Abstract: A novel fungus belongs to the genus Trichoderma whose cellulase can be used to hydrolyze cellulose-based biomass without degradation of xylan contained in the biomass into xylose, and a method produces glucose and xylo-oligosaccharides from a cellulose containing biomass using it. The fungus belonging to the genus Trichoderma includes N- and C-terminal domains of the ?-xylosidase 1 (BXL1) gene, but lacks the Fn3-like domain of the gene due to its disruption. The use of this fungus belonging to the genus Trichoderma results in deletion of ?-xylosidase activity and increase in ?-glucosidase activity. Thus, in hydrolysis of cellulose contained in biomass, xylan contained in the biomass is not degraded into xylose, which enables efficient production of glucose and xylo-oligosaccharides.

Abstract: A seat cover (5) of a vehicle seat (1) includes: a welt seam part (17) in which seam allowances (15 and 16) of sewn skin materials (10 and 11) are split to right and left sides to be folded on the skin materials (10 and 11), and are sewn on the skin materials (10 and 11) by stitches (13 and 14) which are formed in the skin materials (10 and 11) along a seam (12) where the skin materials (10 and 11) are sewn; and a hook-and-loop fastener (18) provided in the welt seam part (17). The seam allowances (15 and 16) include edge portions (21 and 22) arranged outside the stitches (13 and 14). The hook-and-loop fastener (18) is fixed in the edge portions (21 and 22).

Abstract: There is provided a rear cushion device to be mounted between a vehicle main body and a rear suspension arm of a saddle ridden-type vehicle and including a spring and a damper. The damper includes: a cylinder; a piston; a rod; a cylinder-side mounting part; and a rod-side mounting part. The rod-side mounting part includes: a cylindrical inner member fixed to the other axial end side of the rod coaxially with the rod, and having an outer peripheral surface on which a screw is formed; and an outer member mounted to an outer peripheral side of the inner member. The outer member includes: a tubular part having an inner peripheral surface on which a screw to be screwed with the screw of the inner member is formed; and a coupling part for coupling the outer member to the vehicle main body or the rear suspension arm.

Abstract: A modeling process device for performing a three-dimensional object modeling process is provided. The modeling process device includes an accumulation unit configured to accumulate a plurality of three-dimensional object information sets each including corresponding surface shape information items for three-dimensional objects; a searching unit configured to, based on surface shape information of a three-dimensional object generated by a scanning unit that scans a surface of the three-dimensional object, search for a three-dimensional object information set used for modeling in the plurality of the three-dimensional object information sets accumulated in the accumulation unit; and an extraction unit configured to extract a modeling condition that has been used for modeling the three-dimensional object according to the surface shape information that has been generated by the scanning unit.

Abstract: A method of producing alcohol from cellulose-containing biomass includes steps (1) to (8): step (1): pretreating a cellulose-containing biomass; step (2): saccharifying the pretreated cellulose-containing biomass obtained in step (1) with a saccharification enzyme; step (3): removing a saccharification residual solid from a saccharification treated product obtained in step (2); step (4): culturing an alcohol fermentation microorganism with an aqueous sugar solution obtained in step (3) as a fermentation raw material; step (5): removing the alcohol fermentation microorganism from a culture liquid containing the alcohol fermentation microorganism obtained in step (4); step (6): distilling the alcohol fermentation liquid obtained in step (5) to recover alcohol; step (7): passing and filtering a distillation residual liquid obtained in step (6) through a reverse osmosis membrane; and step (8): performing treatment of discharging a retentate obtained in step (7).

Abstract: There is provision of an information processing device for processing three-dimensional information representing a three-dimensional shape of a solid object to be modeled by a solid object modeling device configured to model the solid object by depositing a plurality of layers each of which is formed by discharging the filamentary molding material on the flat surface.

Abstract: After a copper plate 14 is bonded to at least one surface of a ceramic substrate 10 via an active metal containing brazing filler metal 12 which contains silver, the unnecessary portion of the copper plat 14 and active metal containing brazing filler metal 12 is removed, and thereafter, an unnecessary portion of the copper plate 14 is removed by chemical polishing so as to cause the active metal containing brazing filler metal 12 to protrude from the side face portion of the copper plate 14, and then, a silver layer 18 adhered to the surface of the copper plate 14 by the chemical polishing is removed.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a more accurate and sensitive measurement method lowering the possibility of occurrence of nonspecific reaction in immunological measurement of L-FABP. More specifically, an object is to provide a measurement method that is accurate and sensitive even when the concentration of an analyte is low (e.g., an L-FABP concentration is around the normal value). In an immunological measurement method of L-FABP using an anti-L-FABP antibody, nonspecific reaction can easily be suppressed by a polypeptide consisting of amino acids No. 419 to No. 607 of the amino acid sequence of DnaK, a heat shock protein (HSP), derived from E. coli as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a polypeptide having at least 90% sequence identity with the polypeptide even in highly sensitive measurement.

Abstract: The film forming apparatus includes a mask member and a shield member. The mask member is made of a cylindrical insulation material that can expose inner surfaces of cylinder bores, and mask the inner surface of a crankcase. The shield member is made of a metal material disposed along an inner surface of the mask member.

Abstract: A compact power unit with a sufficient clearance between a stud bolt and a fixing shaft of a cam chain tensioner pivot mechanism for supporting a cam chain tensioner guide. The power unit including a crankshaft, a stud bolt configured to fix a crankcase and a cylinder body to each other, a cam chain, a cam chain tensioner mechanism including a cam chain tensioner guide, and a cam chain tensioner pivot mechanism including a pivot plate, a fixing shaft, and a swinging shaft, the fixing shaft and the swinging shaft are arranged so as to straddle the axis of the stud bolt as viewed in the axial direction of the crankshaft.

Abstract: Provided is a preliminary treatment method for a workpiece capable of shortening a cycle time by preventing a nodule from being formed on a carbon film. The preliminary treatment method for the workpiece is performed before a carbon film is formed on a surface of a workpiece W. A bias voltage is applied to the workpiece W disposed in a treatment space S maintained at a predetermined vacuum degree while an oxygen gas is supplied to the treatment space S before a material gas is supplied to the treatment space S, oxygen plasma is generated along the surface of the workpiece W, and oxygen, hydrogen, or water stuck to the surface of the workpiece W is removed.

Abstract: A display control apparatus including a first icon storage section storing a first icon; a second icon storage section storing a second icon; a first correspondence information storage section storing a combination of mobile terminal identification information and application identification information, in association with the second icon; a mobile terminal identification information receiving section receiving mobile terminal identification information from a mobile terminal; an application identification information receiving section receiving application identification information from the mobile terminal; and a display control section displaying the second icon in a display section if the combination of mobile terminal identification information received by the mobile terminal identification information receiving section and application identification information received by the application identification information receiving section is stored in the first correspondence information storage section, and

Abstract: A problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a method of avoiding an influence of hemoglobin in an immunological measurement method for an analyte in a biological sample. The problem is solved by reacting a sample suspected of containing an analyte with an antibody binding to the analyte in the presence of a polypeptide consisting of amino acids No. 419 to No. 607 of the amino acid sequence of DnaK, a heat shock protein (HSP), derived from E. coli as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a polypeptide having at least 90% sequence identity with the polypeptide.

Abstract: A film forming apparatus (10) includes a mask body (34) configured to expose inner surfaces (14a) of cylinder bores (14), and mask an inner surface (16a) of a crankcase (16). The mask body (34) includes a main body portion (104), a sealing member (106) and a biasing member (108). The main body portion (104) is configured to stretch and contract, and includes a first tubular member (100) and a second tubular member (102) configured to have an insert structure at least part of which is slidable along an axial direction. The main body portion (104) can stretch and contact in a state where at least one end in the axial direction thereof contacts an inner surface of a cylinder block (12). The sealing member (106) is interposed between sliding surfaces of the first tubular member (100) and the second tubular member (102). The biasing member (108) is configured to resiliently bias the first tubular member (100) and the second tubular member (102) in a stretching direction of the main body portion (104).

Abstract: A problem to be solved by the invention is to provide an immunological measurement method for L-FABP in a sample using an anti-L-FABP antibody having a detection sensitivity equal to or greater than that of an existing pharmaceutical product for in-vitro diagnosis and having a favorable correlation. The problem is solved by a method of detecting L-FABP (liver-type fatty acid binding protein) in a sample with an anti-L-FABP antibody, comprising the step of bringing an anti-L-FABP antibody and a compound having a partial structure of NH2—C?N— and a cyclic structure in a molecule into contact with a sample suspected of containing L-FABP.

Abstract: The film forming apparatus includes a mask member and a shield member. The mask member is made of a cylindrical insulation material that can expose inner surfaces of cylinder bores, and mask the inner surface of a crankcase. The shield member is made of a metal material disposed along an inner surface of the mask member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a measurement method utilizing immunochromatography, an immunochromatographic test strip, and a reagent kit of immunochromatography capable of accurate short-time measurement of an analyte in blood with simple operations as compared to the conventional methods. The present invention provides a method of measurement by immunochromatography in which concentrations of an analyte and hemoglobin in the same sample are measured by immunochromatography to perform hematocrit correction of a measurement value of the analyte by using a measurement value of hemoglobin, as well as a test strip and a reagent kit for immunochromatography.

Abstract: An apparatus according to the present invention includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain information for specifying an event corresponding to a predetermined period and a content corresponding to the event from a memory, and an specifying unit configured in a case a user designate the predetermined period, based on the information obtained by the obtaining unit, to specify the event corresponding to the predetermined period and specify the content corresponding to the specified event as an output target.

Abstract: Provided is a routing structure for a braking force-transmitting member in a motorcycle in which a front part of a unit-swing engine supporting a rear wheel is supported on a vehicle body frame via a link mechanism, and the braking force-transmitting member is routed to extend in the fore-and-aft direction so as to transmit a braking force to a rear wheel brake disposed coaxially with the rear wheel, wherein the link mechanism includes a first link linked to the vehicle body frame and a second link linked to the unit-swing engine while having an engine suspension boss portion pivotably linked to the first link, and a guide member retaining the braking force-transmitting member extending in the fore-and-aft direction beneath the unit-swing engine is mounted on the second link. This can suppress swinging of a braking force-transmitting member and enables the mass around the braking force-transmitting member to be concentrated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polyester resin which is excellent in long-term thermal stability and moldability, comprises a dicarboxylic acid component and a glycol component, wherein 10 mol % or more of a furandicarhoxylic acid is contained as the dicarboxylic acid component and the polyester resin satisfies following requirements (1) to (3); (1) a total metal element content is 150 ppm or less relative to the mass of the polyester resin; (2) a phosphorus element content is 100 ppm or less relative to the mass of the polyester resin; and (3) TOD? reduced viscosity represented by the following formula is 0.030 dl/g or less; (TOD? reduced viscosity)=(reduced viscosity before thermal oxidation test)?(reduced viscosity after thermal oxidation test).