Abstract: There is provided an interchangeable lens type camera which is so safe as to prevent spread of fire when dust strays into the interior of the camera to cause heating and/or electrical leakage of the electric circuitry and invite ignition. The camera includes a case having a mount section for mounting a detachable lens; electric circuitry provided within the case; and a member covering at least a portion of the electric circuitry to prevent the electric circuitry from being exposed to the exterior when the lens is detached from the mount section.

Abstract: A hybridization substrate having on a substrate surface thereof a branching nucleic acid strand comprising a principal strand of nucleic acid a portion of which is attached to the surface of the substrate and a portion of which is single-stranded, and a strand of single-stranded nucleic acid for probe that is partially hybridized to a portion of the single-stranded portion of the principal nucleic acid.

Abstract: With an object of providing an artificial sphincter for which repeated shape changes are possible, and for which the quantity of shape change is sufficient so as to be used as a substitute for a large natural sphincter, an artificial sphincter 11 that opens and closes, as required, either the anus of a living body or part of the intestine 19 led outside the body is provided, wherein this artificial sphincter 11 comprises a pair of shape memory alloy elements 13 that change reversibly between two opposite shapes upon changes in temperature and hinges 15 that link the shape memory alloy elements 1 together in a cylindrical shape.

Abstract: With an object of providing an artificial sphincter for which repeated shape changes are possible, and for which the quantity of shape change is sufficient so as to be used as a substitute for a large natural sphincter, an artificial sphincter 11 that opens and closes, as required, either the anus of a living body or part of the intestine 19 led outside the body is provided, wherein this artificial sphincter 11 comprises a pair of shape memory alloy elements 13 that change reversibly between two opposite shapes upon changes in temperature and hinges 15 that link the shape memory alloy elements 1 together in a cylindrical shape.

Abstract: With an object of providing an artificial sphincter for which repeated shape changes are possible, and for which the quantity of shape change is sufficient so as to be used as a substitute for a large natural sphincter, an artificial sphincter 11 that opens and closes, as required, either the anus of a living body or part of the intestine 19 led outside the body is provided, wherein this artificial sphincter 11 comprises a pair of shape memory alloy elements 13 that change reversibly between two opposite shapes upon changes in temperature and hinges 15 that link the shape memory alloy elements 1 together in a cylindrical shape.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for testing for the presence of a cytomegalovirus antigen by using an antibody which specifically recognizes cytomegalovirus Lower matrix protein pp65, as a primary antibody, which comprises using an alkaline phosphatase-labeled antibody as a secondary antibody and a method for testing for the presence of a cytomegalovirus antigen which comprises using an alkaline phosphatase-labeled antibody which specifically recognizes cytomegalovirus Lower matrix protein pp65, or (Fab').sub.2 or Fab' fragment of the antibody which specifically recognizes cytomegalovirus Lower matrix protein pp65 as a primary antibody.

Abstract: The .beta.-oxo-.beta.-benzenepropanethioamide derivative of the present invention has potassium channel opening action and is useful for treatment of hypertension, asthma, hypersensitive colon syndrome, and enteritis through pharmacological actions including blood vessel dilation, bronchial tract dilation, relaxation of gastrointestinal tract smooth muscle, and the like. The present invention also includes a pharmaceutical composition containing, as the active ingredient, the compound of the present invention and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: The .beta.-oxo-.beta.-benzenepropanethioamide derivative of the present invention has potassium channel opening action and is useful for treatment of hypertension, asthma, hypersensitive colon syndrome, and enteritis through pharmacological actions including blood vessel dilation, bronchial tract dilation, relaxation of gastrointestinal tract smooth muscle, and the like. The present invention also includes a pharmaceutical composition containing, as the active ingredient, the compound of the present invention and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are antihypertensive pharmaceutical compositions and compounds which include the thiocarbamoylacetonitrile having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, a C.sub.3 to C.sub.6 cycloalkyl or --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --A (where A is selected from the group consisting of a C.sub.6 to C.sub.12 aryl, a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group or a fused heterocyclic group constituted by 9 or 10 atoms, each of which may be substituted by at least one substitute group selected from a C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl and a halogen and n is 0 or an integer of 1 to 6),R.sup.2 represents a C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkyl, and Ar represents an aryl, a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group or a fused heterocyclic group, each of which may be substituted by at least one substituent group selected from the group consisting of a C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, a C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkoxy, a C.sub.2 to C.sub.7 alkylcarbonyl, a C.sub.7 to C.sub.