Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for controlling Escherichia coli diarrhea comprising a Shiga toxin as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A powder transfer mechanism laminates powder layers containing water-soluble powder as a main component one by one at a modeling portion. An inkjet line head injects a water-based ink that dissolves the powder in an area of an uppermost layer of the powder layers laminated by the powder transfer mechanism, the area corresponding to a cross-sectional shape of a modeled object. Then, a heater heats the powder for each layer of the powder layers. Further, the heater heats the powder after the water-based ink is injected by the inkjet line head or before the water-based ink is injected by the inkjet line head. The present invention can be applied to a modeling apparatus, for example.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a wiring board includes an inorganic insulating layer and a conductive layer disposed on part of one main surface of the inorganic insulating layer. The part of the one main surface of the inorganic insulating layer includes a plurality of first recessed portions each of which has at least partially circular shape in a plan view. Part of the conductive layer enters into the plurality of first recessed portions. According to the aspect of the invention, it is possible to obtain a wiring board capable of reducing disconnection of the conductive layer and therefore having superior electrical reliability.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for controlling colibacillosis including a fusion protein comprising a subunit of Shiga toxin and a subunit of Escherichia coli heat-labile toxin.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a structural object, including using rapid prototyping technology, forming a structure body from a powder material whose main component is a water-soluble compound. The formed structure body is impregnated with an adhesive that provides adhesive function upon reaction with moisture contained in the structure body.

Abstract: There is provided a scanning unit including a first base provided with a scanning mechanism at least having a laser light source that emits laser light of a predetermined wavelength and a scanner that scans a scanned body by using the laser light, a second base that is located at a surface of the first base opposite a surface thereof provided with the scanning mechanism and that is thermally separated from the first base; and a temperature adjustment mechanism that is provided between the first base and the second base and that adjusts a temperature of the scanning mechanism.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a wiring board includes an inorganic insulating layer and a conductive layer disposed on part of one main surface of the inorganic insulating layer. The part of the one main surface of the inorganic insulating layer includes a plurality of first recessed portions each of which has at least partially circular shape in a plan view. Part of the conductive layer enters into the plurality of first recessed portions. According to the aspect of the invention, it is possible to obtain a wiring board capable of reducing disconnection of the conductive layer and therefore having superior electrical reliability.

Abstract: A technology for producing a pig edema disease vaccine at low cost and at high efficiency is developed. Specifically, a gene of a pig edema disease toxin protein (Stx2e protein) is efficiently expressed in plant cells to produce a plant vaccine for pig edema disease at low cost. An Stx2e protein including a secretory signal peptide derived from a plant added at an amino terminus is expressed in cells of a plant such as Lactuca sativa using the 5?-untranslated region of an alcohol dehydrogenase gene (ADH5?UTR) derived from a plant.

Abstract: A bacterial toxin protein such as a Shiga toxin protein is efficiently produced using plant cells. The plant cells are transformed using a DNA construct containing DNA encoding a hybrid protein in which the bacterial toxin proteins such as the Shiga toxin proteins are tandemly linked through a peptide having the following characteristics (A) and (B) to produce the bacterial toxin protein in the plant cells: (A) a number of amino acids is 12 to 30; and (B) a content of proline is 20 to 35%.

Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a structural object, including using rapid prototyping technology, forming a structure body from a powder material whose main component is a water-soluble compound. The formed structure body is impregnated with an adhesive that provides adhesive function upon reaction with moisture contained in the structure body.

Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes a stage, a head, a movement mechanism, and a control unit. The head supplies a process liquid that is one of a solution and a dispersion liquid onto the stage to cause a material that constitutes a three-dimensional object to be precipitated out of the process liquid by evaporating one of a solvent and a dispersion medium therefrom. The movement mechanism relatively moves the head and the stage. The control unit controls a drive of the movement mechanism to form the three-dimensional object.

Abstract: An audio communication system includes a first analog/digital convertor, a second analog/digital convertor, and an echo canceller. The first analog/digital convertor converts an audio signal, which is input from a microphone, to a data signal. The second analog/digital convertor that converts an audio signal, which is input from an auxiliary input terminal, to a data signal. When an audio signal transmitted from the outside is received and output from a speaker, the echo canceller prevents an output of the speaker from being input through the microphone and echoed back to a recipient or remote device. An operating frequency of the echo canceller is relatively lower than a sampling frequency of the second analog/digital convertor.

Abstract: A bacterial toxin protein such as a Shiga toxin protein is efficiently produced using plant cells. The plant cells are transformed using a DNA construct containing DNA encoding a hybrid protein in which the bacterial toxin proteins such as the Shiga toxin proteins are tandemly linked through a peptide having the following characteristics (A) and (B) to produce the bacterial toxin protein in the plant cells: (A) a number of amino acids is 12 to 30; and (B) a content of proline is 20 to 35%.

Abstract: A three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes a stage, a head, an adjustment mechanism, an ejection command means, and a control means. On the stage, a powder material is accumulated. The head ejects ink to the powder material on the stage. The adjustment mechanism adjusts a relative height of the stage and the head for each predetermined layer thickness so that a three-dimensional object is formed on the stage by the predetermined layer thickness. The ejection command means causes the ink to be ejected from the head so that the powder material is colored a plurality of colors corresponding to multilevel luminance information items in a multivalued image obtained by performing a multivalued processing of luminance with respect to a two-dimensional cross-sectional image data of a modeling target object. The control means controls the adjustment mechanism and the ejection command means so that the multivalued image is drawn for each layer thickness.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a molded object. The method includes: supplying a first liquid material to a first region out of a molding enabling region where a powder material is arranged and curing the powder material of the first region using a lamination molding technology to form a first insoluble part insoluble in a solvent; supplying a second liquid material different from the first liquid material to the powder material of a second region, which is provided so as to be surrounded by the first region, out of the molding enabling region and curing the powder material of the second region using the lamination molding technology to form a second soluble part soluble in the solvent; and dissolving the second part in the solvent.

Abstract: A method of producing a molded article includes forming an outer portion of a material that is soluble in a solvent, the outer portion having a predetermined shape; forming a covering portion of a first flexible material, the covering portion covering the outer portion, the first flexible material being insoluble in the solvent; dissolving the outer portion with the solvent, the outer portion being covered by the covering portion; and filling an area covered by the covering portion with a second flexible material, the area being obtained by dissolving the outer portion.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a microchip including a substrate and a sample flow path within the substrate. The sample flow path includes a changing flow path and a microtube connected to the changing flow path. The changing flow path is configured to change a cross sectional shape of the sample flow path from a quadrangular shape at a first end to a circular shape at a second end. The microtube is connected to the second end of the changing flow path and is disposed within the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional modeling apparatus including a supply mechanism, a deposition area, a variable mechanism, a discharge mechanism, and a control means. The supply mechanism supplies a powder material. In the deposition area, the supplied powder material is deposited. The variable mechanism varies a volume of the deposition area per a predetermined layer thickness, and thus the powder material is deposited per the predetermined layer thickness in the deposition area. The discharge mechanism discharges liquid for forming a three-dimensional object to the deposited powder material, the liquid being capable of hardening the powder material. The control means causes the discharge mechanism to discharge the liquid to the powder material, to thereby form a main body being an object being as a target to be modeled and a frame body being an object to be formed in a periphery of the main body, of the three-dimensional object.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid composite for producing a three-dimensional shaped article, the liquid composite being used in an inkjet printer, the liquid composite including a porous carbon material having a specific surface area value as measured by the nitrogen BET method of 10 m2/g or more, a pore volume as measured by the BJH method of 0.1 cm3/g or more and a pore volume as measured by the MP method of 0.1 cm3/g or more.

Abstract: A modeling apparatus includes a box holding mechanism, a box, a supply mechanism, and an elevation mechanism. The box includes a main body and a stage movably provided to the main body. The box is capable of accommodating powder and detachably provided to the box holding mechanism. The supply mechanism is configured to selectively supply liquid that bonds the powder together to a modeling enabled area inside the box. The elevation mechanism is configured to cause the stage to ascend and descend in the main body relative to the main body.