Abstract: The invention provides a flexible optical waveguide in which an optical waveguide film is directly formed on a substrate without using an adhesive and which is excellent in flexibility of the optical waveguide film, including the substrate, and excellent in adhesiveness between the substrate and the optical waveguide film, as well as a process for producing the flexible optical waveguide in a simple and easy manner. The flexible optical waveguide includes a lower cladding layer, a core layer, and an upper cladding layer successively formed on a substrate and a surface of the substrate, on which surface the lower cladding layer is to be formed, has an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of 0.03 ?m or higher.

Abstract: A wireless relay apparatus capable of high-quality transmission of data includes a wireless control unit and a data link communication unit wirelessly receiving and transmitting data. The wireless relay apparatus also includes a congestion status determining unit determining whether a congestion caused by radio wave interference occurs in the wireless relay apparatus, and includes a data flow determining unit identifying a flow of data transmitted and received by the wireless relay apparatus and determining whether the flows intersect in the wireless relay apparatus, when the congestion status determining unit determines that there is a congestion. In addition, the wireless relay apparatus includes a transmission parameter adjustment unit adjusting transmission characteristics of a type according to a result of the determination by the data flow determining unit, from among types of transmission characteristics of radio used in at least one of the wireless control unit and the communication apparatuses.

Abstract: A decoding-processing apparatus that decodes bitstreams using an intermediate format. The apparatus includes a context-calculating unit (2) calculating the probability of symbols contained in incoming bitstreams, a parameter-generating unit (3) generating parameters for use in the context-calculating unit (2), and an arithmetic decoding-calculating unit (4) decoding the incoming bitstreams in accordance with the probability, thereby providing decoded data.

Abstract: A wiper apparatus includes: a wiper blade driven by a motor; and a wiper blade driven by a motor. The motors are drive-controlled by control microcomputers, respectively. The control microcomputers are connected to each other through a communication line. While exchanging position information of the wiper blades through the communication line, the control microcomputers synchronously drive the motors on the basis of a position relationship between both of the wiper blades. In the case where a communication abnormality occurs when the position relationship between the wiper blades is in a normal state, the wiper blade is stopped after reaching a lower turning position. In the case where the communication abnormality occurs in a state where the position relationship between the blades is inverted, the blade is stopped after reaching an upper turning position.

Abstract: Provided are a method of forming a signal probe-polymer which makes it possible to form a polymer efficiently and quantitatively, a signal probe-polymer formed by the method, oligonucleotide probes for use in the method, and a method of detecting target analyte having high sensitivity and excellent quantitative capability. The method of forming a signal probe-polymer comprises reacting a plurality of pairs of oligonucleotide probes with each other to form a polymer, a first probe of the pair of oligonucleotide probes comprising three nucleic acid regions of X, Y, and Z regions, located in the stated order from the 5?-terminal and a second probe comprising three nucleic acid regions of X?, Y?, and Z? regions, located in the stated order from the 5?-terminal, wherein each region of the oligonucleotide probes has a length of from 13 to 15 bases.

Abstract: A compound having HIV Integrase Inhibitory activity of the formula: (wherein: R1 is optionally substituted aralkyl; R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted amino, optionally substituted alkenyl or optionally substituted alkoxy (provided that each substituent for “optionally substituted” is a noncyclic group); R4 is hydrogen, optionally substituted carboxy, optionally substituted formylamino, optionally substituted carbamoyl, optionally substituted amino (provided that a substituent on amino in “optionally substituted formylamino”, “optionally substituted carbamoyl” and “optionally substituted amino” may form an optionally-substituted N-atom containing heterocyclic ring together with an adjacent N atom), optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, optionally substituted aryl, or optionally substituted heteroaryl) or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A resin composition, and molded articles thereof, where the resin composition simultaneously satisfies resistances, such as heat and environmental resistance, and moldability at high levels, and has excellent optical properties, such as high refractivity and low birefringence. The resin composition contains a polyester resin formed from a dicarboxylic acid component and a diol component (a) and a polycarbonate resin formed from a carbonate-forming component and a diol component (b), the diol component (a) containing a specific fluorene-containing compound and the diol component (b) containing a specific fluorene-containing compound.

Abstract: In an information recording medium on and from which information is recorded and reproduced by applying light or electric energy, a recording layer which generates reversible phase change is formed so as to include a material containing Ge, Bi, Te and an element “M” which material is expressed with (GeTe)x[(M2Te3)y(Bi2Te3)1-y]100-x (mol %) wherein “M” represents at least one element selected from Al, Ga and In, and “x” and “y” satisfy 80?x<100 and 0<y?0.9, whereby the medium is obtained which ensures a high erasability and an excellent archival characteristic at a high linear velocity and in a wide range of linear velocities.

Abstract: A still image producing apparatus in which a user selects one piece of information, and production of still images and music associated with the mood in time of the production is provided. A still image producing apparatus 100 comprises: an image feature extraction unit 102 which analyzes image data, so as to extract feature; a music feature extraction unit 106 which extracts a music feature quantity from music data; and a mapping process unit 109 which uses each feature, so as to respectively map image data and music data on each sensitivity map using two axes. The user selects, from the sensitivity map, via a menu input unit 111, a quadrant for music or images desired in a slide show. Thus, the slide show associated with the mood is automatically produced in a slide show generation unit 110.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle body structure of a motorcycle which intends to make maintenance of a rear suspension easy and arranges the rear suspension in a compact manner. The vehicle body structure includes a vehicle body frame, a swing arm, and a rear suspension interposed between the vehicle body frame and the swing arm. The vehicle body frame includes a front frame body having right and left main frame members, and a rear frame body having right and left rear frame members extending to a rear side from rear end portions of the main frame members. The rear suspension is arranged so as to be eccentric to a right direction of the vehicle body from a center of the vehicle width. The rear frame body has a layout space for the rear suspension in a lower side of the right rear frame member.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a cathode foil and solid electrolyte made of conductive polymer. This cathode foil is made by providing a nickel layer on a surface of a base material made of valve metal. This nickel layer includes a layer containing only nickel and a layer containing nickel oxide. Both large capacitance and low equivalent series resistance are achievable at the same time with this simple structure at low cost.

Abstract: An electric brake assembly includes an electric motor having a rotor in which a nut of a ball screw is fitted. A brake pad is coupled through a presser member to the threaded shaft of the ball screw. A bolt is threaded into the threaded shaft. A snap ring is mounted around a large-diameter portion of the bolt with its radially outer edge pressed against the radially inner surface of the rotor of the motor so that its radially outer portion is inclined obliquely rearwardly toward its radially outer edge. When the rotor is rotated in the forward rotational direction, the threaded shaft can move forwardly to press the brake pads against the disc rotor. When the motor is deactivated, the threaded shaft cannot retract after it has abutted the snap ring because the snap ring cannot move rearwardly relative to the rotor.

Abstract: A photocatalytic material which comprises a resin base and photocatalyst particles tenaciously deposited thereon in such a manner that the function of the photocatalyst is not impaired. Even when the photocatalytic material is used over long, the photocatalyst particles are less apt to shed and the resin base is less apt to deteriorate. In the photocatalytic material, the photocatalyst particles have been bonded to the base by chemical bonding through a silane compound. The photocatalytic material is characterized in that the chemical bonding through a silane compound is bonding by graft polymerization, and that the graft polymerization is radiation-induced graft polymerization.

Abstract: A flow tube composed of a bent tube having a shape symmetrical with respect to a first axis is supported at its both ends by support portions having an outlet and inlet respectively. A drive device for alternately driving the flow tube rotationally about a second axis connecting the positions where the flow tube is supported is disposed on the vertical axis of a Coriolis flowmeter. A Pair of second drive devices for alternately driving the flow tube rotationally is disposed at positions laterally symmetrical with respect to the drive device. The paired second drive devices are driven in phase; the drive device is driven with the opposite phase to those of the second drive devices. A pair of vibration detecting sensors is disposed between the drive device and one of the second drive device and between the drive device and the other respectively.

Abstract: A piezoeletric resonator includes: a substrate; a lower electrode formed on or above the substrate; a piezoeletric body formed on or above the lower electrode; an upper electrode formed on or above the piezoeletric body; and a cavity under a vibrating portion formed by the lower electrode, the piezoeletric body, and the upper electrode. Where a resonant frequency of vibration with a thickness of the vibrating portion being a half of a wavelength is taken as fr, an average of ultrasonic velocity in a material forming the cavity is taken as Vc, and a value determined based on the resonant frequency fr and the average of ultrasonic velocity Vc is taken as ?c (=Vc/fr), a depth of the cavity is set so as to be equal to or larger than n×?c/2??c/8 and equal to or smaller than n×?c/2+?c/8.

Abstract: A resolver external conductor fixing structure which includes a connection body having a plurality of leads, and a terminal pin holding part formed on a portion of an insulation cover for an annular stator. The terminal pin holding part and the connection body are configured to detachably engage to allow the leads to be disconnected during assembly of a resolver and connected when assembly is complete.

Abstract: A catalyst for oxidizing 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol to form trifluoroacetaldehyde. The catalyst has a long life and achieves high conversion and selectivity. The catalyst of the present invention comprises one or more metal oxides, including at least vanadium oxide, and zirconia as a carrier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds derived from biphenyl with activity as calpain inhibitors. One compound of the present invention is a 2,2?-disubstituted biphenyl, where the substituents in the 2 and 2? positions of the biphenyl skeleton are chains containing structures related to amino acids, including fragments of aminocarbonylic compounds where at least one of the substituents in said 2- or 2?-positions is bonded to the biphenyl skeleton via a thiocarbonyl group, forming compounds with thioamide functionality. The present invention also encompasses any of the conformational isomers (atropisomers) of said compound of formula I. The compounds of formula I have application in the preventive or therapeutic treatment of a degenerative disease.

Abstract: A Ni-base directionally solidified superalloy and a Ni-base single-crystal superalloy, which have superior creep strength at a high temperature, consists essentially of from 5.0 percent by weight to 7.0 percent by weight of Al, from 4.0 percent by weight to 16.0 percent by weight of Ta+Nb+Ti, from 1.0 percent by weight to 4.5 percent by weight of Mo, from 4.0 percent by weight to 8.0 percent by weight of W, from 3.0 percent by weight to 8.0 percent by weight of Re, 2.0 percent by weight or less of Hf, 10.0 percent by weight or less of Cr, 15.0 percent by weight or less of Co, from 1.0 percent by weight to 4.0 percent by weight of Ru, 0.2 percent by weight or less of C, 0.03 percent by weight or less of B, and Ni and inescapable impurities as a balance. The superalloys can be used for a turbine blade, a turbine vane and the like of a jet engine, an industrial gas turbine and the like.