Abstract: A method is provided which can efficiently remove conidia and microbe or the like of a phytopathogen from air and does not cause generation of ozone originated from discharge or so, thereby preventing occurrence of a plant disease without damaging a plant. There are also provided a flying organism removing apparatus and a plant protecting apparatus which can adequately capture flyable organisms, such as spores of a phytopathogen and/or small vermin, by applying an electrostatic field to the flyable organisms. An electrostatic field generated by dielectric polarization is applied to flyable organisms.

Abstract: A compound having a structure expressed by the following Structural Formula (1) and a compound having a structure expressed by the following Structural Formula (2):

Abstract: A sample S is irradiated with a two-dimensionally spread ray of laser light to simultaneously ionize substances within a two-dimensional area on the sample. The resultant ions are mass-separated by a TOF mass separator 4 without changing the interrelationship of the emission points of the ions. The separated ions are then directed to a two-dimensional detector section 7 through a deflection electric field created by deflection electrodes 61 and 62. The two-dimensional detector section 7 consists of a plurality of detection units 7a arranged in parallel, each unit including an MCP 8a, fluorescent plate 9a and two-dimensional array detector 10a. The magnitude of deflecting the flight path of the ions by the deflection electric field is changed in a stepwise manner with the lapse of time from the generation of the ions so that a plurality of mass analysis images are sequentially projected on each detection unit 7.

Abstract: Disclosed are: kotalanol which has an inhibitory activity on a glucosidase; a method for producing kotalanol or a cyclic sulfonium salt which is an analogue to kotalanol by an organic synthesis technique; a cyclic sulfonium salt produced by the method; a glucosidase inhibitor comprising the compound; an anti-diabetic agent or an anti-diabetic food comprising the glucosidase inhibitor. A sulfonium compound including kotalanol can be produced by coupling a thio-sugar synthesized from D-xylose (e.g., a compound having a cyclic structure composed of 4 carbon atoms and one sulfur atom, such as 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-epithio-D-arabinitol) with a heptitol cyclic sulfate ester having a protected hydroxyl group and synthesized from a pentose (D-xylose, D-ribose, D-arabinose, D-lyxose, L-xylose, L-ribose, L-arabinose or L-lyxose) to produce a cyclic sulfonium salt having a protected hydroxyl group, and then deprotecting the hydroxyl group.

Abstract: Cyclic onium compounds reresented by the following structural formula (I), glucosidase inhibitors using such compounds, and antidiabetic drugs or food containing such glucosidase inhibitor. wherein A? is an aniom; m is an interger between 1 and 6, n is 0 or 1, X+ is S+ or N+Q (where Q is H or an alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms).

Abstract: The photo-receptive area (21) of an image sensor is formed from a plurality of pixels (20) each having a sensor (23) for generating an electric signal in response to a brightness of incident light. To the sensors (23) are connected signal storage/read-out CCDs (24A-24F), respectively, each comprising a plurality of charge storages (25a-25f) and being elongated over two or more of the plurality of pixels (20). A plurality of the linear-shaped signal storage/read-out CCDs (24A-24F) are arranged parallel within a width of each pixel (20). For an image sensing process, electric signals generated in the sensors of the pixels (20) are transferred parallel in one direction by the plurality of signal storage/read-out CCDs (24A-24F), by which the electric signals generated in the sensors are stored in the charge storages (25a-25f) of the signal storage/read-out CCDs (24A-24F).