Abstract: This invention provides a method for measuring human megalin that can be performed in a simpler manner within a shorter period of time than is possible with conventional techniques, and that can also quantify human megalin. This invention also provides a method that enables diagnosis of functional diseases, which are specific to cells, tissues, or organs, in a site-directed manner at an early stage. Measurement of human megalin enables detection of a disease in an organ in which megalin expression is observed.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for measuring human megalin that can be performed in a simpler manner within a shorter period of time than is possible with conventional techniques, and that can also quantify human megalin. This invention also provides a method that enables diagnosis of functional diseases, which are specific to cells, tissues, or organs, in a site-directed manner at an early stage. Measurement of human megalin enables detection of a disease in an organ in which megalin expression is observed.

Abstract: An electrode plate of a rechargeable battery that is capable of preventing wastage of a base film and preventing an active material layer from being irregularly formed and a method for fabricating the same is disclosed. The electrode plate is fabricated by continuously coating the active material layer lengthwise along a surface of the base film and cutting the base film in a direction substantially perpendicular to a length of the base film or in a direction that forms a predetermined angle in relation to the length of the base film. The method includes forming an active material layer lengthwise on a base film except for on predetermined parts of both ends of the base film by continuously coating active materials, and forming an electrode plate by cutting the base film formed with the active material layer in a direction substantially perpendicular to the length of the base film using a cutter.

Abstract: A fuel control method for a gas turbine with a combustor being formed of at least two groups of a pluralities of main nozzles for supplying fuel, and that supplies fuel from the main nozzles of all groups upon ignition of the combustor (S1), and supplies fuel from three main nozzles of a group A during subsequent acceleration of the gas turbine (S3). Because fuel is injected from a small number of the main nozzles during acceleration, the fuel flow rate per one main nozzle is increased, thereby increasing the fuel-air ratio (fuel flow rate/air flow rate) in a combustion region and improving the combustion characteristics. Accordingly, the generation of carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbon is reduced, whereby no bypass valve is required and manufacturing costs are reduced.

Abstract: According to the ultrawideband communication antenna, since surfaces of the antenna element are coated with the first resin layer and the second resin layer each of which is mixed with the nonmagnetic metal powder and has an insulating property and a high specific inductive capacity, the size is largely reduced. Further, since the nonmagnetic metal powder is used, the first resin layer and the second resin layer are free from a loss of magnetism generated therein, thereby enabling to maintain a loss of the antenna to a low level.

Abstract: An object is to reduce a fluctuation in the gas-turbine output in a nozzle switching period. In the nozzle switching period during which a first nozzle group that has been used is switched to a second nozzle group that is going to be used, the amounts of fuel supplied through the first nozzle group and the second nozzle group are adjusted by using at least one adjustment parameter registered in advance, the adjustment parameter registered in advance is updated according to the operating condition of the gas turbine, and the updated adjustment parameter is registered as an adjustment parameter to be used next.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to develop a urine pretreatment agent, a urine pretreatment method, and a urinary protein quantitation method which reduce or cancel the influences of urine pH variations, cancel the influences of precipitates of urinary inorganic salts, and solubilize membrane proteins. The present invention provides: a urine pretreatment agent for urinary protein quantitation, comprising a buffer, a chelating agent, and a surfactant; a urine pretreatment method comprising a step of mixing 10 to 1000 parts by mass of the urine pretreatment agent of the present invention with 100 parts by mass of urine; and a urinary protein quantitation method comprising steps of: mixing 10 to 1000 parts by mass of the urine pretreatment agent of the present invention with 100 parts by mass of urine; and then measuring the protein concentration.

Abstract: An electrode plate of a rechargeable battery that is capable of preventing wastage of a base film and preventing an active material layer from being irregularly formed and a method for fabricating the same is disclosed. The electrode plate is fabricated by continuously coating the active material layer lengthwise along a surface of the base film and cutting the base film in a direction substantially perpendicular to a length of the base film or in a direction that forms a predetermined angle in relation to the length of the base film. The method includes forming an active material layer lengthwise on a base film except for on predetermined parts of both ends of the base film by continuously coating active materials, and forming an electrode plate by cutting the base film formed with the active material layer in a direction substantially perpendicular to the length of the base film using a cutter.

Abstract: Provided is a gas turbine operation control device and operation control method that are capable of suppressing turbine inlet temperature and of satisfying the demand response for shaft output. An IGV emergency fully-open flag is activated when the output of a generator is in a high load band at or above a predetermined value, and the like. When the IGV emergency fully-open flag is activated, the degree of opening of an inlet guide vane is set to a predetermined degree of opening, a temperature adjustment setting is set by switching in accordance with the degree of opening of the inlet guide vane, and an exhaust gas temperature setting value or a blade path temperature setting value of a turbine, for controlling the fuel supply amount for a combustor, is generated based on the temperature adjustment setting.

Abstract: An electrode plate of a rechargeable battery that is capable of preventing wastage of a base film and preventing an active material layer from being irregularly formed and a method for fabricating the same is disclosed. The electrode plate is fabricated by continuously coating the active material layer lengthwise along a surface of the base film and cutting the base film in a direction substantially perpendicular to a length of the base film or in a direction that forms a predetermined angle in relation to the length of the base film. The method includes forming an active material layer lengthwise on a base film except for on predetermined parts of both ends of the base film by continuously coating active materials, and forming an electrode plate by cutting the base film formed with the active material layer in a direction substantially perpendicular to the length of the base film using a cutter.

Abstract: A fuel-flow-rate control device, a power generation system, and a fuel-flow-rate control method which can prevent overshooting of a gas turbine output (gas turbine inlet temperature) and which can improve power generation efficiency are provided. The fuel-flow-rate control device includes a computing portion for obtaining a state quantity relating to operating conditions and temperature conditions of a gas turbine as an input signal and computing a fuel-flow-rate command for controlling a fuel flow rate supplied to a combustor based on the above input signal, and a second selection circuit for setting the above fuel-flow-rate command to be not more than a fuel-flow-rate upper limit. The fuel-flow-rate upper limit is a fuel flow rate at which the gas turbine inlet temperature is set to be not more than a predetermined upper temperature limit.

Abstract: Protein formulations containing a poloxamer as a surfactant, and methods for maintaining the biological activity in protein formulations without adding an antioxidant and for inhibiting the formation of foreign insoluble matters by adding a poloxamer as a surfactant.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for measuring human megalin that can be performed in a simpler manner within a shorter period of time than is possible with conventional techniques, and that can also quantify human megalin. This invention also provides a method that enables diagnosis of functional diseases, which are specific to cells, tissues, or organs, in a site-directed manner at an early stage. Measurement of human megalin enables detection of a disease in an organ in which megalin expression is observed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a band-pass filter having: a first substrate; a second substrate; an input line; an output line; a ground layer; and an electromagnetic wave absorptive layer, the input line being provided on a first surface of the first substrate, the input line extending from a first edge thereof toward a second edge thereof, the output line being provided on a second surface of the first substrate, the output line extending from the second edge thereof toward the first edge thereof, the input line and the output line forming an overlapping line, the output line being sandwiched between a first surface of the second substrate and the second surface of the first substrate, the ground layer being provided on a second surface of the second substrate; the electromagnetic wave absorptive layer being provided on the first surface of the first substrate, the electromagnetic wave absorptive layer covering the input line.

Abstract: A jelly-roll type electrode assembly, a lithium secondary battery having the same, and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The electrode assembly comprises a deformation prevention core which simplifies the manufacture of a lithium secondary battery and prevents deformation of the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly comprises positive and negative electrode plates and a separator wound around a deformation prevention core. A positive electrode active material is coated on the positive electrode plate and a negative electrode active material is coated on the negative electrode plate. The separator insulates the positive electrode plate from the negative electrode plate. The deformation prevention core is located near the center of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A sensor adjusting circuit for adjusting a digital sensor, whose circuit scale is small and which can maintain high accuracy in a wide adjustment range is provided. A sensor adjusting circuit for adjusting an analog input signal inputted from a sensor and outputting it as another analog output signal in accordance with a physical quantity to be sensed, comprises: a first analog-to-digital converter having an analog integrator (2) for integrating the analog input signal, a comparator (3) for comparing an output of the analog integrator with a predetermined value, and a D/A converter (7) for outputting an output of the comparator as the input signal; and a second digital-to-analog converter (5) for converting the output of the comparator and outputting it as the analog output signal.

Abstract: According to the ultrawideband communication antenna, since surfaces of the antenna element are coated with the first resin layer and the second resin layer each of which is mixed with the nonmagnetic metal powder and has an insulating property and a high specific inductive capacity, the size is largely reduced. Further, since the nonmagnetic metal powder is used, the first resin layer and the second resin layer are free from a loss of magnetism generated therein, thereby enabling to maintain a loss of the antenna to a low level.

Abstract: Damage of a surface plate used in a CMP apparatus due to troubles generated in repair or replacement of the surface plate, operation of the CMP apparatus, etc. is prevented. In order to solve the problem, the present invention provides a surface plate protecting device in the CMP apparatus, which is a surface plate 2 used in the CMP apparatus, wherein a polishing pad 16 is replaceably bonded with the upper surface of a sheet 8, and the lower surface of the sheet 8 is bonded with the upper surface of the surface plate 2 by an adhesive agent 9 having adhesive force larger than the adhesive force of the polishing pad 16, so that damage or the like of the surface of the surface plate 2 generated due to troubles, etc. in polishing of a wafer can be blocked by the sheet 8.

Abstract: A gasifying furnace gasifies solid fuel or liquid fuel. A gas turbine drives a turbine to generate power by using combustion gas generated by burning mixed gas of compressed air compressed in a compressor and gas generated in the gasifying furnace in a combustor. A booster boosts compressed air bled from the compressor, and feed the compressed air to the gasifying furnace. A bleed source valve is provided in a bleed line between the compressor and the booster. An abnormality stop controller stops the booster and the gas turbine, based on an opening angle of the bleed source valve or a bleed pressure on an upstream side of the bleed source valve.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a BPF (bandpass filter) for GHz bands of the structure that an input signal line (2) and an output signal line (3) run with a small gap on one surface of a sheet (1) made by dispersing soft magnetic metal powder in a sheet-formed polymer matrix, an internal line (6) bridges on the signal lines, and a GND line (4) runs on the reverse surface of the sheet. The method comprises inserting an intermediate product made by disposing on both the sides of an insulating film (5) the above-mentioned input signal line (2), output signal line (3) and internal line (6), on one side of the cavity of a mold for injection, and inserting a metal piece for the GND line (4) on the other side of the cavity; and injecting a polymer compound to obtain a molded article.