Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structure including tungsten as a main component and tungsten carbide is provided. In the structure, the content of carbon is at least 0.1% by mass and the total content of cobalt, nickel, and iron is 3% or less by mass, respectively based on the structure.

Abstract: On a recording medium serving as a verification object, a picture whose state changes in accordance with optical conditions is formed. A verification apparatus images a plurality of pictures of the recording medium while changing an optical relationship among a light source for illuminating the recording medium, a camera for imaging a picture of the recording medium, and the recording medium with a condition modifying unit. The verification apparatus displays the plurality of pictures of the recording medium imaged by the camera, on the display unit in a state in which the optical relationship has been changed. The verification apparatus determines imaging conditions for imaging a picture for verification on the basis of the optical relationship at the time of photographing selected pictures among the plurality of pictures displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for cleavage of peptidic bond at C terminal of peptide and a method for determination of C terminal amino acid sequence of peptide without the decrease of the sensitivity and with preventing the subsidiary reaction. The method for cleavage of peptidic bond at C terminal of peptide according to the present invention is characterized as follows: A method for cleavage of peptidic bond at C terminal of peptide comprising the steps of: reacting a peptide with a solution of perhalogenated carboxylic acid containing alcohol to esterify glutamic acid residue of said peptide; and reacting said peptide with alkanoic acid anhydride to obtain C terminal-deleted peptide in which the amino acid residue of said peptide at C terminal is sequentially deleted.

Abstract: A projection display device that modulates light on the basis of image information to form an optical image, and that projects the formed optical image, includes: light source devices 10R, 10G and 10B; optical modulation device 50 that modulates lights emitted from light source devices 10R, 10G and 10B; and common metal plate 70 on which light source devices 10R, 10G and 10B and optical modulation device 50 are mounted, light source devices 10R, 10G and 10B and optical modulation device 50 being thermally connected via metal plate 70.

Abstract: The present invention provides, as a method of analyzing the C-terminal amino acid sequence of a peptide with use of reaction technique for successively releasing the C-terminal amino acids, in which undesirable side reactions, such as cleavage of a peptide bond at the middle of the peptide, can be prevented and chemical treatments therein can be carried out under widely applicable conditions in the course of successive release of the C-terminal amino acids from a peptide, such a method comprising steps of dehydrating the gel on which a target peptide that has been separated by gel electrophoresis is held in the bound state; immersing it in a mixture solution of an alkanoic acid anhydride added with a small amount of a perfluoroalkanoic acid in a dipolar aprotic solvent to re-swell the gel carrier, forming a 5-oxazolone structure, at a temperature chosen in the range of from 30° C. to 80° C.

Abstract: A fragmenting reaction of peptide is achieved while maintaining the isolated state of peptide. Isolated peptide fractions isolated by electrophoresis are prepared in flow paths. Subsequently, prepared peptide fractions are dried by each of the flow paths. Then, dried peptide fractions are in contact with protease. Then, independent liquid membranes of a solvent are formed over the surfaces of peptide fractions, which have been in contact with protease, disposed on the flow paths, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention provides, as for a method for analyzing the C-terminal amino acid sequence of a peptide by using a reaction for successively releasing the C-terminal amino acids of the peptide, which method can suppress, when successively releasing the C-terminal amino acids of a peptide of long amino acid length, such a undesirable side reaction as cleavage of peptide bond in the intermediate position of the peptide and can carry out the chemical treatment thereof under widely applicable conditions, a following method wherein a dry sample of a peptide with long amino acid length is beforehand subjected to an N-acylation treatment; by using a reaction reagent where an alkanoic acid anhydride is combined with a small amount of a perfluoroalkanoic acid, successive release of C-terminal amino acids is conducted under mild conditions; a hydrolysis treatment is applied; then, selective fragmentization at site of arginine residue is performed by digestion by trypsin; thereafter, decreases in molecular weight

Abstract: A structure which comprises tungsten as the main component and contains tungsten carbide, wherein the content of carbon is 0.1 mass % or higher based on the structure and the total content of cobalt, nickel, and iron is 3 mass % or lower based on the structure.

Abstract: An information recording medium manufacturing method includes steps of forming, on a support, a recording layer containing a polymer compound having an azobenzene structure, irradiating the recording layer with first writing light to form a first light-diffracting structure having a three-dimensional relief pattern on the surface of the recording layer, fixing the relief pattern by forming a deformation preventing layer on the surface of the recording layer, and irradiating the recording layer having the fixed relief pattern with second writing light to forcedly inhibit deformation caused by the movement of molecules, thereby forming a second light-diffracting structure having a refractive index change inside the recording layer.

Abstract: The object is to provide a polyimide ink composition having good printing properties and good continuous printing properties, which composition can be dried at a low temperature of not higher than 220° C., and which composition gives a coating film, after being dried, having excellent dimensional stability, heat resistance, low modulus of elasticity, flexibility, resistance to warping, chemical resistance, adhesiveness with substrates, and plating resistance.

Abstract: An analyte peptide is selectively degraded sequentially by using an alkanoic anhydride (S101). The original peptide and a series of degradation reaction products having peptide in which one or more C-terminal-sided amino acids are deleted, are subjected to a certain posttreatment (S102). The molecular weight of the reaction products is measured by mass spectrometry (S103). And, the amino acid sequence of the original peptide from C-terminal is determined, based on the molecular weight obtained by mass spectrometry (S104).

Abstract: The primary structure or the modification state of a protein is analyzed in detail. First, an analyte protein is subjected to PMF analysis (S101), and the gene of the protein is identified. Unidentified peaks not corresponding to the peaks of hypothetical peptide fragments are extracted, by comparing the hypothetical mass spectrum with the mass spectrum obtained by mass spectrometry of a sample protein (S102). Then, the unidentified peaks obtained are analyzed, and thus, the structure or properties of the protein, the presence and the kind of modification of amino acid residues, amino acid substitution, generation of mutants, and terminal cleavage are analyzed (S103).

Abstract: In an image processing apparatus for creating synthetic image information by embedding sub-information in an invisible state in main image information in a visible state, attention pixels in the main image information are set, a specific pixel block is created by assigning a first specific pixel to the attention pixel of a first color and a second specific pixel to the attention pixel of a second color, first key information is selected for a first value of the sub-information constituted by binary information and second key information is selected for a second value, color difference modulation processing is performed on the selected key information based on a predetermined color difference amount, and the color-difference-modulated key information is superposed on the specific pixel block to thereby create the synthetic image information in which the sub-information in an invisible state is embedded in the main image information.

Abstract: An electronic watermarking embedding-processing section acquires layout information which specifies an embedding area of first sub information and an embedding area of second sub information in main image information. The electronic watermarking embedding-processing section performs overlapping processing for invisibly embedding the first sub information in the embedding area of the first sub information in the main image information which is specified by the layout information. The electronic watermarking embedding-processing section performs overlapping processing for invisibly embedding the second sub information in the embedding area of the second sub information in the main image information which is specified by the layout information.

Abstract: A conductive paste contains metal powder, an inorganic binder, and an organic vehicle as main ingredients. The organic vehicle includes a solvent having a boiling point of 270° C. or higher, and the proportion of the solvent with respect to the entire solvent included in the organic vehicle is 3 to 100% by weight.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention, includes an image input unit which inputs main image information defined by first, second and third color component information corresponding to at least three colors, a modulation unit which modulates a color difference grid pattern by sub information, a superposing unit which superposes the modulated color difference grid pattern on each of the first, second and third color component information after the modulated color difference grid pattern and each of the first, second and third color component information are rotated relative to each other through a predetermined angle, and a composition unit which composites the first, second and third color component information to generate color image information.

Abstract: A structure including tungsten as a main component and tungsten carbide and a method of manufacturing the structure are provided, wherein the content of carbon is at least 0.1% by mass and the total content of cobalt, nickel, and iron is 3% or less by mass, respectively based on the structure.

Abstract: The object is to provide a polyimide ink composition having good printing properties and good continuous printing properties, which composition can be dried at a low temperature of not higher than 220° C., and which composition gives a coating film, after being dried, having excellent dimensional stability, heat resistance, low modulus of elasticity, flexibility, resistance to warping, chemical resistance, adhesiveness with substrates, and plating resistance.

Abstract: An analyte peptide is selectively degraded sequentially by using an alkanoic anhydride (S101). The original peptide and a series of degradation reaction products having peptide in which one or more C-terminal-sided amino acids are deleted, are subjected to a certain posttreatment (S102). The molecular weight of the reaction products is measured by mass spectrometry (S103). And, the amino acid sequence of the original peptide from C-terminal is determined, based on the molecular weight obtained by mass spectrometry (S104).

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for analyzing the C-terminal amino acid sequence of a peptide by applying reaction technique for successively releasing the C-terminal amino acids therefrom, which method can suppress, when releasing the C-terminal amino acids of the peptide in sequence, such as an undesirable side reaction as cleavage of peptide bond in the intermediate position of the peptide, and allows to carry out the chemical treatment thereof under widely applicable conditions. In the method according to the present invention, an alkanoic acid anhydride and a perfluoroalkanoic acid both of vapor phase, which are supplied from a mixture containing an alkanoic acid anhydride with a small amount of a perfluoroalkanoic acid added thereto, are allowed to act on a dry sample of the peptide to be examined in a dry atmosphere at a temperature chosen in a range of 15 to 60° C.