state of the image forming apparatus related to the operation procedure is detected. In the image forming apparatus, a supplemental image for indicating a difference between the operation procedure displayed by the guidance image and an operation procedure required in the detected state is displayed together with the guidance image. | 03-15-2012 |
20120093537 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PERFORMING CONTROL OF CHANGING TARGETS OF POWER SUPPLY FROM CHARGING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a charging device for performing charging and discharging using a power storage device, and a plurality of loads each serving as a target of power supply from said charging device and being used in operation of the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus obtains information about an operation status of the image forming apparatus and sets priorities for being a target of power supply from the charging device for the plurality of loads, according to the obtained information. The image forming apparatus controls power supply operation of the charging device according to the information about the remaining capacity of the power storage device and the set priorities. | 04-19-2012 |
20130145184 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus comprising: a main body including a reception unit and a processing unit; and a power supply device switches between an operation state for supplying power from an external power source to the main body and a standby state for supplying power from a secondary battery to the reception unit without supplying power from the power source to the main body. Charging of the battery with power from the power source is performed during the operation state and is terminated when a value indicating power level of the battery reaches a threshold value Vt satisfying (discharge lower limit VL+Vs)≦Vt06-06-2013 | |
20140132977 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes control units that are booted up in parallel after reset, and further includes: a display unit displaying, in multiple stages, overall boot-up progress that is boot-up progress of the entire apparatus; a display control unit controlling the display unit to display the overall boot-up progress, wherein the display control unit includes: an estimation subunit making estimation of the overall boot-up progress based on period counted after the reset; and a reception subunit receiving boot-up progress of each control unit, and until receiving the boot-up progress of each control unit or the boot-up progress of the latest control unit in terms of boot-up completion, the display control unit performs control based on the estimation, and after receiving the boot-up progress of each control unit or the boot-up progress of the latest control unit, the display control unit performs control based on the received boot-up progress. | 05-15-2014 |
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20090291945 | CYSTEINE PROTEASE INHIBITORS - To provide a compound having an excellent cysteine protease inhibitory effect, and to provide a drug for treatment or prevention of the disease selected from the group consisting of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, chronic rheumatoid arthritis, Paget's disease of bone, hypercalcemia, bone metastasis of cancer, and ostealgia. A compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a drug or pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an effective component. | 11-26-2009 |
20100053669 | Image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus communicates image information with an external apparatus. A communication portion includes a connector though which the image information is communicated. A controller controls the communication portion to be either active or non-active in response to a control signal. A cover covers the connector when the cover is mounted to the image processing apparatus. A switch and the cover may be interlocked with one another such that the switch generates the control signal either when the cover is mounted to the image processing apparatus or when the cover is dismounted from the image processing apparatus. A cable may be connected between the connector and the external apparatus, and the switch and the cable may be interlocked such that the switch generates the control signal either when the cable is inserted into the connector or when the cable is pulled out of the connector. | 03-04-2010 |
20120069370 | IMAGE INPUT OUTPUT APPARATUS - An image input output apparatus includes an image reading portion arranged to be freely opened and closed for reading an image and an image forming portion for forming a print image, so that the image input output apparatus capable of reading and printing the image. The image input output apparatus further includes a power supply portion for supplying power to each of the image reading portion and the image forming portion independently, and a detection portion for detecting whether the image reading portion is opened or closed. The power supply portion is arranged to become a first power save mode, in which the power supply portion reduces power supplied to the image reading portion when the detection portion detects that the image reading portion is opened. | 03-22-2012 |