Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzodiazepine compounds exhibiting RXR-antagonist efficacy, for delaying progression of, preventing or treating a condition or disease being associated with RXR-antagonism, in particular selected from diabetes, complication of diabetes such as retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and hyperlipidemia, obesity, dyslipidemia, and osteoporosis.

Abstract: A magnetic film plating apparatus employs a dip method that allows relatively good escape of bubbles and does not require a wide footprint and, even when a ferromagnetic material is used for an anode, can form a magnetic film on a substrate surface while minimizing the influence of the anode on the uniformity of magnetic anisotropy in the magnetic film. The magnetic film plating apparatus includes a plating tank for holding a plating solution; an anode vertically disposed in the plating tank at a position to be immersed in the plating solution; a substrate holder for holding a substrate W and positioning the substrate W opposite the anode; and a magnetic field generator, disposed outside the plating tank, for generating a magnetic field around the substrate W held by the substrate holder and positioned opposite the anode.

Abstract: A plating apparatus has a steam treatment chamber configured to perform a steam treatment using steam on a surface of a substrate, and a plating chamber configured to plate the surface of the substrate subjected to the steam treatment. The plating apparatus also has an acid treatment chamber configured to bring the surface of the substrate subjected to the steam treatment into contact with an acid liquid. The plating apparatus includes a frame housing the steam treatment chamber, the acid treatment chamber, and the plating chamber.

Abstract: A plating apparatus according to the present invention has a plating tank for holding a plating solution, an anode disposed so as to be immersed in the plating solution in the plating tank, a regulation plate disposed between the anode and a plating workpiece disposed so as to face the anode, and a plating power supply for supply a current between the anode and the plating workpiece to carry out plating. The regulation plate is disposed so as to separate the plating solution held in the plating tank into a plating solution on the anode side and a plating solution on the plating workpiece side, and a through-hole group having a large number of through-holes is formed in the regulation plate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a network game system that allows a plurality of players to enter a network game without imposing a lot of load on a server apparatus for managing the entire progress of the network game. A game is played in different battle zones, and video game apparatuses which play the game in the same battle zone form each of video game apparatus groups. A server apparatus designates one of the video game apparatuses belonging to each of the video game apparatus groups as a front end server. The video game apparatus designated as the front end server controls decision of motions of non-player characters, calculation of change values of parameters of player characters, and transmission/reception of information regarding the progress of the game between the video game apparatuses belonging to each of the video game apparatus groups in a unified manner. Transmission of information regarding the progress state of the game in each battle zone to the server apparatus is performed in a unified manner.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a shaft and an armature with a core that includes a shaft hole. The core includes a plurality of core materials that are laminated. When pressing in and fixing the shaft to the shaft hole, the shaft hole is applied with an ironing process in advance in order to rectify a cylindrical hole shape of the shaft hole.

Abstract: An anode holder is used to hold an anode in a plating tank. The anode holder includes a bar having a conductive portion connected to a power source, a conductive anode shaft attached to the bar, and an anode connected to the conductive anode shaft. The conductive anode shaft includes an external thread portion provided at an end of the conductive anode shaft, an O-ring, and a step portion provided between the O-ring and the external thread portion. The step portion has a diameter larger than a diameter of the external thread portion but smaller than a diameter of the O-ring. The anode includes an internal thread hole to which the external thread portion of the conductive anode shaft is screwed. The anode also includes a receiving portion for receiving the step portion of the conductive anode shaft in a state such that the O-ring of the conductive anode shaft is brought into contact with an inner surface of the receiving portion.

Abstract: An anode holder is used to hold an anode in a plating tank. The anode holder includes a bar having a conductive portion connected to a power source, a conductive anode shaft attached to the bar, and an anode connected to the conductive anode shaft. The conductive anode shaft includes an external thread portion provided at an end of the conductive anode shaft, an O-ring, and a step portion provided between the O-ring and the external thread portion. The step portion has a diameter larger than a diameter of the external thread portion but smaller than a diameter of the O-ring. The anode includes an internal thread hole to which the external thread portion of the conductive anode shaft is screwed. The anode also includes a receiving portion for receiving the step portion of the conductive anode shaft in a state such that the O-ring of the conductive anode shaft is brought into contact with an inner surface of the receiving portion.

Abstract: A plating method comprising applying an ultraviolet ray to a surface of a substrate or exposing a surface of a substrate to an ozone gas or bringing a surface to a substrate into contact with ozone water or bringing a surface of a substrate into contact with electrolytic ionized water or performing a team treatment using steam on a surface of a substrate, and plating the surface of the substrate after said applying, exposing, bringing or performing process. A plating method comprising performing a team treatment using steam on a surface of a substrate, and performing a wet process on the surface of the substrate of a substrate with an acidic plating solution, cleaning the surface of the substrate with pure water and cleaning the surface of the substrate with an alkalescent aqueous solution. A plating apparatus adapted to perform at least one of said methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzodiazepine compounds exhibiting RXR-antagonist efficacy, for delaying progression of, preventing or treating a condition or disease being associated with RXR-antagonism, in particular selected from diabetes, complication of diabetes such as retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and hyperlipidemia, obesity, dyslipidemia, and osteoporosis.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a plating apparatus for use in forming a plated film in trenches, via holes, or resist openings that are defined in a surface of a semiconductor wafer, and forming bumps to be electrically connected to electrodes of a package, on a surface of a semiconductor wafer. The plating apparatus (170) has a plating tank (186) for holding a plating solution (188), a holder (160) for holding a workpiece (W) and bringing a surface to be plated of the workpiece into contact with the plating solution (188) in the plating tank (186), and a ring-shaped nozzle pipe (220) disposed in the plating tank (186) and having a plurality of plating solution injection nozzles (222) for injecting the plating solution (188) to the surface to be plated of the workpiece held by the holder (160) to supply the plating solution (188) into the plating tank (186).

Abstract: A plating apparatus according to the present invention has a plating tank (40) for holding a plating solution (10), an anode (56) disposed so as to be immersed in the plating solution (10) in the plating tank (40), a regulation plate (60) disposed between the anode (56) and a plating workpiece (W) disposed so as to face the anode (56), and a plating power supply (24) for supply a current between the anode (56) and the plating workpiece (W) to carry out plating. The regulation plate (60) is disposed so as to separate the plating solution (10) held in the plating tank (40) into a plating solution on the anode side and a plating solution on the plating workpiece side, and a through-hole group (68) having a large number of through-holes (66) is formed in the regulation plate (60).

Abstract: To prevent a network response to a game server from deteriorating, a flag information management unit of a game server is provided. The flag information management unit manages flags indicating information on player characters (PC) in response to requests from client systems (or communication terminals)s occurring during network game progress. A flag information transmission unit transmits only the information linked to the managed flags to the client systems (or communication terminals). Then, on the sides of the client systems (or communication terminals), a control unit controls a CD-ROM drive in accordance with the information, and the necessary information is reproduced from a CD-ROM.

Abstract: A predetermined maximum communication amount is set for packet communication between an echo server and each of the clients (communication terminals). In addition, the packets from each of the clients (communication terminals) are set to be in a predetermined amount. Thus, a load on the network can be reduced.

Abstract: A planetary gear system has a driven sun gear, an internal gear fixed on a case concentrically with the sun gear, a rotatable shaft concentric with the sun gear having a carrier, and planetary gears on the carrier for engagement with the sun gear and the internal gear. The internal gear is divided in the axial direction into first and second internal gear sections which are adjustable in their relative angle in the circumferential direction so as to reduce a backlash in the engagement with the planetary gears. The planetary gears comprise a large planetary gear part for engagement with the sun gear and a small planetary gear part concentric with the large planetary gear part for engagement with the internal gear.

Abstract: A spectrometric method for determining a physical or a chemical target quantity by performing the photometric measurement at plural wavelengths predetermined which includes the steps of measuring variation vectors by varying error variation factors by predetermined units which are defined in a space having a dimension equal to the number of the plural wavelengths, seeking for a subspace of the space which is orthogonal to all variation vectors, performing the photometric measurement for samples having known values of the target quantity, projecting vectors obtained from the photometric measurement for samples on the subspace and calculating a calibration curve using data obtained by the projection on the subspace.

Abstract: A body fluid excretion volume measurement apparatus for medical application. The apparatus stores body fluid excreted from patients in a body fluid storage tank and measures the resistance value with a resistance sensor. The resistance value depends on the shape of the body fluid storage tank, and if the tank is columnar, the resistance value is monotonically increasing with respect to the depth of body fluid. The output of the resistance sensor is processed by a measurement part and electric measurement of the body fluid volume stored in the body fluid storage tank is performed automatically.