Abstract: An electro-static discharge protection circuit includes: a PNPN junction, a P-type side of the PNPN junction being coupled to a terminal, an N-type side of the PNPN junction being coupled to ground; and a P-type metal oxide semiconductor transistor, a source and a gate of the P-type metal oxide semiconductor transistor being coupled to an N-type side of a PN junction whose P-type side coupled to the ground, and a drain of the P-type metal oxide semiconductor transistor being coupled to the terminal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a diagnostic agent for eating disorders comprising as an active ingredient an antibody against brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and a method for detecting eating disorders comprising measuring of the concentration of a brain-derived neurotrophic factor in blood. Particularly, the eating disorders can easily be diagnosed by measuring the concentration of a brain-derived neurotrophic factor in blood of the patients with an antibody against brain-derived neurotrophic factor and a labeled antibody against brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medicament for preventing and/or treating schizophrenia which comprises as an active ingredient cilostazol or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus controls display of a plurality of pieces of image data containing both moving image data and still image data, and includes: a moving image/still image determining unit that determines whether or not image data to be displayed is the moving image data or the still image data, when in a continuous display mode that displays the plurality of pieces of image data continuously in a predetermined sequence; and a display control unit that starts display control of the next image in response to finishing of display of all of the moving image data when the image data to be displayed is the moving image data, and starts display control of the next image data in response to finishing of display of the still image data for a predetermined time when the image data to be displayed is the still image data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multiple-point grounding type foot portion supporting mechanism having excellent reliability, in which the respective supporting points passively follow unevenness of the grounding surface such as a road surface, and which is capable of quickly supporting foot bottoms at polygonal points and preventing falling over even on a grounding surface having level differences by fixing the supporting points when all supporting points are grounded.

Abstract: To present a semiconductor device mounting ESD protective device appropriately applicable to transistors mutually different in dielectric strength, and its manufacturing method. The semiconductor device comprises a first ESD protective circuit 1A including a first transistor 3 and a first ballast resistance 4, and a second ESD protective circuit 1B including a second transistor 5 and a second ballast resistance 6. The impurity concentration of the second diffusion region forming the first ballast resistance 4 is set lower than the impurity concentration of the fourth diffusion region for forming the second ballast resistance 6.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a diagnostic agent for an ischemic heart disease risk group comprising an anti-brain-derived neurotrophic factor antibody as an effective ingredient, to an assay method for an ischemic heart disease risk group performed by measuring a brain-derived neurotrophic factor concentration in blood, and to a suppressive/preventive drug for ischemic heart disease, particularly for post-infarction myocardial remodeling, comprising a brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

Abstract: A medicinal preparation for preventing and/or treating psychoneurotic diseases such as integration dysfunction and Alzheimer's disease which contains tropisetron or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt as the active ingredient.

Abstract: An air bag cover body forming apparatus, comprising forming molds (2A, 2B), groove-forming blades (3), and support rods (4), wherein the forming molds form a cavity (20) for forming a resin air bag cover body (1) having air bag door parts, the groove-forming blades form rupture grooves (11) determining the air bag door parts in the air bag cover body, and the support rods support the air bag door parts of the air bag cover body formed in the cavity. The forming molds comprising movable cores (21a, 21b) reciprocatingly movable between a position where the molds are allowed to abut on the air bag cover body and a position where the molds are separated from the air bag cover body, wherein when the cores are separated from the air bag door parts, the support rods are allowed to abut on the air bag door parts to prevent an excessive stress concentration from occurring in the rupture grooves.

Abstract: A semiconductor device with a space-saving design of common power lines shared by a plurality of function macros. An LSI chip has a plurality of wiring layers, a moisture-protective ring, and a plurality of function macros (e.g., I/O macros and I/O macro groups). Each function macro has a VSS power supply terminal that is electrically connected to the moisture-protective ring. This connection enables the moisture-protective ring to function as part of a common VSS power line for the function macros. The proposed architecture reduces the space required for routing VSS power lines inside the moisture-protective ring, thus contributing to space-saving LSI designs.

Abstract: To present a semiconductor device mounting ESD protective device appropriately applicable to transistors mutually different in dielectric strength, and its manufacturing method. The semiconductor device comprises a first ESD protective circuit 1A including a first transistor 3 and a first ballast resistance 4, and a second ESD protective circuit 1B including a second transistor 5 and a second ballast resistance 6. The impurity concentration of the second diffusion region forming the first ballast resistance 4 is set lower than the impurity concentration of the fourth diffusion region for forming the second ballast resistance 6.

Abstract: A power clamp circuit for preventing unnecessary power supply leak current at a tolerable power supply noise level. A reference voltage circuit generates a reference voltage by reducing a positive voltage supplied from a first power supply terminal by a predetermined potential and supplies the reference voltage to a buffer circuit. The buffer circuit activates a transistor functioning as a clamp element based on the reference voltage to short-circuit the first and second power supply terminals.

Abstract: An air bag cover body forming apparatus, comprising forming molds (2A, 2B), groove-forming blades (3), and support rods (4), wherein the forming molds form a cavity (20) for forming a resin air bag cover body (1) having air bag door parts, the groove-forming blades form rupture grooves (11) determining the air bag door parts in the air bag cover body, and the support rods support the air bag door parts of the air bag cover body formed in the cavity. The forming molds comprising movable cores (21a, 21b) reciprocatingly movable between a position where the molds are allowed to abut on the air bag cover body and a position where the molds are separated from the air bag cover body, wherein when the cores are separated from the air bag door parts, the support rods are allowed to abut on the air bag door parts to prevent an excessive stress concentration from occurring in the rupture grooves.

Abstract: A body hair treating implement includes two opposed comb tooth plates each having a plurality of comb teeth; an electrical heating wire which extends between the comb tooth plates, and that is arranged to generate red heat due to electrical power supplied thereto, and to burn and cut body hair combed with the comb teeth; and a illumination device for illuminating front of the comb tooth plates and the inside thereof when the body hair is being burnt and cut by the electrical heating wire.

Abstract: A process and system for mounting terminals with electric wires in cavities of connector housings. Press-connecting terminals are initially loaded in cavities arranged in an upper surface of a connector jig and electric wires are press-connected on the terminals in the jigs. Then, the terminals with electric wires are transferred from the connector jig to cavities arranged in a lower surface of a inserting jig by pins arranged to contact and push the terminals from below in the transfer direction. Then, the terminals are loaded from the inserting jig to cavities of connector housings from the back by blades arranged to contact and push the terminals from one end in the inserting directing.

Abstract: A protection transistor which protects an internal transistor in an internal circuit from breakage due to static electricity occurring between power supply pads is provided. A conductivity type of a first p-well constructing a channel of the protection transistor corresponds to a conductivity type of a second p-well constructing a channel of the internal transistor. An impurity concentration of the first p-well is higher than an impurity concentration of the second p-well. Accordingly, drain junction of the protection transistor is sharper than drain junction of the internal transistor, and starting voltage of a parasitic bipolar operation of the protection transistor is lower than that of the internal transistor. Therefore, the internal circuit can be properly protected from an ESD surge.

Abstract: The present invention provides a diagnostic agent for eating disorders comprising as an active ingredient an antibody against brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and a method for detecting eating disorders comprising measuring of the concentration of a brain-derived neurotrophic factor in blood. Particularly, the eating disorders can easily be diagnosed by measuring the concentration of a brain-derived neurotrophic factor in blood of the patients with an antibody against brain-derived neurotrophic factor and a labeled antibody against brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided to perform an insulation-displacement connecting operation and a cover mounting operation efficiently, and hence to improve a yield for insulation-displacement joint connectors having many contacts. The apparatus includes a press unit (200) with a slide unit (220) for carrying connection-assisting parts, such as a wire-checking device for checking a housing of an insulation-displacement joint connector, a wire pushing device and a cover holder. A wire checking operation, a wire pushing operation and a cover mounting operation are performed continuously by switching the slide unit (220) by means of a switching device (230) and successively driving the connection-assisting parts by means of one press (210).

Abstract: A space-saving electrostatic discharge protection circuit that protects an internal circuit effectively against an ESD. When a positive ESD voltage is applied to a power supply terminal VDD, a PMOS is in the on state for time determined by a time constant given by a first resistor and a capacitor and the voltage of a gate of an NMOS rises due to voltage generated across a second resistor. As a result, the potential of a substrate is raised, a parasitic bipolar transistor on the NMOS turns on at a low drain voltage, an electric current generated by the ESD flows to a power supply terminal VSS via a power supply line, and the internal circuit is protected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of examining or diagnosing schizophrenia, which includes measuring concentrations of D-serine and L-serine in a biological sample. According to the method of the present invention, schizophrenia can be examined or diagnosed by measuring concentrations of D-serine and L-serine in a biological sample by analysis techniques such as high performance liquid chromatography and the like.