Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes an outer case; a base; a pump provided on the base such that the pump is shifted from a center of the outer case and located on one side as viewed in a circumferential direction of a living body; a drive unit provided on the base and located on one side of the pump as viewed in a direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction; an on-off valve provided on another side of the pump as viewed in the direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction; a pressure sensor provided on said another side of the pump as viewed in the direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction; and packing provided between the on-off valve and the pressure sensor and the base.

Abstract: This is to provide a composition containing a decomposition product of yeast cell body residue useful as an emulsifier substitute, an emulsion stabilizer substitute or a milk-like substitute, and a method for producing the same, and use thereof. Provided is a composition containing a cell wall lysing enzyme-decomposition product of yeast cell body residue, wherein the decomposition product contains 5% by mass or more of lipid based on a dry mass of the decomposition product.

Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes an outer case; a base; a pump provided on a surface of the base such that the pump is shifted from a center of the outer case and located on one side as viewed in a circumferential direction of a living body; a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor that are provided such that the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor are arranged side by side in the circumferential direction and located on one side as viewed in a direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction; and a first on-off valve and a second on-off valve that are provided such that the first on-off valve and the second on-off valve are arranged side by side in the circumferential direction with reference to the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor.

Abstract: A permanent magnet-type rotary electric machine includes a stator, a first rotor, and a second rotor. The stator includes a stator core, a plurality of stator teeth, a plurality of stator slots, a plurality of stator magnets, and a stator coil. The first rotor is disposed inside the stator core relative to the plurality of stator magnets. The second rotor is disposed inside the stator core relative to a plurality of first pole pieces. The second rotor includes a plurality of second pole pieces. A proportion of the number of the plurality of stator slots to the number of poles of the plurality of second pole pieces of the second rotor is greater than 1.25 and less than 1.5, or greater than 1.5 and less than 3.0.

Abstract: A method for quantifying Hex4, lyso-GM1, Fuc-GlcNAc-Asn, or lyso-sulfatide included in cerebrospinal fluid, the method including adding an internal standard substance to a solution including the cerebrospinal fluid, submitting the solution including the cerebrospinal fluid, to which the internal standard substance has been added, to liquid chromatography to obtain an eluate, and subjecting the eluate to mass analysis.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for decomposing chondroitin sulfate contained in a sample into disaccharide. In particular disclosed is a method for decomposing chondroitin sulfate contained in a sample into disaccharide by heating the chondroitin sulfate in HCl-methanol containing 2,2-dimethoxypropane at a temperature of 60° C. to 90° C. for 50 minutes to 180 minutes, optionally in the method, the sample is selected from body fluid, a cell, a tissue, an organ, a cell culture solution, a tissue culture solution, a food, and a feed, or a derived therefrom.

Abstract: A method for decomposing dermatan sulfate and heparan sulfate contained in a sample into a disaccharide, respectively, wherein the dermatan sulfate is decomposed into a disaccharide in which a uronic acid and an amino sugar are joined with an ?-1,3 bond, and the heparan sulfate is decomposed into the disaccharide in which the uronic acid and the amino sugar are joined with the ?-1,4 bond, and wherein, the dermatane sulfate is decomposed by heating in hydrogen chloride methanol solution containing 2,2-dimethoxypropane, at a temperature of 60 to 80° C., and for 20 to 100 minutes, and the heparan sulfate is decomposed by heating in hydrogen chloride methanol solution containing 2,2-dimethoxypropane, for 80 to 180 minutes, and at a temperature of 65 to 85° C.

Abstract: A traction apparatus which impresses a desired traction force to a body to be pulled is provided.

Abstract: Provided are: a conducting polymer composite structure, which does not require any separator between electrodes, can be reduced in size, can be produced at reduced cost and with improved workability, and has excellent impact resistance; a process for producing the conducting polymer composite structure; and an actuator element using the conducting polymer composite structure. The conducting polymer composite structure includes at least one conducting polymer layer, and is a structure in which a surface layer of the conducting polymer layer is an insulating layer.

Abstract: A traction force control method for a traction apparatus according to the present invention that impresses a desired traction force on an object to be hauled via a traction mechanism is provided. The method includes measuring, in a zero traction state in which an impressed traction force that is impressed on the object to be hauled is zero, the impressed traction force with a traction force sensor and outputting a zero traction value.

Abstract: In the traction apparatus, a control circuit has the following traction control process portions. First, a first traction control process portion winds up the slack portion of a wire by a motor to eliminate the slack of the wire connected to a body to be pulled. Next, a second traction control process portion converts a set traction force that is set by an operation portion to a traction amount to calculate a converted value and, by defining a predetermined amount of a traction amount set based on the converted value as an initial target value, continuously winds up the wire by the motor to that target value. Next, a third traction control process portion detects the traction force that is being applied to the body to be pulled by a load cell, calculates a drive stop time of the motor by defining the set traction force as a final target value on the basis of a detected output of the load cell and drives the drive mechanism, and stops the driving of the motor at a point of reaching the drive stop time.

Abstract: An actuator body and a throttle mechanism that are small and have a simple structure are provided. The actuator body comprises a polymer actuator 11 that bends and deforms by an electric driving source, an intermediate 12 that transmits the bending force of the polymer actuator, and an elastic body 13 to which the bending force is applied through the intermediate, wherein the dimension of a hole portion that is formed in the elastic body 13 changes when the bending force of the polymer actuator 11 is applied onto the elastic body 13 through the intermediate 12.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an actuator body and a throttle mechanism that are small and have a simple structure. The present invention comprises a polymer actuator 11 that bends and deforms by an electric driving source, an intermediate 12 that transmits the bending force of the polymer actuator, and an elastic body 13 to which the bending force is applied through the intermediate, wherein the dimension of a hole portion that is formed in the elastic body 13 changes when the bending force of the polymer actuator 11 is applied onto the elastic body 13 through the intermediate 12.

Abstract: A traction apparatus which impresses a desired traction force to a body to be pulled is provided.

Abstract: A traction force control method for a traction apparatus according to the present invention that impresses a desired traction force on an object to be hauled via a traction mechanism is provided. The method includes measuring, in a zero traction state in which an impressed traction force that is impressed on the object to be hauled is zero, the impressed traction force with a traction force sensor and outputting a zero traction value.

Abstract: In the traction apparatus, a control circuit has the following traction control process portions. First, a first traction control process portion winds up the slack portion of a wire by a motor to eliminate the slack of the wire connected to a body to be pulled. Next, a second traction control process portion converts a set traction force that is set by an operation portion to a traction amount to calculate a converted value and, by defining a predetermined amount of a traction amount set based on the converted value as an initial target value, continuously winds up the wire by the motor to that target value. Next, a third traction control process portion detects the traction force that is being applied to the body to be pulled by a load cell, calculates a drive stop time of the motor by defining the set traction force as a final target value on the basis of a detected output of the load cell and drives the drive mechanism, and stops the driving of the motor at a point of reaching the drive stop time.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of preparing a refined organic compound, comprising the steps of adding water to an organic reaction mixture and mixing them, and then subjecting the mixture to filtration processing using a filter, to separate an organic phase from an aqueous phase, and then isolating the intended organic compound from said organic phase. The method enables highly precise removal of a water-easily soluble compound from an organic reaction mixture, and it further enables obtaining the intended synthesized organic compound in high yield with a high quality.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of preparing a refined organic compound, comprising the steps of adding water to an organic reaction mixture and mixing them, and then subjecting the mixture to filtration processing using a filter, to separate an organic phase from an aqueous phase, and then isolating the intended organic compound from said organic phase. The method enables highly precise removal of a water-easily soluble compound from an organic reaction mixture, and it further enables obtaining the intended synthesized organic compound in high yield with a high quality.