Abstract: A STAT3 phosphorylation inhibitor containing stanniocalcin 1 (STC1) as an active ingredient. A JAK expression or phosphorylation inhibitor containing stanniocalcin 1 as an active ingredient. A prophylactic or therapeutic agent for autoimmune disease, the agent containing stanniocalcin 1 as an active ingredient. A prophylactic or therapeutic agent for influenza virus infection, the agent containing stanniocalcin 1 as an active ingredient. A prophylactic or therapeutic agent for coronavirus infection, the agent containing stanniocalcin 1 as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Continuous measurement of breathing impedance with extremely high precision is enabled by executing noise elimination. A loudspeaker applies an air vibration pressure by an oscillation wave to an oral cavity, the oscillation wave being obtained by frequency-cuffing so executed that the oscillation wave has only the frequency component that is left after the culling is executed from a plurality of different frequencies and being generated by a pulse signal for pulse drive with pulses made positive and negative separately in correspondence to the time of exhalation and the time of inhalation. A pressure inside the oral cavity is detected and a breathing flow is detected, and a signal obtained by the detection is Fourier-transformed to obtain a spectrum. Analysis of the spectrum is performed to obtain breathing impedance.

Abstract: Continuous measurement of breathing impedance with extremely high precision is enabled by executing noise elimination. A loudspeaker 21 applies an air vibration pressure by an oscillation wave to an oral cavity, the oscillation wave being obtained by frequency-culling so executed that the oscillation wave has only the frequency component that is left after the culling is executed from a plurality of different frequencies and being generated by a pulse signal for pulse drive with pulses made positive and negative separately in correspondence to the time of exhalation and the time of inhalation. A pressure inside the oral cavity is detected and a breathing flow is detected, and a signal obtained by the detection is Fourier-transformed by a Fourier transforming means 32 to obtain a spectrum. A breathing high frequency component that contributes as a noise is obtained by an extracting means 33, using a spectrum that corresponds to a frequency component culled from the result of the Fourier transformation.

Abstract: Continuous measurement of respiratory impedance with very high precision is enabled by executing noise removal. An air vibration pressure by an oscillation wave obtained by frequency culling such that the oscillation wave has only frequency components left by the culling from a plurality of different frequencies, is applied by a loudspeaker 21 to the inside of an oral cavity. The pressure in the oral cavity is detected and the flow of breathing is detected. These signals obtained are Fourier-transformed by a Fourier transforming means 32 and, thereby, a spectrum is obtained. A breathing high frequency component that contributes as a noise is obtained by the extracting means 33 using a spectrum that corresponds to the frequency components culled from the result of the Fourier transformation. The breathing high frequency component is subtracted from the spectrum that corresponds to the frequency components left by the culling and, thereby, the oscillation wave component is extracted.

Abstract: A character input keyboard (20; 20A) of a typewriter style for an electronic information processing apparatus having high frequency in ENTER operation is provided at the right and the left thumbs' home positions for finger operation in front and the center of an operator with a pair of front keys (21, 22) which can be depressed directly by the respective thumb rested thereon as the right and the left thumbs' home positions, one of the centrally juxtaposed right and left front keys (21, 22) being allocated to a front ENTER/RETURN key and the other to a SPACE key as a normal state of the keyboard, whereby direct enter/return operation by either of thumbs rested thereon as thumbs' home positions is physically possible.

Abstract: A system for assisting respiration which includes a flat, belt-shaped, tube made of rubber, and having a valve for introducing air. The flat tube has an outer side comprising a layer of a rubber sheet having a high modulus of elasticity and an inner side comprising a layer of a rubber sheet having a low modulus of elasticity, and is attachable to a part of a lower breast to an upper abdomen portion of a patient for intermittently pressing the part of the lower breast to the upper abdomen portion of the patient responsive to air being introduced into the flat tube. A belt, having a same width as that of the flat tube and a length longer than that of the flat tube, is laminated to the flat tube at the outside of the flat tube, and may have sheet fasteners at both ends thereof.