Abstract: A transport apparatus configured to transport a main signal received via one of a plurality of ports to any of the plurality of ports, the transport apparatus includes: a plurality of main signal processing circuits configured to extract a monitoring control signal from the main signal, the plurality of main signal processing circuits being provided to correspond to the plurality of ports, respectively; a monitoring controller configured to receive the monitoring control signal from the plurality of main signal processing circuits; and a serial interface configured to connect the plurality of main signal processing circuits with the monitoring controller on a ring-shaped bus to transfer a serial frame, wherein the serial frame has a mapping field to which the monitoring control signal is mapped.

Abstract: Provided is a MEMS module that includes a MEMS element having a first capacitor electrode that can be displaced, a second capacitor electrode that opposes the first capacitor electrode, and driving electrodes that cause the first capacitor electrode to be displaced. The driving electrodes are connected to a control unit that applies a driving voltage to the driving electrodes and monitor terminals for detecting power. Thus, an element for monitoring power is not needed and a MEMS module, a variable reactance circuit and an antenna device are provided that are capable of realizing smaller size and lower loss.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a detector to receive a multiplexed signal including a plurality of signals having different frame periods and detect switching information included in the multiplexed signal; a sorter to sort a plurality of pieces of detected switching information into one or more groups according to types of corresponding signals; an adjuster to adjust an order of transferring the switching information sorted, according to a period with which the switching information is received; a transfer unit to transfer the plurality of pieces of switching information sorted, based on a result of the adjustment performed by the adjuster; a controller to generate path setting information to set transmission paths of the signals based on the plurality of pieces of switching information transferred from the transfer unit; and a switch unit to set the transmission paths based on the path setting information generated by the controller.

Abstract: A system includes: an apparatus information acquiring unit to acquire, from an apparatus, apparatus information regarding the apparatus; an analysis unit to make an analysis based on the acquired apparatus information; and a service determining unit to determine, on the basis of a result of the analysis, which service of a plurality of services should be provided for the apparatus, the services including a first service of additionally performing maintenance based on the result of the analysis when next other maintenance is performed for the apparatus.

Abstract: To design an impedance transformation circuit, a transformer ratio of a transformer circuit is determined according to an impedance ratio. A coupling coefficient between a first inductance element and a second inductance element, an inductance of the first inductance element, and an inductance of the second inductance element are determined. A shape of the second inductance element is determined. A shape of the first inductance element is determined such that the first inductance element includes at least two layers of loop conductors, and an interlayer distance between the loop conductors is determined such that an inductance value of the first inductance element is a desired value.

Abstract: Provided are a composition and method for the safe and effective inhibition of pancreatic lipase in humans and other mammals. Provided is a composition which contains extracts of one or more of Coleus forskohlii, Salacia reticulata, and Sesamum indicum, and which is administered orally to humans and other mammals in a nutritionally or pharmacologically effective amount. Further provided is a method for producing said composition.

Abstract: A novel ?-halogen-substituted thiophene compound or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, which has a potent LPA receptor-antagonist activity and is useful as a medicament is provided. A compound represented by the general formula (I) wherein A represents, a phenyl ring, a thiophene ring, or an isothiazole ring; R1 is the same or different, and represents a halogen atom, or a C1-C3 alkyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, or a C1-C6 alkyl group; p represents an integer of 0 to 5; V represents CR3 wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a nitro group, or a C1-C3 alkoxy group, or V represents a nitrogen atom; and X represents a halogen atom, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes: a first input-output unit; a second input-output unit; a third input-output unit located in a first direction that is a transmission direction from the first input output unit and the second input-output unit; and a switch coupled to the first input-output unit, the second input-output unit, and the third input-output unit, wherein the first input-output unit requests the third input-output unit via the switch to notify in a second direction opposite to the first direction of a defect upon detecting the defect, wherein the third input-output unit transmits defect information indicating the defect to one of the first input-output unit and the second input-output unit via the switch in response to a requesting from the first input-output unit.

Abstract: A vibratory gyro which is provided with a ring-shaped vibrating body, leg portions flexibly supporting the ring-shaped vibrating body, a plurality of electrodes formed by having a piezoelectric film sandwiched between an upper-layer metallic film and a lower-layer metallic film in the thickness direction, and a fixed potential electrode. The plurality of electrodes include a bank of driving electrodes for exciting primary vibration, detection electrodes for detecting secondary vibration, and suppression electrodes for suppressing the secondary vibration on the basis of a voltage signal from the detection electrodes. The driving electrodes, the detection electrodes and the suppression electrodes are disposed in the region from an outer peripheral edge of the ring-shaped vibrating body to a vicinity of the outer peripheral edge and/or a region from an inner peripheral edge thereof to a vicinity of the inner peripheral edge.

Abstract: A multiband-capable antenna device includes a loop-shaped radiation element including a power feed end and a ground end, and a matching circuit including a first inductance element loaded at the power feed end and a second inductance element loaded at the ground end and magnetic-field coupled to the first inductance element. The loop-shaped radiation element is configured to resonate in a plurality of resonance modes including an even mode and an odd mode. The first inductance element and the second inductance element are wound and connected such that magnetic fields are mutually strengthened for one of the even mode and the odd mode, and such that the magnetic fields are mutually weakened for the other of the even mode and the odd mode.

Abstract: There is provided an error correction control method of a transmission system on which a signal is transmitted from a first transmission apparatus to a second transmission apparatus, the error correction control method including: transmitting a signal for a mode change request to change an error correction mode from the second transmission apparatus to the first transmission apparatus; transmitting signals having a change timing value in a specific order with a specific period from the first transmission apparatus to the second transmission apparatus when the first transmission apparatus receives the mode change request; changing the error correction mode of the first transmission apparatus when the change timing value to be transmitted becomes a specific value in the first transmission apparatus; and changing the error correction mode of the second transmission apparatus in response to the change timing value received with the specific period from the first transmission apparatus.

Abstract: To design an impedance transformation circuit, a transformer ratio of a transformer circuit is determined according to an impedance ratio. A coupling coefficient between a first inductance element and a second inductance element, an inductance of the first inductance element, and an inductance of the second inductance element are determined. A shape of the second inductance element is determined. A shape of the first inductance element is determined such that the first inductance element includes at least two layers of loop conductors, and an interlayer distance between the loop conductors is determined such that an inductance value of the first inductance element is a desired value.

Abstract: A three-piece resealable can for acidic liquid includes, a cylindrical can body member that includes a screw portion at one end; and a can bottom member that contacts the can body member so as to close an opening portion of the other end of the can body member. The can body member includes a cylindrical first steel sheet, Ni plating that is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the first steel sheet, a polyester film that is formed so as to be disposed on the outermost surface of the inner circumference of the can body member, and a chromate film that is formed between the first steel sheet and the polyester film. The can bottom member includes a second steel sheet, and Sn plating that is formed on the can body member side of the can bottom member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a steel sheet for a container which has a plated layer containing Ni of 300 to 1000 mg/m2 in terms of Ni metal, provided on at least one surface of a steel sheet, which has a chemical conversion treatment film containing Zr of 1.0 to 50 mg/m2 in terms of Zr metal, provided on the steel sheet, which contains a phosphate compound of 0.5 to 25 mg/m2, and of which a F-atom number density measured by XPS analysis of a plane of 2 nm and a plane of 4 nm in a depth direction obtained by a sputtering treatment is equal to or less than 2 at %. The method includes forming the chemical conversion treatment film on the steel sheet by performing an immersion or a cathodic electrolytic treatment with a solution containing Zr ions, F ions, and phosphate ions, and performing a washing treatment with a warm water at 40° C. or higher for 0.5 or more seconds.

Abstract: A transport apparatus configured to transport a main signal received via one of a plurality of ports to any of the plurality of ports, the transport apparatus includes: a plurality of main signal processing circuits configured to extract a monitoring control signal from the main signal, the plurality of main signal processing circuits being provided to correspond to the plurality of ports, respectively; a monitoring controller configured to receive the monitoring control signal from the plurality of main signal processing circuits; and a serial interface configured to connect the plurality of main signal processing circuits with the monitoring controller on a ring-shaped bus to transfer a serial frame, wherein the serial frame has a mapping field to which the monitoring control signal is mapped.

Abstract: Provided are a composition and method for the safe and effective inhibition of pancreatic lipase in humans and other mammals. Provided is a composition which contains extracts of one or more of Coleus forskohlii, Salacia reticulata, and Sesamum indicum, and which is administered orally to humans and other mammals in a nutritionally or pharmacologically effective amount. Further provided is a method for producing said composition.

Abstract: A dielectric body includes a first radiating element on a first side and a second radiating element on a second side. The first radiating element and the second radiating element are linear conductors that each extend from a first end to a second end (an open end), and are parallel or substantially parallel to each other in a direction from the first end to the second end. The first end of the first radiating element is connected to a first port of a coupling degree adjustment circuit, and the first end of the second radiating element is connected to a second port of the coupling degree adjustment circuit. The first radiating element and the second radiating element are mainly coupled to each other in the coupling degree adjustment circuit.

Abstract: A compound represented by formula (1) or salt thereof and a production intermediate thereof are created. The compound exhibited an excellent antioxidation action in a microsome lipid peroxidation measuring system using a rat liver microsome. Therefore, the compound or salt thereof is useful as an antioxidant. The present invention also provides use of a compound represented by the formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for production of an antioxidant.

Abstract: A multiband-capable antenna device includes a loop-shaped radiation element including a power feed end and a ground end, and a matching circuit including a first inductance element loaded at the power feed end and a second inductance element loaded at the ground end and magnetic-field coupled to the first inductance element. The loop-shaped radiation element is configured to resonate in a plurality of resonance modes including an even mode and an odd mode. The first inductance element and the second inductance element are wound and connected such that magnetic fields are mutually strengthened for one of the even mode and the odd mode, and such that the magnetic fields are mutually weakened for the other of the even mode and the odd mode.

Abstract: A non-reciprocal circuit device includes a magnetic core, a permanent magnet that applies a DC field to the magnetic core, a plurality of central conductors that are insulated from each other and cross each other at a specified angle, and at least one subsidiary conductor that is arranged on the magnetic core adjacent to at least one of the central conductors. The subsidiary conductor is magnetically coupled with the central conductor adjacent thereto via the magnetic core.