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20100166663 | PROBE FOR A HAIR CELL, AND LABELLING METHOD FOR A HAIR CELL USING THE PROBE FOR A HAIR CELL - Provided are a novel probe for a hair cell for clearly identifying various conditions of a hair cell, and a labelling method for a hair cell using the probe for a hair cell, more particularly, a probe for a hair cell containing, as an active agent, at least one kind selected from staining compounds represented by one of the general formulae (I) and (II), and a labelling method for a hair cell using the probe for a hair cell. | 07-01-2010 |
20100221831 | LIVING BODY HOLDING METHOD, LIVING BODY TEST METHOD, LIVING BODY GROWING METHOD, LIVING BODY HOLDING SHEET, AND LIVING BODY PROCESSING DEVICE - A method of arranging a large number of living bodies, such as cells, embryos, or organisms rapidly, individually, and one by one, a holding sheet for the method, and a device for processing the living bodies. The method of holding living bodies includes using a sheet in which multiple through-holes with a size capable of holding one of the target living bodies, but not capable of holding two or more of the living bodies, are provided, to thereby arrange and hold the living bodies one by one in the multiple through-holes in the sheet together with a liquid. | 09-02-2010 |
20100300547 | OBJECT-HOLDING SHEET, TEST METHOD AND OBJECT-TREATING EQUIPMENT - It is intended to provide an object-holding sheet and an object-treating equipment, which are useful for arranging objects such as biological materials (e.g., cells, embryos or individuals) or particles having the similar size thereto and efficiently conducting procedures such as analysis and fractionation on the objects. The present invention provides an object-holding sheet for holding two or more objects, the object-holding sheet including: a sheet member having two or more through-holes; and an anti-drop member corresponding to each of the holes, wherein the holes have a size that enables only one of the objects to be held, and the anti-drop member is disposed in the vicinity of one opening of each of the holes so as not to permit the object held in each of the holes to pass through the opening. | 12-02-2010 |
20100302534 | SAMPLE OBSERVATION SYSTEM AND SAMPLE OBSERVATION PROCESS - A sample observation system and a sample observation process are provided which do not need any special manipulation or treatment to limit the motion of the sample or adjust the orientation of the sample when observing the sample, and enable observation of samples simply from wider direction than ever. A sample observation system of a sample whose vertical direction is defined by gravity, wherein the system at least includes a sample holder having at least one penetrating hole for retaining a liquid containing the sample; an observation unit for observing the sample; and an angle adjusting unit for varying the angle of the observation unit to the direction of the gravity which acts on the sample in a condition in which the sample holder and the observation unit have a fixed relative angle therebetween. | 12-02-2010 |
20100304428 | CELL HOLDING METHOD, CELL TESTING METHOD AND CELL HANDLING APPARATUS - It is intended to provide a method for individually arranging and holding, with rapidity and few variations, the number of cells required for bioassay. The present invention provides a cell holding method including: preparing a sheet provided with a plurality of through-holes; and bringing a suspension liquid of cell-supported particles into contact with the sheet, wherein each of the holes has a size that permits only one of the particles to be held therein together with a liquid. | 12-02-2010 |
20110182810 | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LABELLING COMPOSITION FOR INTRANASAL ADMINISTRATION AND LABELLING METHOD AND SCREENING METHOD USING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LABELLING COMPOSITION FOR INTRANASAL ADMINISTRATION - There is provided a central nervous system labelling composition for intranasal administration for the purpose of labelling the central nervous system from the olfactory epithelium by way of the olfactory bulb and by means of intranasal administration. Additionally, there is provided a method of non-invasively labelling the central nervous system by way of an administration route that entails little transferability to the entire body. Furthermore, there is provided a screening method using a central nervous system labelling composition for intranasal administration. A central nervous system labelling composition for intranasal administration is characterized by labelling the central nervous system from the olfactory epithelium by way of the olfactory bulb and by means of intranasal administration and by containing at least one compound expressed either by the general formula (1) or the general formula (2) shown below as effective component: | 07-28-2011 |
20110189096 | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUE-LABELING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR LABELING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUE, AND SCREENING METHOD USING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUE-LABELING COMPOSITION - To provide a central nervous system tissue-labeling composition labeling the central nervous tissue system. Also, another object of the present invention is to provide a method for non-invasively labeling the central nervous tissue system. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a screening method using the above central nervous system tissue-labeling composition. A central nervous system tissue-labeling composition containing, as an active ingredient, at least one of compounds represented by the general formula (1) or (7). | 08-04-2011 |
20110236310 | LABELING COMPOSITION FOR INTRAOCULAR TISSUE, LABELING METHOD OF INTRAOCULAR TISSUE, AND SCREENING METHOD - The invention provides a labeling composition for an intraocular tissue of a living individual, which specifically labels the intraocular tissue without need of an invasive operation such as exposure of an ocular tissue or injection of a staining agent into the ocular tissue or a nerve tissue linking to the ocular tissue, a method of noninvasively labeling an intraocular tissue of a living individual, and a screening method using the labeling composition for the intraocular tissues. The composition contains a compound capable of labeling at least a photoreceptor cell layer of a retina, wherein the compound is a staining compound having a particular structure as a partial structure thereof. | 09-29-2011 |
20110243850 | PROBE FOR A BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN AND LABELLING METHOD AND SCREENING METHOD USING THE PROBE - Provided is a novel probe for a biological specimen for labelling by itself and clearly visualizing one of a specific cell and a specific cell organ in a living body, the probe having excellent spectral characteristics and exhibiting excellent storage stability. The probe for a biological specimen contains, as an active agent, at least one kind of compound represented by a general formula (I). | 10-06-2011 |
20120207683 | EVALUATION PROBE FOR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PERMEABILITY, EVALUATION METHOD FOR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PERMEABILITY, AND SCREENING METHOD USING AN EVALUATION PROBE FOR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PERMEABILITY - Provided is an evaluation probe capable of optically evaluating permeability of a substance through a central nervous system tissue. Also provided is an evaluation method for permeability of a substance through a central nervous system tissue using an evaluation probe for central nervous system permeability. Also provided is a screening method using an evaluation probe for central nervous system permeability. The evaluation probe for central nervous system permeability includes, as an active ingredient, at least one kind of compound represented by the following general formula (1). | 08-16-2012 |
20130219529 | PROBE FOR A HAIR CELL, AND LABELLING METHOD FOR A HAIR CELL USING THE PROBE FOR A HAIR CELL - Provided are a novel probe for a hair cell for clearly identifying various conditions of a hair cell, and a labelling method for a hair cell using the probe for a hair cell, more particularly, a probe for a hair cell containing, as an active agent, at least one kind selected from staining compounds represented by one of the general formulae (I) and (II), and a labelling method for a hair cell using the probe for a hair cell. | 08-22-2013 |
20130280169 | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUE-LABELING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR LABELING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUE, AND SCREENING METHOD USING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUE-LABELING COMPOSITION - To provide a central nervous system tissue-labeling composition labeling the central nervous tissue system. Also, another object of the present invention is to provide a method for non-invasively labeling the central nervous tissue system. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a screening method using the above central nervous system tissue-labeling composition. A central nervous system tissue-labeling composition containing, as an active ingredient, at least one of compounds represented by the general formula (1) or (7). | 10-24-2013 |
20140112869 | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LABELLING COMPOSITION FOR INTRANASAL ADMINISTRATION AND LABELLING METHOD AND SCREENING METHOD USING CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LABELLING COMPOSITION FOR INTRANASAL ADMINISTRATION - There is provided a central nervous system labelling composition for intranasal administration for the purpose of labelling the central nervous system from the olfactory epithelium by way of the olfactory bulb and by means of intranasal administration. Additionally, there is provided a method of non-invasively labelling the central nervous system by way of an administration route that entails little transferability to the entire body. Furthermore, there is provided a screening method using a central nervous system labelling composition for intranasal administration. A central nervous system labelling composition for intranasal administration is characterized by labelling the central nervous system from the olfactory epithelium by way of the olfactory bulb and by means of intranasal administration and by containing at least one compound expressed either by the general formula (1) or the general formula (2) shown below as effective component: | 04-24-2014 |
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20120026199 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A image display device is configured to perform the following operations when generating an enlarged image of an input image from the input image. The image display device first generates an enlarged image by performing an enlarging process on an input image, and generates a reduced image by performing a reducing process other than an inverse process of the enlarging process on the enlarged image. Thereafter, the image display device detects a difference between a pixel value of a pixel on the reduced image and a pixel value of a corresponding pixel on the input image, and corrects a pixel value of a pixel on the input image or the enlarged image based on the detected difference, thereby correcting the enlarged image to be finally output. | 02-02-2012 |
20120235966 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - An image display system includes a light sensor operable to change a detection sensitivity. The light sensor outputs a signal according to an intensity of external light exerting an influence on a screen of a display apparatus and to the detection sensitivity. An illuminance acquisition part of a display control apparatus acquires illuminance by the external light based on the signal output from the light sensor. Moreover, a display adjuster adjusts a displaying state of the display apparatus in accordance with the illuminance by the external light acquired by the illuminance acquisition part. A sensitivity changer periodically alternates between a “low sensitivity” of the detection sensitivity and a “high sensitivity” of the detection sensitivity of the light sensor. Thus, even when changing significantly, the illuminance by the external light can be accurately and speedily acquired. | 09-20-2012 |
20120242716 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - When illuminance E by external light is lower than a high threshold Th, a backlight controller performs a duty cycle control that adjusts an amount of light of the backlight by changing a duty cycle of the control signal in accordance with the illuminance amount by the external light while maintaining the control signal at a constant level. When the illuminance E by the external light is higher than the high threshold Th, the backlight controller performs a pulse control that causes the backlight to periodically emit a pulsed light by making the level of the control signal higher than the level of the control signal in the duty cycle control while fixing the duty cycle of the control signal at a predetermined value or lower. | 09-27-2012 |
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20130260353 | RESPONSE SUPPORT SERVER, RESPONSE SUPPORT SYSTEM, RESPONSE SUPPORT METHOD - A response support server is for providing response support to a response terminal for an assignment that has been presented. The response support server includes an input status acquisition unit configured to acquire an input status in a response column for the assignment; a response support information generation unit configured to generate response support information to be displayed on the response terminal, based on the input status and an elapsed time after the assignment is presented; and a send unit configured to send the response support information to the response terminal. | 10-03-2013 |
20140017655 | EXAMINATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND EXAMINATION SUPPORT METHOD - The examination support apparatus includes a question database, an answer status database, a question output unit, an answer acquisition unit, a correct/incorrect determination unit, a calculation unit, and a determination unit. The question output unit extracts and outputs examination questions from the question database. The answer acquisition unit acquires an answer to each of the above-described examination questions transmitted from an examinee terminal, and the correct/incorrect determination unit determines whether the answer is correct or incorrect. The calculation unit calculates for the examinee a correct-answer percentage to the examination questions in the same administering section based on a result of the correct/incorrect determination. The determination unit calculates a change in a correct-answer percentage for the examinee from the correct-answer percentage of the examination questions in the particular administering section stored in the answer status database and the correct-answer percentage calculated, and determines the change. | 01-16-2014 |
20140024006 | QUESTION SETTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A question setting apparatus is disclosed, including a processor and a storage part. The storage stores problem information which maintains problem data including a problem and a correct answer of the problem included in a test sent to students, and student answer information which maintains answer data and a correct/incorrect answer determination result for each of the students. The processor processes test operations of referring to the problem information, sending the problem data to the student terminals, receiving the answer data from the student terminals in a given time for the test, and recording the answer data in the student answer information. The processor processes a progress display. A progress state is displayed in the given time and indicates an answer state of the problem data based on the correct/incorrect answer determination result. A display instruction is sent to the student terminals to stop the test. | 01-23-2014 |
20140280170 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A GROUPING SUPPORT PROGRAM, GROUPING SUPPORT METHOD AND GROUPING SUPPORT SERVER - A computer-readable storage medium storing a grouping support program of opinion information that, when executed by a computer, performs a grouping support method includes specifying a related opinion information related to a first opinion information and a second opinion information among a plurality of collected opinion information based on a related word guided from the first opinion information and the second opinion information selected from the plurality of collected opinion information; and grouping the specified related opinion information in the same group as the first opinion information and the second opinion information. | 09-18-2014 |
20140295396 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LEARNING SUPPORT - A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer executable program that, when executed, causes a computer to perform a method for learning support includes collecting a first opinion information and a second opinion information from a plurality of information terminals of a group, determining whether a representative opinion information of a group is included in a majority opinion information among collected opinion information of a first opinion information and a second opinion information, and outputting a minority opinion information among the collected opinion information when the representative opinion information is included in the majority opinion information. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297641 | DISCUSSION SUPPORT METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A storage medium storing a discussion support program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process includes collecting opinion data obtained from each information terminal and a group characteristic corresponding to the opinion data collected in each group including a plurality of information terminals set in advance, and calculating a point of a participant related to the information terminal based on representative opinion data chosen from the opinion data collected in each group and the group characteristic corresponding to the group to which the information terminal having transmitted the representative opinion data belongs. | 10-02-2014 |
20140337789 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY PROCESSING PROGRAM - A display processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive an input of a symbol when each of a plurality of data is disposed and displayed on a different area among display areas by a display device; a registration unit configured to register a group of data according to a position and/or a shape of the symbol in the display area among data included in the plurality of data when the symbol is received by the reception unit; and a display control unit configured to control the display device to display other data included in the group of data, when any of data included in the plurality of data is designated and the designated data is included in the registered group of data, together with the designated data. | 11-13-2014 |
20140340408 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display control apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive designation of at least one data among a plurality of data when each of the plurality of data is disposed and displayed in each of a plurality of different first areas of a display area by a display apparatus; and a changing unit configured to change a degree of emphasis in each symbol displayed on the display area depending on a positional relationship between the symbol and the data associated with the designation received by the reception unit when the designation is received by the reception unit. | 11-20-2014 |
20140347367 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAY PROCESSING PROGRAM - A display processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive registration of a symbol by associating the symbol with a plurality of data selected from a group of data when each data included in the group of data is disposed and displayed on a different area among display areas by a display device; and a display control unit configured to control the display device to display the symbol registered by being associated with the plurality of selected data, by associating the symbol with the designated data, when the designated data is included in the plurality of data, in a case where any one data included in the group of data is designated. | 11-27-2014 |
20140370483 | PRESENTER SELECTION SUPPORT APPARATUS, PRESENTER SELECTION SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND PRESENTER SELECTION SUPPORT METHOD - A presenter selection support apparatus including: a display unit configured to display one or more opinions input from each of a plurality of terminals; a selection unit configured to select any one of opinions that belongs to a certain group based on a predetermined criterion when the certain group among at least one group formed by being classified from opinions displayed in the display unit is designated; and an instruction unit configured to instruct a terminal, in which an opinion other than the selected opinion is input, to display a screen in which each of a plurality of items related to relevancy to the selected opinion is selectable, wherein the predetermined criterion is a criterion used to specify any one terminal based on the number of times that one item among the plurality of items is selected in the past in each of the plurality of terminals. | 12-18-2014 |
20140370489 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROCESSING METHOD - A presenter narrowing apparatus includes: a display unit configured to display one or more opinions input from each of a plurality of terminals; and an instruction unit configured to instruct a terminal, in which an opinion other than a designated opinion among opinions that belong to a certain group is input, to display a screen in which each of a plurality of items related to relevancy to the designated opinion is selectable when the opinion which belongs to the certain group among at least one group formed by being classified from opinions displayed in the display unit is designated. In the presenter narrowing apparatus, the instruction unit allows the display unit to highlight an opinion input to a terminal, for which a timing at which one item among the plurality of items is selected satisfies a predetermined criterion, among the opinions that belong to the certain group. | 12-18-2014 |
20150037779 | DISCUSSION SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DISCUSSION SUPPORT METHOD - A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium has a program stored therein for causing a computer to execute a discussion support method, and the method includes calculating a correlation between an opinion of a student and a plurality of agendas for each opinion of the student; forming one or more groups of the students associated with one or more of the agendas, respectively, based on the correlations of the opinions and the agendas; and transmitting the one or more of the agendas to terminals of the students in the respective groups associated with the respective agendas. | 02-05-2015 |