Abstract: Provided are: an inhibitor of the formation of an advanced glycation end product (AGE) and aldose reductase for treating and preventing both various diseases relating to AGE formation, such as complications related to diabetes and various diseases relating to aldose reductase inhibition; pharmaceutical preparations, compositions, and food and drink that contain these active ingredients; and pharmaceutical preparations and foods prepared by blending compositions containing anthocyanin, because such anthocyanin obtained through condensation or extraction from raw plant materials or the like is useful as an inhibitor of AGE formation and aldose reductase.

Abstract: A surface roughness measuring method including, measuring surface roughness and a surface color image information of a plurality of representative points of a surface of a first object to be measured, and preparing a calibration information indicating the relationship between color stimulus values for the surface color image information and the surface roughness. The surface roughness measuring method further includes taking a surface color image information of a plurality of measuring points of a surface of a second object to be measured, obtaining color stimulus values from the surface color image information of the measuring points, converting the color stimulus values of the measuring points to surface roughness of the measuring points using the calibration information, and displaying the surface roughness of the measuring points of the second object to be measured as a surface information.

Abstract: A steam valve in accordance with the present invention is the steam valve that houses a first valve device 21 composed of a valve seat, a valve body, a valve rod, and a driving device, and a second valve device 22 composed of the valve seat, the valve body, the valve rod, and the driving device, combined with each other in the valve casing 23, and a closing portion 41 to block a part of a main steam flow flowing from outside to inside of a strainer is formed in the strainer 27 that is housed in the valve casing 23 and that surrounds the valve body 29 of the first valve device. According to the above described configuration, the steam valve that is aimed to further decrease a pressure loss can be provided by effectively controlling the steam flow in the strainer housed in the valve casing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a stabilizer for sodium L-ascorbate-2-phosphate comprising:

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition which is useful for promoting hair growth and methods for using the same. The hair growth promoter composition comprises a compound of the formula: wherein X, R1, R2, Z1, and Z2 are those described herein. Preferably, the compound comprises at least two saccharide moieties.

Abstract: A gas turbine plant comprises an air compressor, a gas turbine combustor and a gas turbine, which are operatively connected in series. In the gas turbine plant, an air compressor shaft is accommodated in the air compressor and composed of discs piled up along an axial direction of the air compressor shaft, a gas turbine shaft is accommodated in the gas turbine and composed of discs piled up along an axial direction of the gas turbine shaft, and an intermediate shaft is interposed between the air compressor shaft and the gas turbine shaft. At least one of the discs of the air compressor shaft and the discs of the gas turbine shaft are provided with bulged portions each having approximately a hanging bell shape or trapezoidal shape.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of glycoside indoles. More specifically, the present invention relates to a novel class of glycoside indoles isolated from Calanthe discolor Lindl. and derivatives thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of dihydrophenanthrene which are isolated from Calanthe discolor Lindl. and derivatives thereof.

Abstract: The disclosed measuring apparatus can measure a predetermined physical quantity (e.g., temperature) of a coloring member (e.g., liquid crystal) whose color condition changes according to change of the physical quantity.

Abstract: Column packings for liquid chromatography comprising porous granules which have hydrophilic surfaces prepared by calcining a crystalline clay mineral having a fibrous structure. Median pore diameter of the porous ceramic granules is in the range of from 0.001 .mu.m to 0.01 .mu.m. The crystalline clay mineral can be sepiolite or attapulgite. The column packings for liquid chromatography have high mechanical strength, are presssure resistant and very stable to elutants having a high pH value and/or a high polarity so that the separating characteristics thereof are not changed even after long use.

Abstract: A turbine blade performs internal cooling by a cooling gas flowing through internal cooling flow passages and FCFC cooling by a cooling gas jetted out through film holes arranged on the substantially whole area of the blade surface. The film holes are arranged in rows extending in the span direction at predetermined pitches in the chord direction. The dimensions of the elements of the turbine blade are determined by a mathematical formula 5.ltoreq.L/N.multidot.D.ltoreq.50, where L is the length of any interval of the surface of the cooled turbine blade, N is the number of rows of the film holes in the interval and D is an average diameter of the film holes in the interval. With this arrangement, the maximum cooling efficiency at a small amount of cooling gas flow is attained, and both the quantity of heat per unit area of the blade surface transmitted from the main flow gas to the blade surface and the thermal stresses are reduced.

Abstract: A cooling flow passage assembly consisting of pressure side cooling flow passages extending in a span direction and suction side cooling flow passages extending in the span direction and serially connected to the pressure side cooling flow passages is formed in a turbine blade. A cooling medium flows through the pressure side cooling flow passages in the direction toward the tip portion and through the suction side cooling flow passages in the direction toward the root. Cooling effect is improved by a Coriolis force. The number of the suction side cooling flow passages is larger than the number of the pressure side cooling flow passages. At least one of the suction side cooling flow passages forms at least one most downstream cooling flow passage. The cooling medium flows through the most downstream cooling flow passage and is exhausted outside of the turbine blade through nozzles, whereby the flow of the cooling medium through the most downstream cooling flow passage is speeded up.

Abstract: In an elevator having an ascending and descending car, the car having side walls for forming the side surfaces of the car, an entrance/exit front wall for allowing a passenger and an article to ride on or alight from the car, a back wall opposed to the entrance/exit front wall, and plate members mounted to extend in the ascending and descending directions of the entrance/exit front wall, further having fairing covers provided to extend in the ascending and descending directions from the side walls and the back wall to be integrated with the plate members and formed in a stream line shape to the ascending and descending directions for suppressing "an accelerating flow" generated along the entrance/exit front wall at the time of ascending and descending, are directions.

Abstract: A double focusing mass spectrometer is used as the second mass analyzer of a Mass Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry Instrument comprising a uniform electric field and a magnetic sector. Fragment ions produced from precursor ions of a certain ionic species are introduced into a uniform electric field. The fragment ions travel along parabolic orbits and are separated according to their respective energy levels. The separated fragment ions are introduced into a magnetic sector and are dispersed according to their mass by the magnetic sector. A two-dimensional ion detector is disposed along a focal plane of the magnetic sector in order to simultaneously detect the fragment ions and to obtain a spectrum of the fragment ions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a double focusing mass spectrometer with a combination of an electric and of a magnetic field for directional and velocity focusing. In order to provide a compact and constructionally simple arrangement, it is proposed that a common magnet is used for the Wien filter (10) and the sector magnet (11). Preferably, this double focusing mass spectrometer is used in an MS/MS arrangement.

Abstract: A double-focusing mass spectrometer comprising a Wien filter and a homogeneous magnetic field. Daughter ions produced from parent ions of a certain ionic species differ in mass but have velocities substantially equal to that of the parent ions. The Wien filter is set up such that the velocities of the daughter ions satisfy the Wien condition. Thus, the daughter ions originated from the specified parent ions pass through the filter and are dispersed according to mass by the homogeneous magnetic field and focused into a focal plane. A two-dimensional ion detector is disposed along this focal plane in order to simultaneously detect said daughter ions and to obtain a spectrum of the daughter ions.

Abstract: A mass spectrometer has a uniform magnetic field and an electric field. Further, the spectrometer is equipped with three spaced electrostatic quadrupole lenses. The deflection angle .phi..sub.m of the beam in the magnetic field, the radius r.sub.m of the circle described by the beam in the magnetic field, the deflection angle .phi..sub.e of the beam in the electric field, and the radius r.sub.e of the circle described by the beam in the electric field are so set as to satisfy the following relations:82.degree..ltoreq..phi..sub.e .ltoreq.88.degree.;39.degree..ltoreq..phi..sub.m .ltoreq.41.degree.0.715.ltoreq.r.sub.e /r.sub.m .ltoreq.0.755.The spectrometer can measure masses over a wide range even if it is built as a small-sized instrument. Thus, the instrument is able to measure molecular ions of large masses.

Abstract: In a mass spectrometer of the magnetic field type for analyzing the mass of ions by causing an ion beam to pass through a narrow slit and then through a deflecting magnetic field to be detected by an ion detector where the intensity of the deflecting magnetic field is varied, plural electrostatic quadrupole lenses are provided between the source slit and the deflecting magnetic field so as to give a converging property to an ion beam passing in a direction vertical to the median plane thereof and to give a diverging property to an ion beam passing in the direction of the radius thereof. This minimizes the gap spacing between the magnetic pole pieces which form the deflecting magnetic field, thereby improving sensitivity and detection as well as accuracy and measurement.

Abstract: A mass spectrometer comprises a source for generating ions, a means for separating the ions according to mass, and means for detecting the separated ions. The mass spectrometer is characterized by that means for separating ions comprises a sector type homogenous magnetic field, and that the magnetic field has a deflection angle ranging from 110 to 135 degrees, and incident and exit angles ranging from 40 to 60 degrees.

Abstract: A double focusing mass spectrometer having a diverging electrostatic field, a converging electrostatic field and a converging magnetic field. The two electrostatic fields are connected with each other without substantial free space therebetween. The ion beam passes through the electrostatic fields coming to an intermediate focus point adjacent to the ion exit boundary of said converging electrostatic field. The beam then passes through the magnetic field to satisfy the double focusing condition in combination with the electrostatic field. Very small image magnification and aberration free focusing are obtained by this mass spectrometer.