Abstract: A tape heater includes an electric heating wire disposed on a surface of a heat-resistant, flexible substrate strip. The electric heating wire and the substrate strip are wrapped with a heat-resistant resin wrap.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to prevent original high quality contents data from being illegally obtained by extracting encryption breaking information from data transmitted through a single signal line for connecting two apparatuses and by using the encryption breaking information to decrypt encrypted contents data. In a contents data transmission/reception system, a contents data transmitter encrypts contents data by using key information, transmits the key information through plural signal lines to a contents data receiver, and then, transmits the encrypted contents data through the plural signal lines to the contents data receiver. The contents data receiver acquires the key information from data transmitted from the contents data transmitter through the plural signal lines, receives the encrypted contents data transmitted from the contents data transmitter through the plural signal lines, and decrypts the encrypted contents data by using the key information.

Abstract: An effective remedy for ischemic disease, which contains human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (human G-CSF) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) as active ingredients, is disclosed. By administering this remedy, an effective therapy particularly for obstructive arteriosclerosis is provided which can eliminate drawbacks with conventional therapies such as kinesitherapy, pharmacotherapy, revascularization and recently proposed therapies such as gene therapy and intramuscular inoculation of bone marrow cells. Furthermore, the remedy of the present invention can become a remedy for ischemic disease such as ischemic cerebrovascular disorder or ischemic heart disease.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cosmetic composition having excellent application feeling and a transparency while maintaining covering power. The cosmetic composition comprises (a) composite particles obtained by allowing at least two kinds of particles having different shapes and particle diameters to contact at least one kind of polymer compounds selected from fluorinated polymer compounds, silicone polymer compounds, and mixture thereof in the presence of supercritical carbon dioxide, and (b) cosmetic components.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cosmetic composition containing metal oxide plate powder having a hollow structure. The cosmetic composition causes a remarkable change in the hue of the skin as well as an excellent feeling of transparence.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for isolation, purification, expansion, and differentiation of cells having the potential to differentiate into cardiomyocytes. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods for proliferating cells having the potential to differentiate into cardiomyocytes and for regulating their differentiation into cardiomyocytes using various cytokines and transcription factors. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for obtaining surface antigens specific for cells having the potential to differentiate into cardiomyocytes, a method for obtaining genes encoding the surface antigens, a method for obtaining antibodies specific for the surface antigens, and a method for obtaining a protein and a gene controlling the proliferation of cells having the potential to differentiation into cardiomyocytes and their differentiation into cardiomyocytes.

Abstract: In a novel method of homo- or copolymerization of vinyl chloride, a specified coating agent is applied on the surfaces of the portions which will become into contact with the vinyl chloride monomer during the polymerization process. The coating agent is in a form of an aqueous solution of a modified condensation product of phenol and aldehyde, the pH of the solution being adjusted in a range that the product is dissolved at an ambient temperature upon coating of the solution and separates out of the solution upon being heated on the surfaces. The wall surface of the polymerization tank and the like is then coated with a thin film of the coating agent having a uniform thickness and being strongly adhered to the wall surface, thereby providing an excellent effect of preventing adhesion of the product polymer to the wall surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cosmetic composition containing metal oxide plate powder having a hollow structure. The cosmetic composition causes a remarkable change in the hue of the skin as well as an excellent feeling of transparence.

Abstract: In a novel method of homo- or copolymerization of vinyl chloride, a specified coating agent is applied on the surfaces of the portions which will become into contact with the vinyl chloride monomer during the polymerization process. The coating agent is in a form of an aqueous solution of a modified condensation product of phenol and aldehyde, the pH of the solution being adjusted in a range that the product is dissolved at an ambient temperature upon coating of the solution and separates out of the solution upon being heated on the surfaces. The wall surface of the polymerization tank and the like is then coated with a thin film of the coating agent having a uniform thickness and being strongly adhered to the wall surface, thereby providing an excellent effect of preventing adhesion of the product polymer to the wall surface.

Abstract: In a novel method of homo- or copolymerization of vinyl chloride, a specified coating agent is applied on the surfaces of the portions which will become into contact with the vinyl chloride monomer during the polymerization process. The coating agent is in a form of an aqueous solution of a modified condensation product of phenol and aldehyde, the pH of the solution being adjusted in a range that the product is dissolved at an ambient temperature upon coating of the solution and separates out of the solution upon being heated on the surfaces. The wall surface of the polymerization tank and the like is then coated with a thin film of the coating agent having a uniform thickness and being strongly adhered to the wall surface, thereby providing an excellent effect of preventing adhesion of the product polymer to the wall surface.

Abstract: A method for polymerizing vinyl chloride comprises polymerizing vinyl chloride in an aqueous medium or bulk-polymerizing vinyl chloride, wherein the inner wall of a polymerizer and parts of devices which come in contact with the monomer during the polymerization are coated, prior to the polymerization, with a reaction product having a molecular weight ranging from 500 to 100,000, obtained by condensing a polyhydric phenol and sulfur dichloride in the presence of a Lewis acid as a catalyst. The amount of the polymer adhered to the polymerizer during polymerization of vinyl chloride is substantially lowered and the adhered polymer can be easily washed away through simple water washing according to the foregoing method. Moreover, the method does not adversely affect the reaction time and the quality of the resulting product at all.

Abstract: An inventive headlight optical axis aiming measuring apparatus and method is disclosed. The apparatus includes a head measuring horizontal and vertical inclinations of a front lens surface (34) of a headlight (12) installed in a vehicle (2) and including a plurality of contact-type displacement sensors (48, 49, 50, 51), each of which is associated with a device (28, 29, 30) in contact with the front lens surface (34) and moving in accordance with the inclinations of the front lens surface (34), a support (15) for the displacement sensors (48, 49, 50, 51), and device for checking the headlight optical axis aiming in accordance with a fixed relationship between inclinations of a headlight optical axis and the front lens surface (34) by means of outputs of the measuring head (9). In accordance with this invention, the headlight need ot come on and a large space is not required for projecting the headlight beam onto a screen.