Abstract: An antenna includes a conductive patch. The patch includes, in a plan view, a first power feed-side edge and a first non-power feed-side edge positioned on opposite sides in a first direction in one-to-one relation, and a second power feed-side edge and a second non-power feed-side edge positioned on opposite sides in a second direction intersecting the first direction in one-to-one relation. The patch includes, in the plan view, a first power feed point positioned on a side nearer to the first power feed-side edge and a second power feed point positioned on a side nearer to the second power feed-side edge. In the plan view, at least a portion of the first power feed-side edge expands outward and forms a protrusion. A width of the protrusion in the second direction gradually decreases toward a top of the protrusion. The first power feed point is positioned nearer to the top of the protrusion than a middle of a hill slope of the protrusion in the first direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carrier for bio-related molecule immobilization, which comprises a resin substrate, an amino group-containing compound layer that is formed on the resin substrate, and a polyvalent carboxylic acid layer that is formed on the amino group-containing compound layer. The carboxyl groups in the polyvalent carboxylic acid layer are actively esterified; and the (COO peak intensity)/(C—C peak intensity) ratio of the C1s spectrum is from 0.064 to 0.12 (inclusive) if the carrier surface before the active esterification is measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carrier for bio-related molecule immobilization comprising: a resin substrate; an amino group-containing compound layer formed on the resin substrate; and a polyvalent carboxylic acid layer formed on the amino group-containing compound layer, wherein a carboxyl group of the polyvalent carboxylic acid layer is subjected to active esterification, wherein the resin substrate contains an inorganic pigment, and wherein the resin substrate has a centerline surface average roughness Ra of 60 nm or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carrier for bio-related molecule immobilization, which comprises a resin substrate, an amino group-containing compound layer that is formed on the resin substrate, and a polyvalent carboxylic acid layer that is formed on the amino group-containing compound layer. The carboxyl groups in the polyvalent carboxylic acid layer are actively esterified; and the (COO peak intensity)/(C—C peak intensity) ratio of the C1s spectrum is from 0.064 to 0.12 (inclusive) if the carrier surface before the active esterification is measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Abstract: A carrier for detecting food poisoning bacteria that is used to simultaneously detect Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus includes a plurality of probes comprising: a probe from a region of pyrH gene of Escherichia coli; a probe from a region of vtx1 gene of Escherichia coli; a probe from a region of vtx2 gene of Escherichia coli; a probe from a region of invA gene of Salmonella; a probe from a region of dnaJ gene of Staphylococcus aureus; a probe from a region of toxR gene of Vibrio parahaemolyticus; a probe from a region of tdh gene of Vibrio parahaemolyticus; a probe from a region of trh1 gene of Vibrio parahaemolyticus; and a probe from a region of trh2 gene of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, wherein the probes are immobilized on the carrier.

Abstract: A method for simultaneously detecting enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli and Escherichia coli (including enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli) includes extracting genomic DNA from a sample; performing multiplex PCR for amplifying DNA fragments comprising a region of a uridine monophosphate kinase gene (pyrH) of Escherichia coli, DNA fragments comprising a region of a verotoxin 1 gene (vtx1) of Escherichia coli, and DNA fragments comprising a region of a verotoxin 2 gene (vtx2) of Escherichia coli, wherein the genomic DNA is used as a template; and simultaneously detecting presence or absence of each amplified product, whereby presence or absence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli and Escherichia coli in the sample is simultaneously detected.

Abstract: A method for detecting food poisoning bacteria includes allowing a plurality of types of food poisoning bacteria including at least Staphylococcus aureus to grow at the same time using a culture medium that includes a peptone, a yeast extract, and magnesium sulfate, extracting DNA from the plurality of types of food poisoning bacteria that have been allowed to grow, adding a primer for specifically amplifying an amplification target region of the DNA of each of the plurality of types of food poisoning bacteria to a PCR solution, amplifying the amplification target region by PCR, and detecting the resulting amplified product.

Abstract: An image transmitting system is provided, wherein the system includes: a first image storing module storing a plurality of images included in a first electronic album; a second image storing module storing a plurality of images included in a second electronic album; a feature extracting module for extracting a feature amount of an object included in each of the plurality of images stored in the second image storing module; an image selecting module for selecting an image including an object showing correspondence with the object included in the image stored in the second image storing module, which is higher than a predetermined reference value, out of the plurality of images stored in the first image storing module on the basis of the extracted feature amount; and an image transmitting module for retrieving the selected image from the first image storing module and storing the image in the second image storing module to transmit the image from the first image storing module to the image storing module.

Abstract: An electronic album display system for displaying a plurality of images included in an electronic album having an image storing unit for classifying each of the plurality of images into a plurality of groups and storing each image, an image selecting unit for selecting an image to be displayed, an image display unit for displaying the image selected, an operation unit for receiving a display operation for said image display unit controlled by a viewer when one image is being displayed, an interest detecting unit for detecting an interest of the viewer in the one image on the basis of the display operation received by the operation unit, and an interest storing unit for storing the interest for each of the plurality of images, wherein the image selecting unit selects an image classified in a group including an image in which the viewer has an interest based on the interest stored in said interest storing unit.

Abstract: This Invention concerns a ring (11) or other accessory and jewelry goods provided with a pattern resulting from processing a metal underlayer (111) of a noble metal and/or a metal plating layer (112) formed on the metal underlayer (111). The noble metal jewelry goods has the metal plating layer (112) formed in a uniform thickness on the whole upper surface of the metal underlayer (111) and has the metal underlayer (111) and/or the metal plating layer (112) enabled by the rod-shaped grinding tool (12) to form glossy regions (111-1) and (111-2) exposing the metal underlayer (111). The noble metal jewelry goods of this invention is enabled to form the metal plating layer region (112) that has not been ground by the rod-shaped grinding tool (12) at all and expose the metal plating layer.

Abstract: An image recognizing system for recognizing an object included in an image is provided, wherein the image recognizing system includes: a feature amount database for storing a feature amount representing a feature of each of a plurality of objects in a corresponding manner; an object recognizing unit for recognizing an object included in the image on the basis of the feature amounts stored in the feature amount database; and a feature amount extracting unit for, in case an object included in the image is recognized by the object recognizing unit, extracting another feature amount representing a feature of the object different from a feature amount which is stored in the feature amount database and corresponds to the object from the image, wherein the object recognizing unit recognizes the object included in the image on the basis of another feature extracted by the feature amount extracting unit.

Abstract: An image transmitting system is provided, wherein the system includes: a first image storing module storing a plurality of images included in a first electronic album; a second image storing module storing a plurality of images included in a second electronic album; a feature extracting module for extracting a feature amount of an object included in each of the plurality of images stored in the second image storing module; an image selecting module for selecting an image including an object showing correspondence with the object included in the image stored in the second image storing module, which is higher than a predetermined reference value, out of the plurality of images stored in the first image storing module on the basis of the extracted feature amount; and an image transmitting module for retrieving the selected image from the first image storing module and storing the image in the second image storing module to transmit the image from the first image storing module to the image storing module.

Abstract: It is an object of an electronic album display system to select an image which a viewer wants to appreciate automatically and correctly and display the image.

Abstract: Backup of image data sets is carried out with ease. For this purpose, the image data sets are stored in image storage means. The image storage means may comprise a plurality of recording media or an external apparatus. When the image data sets stored in the image storage means are displayed, a degree of security is calculated for the image data sets according to reliability of backup locations of the image data sets and the number of the backup locations, for example. The degree of security is displayed in a visually perceptible manner. For example, in the case where the degree is low for one of the image data sets, a red or yellow frame is added to the corresponding image according to the degree of security thereof.

Abstract: Upon resumption of a slide show of image data sets with reference to a playlist, the slide show can be resumed from where the slide show has been suspended. For this purpose, the slide show is reproduced as serial reproduction of the image data sets with reference to the playlist. Upon suspension of the slide show, where the slide show has been suspended is set as a restart point in the playlist. The slide show is resumed from the restart point with reference to the restart point set in the playlist.

Abstract: A calendar selling system comprises a server that stores information of a plurality of pictures and a terminal that receives information of the plurality of pictures from the server and shows the information to a user, and the user selects pictures for a calendar from the plurality of pictures according to the information with the terminal to order the calendar. The calendar selling system also comprises a printing office that receives information of the pictures selected by the user from the server, prints the calendar with the pictures selected by the user and dates set by the user or automatically set according to the date of the order, delivers the calendar to the user and bills the user. Therefore, the desired calendar can be purchased all through the year and delivered to the user quickly.

Abstract: A calendar selling system comprises a server that stores information of a plurality of pictures and a terminal that receives information of the plurality of pictures from the server and shows the information to a user, and the user selects pictures for a calendar from the plurality of pictures according to the information with the terminal to order the calendar. The calendar selling system also comprises a printing office that receives information of the pictures selected by the user from the server, prints the calendar with the pictures selected by the user and dates set by the user or automatically set according to the date of the order, delivers the calendar to the user and bills the user. Therefore, the desired calendar can be purchased all through the year and delivered to the user quickly.