Abstract: A therapeutic agent may be effective for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The therapeutic agent may include 5-aminolevulinic acid, an ester thereof, or a salt thereof, as an active ingredient. A method for treating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may include administering 5-aminolevulinic acid, an ester thereof, or a salt thereof in an effective dose, as may a method for improving left ventricular diastolic function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and a method for improving myocardial relaxation rate in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Abstract: In order to provide a general-purpose aqueous primer composition requiring no organic solvent and capable of improving adhesive strength and durability while ensuring an adequate application life required for the work of primer coating process, a primer composition according to the present invention contains (a) a modified polyisocyanate obtained by reaction of polyisocyanate; an emulsifying agent having an active hydrogen group reactable to an isocyanate group; and a silane coupling agent having an active hydrogen group reactable to an isocyanate group and (b) a core shell emulsion having a core layer of a rubbery polymer and a shell layer of a glassy polymer and having an active hydrogen group reactable to an isocyanate group in the core layer and/or the shell layer.

Abstract: An oscillator circuit includes a gate G.sub.11 of C-MOS type (Q.sub.1, Q.sub.2, and the like) having the function of increasing an operating current i with increasing operating frequency. A humidity sensor HS changing electric impedance thereof in accordance with humidity is arranged in part of the oscillator circuit. The oscillator circuit converts a change in humidity into a change in frequency, causes the gate G.sub.11 to convert the change in frequency into a change in operating current i, and outputs the converted change in operating current i. Further, in order to increase the change in operating current i due to the change in frequency, a series circuit consisting of a capacitor C.sub.13 and a resistor R.sub.17 is connected to the gate G.sub.11 as a capacitive load.

Abstract: An absolute humidity meter in which a humidity sensor changes an electrical impedance thereof-exponentially with respect to the relative humidity. A z-f converting circuit (impedance to frequency ) generates a pulse signal corresponding to the impedance. A time constant control differentiating circuit has an impedance of a voltage control variable impedance element changed exponentially by a control voltage, and outputs a differentiated signal obtained by differentiating the pulse signal. A waveform shaping circuit outputs a pulse signal train obtained by binary-valued the differentiated signal.

Abstract: A humidity sensor 1 has an impedance Zs thereof changed exponentially with respect to a relative humidity. A z-f conversion circuit 2 generates a pulse signal S1 corresponding to the impedance Zs. A time constant controlled differentiating circuit 3 has an impedance Zt of a voltage control variable impedance element 32 changed exponentially by a control voltage Vc, and outputs a differentiated signal S2 obtained by differentiating the pulse signal S1. A waveform shaping circuit 4 outputs a pulse signal train S3 obtained by binary-coding the differentiated signal S2. An integrating circuit 5 causes a first integrating circuit 51 to obtain the control voltage Vc by integrating the pulse signal train S3 and causes a second integrating circuit 52 to obtain a humidity signal S4 by integrating the pulse signal train S3. A bias circuit 6 applies a bias voltage to a control terminal 323 of the voltage control variable impedance element 32.

Abstract: A humidity meter includes a humidity-frequency converter (2) which is essentially a pulse oscillator, the oscillation frequency of which depends upon the impedance of a humidity sensor (1), a differentiation circuit (3) and a wave-form shaping circuit (4) which essentially operate as a pulse width modulator for adjusting pulse width of an output pulse of the converter (2) for assuring a linear relationship between humidity and the output signal, and an integrator (6) for integrating the output of the pulse width modulator to provide an output signal as a DC level. A feedback path (5) is provided to apply the output signal to the pulse width modulator for assuring a linear output irrespective of the exponential characteristics of the humidity sensor. Said differentiation circuit (3) has a capacitor (31), a first variable impedance element (32) which is controlled by said feedback path , and a second variable impedance element (33) coupled in series with the first variable impedance element (32).

Abstract: An A/D converter system has an A/D converter element (10) which provides a first predetermined number of digital output bits for each input analog signal. An addition device (12,70) adds linear slope potential to the input analog signal. A calculator (14) provides an average of a plurality of digital output signals of the A/D converter element so that the average has larger number of bits than the first predetermined number. The addition device is implemented by a time constant circuit (70) which functions as an integral circuit for an input analog signal, and functions as a differential circuit for a slope potential.

Abstract: A humidity meter includes a humidity-frequency converter which is essentially a pulse oscillator, the frequency of which depends upon the impedance of a humidity sensor, a pulse width modulator for adjusting pulse width of an output pulse of the converter for assuring a linear relationship between humidity and the output signal, and an integrator for integrating the output of the pulse width modulator to provide an output signal as a DC level. A feedback path is provided to apply the output signal to the pulse width modulator for assuring a linear output irrespective of the exponential characteristics of the humidity sensor.