Abstract: In a capacitor using a capacitor element having an anode foil and a cathode foil wound with a separator interposed between the anode foil and the cathode foil, the separator includes a low insulation part having a low insulation function between the anode foil and the cathode foil, and the low insulation part may be included within a range of 90% in a central portion in a height direction of the capacitor element and within a range of 5 to 90% in a diametrical direction from the center of the capacitor element.

Abstract: A coil includes a plurality of coil conductor pieces, first and second cores and a case. The plurality of coil conductor pieces is made of a high magnetic permeability material. The first and second cores include through-holes in parallel. The through-holes allow penetration of the coil conductor pieces. The first core and the second core are stored in the case. At least one end part of one of the coil conductor pieces penetrating through the through-holes of the first core and the second core is coupled to an end part of the other coil conductor piece on the outside of the case. A coil conductor circling between the first and second cores is made up of the plurality of coil conductor pieces.

Abstract: The electrode production method provided by the present invention includes a step of mixing microbubbles 52 into a binder solution 50 containing a binder, a step of forming a binder solution layer 56 by imparting the bubble-containing binder solution 50 to a current collector 10, a step of depositing the binder solution layer 56 and a paste layer 36 on the current collector 10 by imparting an active material layer-forming paste containing an active material 32 over the binder solution layer 56, and a step of obtaining an electrode in which a binder layer and an active material layer are formed on the current collector 10 by drying both the deposited binder solution layer 56 and the paste layer 36.

Abstract: The electrode production method provided by the present invention includes a step of mixing microbubbles 52 into a binder solution 50 containing a binder, a step of forming a binder solution layer 56 by imparting the bubble-containing binder solution 50 to a current collector 10, a step of depositing the binder solution layer 56 and a paste layer 36 on the current collector 10 by imparting an active material layer-forming paste containing an active material 32 over the binder solution layer 56, and a step of obtaining an electrode in which a binder layer and an active material layer are formed on the current collector 10 by drying both the deposited binder solution layer 56 and the paste layer 36.

Abstract: In an application in which context switching often occurs such as in a real time OS, it is possible to significantly reduce the overhead caused by the context switching. The OS issues a Swap instruction and a context switch starts. The Swap instruction is issued together with a thread (i.e., context) ID to be replaced, to a thread control unit (9). The thread ID is used to uniquely identify threads stored in a context cache (8). The thread control unit (9) saves data from a register file (1) to the context cache (8) via a context-dedicated bus (12) and transmits data of a new thread from the context cache (8) to the register file (1). According to the thread ID received, the thread control unit (9) automatically interchanges the necessary number of data in the register file (1) and the data in the context cache (8).

Abstract: In an application in which context switching often occurs such as in a real time OS, it is possible to significantly reduce the overhead caused by the context switching. The OS issues a Swap instruction and a context switch starts. The Swap instruction is issued together with a thread (i.e., context) ID to be replaced, to a thread control unit (9). The thread ID is used to uniquely identify threads stored in a context cache (8). The thread control unit (9) saves data from a register file (1) to the context cache (8) via a context-dedicated bus (12) and transmits data of a new thread from the context cache (8) to the register file (1). According to the thread ID received, the thread control unit (9) automatically interchanges the necessary number of data in the register file (1) and the data in the context cache (8).

Abstract: A real-time communications system for decentralized management is accomplished which was not implemented conventionally. To achieve this, the following techniques are employed: (1) Overtaking of communication packets based on priority; (2) Path control based on the priority; and (3) Priority change at each node. When carrying out real-time communication between a plurality of information processors, each communication node (information processor) carries out overtaking of the communication packets in accordance with the priority. In the course of this, each communication node can change the priority, and establish different paths for each of the priority.

Abstract: The present invention provides a conjugate in essentially pure form comprising a sugar linked to a protein through a peptide linker, wherein said sugar has a reducing terminal and is free of carboxyl groups, and wherein the reducing terminal of said sugar is linked to the peptide linker. The present invention further provides a conjugate in essentially pure form comprising a sugar linked to an enzyme through a peptide linker, wherein said sugar has a reducing terminal and is free of carboxyl groups, and wherein the reducing terminal of said sugar is linked to the peptide linker. The present invention additionally provides a conjugate in essentially pure form comprising a sugar linked to lysozyme through a peptide linker, wherein said sugar has a reducing terminal and is free of carboxyl groups, and wherein the reducing terminal of said sugar is linked to the peptide linker.

Abstract: A clinically active component (TBGH-d) of a tryptic digest of bovine growth hormone (BGH) found to be homogeneous by disc electrophoresis and sedimentation equilibrium and having substantially the same molecular weight and amino acid composition as BGH was separated into two fractions, A-I and A-II, by dextran gel filtration in 50% acetic acid. The amino acid analysis of the A-I and A-II fractions accounted for all the amino acids in the TBGH-d. The biological activity of the A-II fraction was found to be about 10-30% of TBGH-d. This fraction, having a molecular weight of about 5000 and an amino acid content or chain length of 38 amino acids, appears to exhibit human growth hormone-like activity. This fraction also appears to have wider applicability than simply being useful for the acceleration of somatic growth in humans.