Abstract: It is intended to provide a method of conveniently and quickly detecting cereulide which is an emetic toxin produced by Bacillus cereus. Cereulide is detected using the presence of cereulide synthase in a specimen as an indication. The presence of cereulide synthase is examined by detecting a nucleic acid encoding this enzyme or by an immunological method with the use of an antibody specific to the enzyme.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of disorders induced, caused, and/or mediated by Helicobacter pylori infection, as well as methods of treating the same by administering the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a method of conveniently and quickly detecting cereulide which is an emetic toxin produced by Bacillus cereus. Cereulide is detected using the presence of cereulide synthase in a specimen as an indication. The presence of cereulide synthase is examined by detecting a nucleic acid encoding this enzyme or by an immunological method with the use of an antibody specific to the enzyme.

Abstract: Therapeutic drugs for endotoxin blood symptom and multi-organ failure induced by it is provided, which therapeutic during are composed of sialic acid its salt, polymers of sialic acid or a salt of the polymer as effective components and have high therapeutic effects for shock death and organ failure induced by endotoxin as well as high safety, and are effective for treatment of endotoxin-shock, and organ failure.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed type compressor having a valve seat plate equipped with a plurality of suction holes to effectively suck a refrigerant into a cylinder and capable of preventing the breakage of the valve seat plate coming from the opening and closing operations of a suction reed valve. A partition 50 between adjacent suction holes in the valve seat plate 15 is made to have a constant dimension, thus maintaining a given strength of the partition section and preventing the breakage of the partition 50 coming from the opening and closing movements of the suction reed valve. In addition, in the valve seat plate 15, a cavity 22 or a groove 37 is formed to define a low-pressure space 36 communicating with the plurality of suction holes 24, 25, thereby reducing the suction resistance.

Abstract: Antimicrobial compositions which are effective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus organisms (MRSAs) contain peptides isolated from horseshoe crabs combined with one or more .beta.-lactam antibiotics and/or chloramphenicol antibiotics. The compositions exhibit synergistic bactericidal effects against MRSAs at low concentrations, and can be used as defensive agents against opportunistic infections.

Abstract: A dental gold alloy which is soft enough for adjustment of a patient's occlusal condition, which is age-hardenable with passage of time at temperatures encountered within a patient's oral cavity, and which has a single phase structure which imparts improved corrosion resistance, the dental gold alloy consisting essentially of 82-67% by a weight of gold; 18-33% by weight of copper; and 2-8 at % of an age-hardening accelerator which is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gallium, aluminum and zinc, wherein the dental gold alloy has been subjected to a solution treatment by heating at 670-700.degree. C. and quenching into water.

Abstract: In an outside mirror assembly for motor vehicles, having a mirror installed pivotably inside an enclosure fixed to a stay, the retaining force of a structure pivotably holding the mirror can be adjusted and the mirror can be detached and reinstalled. The holding structure can be removably installed by means of a fixture inside the enclosure fixed to the stay. A back plate holding the mirror is pivotably supported to the holding structure, and the force of the holding structure for retaining the back plate can be adjusted. The enclosure has formed therein an opening through which a tool for adjusting the retaining force of the holding structure and for removing or reinstalling the fixture can be introduced, and a cover is removably attached to the enclosure to close said opening.

Abstract: The present application discloses a first-order balancer of an internal combustion engine comprising forward-rotating fly-wheels fitted on both ends of a shaft and allowed to rotate in the same direction as said shaft, backward-rotating fly-wheels fitted respectively on said both forward-rotating fly-wheels and allowed to rotate in the opposite direction from said both forward-rotating fly-wheels, forward-rotational counterweights placed on said both forward-rotating fly-wheels, and backward-rotational counterweights placed on said both backward-rotating fly-wheels and having a different weight from said both forward-rotational counterweights. According to the first-order balancer of an internal combustion engine of the present invention, vertical and horizontal first-order unbalanced moments arising in an internal combustion engine may be simultaneously balanced.

Abstract: System for measuring or monitoring the intracranial pressure which comprises a non-elastic detecting pouch to be inserted into the space between the skull and the cerebrum, a flexible tube connected to the pouch, a device for supplying a liquid into the pouch through the flexible tube and a device for measuring the pressure of the liquid in the pouch. When the pressure of the liquid reaches the intracranial pressure, the curve showing relation between liquid pressure vs. pouch volume flattens. Thus, by measuring the pressure of the flattened region, intracranial pressure may be determined.