Abstract: A polymeric compound of the invention includes at least one monomer unit selected from the following formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV): (wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 and R3 are each a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a —COOR4 group, where R4 is, e.g.

Abstract: A process of the present invention produces a hydroxylactone by subjecting an unsaturated carboxylic acid having a double bond not conjugated to a carboxyl group or an ester thereof to (i) a reaction with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a metallic compound containing a metallic element selected from W, Mo, V and Mn or (ii) a reaction with a peroxide containing the metallic element to thereby yield a corresponding hydroxylactone having a hydroxyl group combined with one of carbon atoms constituting the double bond and being cyclized at the other carbon atom position. The metallic compound may be one selected from oxides, oxoacids and salts thereof. The unsaturated carboxylic acid includes, for example, &bgr;,&ggr;-unsaturated carboxylic acids, &ggr;,&dgr;-unsaturated carboxylic acids, and &dgr;,&egr;-unsaturated carboxylic acids. The process can produce hydroxylactones in high yields at low cost.

Abstract: Provided is DNA encoding a squalene epoxidase-promoting factor having a function of controlling the activity of squalene epoxidase, which is the rate-limiting enzyme in the cholesterol biosynthesis.

Abstract: Adamantane derivatives in which two (meth)acryloyloxyalkyl groups are bonded with an adamantane ring through ester groups, adamantane derivatives in which two adamantane rings are bonded through an alkylene group and two urethane bonds, which two adamantane rings each have a (meth)acryloyloxy group bonded thereto directly or through a coupling group, and adamantane derivatives each having a structure in which a group containing an adamantane ring hangs on the alkylene group of an alkylene glycol di(meth)acrylate. The compounds are useful as dental materials intermediates therefor, and as intermediates for optical materials such as lenses.

Abstract: A polymeric compound for photoresist of the invention includes at least one monomer unit represented by following Formula (I): 1

Abstract: A process produces vinyl ether compounds and includes allowing a vinyl ester compound represented by following Formula (1): 1

Abstract: A monomer containing an electron-withdrawing group of the present invention is represented by following Formula (a), (b) or (c): 1

Abstract: A protein having activities of a human platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase, and represented by an amino acid sequence represented by the following formula (I) or an amino acid sequence having homology therewith; and a DNA encoding the protein: 1 Met Gly Val Asn Gln Ser Val Gly Phe Pro Pro Val Thr Gly Pro His Leu Val Gly Cys Gly Asp Val Met Glu Gly Gln Asn Leu Gln Gly Ser Phe Phe Arg Leu Phe Tyr Pro Cys Gln Lys Ala Glu Glu Thr Met Glu Gln Pro Leu Trp Ile Pro Arg Tyr Glu Tyr Cys Thr Gly Leu Ala Glu Tyr Leu Gln Phe Asn Lys Arg Cys Gly Gly Leu Leu Phe Asn Leu Ala Val Gly Ser Cys Arg Leu Pro Val Ser Trp Asn Gly Pro Phe Lys Thr Lys Asp Ser Gly Tyr Pro Leu Ile Ile Phe Ser His Gly Leu Gly Ala Phe Arg Thr Leu Tyr Ser Ala Phe Cys Met Glu Leu Ala Ser Arg Gly Phe Val Val Ala Val Pro Glu His Arg Asp Arg Ser Ala Ala Thr Thr Tyr Phe Cys Lys Gln Ala Pro Glu Glu Asn Gln Pro Thr Asn Glu Ser Leu Gln Glu Glu Trp Ile Pro Phe Arg Ar

Abstract: In a process of the present invention for producing a bridged cyclic polycarboxylic acid t-butyl ester, a bridged cyclic polycarboxylic halide of following Formula (1): (wherein ring Z is a bridged cyclic carbon ring; X is a halogen atom; and m denotes an integer of 2 or more, where ring Z may have a substituent) is allowed to react with t-butyl alcohol or its alkali metal salt to thereby yield an ester of following Formula (2): (wherein tBu is a t-butyl group; and ring Z and m have the same meanings as defined above.) This process can commercially efficiently produce a bridged cyclic polycarboxylic acid t-butyl ester. The compound of Formula (1) can be prepared by allowing a bridged cyclic polycarboxylic acid of following Formula (3): (wherein ring Z is a bridged cyclic carbon ring; and m denotes an integer of 2 or more, where ring Z may have a substituent) to react with a halogenating agent.

Abstract: A polymeric compound includes at least one monomeric unit of the following formula (I): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and each of R2 and R3 is independently a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group. The polymeric compound may include the monomeric unit and at least one monomeric unit selected from monomeric units represented by the following formulae (IIa) and (IIb): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; each of R4 and R5 is, for example, a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an oxo group, or a carboxyl group, wherein R4 and R5 are not concurrently hydrogen atoms; and each of R7 and R8 is independently a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or an oxo group. The polymeric compound have a high etching resistance in addition to satisfactory transparency, alkali-solubility, and adhesion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated human protein having platelet activating factor acetylhydrolase activity.

Abstract: The invented polymerizable alicyclic esters are shown by the following formula (1) or (2): wherein each of ring A, ring B, ring C, ring D, and ring E is a non-aromatic carbon ring, R is a polymerizable unsaturated group, and each of Ra1, Rb1, and Rc1 is, identical to or different from one another, a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group which may be protected by a protective group, or an RCO2 group, where R has the same meaning as defined above. Each of the ring A, ring B, ring C, ring D, and ring E is, for example, a cyclopentane ring, a cyclohexane ring, or a bridged ring. R includes, for example, a vinyl group, an isopropenyl group, or an aryl group.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for separating optical isomers, which enables the optical resolution of compounds which could not sufficiently be resolved optically by the reversed-phase chromatographic methods of the prior art. The present invention further provides a method for separating optical isomers by liquid chromatography with a separating agent comprising a polysaccharide derivative as the active component, which comprises conducting the chromatographic separation under the reversed-phase conditions by using a basic mobile phase.

Abstract: Lane change guidance information is output based on data for the next guide intersection on a route calculated in advance and on detection of the driving lane in which the vehicle is currently driven. The system includes present position detection, direction of advance determination for guide intersections along the preset route, driving lane determination, and guidance information output for instructing the driver when direction to be taken at a guide intersection does not match the current driving lane, whereby adequate guidance information is provided the driver regarding lane changes when the vehicle is driven on a road having two or more lanes.

Abstract: A structure configuration map display system includes a controller for depicting and displaying a structure configuration map based on structure configuration map information. The system provides for searching and guidance relative to a structure designated as a target point. A display form corresponding to the structure information for the target point is determined and the display form of the target point is changed based on the results of that determination and is displayed so that a user can easily recognize the desired facility by its display form which corresponds to stored structure information. Also, the user can easily identify a facility as the desired facility and can obtain reliable guidance to that target point by the display form which indicates the type of the structure.

Abstract: A structure configuration map display system includes a controller for depicting and displaying a structure configuration map based on structure configuration map information. The system provides for searching and guidance relative to a structure designated as a target point. A display form corresponding to the structure information for the target point is determined and the display form of the target point is changed based on the results of that determination and is displayed so that a user can easily recognize the desired facility by its display form which corresponds to stored structure information. Also, the user can easily identify a facility as the desired facility and can obtain reliable guidance to that target point by the display form which indicates the type of the structure.

Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated and purified DNA encoding an amino acid sequence which comprises SEQ. ID. NO:3.

Abstract: An oxidized phospholipid degrading enzyme is provided, which plays an important role in the oxygen stress preventive mechanism in organisms. The enzyme hydrolyzes a 1-acyl-2-.omega.-carboxyfatty acid acyl-3-phosphatidylcholine as a substrate at the 2-ester bond thereof to form 1-acyl-2-lyso-3-phosphatidylcholine. The activity of the enzyme is slightly enhanced by 4 mM calcium chloride. The molecular mass of the enzyme is 95.+-.5 kDa (by gel filtration). The enzyme is composed of three subunits whose molecular masses have been found to be 29 kDa, 30 kDa and 45 kDa, respectively, by SDS-polyacrylamide electrophoresis. A gene coding the enzyme is also provided. This gene is important for the synthesis of the enzyme by genetic engineering.

Abstract: An oxidized phospholipid degrading enzyme is provided, which plays an important role in the oxygen stress preventive mechanism in organisms. The enzyme hydrolyzes a 1-acyl-2-.omega.-carboxyfatty acid acyl-3-phosphatidylcholine as a substrate at the 2-ester bond thereof to form 1-acyl-2-lyso-3-phosphatidylcholine. The activity of the enzyme is slightly enhanced by 4 mM calcium chloride. The molecular mass of the enzyme is 95.+-.5 kDa (by gel filtration). The enzyme is composed of three subunits whose molecular masses have been found to be 29 kDa, 30 kDa and 45 kDa, respectively, by SDS-polyacrylamide electrophoresis. A gene coding the enzyme is also provided. This gene is important for the synthesis of the enzyme by genetic engineering.

Abstract: A gas passage is formed on the inner surface of an oven door of a coke oven. Combustible gas which is generated during carbonization of coal in the coke oven is introduced into the passage, an oxygen-containing gas is introduced into the gas passage from a nozzle installed on the sole plate of the door region, ingress of charged coal into the gas passage is prevented, the combustible gas is combusted in the gas passage, a decrease in temperature in the door region common in the prior art is made up for, and the carbonization of coal is thereby promoted.