Abstract: Provided is a method of detecting or quantifying a wheat species-specific DNA in a test sample by polymerase chain reaction. The method comprises a step of amplifying a nucleic acid molecule having a partial sequence of a nucleotide sequence identified as SEQ ID NO: 1 using a nucleic acid molecule in the test sample or a nucleic acid molecule extracted from the test sample as the template and using a primer pair capable of amplifying the partial sequence and a step of detecting or quantifying the amplified nucleic acid molecule.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to discover an endogenous wheat sequence satisfying the conditions of: a) it is universally present in varieties of wheat, b) the amount present (detected amount) is not affected depending on the wheat variety, c) even if other grains are present, only wheat can be detected without cross-reactivity, and d) it is amplified quantitatively by the PCR reaction. A further object of the present invention is to provide a method of accurately detecting and quantitating endogenous wheat DNA in a test sample by the polymerase chain reaction. The present invention provides a kit for detecting or quantitating an endogenous wheat DNA sequence in a test sample by the polymerase chain reaction, the kit comprising at least one primer pair capable of amplifying the endogenous wheat DNA sequence.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to discover an endogenous wheat sequence satisfying the conditions of: a) it is universally present in varieties of wheat, b) the amount present (detected amount) is not affected depending on the wheat variety, c) even if other grains are present, only wheat can be detected without cross-reactivity, and d) it is amplified quantitatively by the PCR reaction. A further object of the present invention is to provide a method of accurately detecting and quantitating endogenous wheat DNA in a test sample by the polymerase chain reaction. The present invention provides replicable DNA comprising: a DNA sequence as endogenous DNA common to both genetically modified wheat and non-genetically modified wheat; and one or more DNA sequence each comprising a sequence that is specific to a strain of genetically modified wheat.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to discover an endogenous wheat sequence satisfying the conditions of: a) it is universally present in varieties of wheat, b) the amount present (detected amount) is not affected by the wheat variety, c) even if other grains are present, only wheat can be detected without cross-reactivity, and d) it is amplified quantitatively by the PCR reaction. A further object of the present invention is to provide a method of accurately detecting and quantitating endogenous wheat DNA in a test sample by the polymerase chain reaction.

Abstract: When there is an extremely low ambient temperature, an electronic control unit controls operation of a circulation path for coolant water in such a manner that, after starting of an engine, the coolant water is supplied from the engine first to a throttle valve and an EGR valve and then to an oil warmer for a transmission. This solves a failure problem in the throttle valve and the EGR valve caused by frost formation at an early stage. As a result, desired operating performance of the vehicle is quickly ensured and heat management in the vehicle is carried out in a desired manner when there is an extremely low ambient temperature.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of discriminating a relative risk for the morbidity of atopic dermatitis of a test subject comprising: analyzing gene polymorphism of two or more of genes related to onset of atopic dermatitis using a sample isolated from a statistically significant number of normal persons and patients of atopic dermatitis to determine relative ratios (percentages (%)) related to the individual gene polymorphism of individual derived from the analysis; and calculating an odds ratio according to specified gene polymorphism from the relative ratio; and using, as a discrimination criterion, a combination of two or more of gene polymorphisms showing a synergetically higher odds ratio than odds ratios according to individual gene polymorphism.

Abstract: When the amount of heat stored in a heat storage container is greater than or equal to a determination value at the time of initiation of system start-up in a hybrid vehicle, heating by thermal energy stored in the heat storage container is carried out only on an internal combustion engine. This increases the engine temperature to a permitting temperature for intermittent control of the engine or higher, so that the intermittent control is executed at an early stage after the initiation of the system start-up in the hybrid vehicle. Also, oil viscosity in the engine is rapidly lowered to decrease the resistance to operation of the engine. If the amount of the heat stored in the heat storage container is less than the determination value, the heating by the thermal energy stored in the heat storage container is performed on the transaxle under a prescribed condition. As a result, the fuel efficiency of the engine is improved.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises: laminating a surface protective sheet to a circuit surface side of a wafer formed with grooves which divide each circuit wherein an adhesive film is adhered on the circuit surface of the wafer; reducing the thickness of the wafer and finally dividing the wafer into individual chips by grinding a back face of the wafer; picking up individual chips together with the adhesive film; die-bonding said individual chip to predetermined position of a chip mounting substrate via said adhesive film; fixing the chip to the chip mounting substrate by heating the die-bonded chip having the adhesive film; and applying a static pressure larger than an ambient pressure by 0.05 MPa or more to a stacked body including the adhesive film one or more times, at any point between adhering the wafer to the adhesive film and fixing the chip to the chip mounting substrate.

Abstract: In a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition or a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet containing an energy ray-curable polymer, problems associated with the volatilization of a low molecular weight compound contained in the composition are overcome. An energy ray-curable polymer characterized by comprising a radical generating group, which is capable of initiating a polymerization reaction upon excitation with an energy ray, and an energy ray-polymerizable group bonded together in the main or side chain.

Abstract: An adhesive sheet includes a substrate and an energy ray curable adhesive layer formed thereon The energy ray curable adhesive layer includes an acrylic adhesive polymer having a weight average molecular weight of not less than 100,000, and a polymerizable group is bonded to the acrylic adhesive polymer through a polyalkyleneoxy group. The energy ray curable adhesive sheet improves the breaking elongation and the expandability of the cured adhesives, thereby preventing the glue residue on the adherend of the sheet after release.

Abstract: There is provided an air conditioning register which can prevent or effectively suppress a reduction in an effective opening surface area at an air-conditioned air blow-out portion, and which has good blow-out efficiency of air-conditioned air. A first flow path 42 and a second flow path 44, whose directions toward a blow-out bezel 26 differ, are formed within a retainer 12 of an air conditioning register 10. A first damper 52 and plural second dampers 58, which are interlocked with one another, are provided at the retainer 12. The first damper 52 opens and closes the first flow path 42, and the second dampers 58 open and close the second flow path 44. The first damper 52 and the second dampers 58 are operated such that either one of the first flow path 42 and the second flow path 44 is opened and the other is closed, and the flow path of the air-conditioned air is switched.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to solve the various problems involving the evaporation or the moving of the low-molecular weight included in the intermediate layer, in the adhesive sheet having a multilayered adhesive layer. The above mentioned problems are solved by an adhesive sheet comprising a substrate, an intermediate layer formed thereon, and an adhesive layer formed on said intermediate layer, wherein, said intermediate layer includes an energy ray-curable polymer in which an energy ray-polymerizable group and a radical-generating group initiating a polymerization under excitation by an energy ray are bound at a main chain or side chain.

Abstract: The present invention has been achieved reflecting such situation, and its object is to provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device capable of continuously performing the mounting process which applies a so-called DBG process and a flip chip bonding method, and can contribute to simplify the manufacturing process and to improve the reliability with no void in the product.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to discover an endogenous wheat sequence satisfying the conditions of: a) it is universally present in varieties of wheat, b) the amount present (detected amount) is not affected depending on the wheat variety, c) even if other grains are present, only wheat can be detected without cross-reactivity, and d) it is amplified quantitatively by the PCR reaction. A further object of the present invention is to provide a method of accurately detecting and quantitating endogenous wheat DNA in a test sample by the polymerase chain reaction.

Abstract: In an air outlet device for a vehicle cabin, primary wind-direction adjustment plates are rotated between a parallel condition and a series condition, to thereby provide a wind distribution function of opening the outlet opening of a tubular body and adjusting the flow direction of air and a wind shutoff function of closing the outlet opening. Of the primary wind-direction adjustment plates, one primary wind-direction adjustment plate is configured such that its tip end edge gradually separates from an inner wall surface of the tubular body when the primary wind-direction adjustment plates are rotated so as to open the outlet opening. A secondary wind-direction adjustment plate is secured to the wind surface side of the primary wind-direction adjustment plate with a predetermined spacing formed therebetween. The secondary wind-direction adjustment plate rotates, together with the primary wind-direction adjustment plate, about the rotation center of the primary wind-direction adjustment plate.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a gel composition which has an excellent skin whitening effect and shows high storage stability even when ascorbic acid, a salt of ascorbic acid, an ascorbic acid derivative, and a salt of an ascorbic acid derivative is blended, and to provide a pack cosmetic using the gel composition. The gel composition, which comprises the following components (A)-(D): (A) a tamarind seed polysaccharide; (B) a polyhydric alcohol; (C) at least one or more of ascorbic acid, a salt of ascorbic acid, an ascorbic acid derivative, and a salt of an ascorbic acid derivative; and (D) water.

Abstract: An adhesive sheet includes a substrate and an energy-ray-curable adhesive layer formed on the substrate. The energy-ray-curable adhesive layer includes an energy-ray-curable acrylic copolymer and an energy-ray-curable urethane acrylate. The energy-ray-curable acrylic copolymer includes a side chain with an unsaturated group. The energy-ray-curable urethane acrylate includes an isocyanate unit, a polyol unit, and a (meth)acryloyl group. The polyol unit includes a plurality of types of polyols.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of discriminating a relative risk for the morbidity of atopic dermatitis of a test subject comprising: analyzing gene polymorphism of two or more of genes related to onset of atopic dermatitis using a sample isolated from a statistically significant number of normal persons and patients of atopic dermatitis to determine relative ratios (percentages (%)) related to the individual gene polymorphism of individual derived from the analysis; and calculating an odds ratio according to specified gene polymorphism from the relative ratio; and using, as a discrimination criterion, a combination of two or more of gene polymorphisms showing a synergetically higher odds ratio than odds ratios according to individual gene polymorphism.

Abstract: An adhesive sheet includes a substrate and an energy-ray curable adhesive layer formed on the substrate. The energy-ray curable adhesive layer includes an energy-ray curable acrylic copolymer and an energy-ray curable urethane acrylate. The energy-ray curable acrylic copolymer is formed by copolymerizing dialkyl(meth)acrylamide and includes a side chain with an unsaturated group. The energy-ray curable urethane acrylate includes an isocyanate block and a (meth)acryloyl group. The isocyanate block includes at least one of an isophorone diisocyanate, a trimethyl-hexamethyene diisocyanate, and a tetramethyl-xylene diisocyanate.

Abstract: In an air outlet device for a vehicle cabin, primary wind-direction adjustment plates are rotated between a parallel condition and a series condition, to thereby provide a wind distribution function of opening the outlet opening of a tubular body and adjusting the flow direction of air and a wind shutoff function of closing the outlet opening. Of the primary wind-direction adjustment plates, a certain primary wind-direction adjustment plate is configured such that its tip end edge gradually separates from an inner wall surface of the tubular body when the primary wind-direction adjustment plates are rotated so as to open the outlet opening. A secondary wind-direction adjustment plate is secured to the back of the certain primary wind-direction adjustment plate with a predetermined spacing formed therebetween. The secondary wind-direction adjustment plate rotates, together with the certain primary wind-direction adjustment plate, about the rotation center of the certain primary wind-direction adjustment plate.