Abstract: This invention provides a method for detecting the presence of uterine leiomyosarcoma using the transcription or expression level of LMP2 and/or cyclin E in uterine smooth muscle tissue as an indicator and a method for detecting uterine leiomyosarcoma using LMP2 and/or cyclin E as a marker.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing carbon nanotubes of the present invention includes the steps of: preparing a metal complex which contains at least one metal selected from a group consisting of iron, cobalt and nickel and an organic compound: and forming carbon nanotubes which contain metal therein by using the organic compound as a carbon source, wherein the carbon nanotubes are formed by putting the metal complex into a heating vessel which has a substance capable of converting electromagnetic energy into heat, and by heating the metal complex using heat which is generated by the heating vessel when electromagnetic energy is applied to the heating vessel. As the metal complex used in a method for manufacturing carbon nanotubes of the present invention, nickel stearate or nickel benzoate can be named, for example. According to the method for manufacturing carbon nanotubes of the present invention, it is possible to manufacture carbon nanotubes using an inexpensive heating device within a short time.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing carbon nanotubes of the present invention includes the steps of: preparing at least one metal selected from a group consisting of iron, cobalt and nickel and an organic compound: and forming carbon nanotubes by using the organic compound as a carbon source, wherein the metal and the organic compound are put into a heating vessel having a substance capable of converting electromagnetic energy into heat, and the organic compound is brought into contact with the metal in a state where the inside of the heating vessel is heated at a temperature of 600° C. to 900° C. by applying the electromagnetic energy to the heating vessel so as to form the carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: A variable focal length lens, as well as a focal length adjusting device and an imaging device using the same. A variable focal length lens has a lens, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode. A second layer and a first layer constituting the lens are formed from polyvinyl chloride with which a plasticizer has been mixed. The hardness of these layers is adjusted by adjusting the mixing quantity, plasticizer type, etc. The second layer is formed so as so cover at least a light transmission region of the first layer. When a voltage is applied between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the second layer and first layer are deformed to be pulled to the positive electrode, and thereby the curvature of the variable focal length lens is varied to vary the focal length.

Abstract: The invention provides a fiber product wherein a zirconium phosphate layer is electrostatically fixed on a fiber substrate, and a photocatalyst is electrostatically fixed on the surface of the zirconium phosphate layer. Preferably, the fiber product has a zirconium phosphate multilayer of two or more zirconium phosphate layers laminated via an aluminum ion or a polyaluminum ion, wherein the zirconium phosphate layer, which is the innermost layer of the zirconium phosphate multilayer, is electrostatically fixed on a fiber substrate via an aluminum ion or a polyaluminum ion, and a photocatalyst is electrostatically fixed on the zirconium phosphate layer, which is the outermost layer of the zirconium phosphate multilayer.

Abstract: There is provided a fluorine storage material comprising a novel fluorinated carbon nanohorn, which stores a large amount of fluorine per its unit mass, withstand repeated use for fluorine storage, and enables a high purity fluorine gas to be taken out by a safe and efficient method, and also there is provided a method of taking out a fluorine gas by applying heat to the fluorine storage material or placing the fluorine storage material in a pressure-reduced atmosphere.

Abstract: A compound having a benzotriazole ring structure and a formula (1): wherein Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, aromatic heterocyclic group, or condensed polycyclic aromatic group; A and B are the same as or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent group of formula (2), provided that A and B are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms: wherein R1 to R8 are the same as or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a cyano group, a trifluoromethyl group, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or condensed polycyclic aromatic group; m is an integer of 0, 1 or 2; X represents a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom; when X is a nitrogen atom, the nitrogen atom does not have substituents or bonding groups of R1, R2, R3 and R4; and when m is 2, a plurality of R1, R2, R3, R4 and X each are the s

Abstract: A first check valve has a narrow flow path portion (68) formed between an arcuate portion (46) of the outer periphery (45) of a support member and a second enlarged-diameter portion (11) of a casing. The narrow flow path portion (first portion of an intermediate flow path) is in fluidic communication with a back-pressure chamber (50) defined in the support member at the rear of the top of a valving element through a communicating passage (67) including a gap (66) between the outer periphery of the valving element and the inner periphery of a large-diameter portion (38) and grooves (27) on the rear surface of the top of the valving element. Thus, a low static pressure of fluid flowing through the narrow flow path portion is introduced into the back-pressure chamber to move the valving element by a large differential pressure during the supply of fluid, thereby allowing the valve opening to become larger than in the conventional apparatus and enabling a reduction of pressure losses.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a transparent oxide layer disposed on one surface side of the substrate, a gate disposed apart from the transparent oxide layer, and a gate insulating layer disposed between the transparent oxide layer and the gate. The transparent oxide layer includes a source, a drain, and a channel formed integrally between the source and the drain, and is made of a transparent oxide material as the main material. The gate provides an electric field to the channel. The gate insulating layer insulates the source and the drain from the gate. The average thickness of the channel is smaller than the average thickness of the source and the drain so that the source and the drain function as conductors and the channel functions as a semiconductor.

Abstract: A transistor including a first gate electrode, a second gate electrode, a first gate insulating layer disposed between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, a first interlayer disposed between the first gate insulating layer and the second gate electrode and containing a first organic material, an organic semiconductor layer disposed between the first interlayer and the second gate electrode, a second gate insulating layer disposed between the organic semiconductor layer and the second gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed between the first interlayer and the second gate insulating layer and injecting carriers into the organic semiconductor layer, wherein an ambipolar property is imparted to a part of the organic semiconductor layer that contacts with the first interlayer under an action of the first interlayer.

Abstract: This invention relates to an arylamine compound having a molecular weight of 1,500 to 6,000 represented by formula (1), and to an organic electroluminescence device having a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein the arylamine compound of formula (1) is used as a constituting material of the at least one organic layer: wherein X represents a single bond, CH or CH2, or N or NH; Ar1 and Ar2 are respectively the same and each represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group; R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represents an aryl group, wherein the aryl group may be substituted by a diarylamine group in such a manner as to form a triphenylamine partial structure, and the aryl group at the terminal may be substituted, by repetition, by a diarylamino group in such a manner as to form a triphenylamine partial structure; m represents an integer of 0 to 2; and n represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: A composite plating layer contains carbon nanofibers. A composite plating solution contains a Watts bath composed mainly of nickel sulfate and nickel chloride, a brightening agent, a surface active agent and carbon nanofibers. Polyacrylic acid is used as the surface active agent.

Abstract: A current amplifying element that operates at a higher speed than conventional semiconductor devices is provided. An input current flows through an input current path 60 in a direction X, and a magnetic field generated from a magnet 90 is applied in a direction Z which is perpendicular to the direction X. An output current path 70 is formed under the input current path 60 with an insulator 80 interposed therebetween. Since the direction in which an output current flows is perpendicular to both the input current and the magnetic field, the current is amplified by the galvanomagnetic effects produced by the input current and the magnetic field.

Abstract: A kit for detecting cancer cells metastasizing into a sentinel lymph node which comprises a human lymph channel-origin endothelial cell line attached to a base material. A drug delivery agent toward to sentinel lymph node wherein an antibody against an adhesive molecule, which mediates the adhesion of metastatic cancer cells from a primary cancer lesion to lymph channel endothelial cells in the sentinel lymph node, is exposed on the surface of colloidal particles.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for detecting the presence of uterine leiomyosarcoma using the transcription or expression level of LMP2 and/or cyclin E in uterine smooth muscle tissue as an indicator and a method for detecting uterine leiomyosarcoma using LMP2 and/or cyclin E as a marker.

Abstract: Objects of the invention are to provide a compound of a single molecular species having excellent hole injection/transport property suitable for highly efficient and highly durable organic EL device and excellent amorphousness, and provide a highly efficient and highly durable organic EL device using the compound.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide an organic compound which shows an excellent electron-injecting/transporting performance, has a hole-blocking ability and shows a high stability as a film, that is, having excellent characteristics as a material for organic electroluminescent device having high efficiency and high durability; and to provide an organic EL device comprising the compound and having high efficiency and high durability. [Means for Solution] A substituted bipyridyl compound represented by the general formula (1); and an organic electroluminescent device comprising a pair of electrodes and at least one organic layer sandwiched between then, wherein the compound is used as the constitutive material of at least one organic layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode catalyst for electrochemical reaction, the electrode catalyst having: a conductive diamond particle having fine pores on a surface thereof; and a carbon-reactive catalyst metal in the fine pores, a process for producing the electrode catalyst, and an electrode.

Abstract: A host microorganism capable of increasing productivity of a protein or polypeptide, a recombinant microorganism obtained by introducing a gene encoding a protein or polypeptide into the host microorganism, and a method for producing a protein or polypeptide using the recombinant microorganism are provided. Also provided is a recombinant microorganism obtained by introducing into a host microorganism a gene encoding a heterologous protein or polypeptide, wherein in said host microorganism the Bacillus subtilis aprX gene or a gene corresponding to the aprX gene has been deleted or knocked out, and a method for producing a protein or polypeptide using the recombinant microorganism.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound having an oxadiazole ring structure having a substituted pyridyl group connected thereto, represented by the following general formula (1). According to the present invention, it becomes possible to provide an organic compound having excellent characteristic of high stability in a thin film state, and the emission efficiency and durability of conventional organic EL devices can be remarkably improved.