Abstract: A garnet compound represented by a general formula (I): Ln3In2Ga3-XAlXO12??(I) (in the formula, Ln represents one or more metal elements selected from La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu; and X satisfies an expression 0?X<3).

Abstract: A holder for a long member includes: a holding member that includes a frame-shaped body portion; an anti-vibration member that includes a frame-shaped portion; and a fixing member that is provided with an insertion portion, and a flange. The anti-vibration member includes a pair of extension pieces that protrude in a state where the frame-shaped portion is inserted into the frame-shaped body portion, and that are sandwiched between the frame-shaped body portion and the flange when the insertion portion is inserted into the frame-shaped portion. Clearance is provided between an inner surface of a frame-shaped body portion side wall that faces a first wall in which the pair of extension pieces of the anti-vibration member are not provided in the frame-shaped body portion, and an outer edge of the flange facing the frame-shaped body portion side wall.

Abstract: A heat exchanger including an aluminum substrate, and a water-repellent coating provided on a surface of the aluminum substrate, wherein the aluminum substrate has an anodized film on the surface, and the water-repellent coating is a film formed of a fluoropolyether group-containing compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a susceptor including a substrate including a carbon material and having one main surface on which a silicon water is to be placed, and another main surface facing the one main surface, in which an entire surface of the substrate is covered with a thin film including silicon carbide, the one main surface has an emissivity variation of 3% or less, and a ratio of an average emissivity between the one main surface and the another main surface facing the one main surface is from 1:1 to 1:0.8.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a genetically encoded calcium indicator (GECI), nucleic acids encoding the GECI, and host cells comprising the GECI. The present disclosure also provides methods of detecting a change in the intracellular concentration of a cell expressing a GECI of the present disclosure.

Abstract: As a calcium indicator protein having an excellent fluorescent characteristic and calcium reactivity, there is provided DNA in which one of a nucleotide sequence derivative of a calmodulin-binding sequence (ckkap sequence) of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase and a nucleotide sequence encoding a calcium-binding sequence (CaM sequence) of calmodulin is linked to a 5? end of a nucleotide sequence encoding a fluorescent protein, and the other nucleotide sequence is linked to a 3? end of the nucleotide sequence encoding the fluorescent protein. The calcium indicator protein encoded by this DNA, which based on the derivative of the ckkap sequence as a binding domain for the calcium-bound CaM sequence, exhibits a fluorescent characteristic and calcium reactivity superior to those of conventional calcium indicator proteins.

Abstract: A damper device includes a cylinder, a piston, a seal ring member, and a transmitting portion. The piston includes an annular outer circumferential portion, a first stopper portion, a second stopper portion, and a projecting portion. The projecting portion has an inclined surface which is inclined radially outwards form a side of the second stopper portion towards a side of the first stopper portion. The seal ring member is configured to allow a first chamber to communicate with a second chamber when a portion of the seal ring member which is not restricted by the first stopper portion is deformed in a direction away from the second stopper portion due to friction caused between the seal ring member and the cylinder or a fluid pressure from the second chamber to ride on the inclined surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a genetically encoded calcium indicator (GECI), nucleic acids encoding the GECI, and host cells comprising the GECI. The present disclosure also provides methods of detecting a change in the intracellular concentration of a cell expressing a GECI of the present disclosure.

Abstract: A damper device includes a cylinder, a piston, a seal ring member, and a transmitting portion. The piston includes an annular outer circumferential portion, a first stopper portion, a second stopper portion, and a projecting portion. The projecting portion has an inclined surface which is inclined radially outwards form a side of the second stopper portion towards a side of the first stopper portion. The seal ring member is configured to allow a first chamber to communicate with a second chamber when a portion of the seal ring member which is not restricted by the first stopper portion is deformed in a direction away from the second stopper portion due to friction caused between the seal ring member and the cylinder or a fluid pressure from the second chamber to ride on the inclined surface.

Abstract: As a calcium indicator protein having an excellent fluorescent characteristic and calcium reactivity, there is provided DNA in which one of a nucleotide sequence derivative of a calmodulin-binding sequence (ckkap sequence) of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase and a nucleotide sequence encoding a calcium-binding sequence (CaM sequence) of calmodulin is linked to a 5? end of a nucleotide sequence encoding a fluorescent protein, and the other nucleotide sequence is linked to a 3? end of the nucleotide sequence encoding the fluorescent protein. The calcium indicator protein encoded by this DNA, which based on the derivative of the ckkap sequence as a binding domain for the calcium-bound CaM sequence, exhibits a fluorescent characteristic and calcium reactivity superior to those of conventional calcium indicator proteins.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a control unit that controls each component, a first storage unit that is a non-volatile and rewritable storage unit mounted on the control unit, a toner containing unit that contains toner to be used for an image forming, a second storage unit that is a non-volatile and rewritable storage unit mounted on the toner containing unit, and a detecting unit that detects an amount of the toner remained in the toner containing unit. The control unit stores count information into the second storage unit, the count information is copied from the second storage unit to the first storage unit, when the detecting unit detects that the amount of the toner remained in the toner containing unit is not enough, and the count information is kept on being stored into the first storage unit, until the toner containing unit is replaced with a new one.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a control unit that controls each component, a first storage unit that is a non-volatile and rewritable storage unit mounted on the control unit, a toner containing unit that contains toner to be used for an image forming, a second storage unit that is a non-volatile and rewritable storage unit mounted on the toner containing unit, and a detecting unit that detects an amount of the toner remained in the toner containing unit. The control unit stores count information into the second storage unit, the count information is copied from the second storage unit to the first storage unit, when the detecting unit detects that the amount of the toner remained in the toner containing unit is not enough, and the count information is kept on being stored into the first storage unit, until the toner containing unit is replaced with a new one.

Abstract: An attachment structure of a clip and a mounting-subject member is provided which enables the clip to easily be attached to the mounting-subject member and which can prevent the dislodgement of the clip from the mounting-subject member in the attached state. This attachment structure is intended to attach a clip 10 including a flange portion 12 and locking legs 13 and a mounting-subject member 30 together.

Abstract: A communication terminal enhances file manipulation convenience on the receiving side by separating pages to be transmitted into a desired number of groups, each group constituting a file and containing a desired number of pages. The first transmitting means transmit all the files as a single mail item, and the second transmitting means transmit each file as an individual mail item. Selection means are further provided for selecting one of the first transmitting means and the second transmitting means.

Abstract: The control method of the facsimile device according to the present invention comprises the steps of extracting a character sequence representing an e-mail address from the contents of the received e-mail, extracting a character sequence representing a name of the origin of the received e-mail for extracted e-mail address, storing both the e-mail address and the name of the origin of the received e-mail as a destination name in the system memory, and associating a pair of e-mail address and corresponding destination name with one of a plurality of one-touch dial buttons. Therefore, when there are an e-mail address and a destination name indicated in the contents of the received e-mail, the e-mail address and the destination name are automatically extracted and stored in the memory.

Abstract: A steering apparatus for a four-wheeled vehicle transmits a steering force through a steering shaft, a reduction gear mechanism, a steering lever and right and left tie rods to right and left knuckles. The reduction gear mechanism includes a pinion gear turned by the steering shaft, and steering gear engaged with the pinion gear mounted on a lever shaft. The pinion gear and the steering gear are cut in a taper and both of the gears are press-engaged together in an axial direction by a spring so that no backlash is formed between the pinion gear and the steering gear.

Abstract: A steering apparatus for a four-wheeled vehicle transmits a steering force through a steering shaft, a reduction gear, a steering lever and right and left tie rods to right and left knuckles. The reduction gear includes a pinion gear turned by the steering shaft, a steering gear engaged with the pinion gear and fixedly mounted on a lever shaft, which is combined with the steering lever, and a gear case housing the pinion gear and the steering gear. The lever shaft has a first end portion supported in a bearing held on the gear case. The bearing permits the lever shaft to be turned therein. The lever has a second end portion supported in a bearing hole that permits the second end portion to be shifted in the back-and-forth direction. The second end portion of the lever shaft is biased by a spring so as to press the steering gear against the pinion gear so that no backlash is formed between the pinion gear and the steering gear.

Abstract: A steering apparatus for a four-wheeled vehicle transmits a steering force through a steering shaft, a spur gear type reduction gear mechanism, a steering lever and right and left tie rods to right and left knuckles. The reduction gear mechanism includes a pinion gear formed integrally with a pinion shaft, a steering gear mounted on a lever shaft which is combined with the steering lever, and a gear case housing the pinion gear and the steering gear. The steering gear has internal teeth which are engaged with the pinion gear. The lever shaft has a first end portion supported in a bearing held on the gear case. The bearing permits the lever shaft to be turned therein. The lever shaft also has a second end portion supported in a bearing hole. The bearing hole is elongated along the back-and-forth direction so that the second end portion of the lever shaft is able to be shifted along the back-and-forth direction.

Abstract: An image input apparatus with a main unit; a film holding adaptor, freely attachable or detachable to or from the main unit, for holding a film; a carriage for holding an illuminator for illuminating a film held in the film holding adaptor and an imaging unit for imaging the film illuminated by the illuminator; and an adaptor mount formed on the carriage and engaged with the film holding adaptor.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an artificial tooth and its production method that is not required to be joined directly to the mandibula or the maxilla, and an artificial tooth and its production method that allows both homoplastic and heteroplastic transplantation. The artificial tooth of the present invention has a layer in which extracted collagen is filled into the root canal of a homoplastic or heteroplastic permanent tooth from which cellular components of periodontal ligament, nerve and blood vessel have been removed, and an extracted collagen membrane on the surface of the root having on top of it a periodontal ligament from which said cellular components have been removed.