Abstract: An oscillation apparatus includes: an oscillator including a resonator and a magnetic-field generating unit, the resonator including a loop circuit and a capacitor, the loop circuit including a first superconducting line, a first Josephson junction, a second superconducting line, and a second Josephson junction connected in a ring shape, the magnetic-field generating unit being configured to apply a magnetic field to the loop circuit, and the oscillator being configured to perform parametric oscillation; a read-out unit for reading out an internal state of the oscillator; and a filter configured to restrict transmission of a signal in a predetermined frequency band. A circuit in which the capacitor and the loop circuit are connected in a ring shape is connected to the read-out unit through the filter.

Abstract: A sample holder includes a base comprising a support structure and a printed circuit board (PCB) in contact with the base. The PCB includes: a dielectric; a front-surface ground (GND) formed on a front surface of the dielectric; a back-surface GND formed on a back surface of the dielectric; a through hole penetrating from the front-surface GND to the back-surface GND, the through hole in which a chip is disposed, and a conductor that electrically connects the front-surface GND and the back-surface GND on an end face of the through hole. At least a part of the base below the through hole has a cavity. The support structure that supports a surface of the chip and is electrically connected to the base. The support structure is disposed in the cavity.

Abstract: An oscillator in which crosstalk can be reduced is provided. An oscillator includes a SQUID, a transmission line connected to the SQUID, a ground plane, and a first connection circuit disposed in a vicinity of a node of an electric field of a standing wave that is generated when the oscillator is oscillating, the first connection circuit connecting parts of the ground plane located on both sides of the transmission line to each other.

Abstract: An information processing device 1 includes an assessment unit 12-2 that acquires information on an object of a user through a network N, and acquires a purchase price based on the information on the object at the time of purchasing the object, a contract unit 12-3 that gives a notification of a purchase price, a lease charge when leasing the object to be purchased to a user, and various conditions relating to a lease contract through the network, and accepts the lease contract, and a contract management unit 12-5 that pays the purchase price to a user, accepts payment of the lease charge, and manages a lease charge payment situation. A user can raise a fund corresponding to the purchase price with easy means of transmitting information on the object through the network N.

Abstract: A decorative member according the present disclosure includes: a wooden veneer having a plurality of through-holes which transmit light from a back face side to a front face side; a transparent reinforcing layer laminated to a back face side of the veneer; and a coating layer which is laminated to a front face side of the veneer and fills interiors of the plurality of through-holes.

Abstract: A decorative member according the present disclosure includes: a wooden veneer having a plurality of through-holes which transmit light from a back face side to a front face side; a transparent reinforcing layer laminated to a back face side of the veneer; and a coating layer which is laminated to a front face side of the veneer and fills interiors of the plurality of through-holes.

Abstract: A wireless communication control device which can stably communicate with another device without interruption by continuously and optimally adjusting a transmission reception direction of a wireless transmission reception unit so as to track the another device even when mobile terminals move while changing relative position between them.

Abstract: In a synchronous detection circuit, an interpolation circuit regulates an interpolation calculation coefficient based on phase shift information when carrying out interpolation calculation processing over a digitally converted received signal. A sampling circuit samples interpolation data using a recovered clock as a reference and two clocks having phases which are advanced and delayed with respect to the recovered clock. A phase shift detecting circuit monitors a phase shift using three sampling data output from the sampling circuit and outputting phase shift information to the interpolation circuit when detecting a predetermined phase shift. A demodulating circuit performs demodulation processing using the data subjected to the sampling with the recovered clock output from the sampling circuit. Where a synchronous shift is detected, the interpolation circuit performs regulation to match a timing having a maximum signal-to-noise ratio and the recovered clock based on the amount of the phase shift.

Abstract: A wireless communication control device which can stably communicate with another device without interruption by continuously and optimally adjusting a transmission reception direction of a wireless transmission reception unit so as to track the another device even when mobile terminals move while changing relative position between them.

Abstract: A method of inactivating a blood coagulation factor is described. The method comprises a step of contacting a sample containing at least one of factors V and VIII with a compound having an iminodiacetate group, whereby at least one of factors V and VIII in the sample is changed into an inactivated form.

Abstract: A synchronous detection circuit includes: an interpolation circuit for regulating an interpolation calculation coefficient based on phase shift information when carrying out an interpolation calculation processing over a received signal which is digitally converted; a secondary sampling circuit for sampling interpolation data output from the interpolation circuit by using a recovered clock to be a reference and two clocks having phases corresponding to one processing clock which are advanced and delayed for the recovered clock; a phase shift detecting circuit for monitoring a shift of a phase by using three sampling data output from the secondary sampling circuit and outputting phase shift information to the interpolation circuit when detecting a predetermined phase shift; and a demodulating circuit for carrying out a demodulation processing by using the data subjected to the sampling with the recovered clock output from the secondary sampling circuit.

Abstract: A method of inactivating a blood coagulation factor is described. The method comprises a step of contacting a sample containing at least one of factors V and VIII with a compound having an iminodiacetate group, whereby at least one of factors V and VIII in the sample is changed into an inactivated form.

Abstract: A frame-shaped holding frame which has a small thermal expansion coefficient is used. When a complex member in which a metal material is impregnated in a ceramic material, which has a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than 10 ppm/° C., is used, a warp and a wrinkle are greatly decreased. In particular, in the case of a material with a thermal expansion coefficient of 6.5 ppm/° C. or smaller, the warp and the wrinkle are not caused. When the flexible substrate is adhered to the holding frame by an adhesive, an adhesion area may be obtained so that a sufficient strength is kept. Also, since the flexible substrate is adhered onto the upper surface of the holding frame, the thickness of the holding frame is independent on fixing of the substrate. The thickness may be set so that a mechanical strength is kept and the substrate is smoothly transferred.

Abstract: A frame-shaped holding frame which has a small thermal expansion coefficient is used. When a complex member in which a metal material is impregnated in a ceramic material, which has a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than 10 ppm/°C., is used, a warp and a wrinkle are greatly decreased. In particular, in the case of a material with a thermal expansion coefficient of 6.5 ppm/°C. or smaller, the warp and the wrinkle are not caused. When the flexible substrate is adhered to the holding frame by an adhesive, an adhesion area may be obtained so that a sufficient strength is kept. Also, since the flexible substrate is adhered onto the upper surface of the holding frame, the thickness of the holding frame is independent on fixing of the substrate. The thickness may be set so that a mechanical strength is kept and the substrate is smoothly transferred.

Abstract: This invention provides a carbostyril derivative of the formula (1): ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and n are as defined, or its salt. This carbostyril derivative or its salt possess an excellent matrix metalloproteinases inhibitory action.

Abstract: Novel polypeptide derivatives, acid-addition salts thereof and complexes thereof, having the activities for inhibiting bone calcium absorption, for lowering the blood level of calcium, as analgesics, for inhibiting secretion of the gastric juice.Pharmaceutical composition can be prepared by formulating, at least one of the novel polypeptide derivatives, acid-addition salts thereof and complexes thereof, together with a proteolytic enzyme inhibitors and/or pharmaceutically acceptable acids.The pharmaceutical composition are quite effective as agents for curing hypercalcemia, for curing Peget's disease, for curing osteoporosis, analgetic agent, anti-ulcerative agent and the like.

Abstract: Novel synthetic polypeptide derivatives, i.e., novel calcitonin derivatives, having improved basic physiological activities of the corresponding natural calcitonins, i.e., the activity for lowering the blood level of calcium, the activity as an analgesic, as well as the activity for inhibiting the secretion of the gastric juice. Thus these synthetic calcitonins are effective as agents for curing hypercalcemia, analgetic agents, anti-ulcerative agents and the like.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel 5-fluorouracil derivative represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.y is a hydrogen atom or a specific acyl group, Z is a phenyl-lower alkoxy-lower alkyl group, thienyl-lower alkyl group optionally substituted with halogen atom on the thienyl ring, or a group ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a hydrogen atom, a specific acyl group, phenyl-lower alkyl group having a group R.sup.x OCO-- on the phenyl ring, or a group --(A).sub.n B, R.sup.x being a specific organic group, A being a lower alkylene group, n being 0 or 1, and B being a 5- or 6-membered unsaturated heterocyclic group having 1 to 4 hetero-atoms selected from N, O and S and optionally having a benzene ring, naphthalene ring or pyridine ring condensed therewith, with the proviso that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are not hydrogen atoms or specific acyl groups at the same time; to a process for preparing the same; and to an anticancer composition comprising the same as an effective ingredient.

Abstract: Derivatives of 5-deoxy-fluorouridine are disclosed of formula (1) ##STR1## in which one of R and R is a substituted furanylmethyl or thienylmethyl group; and the other R and R is a lower alkanoyl group with one free amino substituent or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A magnetic video recording apparatus for intermittent recording comprises a magnetic tape driving circuit (30), a video signal recording circuit (20), a control circuit (40) and a recording start instructing circuit (60). The magnetic tape driving circuit (30) makes a magnetic tape (1) travel at a predetermined speed while it is enabled. The video signal recording circuit (20) records a video signal (VS) in the magnetic tape (1) in a predetermined format. The recording start instructing circuit (60) provides intermittently a recording start signal (RS). The control circuit (40) enables the magnetic tape driving circuit (30) in response to the recording start signal (RS), enables the video signal recording circuit (20) for a predetermined period of time and then disables the magnetic tape driving circuit (30). A tape pattern thus recorded in the magnetic tape (1) does not differ from that in an ordinary video tape recorder.