Abstract: This invention relates to a mouse with deficiency of gene of neutrophil chemotactic factor LECT2 having a function of lacking by deleting a whole or a part LECT2 gene or inserting other gene such as a selective marker gene to any portion of the LECT2 gene or replacing it with another gene(s).

Abstract: In order to provide the anti-retrovirus active compound with low anti-coagulant action and low cytotoxicity, compounds comprising glycoside or the salt thereof wherein lipid is linked to position 2 of sialic acid having all hydroxyl groups at positions 4, 7, 8 and 9 completely sulfated, or KDN (2-keto-3-deoxy-D-glycero-2-nononic acid) having all hydroxyl groups at positions 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 completely sulfated are provided.

Abstract: A control method of controlling image forming conditions of an image forming device for forming a toner image for density detection is provided, which method includes: forming the toner image for density detection on an image bearing member by the image forming device; receiving, by a light receiving portion, regular reflection light and diffuse reflection light, which are obtained by irradiating light from a light emitting portion toward the toner image for density detection; and controlling the image forming conditions of the image forming device based on a corrected output obtained from an output corresponding to the regular reflection light and an output corresponding to the diffuse reflection light, wherein a method of deriving the corrected output can be changed.

Abstract: An oil-through type push rod for, for instance, internal combustion engines including a metal pipe and a metal end fitting which has an oil hole formed therein and is welded to the end of the metal pipe, the metal pipe being provided with a covering layer of a low-melting-point metal for fixing a welding spatter generated during welding, and such a low-melting-point metal covering layer being disposed on at least an inside wall surface of the metal pipe so as to be near an area where the metal end fitting is welded

Abstract: A pair of parallel rectangular windows are punched out in a thin sheet base material having the same thickness as that of a short hand part (13) including a weight part (13a) of a second hand (10) so as to form a hand forming part between the pair of windows and a part in the hand forming part forming a long hand part and a mounting part of a hand is pressed so as to form a thin wall part. Then, the second hand in a final shape is punched out from the base material so that a long hand part (11) and a mounting part (12) are formed with the thin wall part of the hand forming part and the short hand part (13) is formed with an original thickness part. Consequently, the second hand for an analog electronic timepiece in which the weight part (13a) is provided on the short hand part (13) can be easily and securely manufactured only by a press working.

Abstract: A compound system of a wind power generation and an electric power energy storage constituted by a plurality of wind power generators 1a and 1b, and electric power energy storage device 5a and 5b and electric power converters 6a and 6b installed in parallel with the wind power generators is provided with a composite current detecting means 8a for the wind power generators, a voltage detecting means 9a for an electric power system 18, means 8b for detecting a current of which the electric power converters input or output, means 10a for computing output electric powers Pw and Qw of the wind power generators according to the voltage of the electric power system and the detected value of composite current of the wind power generators, means 10b for computing input or output electric powers Pc and Qc of the electric power converters according to the voltage of the electric power system and the detected value of the current of the electric power converters and a control unit 11a which generates pulse signals 16a fo

Abstract: An image forming method includes: forming a first control image on an image bearing member by an image forming device; detecting the density of the first image by a detecting sensor; forming a second control image lower in target density level than the first image on the image bearing member by the image forming device; and detecting the density of the second image by the detecting sensor, wherein the image forming device forms the second image to be larger than the first image.

Abstract: A light guide plate has a back face provided with a first light diffusion pattern which tends to get denser according to an increasing distance from a primary light source. The light guide plate has an emission face provided with a second light diffusion pattern covering rate of is the largest at an approximately center portion (particular partial region) of the emission face. The first and second light diffusion patterns consist of a great number of fine light diffusion elements, respectively. Each fine light diffusion element of the second light diffusion pattern has a smaller size as compared with that of the first light diffusion pattern. The emission face of the light guide plate has an effective emission area to provide an emission light which is supplied to an LCD panel or other objects to be illuminated, via a light control member such as prism sheet. The approximately center portion and/or other one or more particular partial regions in the emission face show an intentionally heightened brightness.

Abstract: In the present invention, in a burner apparatus comprising an inner tube (2) defining a second channel (A2) and an outer tube (3) defining a first channel (A1) surrounding the inner tube (2), air supplying means for supplying air to the first channel (A1) and the second channel (A2), and gas supplying means for supplying fuel gas G to the first channel (A1) and the second channel (A2), either the first channel (A1) or the second channel (A2) being used as a main combustion channel and the other being used as a pilot combustion channel, the main combustion channel and the pilot combustion channel receiving the supply of fuel gas (G) for combusting it, said gas supplying means includes a plurality of fluid distributors (4) arranged in dispersion in a peripheral direction of the main combustion channel and the pilot combustion channel, each fluid distributor (4) including a first supply opening (5) for supplying the fuel gas G into the main combustion channel, a supply line (6) for supplying the fuel gas G prese

Abstract: A method of forming an artificial Shiro of Matsutake comprises culturing Matsutake hyphae in a culture substrate containing a substance capable of controlling the cell membrane permeability of the hyphae as an active principle, and a method of forming an artificial Shiro of Matsutake comprises culturing Matsutake hyphae in a culture substrate containing a substance capable of enhancing the hydrophilic property of the hyphae as an active principle.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus that has image forming device for forming a toner image, first detecting device for detecting the quantity of regularly reflected light from the toner image, and second detecting device for detecting the quantity of irregularly reflected light from the toner image.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of setting anti-forgery information addition level while taking an apparatus individual difference into consideration. The method is employed by a data processing system including: an image processing apparatus 100 for processing an image; and a maintenance apparatus 120, connected with the image processing apparatus through a network 110, for setting a processing function of the image processing apparatus 100. The maintenance apparatus 120 determines an anti-forgery information addition level depending on an individual difference of apparatuses, such as an exhaustion level of the image processing apparatus 100. The addition level determined by the maintenance apparatus 120 is transmitted to the image processing apparatus 100. The image processing apparatus 100 adds anti-forgery information to an inputted image at the addition level transmitted by the maintenance apparatus 120.

Abstract: The invention provides an abrasive product having a sheet-like backing including a plurality of concavoconvex portions, the backing also having a first major surface including convex portions and an opposite second major surface including concave portions opposite said convex portions. A coating of a binder is applied over the first major surface and the convex portions. A single layer of a plurality of substantially erectly oriented abrasive particles is bonded to the backing by the binder coating. The abrasive product is made by providing the backing as defined, coating the first major surface with an uncured composition which will cure to provide the binder, applying abrasive particles to the uncured composition coating with an electrostatic sprayer and curing the uncured composition to provide the binder coating.

Abstract: Image data supplied to an image forming apparatus are converted into image data linearly correlated with the image density, and the image ratio is calculated by dividing the number of pixels in which the toner is deposited at the image formation of thus converted image data on a print medium, with a value obtained by multiplying the total pixel number corresponding to the size of the print medium with the number of gradation levels per pixel. Then the toner amount consumed in the image formation based on the entered image data is determined by multiplying the image ratio, the size of the print medium to be used and the toner amount consumed per unit area in a solid image formation.

Abstract: In an analog electronic timepiece in which the rotation of a rotor (1a) step motor (1) is decelerated through train wheels before it is transmitted an hour hand (17) and a minute hand (15), the gravity center of a center wheel composed of a center wheel gear (9), a center wheel pinion (10), and a center wheel shaft (11) to which the minute hand (15) is mounted is displaced from the axis of the center wheel shaft (11) to within an angle range of less than ±90° with respect to the opposite direction to a direction in which a time indicating part (15a) of the minute hand (15) extends so as to reduce a moment on the center wheel shaft (11) caused by a combination of the minute hand (15) and the center wheel. This makes it possible to prevent a hand-skip due to disturbance even if the value of holding energy of the step motor (1) is reduced.

Abstract: An apparatus for molding a resin product having a bottom plate, a pair of side plates, and a pair of flanges. The side plates are formed integrally with the bottom plate to extend from opposite sides of the bottom plate. Each flange is formed integrally with the associated side plate to extend inward from an upper end of the side plate. The apparatus has a pair of inner slidable cores that shape an upper side of the bottom plate, an inner side of the side plate, and a lower side of the flange. The apparatus also includes an intermediate core located between the inner slidable cores for determining the position of each inner slidable core. The apparatus further includes a sliding mechanism that slides each inner slidable core to a position spaced from the resin product while moving the inner slidable core and the intermediate relative to each other.

Abstract: An automobile interior member which is represented by an instrument panel and to which an air bag device is to be assembled, is constituted by a main body portion and an air bag cover portion, the main body portion and the air bag cover portion being formed in a manner so that the main body portion is primarily molded (injection-molded) out of first thermoplastic resin material, and the air bag cover portion is secondarily molded (injection-molded) so as to be lapped with the main body portion on the back surface side. The second thermoplastic resin is oriented in a direction along a tear line (edges of rotational lid portions) of the lid portions (door portions) in the air bag cover portion so that the air bag cover portion is secondarily molded.

Abstract: In order to provide the anti-retrovirus active compound with low anti-coagulant action and low cytotoxicity, compounds comprising glycoside or the salt thereof wherein lipid is linked to position 2 of sialic acid having all hydroxyl groups at positions 4, 7, 8 and 9 completely sulfated, or KDN (2-keto-3-deoxy-D-glycero-2-nononic acid) having all hydroxyl groups at positions 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 completely sulfated are provided.

Abstract: In a lightning protection system for a wind power generation installation, a conductor ring 16 is provided on a wind mill vane 1 and at a rotor casing 6 incorporating a wind power generator 3 a zinc oxide element 18 is provided so as to face the conductor ring 16 with a spark gap 17, thereby, if a lightning in winter season which causes to flow a large current for a long duration time hits the wind mill vane 1, the wind power generation installation is effectively protected.

Abstract: A gas-discharge display panel is manufactured by sealing up a front substrate and a rear substrate by a sealing member. A relationship of Tg≧Tf exists between a glass transition point Tg of a dielectric substance formed on the front substrate and a temperature Tf at which the front substrate and the rear substrate are sealed up.