Abstract: Disclosed is a sanitary ware having not only a practical antivirus property but also a property which allows a pollution to be difficultly attached to, and to be easily removed from the sanitary ware. A sanitary ware comprising a pottery substrate and a glaze layer formed on a surface of the pottery substrate, wherein the glaze layer contains a metal element as an antivirus agent, and the metal element is present in a state of a spinodal phase separation in at least a surface region of the glaze layer, has a practical antivirus property as well as a property which allows a pollution to be difficultly attached to, and to be easily removed from, the sanitary ware.

Abstract: Disclosed are sanitary wares such as toilet bowls or wash bowls that have a glaze layer which can conceal the body of the sanitary wares satisfactorily without the need to use any opacifier and which is less likely to be contaminated. The sanitary ware includes: a sanitary ware body; and a glaze layer having a single-layer structure as a sole glaze layer on the sanitary ware body, the glaze layer comprising a phase-separated glass as the major part and the glaze layer having a surface roughness Ra of not more than 0.07 ?m. Thus, the body of the sanitary ware can be concealed satisfactorily, and, in a preferred embodiment, a good white color can be imparted to the sanitary ware.

Abstract: Compounds or pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof for promoting osteogenesis, improving bone metabolism, preventing or treating bone fracture, preventing or treating a disease associated with bone metabolism, or in the field of orthopedics for the promotion of healing of bone fracture, a bone defect, and bone diseases such as osteoarthritis as well as in the field of dentistry for the treatment of periodontal disease and the stabilization of artificial tooth root.

Abstract: Compounds or pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof for promoting osteogenesis, improving bone metabolism, preventing or treating bone fracture, preventing or treating a disease associated with bone metabolism, or in the field of orthopedics for the promotion of healing of bone fracture, a bone defect, and bone diseases such as osteoarthritis as well as in the field of dentistry for the treatment of periodontal disease and the stabilization of artificial tooth root.

Abstract: Disclosed are sanitary wares such as toilet bowls or wash bowls that have a glaze layer which can conceal the body of the sanitary wares satisfactorily without the need to use any opacifier and which is less likely to be contaminated. The sanitary ware includes: a sanitary ware body; and a glaze layer having a single-layer structure as a sole glaze layer on the sanitary ware body, the glaze layer comprising a phase-separated glass as the major part and the glaze layer having a surface roughness Ra of not more than 0.07 ?m. Thus, the body of the sanitary ware can be concealed satisfactorily, and, in a preferred embodiment, a good white color can be imparted to the sanitary ware.

Abstract: A flush toilet and a drain socket are provided that align the direction of waste passing through a drainage trap so as to prevent pipe clogging without impairing wastewater discharge performance by a siphon effect. The drain socket is for connecting an outlet of a trap drainage channel of a flush toilet unit and a drain pipe located external of the flush toilet unit. The drain socket includes a drain socket body provided with an inlet for coupling with the trap drainage channel and an outlet for coupling with the drain pipe, a siphon inducing region provided on an inner wall of the drain socket body for inducing a siphon effect, and a straightening vane provided upstream of the siphon inducing region of the drain socket body to extend from the inner wall in the inward direction of the channel.

Abstract: A 1,6-?-glucan synthetase inhibitor is provided, having potent growth inhibition and having excellent safety. A compound is provided, capable of expressing in a wide spectral range and specifically or selectively, an antifungal effect based on its functional mechanism of 1,6-?-glucan synthesis inhibition. Also provided is a drug, a salt or hydrate thereof, especially an antifungal that contains the compound.

Abstract: A flush toilet that uses a prescribed amount of cleansing water stored in a cleansing water tank to cleanse the toilet and discharge waste is disclosed. The flush toilet includes a bowl having a waste receiving surface, an overhanging rim and a shelf, a drainage channel whose inlet is connected to the bottom of the bowl for discharging waste, a first water spouting section for spouting cleansing water onto the shelf of the bowl to form a vortex; a second water spouting section for spouting cleansing water onto shelf of the bowl in the same direction as the swirling direction of the vortex, a first water channel for supplying cleansing water from the cleansing water tank to the first water spouting section, and a second water channel for supplying cleansing water from the cleansing water tank to the second water spouting section.

Abstract: A 1,6-?-glucan synthetase inhibitor is provided, having potent growth inhibition and having excellent safety. A compound is provided, capable of expressing in a wide spectral range and specifically or selectively, an antifungal effect based on its functional mechanism of 1,6-?-glucan synthesis inhibition. Also provided is a drug, especially an antifungal that contains the compound, its salt or their hydrate.

Abstract: A compound which can specifically or selectively expresses an antifungal activity with a broad spectrum, based on the functional mechanism of 1,6-?-glucan synthesis inhibition, is provided, and an antifungal agent which comprises such a compound, a salt thereof or a solvate thereof is provided. A compound represented by the following formula (I), a salt thereof or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: This invention provides a quinolone derivative having potent antibacterial activity against various bacteria including drug-resistant strains which is a compound of the following formula wherein R1 is an optionally substituted aromatic group, a salt of the same or a hydrate of both.

Abstract: An anti acid-fast bacterial agent containing, as an active ingredient, a pyridonecarboxylic acid derivative represented by the following general formula (1), a salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof, which shows excellent antibacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and atypical acid-fast bacteria and exhibits good pharmacokinetics and safety

Abstract: Disclosed are a composition for a sanitary ware body for use in slip casting, possessing excellent long-term storage stability, transportability and slurry regeneration, a production process of the same, and a production process of a sanitary ware using the composition for a sanitary ware body. This composition for a sanitary ware body comprises agglomerate of a raw material powder for said sanitary ware body and has a water content of 0 (zero) to 25% by weight and a 50% average particle diameter of 1 to 15 ?m on a number basis of the powder. A slurry of a raw material for a sanitary ware body for use in slip casting can be prepared by adding water to the composition for a sanitary ware body and stirring the mixture.

Abstract: (?)-7-[(7S)-7-Amino-5-azaspiro[2.4]heptan-5-yl]-6-fluoro-1-[(1R, 2S)-2-fluoro-1-cyclopropyl]-1,4-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid.1HCl.1H2O and antibacterial compositions containing this compound. The compound of the present invention exhibits not only excellent antibacterial activity and safety, but also remarkable stability against light and humidity, and is thus useful as an antibacterial agent.

Abstract: A compound reprsented by the following formula (I), its salts or nsolvates thereof capable of specifically or selectively expressig an antifungal activity in a broad spectrum based on the novel mechanism thereof of 1,6-?-glucan synthesis inhibition, and an antifungal agent containing any of them.

Abstract: This invention provides a quinolone derivative having potent antibacterial activity against various bacteria including drug-resistant strains which is a compound of the following formula wherein R1 is an optionally substituted aromatic group, a salt of the same or a hydrate of both.

Abstract: (−)-7-[(7S)-7-Amino-5-azaspiro[2.4]heptan-5-yl]-6-fluoro-1-[(1R, 2S)-2-fluoro-1-cyclopropyl]-1,4-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid.1HCl.1H2O and antibacterial compositions containing this compound. The compound of the present invention exhibits not only excellent antibacterial activity and safety, but also remarkable stability against light and humidity, and is thus useful as an antibacterial agent.

Abstract: This invention provides a quinolone derivative having potent antibacterial activity against various bacteria including drug-resistant strains which is a compound of the following formula wherein R1 is an optionally substituted aromatic group, a salt of the same or a hydrate of both.

Abstract: A sanitary ware comprises a sanitary ware body and a surface glaze layer provided on the sanitary ware body. The surface glaze layer has a center line average roughness Ra of less than 0.07 &mgr;m as measured with a stylus type surface roughness tester according to JIS B 0651-1996.

Abstract: (−)-7-[(7S)-7-Amino-5-azaspiro[2.4]heptan-5-yl]-6-fluoro-1-[(1R, 2S)-2-fluoro-1-cyclopropyl]-1,4-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid.1HCl.1H2O and antibacterial compositions containing this compound. The compound of the present invention exhibits not only excellent antibacterial activity and safety, but also remarkable stability against light and humidity, and is thus useful as an antibacterial agent.