Abstract: An elevator rope monitoring device, provided with: line sensor cameras 1a, 1b for imaging the entire circumference of the traveling elevator rope 5; a speed/position detecting device 4 for detecting the traveling speed and traveling position of the elevator rope 5; an image recording part 3a for inputting the image acquired by the line sensor cameras 1a, 1b in association with the traveling position of the elevator rope 5 detected by the speed/position detecting means 4; an image creating part 3b for creating an entire circumferential image of the elevator rope 5 from the image imaged by the line sensor cameras 1a, 1b; and an image processing part 3c for detecting an abnormality in the elevator rope 5 by analyzing the entire circumferential image.

Abstract: Disclosed are a equine interleukin-1 peptide which comprises a sequence comprising at least 5 continuous amino acids in a peptide represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or NO: 2 in the sequence listing, DNA coding the equine interleukin-1 peptide, a recombinant vector containing the DNA, a transformant containing the recombinant vector, and a process for preparing an anti-equine interleukin-1 antibody, which comprises using the equine interleukin-1 peptide as an antigen.