Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an osteopenia animal model by RANKL administration and an osteopenia animal model. Also, a method for producing an osteopenia animal model, comprising administering soluble RANKL or a fused protein of soluble RANKL with an epitope tag to a non-human animal so as to promote vivo osteoclast differentiation and activation in the non-human animal, and an osteopenia animal model produced by the method are provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device (A) includes a lead frame (1) having a constant thickness, a semiconductor light emitting element (2) supported by the lead frame (1), a case (4) covering part of the lead frame (1) and a light transmitting member (5) covering the semiconductor light emitting element (2). The lead frame (1) includes a die bonding pad (11a) and an elevated portion (11b). The die bonding pad (11a) includes an obverse surface on which the semiconductor light emitting element (2) is mounted, and a reverse surface exposed from the case (4). The elevated portion (11b) is shifted in position from the die bonding pad (11a) in the direction normal to the obverse surface of the die bonding pad (11a).

Abstract: A filter within a filter cartridge design is described that includes a sealing structure on an endplate of an outer filter element. Generally, the sealing structure includes an annular flange on the endplate that can directly seal against an interior surface of a housing when the filter cartridge is assembled for use. During filtration, the annular flange prevents a working fluid from bypassing the outer filter element. The sealing flange can seal with the housing in a press fit engagement.

Abstract: An induction heating cooking device includes a heating coil (8) that induction-heats a cooking container, an infrared sensor (10) that detects infrared radiation which is emitted from a bottom surface of the cooking container and that outputs a detection signal based on the quantity of energy of the detected infrared radiation, and a heating control section (9) that controls supply of electric power to the heating coil based on the detection signal. When the temperature of the bottom surface of the cooking container is equal to or higher than a first predetermined temperature which is higher than 230 degrees C., the infrared sensor (10) outputs the detection signal, and when the bottom-surface temperature is lower than the first predetermined temperature, the infrared sensor (10) does not output the detection signal substantially.

Abstract: A fireproof lamp, comprises a barrel cover (2) and a lamp holder (4) installed therein. A through hole (6) is provided on the barrel cover (2). A pipe (5) is installed in the through hole (6), and an electric wire connected with the lamp holder (4) is connected to a junction box (8) outside of the barrel cover (2). An expansion fireproof material (9) is provided inside the barrel cover (2).

Abstract: The magnetic tunnel junction device of the present invention includes a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, an insulating layer formed between the first ferromagnetic layer and the second ferromagnetic layer. The insulating layer is composed of fluorine-added MgO. The fluorine content in the insulating layer is 0.00487 at. % or more and 0.15080 at. % or less. This device, although it includes a MgO insulating layer, exhibits superior magnetoresistance properties to conventional devices including MgO insulating layers. The fluorine content is preferably 0.00487 at. % or more and 0.05256 at. % or less.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to compound having the formula (A) and a method of treatment using the compound. Compared with metformin, the disclosed compound has the same clinic curative effect, such as lowering blood sugar, curing poly-cystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), losing weight and so on, without resulting in the increase of homocysteine concentration, even with a little decrease of homocysteine concentration in some cases.

Abstract: A fixed focal length optical lens system includes a lens group and a diaphragm which is located in front of the lens group. The lens group includes three lenses, respectively the first, the second and the third lens, which are sequentially arranged as a “negative-positive-positive” separated focal power system, wherein the first lens is a negative meniscus lens, the second lens is a positive meniscus lens, the third lens is a plano-convex or positive meniscus lens. All the curved surfaces of the first lens and the second lens are bent in the direction towards the diaphragm, and the focal length of the entire optical system is f, the focal lengths of the first, the second and the third lens are respectively f1, f2, and f3, and which satisfies the following requirement: ?0.6<f1/f<?0.4; 0.5<f2/f<0.8; 0.9<f3/f<1.2.

Abstract: A cemented optical element includes a convex lens and a concave lens. The convex lens has a first convex surface and a second convex surface that are rotationally symmetric with respect to an optical axis. The convex lens has an edge with a thickness of substantially zero. The concave lens has a concave surface bonded to the first convex surface of the convex lens. Preferably, the peripheral portion of the concave lens extends radially outwardly beyond the convex lens to the extent that it is located within an area surrounded by an extension zone of the second convex surface of the convex lens.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display device that prevents damage on a display panel even when the display device drops or falls down during handling. The display device includes: a PDP (10) including a front panel (20) and a back panel (30) that have peripheral portions joined to each other by a sealing material (36); a chassis member (44) supporting the PDP (10); and a housing enclosing the PDP (10) and the chassis member (44). The housing includes a front housing portion (41), a front protective glass substrate (43) that closes an opening (54) provided in the front housing portion (41), a side housing portion (51), and a back housing portion (42). A supporting member (55) for forming specified gap D between itself and the front panel (20) is provided on the front protective glass substrate (43) or the front housing portion (41) so as to sit between the sealing material (36) and the opening (54).

Abstract: An attachment that is configured for attachment to an arm of a piece of construction equipment. The attachment includes a pair of grapple mechanisms mounted on a main beam. Each grapple mechanism includes opposing grab arms mounted to a grab arm housing. The grab arm housings of the grapple mechanisms are each individually adjustable separate from one another relative to the main beam in one or more directions generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the main beam. The attachment can fine adjust the positions of the pipe ends relative to one another until the ends align with each other, at which point the pipe ends can be welded or otherwise secured to each other while being held in position by the grapple mechanisms.

Abstract: The light emitting device according to the present invention includes: a substrate (11); a light emitting layer (13) provided on the substrate (11); and a reflective layer (12) provided between the substrate (11) and the light emitting layer (13). The reflective layer (12) includes plate-like inorganic oxide particles. The inorganic oxide particles are accumulated on the substrate (11) in such a way that the largest face of each of the inorganic oxide particles is oriented substantially parallel to the principal plane of the substrate (11).

Abstract: An optical lens includes a lens group and a diaphragm which is located in front of the lens group. The lens group includes three lenses, respectively the first, the second and the third lens, which are sequentially arranged as a “negative-positive-positive” separated focal power system. The first lens is a double concave negative lens, the second lens is a positive meniscus lens, and the third lens is a double convex positive lens. A concave surface of the second lens is towards the diaphragm, and the focal length of the entire optical system is f, the focal lengths of the first, the second and the third lens are respectively f1, f2, and f3, and which satisfies the following requirement: ?0.7<f1/f<?0.5; 1.0<f2/f<1.3; 0.8<f3/f<1.0.

Abstract: The method for producing flaky-glass granules of the present invention is a method for producing flaky-glass granules by allowing a plurality of glass flakes to be bonded to each other so as to be granulated. The method includes the steps of: (I) adding at least one liquid selected from water and a volatile organic solvent to the plurality of glass flakes and stirring a resultant mixture, and (II) drying the plurality of glass flakes stirred with the liquid added thereto. Unlike conventional flaky-glass granules, the flaky-glass granules produced by this method contain neither a binder nor a surface treatment agent for bonding the glass flakes to each other. Thus, when mixed into a thermoplastic resin to be molded at a high temperature, the flaky-glass granules cause neither foam inclusion nor discoloration in a molded article of the resin.

Abstract: An open or closed loop EFI system integrating an alcohol sensor is provided on a genset engine. The EFI system provides acceptable engine performance and efficiency when using fuels or fuel blends over a wide band and when starting from a cold state, i.e., starting the engine after the engine has not run for a relatively long period of time. The alcohol sensor enables acceptable operation while the genset engine is cold. The alcohol sensor sends data to the electronic control unit (ECU) and this data, as well as data provided by other sensors that may be available such as an air flow sensor, is used to determine the optimal air-to-fuel ratio (AFR). The ECU actuates the fuel injector which sends the correct amount of atomized fuel to mix with the air flow to be combusted. The fuel mixture, at the requested AFR, enables the engine to start and operate efficiently from a cold state even if the fuel blend has been changed from a previous operation of the engine.

Abstract: A compression element is provided with a block, a piston, a valve plate arranged in an opening end of a compression chamber and forming a suction hole, a suction valve, a suction muffler forming a sound absorbing space and provided with a communication pipe, and a cylinder head, the communication pipe has a suction muffler outlet portion communicated with the suction hole, is arranged in such a manner as to extend in a vertical direction with respect to a center line passing through the suction hole, and is arranged in such a manner that a part of the suction muffler outlet portion covers a part of the suction hole in the suction muffler outlet portion positioned in a downstream side of refrigerant gas flowing through the communication pipe, in the case of projection the suction muffler outlet portion in a direction of a center line.

Abstract: A chip resistor includes a substrate, a pair of electrode elements, a resistive layer, and a protective layer. The substrate is insulating and includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface and a thickness defined between the first and second surface. The electrode elements are formed on the first and spaced apart. The resistive layer is formed on the first surface and electrically connected to the electrode elements. The protective layer to covers the resistive layer. The first surface faces toward a mounting target, on which the chip resistor is mounted. Each of the electrode elements comprises an electrode layer and a conductive layer formed on the electrode layer. The boundary between the electrode layer and the conductive layer in each of the electrode elements is positioned closer to the substrate than the end surface of the protective layer in the thickness direction of the substrate.

Abstract: In a camera system according to the present invention, a lens controller obtains an exposure synchronizing signal that is generated by a camera controller from a camera body, causes a configuration formed of a first encoder, a second encoder and a counter to detect the position of a focus lens according to the obtained exposure synchronizing signal, and notifies the camera body of the detected position of the focus lens. The camera controller associates the position of the focus lens or the mechanism member obtained from the lens controller with an AF evaluation value based on the exposure synchronizing signal, and controls an autofocus operation of the camera system based on the position and AF evaluation value that are associated with each other. With this configuration, it is possible to improve the accuracy of an autofocus operation with a contrast system.

Abstract: A lighting device includes a light emitting element that emits a first colored light; a phosphor layer disposed on the light emitting element; and a lens part that is disposed so as to cover the light emitting element and the phosphor layer, and radiates light entering inside of the lens part so as to spread the light radially. The phosphor layer allows a part of the first colored light to transmit therethrough and converts another part of the first colored light into a second colored light having a wavelength longer than that of the first colored light.