Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum alloy for die castings that has superior castability and corrosion resistance. The amounts of Mn, Fe and Cu contained in the aluminum alloy components for die castings were determined to have a considerable effect on the corrosion resistance of the aluminum alloy. Therefore, the aluminum alloy for die castings of the present invention contains 9.0 to 12.0% by weight of Si, 0.20 to 0.80% by weight of Mg, and 0.7 to 1.1% by weight of Mn+Fe, the Mn/Fe ratio is 1.5 or more, the amount of Cu as impurity is controlled to 0.5% by weight or less, and the remainder is composed of aluminum and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: Disclosed are: a casting aluminum alloy that is excellent in elongation as alternative properties of a high cycle fatigue strength and a thermal fatigue strength and is suitably usable for a casting for which both of the excellent high cycle fatigue strength and the excellent thermal fatigue strength are required, for example, an internal combustion engine cylinder head; a casting made of the aluminum alloy; a manufacturing method of the casting; and further, an internal combustion engine cylinder head composed of the aluminum alloy casting and manufactured by the manufacturing method of the casting. The casting aluminum alloy contains, in terms of mass ratios, 4.0 to 7.0% of Si, 0.5 to 2.0% of Cu, 0.25 to 0.5% of Mg, no more than 0.5% of Fe, no more than 0.5% of Mn, and at least one component selected from the group consisting of Na, Ca and Sr, each mass ratio of which is 0.002 to 0.02%.

Abstract: A high strength aluminum alloy casting obtained by casting an aluminum alloy comprised of 7.5 to 11.5 wt % of Si, 3.8 to 4.8 wt % of Cu, 0.45 to 0.65 wt % of Mg, 0.4 to 0.7 wt % of Fe, 0.35 to 0.45 wt % of Mn, and the balance of Al and not more than 0.2 wt % of unavoidable impurities, wherein this aluminum alloy has 0.1 to 0.3 wt % of Ag added to it or contains 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of at least one element selected from the group of second additive elements comprised of Rb, K, Ba, Sr, Zr, Nb, Ta, V, and Pd and rare earth elements, and a method of production of a high strength aluminum alloy casting comprising the steps of filling a melt of an aluminum alloy in a mold to obtain a casting, taking out the aluminum alloy casting from the mold, solubilizing the high strength aluminum alloy casting by heating in a temperature range of 495 to 505° C.

Abstract: This invention is intended to improve the efficiency of producing 1,3-propanediol from glycerol and to provide an industrially effective process for producing the same. Such process involves the use of a transformant comprising the gene encoding the large subunit of glycerol dehydratase and/or diol dehydratase, the gene encoding the medium subunit thereof, and the gene encoding the small subunit thereof, the gene encoding the large subunit of the reactivation factor for glycerol dehydratase and/or the reactivation factor for diol dehydratase and the gene encoding the small subunit thereof, the gene encoding aldehyde dehydrogenase, and the gene encoding 1,3-propanediol oxidoreductase and/or the gene encoding propanol dehydrogenase.

Abstract: A super-elastic titanium alloy for medical use consisting essentially of: molybdenum (Mo) as a ? stabilizer element of titanium (Ti): from 2 to 12 at %; an ? stabilizer element of the titanium (Ti): from 0.1 to 14 at %; and the balance being titanium (Ti) and inevitable impurities. The ? stabilizer element is at least one element selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga) and germanium (Ge).

Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum alloy for die castings that has superior castability and corrosion resistance. The amounts of Mn, Fe and Cu contained in the aluminum alloy components for die castings were determined to have a considerable effect on the corrosion resistance of the aluminum alloy. Therefore, the aluminum alloy for die castings of the present invention contains 9.0 to 12.0% by weight of Si, 0.20 to 0.80% by weight of Mg, and 0.7 to 1.1% by weight of Mn+Fe, the Mn/Fe ratio is 1.5 or more, the amount of Cu as impurity is controlled to 0.5% by weight or less, and the remainder is composed of aluminum and unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: A feeding apparatus aimed at efficiently supplying feed to chicks in a chick box, which can hold the feed in the chick box and can supply the feed to the chicks in the chick box, wherein the feed is supplied to the chicks in the chick box by means of a feeding apparatus which can maintain the feed at the height of the chicks' beaks when they are standing.

Abstract: Super-elastic titanium alloy for a living body consisting essentially of: Niobium (Nb) as an element to stabilize ?-phase: from 5 to 40 mol %; at least one element selected from the group consisting of gold (Au), platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd) and silver (Ag): Au: from over 0 to 10 mol %, Pt: from over 0 to 10 mol %, Pd: from over 0 to 10 mol %, Ag: from over 0 to 10 mol %, wherein a total thereof being up to 20 mol %; and balance being titanium and inevitable impurities.

Abstract: A super-elastic titanium alloy for medical use consisting essentially of: molybdenum (Mo) as a ? stabilizer element of titanium (Ti): from 2 to 12 at %; an ? stabilizer element of the titanium (Ti): from 0.1 to 14 at %; and the balance being titanium (Ti) and inevitable impurities. The ? stabilizer element is at least one element selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga) and germanium (Ge).

Abstract: A super-elastic titanium alloy for medical use consisting essentially of: a molybdenum (Mo) as a ? stabilizer element of titanium (Ti): from 2 to 12 at %; an ? stabilizer element of the titanium (Ti): from 0.1 to 14 at %; and the balance being titanium (Ti) and inevitable impurities. The ? stabilizer element is at least one element selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga) and germanium (Ge).

Abstract: For the purpose of providing a staircase which has a lightweight structure, high efficiency in manufacturing and constructing, and creates a sense of lightness in weight, a staircase is composed with a pair of right and left stringers made of truss structural members (10), and treads (12). The truss structural members (10) are composed of the upper chord members (1) and the lower chord members (2) inclined with the slope of the staircase, and a plurality of lattice members (4) for linking the upper chord members (1) and the lower chord members (2), and between the truss structural members (10) are fixed a plurality of linking members (11) which are laid horizontally at each riser height and on which the treads (12) are fixedly supported.

Abstract: A high strength aluminum alloy casting obtained by casting an aluminum alloy comprised of 7.5 to 11.5 wt % of Si, 3.8 to 4.8 wt % of Cu, 0.45 to 0.65 wt % of Mg, 0.4 to 0.7 wt % of Fe, 0.35 to 0.45 wt % of Mn, and the balance of Al and not more than 0.2 wt % of unavoidable impurities, wherein this aluminum alloy has 0.1 to 0.3 wt % of Ag added to it or contains 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of at least one element selected from the group of second additive elements comprised of Rb, K, Ba, Sr, Zr, Nb, Ta, V, and Pd and rare earth elements, and a method of production of a high strength aluminum alloy casting comprising the steps of filling a melt of an aluminum alloy in a mold to obtain a casting, taking out the aluminum alloy casting from the mold, solubilizing the high strength aluminum alloy casting by heating in a temperature range of 495 to 505° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biomedical superelastic Ti-based alloy containing 5 to 40 at % of Nb that is an element for stabilizing ?-phase of Ti, and containing Ti and unavoidable impurities as the residual part. Further, the present invention provides a biomedical superelastic Ti-based alloy with a composition having 5 to 40 at % of Nb, one or more elements selected from among 10 at % or less of Mo, 15 at % or less of Al, 10 at % or less of Ge, 10 at % or less of Ga, and 15 at % of less of In, 30 at % or less of the sum total of one or more elements selected from among Mo, Al, Ge, Ga, and In, 60 at % or less of the sum total of Nb and one or more elements selected from among Mo, Al, Ge, Ga, and In, and Ti and unavoidable impurities as the residual part.

Abstract: A feeding apparatus aimed at efficiently supplying feed to chicks in a chick box, which can hold the feed in the chick box and can supply the feed to the chicks in the chick box, wherein the feed is supplied to the chicks in the chick box by means of a feeding apparatus which can maintain the feed at the height of the chicks' beaks when they are standing.

Abstract: A super-elastic titanium alloy for medical use consisting essentially of:

Abstract: Novel polynucleotides derived from microorganisms belonging to actinomycetes and fragments thereof, polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides and fragments thereof, polynucleotide arrays comprising the polynucleotides and fragments thereof, recording media in which the nucleotide sequences of the polynucleotide and fragments thereof have been recorded which are readable in a computer, and use of them.

Abstract: A medical guidewire comprised of an NiTi-based alloy having a high elasticity over a wide range of strain, excellent straightness, and preferable shape and characteristics of a stress-strain curve in a tensile test. The wire is obtained by applying a predetermined tension to a cold drawn NiTi-based alloy wire and mechanical straightening it under conditions of a predetermined torsional shear strain and temperature and shows superior pushability, torque transmission, and reinsertability as a medical guidewire, so is preferable for a catheter guidewire, endoscope guidewire, etc.

Abstract: An Ni—Ti—Cu shape memory alloy electrothermal actuator element that recovers its original shape by electrical heating, having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, comprising an Ni—Ti—Cu shape memory alloy wire which contains 49.0 to 51.0 at % of Ti, and 5.0 to 12.0 at % of Cu, with the balance being made of Ni, wherein the actuator element has a deterioration rate of shape strain recovery of 0.5% or less after repeating desired times of shape recovery movement.

Abstract: Disclosed is a poultry drinking water additive containing live bacteria of the genus Bacillus and monosaccharides, which can alleviate body weight loss of poultry for meat production after feed withdrawal before slaughter, and which can reduce harmful bacteria such as of the genus Salmonella in the intestine of poultry for meat production and layers during the period of fasting by feed withdrawal. Also disclosed are a method for orally administering the poultry drinking water additive to poultry, a method for alleviating body weight loss of poultry for meat production using this method, and a method for reducing harmful bacteria in the intestine of poultry for meat production or layers.

Abstract: A magnesium-enriched vegetable feed composition for a layer which improves the eggshell quality and which prevents the occurrence of shell mottling. The feed consists essentially of a vegetable feed, the magnesium content in said vegetable feed being in the range of 0.21-0.28% by weight.