Abstract: In a failure location identification apparatus according to one embodiment, a facility information management unit records therein facility information including positional information of a physical resource, an external factor information management unit records therein external factor information concerning an external factor that possibly becomes a factor that causes a failure in the physical resource, the external factor information including positional information of the external factor, and a facility influence definition management unit records therein information concerning a possible influence of the external factor on the physical resource.

Abstract: RNA molecules for RNA interference to target a mutant allele with a point mutation, wherein the molecule has a nucleotide sequence complementary to a nucleotide sequence of a coding region of the mutant allele; and when counted from the base at the 5?-end in the nucleotide sequence complementary to the sequence of the mutant allele: a base at position 5 or 6 is mismatched with a base in the mutant allele; a base at position 10 or 11 is at the position of the point mutation and is identical to the base at the position of the point mutation in the mutant allele; the group at the 2?-position of the pentose in the ribonucleotide at position 8 is modified with OCH3, halogen, or LNA; and the group at the 2?-position of the pentose in the ribonucleotide at position 7 is not modified with any of OCH3, halogen, and LNA.

Abstract: A rule generation device according to an embodiment includes: a database in which, for each fault, fault factor information including a fault factor part and a fault factor, fault events that occur due to this fault, a rule ID associated with a rule including a condition part and a result part are registered in association with one another; an importance degree determination unit determining, when fault events of a new fault that is a newly occurred fault are registered with the database, degrees of importance of the fault events of the new fault based on at least one of values calculated through statistical processing or analytical processing for information other than the fault events or overall information about the fault events, which are registered with the database; and a rule generation unit generating a rule for the new fault based on the degrees of importance.

Abstract: An information analysis apparatus according to an embodiment includes an input unit that inputs information indicating an apparatus that is a fault occurrence location in a communication network and a factor of a fault, a storage unit that stores a restoration handling method rule in which the apparatus that is the fault occurrence location, the factor of the fault, and an appropriate restoration handling method for the fault are associated, and an analyzer that analyzes an appropriate restoration handling method for the apparatus and the factor indicated by the information that is input, based on information related to a past fault for the apparatus that is the fault occurrence location, or a condition inherent in the apparatus that is the fault occurrence location, from the restoration handling method rule.

Abstract: A hot-stamped product with improved delayed-fracture resistance is provided. The hot-stamped product 1 includes: a steel substrate 10; and an Al film 20 formed on the steel substrate 10, the Al film 20 including: an interface layer 21 located at the interface with the steel substrate 10 and with part of the ?Fe substituted by Al and Si; an intermediate layer 22 formed on the interface layer 21; and an oxide layer formed on the intermediate layer, the intermediate layer 22 including an Fe—Al—Si phase 22a with part of the ?Fe substituted by Al and Si, the Fe—Al—Si phase 22a including one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Zr, Ce, Y, Ta, Ni, Cu, Nb, Cr, Co, V and Ti, the oxide layer 23 including one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc and Zn.

Abstract: A disposable diaper that includes a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region extending therebetween. An end portion of the rear waist region is provided with an elastic member associated with a waist-opening. The diaper has transversely opposite side edges and upper and lower edges. A plurality of slits extend through the diaper in its thickness direction and in a longitudinal direction so as to be spaced one from another by a predetermined dimension in a waist-surrounding direction between the side edges. The slits are also spaced one from another by a predetermined dimension in the longitudinal direction between a vicinity of the upper edge and a vicinity of the lower edge.

Abstract: A disposable diaper is provided with a pair of side flaps lying transversely outside the associated side edge of an absorbent core, and the side flaps is formed by a first side sheet connected to the associated side edge portion of a topsheet lying in the vicinity of the associated side edge of the core and extending longitudinally of the diaper and a second side sheet connected to the associated side edge portion of the topsheet and the associated side edge portion of a backsheet both lying in the vicinity of the associated side edge of the core wherein both the first and second side sheets have a water pressure resistance of 100˜1500 mm and a breathing resistance of 0.03˜0.8 Kpa·s/m.

Abstract: Proteins having MAP kinase cascade activity, which are used for diagnosing, treating or preventing diseases associated with the excessive activation or inhibition of MAP kinase cascade are provided. Using the plasmids pFR-Luc and pFA2-Elk1, the cDNA encoding a protein capable of activating MAP kinase cascade was cloned from the cDNA library constructed from human lung fibroblasts, and the DNA sequence and the deduced amino acid sequence were determined. The protein, the DNA encoding the protein, a recombinant vector containing the DNA, and a transformant containing the recombinant vector are useful for screening a substance inhibiting or promoting activation of MAP kinase cascade.

Abstract: A disposable article for dealing with feces adapted to be used in conjunction with a disposable diaper or diaper cover. The article includes a feces receiving region that is provided in the form of a laminate that includes a top layer provided with at least one opening having an area of 20˜500 mm2, a feces holding layer in the form of a three-dimensional network structure underlying the top layer, a liquid-absorbent layer underlying the holding layer and a liquid-impervious back layer covering a lower surface of the absorbent layer. The laminate has its width progressively reduced toward a front end of the feces receiving pocket and a leakage barrier is formed along transversely opposite side edges of the top layer.

Abstract: A disposable body wastes absorbent article including a pair of barrier side flaps and a pair of barrier end flaps, each of these flaps having a lower portion folded in a sidewise U-shape such that an open end of the U-shape is opposed to an upper portion of the flap.

Abstract: A disposable diaper includes barrier side flaps extending along an opposite side edges 1a of a diaper body. The barrier side flaps each includes a first side section extending above an upper side of the body and a second side section extending below a lower side of the body. The second side section includes being folded back with its inner surface put flat together so as to define a free subsection extending inward of the body and a fixed subsection extending outward of the body. A surface of the fixed subsection opposed to the lower side of the body is joined to the lower side and opposite end sections of the barrier flaps are collapsed inward of the body and joined to the upper side of the body at the opposite ends of the body.

Abstract: A disposable diaper has a first section forming a part of a front waist region and a second section forming the remaining part of the diaper. The first and second sections are joined together over the entire width of the diaper along a joined zone extending over the entire width of the diaper so that the joined zone describes a concave line from the front waist region towards a rear waist region as the first section is folded back onto the second section with respective outer surfaces of these first and second sections facing each other. The diaper thus formed fitting thereof to a wearer's belly.

Abstract: A disposable diaper includes a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region extending therebetween, and an end portion of the rear waist region is provided with an elastic member associated with a waist-opening and having transversely opposite side edges and upper and lower edges. A plurality of slits extending through the diaper in its thickness direction and extending in a longitudinal direction are arranged to be spaced one from another by a predetermined dimension in a waist-surrounding direction between the side edges and spaced one from another by a predetermined dimension in the longitudinal direction between the vicinity of the upper edge and the vicinity of the lower edge.

Abstract: A disposable diaper is provided with a pair of side flaps lying transversely outside the associated side edge of an absorbent core, and the side flaps is formed by a first side sheet connected to the associated side edge portion of a topsheet lying in the vicinity of the associated side edge of the core and extending longitudinally of the diaper and a second side sheet connected to the associated side edge portion of the topsheet and the associated side edge portion of a backsheet both lying in the vicinity of the associated side edge of the core wherein both the first and second side sheets have a water pressure resistance of 100˜1500 mm and a breathing resistance of 0.03˜0.8 Kpa·s/m.

Abstract: A connector includes a connector housing, terminal receiving chambers having a retaining lance for retaining a female terminal by elastic deformation, a front holder for retaining the female terminal relative to the connector housing in a double manner, a retaining arm for retaining the front holder on the connector housing, and a tapered guide portion formed by a slanting surface, formed on the connector housing, and a slanting surface movable in unison with the retaining arm of the front holder. The retaining arm is deformable in a direction perpendicular to a direction of deformation of the retaining lance.

Abstract: A diaper is folded along a first folding guide line extending in a transverse direction of the diaper so as to divide its longitudinal dimension in two toward the outer surface of a backsheet, then along a pair of second folding guide lines extending in parallel to each other in the transverse direction of the diaper and lying between the first folding guide line and longitudinally outer ends of front and rear waist regions toward an outer surface of a topsheet and finally along a pair of third folding guide lines extending in parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction of the diaper along transversely opposite side edges of an absorbent core toward an outer surface of the backsheet in any one of the front and rear waist regions.

Abstract: A pair of guide grooves (33) disposed on a double lock member (30) allow a pair of guide ribs (14) disposed on a female connector housing (11) to be inserted thereinto, respectively, at the time of engaging the double lock member (30) with the female connector housing (11). Accordingly, the pair of guide grooves (33) guides the double lock member (30) in such a manner that the double lock member (30) can take a predetermined position with respect to the female connector housing (11). The guide grooves (33) are formed so as to enclose substantially all the outer surfaces of the guide ribs (14) with inner sidewalls (34) and outer sidewalls (35) thereof, respectively. In addition, a distance (C) between outer side surfaces of the respective guide ribs (14) is set to a value equal to or greater than a distance (D) between inner surfaces of the outer sidewalls (35) of the respective guide grooves (33).

Abstract: A clamp-type terminal including a connection portion for a mating terminal, a conductor clamping portion for clamping a conductor of a wire, a sheath clamping portion for clamping a sheath of the wire, and a base portion integrally connecting the connection portion, the conductor clamping portion and the sheath clamping portion together. A bending portion is bendably formed on the connection portion, and is bent at least toward a front end portion of the conductor, clamped by the conductor clamping portion, so as to prevent the front end portion of the conductor from being deflected upwardly. Further, notches are provided adjacent to the bending portion so as to make it possible to confirm the clamping of the conductor by the conductor clamping portion.

Abstract: A waterproofing connector includes a pair of female and male connector housings, one of which has a circumferential space formed inside of an outer surrounding wall of the one of connectors, a rising rear wall defining an end wall of the space and formed with a through-hole, and a packing inserted in the space. The packing has a locking projection portion inserted into the through-hole. One of the connector housings has a protecting wall for protecting the head portion of the locking projection portion of the packing. The protecting wall covers two or three side surfaces of the head portion of the locking projection. The protecting wall may extend outwardly from both the outer surrounding wall and the rising rear wall of the one connector housing.

Abstract: The lubricant composition of the present invention is characterized in that 1 ppm to 500 ppm of polysiloxane with a viscosity of 1,000 mm.sup.2 /s to 100,000 mm.sup.2 /s at 40.degree. C. and 1 ppm to 5,000 ppm of ethylene glycol-propylene glycol polymer or a derivative thereof are blended with a base oil with a viscosity of 10 mm.sup.2 /s to 700 mm.sup.2 /s at 40 .degree. C. Because the lubricant composition of the present invention has excellent anti-foaming property, particularly in lubricants of high viscosity and at higher temperature, the composition is useful as a lubricant composition for use as bearing oil such as a lubricant for paper machine, hydraulic oil for injection molding press, and a lubricant for film orientation machine.