Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a recombinant hepatitis C virus-like particle comprising the steps of introducing into (i) a cell in which an RNA replicon comprising a nucleotide sequence comprising the 5? untranslated region, the nucleotide sequence coding for the NS3, NS4A, NS4B, NS5A, and NS5B proteins, and the 3? untranslated region of a genome RNA derived from a hepatitis C virus strain autonomously replicates, (ii) a vector expressing the Core, E1, E2, and p7 proteins derived from a hepatitis C virus strain that is the same as or different from that as defined in the above (i), culturing the cell, and recovering the produced virus-like particle, and a recombinant hepatitis C virus particle produced by this method.

Abstract: The present invention aims to reliably prevent illegal use of content when the content is encrypted and transmitted with a cipher key. A content transmission method of the present invention includes: a basic key creating step of creating a basic key K1; a cipher key creating step of creating a cipher key Kn and also creating mutual cipher keys K2 through Kn-1; a first key encrypting step of encrypting the mutual cipher key K2 with the basic key K1, a second key encrypting step of encrypting the mutual cipher keys K3 through Kn-1 and the cipher key Kn by successively using the keys K2 through Kn-1; a content encrypting step of encrypting content C with the cipher key Kn; a first transmitting step of transmitting content Kn (C) and one part among key data K1 (K2), . . . , Kn-1 (Kn) to a terminal apparatus 2 through a broadcast wave; and a second transmitting step of transmitting another part among the key data K1 (K2), . . . , Kn-1 (Kn) to the terminal apparatus 2 through a communication network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing infectious hepatitis C virus (HCV) particles, comprising a step of introducing an expression vector into a cell that allows HCV proliferation, such expression vector comprising: DNA sequences encoding the 5? untranslated region, structural proteins, and, if necessary, non-structural proteins of HCV and DNA sequences encoding non-structural proteins and the 3? untranslated region derived from the HCV JFH1 strain, which are located downstream of a polymerase I promoter; and a DNA fragment containing an RNA polymerase I terminator, which is located further downstream thereof.

Abstract: A video projector includes a light combining member for combining light used to display an image. The light combining member includes a plurality of optical components, each having a corner joined with the corners of the other optical components at a joining center. A projection unit projects the light combined by the light combining member. A light path changing member changes a light path so that light entering the light combining member avoids the joining center.

Abstract: A vehicle seat reclining device comprises a latch mechanism having latch holes defined in a rail along a central axial line, a slider hole penetrating through a slider so as to be alignable with the latch holes, a support portion slidably supported on the slider, and a lever coupled to the support portion so as to be pivotable about an axis that is substantially parallel to the central axial line. A latch claw is extends from the lever and is engageable with the respective latch holes via the slider hole. A first amount of play is provided between the support portion and the lever in a direction parallel to the central axial line. A second amount of play, which is less than the first amount play, is provided between the slider hole and the latch claw in the direction parallel to the central axial line.

Abstract: To provide a game device capable of improving operability of operation means. First acquisition means (61) acquires information regarding an operation state of an operation member included in the operation means. Second acquisition means (62) acquires information regarding a change in position or posture of the operation means. First control means (63) causes an operation target to perform a first action based on a result acquired by the first acquisition means (61). Second control means (64) causes the operation target to perform a second action based on a result acquired by the second acquisition means (62).

Abstract: The present invention provides a starter capable of keeping a state where a pinion and a ring gear maintain meshing with each other when an engine stops without providing a plunger stopper using a solenoid or the like. The state where the pinion and the ring gear maintain meshing with each other in the engine stop mode continues by movement resistance which occurs when a torque transmission member moves. Concretely, an inclination angle of a helical spline in a helical spline engagement part is set so that the above state continues. The helical spline engagement part is a part where a helical spline on the outer periphery of an output shaft of a starter motor and a helical spline on the inner periphery of the torque transmission member mesh with each. Consequently, the above state continues without a plunger stopper using a solenoid or the like.

Abstract: A vehicle seat reclining device comprises a slider, which has an engaging portion and rotatable portions, and a rail having engagable portions. The engaging portion is retractable from the rail during a backrest tilting operation and advances towards the rail to lock the backrest in a selected tilted position. The engagable portions engage with the advanced engaging portion to prevent sliding of the slider relative to the rail. Clearances are provided between the rail and the slider in a width direction that is orthogonal to a rotational axis defined in the engaging portion. The width direction is also orthogonal to the central axial line of the rail. The rotatable portions project from the slider in a radial direction from the rotational axis and narrow the clearances so as to guide the rotation of the slider relative to the rail around the rotational axis.

Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes: a self-luminous indicator which has a display screen with a plurality of pixels; a display control unit that displays image information indicating at least a given display pattern on a display screen of the self-luminous indicator; a display time measuring unit that measures a display time of the self-luminous indicator; and a brightness adjusting unit that adjusts the brightness of the display screen on the basis of at least the display time measured by the display time measuring unit in order to suppress non-uniform brightness deterioration of the display screen when the non-uniform brightness deterioration occurs on the display screen. The display control unit displays the image information on the display screen of the self-luminous indicator with the brightness adjusted by the brightness adjusting unit.

Abstract: Provided is a game device for executing a game of a sport to be played by using a moving object including: a position acquiring section for acquiring an initial position of the moving object when the moving object starts to move in a game space; a direction acquiring section for acquiring an initial direction of the moving object when the moving object starts to move in the game space; and a movement control section for causing the moving object to start to move based on the initial position acquired by the position acquiring section and the initial direction acquired by the direction acquiring section, to thereby move the moving object, in which the movement control section changes a moving direction of the moving object a plurality of times to a moving direction determined based on an original moving direction of the moving object and a random number.

Abstract: There is provided a method for decomposing a carbon-containing compound including: changing the condition of the carbon-containing compound into a subcritical fluid, a critical fluid or a supercritical fluid state; irradiating the carbon-containing compound with light to decompose, wherein the carbon-containing compound is an organic compound. According to an aspect of the present invention, a carbon nano/microstructure such as a nano/microparticle is obtained at a temperature lower than those used conventionally.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for ensuring that only randomly generated numbers that have passed a test is used for cryptographic purposes are provided. When a random number is generated, it undergoes a built-in self-test (BIST). If the number passes the test, it is forwarded to a cryptographic device to be used for cryptographic purposes. If the number does not pass the test, a signal is instead forwarded to the cryptographic device to indicate the failure of the test. In a particular embodiment, only one data line is used to forward either the randomly generated number or the signal. A selector is used to facilitate the selection between the number and the signal.

Abstract: A magnetic disk apparatus has a heater for heating a head incorporated in the magnetic disk apparatus, an atmospheric pressure detector for detecting a change in atmospheric pressure in the magnetic disk apparatus, and an adjuster for adjusting a thermal dose supplied to the head by the heater according to the change in atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure detector.

Abstract: A write head, which is positioned by reading a servo pattern with a read head, writes data on even tracks of a magnetic disc, and then writes data on odd tracks. Then a read head is positioned on a read position and sequentially reads all the written data. As a result, it is decided whether a read error has occurred. Further, positional deviation of the tracks, in which the read error occurs, is measured.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing infectious hepatitis C virus (HCV) particles, comprising a step of introducing an expression vector into a cell that allows HCV proliferation, such expression vector comprising: DNA sequences encoding the 5? untranslated region, structural proteins, and, if necessary, non-structural proteins of HCV and DNA sequences encoding non-structural proteins and the 3? untranslated region derived from the HCV JFH1 strain, which are located downstream of a polymerase I promoter; and a DNA fragment containing an RNA polymerase I terminator, which is located further downstream thereof.

Abstract: In a storage medium to which information is recorded by using a write head of an inductive type, in addition to a servo section in which servo information is recorded and a data section to which data is to be written, a write training section on which training write of pseudo-data is to be performed is disposed on a recording track. When the temperature is low, a write control unit writes the pseudo-data to the write training area and then writes data to the data area. By writing the pseudo-data to the write training area, a write core is heated and caused to project toward the medium surface side by thermal expansion, and the writing ability is enhanced; then, the data is written to the data section. A write training section is also disposed in front of a data section in a track of a system area of the storage medium, and, when the temperature is low, and when system information is to be written to the data section of the system area, pseudo-data is written to the write training section.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a recombinant hepatitis C virus-like particle comprising the steps of introducing into (i) a cell in which an RNA replicon comprising a nucleotide sequence comprising the 5? untranslated region, the nucleotide sequence coding for the NS3, NS4A, NS4B, NS5A, and NS5B proteins, and the 3? untranslated region of a genome RNA derived from a hepatitis C virus strain autonomously replicates, (ii) a vector expressing the Core, E1, E2, and p7 proteins derived from a hepatitis C virus strain that is the same as or different from that as defined in the above (i), culturing the cell, and recovering the produced virus-like particle, and a recombinant hepatitis C virus particle produced by this method.

Abstract: A lighting system requiring no precision adjustments thereof and having reduced luminance inhomogeneity is provided, along with a projection type video display apparatus utilizing such lighting system. The lighting system has: a multiplicity of light sources (1a and 1b) for emitting substantially parallel beams of light; and a light-path alteration unit (2) having light splitting members (3a and 3b) for reflecting one half of substantially parallel beams of light emitted from the respective light sources (1a and 1b) and transmitting therethrough the other half beams of light, thereby collimating the light from the respective light sources (1a and 1b) in one direction to uniformly irradiate the entire irradiation surface (incidence face) of an integrator lens (71).

Abstract: A magnetic disk apparatus has a heater for heating a head incorporated in the magnetic disk apparatus, an atmospheric pressure detector for detecting a change in atmospheric pressure in the magnetic disk apparatus, and an adjuster for adjusting a thermal dose supplied to the head by the heater according to the change in atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure detector.

Abstract: A reflection mixing member (13) has an alignment in which light from a first light source is incident on a reflecting surface (13a) and light from a second light source is incident on a reflecting surface (13b). A relationship between a pitch Wp, which is a pitch between portions (triangular prisms) respectively formed of the reflecting surface (13a) and the reflecting surface (13b) in the reflection mixing member (13), and a lens pitch Wf is set to be (Wp/Wf?1). As a result, light fluxes of respectively different distribution are incident on each lens portion of fly's eye lens 14a, so that it is possible to prevent luminance non-uniformity in light incident on a liquid crystal display panel (5) from being generated and prevent color non-uniformity from being generated on a screen at the same time.