Abstract: A seawater desalination system which can solve a problem of wear of a sliding member and can suppress mixing of concentrated seawater and seawater by making an energy exchange chamber no-piston configuration is provided. In a seawater desalination system for producing fresh water from seawater by passing the seawater pressurized by a pump through a reverse-osmosis membrane-separation apparatus (4) to separate the seawater into fresh water and concentrated seawater, an energy exchange chamber (20) for utilizing pressure energy of the concentrated seawater discharged from the reverse-osmosis membrane-separation apparatus (3) as energy for pressurizing part of the seawater is provided.

Abstract: An oil filter for an automatic transmission includes a housing which is composed of a case having an opened end portion and a cover covering the opened end of the case, the case being formed with a flow-in port and the cover being formed with a flow-out port, a filter element dividing an interior of the housing into a dust side section positioned on the flow-in port side and a clean side section positioned in the flow-out port side, the filter element including a first filter to which a flow-in hole continuous to the flow-in port is formed and a second filter opposing to the first filter, and a flow passage ensuring unit disposed between the first filter and the second filter for defining a predetermined gap therebetween.

Abstract: The projection type image display apparatus is equipped with a lamp unit (22), an optical block (21) which modulates light from the lamp unit and projects an image signal, a circuit board (24) having via holes and on which an external connector (25) is mounted, and a cabinet (2) for housing the aforementioned elements. The display apparatus is equipped with a back cover (26) provided to cover around the external connector from the outside and a dustproof cover (29) provided to cover around the external connector from the inside. A closed space is formed by the circuit board, the back cover (26) and the dustproof cover (29), and the dustproof cover closely shields at least a space below the circuit board from the exterior. Excellent dustproof characteristics enabling use even in installation environments with a large amount of dust and dirt can be obtained.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an assembly of an optical fiber and an optical fiber holder for holding the optical fiber, the optical fiber having an end surface formed at an end portion thereof, the end surface being configured to perform light coupling with a light emitting element or with a light receiving element. The optical fiber holder comprises; a throughhole which extends through the optical fiber holder and a recess that is positioned on a surface of the optical fiber holder and that is provided with an opening of the throughhole. The optical fiber is inserted through the throughhole and an adhesive is filled in a gap between an inner wall of the throughhole and an outer periphery of the optical fiber, the adhesive being used for adhering the optical fiber to the optical fiber holder. The end portion, on which is formed the end surface of the optical fiber, protrudes from the opening and terminates within the recess.

Abstract: Provided is an optical module which includes: an optical fiber; and a holder which holds an end-face side of the optical fiber and also carries a lens for condensing light to the end face of the optical fiber. The holder includes a loading face for loading a side-face side of the optical fiber and an abutting face to which the end face of the optical fiber is abutted so as to locate the end face of the optical fiber at a position where the light is condensed by the lens, and an upper area of the loading face is opened so that the optical fiber can be moved and loaded from the above the loading face.

Abstract: A case with a partitioning member in which the welding between a case and a cover and between the case and the partitioning member can be confirmed by an airtightness test. The case with a partitioning member includes a cover and a partitioning member held between the case and the cover. On the inside of a first welding portion in which the case and cover are welded to each other, a second welding portion in which the case and partitioning member are welded to each other is provided, and on the inside of the second welding portion, a third welding portion in which the case and the partitioning member are welded to each other is provided. Holes open to the atmosphere are provided in the case between second and third welding portions.

Abstract: A human-derived novel chondroitin synthase, which is an enzyme for synthesizing a fundamental backbone of chondroitin and has both glucuronic acid transferring activity and N-acetylgalactosamine transferring activity.

Abstract: A filter media is for fluid to pass therethough. A filter element includes a holding member for holding the filter media. A filter case houses the filter element, having a fluid inlet positioned on a side relative to the filter element, and having a fluid outlet positioned on another side relative to the filter element. A support member extends between the holding member and the filter case. The support member is opposed to one member of the filter case and the holding member with a space between the support member and said one member.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing wafer is provided, in which a re-adhesion of the slurry to the wafer edge, which has been adhered to the elastic abrasion member, can be inhibited, since a stronger contact of the rotating elastic abrasion member with the wafer edge, which is occurred when the rotating elastic abrasion member enters to the surface of the wafer, is avoided, and further, an abrasion of the elastic abrasion member can be inhibited.

Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus includes a first supporting unit; a first brush configured to brush and clean a substrate fixed to the first supporting unit; a second supporting unit; and a second brush configured to brush and clean the substrate fixed to the second supporting unit. The first supporting unit rotates in a state that the wafer is fixed to the first supporting unit. The second supporting unit comprises a roller configured to contact a peripheral portion of the wafer and to rotate the wafer, and the first supporting unit and the second supporting unit approach to and separate from each other.

Abstract: An inspection unit, in which a laser source and a reflection measuring module containing a laser source and a light receiver are connected to an optical switch, is connected to an input optical fiber of an optical fiber device. An end of an output optical fiber is beveled and is connected to the light receiver through an adapter. When loss is measured, inspection light from the laser source is input into the light receiver through the input optical fiber, the optical fiber device, and the output optical fiber. When return loss is measured, an optical switch is switched to input inspection light, from the laser source in the reflection measuring module, into the optical fiber device through the input optical fiber, and to input light reflected from the optical fiber device into the light receiver in the reflection measuring module.

Abstract: A human-derived novel chondroitin synthase, which is an enzyme for synthesizing a fundamental backbone of chondroitin and has both glucuronic acid transferring activity and N-acetylgalactosamine transferring activity.

Abstract: A cluster control apparatus controls an allocation of a job to each node in a cluster system formed by mutually connecting a plurality of nodes by a high-speed network. A node selecting unit selects an allocation node for allocating the job and a similar node that is similar to the allocation node. A data-redundancy command unit issues a command to store data created from the job executed by the allocation node in the allocation node and the similar node.

Abstract: A human-derived novel chondroitin synthase, which is an enzyme for synthesizing a fundamental backbone of chondroitin and has both glucuronic acid transferase activity and N-acetylgalactosamine transferase activity.

Abstract: A conversion control unit correlates real block addresses of every storage device with virtual block addresses in a virtual storage device assigns a storage virtualization device for each virtual block address, distributes storage conversion tables containing the assigned correlated virtual block address and the real block address to each of the storage virtualization devices, and distributes a routing table containing the correlated virtual block address and the storage virtualization device to each server. A load monitoring unit and a load distribution processing unit provided in each storage virtualization device monitor the processing load. A failure recovery processing unit detects failure of storage virtualization device, and reassigns the virtual block address assigned to an overloaded or broken down storage virtualization device to another operative storage virtualization device.

Abstract: An information providing system includes a terminal on the side of a call originator, a terminal on the side of a call terminator, a content server, and an IP network. When the originator makes a call meant for the terminator, the one user terminal on side of the terminator transmits to the other user terminal on side of the originator information on contents to be provided to the latter so as to make the originator specify either contents or an audible ringing tone. As a result, if the originator specifies contents, the contents are provided from the content server to the one user terminal. Conversely, if the originator specifies a ringing tone, then a ringing tone is provided to the one user terminal in a known manner.

Abstract: A human-derived novel chondroitin synthase, which is an enzyme for synthesizing a fundamental backbone of chondroitin and has both glucuronic acid transferring activity and N-acetylgalactosamine transferring activity.

Abstract: A case with a partitioning member in which the welding between a case and a cover and between the case and the partitioning member can be confirmed by an airtightness test. The case with a partitioning member includes a cover and a partitioning member held between the case and the cover. On the inside of a first welding portion in which the case and cover are welded to each other, a second welding portion in which the case and partitioning member are welded to each other is provided, and on the inside of the second welding portion, a third welding portion in which the case and the partitioning member are welded to each other is provided. Holes open to the atmosphere are provided in the case between second and third welding portions.

Abstract: There is provided a filter element which maintains the flow rate of a fluid passing through a filter medium, restrains a pressure loss as far as possible, and is compact in size. In the filter element including a filter medium 30 pleated so that peaks 30a and valleys 30b are arranged alternately and a frame 21 for holding the filter medium 30, the frame 21 includes a frame body 22 forming the peripheral edge portion thereof and a plurality of ribs 23 extending in parallel on the inside of the frame body 22. The interval H between the ribs 23 is set at 5 to 35 mm, and the filter medium 30 is folded at an angle ? of at least four degrees at the peaks 30a and the valleys 30b.

Abstract: A human-derived novel chondroitin synthase, which is an enzyme for synthesizing a fundamental backbone of chondroitin and has both glucuronic acid transferring activity and N-acetylgalactosamine transferring activity.