Abstract: A TiAl alloy is provided with 47 at % or more and 50 at % or less of Al, 1 at % or more and 2 at % or less of Nb, 2 at % or more and 5 at % or less of Zr, 0.05 at % or more and 0.3 at % or less of B, and the balance being Ti and inevitable impurities.

Abstract: A card reader may be structured to perform at least one of reading of magnetic data recorded in a card and writing of magnetic data to the card. The card reader may include a metal detection sensor structured to detect a foreign matter including metal, a judgment part configured to compare an output of the metal detection sensor with a predetermined threshold value to determine whether abnormality has occurred or not, and an abnormality determination part configured to obtain a difference between a reference value and an output of the metal detection sensor in a case that the judgment part determines that the abnormality has occurred to determine as the foreign matter in a state that the difference is within a stable determination width.

Abstract: A magnetic field generation device may include a coil generating a magnetic field, a drive part configured to apply a voltage to the coil or supply a current to the coil, a monitoring part configured to acquire state information whose value is varied together with temperature of the coil, and a control part which controls the voltage applied by the drive part or the current supplied by the drive part based on the state information acquired by the monitoring part.

Abstract: A card reader includes a front wall where an insertion slot opens, a conveyance path extending from the insertion slot toward a back side, a magnetic head configured to read information from a card conveyed along the conveyance path, a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the card inserted into the insertion slot along the conveyance path, an entry sensor configured to detect that the card has been inserted into the insertion slot, and a controller. The controller performs an insertion monitoring start instruction step to start monitoring insertion of the card by the entry sensor upon receipt of an initialization command transmitted from a higher-level device and a carry-in start instruction step to start carry-in of the card by the conveyance mechanism when the entry sensor detects the insertion of the card.

Abstract: A magnetic field generation device may include a coil generating a magnetic field, a drive part configured to apply a voltage to the coil or supply a current to the coil, a monitoring part configured to acquire state information whose value is varied together with temperature of the coil, and a control part which controls the voltage applied by the drive part or the current supplied by the drive part based on the state information acquired by the monitoring part.

Abstract: A card reader may be structured to perform at least one of reading of magnetic data recorded in a card and writing of magnetic data to the card. The card reader may include a metal detection sensor structured to detect a foreign matter including metal, a judgment part configured to compare an output of the metal detection sensor with a predetermined threshold value to determine whether abnormality has occurred or not, and an abnormality determination part configured to obtain a difference between a reference value and an output of the metal detection sensor in a case that the judgment part determines that the abnormality has occurred to determine as the foreign matter in a state that the difference is within a stable determination width.

Abstract: A card reader may include a card passage, a magnetic head structured to perform at least one of reading of magnetic data of a card and recording of magnetic data to the card, an electrostatic capacitance sensor structured to detect a foreign matter having been attached to the card passage, a card sensor structured to detect existence or nonexistence of the card in a detection area of the electrostatic capacitance sensor, and a control part which performs foreign matter determination processing in which existence or nonexistence of the foreign matter is determined based on an output signal of the electrostatic capacitance sensor and a predetermined detection threshold value in a case that the control part determines that a card does not exist in the detection area based on an output signal of the card sensor.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium processing device may include a magnetic recording medium insertion slot; a medium pathway connected to the magnetic recording medium insertion slot; a magnetic head arranged to face the medium pathway; and an interference magnetic field generating device structured to generate interference magnetic fields outside the magnetic recording medium insertion slot. The interference magnetic field generating device may include a coil, a capacitor, a first power line, a second power line to which a voltage different from that to the first power line is applied, multiple switches structured to switch the connections between the first power line and the second power line of the coil and the capacitor, and a switch control unit structured to control the multiple switches.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium processing device may include a magnetic recording medium insertion slot; a medium pathway connected to the magnetic recording medium insertion slot; a magnetic head arranged to face the medium pathway; and an interference magnetic field generating device structured to generate interference magnetic fields outside the magnetic recording medium insertion slot. The interference magnetic field generating device may include a coil, a capacitor, a first power line, a second power line to which a voltage different from that to the first power line is applied, multiple switches structured to switch the connections between the first power line and the second power line of the coil and the capacitor, and a switch control unit structured to control the multiple switches.

Abstract: A promoter for differentiation of brain tumor initiating cells is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds represented by general formula (I): or pharmaceutical acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; R2 is lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, arylalkenyl, aryloxy-lower alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaryl-lower alkyl, etc; R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each hydrogen, halogen, cyano, lower alkyl, halo-lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, aryl, etc; provided that at least one of R3, R4, R5 and R6 is other than hydrogen. Compound (I) of the present invention shows a potent adenosine A2A receptor antagonistic activity, and are useful for treating or preventing a disease mediated by adenosine A2A receptors such as motor function disorders, depression, anxiety disorders, cognitive function disorders, cerebral ischemia disorders, restless legs syndrome and the like.

Abstract: Light emitted by a light source is inputted to a sensor to generate an optical path difference on input light according to a physical parameter to be measured, light outputted with an optical path difference generated in response to the input is inputted to another sensor to generate an optical path difference on input light according to a physical parameter to be measured, and light outputted with an optical path difference generated in response to the input is split into two to generate an interference fringe.

Abstract: A differential pressure sensor chip (4) comprises a diaphragm for measuring a differential pressure and converts a pressure received by the diaphragm for measuring the differential pressure into an electrical signal. A static pressure sensor chip (5) comprises a diaphragm for measuring a static pressure and converts a pressure received by the diaphragm for measuring the static pressure into an electrical signal. The differential pressure sensor chip (4) and static pressure sensor chip (5) are mounted on a header (1) so that one surface of the differential pressure sensor chip (4) and one surface of the static pressure sensor chip (5) are exposed to the interior of a common pressure introducing chamber (17).

Abstract: Light emitted by a light source is inputted to a sensor to generate an optical path difference on input light according to a physical parameter to be measured, light outputted with an optical path difference generated in response to the input is inputted to another sensor to generate an optical path difference on input light according to a physical parameter to be measured, and light outputted with an optical path difference generated in response to the input is split into two to generate an interference fringe.

Abstract: A differential pressure sensor chip (4) comprises a diaphragm for measuring a differential pressure and converts a pressure received by the diaphragm for measuring the differential pressure into an electrical signal. A static pressure sensor chip (5) comprises a diaphragm for measuring a static pressure and converts a pressure received by the diaphragm for measuring the static pressure into an electrical signal. The differential pressure sensor chip (4) and static pressure sensor chip (5) are mounted on a header (1) so that one surface of the differential pressure sensor chip (4) and one surface of the static pressure sensor chip (5) are exposed to the interior of a common pressure introducing chamber (17).

Abstract: A novel protein having inhibitory activity on the protease activity of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) activator was purified and isolated, and its molecular weight (ca. 40,000 daltons) and its N-terminal and partial amino acid sequences were determined. A gene coding for the protein was cloned, and the gene DNA was incorporated into a vector, for transforming host cells. Cultivation of the transformant gave the desired protein. The protein can be used as an in vivo or in vitro control factor for HGF or HGF activator. It is also useful as an antigen to be used in producing an antibody to be used as means for kinetic studies of the protein, or as a standard in assay systems therefor.

Abstract: A novel protein having inhibitory activity on the protease activity of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) activator was purified and isolated, and its molecular weight (ca. 40,000 daltons) and its N-terminal and partial amino acid sequences were determined. A gene coding for the protein was cloned, and the gene DNA was incorporated into a vector, for transforming host cells. Cultivation of the transformant gave the desired protein. The protein can be used as an in vivo or in vitro control factor for HGF or HGF activator. It is also useful as an antigen to be used in producing an antibody to be used as means for kinetic studies of the protein, or as a standard in assay systems therefor.

Abstract: A novel protein having inhibitory activity on the protease activity of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) activator was purified and isolated, and its molecular weight (ca. 40,000 daltons) and its N-terminal and partial amino acid sequences were determined. A gene coding for the protein was cloned, and the gene DNA was incorporated into a vector, for transforming host cells. Cultivation of the transformant gave the desired protein. The protein can be used as an in vivo or in vitro control factor for HGF or HGF activator. It is also useful as an antigen to be used in producing an antibody to be used as means for kinetic studies of the protein, or as a standard in assay systems therefor.

Abstract: A method for treating patients to inhibit restenosis associated with coronary intervention, which comprises administering compounds of the class of aminobenzoic acids, specifically 2-(3,4-dimethoxy-cinnamoyl)-aminobenzoic acid or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt at a dosage which is sufficient to maintain the plasma concentration at about 100.mu. molar for a period of time of less than three months.

Abstract: A gene encoding a protease derived from human serum and having an activity to convert single-chain hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) into active two-chain HGF and a method of producing the protease by the use of said gene are provided. A method of producing a precursor protein of said protease is also provided.