Abstract: A computer tomography apparatus of this invention includes an x-ray tube configured to emit x-rays while rotating around an object to be examined, a radiation detector configured to have detection elements arranged in a plurality of rows along a slice-thickness direction, each row having a plurality of the detection elements configure to detect x-rays that had passed through the object, a data acquisition system configured to acquire projection data of the object using the output of the radiation detector, and a reconstructing unit configured to be capable of a first reconstruction method and a second reconstruction method, reconstruct an image based on the projection data using one of the first and second reconstruction method, wherein the x-rays are assumed to intersect perpendicularly with an axis of rotation of the x-ray tube in the first reconstruction method, and the second reconstruction method reconstructs the image using a cone angle information of the x-rays.

Abstract: There is provided a driving method for a solid-state imaging apparatus that has plural registers transferring signal charges captured in sensor array rows and a multiplexing section transferring the signal charges, which are individually transferred thereto from the plural registers, toward a charge-voltage converter. Further, this method includes a mode in which the signal charges transferred from the plural registers are mixed and swept out by the multiplexing section.

Abstract: A method for measuring human CYP3A inducibility upon administration of a test drug, characterized in that a non-human animal to which a test drug is administered or a population of human cells cultured in a medium containing a test drug is infected with viruses (A) and (B); virus (A) being an adenovirus which is used as a vector and engineered by incorporating thereto a detectable reporter gene and at least 3 human PXR binding regions falling within an untranslated region of a human CYP3A gene, and virus (B) being an adenovirus which is used as a vector and engineered by incorporating thereto a human PXR cDNA; and subsequently expression level of the reporter gene is determined in the non-human animal or the cultured human cells.

Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus has a flange and a sub-tank detachable each other in its axial direction. A connector protrudes from the flange toward the sub-tank, and opposes to a space formed in the sub-tank. The connector is received in the space when the flange is mounted on the sub-tank. Therefore, the connector can be prevented from interference with a pump module eccentrically arranged in the sub-tank. The space is defined in the opposite side of the fuel pump, so that the inner space of the sub-tank is widely secured and efficiently used. Thus, distance between the flange and the sub-tank can be reduced, so that the height of the fuel feed apparatus can be reduced.

Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus accommodates a sub tank. The sub tank includes a pump module The pump module generates vibration, and is supported by a supporting member and a suction filter. The suction filter is covered with a nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric is used as an additional filter for removing debris in fuel drawn by the pump module. The supporting member and the nonwoven fabric have resilience. The pump module is mounted on the sub tank via the supporting member and the non woven fabric. Therefore, vibration of the pump module is not apt to be transmitted to the sub tank. Additionally, the supporting member need not to be rigidly formed, so that the supporting member can be manufactured easily.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions for enhancing the expression of apoAI are provided.

Abstract: Compounds having an activity to enhance the expression of apoAI are provided.

Abstract: Division members (31, 32) separately molded to form a hollow component are brought into contact with each other and are arranged in dies (14, 24). The peripheral edge of the contact parts is formed with a peripheral edge path (330) to be filled with a molten resin. In the peripheral edge path (330), protrusions (316, 326) are projected from the division members (31, 32) continuously over the whole periphery of the peripheral edge path (330). The molten resin is filled in the peripheral edge path 330, and is welded with the protrusions (316, 326). As a result, a weld structure is obtained in which portions having a high welding strength are continuously formed over the whole periphery of the peripheral edge path (330).

Abstract: Compounds having an activity to enhance the expression of apoAI are provided, which are used as medicaments.

Abstract: By providing an apparatus unit replacement assisting method, in which, upon receipt of a request from a first user to replace a first unit comprising part of an apparatus with a second unit, the second unit is offered to the first user at a price after the deduction of the trade-in price of the first unit, and maintenance is performed on the first unit taken from the first user for trade-in, so that the first unit in maintenance status is offered to a second user who wishes replacement with the first unit at a price lower than the price of the first unit when newly purchased, it is possible to reduce the cost incurred when replacing a unit in a CT apparatus or the like on the part of the user, such as a hospital, and facilitate the management of the production line of the apparatus and the dispatch of service persons on the part of the manufacturer while making a contribution to environmental improvement.

Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus including a sub-tank is received in a fuel tank having multiple tank sections. Multiple jet pumps respectively transfers fuel received in the tank sections into the sub-tank. Therefore, even if a fuel amount received in a single tank section decreases, fuel can be steadily supplied from another tank section. Intermediately pressurized fuel in a fuel pump is supplied to the jet pumps, so that fuel can be steadily supplied to the jet pumps regardless of fuel consumption amount in an engine. Fuel is drawn from an upstream side of a pressure regulator, and supplied to the jet pump. The pressure regulator has an urging unit, and controls fuel pressure without using a diaphragm. Therefore, the pressure regulator is simplified and downsized.

Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus has a flange and a sub-tank detachable each other in its axial direction. A connector protrudes from the flange toward the sub-tank, and opposes to a space formed in the sub-tank. The connector is received in the space when the flange is mounted on the sub-tank. Therefore, the connector can be prevented from interference with a pump module eccentrically arranged in the sub-tank. The space is defined in the opposite side of the fuel pump, so that the inner space of the sub-tank is widely secured and efficiently used. Thus, distance between the flange and the sub-tank can be reduced, so that the height of the fuel feed apparatus can be reduced.

Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus accommodates a sub tank. The sub tank includes a pump module The pump module generates vibration, and is supported by a supporting member and a suction filter. The suction filter is covered with a nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric is used as an additional filter for removing debris in fuel drawn by the pump module. The supporting member and the nonwoven fabric have resilience. The pump module is mounted on the sub tank via the supporting member and the non woven fabric. Therefore, vibration of the pump module is not apt to be transmitted to the sub tank. Additionally, the supporting member need not to be rigidly formed, so that the supporting member can be manufactured easily.

Abstract: A computer tomography apparatus of this invention includes an x-ray tube configured to emit x-rays while rotating around an object to be examined, a radiation detector configured to have detection elements arranged in a plurality of rows along a slice-thickness direction, each row having a plurality of the detection elements configure to detect x-rays that had passed through the object, a data acquisition system configured to acquire projection data of the object using the output of the radiation detector, and a reconstructing unit configured to be capable of a first reconstruction method and a second reconstruction method, reconstruct an image based on the projection data using one of the first and second reconstruction method, wherein the x-rays are assumed to intersect perpendicularly with an axis of rotation of the x-ray tube in the first reconstruction method, and the second reconstruction method reconstructs the image using a cone angle information of the x-rays.

Abstract: The present invention provides a molded article obtained by insert molding an electrical connection 1 having a plurality of metal terminals 4 from a synthetic resin while the metal terminals 4 are being used as inserts. A primary molded article 7 having a plurality of metal terminals 4 as inserts is obtained by conducting insert molding in such a manner that a connecting portion connects the metal terminals 4, and a molded article is obtained by conducting insert molding while the primary molded article 7 is being used as an insert. Recesses 6a are formed in the mid positions of the connecting portion 6 which connects the metal terminals 4, and as a result edges 6b are formed.

Abstract: A fuel pump for pumping fuel is provided in a sub-tank suspended in a fuel tank in order to reserve a fuel volume necessary for the fuel pump to be started on an inlet side of the fuel pump in the fuel tank. A fuel level holding member formed so as to rise upward on a suction opening side of the fuel pump reserves the fuel in space of the risen part. Thus, a structure for reserving the fuel volume pumped by the fuel pump in the fuel tank can be obtained with a simple construction.

Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus having assist air passages that improve the fuel flow to an internal combustion engine. The fuel feed apparatus includes a fuel injection valve having a fuel injection nozzle body, and a resin cover member having both a fuel passage and an air assist passage. The cover member is press fit to the fuel injection body. The fuel feed apparatus further includes a ring member formed of metallic material and attached to an inner surface of the cover member.

Abstract: A fuel feed apparatus of an internal combustion engine is provided having a fuel passage serving to guide fuel in a predetermined direction, and an assist air passage serving to collide assist air against the fuel. The apparatus includes an inner member formed therein with the fuel passage extending from one end surface to another end surface thereof. An outer member is provided in surrounding relation to the inner member and forms the assist air passage between the inner member and the outer member. The outer member has at least one penetrating hole penetrating therethrough defining an inlet opening of the assist air passage. The air passage extends from the penetrating hole in a direction along fuel injection and has an outlet opening opened to an outlet side of the fuel passage. The outer member is joined to the inner member at an outer periphery of the one end surface of the inner member.

Abstract: A fuel pump for a vehicle includes a brushless motor for operating this fuel pump, and a control circuit for the brushless motor is contained in the fuel pump. Difficulties such as a cutting of the wiring due to an electrolytic corrosion of electrically-conductive portions, and a short-circuiting thereof, are prevented. A pump portion, a motor portion and a discharge portion are provided in a housing of the fuel pump. The motor portion includes a rotor and a stator portion. The stator portion is molded by a resin material into a cylindrical shape with a closed bottom. The stator portion supports a shaft of the rotor. Stator coils are molded in a peripheral wall portion of the stator portion, and a container containing the control circuit is molded in the bottom wall portion of the stator portion. The stator coils, copper wires extending therefrom, and terminals from the control circuit are completely molded in the above resin material.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting an abnormality of a fuel transpiration prevention system which includes a canister with an absorbing device and a control valve provided in a passage between a fuel tank and an intake pipe of an internal combustion engine so that a fuel gas generated within the fuel tank is absorbed by the absorbing device of the canister and introduced into the intake pipe by opening and closing the control valve in accordance with an operating state of said internal combustion engine. The apparatus includes a pressure detecting device for detecting a pressure within the fuel tank and a deviation calculating unit responsive to the output of the pressure detecting device for calculating a deviation between the pressure detected when the control valve opens the passage and the pressure detected when the control valve closes the passage. The apparatus decides an abnormality of the fuel gas supply system on the basis of the deviation calculated by the deviation calculating unit.