Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a membrane-electrode structure having an excellent adhesiveness between an electrode catalyst layer and a diffusion electrode, and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell using a membrane-electrode structure obtained by the production method. Moreover, it also provides an electrical apparatus and a transport machine that use the above polymer electrolyte fuel cell. A catalyst past comprising a catalyst supported by an electron conducting material and an ion conducting material is applied on a sheet substrate 2, and it is then dried, so as to form electrode catalyst layers 3, 3. The electrode catalyst layers are thermally transferred onto each side of a polymer electrolyte membrane 1, so as to form a laminated body 4.

Abstract: There is provided an electrode structure for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell having excellent power generation performance and excellent durability and a method for manufacturing the same. Also provided is a polymer electrolyte fuel cell including the electrode structure and an electrical apparatus and a transport apparatus using the polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The electrode structure includes a polymer electrolyte membrane 2 sandwiched between a pair of electrode catalyst layers 1, 1 containing carbon particles supporting catalyst particles. The polymer electrolyte membrane 2 is made of a sulfonated polyarylene-based polymer. The sulfonated polyarylene-based polymer has an ion exchange capacity in the range of 1.7 to 2.3 meq/g, and the polymer contains a component insoluble in N-methylpyrrolidone in an amount of 70% or less relative to the total amount of the polymer, after the polymer is subjected to heat treatment for exposing it under a constant temperature atmosphere of 120° C. for 200 hours.

Abstract: A bowl section of a wash-hand basin main body is provided with an overflow edge section of which part is extended upward to form an extension section. The extension section is provided with a cleaning fluid ejection port adapted to eject soapy water or the like for removing dirt and/or bacteria adhered to a user's hands. In this construction, the extension section continuously formed at a section of the overflow edge section of the bowl section functions as a conventional function case and as result, the number of parts and the number of execution man-hours can be reduced. Since a clearance or gap as seen in the prior art is not produced, cleaning efficiency can be improved. A cleaning fluid is filled in a tank, and a cleaning fluid refilling port for refilling the cleaning fluid from the tank is provided on the inner surface of a water receiving section. The cleaning fluid within the tank is supplied to the cleaning fluid ejection port by a pump.

Abstract: In a dynamic circuit, when only between a precharge node and an intermediate node through a plurality of logical-operating MOS transistors is conducted, the potential of the precharge node approximately drops to High*{C1/(C1+C2)} from High, where C1 represents the capacitance of the precharge node and C2 represents the capacitance of the intermediate node. Thereafter, with the charge from a power supply, the precharge node returns to High. At this charge sharing time, the amount of charge supply from the power supply is adjusted to suppress voltage drop of the precharge node, thereby reducing noise.

Abstract: A standard cell for a plurality of power supplies comprises a first power line and a second power line electrically isolated from the first power line. An N well is arranged in spaced relation with the whole peripheral boundaries of the standard cell. In the case where the standard cells are arranged adjacently to each other in the direction along the power lines or in the direction orthogonal thereto, the N well in the standard cell for a plurality of power supplies is isolated from the N wells of the adjacent standard cells in the direction along the power lines or in the direction orthogonal thereto, as the case may be.

Abstract: By forming adjacent wiring 4 adjacent to signal wiring 3 and using a control circuit 13 comprising a 2-input NAND 20 circuit or the like to input a signal S4 corresponding to a signal S3 in the signal wiring 3 to the adjacent wiring 4, it is made possible to change the delay of the signal S3 in the signal wiring 3 in several picoseconds, by using crosstalk with the signal S4 in the signal wiring 4.The inventive delay control circuit device can be provided by simply adding adjacent wiring 4 and a control circuit 13 to signal wiring 3. This implements a delay control circuit device for semiconductor integrated circuits that is capable of controlling a signal delay in several picoseconds without increasing the circuit scale.

Abstract: The semiconductor integrated circuit of this invention includes a first transistor for setting a first node at a first logic level in accordance with a clock signal; an input circuit for setting the first node at a second logic level in accordance with an input signal; a second transistor for setting a second node at the first logic level when the first node is at the first logic level; a resistor device connected between the first node and the second node; a first driving transistor for receiving, as an input, potential of the second node and controlling whether or not an output node is set at the first logic level; and a second driving transistor for receiving, as an input, a signal at a logic level identical to the logic level of the first node and controlling whether or not the output node is set at the second logic level.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of examining efficacy of treatment with a nucleotide or a nucleoside having antitumor- or antivirus activity in individual patients beforehand, which method is mainly connected to tailor-made therapy, a method of screening for agents potentially having antitumor or antivirus activity, and method of investigating the mechanism of action of an antitumor or antivirus agent in vivo.

Abstract: In order to provide a membrane electrode assembly and a fuel cell in which the thickness of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane is thin by enhancing self-protection of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane, a membrane electrode assembly comprises a solid polymer electrolyte membrane and a pair of gas diffusion electrode layer having catalyst layers and gas diffusion layers. The catalyst layers of the gas diffusion electrode layer sandwich the solid polymer electrolyte membrane, one surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane is covered by the gas diffusion electrode layer and the other surface of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane extends over the gas diffusion electrode layer, and ends of the catalyst layer of one gas diffusion electrode layer are disposed to be offset to ends of the catalyst layer of the other gas diffusion electrode layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuits can send and receive signals to and form a configuration memory. The semiconductor integrated circuits is provided therein wiht an instruction memory, an instruction storage portion that stores reserved instructions as F instructions, and stores the substantially equivalent processing contents to the F instructions as substitute instructions for processing by the CPU, a pre-fetch portion, a history storage portion, a diagnosing portion for diagnosing the types of instructions, a reprogramming control portion for reprogramming the instructions, a CPU, an FPGA, a configuration data memory, a built-in memory, and a configuration data tag. When the configuration data of the F instruction does not exist in the FPGA, the substantially equivalent processing by FPGA is executed by the CPU by making use of the substitute instructions.

Abstract: The present invention is composed of a nucleoside derivative of the following general formula ?I!: ##STR1## (wherein B represents adenin-9-ylmethyl, guanin-9-ylmethyl, hypoxanthin-9-ylmethyl, thymin-1-ylmethyl, uracil-1-ylmethyl, or cytosin-1-ylmethyl; X and Y may be the same or different and each represents hydrogen or hydroxy, exclusive of the case in which X is hydrogen and Y is hydroxy).The compound of the present invention is useful as an antiviral agent or an antimalignant-tumoral agent.

Abstract: Cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP derivatives, such as 8-bromoadenosine-3', 5'-cyclic methylphosphonate, are effective in inhibiting phosphodiesterases.

Abstract: Nucleic acid derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions containing such derivatives are produced containing one 4-thiouridylic acid for every 6 to 39 cytidylic acids present, which has a length of from 50 to 10,000 base pairs. Methods of treatment using these nucleic acid derivatives to treat viral infections is also described.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor chip; a package for accommodating the chip; groups of leads which are arranged around the perimeter of the package; and strip; insulators, such as plastic films, to each of which one of the groups of leads are adhered. In addition, a method for manufacturing the device, comprising the steps of: preparing a package including a semiconductor chip and having lead frames each of which is composed of leads and a supporting end portion; adhering the lead frames to an insulating sheet such as a plastic film; and clipping off the portions of the insulating sheet to which the supporting end portions are adhered.

Abstract: A magnetic filter including a tubular case which has a filter region divided along a flow passage into two smaller-dimensioned spaces in each of which a filter element of magnetic material is located. A magnetic means is also provided in one of the two spaces. In the smaller-dimensioned space including the magnetic means, only a portion of the lines of magnetic force produced by an electromagnetic coil connected to the tubular case is allowed to magnetize the filter element disposed in the same space, while the remaining lines pass through the magnetic means, so that the filter element is magnetized to a lesser degree. However, the filter element located in the other smaller-dimensioned space is magnetized by all the lines of magnetic force so that the same space has a higher capacity for attracting magnetic particles. Therefore, different types of magnetic particles contained in a fluid are attracted by the lowly-magnetized filter element and the highly-magnetized one, respectively.

Abstract: A magnetic filter for separating ferromagnetic particles from a fluid. The filter includes a filter container having an inlet, outlet, and inner space wherein an annular filter element is located. A magnetic-field generating device is surrounded by the annular filter element, and is adapted to magnetize the filter element. A fluid to be filtered is allowed to enter the filter from the inlet, and ferromagnetic particles in suspension in the fluid, when passing the filter element, are attracted thereby. The purified fluid is allowed to flow out of the filter through the outlet.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel and improved magnetic separator or filter, as well as an apparatus for making such a magnetic separator. Each filter cell comprises a base plate and a plurality of fibrous filter elements made of magnetizable material and secured to the base plate. The filter elements extend in a mutually parallel spaced relation and substantially perpendicularly to the direction of flow of the fluid and to the plane of the magnetic field.