Abstract: An aluminium-based conductive material used in a driving part of robots or various devices and used, for example, in a wiring that is loaded with cyclic bending, as well as an electric wire and a cable using the same, contains 0.1 to 1.0 mass % of scandium and further contains, as a rest part, aluminium and unavoidable impure substances and is formed of a metal texture 10 having crystal grains 11 with an average grain size of 2 ?m or less and aluminium-scandium series nanoprecipitates generated in a grain boundary 12 of the crystal grains 11. Further, it is preferable that the metal texture 10 contains the crystal grains 11 of 1 ?m or less at a cross sectional ratio of 15% or more.

Abstract: A rail bond which achieves high durability and high reliability in response to vibration caused by running of trains is provided. [Solving Means] A rail bond according to the present invention includes a conductor that electrically connects rails separately adjacent to each other, terminals electrically connected to the conductor and welded on side surfaces of the rails, and end-edges at which the conductor is connected to the terminals. Each of the terminals has a welding region welded on the side surface of the rail, and, in a direction almost perpendicular to the side surface of the rail, the welding region, the terminal, the end-edge, and the conductor have a predetermined relationship with respect to at least one of positions, mutual shapes, lamination, and a lamination structure.

Abstract: A composite conductor 10, including an internal layer 11 having a conductive material A, the conductive material A having fatigue strength of at least 150 MPa after being subjected to 106 cycles of cyclic loading in a fatigue test, and an external layer 12 having a conductive material B, the external layer coating the internal layer 11, the conductive material B having tensile strength higher than that of the conductive material A, the tensile strength being at least 250 MPa, in which the composite conductor 10 has fracture resistance to a sudden load and impact as well as bending durability.

Abstract: An inorganic fiber structure comprising inorganic nanofibers having an average fiber diameter of 3 ?m or less, in which an entirety including the inside thereof is adhered with an inorganic adhesive, and the porosity thereof is 90% or more, is disclosed.

Abstract: A composite conductor 10, including an internal layer 11 having a conductive material A, the conductive material A having fatigue strength of at least 150 MPa after being subjected to 106 cycles of cyclic loading in a fatigue test, and an external layer 12 having a conductive material B, the external layer coating the internal layer 11, the conductive material B having tensile strength higher than that of the conductive material A, the tensile strength being at least 250 MPa, in which the composite conductor 10 has fracture resistance to a sudden load and impact as well as bending durability.

Abstract: An aluminium-based conductive material used in a driving part of robots or various devices and used, for example, in a wiring that is loaded with cyclic bending, as well as an electric wire and a cable using the same, contains 0.1 to 1.0 mass % of scandium and further contains, as a rest part, aluminium and unavoidable impure substances and is formed of a metal texture 10 having crystal grains 11 with an average grain size of 2 ?m or less and aluminium-scandium series nanoprecipitates generated in a grain boundary 12 of the crystal grains 11. Further, it is preferable that the metal texture 10 contains the crystal grains 11 of 1 ?m or less at a cross sectional ratio of 15% or more.

Abstract: A flexible conductive material and a cable using the same, being resistant to one million times or more of dynamic driving and particularly suitable for wiring robots or automobiles. An average crystal grain size of crystal grains 20 forming a metal texture of a base material is 2 ?m or less, in which the crystal grains 20 being 1 ?tm or less are included at least 20% or more in a cross sectional ratio. Also, it is preferable to include 0.1 mass % to 20 mass % of nanoparticles 22.

Abstract: The present invention provides a carrier capable of highly efficiently introducing a compound into cells with low cytotoxicity, which contains peptide lipids represented by the following formula, and a method for introducing a compound into cells using the carrier: wherein R1 is an amino acid or peptide having 1-10 amino acid residues, R2 is a side chain of any amino acid, provided that R2 has a carboxyl group, the carboxyl group may be an ester with a hydrocarbon group having 1-30 carbon atoms, R3 is a hydrocarbon group having 1-30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: The receptor of parasporin-1 has been found to be beclin-1. Based on the finding, the present invention provides a method of determining the sensitivity of a cell to parasporin-1, comprising measuring the expression level of beclin-1 polypeptide on the cell membrane or in a membrane fraction of a cell; an inhibitor of the cytotoxicity of parasporin-1, containing beclin-1 polypeptide etc.; a method of screening for a substance capable of inhibiting the cytotoxicity of parasporin-1, comprising evaluating the degree of binding of parasporin-1 to beclin-1 polypeptide in the presence of a test substance; a cell death inducer containing an antibody that specifically recognizes beclin-1 polypeptide; a method of screening for a substance capable of inducing cell death, comprising evaluating the binding of a test substance to beclin-1 polypeptide, and the like.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for drying under reduced pressure using microwaves. The apparatus comprises a chamber (13) for housing an object (11), a depressurizing pump (22) connected to the chamber (13) for depressurizing the inside of the chamber (13), a microwave irradiating device (12) for irradiating microwaves to the object (11) in the chamber (13), an airflow generating device for generating an airflow in the chamber (13) by introducing a gas from the outside to the inside of the chamber (13), and a control device (35) for controlling the above components. The object (11) in the chamber (13) is dried at temperatures below a deterioration temperature of the object (11) by intermittent irradiation of the microwaves under reduced pressure while the airflow is generated around the object (11).

Abstract: The present invention provides a carrier capable of highly efficiently introducing a compound into cells with low cytotoxicity, which contains peptide lipids represented by the following formula, and a method for introducing a compound into cells using the carrier: wherein R1 is an amino acid or peptide having 1-10 amino acid residues, R2 is a side chain of any amino acid, provided that R2 has a carboxyl group, the carboxyl group may be an ester with a hydrocarbon group having 1-30 carbon atoms, R3 is a hydrocarbon group having 1-30 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Disclosed are gene carriers utilizing ?-1,3-glucan and methods of preparing the same. The ?-1,3-glucan has at least one 1,6-glucopyranoside branch and is chemically modified through periodate oxidation and reductive amination so as to impart nucleic acid-binding functional groups (for example, cationic functional groups) to at least some of the 1,6-glucopyranoside branches thereof. Triple helix ?-1,3-glucan is dissolved in a polar organic solvent to form single-stranded ?-1,3-glucan. By replacing, in the presence of a nucleic acid, the polar organic solvent for the solution containing the chemically modified single-stranded ?-1,3-glucan by water, a complex (gene carrier) is formed in which the nucleic acid is bound to double-stranded ?-1,3-glucan.

Abstract: A coloring method of a tangible matter having a polyamide bond, characterized in that the tangible matter having a polyamide bond is treated with an aqueous solution containing an aromatic derivative having one or more hydroxyl groups and a metal salt at a temperature of 40° C. or more, and a polyamide tangible matter colored by such a method.

Abstract: A coloring method of a tangible matter having a polyamide bond, characterized in that the tangible matter having a polyamide bond is treated with an aqueous solution containing an aromatic derivative having one or more hydroxyl groups and a metal salt at a temperature of 40° C. or more, and a polyamide tangible matter colored by such a method.

Abstract: A method and apparatus 10 for producing ice containing ozone by injecting ozonated water in which ozone is dissolved or suspended into a cylindrical-shaped container 14 provided with an airtight lid 12 at one side of the container 14, and by cooling down the ozonated water injected into the cylindrical-shaped container 14 in a pressurized state to generate finer bubbles containing the ozone by freezing the ozonated water. The method and apparatus make it possible to produce ice containing ozone in which the ozone is sealed in a higher percentage and the ozone bubbles are uniformly dispersed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus 10 for producing ice containing ozone by injecting ozonated water in which ozone is dissolved or suspended into a cylindrical-shaped container 14 provided with an airtight lid 12 at one side of the container 14, and by cooling down the ozonated water injected into the cylindrical-shaped container 14 in a pressurized state to generate finer bubbles containing the ozone by freezing the ozonated water. The method and apparatus make it possible to produce ice containing ozone in which the ozone is sealed in a higher percentage and the ozone bubbles are uniformly dispersed.

Abstract: A machine tool precision-measuring apparatus comprising: a first linear movement distance-measuring means 17 including a first slide shaft 11, a first slide bush 13 slidably attached to the first slide shaft 11, and a first distance sensor 15 for measuring a distance that the first slide shaft 11 relatively travels with respect to the first slide bush 13; and, a second linear movement distance-measuring means 18 including a second slide shaft 12 positioned across the first slide shaft 11, a second slide bush 14 connected to the first slide bush 13, the second slide bush 14 being slidably attached to the second slide shaft 12, and a second distance sensor 16 for measuring a distance that the second slide shaft 12 relatively moves with respect to the second slide bush 14.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound for poultry feeds characterized by making it possible to increase the content of a highly unsaturated fatty acid in the yolk of eggs laid, decrease the percentage of breakage of eggs laid and extend the egg-laying period, and containing a long-chain unsaturated fatty acid calcium salt having carbon atoms of more than 18 alone, or said long-chain unsaturated fatty acid calcium salt together with a molasses, a browning material formed by heating saccharide, a browning material formed by heating saccharide and amino acids and the like as effective ingredients, and a method for feeding poultry characterized by compounding said compound with a poultry feed, and feeding the resultant feed to poultry.