Abstract: Apparatus and methods to manage demand, service level agreements, hardware and software assets, projects, labor, knowledge and provisioning resources in hosted applications. An asset manager coupled to host servers and a network, manages the host servers and software to determine the demand for new assets and allocate available assets to meet the demand; determine assets not in compliance with existing software licenses; determine and compare actual service level metrics with the target service level metrics; and determine availability of a patch or upgrade for selected software and instances of the selected software among the assets. The asset manager may be coupled to other managers, e.g., contract, product, work and/or accounting managers, to monitor service level metrics and/or costs.

Abstract: A rapidly disintegrable solid preparation which comprises (i) a pharmacologically active ingredient, (ii) a sugar and (iii) a low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose having 5% by weight or more to less than 7% by weight of hydroxypropoxyl group. The rapidly disintegrable solid preparation has fast disintegrability, suitable strength and no roughness.

Abstract: An eraser is constituted by an elastic material containing a rubber component or a resin component, and a skeleton structure for reinforcing the elastic material, and the skeleton structure is made from a porous structural material such as from an organic polymer that is broken when rubbed. Void portions in the porous structural material of the skeleton structure contain the elastic material of the eraser composition. Here, the skeleton portions of the skeleton structure may have an average thickness of 1 to 100 ?m, and the void portions may have an average pore size of 10 ?m to 3 mm. The eraser may have a surface hardness of 50 to 80, and also a sticking strength of 1.5 to 20 (kgf).

Abstract: An eraser is constituted by an elastic material containing a rubber component or a resin component, and a skeleton structure for reinforcing the elastic material, and the skeleton structure is made from a porous structural material such as from an organic polymer that is broken when rubbed. Void portions in the porous structural material of the skeleton structure contain the elastic material of the eraser composition. Here, the skeleton portions of the skeleton structure may have an average thickness of 1 to 100 ?m, and the void portions may have an average pore size of 10 ?m to 3 mm. The eraser may have a surface hardness of 50 to 80, and also a sticking strength of 1.5 to 20 (kgf).

Abstract: A headlamp unit is provided to emphasize a shape of an individual lamp while suppressing an increase in the number of parts used, while improving ventilation and preventing fogging in areas near an inner surface of a lens, while maintaining a simple housing structure. The headlamp unit including a high beam lamp and a low beam lamp arranged vertically. The high beam lamp and the low beam lamp are disposed on upper and lower portions, respectively. The headlamp unit including an area between the high beam lamp and the low beam lamp covered with a lamp to lamp transverse portion of a front cowl, and an area near each of lenses including an air vent hole disposed so as to face a space between the two lenses. The headlamp unit may further include a moisture conditioning member disposed on an inside of the lamp housing.

Abstract: A reaction control system controls a reactive force to be applied to an operating device operated by a driver of a vehicle. The system includes a device for measuring a steering speed of steering of the operating device; a device for measuring a steering torque applied to the operating device; and a reactive force correcting device for correcting the reactive force in a manner such that the corrected reactive force increases at least when the measured steering speed is zero, and that the higher the measured steering torque, the higher the corrected reactive force is. The reactive force correcting device may correct the reactive force in a manner such that the higher a speed of the vehicle, the higher the corrected reactive force is. A non-effectivity range of the steering torque in which the corrected reactive force is not influenced by the steering torque may be defined.

Abstract: A scooter-type vehicle capable of accommodating articles in a legshield covering from the rear side a head pipe, steerably supporting a front wheel and a steering handle, to accommodate articles by effectively using a space of the legshield.

Abstract: A linear moving mechanism includes a guide member providing a horizontal straight transport path, a moving member movable along the transport path and a drive mechanism which drives the moving member. The drive mechanism includes a first link arm pivotable around a first vertical shaft, and a second link arm having a first end and a second end. The first vertical shaft is on the transport path or on a line parallel to the transport path. The first end is connected to the first link arm for pivotal movement of the second link arm in a horizontal plane, whereas the second end is connected to the moving member for pivotal movement of the second link arm in a horizontal plane.

Abstract: A steering device with a constitution in which an operation unit and steerable wheels are not mechanically connected, has a target turning angle setting device which sets a target turning angle of the steerable wheels according to an operation amount of the operation unit, a turning angle measuring device which measures an actual turning angle of the steerable wheels, and a turning actuator which turns the steerable wheels according to a deviation between the target turning angle and the actual turning angle, wherein, when an operating direction of the operation unit is reversed, the target turning angle setting device sets the target turning angle according to the actual turning angle which is measured by the turning angle measuring device at a time of reversing.

Abstract: A collision detection sensor for a vehicle of the present invention includes a single piezoelectric film which is flat, plural pairs of electrodes which sandwich the piezoelectric film and measure voltages between the electrodes, and spaces provided between the plural pairs of electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a monoclonal antibody MF4C4 against human hepatoma marker antigen. This monoclonal antibody is characterized by high specifically binding to the hepatoma antigen. The present invention also provides MF4C4 immunoglobulins, and the fragments and immunological conjugates thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the immunoglobulins, fragments or immunological conjugates. The invention further provides a kit for detecting hepatoma.

Abstract: A cover arrangement for a surface drainage device or similar hollow body is provided that is adapted to be installed in the ground and to be opened. This comprises a rectangular frame to be installed in the ground, a cover that can be inserted into the frame, hinge devices by means of which the cover is retained in the frame so that it can be pivoted upward in an opening direction, and latch devices by means of which the cover can be locked into the frame so that it will not open. These hinges and/or latch devices are constructed as spring-action cast rods and are integrally connected to the cover.

Abstract: A saddle-ride type vehicle provided with an air cleaner at the rear side of an engine and a fuel tank at the upper side of the engine, and a heat shield panel disposed between the fuel tank and the engine. A fuel feed pipe, one end of which is connected to a fuel pump located at the front side of the engine, extends toward the upper part of the heat shield panel and is routed on the upper side of the heat shield panel and connected to an injector which forms a fuel intake. This improves the degree of freedom in the design around an engine and facilitates the layout of a fuel feed pipe that connects a fuel pump to a fuel intake at the front and rear of the engine so that the fuel feed pipe is hardly affected by the heat of the engine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a production method of a crystal of (R)-lansoprazole or (S)-lansoprazole, which includes crystallization at a temperature of about 0° C. to about 35° C. from a C1-4 alkyl acetate solution containing (R)-lansoprazole or (S)-lansoprazole at a concentration of about 0.1 g/mL to about 0.5 g/mL and the like. According to the production method of the present invention, a crystal of (R)-lansoprazole or (S)-lansoprazole superior in preservation stability can be produced efficiently on an industrial large scale.

Abstract: To provide a motorcycle disk brake that can ensure brake force and also enable miniaturization. A motorcycle disk brake unit (10) has a part (105) of a piston (56) which projects outwards from an outer edge (35) of a brake disk (33), and by forming parts (67), within an outer back plate (65) and an inner back plate (75), corresponding to the piston (56) following the piston (56) so that an outer pad (90) and an inner pad (95) do not project out further than the outer edge (35) of the brake disk (33), another part (68) following the outer edge (35) of the brake disk (33), and a bridge section (53) following respective back plates (65), (75), a part (54) of the bridge section (53) can project further inwards than the piston (56) resulting in miniaturization of disk brake unit (10).

Abstract: An accessory socket is provided for easily supplying power to an accessory device of an all-terrain vehicle. A rear carrier is mounted to the rear portion of the vehicle, and a rear cowl is provided downwardly thereof. The rear cowl is provided with a pair of left and right rear combination lamps and an accessory socket for supplying power to accessory parts therebetween at the position adjacent to the rear combination lamp.

Abstract: A power supply for performing arc-machining operation includes a primary rectifier connected to the commercial AC power source and an inverter coupled to the rectifier. A switching device is provided between the rectifier and the inverter. By controlling the power supplied from the rectifier to the inverter, the switching device prevents a large switching loss from occurring in the inverter.