Abstract: A vehicle hood stay support structure for supporting a hood stay includes a stay coupling member, an annular member, and a holding member. The stay coupling member is coupled with a base end part of the hood stay. The stay coupling member is configured to turn together with the hood stay about a second axis orthogonal to a first axis. On the inner circumference side of the annular member, the stay coupling member is disposed to be capable of turning about the second axis. The annular member turns, within a predetermined range, about a third axis orthogonal to the first axis and the second axis. On the inner circumference side of the holding member, the annular member is disposed to be capable of turning about the third axis. The holding member is fixed to a vehicle body component of the vehicle while being capable of rotating about the first axis.

Abstract: The present invention provides, in various embodiments, electrically conductive protein nanowires (e-PNs) having surface exposed peptides that confer additional sensing capabilities and/or enhance binding to other materials, as well as fusion proteins and methods for making such nanowires. The present invention also provides sensor devices comprising the nanowires.

Abstract: The present invention provides, in various embodiments, genetically modified aerobic bacteria, polynucleotides and methods for expressing and/or harvesting electrically conductive protein nanowires (e-PNs). The present invention also provides e-PNs produced using the genetically modified aerobic bacteria, polynucleotides and methods.

Abstract: A genetically engineered strain of Geobacter sulfurreducens exhibits improved function as a cathode biofilm compared to the wild type strain. The genetically engineered Geobacter sulfurreducens strain is capable of using carbon dioxide as a carbon source and electrical current as an energy source for producing a carbonaceous chemical using a reverse tricarboxylic acid pathway.

Abstract: A genetically engineered strain of Geobacter sulfurreducens exhibits improved function as a cathode biofilm compared to the wild type strain. The genetically engineered Geobacter sulfurreducens strain is capable of using carbon dioxide as a carbon source and electrical current as an energy source for producing a carbonaceous chemical using a reverse tricarboxylic acid pathway.

Abstract: A biosensor that employs a bacterium in a biofilm present on one of two electrodes of an electrochemical cell. The bacterium is genetically modified by having deleted at least one native gene that encodes for the enzymatic transformation of a molecular moiety, and having substituted for the deleted native gene a different gene having a transcription factor that is under the control of an inducible promoter in conjunction with an inducer molecule. When the molecular moiety is present in a specimen of interest that is in contact with the biofilm, an electric current is generated in response to the presence of the inducer molecule. In the absence of the inducer molecule, no electricity is generated. The electric signal that is generated can be analyzed to determine the presence and the quantity of the inducer molecule in the specimen of interest.

Abstract: A job division apparatus for dividing a print job including a plurality of print sets which are units to be processed by respective image forming apparatuses and transmitting the print sets to the image forming apparatuses. The job division apparatus includes a judgment unit configured to judge whether the print job is dividable at a planned division position indicating a position at which the print job is planned to be divided, on a basis of the planned division position and a set separation position for the print sets included in the print job, a calculator configured to calculate a division position by moving the planned division position so as to agree with the set separation position upon judgment that the print job is not dividable, and a divider configured to divide the print job on a basis of the division position as calculated.

Abstract: A checking method is described for a wiring harness having first sub-harnesses and second sub-harnesses in which the first sub-harness has a first press-fit terminal joined to each end of a first electrical cable, and the first sub-harness has a first isolator holding the first press-fit terminal and the second sub-harness has a second press-fit terminal, a crimp terminal, a connector housing for accommodating the crimp terminal, a second isolator supporting the second press-fit terminal and wherein a second electrical cable connects the second press fit terminal and the crimp terminal at opposite ends. The checking method, which is effective upon layering of the first and second isolators includes the conduct of decision steps for determining acceptance or rejection of the individual sub-harnesses after assembly thereof and a final decision step for determining acceptance or rejection of the completed wiring harness layering following of the isolators of the first and second sub-harness.

Abstract: The wiring harness has a plurality of first sub-harnesses and a plurality of second sub-harnesses. The first sub-harness has a first press-fit terminal joined to each end of a first electrical cable, and the first sub-harness has a first isolator holding the first press-fit terminal. The second sub-harness has a second press-fit terminal, a crimp terminal, a connector housing for accommodating the crimp terminal, and a second isolator supporting the second press-fit terminal. The second press-fit terminal is connected to one end of a second electrical cable, and the crimp terminal is connected to the other end of the second electrical cable. The press-fit terminals held by different ones of the isolators can be connected to one another when any of the first and second isolators are layered.

Abstract: An antibacterial lyophilized preparation which comprises as an active ingredient aspoxicillin and a basic salt of aspoxicillin in a molar ratio of 1 : about 0.7 to 7 and optionally an alkali metal halide as a stabilizer, and a method for preparing the same, said antibacterial lyophilized preparation being able to be rapidly dissolved in distilled water to give a stable solution which can be injected to patients for the treatment of various bacterial infectious diseases.