Abstract: The present invention provides novel antigens of an allergy to shrimp, methods and kits for diagnosing an allergy to shrimp, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such an antigen, shrimps or processed products of shrimp in which such an antigen is eliminated, and a tester composition for determining the presence or absence of a shrimp antigen in an object of interest. The present invention also relates to polypeptides comprising an epitope of an antigen, kits, compositions and methods for diagnosing an allergy, comprising such a polypeptide, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a polypeptide, and raw materials or processed products in which an antigen comprising such a polypeptide is eliminated or reduced. The present invention further relates to a tester composition for determining the presence or absence of an antigen in an object of interest.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section that forms an image on a document; a first ejection section that ejects the document on which the image has been formed; an exterior portion which is movable and a part of which constitutes an exterior of the apparatus; an entrance portion that is exposed by movement of the exterior portion and that constitutes an entrance for the document to be transported to an image reading section that reads the image formed on the document; the image reading section that reads the image formed on the document transported after the entrance portion is exposed; and a second ejection section that ejects the document which has been read by the image reading section. An ejecting direction of the first ejection section, an ejecting direction of the second ejection section, and a moving direction of the exterior portion coincide with each other.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a wiring member, a sintered member between a first main electrode of the semiconductor element and the wiring member, and a sealing body. The wiring member includes a base material, a metal film on a face of the base material, and an uneven oxide film. The uneven oxide film includes a thick film portion and a thin film portion. An opposing face of the wiring member opposing the semiconductor element includes a mounting portion to which the first main electrode is bonded, an outer peripheral portion formed with the thick film portion and surrounding the semiconductor element, and an intermediate portion formed with the thin film portion between the mounting portion and the outer peripheral portion. The sintered member overlaps with the mounting portion and the intermediate portion in the plan view, and is in contact with the thin film portion.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid preparation wherein the pharmaceutically active ingredient is stabilized, and a stabilizing method therefor. A liquid preparation comprising a pharmaceutically active ingredient having a primary or secondary amino group (wherein the amino group does not constitute a part of the amide structure), an organic acid and a salt, which is substantially free of a reaction product of the pharmaceutically active ingredient and the organic acid.

Abstract: Provided is a formulation containing an immunoconjugate comprising an anti-GCC antibody molecule and a therapeutic agent, which is superior in stability and useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for gastrointestinal cancer and the like. A formulation comprising (i) an immunoconjugate of the following formula (I): wherein Ab is an anti-GCC antibody molecule, X is a linker component, Z is a therapeutic agent, and m is an integer from 1-15, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (ii) polysorbate 20, and (iii) histidine or a salt thereof.

Abstract: Provided are a liquid preparation wherein the pharmaceutically active ingredient is stabilized, and a stabilizing method therefor. A liquid preparation comprising a pharmaceutically active ingredient having a primary or secondary amino group (wherein the amino group does not constitute a part of the amide structure), an organic acid and a salt, which is substantially free of a reaction product of the pharmaceutically active ingredient and the organic acid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a preparation for injection comprising a protein with a molecular weight of 20 kDa or greater and a pyridine derivative, wherein the preparation for injection does not comprise a hydrophobic preservative.

Abstract: A resin protrusion forming method includes: forming on a substrate a thermal curing resin layer that is in an uncured state; forming a protrusion by pressing a forming mold against the thermal curing resin layer; forming a retaining member that retains a side face of the protrusion; and heating the substrate on which the protrusion and the retaining member have been formed.

Abstract: A resin film forming method for forming a resin film on a substrate includes forming an intermediate layer on the substrate which includes an inorganic composition as a main component to chemically bond the resin film to be formed on the substrate to the substrate, carrying out a treatment on the substrate to remove an edge of the intermediate layer from an edge of the substrate, forming the resin film on the substrate by spin coating, chemically bonding the resin film to the substrate and hardening the resin film, and removing an edge of the resin film from the edge of the substrate by applying vibrations to the hardened resin film.

Abstract: A resin film forming method for forming a resin film on a substrate includes forming an intermediate layer on the substrate which includes an inorganic composition as a main component to chemically bond the resin film to be formed on the substrate to the substrate, carrying out a treatment on the substrate to remove an edge of the intermediate layer from an edge of the substrate, forming the resin film on the substrate by spin coating, chemically bonding the resin film to the substrate and hardening the resin film, and removing an edge of the resin film from the edge of the substrate by applying vibrations to the hardened resin film.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a flat plate; a semiconductor chip which is disposed on one main surface of the flat plate and whose surface opposite an element circuit surface is fixedly bonded; a single layer of an insulating material layer formed continuously on the element circuit surface of the semiconductor chip and on the main surface of the flat plate; an opening formed at a position, in the insulating material layer, above an electrode disposed on the element circuit surface of the semiconductor chip; a conductive part formed in the opening so as to be connected to the electrode of the semiconductor chip; a wiring layer formed on the insulating material layer so as to be connected to the conductive part, and partly led out to a peripheral area of the semiconductor chip; and external electrodes formed on the wiring layer.

Abstract: A license management system for software which drives a single computer or a plurality of computers includes: an application program for requesting a decision of the number of license which it needs to drive itself and for receiving issuance of the license; a number of license decision unit for determining the necessary number of licenses in accordance with the request from the application program; and a license management unit for issuing the number of licenses which was determined by the number of license decision unit. Further, the number of license decision unit has means for determining the number of licenses based on the following multi-nominal function, LK=f (x1, x2, . . . , xn), where, LK is the number of licenses, and x1 to xn are parameters which are needed to determine the number of licenses. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a license management system enabling issuance of a license in which the sales strategy of a software maker was considered.

Abstract: In a process for the fabrication of a semiconductor integrated circuit using a double-side mirror-polished wafer or the like, at the portion of a notch 10 of a notched wafer 1, a chamfered angle &thgr;11 of the first chamfered portion 11 formed at the inner periphery of the first primary surface 3 is set smaller than the chamfered angle &thgr;12 of the second notch chamfered portion 12 of the second primary surface 4 and the chamfered width L11 is set larger than the chamfered width L12, whereby the obverse and reverse of the wafer are discriminated by optically discriminating the first notch chamfered portion and the second notch chamfered portion using reflected light, thereby making it certain to fabricate IC on the surface of the wafer and to use the reverse for its handling.