Abstract: An endoscope treatment tool includes: a forceps having a first forceps piece and a second forceps piece; and a joint. The second forceps piece includes a forceps cup, a first tooth, a second tooth, a third tooth, a fourth tooth. A length from a tip of the first tooth to a tip of the second tooth in a longitudinal direction defines a first length, a length from the tip of the first tooth to a tip of the third tooth in the longitudinal direction defines a second length, and the first length is shorter than the second length. A length from the tip of the first tooth to a tip of the fourth tooth in the longitudinal direction defines a third length and the second length is shorter than the third length.

Abstract: An endoscopic treatment tool includes a port, a sheath having a proximal region inserted into the port and a distal region continuing to the proximal region to extend to the outside of the port, a flap having a distal end in the distal region and a proximal end in the proximal region and extending in a longitudinal axis direction of the sheath from a distal end to a proximal end of the sheath, a notch surface formed in the sheath between the proximal end of the flap and the proximal end of the sheath to form a notch shape in the flap along the longitudinal axis, and a rotation preventing portion disposed between the notch surface and the internal surface of the port, wherein the rotation preventing portion has an inclined surface inclined from the opening toward the lumen and an engaging surface capable of engaging with the notch surface.

Abstract: A service provider terminal obtains, from a user, a user identifier of the user, sends the user identifier, a service amount, and a service provider identifier to a server device. The server device stores the user identifier and subsidy calculation information in correlation with each other in advance. The server device determines whether to subsidize the predetermined item or service based on a time at which the pieces of data are received. When it is determined that the predetermined item or service is to be subsidized, the server device calculates the amount of subsidy by using the received service amount and the subsidy calculation information stored in correlation with the received user identifier. The server device sends, to the service provider terminal, the calculated amount of subsidy or a payment amount obtained by subtracting the calculated amount of subsidy from the received service amount.

Abstract: A pressure valve to be arranged in a seal member sealing a casing in which a capacitor element is housed, the pressure valve having a base end positioned within the case and a tip positioned outside the case. The pressure valve includes a tapered portion having a tapered shape. At the top portion of the tapered portion, there is formed a slit able to undergo a state change between a close-state and an open-state by elastic deformation. When the casing internal pressure is less than a certain value, the slit maintains the close-state. When the casing internal pressure has reached the certain value, the slit undergoes a state change to the open-state, whereby the inside and outside of the case communicate with each other and the internal pressure is released from within the case.

Abstract: An endoscopic treatment tool includes a port, a sheath having a proximal region inserted into the port and a distal region continuing to the proximal region to extend to the outside of the port, a flap having a distal end in the distal region and a proximal end in the proximal region and extending in a longitudinal axis direction of the sheath from a distal end to a proximal end of the sheath, a notch surface formed in the sheath between the proximal end of the flap and the proximal end of the sheath to form a notch shape in the flap along the longitudinal axis, and a rotation preventing portion disposed between the notch surface and the internal surface of the port, wherein the rotation preventing portion has an inclined surface inclined from the opening toward the lumen and an engaging surface capable of engaging with the notch surface.

Abstract: A pressure valve to be arranged in a seal member sealing a casing in which a capacitor element is housed, the pressure valve having a base end positioned within the case and a tip positioned outside the case. The pressure valve includes a tapered portion having a tapered shape. At the top portion of the tapered portion, there is formed a slit able to undergo a state change between a close-state and an open-state by elastic deformation. When the casing internal pressure is less than a certain value, the slit maintains the close-state. When the casing internal pressure has reached the certain value, the slit undergoes a state change to the open-state, whereby the inside and outside of the case communicate with each other and the internal pressure is released from within the case.

Abstract: An apparatus has a synchronizing signal generator to which a trigger signal is input and that outputs a first synchronizing signal and a second synchronizing signal based on the trigger signal, an image pickup unit that has an image pickup surface, performs a first image picking-up based on the first synchronizing signal, and performs a second image picking-up based on the second synchronizing signal, and an image pickup element tilting unit that changes the angle of the image pickup surface relative to the optical axis during a period after the first image picking-up and before the second image picking-up.

Abstract: The invention provides a promoter derived from a genome of an actinomycete, Streptomyces species, and can specifically induce expression of a transgene in an actinomycete, Streptomyces species, in and after a logarithmic growth phase, and an actinomycete host having a high secondary metabolite production ability and a high precursor supply ability in and after the logarithmic growth phase, and a method for producing useful substances in which the promoter and the actinomycete host are combined.

Abstract: A permanent wave treatment method is provided in which the difference between wet and dry wave shape is small. A first permanent wave agent is applied to swell and soften hair wound around a rod, the first permanent wave agent is rinsed off, a chemical agent spray member 42 is moved back and forth inside a hood 2 while uniformly spraying the entire hair with a chemical agent comprising an intermediate treatment agent that contains ascorbic acid salt; while heating with a blower 12, the ascorbic acid salt is adhered to the hair wound around the rod, and the moisture is maintained.

Abstract: A first calculating section calculates an amount of camera-shake correction based on an amount of shaking of the image pickup apparatus which has been detected, when each of a first capturing and a second capturing is carried out. A second calculating section calculates at least an amount of optical tilt-displacement between the image pickup element and an object for the first capturing, which is necessary for the second capturing, and the second calculating section calculates one of an amount of shift by which some of the image pickup lenses and the interchangeable image pickup lenses are to be shifted in a predetermined direction, and an amount of change by which an angle of an image pickup surface of the image pickup element with respect to the optical axial direction is to be changed, while the first capturing and the second capturing are being carried out.

Abstract: The invention provides a promoter derived from a genome of an actinomycete, Streptomyces species, and can specifically induce expression of a transgene in an actinomycete, Streptomyces species, in and after a logarithmic growth phase, and an actinomycete host having a high secondary metabolite production ability and a high precursor supply ability in and after the logarithmic growth phase, and a method for producing useful substances in which the promoter and the actinomycete host are combined.

Abstract: A stereoscopic image obtaining apparatus has an optical system through which at least two parallax images are obtained, a first image creating unit that creates a first stereoscopic image from a single 2D image, a second image creating unit that creates a second stereoscopic image from the at least two parallax images; and a stereoscopic image selection unit that makes a selection between the first image creating unit and the second image creating unit. The stereoscopic image selection unit makes a selection in such a way that objects for which the first image generation unit is selected are more distant than objects for which the second image generation unit is selected.

Abstract: A first calculating section calculates an amount of camera-shake correction based on an amount of shaking of the image pickup apparatus which has been detected, when each of a first capturing and a second capturing is carried out. A second calculating section calculates at least an amount of optical tilt-displacement between the image pickup element and an object for the first capturing, which is necessary for the second capturing, and the second calculating section calculates one of an amount of shift by which some of the image pickup lenses and the interchangeable image pickup lenses are to be shifted in a predetermined direction, and an amount of change by which an angle of an image pickup surface of the image pickup element with respect to the optical axial direction is to be changed, while the first capturing and the second capturing are being carried out.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a taking lens unit, a stop provided between a plurality of optical elements in the taking lens unit, a synchronizing signal generator to which a trigger signal input and that outputs at least a first synchronizing signal and a second synchronizing signal based on the trigger signal, an image pickup unit that performs a first image picking-up based on the first synchronizing signal and performs a second image picking-up based on the second synchronizing signal, and a lens shifting unit that shifts a specific optical element, which is at least one of the optical elements located between the stop and the image pickup unit, in such a way that the center axis of the specific optical element is shifted in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the stop during a period after the first image picking-up and before the second image picking-up.

Abstract: An apparatus has a synchronizing signal generator to which a trigger signal is input and that outputs a first synchronizing signal and a second synchronizing signal based on the trigger signal, an image pickup unit that has an image pickup surface, performs a first image picking-up based on the first synchronizing signal, and performs a second image picking-up based on the second synchronizing signal, and an image pickup element tilting unit that changes the angle of the image pickup surface relative to the optical axis during a period after the first image picking-up and before the second image picking-up.

Abstract: A permanent wave treatment apparatus comprises: a housing 3; a blower 1 which is installed within the housing to suck air and blow air; a steam separator 2 which is provided on the blower to remove water content from air sucked by suction force of the blower; an outlet hole formed in the housing through which air is spouted from the blower; hoods F mounted on the housing such that they are capable of being opened/closed freely; a plurality of rods R on which the hair of an object person is to be wound and in which air vent holes are formed; tubes 4 connected to the rods so as to keep the interior of the rods in a negative pressure by the suction force of the blower; and extraction member 5 which holds a plurality of the tubes such that they are capable of being extracted freely.

Abstract: The present invention provides an enzyme which catalyzes amino acid polymerization in the form of a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) and a gene encoding the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polarization switching liquid crystal element 1 having TN liquid crystal 7 retained between two transparent substrates 2a and 2b for transmitting at least visible polarized light with the polarized light transmission axis selectively rotated by 90 degrees when a voltage is selectively applied to the TN liquid crystal 7, wherein a phase difference u of said TN liquid crystal 7 is defined by the following equation: u=2×?n×d/?, where ?n is the refractive index anisotropy of said TN liquid crystal 7, d is the thickness of said TN liquid crystal 7, and ? is the wavelength of said polarized light, and a transmittance T of said polarization switching liquid crystal element measured with polarization plates on the incident and outgoing sides is defined by the following equation: T=(½)×sin2{?(1+u2)1/2/2}/(1+u2), and wherein the phase difference u includes a value 1.7 and the transmittance T is 0.1 or lower when the ? ranges from 400 nm to 700 nm.

Abstract: A permanent wave treatment apparatus comprises: a housing 3; a blower 1 which is installed within the housing to suck air and blow air; a steam separator 2 which is provided on the blower to remove water content from air sucked by suction force of the blower; an outlet hole formed in the housing through which air is spouted from the blower; hoods F mounted on the housing such that they are capable of being opened/closed freely; a plurality of rods R on which the hair of an object person is to be wound and in which air vent holes are formed; tubes 4 connected to the rods so as to keep the interior of the rods in a negative pressure by the suction force of the blower; and extraction member 5 which holds a plurality of the tubes such that they are capable of being extracted freely.

Abstract: The present invention provides an enzyme which catalyzes amino acid polymerization in the form of a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) and a gene encoding the same.