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20080299642 | VECTORS WITH MODIFIED PROTEASE-DEPENDENT TROPISM - The present invention provides cell fusogenic vectors having replicative ability, whose protease-dependent tropism has been modified. M gene-deficient viral vectors encoding modified F proteins, in which the cleavage site of the F protein of paramyxovirus is modified to be cleaved by different proteases, were produced. In cells transfected with these vectors, the genomic RNA present in the vectors is replicated, and cell fusogenic infection spreads to neighboring cells depending on the presence of other proteases; however, no viral particles are released. The vectors of this invention, encoding the F proteins which are cleaved by proteases whose activity is enhanced in cancer, show cancer growth suppressive effect in vivo. | 12-04-2008 |
20100297732 | VECTORS WITH MODIFIED PROTEASE-DEPENDENT TROPISM - The present invention provides cell fusogenic vectors having replicative ability, whose protease-dependent tropism has been modified. M gene-deficient viral vectors encoding modified F proteins, in which the cleavage site of the F protein of paramyxovirus is modified to be cleaved by different proteases, were produced. In cells transfected with these vectors, the genomic RNA present in the vectors is replicated, and cell fusogenic infection spreads to neighboring cells depending on the presence of other proteases; however, no viral particles are released. The vectors of this invention, encoding the F proteins which are cleaved by proteases whose activity is enhanced in cancer, show cancer growth suppressive effect in vivo. | 11-25-2010 |
20120183419 | HERMETIC COMPRESSOR - In a hermetic-type compressor, a piston has a sliding face which slides on an inner wall of the cylindrical hole and is reciprocatably inserted in the cylindrical hole. A connecting rod connects an eccentric shaft part and the piston. The cylindrical hole has a tapered part, whose inside diameter dimension gradually increases from a top dead center of the piston toward a bottom dead center, and an end part on the shaft side. A reciprocation direction of the piston is substantially a horizontal direction. A recessed part, which is recessed to the inside in a radial direction of the piston and holds lubricating oil, is provided in the sliding face of the piston. A part on the lower side in the vertical direction of the piston which comes into contact with the end part on the shaft side of the cylindrical hole when the piston is positioned in the bottom dead center is a part of the sliding face. | 07-19-2012 |
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20080247886 | Hermetic Compressor - A hermetic compressor has a hermetic container storing an oil, and a compressing element accommodated in the hermetic container and compressing a refrigerant gas; the compressing element has a compressing chamber, a cylinder forming the compressing chamber, a piston inserted into the cylinder and reciprocating, and a suction muffler ( | 10-09-2008 |
20100208060 | LIQUID DROPLET RECOGNITION APPARATUS, RAINDROP RECOGNITION APPARATUS, AND ON-VEHICLE MONITORING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a liquid droplet recognition apparatus for detecting liquid droplets attached to a front surface of a transparent member. The apparatus includes an image pickup apparatus that picks up a vertically polarized light image and a horizontally polarized light image at the front surface of the transparent member from a side of a rear surface of the transparent member; and a signal processing unit that determines whether the liquid droplets are attached to the front surface of the transparent member based on a polarized-light image ratio composed of the vertically polarized light image and the horizontally polarized light image picked up by the image pickup apparatus. | 08-19-2010 |
20110242312 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND INSPECTION METHOD - According to the invention, the surface of the Sic substrate or the epitaxial layer formed on the Sic substrate using the optical apparatus including the differential interference optical system. The reflected light from the surface of the Sic substrate or the epitaxial layer is received by the line sensor ( | 10-06-2011 |
20120105843 | SPECTRAL IMAGE ACQUIRING APPARATUS - A spectral image acquiring apparatus includes an optical filter on which light is incident; an image sensor including a two-dimensionally disposed pixel array for detecting the light via the optical filter; and a signal processing unit generating a difference-value image based on a detection signal from the image sensor. The optical filter includes a diffraction grating having a lattice pattern corresponding to one or more pixels on the image sensor. The signal processing unit calculates a difference value in an amount of received light between two adjacent pixels based on the detection signal from the image sensor, and generates the difference-value image based on the difference value. The difference value between the two adjacent pixels is varied depending on a difference in an interference point on the image sensor corresponding to a diffraction angle of the light that has passed through the diffraction grating. | 05-03-2012 |
20120268602 | OBJECT IDENTIFYING APPARATUS, MOVING BODY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - An object identifying apparatus is disclosed, including: an imaging part, and an object identification processing part. The imaging part receives two polarized lights having a different polarization direction included in light reflected from the object existing in the image pickup area and captures two polarization images. The object identification processing part conducts an identification process for identifying the object existing at a place corresponding to each of multiple process areas in the image pickup area by using the two polarization images captured by the imaging part. | 10-25-2012 |
20130025340 | METHOD OF HOT-PRESS FORMING ENABLING HARDNESS CONTROL - A hardenable steel sheet is treated with press-forming by means of a die. The method is comprised of: heating the steel sheet to a temperature of an Ac | 01-31-2013 |
20130123985 | TRANSPARENT OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND TRANSPARENT FLAT PLATE DETECTION SYSTEM - A disclosed transparent body detection system includes an image acquisition unit acquiring a vertical polarization image and a horizontal polarization image by acquiring an image of a first region, the image including a transparent body having characteristics in which a polarization direction of transmission light changes; a placing table on which the transparent body is to be placed; a polarization filter disposed opposite to the image acquisition unit across the placing table and at a position including a second region, an image of the second region including at least the transparent body in the first region and being acquired; and an image processing apparatus detecting the transparent body based on distribution of vertical/lateral polarization degree of a vertical/lateral polarization degree image based on the vertical polarization image and the horizontal polarization image. | 05-16-2013 |
20130312478 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HOT PRESSED PRODUCT AND HOT PRESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a method of manufacturing a hot pressed product with which a heating coil of the induction heating device is moved in a feeding direction of the metal strip and in a direction opposite to the feeding direction of the metal strip so as to reduce variation in a feed velocity of the metal strip relative to the heating coil of the induction heating device. | 11-28-2013 |
20140305181 | HOT-PRESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HOT-PRESSED PRODUCT - A hot-pressing device includes a forming surface having a shape corresponding to a predetermined shape into which a workpiece is to be formed and a plurality of coolant channels formed therein so as to be arranged side by side and each having an opening in a side surface thereof when the forming surface is viewed from above or below. The forming surface includes a plurality of grooves formed therein so as to correspond to the coolant channels, a plurality of connection holes formed in each of the grooves so as to be connected to one of the coolant channels corresponding to the groove, the connection holes having openings at positions separated from each other, and a first connection groove connecting a portion of one of the grooves located between two adjacent connection holes to another one of the grooves located adjacent to the one of the grooves. | 10-16-2014 |
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20090270463 | AMIDO DERIVATIVES-CONTAINED PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing a solid dispersion comprising an amide derivative or a salt thereof and a water-soluble polymer, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is not prepared by a melting method. The pharmaceutical composition contains the solid dispersion having an improved oral absorption, properties suitable for formulation, and an excellent stability. | 10-29-2009 |
20100210467 | AGENT FOR IMPROVING SUGARCANE BRIX AND METHOD OF PROMOTING SUGARCANE RIPENING USING THE SAME - It is intended to provide an agent for improving sugarcane Brix which increases the sugar productivity from pressed juice after harvesting and promotes ripening when applied to sugarcane and, therefore, by which a sugar yield comparable to sugarcane harvested at the best harvest season can be established even from sugarcane before reaching the harvest season, which comprises at least one member of the compounds represented by the following general formula (I) | 08-19-2010 |
20120035052 | GRANULAR FERTILIZER CONTAINING HERBICIDAL AGROCHEMICAL - Disclosed is a technique for achieving a required herbicidal effect using a small amount of a herbicide. Specifically disclosed are: a granular fertilizer containing a herbicidal agrochemical, which is characterized in that the granular fertilizer has been impregnated or coated with pyroxasulfone; and a weed eradication method which is characterized by applying the granular fertilizer to fields. | 02-09-2012 |
20120329046 | MOLECULAR MARKER FOR EVALUATING PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND TREATMENT OF MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY - Novel markers associated with the development of muscular dystrophy that elucidate the mechanisms of muscular dystrophy development and provide a means for diagnosis and treatment of muscular dystrophy are presented. The expression level of one or more markers selected from the group consisting of c-Fos, EGR1, IL-6, and IL-8 in a sample obtained from the subject can be compared with a reference value to diagnose muscular dystrophy in the subject. | 12-27-2012 |
20130065054 | Process for Producing Poly(Arylene Sulfide), and Poly(Arylene Sulfide) - Disclosed is a process for producing poly(arylene sulfide) which includes: a polymerization step of polymerizing a dihalogenated aromatic compound and at least one sulfur source selected from the group consisting of alkali metal sulfides and alkali metal hydrogen sulfides in an organic amide solvent, preferably in the presence of a phase separating agent; a separation step of separating a polymer from a reaction liquid containing a produced polymer after the polymerization step; a washing step of washing the polymer with a washing liquid that consists of water and/or an organic solvent; and a separated liquid treatment step of bringing both a separated liquid that has been recovered after the separation of the polymer in the separation step and a separated liquid containing a wash waste liquid that has been recovered after the separation of the polymer in the washing step into contact with an alkaline compound. Also disclosed is poly(arylene sulfide). | 03-14-2013 |
20130068256 | Longitudinal Solid-Liquid Countercurrent Contact Method, Method of Washing Solid Particles, Method of Manufacturing Poly(Arylene Sulfide) and Apparatus - A longitudinal solid-liquid countercurrent contact method and apparatus are provided in which an aqueous slurry containing solid particles is supplied from an upper part and is caused to pass through a plurality of contact-processing chambers connected in a vertical direction while being caused to proceed downward, a contacting liquid is supplied from a lower part and is caused to pass through the plurality of contact-processing chambers connected in the vertical direction while being caused to proceed upward, and the aqueous slurry and the contacting liquid are caused to be continuously subjected to countercurrent contact, wherein the viscosity of a liquid phase in at least one of the contact-processing chambers is controlled, and especially the viscosity η | 03-21-2013 |
20130211040 | POLYIMIDES AND POLYIMIDE FILMS - A polyimide and a polyimide film obtained by reacting: an aromatic diamine, and 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, pyromellitic acid dianhydride, p-phenylenediamine and 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl ether, the amount of the component (I) being 0.1 to 10.0 mol % and the amount of the components (II) being 99.9 to 90.0 mol % based on the total amount of the component (I) and the components (II) (in Formula (1), R | 08-15-2013 |
20130253147 | Production Process of Poly(Arylene Sulfide) and Poly(Arylene Sulfide) - A production process of a poly(arylene sulfide), including (a) a polymerization step of polymerizing at least one sulfur source selected from the group consisting of alkali metal sulfides and alkali metal hydrosulfides and a dihalo-aromatic compound in an organic amide solvent to form a polymer; (b) a separation step of separating the polymer from a liquid reaction mixture containing the polymer formed after the polymerization step; (c) a washing step of washing the polymer with at least one washing liquid selected from the group consisting of water, an organic solvent and a mixed solution of water and an organic solvent as desired; and (d) an aqueous oxidizing solution treatment step of treating the polymer by bringing the polymer into contact with an aqueous oxidizing solution. | 09-26-2013 |
20140084668 | EXCAVATION MACHINE - An excavation machine having a cutter head with a large diameter while making it possible to excavate excavation objects such as hard bedrock etc. with high efficiency is provided. The excavation machine comprises an outer circumference cutter head | 03-27-2014 |
20150163806 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING COMMUNICATION CHANNEL - While a first device controller is executing an interference quantity measuring process under control of a general controller, a wireless communication device is always brought into a state that it transmits a radio wave (dummy frame) by control of a second device controller. The first device controller executes channel selecting process for selecting one of the plurality of candidates of a communication channel A as the communication channel A based on the plurality of interference quantities (corresponding to the plurality of candidates of the communication channel A) obtained at the time of the execution of the interference quantity measuring process. | 06-11-2015 |
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20080297870 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - An optical scanning device including a light source, a deflection device to deflect a light beam from the light source, an image focus optical system to focus the light beam deflected by the deflection device on a scanned surface to form an image thereon and scan a surface by the light beam deflected by the deflection device to form an image thereon, a light path switching device provided between the light source and the deflection device, which switches a light path of the light beam emitted from the light source to deflect the light beam on different timings such that the light beam scans different surfaces. | 12-04-2008 |
20130208120 | ATTACHED MATTER DETECTOR AND IN-VEHICLE DEVICE CONTROLLER USING THE SAME - An attached matter detector includes a light source; an imager receiving transmitted light from a predetermined imaging region on a light-receiving region for an imaging region and imaging an image of the imaging region, and receiving reflected light on a light-receiving region for attached matter detection when light from the light source is reflected by attached matter and imaging an image of the attached matter; a parameter calculator of an image for an attached matter image region calculating a parameter of an image for an attached matter image region as information of an image region of the attached matter; a parameter calculator of an image for an imaging region calculating a parameter of an image for an imaging region as information of the imaging region; and an output device of an attached matter state signal outputting a signal showing a state of the attached matter based on the calculated parameters. | 08-15-2013 |
20150054954 | IMAGING UNIT AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING THE SAME - An imaging unit includes a light source, an imaging element to receive a light having entered an outer surface of the transparent plate-like member from a predetermined imaging area and transmitted through the transparent plate-like member and a light from the light source reflected by an attached matter on the outer surface, to capture an image of the predetermined imaging area and that of the attached matter, a mirror module fixed on the internal surface of the transparent plate-like member to fixedly support a reflective mirror to reflect the light from the light source, an imaging module to fixedly support the light source and the imaging element, fixed relative to the internal surface of the transparent plate-like member so that the imaging element captures an image in a certain direction, and a positioning mechanism to determine relative positions of the mirror module and the imaging module. | 02-26-2015 |
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20120058896 | HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a herbicidal composition having a synergistic herbicidal effect against weeds, said herbicidal composition including 3-[(5-difluoromethoxy-1-methyl-3-trifluoromethylpyrazol-4-yl)methylsulfonyl]-4,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethylisoxazole and salts thereof as a component A and a component B selected from the group consisting of paraquat, ametryn, acetochlor, clodinafop-propargyl, diclofop-methyl, cycloxydim, tepraloxydim, tralkoxydim, amidosulfuron, mesosulfuron-methyl, sulfosulfuron, tribenuron-methyl, imazamethabenz-methyl, imazamox, imazapic, florasulam, hexazinone, chlorotoluron, pyraflufen-ethyl, metazachlor, S-metolachlor, isoxaben, fluroxypyr, qinclorac and pinoxaden. | 03-08-2012 |
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20140182881 | SHIELDED CABLE - A shielded cable includes a twisted cable including a plurality of electric wires each including a conductor covered with an insulation therearound, and an electrically conductive wire twisted together with the plurality of electric wires, and a strip-like member including a conductive layer and an insulating layer. The strip-like member is wound around the twisted cable in the same direction as a twist direction of the twisted cable and at substantially the same winding pitch as a twist pitch of the twisted cable such that the conductive layer is continuously contacted with and along the lead wire. | 07-03-2014 |
20150310965 | DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CABLE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A differential signal transmission cable is composed of twin electrically insulated wires arranged side by side in contact with each other, and a drain wire arranged longitudinally along the twin electrically insulated wires. The twin electrically insulated wires include a fusion bonding layer and are integrated in such a manner that the twin electrically insulated wires, excluding their contacted portions, are being coated with that fusion bonding layer. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310966 | DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CABLE AND DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION AGGREGATED CABLE - A differential signal transmission cable is composed of a Twinax cable including twin electrically insulated wires, which are arranged side by side in contact with each other, and a drain wire, which is arranged in contact with and parallel to both of the twin electrically insulated wires, and a shield tape, which is wound around a circumference of the Twinax cable including the drain wire. When in cross sectional view, an isosceles triangle is defined as having, as its base, a line segment that joins respective centers of the twin electrically insulated wires, and as its vertex point, a center of the drain wire, the isosceles triangle has a vertex angle of not smaller than 74 degrees and not greater than 90 degrees. | 10-29-2015 |